[OOC] The Island of Giant Insects: Swarmed

[RickyG85]

Huh... I wouldn't have expected such a colorful character for a setting like this, but, I can work with this. I can even work you in right away, after a private conversation, that is.

[RickyG85]

alright, take it away, you two! I'll interject with events beyond your control, otherwise, this is the end of me being in charge of your actions@HEAVY METAL@Zoey Boey

[Zoey Boey]

should have a reply up tonight! just realised i forgot to move Lizzy over

[RickyG85]

heh, hey metal, you think your character sounds like Oscar from the Jurassic Park Game? you know, this guy youtube.com/watch?v=VstnvldlPNg

[Ozzy Cross]

Denny Reed

Name: Denny Reed



Who You Were Before: Before the swarm, the eldest of two twins was on his way to becoming the Sheriff of the small town he lived in. Already the Deputy, he was being groomed to take over for his boss, the current Sheriff, Ken Baker. Much like his twin, Denny is highly motivated in his line of work and quite determined to take it as far as one can. A pillar of their small community and his brothers best friend, Denny was a well respected official in their town before it was ultimatly destroyed by the Swarm.

Who You Are Now: Truth be told Denny is not really sure who is now or where he really fits into the greater scheme of things. Since the swarm hit has become almost nomadic, never staying in one place for long. One could say he is a Ranger but they would be wrong, while he has educated himself on the various new dangers in this new world it is merely to keep himself alive. If he had to give it a name he would most likely be nothing more than a wanderer, someone walking through this new world with no destination but looking for someone that they know is alive in their heart but probably dead in reality.

Skill Set pre-swarm:

- Training with guns / mainly pistols
- Training for emergency situations
- Strategic planning

Skill set Post-swarm:

- Has learned to adequatly use bladed weapons for self defense
- Learned to live off the land

Personality: Denny never considered himself to be a hardened individual, in fact he was almost like the pilsbury doughboy. Before the swarm he was very easy going and you could often find him outself on his small ranch grilling steaks and burgers for him and his brother every sunday. Unlike Norman however, the swarm has changed his way of thinking and made him much more serious. To a point where he barely jokes anymore, its obvious that something is eating him but he often snaps back if anyone tries to pry too deep. Denny is a very kind man otherwise and would do almost anything to help someone in need. For as many things that have changed he has never lost his will to help others in their times of need. Now an days he is more quiet and reserved than his usual outgoing attitude.

Sheriffs Dufflebag

Inside the Duffel Bag:

- Beretta 92 with 2 clips (only uses in emergencies due to the noise it creates)
- A large bag of salted trail mix
- A couple pounds of peppered beef jerky
- Couple cans of Bushs baked beans
- Can opener
- Sharpening stone
- 2 Large water bottles

Outside of Duffel:

-14 inch Machete
-MK-3 Pepper Spray

Norman Reed [MISSING / PRESUMED DEAD

]
Name: Norman Reed



Norman Reed was for the most part on his way to becoming a highly paid IT Engineer. He loves technology and was on the forefront to creating some rather innovative devices that could have improved human life. His main area was in computers but his expertise extended to all manners of electronics, he was very much a big tinkerer and always enjoyed taking stuff apart to see how it worked.

Skill Set
- Computer programming
- Any and all things electrical
- Problem solving
- Has a very sharp memory can remember most things just by seeing or hearing it once.

Personality: Norman is not timid by any means and unlike the usual nerdy IT guy stickh, he is actually a fairly stright foreward person and not afraid to speak his mind. Being of an incredibly high IQ a lot of people would consider him eccentric by nature, often times found talking some random mumble jumble that he learned god knows when. Fiercly loyal and honest to a certain degree he is in all manners of saying the kind of guy you want in your corner. At the same time the things that make him so great are also the things that can make him a hand full. As said he is not timid, in fact he tends to, how would you say, overestimate his abilities or in some other terms he tends to over do it quite a lot of pays for it especially now in his older age. His mouth often causes trouble too, being formerly bullied he will verbally abuse anyone who even thinks of insulting him or someone else and this more or less leads to trouble. Lastly, Norman is highly irregular at least by normal standards, some people have considered him a freak of nature depending. While he is a nice guy through and though, he is definitely a very rambuncious sort at the same time.

[Metal Head]

heh, hey metal, you think your character sounds like Oscar from the Jurassic Park Game? you know, this guy youtube.com/watch?v=VstnvldlPNg

@BenG85

Actually i was thinking along this guy, couldnt find a video.
Dr.Wagner jr, luchadore.

[RickyG85]

Name: Norman Reed



Who You Were Before: Before the great swarm Norman Reed was for the most part on his way to becoming a highly paid IT Engineer. He loves technology and was on the forefront to creating some rather innovative devices that could have improved human life had the bugs never came. His main area was in computers but his expertise extended to all manners of electronics, he was and still very much is a big tinkerer and always enjoyed taking stuff apart to see how it worked.

Who You Are Now: Norman Reed after the swarm now and days is what he likes to refer to as a glorified handyman. He is the guy you go to usually when your radio is on the fritz or you can some piece of technology your trying to get working again. While he enjoys being able to help even in this turbulent time he often misses the challenges of his former job in life. He has however still remained a tinkerer and has been working on devices that might improve the odds against the bugs, at least avoiding them better supposing he could get the parts he needs. He owes his being alive to his twin brother Denny Reed for the most part so it can be said that if you want to find him you must first find Denny.

Skill Set Pre-Swarm
- Computer programming
- Any and all things electrical
- Problem solving
- Has a very sharp memory can remember most things just by seeing or hearing it once.

Skill set post-swarm
- Expert with radio systems and handsets
- Has learned to use baseball bats to defend himself / not all that good but enough to survive

Personality: Norman is not timid by any means and unlike the usual nerdy IT guy stickh, he is actually a fairly stright foreward person and not afraid to speak his mind. Being of an incredibly high IQ a lot of people would consider him eccentric by nature, often times found talking some random mumble jumble that he learned god knows when. Fiercly loyal and honest to a certain degree he is in all manners of saying the kind of guy you want in your corner. At the same time the things that make him so great are also the things that can make him a hand full. As said he is not timid, in fact he tends to, how would you say, overestimate his abilities or in some other terms he tends to over do it quite a lot of pays for it especially now in his older age. His mouth often causes trouble too, being formerly bullied he will verbally abuse anyone who even thinks of insulting him or someone else and this more or less leads to trouble. Lastly, Norman is highly irregular at least by normal standards, some people have considered him a freak of nature depending. While he is a nice guy through and though, he is definitely a very rambuncious sort at the same time.

Black pack

Inside the pack:
- Portable all purpose tool kit
- Neatly bundled pack of electrical components including wires, caps, etc, etc.
- Couple pounds of his favorite Beef jerky
- Galaxy Cell phone / ear phones
- Alienware Laptop with charge cord

Sides / back of backpack:
- A couple of medium sized water bottles
- Metal baseball bat

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Name: Denny Reed



Who You Were Before: Before the swarm, the eldest of the twins was on his way to becoming the Sheriff of the small town he lived in. Already the Deputy, he was being groomed to take over for his boss, the current Sheriff, Ken Baker. Much like his twin, Denny is highly motivated in his line of work and quite determined to take it as far as one can. A pillar of their small community and his brothers best friend, Denny was a well respected official in their town before it was ultimatly destroyed by the Swarm.

Who You Are Now: Truth be told Denny is not really sure who is now or where he really fits into the greater scheme of things. Since the swarm hit he like his brother has become almost nomadic, never staying in one place for long. One could say he is a Ranger but they would be wrong, while he has educated himself on the various new dangers in this new world it is merely to keep himself and his brother alive. If he had to give it a name he would most likely be nothing more than a glorified bodyguard for his brainy brother Norman.

Skill Set pre-swarm:

- Training with guns / mainly pistols
- Training for emergency situations
- Strategic planning

Skill set Post-swarm:

- Has learned to adequatly use bladed weapons for self defense
- Learned to live off the land

Personality: Denny never considered himself to be a hardened individual, in fact he was almost like the pilsbury doughboy. Before the swarm he was very easy going and you could often find him outself on his small ranch grilling steaks and burgers for him and his brother every sunday. Unlike Norman however, the swarm has changed his way of thinking and made him much more serious. To a point where he barely jokes anymore outside of Norman, its obvious that something is eating him but he often snaps back if anyone tries to pry too deep, especially Norman Denny is a very kind man otherwise and would do almost anything to help someone in need. For as many thing that have changed he has never lost his will to help others in their times of need. Now an days he is more quiet and reserved than his usual outgoing attitude.

Sheriffs Dufflebag

Inside the Duffel Bag:

- Beretta 92 with 2 clips (only uses in emergencies due to the noise it creates)
- A large bag of salted trail mix
- A couple pounds of peppered beef jerky
- Couple cans of Bushs baked beans
- Can opener
- Sharpening stone
- 2 Large water bottles

Outside of Duffel:

-14 inch Machete
-MK-3 Pepper Spray

@Ozzy Cross

Wow, that's kind of a lot. Either one is acceptable to me, but I'm going to have to ask which one you're actually going to play?

I don't let my players multi, man.

[Metal Head]

@BenG85
I don't speak spanish at all bro, is that gonna be a problem?

[RickyG85]

lol, nah, you're fine, but if you want to pepper your speech with the occasional Spanish, Google Translate is your buddy

[Metal Head]

Small post sorry, once i get the reins on my character, i flow easier.

[Ozzy Cross]

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Wow, that's kind of a lot. Either one is acceptable to me, but I'm going to have to ask which one you're actually going to play?

I don't let my players multi, man.

@BenG85

Uh oh I guess I went a bit overbored without asking haha

Hm.. I like both brothers and each their own sort of special personality and both are useful in their own ways... Denny would be my ultimate choice, I could definitely work a story off of his brother norman and tie it into his current story perfectly. I can just say that Norman is missing and presumed dead and this gives him a great personal story to follow through with.

[Metal Head]

@Ozzy Cross
Dig the name 👍

[RickyG85]

Alright, Denny it is. Move him on over to the character tab.

As a reminder, there are "safe zones", which is largely where the rangers operate from. They do search and rescue, sometimes responding to rare radio signals, as well as acting as escorts or guides for people brave or foolish enough to travel between the zones. The best and earliest among them had/have a background in entomology, but this world forces everyone to learn about bugs, lol. They've been adapting their behavior and habits, as well, so, surprises are still a problem :P

To this day, a year after humanity raised the white flag, there is still a lot of work being done to get an idea of just who all are left, even passing messages and lists in the vain hope that people separated might be reunited?

[Ozzy Cross]

@BenG85

Moved over and edited to fit one character. Added a few more things, nothing that changes anything just some keepsakes and a novelty photo I made of hte brothers on vacation.

[Zoey Boey]

I'll reply tomorrow :)

[Metal Head]

I'm dropping out.

[Kale19]

Name: Joe Pondicherry
Who You Were Before:
A college student trying to become an entomologist. He spent his days studying insects, how they grew, how they ate, and how they reacted to various pesticides. He enjoyed camping, so when the swarm hit he was somewhat prepared. Of course, no one could really be prepared. Other then that he born with six toes on his left foot, which wasn't necessary to say, but an interesting fact.
Who You Are Now:
A trader. He travels between safe zones bringing interesting items in return for supplies. He is also constantly on the look out for weapons, as at the moment he only has one. His outdoors skills rarely come into play, as you don't need to pitch a tent if a massive insect is chasing you. Currently he is looking for an antidote for scorpion stings, if you can survive one.
Skill Set:
Camping
Knowledge about the monsters of today's world
Throwing knives
Personality:
Joe is very charismatic, although most of the time he's doing it for show. He only acts like this when he's trying to sell something, so those who know him personally don't exactly like him. He's both extremely pessimistic and depressing to others, and somewhat vain. If he sees someone in need he will help them, if it isn't out of his way.
Items:
3 throwing knives
Backpack:
Hammock
6 bags of beef jerky
5 water bottles

[RickyG85]

I'm dropping out.

@HEAVY METAL

No worries, man.

[RickyG85]

Ok, so, Heavy Metal has opted out of the game. If anybody else wants to bow out, that's fine, but if everyone else wants to keep going, Metal's character can just peacefully part ways with the group once y'all get out of the current situation.

Thoughts? Concerns?

[Zoey Boey]

sure i got no problems