Larry Trainor

	Negative Man

Larry Trainor (Scenesys ID: 4861)
Profile
Name:	Lawrence Trainor
Superalias:	Negative Man
Gender:	Male
Species:	Metahuman
Occupation:	Test Pilot (Retired)
Citizenship:	American
Residence:	Metropolis
Education:	Bachelor's/Air Force Academy
Theme:	DC (FC)
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Details
Apparent Age:	95	Actual Age:	95
Date of Birth	10 October 1927	Played By	Matt Bomer
Height:	5'10"	Weight:	180 lbs
Hair Color:	Black	Eye Color:	Blue
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Theme Song:	"Words Fail" ? Ben Platt

Character Info

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An air force pilot fused with a strange spirit, an outcast from the world forever forced to keep everyone at bay. Doom Patroller.

Timeline

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Timeline:
*1927: Born to Gerald and Debbie Trainor.
*1948: Attends University of Washington in Seattle.
*1950: Air Force service (Korean War)
*1955: Completes his interrupted education
*1955: Married to Sheryl McGovern, has two children with her: Paul and Gary.
*1956: Joins Man In Space Soonest program, replaced by Project Mercury until '63, was not selected for spaceflight.
*1963: Joins the aeronautical research pilot program at Edwards Air Force Base, CA.
*1964: Flies his X-15 through a mysterious cloud of radiation in the upper atmosphere. Survives the resulting crash, burned beyond recognition and exhibits unusual abilities. Transferred to the Bureay of Normalcy.
*1969: Rescued from the Bureau by Niles Caulder along with other future members of the Doom Patrol. Larry spends the next decades within the confines of Caulder's manor, avoiding contact with the outside world.
*1995: The Doom Patrol is born with Dayton's founding, with the original lineup of Farr, Dayton, Trainor, Steele and Mentallo.
*2005: Steve Dayton meets Caulder. With Dayton's funding and leadership, the Doom Patrol gains traction after a decade of abortive starts and stops.

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Personality

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Caring:
Despite his issues with intimacy and his reclusive tendencies, Larry is a caring person who is concerned with the welfare of others- it so happens that most times, he believes that what is best for others is to have as little of him as possible in their lives, which means that his interactions are often coated with a sarcastic, matter-of-fact demeanor.

Reclusive:
As a result of his accident and subsequent life, Larry is often quiet and reclusive. His condition makes it physical intimacy impossible, and the traumas of his accident and of having lived a life of lies hiding his sexual orientation have left Larry with a fractured sense of identity. While he is close to the other members of the Doom Patrol in varying degrees over decades due to sharing their 'otherness', it is extremely difficult for an outsider to become emotionally close.

Scarred:
As a combat veteran, an accident survivor and someone whose life was torn from him, Larry bears not only physical scars, but psychological ones. He often has to struggle with an all-pervasive feeling of doom and lack of safety, and often has trouble sleeping. He is plagued by dreams in which he interacts with The Entity in situations that leave him feeling psychologically exposed, but is not certain whether they are actual interactions with the Entity or merely his own psyche. Outside of continuing to update his knowledge of engineering, he tends to avoid directly facing issues pertaining to his own life or anything that reminds him of it. He is aware that his sons might be alive, somewhere, or that he might have grandchildren, but he prefers to remain in his self-contained universe of the team and the mansion.

Self-Loathing:
Larry is burdened by regret and has a tendency to be depressive and defeatist. Still in denial about his sexuality and his identity, and he is often struggles with fear of change, preferring the familiar to the uncertain, even if it seems unbearable at times.

Character Sheet

Powers

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Energy Conversion:
The negative entity can absorb thermal energy and converted into explosive discharges.

Forever Young:
As a result of his condition, Larry doesn't age. He could conceivably live forever, but he is not invulnerable and may be killed, harmed, or maimed.

Mind Meld:
Keeg is also capable of, in an emergency, forming temporary psychic bonds between chosen individuals, connecting their minds, allowing for interaction even if one of the linked individuals has fallen into a coma.

Phasing:
The Entity is capable of passing through solid matter, with the exception of lead. Phasing through biological matter causes pain to the subject, but it is not lethal.

Possession, Technically:
The Negative Spirit is capable of possessing and take control of machines and devices- although this is in and of itself a risky maneuver, as there is a high probability that the machine will be overloaded by the Negative Spirit's energy.

Shadow Flight:
As a zero-mass being, the entity is capable of flight at the speed of light.

The Entity:
Originally, Larry believed that the Negative Entity was only an energetic emanation from his powers. Little by little the entity communicated with Larry through his dreams, revealing that its name was Keeg Bovo, a creature from a dimension called the Negative Space under the reign of N'Hal, The Negative Entity. The accident during which Bovo bonded with Trainor was due to the entity's curious nature, often exploring beyond the boundaries of its realm. Becoming trapped in a dimensional rift, only being liberated when Trainor crossed the rift in the midst of his test flight. Keeg's bonding with Larry was the only thing that allowed Trainor to survive the experience.

The entity is generated as a black, electrical energy being of an indeterminate substance. When projected, Larry's consciousness inhabits the being's body and leaves his body immobile and unconscious. The time limit during which Larry can leave his body as the entity varies depending on the stress of the situation (see weakness: Under Pressure.)

Skills

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Air Force Training:
Having volunteered for the Air Force during the Korean War, Larry received the respective training and was directly involved in combat situations. He has not flown aircraft in over sixty years, but he still retains a strong familiarity with principles.

Test Pilot Traning:
Although his education was interrupted due to the war, Larry was able to complete and became a talented engineer. As a test pilot on America's most advanced experimental aircraft at the time, he acquired a solid grasp of quite advanced aerospace engineering and physics at the time. He has continued to update his knowledge over the decades as a means to fight his depression and maintain some semblance of connection to his past life.

Resources

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The Doom Patrol:
The Doom Patrol is more than a team for Larry- because of his condition and his forced alienation, it has become the closest thing he has to a family that he still interacts with. He resides at 'The Mansion' for the majority of the time, with of his assets, modest as they are.

Weaknesses

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Radiation:
As a result of his accident, Larry produces lethal radiation constantly. His entire body needs to be wrapped in especially-treated bandages in order to protect those around him at all times.

Sack of Potatoes:
When Larry releases the Entity from his body, his body is left behind as an empty husk in an apparent catatonic condition. For as long as the spirit is outside of his body, Larry is in an extremely vulnerable condition and may even be killed by enemy or hazard.

Under Pressure:
Larry and the Entity can spend can spend an indeterminate amount of time separated if they're in a safe and familiar location in close proximity, and neither of them is feeling stressed. However, in stressful situation Larry starts suffering physical effects within a minute and may even die if the Entity does not return to his body quickly.

Role-Play

Logs

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Larry Trainor has 17 finished logs.

Title	Date	Scene Summary
Lit Patrol	March 4th, 2025	'My Side' reading at Dragonsworth Cafe goes sideways when King Kandy causes a commotion and the cakes rise wild in the hills! Guest appearances abound, including Mister Fish and Phone Ranger. To be continued in 'Cake Patrol'. Watch for it!
Pest Control Patrol	March 1st, 2025	Stern Steve's on call right now, but his assistant at Extermination Station, Dave the Buster, is here to help the Doom Patrol deal with the darn rats in the walls. At least if the cookies don't get him first.
Morning Patrol	February 24th, 2025	It's life and death when the Rat Disaster known as the Momster fights to her last breath against Sandy the Pecan Piledriver! Meanwhile, the Doomies uncover a fortune that spells D-O-O-M!
A-Bomb Party Patrol	February 14th, 2025	The Nuclear Legion Hall 25th Anniversary Retreat in Chernobyl! The Presence, Starlight, Hazmat, Negative Man, Captain Atom, Doctor Phosphorous, and the Nuclear Family attend--with guest-appearances by Titano the Super-Ape, the dalmations from the Atomic Knights, and a werepanther named Felicia. Huh??
A Song of Shrimp and Shrubbery	January 31st, 2025	True Love Goes 'GWAK!'
Soggy Bob's Family-Friendly Fun Park	January 24th, 2025	War is upon us. To postpone it, Our Heroes must be willing to have soggy bottoms. Put a towel down before you get back on the bus.
Bus Patrol	January 23rd, 2025	The gang heads to Florida. Babies, snacks, drinking games, rest stop venison. Real hero's journey stuff.
The Beginning of the End (Of Days)	January 16th, 2025	Pathfinder leads an elite team of superheroes in an attack on a campsite in upstate New York. By the time it's done a castle is demolished, as are like a hundred plus zombies. Warning: Gross
Luck Patrol	January 11th, 2025	No description
Shadow of the Gartenzwerge	January 8th, 2025	The Gnomes have been watching. They see your wilted begonias. They are not amused by your cheeky signs. They are sharpening their knives.
Scrap Patrol	January 1st, 2025	Cliff is a head missing its body. Ted and Audra perform a sketchy cyber-surgery in a spooky basement. Larry helps, despite himself.
Package Patrol	December 31st, 2024	An unexpected package arrives on the porch of Doom Manor. Free shipping though.
Mouse Patrol	January 27th, 2024	No description
Sage Patrol	November 28th, 2023	No description
Casey Patrol	October 22nd, 2023	Fuckety-second century hero turns up and requests action from the laziest superhero team ever. For some reason they agree.
Look out for Nobody	September 27th, 2023	Larry and Jane of the Doom Patrol visit Titans Tower to inform the Titans that they shouldn't arrest a villain who doesn't exist.
Positive Thoughts	September 9th, 2023	Two anti-social personalities trapped in an elevator. It's not a Noel Coward play, it's just another day at the Tower

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