Taylor

From even the greatest of horrors irony is seldom absent.
Introduction xxxxxTentaclekid with telepathy, Taylor combines what most people -- even other mutants -- hate and fear most about freaks into one cheerful package. Description xxxxxStriking. Taylor stands out in a crowd. 6'3" and muscular, his entirely obsidian-black skin is noticeable in itself. His face is not all that remarkable otherwise; large grey-blue eyes in an oblong face, wide bulb of a nose, wide thick lips, unfortunately protruding ears, rounded head (a thin long-healed line of scars along the side of his skull) kept shaved smooth. What tends to draw people's eyes -- and often their strong opinions -- far more is the wealth of tentacles that he sports in addition to the more standard limbs. Some are thin and flexible, some extremely thick and enormously long, lined with suction cups (some of which sport sharp toothy hooks in their centers.) Hard to miss, they mark him quite clearly as Other. Reputation xxxxxAmong Morlocks, Prometheans & the Xavierites who were in school around the same time as him, known to be a cheerful, outgoing and generally helpful type. Known at least by sight to plenty of New York mutants as That... uh... Friendly? Tall? Buff? Loud? Barista at Evolve because even among mutants nobody wants to be the first one to say 'the freakish one with the tentacles'. Though those who frequent Evolve know that he tends to Know Everyone and be a helpful guy to ask if you need connections in the community. xxxxxKnown to the cops, around Freaktown, in the community at large also as one of the Mutant Mongrels, a mutant 1%er bike gang who inspire very polarizing feelings within the community -- they dispense a loooot of help and they dispense a loooot of violence. xxxxxOccasionally, also, appears onstage/in music videos as a dancer for Ryan Black. He not famous, but, for anyone who has been to Ryan's shows or seen his videos, he's very identifiable. History xxxxxBorn the youngest of three to a family that liked to call themselves 'working class' so they didn't have to cop to 'poor', Taylor's life wouldn't have been easy even if he weren't born a tiny squidling. His dad couldn't handle the birth -- he walked out in Taylor's first few weeks of life, leaving Taylor's mom alone to raise the three children. xxxxxWhich she did, and did with a fierce devotion. It wasn't easy -- in terms of finances, in terms of the strain it put on her from the world's reaction to her inhuman new baby, in terms of her own struggle with horror and shock and dismay that she had to come to terms with and learn to accept the baby for who he was. But. She made the decision and worked hard to follow through on it -- whether that meant working three jobs, moving school districts, fighting tooth and nail to get her youngest access to the same education her older daughter and son had. xxxxxAll the working, though, means that while Taylor grew up knowing his mom loved him, it was his siblings who spent more time actually raising him. In school he was always in and out of trouble -- zero tolerance policies meant that fights other children started, he was punished for (often more harshly.) Often in detention, often suspended, he nevertheless kept more or less up with his grade by dint of his family spending a lot of time teaching him outside of class. xxxxxAt least, until he was eleven. Things at his new school -- the latest of several -- had been rocky, to say the least. Things in their new neighborhood -- the latest of many -- had been even rockier. Coming home from school nearly every day for two weeks, other students waited -- some days only jeering but some days getting actually violent. His siblings waited to walk him home, for all it helped. xxxxxWhen the vandalism started at their townhouse, his mom started looking for a new place to live again. Not quickly enough, unfortunately. One day when a neighbor showed up actually looking for violence, she got in an altercation with them to defend Taylor. Though she hadn't started the fight, one neighbor ended up dead, Taylor ended up in the hospital, and his mom ended up in jail. xxxxxHe never made it back home from the hospital. Two surgeries later and he woke up, rather than in the hospital bed, in a lab. xxxxxSomewhere back in California, his siblings were throwing a fit. It wasn't under Jax's team showed up half a year (and the onset of his telepathy) later that he was reunited with them. It was a short kind of reunion, though; with them in foster care and their mom still in jail, they all decided the school was the best place for him. He started middle school there, and has been at Xavier's till the present. Powers xxxxxTentacles. Oh god tentacles. Small tentacle and huge hooked tentacles and massive strong tentacles. It's impossible to miss them, really. xxxxxAlso, he can read your mind. Skills xxxxxPutting up with bad hentai jokes. Connections We real cool. Anole - He cool people. B - Doesn't just talk about it, is about it. Blink - Shall we not make the bleak way for each other's sake less rugged and unkind? Daiki - Be blessed. Dusk - And all the songs we've sung Flicker - And all the hopes we've held Hive - For all the dreams we've dreamed Hope - Got me feeling some type of way. Jax - Each one, teach one. Karrie - Go back like four flats on a Cadillac. Lyric - Uncommon common sense. Marinov - On point. Nick - Can rob a bank with this one. Scramble - I laugh like I've got gold mines Diggin' in my own backyard. Shane - Message. Spencer - he names the sky his own. It never was America to me between starshine and clay Desi - we are stalks that will bend and bend and bend... K.C. - Decent. Kyinha - Real in a fight. Skye - angels are watching over Tian-shin - :/ Trivia His older brother and sister Isaiah and Nina don't visit often given the expense of tickets from California, but at least one of them will try and make an effort to come out for Family Weekend or occasionally times when he has a particularly big part in a dance performance. Has a pet African Grey parrot, Coraline, who lived in his dorm at Xavier's. Sometimes people start rumors that she is some kind of strange mutant-enhanced bird -- maybe that funny bird girl made her smarter? maybe she is a really birdy person? -- and he has to explain to them that no, African Greys are just really smart. Is a pretty excellent freestyle rapper. He tells most non-Promethean human-passing folk that he's moved in "with friends"; after finishing at Xavier's in 2017 he and Nick moved into the Morlock tunnels. XS Schedule Fall Term, 2015 English: American Literature Mathematics: Trigonometry & Precalc Language: AP Japanese Language & Culture Science: AP Physics Ethics: The Ethics of Power Computer Science: Fundamentals of Computer Science Sport: Cross Country Extracurricular: Rock Climbing Society Extracurricular: Dance Dance Evolution Extracurricular: Archery Club Extracurricular: Peer Tutoring Winter Term, 2015-2016 English: Asian-American Literature Mathematics: Trigonometry & Precalc Language: AP Japanese Language & Culture Science: AP Physics Vocational: Automotive Mechanics Ethics: Power and Social Responsibility Sport: Basketball Extracurricular: Peer Support Group Extracurricular: Dance Dance Evolution Extracurricular: Archery Club Extracurricular: Peer Tutoring Gallery	Taylor James Allen Codename None Birthdate June 8, 1998 Birthplace Santa Cruz, CA Species Mutant Affiliation Morlocks Alignment Patient Powers Brainsquid Occupation Evolve barista Registration Status Unregistered Played By None RP Hooks Pick-me-up - Slings coffee at Evolve most days of the week. Even in freak cafe he tends to stand out; in a community as small as the mutant community, working at such a popular hangout, he's pretty recognizable. Mean Right Hook - Fight Clubber? Maybe you've been on the receiving end of those wicked-looking barbs in his extra limbs. Dirty Boy - An avid gardener. Likes working with plants and the earth. Often found outside, tending the gardens or the beehives, if not hiking further into the woods just to get some quiet Nature Time. Black is Beautiful - Despite what people always seem to think, being a giant tentaclemonster doesn't magically erase other forms of oppression from the world or his life. Heavily involved in racial justice activism, Taylor is an organizer with the NYC chapter of BYP100 and very active in Black Lives Matter organizing. Usually pretty short on patience with all manner of White Nonsense. Fly On The Wall - A telepath in a small boarding school and at one of the most popular mutant hangouts in the city. He tends to overhear a lot that he wishes he didn't. That other people wish he didn't! It's hard to keep secrets around him. Usually one of the first to know gossip -- about teachers as well as students -- and privy to a lot of people's secrets that he's... more or less good at keeping! Talk to me if there's things Taylor might know that other people may not. Life is Much Better Down Where It's Wetter - A welcoming ambassador for the not-always-particularly-welcoming Morlocks, Taylor has a strong affinity for the monstrous and dispossessed mutants of the city who might be in need of a home. Chimaerical - Part of the Chimaera Arts Collective in Brooklyn, a radical arts collective and frequent events hosting space; he is a well known face around the local arts scene, where he is mostly involved with spoken word, rap, and dance but is almost always willing to be an extra Many Pairs of hands if someone needs a volunteer for their event.
Logs
1..5051..82(82 total) Date Title Cast Mentions (2024-04-29) In which the bricks fall / we pick them up off the ground / to throw, or to build? Matt, Mirror, Lucien, Winona, Scramble, Scott, Shane, Eric, Ion, Taylor, Bug, Anahita, Destiny, Natsumi, B, Mystique, DJ, Heather, Jax, Polaris, Tian-shin, Joshua, Nick Regan (2024-04-21) In Which the Sewers of New York Get Some Cheerful New Light Bug, Lumin, Nick, Taylor (2024-04-21) In Which an Evolve Customer Buys Something They Don’t Need, but Gets Something They Do for Free Lumin, Taylor (2024-04-17) In Which a Hot Dog Has an Unfortunate Beginning and Unfortunate End, and an X-Kid’s Hopes Are Dashed Naomi, Roscoe, Taylor Lael, Spencer, Nick (2024-04-01) In Which A Number Of Interviewees Are Approximately As Forthcoming As Could Be Expected Polaris, DJ, Lily, B, Taylor, Nick, Shane, Tian-shin, Ion, Scott, Marinov, Charles, Kitty, Skye, Matt, Jax, Ryan, Steve Dawson, Erik, Isra, Lucien (2024-03-31) In Which Some Mongrels Have a Very Productive Work Retreat Thing One, Thing Two, Crazy Train, Splatoon, Tian-shin, Wolfcub, Ion (2024-03-21) In Which Some Mongrels Make Plans for Strengthening Their Team Spirit Shane, Taylor Isra, B, Dusk, Nick, Ion, Erik (2024-03-18) In Which Some Support Is Offered, Very Carefully Daiki, Taylor Lucien (2024-03-14) In Which an Evolve Barista Is Caught Off-Duty and Freaktown Receives an Uncertain New Visitor Elizabeth, Taylor (2024-03-11) In Which a Very Fancy Beach Is Invaded by Some Very Unfancy Dogs Ion, Taylor, Tian-shin Scramble (2023-12-31) In Which You Have Made People Like the Fish of the Sea, Like Crawling Things That Have No Ruler. Lucien, Leo, Scramble, Shane, B, DJ, Sera, Nick, Tian-shin, Polaris, Joshua, Skye, Anahita, Desi, Lael, Taylor, Elie Tag, Erik, Ion, Avi, Spencer, Nanami, Kelawini, Dusk (2023-09-25) In Which a New Evolve Patron’s Paranoia Is Founded, at Least a Little Bit. James, Taylor Naomi (2023-09-22) In Which an Attack on Freaktown Is Thwarted by the Totally Completely Benevolent Intervention of a Local Biker Club Shane, Taylor Ion, Scramble (2023-08-13) In Which Some Patches and Some Labrats Are Heading Toward Becoming a Colorful New Quilt Joshua, !Karrie, Karrie, Daiki, Echo, Nahida, Naomi, Sriyani, Taylor Dusk, Spencer, Avi, Roscoe, Naomi, Nevaeh, Hive, Gaétan, Leonidas, Lael, Nick, B, Shane (2023-08-01) In Which a Wildcat Stretches His Legs and Two Mongrels Do Not Alastair, Scramble, Taylor Ion (2023-07-28) In Which the People Shouted, and the Trumpets Were Blown. As Soon as the People Heard the Sound of the Trumpets, They Raised a Great Shout, and the Wall Fell Down Flat; so the People Charged Straight Ahead Into the City and Captured it. Scott, Chevy, Jax, Fury, Wendy, Lucien, Shane, Gaétan, Taylor, Tag, Boss Chen, Erik, Leo, Elie, Avi, Nevaeh, Naomi, Echo, Nanami, Spencer, Clint, Winona, Terri Pryde, Roscoe, Kitty, Ryan Kelawini, Harm, Remi, Leonidas, Lael, Asva, Sriyani, Ion, Polaris, Steve, DJ, Hive, Skye, Heather, Tian-shin, Joshua, Matt (2023-07-22) Of Trials and Teamwork (Or, In Which Without Counsel, Plans go Wrong, but With Many Advisers They Succeed.) Jax, Ryan, Erik, Charles, Regan, Steve, Hive, Kavalam, Scott, Kitty, Matt, Eric, Taylor, Scramble, Leo, Alma, Polaris, Isra, Cerebro, Heather, B, DJ, Dusk, Hank, Ion, Fury Spencer, Dawson, Avi (2023-07-21) In Which Evolve Has Storytime and Nobody Helps to Get a Bingo Marinov, Regina, Taylor Shane, Erik (2023-07-07) In Which Evolve Is Not a Particularly Helpful Source of Information, but Someone Still Gets a Big Tip Alexander, Taylor Ryan, Spencer, Jax (2023-02-06) In Which No Buildings Are Collapsed and No Organs Are Ruptured, Yet Skye, Taylor Ion, Hive, Joshua (2023-01-28) In Which a Family Meeting Does Not Go As Planned and Evolve's Patrons Get Far More Than They Ordered Hive, Hive, Hive, Hive, Hive, Hive, Hive, Hive, Hive, Hive, Hive, Hive, Hive, Hive Kitty, Dawson, Charles, Dusk (2021-12-17) In Which a Birthday Celebration and a Conference Call Both Necessitate Additional Fortification Daiki, Taylor Hive (2021-11-14) In Which Some Memories and Soup Are Both Shared and Some Souls Find a Bit of Cozy Taylor, Winona 1..5051..82(82 total)
Logs
1..5051..82(82 total) Date Title Cast Mentions (2024-10-20) What We Owe Charles, Marinov Shane, Taylor, Scott (2024-07-13) C is for Conspiracy B, Skye Shane, Taylor (2024-06-08) Birthday Candles Gino, Ion, Tok Taylor (2024-06-05) Bike Lives in the Heart Damien, Ion, Rocket, Tian-shin Polaris, Taylor (2024-05-20) Downtown Funk You Up Avi, Nevaeh, Tok Taylor (2024-05-11) Accidentally: / can mean by chance, mistake, or / as a by-product Celestine, Natsumi, Spencer Jax, Ryan, Tag, Sriyani, Taylor (2024-05-10) Worries Lucien, Steve DJ, Taylor, Jax, Ryan, Dawson, Matt, Elie, Fury (2024-05-07) Hands On Jax, Lumin, Ryan Taylor, Lucien (2024-05-02) "Away" Away Lumin, Gino Taylor (2024-05-01) Many Hats Anahita, Jax Taylor, Tag, Dawson, Lucien, Ryan (2024-04-29) Modern Solutions Avi, Harm, Sera, Joshua Lael, Taylor, Charles, Naomi (2024-04-28) In Which Some Noise is Planned Over Hot Beverages Marinov, Ryan Taylor, Lucien (2024-04-28) Coffee for my Family B, Ion, Nick, Tian-shin Taylor (2024-04-27) We Need to Talk Avi, Lael, Naomi Taylor, Harm, Sriyani, Spencer, Charles (2024-04-27) Passing the Torch Anole, Elizabeth, Lumin, Nessie, Nick Taylor (2024-04-27) On a Rampage Charles, Kurt, Scott Taylor, Cerebro, Nessie (2024-04-27) Escort Missions Nessie, Sriyani, Quentin, Roscoe, Nick, Bryce, Elizabeth, Dallen, Ford, Kurt, Joshua, Emilia, Scott Nevaeh, Taylor, Dawson, DJ, Nahida (2024-04-27) Doing Something Quentin, Nessie, Bryce, Emilia, Roscoe, Sriyani, Kurt, Kelawini, Dallen, Ford, Scott Taylor, Nick, Shane, B, Jax (2024-04-24) Rush Edition Harm, Nessie, Naomi Nick, Taylor, Charles, Jax, Nahida (2023-09-25) A Whole New World James, Naomi Taylor (2023-07-19) Regina and the Chocolate Factory Regina, Shane Taylor, Jax, Ryan, Hive (2023-06-21) Operation: S.O.L.S.T.I.C.E. Wendy, Polaris, Kitty, Ryan, Scramble, Natasha, Clint, Fury, Not Matt, Lucien, FitzSimmons Jax, Matt, Taylor, B (2023-06-21) Joy springs all radiant in my breast; Though pauper poor, than king more blest, Kitty, B, Hive, Jax, Tag 🤨, Fury, Ryan, Alma, Charles, Scott, FitzSimmons Blink, Taylor, Tag, Lucien, Dawson (2022-06-01) Sound and Furry Fury, Jax B, Shane, Spencer, Lucien, Matt, Flèche, Ryan, Taylor, Hive, Dawson, Steve, Clint (2022-05-06) Freak Index Anole, Naomi, Nick Erik, Nessie, Lael, Taylor, Marinov (2022-04-07) Maker's Mark Charles, Polaris Erik, Taylor, Mystique, Hive (2021-12-18) Friend-to-Be Hulk, Marinov Taylor, Bruce, Polaris, Tony 1..5051..82(82 total) Archived Logs 1..5051..78(78 total) Date Title Cast Mentions (2018-06-07) Better Alive Ryan, Skye, Taylor (2018-03-15) Intermural Hazing B, Nick, Shane, Taylor (2017-09-30) In Which A Table And Some Experiences Are Shared Lael, Taylor (2017-09-15) In Which Some Mutants Look For Jobs, Some Mutants Look For Help, and Some Mutants Look For Trouble Blink, Ion, Jax, Lucien, Matt, fakeJoshua, Taylor, Theo (2017-08-30) In Which Some Morlock-Style Dinner Is Served, With A Side Helping Of Morlock-Style Back To School Advice Anole, Nessie, Nick, Taylor (2017-08-27) In Which Certain Problems Are Discussed And Others, Less So Allison, Blink, Taylor (2017-08-26) In Which the Future Of Evolve Is Discussed and Some Monsters Contemplate Relaxing In Proper Monster Digs Marinov, Nick, Taylor (2017-08-22) Incognito, Ergo Sum Ryan?, Ryan??, Hive, Flicker, Steve, Taylor, Matt, Shane, B, Horus, Ryan! (2017-08-17) In Which Brains are Violated in Multiple Ways, All With An Appropriate Amount of Fuss Skye, Taylor (2017-08-13) In Which Bad News Is Received And Tables Are Cleaned Way More Than Is Entirely Needful Allison, Taylor (2017-08-11) In Which Coffee Is Made And Assistance Is Offered Allison, Paige, Taylor (2017-08-10) In Which A Picture Is Taken, With A Lot Of Flash Allison, Blink, Taylor (2017-08-09) In Which a Verdict Is Not Reached and Some Energy Is Burned Off, Perhaps Not Entirely As Planned Marinov, Spencer, Taylor (2017-08-05) In Which Some Faith Is Rewarded, Modestly Dusk, Skye, Taylor (2017-06-12) In Which Popsicles Are Drippy And Eve Is Not Eve, Taylor (2017-05-21) Something Different Alex, B, Blink, Dakota, Desi, Dusk, Elias, Elliott, Flicker, Heather, Hive, Horus, Ion, Isra, Jax, Joshua, Lucien, Lyric, Marinov, Monsterling, Natalie, Nic, Nick, Paige, Paras, Peter, Ryan, Sam, Scramble, Spencer, Shane, Tag, Taylor (2017-05-19) All Aboard The Cat Train Eve, Heather, Taylor (2017-05-17) In Which Some Different Moves Are Practiced And Some Future Shining Is Planned, With Or Without Music Desi, Taylor (2017-05-05) In Which Teenagers Are Quite Unprepared For Children And Ponder Questionable Birth Control Methods B, Desi, Eve, Taylor (2017-04-25) In Which Mutual Support Is Awkwardly Offered And Thoughts Are Awkwardly Overheard Eve, Taylor (2017-03-20) Friday Plans Marinov, Taylor (2017-02-14) In Which Some Xavierites Do Not Have A Date To The Valentine's Dance And Are Not Good At Being Cool Paras, Taylor (2017-02-05) In Which There Are Some Overtures Toward Friendship Set Against A Backdrop Of Brunch and Danger (Or the Discussion Thereof) Dakota, Nekara, Nic, Taylor (2017-01-15) In Which There Is Some Excitement At Evolve, Non-Catastrophically So (Except Perhaps For The Kitchen Floor) Rasa, Taylor (2017-01-06) In Which Some Assistance Is Given In The Matter Of Reopening Evolve, Among Other Things Flicker, Taylor (2017-01-02) In Which Evolve Is Closed For Business But Experiences A Somewhat Abrupt Re-Opening, Not In The Standard Way Ion, Taylor, Marinov, Egg (2017-01-01) In Which The Identity Of Mr Holland Is Confused And Cookies Are Not The /Best/ Ever (But No One Is Complaining) Katheryn Pryde, Nick, Taylor (2016-12-29) In Which The Monster World Is Very Small, And Some Basketball Is Played (With Indeterminate Skill) Marinov, Paige, Taylor (2016-12-29) In Which Evolve Is Temporarily An Unwelcoming Place, And A Customer Would Like To Speak To A Manager About The Service Mai, Shane, Taylor (2016-12-25) In Which Mutants Are Not Successfully Dissuaded From Their Holiday Cheer, Despite (Questionably) Valiant Attempts Blink, Flicker, Rasa, Taylor (2016-12-23) In Which Some Teeth Are Bared, Some Blood Is Shed, And Some Limbs Are Lost Nick, Taylor (2016-11-23) In Which Tea Is Made And Some Opinions Are Shared (Both Aloud And Otherwise) Marinov, Paige, Taylor (2016-06-14) In Which Rocks Are Climbed And Fights Are Planned Dante, Flicker, Taylor (2016-05-20) Sterner Stuff Nick, Shane, Steve, Taylor (2016-04-28) Troublemakers Blink, Taylor (2016-04-05) In Which Some Civil Disobedience Is Met With Incivility Blink, Marinov, Steve, Taylor, Alice, Karrie (2016-01-28) In Which Ethics Are Questionably Discussed And Homework Is Questionably Completed K.C., Kisha, Taylor (2016-01-27) In Which Students Gripe About Class But Not About Each Other Anole, Paras, Taylor (2016-01-12) Kind of Heavy Derek, Sergio, Taylor (2016-01-08) In Which The Lake Is Empty And Plans Are Made To Fix That Via Fish Triangulation Kyinha, Taylor (2016-01-01) In Which Things Are Post-Apocalyptic But There May Be Some Faith Left Anyway Scramble, Taylor (2015-12-30) In Which Roommates Need Some More Booze Derek, Taylor (2015-12-28) In Which Support Is Recruited In The Matter Of... Support Anole, Nick, Taylor (2015-12-28) In Which Punishment Is Amended To One More Satisfactory, And Some Tea Grows Quite Cold Taylor, Xavier (2015-12-22) In Which The Aggravation Of Grounding Is Mitigated Slightly With Rum. Slightly. Derek, Jack, Taylor (2015-12-21) In Which A Loon Has Failed To Migrate And Vacation Plans Are Not Made Kyinha, Taylor (2015-12-17) In Which Taylor And Karrie Have A Small Birthday Celebration, In Violation Of Some Rules Karrie, Taylor (2015-12-11) In Which Some Students Return Triumphant, But Maybe Not For Long Anole, Nick, Taylor, Xavier (2015-12-06) In Which Some Assistance Is Requested In The Matter Of Stabbing Marrow, Taylor (2015-12-05) Plenty of Trouble K.C., Kyinha, Taylor 1..5051..78(78 total)