Jack Vanatis

Recent History
Starting at the age of 23, Jack knew how to do things. Before that, he was a regular mechanic, fixing cars and playing video games in his spare time. Everything changed when the recession hit, and customers stopped coming in. The bank threatened to foreclose on his garage if he couldn't pay off the entirety of his loan immediately. He became desperate, taking out loans from every shark he could find for a momentary relief.

Though the bank relented after their payment, Jack now had a much bigger problem; namely owing money to every illegal organization and shark in the city. Without a stable source of income, he was reduced to paying his debts with services. Driving, fixing vehicles, smuggling, and even having to participate in the various wars for territory as a gunner along with his responsibility to being the getaway driver. It was almost inevitable that he would start to gain notice from the police as a known associate of virtually every criminal element, which they would occasionally leverage over him as a way to get free work out of him.

Vanatis began losing himself in imagining what could be; how he could fix the economic situation and help every small business owner like himself be able to support themselves, without having to rely on loans and the intervention of the criminal element. The Mania burst through him, and he knew that he could fix everything.

The main problem was the banks. If they hadn't demanded a full repayment of his mortgage, Jack would still be continuing with his garage, making a steady profit instead of struggling to survive while doing endless amounts of free work for the criminal element as payment, barely keeping up with the interest rates, and the police, leaving barely any time to work on actual customers. In the dead of night, he build Wonderous Objects, objects that would let him liberate the money from the banks and pay off his debts. He added up the totals for everyone he owed, and began to practice.

Jack continued to drive and fight for the underworld, but he would use his free time to plan an assault on the bank. Using the broken parts he had to replace on all the shot-up getaway cars and some spare piping, he built himself a chainsaw that could cut through steel like butter. During one of the many 'jobs' some of the gangs had him do, he contracted a few of the toughs to assist him in a bank heist. A quick demonstration of the chainsaw's effectiveness was all it took to convince the crew to take HIS job, with his share being enough money to pay off everyone Jack owed money to.

Usually, Jacks job was to wait in the car for the daring escape while the thugs went in and robbed the bank. This time, with a device that could cut directly into the vault, they could go through the wall from an alleyway instead of risking immediate arrest, which a noisy spectacle trying to find someone who had a key usually entailed. Since this should have been a remarkably easy job, just cut in, load the money and drive off, Vanatis gave himself the honor of cutting into the vault, and letting the gangsters load the money into the car.

Physical Description
Stocky, about 5"7', a bit wide around the all of him, and mildly tanned. Most of the discoloration is tanning from using a welding torch, not the sun, and his arms are covered in small cuts, healed scars, and small burns. [br]He wears a V-neck white T-Shirt under a 'vest' made from a long-sleeved red plaid trucker shirt with the sleeves ripped off. He wears blue jeans, and black shoes. The Shoes are discussed in more detail in the 'Bowling X3 Thread'.

Revealed Past
Father was in the Navy, lived on a base for most of his formative years, had/has a grandmother who had/has dogs, Father is retired.

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