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Valery /// Val

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Valery /// Val

_{You cant change everything in one night, but one night can change everything.}

O V E R V I E W

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Vᴀʟᴇʀʏ Dʀᴜᴍᴍ

_{A V A T A R}

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Vᴀʟ

_{A G E}

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Mᴀʟᴇ

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Oᴜᴛꜰɪᴛ Cᴏɴᴄᴇᴘᴛ

^{This is not Valery. I repeat, this is NOT Valery.}

Vᴀʟ sᴛᴀɴᴅs ᴀᴛ 184ᴄᴍ ᴛᴀʟʟ ᴀɴᴅ ᴡᴇɪɢʜs ᴊᴜsᴛ ᴏᴠᴇʀ 82ᴋɢ. Hɪs ʙᴏᴅʏ ɪs ʟᴇᴀɴ ᴀɴᴅ ꜰɪᴛ, ᴡɪᴛʜ sᴏᴍᴇ ᴍᴜsᴄʟᴇ ᴅᴇꜰɪɴɪᴛɪᴏɴ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʀɪɢʜᴛ ᴘʟᴀᴄᴇs (ᴇɢ. ᴀʙs, ᴀʀᴍs, ʟᴇɢs, ᴄᴀʟᴠᴇs...)

Hᴇ ʜᴀs sʜᴏᴜʟᴅᴇʀ-ʟᴇɴɢᴛʜ ᴅɪʀᴛʏ ʙʟᴏɴᴅᴇ ʜᴀɪʀ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʜᴇ ᴜsᴜᴀʟʟʏ ʙᴜɴᴅʟᴇs ɪɴ ᴀ sᴍᴀʟʟ ᴘᴏɴʏᴛᴀɪʟ, ʙᴜsʜʏ ᴇʏᴇʙʀᴏᴡs ᴛʜᴀᴛ sʜᴀʀᴇ ᴛʜᴇ sᴀᴍᴇ ᴄᴏʟᴏʀ ᴀs ʜɪs ʜᴀɪʀ ᴀɴᴅ ʜᴀɴɢ ʟᴏᴡ, ᴊᴜsᴛ ᴀʙᴏᴠᴇ ʜɪs ᴛᴡᴏ ᴅᴀʀᴋ ʙʟᴜᴇ ᴇʏᴇs. Hɪs ɴᴏsᴇ ɪs ᴅɪsᴛɪɴᴄᴛ; ʟᴀʀɢᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴀ sʟɪɢʜᴛʟʏ ᴀǫᴜɪʟɪɴᴇ sʜᴀᴘᴇ. Hᴇ ᴀʟsᴏ ʜᴀs sᴍᴀʟʟ ᴇᴀʀs ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴅᴇᴛᴀᴄʜᴇᴅ ᴇᴀʀʟᴏʙᴇs. Hɪs ᴍᴏᴜᴛʜ ᴀɴᴅ ʟɪᴘs ᴀʀᴇ ᴍᴇᴅɪᴜᴍ sɪᴢᴇᴅ, ᴀɴᴅ ʜᴇ ʜᴀs ᴀ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴘʀᴏᴍɪɴᴇɴᴛ ᴜᴘᴘᴇʀ ʟɪᴘ. Hᴇ ʜᴀs ʀᴏᴜɴᴅ ᴄʜᴇᴇᴋs ᴡɪᴛʜ ʜɪɢʜ ᴄʜᴇᴇᴋʙᴏɴᴇs.

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Vᴀʟ ɪs ᴀᴄᴛᴜᴀʟʟʏ ǫᴜɪᴛᴇ sᴛʀᴀɪɢʜᴛꜰᴏʀᴡᴀʀᴅ ᴡɪᴛʜ ʜɪs ᴀᴄᴛɪᴏɴs. Iᴛ ɪs ʜɪs ꜰᴇᴇʟɪɴɢs ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴏᴜɢʜᴛs ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴀʀᴇ ᴀʟʟ ᴏᴠᴇʀ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʟᴀᴄᴇ, ᴅᴇᴘᴇɴᴅɪɴɢ ᴏɴ ʜɪs ᴍᴏᴏᴅ ᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛɪᴍᴇ. Hᴇ ɪs ᴜsᴜᴀʟʟʏ ᴠᴇʀʏ ᴡᴀʀᴍ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴏsᴇ ᴄʟᴏsᴇ ᴛᴏ ʜɪᴍ, ᴀs ʜᴇ's ʜᴀᴅ ᴠᴇʀʏ ꜰᴇᴡ ᴘᴇᴏᴘʟᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʜᴇ ᴄᴏᴜʟᴅ ʀᴇᴀʟʟʏ ᴄᴀʟʟ 'ꜰʀɪᴇɴᴅs', ᴀɴᴅ sᴏ ʜᴇ ᴇɴᴅs ᴜᴘ ᴛʀᴇᴀᴛɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴏsᴇ ᴘᴇᴏᴘʟᴇ ᴍᴜᴄʜ ʟɪᴋᴇ ʜᴇ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ᴛʀᴇᴀᴛ ʜɪs ᴏᴡɴ ꜰᴀᴍɪʟʏ. Oɴ ᴀ sɪᴅᴇ ɴᴏᴛᴇ, sᴘᴇᴀᴋɪɴɢ ᴏꜰ ꜰᴀᴍɪʟʏ, Vᴀʟ ɪs ᴇsᴘᴇᴄɪᴀʟʟʏ ꜰᴏɴᴅ ᴏꜰ ᴄʜɪʟᴅʀᴇɴ ᴀs ᴛʜᴇʏ ʀᴇᴍɪɴᴅ ʜɪᴍ ᴏꜰ ʜɪs ᴛᴡᴏ sɪʙʟɪɴɢs.

Bᴇᴄᴀᴜsᴇ ʜᴇ ʙʀᴏᴜɢʜᴛ ᴛʜᴇᴍ ᴜᴘ ʙʏ ʜɪᴍsᴇʟꜰ ᴀꜰᴛᴇʀ ᴛʜᴇ ᴀᴄᴄɪᴅᴇɴᴛ, Vᴀʟ ɪs ᴠᴇʀʏ ᴡᴀʀᴍ ᴛᴏᴡᴀʀᴅs ᴄʜɪʟᴅʀᴇɴ ᴀɴᴅ ᴡɪʟʟ ɢᴏ ᴏᴜᴛ ᴏꜰ ʜɪs ᴡᴀʏ ᴛᴏ ᴄᴏɴꜰʀᴏɴᴛ ᴘᴇᴏᴘʟᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʜᴇ ᴛʜɪɴᴋs ᴀʀᴇ ᴀʙᴜsɪɴɢ ᴏʀ ᴍɪsᴛʀᴇᴀᴛɪɴɢ ᴀ ᴋɪᴅ. Tʜɪs ʜᴀs ᴜɴᴋɴᴏᴡɪɴɢʟʏ ᴇᴀʀɴᴇᴅ ʜɪᴍ sᴏᴍᴇ ᴘᴏɪɴᴛs ɪɴ ʜɪs ꜰᴇᴍᴀʟᴇ ᴄᴏᴡᴏʀᴋᴇʀs' ʙᴏᴏᴋs.

Hɪs ᴅʀᴇᴀᴍ ɪs ꜰᴏʀ ʜɪs ᴍᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ᴛᴏ ᴡᴀᴋᴇ ᴜᴘ ᴀɴᴅ ʀᴇᴛᴜʀɴ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇᴍ. Aʟᴛʜᴏᴜɢʜ ʜᴇ ᴛʀɪᴇs, ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʀᴇssᴜʀᴇ ᴏꜰ ꜰɪʟʟɪɴɢ ɪɴ ʜɪs ᴘᴀʀᴇɴᴛs' sʜᴏᴇs ꜰᴏʀ ʜɪs ᴛᴡᴏ ʏᴏᴜɴɢᴇʀ sɪʙʟɪɴɢs ɪs ɪᴍᴍᴇɴsᴇ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴅᴇᴇᴘ ᴅᴏᴡɴ ʜᴇ ᴛᴏᴏ ᴡᴀɴᴛs sᴏᴍᴇᴏɴᴇ ᴛᴏ ʀᴇʟʏ ᴏɴ. Vᴀʟ ʜᴀs ʏᴇᴛ ᴛᴏ ᴀᴄᴛᴜᴀʟʟʏ ᴡᴇᴇᴘ ʜɪs ꜰᴀᴛʜᴇʀ's ᴅᴇᴀᴛʜ ɪɴ ᴇᴀʀɴᴇsᴛ...

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Iᴛ's ᴀ ʟᴏɴɢ ᴏɴᴇ...

Vᴀʟ... ʟɪᴠᴇᴅ ᴀ ɢᴏᴏᴅ ʟɪꜰᴇ. Pᴀsᴛ ᴛᴇɴsᴇ.

A ᴍᴇᴍʙᴇʀ ᴏꜰ ᴀ ʀᴇʟᴀᴛɪᴠᴇʟʏ ᴍɪᴅᴅʟᴇ-ᴄʟᴀss ꜰᴀᴍɪʟʏ ʟɪᴠɪɴɢ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ Sᴛᴀᴛᴇs, ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇʟᴅᴇsᴛ sɪʙʟɪɴɢ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜʀᴇᴇ, Vᴀʟ ʜᴀᴅ ᴀ ᴠᴇʀʏ sᴛᴀʙʟᴇ ʟɪꜰᴇ ɢʀᴏᴡɪɴɢ ᴜᴘ. Hɪs ᴘᴀʀᴇɴᴛs ᴡᴇʀᴇ ʙᴜsʏ ᴘᴇᴏᴘʟᴇ ᴀs ᴛʜᴇʏ ʙᴏᴛʜ ᴡᴏʀᴋᴇᴅ ʟᴀᴛᴇ ʜᴏᴜʀs, ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴜs ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴜsᴜᴀʟʟʏ ʟᴇꜰᴛ Vᴀʟ ᴛᴏ ʙᴀʙʏsɪᴛ ʜɪs ᴛᴡᴏ ʏᴏᴜɴɢᴇʀ sɪʙʟɪɴɢs, Tɪɴᴀ ᴀɴᴅ Lɪᴛᴛʟᴇ Mɪᴋᴇ. Vᴀʟ ᴅɪᴅɴ'ᴛ ʀᴇᴀʟʟʏ ᴛʜɪɴᴋ ᴍᴜᴄʜ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ɪᴛ, ᴀs ʜᴇ ᴅɪᴅɴ'ᴛ sᴇᴇ ᴀɴʏ ᴘʀᴏʙʟᴇᴍs ɪɴ ᴋᴇᴇᴘɪɴɢ ᴀɴ ᴇʏᴇ ᴏɴ ʜɪs sɪʙʟɪɴɢs ᴡʜɪʟᴇ ʜɪs ᴘᴀʀᴇɴᴛs ᴡᴇʀᴇ ᴀᴡᴀʏ ᴀᴛ ᴡᴏʀᴋ.

Hᴏᴡᴇᴠᴇʀ, ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴅɪᴅɴ'ᴛ ᴍᴇᴀɴ ʜᴇ ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ɢᴏᴛ ʙᴏʀᴇᴅ ᴏʀ ᴛɪʀᴇᴅ ᴏꜰ ᴅᴏɪɴɢ ɪᴛ. Tʜᴜs, Vᴀʟ ᴡᴀs ᴜɴᴇxᴘᴇᴄᴛᴇᴅʟʏ ɪɴᴛʀᴏᴅᴜᴄᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴠɪᴅᴇᴏ ɢᴀᴍᴇs ᴀs ᴀ ᴍᴇᴀɴs ᴛᴏ ᴘᴀss ʜɪs ᴛɪᴍᴇ. Aᴛ ꜰɪʀsᴛ, ʜᴇ ᴏɴʟʏ ᴘʟᴀʏᴇᴅ ꜰᴏʀ ᴏɴᴇ ʜᴏᴜʀ ᴏʀ sᴏ ʙᴇꜰᴏʀᴇ ʙᴇᴄᴏᴍɪɴɢ ᴛɪʀᴇᴅ ᴏꜰ ɪᴛ ᴀɴᴅ sᴡɪᴛᴄʜɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ sᴏᴍᴇᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴍᴏʀᴇ "ᴘʀᴏᴅᴜᴄᴛɪᴠᴇ", ᴀs ʜᴇ ᴜsᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ sᴀʏ, ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴡᴏʀᴋɪɴɢ ᴏᴜᴛ ᴏʀ ʀᴇᴀᴅɪɴɢ.

Nᴇᴠᴇʀᴛʜᴇʟᴇss, ʜᴇ sʟᴏᴡʟʏ ꜰᴏᴜɴᴅ ʜɪᴍsᴇʟꜰ ɢᴇᴛᴛɪɴɢ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ɪᴍᴍᴇʀsᴇᴅ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ ᴏꜰ ɢᴀᴍɪɴɢ. Hᴇ sᴛᴀʀᴛᴇᴅ ʀᴇᴀᴅɪɴɢ ɢᴀᴍɪɴɢ ʙʟᴏɢs ᴀɴᴅ ᴀʀᴛɪᴄʟᴇs ᴀɴᴅ ᴄᴀᴛᴄʜɪɴɢ ᴜᴘ ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴀᴛᴇsᴛ ɢᴀᴍɪɴɢ ɴᴇᴡs. Tʜᴀᴛ ᴡᴀs ᴡʜᴇɴ ʜᴇ ꜰᴏᴜɴᴅ Pᴀʀɪᴀʜ. Aᴛ ꜰɪʀsᴛ, Vᴀʟ ᴛʜᴏᴜɢʜᴛ ɪᴛ ᴡᴀs ᴀɴ ᴀᴍʙɪᴛɪᴏᴜs ᴘʀᴏᴊᴇᴄᴛ, ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴀʟʟ ᴛʜᴇ "ʙʀᴀɪɴ ɪɴᴛᴇʀꜰᴀᴄɪɴɢ" sᴛᴜꜰꜰ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ʙɪɢ ᴘʀɪᴄᴇ ᴛᴀɢ - ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʀᴏᴄᴇssɪɴɢ ᴘᴏᴡᴇʀ ʀᴇǫᴜɪʀᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ʀᴜɴ ᴛʜᴇ ɢᴀᴍᴇ ᴡᴀs sᴏ ʟᴀʀɢᴇ, ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴏɴʟʏ ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴀᴛᴇsᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ᴍᴏsᴛ ᴇxᴘᴇɴsɪᴠᴇ ᴀᴜɢᴍᴇɴᴛᴇᴅ ʀᴇᴀʟɪᴛʏ ᴛᴇᴄʜɴᴏʟᴏɢʏ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ʙᴇ ᴀʙʟᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴜɴʟᴇᴀsʜ ɪᴛs ᴛʀᴜᴇ ᴘᴏᴛᴇɴᴛɪᴀʟ.

Vᴀʟᴇʀʏ ᴇɴᴅᴇᴅ ᴜᴘ ꜰᴏʟʟᴏᴡɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇᴠᴇʟᴏᴘᴍᴇɴᴛ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ɢᴀᴍᴇ ᴄʟᴏsᴇʟʏ ᴀɴᴅ ʜᴀᴅ ᴇᴠᴇɴ ᴄʜɪᴘᴘᴇᴅ ɪɴ ᴅᴜʀɪɴɢ ᴀ ᴘᴇʀɪᴏᴅ ᴡʜᴇɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇᴠᴇʟᴏᴘᴇʀs ᴀᴄᴄᴇᴘᴛᴇᴅ ᴅᴏɴᴀᴛɪᴏɴs ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʀᴏᴍɪsᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴀ ʜᴜɢᴇ ᴅɪsᴄᴏᴜɴᴛ ɪɴ ᴘʀɪᴄᴇ ᴡʜᴇɴ ᴛʜᴇ ɢᴀᴍᴇ ᴡᴀs ꜰɪɴᴀʟʟʏ ʀᴇʟᴇᴀsᴇᴅ. Hᴇ ʜᴀᴅ ᴇᴠᴇɴ sᴛᴀʀᴛᴇᴅ sᴀᴠɪɴɢ ᴜᴘ ᴛᴏ ʙᴜʏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴜɴɪᴛ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ɢᴀᴍᴇ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ᴇᴠᴇɴᴛᴜᴀʟʟʏ ʀᴜɴ ᴏɴ, ʏᴇᴛ ʟɪꜰᴇ ᴘʟᴀʏᴇᴅ ᴀ ᴄʀᴜᴇʟ ᴛʀɪᴄᴋ ᴏɴ ʜɪᴍ ᴀɴᴅ ʜɪs ꜰᴀᴍɪʟʏ.

Tʜᴀᴛ ᴅᴀʏ, Vᴀʟᴇʀʏ ᴡᴀs ʙᴀʙʏsɪᴛᴛɪɴɢ ʜɪs sɪʙʟɪɴɢs ᴡʜᴇɴ ʜᴇ ɢᴏᴛ ᴀ ᴄᴀʟʟ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ᴀ ᴍᴀɴ ɴᴀᴍᴇᴅ Cʟᴇᴍᴇɴᴄᴇ Jᴏɴᴇs, ᴡʜᴏ ᴄʟᴀɪᴍᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ᴀ ᴘᴏʟɪᴄᴇ ɪɴᴠᴇsᴛɪɢᴀᴛᴏʀ. Wʜᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴀɴ ᴛᴏʟᴅ ʜɪᴍ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴅᴀʏ ᴛᴜʀɴᴇᴅ Vᴀʟ's ʟɪꜰᴇ ᴜᴘsɪᴅᴇ ᴅᴏᴡɴ.

Hɪs ᴘᴀʀᴇɴᴛs ʜᴀᴅ ʙᴇᴇɴ ɪɴ ᴀ ᴄᴀʀ ᴀᴄᴄɪᴅᴇɴᴛ.

Aᴘᴘᴀʀᴇɴᴛʟʏ, ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴡᴇʀᴇ ᴘʀᴇᴘᴀʀɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ᴘᴀss ᴀɴ ɪɴᴛᴇʀsᴇᴄᴛɪᴏɴ ᴡʜᴇɴ ᴀ ɢᴀs ᴛʀᴜᴄᴋ ᴄᴀᴍᴇ ʀᴇᴇʟɪɴɢ ᴏᴜᴛ ᴏꜰ ɴᴏᴡʜᴇʀᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴄʀᴀsʜᴇᴅ ʀɪɢʜᴛ ᴏɴᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ᴄᴀʀ. Tʜᴇ ꜰᴏʀᴄᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ɪᴍᴘᴀᴄᴛ ᴡᴀs sᴏ ʟᴀʀɢᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʜɪs ᴘᴀʀᴇɴᴛ's SUV ᴛᴏᴏᴋ ᴏꜰꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴏᴀᴅ ᴀɴᴅ sᴘᴜɴ ᴛᴡᴏ ᴛɪᴍᴇs ᴀʀᴏᴜɴᴅ ɪᴛsᴇʟꜰ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴀɪʀ ʙᴇꜰᴏʀᴇ ʟᴀɴᴅɪɴɢ ᴏɴ ɪᴛs sɪᴅᴇ. Hɪs ꜰᴀᴛʜᴇʀ ʜᴀᴅ ʙᴇᴇɴ ɪɴsᴛᴀɴᴛʟʏ ᴋɪʟʟᴇᴅ ʙʏ ᴛʜᴇ ɪɴɪᴛɪᴀʟ ɪᴍᴘᴀᴄᴛ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛʀᴜᴄᴋ, ᴡʜɪʟᴇ ʜɪs ᴍᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ʜᴀᴅ ᴍɪʀᴀᴄᴜʟᴏᴜsʟʏ sᴜʀᴠɪᴠᴇᴅ, ʙᴜᴛ ᴡɪᴛʜ ʟɪꜰᴇ-ᴛʜʀᴇᴀᴛᴇɴɪɴɢ ɪɴᴊᴜʀɪᴇs.

Tʜᴀᴛ ᴡᴀs ꜰɪᴠᴇ ʏᴇᴀʀs ʙᴇꜰᴏʀᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴇʟᴇᴀsᴇ ᴏꜰ Pᴀʀɪᴀʜ.

Tʜᴇ ᴛɪᴍᴇ ᴀꜰᴛᴇʀ ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴇᴠᴇʟᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴄᴏᴜʟᴅ ᴏɴʟʏ ʙᴇ ᴄʜᴀʀᴀᴄᴛᴇʀɪᴢᴇᴅ ᴀs ᴀɴ ᴇᴍᴏᴛɪᴏɴᴀʟ ʀᴏʟʟᴇʀᴄᴏᴀsᴛᴇʀ ꜰᴏʀ ʜɪᴍ ᴀɴᴅ ʜɪs sɪʙʟɪɴɢs. Wʜᴇɴ ᴛʜᴇʏ sᴀᴡ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ᴍᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ꜰᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ ꜰɪʀsᴛ ᴛɪᴍᴇ ᴀꜰᴛᴇʀ ᴛʜᴇ ᴀᴄᴄɪᴅᴇɴᴛ, sʜᴇ ᴡᴀs ᴄᴏᴍᴀᴛᴏsᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴏɴ ʟɪꜰᴇ sᴜᴘᴘᴏʀᴛ.

Tʜᴇ sɪɢʜᴛ ᴏꜰ ʜɪs ʟɪᴛᴛʟᴇ sɪsᴛᴇʀ ʙᴀᴡʟɪɴɢ ʜᴇʀ ᴇʏᴇs ᴏᴜᴛ ʙᴇsɪᴅᴇ ʜᴇʀ ᴍᴏᴛʜᴇʀ's ʙᴇᴅ, ᴀɴᴅ ʜɪᴍ ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ sɪᴅᴇ, ʜᴏʟᴅɪɴɢ Lɪᴛᴛʟᴇ Mɪᴋᴇ - ᴀ ᴛᴏᴅᴅʟᴇʀ ᴛʜᴇɴ - ɪɴ ʜɪs ᴀʀᴍs, ᴜɴᴀᴡᴀʀᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ sᴇʀɪᴏᴜsɴᴇss ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ sɪᴛᴜᴀᴛɪᴏɴ, ʟᴇꜰᴛ ʜɪᴍ ꜰᴇᴇʟɪɴɢ ɴᴜᴍʙ. Hᴇ ᴄᴏᴜʟᴅ ɴᴏᴛ ᴘʀᴏᴄᴇss ʜᴏᴡ ʜɪs ʟɪꜰᴇ ʜᴀᴅ sᴏ sᴜᴅᴅᴇɴʟʏ ɢᴏɴᴇ ꜰʀᴏᴍ sᴏᴍᴇᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴄᴀʀᴇꜰʀᴇᴇ ᴛᴏ sᴏᴍᴇᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʜᴇ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅɴ'ᴛ ᴇᴠᴇɴ ᴡɪsʜ ᴏɴ ʜɪs ᴡᴏʀsᴛ ᴇɴᴇᴍʏ. Aɴᴅ ɪᴛ ᴡᴀsɴ'ᴛ ᴏᴠᴇʀ ʏᴇᴛ.

Sᴜᴅᴅᴇɴʟʏ, Vᴀʟ, ʙᴇɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇʟᴅᴇsᴛ ᴄʜɪʟᴅ ᴀᴛ 18 ᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛɪᴍᴇ, ꜰᴏᴜɴᴅ ʜɪᴍsᴇʟꜰ sᴡᴀᴍᴘᴇᴅ ᴡɪᴛʜ ʀᴇsᴘᴏɴsɪʙɪʟɪᴛɪᴇs. Tʜɪɴɢs ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʜɪs ᴘᴀʀᴇɴᴛs ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ᴜsᴜᴀʟʟʏ ᴛᴀᴋᴇ ᴄᴀʀᴇ ᴏꜰ, ʟɪᴋᴇ ꜰᴏᴏᴅ ᴀɴᴅ ʙɪʟʟs, ᴡᴇʀᴇ sᴜᴅᴅᴇɴʟʏ ʜɪs ᴛᴏ ꜰɪx. Tʜᴇʀᴇ ᴡᴇʀᴇ ᴀʟsᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ʜᴏsᴘɪᴛᴀʟ ᴇxᴘᴇɴsᴇs; ʜᴇ ᴄᴏᴜʟᴅɴ'ᴛ sɪᴍᴘʟʏ ʟᴇᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴏᴄᴛᴏʀs ᴜɴᴘʟᴜɢ ʜɪs ᴍᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ʟɪꜰᴇ-sᴜᴘᴘᴏʀᴛ ᴀꜰᴛᴇʀ ᴛʜᴇ ɪɴsᴜʀᴀɴᴄᴇ ᴍᴏɴᴇʏ ʀᴀɴ ᴏᴜᴛ.

Sᴏ, ʜᴇ ᴡᴏʀᴋᴇᴅ...

ᴀɴᴅ ᴡᴏʀᴋᴇᴅ...

ᴀɴᴅ ᴡᴏʀᴋᴇᴅ ʜɪs ᴀss ᴏꜰꜰ sᴏᴍᴇ ᴍᴏʀᴇ.

Oꜰ ᴄᴏᴜʀsᴇ, ᴏɴᴇ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ᴀsᴋ "Bᴜᴛ ᴡʜᴇʀᴇ ᴀʀᴇ ᴀʟʟ ᴛʜᴇ ᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ꜰᴀᴍɪʟʏ ᴍᴇᴍʙᴇʀs? Fʀɪᴇɴᴅs?"

Aʟʟ ᴏꜰ Vᴀʟ's ɢʀᴀɴᴅᴘᴀʀᴇɴᴛs ʜᴀᴅ ᴘᴀssᴇᴅ ᴀᴡᴀʏ ᴡʜɪʟᴇ ʜᴇ ᴡᴀs ʏᴏᴜɴɢ, ʜɪs ᴍᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ᴡᴀs ᴀɴ ᴏɴʟʏ ᴄʜɪʟᴅ ᴡʜɪʟᴇ ʜɪs ꜰᴀᴛʜᴇʀ ʜᴀᴅ ᴀ ʏᴏᴜɴɢᴇʀ, ʙʏ 3 ʏᴇᴀʀs, ʙʀᴏᴛʜᴇʀ.

Hᴏᴡᴇᴠᴇʀ, ʜᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ʜɪs sɪʙʟɪɴɢs ᴅɪᴅɴ'ᴛ ʀᴇᴀʟʟʏ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴀ ᴄʟᴏsᴇ ʀᴇʟᴀᴛɪᴏɴsʜɪᴘ ᴡɪᴛʜ ʜɪs Uɴᴄʟᴇ. Fᴜʀᴛʜᴇʀᴍᴏʀᴇ, ʜᴇ ᴀʟsᴏ ᴡᴏʀᴋᴇᴅ ᴀs ᴀ sʜɪᴘ ɪɴsᴘᴇᴄᴛᴏʀ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴜs, ᴡᴀs ᴀʟᴡᴀʏs ᴛʀᴀᴠᴇʟɪɴɢ ᴏᴠᴇʀsᴇᴀs ᴀɴᴅ ᴄᴏᴜʟᴅ ɴᴏᴛ ᴅɪʀᴇᴄᴛʟʏ ʜᴇʟᴘ Vᴀʟ.

Fᴏʀᴛᴜɴᴀᴛᴇʟʏ, ᴀꜰᴛᴇʀ ʜᴇᴀʀɪɴɢ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴀᴄᴄɪᴅᴇɴᴛ, Vᴀʟ's Uɴᴄʟᴇ sᴛᴀʀᴛᴇᴅ sᴇɴᴅɪɴɢ ᴍᴏɴᴇʏ ᴛᴏ ʜɪᴍ ᴇᴀᴄʜ ᴍᴏɴᴛʜ, ᴀs ᴡᴇʟʟ ᴀs ʜᴇʟᴘɪɴɢ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʀᴏᴄᴇᴅᴜʀᴇs ᴏꜰ ʜɪs ʙʀᴏᴛʜᴇʀ's ꜰᴜɴᴇʀᴀʟ, ʏᴇᴛ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴡᴀsɴ'ᴛ ᴇɴᴏᴜɢʜ. Fɪɴᴀɴᴄɪᴀʟʟʏ, Vᴀʟ ᴡᴀs ʙᴀsɪᴄᴀʟʟʏ ᴡᴀʟᴋɪɴɢ ᴏɴ ᴛʜɪɴ ɪᴄᴇ, ᴀ sɪᴛᴜᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴘᴇʀsɪsᴛᴇᴅ ᴛʜʀᴏᴜɢʜᴏᴜᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ꜰɪʀsᴛ, ᴀɴᴅ ʀᴏᴜɢʜʟʏ ʜᴀʟꜰ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ sᴇᴄᴏɴᴅ ʏᴇᴀʀ ᴀꜰᴛᴇʀ ᴛʜᴇ ᴀᴄᴄɪᴅᴇɴᴛ.

Iᴛ ᴡᴀs ᴏɴʟʏ ᴀꜰᴛᴇʀ ᴛʜʀᴇᴇ ʏᴇᴀʀs ᴘᴀssᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴀᴛ Vᴀʟ ᴍᴀɴᴀɢᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ʙᴀʟᴀɴᴄᴇ ᴛʜɪɴɢs ᴏᴜᴛ. Hᴇ ɢᴏᴛ ᴀ ᴊᴏʙ ᴡɪᴛʜ ɢᴏᴏᴅ ɪɴᴄᴏᴍᴇ, ᴀɴᴅ ʜɪs sɪʙʟɪɴɢs ʜᴀᴅ ɢʀᴏᴡɴ ᴜᴘ ᴀ ʙɪᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ɴᴏ ʟᴏɴɢᴇʀ ʀᴇǫᴜɪʀᴇᴅ ʜɪs ᴀʙsᴏʟᴜᴛᴇ ᴀᴛᴛᴇɴᴛɪᴏɴ, sᴏᴍᴇᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ꜰɪɴᴀʟʟʏ ᴀʟʟᴏᴡᴇᴅ ʜɪᴍ ᴛᴏ ʜᴀᴠᴇ sᴏᴍᴇ ꜰʀᴇᴇ ᴛɪᴍᴇ ᴏꜰ ʜɪs ᴏᴡɴ.

Tʜᴀᴛ ᴡᴀs ᴡʜᴇɴ ʜᴇ ʀᴇᴍᴇᴍʙᴇʀᴇᴅ Pᴀʀɪᴀʜ. Iᴛ ʜᴀᴅ ʙᴇᴇɴ ᴀ ʟᴏɴɢ ᴛɪᴍᴇ sɪɴᴄᴇ ʜᴇ ʜᴀᴅ ᴄʜᴇᴄᴋᴇᴅ ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ ɢᴀᴍᴇ's ᴅᴇᴠᴇʟᴏᴘᴍᴇɴᴛ ᴘᴀɢᴇ, ᴀɴᴅ sᴏ, ᴀs ᴏɴᴇ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ᴇxᴘᴇᴄᴛ, ᴡᴀs ᴘʟᴇᴀsᴀɴᴛʟʏ sᴜʀᴘʀɪsᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ʜᴇᴀʀ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ɢᴀᴍᴇ ᴡᴀs ꜰɪɴᴀʟʟʏ ʙᴇɪɴɢ ʀᴇʟᴇᴀsᴇᴅ.

Hᴇ ᴡᴀs ᴀʟsᴏ ᴇᴠᴇɴ ᴍᴏʀᴇ sᴜʀᴘʀɪsᴇᴅ ᴡʜᴇɴ ʜᴇ ꜰᴏᴜɴᴅ ᴏᴜᴛ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʜᴇ ʜᴀᴅ ᴀ ᴘᴇʀsᴏɴᴀʟ ᴅɪsᴄᴏᴜɴᴛ ᴏꜰ ᴜᴘ ᴛᴏ 60% ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʀɪᴄᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ɢᴀᴍᴇ ᴀs ᴛʜᴀɴᴋs ꜰᴏʀ ᴅᴏɴᴀᴛɪɴɢ, sᴏᴍᴇᴛʜɪɴɢ ʜᴇ ʜᴀᴅ ᴛᴏᴛᴀʟʟʏ ꜰᴏʀɢᴏᴛᴛᴇɴ.

Sᴇᴇɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴏᴡ ᴘʀɪᴄᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ɢᴀᴍᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ꜰᴀᴄᴛ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʜᴇ ʜᴀᴅ sᴏᴍᴇ ꜰʀᴇᴇ ᴛɪᴍᴇ ᴛᴏ ʜɪᴍsᴇʟꜰ, Vᴀʟ ᴅᴇᴄɪᴅᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ɢɪᴠᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ɢᴀᴍᴇ ᴀ ᴛʀʏ. Tᴡᴏ ᴅᴀʏs ʟᴀᴛᴇʀ, ᴀ ᴄʜɪᴘ ᴀɴᴅ ᴀ ʀᴇɴᴛᴇᴅ ᴍᴏᴅᴜʟᴇ - ʜᴇ ᴄᴏᴜʟᴅɴ'ᴛ ᴏᴜᴛʀɪɢʜᴛ ʙᴜʏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛʜɪɴɢ ʙᴇᴄᴀᴜsᴇ ɪᴛ ᴡᴀs sᴜᴘᴇʀ ᴇxᴘᴇɴsɪᴠᴇ - ᴡᴇʀᴇ ʟᴀʏɪɴɢ ᴏɴ ʜɪs ʙᴇᴅ.

Lɪᴛᴛʟᴇ ᴅɪᴅ ʜᴇ ᴋɴᴏᴡ, ᴛʜɪs ᴅᴇᴄɪsɪᴏɴ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ᴄʀᴇᴀᴛᴇ ᴇᴠᴇɴ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴛʀᴏᴜʙʟᴇs ꜰᴏʀ ʜɪᴍ...

A T T R I B U T E S

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Cʟᴏsᴇ Cᴏᴍʙᴀᴛ - DPS

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Sɪᴋᴛʜ

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Bᴏᴜɴᴛʏ Hᴜɴᴛᴇʀ

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Lᴏɴɢsᴡᴏʀᴅ

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• Pʜʏsɪᴄᴀʟ

  • Flesh Like Steel - Val is able to take as much damage as he's able to dish out. He has trained his body in the game, much like how he worked out in reality and has built it up to the point where he has become unaffected by normal attacks (ie. a swing from an average swordsman will not make him kneel immediately, etc). This benchmark allows Val to take numerous blows of internal or external assaults before succumbing to the effects.
  • One-Handed Weapon Proficiency - Just because Val is mainly using swords should not be taken as a sign that he's a pure swordsman. His profession demands from him to be able to wield more than one type of weapon. Swords, daggers, axes, maces or any other type of one-handed weapon is able to take a life when used by Val. This benchmark allows Val to use if not all, most one-handed weapons with some degree of skill and efficiency.
  • Resolute Technique - Great tacticians learn that consistency often trumps potential. Val has also learned this, one way or the other. All his time practicing and fighting with swords has allowed him to reach a certain enlightenment about the use of the sword in a fight. It's not about swift attacks that come and go like the wind, or powerful attacks that rattle your opponent's bones, or even flashy attacks, that confuse and disorient the enemy.
    
    The key point to fighting and winning is always consistency. A steady stream of attacks, fluid and unending, one after the other, allows the opponent little to no chance of fighting back. This benchmark exponentially increases Val's accuracy when fighting with a sword.
  • Ambidexterity - The hardest part to fighting someone of equal skill is catching them off-guard. Val learned of this very early in his travels. To counteract this, with the coin he earned from the bounties, he sought out left-handed sword masters and learned from them how to wield a sword in his off-hand with equal skill.
    This benchmark allows Val to dual wield swords with relative ease.
  • Studious Combatant - It is a know and true fact that running towards a fight without preparation is plain stupid and a quick way to the grave. As such, Val has made it a habit of studying his opponents carefully, gauging their approximate skills and thinking about strategies to defeat them. This benchmark allows Val to discern an enemy's weak points more easily and thus, increasing his efficiency when fighting one on one. (In short, a boost in critical chance)
• Mᴇɴᴛᴀʟ

  • Dubious Networks - Wanted criminals, like bandits or thieves, never cease to move, lest they want to be hunted down by people like Val. Thus, in order to track down someone, Val had to become familiar with many places and their people. His network of acquaintances, be they lawful or shady, is quite wide-spread, and allows him to gather all sorts of information rather quickly, for the right price.
  • Deft Hands - The art of picking locks is one of the more subtle and skill-intensive things in Val's toolset. It requires a steady hand, a clear mind, as well as the knowledge of a lock's inner workings. Through trial and error, Val is able to pick simple locks, like doors, but struggles with more intricate lock designs.
  • Barricaded Mind - Not once, not twice, not thrice, but four times has Val fallen victim to a magician's mind tricks. All four times, he ended up failing to secure his target and had to escape with injuries. Having had enough, Val visited one of his few magician friends who passed on to him a set of techniques that fortify the mind against illusionary attacks. Although he has yet to fully master the technique, Valery doesn't deny its effectiveness. He can keenly feel the thin layers of magic wrapping his brain and shielding it, should he concentrate a little.
  • Adept Cartographer: Maps are one of the first things Bounty Hunters learn to appreciate. Val has turned this appreciation into a side profession of sorts. Those that might travel with him may find it odd when he suddenly whips out pen and paper and starts drawing random scenery. It's his way of remembering the topography of the place he is visiting so that he can then later accurately draw the maps he uses for his travels, as well as those that he sells.
  • One more for the road! - No matter how much he drinks, he never gets completely drunk to the point of losing all inhibition. The regular meetings with sources on taverns and bars, all the mingling in with the patrons in order to hear rumors or pick up on potential targets, all that comes with drinking. As a result, his tolerance towards alcohol is quite impressive indeed.

_{R O U G H V I R T U A L H I S T O R Y}

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Vᴀʟ ɪs ᴀ ʀᴇʟᴀᴛɪᴠᴇʟʏ ᴋɴᴏᴡɴ ʙᴏᴜɴᴛʏ ʜᴜɴᴛᴇʀ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ ᴏꜰ Pᴀʀɪᴀʜ. Rᴇɢᴜʟᴀʀ ꜰᴏʟᴋ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴍᴇᴇᴛ ʜɪᴍ ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ sᴛʀᴇᴇᴛs ᴄᴏᴜʟᴅ ɴᴏᴛ ʜᴏᴘᴇ ᴛᴏ ʀᴇᴄᴏɢɴɪᴢᴇ ʜɪᴍ, ᴏꜰ ᴄᴏᴜʀsᴇ, ʙᴜᴛ ʜᴇ ɪs ᴡᴇʟʟ ᴋɴᴏᴡɴ ᴀᴍᴏɴɢsᴛ ʟᴀᴡ ᴇɴꜰᴏʀᴄᴇᴍᴇɴᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ᴜɴᴅᴇʀɢʀᴏᴜɴᴅ sᴏᴄɪᴇᴛɪᴇs. Hɪs ʀᴇᴘᴜᴛᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴘʀᴇᴄᴇᴅᴇs ʜɪᴍ ᴍᴀɪɴʟʏ ʙᴇᴄᴀᴜsᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ sᴛᴀʀᴋ ᴄᴏɴᴛʀᴀsᴛ ʙᴇᴛᴡᴇᴇɴ ʜɪs ᴡᴀʀᴍ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛᴀʟᴋᴀᴛɪᴠᴇ ᴀᴛᴛɪᴛᴜᴅᴇ, ᴀɴᴅ ʜɪs ᴇɴᴛɪʀᴇʟʏ ᴅᴏᴍɪɴᴇᴇʀɪɴɢ ᴡᴀʏ ᴏꜰ ʙᴀᴛᴛʟɪɴɢ, ᴡʜᴇʀᴇ ʜᴇ sᴇᴇᴋs ᴇᴀᴄʜ ᴀɴᴅ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏ ᴏᴘᴘᴏʀᴛᴜɴɪᴛʏ ᴛᴏ ᴄᴏʀɴᴇʀ ʜɪs ꜰᴏᴇs, ᴡᴇᴀᴋᴇɴ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴋɪʟʟ, ᴡɪᴛʜᴏᴜᴛ ʟᴇᴀᴠɪɴɢ sᴘᴀᴄᴇ ꜰᴏʀ ꜰɪɢʜᴛɪɴɢ ʙᴀᴄᴋ.

Hᴇ ɪs ᴀʟsᴏ ǫᴜɪᴛᴇ ᴡᴇʟʟ ᴋɴᴏᴡ ᴀᴍᴏɴɢsᴛ ʙᴀɴᴅɪᴛ ɢʀᴏᴜᴘs ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ sᴏᴜᴛʜ ʀᴇɢɪᴏɴs ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴏɴᴛɪɴᴇɴᴛ, ᴀɴᴅ ɴᴏᴛ ɪɴ ᴀ ɢᴏᴏᴅ ᴡᴀʏ...

@Gowi I said to heck with it, I won't try to create a whole other backstory for him because I would have to pretty much change everything. So here he is, cliche fighter bounty hunter Val.

[shylarah]

@TheMinorFall I like his pic too~

Perhaps for another mental benchmark you can use something like one of the ones I'm going with for Emma? I've got soemthing along the lines of identify oppoonent, to recognize what something is and what it can do, or battlefield awareness, so she can intuit who needs help when.

Speaking of, these are mostly in notes form and I will neaten them up, but how do they sound for benchmarks?

physical

Healer - her healer type spells are quite effective, and she can cast them more quickly

agile - dart in, strike, and fall back. moves quickly and changes direction on a dime

acrobatic -- dancer, also trying alternative routes, good balance

saw it coming - good at identifying attacks fast enough to get out of the way or use a magic counter

support caster -- since the vast majority of her battle participation is spellwork, she has a high magical
endurance

mental

battlefield awareness - she is constantly assessing who needs help and how, so now she has an intuitive awareness of which teammates are in trouble, and how badly

identify monster - constantly noted what things did, and then looked up things she encountered afterwards, and now has a better chance of recognizing something, and knowing what it can do

enemy assessment - if she identifies an opponent, she may know this automatically, but when fighting she has tracked attacks and their efficacy, and can use this to identify weaknesses and what attacks are effective

danger assessment - a support caster doesn't last long if she doesn't know how to avoid danger. Experience (and a number of early deaths) have taught her how to recognize unstable terrain and places where unpleasant things might lurk, and now she's much better at recognizing such things.

pathfinder -- exploration, good at recognizing ways to get somewhere, and making improvised routes

@Vec why are all of your Fs boxes? O.o

[Gowi]

Well there goes my afternoon. Review city, eh?

[Gowi]

Er... Eh... well you know...

She's still in the works :3 She'll be up tomorrow though. Promise!

@NarcissisticPotato

It’s tomorrow, btw.

[shylarah]

@Gowi You don't have to do it right /now/...I mean, I'm gonna stop working on this and go play WindWaker for a while. So no rush. And there's still a ton of work to do on my CS. Also finding a picture...ugh I hate having to find pics. x.x There's never one that's quite right, and I invariably waste hours by being distracted by pretties.

[Vec]

@shylarah Seems like your PC doesn't support small caps? It's F for me.

[shylarah]

@Vec I can see small caps on one of the other sheets. I think it may be a special case -- like a drop cap or something. But yeaaah, my computer is old.

@Gowi A thought: you don't /have/ to have five. Five is merely the max?

[Gowi]

Well, I did let BGK have less if that's what he wanted.

[Archmage MC]

Well, I did let BGK have less if that's what he wanted.

@Gowi

I know I don't have 5 in the mental because the demons kinda have a lot going for them baseline, even if he can have only 1 at a time. If you want me to have 5 I can give him two others.

[Gowi]

I’m still trying to process how I feel about activated (specific) demon summoning as a way to fill up benchmarks, if I’m going to be honest. It might be something I discuss at length with Narc.

[Archmage MC]

I’m still trying to process how I feel about activated (specific) demon summoning as a way to fill up benchmarks, if I’m going to be honest. It might be something I discuss at length with Narc.

@Gowi

Yeah he wasn't even very sure how it works. But its what makes a demon summoner different from a necromancer. Instead of a lot of small things, you have one big thing that does quite a bit and can summon different big things that do different things, but only 1 can be out.

If you want, I could do an XCOM like thing instead. That would be a huge redesign, but I could make it work probably. Or not, no guns so they'd all be mages. hm...

[Shin]

I really need to get some sleep, but I worked this out. I'm not feeling perfect about it, I think I can improve it in a lot of places, so here's what I got so far. There's a lot of missing sections, but there's always tomorrow and I figured I'd at least get some very welcome advice before moving on.

Eris (WIP

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E L I S E /// E R I S

“Can't rely on anyone if you can't rely on yourself. Easier said than done.”

O V E R V I E W

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Elise Avcı

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Eris

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16

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Female

_{V I S A G E}

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A youthful figure all around, Eris makes a point of her appearance in Pariah not be much unlike her real appearance. Aside from a subconscious desire to gain an inch or two of height that is reflected ingame, her appearance ingame keeps the plain, not terrifically remarkable look she has in the real world; pale skin coming from her shut-in nature and Dutch heritage and dark brown hair and eyes stemming from her Turkish side. Not imposing by a long shot at 5'5", but not especially short either, her general form is of the average teenage girl, with budding signs of womanhood in the general form of her body, with a chest that remains however modest and even boyish by some descriptions, to say the least. A strange mix of unkempt and tidy, her hair is usually soft and clean and her skin consistently clear, though occasionally a bit flush on the cheeks, and her hair is a strange affair that is consistently of an irregular length, as if she once had a particular style in mind but long since grew out of it. Both ingame and in real life, she has a predilection for simple, comfortable clothes, having an unconscious preference for clothes that resemble her natural colors, particularly shades of brown and dark red, while making an effort to remain inconspicuous. However, given the opportunity, she does enjoy a moment of enjoying a more girlish outfit, however rare it may be.

_{P E R S O N A L I T Y}

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Eris is more of an enigma to herself than she is to other people, due in large part to an extremely odd way of looking at her place in the world, forged by numerous experiences with psychedelics. Many "revelations" shaped her perceptions of many things and though she keeps it to herself, a solipsism-based outlook of being the "protagonist" of the world, both virtual and real, can strain her relations with others. While most certainly not a misanthrope by any stretch of imagination, she often finds herself being wary of others, putting people into two broad categories; that of "players", who are deeper, more fleshed-out and ultimately more rewarding to get to know and the lower category of "NPC's", those who exist simply as two-dimensional entities that Eris could interact with for various benefits, but aren't worth getting close to. Though this doesn't make her an inherently mean person and she indeed forces cheer with many others, but going deeper with her reveals a coldness towards those her intuition deems lowly. Her above-average intelligence, the source of her offline self-sufficiency, contributes to this idea of being a sort of protagonist, however, this idea also gives her the feeling of having certain responsabilities. Though effectively a mercenary, taking contracts from her pathos and accomplishing them on her own, her ingame choice of Tyhrien as an affiliation, a pathos most often associated with selfless knights and the like, stems from a responsibility to help others, player or NPC and her greatest wish, though she wouldn't ever admit it, being contradictory to her world view, is to impact the lives of as many people as possible and be a positive force in the world. Though her choice of trying to be a "hero" eventually changed into that of the calling of a sellsword, she takes a small pride in being a member of the noblest of pathos.

Another point of contention within Eris' mind is that of her age. Ostensibly young, she detests being looked down upon from her age and makes a point of leading a life that she deems as "mature" as possible, in an attempt to give the impression more of a woman than of a teenage girl. When she talks to others, she makes a point of speaking without resorting to youthful language and while her ways of speech are by no means literarily rich, it succeeds in giving at least some evidence of an effort to seem experienced. Wry smiles are her speciality, in a feint to seem experienced with the world and its problems, though in reality her most wild experiences with the world extent to the use and abuse of psychoactive substances since she was 15, those too an attempt to seem more mature, by rebelling against the authority of her family and later striking out a path for herself on the edge of legality. This creates entirely new problems in itself, even within the world of Pariah, she is often subject to the after effects of her psychonautical adventures, with mood swings being the most common and most minor affliction and visual problems such as fog, distortion, stretching and even the rare hallucination being the most serious. Subconsciously afraid of other people's views of her, again contradicting her conscious worldview, she fears being ostracised for her way of life, and as such, despite spending most of her time in a massively multiplayer game world, her attempts to keep distance from others could also be an attempt to shield herself from their judgement. Though, perhaps, inside the deepest point of her id, a buried desire, though but an ember compared to the flames of others, might wish her to find comfort with some others, more than NPC's, more than even characters, but true equals to her that could help her overcome her fears and find her place in the world.

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Character history, experiences, and life. Their life leading up to the discovery of Pariah and so forth. Tertiary worldbuilding.

A T T R I B U T E S

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DPS (Spellsword)

_{A F F I L A T I O N}

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Tyhrien

_{P R O F E S S I O N}

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Hunting, gathering, fishing and cooking.

_{W E A P O N O F C H O I C E}

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Kukris, main one kept on the lower back for use in her right hand, a second blade is kept on her left leg for cases where the first kukri might not be enough. Otherwise, she prefers to only have a blade in her right hand and keep her left hand open for spellcasting.

_{B E N C H M A R K S}

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Basically a simple and tertiary list of achieved knowledge and possibly abilities. No Kirito-types; keep it in a fundamental nuance of moderately experienced characters but not savants. To keep this under control give me 5 physical benchmarks (swift fighter, etc.) and 5 mental benchmarks (herbalism, etc).

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Kind of like your in-game backstory. Keep in mind characters should be within the same pool of experience.

[Vec]

@Shin I like her. I hope both chars get approved because It will be a lot of fun seeing their interactions :) Val would treat her like a kid at the start, and won't take her seriously at all xD

[Vec]

Oh shit, there's another bounty hunter? WTF people, why are you thinking the same thing as I do all the time?

[Gowi]

Oh shit, there's another bounty hunter? WTF people, why are you thinking the same thing as I do all the time?

@Vec

tbf @Superboy is literally the first application.

[Vec]

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tbf @Superboy is literally the first application.

@Gowi

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I don't mind having the same profession. As I see, superboy has already said in his in-game background that bounty hunting is quite the popular profession, so why not having more than one?

If I were to change it, though, it would prolly become a Mercenary. Oh, we have another Merc now as well... Mascot? I'll take Mascot.

[NarcissisticPotato]

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It’s tomorrow, btw.

@Gowi

Can you prove that? Did yesterday exist and if it doesn't, what does that say of tomorrow? Your move, Gowi... Your move

[Gowi]

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Can you prove that? Did yesterday exist and if it doesn't, what does that say of tomorrow? Your move, Gowi... Your move

@NarcissisticPotato

Do you want screencaps?

[NarcissisticPotato]

@Gowi
Screen caps are a social construct.

[TheMinorFall]

[quote=@Gowi]
@TheMinorFall

Character Sheet

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E R I C /// S T E E L

“Message me if you need anything. I'll come if I can.”

O V E R V I E W

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Eric Steele

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Steel Crow

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20

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Male

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Crow's image in game is vastly different from his appearance IRL. This is because he is a triple amputee, having only his right arm as a full limb. He lost entire left arm, his entire left leg, and his right leg at the knee in a tragic fire that claimed the lives of his parents. Forty percent of his remaining body is scarred. He spends most of his time in a power chair since his older siblings can't afford to get him fitted with prosthetics. In real life, he wears mostly simple, neutral colored tee shirts, black, tied-off sweats, and his favorite grey slouchy hat. His hair is dyed silver and his eyes are a lush green.

Inside Pariah, Crowe has all of his limbs and layered, black hair. His eyes change to an inviting, purple-ish color and he wears mostly light, yet sturdy armor with thick plates on his forearms and shins to use as on-the-fly guards. He can be seen carrying large, heavy, two tanded weapons, but his physique is pretty average. This is because although he uses a strength-based playstyle, he hates the look of huge, beefy guys with oversized weapons. He can use any two-handed weapon adequately, but the great sword is his baby.

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Crow was once cocky and outspoken, but ever since the fire, that version of him is long gone. He can be reserved, even reclusive at times, but mostly he just likes to watch and listen to other people. Among friends or in a party, he is kind, compassionate and always wants to be helpful to the group. If anyone is a symbol of the Drox way, it's the Steel Crow.

Eric has a hard time letting people in. Although he is kind to them, he tries to keep himself blocked from most people. It's easier for him to not risk making close friends he might lose. The only person in game that he actually trusts is his blacksmith, Vulcan, and he hasn't even met the guy IRL.

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Eric was born into a well-off family of five. His parents were hot-shot political officials embarking on some revolutionary things. Someone seemed to disagree. An unnamed party was suspected to have been responsible for the fire that burned down the estate and killed both of his parents, but no one knows for sure.

Eric was trapped under smoldering support beams for long enough to end up a triple amputee after the emergency services finally arrived. His limbs were burned beyond use.

He elated to hear that Virtual Reality was coming into its prime, and when Pariah came out he had to try it. The thought of being able to walk and swing a sword was intoxicating. When he finally got the game and loaded in, he fell immediately in love.

His older brother, Brandon inherited monthly checks but they weren't enough. Brandon joined the Navy and claimed Eric as a dependent. Now they move from place to place, enjoying life as much as they can while their Sister, the middle child of the three, does who-knows-what.

A T T R I B U T E S

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Tank or Support

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Drox

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Healer

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Most two-handed weapons, Mainly Greatswords. He can also wield a sword and shield if he's playing support, although he's not nearly as good at it.

_{B E N C H M A R K S}

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Physical

Fleet Footed: Being overjoyed to be able to run, Crow tends to do it a lot. He gets faster and faster all the time, and can use this as an escape if his slow-natured attacks put him in a pinch.

Enhanced Strength: hours of swinging his great sword around have increased his physique, allowing him to deal more damage as a DPS or carry even the heavily armored party members out of the fray as Support if needed.

Ward of Drox: as a protector of his friends,Crow has blocked a lot of attacks as a tank. This has hardened him as a fighter, allowing him to take a lot of damage without wavering, as well as increasing the durability of his weapons and gear.

Helping Hands: Crow's practice with healing has increased his overall affinity with magical healing practices. He is able to learn healing magic slightly faster than the average student.

Friendly, neighborhood...: After a lot of dungeon helps and the many side-quests involving escorting or helping people of the towns, Crow has gained a reputation, not just amongst other players, but in the NPC community as well, making it easy for him to persuade or otherwise charm them if he needs to. As an added bonus, he tends to get discounts from the NPC shops.

Mental

Field Dress:Crows extensive study of first aid in Pariah has sharpened his ability. If he's quick enough, Crow can field dress a downed player's wounds and get them back into the fight.

War Dog: As a tank, Crow has learned the best ways to gain the agro and attention of enemies, effectively distracting them from the actions of party members such as DPS's and Supports.

Hidden Talent: Crow's multi-play style build has allowed him to use low-level, AOE type healing incantations, but players have to be close to him and he has to be in a defensive or blocking position.

Dungeon Crawler: Being that his primary focus is dungeon and raid helps, Crow has developed a sense of how to navigate these areas and as Leo where to find all the little goodies usually are.

Combat Analysis: Crow has been on the front line of every encounter he's experienced, as such he has developed an uncanny intuition for what the enemy is most likely to do next.

Weaknesses

Crow is little more than cover for others in a ranged fight, and in order to switch between Tank and Support, he has to re-equip between his great sword and sword-and-shield combo, sonit takes a lot of time, especially if he's in an encounter. His need to help people can sometimes distract him from the duties of a tank. His repeated runs through dungeons can sometimes lead him to get complacent in them. Additionally, his lack of close relationships means he rarely works with the same party twice. This means there is a lack of teamwork at times due to the single-serving nature of the encounters

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Crow spent most of his time grinding for decent gear and skill with his weapon at first until a party asked him to join them in a dungeon. There he discovered his passion for helping others. He began to dabble in healing magic and other restoration abilities like treating wounds on the battle field with med kits. He's just recently learned to use mid-level healing incantations. He found his way to the pathos of Drox, and has lived by it since. This also led to a change in attitude IRL too, but his scars are not just skin deep. He still carries the emotional and mental trauma from the fire.

One might call him a sword for hire, although he doesn't charge a price or even ask for unreasonable shares or drops. He just wants to help others and have fun, even at the expense of his own progression.

@Gowi here is revision three! Tell me what you think! sits in the corner

Thanks to @shylarah for the help and also shout out to my wife for coming up with my fifth mental benchmark!