[OOC] Shadows of Two Worlds (Always accepting)

[Lugia]

And from what you've put, there's nothing stopping you from using it all the time. It doesn't make you tired, dehydrated, it doesn't take any time to use, heck, it's more broken than the vanish+doom glitch in FF6... at least vanish/doom took two people to use 99% of the time.

[The Fox Without]

Fair enough I suppose I'll have too use his guns if I want to kill someone :p

[Lugia]

But... guns aren't one-shot-kills either, 'cause accuracy's heavily involved. Hitting a moving target is harder than you think.

[The Fox Without]

...I was joking lol

[Yog Sothoth]

Evanist said
Ok... here is the thing: I think gargoyle were made by man as the thing says, and were made to counter demons. Angels are might be considered like *good* side, but I am gonna say this right now: It does not mean that if you come from Heaven you are good. So angels might be considered good, but...There not really a side to decide here.Also in your app, just a little thing: Making the weakness of being far from a church kinda makes me unsure. The reason would be that it would make you stuck in the city most of the time and such, and I don't see a real link that could be done with the church thing, cause they do come from the Demonic world, sent by man we could say, so making it that he would be weak if far from a church makes me unsure about the app. Maybe replace by another kind of weakness?

Evanist said
Ok... here is the thing: I think gargoyle were made by man as the thing says, and were made to counter demons. Angels are might be considered like *good* side, but I am gonna say this right now: It does not mean that if you come from Heaven you are good. So angels might be considered good, but...There not really a side to decide here.Also in your app, just a little thing: Making the weakness of being far from a church kinda makes me unsure. The reason would be that it would make you stuck in the city most of the time and such, and I don't see a real link that could be done with the church thing, cause they do come from the Demonic world, sent by man we could say, so making it that he would be weak if far from a church makes me unsure about the app. Maybe replace by another kind of weakness?

I added that weakness because gargoyles are tied to churches so I thought it would be fitting for my character to have a weakness to being away from a church for very long. Also his powers weaken they don't completely go away, it's somewhat like Superman and our sun. It would be hours before he started to feel the effects.

[The Fox Without]

That aside I'll touch it up tomorrow need some sleep

[Resolve9]

Lugia said
And from what you've put, there's nothing stopping you from using it all the time. It doesn't make you tired, dehydrated, it doesn't take any time to use, heck, it's more broken than the vanish+doom glitch in FF6... at least vanish/doom took two people to use 99% of the time.

That post won. Sorry if it is not with the story and all, but this just freaking won. You could use Psycho Edward Bug as an other example, too.

[Lugia]

Yog Sothoth said
I added that weakness because gargoyles are tied to churches so I thought it would be fitting for my character to have a weakness to being away from a church for very long. Also his powers weaken they don't completely go away, it's somewhat like Superman and our sun. It would be hours before he started to feel the effects.

Hours, huh...? Hm... what do you think, Evanist?

Resolve9 said
That post won. Sorry if it is not with the story and all, but this just freaking won. You could use Psycho Edward Bug as an other example, too.

That, too, but if I recall, that also takes two characters to perform.

[Resolve9]

Presumably yes. VanishDoom needs two guys too to easily perform it, but one will suffice. While Psycho Edward needs at most only him, assuming enemy has attack that reduces HP to single digit (Tornado etc.) and you have at least one Bacchus' Wine.

[Evanist]

Anyway...
I still feelclike that weakness seems a bit off... cause what would happen if you were to leave a place to go to heaven or hell for a mission. You would be weakened all mission long, cause we would probably be left for a good amount of time. That what worrying me, for long tome missions. And I dont think you would find a church in hell, meanong that long missions would cause you trouble.

I know gargoyle are tied to the churches, but if you really want that weakness, I just want you to know what it would mean

[DragonBeastMode]

Sorry haven't fixed bio yet, been busy going to get to it today.

[The Fox Without]

There, touched it up to say that would have to take multiple doses to cause death.

[Savato]

Herr Doctor

Name: Heinrich Stiglitz

Gender: Male

Age: 36

Species: Human

Appearance:


Bio: Heinrich was brought to this world in an aristocratic family in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was one of four boys birthed by the same, blonde mother they were raised by until she died. His family was undoubtedly rich with a lot of high quality clothes at their disposal and a rather luxurious home, however their lifestyle was planets behind what one would expect from people of their level. The children only wore their classy clothes at school or at home, otherwise they were solemnly ordered to dress as any other kid on the street would if they were to go out for any other reason. As a very young child, Heinrich didn't really care, nor did the rest of his siblings really. They acted as normal children and their mother was the one who handled everything involving their social life while their father stayed home and handled anything financial. Heinrich Stiglitz could never recall a single moment when Otto Stiglitz, his father, had stepped out of the house other than that one particular time. This mystified him a bit, almost comparing his dad to a kid in his school who was allergic to some things. What daddy allergic to the outside?

When Heinrich hit middle school, he had a had time integrating groups of friends, but nonetheless made a couple of niched ones here and there. He was one of the top students in his class finding most subjects ridiculously easy and quickly developed chronicle procrastination when things involved school and homework in general. Though this wasn't too uncommon in middle schools, which is why in highchool he was revealed to be more brilliant than the average kid. But then again, it wasn't anything worth a prodigy. His lack of social ability always made him appear inferior to many physically imposing or leader-like kids in school, however his elder brother was always nearby to beat the crap out of anyone who TRIED to pull anything weird on him. Heinrich had never felt weak because of this, he actually had no care in his image, even during his teen years.

As the years went by, he became more and more eccentric and barely talked to anyone other than his closer colleagues. His interests never really converged with anyone else's making conversation difficult, girls were eons away. His main interest was anything regarding science, or more precisely chemistry. He was simply fascinated by the interaction of certain molecules with others and how they could collide with an entire organism with just a few drops of select solutions. This pushed him to test ridiculous things on animals for instance during his free time, usually stealing drops of certain strong acids from his father's pharmacy and applying them on the creatures. This was also repeated with drugs and poisons, and eventually people started to complain about the masses of animal graves near the Stiglitz home. The father quickly took notice of this and realized his son wasn't much different from him in the end.

Although Heinrich already knew by the time, Otto revealed his affiliation to Nazi-Germany at the time and how he was one of the many researchers there who escaped during the downfall of the Reich. He was once a doctor, and then turned scientist. He told his son this story because he had the same sociopathic obsessions as he did at the very moment. He could see himself in his son, really. At this point on, he made sure his son had exceptional education, transferring him to prestigious universities in the United States so he could study Pharma and medicine.

Heinrich was a hardworker in the pharma domain, because it consisted a lot in what he was interested in, and did medicine in homage to his father who favored him due to their resemblences. Because of his passion for the former subject, it was easy for him to keep up with both courses, and eventually get the right diplomas for both. He kept a low profile an barely made any friends in these times, not that he couldn't, he actually had many good talks with his colleagues, but he had how own selfish goals that simply had more priority. As he got out, his father's contacts managed to get Heinrich noticed by governmental agencies who were recruiting useful minds for their jobs.

Official an forensics specialist, he was often given corpses to examine after chemical experimentation or strange deaths occurring in American soil. There were a lot of diversities in the jobs and Heinrich was free to conduct multiple experiments and use their tools, as long as he got the job done right and wrote extensive reports afterward. It would be under the government that he would finally encounter the possibility to open up one of these mystical creatures he heard about during his lifetime, but never had to chance to dive into their subject. He was confronted to what appeared to be the corpse or Soloxial, and what he found during his extensive analysis of the preserved body simply astonished him. He kept the data safely for him while he did everything in the norm for his employers. Many otherworldly creatures were set on his cold, operation table. His knowledge grew on these fascinating monsters and eventually they became an obsession.

Sooner or later, at his 30's, he dug into the many archives he had unlocked in the government's database to learn more about the life of these creatures he had opened up and had only witnessed as dead corpses. The information he acquired turn his world upside down, to the point where so many scientific problems that roamed his mind were some how solved. At the age of 33, he operated on the dead body of a harpy, and didn't perform as he usually would, oh no. She was supposed to be a test subject, something he would apply his research on. Though lacking in experience, what he could assemble regarding spells and Harpy biology, he could potentially get something working for him. Unknown to him, the spell he was applying on the body was a summoning instead of something destructive he could test on random bodies. No, he summoned one of those elementals the government had trouble handling. The elemental was forced into the Harpy's body and, in a way, possessed it. The body was initially slightly decayed and nearly impossible to work anymore. However by replacing many body parts with Angel equivalents, the brain had no more use and the new organs in the body were fulled by the elemental's own power.

The newly formed living being remained unable to talk for some time and kept being operated on over and over to get the perfect result. Eventually, Elenor Stiglitz was born. With the appearance of a human but the ability to turn into a Harpy, she was the perfect tool for Heinrich. After a year she had learned the English language and became competent without nurse, however her ability to keep conversations going as well as understanding some expressions and/or emotions was were still low.

Having pretty much "created life", he was promoted to a rank where he was free to work on his own projects in city he desired while keeping an undercover job. Haven Marine was where he was attributed by default due to his lack of care of the location he was in. His basement serves as a state of the art laboratory while his house is jointed with the pharmacy he was left to run with his newly found assistant. Nowadays he works in the pharmacy on weekdays while at night and weekends he's often seen either at his lab or receiving special packages from his "friends" back at his old job. His interest for chemical products and supernatural creatures has not died, however after being promoted he had seen a lot less of those. Though if he were to cross paths with some, he could be more than happy to take them in and "study" them against their will.

Powers/Abilities: Having acquired a decent amount of data from the American government, he was able to discover the wonderful use of spells, though his ability to use them remains rather limited.

Lightning - Shocker: A thin lightning bolt comes out of every fingertip, releasing a stream of lightning. The electricity will tense the muscles of those hit and at best burn the flesh or clothes they are wearing to a weak degree. Nonetheless it easily paralyzes when applied. However the lightning itself only lasts a few seconds before the lightning itself turns into goo all over the affected target (it doesn't turn if no target is hit). The goo is similar to jellyfish tentacles as they create rashes on flesh and spread venom in the body of victims. The poison here isn't deadly, however it will solidify certain acids running in the body and cause strong inflammations on multiple muscles on members and abdomen muscles, thus causing a large amount of pain and risk of severely damaging muscles if they are solicited too many times.

High product resistance: Being a professional in the domain and having himself immune to many of his preferred tools, his body has a higher resistance to any form of poison, drug or disease, although it doesn't make him fully immune. He also understands anything regarding such things, making him capable of quickly finding cures and new ways to apply such deadly approaches.

Astounding intelligence: Though he isn't good at certain things such as writing, he is nonetheless a brilliant man capable of brilliant things. This also applies to finding solutions and quickly figuring out tactics. However the down part would be that he's extremely selfish regarding his rather useful ideas.

Weaknesses: He's a generally weak individual with a weakness to any element as a normal people would be and he isn't specifically strong or physically apt like a trained individual either. He isn't a fighter, but more of a deceiver and a snake. He himself is easily defeated if he isn't prepared either.

Other: He doesn't officially have a faction, heck he isn't really an antagonist either due to his huge interest in how other species as well as humans with spells would behave when they ARE NOT corpses. He also has no interest in favoring certain creatures who antagonize the well-being of his research.

Herr Nurse

Name: Elenor Stiglitz

Gender: Female

Age: 3

Species: Harpy

Appearance:
When she's blending in.


When morphed back into a Harpy.


Bio: Elenor was brought up to this world on a metal plating inside a clean laboratory controlled by the American government. She couldn't recall anything from what she was before, nor really knew if she was either the corpse she appeared to be or the newly implanted conscience she was given. It was strange, all she could see was a blonde man with messy hair continuously opening her up and stitching her flesh back together. With every cut she felt more alive an in the desire to talk, but she couldn't, her body was not responding. Actually her entire body was considered dead, including her brain. How could she see? How could she feel certain things?

Doctor Heinrich Stiglitz had dared to play with tools he could barely comprehend with the poor knowledge he had scavenged from hundreds of reports. But some how he had managed to calculate the possible effects of using a spell on a body. He was really trying to see if it would blow up or be possessed by a satanic soul or whatever, but in reality something different happened. Call it an invocation, the soul of an elemental was summoned into the laboratory and latched itself into the nearest body, spreading its power in a way that allowed it to at least see through the dead harpy's eyes without giving it life. Nothing but the heart started to beat, but the brain gave no signal, the organs were not working and barely any blood functioned. Yet the heart worked, through the energy given by the mass of power that possessed the body. The elemental itself had its consciousness die as it entered the body, whether that is normal or a side effect of some sort, it was unknown at this point. This creature was like a baby that had just been born and yet was able to understand what it was hearing and already comprehended so many things.

The brain never truly worked, making it possibly the least useful organ of this body, being completely replaced by the entity living in this body. The heart was the only organ fully rejuvenated that kept the creature alive, and eventually it connected itself to all the new transplanted organs added by the doctor. Indeed, without new organs and muscles, the body would never even move, but wouldn't die either. It would be a few months until she was completely finalized and rehabilitated into every day tasks. Considering ever part of her body was new and she had to function without a brain, she did well with her first few steps. However teaching her how to fly would be too much of a task, hence the month invested into changing most of her body into a more human-like shape while retaining the ability to release her wings via her arms. After all, she had to blend in if he was ever going to test her to the fullest.

In reality, making her look human was much more of a challenge than expected. Her body would always revert to her old form and cause her tremendous pain, but eventually the morphing pattern was understood well enough that she could finally have a grasp on it. Only a year later would she finally function as if these new features on her were natural to her being. That and basic human actions were integrated. Then came the ability to fly and interact. The ability to converse with others and speak the language correctly came as fast as it would be to teach to a child, like it was meant to be. However her ability to capture and analyze emotions still require some work. As for flying, the first couple of tries were some how complete failures, however at the third try she flew like it was what she was doing all her life. This may be due to the elemental's power or simply how her species normally react to flying. It didn't take long for her to adapt to it correctly.

Then finally came her education. She was taught how to do basic medical tasks like first aid and passing correct tools during autopsies. In later times she learned the use of different medicine and how to recommend clients in the Stiglitz pharmacy what medicine would work best for them depending on their sickness. She was simply instructed to be a good worker and as expected she did it perfectly fine. What wasn't expected was her late ability to produce masses of wind and air pretty much out of nowhere. The only parallel Stiglitz could find in this would be the various spells he had studied during his stay at the government. As a Harpy, her ability to actually use spells are limited, but they act as more "physical" spells that don't require actual mastery of the element. That and they were inherited by her strange birth.

Powers/Abilities: Because of their singularity of this creature, it isn't surprising that the Wind element is already present despite having basically no training prior to gaining them. However They remain rather limited.

Paradigm Shift: This isn't as much of a spell or power as it is an artificial metamorphosis caused by multiple surgeries she has lived in the past. It pretty much allows Elenor to alternate between her human body which of about 4'11" to her harpy state of 3'4". A lot of her flesh in her body is decomposed and transferred to her arms which eventually form wings. The transformation of flesh is the reason why she loses in size. Of course as a harpy her flight is quite fast and effective, however she isn't as fast or agile as the average harpy due to her heavy modifications and her morphology changes.

Gusto - Pressure Point: An ability which only works when she appears human as it confers her superhuman strength. Or rather she's capable of releasing air pressure from the end of her members so hits appear much stronger than they normally would. It also allows her to lift much heavier weights by having the same air spell circulate through her palms and arms. It is considered passive due to it activating without her having to think about it. It is the only ability she can use in her human form.

Gusto - Pressure Wave: It can only be used when in her Harpy shape. She is naturally weak in that form, however she can release strong gusts of wind by flapping her wings in a swift and strong manner. It can be used to push away a large number of things or simply boost her speed in the air.

Artificial Blood: Though experimental, her blood is capable of holding a strong amount of drugs and poisons without actually affecting her health. This virtually makes her a robot with poison instead of blood. Heinrich uses this as a way to trap certain preys that attack his assistant.

Weaknesses: When concealed as a human she's rather slow and is unable to fly. She's also vulnerable like any human to all elements and can easily be killed if not cautious.
As a Harpy she has the regular weaknesses a creature of her species would have, as well as the fact that she's generally slower and not as efficient as the average harpy due to her body changes.

Other: The human part is basically used as a cover up so she can blend in society. However her wind attacks are still channeled strangely in that form, allowing her to fight back even when she isn't prepped for fighting. She also serves as a nurse while the doctor works.
She can easily be compared to a robot due to her monotone voice as well as her often blank stares. She never questions the doctor's orders.

A little rusty, I'm on a tight schedule so there may be some inconsistencies but I did want to make a Doctor/Nurse duo in a long while. Hope the Harpy thing is alright too.

[Lugia]

Not bad, Savato. TFW, yours is much better than yours used to be. Several doses is a decent balance, and you've noted that said death poison can be treated. Both of these are accepted, and will be added to the secondary OP, soon.

[KaBling]

I personally don't really agree with the appearances. Toned down (at least a small statement surrounded by quotation marks) will probably get my ultimate approval.

[Lugia]

Well, it doesn't really matter, 'cause images don't copy when you copy/paste things, so everyone's image under appearance has been replaced by (insert image here)... just kinda goes to show you that sometimes a written description is better.

[Evanist]

dosent quoting work to get it? uhm...

also what... age 3 for the nurse...
seemed weird for me until I read part of tje story

[KaBling]

Quoting screws everything up.

I know a way where the image and many other QQCode things can be kept, but I really don't want to dwell on it.

[Evanist]

Eh...
anyway... we might start tomorrow... lugia, who should do the starting post, bme or you?

Also we are gonna start in the morning... might make it we get a bit of time to stsrt off real atory, just to get people to familiarise with each other

[Sumable]

I am going to make a new character.
I dont know what it will be, i'll make it when I get back.