[hider=Nikolai V Lacerta] [b]Name:[/b] Nikolai V Lacerta [b]Gender:[/b] Male [b]Age:[/b] 32 [b]Race:[/b] (cyborg) Feral (reptilian) [b]Birthday:[/b] 31 March [b]Blood type:[/b] AB+ [b]Height:[/b] 6 foot 2 when standing straight, otherwise it's somewhere around 5 foot 6 [b]Weight:[/b] 182 lb [b]Likes:[/b] - Science - Scientific things - Finding stuff out - Intelligence - Livers [b]Dislikes:[/b] - Unscientific things - Social interaction - Incompetence - Stupidity - Eating bad livers - Distractions [b]Parasite/Living weapon:[/b] [u]Oculus[/u] Nikolai’s parasite is a glass orb which has the appearance of an eye. Oculus replaces the user’s eye and gives the user the ability to study an opponent and learn their weak points. The weak points are outlined in a sweet HUD that only Oculus can provide that looks all sci-fi and stuff. Additionally, Oculus gives the user the ability to fire highly concentrated beams of energy by sapping the user’s energy and turning it into a laser which can hit the weak points with needle-like precision. [b]Appearance:[/b] Nikolai has more ‘beast’ than most Ferals, and he’s quite recognisable as a reptile. He’s less of a human beast and more of a beast human, and there is little distinguishing him from an actual iguana as he adopts a hunch, his skin is scaly as hell, he has a lizardlike head structure, and he is very long, tail included. If he bent down, he’d look exactly like a really big iguana. One thing that differentiates Nikolai from a standard iguana is that he’s around the size of a normal human. Another thing would be the metal augmentations and partial mutations. Yeah, you heard that right. As a result of having no guinea pig other than himself, he added mechanical parts to his body and is now a cyborg. His left arm is mechanical, his legs are mechanical (he added jets to them), and the left side of his face (where Oculus is) is also mechanical. His jaws are mechanical and his teeth are made of metal. The cyborg augmentations also stretch to some of his organs and muscles and he has enhanced strength and speed as a result. His mutations made him a bit scalier, have larger claws and made his jaw protrude to become longer. He wears a worn dress shirt and tie, torn black pants and a slightly torn lab coat. No shoes. [b]Personality:[/b] Nikolai’s personality, though he seems rather beast like, is one of cunning intelligence. He prides himself on being a scientist and is good at supressing his pure animal instinct. Nikolai can talk (has a hoarse voice though) and is very learned, having studied all kinds of science for years. That said, he has little patience for incompetence people, favours speed and efficiency and dislikes distractions to his work. He’s fairly quick to snap at people (not literally) and is quick to distrust. That particular character trait stems from the fact that he’s rather paranoid, and many view him as insane. If asked, he’ll claim that he’s just exploring the limits of science, and then he’ll probably force you to leave his lab and lock the door. [b]Blockbusters:[/b] [u]Tail slam[/u] (1 bar) Nikolai dashes forward with extreme speed and turns quickly, slamming his tail at his opponent. Should the attack land, it causes moderate damage and knocks them back with the force of his momentum. Easily dodged as it is a set distance, but is a fast move that Nikolai can use to throw off his opponents. [u]Precision laser[/u] (1 bar) Nikolai locks on to his target and fires his laser eye. For some reason, a red targeting assistor for all to see appears on the target, showing them exactly where he’s going to fire. That said, it’s not that difficult to dodge, but it ignores blocking to an extent. If the target is blocking, it does 1/2 of the damage it would normally deal. Does moderate damage if it hits normally. Nikolai can also use precision laser in the air by floating with his foot jets. [u]Rage rend[/u] (2 bars) Nikolai dashes forward and begins rapidly tearing into his opponent with his bestial speed and mechanical power. He gets a speed boost and swipes wildly 10 times, the last blow knocking his opponent down. Each hit does light damage but altogether stacks up to high damage. Easy to block, but Nikolai can move and jump twice as fast with the rage render, making it difficult to dodge. [u]Cyborg fury[/u] (3 bars) Nikolai dashes forward and grabs hold of his opponent with his jaws. He then proceeds to slam them side to side a few times and then hurls them upwards, charges Oculus and fires a laser at his opponent. Before his opponent lands, Nikolai flies up with his jets, grabs them, slams them into the ground, bites their face and fires his laser into it before jumping off. Does major damage. The grab can be easily avoided, though. [b]Bio:[/b] Nikolai’s parents died at an early age and his more-beastlike-than-usual appearance put him at odds with most. Hence, he devoted all of his life to increasing his own intelligence and lived a life of seclusion. He actually became a scientist for a way to change his form so he could be accepted by society, but his ideas were often too radical to be accepted by the scientific community, and he never got approval to test them. This put him in an even more reclusive state and he began to sink close into depression. He began to shun people and society, and devoted his time to furthering his knowledge. At some point, he came across Oculus and implanted it into himself, which made his research easier. He became interested in parasite weapons and always strives to find out more about them. But one day, he made something special. He made a serum that theoretically evolved your genes at an amazing rate, making you faster, stronger and better in general. Having no one to test it on, he drank it himself. It worked with the intended effect, but it had a drastic unwanted side-effect. The serum awoke something ancient in Nikolai’s DNA, something primal. It didn’t just make him better, it pulled at his DNA, mutating his body to become even more bestial. As you can tell, Nikolai didn’t appreciate this. He built cyborg augmentations into his body to control the bestial urges. He eventually got it under control (kind of) and lived with it to the present day. The only reason he’s out here now is because he wants to analyse parasite weapons. [/hider]