Jaylon Cox

'''Jaylon Cox is a main character and EO in the Toska series. His powers involve familiarity and shape shifting.'''

Appearance
At first glance, Jaylon wouldn't draw much attention; middle aged, ugly, haggard and often dirty from his janitorial shifts at his various jobs it was easy for him to be overlooked. His looks was a constant concern, there was always something off with Jaylon that made him look unappealing. This was only accentuated by his stretched earlobes, resulting his time where he used to wear gauges and faded tattoos on his arms and chest.

Jaylon's stressful life and habitable smoking also prematurely aged him, leaving behind deep wrinkles and leathery skin.

Personality
Jaylon suffers from foot-in-mouth syndrome with his tactless delivery often getting him into trouble, especially with women. If tasked with negotiating a sensitive situation, the last person you would call would be Jaylon. But this didn't prevent him from being a capable leader. A dedicated problem solver, he also tend to tunnel into problems until they are resolved.

A bleeding heart at his core, Jaylon is passionate about his causes, giving 25 years of his life to the Animal Rights causes. Animal's blind loyalty and compassion moved him, as he was often treated poorly due to his looks and his job as a janitor. Being rejected by others only fueled his disdain for those he felt did him or the world wrong, allowing him to take more extreme measure of completing his tasks.

Life
Jaylon was born into a wealthy family with ties to a long running cable and internet business. His family were old money with little responsibilities now that they company was sold as a public utility. Like many rich kids before he spent his early life away from home, attending boarding school until he graduated with a high school degree and made attempts to get his MBA but was too inspired to ever complete this path.

It was then Jaylon crossed path with the Animal Liberation Front (ALF), where he was recruited and eventually became an integral member member. He was a Martyr for the group, this role was given only the most trusted and dedicated members of the ALF. For the Martyrs were the ones that performed the illegal activities in the name of animal rights. This included breaking and entering, arson, bombings and in some cases murder.

Jaylon worked a number of these jobs, often obtaining employment as a janitor or other low security roles that had clearance to gain entry to even the most confidential areas.

Death
After successfully destroying the Merit Zoo research labs and rescuing the Salamanders, Jaylon managed to reach the ALF meetup location, a offsite restroom, only to be attacked by the salamanders he saved. The experimental serum that was injected in the salamanders was transferred into Jaylon, causing him to go into cardiac arrest and dying on the bathroom floor. ALF members rescued him and took him to one of the nearby safe houses.

The Zoo Bombing
After successfully obtaining employment at the &For research labs at the Merit Zoo, Jaylon was able to infiltrate the experimental labs where &For was running top secret bio-weapon experiments on salamanders. The trials were testing a rage inducing serum that once approved would be used in the battlefield against enemy units which would cause the intended target to go into a feral enraged state, unable to make cohesive or educated decisions.

Unaware of the specifics of the experiments themselves, Jaylon made preparations to blow up the facility during &For CEO Kyle Jansen's visit. Obtaining a key card from research student, Anastasia Ferrari, he gained access to the experimental wing of the lab and placed timed explosives throughout the facility including the server room before retrieving the salamanders and moving them off site for an ALF member, Ron Nicholls, to pick up.

Unfortunately on his way out, Jaylon gained the attention of &For secretary Elle Stanton and research student Jamie McCloud and was cased off site right before the explosion. The resulting blast allowed for Jaylon's escape, Jamie and Elle both died from suffocation with Jaylon making it to the retrieval point only to be killed by the very salamanders he saved.

The Grand Re-Opening
Still in hiding as the Zoo Bombing investigation was ongoing, Jaylon looked into LiveWell and rumors of disappearances of people with powers like him. With a lead given to him by Vet, Jaylon scheduled a meeting with Dr. Yonah Moibrooke, puppeted by Ira at the time. Jaylon alluded that he knew about other 'dead' people with powers and named dropped Vet's real name that gained his attention. Agent John was also on site during the visit, which added to the overall tension of the visit. A fight broke out and Jaylon was read his rights and captured by EON after considerable struggle.

EON Testing and Colin Saga
Jaylon wakes up at South Channel Island and designated as EO-3779 and was assessed and vivisected by Dr. Langevin. While working under Langevin, Jaylon acquires his first EO power by adding Sydney Clarke (EO-209) to his wardrobe. Once properly assessed, he was handed off to Dr. Abboud to be used as a backup for EO-209. A few weeks go by and Ira strikes a deal with Jaylon his freedom for a meeting with Vet. Jaylon agrees and Ira as Dr. Moibrooke pulls strings to have Jaylon was approved for use as a field EO under the strict supervision of EON personnel.

On his first assignment out with Agent Hunter and Agent Jane to locate Moira Johnson, to take her form to lure out Ira after rumors of his sightings in Merit. The meeting was intercepted by Elira who killed the two Agent with Jaylon's assistance and then asked Jaylon to dispose of Moira to tie up loose ends. Jaylon steals Ira's form and halfheartedly shoots Moira. Unknown to them at the time, she survives.

Without a body, Elira requested an EO healer to stabilize his current form knowing that Jaylon already knew someone with the power. Jaylon reluctantly sets up a meeting with Vi and Elira who was introduced as Colin. "Colin" strings Vi despite Jaylon's protests after he's healed completely and gains access to both Eli's powers and his own.

&For Tower Bombing
Jaylon uses the downtime from the first Break-Out to catfish Sven Jansen in effort to gain intel on &For Tower. Although successful in gaining Sven form, it was later discovered that the Jansen's also had a EO family member, Sigrid and that Sven never forgave his father for sending her away. Sensing an opportunity Jaylon reveals that he's an EO and offers help to find Sigrid for his cooperation to help bomb his family's tower. The two coordinate to keep current &For CEO and sister, Helene Jansen, busy in New York while Jaylon detonates the building by himself. It was success and Merit goes into lock down.

The Second Break-Out
Ron begs for Jaylon to help Jack and Aaron who were captured by EON. In a difficult position, Jaylon calls in a favor with Ira knowing full well it was a trap set up by EON. Jaylon said his goodbyes and prepares to death and the two 'men' bonded over the dire circumstances as they make their way back to Merit. Ira using Tegan's body and Jaylon as Wes infiltrate the facility and barely rescue the both of them. Outside the facility Tegan was shot dead, as well as Jack and Aaron. Jaylon only managed to live due to Wes' EO powers.

Managing to give EON the slip, Jaylon revived Aaron and then Jack in a small roadside motel. As thanks, Jack offered his form to Jaylon which he took. Vi showed up afterwards to heal their powers.

New York City
Jaylon spent most of his time in New York at Ira's side, as both a body guard for Ira and support for the main crew. With Elira's help he manages to steal Vi's healing ability, allowing Ira to cut loose ends with her.

Powers:

 * Familiar: Take on the form, powers and selected memories of person through touch. Abilities and memories is up to the time of copy. Target must be overpowered, unaware or willing for copying process. EO transformation time is roughly 10 seconds, Normies 2 seconds.
 * Customized Forms: Ability to age up or down forms by 5 years, minor adjustments to physical appearance including hair style, eye color, etc. For Jaylon's own form he is able to customize age completely based on memory alone.
 * Shapeshift Clothing/Accessories: Shifted forms come with clothing worn at time of copy.
 * Shapeshift Vocals : Ability to use stored copy's voice as Jaylon.
 * Form combinations: Able to blend EO's form with compatible powers the resulting form is usually grotesque. Requires form to be thoroughly understood.
 * Wardrobe: Cataloged of stored copies of forms. Up to 10 EO's and unlimited number of Normies.

EO Forms:

 * Jacob "Jack" Singh (EO-3942): Jinx. Ability to affect probability. Can also be applied to powers. (LVL6 copy)
 * Sigrid Jansen (EO-363): Frozen. Ability to manipulate ice and cold.
 * Sydney Clark (EO-209): Ability to resurrect the dead up to three times. Normies without issues. EOs with broken powers.
 * Viviana “Vi” Ludwig (EO-3551): Messiah. Ability to health at sacrifice of warmth.
 * Wesley 'Wes' Booker: Shine. Ability to make a nearly impenetrable shield around self or target. Also really strong.
 * Ira Johnson (EO-333): Puppetry. Ability to read minds and control targets, up to 8 at great risk burden to self.
 * Tegan: Ability to create portal to "Ghost World" and communicate with lost remnants of souls.
 * Faron : Teleportation.