.hack//CONTAGION [CS Thread]

[Zepherial]

Name: Ivan Graves.

Age:22

Appearance:


Personality: Ivan is a man who seeks the hardest possible challenge, and he does so with gumption! His goals no matter how lofty are what drive him through his life! He cares little for neither love nor friendship, they are nice and people to fall back on are great, but through his life he loses them to time and distance. That said, he enjoys spending time with people, and isn’t a recluse, he still goes out drinking and loves the theatre.

He used to be an adrenaline junkie looking for whatever could make his heart race, any form of competition be it a track race or a archery range. He was a jack of all trades so this makes him very self-confident and knowledgeable to the point he is somewhat arrogant. This all came to an end with an accident, so he keeps a façade of being happy with his life, but deep down his hell’a mad and needs to vent.


History: The eldest of three siblings, but unlike most of the oldest who are babied, his younger sister was the precious stone, along with his little brother. Even while young he had a love for a rush, this made apparent with his love of the skate board, and his parent bought it for him when he was 8. He rode the poor thing till the trucks broke and the wheels had likely been replaced 15 or 16 times. Much to his parent regret they replaced it with a dirt bike when he was 13! The replacement was given to him simply because he asked, and it got him out of the house allowing them to save their other children from his horrid influence. Much to their disappointment when he was 15 he showed up with a broken arm and dislocated shoulder…but he was more upset over the loss of his suspension and the failed jump.

When he began high school the following year, he had transferred in from a private school…that he hated with a passion. Now free of binds he relaxed and was for the most part a slacker, only staying awake for his test. His parent paid him no mind, and he developed a new hobby, open face rock climbing. He was good at it, so good he was confident to do it on his own, which in turn lead to the most traumatic life changing event one can have at 17. He in his arrogance skipped steps while securing his rope, allowing him to fall a good 70 feet, lucky for him a tree cushioned his fall…making the fall more or less 30 feet onto the rock covered hill below. His parent where not sympathetic they were angry, His arm broken in 8 places, shattered 7 of his ribs to the point surgery was needed for the lung that was punctured, and the worst of it his right knee was hyper extended and that caused the tearing of both the ACL and MCL tendons…..His days of extreme anything where over, his chest cavity could not handle much pressure before causing great pain, in addition he was stuck walking with a cane for the rest of his life.

Free of his parents, he opted for community college with money that he had saved from various part time jobs, living from the back of his car. After about a year of this, he moved in with a random tenant at a apartment complex. The roommate had a game console in the living room, and Ivan had a cure for his boring life…He could compete in these games! The Fact he had driving and fighting games pretty much “On lock” made him grow bored rather quickly, but rpgs now those had some staying power! But the single player worlds made his exploits rather fruitless, as he had no real friends to brag about it to, in fact other than the roommate he hardly had any actual conversations of any kind. And it finally happened MMO’s these where the perfect escape from the hell that had become his reality. He was free to excel and make friends once more…Even if it was from behind an avatar.


The World(In game)

In Game Name : Zix'ah
Class:Grappler

Job: None

Experience: Average, but is constanly studying the forums for ways to improve.


Appearance:

Weapon Name: Twisted smiles.

Weapon Appearance: (they cover both arms and have a simple back decal that provides minnimum resistance.)

Guild: none

Personality: Despite his nature in life, his game persona is far more friendly. He knows that he will need parties and people to watch his back, so he tends to help where he can. Even if the person is a hindrance rather than forsake them, he goes out of his way to help them learn and improve, and as long as they try he will continue to watch their back!


History: Ivan started about 11-12 months ago, and when he started it was rough. His personality and arrogant approach to the game made him almost quit, but then it was like a direct challenge to his pride. Taking it up as a solo game as opposed to trying to make friends, and parties, He chose to dig in and fight tooth and nail for every ounce of skill, gathering loot and reputation along the way. As he grinded his way to the state he is now, hes made few contacts just a item collector and a few newbies who call him for help now and again.While he is of great skill he is far from being invincible but it did aid greatly in defeating the "BAM" that he came across and the far greater dungeons alone. In doing so he In doing so he felt a sice of accomplishment, and the Twisted smiles eventually became the fiendish weapons he weilds today!


The Pve element is where he felt the most challenge, as PvP was more or less annoying children who think fighting people you know you can beat is entertaining, or old vetrens with nothing better to do than ruin someone ike mentioned earlier it was a rough start, his mouth ran before he had the guns to back it up, meaning even people who didn’t normally pk took great relief in ending his barking. This shaped his game related education as well, learning counters to classes and gear choices, what abilities to favor and what type of players favor what. He didn’t learn these to become some amazing duelist, he learned it so he could take on multiple foes at the same time, and out manuver them and do just enough to escape. He has seldom openly laid into a player, but even his temper has limits, but he takes great pride in the fact he has only pk’d people trying to pk him.

The problem with this…..Has earned him some infamy and some hate, “Solo Ghost” is a sporting target now…As he has discovered from the constant assaults as of late.



Song:

[Noel]

The World(In game)

In Game Name : Memal

Class:Heavy arms

Job: Trifle guild master

Experience: Rookie

Appearance:

Weapon Name:Black Talon

Weapon Appearance:

Guild: Trifle

Personality: Memal is a curious and easily excitable girl who can often times be flighty and unreliable. She is the type of person who even when joining someone for something like a dungeon will tend to run off without so much as a word if something catches her eye. This naturally can lead her into a number of bad situations for herself and her party. Furthermore the girl has a mischievous streak and can be a bit of a pest and is all to aware of this, even enjoying being down right obnoxious at times.

History: Memal started The World in late 2007 and was instantly enamored with the immerseive game. The scenery, the players, the events, she felt awestruck by it all and wanted nothing more then to dive in and learn any interesting thing she could. She went to do just that, but unfortunately her gaming skill did not carry her very far. But even though she fell to PK and monster time and time again the optimistic girl continued venturing out over and over again, even if she had to go it alone.

In the process Memal grew fond of telling stories about her little adventures in the game, which were almost always greatly exaggerated and embellished. Her stories were sure to wow a few players and even convince some who were on the fence to try the game, but each time she told them they became less and less true. She didn't think it was such a bad thing though, even if it was impossible to find some of the things she talked about, because they never really existed in the first place she felt that degree of mystery would do the community good even if it was just a false rumor. Eventually Memal found herself within a group of like minded players, who for whatever reason enjoyed making up their little stories and spreading rumors throughout The World. Some were true, some were false, some were small tales and others were stories of an epic journey but either way the group of players loved spreading their little stories around which would turn into the rumors of The World.

This small group was the one that became the guild Trifle. Memal was given the guild master position, not for any skill or leadership capability but completely by random chance. Despite her now being the public face of Trifle the workings of the guild are mostly chaotic with no member really holding any more power then another. As GM all Memal truly does is occasionally deal with disputes, which usually come from the Midgards or players who just happened to be a bit peeved at being lead on a wild goose chase by one of their rumors. Though she doesn’t even take those events seriously.

Song:Imitation – Nisemonogatari OST