Jacob Gavin Jr.
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| Jake Gavin Jnr. | |
|---|---|
| File:Gavin.jpg Portrayed by Drew Fuller | |
| Codename: | Courier |
| Affiliations: | X-Force |
| Birthdate: | April 12, 1975 |
| Journal: | Shallow Means, Deep Ends |
| Player: | Available for applications |
Jake Gavin is a former courier for his family business, Infonet Inc and a former part of the Xavier’s school staff. A shapeshifter, his loyalties and morality are equally mercurial, although he remains close to many members of both the X-Men and X-Force.
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Details
Character Journal: x_courier
Real Name: Jacob Joshua Gavin Jr.
Codename: Courier
Aliases: Jake, Jacqueline
First Appearance: Dec. 1st, 2003
Date of Birth: April 12, 1975
Place of Birth: Switzerland
Citizenship: European Union
Relatives: Jacob Gavin Sr. (father), Ariel Richmond (mother), Devi Gavin (sister)
Education: Bachelor’s Degrees in International Studies, International Law, Contemporary English Lit.
Relationship Status: Single
Occupation: Employed by Snow Valley Memorial Center for Mutant Affairs; former Courier for Infonet Inc.
Team Affiliation: X-Force
Biography
Childhood
International Infonet Inc is a very successful business and Jake grew up in comfortable luxury, attending Swiss boarding schools from age ten, finishing off with degrees in International Studies, International Law and Contemporary English Literature before he began working full time for Infonet. Due to his job, he has basic knowledge of Japanese, French, German, Russian, Cantonese and Arabic, and can curse in a dozen or so more languages.
Jake would consider his childhood pretty happy, if marred by the fact that all his life it's been the Jacobs against Ariel, and later Devi. He's Jewish and can regale you with at least twenty horror stories from his bar mitzvah in an instant. They're all probably lies. Except for the bit where his dad takes off with the stripper.
Some of Jake's mottos are: "Discretion is the better part of real estate" (an inside family joke), "Run away to run away another day" and, most importantly, "We're paid to deliver, not question". He's been a Courier for International Infonet Inc since he was 21, and since his mother (60%) and father (35%) are co-owners of the company, he's lived the life of a Courier since he was born. This has made his idea of ethics and moral a little... strange.
Living At The X-Mansion
Jake came to Xavier's as a woman, to see if Charles could help him change back into male form permanently; something he'd not been able to do since May 2003 as a result of the Big Headache. Xavier explained that the problem was probably in Jake's head, and Jake agreed to stay at the school for therapy, acting as the temporary Student Counselor along side Pete Wisdom.
The school housed several people Jake already knew a little from before, like Emma Frost, Betsy Braddock, Pete Wisdom, Warren Worthington III and Monet St. Croix. During his tempestuous first days, he was accidentally turned into a frog by Amanda Sefton. He also made the frightening discovery of Gambit, who he recognized from a chance meeting years before.
Jake remained at the school for several months, until finally regaining his control over his powers and being able to switch between forms again. Following his new success, he decided to return to the family business at the urging of his parents.
Return to Intel
While working for Infonet Inc, Jake used his former association with Xavier’s to help increase their reputation in certain areas. Unfortunately, it drew the attention of Remy LeBeau when he was working to set up new networks following Wisdom’s defection to the Hellfire Club. LeBeau brought Jake back to the mansion to assist him in the new effort to rebuild the shattered intelligence networks. Working with Betsy and Remy, Jake helped design new lines of communication, and arrange for relationships with some of his contacts at Infonet.
However, after Remy’s crippling and the return of Wisdom to the school, Jake decided that he had fulfilled his duties, and once again decided to return to his family’s business. He still maintains an unofficial alliance with Wisdom, Remy and Betsy, trading off the odd piece of information that might be of concern.
Escape to New York
In early 2009, Jake was attacked and fired from Infonet on the same day. The attack was a successful attempt to cut off and steal his arm for reasons then unknown; during his escape, he received a phone call from his sister Devi informing him that she and their mother were performing a hostile takeover of Infonet, and he and his father were no longer a part of the company. With nowhere else to turn, Jake called Remy, looking for shelter and, eventually, a job. After a rather harrowing talk (for Jake at least), Remy offered him a place with X-Force, which he eagerly accepted, happy to both find a safe place and to reunite with several of his old friends.
Jake proved useful to X-Force, his personal contacts providing them with valuable information. He reacquainted himself with Amanda Sefton and former roommate Wanda Maximoff and made several new friends, in particular the hostile young woman at the mansion Carmilla Black and the attractive Quebecois, Jean-Paul Beaubier. Jake and Jean-Paul became involved with each other, despite Jake's personal issues with committment and love and he came to spend a lot of time at the mansion.
Jake and Cammie's personal histories intertwined when Cammie was sent two severed fingers and was told they belonged to her adoptive parents. The fingers came from Jake's missing arm, something which the pair discovered when they both followed mysterious instructions to a warehouse in Cammie's home town. It was a trap designed to capture both of them, set up by George Tarleton on behalf of his lover, Monica Rappaccini; they managed to escape and call in back up, but Cammie remained upset about discovering her 'creation' as a biological weapon.
Jake continued following up leads on his missing arm, having only the name of the client who had ambushed him, the mysterious New Son group that Tarleton had once belonged to and the fact the fingers were delivered by an Infonet courier. Another piece of the puzzle slotted into place in the course of retrieving an undelivered Infonet package, with Jake confronting his mother and sister about their involvement with the Rappaccini matter and their caged non-denial. Jake burned his bridges completely with his former employer that day, the incident upsetting him deeply.
On the personal side, things continued to be rocky with Jean-Paul. When the other man was psionically tortured, Jake coped badly, even more so when Jean-Paul ended the relationship abruptly before trying to kill himself. They reconciled over the course of Jean-Paul's recovery, but Jake's issues with committment were always a problem. Following the House of Wolves affair, Jake slept with Wanda; a bout of uncharacteristic guilt led him to confess his infidelity to Jean-Paul (despite the fact they'd never agreed on monogamy) and Jean-Paul ended the relationship again, this time for good.
All of these pressures, plus the increasing danger of the work with X-Force and his relationship with Wanda, built up and following their mission in Russia, Jake left the brownstone, leaving several notes to explain things. His whereabouts are currently unknown.
Physical Characteristics
Height: Any. Typically 5ft 10in as male, and 5ft 7in as female.
Weight: Any. Typically 165lbs as male, and 120lbs as female.
Eyes: Any. Typically blue in both sexes.
Hair: Any. Typically black in both sexes.
Other Features: Any
Powers
Jake has a photoreflexive malleable genetic imprint which gives him absolute control over every cell in his body. As a result of that, Jake can change his appearance, and survive a gunshot through the head without a mark to show for it. He can also control his cells at a distance. Like if you cut off his thumb and took off with it for nefarious purposes, he could destroy the entire thumb by thinking about it. He is an emergent mutant, meaning he’s had his powers all his life and used it ruthlessly to escape babysitters and curfews.
Equipment
None
Trivia
Jake is eminently bribable with food, quite possibly selling his soul for a slice of cake.
During his time at the mansion, he shared a suite with Wanda Maximoff, and the pair engaged in an ongoing prank war. When he returned to join X-Force, he first moved in with her, then moved into the apartment next door. They resumed their prank war, and routinely cross between apartments via the fire escape, to the point that they only use each other's front doors when something is wrong.
Plots
2004
2005
2009
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Player Icon Base: Male: Drew Fuller
Meta Trivia
Jake was introduced to the game by Sascha and was picked up by k8 in March 2009, who left the game in September 2009.
