| “ | Maybe. But now I have to punish you. I could hurt you, like I do with most people. Hurt you while you’re looping through the same action, so you feel that pain over and over and over and over again. The only thing that doesn’t change is your brain. That keeps going. The pain is always fresh, it never gets easier to deal with, but I’m told there’s a certain point where you crack, and you go around the bend. Takes a few days for most. Then you get to a point where you work through your issues. You don’t want to, but you do, because the only thing you have to occupy yourself with is the pain and your own thoughts… so you get mostly better, and then you crack up again, and you get better, and that becomes a loop of its own… | „ |
Summary
The Gray Boy was one of the founding members of the Slaughterhouse Nine, a team of highly dangerous supervillains and an S-class threat. Granted his powers by Cauldron, he became one of the most feared and infamous villains to ever exist before he was killed by Glaistig Uaine.
Powers and Stats
Tier: 10-B
Name: Nicholas, the Gray Boy
Origin: Parahumans
Age: Unknown (His powers keep him physically a child)
Gender: Male
Classification: Parahuman
Powers and Abilities: Time Manipulation (He can trap opponents in time loops of varying lengths, and he can injure them in these loops to make their pain loop effectively endlessly; he cannot deactivate these loops and they last for thousands of years.[1] His power also reverses time to when he first got his powers constantly, healing lethal wounds[2]), Limited Power Nullification (His loops also act as a 'well' that keeps powers trapped within[3]), Longevity (Due to his loop constantly resetting him to the age he gained his powers, he's effectively immortal until his Shard runs out of power)
Attack Potency: Human level
Speed: Peak Human (Can react to other Parahumans and tag Jack Slash. Caught thrown darts mid-air[4])
Lifting Strength: Average Human
Striking Strength: Human level
Durability: Human level
Stamina: Presumably only limited by the longevity of his shard, given his power
Range: His ability is based on line of sight, although he can "guess" with his ability when he can't see[5]
Standard Equipment: A pocket knife
Intelligence: The Gray Boy is dangerous, unstable, and uncontrollable, and makes good use of his extremely effective ability to manipulate, intimidate, and harm others[6]. However, in his original life, he lacked some skills, such as the knowledge to use a computer - his clone had such knowledge filled in by the memories of a child. When he first became conscious after being cloned, he instantly knew Bonesaw's name and that she was plotting against them.[7]
Weaknesses: Glastig Uaine was capable of killing him due to cutting off his connection to his Shard
Notable Attacks / Techniques:
- Looping: The Gray Boy can create stationary time loops, which can be used to loop an area of around 5 feet across and 8 feet high, though he was able to loop a 10-foot tall wall of air. These loops cannot be entered by anyone but the Gray Boy, effectively acting as walls, and enemies caught in them will loop over and over again, with each loop's length depending on the Gray Boy's will. The Gray Boy can make these loops torturous by hurting an opponent in the loop, causing their pain to constantly repeat over and over again. The Gray Boy cannot stop his loops and they can last for thousands of years.
This power also has a defensive application, reversing time to prevent any harm or change from befalling the Gray Boy. This has rendered him immortal, as it continuously returns him to his youth, reversing any injuries, even lethal ones, making him extremely difficult to kill.
Notable Matchups
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Losses:
Inconclusive:
Enrico Pucci (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure) Pucci's Profile
References
Discussions
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