Jerry Walsh, code name Hazmat, is a science geek/devisor specialized in chemistry.[1] He made up a batch of H.I.T. (Hibernation Induction Trigger) for Aquerna to put the squirrels and chipmunks to sleep after her combat final,[2] and they hit it off pretty well.[3]
Jerry is about 5'9" and looks like a pretty typical teenage boy, and not at all like a tech nerd is supposed to look. He grew up in Panama City, on the Florida Panhandle.[3] He has three sisters, all older than him.[4]
He has a Gizmatic Dartlauncher™ 620 that he wore some of the time (armed with tranq darts), as well as a sleep gas delivery system (he takes the antidote every morning); safety through chemistry is his motto. He won his Fall 2006 combat final against Crunch with the sleepy gas. He heard Strongarm kvetching about the way they'd done in combat finals, and he's wearing them all the time now.[5]
Sometime in the 2006 Fall term, he had an idea for hair care products which seemed to work fine on the synthetics he tested on, but when he tried it on himself, it made his hair fall apart. He kept trying to fix the formula the rest of the term, but eventually learned his lesson and decided to let it grow back on its own.[6] Meanwhile, he got nicknamed "Baldy" and made fun of because of the cheap wigs he used to cover his head.[7] He even attempted to sell a version of his hair care formula in the Weapons Fair, without success.[8] However, that may pay off in the end: he's developing the formula as a depilatory, which Ayla expects will be worth millions.[4]
During the Shoulder Angel craze, he attempted to make his own with hypercolloids but they kept melting into goo.[9]
Hazmat was part of the team who improved Puppet's life-support equipment. He came up with a new plastic for the tubing that resists far better the corrosive properties of Puppet's blood.[10][11]
As of 2007-04-06, She-Beast hired him to make her a "combo EVA/ radhaz/ hazmat/ wetsuit", but he spaced out on her, so it won't be ready in time.[12]
Classes[]
2005-2006[]
Fall 2006[]
- Biochemistry[5]
- Chemistry[5]
- Sophomore English[5] (English Composition?)
- Social Studies[5] (probably Sophomore History)
Winter 2007[]
- Workshop class[13] Project class with Mega-Death and Ergonomic where they work on stuff for Hawthorne Cottage. The Puppet project was part of this.
- Workshop class[13]
Relationships[]
- Anna Parsons (girlfriend)
- Family
- Emerson Cottage
- Project team
- Ayla Goodkind (IP agent/investor)
References[]
- ↑ The Big Idea
- ↑ Never Look a Gift Squirrel in the Mouth
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Straight from the Squirrel's Mouth: Chapter 4
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Straight from the Squirrel's Mouth: Chapter 10
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 Straight from the Squirrel's Mouth: Chapter 3
- ↑ Straight from the Squirrel's Mouth: Chapter 2
- ↑ Ayla and the Great Shoulder Angel Conspiracy: Chapter 4 - Malakhim
- ↑ Ayla and the Tests: Chapter 5 - The Apples of the Hesperides
- ↑ Ayla and the Great Shoulder Angel Conspiracy: Chapter 3 - Elohim
- ↑ Ayla and the Birthday Brawl: Chapter 5 - The Legend of Artegal, or of Justice
- ↑ Ayla and the Birthday Brawl: Chapter 9 - The Legend of Arthur, or of Magnificence
- ↑ Diamonds Are a Vamp's Best Friend: Part 1
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Straight from the Squirrel's Mouth: Chapter 7