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Player Name: Absol E-mail: N/A Preferred Contact: Plurk @ darkestabsol Timezone: PST Current Characters in Victory Road: Ryou Bakura (Note: the Zexal timeline is considered a completely separate timeline from the original manga timeline that Ryou is from, so III and Ryou have absolutely no way of knowing each other and no reason to interact.)
Character Name: III (Birth name: Michael Arclight) Series: Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal Timeline: Episode 49/Immediately after his duel against Yuma but before he returns home. Canon Resource Links:Here! Note that the wiki preferences dub names over the original names and will refer to III as 'Trey'.
Personality: III is, by initial appearances, a very polite, sweet young man. He's introduced defusing an argument between his two older brothers, is visibly uncomfortable when he has to watch his father torture Haruto for his power, and in general is the nicest person of the Arclight family.
Of course, when the rest of the family consists of a father obsessed with getting revenge against the man who wronged him, an emotionally distant eldest brother, and a second older brother who barely masks his sadism behind a veneer of kindness, it's not hard to come off as the nicest.
III is shown to be willing to do just about anything for his family. He willingly follows through on his father's orders to deliver a Number card to Ryoga, knowing full well that the Number card would try to take control of Ryoga on delivery. He also provides very little pushback on his older brother IV's behaviour, standing by and watching quietly as IV tormented two duelists in a curbstomp of a duel. (And the one time he did object to anything IV did, it was because IV was deliberately showing footage of Haruto being tortured to Kaito, something that made III deeply uncomfortable due to his discomfort with torturing a child.)
At his worst, he's downright cruel, demonstrating a willingness to go out of his way to torture and eventually kill Astral during a duel in a fit of desperate envious rage, along with simultaneously tormenting Yuma in an attempt to hurt him/make Yuma feel just how alone III felt. Additionally, III has a tendency towards trying to sacrifice himself for the sake of others, best seen when he attempted to use the card Final Prophecy to force a tie between him and Yuma, fully accepting that this would mean sacrificing himself in the process.
On top of all this, III also has a tendency towards intense jealousy of anyone with a healthier family than him; as shown when meeting the Tsukumo family only resulted in him running off in tears at how messed up his own family was by comparison, followed by resolving himself to follow his family's revenge scheme more closely.
So, you might ask, why is III like this? The answer is intense, undying loyalty.
III is ridiculously loyal to and protective of his family, despite everything. To that end, everything he does is generally done in the hopes that things will go back to normal/how things used to be once the revenge scheme is done. He has essentially put himself in the role of a protector or a metaphorical 'sword and shield', willingly doing whatever it takes to keep his brothers and father safe.
(Even murder. Even self sacrifice. III will dirty his hands and make himself complicit in his family's schemes and kill potential threats and sacrifice himself if he thinks that's what he has to do to see his family safe and restored to normal.)
That said, he does (mostly) maintain his polite, sweet nature. He willingly apologizes to Yuma for his role in the Haruto torture incident, deeply regretting what happened. He also ultimately places his trust in Yuma to save his family where he could not, explicitly calling Yuma his first and only friend in the process. However, that politeness can be twisted into something distinctly more smug when faced with an opponent, as he turns out to have a surprisingly sharp (but still technically polite!) tongue when he wants to.
Finally, III has a deep interest in history, expressing strong excitement at finding himself in an attic full of ancient artifacts. This ties to his sense of curiosity, something that drove him to go out of his way to investigate how Yuma could duel without hatred after meeting him for the first time. However, his curiosity towards history is tempered by his belief in 'out of place artifacts'/Ancient Aliens type beliefs, with III once expressing his belief that said out of place artifacts came from other dimensions. His Duel Monsters deck even uses the Chronomalies archetype, an archetype themed around historic artifacts with an Ancient Aliens bent.
(To be fair, III's father was investigating interdimensional portals, providing a reason for why III would believe in this stuff, but.)
As nice as he can be though, III is at the end of the day an Arclight, and none of the Arclights escaped being messed up by the family drama, not even the nicest of the lot.
Pokémon Information Affiliation: Rocket Starter: Deerling and Vulpix Password: Atomic Fireball
Victory Road Sample: III has set up camp for the night, marking his first night on the road ever since he finally got out of Rocket training and became able to do...pretty much whatever he wants.
(Though, 'setting up camp' is a bit of a generous term when Team Rocket didn't give him much in the way of camping equipment. It's really more like picking a good flat spot and being very thankful it's still warm.)
"Well, they really aren't generous with giving out gear, huh?" The Vulpix beside III is silent, apparently content to curl by his side as he looks up at the stars. III goes silent too, thinking about how he wound up here and what he left behind in his own world.
"...I wonder what IV and V would do if they wound up here?" III muses, trying to remain upbeat about his circumstances. "This is kind of like what happened to my father, if he'd ended up in a world like this instead of the Barian World..."
And oh, he can't hold it together. III is quietly sniffling, homesickness kicking in as he thinks about his absent family.
Beside him, the Vulpix blinks, then cuddles closer, letting III absently pat him as he struggles to pull himself together.
"...Sorry, I've just never been completely on my own before. Even when I was in the orphanage, I at least had IV with me." III honestly doesn't know how much the Vulpix understands, but it's nice to be able to talk to someone about all this. At the least, he does seem to understand that III is upset, so III will take that much.
For a while, III lapses into silence, watching the stars as he pets his Vulpix, before eventually rolling over to try to get some sleep.
"We should sleep. It's going to be a trip to get to those ruins I heard about." The Vulpix blinks again at his trainer's words, then curls up, tucking his nose under his tails next to III as the duo settle in for sleep.
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Character Name: László Sárkány Series: Original (Vampire: The Masquerade OC) Timeline: November 2022 Canon Resource Links: Because László was created for a canon tabletop setting, I will be linking the wiki here.
-The WoD is basically a grimdark urban fantasy version of the real world, with vampires, mages, fairies, werewolves, etc. I'm ignoring most of the other stuff and focusing on the vampire stuff. -Most vampires adhere to this concept called the Masquerade, where they make sure the public doesn't know vampires or other supernaturals are real. -There are three major factions in the modern Western vampire world. The first is the Camarilla, an extremely lawful and bureaucratic vampire government who believes that the Masquerade must be upheld at all costs, and that all vampires must adhere to a rigid hierarchy. Then there's the Anarchs, who rebel against the hierarchy of the Camarilla, but still mostly cling to their humanity and abide by the more common sense rules, like the Masquerade. Finally we've got the Sabbat, a completely batshit insane death cult who rebel entirely against the elder vampires, and who are also preparing for the end of the world when the ancients shall arise from their slumber and eat everyone. Yeah.
Tamási László (if we're using the name order they're used to) was born in the early 1880s in a village in rural Hungary somewhere. I have never actually named this village, but it's a running gag in my game that no one in the party can actually pronounce this shit. Their father was the mayor, which basically just meant that the family could afford a roof that didn't leak and the ability to scrimp and save for their only child to one day afford college in the big city.
That said, László was also nonbinary as fuck, a fact that their abusive father resented deeply. It's hard to overstate how few redeeming qualities their father had, and László as a child quickly developed the essential skills of lying to avoid any sort of confrontation with their father, who they'd come to loathe and resent more with each passing day.
They had few friends as a child, but their best friend was a little girl named Aranka, who they met at the village school at around 6-7 and who they played and hung out with every time they could wrestle a moment away from their shitty ass family. Remember her name, it will be important later.
Over time their father's more physical abuse waned, mostly because their child was taller and stronger than them as an older teen/young adult.
At 17 they went to college in Budapest, and began to study medicine.
At 23 they finished their schooling and began their career as an assistant to another doctor in a hospital, which today would be akin to a med student starting their residency. This wrapped up when they were about 25 or 26.
After this, to make a long story VERY short, they married their childhood friend Aranka, who as fortune would have it was both a cis lesbian and also one of the only people on the planet to know László wasn't actually a guy. Their parents didn't approve for a variety of reasons, so things were still kinda tense, but they managed.
They couldn't be themselves in public, but they could at least keep each other safe. As fate would have it though, these two did eventually fall in love, and moved to Budapest where they had a family and met two other cis women who moved in with them as "renters" and Aranka's "very good friends", if you wanna read between the lines.
Things went on fairly normally for about 20 years, during which time László built up a successful medical practice and the secret polycule raised half a dozen kids together (all of whom were Aranka's, biologically speaking.) Unfortunately, things can never last, and the closer it gets to the 1930s, the worse it is to be a queer person (or really any sort of minority) in Europe.
The stress of watching one's country slowly descend into fascism started getting to László, and in the 1920s they started to do what they never thought they would, which is deliberately murder their own patients if said patients were scumbags. Weirdly, they didn't get caught by the authorities, but someone noticed.
Enter Adler (not his birth name), a vampire from clan Tzimisce who had been staking out for a potential new childe for at least a decade, and who saw some promise in a brilliant trans doctor who clearly wasn't afraid to do a few murders. László left their work that evening, but never returned home, and it was assumed they were murdered.
Over the next 10 years, László followed their abusive sire's demands as the two carried out Sabbat business all over Europe, while secretly trying to funnel money and other aid over to their human family. Their human family used this aid to flee the country, with Aranka and four of the kids making their way to America while two of the kids and the two girlfriends made it to the UK or France.
But the stress of doing this while struggling with their inner monster led to them having a mental breakdown and almost experiencing wassail, and as they struggled to recover from this, their shitty ass sire took the opportunity to remake László in his image.
They adopted a more detached, more transhumanist way of looking at their vampiric condition, accepting that they were no longer human, but also becoming more willing to do increasingly monstrous things that their human self would pale at, like human experimentation or just straight up cronenberging people into war ghouls. The sheer depth and breadth of their war crimes was nothing to be scoffed at.
Sometime in the 1940s, they and the rest of their Sabbat pack traveled to Mexico for some official business as Mexico is the sect's capital, for all intents and purposes. The sheer fuckery of what happened with Europe in the end and immediate aftermath of WWII left their pack stranded. At around this point the tattered remains of their pack also were folded into a larger pack, which is where they eventually ended up in San Antonio, Texas.
San Antonio was controlled by the Sabbat during this time, but that all changed in the 1980s when an Anarch vampire named Sophronia made a push to drive the Sabbat out, establishing herself as Baron of the city. (Vampire authority titles always use the masculine form, even if the holder is a woman.)
The Sabbat found themselves on the losing side of that war, and László along with their sire and a few other packmates found themselves accused of infernalism (basically demon pacts/worship) for political reasons in the fallout. Having never been that enthusiastic about the Sabbat's political goals, and having endured one too many abuses from their sire, they decided to just fucking kill Adler, release a kaiju science experiment on their accusers, and leave the sect.
This basically made them a wanted vampire, and as the Anarchs took over, László sought their protection. They received it, but at the cost of basically now being a hostage for the Anarchs.
Fast forward to 2022. They had settled in to their new life, when a letter from an old friend arrived. That's right, Aranka's back. It turns out that decades after László had "died", she moved to the US and was later, as an old lady, embraced by another vampire into clan Brujah before falling in with the Anarchs over in Austin. This is just about when San Antonio found itself in the midst of another turf war with the Sabbat, with them eager to take back what they'd lost (and also possibly kill László.)
The turf war settled, Aranka became the baron of New Braunfels, so László lives with her and has acquired control of an old folks' home.
Personality: On the surface, László seems like a perfectly personable sort of Cainite. They're polite, friendly, willing to crack a few jokes or acknowledge that they're a weird, awkward person at the heart of it all. This belies a truly fucking terrifying nature, in which, like many Tzimisce, they're willing to commit multiple war crimes as a matter of course all in the name of research or some other nebulous goal. They also take hospitality and holding to one's word very seriously, though, and will refuse to go back on their word or harm anyone they have explicitly given protection to. This seems like a weird combination of traits, but they're good at compartmentalizing like that.
On the subject of compartmentalizing, they're also trying their damndest to make a clear distinction between their pre-vampire and post-vampire self. They'll openly talk about their pre-vampire life to those who they believe won't judge them for it, but in their mind, this is also a chapter of their life that they have a level of detachment from and are now no longer part of, sort of like someone without trauma describing their high school days. This got a bit messier once Aranka was revealed to not actually be dead, but here we are.
Underneath all of this, however, is bits and pieces of their old life that somehow, by the grace of Cain the dark father, still survived the Embrace and their subsequent descent into being a fucking monster. They dote on creatures they take responsibility for, whether that creature is a ghoul or one of their custom-crafted flesh monstrosities...just as they used to be a doting parent in their mortal life. They have the same insecurities about social situations, the same weird sense of humor, the same taste in aesthetics. Sure, the embrace has made them more confident, but that might just be the weight of dysphoria having finally been lifted.
The pain of having to reconcile this with their new reality has lessened considerably than from when they were trying to abide by human morals. They no longer do, and they continue to strive to improve themselves in ways only they understand. This is probably going to be put on hold as they take the life of a Pokemon breeder and get really into the weird eugenics of EVs and IVs as a proxy for the self-improvement they sought after previously.
Pokémon Information Affiliation: Breeder Starter: I was going to just get their old Pokemon back but if I need to do another starter for the sake of formality, let's do Password: Atomic Fireball
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Player Name: Nate Preferred Contact:creatura / destr0id on discord Timezone: CST Current Characters in Victory Road: None
Character Name: Vash the Stampede Series: Trigun Stampede Timeline: Around the time of the episode Once Upon a Time in Hopeland Canon Resource Links:Trigun Stampede on the Trigun Wiki.
Personality: First and foremost, Vash is kind to literally everyone he comes into contact with, no matter what ends up happening between them later on; he has always loved humanity as a whole, and having crash-landed on a planet in which humanity is heavily dependent on the Plants to survive ( thanks for that, Nai, by the way ) means that, unintentionally, he ends up helping them keep up their ( comparatively poor ) quality of life by 'repairing' their Plants when they get too close to using up their energy resources. Because that's a whole thing, the other Independent Plants being used up until they reach their threshold, and ultimately being pushed beyond it just for the sake of one last burst of energy. But that's neither here nor there.
He is loyal to humanity as a whole, even if he knows they will never accept him for who and what he is, if they knew the whole of it. Because he's different, but because he can pass for a human when he tries hard enough, it's easy for him to put on this "I'm just a silly little guy" persona, have a smile for everything and move right along as though he isn't carrying the weight of the known world on his shoulders for the sake of keeping his own cover. He cares so deeply for the ones he cares about — even if he's only just met them — that he would much rather put himself in danger than risk letting an innocent party be hurt. Or otherwise traumatized in any way. This is just one of the reasons he's spent the last century and some change collecting all the scars he has littered across his body. They all tell a story of his loyalty, and what his morality costs him.
Despite caring so deeply for literally everyone, he also has a bad habit of not letting anyone close, and for good reason; his brother will not hesitate to use anyone against him, because he knows it will take nothing at all to appeal to his brother's altruistic-to-a-fault nature. Vash has never thought it would be safe for him to have friends, but he'll throw things around like "don't hesitate to call me if you need anything! I'll come running, I swear!" because he means what he says, even if something keeps him from keeping his promises, and that just makes him feel worse at the very end of it. Can't save someone because he didn't get there in time? Absolutely, one hundred percent his fault, and he's the sort to feel guilt like a physical blow. And carry it around with him for the rest of his days, because it's a constant reminder of his own shortcomings and how he needs to be better in order to keep those he cares about safe.
He's a pacifist, at the bottom of everything, and will find any and every reason to not use any kind of physical force in order to solve a problem — unless there's no other choice, and even still, he would much rather find himself hurt than some innocent bystander. He's always going to be a huge fan of using his words to get his point across, even when there are a handful of guns pointed directly at his face, and. Uh. At that point? He might just try to cry his way out of it. He's an enormous crybaby, and can turn on the tears like the flipping of a switch, but it doesn't actually work in his favor as often as he would like. Doesn't stop him trying, though.
Here's a nice, concise breakdown of what I feel are his most important core traits, just for fun.
( + ) — incredibly kind to everyone, despite how he might be treated; that isn't something that matters to him — willing to stop and help anyone that might need it, regardless of what it might require of him — loyal to humanity as a whole, even if they will never accept him as what he truly is; he just wants to see humans thrive — generally a pretty upbeat, happy guy with a sunny disposition, but please see below for an explanation of why that is also a bit of a negative trait
( - ) — a large chunk of his happy-go-lucky demeanor is a mask for how hurt and lonely he is on the inside, and he refuses to let anyone see that side of him — despite desperately wanting to connect with people and make friends, he tends to keep them all at arm's length, because he's terribly afraid of letting anyone get too close to him; that's never going to end well as long as his brother is on his heels — downright refuses to kill any of his opponents, not only because he would prefer to resolve things in a peaceful way, but he doesn't think anyone has the right to choose whether or not someone lives or dies. this is why his body is nothing but a map of scars from all the years he's spent as a pacifist — self-sacrificial; he very clearly states in episode twelve that he doesn't care what happens to him as long as humanity survives and thrives; he doesn't care that they don't accept him now, he'll keep running and running and running for an entire lifetime until he can settle down by their side again, until he can be with them, because that's one of the only things that matters to him at the bottom of it all — here's an extra one because i can't leave it out; he's a giant crybaby, and has a tendency to try to cry his way out of situations if he thinks he can get away with it; it doesn't work very often, but he can turn on the waterworks at the drop of a hat
Pokémon Information Affiliation: Trainer! Starter: Wooloo
Victory Road Sample: He really doesn't have a chance to be groggy or take his time getting up, does he? Which is almost a shame, because he'd been so comfy, and it's so rare that he actually gets a decent night's sleep that he actually likes to enjoy them when he can. But if he's got somewhere to be —
He's dressed and out the door with a shooing of hands and before he knows it, the door is closed behind him; he doesn't think to try to get back in, because he has some sort of journey to go on, right? But since he's trying to get his bearings, he might as well go through the backpack hanging off of his right shoulder, because it's always good to know what you're going into something with, even if it's something as simple as some water and a snack, and having spent as long as he has in the literal desert, water is always going to be a the top of his list for things he's going to want with him, going forward.
Let's see … there's clothes, which is more than he's ever been able to say for what he carries in his own pack, given the chance ( clothes are difficult to come by, okay? ), a toothbrush, toothpaste, soap? Looks like … some food, he's not sure what the trail mix is but it looks like it might be pretty good, and he's still rummaging around when he hears something off to his left that isn't the music that has been playing since, probably, before he even realized.
What's going on there?
But that noise comes again, a very quiet bleating sort of thing and he finally looks down, taking in what is probably the fluffiest thing he has ever seen in all of his long years, and he's stooping down to get on its level without even thinking of anything else. His head tips to the side. "Hello," he says pleasantly, absently situating things back into his pack so nothing ends up getting lost. "Aren't you cute?"
He gets another bleat for his trouble, and the little thing plops down expectantly, and he's not. Entirely sure what it wants? His mouth pulls down into a slight frown. "Are you hungry? Thirsty?" Another bleat, and while it doesn't seem all that impatient, there also seems to be an air of come on, buddy, we've got places to be, don't we?
He reaches out tentatively with flesh fingers, scratching over its head, and gets the smallest nuzzle for his efforts. That immediately turns his frown back up into a smile. "My name's Vash," he finally says, because it seems like the little thing understands him, so why not make the proper introductions right off the bat?
"Looks like we're gonna be traveling together, huh?" Another bleat, and a more enthusiastic one, to be sure. "Might as well get started!"
Edited (noticed some incredibly stupid typos, hope editing them was all right!) 2025-01-13 02:21 (UTC)
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Player Name: Al Preferred Contact: earthykitty @ plurk Timezone: EST (GMT -5) NOTE: Changing to Japan Time this spring! Current Characters in Victory Road: N/A
Character Name: Edward Elric Series: Fullmetal Alchemist (Manga) Timeline: Chapter 53 pg 170 Canon Resource Links: Edward’s Wiki Page
Personality: Edward has a very dynamic personality. The first thing most people would notice is how loud he is. If he has an opinion on something, he’ll voice it and he doesn’t care much for how it might make others feel, making him come off as an arrogant asshole. However, this doesn’t mean that Ed isn’t aware of his faults and his naivete. If he has evidence to show that he is wrong or lacks understanding of something, he is not only open to listening and learning from sources that may have the truth, he actively seeks them out, even if the truth is painful. The best example of this is when Ed’s father makes a point about the failed human transmutation he and his brother performed that took away their bodies and whether or not they had actually transmuted their mother. This forces Ed to look back, exhuming the body and learning the truth about their mistake despite the intense fear and anxiety it puts Ed through. In the end, he is able not only to face this truth, but to learn and find hope in it as it points to a conclusion about getting his brother’s body back from the Gate.
Another key aspect of Ed’s personality are his strong morals and refusal to budge on them. While he’s not against hurting people (especially for those he thinks deserves it) he is absolutely against killing others no matter how they might have wronged him or those he cares about. He is caught by surprise and disgust when he sees other alchemists (for example, Shou Tucker) use alchemy to harm instead of help people and is haunted by the fact that the science he himself uses and relies on so much can be used for evil.
While he may not show it, Ed also cares deeply for the people around him and takes extra risks to keep those people safe. Whether it’s putting himself in between a serial killer and his childhood friend or risking his neck to make sure innocent bystanders aren’t hurt while he’s fighting for his life, Ed places a very high value on the life of others and very much understands that his action or inaction can impact them. If he does see that he has hurt others either directly or indirectly, he tends to carry a heavy sense of responsibility and guilt on his shoulders. This can be seen with how he views his brother’s situation and especially in the death of Maes Hughes, where he blames himself for getting him involved.
While other characters in the series often praise Ed for his intelligence, Ed is a big risk-taker and doesn’t often think things through. Ed is intelligent. His understanding of alchemy and becoming a State Alchemist when he was twelve is proof enough of that. He’s also capable of thinking on his feet and making elaborate plans when he has the time, as shown in how he handles the terrorists on the train and the situation in the Youswell coal mines respectively. However, there are plenty of moments where Ed rushes into fights without thinking that bites him in the ass, such as his fight with Greed in the Devil’s Nest where he lets himself get beaten up because of his anger and frustration before coming up with a plan for effectively fighting Greed. Another example is his plan to catch a homunculus where Alphonse has to put his foot down and point out that they can’t just “wing it” and see what happens, prompting them both to team up with Ling and Lan Fan. Ed’s emotions often get the better of him and it takes other people to hold him back or put him in his place.
Pokémon Information Affiliation: Trainer Starter: Cubone “Skull”
Victory Road Sample: Violet City. Ed was well aware of the Pokemon gym here, and he would definitely be checking it out, but first, he wanted to explore, get a lay of the land so to speak. Skull, his Cubone, was seated on his shoulder taking in the sights along with his trainer. They had a rough start, but things were improving the more time they spent together. A Mareep also trotted along side the both of them. Ed had managed to catch her along the same trail that connected Cherrygrove and Violet.
The first destination? Sprout Tower. It dominated the skyline of the city and seemed to be an important landmark. Ed stood a distance from the entrance, watching the monks tends to the grounds before gazing up and noticing the structure sway slightly. “What do you think? Wanna check it out?”
“Cuuuu!” Skull pointed to tower with his bone club. If there were trainers in there, bring ‘em on!
The Mareep let out a “Maaaa” and trotted towards the monks to answer. Ed followed, allowing the sheep to greet the caretakers.
“Hello young trainer!” The monk lay a hand on the friendly Mareep. “Have you come to challenge the tower?”
“Cubooooone!”
“I’m pretty sure he means ‘yes.’ What’s this challenge?”
The monk gave a hearty laugh at the Cubone. “Starting on the second floor, there are other monks and their Pokemon who train diligently. Win against each one, and you can battle Elder Li.”
Skull was practically jumping up and down on his trainer’s shoulder. Let’s go! Let’s go! The Mareep grabbed the bottom of Ed’s jacket in her mouth and tugged towards the tower’s entrance. She wasn’t a brawler like the Cubone, but new trainers and Pokemon meant new friends and she was all over that idea.
“Okay, okay! We’re going! Save your energy for the fights!” Ed gave a friendly wave to the monk and let his Pokemon drag him inside. Ed was first drawn to the swaying pillar in the center of the building. Looking up, he could catch a glimpse of the floors above as it gently moved to and fro. He was skeptical about the building being able to handle battles taking place inside, especially on the upper floors, but from the signs posted and the general atmosphere, it seemed like a practice that had been taking place here for a long time.
He ascended the staircase to the second floor, both Pokemon more than ready to take on the challenge.
Player Name: Dolly Mancer Preferred Contact: I’d like to be PM to Calisugarfiend :’> Timezone: Central Time Current Characters in Victory Road: This is the maiden voyage :o
Character Name: Calliope Macabra or Cali for short. Series: OC Timeline: After Graduating Med School (24 years old)
Original Character Background: Standing at 5’4” in platform sneakers (she is 5’1” without the platforms), Cali is a fairly bizarre sight to behold in her plague doctor getup to the point no one really has ever seen her face and her love for very brightly colorful things is incredibly well known. Her hair is tied up in fluffed up pigtails with brightly colored bubble hair ties and plastic hair clips. Cali wears a modified cat ear hat that she can pull her pigtails through and is rarely seen without some sort of knee length skirt of some sort (She likes the really fluffy ones). Cali’s mask is a modified plague doctor mask littered with colorful and fanciful stickers that keeps the disease she carries inside while pumping pure oxygen to her that is scented like cotton candy. Due to being pumped with nothing BUT pure oxygen and her highly sugary diet, this has made Calli pretty hyperactive and overly happy about everything. Clothing wise, Cali wears a long sleeved rainbow striped turtleneck top with a hot pink hoodie, a fluffy knee length star print skirt, striped leggings to match the turtle neck, and blue gloves to the point no one has seen her skin either. In short, Cali is a walking, talking Lisa Frank fever dream of boundless hyper active happiness and joy. Growing up, Cali always wanted to be a doctor like her mother Miranda and when she graduated high school, that’s exactly what Calliope applied for when picking out her college. During her college experience, Cali did work as a volunteer nurse to gain better experience for the future job she had in mind.
Calliope is an illegal genetic experiment made about twenty four years ago by this BioTech company, Epsilon Incorporated, that works on biological weaponry and various things sold on the intergalactic black market. Without the mask and the cat-eared hat, Calliope is an anthropomorphic thylacine hybrid of some sort with blue colored eyes and golden tiger like markings(it is possible she has some human genetic material in there, but who’s really able to say?) Due to how Calliope was made, a hybridized disease was formed inside of Cali that she is immune to but can totally spread to others. In short, Cali initially was made as a living bio weapon, the problem was that the disease is relatively harmless causing only hallucinations, lasts only twelve hours, and that’s about it. Six or so months into life, Cali was taken by Miranda, one of the scientists in the group back when she was still known as Frieda Hoppes. To sum things up in a neat package, Frieda and her wife ran off with an infant Calliope and completely changed their identities to avoid being found by the highly questionable company along with moving planets. Since then, Cali’s mothers have made sure every part of Cali is covered to avoid identification along with providing Cali a happier childhood than she would’ve had beforehand. Cali knows some details, but not a lot and is pretty alright with the situation though she still takes care to avoid identification now that she’s out of the house to live her young adult life. Due to how short Cali’s tail is, it's easy to hide under the fluffier skirts she owns, especially if she has the tail hidden under one of the skirt’s layers.
- Their world (OCs): Futuristic Sci Fi on a human colonized exo planet called Orion 34.
- Their history (OCs and customizable/silent protagonists): -Her conception as an experimental bio weapon that had mixed results: The disease she harbors is a twelve hour bug that causes LSD like hallucinations, nonlethal. This is the reason why Cali has her full body/mask coverage, preventing it from spreading. - Cali’s adoptive mother, Miranda, pretty much broke Cali out of the questionable lab she was born in at six months old. -Basically lived in hiding her whole life on a colony planet after her mothers fled from the previous home planet. By habit, the mask and full body covering clothing is something that’s going to be staying around for a long time.
- For customizable/silent protagonists: Cali is pretty open about her background, especially now that she’s not in a place that would get her hunted down. Cali is also the only character of mine I could think of that would absolutely be thrilled to be human along with the chance of not being a plague carrier (though she’s likely going to keep up the outfit with mask deal since that’s the only thing Cali has known her whole life till now)
Personality: Saturated optimism as bright as the clothing she wears, Cali is pretty much an extreme version of little Miss Sunshine. Cali is pretty much this little ball of easy going and happy energy that it is nearly vomit inducing just from how much she exudes. There is a lot of energy in Cali’s speech pattern and actions, possibly from the eternal sugar high she is on along with being on solid oxygen her whole life. No one is sure what Cali is like without the sugar or high oxygen consumption, though some wager she would considerably be much calmer than her current hyperactive state of being. Either that or that long fabled crash period before fully adjusting to the calmer demeanor after being removed by either one element.
If there were any form of insecurity in regards to Cali, it’d likely be her height (5’1”) as more often than not, Cali will always gravitate towards higher platform shoes to get that little height boost. When it comes to interacting with other people, Cali is very much the person that views everyone as a new friend to be made and is pretty chatty. Ironically, despite the hyperactive nature, Cali does have excellent bedside manners for the medical field. Cali has a very strong habit as though it is instinctual to pop stickers on people as a way of showing affection. There is one thing that does unnerve Cali, weirdly enough despite having similar aesthetics, are clowns (Cali doesn’t count Mr. Mime and Mime Jr. as clowns though, she’s chill with them).
Pokémon Information Affiliation: Trainer Starter: Applin (Would name it Sweet Sixteen after the apple cultiver) Samples RP Sample:Test Drive Meme Thread
Victory Road Sample:
Cali stirred from her slumber, waking up in a world that was clearly not her own, especially since there wasn’t signs of smog clouds from the city. In situations like this, a normal person would’ve rightfully been frightened out of their own mind at the sudden change. Cali, oh dear, Cali was ecstatic about the sudden change from the scenery as she got up from the ground and started wandering about at the new scenery. Nature was an alien thing to her as the grass flattened from each step of the rainbow layered platforms, before something caught Cali’s eyes. There on the ground was a small, weird apple looking creature that looked up at the technicolored fever dream personified as Cali stared right back at the fruit based critter through rose tinted lenses.
Cali wasn’t sure what this creature was, afterall, she never did take botany as a college course. Likewise, the Applin wasn’t sure what to make about this. Sure humans were always weird, but this human certainly took the cake and more. Suddenly, much to the displeasure of the Applin, Cali decided it was a very good course of action to pick up an unknown wild creature. It was palm sized and wriggled about wanting out of the gloved examination. Cali’s pupils dilated upon getting a better look at the creature and it was then clear, it was friendship at first sight. Much to the displeasure of the Applin, it ended up being carried away by super Miss Sunshine to wherever she was supposed to go. Certainly, Cali had no clue where she was going, but hey, that’s the spirit of adventure for you! The Applin, unfortunately would have to go along with this overly cheerful weirdo, humming a merry tune of some kind into the wild blue yonder.
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Welcome to the Wonderful World of Pokemon! Congratulations, you have a fun and exciting adventure awaiting you.
Now that you've been accepted... [○] Respond to this with your character's journal. This is a must! [○] Comment in the Taken Characters post, alphabetized by series: Here. [○] Join the following communities: victory_road, the_plateau, and ohmyarceus. Only Team Rocket personnel should join silph_co, but we ask that all Victory Road members subscribe to it. Note! You will not be accepted to the main or logs community until you've commented in the aforementioned places. [○] If you're still on the reserved list, please let us know that they've been accepted. [○] Please make sure to check out the Calendar for the weather and upcoming plots and swarms! [○] You can also find our mod plurk at victoryroad; if you have a Plurk, we suggest you become a fan!
We'd also like to take this moment to inform you of the Eastern Kanto Ferry! For only P2000, you can take a three day, all-inclusive ferry ride from New Bark Town to Pallet Town and begin a new pokémon journey in the Kanto region! Otherwise, feel free to start in Johto!
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