Name: Blaine Slinger
Codename: Kludge
Age: 16
Hometown: Jacksonville, FL
Powers:
Improbable Gadgetry: Blaine likes putting things together. Give him three rubber bands and some chewing gum, and he'll create...well, he'll probably create something that will blow up in his face. For every useful invention he creates (chewing gum that makes you tell the truth!), there's probably two more that will cause headaches for everyone involved (I swear that was supposed to be brownie mix, not a laxative...)
Blaine's "toys" don't bend reality or do anything too major--no energy bolts or flight rings for him. It's all very localized, low-impact stuff. He dreams of one day being combat-ready, but really, when would a device that can compare apples and oranges (THAT one's the apple! Flashing lights! Siren!) ever be useful?
Blaine's gadgets...shouldn't work. That's where the mutation comes in--somehow, items without a clear power source have power. He doesn't know HOW he does it, he just knows that it HAPPENS.
Personality:
Blaine's energetic to a fault, always willing to help solve other people's problems--whether they want him to or not.
Description:
Blaine has long, shoulder-length black hair, which often is singed or burnt from whatever he was working on most recently. He tends to wear long sleeves and a turtleneck, because otherwise, the various cuts and burns he inevitably suffers are more apparent. That's OK, though--THIS time, his anti-burn cream is SURE to work! He'll patent it, and become a trillionaire, and buy Belgium!
Background:
Blaine really didn't mean to blow up his chemistry lab. Or to shrink the neighbor's dog--honest! Blaine's spent most of his life in some degree of trouble or other, though his occasional successes do blunt some of the harsh response. What his teachers--and later, the local police--keep telling him is that the best way he can help is to stop helping.
He's "helped" Jacksonville so much, he was almost run out of town on a rail. Philistines! I guess that means ENGLAND will benefit from the genius of Blaine Slinger!