Post by Jo on Apr 19, 2009 10:54:10 GMT
Name: Corbin Blane
Gender: Male
Age: Forty Two
Occupation/status: Head of the USASI. That means that he is above everyone who works in the USASI, (yes Cassandra, that includes you), and doesn’t have to do mediocre jobs such as injections and bringing in new experiments, unless he wants to, of course. He has the job of looking after every branch of the USASI, although he has plenty of staff to keep things running smoothly in most places.
Appearance and Build: Corbin has a wild, rugged and unkempt feel about him. He would best fit in a dingy bar throwing back glass after glass, which he often does. He’s taller then average but not noticeably so. Physically he’s fit but the years of pushing his body to the limit are starting to show. His skin is littered with scars, most of them small but there are a couple which are easily noticeable. One is about an inch long, on the outer side of his right arm. The other is a diagonal cut on the back of his neck. His skin is tough and leathery at the touch, it’s an off bronze colour. Corbin couldn’t exactly be called attractive, contrary to popular belief, scars do not make you look cooler, they simply deform your features. The only real part of him that is remotely attractive is his smile, which is a ‘melt your knees’ sort of smile, on the rare occasion that it isn’t a smirk anyway. Although not physically attractive Corbin has very little trouble with the ladies, as his sort of woman seems to be attractive to his wild and untameable air. His sort of woman is attracted to the sort of guy who’s going to treat them like dirt and Corbin is happy to oblige. He’s never been in a relationship that’s lasted more then a weekend, ever since the first girl who broke his heart when he was a teenager. Since then he’s had a us ‘em and lose ‘em attitude to women.
His hair is a dirty blonde which comes down to just passed his eyes. His chin is often unshaven, though he’s never able to grow a proper beard, just stubble. Piercing brown eyes peer from behind his dirty blonde bangs and fedora’s rim. These eyes barely show any warmth in them, mostly they are hollow or cruel. Corbin can normally be seen wearing an earthy-brown trench coat that runs all the way down to his ankles. His trousers and shirt are either black or tan. He also wears sturdy brown walking boots and the same earthy-brown coloured fedora hat, which he is rarely seen without. He owns a small black pistol, which is holstered on his left side, attached to his brown leather belt. He doesn’t often use the pistol, fighting is so childish, in his eyes.
Personality: Corbin is a professional, he doesn’t have any attachments or ties in any of the labs across the world, he just gets on with his job. It seems like he has had his mercy surgically removed, he doesn’t care about the people he injects or what happens to them, he only cares about the well being of the USASI. Well, he didn’t get to the top by letting experiments loose and feeling sorry for them, did he? But at the same time he didn't get to the top by mocking and hurting experiments for no reason. Corbin doesn’t toy with the experiments, he can actually sit down and have a civilised conversation with them if they let him. He doesn’t get defensive very easily, secure in his position over the USASI and never second guessing his choice to do this job.
He is also fairly civilised around staff members, although he is above everybody in the USASI he doesn’t always rub it in. Of course there are times when reinstating his authority is called for, but around those who do their jobs calmly and professionally you shouldn’t have many problems with him. Corbin isn’t necessarily a cruel man, he doesn’t gain pleasure from other people’s pain, he’s just heartless, he sees no value to other people’s lives, everyone else on the planet is expendable. Even staff members he trusts he will kill at the flick of a switch. He doesn’t kill without reason, if someone is bad at their job he’d more likely order them to be injected then killed. Simply because if they’re not a help to the USASI by working for them, they can be a help by becoming an experiment.
He understands that the experiments are an important part of the USASI, therefore they need to be treated nicely. Of course, Corbin’s version of nice doesn’t fit in with what the experiments would consider nice. Proper accommodation, decent food, proper medical care, constant observation, the right amount of exercise. Or in other words: proper cages, decent packets of kibble feed, proper vets, constantly being watched and the right amount of walkies.
History/Past: Corbin’s history isn’t too bad, to be honest. He grew up with his mother and older brother in New Zeeland. His older brother was a pain in the ass and a huge bully. He’s really what shaped Corbin to what he is now. His brother beat the crap out of him from a young age, demeaned him and basically made Corbin feel worthless. His mother wasn’t much help at stopping his brother and she soon stopped trying. When Corbin was a teenager he fell in love, but she broke his heart. That’s when he ran away from home. He did surprisingly well on his own. He started off working in a fast food place, but he worked hard and saved his money. He rented a room in somebody else’s house, to help with the payment he cleaned up their house. He went to collage, got good grades, Corbin is a hard worker and when something is needed to be done, however dirty or humiliating it might seem, Corbin will get down and do it.
Once he left collage he got a job as a cancer researcher, he was one of the people who did experiments on animals, to see if the medication had any effect or not. He soon moved up in that job and by the time he was thirty he was making a bee-line for the top. That’s when he got snapped up by the USASI. They were wanting to open a branch in New Zeeland and Corbin was hired as head scientist. He got on well with the life of a scientist, he learnt a lot from the USASI, medical training was something he hadn’t really done before but he picked it up rapidly. He got on well with the other members of staff and even the experiments didn’t hate him as much as they could have. He was promoted to head of the New Zeeland branch after being there for seven years.
They opened another lab in New Zeeland which Corbin was responsible for. Then there was talk of the island. He knew of the rebels in America, the ones that originated in Washington. He left his New Zeeland labs in capable hands and moved to the island. All of this was done under the raider of the current head of the USASI, the man who took over from Jase and in all honesty had let the experiments run wild. Corbin soon got to work getting the island up to scratch. It was nearly finished when the news reached Corbin. They only had to clear up the rest of the rubble on one side of the island. But the news halted everything. The head of the USASI had been assassinated. They didn’t know who had done it, but Corbin had a good idea, plenty of people were complaining of how bad things were in L.A. and how nothing was being done about it. So now there was an opening and everyone was heading for it with pistols drawn.
Corbin, sneaky little bugger that he is, fought off all other heads of laboratories to claim the top spot. And he did so without killing anyone, without angering anyone. He merely pointed out that he was the best person for the job, how they wouldn’t be able to handle the mess left behind and that if they did fail at the job, they’d be the ones to be assassinated. By the time his silver tongue had stopped they were all happy for him to lead the USASI and they backed away back to their assigned laboratories. Now Corbin’s on his way to the L.A. branch, to sort out this mess that the rebels are in.
Other: Has a New Zeeland accent.
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Played by: Jo {lurking}