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thalassino ([personal profile] thalassino) wrote2012-09-05 03:44 pm
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◣ Application ◢





APPLICATIONS ARE Closed


Applications will always be open from the 22nd until the end of the month, 12:00am EST.


Please note that as of July 28th, Vatheon will start working towards end game.


August 31st is the last day for applying. We will no longer open applications after that. Thank you for your consideration.




» Please make sure that you read the rules, and check the reserves before applying. People who do not read the rules will be rejected immediately.

» You are allowed to apply for two characters per application cycle. You may also reserve two characters. We will try to review each application as soon as possible. If longer than a week has passed and you have not heard back anything about your application, please drop us a message.

» Don't lie in your application. Don't copy / paste things from wiki. Keep what you post in your application strictly you. Sure, it's hard to add your own flair to writing history or a personality, but try to keep from summarizing too much. Show us your shine! Plagiarizing another player's application is ground for an immediate rejection.

» If someone has a reserve for a character, and you want to apply for them, you have the choice of either A) challenging the application with one of your own or B) waiting until the reserve expires and then applying/reserving as the character. If you challenge the original reserver, your application will not be reviewed until the original reserver has submitted theirs.

» Currently, the character limit is five characters. Any more is up to the mods, and must be discussed ahead of time with them. You may only apply for two characters from the same canon.

» Keep spamming to a minimum on the applications. Wait until that person is accepted into the game before holding out a conversation on a thread. Comment spamming here makes things cluttered, and a mod may accidentally miss something important. ( But feel free to comment-spam the Reserve page, if you'd like. )

» Please don't skip over any section of the application below.

» Please finish your application before posting. We reserve the right to decline any applications that are still unfinished when we process them.

» When reviewing applications, we take opinions of our members into consideration. If you would like to make a comment about an app that is being decided upon, do not hesitate. Here is where you can leave a comment with what you thought of another app. All comments will be screened for privacy, and the option to be anon will be left on. Do note, player opinions do not decide if an application is accepted or not, but will be taken into consideration.


☆ Player - - -


( Player Name ) : A nickname will work. Whatever you would like to be listed as.
( Personal DW ) : Not your character's journal. Your own, just in case one of the mods ever needs to contact you that way.
( Age ) : No players under the age of 15, please!
( Timezone ) : Just for reference sake!
( Other Characters ) : At Vatheon, that is. Please list in the following format.
Character ( Character's Journal ) | Series

☆ Character - - -


( Character's Name ) :
( Character's Age ) : There is no set age limit for the characters, and in fact, this is very flexible. So long as your character is mature enough to take care of him or herself and is mature enough for the game, they can be apped! As a basic guideline, think the maturity of someone around the age of 13 or so.
( Series ) :
( Canon Point ) : What part of the story of the series is your character coming in after? Did he or she just die? Did something traumatic just happen? Is it near the end, the beginning, or the middle? Tell us!
( Playability ) : If you are apping your second person for a particular canon, please give us a quick reasoning on why the characters would not be extensively interacting/how you are planning to avoid any playercest issues. If you are not apping from a canon you already play in, please disregard this section.

( History ) : You may provide us with a link to a wiki-page, or something else that will sufficiently give the Community and the mods background on your canon. If you wish to write out the history yourself, you still may do such.

( Personality ) : Probably the most important part of the application! Tell us what your character is like. We're looking for a well-developed analysis of the character. Perhaps between three to five paragraphs, roughly. Feel free to do more or less, however, if you think that better suits you. Most applications will be closer to the three than the five, and that's completely okay!

Just make sure to hit on crucial aspects of that character. What does he or she like? What does he or she hate? What are his or her motives? What parts of your character's past influenced how they are? Does your character act differently in front of different groups of people? Think of these questions as you write. Feel free to go off the page and focus on other questions. The above questions were just to get you thinking.

( Strengths/Weaknesses ) : So tell us! What can your character do well? What is your character weak against? Any cool spells? Good at picking locks? Anything you can think of, put it here.

( Other Important Facts ) : Have something else important to mention about your character that doesn't really fit in anywhere else? Be sure to include it here!

( Sample ) : This can be in first person or third person. There's no limit to your sample post. Just be sure to include your character's voice. Don't just write your character walking around! Be sure to include thoughts, quirks, and anything else that shows us you know your character. How would he or she react to the mark? How would he or she react to waking up some place new? Is he or she still brooding over something? The sample does not have to be set in Vatheon. You may also link to other roleplay threads; just be sure to give us something that shows how you plan to play them and clearly shows their voice! Or feel free to do a few of the above. Whatever you think will best show your characterization.

Please note! If you are linking samples, please make sure that at least one sample is from within the last three months. You are still free to link other samples that are older in addition, if you feel these would help show your ability to play the character, but at least one sample needs to be recent. Thank you.

If you are unable to think of a good starting point for a sample, we collected some prompts of situations that are pretty likely to happen within Vatheon to start you off. You are very welcome to deviate from these prompts or come up with something completely new. This is just something to hopefully help you get started:

A new curse has settled upon the city of Vatheon: Suddenly you character realizes they are unable to lie for the duration of a week. How do they react?

What is this? Is that rain? How nice-- wait a minute, is it raining rubber duckies? Seriously?

Suddenly, by the force of Vatheon, an over zealous npc, or even your character's friends playing a joke, your character suddenly finds themselves wearing clothes they otherwise would never wear. What do?

The city of Vatheon is under attack (again). Giant sea-creatures are wrecking the city (again). Time to prepare for battle.

A new plot development has happened and your character has decided to get some more information from one of the NPCs. How do they proceed?



( Questions? Comments? Concerns? ) : Tell us here!








APPLICATIONS ARE Closed



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INDEX

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Shiemi Moriyama | Ao no Exorcist | Reserved

[personal profile] exorcistinbloom 2012-12-24 12:27 am (UTC)(link)
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REVISION - Second Sample

[personal profile] cursedempath 2012-12-24 01:55 am (UTC)(link)
[Secondary Sample:]

Hisoka just stared at the place he had found himself in. He'd heard he'd been taken away from Japan, JuOhCho and even his world completely, but this...

“Absolutely incredible,” he huffed, wrapping the jacket he wore closer to to himself. He'd seen all the people around, each one from a different world, or a different version or time on Earth. It was hard for him to believe, but at the same time it was right in front of his face. He was still having difficulty trying to trust what was going on in front of him. After all, he'd been fooled before back in his own world and paid the price.

Watching as some of people were calling “natives,” it was almost instinctive for him to reach out and try to feel them. But it was strange as he didn't really seem to be able to. The empath was confused at this development, in fact it bothered him. Why couldn't he...

He glanced over as he felt some familiar emotions from people – even though they weren't from his world – and quickly put up his barriers. He didn't need to break so quickly, knowing how strongly he could feel them. He couldn't really tell how much power they had, but he'd find that out later, most likely.

Kicking a piece of rock that his foot had apparently found, his brain mulled over various things about what had just happened to him. Hijiri was here – so that meant that the boy was still safe. Tatsumi and Tsuzuki were both here – that was good because at least there would be a couple familiar faces from work. Tatsumi was actually decent. He knew what he was doing and knew what needed to be done. There were honesty times when Hisoka wanted him for his partner. However Tsuzuki... Well, he was just glad that his partner was safe and sane (well, as sane as the sweet-toothed brunette could be sometimes).

Then his mind wandered again. Muraki... The man was here and alive. That did not bode well for anyone here. He could feel his curse – it was a dull tingle, but not a full on buring sensation. He'd probably feel it during the entirety that both of them were here. He clenched his fist, his emerald eyes squinting.

“I won't allow him to get near Tsuzuki,” he mumbled, the anger building inside him.

Yamame | Touhou | Reserved

[personal profile] giantcavespider 2012-12-24 04:00 am (UTC)(link)

? Player - - -


( Player Name ) : Yui
( Personal DW ) : [personal profile] tinfoil_hats, or on LiveJournal as yui_hime
( Age ) : 24
( Timezone ) : US Central, I believe
( Other Characters ) : N/A, I'm new here

? Character - - -


( Character's Name ) : Yamame Kurodani
( Character's Age ) : Unknown, but probably measured in centuries
( Series ) : Touhou Project
( Canon Point ) : After Double Spoiler, includes some info from Symposium of Post-Mysticism.
( Playability ) : N/A

( History ) : Touhou Wiki on Yamame Kurodani

Untold centuries ago, the most hated youkai of Gensokyo were banished, one by one, to the underground realm that once was Hell. There, they settled and built homes and society for themselves, using their magic to support themselves, until they and their dreadful powers were all but forgotten by those who remained upon the surface.

Not all who were banished took their exile at face value. Youkai settlements that seemed to have sprung up overnight bespoke the unseen presence of the tsuchi-gumo, the burrowing spider youkai who weaken their human prey with disease and deception but assist other youkai with building projects.

Among the best-known of the tsuchi-gumo is Yamame Kurodani, weaver of the bright net in the dark cavern, who recently came into contact with human youkai-hunters Reimu and Marisa when they entered Former Hell in search of the source of a mysterious geyeser. Yamame greeted them with spellcard battles, as is customary for Gensokyo, but spoke cheerfully to both and directed them to the city of the youkai to further their quest. (Subterranean Animism)

When they returned, they found she'd also provided them with an unwanted souvenir of their journey-- both fell ill with a high fever. The fever symptoms matched recent plagues in Gensokyo, proving the sources of these plagues to be Yamame's power over diseases. A genius doctor in the bamboo grove used this knowledge to prepare medicines, as the magical nature of the plagues had made it difficult to treat them. In the meantime, humans were warned not to fall prey to the friendly behavior of the tsuchi-gumo, as she was extremely dangerous however brief the contact. (Yamame's article in Symposium of Post-Mysticism)

More recently, the tengu journalists Aya and Hatate sought out the youkai of Former Hell as part of a competition to write news stories. These, too, were greeted by Yamame, who explained that she does not willingly use her powers of disease against others without cause-- but niether does she care to suppress them in the presence of humans with weaker immune systems than youkai. (Double Spoiler)

These encounters with the surface have made Yamame one of the best-known of the hated youkai of Former Hell.

Re: Yamame | Touhou | Reserved

[personal profile] giantcavespider 2012-12-24 04:09 am (UTC)(link)
( Personality ) :
Far from what would be expected of a spider, Yamame is friendly, curious, and cheerful. She's always an optimist, and tends to notice the silver lining of every cloud. She loves talking to others, humans or youkai, and she enjoys fighting with them as well. Most of all, she loves parties, and will attend any she can...

... whether or not she's actually been invited to them. Perhaps she's spent too much time with the oni in the city of Former Hell, but Yamame cannot seem to understand her presence being unwanted anywhere, or that crashing parties uninvited is impolite. Trying to chase her out will only cause a fight, and while she isn't the best spellcard battler in Gensokyo, neither is she the worst. Her disease powers also tend to kill the mood if there are any humans at a party she crashes-- not that she was trying to kill anybody, but she also wasn't trying not to kill anybody.

Since humans try to avoid her like the plague (for good reason!), she's fascinated by them, and likes trying to find out everything she can about every one she meets. However, her carelessness with her powers often leads to tragedy... though she never minds that much, since it means a tasty free meal to a man-eating youkai like her!

Yamame's main weakness is her carelessness. She'll readily pick fights with much stronger opponents, and often doesn't learn from her mistakes. She's terrible at keeping secrets.

Why bother, when it gets in the way of a good time?

( Strengths/Weaknesses ) :
* As a tsuchi-gumo, Yamame naturally excels at architecture and construction projects, and spins webs like a spider.

* Like most denizens of Gensokyo, Yamame can fly a little and cast spells for spellcard combat. The Lamufao's drain on Yamame's power exhausts her if she uses her stronger spellcards, so expect her to stick to Easy strength for friendly, casual battles. If hostilities increase, she may scale up to Normal strength, but Hard is unlikely and Lunatic is a last resort only. The spellcards Yamame demonstrated in Subterranean Animism are pictured and described here, and the ones she showed the tengu in Double Spoiler are pictured and described here.
** Under no circumstances is Yamame a very powerful battler, and any halfway-trained combatant, even one specializing in melee, should be able to defeat her without much trouble... well, unless she breaks out her strongest powers.

* Yamame's signature power is control of sicknesses, especially infectious diseases. It is believed that she could even cure them with her power, but such an idea has never crossed her mind-- and Yamame is far too careless to be trusted as a doctor, anyway. She is usually surrounded by a miasma of plague, and can inflict stronger illnesses on specific people should she consciously choose to do so. Wash carefully after encountering her to reduce the chances of accidentally being infected with something nasty, and if you do come down with a fever, isolate yourself to keep it from spreading.
** The Lamufao's drain on Yamame's power affects her miasma, as well: the worst that can be incurred by simply encountering her is the equivalent of a bad cold or flu.

* Yamame is unstoppably cheerful, charming, and chatty. She makes friends the way most of her kind make webs, and is unflappable even in the weirdest of circumstances (though very little could stand up to Gensokyo's natural weirdness).

* However, Yamame is irresponsible and careless. She does not learn from her mistakes, she crashes parties and picks fights, she's lousy at keeping secrets, and she doesn't keep her miasma to herself.

( Other Important Facts ) :
If accepted, I will set up an OOC permissions post in Yamame's journal to discuss matters of her powers that could bother other players, such as:
- whether or not characters exposed to her get sick, if their mun can't contact me by IM for whatever reasons, and whether nonhuman characters would be affected by her powers-- for now, I'm going to rule this one on a by-case basis
- whether or not characters with healing powers or medicines can cure Yamame's diseases (presumably the Lamufao's power can, but canonly mundane medicines don't)

It's left vague why youkai in Touhou resemble cute girls instead of looking like their mythological counterparts. For this RP, I will be using the hand-wave that tsuchi-gumo are traditionally shapeshifters in mythology, and Yamame deliberately turns human to get closer to humans. However, it is canon that some characters can recognize her as nonhuman, so I will rule that any characters with good intuition or extrasensory powers can do so.

Re: Yamame | Touhou | Reserved

[personal profile] giantcavespider 2012-12-24 04:10 am (UTC)(link)
( Sample ) :

Climbed up the water spout
Who: Yamame and anybody
What: Finding a place to spin a web
When: Early evening
Where: Lower District, east side, not far from the forest.
Style: Starting as Prose, but I'll follow
Status: Open as a dark blowhole!



Spiders don't normally whistle. If they did, they probably wouldn't be whistling "The Itsy-Bitsy Spider".

This one was.

This one was also shaped like a human girl, albeit wearing a dress that resembled a spider's body, sauntering happily through the Lower District, visiting houses and apartments and dark alleyways. Human-style dwellings were so soft, and some of these were so full of appliances, they just weren't really her style, but the buildings were fascinating to look at, and surely there would be a nice crevice somewhere for a web to be built-- even if she didn't need it to catch prey, with so many food vendors, and humans just walking around.

Yamame's mouth moistened at the thought of so many humans just walking around unprotected. She could infect each and every one with a different disease, and there would still be more! Even if some of them died, the way humans tended to do, there would be so many more!

And even more fascinating things were in this city, creatures that were neither human nor youkai, and had aspects of both or neither!

She hadn't meant to come here, and she still didn't know how she had, but she was going to enjoy every minute she spent here! She'd check out the nightlife later tonight-- there had to be a party going on somewhere, right?

But first, she needed a web to call home. Nothing fancy, just two sturdy supports in a nice, dark place, aboveground or below.

Were there sewers here? Those would be perfect-- dark, damp, and lush with vermin to feed on and plagues to play with.

"... out came the sun, and dried up all the rain," she whistled, looking around for manhole covers. "And the itsy-bitsy spider climbed up the spout again!"

( Questions? Comments? Concerns? ) :

Does this poofy skirt make my abdomen look big?
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Davesprite | Homestuck | Not Reserved

[personal profile] cawcawmthrfckrs 2012-12-27 07:32 am (UTC)(link)

☆ Player - - -


( Player Name ) : Ryuuto
( Personal DW ) : [personal profile] restcalm
( Age ) : 20
( Timezone ) : EST
( Other Characters ) : Rainbow Dash ( [personal profile] dashingloyalty ) | My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic

☆ Character - - -


( Character's Name ) : Davesprite
( Character's Age ) : 14
( Series ) : Homestuck
( Canon Point ) : In the middle of playing the Ghostbusters II MMORPG
( Playability ) : N/A

( History ) :
Homestuck
Davesprite

( Personality ) :

The best place to start is his similarities with Alpha Dave. First, being cool and ironic is a huge thing. He thinks he's the coolest person around. Really, he's kind of a huge dork. Davesprite idolizes his older brother because, to him, his brother is the coolest person on the planet, and also the strongest. He's taught to not show much in the way of emotion, but sometimes it slips, such as when he accidentally kills a crow at his apartment. No one must ever know. Davesprite's also pretty laid-back, taking things at his own pace. Like Dave, it can be hard to tell whether he's being sincere or being ironic. He also has about as good of a memory as him, which is to say that he's sometimes pretty shitty at remembering things (once Alpha Dave forgot he could even time travel). One final similarity is his determination to protect his friends, willingly going back in time to ultimately erase his timeline from ever happening to save them.

Alright, let's get down to the differences. It needs to be established that due to time shenanigans, Davesprite is technically four months older than Dave. That's because he needed to learn as much as he could about Sburb and practice with his Timey Wimey Stuff before going back in time to prevent his timeline from ever happening. He cares a great deal about his friends, since even though his timeline will cease to exist, Jade and John will still be alive. After gaining access to the knowledge Sprites get, he's supposed to be cagey about whatever info he gives to Dave, but he says he "doesnt feel like it."

Davesprite is also more bitter than Dave is. This is mostly seen during his conversation with the Rose from his timeline. However, it's also been seen subtly based on word choices in the alpha time. Really, it's not hard to see why he is. His best friend got murdered, in turn killing his other best friend, and when he saves him John seems to see him as "other Dave." Not to mention the only other person from his timeline, Rose, doesn't quite remember much of it, and is metaphorically dead to him. Adding insult to injury, when Davesprite goes to help Bro out with a fight with Jack Noir, it ultimately fails with Bro dead and himself severely injured. Davesprite deals with Bro's death much like Dave does. He saves his grief for later and stoutly refuses to admit he's grieving. He gets things done, shelving it for when he has the time for it. The readers don't see his reaction to it, but they do see the aftermath, which is getting a sword that Dave needs in order to get their plan to Scratch the session into action.

This leads into another difference with his alpha self. His identity, perhaps the only thing from his timeline that he has left. He appears to tolerate being called Davesprite. However, he doesn't like being called "other Dave." He may well hate it. Davesprite has given John a small piece of his mind for calling him this, and to the reader might have appeared to be greatly upset by it.

He's driven by the need to continue the Alpha timeline to the end of the game, and make sure that his three friends survive it. Mostly, this is seen in how he risks everything to go back in time and prevent John's death from ever happening. His entire time line is erased as a consequence, and he's literally the only one from said time line anymore. He hadn't even been sure that he would be able to self-prototype with Alpha Dave's kernelsprite, but he goes through with it anyway.

( Strengths/Weaknesses ) :
STRENGTHS
*Utterly loyal
*A lot of knowledge about Sburb due to his Sprite powers
*Swordsmanship

NEUTRAL
*Sir Rants-a-lot

WEAKNESSES
*A total jerk
*Touchy about his identity
*Bottles up emotions

( Other Important Facts ) :
*Part crow?
*He's a sprite, so unsure of how aging works with this dude
*Sprite powers we don't really know anything about? All he's done is added some text to John's poster so.
*Magical pendent that summons him from wherever he may be

( Sample ) :

well shit
im in the middle of playing a shitty game with consorts and 2 humans and what happens
i get dumped in a goddamn bubble city under the ocean
should i go find myself fish mermaid and crab friends so that we can sing about how living down here is way better than being up on dry land
choreographed and everything we dont half ass this shit
forced to eat kelp seaweed and fish in the humane way aka not cooking them and pulling out their bones
sounds like fucking barrel of laughs
not to mention im sure theres a wet bird joke somewhere in here but fuck if i know or care

so anyway
where the hell am i
this is definitely not a golden ship skyrocketing off to another game session at the speed of light
so what place did i end up taking an unexpected detour off to
if anybody says atlantis i fucking quit


( Questions? Comments? Concerns? ) : Got milk?
Edited 2012-12-27 18:21 (UTC)
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Tony Stark - Reserved - 1/2 (maybe 3?)

[personal profile] rockstark 2012-12-28 03:33 am (UTC)(link)

☆ Player - - -


( Player Name ) : Ang D.
( Personal DW ) : [personal profile] chartharsis
( Age ) : 30
( Timezone ) : EST
( Other Characters ) : N/A

☆ Character - - -


( Character's Name ) : Tony Stark
( Character's Age ) : 38(ish), thank you canon for being vague.
( Series ) : Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU)
( Canon Point ) : The Avengers (2012), from his introductory scene ... which is conveniently underwater.
( Playability ) : N/A

( History ) :
"Tony. No more of this 'ready fire aim' business. You understand me?"


Tony Stark leads a charmed life. Not only was he born into wealth as the son of billionaire inventor and engineer Howard Stark, but he was gifted with the luck(?) of being a child prodigy, as well. By the time he was 17, he had built his first circuit board and engine, and graduated from MIT with high honors. Though the death of both parents in a car accident cast a deep shadow over all of Tony's brilliance and fortune, at age 21 he stepped up and took the reins of his father's company, under the tutelage of his father's best friend, Obediah Stane. Stane ran the company itself, handling the business: all Tony had to do was be the brains, to keep inventing. And keep inventing he did: Stark Industries became the number one private contractor for the United States military, supplying weapons and other defense technology. In addition to taking on his father's mantle of the Merchant of Death, Tony also helped to engineer medical breakthroughs and more intelligent ways of growing crops ... though at the time, those were more to balance out his PR more than anything else. On top of the world by the time he was in his late 20s, Tony had gotten everything he ever wanted and more: fast cars, fast women, endless parties and almost free reign to shirk his responsibilities and party like it was never going to stop.

And so he did: until a presentation abroad on one of the Industries' newest inventions, the Jericho missile. After the (very successful) presentation, Tony was headed back to the military base with a small personal escort, when the convoy was ambushed by terrorists. Tony's escorts were killed in front of his eyes, and the last thing he saw before he was kidnapped by terrorists was one of his own missiles landing in the sand mere yards away. The irony was not completely lost on him - even if he was pretty sure he was going to die.

But since his life is, indeed, charmed ... Tony woke up in captivity, groggy, confused, and in pain - but still very much alive, thanks to a scientist named Yinsen who implanted an electromagnet in his chest. There is a cluster of shrapnel still embedded in his chest (yes, even now, RIGHT NOW) trying to find its way into his heart. The magnet repels the shrapnel, keeping it from killing him. It turned out the terrorists - a group of particularly slimy ones called the Ten Rings - kept Tony alive so that they could have him build his Jericho missiles for THEM. When they didn't get the answer they wanted, they tortured him ... and then Yinsen talked him into agreeing, if only to buy himself time. Together, the two of them built a replacement for the electromagnet: a miniature version of a generator Howard Stark invented in the 60s called the Arc Reactor. The reactor, powered by shards of palladium that Tony scavenged from scrap missiles and melted down to repurpose, generated enough energy to run his heart for years - or, he realized, something even bigger for a much shorter period of time. Galvanized by Yinsen's words of wisdom and his own resolve to put it to the bastards who were stealing his tech and using it to gun down innocents, Tony worked around the clock and under a very sharp wire to build a suit of armor and arm it. With this suit, he was able to escape from the Ten Rings' camp and obliterate their cache of Stark Industries weaponry ... but not without a price. Yinsen died buying Tony time to get into the suit, and with his last remaining moments, made the billionaire promise not to waste his gift, or the remainder of his life.

Tony returned home a very changed, yet still very lost man. He made an executive order for Stark Industries to stop producing weapons, and for his effort, was effectively benched by his Board of Directors. That suited him just fine, as he had more free time to pour into his own invention: retooling and perfecting the design for the weaponized suit. He dived headlong into his work, confusing everyone in the process: especially his long-suffering personal assistant, Pepper Potts, who was more used to helping create excuses for his eccentric, loud, outlandish behavior than telling everyone that her poor boss was suffering from PTSD.

Once the next version of the suit was finished - with a questionable amount of help from his cadre of robots and AIs - Tony decided that it was time to start getting out in the public eye again, to start to shore up the rocky return he'd made from captivity. So he went to one of the Industries' fundraising galas. It went pretty well, all things considered. He put the moves on Pepper and tailspun into an awkward mess, got propositioned by a flunkie for some government agency with a long-winded name, found out Obediah had been the one to tell the Board to shut him out, and then learned that the Ten Rings were controlling Yinsen's home town of Golmira and turning it into a war zone. After a night like that, there was only one thing to do: fly out to Golmira and blow off some steam. And a few terrorists. And their weapons storage. And nearly get shot down as a bogey by the US Air Force in the process. Whoops. Thank goodness for having a best friend on the inside (one Colonel James "Rhodey" Rhodes) to call the planes off.

Galvanized (haha, get it) by the success of his first independant mission, Tony sets out to make good on his newfound purpose: to find out where all the weapons Obie has been selling to terrorists under the table are hidden, and take them all down himself. He sends Pepper in to download Obie's files, since he can't go himself - and she discovers that Obie's been trying to kill him. Gasp, shock, horror, he was even the one who asked the Ten Rings to kidnap him in the first place! Before Pepper can get back to Tony to warn him, of course, Obie already makes it to Tony's house and paralyzes him with one of his own gadgets, stealing the Arc Reactor straight out of Tony's chest to power his own suit-in-progress. The rat bastard.

But as you may recall, Tony Stark has a charmed life. Alerted by Pepper, Rhodey arrives to find Tony - who was able to install the old spare reactor from Golmira, just in time - and tell him what's going on. There's not much time for thanks, just a promise of a later show of gratitude in the form of an armor test-drive before Tony zips off to save the day: and more importantly, his lady fair. Pepper's in the middle of leading a squad of agents from said secret government agency to Obie's door when he busts loose with his own suit of armor, the Warmonger. To make a long story short ("Too late!"), Tony kicks Obie's metal ass by outsmarting him exploiting the flaws in his earlier designs, blowing the development lab sky-high in the process. The secret government agency gets a nice fancy acronym - SHIELD - and tries to tell Tony to keep it under wraps. Older, wiser, and about ten times more badass, Tony takes his cue cards to a press conference and prepares to walk the line ... and then throws it all out the window anyway.

"I'm just not the hero type. Clearly. With this laundry list of character defects, all the mistakes I've made... largely public ... Truth is? ... I -am- Iron Man."


Six months later, Tony Stark has pulled himself together. He's stabilized East-West relations, been voted Time Magazine's man of the year, renewed his focus, started a year-long Expo for new inventions in New York ... and been summoned to a hearing by the Senate Armed Services Committee. Oh, and he also realized he's going to slowly die of palladium poisoning from having the arc reactor constantly in his chest. Bummer, man. After realizing that he has no possible solutions or cures for the problem, Tony decides there's only one thing to do: make every bad decision he could possibly have left for himself, while foisting off all the things that really matter to him to the people he knows can handle them - case in point: making Pepper the CEO of Stark Industries.

The problem is, he's not even very good at bad decisions. When he takes a vacation to Monaco and decides to go out recklessly driving his own car in the Grand Prix, he's attacked by a crazy Russian who's invented his own arc reactor and weapon ... and ends up having to kick his butt and be a hero. On the way home, he tries to tell Pepper he's dying, but she just misinterprets it as him being flippant and irresponsible and shuts him down. He tries to tell Rhodey that he isn't sure who to trust with the Iron Man suits, but Rhodey brushes him off and keeps pushing him to let the military have control. At his own birthday party, he tries to have a good time by getting crazy-ass drunk in the suit and having a good time ... but Rhodey crashes the party, takes another suit, and the two of them beat each other into the ground, wrecking most of Tony's house in the process. Pepper's disgusted with him, Rhodey takes the suit to the military, and Tony's left still alive, drunk, in a wrecked house, with nothing to show for his bad decisions but the fact that he's got to live with them - along with a massive hangover.

In the course of nursing that hangover, Tony's approached by Nick Fury, director of SHIELD, who tells him that he's got the key to Tony fixing his palladium problem: and that he's putting him under house arrest until he can do it, because he's needed as Iron Man. Left in the wreck of his house with a trunk full of his late father's belongings, Tony sobers up and tries to crack the code. It turns out that Howard had found the formula for a brand-new element, but lacked the technology in his time to actually synthesize it. Yet again, Tony has to reinvent something to save his own life ... and yet again, he pulls it off and gets his feet back under him. Just in time, too, since it turned out that the crazy Russian from Monaco, Ivan Vanko, was hired by his business rival, Justin Hammer, to try and invent a suit of armor to rival Tony's. Hammer says it's to take the Department of Defense contract from Stark Industries, but really, the final word on it is, it's because he's a jealous little doucheweasel. Vanko - whose father worked with Howard to invent the original arc reactor - is out for Tony's blood, too, but in a more literal sense: so he's created an army of drones for Hammer to show off at the Stark Expo, wired with live weapons and explosives, intent on drawing Tony out into the open and wrecking not just the man, but the legacy he's become so determined to create and pass on.

Tony makes it to the Expo just in time to see Vanko hijack Rhodey and his suit, and set off the drones. Typically epic fight scenes ensue, the drones are wiped out, Tony and Rhodey reconcile and become badass bros, Vanko bites the dust, and oh yes, Tony finally manages to admit to Pepper that he loves her, after saving her fine posterior from crazy guys in suits trying to kill him for the second time. The proverbial curtains close on a new heart, a new love, a renewed friendship, a saved legacy, a consulting contract with SHIELD, and a fancy new tower in New York on the horizon ... the final proof that despite his best efforts to screw it all up, Tony Stark's got a charmed life.

( Personality ) :
"Personality overview: Mr. Stark displays compulsive behavior... In my own defense, that was last week. Prone to self-destructive tendencies -- I was dying! I mean, aren't we all? ... Textbook ... narcissism?! ... Agreed


Even if the only instrument he plays is piano, Tony Stark is a goddamn rockstar (hence the username) - and he knows it. While all the things he's gone through in the last four years have changed his outlook on life itself very drastically ... his opinion of himself remains very much the same: stratospherically high. His ego isn't ill-placed, though: he really is a legitimate genius, as his technological accomplishments can prove. He's also extremely good at reading people - a skill that he mostly keeps to himself, preferring to let people make their own assumptions about the "billionaire playboy philanthropist" and not take him seriously. Being betrayed by Obie was Tony's wake-up-call to be more shrewd about who he lets into his inner circle, and as such he's become quite good at playing "dumb like a fox". He prefers to play naive and amiable to those who would try to deceive him, learning as much as he can about their motives and their mindset before pulling out his wit and shutting them down. He prides himself on his ability to be able to get the last word, either with a well-placed fact-based shutdown, or a scathing, sarcastic zinger. He's rarely ever at a loss for words, and even if he is, it never lasts long. In fact, one of the first things anyone is likely to notice about Tony is that he loves the sound of his own voice, and it's almost physically impossible for him to stop talking longer than thirty seconds. He talks constantly, even while other people are trying to speak to him ... and it's not necessarily always because he's trying to be rude. For Tony, talking to himself is the best way he can keep track of his thoughts. His mind is constantly going, running a mile a minute, noticing details, putting pieces of things together, going off on tangents, keeping track of conversations and ideas and what he wants for lunch all at the same time. Talking aloud is how he stays on track and keeps his mind from going too far away for too long (not that it always works).

On a related note, because Tony's mind is always running, there's not much he doesn't notice. The "dumb like a fox" approach works for his observations, too: he may come across as dazed, distracted, or just not paying attention, but in reality he's capable of taking in every last detail of a situation. While he's in the Iron Man suit, he gets several detailed observations from his AI, JARVIS, so most people would think that he gets all his information from the computers. The truth is, Tony is less reliant on his technology than the appearance he's projecting would have people believe. Yes, he loves his tech, and he's very proud of it and all the shiny impressive things it can do ... but he was also able to build the most influential piece of it in a cave. With scraps.
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Tony Stark - Reserved - 2/2

[personal profile] rockstark 2012-12-28 03:34 am (UTC)(link)
Tony's work is something that he manages to take lightly and extremely seriously, all at the same time: he's found ways to make inventing and engineering fun for himself, but once the finished project is out and in play, he'll defend it as much as is needed, office or national politics be damned. He goes to extreme lengths to keep the Iron Man armor safe - password encryption, a state-of-the-art security system, and backup failsafes, should anyone unauthorized get control of a suit. He also monitors worldwide attempts to discover or create anything comparable to the armor - so far, Vanko was the only one able to successfully create something, and his secrets died with him. Tony considers the suit a part of him, beyond the literal application of the arc reactor. Developing it saved his life in more ways than one, so he has a fondness and an obligation to it deeper than he might even be willing to admit to himself.

As much as Tony says he isn't sentimental or nostalgic - the only person he's fooling is himself (he tends to do that a lot, when it comes to his emotions, as a matter of fact). Even though he was very young when he lost his father, and Howard Stark spent most of Tony's childhood days either drunk, working, or both, it's clear that he had a deep, lasting effect on his only son... and not just in terms of his bad life decisions or his intellect. Tony also inherited his father's fondness for the idea of a lasting legacy: something good and enduring that could be passed on to future generations. For Howard, it was the blueprints for the arc reactor and the new element (which canon never names, but I am having Tony name legatium for rather obvious reasons). For Tony, he considers his legacy the suit, and hopefully the peace he's able to create with it. The legatium will be part of it, too, but that's something he's not entirely willing to share with the rest of the world until he understands it more fully. He doesn't want to unleash anything on the world that he doesn't completely understand: he made that mistake with the Jericho missile, and it was a hard, fast lesson that he won't need to learn again.

The other thing his time with the Ten Rings taught was the importance of other people's safety ... and how it can be obtained. Tony thought that keeping people safe meant just having a bigger stick than the other guy, and a weapon you only had to fire once. In captivity, he learned that it's not what weapons exist, it's how they're used, who they're used by ... and that sometimes the best way to keep people safe is to just remove the weapons from the equation altogether. Whenever any sort of conflict breaks out, now, the first thing Tony is sure to do is make sure that innocents and other people he cares about are safe and far away from anything that might happen. He knows the risks of combat, but he wants to be sure that the only people hurt in the process are the people who are willing to be there, if at all possible. This concept of safety doesn't stop at fighting Bad Guys, though: it also extends to his reckless behavior.

Tony's come to realize that he'll always have an itch to scratch somewhere that's going to end up making him bleed - or get hungover, or break something - and he's totally fine with that. He's seen the consequences of letting other people get wrapped up in his own self-destructive tendencies, though. So while he's still prone to reckless, spontaneous behavior, there's still some level of control in the fact that he'll almost never consciously do anything that would cause anyone but himself (or his personal property) any substantial, lasting harm. The biggest reason for this, of course, is that between his initial lack of redeeming social qualities, and his outwardly egotistical, aggressive, sarcastic nature, Tony doesn't have many people that are close enough to him to get hurt. In fact, at the end of the day, there are only two: Pepper and Rhodey, and he is fiercely loyal to them. Realizing how much of his crap they put up with before he started getting his act together has made Tony decide that he has a very large debt to both of them, and he's never going to stop working to pay it back, in any way he can. He's still working on learning how to emotionally reciprocate things like friendship and affection without completely making an ass of himself, but he's starting to move past thinking that throwing money and shiny gifts at people can take the place of a kind word. So he's at least making progress on that front. As far as playing well with others, though ...

... that's definitely still a work in progress. Tony's ego and arrogance already make huge marks against him, and don't win him any fast friends. He makes easier rivals than allies, more content to snipe at people who could come close to being his equals. Part of that's his ego, but another part is caution: he doesn't want to risk being betrayed again, and he's still not entirely sure how to figure out who he can trust, preferring to learn by watching people and how they react to things. If, over time, someone proves themselves as trustworthy, loyal, and generally a good person, he'll let his walls down, and the snark will become more friendly and less caustic. If Tony mocks you incessantly, he either loves you or hates you - the actions that accompany the mockery are what help tell the difference.

At the end of it all, though, the most defining part of Tony, the thing at the heart of all the ego and the loyalty and the self-destruction, are two simple philosophies. One: try anything once. Two: if it ends up being fun, do it again. As much as possible. Tony loves life, and all of the good things in it ... so when he finds out he's dying, it's no wonder he wants to go out fast and pretty - going slowly, miserable and in pain, doesn't fit his worldview at all. The world is good, life is short, and there's no point in spending it doing things that either don't help anyone, or aren't any fun. If you're not here for the party, Tony Stark will be more than happy to show you the door... close up, and at high velocity.

( Strengths/Weaknesses ) :
Strengths:
- Crazy ridiculous technological and scientific genius
- High tolerance for alcohol
- Pretty strong bullshit meter
- Can get along with just about anyone if he decides he wants to
Weaknesses:
- Good at schmoozing, bad at actual lasting emotional connections
- Impulsive as hell
- Doesn't always decide he wants to get along with people
- Still getting used to not thinking of himself first
- Did we mention he can't live without the scientific glowy gizmo in his chest?

( Other Important Facts ) :
- As of this canonpoint, Tony has the Mark VI Iron Man Suit. It's got a pretty huge arsenal, but the gigantic downside is, he requires a whole balcony's worth of machinery and an AI to even put it on or take it off. Once in Vatheon, he'll probably try and find a way to retrofit it back to the Mark V, which is nicknamed "The Suitcase" for the fact that it's portable and he's able to put it on and take it off himself. He'll also have to find a software workaround for Jarvis, the AI that usually helps him run the suit ...

- The Arc Reactor in his chest deserves mention of its own, even if just a little: now that the new element has been synthesized, Tony doesn't need to perform nearly as much preventative maintenance, but there are some conditions that would cause it to malfunction. The only true canon examples are being forcibly removed (thanks, Obie, you ass), and Going Into Freaking Space (which hasn't happened yet), but mun is perfectly open to plotting Other Ways To Break Tony. Breaking Tony is always fun and will never get old.

- He doesn't like being handed things.

( Sample ) :
Tony was beginning to wish he hadn't taken the reins of the company back from Pepper so soon, and so easily. She'd just made that pouty, wide-eyed, harried, stressed-out-Pepper face at him, and he'd crumpled under the force of so much Magical Girl Emotion Power. As he sat in his chair at the end of the conference table, idly spinning from one side to the other as much as his limited sense of decorum would let him get away with, though, he had the distinct thought that she could have waited another couple of weeks. The other members of the committee were engaged in a lukewarm debate about the fate of the remainder of the Stark Expo, but the minute they'd started talking about dividends and ROIs and other complicated stuff that he couldn't be assed to consider, Tony's eyes had glassed over. Finally, the last of his give-a-shit muscles failed, and he turned his back completely on the rest of the table to look out the window.

The meeting room was at the top of one of the many conference centers on the Expo grounds, and one of the few that hadn't been damaged in his skirmish with Ivan Vanko. Whiplash, the papers were calling him - Tony was pretty sure the name had come from that cigar-chomping right-wing blunderbuss at the Daily Bugle. He couldn't fault Jonah Jameson too much - he was one of Iron Man's biggest fans in the press sector - but Tony had to admit that the man could probably give Stephen Colbert a run for his money, in an unironic sense. "Not a bad spot, though," he muttered to himself, recalling the gist of the article as his gaze swept over the swath of damage that cut through Flushing Meadows. It had mostly said a lot about what an asset Iron Man was to the country, how Senator Stern could stick his opinions on Tony Stark where the sun didn't shine, and a lot of other typical Jameson bluster. But what had caught Tony's attention was that the editor-in-chief had lauded the Expo itself, touching on a lot of personal nostalgia about the original session, and hoping that it would go on. Shifting in his chair to sprawl slightly, Tony reached for the glass of water at his side and sipped, pensively. He hoped it would, too. And of course, just as he'd reached that conclusion, one of the committe members' voices cut through his thoughts: "-- going to have to shut it down and eat the difference."

"Excuse me?" Tony spun around, setting his glass down and straightening out his posture. "Could you repeat that? I'm sorry, I was a little too busy looking out at something that's a physical embodiment of this company's entire history, something that my father started, and I've continued, and we both put our hearts and souls into. I know, you guys probably don't get this a lot - you're so busy scratching each other's backs and ordering out to lunch and, uh -" He pulled out his mobile, punched a few spots on the screen, and brought up a holographic projection - "updating your Facebook status about how pointless this meeting is, thanks, Ms. Tautenhan - to actually consider that maybe this isn't about the money. I know, I know." He held up a hand, pushing the hologram back off to the side, where it faded out of sight. "That's rich for me to say, it figures, I've got all the money, yadda yadda bla bla. Believe me, I know what you're all trying not to lean around and mutter to yourselves, I've been at about fifty billion of these meetings. It's cool. I get it. You want to get to your bottom line so you can go back to whatever it is you think counts as work, when in reality, the biggest, greatest work you can do for this company - for this nation - is to get on board with continuing this Expo, so that the great minds of America can share their thoughts and their inspiration with one another, so that we can come up with something worth passing on."

He paused just long enough to glance around the table, taking in the shocked faces of the committee members. "Unless, of course, you've all got enough of those kinds of ideas already. Enough to fill another eleven months or so worth of collaboration and ingenuity. ... Here's a hint. Facebook status, though very cutting edge about eight years ago if you were a freshman in Harvard? Not gonna cut it." Downing the rest of his glass of water, Tony got to his feet.

"And come on. How many of these meetings have you been to? Money's not even an issue, I've got this covered. Send me a bill." As he strode out the door, completely ignoring the cacophony that erupted behind him, Tony smiled. Pepper was going to kill him when he got home, but in all fairness, he was pretty sure that wherever he was in the Great Beyond, Howard Stark approved. And that kind of feeling called for a little celebration. "... Hey Jarvis. Any of those Belgian Waffle stands still open...?"

( Questions? Comments? Concerns? ) : I already left a screened comment on the Mod Questions page about the Iron Man suit, so I think that about covers me for now! If anything else crosses my mind, I will definitely be in touch.
Edited 2012-12-28 03:34 (UTC)
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Pepper Potts | MCU | Reserved 1/2

[personal profile] ms_potts 2012-12-28 03:45 am (UTC)(link)

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( Player Name ) : Laurel
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( Age ) : 27
( Timezone ) : EST
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( Character's Name ) : Virginia “Pepper” Potts
( Character's Age ) : 36
( Series ) : Iron Man/Marvel Cinematic Universe
( Canon Point ) : The beginning of The Avengers

( History ) :
To say that Pepper is Tony Stark’s “long suffering assistant” is an understatement. She has been by his side for over ten years cleaning up after his drunken binges, one night stands, mishaps, mistakes and misfortunes. She takes care of anything and everything that needs doing simply so he doesn’t have to. At any given time she plays the role of personal assistant, PR or liaison while all the while remaining his friend, confidante and (once they both man up enough to admit it) love interest.

On May 2nd, Pepper’s birthday, she finds Tony shirking his responsibilities in his workshop- as per usual. Having plans, she rushes him out the door to his jet so he could fly to Afghanistan for a weapons presentation… where he’s kidnapped by insurgents. And thus did Pepper never celebrate her birthday again. She’s extremely distraught, but never gives up hope that he would somehow make it home again. Which, being the protagonist of the entire movie, he does.

Despite her best efforts to bring him to the hospital, Tony insists on calling a press conference and making his announcement that suddenly makes her job exponentionally more difficult. Overnight she’s gone from fielding questions from reporters and dealing with tabloids to being approached by the CIA, DOD, FBI and Agent Phil Coulson from that agency with the really long name she’s never heard of. Knowing Tony didn’t want to talk to any of them she manages to deflect and absorb each request that flies her way. There is hardly a single moment when she’s seen without her laptop or phone, taking care of all the behind the scenes work and keeping an eye on the company, itself. Well someone in that house has to do it and it’s sure as hell not gonna be Tony.

Shortly after he gets home, Tony calls her down to his workshop to do the single most terrifyingly disgusting thing she’s ever done in her life. He’d been trying to change out the Mark I Arc Reactor but his hands were too big to pull out a wire that was in the way. He tells her it’s like operation (which she’s apparently never played. Sheltered life, much, Pepp?) and to just pull it out without letting it touch the walls. What does she do? Touches the socket wall with it and pulls out the piece it was connected to – sending him into cardiac arrest. Way to go, Pepper. But despite the disgusting puss-like inorganic substance and nearly killing her boss she manages to plug the new reactor in and get his heart going again. He tells her to incinerate the Mark I chest piece, but she has bigger plans for it. She has it set into a glass case with an engraving reading “Proof that Tony Stark has a heart.” You know. The engraving that might as well have read “break in case of backstabbing reactor stealing bastards.”

So, life goes on. Tony continues to be… Tony… and building things in his workshop. She doesn’t quite understand what they do; only that he keeps blowing things up down there. She goes to the charity gala to have a break and spend some time with the other people she works with… and ends up being shanghaied into the most awkward dance of her life. They come close, SO CLOSE to having the cheesy romantic first kiss on the roof… and decide to have drinks, instead. Tony leaves to get said drinks and, well, never comes back. Story of her life.

However! All is finally explained when she comes down to the workshop one day to find broken glass and Tony being pried out of a suit riddled with bullet holes. Now that she knows his secret, Tony enlists her help in tracking down the rest of his weapons around the world. It seems easy enough, use the drive Tony gave her to hack into his computer and copy the files... easy enough until Obadiah Stane walks in on her doing just that. Attempting pleasant conversation with the man who apparently paid to have your boss killed… awkwaaaard. But she keeps it relatively cool and with some slick slight of hand she manages to take the drive without Obadiah seeing. When she leaves she spots Coulson waiting oh so impatiently for an appointment… that Tony never told her they had… never one to look a gift horse in the mouth she ushers him out the door and fills him in on everything. She tried to call and warn Tony but was seconds too late so she calls in the cavalry in the form of Lieutenant Colonel James “Rhodey” Rhodes to save Tony while she drives Coulson and the suit squad to Stark Industries.

Pepper probably could have stayed in the car or outside while the agents did their thing… but she’s too cool for that. She leads them right to Section 16 and Obadiah’s work. Unfortunately for her she also happens to find Obadiah, himself, in his new toy – the Warmonger suit. Let’s just say that looking down the barrel of a really big gun and being told her “services are no longer required” isn’t her idea of a nice night on the town. Thankfully, Tony’s a big damn hero and swoops in just in time. She watches as the two have their epic showdown that really doesn’t seem to be going too well for Tony. That point is made even clearer when he instructs her to overload the reactor and blow the roof. The fact that she’s able to do this with only minimal directions shows that either she has some preexisting technical knowledge or that she’s learned a lot from watching Tony all these years. Either way. She ends up being showered with broken glass, bullets flying overhead and pressing that big red button to blow the reactor even though Tony is directly in the blast zone. Thankfully Tony survives; making that two times that Pepper’s saved his glowing butt.

Then, of course, Tony has another press conference that only results in making life that much harder for her. Why do people keep letting him do these things? Why? Though, of course, the fact that Tony kind of sort of in a roundabout way says that he likes her does take the edge off things.

Fast forward to six months later and we find Pepper looking stressed, harried and utterly fed up with Tony. He’s so busy being Iron Man that she’s had to take up the mantel of running Stark Industries on top of being his assistant and he keeps doing things that make her want to throttle him… like donating their (yes, THEIR) entire art collection to the Boy Scouts of America. She’s trying desperately to explain all of this to him… when he suddenly drops the metaphorical bomb on her and makes her CEO. While it makes sense- she was doing it all anyway- she never expected him to actually take that step. She doesn’t argue, she takes the promotion with a smile, stepping into her new status with grace and poise.

Until Tony starts being more egotistical and self-destructive than usual. It all starts with Monaco and his sudden burning desire to be a racecar driver. If that’s not bad enough he gets attacked by a crazy Russian. Thankfully she had the foresight to jump into the car with Happy Hogan and the Mark V and they got there just in time to hit the guy with the car and keep Tony from being filleted. She throws him the suit and has a front row seat to the beat down that ensues.

Pepper finds herself in the midst of a PR nightmare. Between Tony giving her the keys to the kingdom, the military trying to confiscate the suits and now the fact that someone else apparently built the tech that could run them she’s got her hands more than full. So when Tony makes her a peace offering and tries to reach out and tell her something’s wrong she doesn’t read between the lines and thinks that he’s, once again, just trying to run away from his problems. She thinks that he’s just being immature and reckless… a thought that’s only solidified at his birthday party. She tries to get him to stop and tell him he’s out of control but does he listen? No. He blows up half his house and it takes his best friend stealing a suit and kicking his ass to get him to chill out.

Being CEO isn’t as fun and glamorous as it sounded. She’s putting out Tony’s fires, trying to make the best of the Stark Expo, fighting with lawyers to get the Mark II suit back from Rhodey and being called a “pinhead” on national TV by Bill O’Reilley. Needless to say she’s completely and utterly lost all patience and confidence in Tony Stark. So of course he takes that exact moment to try to stammer his way through a confession to her. The fact that he at least tries is completely lost in the massive mountain of stress and problems that have been heaped on her shoulders. She cuts him off and leaves with Hogan – now her assistant and driver – to go to New York for the latest presentation in Hammer “technology.”

At the Expo she has the displeasure of watching Hammer moonwalk his way into infamy with his “Hammer Drones” and the centerpiece – Rhodey in the Mark II suit she’d just been fighting to get back. When Tony shows up and all hell breaks loose she knows Hammer had something to do with it. So instead of evacuating like everyone else she heads straight backstage to confront the slime ball. Once Natasha runs off to try to reach Vanko, Pepper takes it upon herself to take care of Hammer. She immediately steps in and takes control of the situation, calling the NYPD to come arrest Hammer. Unfortunately it also puts her in just the right place to hear Tony announce to Natasha that he’s no longer dying. Un. Im. Pressed. But that doesn’t keep her from having Hammer arrested and give the police orders regarding evacuating people from the expo. She declines to evacuate, herself, wanting to stay put until everyone else is clear of the area. Unfortunately, her stubborn nature has once again put her in prime explosion territory. But there are perks to having a superhero boyfriend, one of which is last second rescues. However it seems that flying through the air at high speeds without the benefit of a suit is the last straw. She tells Tony that she physically cannot handle the stress of being CEO. She resigns after only having the job for one week. Of course, her working one week as CEO is about the equivalent of one year as CEO for Tony… at least. In the midst of her ranting and raving and finally really talking to Tony for the first time since this whole ordeal started, he pulls her in for a kiss. Everything’s finally falling into place… it only took a few near death experiences and explosions to do it.

Fast forward to one tower later and Pepper finds herself living in Stark Tower with Tony as they start to take the first steps forward into clean energy for the world… and Agent Coulson steps in to shake things up way too much for her liking.

( Personality ) :
Pepper Potts has the patience and tolerance of a saint. She’d have to, otherwise how would she have put up with Tony Stark for over 10 years? However, even patience like that has a breaking point and once that’s been reached no one, not even Tony Stark, can stand in her way.

The question she is likely most often asked is how she’s been able to work so closely with Tony for that many years when most people get fed up and leave. The key is not to treat Tony like just any corporate big wig. Through the years they’ve developed their own workable system.

i.e. he trusts her to do everything.

She only really goes to him to approve the most important things and to make sure he gets to where he needs to go when he needs to be there. Of course this trust also goes to her spending his money. Case in point – she buys herself a birthday gift “from him.” She would never abuse this spending power, though, and only uses it when appropriate and necessary.

The two of them have practically developed their own language. Honestly, the only way to get a word in edgewise around him is to talk right over him and she often does, blatantly disregarding his rambling. By doing this she also moves things along more quickly. At points it seems like they’re having two conversations at once, yet both of them somehow completely understand everything that’s being said. While on the subject of speaking, Pepper has a tendency to ramble when she’s nervous, upset or stressed, to the point where she doesn’t really even hear anything that’s being said to her. When she starts rambling it’s essentially every thought racing through her head spilling out of her mouth no matter how disjointed or ridiculous it is.

Managing Tony’s schedule is about as easy as herding cats… in a tornado. Between board meetings, weapons demonstrations, speeches, awards, photo shoots and his extensive social calendar it’s a lot to keep track of. And that’s before he decides to throw it all out the window and throw spontaneous parties in Dubai or hide down in his workshop for days on end. The fact that she can keep up with all this and still be able to make plans on her birthday or go to charity events speaks volumes for her organizational skills, not to mention her vast attention to detail.

Although Pepper’s connection to Tony is extremely important it does not completely dictate who she is on her own. She is a strong independent woman who takes no shit from anyone no matter who they are (or in Hammer’s case, who they think they are). When she’s simply Tony’s assistant… though to call Pepper “simply” anything is just downright insulting… she turns her snark on him. When she becomes CEO she uses her quick wit and intelligence to her advantage while dealing with the press and other corporate connections. Whether her sarcasm and wit is natural or a side effect of working side by side with Tony for that long is a toss up but I’m inclined to say she’s always had a sharp tongue, Tony just helped hone it to a razor’s edge. She is the master of backhanded compliments and comments worded just right so people don’t realize they’ve being insulted until she’s smiled sweetly and walked away.

Above all else, Pepper knows the power of appearances. She is the personification of the idiom about going through life as a duck – smooth and unruffled on the top but paddling furiously beneath the water. No matter how bad things are, she always appears impeccably dressed and perfectly poised to the public and, more importantly, the press. In fact, the only time she looses her cool in public is during Tony’s fight on the race track in Monaco and, well, her life was in danger so she was entitled to a few hysterics.

One thing that Pepper has in spades is confidence. This also translates to stubbornness and courage. When Tony instructs her to overload the reactor and blow the roof she doesn’t say she can’t do it. She doesn’t run away or beg for him to walk her through every step. She walks her ass into that building and just does it. The only time she hesitates is when she realizes he won’t get out of the way in time. Even then, knowing there was no other choice, she still pushed that button. Granted this confidence gets her into trouble on more than one occasion and has nearly gotten her killed a few times, but it’s also helped save Tony’s life and put the right people in prison.
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( Strengths/Weaknesses ) :
These are pretty much covered in the personality section.

( Other Important Facts ) :
Pepper Potts is allergic to only one thing in this world: strawberries.
She’s becoming an expert in running in heels… unfortunately.

( Sample ) :
“No. I’ll stay here until the park’s clear.”

Pepper forced a confident reassuring smile as the police officers turned to carry out the orders she’d given them. As soon as they’d left, her eyes turned skyward. The feeling of dread in the pit of her stomach grew as she looked towards the Oracle dome and Tony and Rhodey.

Tony…

He’d been dying and he hadn’t told her, he hadn’t even tried… or had he. Her mind raced, running over the events of the past week. His mania, passing the company to her, the omelet he’d spent 3 hours on (and still somehow managed to burn)… the strawberries. He’d been trying to tell her all week but she’d been too wrapped up in her own stress to listen.

She sighs, looking around at the devastation. The Expo was a disaster, half the city destroyed and it was down to two men to stop it. Yet when they did – and she had to hold onto the hope that they would – it would come down to her to try to resurrect something from the rubble left behind. Tony would be the poster boy as she fought to keep his company from collapsing around them.

Her thoughts were interrupted by a strange beeping noise. Looking around, she realized the drone laying in pieces a few yards away was the source. When things beep and flash red that’s usually bad, right? She frowned, looking curiously at it and trying to figure out what to do when metal arms circled her waist and suddenly yanked her air-born.

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( Character's Name ) : Darcy Lewis
( Character's Age ) : 22
( Series ) : Thor/Marvel Cinematic Universe
( Canon Point ) : Post-Thor, Pre-Avengers
( Playability ) : n/a

( History ) :
So we really don’t know much of anything about Darcy before the start of the movie’s action. What we do know is that she’s a college student. I’m estimating about 22 years old. She’s a Political Science major who signed up for an internship with Jane, an astrophysicist. She doesn’t go anywhere without her cell phone or her taser. Sadly, she does go some places without her iPod. (More on that later).

AND SO THE MOVIE STARTS.

Jane and her mentor, Dr. Eric Selvig, are out studying a strange weather event in the skies of New Mexico. This of course means that Darcy, as intern, is along for the ride. The event results in a powerful vortex of sorts, though conditions make it hard to see much of anything. Because of this, the group accidentally crashes into a strange man who appears seemingly out of nowhere. As the event clears, the group makes their way out of the van to survey the damage. The man they hit seems fairly undamaged by the crash, but his actions are pretty much that of a drunk. Quick to action, Darcy tasers the strange man, knocking him unconscious. The three end up taking the man, who announces himself as Thor, to the local hospital and leave him in their care.

The next day arrives and Jane, Eric, and Darcy are looking over the recordings of the previous night’s event. In the pictures Darcy spots the shape of a man in the middle of the sky. She points this out to the other two. Eric is skeptic about the picture, but Jane is certain that Thor would have more answers about what took place in the sky that night. With Darcy’s mild support, Jane convinces Eric that they need to go back to the hospital and question Thor. However, upon arrival they find that Thor has left the hospital, rather forcefully. On the move to find him in town, they once again hit Thor with their van. He recovers inhumanly fast from the second hit and they take him back for a change of clothes and then a trip to the local diner for food. Jane uses this as a time to get things straightened out while Darcy takes this opportunity to take pictures of the muscular Thor and post it online. She does have priorities after all!

Thor, having heard news of a strange fallen object separates from the group in search of it. Eric advises that they do not follow him. Instead the three return home only to find a government group (S.H.I.E.L.D dada daaaaa!) has confiscated practically all of their belongings. While Jane mourns the loss of her life’s work, Darcy mourns the loss of the iPod (again, priorities!).

So then there’s this whole adventure Jane and Thor go on to get his super awesome hammer but they don’t get it, then Eric bails Thor away from the S.H.I.E.L.D agents and they go drinking, LIKE MEN. Darcy is not present for any of this so obviously it isn’t important to the plot or anything. Right? Cleary Darcy was too busy doing…whatever it is college students do at night…in very small towns in New Mexico. Yeah.

MEANWHILE, crazy things are going on in a different dimension with Thor’s brother Loki who’s pretty angry about a lot of things and trying to take over because HE DOES WHAT HE WANTS. Thor’s friends from said dimension sneak away to Earth to warn Thor about all the trouble going down. Darcy, Jane, and Eric witness a very nice, if not strange, reunion among the friends, but then it turns out The Destroyer, powered by Loki has arrived on Earth as well. An epic battle ensues while Darcy, Jane, and Eric observe since they really can’t hope to help against The Destroyer. The battle ends with Thor regaining his super awesome hammer and beating The Destroyer, thus saving everyone.

Thor and company return back to their dimension so that there can be an epic showdown with Loki, which there is, of course, but Darcy wasn’t there for any of that since she, Jane, and Eric are stuck back on Earth. The bridge which connects the two dimensions is destroyed by Thor in order to save Earth from Loki, but that means he’s cut off from Earth as well.

Darcy decides to stick around with Jane and help with her research since obviously it’s a lot more interesting than one would expect. They work under S.H.I.E.L.D, all the while looking for a way between the dimensions.
( Personality ) :
Darcy is fairly impulsive. She lives very much in the “now”. When presented with the shouting, wobbling Thor she didn’t hesitate to tazer him. No questions asked, she went into action. She obviously doesn’t have much knowledge or interest in Jane’s area of study, (my headcanon is that Darcy signed up for the internship because it was an internship and she needed one ASAP. She didn’t even look was the job description was) but when things really begin to unfold with Thor and a possible portal to another dimension Darcy is all about finding out more about it. While Eric is hesitant about Thor’s mental state and whether he is telling the truth or not, Darcy supports Jane when it comes to finding Thor for more help. She’s probably not thinking about the long range consequences like Eric, but instead on the excitement of the situation. She also isn’t someone who would hold back what she’s thinking. She thinks it and she says it. She’s got some tact of course, but she’s more open about what she says than others might be.

Darcy is also very much a product of 21st century America. Her hand is perpetually attached to her cell phone should anything exciting happen. Her thoughts are often self-oriented first and foremost before her concern goes out to others. While Jane was rightfully mourning the loss of her work, Darcy’s concern was for her personal things, like her iPod. That’s not to say she’s a completely selfish person. She still likes helping people out if she thinks they deserve it. When The Destroyer arrived Darcy helped Jane and Eric evacuate the other people in town so they wouldn’t be hurt. She also volunteered to stay during the fight, instead of running to safety. Over the course of the movie Jane, Eric, and Thor had become people Darcy had an interest in, and finally considered friends. Because of this she supports them and forgets about her self-interest. (Of course, she still gets pretty nervous about the fact that The Destroyer will likely kill them all.)

She can be very observant at times. While Jane and Eric can get bogged down in theories, Darcy can see what’s right in front of her. The other two missed the image of Thor in the storm because they were too busy talking hypotheticals. Darcy noticed it because it was a hard fact. And while she’s good about seeing the truth right there in front of her, there’s a part of her that wants to believe in the things that aren’t right in front of her. When Thor shows up her first reaction is very much “oh hey look at the crazy drunk guy” but as evidence starts popping up that something stranger than that was going on, she’s pretty quick to start believing in the more fantastical notions being tossed around.

Overall she’s got a good heart. It’s just sometimes she gets…distracted. When on task she can achieve a lot for herself and the people around her. She’s a hard worker when inspired to be one, so really it’s all about the right environment for her. Since she’s grown to like Jane and the work she does, Darcy works harder, and I believe, will continue to do so as they go along.
( Strengths/Weaknesses ) :
Strengths:
- Loyal
- Relatively optimistic
- Flexible/adaptable
- Caring to those who deserve it
- Easy going
- Fairly clever when applied
- Self-defense capabilities

Weaknesses:

- Easily distracted
- Not as book-smart as others
- A bit snarky


( Other Important Facts ) :
- Darcy Lewis wrote lots of fanfiction back in the day.
- She has been eyeing other opportunities within S.H.I.E.L.D.
- She was finally able to graduate after completing her internship with Jane.

( Sample ) :
If it hadn’t been for the whole kidnapping thing Darcy might have thought the whole situation was pretty amazing. I mean it’s a city. Under water, she thought. How cool is that? But she couldn’t get swept away by the shininess of it all. There were more important things to worry about.

Like where could she find a dry set of clothes. Given all the layers she wore on a daily basis, having said layers soaked completely made her feel about ten pounds heavier. Honestly, she was just glad that she hadn’t gotten her iPod back from Coulson yet. If she had it would have been ruined anyway. She sighed and looked around. Nothing in the immediate area looked like a place to get clothes so she began walking along. She’d have to find something eventually, right? After walking some time she came across a friendly looking woman.

“Um, hey,” she said as she walked over to the woman. “You wouldn’t happen to know what’s going on here, would you? I’ve really got to get back to where I was. Jane will think I’m skipping out on work or something.”
Smiling, the other woman began babbling about how lovely the weather is, and never even came close to the topic Darcy had brought up.

“Woah, okay, okay,” Darcy said, raising her hands in an attempt to stop the woman. “The weather’s fine and all, but seriously, I need to get home.” It was then that Darcy spotted the strange new mark on her right hand, just between her thumb and index finger. She gasped and pulled her hand close to her face. “What the hell???” Suddenly Darcy was trying to remember if she’d had something severely strong to drink last night. All she could remember was working late into the night with Jane and crashing. Great. She hadn’t even had fun the night before being apparently kidnapped.

Darcy groaned and kept moving on. The woman obviously wasn’t going to be helping her. Something was seriously wrong and she needed to figure it out before she began questioning any more of her life choices.

( Questions? Comments? Concerns? ) : Since folks arriving soaking wet here, would this have the usual affect on the taser Darcy carries on her?
Edited 2012-12-28 19:00 (UTC)
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( Character's Name ) : Zelgadis Greywords
( Character's Age ) : 18
( Series ) : Slayers
( Canon Point ) : Episode 33, right when he gets tossed into the lake to be used as an anchor
( Playability ) : N/A

( History ) :
Here

( Personality ) : Let’s start this off simple, Zelgadis is a pretty complicated dude, and not just because he’s a chimera, though that does have a bit of a hand in it! See, when Zel was a young lad at around 15 or so, he sought to a be strong, respectable spell caster, much like his Great Grandfather, a priest by the name of Rezo. He was well known through the land for all his accomplishments, great deeds, and the like, and so Zel wanted to be great like him! So, of course, as logic would have it, he asked his grand pappy for some help, but that was when things went pretty terribly. Zelgadis was tricked by his Great Grandfather, he asked for power, and Rezo certainly gave him it, just in the form of turning him into a Chimera: a mix between a Blow Demon, a Rock Golem, and human.

Now, maybe to some people this ain’t a big deal, but for Zelgadis, it’s where a lot of his problems stem from, in fact, all of his determination honestly focuses on turning back into a human. Though, it goes deeper than that. Zelgadis tries to emotionally resemble his rock-like skin, trying to seem so hardened and not sensitive, even come across as dark and mysterious, even heartless! but under it all he is quite the contrary. To the point that even someone commenting negatively on his outwards appearance can send him running away an emotional wreck. Actually, when he first met Amelia, one of his companions throughout the series, they started off pretty terribly because she thought he was evil by his appearance alone!

On top of his sensitivity, which is primarily towards his physical appearance, he doesn’t trust easily. Rezo since destroying his naivety, but despite himself, his good nature sometimes betrays him and he ends up getting attached to people and trusting them, even if he doesn’t want to. Take Lina and the others for example, countlessly he tries to abandon them, tries to leave on his own, be some loner, but they don’t allow him and honestly, he doesn’t allow himself either. Though, he has betrayed them, not for any measure of dislike towards them, it’s completely obvious he cares, but when it comes to fixing his chimeric problem, he will do anything. And I mean anything.

Zelgadis is willing to throw away his dignity, and his friends, and anything he has to in order to become a human again. It’s a near obsession to him, and he’s proven time and time again, it really is his number one priority. Even when he gets dragged along for the ridiculous shenanigans the others get themselves into, he is constantly looking for ways to return himself to the way he was. Even in his times of betrayal, if the person or thing that has promised him his means to return to normal proves that they can’t/don’t have a way to do it, he is quick to turn on them just as quickly as he turned on his friends. Good thing the gang is an understanding bunch, never holding his betrayals against him! They don’t even judge him when he’s willing to crossdress in order to find a way to turn back too! What good friends.

Another thing about Zelgadis, is he’s pretty patient. He’s been tugged along for other adventures for nearly 2 years by the others, often times having his own concerns undermined, and maybe that’s why they are understanding when he breaks from them and betrays them. Even when he’s made into a joke because of his appearance, he more often than not deals with it. A perfect example of this is when they needed an anchor for their boat, and just tied a rope to Zelgadis and threw him overboard. He didn’t LIKE it by any means, but he sort of just resigns himself to his fate, despite his protests. Honestly, the poor guy puts up with so much shit, it’s amazing he hasn’t just ditched the others when given the chance. Maybe he’s a sucker for the abuse. He even abuses himself sometimes, he might absolutely hate the fact he’s a chimera, he certainly isn’t afraid to take advantage of its, well, advantages. He has stopped canon balls with his head, and used his steel wire-like hair as weapons before.

For all Zelgadis’ situation may be played for laughs, it does eventually show just how serious it is. Later in the series, with a fight against Rezo, Zelgadis nearly has a mental break down over it, being told that it’s impossible for him to not be a chimera once he’s been made one. Sure, he shows sensitivity towards his appearance, and has trust issues, but then is when it really surfaces just how much the betrayal of his Great Grandfather and his freakish body really has damaged him. Honestly, he went ballistic in that fight, not wanting to accept that as a reality, and wanting do to nothing more than to utterly destroy his Great Grandfather for what he cursed him with. You could say Zel is pretty good at holding grudges, and within good reason.

He certainly has one against Xellos! Xellos being a monster that joins the group upon occasion. See, Xellos tricked them on their first meeting, plays Zel for a chump about a manuscript of the Claire Bible(Which Zel believed would turn him back into a human, or at least provide a way) and ripped up this sheet of paper that Zel believed to be it. Even since, Zel has never liked him, never trusted him, despite everyone else in the group being alright with him. Can’t say they trust Xellos either, more so trust him to betray them, but they at least seem to like him, while Zelgadis wants little to do with him.

He can be quite the stick in the mud sometimes. At least it isn’t without reason though. For all he’s gone through, he’s a pretty alright dude, nicer than he tries to put on, and definitely a good guy over all. A little self absorbed with his own problems at times, but honestly, who isn’t? At least he picks saving the world over saving himself, and has even nearly got himself killed trying to protect the others--so all and all, Zel is a good guy, who is really more human than his appearance lets on.
Edited 2012-12-29 18:19 (UTC)
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( Strengths/Weaknesses ) :
Strengths
-Rock Skin: This is pretty self explanatory. Because he's 1/3 golem, his skin is made of rock and his hair is metal wire. He can take canon balls to the face, and blades can hardly cut through him--typically they only can when it's the blade of a very powerful Mazoku. He's a tough cookie!

-Agility, Dexterity, and Endurance: Zelgadis is also very agile, being 1/3 Blow Demon gives him increased agility and dexterity. This definitely aids him when it comes to sword fighting, or fighting in general.

-Increased magic pool: Because of his demon part, he can cast an unusual amount of spells before he gets exhausted from it. Blow Demons being those of great magical talent and all, so while he can’t cast hugely powerful black magic spells, he can definitely last a long time in a magic fight.

-Determination: Zelgadis has LOADS of determination, when he has his mind set on something, it’s hard to discourage him of it. To the point where he will betray his friends if they so happen to get in the way of his goal.

-Skilled sowrdsman: He is very skilled with a sword, being able to hold his own against even Gourry(who is often praised as like THE best swordsman in the whole series, and he is). If he gets into a sword fight, he more often than not will win.

-Brave: Zelgadis isn’t afraid of much, he’s pretty steadfast in the face of most adversaries, even nearly sacrificing himself to save others. He’s smart, but sometimes won’t backdown from a fight even if the odds are against him, especially if it means protecting those important to him.

-He's a good guy: Zel might try to act like some tough, ruthless killer, but under it all he’s actually a really good guy and cares a lot about people. Even if his main priority a lot of the time seems to be himself.

Weaknesses
-Self loathing: He can get pretty down on himself and broody, because he hates what he is. A lot of the time, he can get into these moods where he just wants to be alone and tries to abandon people and be distant, which for some people who can't tolerate that, it's easy for him to lose social links by being so distant and broody. Also, he's pretty emotionally susceptible to negative things people say about his physical appearance because of this, either he starts holding a grudge and can be really rude, or he actually gets pretty emotional.

-Determination: It is as much of a strength, as it is a weakness. He can betray people over his determination, and also become very self absorbed through it. While he might have the determination to finish his goal, he can very well hurt people he otherwise likes because of it. Of course he feels kinda bad later, but if he's convinced it's important, then the others have to just deal.

-Selfishness: Kinda goes with that determination bit, but he can be very selfish sometimes. His first and foremost concern is typically himself and changing back into a human. He will betray people, but also will give up his dignity if it means he can turn human again. He literally will do ANYTHING to obtain his humanity, and that’s KIIINDA a great weakness to have, because that means he can be greatly manipulated.

-Unable to trust easily: He can be pretty distant towards new people, often times just kinda shutting them out before letting any relationship really form. He really just doesn't like to trust people yo.

-Push over: But, when he is friends with people, he can kiiinda be a huge push over, and get pulled into shit he otherwise doesn't want to do. This happens a lot, and he just grits his teeth and bears with it.
( Other Important Facts ) :
Zelgadis has a good range of spells, some of which can be pretty environment shattering. Not that he will use many of these unless absolutely necessary, but he IS a pretty damn powerful sorcerer. He’s also a chimera, 1/3 human, 1/3 demon, 1/3 golem, which makes him extremely durable and a powerful adversary. He also can heal moderately well! He is the spell caster, it’s him.

( Sample ) :
You’d think a person would be more phased at the idea of giant sea monsters attacking the city, you’d think they’d be scared or maybe a bit concerned, but as it turns out, Zelgadis isn’t, at least, not as much as the normal person WOULD be. His world was filled with monsters after all, whether it be just normal trolls, or dragons, to even fierce demons that seemed virtually impossible to kill. So what’s a few sea-creatures to a seasoned spell-sword like him?

They certainly are huge though, but not anything he can’t take. Sure, this would probably be easier if the rest of the gang were here, though he’s kinda glad they aren’t. With this city being such an enclosure, one Dragon Slave from Lina could wipe this place, and he’s fairly certain he doesn’t want that. Especially with them being trapped inside. Though, he’s not even sure if she could cast it. Would Shabranigdo’s power really reach to this place? Where ever this place even is.

He’s not sure, but it’s hardly an important concern at the moment, Lina isn’t here, so the Dragon Slave isn’t even a factor in this battle. Actually, as he thinks on it, this could be a little vacation for him from the rest of them. Sure, he does enjoy their company, not that he’d so readily admit that, but it’ll be a nice relaxing break from their otherwise overbearing shenanigans.

Well, a vacation with the occasional sea-monster attack, but it’s really not anything he can’t handle.

"Ray wing!" He calls out the spell, and a moment later he lifts into the air, levitating and soon flying towards one of the rampaging creatures, sword ready. He’s determined and geared up to take this creature down; a few well placed spells ought to do it. With any luck, he won’t cause too much collateral damage, the last thing he needs is a bounty on his head after just showing up here and all. As much as he doesn’t mind the whole aspect of people fearing him, thinking him some bloodthirsty and cruel swordsman, being trapped in the city that thinks that REALLY isn’t a smart thing to do.

Besides, who knows, maybe this place has a way to give him back his humanity. If they've the power to do all their other odd experiments and curses that can alter bodies the way they do, maybe they could grant onto him a way to not be the chimeric monster he is. And if that's the case, it's better to be on their good side. What better way to do that, than to take out a few rampaging and destructive nuisances, right?

He’ll definitely start with this one, and then take on the rest. Shouldn’t be too hard, after all, he did help Lina take on Lord Shabranigdo, so what’s a few sea monsters for a shot at becoming human again?

And with that thought in tow, he’s charging in on the foul creature making a mess of Vatheon, whether or not it’ll be an easy battle matters not to him. He’s got a goal in mind, and some sea-beast isn’t about to get in his way. Not now, not ever.

( Questions? Comments? Concerns? ) :
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Edited 2012-12-29 18:24 (UTC)
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