CHARACTER NAME: Captain Jack Harkness (current alias), Jaxom Touchstone (birth name)
CHARACTER SERIES: Doctor Who/Torchwood (slight AU)

[OOC]

Backtagging: Absolutely.
Threadhopping: That's fine.
Fourthwalling: I'd prefer that this didn't happen with this character.
Offensive subjects: Not entirely offensive, but even though Jack is a massive flirt who loves sex, I would prefer not to play out any sex scenes. Implied fade-to-black is fine.

[IC]

Hugging this character: Jack loves hugs!
Kissing this character: Jack loves kisses! Even if he doesn't know you.
Flirting with this character: Flirting is practically his primary form of communication most days.
Fighting with this character: So long as you have a reason, sure!
Injuring this character: With good reason, absolutely. I'd prefer no sexual violence but everything else is fine.
Killing this character: As long as there's an in-character reason to do so, absolutely! Jack is immortal, so if you do kill him, he'll automatically come back to life shortly.
Using telepathy/mind reading abilities on this character: Due to Jack's immortality, he has a canon immunity to mindreading. Someone who attempts to read his thoughts will get about as much out of him as they would get from a dead guy. My version of Jack can allow someone to read his thoughts if he chooses, but he has to do so consciously.

Warnings:
Jack is omnisexual and he will hit on everyone who is of legal age eventually.

While Jack was born in the 51st century, he has spent the last 100+ years on Earth in the past, starting in 1869. He's spent most of his life as a government agent at this point, so he might flat-out lie to you a lot. He also says a lot of things that sound like bullshit but are absolutely true.


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Another typical night in Cardiff.

The streets are dark and quiet, no one seeming to be out and about... except for a bright red convertible roaring down the empty roads, its driver just as flashy and colorful as the vehicle. The blowfish laughs, slightly unhinged, as he accelerates through the red lights, swerving dangerously across both lanes.

And behind him, bringing up the rear, is a pitch-black Range Rover with blue LEDs flashing. Torchwood Three gives chase, with Owen Harper at the wheel, as Toshiko Sato tracks the car with one of her many alien and advanced devices.

It's been a few months since the team got their first lessons in psychic shielding, and once again, the Hub is open to April's expertise. Though he knows they're having guests, Jack doesn't push anyone to clean up the clutter so it looks better. The Hub is still a work space, and a chaotically changing one at that. They're all used to it by now, and Jack knows April won't mind.

Ianto is manning the tourist information office upstairs, as usual, and he knows that April is coming.

Cardiff at night is a very different beast than it is during the day. The streets are mostly empty of people, the lights around the city staying lit despite the absence, and the sound of the sea is ever so slightly louder without the noise of traffic to drown it out.

Jack is alone in the Hub as usual, monitoring the Rift while the rest of the team sleep at home. He looks up at the sound of Mainframe's chime, and gets up to look at the readouts. "Weevils on the loose, huh?"

Hunting Weevils alone is generally dangerous, and while Jack doesn't fear death at their claws, it would be rather inconvenient. Fortunately, he knows just who to call.

It's been a while since Jack needed a stiff drink, and he usually abstains in case the Doctor picks that moment to return. But after a day like today... sometimes he can justify letting himself slip a bit.

The rest of his team is sent home, and the Hub is empty, save for Jack and the pterodactyl roosting in her eyrie. Leaving him alone with only a drink and his memories for company.

He looks down at his wristcomp. Very few times has he been able to call anyone for help, since his time at Torchwood began. And it still doesn't quite work... but he's spent too much time with only his thoughts for company. He's terribly lonely, in the way that only the immortal truly know, and right now his heart is aching for the loss of Estelle.

He calls up April's number, before he can talk himself out of it.

The little yellow farmhouse looks just the same as it always has, perched on the flat plains of Kansas amidst miles of cornfields. Though it's nowhere near a beach, the small agricultural community of Smallville has always reminded Jack Harkness of Boeshane, a tiny little place out in the middle of nowhere, with neighbors who looks out for each other and stay close together as a community with a shared, tragic past.

The year is 2041 - he double-checked, just in case something went wrong with the Nexus again, or his vortex manipulator. The little piece of tech was never meant to last more than a century without maintenance, but it's served him well so far.

Jack looks the same as he always has, plus a single gray hair or two, his ancient gaze the only sign of the two thousand plus years he's already lived. It's warm in Kansas this time of year, but he doesn't seem to mind the heat from his wool greatcoat, one of his only constant companions, as he walks up the dirt road towards the Kent farm.

How does your character smell? Do they wear perfume or cologne?
Jack wears no artificial scents, but being from the fifty-first century, he does have some natural advantages in that area. He naturally emits advanced pheromones that make him smell nice under most circumstances, and when aroused (or when he consciously chooses to do so) he also emits a mild aphrodisiac. He usually smells slightly minty, with flowery overtones.


Would they be more likely to act for the good of one or the good of many? He used to be all about himself, but these days he's far more likely to act in the interest of the many.
Are they manipulative? He used to be a con man, so yes. He's still on a career track that lends itself to keeping secrets and manipulating people into giving him what he needs, but he tries to only do it in a professional capacity.
Choose a holiday and come up with a potential scenario involving your character and that holiday. One of Jack's worst experiences with Torchwood happened on New Year's Eve, 1999. He was still a freelance agent at the time, having served Torchwood Three for a full century that year. The team leader at the time, Alex Hopkins, used an alien pendant to peer into the future and was so traumatized by what he saw that he believed they would all be better off dead instead of having to face the coming storm. He sent Jack on an errand by himself (knowing that Jack could not be 'spared' the same way, and that Jack would try to stop him), murdered the rest of the team, and waited for Jack's return at midnight to pass leadership of Torchwood Three to him. He then took his own life, leaving Jack as the unwilling sole survivor.

Pick two songs that describe your character at two different points of their life, and explain why you chose them.
Nickelback - Burn It To The Ground: This is basically his entire relationship with John Hart, particularly whenever they got off-duty at the Time Agency. The two of them got in numerous bar brawls and were ejected from bars across the galaxies.
Lacuna Coil - When a Dead Man Walks: This is Jack's time at Torchwood, after he's become immortal and has been forced to work for them, always looking to the future for the Doctor's return in the hopes that he'll be able to fix Jack and allow him to die.


Do they believe that a person can redeem themselves from mistakes of the past? Yes, and fortunately so, because he made a dreadful mistake once that nearly wiped out humanity. He's not sure if his immortality is somehow a punishment for that or not, but he's working for the good of humankind regardless.
What scares them? Faeries, losing people, abandonment.
How do they feel about death? Have they been significantly affected by it? Jack has been affected by death more than most people, both through his own deaths and those around him. He's lost nearly everyone he ever loved, and is destined to continue to do so over millions of years. Jack hates losing people to death, but at the same time he craves it for himself, wishing that he could die and stay dead instead of being cursed to live forever.

Second day of favorites! Favorite comfort food, favorite vice, favorite outfit, favorite hot drink, favorite time of year, and favorite holiday.
Jack's favorite comfort food is a kind of casserole his mother used to make with local Boeshane ingredients, but they aren't available to him in the 21st century. His favorite vice is sex, favorite outfit is his WWII soldier look, favorite hot drink is kafe (which is also not available to him, so coffee is close enough), favorite time of year is spring, and his favorite holiday is Christmas.


Do the ends justify the means in their eyes? It's not so black and white with him. He strives to do the right thing, but every now and then there are no good choices, and he's forced to do something he considered abhorrent in order to save others. He also doesn't like killing enemies as an option, but it's something he isn't squeamish about and won't regret if it needs to be done.
Are they a leader or a follower? Why? Jack has spent most of his life following in some form or another, and he's an exemplary soldier. However, he's also led squads and during the past seven years, he's taken the helm at Torchwood and done quite well with it. At this point he's become far more of a leader than a follower, but he still has a superior in the chain of command in the form of the Queen, and he will always defer to the Doctor's authority out of choice.
What do they feel responsible for? (Ex. I owe it to the world to do this.) He is responsible for defending the Earth from alien threats, and defending the more peaceful aliens from humanity. Public alien encounters with Earth are becoming more and more common in the 21st century, and Jack's goal is to help humankind make steps towards reaching out to the stars instead of lashing out in fear.

What might your character’s ideal romantic partner be?
Jack's "type" is an incredibly wide variety of people, so he mostly cares about personality rather than looks (although attractiveness is a major bonus). He likes his partners to be good people, quite liberal with regards to sexual attitudes, and who look after those weaker than them.


Describe one fight they’ve had in the past (physical or otherwise).
While waiting for the Doctor in Cardiff, 1899, Jack got in a bar fight and ended up with a broken bottle shoved through his stomach, killing him. This proved a perfect opportunity for him to be approached by Torchwood operatives, who had observed him dying over a dozen times already. They captured him and tortured him so he would reveal the Doctor's location, and once they realized he didn't know but was waiting, they coerced him to join them, telling him that he had very few other options.