Teyao

Pariah

@Teyao
I like what you did with this one…captures Ruby pretty well actually. Approved! (My bad for the delay)

@Eclektik

Don't worry dude

Pariah

Cleaning his equipment while he waited for a job was something of a routine at this point and something he was grateful the other older Variants in the Underground had inculcated in him when he was just starting. It didn't completely erase the boredom that crept up every time he was in this position but it at least helped him calm his mind.

The sudden ringing of one of his phones was not loud but the small space of his ´secret base´ still made it sound like it was something more urgent, letting his tools on the table he answered the same sentence he had been using the last 3 years.

"This is Dianus speaking"

Simple and without any fanfare, the best to let the other person try to take the lead in the conversation which in his experience helped people in explaining their desired contracts better and left a lot more room for negotiation down the line.

His rates were known to be fair and he could just refuse if he wanted.

"I got a job for you"

A crisp voice answered, male and somewhat rushed like the speaker was trying to get this call finished as soon as possible.

"I am listening"

"An... employee of a collaborator has recently come across a new skill in his field that makes him valuable to us, sadly, being as young as he is he got into his head that he had to take a vacation as quickly as he could and I and my collaborator would like to speak with him again as fast as possible, face to face"

Ah so they are Syndicate then, only they would be this brazen as to ask for a runaway in such a way

Still, better make sure they knew he was not willing to take the job in a way that didn't make him look weak or dismissive of them, Syndicate is always nasty business and he would rather not interact with them more than necessary.

"I am afraid I can't take this contract, I transport uniquely merchandise and contraband, not people."

Don't say sorry, that will make it sound like you owe them something and that is the last thing he wanted. But he would throw them a bone anyway to make things smoother on his end.

"I have a gentleman agreement with a fellow businessman called Murder Express and he is the one you seek if you desire to transport people."

He will refuse of course.

He had interacted enough with the man(?) to get a measure of him and the occasional times they had interacted it was obvious he feels nothing but contempt for those on the more illegal side of Variant activity.

"I see"

The line goes dead after those words and he could feel the stiffness on his shoulder relax, he had stopped dealing with Syndicate a while ago so for them to contact him was unexpected, they were either desperate or were hoping to cast a wide web to catch their runaway Variant.

Still a new variant and a young one at that... this was actually pretty fucked up wasn't it?

Shit, he couldn't just let it pass and do nothing can could he? But what could he do? Coming into conflict with them would only cause them to sic one of their attack dogs on him and that would suck.

He needed to divert their attention away from him somehow, but for that to happen he would need something that pulled more of their attention, something they couldn't ignore.

Or someone

At once a plan started to form in his head, a plan that hinged on the cooperation of someone he was almost sure would be willing to help if he explained the situation considering their reputation.

"There was a fire going on wasn't there? If there is one place he would be it would be there"

Opening a portal he started making his way across the city.

It was finally time to meet the Vanguard.

Pariah

Well here is the character I couldn't leave unwritten

Vermilion

Anime face claim

Realistic face claim

Name | Cameron Williams
Alias | Vermilion
Age | 22
Gender | Male
Appearance | Red-headed like his sister but unlike her, his eyes are blue, stands a head taller than her and shares her athletic build.
Notoriety | Wanted
Danger Level/Variant Type | Class 3/Volatie
Abilities | Blood Detonation
*Vermilion possesses a Variancy that allows him to ignite and explode any blood that has clotted as long as it is inside his field of view.
-The only exception is his own blood which he is always aware of.
-The explosions vary depending on the volume of blood being ignited but he can also limit the amount that is set to explode.
*His Variancy also gives him a big boost to blood generation.
*A liter of blood has the explosive capacity of a hand granade.
*Finally there seems to be a weird power interaction between his capacity to sense his own blood and his twin resulting in him being able to pinpoint her general direction.

[Gear]
Attire | An attire that matches the one his sister uses somewhat but sleeveless and with a hood and mask
Armament/Equipment | Possesses an unused cheap handgun, two knives, and several vials and bottles full of his own blood secured in bandoleers.

[Temperament & Lifestyle]
Affiliation | Paria Underground (Scourge)
Personality/Habits | Timid and reclusive he is a direct contrast to his more reckless and outgoing sister, he is the calm and rational voice that is always trying to steer them in what he perceives as the safe direction, however when his sister is in danger he doesn't hesitate to burn everything in his path to reach her.
He feels a great deal of dislike for the other members of Scourge as he sees them as the direct cause of his sister constantly pulling herself into dangerous situations and doesn't bother hiding it.
Occupation/Trade | Getaway driver.
Skills/Talents | Fighting and took a few dancing classes, has first-aid training and a driving skill he is not proud of.
Family | Sister (Helen Williams/Ruby)
Background | Born from unknown parents and raised in a state-sponsored orphanage, Cameron has always known a single truth.

The only person he can rely on is his sister.

Growing up they had to pull every trick they could think of to not be separated, at least until both grew too old and were gently told to leave the orphanage. Eventually, they settled on a few small-time jobs to sustain the both of them, enough to get a small apartment and food, enough to be happy.

Until the day his sister awakened her Variancy.

It was a normal grocery run, some food and a few personal things both could barely afford, the only difference to any other time was that they both were held up by their respective responsibilities so they had to go at night. That was what led to the mugging attempt.

Muggings were never a common occurrence in their part of the city as everyone was aware that a stroke of bad luck could lead to a run with a Variant, the mugger either didn't care or was too desperate to do so. The result was Cameron getting cut with a knife in a dark alleyway and his sister pulling out a spear to skewer their assailant, after that things became more hectic for the pair, getting acquainted with the other Variants at the Underground was a blessing as it meant safety in numbers and the comfort of a few contacts they could get in touch with if they got desperate.

Sadly before he could get settled into his new normal his sister got into the wrong crowd, the recently formed Scourge was still new at the time but somehow his sister not only ran into them but got swayed into joining by her own volition, thus a new source of worry made itself present in his life, namely the fact that is sister was now a wanted criminal who had no intention of stopping or correcting her ways, which made a rift form between the two of them that has never healed.

But their family bond was something neither of them could let go of that easily so to at least keep an eye on her he joined Scourge as a getaway driver, to the amusement of the other Variants on the group as he never made his dislike for them a secret.

His own Variancy awakened during a raid on a smaller gang that were more targets of opportunity than anything else, sadly they underestimated their numbers, and as Ruby was considered the most easily dealt with they isolated her while the others distracted the rest of her allies. It was only a moment of distraction that allowed one of the guys she thought had fallen unconscious to get behind her and pull a gun. Not that he managed to keep it for long, neither the gun nor his arm seeing that both were heavily damaged by the explosion that emerged from the blood coating his arm,from that moment onwards another change overtook his life, now a fully -If unwillingly- member of Scourge he still prefers to man the van or not participate at all unless his sister is on the field.

Other | Is a blood donor that hits diferent hospitals every week

MagiCorp: Wizards Gone Corporate

seems like a lot of fun

interested

Pariah

Arthur (Miguel his heart whispered) hated closing the bakery so early but with the city having a lively night there wasn't any point on staying open and waiting for costumers that would never come, even here on Brigitte people knew better than to be outside when there was Variant activity (no matter that it was happening on the other side of the city or that they were more focused on getting away and outrunning M.A.D) accidental casualties were rare in this kind of events but why risk it?.

Still, it was if not a good day at least a normal one and for that he was grateful.

He sighed one last time and blocked the reinforced doors, some may think it was overkill to have so much protection for just a simple bakery but he wasn't keen on having a repeat of that night if he could help it.

He gave a nod after doing a final check to make sure everything was in order then he opened a portal on the wall next to the counter, crossing it he came across the familiar little basement he used as a secret base, well as much as a his costume and a few set of clothes, his spare laptop, his combat gear and the many, many burner phones he owned could amount to a secret base.

Turning on the laptop he allowed himself a moment to reflect back on the last few years, setting himself as a neutral party on the Underground was easier and harder than he expected, the hardest part had been getting actually started and setting a name for himself, then it was a matter of keeping momentum and attracting more costumers while trying to keep his business as clean as possible. Hell setting up his bakery was more complicated than everything Variant related once more he realized that this city really had a problem (but he loved it anyway).

A blinking notification on the screen brought him back to reality

"Oh? So Reflector is finally making a move then?"

From the few small conversations they had when he was hired to move merchandise discretly he knew that Reflector had some sort of 'Big plan', he didn't seem like a world domination or sudden bout of madness guy so good for him to start working towards it. Still information gathering was definitely not his forte and something he stayed well away from, everybody liked the information broker until he started selling your info to your enemies, then he was just another loose end you had to take care of.

"Welp, better get ready then"

The downside of his costume and a thing people rarely realized was that the Variants with the more elaborated costumes usually had to take some time to get into them but it made him look cool so he didn't mind too much, besides, Oli-Vanessa was having a sleepover with some of her friends so he had all the time in the world to have a productive night, with some luck a job will come his way.

Pariah

NPC: Bacchus

Name | ???????
Alias | Bacchus (Given by Dianus)
Age | 30-35
Gender | Male
Appearance | A man of European descent, long and unkempt blonde hair and beard of the same color, tends to use sweatpants and comfortable clothes, gives the impression that he doens't care for his appearance but still cares for his basic hygiene.
Notoriety | Wanted
Danger Level/Variant Type | Class 4/ Distortionist
Abilities | Madness field (Nysa)
-Bacchus Variancy manifest itself as a dome (Nysa) of 20 meters in diameter which -if left fully form- completly breaks all known rules of physics inside itself.
-Inside it everything any person imagines of can become real as long as it has some sort of logic behind it, no matter how ilogical or farfetched it may be.
-The reason he is wanted by NOVA and sequestred himsel inside a bunker (was isolated?) is because for every person caught inside the field Nysa grows 5 meters in diameter.
-Bacchus has some control over it but in high stress situations it activates automatically.
*Nysa has limitations however:
-Everything that happens inside becomes undone once someone leaves Nysa, with the exception of death.
-Everything that happens inside is self contained and doesn´t affect the world outside its boundry.
-It takes exaclty 7.0115 hours to fully form

[Temperament & Lifestyle]
Affiliation | None?
Personality/Habits | A lazy bum who prefers to relax and live in excess rather than do domething productive, exactly how much of this is innate and how much is born due to his circumstances is unknown. Quick to anger and equally quick to forgive he is usually cheerful as long as he doesn't feel threatened in any way.
Occupation/Trade | Freelancer
Skills/Talents | General computer skills and a surprisingly good head for numbers, gardening and accounting.
Other | Lives in an underground bunker with a door firmly shut, said bunker is selfsustaining however it offers little in the way of mundane comforts. It has running water, a functioning greenhouse, a waste disposal system and internet conection.

Pariah

just experimenting with the header also to save it for later use

edit, well damn something is not working

managed to get it working

I Reincarnated into the World of an Otome Game, But———?! (Now Accepting)

@Teyao: Right. Form analysis:

• Personality. It's short. Like, really short. These three sentences alone don't give enough information about the character in my opinion; it's way too generalized and doesn't really build upon what little groundwork is set. Nothing plays into the way that the character is conceptualized beyond being a bit... 'Tropey', per se? That's also not getting into how hollow it feels without that elaboration; all three sentences feel like they want to 'start' explaining how the character acts, but none of them actually DO anything with that lead-in.
• Abilities and Skills. Undefined charm magic which he excels at? No. No. No. Absolutely not. Things like that are a one-way ticket to removing agency from other players' hands and possibly forcing their actions, and without any clear boundaries or limitations (or some sort of conversation defining them) I will always deny that on principle. That rule applies here as well.
• A general thing before getting into detail here: Every single 'paragraph' here is a sentence. A single sentence. Each. By definition, yes, a sentence can be a paragraph, but none of those 'ideas' at the core of each is ever built upon. Some sentences are incomplete, some run on for longer than necessary, and others still have errors in grammar that would otherwise make reading them somewhat difficult if the readers aren't inferring context or actively breaking up the sentences such that they are easy to digest. Given that we're all going to be reading and writing with posts from others at their core (as this is inherently a sort of call-and-response type of hobby writing), I'm left a bit worried that there might not be enough to gain from a post with this sort of writing to leave others with a sense of satisfaction in what they write—in other words, that the posts might not reach the general standard that everyone else's posts would be at here. This is only my opinion, of course, and I do not speak for everyone else with that statement. With that said, let's get into the next few sections.
• History: Can a) be collapsed into a single paragraph and b) does absolutely nothing in terms of defining who the character was or is up until this point in time (with 'this point in time' being the start of the RP). It's incredibly shallow and gives us absolutely no meaningful insight into the character, on top of the lack of information the readers might have otherwise been able to gain from the other sections. Speaking of which:
• Original Role/Background: Right, where to begin here...
  
  • As mentioned two points above, readability.
  • The backstory itself is a bit... Nonsensical? To sum it up as I see it: the son of a viscount, at the age of ten, sneaks out to watch a wandering troupe. Without any context as to why their son would be interested in dance all of a sudden, his parents sign him up for dancing—presumably ballroom dancing, as he is still nobility, and not any of the dances of the 'common folk' or those from 'more exotic lands' which I would have assumed he would have seen instead—but somehow see that he cares more about 'freedom' (which, honestly speaking, how would you do that with regards to ballroom dancing? Actively breaking the rules of the dance itself?) and stop?
    It just doesn't add up why a majority of these events would line up in the first place when we consider the type of nobility you paint the character's parents to be (that is, to say, the type that seeks honor, fame, and status among their peers). Reasonably, he never would've been given a chance to 'learn' what you're proposing in the first place—at least, not with the given scenario—and thus would not reasonably exist in this specific setup.
  
  Needless to say, I'll be rejecting this form for the reasons given above.

@PKMNB0Y

Okay dude, thanks for giving it a chance

I Reincarnated into the World of an Otome Game, But———?! (Now Accepting)

Uh... Yeah, I think that fundamentally that probably won't work out just by concept alone, but... You certainly can try.
In the interim, here's a Discord server. While I can say with a fair bit of certainty that I'll respond here just as fast, this might expedite communications a bit. Not mandatory, of course, but the option is here.

@PKMNB0Y

Okay dude, I re-did the character in a hopefully better positive to join the cast at this point, please tell me if there are problems with any part of it.

Edith: It's on the same post as the original submission

I Reincarnated into the World of an Otome Game, But———?! (Now Accepting)

@Teyao: That... I mean, the problem is that the concept of the character means that I can't effectively judge it in the first place. I'd personally recommend scrapping the form altogether and starting from scratch, if anything.

@PKMNB0Y

Kay dude! I think I got an idea on how to preserve the basic premise (a Male dancer) while changing everything else