Action-Reaction OOC

[Chainlinc3]

Action-Reaction

Note: If you read the Interest Check, this is largely the same as before with two differences:
Crystals are now known as Essence Crystals, and the world has a name now, Aria.

Welcome Valkyria, home of the Revolution. The world, a land named Aria, a land dominated by feudal warlords wielding clockwork machines and steam powered weapons, has found in Valkyria both a beginning and an end. Valkyria in and of itself was an anomaly-- sick of the constant turmoil of the feudal wars, the world's top minds grouped together and established their own settlement, independent from all others. They were quickly brought under siege, but the weapons used by the warlords were practically antiques compared to the automations brought to bear by the scientists. They proved the power of the mind exceeds that of the body, and walled themselves in, refusing all diplomatic contacts. In search of stability, wave after wave of immigrants has come to them, and been graciously allowed to stay within their walls. This growing metropolis became known as Valkyria, a massive city ruled by the University Board. That was all nearly 200 years ago.

Twenty years ago, a professor at the Valkyrian Institute for Higher Learning (the University), Dr. Alfred Lochter, discovered a miraculous compound, a chemical that could be dissolved in water and would crystallize as the water was boiled away. Here's the catch: This crystal contained more energy than was used to create it. Dr. Lochter described it as "a substance which seems to store the very essence of the universe," and, dubbing them Essence Crystals, he quickly distributed it to the other scientists, who rapidly put the crystals to use as power cells for their devices. Seeing as all previous limits on the size and complexity of steam powered devices had just been breached by this seemingly infinite power source, even more fanciful contraptions began springing up. The crystals proliferated within the city, but the manufacturing process was kept secret to the University staff.

Of course, the public is never content with progress, and began experimenting with the crystals on their own. It is unknown who was the first to discover the crystal's other unique trait-- they seemed to respond to the will of those in contact with them, allowing these individuals to draw upon and manipulate their power-- from a layman's perspective, magic. There's a catch though; the amount of power flowing through the body feels to the brain as if it had just become physically stronger, causing it to release huge amounts of endorphins. It's like Ecstasy-- it feels really, really good, and gets you hooked for life. Magic has become the drug of choice, particularly among the more affluent youth. There's no way to test for it's use, but a skilled practitioner can be more effective than a small army. Almost overnight, magically-boosted criminals were tearing through all the law enforcement the city had to offer.

The University immediately cracked down on crystal distribution, recalling all the crystals they could and limiting their further distribution to in-University projects. Of course, a small group of those outside the University had studied the crystals enough to derive a means of production on their own, and began their distribution-- turning a huge profit. University professors began focusing on military technology, creating new weapons and systems to combat the magical threat. Anti-magic fields, new armor alloys, even a rudimentary forcefield was developed, though it's energy consumption was so high that it's crystal would shatter within seconds of it being turned on. The discovery that the crystals shattered explosively when they are overexerted, however, played into another huge development-- crude guns were developed, using small crystals as fuel. Law enforcement became a paramilitary career, able to take almost any action they deemed necessary, and a legal system so blind to their actions that even the few actions outside their realm of authority were rarely denied to them. Even with all that power, they were barely able to combat the criminals that plagued the city.

Meanwhile, the world outside Valkyria has fallen into absolute anarchy with these magic-using criminals plaguing the streets. Without the University's knowledge to aid them, governments around the globe were toppled as crystals spread into their territory. A few new leaders have risen to power, using magic to enforce their rule, but the rampant conflicts guarantee it'll be another decade or so before any real stability emerges. Seeing this as an opportunity, some members of the University Board are pushing to mobilize and conquer-- clearly, they are superior to the rest of the world, otherwise they wouldn't have withstood the sudden entrance of magic. They should lead the world, and lead it by force. They see fire as the only route to peace.

About three months ago, a new criminal made his presence known in Valkyria. Giving no name, he refers to himself only as the Catalyst, and has gathered quite a following among his fellow criminals. He has made a mockery of law enforcement, and racked up hundreds of civilian casualties even in his brief time. His motives are unknown, as well as anything about how he executes his crimes-- he seems to know what will happen hours before it actually happens, and any evidence vanishes before it can be analyzed.

We are a team assembled by the University to find this killer. Graduates, students, even professors are applying (or even being chosen against their will) for this mission, which is deemed to be of the utmost importance. To put it in the words of Headmaster Ulysses, "Valkyria has never been in danger as real as this."

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The city is divided into levels, which are all interconnected. The lower levels are poorer, the upper levels are richer. Especially in the upper levels, this is a Victorian steampunk setting-- the University staff occupies the upper levels, and they have a love of the elegant. Ballroom dances, fine dining, and other niceties of their social status are quite important to them. As you move lower and lower in the city, the Victorian influences fade and are replaced with a more dystopian setting; Enforcer squadrons rarely patrol the middle levels, and almost never step foot in the lowest ones, meaning that crime runs rampant. Survival of the fittest becomes a key element of daily life, and gangs form simply to ensure survival. Particularly in the lowest levels, buildings are largely abandoned. Everyone has moved off and joined a gang, and lives in the gang safehouse. This changed briefly when the University began cracking down on Essence Crystals, but quickly reverted due to the high levels of gang resistance they encountered. Instead, a sort of unspoken truce was declared: as long as the more hostile elements of the lower levels didn't threaten the security of the upper levels, the Enforcers would leave them in peace except for their annual patrol to inspect and repair the support pillars.

Non-airship flight HAS been discovered, using Essence Crystals to power rudimentary thrusters. The University quickly remodeled much of the city to allow for flying transport, with large gaps in most levels to allow flying devices to move freely. Most civilians don't have access to flight other than bulky airships and the occasional one-man flying machine (generally deemed to dangerous for use), so the airspace is dominated by Enforcer vessels on patrol.

The distance between each level increases as you get higher-- at the base, the ceiling is barely eight feet above you, whereas, at the top of the city, levels are closer to 40 yards tall in order to accommodate the more whimsical designs of the University staff. (In case you haven't noticed, the University is kinda the ruling class.)

The central part of EVERY level is the University campus-- lower levels are often referred to as the Catacombs because nobody has documented what's down there in decades. If a professor wishes to partake in illegal research, or hide something from the rest of the city, the Catacombs are where they put it. The University inadvertently condones this behavior by keeping an elevator that runs to about halfway down the city, at which point you have to disembark and take the central stairwell. Rumors say that the Catacombs hold many dangerous creations, and this rumor is furthered by the fact that the University reinforced the exterior walls of the lower levels about twenty years ago, making them as strong as a prison cell.

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Character Sheets:
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Username: I'm going to compile these all in the first post, so having your username makes it easy to tell who is who.
Character Name: Should be straightforward enough…
Age: If you really need me to explain this to you… you should probably get off FoG.
Sex: Protip- this isn't a yes or no.
Appearance: Pictures are acceptable, but I'd like at least a brief paragraph of description to go with it. Non-photos are fine, due the difficulty of finding GOOD victorian steampunk cosplay. If you don't provide a picture, you'd need some more text.
Skill Set: Just give us some idea of what your character is capable of.
History: I'm assuming your character didn't just hatch a week ago, fully formed and functional. What have they been up to? Try to have it explain their skill set, but it shouldn't be too long, just because everyone's had a fairly normal life thus far. If you really want to write, then save it for…
Personality: I actually like a little more work here than most people require. It's nothing that you need to go overboard with, but I'd like more than two or three sentences if you can.

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[Chainlinc3]

Existing Characters:
Username: Chainlinc3

Character Name: Ezekiel Oppella

Age: 28

Sex: Male

Appearance:


Skill Set:
He's a mechanic at heart, loving to get his hands dirty working with machinery. He has an intuitive understanding of most devices, meaning that he can start using new technology with little adaption time. That being said, he has little combat sense and will probably be a liability in any serious combat.

History:
Ezekiel has lead a fairly uneventful life; he was born into a rich family, and basically pampered by his parents. He grew up in a life of finery-- fine clothes, fine food, fine drink, and, eventually, fine women. Although he's never really settled down into a relationship, he has had several; they universally end with the woman in question storming off because he couldn't stop working long enough to talk to them. He's made no real "groundbreaking" discovery or invention; he just tends to fiddle away, day after day, making one machine or another. After one particularly… volatile experiment, he got on the bad side of several university staff members who subsequently jumped at the opportunity to put him in harm's way. Their plan however has backfired, at least so far: he seems quite enthusiastic about the whole endeavor, and is looking forward to "playing detective" as he says.

Personality:
Some call him insane, others a visionary-- Ezekiel tends to agree with the first group. He firmly believes that machines can talk, the problem is just that nobody understands their language. Aside from that particular nuance, he's largely normal-- eccentric, yes, but still normal. He's friendly enough, but if you interrupt him while he's working you'll find him to be quite antisocial. His various experiments often cost the University money in both damages and legal expenses, but he relies on his family's wealth to protect him from their wrath. On a final note, he's obsessed with weapon design; destruction just makes him happy that way.

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Username: Skitzo-phrenick

Character Name: Isabella Radesh

Age: 24

Sex: Female

Appearance:

Often seen wearing men's clothes aside from the occasional corset or effeminate blouse or top. She is one rare to wear any form of skirt or dress because she believes them to be too limiting in terms of movement and effectiveness. Though she does despise them, she will wear what any occasion calls for her to wear, this includes them. If at any point she is at a more proper or formal function she will dress slightly more effeminately. The clothes and mask are relatively similar to what she'll normally wear of course with a more victorianesque look. I imagine her to be rather scary/intimidating upon first appearance.

Skill Set:
With a para-military/law enforcement background, she has found her calling in the form of close combat stealth. She herself will admit that her only real strength lies in battle, and the warpath she leaves behind in her combat proves this. She's reckless and strong but also inventive every now and again when it comes to thinking on her feet. In everything else she's rather slow, tends to break things more than fix them and usually needs things to be explained to her twice.

History:
She was born a very low level citizen of the city and only found respect and power when she took a career in law enforcement. Through this she became noticed by one of the members of the University and has since then worked as a high level field officer. Frequently she will volunteer her services to be a tester for any new Essence crystal driven equipment she feels that she can handle. She also volunteered to be a part of this team.

Personality:
She is considered to have a slightly dual personality. When it comes to combat or any other serious parts of work she has a tendency to be so goal driven she comes off as a heartless bitch, and the worse the situation becomes the more colder she will be intern. She has been known to sacrifice citizens, fellow officers, and even herself for the sake of the goals of the law. Outside of combat though she is extremely laid back, nearly to the point of laziness. She's also rather warm and considerate to those around her, willing to make sacrifices for those who need it. Aside from that she's an extremely curious person, prone to asking lots of questions and touching anything that strikes her fancy despite the possible danger. She's not so curious though that she would spend hours on end studying a book to find out how things work. Books are for telling stories according to her. All in all she's has behavior that leans more towards a soldier. Serious matters will always take presidence, but if she can be lazy she will, unfortunately the opportunity rarely comes for that.

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Username: Copper.eyes

Character Name: Alexieo Naomi Basgall

Age: 26

Sex: Female

Appearance:

She wears lots of different things, but most of it is made of leather and she would never be caught dead in anything remotely looking like a dress. If she ever aloud you to see more than she was willing to show you would see the scars that cross over her spine and the backs of her thighs that she got in a particularly nasty fight when she was twelve.

Skill Set:
Her real love love and skill is her ability to fly almost any flying machine known to man, and was something she didn't have to do in order to survive but something she wanted to learn for the pure enjoyment of the craft. Because she was raised by a band of thieves she is able to break in to almost anything if she really felt like it, and she is able to fight, and although she is not the best at it she can do enough damage to save her skin.

History:
At the age of six she was abandoned by her parents and fell through the cracks in the system. She ended up down in to the lower level of Valkyria and found her self-having to literally fight for her life and limb. Only after a few weeks of being on her own she as caught stealing bread from a rather well known thief of the lower circle and instead of killing her as most would he took pity and let her in to his family of thieves. She was taught quickly and learned even faster, but her heart begged for something more. She wanted to fly to be free from the shit she found her self in, so she “found” enough money to bribe a guard in to showing her a little bit, however they were caught and she imprisoned for bribing an officer. Luck was with her again however and the captain of the guard had seen her fly, he came to her with an offer. If she were to go to the university and then join the guards to fly for them he would let her free. Tempted by the offer she gave in, and fell in love with the school and learning from real teachers. Her ‘family’ was pretty supportive of her learning and even sat around the table with her at night in her little dorm and listened to her while she taught them what she’d learned that day. Everything was fine and great till one day her family didn’t come so she skipped class the next day and went in search for them only to find them all dead and the man whom she’d bribed sitting in their home his hands coated in their blood. She went rogue after that taking out the guard and then disappearing like a ghost. She resurfaced a year later when she turned twenty and went back to the Captain and asked him if he would allow her to finish what she started. He was hesitant at first but then gave in and gave her a second chance. After she was done, she went in to the service of the Captain but began doing side jobs for whom ever would pay her, never did she tell the captain or anyone what she did during that year.

Personality:
When you first meet her you’ll notice one of two things depending on how good you are at reading people, either you’ll pick up on the very subtle fact that she’s probably terrified of you or you’ll pick up on the blatantly obvious factor that she’s well a narcissistic woman. For the most part she is a highly enthusiastic person when it comes to learning and would rather spend more time with her nose in a book, than actually interacting with others or sitting still listening to a lecture over being stuck in a ball room where she would feel her brain was rotting out of her ears. The only time she really is calm for lack of a better term is when she is flying, then she seems almost serene. She never really smiles any more her smiles are more like her turning her nose up at you.

[Skitzo-phrenick]

Username: Skitzo-phrenick
Character Name: Isabella Radesh
Age: 24
Sex: Female

Appearance:

Often seen wearing men's clothes aside from the occasional corset or effeminate blouse or top. She is one rare to wear any form of skirt or dress because she believes them to be too limiting in terms of movement and effectiveness. Though she does despise them, she will wear what any occasion calls for her to wear, this includes them. If at any point she is at a more proper or formal function she will dress slightly more effeminately. The clothes and mask are relatively similar to what she'll normally wear of course with a more victorianesque look. I imagine her to be rather scary/intimidating upon first appearance.

Skill Set:With a para-military/law enforcement background, she has found her calling in the form of close combat stealth. She herself will admit that her only real strength lies in battle, and the warpath she leaves behind in her combat proves this. She's reckless and strong but also inventive every now and again when it comes to thinking on her feet. In everything else she's rather slow, tends to break things more than fix them and usually needs things to be explained to her twice.

History: She was born a very low level citizen of the city and only found respect and power when she took a career in law enforcement. Through this she became noticed by one of the members of the University and has since then worked as a high level field officer. Frequently she will volunteer her services to be a tester for any new Essence crystal driven equipment she feels that she can handle. She also volunteered to be a part of this team.

Personality: She is considered to have a slightly dual personality. When it comes to combat or any other serious parts of work she has a tendency to be so goal driven she comes off as a heartless bitch, and the worse the situation becomes the more colder she will be intern. She has been known to sacrifice citizens, fellow officers, and even herself for the sake of the goals of the law. Outside of combat though she is extremely laid back, nearly to the point of laziness. She's also rather warm and considerate to those around her, willing to make sacrifices for those who need it. Aside from that she's an extremely curious person, prone to asking lots of questions and touching anything that strikes her fancy despite the possible danger. She's not so curious though that she would spend hours on end studying a book to find out how things work. Books are for telling stories according to her. All in all she's has behavior that leans more towards a soldier. Serious matters will always take presidence, but if she can be lazy she will, unfortunately the opportunity rarely comes for that.

[Chainlinc3]

Looks good. Accepted!

[Copper.eyes]

Username: Copper.eyes

Character Name: Alexieo Naomi Basgall

Age: 26

Sex: Female

Appearance:



She wears lots of different things, but most of it is made of leather and she would never be caught dead in anything remotely looking like a dress. If she ever aloud you to see more than she was willing to show you would see the scars that cross over her spine and the backs of her thighs that she got in a particularly nasty fight when she was twelve.

Skill Set: Her real love love and skill is her ability to fly almost any flying machine known to man, and was something she didn't have to do in order to survive but something she wanted to learn for the pure enjoyment of the craft. Because she was raised by a band of thieves she is able to break in to almost anything if she really felt like it, and she is able to fight, and although she is not the best at it she can do enough damage to save her skin.

History: At the age of six she was abandoned by her parents and fell through the cracks in the system. She ended up down in to the lower level of Valkyria and found her self-having to literally fight for her life and limb. Only after a few weeks of being on her own she as caught stealing bread from a rather well known thief of the lower circle and instead of killing her as most would he took pity and let her in to his family of thieves. She was taught quickly and learned even faster, but her heart begged for something more. She wanted to fly to be free from the shit she found her self in, so she “found” enough money to bribe a guard in to showing her a little bit, however they were caught and she imprisoned for bribing an officer. Luck was with her again however and the captain of the guard had seen her fly, he came to her with an offer. If she were to go to the university and then join the guards to fly for them he would let her free. Tempted by the offer she gave in, and fell in love with the school and learning from real teachers. Her ‘family’ was pretty supportive of her learning and even sat around the table with her at night in her little dorm and listened to her while she taught them what she’d learned that day. Everything was fine and great till one day her family didn’t come so she skipped class the next day and went in search for them only to find them all dead and the man whom she’d bribed sitting in their home his hands coated in their blood. She went rogue after that taking out the guard and then disappearing like a ghost. She resurfaced a year later when she turned twenty and went back to the Captain and asked him if he would allow her to finish what she started. He was hesitant at first but then gave in and gave her a second chance. After she was done, she went in to the service of the Captain but began doing side jobs for whom ever would pay her, never did she tell the captain or anyone what she did during that year.

Personality: When you first meet her you’ll notice one of two things depending on how good you are at reading people, either you’ll pick up on the very subtle fact that she’s probably terrified of you or you’ll pick up on the blatantly obvious factor that she’s well a narcissistic woman. For the most part she is a highly enthusiastic person when it comes to learning and would rather spend more time with her nose in a book, than actually interacting with others or sitting still listening to a lecture over being stuck in a ball room where she would feel her brain was rotting out of her ears. The only time she really is calm for lack of a better term is when she is flying, then she seems almost serene. She never really smiles any more her smiles are more like her turning her nose up at you.

[Chainlinc3]

Four main things:
The University. Always caps.
They're not guards, they're Enforcers.
I'd like more personality than that, but it's not a HUGE issue. Just a "me being happy" issue.
Last, I just don't see enough justification for her to be a skilled fighter. She had to fend for herself for "a few weeks" before she entered the protective radius of her "family." So I could see that she wouldn't be bad at it, per se, but it wouldn't be one of her strengths.

Anyway, I can fix most of that on my own fairly easily, so, unless you have objections to my objections, I'll just edit you in to the first post. I'll update it again with the additional personality if/when you put it up.

[Skitzo-phrenick]

I'm sorry, Chain and Copper, but I have an issue that coincides with the ones mentioned.

Copper, for the sake of understanding I would ask you to explain a bit more on the differences between your character and mine. As far as I can tell there are so many similarities that they could practically be one in the same. This could account for dress code, personality (thus far), and even skill set to some point (though I'm hoping for the benefit of the doubt on that one).

If either of you has a problem this, again my apologies, but if the characters remain as similar as they already are I'll ask for the deletion of my character sheet so I can create a new one.

[Chainlinc3]

They are alarmingly similar, but I think there are some key differences. From what I can see, the big similarity is in the skill set. Personality isn't really that similar-- Alexieo has more of the jackassery factor and less of the cold-hearted killer. Even so, I was hoping to further differentiate them with the added personality. Style of dress... well, everyone's conforming to basically upper- or lower-city styles, so while the similarities are there, I don't think it's really a problem. Even on skill set, I picture Isabella as more of the "muscle" type-- less smarts, but made up for in flat-out effectiveness. Alexieo seems to have less strength, relying more on her brains (unless I'm mis-reading that).

Anyway, if you still feel the similarities are too strong I'll have to ask that you two work it out between yourselves. I'll feel guilty deciding which character needs to be replaced/edited--- Copper ran the idea by me first, but you got the actual sheet up first, so I'm not entirely sure which way the laws of "DIBS!" weighs in. I'll talk to a few friends to try and get their opinions, but I guess I was just kinda hoping you wouldn't notice long enough for me to take care of it... >.>

[Skitzo-phrenick]

lol. I apologize for being to quick for you. XD

Most of what you said is pretty much what I was hoping for. I'm pretty much asking for those things to be more emphasized in the character sheet. If that is done, I really will have no problem with this. I trust that both Copper and I will be able to play the characters differently, but right now since I saw a problem I thought it would be best to point it out while we could still address it.

Again, I don't think "Dibs" will be what we get down to, because really I have no problem making a different character. I tend to make my characters more for interest of the story, rather than personal means, so because of the similarities I fear my own boredom in the RP thus the suggestion. Really, I'll leave it up to Copper.

Honey, whatever you'd like to happen more and just say.

[Copper.eyes]

They are different in skill set your is fighting mine is flying as a main and she can fight a bit and steal a bit, I will edit that so it seems more like they are secondary.

Clothing, well the thing about that is the fact that they were both low born and raised they would both have the same type of clothing choice. That and could you see a pilot of a fighter who would wear a dress? Of course yours would wear corsets and some femmy shirts where as my character wouldn't be caught dead in anything even remotely like that.

Personality wise like Chain said she's an ass, she has very few people who see past that to see that while she is an ass and completely vain, inside she's actually very scared and has low self esteem. It's not that she's nice she's actually afraid of being hurt more than wanting to be the "nice guy".


I will edit her so that the similarities are less pronounced.

[Skitzo-phrenick]

Thank you for the clarification, Copper. All is well on my part now... hmm... this makes me think that I shouldn't let Copper do all the work though. Maybe I should do some editing to my character sheet to focus on the more important differences as well. I'll do some edits here and there and see what I can do.

All in all, I think the problem's taken care of now. Nothing more to be concerned with, cept for the desire for more players to put up their sheets.

[/edit] Alright, I have added a few edits to my character sheet. A few sentences here or there but nothing much.

[Chainlinc3]

Cool. I'll update the CS post whenever I have enough time to read over the revisions.

Anyway, I'd like at least one more character (preferably male; otherwise we'll have REAL wonky gender balances). If anyone is watching this thread and trying to decide if they want to join and/or are working on a character sheet that they just don't have up yet, if you could let me know it'd be appreciated. >.>

[Copper.eyes]

I have edited my character I hope it is satisfactory.

[Chainlinc3]

Character post is updated. Still looking for a few more people, though. This would be a good time to blackmail friends and family, guys.
(Joking. I have a few tentative people already. I'll be sure to let you know if you need to be proactive. >.>)

[Crazy Hobo]

Username: Crazy Hobo
Character Name: Elizabeth Wells
Age: 30
Sex: Female
Appearance:


Skill Set: Her skills lie in scheming and manipulating those around her for her own needs. Most of the time the people who's strings she is pulling hardly tend to realize that she is manipulating their decisions to fit her plans. Also, Elizabeth has prided herself at being a rather affluent creator of Essence Crystal technology. The downside of the things she creates is that they are most often very volitile, and luckily Elizabeth has developed the right finesse with them, meaning she knows how to operate them well enough to not blow off her face.
History: Elizabeth was born into a family that sat in the lap of luxury as members of The University's staff. As a matter of fact her mother and father both were professors within The University. Staff within The University constantly vie for seats of even greater power, almost as if they were a royal family rather than a staff. Elizabeth was instantly assimilated into the lifestyle of The University staff, and began to thrive in the cut-throat, scheming atmosphere that this upper class entailed.

The plots of the staff became more like a game to Elizabeth, and only a small amount of years after her graduation from The University she had managed, at 26, to become the second youngest professor at The University. Finally she as able to execute her various plans with relative freedom, making the most of the Catacombs for some of her more... unethical plots. Even joining the team to take down the Catalyst is just another action in one of her schemes.

Personality: Elizabeth is often seen as a serenely cool and collected individual, usually letting but a trickle of emotion to the surface. She has a sharp tongue for those who deserve it, and a stare that can quell the most fiery of hearts. Elizabeth holds a commanding presence, with only the slightest tinge of arrogance that usually only manifests in her stance and the far corners of her mouth. Beneath her tightly reigned in exterior, Elizabeth can have quite an intensely sharp temper, to say the least. Those who manage to anger her so that it slips past her guard rarely attempt to do so a second time. She also has very little room for humor for she believes it to be a frivolous concept that is only good for appearing amiable and manipulating people into a sense of trust.

[Chainlinc3]

I have just one main issue: She has *no* relevant skills, but yet she *willingly* signed up to fight a criminal who's already claimed *hundreds* of lives. I mean, Ezekiel is insane, and he'll at least be usefull. What's *her* excuse?

Also: Am I going to have to make a human sacrifice to the gods of gender balance?
>.<

[Copper.eyes]

I could double up if you want me to.

[Chainlinc3]

It's fine Copper, I'm fairly confident I can wrangle up a person or two. This RP is just too small to double up in, in my opinion.

[Inerio]

Mind if I join you guys?

Username: Inerio
Character Name: Astor Ricketts
Age: He claims he’s about “ten years dead”. (Read the history and you’ll understand) His actual age is 39.
Sex: Male

Appearance: Astor is a tall man, standing at six foot. While he does have a degree of muscle, he looks thin and easily breakable. His face is thin and long, with an equally thin nose and lips. His eyes are a “too light” blue, looking almost blind, with dark blotches of kohl around them so as to protect his eyes from the sun. Astor’s hair is long and white, pulled back into long dread locks with a white goatee. If one looked at Astor and perhaps put some color into him, they’d see that he’s the shell of a once attractive man. Astor’s outfits are usually very neat and polished, with not a pin or stitch out of place. A top Astor’s head are a set of binocular like goggles, with various lenses and settings.

Skill Set: Astor’s skills lie in his knowledge of anatomy, knowing pressure points on the human body and what artery lies where. While he isn’t the fastest or the strongest, his medical knowledge allows him to have an advantage over enemies who otherwise underestimate him. He has a history with magic, but he’s scared silly of it.

History: Astor was nothing short of a genius when he was going to school. His future looked bright and promising, having jobs basically lined up for him once he graduated. However, his downfall came about when he began to experiment with magic. In an unfortunate accident Astor was put into a coma for three years, and upon waking up was convinced that was the living dead. This is because Astor’s heartbeat is so soft and slow that it is nearly nonexistent, and he is devoid of melatonin. Seeing that Astor was a bad example of Essence Crystal use, The University sent him off on a mission they assume he won’t come back from.

Personality: Astor is a jumpy and nervous man, always worried he’s going to be persecuted for being “dead” or get killed a second time. When he isn’t being utterly delusional Astor is a pleasant if not odd man to be around. He often times tries to be polite, though is known for his underhanded comments, and is prone to cruel if not sadistic behavior when he gets the chance to exude such a persona.

[Skitzo-phrenick]

Well, hello again, Inerio.

Look, Chain, it's a male!! lol.

[Chainlinc3]

Yeah, I can see! ^_^
Anyway, my first instinct was something like "TOO SHORT, RAWR!" but then I realized that it's only short 'cause there's no picture... So, it's all K. I'm lazy though, so I'm going to wait and hear from CH before editing the character list again.

[Inerio]

Haha, yeah I could find a picture that really fit the mental image up there in my noggin.

OH HERRO Schitz, we seem to have a similar taste in roleplays. XD You guys were missing a crazy doctor, I needed to fill in that role.

[Skitzo-phrenick]

lt seems we do... for now. I was seriously hoping for a crazy doctor. I'm going to be highly amused watching him panic every which way.

[Crazy Hobo]

Well I guess I'll edit something to give her some more relevant skills, but I was thinking that she has tricks up her sleeve for dealing with this guy. I mean I would definitely say she isn't incapable of fighting, it just isn't her style.

[Chainlinc3]

Erm... Just saying she has XYZ skill doesn't really work for me. I don't see a reason why she'd be versed in combat just because of experience making weapons, it just doesn't work like that (at least, it doesn't in my head. >.>)

Anyway, I'll accept it pre-maturely if you promise to get on AIM sometime so we can talk out the details. Deal?

[Crazy Hobo]

Okay, we'll talk about it more. I thought that that would be acceptable because I figured if she was around them so often she would get more of a knack for using them or something. It was sorta a quick fix.

[Skitzo-phrenick]

So where are we at progress wise with this now, Chain? Are we waiting for more people or are we waiting for everything to get organized first before we move onward?

[Chainlinc3]

Basically, we're waiting for me to get my act together long enough to get an IC set up. First posts are always hard for me, because the weight of establishing the setting really falls there. If it gets detailed later, it just doesn't seem to come off right and all that jazz. I'm in the midst of a minor writer's block, so it probably won't be the highest quality I've ever done anyway, but I'm gonna spend the time to do the best I can anyway.

What you actually cared about: It should be up by Wednesday.

[Skitzo-phrenick]

Thanks for the cliff notes. XD

[Chainlinc3]

Surprise update!
I just got ONE thing on my list handled, now I need to get Copper a post in the onexone so I don't feel guilty, and then I start the IC.
Also, I'm losing muscle control in my leg. This is probably bad, but it gives me more time to write.
Chainlinc3 out.
*dramatic exit here*

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