Powers:
Negative Spirit: Larry is bonded to an alien symbiote made out of negative energy. It is called a negative spirit, and it comes from the Negative Nebula. The one he is currently bonded to is Keeg, the son of his first negative spirit, who he considers a son.
Empathic and Telepathic link: He has a telepathic and empathic link with Keeg, and the empathic link to Keeg is stronger than the one he had when he was bonded to Keeg’s father. When Keeg is not in Larry’s chest, he can still feel him as strongly as he can when he is, and he can feel him over great distances. The telepathy is a little harder, though, but he can still receive images and memories telepathically from Keeg at a distance. It might make him pass out, though.
Negative Spirit Release: When in danger, Larry’s negative spirit comes out of his chest to fight off their enemies. They can emit power charges of negative energy that is akin to electricity. Negative spirits can also fly at great speeds, and carry people away while flying, usually to get them out of danger. They have greater than human strength and can easily lift two adult humans or more. For a more complete list of negative spirit powers, see Keeg and The Negative Spirit’s docs.
Longevity: Larry got into what should have been a fatal crash when he was 34 years old. However, he survived it by accidentally merging with an alien energy being known as the Negative Spirit that he crashed into. Merging with the Negative Spirit halted his aging process at 34. He has been 34 for 62 years, making him 96, and that longevity will not wear off unless it is drained out of him, which is only possible under the right circumstances.
Increased Resilience: Although Larry can still be hurt and killed, it is more difficult to kill him than an average human, and he recovers from injuries quicker.
Since the Negative Spirit keeps him alive, he does not need to eat food or drink liquid to sustain himself. He also does not need to breathe air to survive, although he usually does anyway.
Immunity to Poisons and Viruses: Because the Negative Spirit changed him on a molecular level, Larry is immune to most poisons and viruses or illnesses. He will not get sick, unless it is supernaturally-caused. This includes things like lead poisoning.
Immunity to Radiation: Although Larry’s radiation is a specific type of radiation (atmospheric radiation), he cannot be harmed by radiation of any kind.
Resistance to Extreme Temperatures: Larry cannot be harmed by extreme hot or extreme cold temperatures, with the possible exception of being thrown into a sun. He can, however, survive the of the temperature of space without a spacesuit and not be affected.
Resistance to Pressure or Lack of Pressure: As stated above, Larry can survive the vacuum of space without a spacesuit, which means the lack of pressure in space does not harm him. Extreme pressure such as deep in the ocean or on a planet with a much higher level of gravity than Earth would also not affect him, although whether or not there is a limit to that is unknown.
Resistance to Electricity: Although being electrocuted still hurts him, he cannot be killed by it. This is due to the Negative Spirit’s type of energy being extremely similar to (but not quite the same as) electricity. He can, however, be tortured by it, as it still hurts like hell.
Flight: Keeg has the ability to make Larry fly when he is merged with him, although he is not very good at it all the time. Keeg is the one who mostly has control over this ability, not Larry.
Side Effects:
Radiation: Larry emits extreme atmospheric radiation from his body all the time. It is a high enough level to kill anyone in a room with him, painfully, within minutes unless they are somehow immune to his radiation. If they cannot be killed but can be hurt, or have an increased resilience in some way, it will still cause them a torturous amount of pain to be in the same room with him while he is unbandaged. He does, however, wear specially-treated radiation-proof bandages all over his body whenever he is in a non-radiation-proof room or with other people.
Larry cannot use technology well when unbandaged, as his radiation interferes with it.
Burn Scars: Larry’s body has the scars of severe third-degree and fourth-degree burns all over his body from his crash. He also no longer has hair.
Immunity to Poisons and Viruses: The downside to being immune to poisons and viruses is that his body cannot tell the difference between a substance that is trying to help him and one that is trying to hurt him. This means most medications also will not work on him, again, unless they are supernatural in some way.
No Food or Drink: Because of the aforementioned changing him on a molecular level, not only does he not need to eat or drink to sustain himself, when he does it feels and tastes wrong to him, and his body doesn’t digest it right. He can, however, still benefit from something of a supernatural origin that must be ingested to benefit him. This applies to supernatural food or drink that would have a negative effect on him, as well. – Despite not drinking anything, Larry does still occasionally need to pee. He doesn’t know why and does not want to dwell on it for long.
Skills
Military Training
Piloting: As a former Air Force Test Pilot, Larry is an extremely skilled pilot. Piloting was one of the only things he ever really excelled at and flying is the only time he ever really felt at peace.
Aerial Navigation: Navigating planes through the air and great speed is tricky, but Larry’s skilled at it.
Land Navigation: Larry’s particularly good with direction, he is able to get his bearings quickly and figure out how to navigate on various types of terrain, including how to find his way back to any particular spot.
Celestial Navigation: One of the ways he’s able to do this is navigating with the help of the stars. He does it on land and in the air. It would also work well at sea, although he does not know how to sail.
Sharp Reflexes: Due to the speeds at which he travels, he has to have sharp reflexes in order to navigate at that speed.
Combat: Larry’s military training did provide him with some combat training. Mostly operating the weapons installed on an airplane, but some melee and missile combat, as well.
Hand-to-hand combat: Larry is not trained with swords or any melee weapons besides a knife, mostly for survival purposes and self-defense. He would do alright in an unarmed brawl assuming his opponent is not supernaturally or technologically enhanced somehow.
Ranged-combat: He is, however, useful with guns. He was trained with them well in his military days. However, he does not use them often. Most combat he leaves to the Negative Spirit. He’s a great shot when shooting moving targets and working with armed vehicles, especially airplanes, as most of his experience with combat would be from fighter planes of some kind.
Survival Skills: Larry’s military training taught him how to survive in various environments. Urban, desert, forests, plains. Camping also helped with that. Although he doesn’t need most of that for himself anymore, he could help someone in need.
Resourcefulness: Larry is able to fashion weapons, create barriers, traps and shelters out of most things he has available. He is also able to get someone (and prepare it) food and water even under difficult circumstances.
First aid: Larry is not a healer, but his knowledge of plants and his military training does make him a pretty decent one in a pinch. Mostly, he knows how to keep wounds clean and braced until he can get someone to proper help.
Horticulture: Larry has spent 60 years caring for plants. He had a greenhouse back home and considers it an art. Although he has a particular interest in flowers (with orchids being his favorite), he has vast knowledge of all kinds of plants.
Cooking: In addition to his resourceful survival skills and his knowledge of plants, Larry has expanded that skill of finding and preparing food into an art and a hobby. Like taking care of his plants, he finds cooking relaxing, despite not being able to eat it. He can, however, smell it, which is a sensory stimulation that, although hindered by the bandages, has not been completely taken away from him, like taste has, and touch has because of the bandages.
Singing: Larry is a talented singer, although he doesn’t really do that in front of people much. He might be persuaded to, if someone finds out, as he is easy to talk into pretty much anything.