Sunny had followed the rest up to the Agency's office space and taken a seat around the coffee table like most of the others, but he remained quiet as their boss laid out the details surrounding their first job and his new colleagues offered their own approaches. For the most part, he stared down at his plate of strawberry shortcake as they talked, but didn't lift the fork he'd brought along to eat it, seemingly deep in thought, or perhaps in a full-out reverie. It was only when people began suggesting going to the extreme of "dealing with" the demon in a permanent way that he abruptly lifted his head to shoot the offenders an intense glare. Finally, he took a deep breath and let it out slowly as "Henry" began to teach Selene how to use a phone, and spoke up at long last, looking toward Leonardo with a pensive frown:
"Boss, we've only been contracted to determine whether the possession is real and what the cause of the situation is, 's that right? If that's all that's needed, and if the supposed Demon can actually read minds, then all we need to do for the former is trick it into doing so while we're speakin' with the kid, and presumably his momma'd let us do that without pretendin' to be a psychologist. I figure we want to do that first, before takin' any other steps, because if there's actually a Demon involved, then after that all we can really do is advise Miss Amari to seek the help of the Church and then we investigate how it happened separately, but all the extra legwork 'n contrivances involved in Mimi here feignin' a profession might not be necessary. Plus, if Momma finds out we lied about it, she ain't gonna be happy. Not to disparage your contributions, Miss Tuckinshine." He gave Mimi a thin, strained smile as he concluded.
"Well, I love me a good nature documentary," Sunny opined in response to Winnifred in his usual soft-spoken way, scratching at the stubble on his cheek with a relaxed smile. "'Fraid I ain't as big a movie buff as yourself, though. Not even sure I can name my favorite film, come to think."
Anything more he'd been about to say was interrupted as more people began entering, whom he turned his head to regard while maintaining his honest smile. First a girl who seemed equally dressed for a funeral as Sunny himself. Upon spotting him, she seemed to become a bit skittish, which made him feel as if he'd offended her by his presence. Making a mental note to himself to try extra hard to get along with her, he stayed peaceably quiet and simply watched the rest of the new hires of Sidereal Agency trickle in. Or maybe not all new "hires"? The woman dressed like a femme fatale was saying something about a business partnership... Hm. Interesting.
And last to arrive was their glorious leader-slash-new-boss! Sunny gave Leonardo a solid nod as he entered and offered to pay for strawberry shortcake for any who desired it.
"I'll have a slice if you don't mind, Keith," he quietly uttered to the barista as an aside as Mimi took charge and proposed an icebreaker, which the boss-man agreed to. It was nice to have a new co-worker who was so comfortable in their own skin like her or Henry, he mused, even if her words about herself suggested she could evidently change roles at the drop of a hat. Most of the rest seemed like they were less than thrilled to be meeting so many new people at once.
Take Derald, for instance, who seemed to think Sunny Clearview was some kind of former cop. The blond man couldn't help but let out a subdued chuckle at that. Well, he wasn't that far off. Once the self-proclaimed inferior mage had finished saying his piece, the bespectacled man jumped in and took his turn.
"Well, 'law enforcement' is technically off the mark, but you're in the right ballpark," he explained, his words managing to carry in spite of his reluctance to raise his voice. "Pleasure to meet y'all. The name's Sunny Clearview - and since Winnifred's already expressed her skepticism, yes, that's my real name from my very own birth certificate. It's not somethin' I can talk about in great detail, since much of my work for the D-o-M was classified, but my most recent job was in special operations related to Mystics.
"I'm not really trained in Magecraft beyond Reinforcement, but I've got an Ivy League education in Political Science and Chemistry. Latter should be useful for forensics work, and former should be useful because, let's face it, if there ends up bein' some kinda Mystic-related conspiracy, there's a good chance politicians are gonna be wrapped up in it somehow. I was also born with Mystic Eyes of the Prana-Sight variety; they do about what you'd expect based on the name, but I tend to wear these Mystic Eye Killer glasses most of the time to avoid accidentally using 'em when it's not needed.
"And if you're thinkin' I'm gonna narc on ya 'cause I'm a former fed, no need to worry there, Brother," he said with a wink to Derald after a beat. "Ain't no love lost between me and the government. If I never see another member of the DoM ever again, I'll be a happy man."
"Haha!" the man called Sunny chuckled lightly at Winnifred's words. "Maybe it sounds fake to you, Miss, but Sunny Clearview really is the name my momma gave me, as I live and breathe! I'm, uh, 'fraid I'm not great at pronouncing names like your surname, though, so I hope you don't mind if I use your first name, and I don't mind one whit if you use mine. If you're big into movies, what would you say your favorite genre is?"
"Much obliged, Keith!" the former special operator said, beaming toward the barista as he accepted his mocha and took a sip, followed by sighing in satisfaction. "Ahhh, now that's some good coffee! Y'all must have some real skill in roasting the beans! And good to know, about the magecraft stuff."
At Richard's offer, however, he chuckled again and shook his head. "No offense, but that's not a bet I'd take, my friend. Knowing me, I'd end up picking exactly the wrong one, for a given value of wrong, heh. Besides, I wouldn't wanna change the flavor of a brew this fantastic! What's your specialty, then, Sir? Alternative medicine that actually works 'causea magecraft?"
The man walking in a handful of steps behind the first lady was also dressed in a way that might be described as business casual, although this one seemed to have his clothes more in order, or at least fresh instead of ragged... but somehow, his attire made him look as if he was in mourning. A black button-down (no tie), black slacks, black belt, and black dress shoes. It seemed at first glance like the only splotch of color on his attire were the golden buttons on his black leather coat, which matched his hair color nicely.
He drank in the sight of the cozy little establishment and its barista's words for a couple beats from the door (which he'd mercifully let shut behind himself, so as not to let the cold Winter air in), then sauntered over and took a seat close to the counter, letting out a slight exhale and then smiling towards his "fellow customer" and the man offering him a free coffee.
"Sure, I'll take a-- actually, can I leverage her rejected coffee for a specialty drink?" he half-joked in a light Southern accent, voice soft and blue eyes twinkling behind his oval glasses. "Or I can just pay for a mocha, if that's gonna set you back any. I don't mind."
Once his drink order was in and any necessary money (cash) had changed hands, the bespectacled man, still smiling mildly, asked the barista, "So, you Mister Glenlight?" then looked in the woman's direction as well and nodded towards her before adding, "And I'd like to get to know my new colleague as well, long as it don't trouble you, Miss. As for me, I'm Sunny Clearview, former Special Forces. Pleased as punch to meetcha both."
Name: Sunny Clearview Age: 36 Date of Birth: Dec 24th, 1983 Address: 10 Dorothy St., Apt. 8D (on the riverside, one block south of St. Elmo's Church)
C U R R I C U L L U M V I T A E
Education
BA Political Science, minor Chemistry + ROTC, Columbia University (Graduated Summa Cum Laude 2005)
Work/Organizational Experience
(2005-2015) 10 yrs in the US Army (5 yrs as commissioned officer, 5 yrs as Special Forces/Green Beret), honorably discharged as of 2018
Accomplishments
2019 Winner of St. Elmo's Charity Bake-Off
S K I L L S & O T H E R R E S O U R C E S
Special Forces Training/Combat and Survival Ability
Please note that some of the details of my Special Forces experience are classified. I may be able to tell you more if you find my application acceptable and we meet in person.
Advanced Understanding of US Political Systems/Landscape (Incl. related to Mystics)
General Knowledge of Chemistry and Associated Techniques
I presume this would be useful for the purposes of investigation or forensic analysis.
Mystic Eyes of Prana-Sight
I also presume you know what these are and what they can do.
C O V E R L E T T E R
Good Day, Mr. Fidano,
In general, the reason I want to join your Agency is that crimes associated with the supernatural and Mystics are something that need to be solved for the sake of everyday people, and I'm one of the few people in this country who knows of and can do something about them, so it's my duty to help.
As noted above, there are some classified details regarding my prior employment which I cannot share in written form. I am sure you will understand if you hear the information from me in person, but suffice to say that in addition to what I listed above, I have a decent amount of experience with genuine supernatural phenomena and matters related to Mystics. My Thaumaturgical specialty is in Reinforcement, which I found highly useful in my last job. More to the point, I believe I would be a good fit for your Agency due to my experience with Chemistry, the utility of my Mystic Eyes, and my knowledge of US political life, as any conspiracies we unravel involving Mystics have a decent probability of also being tied into the political side of things. Although I am not privy to their more secret side, I am also decently well-acquainted with the people of St. Elmo's Catholic Church, and I could act as intermediary if we should need to call upon them for assistance. I am also generally decent at clerical and administrative work if needed, as I had the job of managing a number of US Army personnel in my previous position as a commissioned officer. As far as my temperament during work, I have been called both mellow and level-headed by those who have worked with me in the past, and unless absolutely necessary, I prefer to speak softly rather than raise my voice.
I apologize for the general brevity of my cover letter, but in general, nobody reads these anyway, you know? So I thought I would summarize the main points and get it out of the way. My contact info is included if you need to get ahold of me, although I would appreciate a response even if I am declined.
Thank you for your time and consideration, Sunny Clearview
Magecraft: Number of Magic Circuits: D Quality of Magic Circuits: C
Sunny's Magecraft, insofar as he's been trained as part of his work for the DoM, centers on Reinforcement of his body, including his senses, enabling him greater physicality and perception than a normal human while he is making use of it. However, he must choose to enhance a particular attribute first, and he cannot keep it up indefinitely due to his subpar number of Circuits. Thus, he tends to make use of Reinforcement in short bursts, to achieve a particular immediate goal. His use of Reinforcement is complimented by his superb physical fitness, to the standard one would associate with high-level special forces operatives, as well as his keen observational skills. His incantations tend to be in Classical Latin, or at least an approximation thereof.
Mystic Eyes of Prana-Sight: Similar to the Mystic Eyes of Reines El-Melloi Archisorte, these allow Sunny to perceive prana both external to bodies and within bodies in a visual form. Unlike Reines, however, his are mature, and thus do not have an adverse reaction to encountering magical energy.
Mystic Eye Killers: Sunny tends to wear these at most times (other than when sleeping) as a means of making sure he doesn't accidentally activate his Mystic Eyes and start seeing prana flows all over the place, as that can be inconvenient. He does not actually require glasses to see, and in fact has 20/20 vision.
Mundane Gear/Weapons Skills: Sunny is generally capable with virtually any kind of weapon, but his actual armory consists of bog-standard NATO equipment, including body armor, pistol, combat knife, and automatic rifle, the last of which he may sometimes swap out for a sniper rifle, all designed for infantry-level targets (i.e. not anti-material). He also knows how to create and use various kinds of explosives, but doesn't have the material on hand.
Basic Sunny Backstory Points: -Because of his Mystic Eyes, he knew from a young age that he was different from normal people, and had some idea of the veracity of the supernatural as well. -(1983-2001) His father disappeared on him and his mother when Sunny was very young, so she raised him as a single mother with the help of extended family who were local. -(2001-2005) Originally lived in Southeast USA before going to Columbia University (in NY) on an academic scholarship to study Political Science, and quickly found himself recruited for the ROTC program. -(2005-2010) Graduated Summa Cum Laude with BA in PoliSci and Minor in Chemistry, went to work in the Army as a commissioned officer. -(2010-2015) After 4 years as an officer, applied/trained to be a Green Beret, passed, went on highly sensitive missions, largely in Afghanistan (or in-universe equivalent war). -(2015-2018) Recruited by the Department of Mystics to undertake even more sensitive missions, these ones involving the supernatural; in 2018, [REDACTED]. -(2018-2020) Honorably discharged from his duties due to no longer being able to do what his country asked of him as a result of [REDACTED]; moved to Millhaven in 2018 and has been living there for 2 years by the start of our story.
Name: Sunny Clearview Age: 36 Date of Birth: Dec 24th, 1983 Address: 10 Dorothy St., Apt. 8D (on the riverside, one block south of St. Elmo's Church)
C U R R I C U L L U M V I T A E
Education
BA Political Science, minor Chemistry + ROTC, Columbia University (Graduated Summa Cum Laude 2005)
Work/Organizational Experience
(2005-2015) 10 yrs in the US Army (5 yrs as commissioned officer, 5 yrs as Special Forces/Green Beret), honorably discharged as of 2018
Accomplishments
2019 Winner of St. Elmo's Charity Bake-Off
S K I L L S & O T H E R R E S O U R C E S
Special Forces Training/Combat and Survival Ability
Please note that some of the details of my Special Forces experience are classified. I may be able to tell you more if you find my application acceptable and we meet in person.
Advanced Understanding of US Political Systems/Landscape (Incl. related to Mystics)
General Knowledge of Chemistry and Associated Techniques
I presume this would be useful for the purposes of investigation or forensic analysis.
Mystic Eyes of Prana-Sight
I also presume you know what these are and what they can do.
C O V E R L E T T E R
Good Day, Mr. Fidano,
In general, the reason I want to join your Agency is that crimes associated with the supernatural and Mystics are something that need to be solved for the sake of everyday people, and I'm one of the few people in this country who knows of and can do something about them, so it's my duty to help.
As noted above, there are some classified details regarding my prior employment which I cannot share in written form. I am sure you will understand if you hear the information from me in person, but suffice to say that in addition to what I listed above, I have a decent amount of experience with genuine supernatural phenomena and matters related to Mystics. My Thaumaturgical specialty is in Reinforcement, which I found highly useful in my last job. More to the point, I believe I would be a good fit for your Agency due to my experience with Chemistry, the utility of my Mystic Eyes, and my knowledge of US political life, as any conspiracies we unravel involving Mystics have a decent probability of also being tied into the political side of things. Although I am not privy to their more secret side, I am also decently well-acquainted with the people of St. Elmo's Catholic Church, and I could act as intermediary if we should need to call upon them for assistance. I am also generally decent at clerical and administrative work if needed, as I had the job of managing a number of US Army personnel in my previous position as a commissioned officer. As far as my temperament during work, I have been called both mellow and level-headed by those who have worked with me in the past, and unless absolutely necessary, I prefer to speak softly rather than raise my voice.
I apologize for the general brevity of my cover letter, but in general, nobody reads these anyway, you know? So I thought I would summarize the main points and get it out of the way. My contact info is included if you need to get ahold of me, although I would appreciate a response even if I am declined.
Thank you for your time and consideration, Sunny Clearview
Magecraft: Number of Magic Circuits: D Quality of Magic Circuits: C
Sunny's Magecraft, insofar as he's been trained as part of his work for the DoM, centers on Reinforcement of his body, including his senses, enabling him greater physicality and perception than a normal human while he is making use of it. However, he must choose to enhance a particular attribute first, and he cannot keep it up indefinitely due to his subpar number of Circuits. Thus, he tends to make use of Reinforcement in short bursts, to achieve a particular immediate goal. His use of Reinforcement is complimented by his superb physical fitness, to the standard one would associate with high-level special forces operatives, as well as his keen observational skills. His incantations tend to be in Classical Latin, or at least an approximation thereof.
Mystic Eyes of Prana-Sight: Similar to the Mystic Eyes of Reines El-Melloi Archisorte, these allow Sunny to perceive prana both external to bodies and within bodies in a visual form. Unlike Reines, however, his are mature, and thus do not have an adverse reaction to encountering magical energy.
Mystic Eye Killers: Sunny tends to wear these at most times (other than when sleeping) as a means of making sure he doesn't accidentally activate his Mystic Eyes and start seeing prana flows all over the place, as that can be inconvenient. He does not actually require glasses to see, and in fact has 20/20 vision.
Mundane Gear/Weapons Skills: Sunny is generally capable with virtually any kind of weapon, but his actual armory consists of bog-standard NATO equipment, including body armor, pistol, combat knife, and automatic rifle, the last of which he may sometimes swap out for a sniper rifle, all designed for infantry-level targets (i.e. not anti-material). He also knows how to create and use various kinds of explosives, but doesn't have the material on hand.
Basic Sunny Backstory Points: -Because of his Mystic Eyes, he knew from a young age that he was different from normal people, and had some idea of the veracity of the supernatural as well. -(1983-2001) His father disappeared on him and his mother when Sunny was very young, so she raised him as a single mother with the help of extended family who were local. -(2001-2005) Originally lived in Southeast USA before going to Columbia University (in NY) on an academic scholarship to study Political Science, and quickly found himself recruited for the ROTC program. -(2005-2010) Graduated Summa Cum Laude with BA in PoliSci and Minor in Chemistry, went to work in the Army as a commissioned officer. -(2010-2015) After 4 years as an officer, applied/trained to be a Green Beret, passed, went on highly sensitive missions, largely in Afghanistan (or in-universe equivalent war). -(2015-2018) Recruited by the Department of Mystics to undertake even more sensitive missions, these ones involving the supernatural; in 2018, [REDACTED]. -(2018-2020) Honorably discharged from his duties due to no longer being able to do what his country asked of him as a result of [REDACTED]; moved to Millhaven in 2018 and has been living there for 2 years by the start of our story.
Hello! If you're still accepting signups, I have a general character concept in mind that I think would be interesting and would hopefully fit in your version of the setting! I just wanted to check to make sure there was still an open slot before I went and wrote a signup. Also, I'm quite new to this site, so I just want to make sure: are we supposed to post our signups here in the OOC tab, or the Characters tab, if they're not yet accepted?
I see! Well, thank you both for the warm welcome, and additional thanks for Yankee for the info! That's a big relief, honestly! Now I just need to make sure I remember to actually archive my current RPs in question...
Hi there, I'm Darksidevoid (DSV, Dark, or Void for short)! I got my start RPing back during 2009-10, in a Bleach (the animanga by Tite Kubo) RP on a dedicated forum. After that one died an early death, I moved on to the next location I happened to find for play-by-post RPing, which was, of all things, the RPing subsections of the TVTropes (TVT) Forum. I've been more or less continuously RPing on TVT for the past 15 years, generally always in the format which here on RPGuild seems to be classified as "Advanced RP" (multiparagraph, stringent on good spelling, etc.), as shorter-form RP was unappealing to me. I've also been GMing RPs for the past ~3.5 years, beginning with the reboot of a RP which I was previously a player in, and then that sort of spiraled out of control as I took to helping with GM duties for several more RPs, most of which are still ongoing. Most of my RPing experience is what you'd call "fandom" RP, particularly multi-fandom crossovers, although I do sometimes dabble in purely OC-related RP.
I've looked through the RPGuild subforums and noticed a few RPs that are of interest and that I might want to join, but the main reason I'm signing up for RPGuild currently is because the possibility of the TVT mods deciding to simply nuke the TVT RP subforums on a whim has been looming over my RP groups for many years now, and I thought it would be good to have a backup in mind. That said, if anybody actually bothers to read the introduction posts in this subforum, I'm curious how kosher it would be to "transfer" a RP from off-site to this one, in the sense of having the posts of the RP on the prior site archived and downloadable while simply continuing the RP on this site.
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