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Today I reached the conclusion that, if presented with an exact duplicate of herself, one of my characters would DEFINITELY hit that.
5 yrs ago
Cecelia, how many times have I told You; Sasquatch isn't real, just a Venusian in a gorilla suit trying to sneak into town unnoticed." the old man retorts, "And even the Zetas haven't snagged anyone since we captured one of their ships at Roswell." Brenner withdraws his notebook, opening to a seemingly random page and pointing at a note scribbled beside an abandoned storm drain somewhere under Brooklyn "Stop dead three days before the so called weather balloon." he adds, reading off a date Right here, July fifth, nineteen forty seven, last verifiable abduction. He dramatically slams the old journal closed and tucks it away in his coat once more, staring out the side window to the travelers moving around the bus"Don't mean to embarrass you, just want to keep you safe." He sighs, taking a sip from one of the little plastic bottles out of his rather small travel bag "Never know when they might start up again." As he rambles, he sees the young man approach them "Depends, have you ever seen something you can't explain, like a tall pale figure in your house at night? Because if you have you're a liar and a bad influence." the Old Loon replies, downing the remaining contents of the tiny shampoo bottle.
"I'd be more worried if something DIDN'T go wrong, Such a thing as going too smoothly." the said grandfather responds, looping a completed chain of rubber bands around one wrist [color=39b54a]"Just how far is this Howler's Hill anyways?"[color] the greying man ponders, scanning the passengers coming aboard the bus for particularly exotic dress "Hmm, no disguises..." he thinks out loud.
Name: Melochite Rousseau Species: Human Age: 17 Sex: Male Handedness: Right Aura/Effects: Green Symbol: A battleax with the blade buried in the center of a ring of green and red flowers (his father's symbol) Physical traits: Misc traits: Occupation: Student
2) Appearance:
Height: 5’11’’ Weight: 180lbs Eyes: Green Skin color: Tanned Face: Squarish and serious Hair: brown and curly Physique: muscular Combat Outfit: A brown button down shirt, a green vest with tan pants, and combat boots Casual Outfit: A brown tank top, jeans and hiking boots
3) Characteristics:
Background: Melochite was raised in a small town outside the walls of Vale by his father who taught him how to fight and helped him forge his weapons, his mother died in childbirth. Their village was attacked several times as Melochite was growing up, as such he grew up fighting for the village which caused him to develop a rigid, disciplined, and combat centric lifestyle. He unlocked his Semblance at age eight when he accidentally caused one of his mother’s vases to become too heavy for the worn out shelf it had been sitting on. It was soon after that when he and his father forged his gauntlets. When he turned seventeen his father, a retired Huntsman, put in a recommendation to Beacon, and Melochite was accepted. Personality: He sort of has a stick up his ass, but he also genuinely believes that a Hunter’s first duty is to the people of Remnant as a whole and is always willing to help those who need it. He’s quite stubborn and mission oriented, though he is aware that taking that mindset too far is dangerous to himself and others he still does it occasionally because he’s so used to it that he can’t really tell where the line is at times. Likes: Fighting, Training, Sketching in his rare leisure time (he allows himself one day out of every two weeks free of training to allow himself a rest period, this is only to avoid the health risks inherent in overwork), weapon design Dislikes: Those who take advantage of others, racists (on both sides), sweet foods
4) Trivia:
Relationships: His father: he loves and respects him, but will sometimes treat him more like a military superior than a parent Notes: Melochite is the middle french word for Malachite
a. Weapon
Name: Silver Storm Wielder: Melochite Rousseau Maker/Smith: Melochite Rousseau Type: Lightning Discharging Battle Gauntlets Weapon Derivation: Form 1: A pair of fine mesh gloves totally covered in interlocking metal plates, in between the mesh and the plates are a series of tubes that circulate lightning Dust through the gauntlets, electrifying them Holstered/Sheathed Appearance: Form one Features/Capabilities: electricity Usage: uses quick punches as heavy as he can while leaving them at an acceptable speed Planned/Possible Upgrades: unknown Notes:
b. Semblance:
Name: Gravity Fist User(s): Melochite Rousseau and his father Type: Physical General description: Though he calls it Gravity Fist, what Melochite’s Semblance actually does is increase it’s target’s weight General limitations: requires close contact, like a punch, even through a metal gauntlet, and can only add a fixed amount of fifteen pounds each time he makes contact, having two hands on a target at the same time only counts as one contact, Gravity Fist doesn't work on targets with active auras Visual effect: a pale green flash of light Passive abilities: none Active abilities: with each individual instance of physical contact where Melochite is actively intending to use his Semblance he can add fifteen pounds of weight onto his target, be it living or nonliving
c. Combat info:
Position/Class: Striker/Monk Landing strategy: Parkour from tree to tree Fighting style: hits hard and fast with his fists to slow down his opponent with increased weight and repeated electrical shocks until he either beats his enemy to death or electrocutes them to death, aims for weak points wherever possible in order to maximize damage dealt and prefers dodging attacks than defending against them, thus he rarely stops moving in a fight
Name: Basil Plagas ( Basil is a dark shade of green, plagas is plague in Latin) Species: Crow faunus Age:17 Gender:Male Symbol: A dark green plague doctor mask with a black sickle and sword each with a poisoned green tip. Handedness:Left Physical traits: Black crow-like eyes. Misc traits:Usually carrying a small black satchel filled with some dust capsules but mainly poisons and medicine, prefers to wear black with the occasionally bit of green. When laughing he will occasionally sound similar a crow cawing. Occupation: student (beacon, 1st year)
2)Appearance Aura/Effects: When in bright light a small amount of black gas will follow his movements exactly, similar to a 3D shadow Height: 6' Weight: 140 pounds Eyes: Black ( crow eyes) Skin color: Pale,white Face: small amount of stubble on lower jaw but generally clean Hair: Very dark green, often mistaken for black Physique: fairly slim Combat Outfit: Large old fashioned waistcoat( also worn when raining) with a plague doctor mask and the hat to match, also wears black gloves and black slip on shoes. Casual Outfit: A dark green top with a black jacket,black trousers and black Velcro shoes.
3)Characteristics Background: Basil was born in a small town north of Vale, he was raised by his father, Vert Plagas, and his mother, Violet Plagas. His father taught him everything he knew about medicine and semblances. By the time he was 14 he took over his father's work as the town's only doctor. A few weeks after Basil took over his father's work the village was attacked by a roaming group of beowolves. They destroyed everything, very few of the townsfolk knew how to fight effectively and were slaughtered. Basil's mother was killed quickly, however the beowolves slashed at his father's thigh before a despatched team of huntsman brought it down. Basil thanked the huntsman and quickly checked on his father, however he realised he was bleeding out. With no medicine or bandages to help him Basil was forced to watch as his father bled out. This ignited a new hatred and passion in Basil. To hunt Grimm and anything that commits atrocities like this to the ends of the earth,he also became incredibly bitter and cold, shutting anyone out who tried to help him cope with his situation.
He used his newfound strengths to help him get into Signal academy Basil ,now fueled with anger and bitterness quickly advanced through Signal, using his new found offensive semblance to defeat most physical challenges and his intellect to breeze through tests. While he struggled with creating his weapons he eventually created an effective set of weapons after many attempts and called them "The Bone Sifters "
Personality: Cold/bitter, intelligent, sarcastic,cunning, isolates himself from allies and friends ( he will make friends but he'll usually not reveal very much to them), dignified ( doesn't mind losing or appeasing people). Likes: creating medicine, reading, fencing,sparring. Dislikes: Grimm, Anarchists, Repetitive music, bright lights.
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<hunter expansion> a) Weapons Name: The Bone Sifters Wielder: Basil Type: Sword and Sickle Pistol ( SaSP) Short Description: An averaged size longsword and a sickle that can transform into a pistol. Weapon Derivation: Combination of Ruby's scythe(only smaller) and Lie's SMG/knives Holstered/Inactive Form: The sword is just sheathed. The sickle is a small cube, similar in looks to a phone with a small, sharp blade sticking out of the bottom left part of the cube. Form 1: sickle and sword Form 2: sword and pistol Dust Capacity: Fire dust able to be used as incendiary rounds and ice dust can be used as freezing bullets Ammunition: 9 bullets in a round. Usage: User slips in and out of combat targeting pressure points and extremities on larger enemies and overwhelming enemies with a combination of ( Basil's in this case) semblance, the sword and pistol form sickle. Planned/Possible Upgrades: Poison tipped blades , upgrading pistols to SMGs Notes: the blade is made of spring-steel , pistol is silenced.
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b) Semblance Name: Plague warning User: Basil Short Description: manipulates aura so the user emits a cloud of fog which, if it touches an enemy, will temporarily give them an affliction/disease.
Visual effect: A pale green mist rolling along the ground and gradually rising as a fight continues <semblance technicalities> Type: Aural/physical Purpose: Offensive Range: Long (Aura keeps expanding until about 10 metres away from the user) Other limitations: The mist is less effective on stronger enemies as it, at best, makes them erupt into a fit of coughing, only weak Grimm are effected and are only effected for a few seconds. Afflictions wear off if the opponent doesn't reenter the fog after a few minutes. The afflictions are not full diseases, merely symptoms of random diseases. Passive ability(s) (if any): User is much more resistant to disease. Active ability(s) (if any): Aura gives off a disease ridden fog when in combat. Notes: Weaker enemies tend to get much worse afflictions such as severe arthritis or extreme depression while stronger enemies get things such as a fit of coughs or become slightly tired. </semblance technicalities>
c) Combat Info Class/Position: Rogue/DPS Landing Strategy: User uses the sickle to hook onto any nearby surfaces to slow themselves down. If there are no nearby surfaces the user will hook onto the ground as he lands and tuck and roll. Fighting Style: Weaving in and out of combat picking off weaker enemies with his aura and sickle or waiting for an opportunity to grab and stab stronger opponents with his sickle and sword.
d) Statistics Strength: 1 Agility: 2 Aura reserve: 2 Aura manipulation: 3 ( essentially the only thing his father taught him about, besides medicine) Dust Manipulation: 1 Dust use: 2 Weapon Skill (Primary): 2 Weapon Skill (General): 1 </hunter expansion> <pet> Name: Dolor Species:Carrion Crow Appearance: Typical crow's apearance, black feathers and eyes with unusually sharp claws. Abilities: Able to show others a mental image of what he is currently seeing, usually assisting his owner by scouting ahead but occasionally he just does it to get students he dislikes in trouble. Accessories: Basil's symbol is stamped(dyed) onto his left wing. Behavior: Whenever he is with his owner (Basil) he will stand on their shoulder unless ordered (or thrown) off. Whenever not with his owner he will fly around looking for any trouble or anything of interest, if it's a threat to his owner (or something he wants) he will return to him and alert him. Likes: Flying, watching fights, bakeries and other food stores, Basil, night-time Dislikes: Loud sounds, planes , being in large crowds Attack(s):Pecking Additional notes: Basil never named Dolor until he had owned him for about a year, until that point he called him Bird. </pet>
In order to streamline the application process, I have created A public google doc where all in-progress character applications should be placed (please sign your username at the top of the sheet). They will be reviewed in order placed, accepted or declined, and any declined character will be moved to the denied character document with notes. Accepted characters will be placed on a list of reserves in the char tab, which will also have links to these documents. I'll be checking consistently, if you're unsure of anything, feel free to PM me (and yes, active players may submit characters to be placed in the reserves)