Geoff Hawkins

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Geoff Hawkins
Name	Geoff Hawkins
Species	Hedgehog
Age	19
Height	140 cm
Weight	45 kg
Special abilities & skills	Experienced Extreme Gear skills. Capable of hardening his quills at whim. Can cut through some materials if at the right speed and angle.
Unique ability	Crystal Materialization - Capable of forming crystal on any portion of his body at will. Also can create projectiles.
Carried items	An Extreme Gear board, colored green and modified to his liking. Small backpack that he will carry necessities in.
Ability Ratings
Agility	Quite a fast runner, his top speed is around 140MPH. Never one to react slow, he can be off and running in fairly short amount of time. Combine that with his good ability to swim, a fairly high jump, and ability to spindash, there isn't much trouble to getting places.
Strength	He has a fit build and suitable amount of power, helping with the task of lugging around his crystal.
Toughness	With a nicely built body, and with his quills to offer some protection at times, he can take a beating before going down. He can't get right back on his feet immediately, but it won't be forever either.
Energy	Can move around for quite awhile without rest, but he is familiar with fatigue. Above average chaos energy potential, with the ability to hurl his generated crystal as a means of attack.

General Info

On the outside, Geoff is not what you could consider a flawless role model. His temper is short, his stubbornness blatant, and his attitude, at first glance, fairly gruff and forward. Not exactly one to leave the best of first impressions. Through this thick shell of deterring personality, though, lies a person with a good and, sometimes, fairly troubled heart. Dig to it with determination and you would manage to find a good-humored individual with more laid back tendencies than first assumed, a side of him rarely exposed yet still capable of shedding him in a better light once discovered.

Painfully self-aware of these warring sides, Geoff isn't beyond being humbled, leading to him expanding his sights beyond his own troubles and learning the importance of his various companions. It's been a long, pothole-covered road to bring him to this, but he has managed to become more open with those he could consider his closer relationships. Bring along some sort of aggravation or another, though, and those people may need to find it necessary to snap off his blinders and bring him reeling back to a more conserved state before he becomes any more rash.

Geoff could easily have been described as the normal guy sucked up into a whirlwind of misadventure, once an unwilling participant in events beyond his control. Now, however, things are more within his grasp, growing to accept the absurdity that has befallen him as just plain, day to day activity. Aggravation that was once exposed at the mere mention of yet another dangerous task has now evolved to quiet acceptance, finding a sort of purpose with what the world throws at him. This is certainly for the better as he continues to come to terms with this daunting role.

Ability Info

Having picked up the board in his young teens out of the pure lack of an activity, Geoff dove into the basics of Extreme Gear with ease. Now much more experienced, he has a few tricks up his sleeve when it comes to the sport, but he never had attempted to making it more competitive. Having only entered a race or two, his main use for the board is purely for travel or self-entertainment... but that still doesn't mean he won't accept a challenge. With this hobby comes a good sense of balance and awareness, set-in-stone skills for one to ride such equipment.

After a bit of... trouble with a hybrid Chaos/Sol Emerald, the radiation from the stone affected Geoff in a strange way. The radiation, in fact, mutated his DNA, turning any chaos energy within his system into a form of crystal that would cover his body. With this, he is capable of controlling it at will, creating the crystal on any portion of his body at any time, acting as both a defensive and offensive advantage, even though his mobility and speed are reduced in the process. Alongside this, he can also form projectiles to throw at targets or any use they may fit. In time, though, this ability will drain his own energy, eventually leading to fatigue if he creates enough crystal in a certain amount of time. This problem can be solved by using rings when they are in hand, but otherwise, he must limit the use of the crystal at times.

When he isn't a hulking monstrosity of rock, Geoff is quick on his feet and quite mobile. In typical hedgehog fashion, he can perform a spin dash at will (not as powerful as Sonic's, mind you), and can cut/ram through some materials with its performance. If he ever found himself in a fight, he tends to use his upper body more then his lower, despite the fact his legs are more powerful due to his EX Gear hobby. Besides that, he can hold his own for a good amount of time, any determination he has driving him on.

Crystal Form Ability Ratings
Agility	Bogged down with the crystal, Geoff loses a good amount of his original speed. Tops 55 MPH with momentum. Still capable of spin dashing, he also gains the ability to dig through some surfaces. Due to the crystal, though, he loses some flexibility, sinks in water, and cannot jump as high.
Strength	His regular strength is enough to support the crystal with ease.
Toughness	With the crystal covering his body, he gains a complete layer of protection, making him resistant to both fire and electricity, and given protection from bullets. With the ability to regenerate any crystal lost, Geoff ends up becoming one tough guy to land a effective hit on.
Energy	Having nearly the same amount as his regular self, it's brought a notch down due to the fact he can be fatigued if the crystal is in use for too long. He has become more resilient to the tiring effects over time, though.

Miscellanea

Trivia

• Closest friends: Mako, somewhat acquainted (for better or worse) with a majority of the cast.
• Biggest rivals: Kyle
• Favorite color: Green, egotistical as it may sound.
• Likes: A few dangerous activities to get the adrenaline pumping here or there (current mis-adventures have helped with this), kicking back and relaxing, casual EX Gear rides, racing.
• Dislikes: Things that test his patience, short attention-spans, sudden Chaos radiation affects, having to pick up residue from said Chaos radiation affects.
• Birthplace: South Island
• Home: Central City
• Character theme: Foo Fighters - Cheer Up Boys (Your Makeup is Running)
• Other Trivia:
  • While many have come into contact with them before, Geoff is the only one to show obvious affects from the Chaosol Emeralds and managed to get some slight media attention for the "symptoms" even though he was oblivious to this new attention.
  • Though he wishes not to bring it up, he is currently homeless and low on cash, his home resting under the smoking remains of a metallic fish monstrosity (and not to mention surrounded by flood waters). This does not make him a sidewalk-corner-residing hobo reeking of poor hygiene and asking for cash.
  • Started to make a name of himself in Vince's boxing tournament, having managed to make it through a few rounds before the sudden cancellation of the event.

Beyond the Profile

Played By

Sheff

Credits

Character design by Sheff. Main Geoff art is by Mie. Crystal Geoff art is by Rachel. Only for use on spindash.net