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[Hollow Earth Aftermath] Urban Creatures: Contracts (Died of Natural Causes)

"Sloth the Dealer, at your service. I got whatever the fuck you need, and fuck you if the way I talk bothers you, pussy."

[Hollow Earth Aftermath] Urban Creatures: Contracts (Died of Natural Causes)

Name - Sloth, the Dealer - goes by Sloth
Age - 27 , 5'11
Hometown - born and raised in the Slums of No Name
Occupation - dealer of all things desired
Family - all blood deceased, however runs with a notorious underground gang, the Sujo Natives (the Filthy Natives) commonly referred to as the Sujo.
Fortune - "I got a crib on the southside, but dont worry bout my money"

Strengths - quick and witty, has a seemingly endless amount of connections. good with a knife. knows the city inside and out
Weaknesses - "I got some chronic lung shit so that's why I'm always layered up, cus' muhfuckas' nasty. and I don't trust you nasty muthafuckas"
anything over a walk tires him out, but can walk for a very long time with no discomfort.
Fear - "I fear these pussies gon' let these punk bitches come in and take over our city, but I ain't having that shit, fuck Major Jess"

Appearance -

Hider

picture black gloves

Blacked out from head to toe. A thick black grey stripe runs the verticals of his matching tracksuit. Black gloves on each hand and a state of the art black mask that doubles as an air filtration system and privacy screen over the entire face. Hooded. Face cannot be seen at all, however due to the technology has no problem looking out. Looks like incredibly fine mesh.

Introduction -

"Corrupt Bitch." sloth grumbled to himself flinging the newspaper on the ground next to the bench where he was sitting near the Market District newsstand. The headline read "Mayor Jess Declares No Name City's Upper District, the Safest Place on Earth"
"Safest Place on Earth my ass, who the fuck comes up with this bullshit?"
"If anyone belie- but right as he was getting into his audienceless rant his Sujo brother appeared in his peripheals and gave a signal.

Right, no bitchin', it was time. Standing up Sloth headed off in the direction of the Docks, someone was owed a visit.

Hider

"People come to me for information, I'm a lot like your friendly neighborhood tour guide, but expect to die if you try to wrong me. That ain't no threat either, I know a lot of people who will make it happen, just don't fuck with me okay? That's rule number one when you deal with me. No funny shit, I don't like funny shit, don't try it, period. Why am I telling you this? Cause you need or want something and I'm the only muthafucka' who you can get it from. And if you ain't from around here, and I know who from 'round here, don't expect nothn' to come cheap; but I like money, and everything has its price. See I grew up in the Slums of No Name to a sick mother who wanted nothing more than to care for me but couldn't, and a deadbeat burnout fuck up who could care less if I was alive. But ay, fuck all that sentimental shit, if you need it I got it. Firearms, munitions, pagers, cellphones, but fuck those wiretapped shits; laptops, vehicles, fuck if you need heavy artillery or a tank I got that too. That's how I make my living around here, I'm Sloth, Sloth the Dealer and I don't shake hands, cus' fuck you nasty motherfuckers, but I'll take your money. Beyond all that shit, I got information, and if you want to survive around here you'll need that, so you come to me when you want something, and don't forget my money. The Board? Fuck the board, what the fuck is the board all you motherfuckers are always coming here looking for? You know how many of you limp dick pussies come here looking for that board and get killed? You're better off going the fuck back home, because this place ain't for you... but then again, everything has its price and shit ain't cheap round' here."

[Hollow Earth Aftermath] Urban Creatures: Contracts (Died of Natural Causes)

character sheet? I like this ..
also, what's the time period? more so tech wise how advanced are we .. read the side stories

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solid, im in

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artefact is also perfect for sound healing, im down

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Came up with a brief set of general governing rule-sets for a simplified, low-mid tier magical archetype.

Arcane/spiritual

Lenient and not very exploratory magical archetype. Magic is not well understood, and nearly impossible to research like a science. It's simple, despite that, requiring little to no explanation for use, and for all intents and purposes, pretty lame. Each individual type of magic has its own explanation, each player is capable of exploring their capabilities separate from one another, or any governing rules beyond "Mana" and "stamina" which allows plenty of creativity at the expense of order and depth. Magic at this point is considered a type of 'energy' that player can manipulate any way they want. Simple stuff, more applicable to 'heart and soul' anime-type tropes, where characters can shout I'm really feeling it.

Biological/science

The idea that magic is something inherently connected to life, and limited by an individual's race/physical abilities. Magic at this point cannot exceed a physical limiter. An example would be, citing an earlier RP of mine, magical nodes found in the body

See here >

Nodes

The latent energy flowing through every inch of Thoris' atmosphere, and its people. Mana is what allows sentient races, and the beasts of nature, to manipulate the aspects of magic and reality by harnesses it through the use of what magical scientists refer to as nodes. Nodes exist in the bodies of sentient races in abundance, and allow different abilities to manifest with differing severity, supply, and effect. Some are born with unusual node correspondence, allowing them the mimic, or outright copy the magic that their racial restrictions would normally not allow, like granting humans manipulation over the mind, or Felis the ability to tap into healing abilities. Likewise, some are born without Nodes at all, albeit a rare occurrence. Furthermore, some races lack the natural affinity with magic to maintain their nodes without practising magic on a regular basis. In cases like this, non-casters can permanently lose their ability to harness Mana as their nodes shrivel up, and die.

Magic falls into many classifications, but is bound by a single set of universal rules, which are as follows:

<Law of Creation> All Mana exists indefinitely, and cannot be destroyed by normal means. It may only be redistributed, changed, and applied. As such a rule exists, complications arise when using magic who's sole purpose is destruction, as it defies the natural order of nature.

<Law of Independence> Magic is one with matter. Down to the very core of atoms, Mana is present, making up the very building blocks of reality, from the soil to the trees. It flows naturally, without guidance, through the blood of earth's creatures, and composes the planet we stand upon. As such a rule exists, magic that already serves a purpose, to compose a tree, or keep the human heart pumping blood, is extensively difficult to manipulate.

<Law of Sentience> Sentient creatures have a significant link with their own Mana, giving it a direct link with their soul. As such a rule exists, taking control of another person's manifested Mana is near impossible, and may produce chaotic results.

<Law of Blood> Mana is limited within sentient creatures, and most are unable to draw it from the atmosphere, or other natural sources, due to its chaotic and specific nature when expelled from the body. As such a rule exists, Mana consumption can exhaust, or outright kill, any who are not careful when using it.

<Law of Divinity> Certain branches of magic transcend the rules mentioned above. These are limited by divine teachings, wherein sentient races call upon magical powers that have predetermined rules. As such a rule exists, certain classifications of magic may break the rules of Mana, and create new rules of their very own.

Magic is understood, and follows a strict set of laws.

Divine

Magic is a gift that comes from a higher power. Its rules and laws are governed by... Like... Gods or whatever, but it is still not very well understood, and finicky as hell. At this point though, magical growth is static, and based entirely on deities or higher beings, rather than the individual. Little room for creativity. Generally lame imo.

Artefact

Magic comes from non-sentient objects, or nature, and isn't present within humans. It's harnessed through gadgets,
artefacts, stuff like that. Lots of room for creativity, but individuals have very little influence on their magical abilities. Artefacts are law. Not well understood.

I'm fond of more 'scientific' and well understood/possible to explain magical practices that have a set of governing laws.

@tex

Id like a combination of spiritual and scientific.

also i have a discord, NTELLECT the name ..

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I have my character and backstory fairly fleshed out, basically based off myself haha. This will be fun ^_^

dialing in a more set time to participate, will be around 5-7am and 9-10 or 11pm that I will be in position, so am good for one or two good posts a day. I intend on this creating for momentum havent been excited to write anything besides music in a while. Pray everyone else has the same intent even if just a post a day.

edit :: apologies for typos on phone

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I'm on the west coast for the next 3 weeks but then on mountain time normally .. so 3 hours or 2 hours behind you.
Good for a response in the early am and the late pm.

Love the idea of developing a building/home and I'm cool with humans.

A fair amount of magic but nothing like .. ridiculous. As someone would like to incorporate music with the magic, I'm a sound healer in the real world (studied @ globe institute of sound & consciousness) and would love to really bring this to life throughout the story. Primarily my magic would be focused on the healing faculties, buffs, also incorporating different herbs etc. I agree though with the above, what are the limitations.

I'm open to whatever the rest of the group is as far as the city goes.

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I'm excited.

Valkyria Chronicles: Squad 11

let me know, no worries. I'm not much into combat, here to support.