David Wong

==Summary==
"David Wong" is the pseudonym of a certain young man and author who has detailed his experiences with the supernatural in four reviled novels, John Dies at the End, This Book is Full of Spiders: Seriously Dude, Don't Touch It, What the Hell Did I Just Read: A Novel of Cosmic Horror, and If This Book Exists, You're in the Wrong Universe. Once a completely normal and not psychologically disturbed individual, an encounter with the supernatural drug known as Soy Sauce sent him and his best friend, John, into the dangerous world of the supernatural, where they are only pawns in the plots of beings beyond their comprehension.
==Powers and Stats==
Tier: , with standard weaponry, higher with preparation. Varies, up to at least , likely higher, with the Furgun
Name: David "Dave" Wong (a pseudonym), Meatsmell
Origin: John Dies at the End
Age: 23-25+ years old
Gender: Male
Classification: Human | Not human
Powers and Abilities:
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Extrasensory Perception (After their exposure to Soy Sauce, John and Dave can perceive the supernatural and that which is normally invisible to other humans,John Dies at the End, pages 78-79 such as ghostsJohn Dies at the End, pages 190-191), Purification (Evil spirits such as Shadow Men can be driven from a host by TestaMintsJohn Dies at the End, pages 202-203 or a crossJohn Dies at the End, pages 242-244), Limited Resistance to Causality Manipulation (Dave could remember some of the people erased from time by the vortex at the end of the Luxor incident just fine, but others, such as his old friend Todd, are more hazy and distantJohn Dies at the End, pages 179-181)
|-|with Soy Sauce=
Enhanced Senses (Can hear a voice from across a police stationJohn Dies at the End, page 70 and make out how many grains of rice are on a plate across a roomJohn Dies at the End, pages 25-26), Extrasensory Perception (While under the effects of Soy Sauce, John and Dave can perceive supernatural entities and activity that they wouldn't have perceived beforehandJohn Dies at the End, page 365What the Hell Did I Just Read: A Novel of Cosmic Horror, page 209), Perception Manipulation (As a result of Soy Sauce, John and Dave gained the ability to perceive the supernatural, and while high, Dave's perception of time vastly acceleratedJohn Dies at the End, pages 100-103), and then some combination of Animal Manipulation (John somehow gained the ability to control fuckroaches during a 2-day long Soy Sauce tripWhat the Hell Did I Just Read: A Novel of Cosmic Horror, page 326), Astral Projection (Immediately after Soy Sauce is taken, the user usually leaves their body, often even traveling across time and space and influencing past eventsJohn Dies at the End, pages 111-113), Clairvoyance (While high on Soy Sauce, Dave was able to intuit information he should've never known otherwise just by investigating someone's faceJohn Dies at the End, pages 70-71John Dies at the End, page 73), Genius Intelligence (John and Dave built a sophisticated bomb from a number of household ingredients, including Jell-O and playing cards, by analyzing their molecular makeupsJohn Dies at the End, page 366), Precognition (Analytical Prediction and Divination; While under the effects of Soy Sauce, John was able to accurately guide a future Dave from the past,John Dies at the End, pages 81-82 and Dave was able to accurately predict what a person would say just by investigating their face), Psychometry (On contact, Dave determined the history and origins of a fork and he also experienced a past event as if he were there as it was described to himJohn Dies at the End, page 105), Telepathy (A high John was able to telepathically communicate with Dave through a bratwurst and a dog from the past,John Dies at the End, pages 85-86 and Dave said a Soy Sauce high could let someone read mindsJohn Dies at the End, pages 362-363), Time Stop (John stopped time while on Soy Sauce, seemingly indefinitely, but he couldn't affect or move anything during the time stop that wasn't already on his personThis Book is Full of Spiders: Seriously Dude, Don't Touch It, pages 225-227), Resistance to Memory / Mind Manipulation (While under the effects of Soy Sauce, John and Dave can see through the fuckroaches' memory rewriting powers)
|-|with the Furgun=
Reality Warping (The Furgun's effects when fired are entirely based on the user's thoughts at the timeThis Book is Full of Spiders: Seriously Dude, Don't Touch It, page 351), Explosion Manipulation (Triggered multiple explosions, the light of one of which was visible from 6 miles awayThis Book is Full of Spiders: Seriously Dude, Don't Touch It, page 355), Summoning (Summoned a buffalo,This Book is Full of Spiders: Seriously Dude, Don't Touch It, page 357 a semitruck to run over said buffalo,This Book is Full of Spiders: Seriously Dude, Don't Touch It, page 358 and "Velvet Jesus"This Book is Full of Spiders: Seriously Dude, Don't Touch It, pages 389-390), Transmutation (Transmuted a car full of people into action figuresThis Book is Full of Spiders: Seriously Dude, Don't Touch It, page 352)
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Attack Potency: Human level (A more or less average person, physically, though not one in particularly great shape), Street level (His proximity fuse bullets were able to blow up a man's headJohn Dies at the End, page 326) with standard weaponry, higher with preparation (While on Soy Sauce, him and John were capable of creating a powerful bomb from household ingredients, a portion of which dealt significant but undetailed damage to the Beastiologist compound in Shit NarniaJohn Dies at the End, page 411). Varies (The Furgun's effects are dependent on its user's thoughts, varying in accordance with them), up to at least Large Building level (When Dave first fired the Furgun, it caused an explosion that reduced soil to black glass in a 20-meter radius and that was so bright it could be seen from six miles away), likely higher, with the Furgun (The Furgun's final use summoned "Velvet Jesus", who easily annihilated an army of Shadow Men, against which Dave speculated that the sheer force from before would be useless due to the nature of their existenceThis Book is Full of Spiders: Seriously Dude, Don't Touch It, pages 388-389). The Furgun can also ignore conventional durability.
Speed: Average Human, potentially Massively Hypersonic+ perceptions on Soy Sauce (Can read the specifics of a man's expressions from microsecond to microsecond, and during his first proper Soy Sauce high, Dave was able to consider many different courses of action, projecting his consciousness across time as a man reached towards and opened a door).
Lifting Strength: Average Human
Striking Strength: Human level
Durability: Human level
Stamina: About Average
Range: Standard Melee Range, Tens of Meters with firearms, further with the Furgun.
Standard Equipment: A handgun.
* Optional Equipment: A number of weapons, including a battle-axe, chainsaw, crossbow, homemade flamethrower,John Dies at the End, pages 363-364 improvised bombs, proximity fuse bullets (of which he had fifteen initially), and a shotgun, basic anti-supernatural equipment such as a cross and an iPod or stereo, in addition to more complex equipment;
** The Furgun: An exceptionally powerful weapon of unknown origin, the Furgun has the power to actualize whatever its user is imagining when they pull the trigger. This includes extraordinarily powerful explosions, transmutation, the summoning of other entities, such as a charging buffalo or sudden semitruck, or even "Velvet Jesus", an exceptionally powerful being that eradicated an army of Shadow Men. After that final use, however, it blinked out of existence.
** Soy Sauce: A sentient, supernatural drug that gives those who take it the ability to perceive the supernatural, on top of a host of other effects. No Soy Sauce trip is the same, but they often involve astral projection and time travel, clairvoyance and precognition, and heightened senses, both physical and supernatural. Other trips have given the recipient the ability to stop time and control supernatural entities.
** The Shroud of Turin: A t-shirt cannon that's been loaded with what an eBay vendor claimed to be the Shroud of Turin. Despite the dubious claim, it was capable of injuring and driving back a supernatural entity.
** TestaMints: Breath mints with Bible verses printed on them. When a monstrous clone of Molly possessed by a Shadow Man consumed one, it violently exploded.
Intelligence: Average. While well-versed on the supernatural, Dave is also generally irresponsible and reckless, often putting less thought into matters of strategy than advisable. By no means is he stupid, however, with him and John preparing for their encounters logically and simply, often relying on practical solutions to supernatural beings. On Soy Sauce, his intellect may skyrocket, as shown by his and John's preparation for their onslaught on Shit Narnia, which involved the creation of an improvised bomb from household materials that included Jell-O and playing cards, as well as a homemade flamethrower.
Weaknesses: Dave isn't particularly in shape and Soy Sauce's most beneficial effects are temporary, lasting anywhere from a couple of hours to just over two days. Its effects aren't exactly controllable, either. The Furgun only seems to have so many uses before it simply blinks out of existence. Dave is also no longer human and may be subject to sudden transformations and loss of control.
Notable Attacks / Techniques:
- Blowback Sphere: John, Dave, and Amy are protected by what a NON operative referred to as a "blowback sphere", meaning that they are under the protection of a malign supernatural entity that will retaliate to any attempts to harm them or derail its plans with supernatural interference and harm.What the Hell Did I Just Read: A Novel of Cosmic Horror, page 160 Even non-lethal attempts to interfere seem to go badly,What the Hell Did I Just Read: A Novel of Cosmic Horror, page 162 seemingly out of nowhere and for little logical reason. The exact mechanics are up for debate.
==Notable Matchups==
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==References==
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Category:John Dies at the End
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