ErsatzEmperor

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CS (not finished)

"Mr. Cobblepot... Mr. Cobblepot! Oswald!"

The festering, degenerate reprobate, sat amidst the sterility of his surroundings, found himself in relative complacency. Perhaps the direness of his situation had not yet twigged in his mind. Had the air gone to his head? Was he fooling himself? Was he really quite as deranged as the woman, sat afront of himself, truly believed? No. No he was deathly calm because he was confident. Confident that the situation was soon to end, or only beginning to rear its head. This state of pure flux was what the conniving, ruthless 'entrepreneur' was born for. Built for. He was the best prepared man in the room and it would soon pay off for him in a big way. He took a rattled breath, fixed his gaze and began to pitch.

"I'm afraid Miss Young, that you aren't taking this seriously. I may be bound and beaten, but these are still office hours. You will afford me the dignity of my office and my title, and I will do the same to you." He began, snidely. The other began to speak slowly.

"Mr. Penguin... I--"

"Thank you Doctor. Please continue..."

[Hr][/Hr]

Origin & Backstory:
Character Notes:
Powers & Abilities
While possessing no superpowers so to speak, some coukd argue that his enviable skill in accumulating wealth would qualify. He has a strong presence within the Gotham under-and-overworlds and commands a large amount of respect and loyalty.mhe is a master at getting a hold of whatever he wants, whether that be a new shower cap, a rare, near extinct bird or an energy rechanalling android.

How is this character different?
What is your goal with this character?

~ Also, just a bit of kick-ass Penguin art I found on the web:

All credit to Jempix here

Not finished in the slightest but I think I know what I'm doing with it now.

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Bounce said
I had a 486 processor with a 9.6 dial-up modem and AOL. To this day, my parents still don't know what any of those things mean. Plus, there weren't any message boards (that I knew of anyway) back then. InsideTheWeb and ezBoard didn't pop up until I was in college.

That sounds ominously like a certain Tom Hardy Bane speech...

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Rade said
Does that mean your ASM apps will be completed, too?It's difficult finding focus sometimes, I know. None of us want you to remove yourself, though. Maybe just a strong kick in the keester.

It's the plan. I can definitely see Quire and Lang being sorted this weekend but Doc Ock might require some reworking.

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Bounce said
Words can't express how old I feel when I read comments like this shit.

I know. I don't think I had an internet when I could be.

Penguin CS up soon, or I shall personally, forcibly remove myself from this site and cease wasting anyone else's time. I'm annoyed with how easy I'm finding myself to be sidetracked recently.

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Gowi said
Checks out with Jones, so I debut my 4th (since EE is a bro) character!:

Yeh,

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Byrd, I except the swap.

Can everyone please post their apps in the accepted thread (if accepted).

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Nightraider said
I think I speak for everyone when I ask:Kal-El, where are your apps?Rade, where are your ICs? Same for you, Drew.Where is thatguy?Byrd, where the bitches at?Gowi, where's the beef?EE, where is my "Stan Lee approves"...........please?

I'm working on it... Don't rush me boi!

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Nightraider said
Well good a time as any. BEHOLD!! Taskmaster!

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DeathstrokeSW said
Those same things can still come up. Like I said, I can't read any other site because my internet is restricted. So if you wanna educate me on his powers I'd be grateful.

Wait, what?

So your internet is restricted, but you can get on here?

I don't understand.

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I'll put it here for now.

| Player Name |

Gowi

| Character You Wish To Play |

Jacques “Jac” Duquesne, III / Swordsman

| Moral Alignment |

WTL

| Affiliation |

Duquesne Steel Industry
United States Military (former)

| Character Origin & Backstory |

The third to bear the name of Jacques Duquesne out of a family of four generations rooted in America, Jacques grew up as a child in the shadow of the Duquesne Steel Industry that had dated back to the first Duquesne’s ambitions as a French entrepreneur who looked to America as the great frontier of opportunity and wealth. However, at a young age Jacques found more interest in the stories his grandfather would express about his adventures during the Second World War and how he followed the legendary Captain America into battles against the insufferable Third Reich. His grandfather had operated under the name of “Swordsman” due to the Duquesne’s belief in culture, self-control, and art—the art of the swordplay. Between the age of seven and seventeen Jacques would train with his grandfather while his father cared more in the interest of the company’s wealth and stability; he was practically raised by his mother and grandfather—as was his sister.

When Jacques was eighteen instead of attending college to prepare for the ownership of the company he instead enlisted in the military and began a long journey overseas doing what he believed was expected of him and would honor his grandfather. It wasn’t until he came home in his mid-twenties to discover his grandfather on his deathbed where he gifted him an heirloom of the family—a strangely crafted blade out of a metal Jacques had never heard of. His grandfather recounted the story of the first Jacques stumbling upon small amounts of this rare metal and putting it in a safe seeing it as too grand to be left to financial gain. As his grandfather died he understood family, tradition, and honor were important.

Jacques returned to the military devastated and received a discharge due to his psychological depression—and he remained unemployed for a time, only practicing swordsmanship to ease his loss. Eventually he found himself working as a security consultant for his father.

That is until the Red Skull attacked a pro-mutant rally that his sister had been attending and killed her. Grabbing his sword and using his trust fund to finance a small arsenal of weapons he vowed to himself: he would avenge his sister.

| Powers and Abilities |

Peak Human Physiology: Jacques has trained extensively to become one of the primer soldiers of his day and his discipline has never changed. This amounts to strength, perception, agility, and vitality.

Swordsmanship: Jacques is a talented if not masterful swordsman and has one of the most lethal swords in existence due to the unknown metal that is as sharp as it is durable. (Not sure if this admantium or carbonadium but if requested I can admit it to being neither if people have objections).

Martial Arts: As trained through his swordplay and through his time in the military, Jacques is a very competent hand-to-hand combatant.

| Sample Post |

“If you told me two years ago that the threat of a fourth reich would be upon us, I would have laughed.”

“But today, I am not laughing.”

Jacques Duquesne crossed his arms as he looked down at the visage of a bleeding neo-nazi he had tracked down by the name of Herman Doltz, who may or may not have been part of this revisionist movement by this Red Skull. One thing was sure is the southern supremacist was scared and the sight of a man who was currently using a sword to interrogate him was something else entirely—a sword that was sharper than the most precise razor at that, but it wasn’t like Herman Doltz knew what this blade was other than it had been used to kill three of his ‘brothers’ in this small car garage in Hell’s Kitchen.

“What do you want, man?!”

“What I want is to see the Red Skull.” His voice was firm and almost venomous as he slammed his sword down into the floor—an inch away from Herman’s foot.

“Shit! I don’t know the Red Skulls number!”

Jacques frowned. “That is… too bad, but I suppose that is how life is. As my grandfather would say… c’est la vie.” The swordsman turned as he twirled his sword as he removed it from the concrete floor—and ran it across Herman’s neck.

“..but your life is done.”

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Three pages? Honestly?

So, the gist is that DSW doesn't understand a character and is trying to make an application for said character, eh? You took three pages to establish that?

Oh god, are there apps in there as well?