Jesse Cadena

**Jesse Antonia Cadena** (July 13th, 2029) is a Mechanic inside and outside the OASIS, Jesse came from a poor family in East LA, with rampant crime and drugs constantly uprising, Jesse and his father Miguel would often work together in help fix cars for money in his garage, soon enough Jesse would become a skilled mechanic in fixing OASIS Vehicle's and normal cars for a living working as a loner not trusting anyone or joining any Clans.

## Character

### Appearance

#### As Jesse Cadena

Jesse is 5'10" and about 170lbs, he has dark brown hair, brown eyes, and is muscular from his time working on cars for many years

#### As ZOMB!3K!NG

As ZOMB!3K!NG he is a Level 45 Mage, he is short with brown skin, unkempt facial hair and equally unruly mid length hair, he also wears futuristic glasses similar to Bad Batch's Tech. His Avatar is commonly seen wearing a black hoodie with Rock Band Patches like The Misfits, Operation Ivy, Gwar, Bad Religion etc. He also wears gray torn and tattered jeans, Scud Heartbreaker Series chest and back armor plate painted like Miles Morales's Spider-Man Logo, and black sneakers usually giving off a slacker/stoner vibe.

#### As Jesse1

Jesse was enrolled in the OASIS School System when he was 15 before the start of his Freshman year of high school on Ludus School #1122 and played on the High School Soccer Team.

## Story

Jesse Cadena was born in East Los Angeles, his parents Miguel, a Mexican Immigrant who worked as a at home Mechanic and Rhonda, a Black grocery store worker who died in a robbery when Jesse was 7. Jesse grew up with his father often helping him work on cars for money even though his father wanted Jesse to become a successful man, Jesse would play soccer growing up and was very skilled in soccer and played for his Middle School Team.

When he was 15, he was given an opportunity to join the OASIS School System after winning a small soccer tournament and earned brand new Visor and Haptic Gloves. During this time when James Halliday died and his Easter Egg Hunt was announced, Jesse was one of the few who didn’t care about it and moved on with his life. Jesse would graduate from Ludus School #1122 and would start to learn Engineering after earning a Soccer Scholarship to the University of California.

Unfortunately, during his Junior Year he suffered a terrible knee tear in his left leg, which canceled his scholarship and was forced to leave school with almost over a year to be finished. Jesse moved back home and with his knowledge from his College Courses and Self Taught Mechanic lessons from his father, he started helping out more in his father’s garage and would even start a career in fixing vehicles inside the OASIS for a fee.

Currently Jesse has his own garage in Huntington Beach and his own workshop inside the OASIS.

## Relationships

### Family

#### Parents

Jesse's Parents Miguel and Rhonda were loving, despite them working so much and long, they cared for their only son, when Rhonda died it was hard on both Miguel and Jesse but their bond grew together, it was his father Miguel that gotten him into Soccer and Engineering which shaped his life to this day.

### Friends

#### Scott Greaves/R0GU3

Scott and Jesse met when Scott was looking for a repair on his Harley Davidson Motorcycle in the OASIS, they talked about their love of Marvel with their favorites being Spider-Man except Jesse's favorite was Miles Morales and Scott's was Peter Parker which the two would constantly argue and debate on who was better. Scott had enjoyed talking to Jesse that he gave him his Calling Card and the two hung out whenever either of them had free time.

#### Guillermo Lopez/CountChupacabra

Guillermo was the son of a close friend of Jesse's father who also worked as a mechanic, the two grew up together despite Guillermo being at least 8 years older than Jesse, but the two were like brothers and Guillermo was one of the few Hispanic friends he has in the OASIS with the same upbringing they could relate about.

### Love Interests

#### Alex Perez/A-Bomb

Alex grew up on the same street as Jesse, the two went to school together and dated before Guillermo had to leave for college, when he came back, Alex was a different person, she joined a criminal street gang in East LA called the TechNo's and she too was also a criminal involved in drugs, faking OASIS accounts to sell in the black market and hacking OASIS User's. Since he found out he didn't rekindle their relationship and broke things off.

### Enemies

#### Javier Martinez/SearchnDstry

Javier like Alex also grew up in the same neighborhood as Jesse, but he was a neighborhood bully to him and other kids, he would beat Jesse up and/or steal his money or lunch, Javier had been in and out of Juvie and Jail for so long, Jesse hadn't thought about him when he was in High School. When Javier got out the last time, he formed the TechNo's to steal data and money from OASIS Users and sell them on the blackmarket for cash. Javier would even try to entice Jesse to join his crew due to his knowledge of vehicles he could help steal cars in both reality and in the OASIS but Jesse wouldn't give in and refuse. Jesse always had to keep and eye out on Javier whenever he entered a PvP Zone.

## Possessions

### Weapons

* Tech Weapons: Nintendo Zapper, Twin Vibro blades that resembles the knife from The Hunted, Web Shooters, Halo Energy Sword
* Magic Weapons: Magic Wand w/Silencer, Glaive, Master Sword

### Armor

Jesse commonly wears his Scud Heartbreaker Series chest and back armor plate, but for extra defense he would wear the Federation Body Armor from Starship Troopers whenever he goes out to a PvP Zone.

### Artifacts

Jesse hardly owns Artifacts since they were either too expensive, tough to find or hardly worth his time, but Scott had given a couple Artifacts for him for his birthday.

* Master Ball: One Use Item: When thrown it captures the targeted user in it and in five seconds it will blow up killing the user.
* Satchel of Shadows: Multi Use: Allows user to stuff loads of items no matter size, shape or weight in a small satchel
* Energon Cube Multi Use: Allows the user to transform into a random G1 Transformer for an hour and has a one week cool down.

### Vehicles

#### Land

Since Jesse isn't rich just in the Lower Middle Class area, he doesn't have a lot of vehicles at his disposal as he normally pays for Portal Fees or hitches rides from his friends, but he does have a couple land vehicles like a Jeep YJ Wrangler and a Porsche 997 Carrera 4S, due to his love of cars he doesn't want any fictional ones as he prefers real life cars.

## Hobbies/Interests

### Hobbies

Soccer: Jesse had always loved Soccer, he played Soccer for almost 10 years from when he was 8 to when he was in College, after his injury he still loved soccer and loves to root for his favorite team the Cruz Azul.

Engineering: From when he was a kid building things with LEGO's, Jesse loved to build things, by the time he was a teenager he shared with his father his same love of cars, he went to college on a soccer scholarship to become a Mechanical Engineer hoping to work for a big company and get rich but after his injury he was forced to leave school and returned home and started his own garage and started fixing up cars for living like his dad.

Cartoons: Jesse grew up watching reruns of Saturday-Morning Cartoons such as Batman: The Animated Series, Street Sharks, Beast Wars, Chip & Dale: Rescue Rangers, etc. Jesse loves a good cartoon series, so one of the theaters at Planet Cinema does 24 hours of cartoons on Saturdays year-round and Jesse would spend most of his Saturday Night's there.

### Interests

Marvel: Jesse was a huge Marvel fan growing up, he loved the Hispanic represented characters like America Chavez, Reptile but his favorite was Miles Morales as he and Miles were both Afro-Latino who came from rough neighborhoods.

## Calling Card

A metal pin with a zombie and a golden crown

## Base/Player Stronghold

Jesse owns a large Garage in a city in Neonoir in Sector 16, it has his cars, several bunkbeds, all kinds of advanced tools and blueprints and tables with tool boxes.