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The City of Masks (Watchmen-inspired RP)

The Red Claw

At first, the Red Claw believed the white girl's sudden turn against her companion would be a boon to him, especially when Graffiti placed a gas mask on to her own face, confirming her identity, but at the same time obscuring her features. If he had his own way, this would be no problem, as it would have been the end of things; perhaps the companion would even have shot the suspect herself, and the Red Claw's job would be done. Alas, whatever honeyed lies the torturer told her partner were enough to sway her, and she promptly turned the pistol on the Red Claw (he noted the direction the weapon was aimed, and the likely cone of fire the initial projectile would take), stepping between himself and Graffiti in a way that confirmed their allegiance to one another. The Red Claw heard clearly the girl's statement, and argued with himself about whether he might now freely slay both of them, having been targeted with a lethal weapon. The question of whether or not the other girl was herself a vigilante of more stern moral fiber still stuck in the Red Claw's mind, though, and regardless, whilst the Red Claw could chance a double kill against both targets, there was a good chance of Graffiti escaping to inflict yet more needless agony on others, in exchange for the death of a potentially-clean victim.

Never mind the possibility that, somehow, the Red Claw was defeated by these two, and then either killed or imprisoned - unlikely, but not impossible in these circumstances, two against one. No, the exchange wasn't worth the risk overall. Better to choke down a lie for now, and find an opportunity to strike against them as individuals later on. The white girl in particular needed more evidence against her before a clean kill could be made.

"I suggest you calm down and lower your weapons. I'm not here for either of you, despite my reputation," the Red Claw states bluntly, the proper tone of his massively-altered voice impossible to discern. "It just happens that the Blood Blocks are highly crime-ridden, thus worth patrolling. Would you not agree, Graffiti?"

@fluorescent@Xandrya

40K: The Holy Ordos

A Pariah

Name: Charne

Age: 13

Gender: Male

Role: Proto-Acolyte, Inquisitor Arakia's pet Untouchable

Ordos: Malleus (through association)

Appearance: Charne is what might be considered physically handsome for his age, given just a few tweaks - he is fair-skinned, slightly taller than average for his age at about 160 cm, with dark curling hair and bright blue eyes, and he is reasonably muscular for an early teenager as a result of various forms of training. This is offset, however, by his tendency to remain a touch too still when not doing something with a particular bodypart, and to stare at whatever he is paying attention to with wide eyes and slightly too little blinking. His typical dress includes dark underclothing, worn beneath a suit of carapace armour styled in Arakia's colours, a light metallic blue with white trim.

Personality: Charne's status as a Psychic Null has left him without the typical emotional responses that one might expect from a standard human, as might be the expected outcome of granting no soul and no connection to the realm of emotions to a living being. Though he can "feel" emotion as a byproduct of biological processes, it is usually heavily muted compared to normal human standards, completely lacking in specific extremes such as intense rage, sorrow, or ecstasy, and very rarely expressed externally regardless, though this last part is more a result of his upbringing than his condition. Ironically, this lack of emotion is part of why he is being considered for Inquisitorial induction so young, as his capacity for logical thought remains comparatively unhindered by emotional responses, combining with a fairly substantial intellect and will and practical immunity to any form of Chaos corruption to provide a formidable mindset even at his young age, though he is presently still at a stage when his knowledge of the Emperor's foes is largely decided by his master.

History: Though Charne was presumably born to parents somewhere in the Imperium, he has never known what sort of people they were, for his first memories are of the Schola Progenium, in particular of being attacked by older children for no apparent reason other than "you're giving me a headache". Shortly after that came an introduction to an apparently new Drill Abbot, who alone out of everyone he had met before or since seemed not to despise him as soon as he laid eyes on him; though Abbot Collan Droht was as harsh as any other to a normal student for failure (though Charne found himself failing but rarely under Droht's tutelage), he was not unnecessarily cruel to Charne the way those before him seemed to be.

The reason for this, of course, was that Droht was a Blank, a psi-dense Untouchable who was not so badly affected by Charne's Warp-nulling, horror-inducing aura as a normal human; Charne himself was a full-blown Pariah, and thus incredibly lucky that he had not been killed as a child (indeed, he has since surmised that it was perhaps the same presumably-high status of his parents that led them to be educated about his soullessness, thus allowing him to be placed into the Schola's care at all). However, Charne did not learn of his condition until some point as a seven year old, when the visiting Inquisitor Arakia took notice of him, and promptly spirited him away despite protests from the Schola (something about some special temple, so far as Charne is aware).

Since that day some six years ago, Charne has remained by Inquisitor Arakia's side almost constantly, through both peaceable training and battles against daemonic creatures of all sorts, and growing reasonably fond of the Inquisitor for his lack of physical violence toward him - alongside Collan Droht, Arakia is one of two people who has ever shown anything resembling kindness to Charne, though it is more of a friendly than fatherly bond, as the Inquisitor holds Charne to the same standards as any adult retinue member of his. Indeed, where a normal human child would likely have been badly traumatised and likely killed off by similar conditions, Charne has rarely done anything less than learn from every experience both in and out of battle, in fact doing well enough for his master to begin considering taking the boy on as a true Acolyte, in spite of his young age. All that remains is to test him, to see if he has what's needed to eventually become an Inquisitor...

Philosophy: Puritan, specifically Amalathian, though this is more a result of his association with Inquisitor Arakia than anything else.

Skills & Abilities: Charne is, first and foremost, a Blank. More accurately, a Blacksoul with an Omega ranking on the Assignment, whose very presence forms an anti-psychic "hole" in the fabric of the Warp that is anathaema to all such psychic activity. Naturally, it is all but impossible for most psychic powers to function in a substantial area around him, marking him as a highly effective barrier against psychic assaults and psykers in general. This of course comes with the downsides of being at the very least disrelished, and more often despised, by quite literally everybody he passes within a few meters of who is not themselves lacking in the soul department, actively lethal to psykers proper if they pass near him and terrifying should they so much as perceive him regardless of their allegiance (or lack thereof) to the Emperor, plus the lack of an actual soul or any connection to the Warp...

That said, he has been educated to a reasonable extent by the Schola Progenium as a prelude to an aborted induction into the Culexus Temple, and is thus able to handle to at least an acceptable extent various sorts of weapons ranging from chainswords to melta guns, alongside reasonable academic skills for his level and various sorts of indoctrination toward the cause of the Imperium, the Emperor, and the Golden Throne.

Retinue Members: Ha, ha. That's a good one.

Equipment: Charne's equipment is relatively secondary to his role as a psychic blocker, but since it is a fairly valuable role, Inquisitor Arakia has seen fit to provide him with suitable protection. In standard engagements, Charne is equipped with a suit of carapace armour built to fit his pubescent frame, with some leeway built in for his future growth to minimise the need to recommission new suits; the suit proper is otherwise fairly similar to standard Cadian Pattern suits in terms of attachments, including a wrist-accessed Auspex unit and a power source akin to that of a Lasgun power pack to provide an energy source for all auxilary functions for up to a week before needing replacement, whilst the included helmet is equipped with a rebreather, photo-visor, encrypted micro-bead for Vox communications and a clip attachment on the right side for a light source or vid-recorder. Additionally, an implant has been installed directly into his skull that is not unlike a lesser form of the Animus Speculum of the Culexus Temple, dampening his contra-psychic aura to allow him to interact with other humans in a somewhat normal fashion, up to and including those of psychic bent, though he is quite capable of turning the implant on and off with a thought to unleash the full force of his aura as needed.

So far as weaponry goes, Charne is equipped with a mono-edged sword and a bolt pistol - a chainsword, whilst more capable of cutting through armour and rending flesh, possesses a great amount of kickback for even a fairly fit thirteen-year-old to try and control, whilst no power weapon would find itself in the hands of somebody who is only just being considered for Acolyte-hood; meanwhile, a bolt pistol provides the power of a boltgun round (likely superior to the hot-shot lasgun that he might otherwise be equipped with) without being too heavy or obstructive for a young teenager to utilise the way a standard-sized bolter might be.

Miscellaneous: Charne is not presently an Acolyte, but rather a pre-Acolyte of sorts - that is to say, he is being considered for the role of Acolyte, and if accepted into this role, it will ultimately lead him down the route to becoming a full-fledged Inquisitor, if he does not die along the way. The reasons for his presence in Subsector Vos are thus twofold - to protect Inquisitor Arakia from psychic assault as he has for several years already, and to prove himself worthy of taking the first step along the road leading up to the Inquisition proper.

Relationships with Other Characters:
Inquisitor Terrence Arakia - Master and retinue leader.
Merris Larriet - Distant association; Charne has no particular reason to talk much with a Stormtrooper who is nearly three times his age, and she in turn tends be fairly cold toward him, a situation only compounded by the horrifying nature of his soullessness.

One Piece: Revolution(Closed)

@LokiLeo789 Yep, sounds about right. Stab Anaru in the back, whilst in plain sight of Zepp himself. Great job, Dirk, you've just gotten yourself three to five new holes in your chest, and probably been cut in half on top of that.

The City of Masks (Watchmen-inspired RP)

The Red Claw

It is the nature of vigilantes to be well-known by the populace. Those under the thumb of the government are listed publically, for the people to know who their supposed saviours are; those working under their own jurisdisction often have a reputation in the areas they function, either as protectors or as maniacs, which may then spread to the city at large. The Red Claw is oft-described as the latter; his next target for the night is seen as the former by most, her location tipped off to him by a legally-spotless contact, who in turn receives their information from unknown sources linked to another vigilante. He cannot say for sure that the unknown source is not a criminal, but as long as he never figures out who they are, he never has to kill them for their actions, or his contact for associating with criminal elements.

Time has passed since the Red Claw's judgement of Jonathan Cape. He is now in the Blood Blocks, so-called for being a particularly gruesome place to live and die in. A reputation not helped by its local protector, the gas-masked monster known simply as Graffiti - the Red Claw does not necessarily hunt down vigilantes for the sake of halting their actions, criminal as they may be, since to do so would be hypocritical, but he has received word that, as a matter of course, Graffiti's usual activities include unnecessary indulgences in darker urges, such as prolonged torture of her victims and subsequent display of their corpses in her depraved works of art.

He passed her latest work of art just a few minutes ago. One bullet puncture, multiple knife injuries, including severe genital mutilation to the point of exsanguination. Likely an individual deserving of death. Not of prolonged torture, however. To indulge in vices such as cruelty is to be no better than a criminal. This is unacceptable to the Red Claw, and so he must hunt her down and bring an end to her actions. The punishment is death, and nothing more.

As he walks, he comes to the backside of a street. This would not be a notable event in itself, but for the two individuals who have chosen to break into and out of a building in plain sight. Common thieves, then, and easily dealt with, though the Red Claw is presently beyond a comfortably-accurate firing range for just two targets. As he approaches, however, features of the black thief's outfit come into focus more readily, in particular a black hoodie and combat trousers of familiar style. The description of Graffiti's lacking outfit comes to mind, and it occurs to the Red Claw that this may be the very same individual. He understands that the nature of vigilante hunting is often defined by a lack of success in actually finishing them off before they can escape, and in those cases prefers a quieter approach than he would usually utilise. Additionally, the Red Claw cannot presently identify the individual alongside the suspect, though they are seemingly a thief; they could be a generic criminal element, or they could be a vigilante cohort of Graffiti. Or, perhaps, they are simply a civilian dragged along with the suspect, in which case her death would preferably be avoided.

Overall, the Red Claw sees too many potential failure factors to risk spooking his target. Though it deeply pains the Red Claw to do so, knowing the further torture will be performed by Graffiti if he lets her go free, the Red Claw does not fire at either target, instead simply walking toward them in plain sight, a calm stroll suggesting minimal threat. If the Red Claw can memorise the suspect's face, perhaps even acquire a real name, he can utilise the information to assist a future attempt on Graffiti's life, should the opportunity to do so arise. Or, alternatively, have her incapacitated through less direct methods. A rare, but oddly satisfying way for the Red Claw to go about his duty.

@Xandrya@fluorescent

One Piece: Revolution(Closed)

@Tmitche23 It occurs to me that you could well have set your Devil Fruit's power as the Doa-Doa no Mi, and it'd probably have functioned the way @NachoBachoPacho believes it did. Also of note: Zepp is still attached to Anaru's back as a shadow. Wonder how that'll figure itself out.

One Piece: Revolution(Closed)

@Renny Speaking of dinosaurs, does @dragonmancer still exist? And if not, what are we going to do about his character?

One Piece: Revolution(Closed)

@Hillan No, it's just that Dirk's only meaningful contribution will be putting his knife or one of his cutlasses in Johnny's back once, and then getting the crap beaten out of him because now he's broken cover. Also yes, Johnny won't be injured at all by that unless he's not paying attention.

One Piece: Revolution(Closed)

@Hillan There's two of them, until Johnny gets a knife in the back. Then there's still two of them.

One Piece: Revolution(Closed)

@LokiLeo789@NachoBachoPacho Honestly, those references would make much more sense if I knew anything about Naruto's characters. To be frank, though, Dirk's absolutely going to progress beyond more of what he's already got. Which isn't hard, because what he's got right now is practically nothing, though more physical strength ought to be a good start.

One Piece: Revolution(Closed)

@LokiLeo789 Did Tenten ever go through a montage's worth of training? No? Well then.