Lucius Cypher

Keratia: Story of the Surf, Tales of the Deep

Oh right. Yeah that's fine. Just let me know what you're changing.

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@Mae Changed it from a Skeleton Key to some oil so Darc can slip away quickly.

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And with that my dude is done. That being said I do have some questions for ya @Mae.

For the Living Weapon ability, what exactly does Grappling do? In my mind I imagine it's basically Darc reaching out using one of his tendrils or boney limbs to both hurt and them grab onto his target, so he can drag them away or throttle them.

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Darc Matter

Name: Darc Matter
Race: Slime
Appearance: At his most basic form, he appears to just be an amorphous black blob. However as he consumes and moves, streaks of red will appear on his body, more so around areas where he produces his limbs to either interact with objects or attack his enemies. The only real piece of clothing he wears is a white mask which he mainly uses for the convenience of communication. Darc doesn't have a true face, or even a head, so his mask is simply wherever it needs to be so when people talk to him they can focus on him.
Personality: A frequent liar and ultimately a selfish person, at least if you trust what he says about himself. He likes to live simply indulging in his own creature comforts and if he truly had his way, he wouldn't want to cause any trouble. But nothing in life comes for free, and he's willing to let others pay the price for his luxury. Despite wanting to live a simple life though he often mulls upon the complexities of life, and has rather strong opinions on things to the point that he can seem rather confrontational. A craven and coward, while he might talk big he's more than willing to be underhanded for the most petty of reasons, as well as indulge in wanton cruelties and corruption.
Calling: Shadow
Dark Impulse: Bigmouth
Revelry: Craving (Meat)
Vile Friend:

Cthylla - Darc’s mutual friend back when they were both still barely sentient slimes. Unlike Darc, Cythlla ended up tagging along with a new master to the Cradle Abyss. Unlike Darc's master who died an inglorious death at the hands of adventurers, Cythlla's master elevated themselves beyond humanity and has become one of the eldritch abominations that come from the Abyss. Cythlla herself has received a massive power upgrade and is basically a dungeon lord herself, however she still acts in a servile role to her new master, hence her attire.

Darc finds it strange that despite being levels above him and even their former master Cythlla still acts the part of a servant. However she gave Darc a handy lesson in handling power and authority and how sometimes it's easier and more efficient to operate behind the scenes acting as if you're just another pawn, instead of the true master mind. With that in mind Darc mainly sees Cythlla in order to figure out how he too can grow stronger and become a monstrous being like her, as well as give him important connections via the Unfathomably Unknown (Aka otherworldly knowledge) if he needs anything. For a price of course. In exchange she has vague plans that may involve Darc in order to spread the influence of her eldritch master, which Darc is A-Okay with.

Defenses:

Defense against Detection: Being as dark as shadows has it's advantages when skulking about. Being able to effectively turn into a puddle helps too.

0 / 6 Stress || 0 / 9 Wicked XP || 0 / 3 Reckless XP || 1 / 2 Dark Hearts

Distribute: 2x ★ Rookie | 2x ★★ Trained | 1x ★★★ Specialised

B R A I N S

[ ★ ] [ ★ ] [ - ] SCAN / perceptively
[ - ] [ - ] [ - ] TINKER / cleverly
[ ★ ] [ - ] [ - ] TRICK / slyly

M U S C L E S

[ ★ ] [ - ] [ - ] Finesse / precisely
[ ★ ] [ ★ ] [ ★ ] SKULK / sneakily
[ ★ ] [ ★ ] [ - ] SMASH / powerfully

G U T S

[ - ] [ - ] [ - ] BANTER / affably
[ - ] [ - ] [ - ] INVOKE / magically
[ - ] [ - ] [ - ] THREATEN / forcefully

Abilities:

Sticky Slime: Darc's body is not only naturally fluid, but surprisingly sticky as well. Not only is he able to hold his ground but he can even move along walls, ceilings, and pretty much any surface he can reach with as much ease as he could simply walking. It also helps him keep a hold onto his enemies.
(Flexibility) Living Weapon: Long Reach & Grappling. Not only has the experiments on Darc granted him greater mental abilities than your average slime, but he is also capable of creating weaponized appendages that can reach out and throttle his prey.

Inventory:

0 / 3 Gold || 2 / 2 Supply

Gear: All your stuff goes here.

Vicious Oil: A black liquid from Darc's own body. Removed from his mass it loses it's sticky quality and becomes oily and slick, allowing Darc to slip away quickly. It's also highly flammable and a bottle of the stuff can serve as a decent Molotov.
Dwarven Earthbreaker: A strangely small Dwarven pickax, small enough to be held in one hand. Despite its small size it’s magic enchantments enable it to clear the earth as fast as ten pickaxes. Grants an edge for digging holes or breaking through stone.
White Mask: An eerie white mask with three holes meant to be eyes and a mouth, though sometimes it's not positioned correctly to show that. Darc is oddly sentimental about this mask.
Caltrops: Simple little spikes that Darc makes from bits of metal or bones. Scatter them in the dark or throw them at someone's face, either way it ought to slow them down. A favorite trick of his is to put them in a sack, sneak up on his prey, and then put the sack filled with caltrops over their heads and tighten the string around their necks.
Metal Netting: A heavy web of wires with additional weights at the end to tangle up foes. Unlike nets designed for capturing animals this net is deceptively small for it's weight and designed to hamper humanoid opponents by wrapping up their limbs or weapons. It can also be thrown a good distance.

Supplies: Everything else.

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@Mae

Think you can drop that pdf for the game? I’d like to give it a look so I know what I’m doing.

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Bottom line is that you gotta keep mouths fed. Ain't no monster going to work for free. Unless you plan to outsource your labor force to filthy humans or something crazy like that.

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Don't care much for governing, but if there are people to eat than you know I'll be there!

Tangibly related, I wonder if I could get my own Dark Impulse called "ravenous" where I feel compelled to eat things? Particularly meat things.

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<Snipped quote by Lucius Cypher>

We gladly inform you that we succubi are eager to have a form of business cooperation with the slimes. However, we will require you to help us in listing what kind of service you're capable to provide to our potential customers. We have a mechanism to keep any service we're subcontracting to our partners to have a standardized minimum quality.

In case of your requested currency, we regret to inform you that massive-scale refrigeration, necessary for maintaining the quality of the biomass in its storing and distribution, is still not within our range of services. But if the slimes already own or have any partnership with such business, then we can move forward to arrange the collaboration between us.

@VeyrinDay

Of course. Naturally, all slimes are acidic in nature and capable of breaking down practically all organic material into biomass in which all slimes need in order to grow and reproduce. Though slimes are just as capable of breaking down inorganic material as well, albeit with no benefits to ourselves, and thus most slimes do not consider nor bother to consume inorganic materials such as stones or metals. However the slimes I lead are fully capable of doing so on command, and thus we slimes provide an all-encompassing purpose to clean and dispose of all your product waste without need for additional utilities or supplies. The nature of our bodies also ensures compact and immediate availability of any cleaning duties, meaning that you won't ever have to worry about any trash building up because as soon as one of my bois arrive, your waste is as good as gone.

Additionally our services are capable of refining our consumption specifically only towards filth and substances as you or your clients demand, as long as you have a sample product of what specifically needs to be consumed. Alternatively, my boys are also capable of simply consuming anything aside for any specific exception. This allows us slimes to excavate large areas whilst leaving behind any valuable materials, or clean even living organic matter without consuming their flesh. And I guarantee that slimes clean far better than any soap can.

Tilting more towards perversion, I understand that while most of you humanoid meat creatures have very specific ways to appease your physical desires for self-production and recreation, slimes are able to emulate those same methods as well as provide a unique experience that may please both men and women. In particular our unique anatomy is fully capable of pleasuring a mortal creature both externally and internally at all times, and our unique physiology to preform feats of sexual deviance impossible for bipedal flesh beings such as humans. And this is of course in addition to my slimes abilities to clean up the mess afterwards. If need be, I have various illustrious demonstrating the ability of slimes to provide comfort and fulfill the sexual desires of mortal creatures.

As for our compensation, I am more than willing to facilitate a deal between your succubi and some kobolds I happen to know. While refrigeration is technology beyond my means, the basis of refrigeration is having a cold area to store meat for later consumption, and the cold earth beneath us serves as a decent alternative until proper refrigeration is formed. Thus I would propose that in if you wish to pursue our partnership, perhaps you can employ the kobolds to begin the construction of underground warrens that reach low enough temperatures to effectively refrigerate meat and extend their longevity. Afterwards you may begin to gather the necessary biomass in order for me and my slimes to begin whatever other duties you may need us to do.

How does this proposal sound to thee?

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@VeyrinDay

Slimes don't need your service, but that don't mean we won't have a mutual business relationship. Now while I myself have no... Carnal desires, I imagine that perhaps you may have clients who would enjoy the services that we slimes can provide, not only as laborers but also within your business interests. So perhaps if you may consider an offer to contract me and my bois in order to fulfill the various needs and desires of other monsters who need our services. In exchange, I'm sure procuring and offering us some Biomass in compensation should be of no issue for you. What with you dealing in meat creatures and all.

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Tbh not entirely certain how smart the slimes are. my own character being a unique exception by virtue of the experimentation done upon him, but no guarantee that any other slime he assimilates shares his degree of sentience. In short, don't worry about giving my slimes benefits. Show me what you can offer.

Also I don't breed sexually like the rest of you meat creatures. I use mitosis. So unless you're willing to offer your bodies as food for the purpose of adding to our own biomass, I don't imagine many are interested in that kind of relationships with me and my Slime Brood.