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@Prince of Seraphs

I knew what you were talking about before the clip loaded....

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@Lugubrious

Yeah I'm ready to proceed.

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@Guess Who

I should also be having mine up tonight hopefully.

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@Lugubrious

Yeah other than the pixelation on N I love it.

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@Lugubrious
I think a lot of the issue is that this is finals season for most people, at least during this time of year. That along with Christmas for those who celebrate it.

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The Weiss joke about a third of the way in got me, tbh.

Alright well the episodes are steadily getting better, I was really iffy on this season from the premiere but honestly the fight scene was really good this episode. The jazz versions of main themes was awesome.

Guards and Gifts

Noah

The Ballroom; Castle

Noah was given some assigned seating for the event that he sat at, the second-most ranked table of the group at which he sat at the head. Most were surprised to see him there that noticed him, the young man cleaned up well. He was wearing the nicest clothes anyone would’ve seen him in, most likely ever. Noah clawed at his collar that he felt was too tight and his waistband which felt to constricting. However he kept his eyes on a swivel. One thing that most noted about Noah upon first meeting him was that he felt ready. For what; was another question. When Nau took the stage Noah clapped along with the others.

"We gather here to witness the beginning of an era. These twenty students are about to step into the world of a Guard. They have trained, hard, from Day One. There has been blood. There has been sweat. And there has been tears. They have thrown their heart and soul into becoming a protector of this wonderful city of ours-" A loud cheer arose, with a chant of the city name, before Nau held up his hand the room fell quiet once more. Noah always found it to be alarming, the sheer patriotism most people had towards Markson. Such blind devotion almost never ended well. "-and I'm sure they will give their lives to protect those that they love behind these walls. Now! Onto the acceptance, choosing of the weapons, and the random partner selection."

It was at this point in the ceremony that Nau began performing a ritual of marking one’s blood and weapon, tying it to them as an extension of one’s body. Towards the last third of the twenty or so of the new guardsmen Noah’s turn arose and a situation he had predicted arose. Before Noah’s name, every other participant was called up by their first and last name. Thusly, once Noah was called up it was just ‘Noah’. The room went silent, his inclusion in the guard program itself was controversial. His chair scraped the ground as he pushed himself out of his seat and walked up to Nau in order to be sworn in.

Noah walked, feeling as bare as he ever had as he passed by the table of the top tier of graduates. One woman seemed to catch his eye at first, but it was fleeting. He made it to the stage and climbed the steps up to Nau who put a hand on Noah’s shoulder. Nau motioned for Noah to repeat the oath, which Noah did. He took the knife in his hand and placed it on his palm, raking his skin and soft tissue with the knife. This elicited his crimson blood to slowly drip onto another knife that was placed onto the table for the recruits to choose their weapons. He grabbed it with his still bleeding hand and clenched his fist painfully around the blade. Nau nodded approvingly to Noah who threw the blade lightly into the air and let it fall perfectly into his back pocket. Showing off somewhat for the crowd. He returned to the seat and the ceremony continued.

It wasn’t long before partners were announced. Noah expected to be placed with someone near his skill group, it was typical for the middle to be matched up together. He listened intently and noticed that his potential partners were dropping, quickly only the best Guards were left. He was shocked by this wondering who he would be paired up with, glancing over at their table. He heard Nau speak “Ariella and Noah.” And noticed everyone at the higher ranked table glance over at one girl, that same girl who had caught his eye. As soon as partners were done being announced Noah watched as everyone arose to start the party, the least formal part of this event. Noah immediately arose and walked briskly through the crowd, past the high ranking table and out through the door into the night air. There he began to work on his basic knife movements, he didn’t believe that this was a time for dancing, people were losing their lives now.

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@Onarax @Crimmy
Mom and dad are fighting in the ic again

Guards and Gifts

"It’s around then you realize you haven’t been piloting a mighty vessel, you’re not the captain of a boat; you’re just clinging to a piece of driftwood doing your best not to drown." – Noah.

||Personal Info||

Name: Noah
Nick-Names: Noe
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Place of Birth: Focal

Appearance:

||Relationships||

Sexuality: Heterosexual
Relationship Status: Nonexistent
Partner:Nope
Family: None
Other: N/A

||Background||

Personality:

Moving around and being somewhat raised by himself, Noah is not easily personable or likeable, though not for lack of trying. He has a submersed want to fit in, though he doesn’t actively think about or acknowledge this. He finds himself typically attempting to distance himself from those he grows closest too, as he fears what he does not know and that is genuine human connection.

While not having many friends, Noah finds himself at parties relatively often. Though there, he is much more of a wallflower and doesn’t speak to many people. He fights with a sort of melancholic sadness, he wants to approach the others at parties, but he doesn’t really know how. He is often mocked by some of the other trainees, as book wise he isn’t nearly as intelligent. Noah has never attended regular schooling and as such finds himself at a loss during normal lessons. However when it comes to common sense, Noah is incredibly intelligent. He can has immense amounts of empathy resonance and can almost always tell what someone intends to do before they do it. This has been ingrained in him during his childhood, suffering through abuse symbiotic relationships and also experiencing many fights.

Noah is an incredibly patient person, he has spent days waiting for people to give him money when he was on the streets begging and as such he doesn’t expect anything to come to him quick, let alone easily. Noah is somewhat competitive and finds himself constantly competing with his own standards and the standards of those who challenge him. He also finds himself ready and willing to stick up for those in need. This however, is juxtaposed to Noah’s lack of a strong amount of will. He follows orders when they are given to him and if he relies upon a paycheck he often doesn’t find a way out. In this instance, him taking up the guard he has found himself in a situation of debt. He owes his life to the man who put him in the guard and thusly has stuck with it.

Skills:
Noah is incredibly skilled with hand to hand combat and bladed combat. While he doesn’t have the best aim with a ranged weapon, he does have nearly godlike hand eyed coordination. He is able to read an opponent’s movement with so much detail that he can ‘read’ their muscles.

Biography:
Noah was born to a family that by his fifth birthday were already in the ground. His father, a guardsmen and his mother dying during childbirth. He has no memories of either of them, though he does contain a locket with both of their pictures which he keeps around his neck on a golden chain. Noah was raised at first by a foster family that ran a sort of business for single parents who were also guards. It wasn’t the worst place he had ever lived, certainly wasn’t the last. He found himself to be somewhat content while he lived there, if not slightly bored. Noah was a talented young man and eventually found himself seeking challenges, thrills, and adventure. When Noah turned ten years old he ran away, this is what Noah would now cite as the biggest mistake of his life.

Noah, for the next couple years lived in the outer ring. The center of Focal is where most of the higher classes lived. Noah was taken in by a gang of sorts. They were Anomalous. It was around this time that he was given a knife and taught how to rob someone. You went into a street, feigned a struggle with a man, you ran to hide in an alleyway and once your prey followed you to help or comfort you, you struck. Noah found himself able to take on bigger and bigger challenges the more he grew. He had a natural ability for dexterity and strength, doing much of the heavy lifting for this gang of Anomalous as he grew older. They abused him in every sense of the word however. If he ever failed a job he wouldn’t eat that night to compensate, spoke back and he’d get a broken jaw. It is for this reason that Noah is incredibly scarred, though not many notice as he tends to wear a long sleeve shirt with pants in order to hide this.

All gangs in Focal came to an end sooner or later and eventually a guardsmen raid took place. Noah had been out on the job at the time, must’ve mugged three people before he heard gunshots when he was returning to the safe house. He walked in, to this day he still doesn’t know why he just walked into a room with gunfire, had to have been shock. But when he was there he was immediately taken in as if he was a passerby. The necessary tests for whatever reasons, weren't performed on him to prove that he wasn’t Anomalous maybe because he showed no obvious signs, thusly he was taken in by one of the chief members of the Guard. He was given proper meals and training and as if he had just blinked, he was a member of the guard.

||Weapons||

Weapons of Choice: ‘Lucy’ (Noah’s combat knife)
Weapon Image:

||Supernatural Abilities||

Type of Anomalous: Mental Anomalous

Anomalous Powers:

• Hemokinesis- Noah was born with the ability to manipulate his blood in various ways such as shaping and solidifying it to form constructs e.g. a sword or shield. This ability is limited by his body's natural blood volume. His blood also has corrosive properties when injected into or sprayed against an opponent.
• Enhanced Perception- Noah's mind and senses process information at such speeds that time appears to have slowed down, allowing him to perceive what would normally be moving too fast to see and respond accordingly. This is limited by the fact that he has to be actively using it, otherwise he views time just as any other person.
• Adoptive Muscle Memory- Noah possesses the ability to to replicate movement after observation. After seeing any movement just once, Noah can perfectly replicate that action.

||Other||

Other: None
Theme Song: "Flaws" by Alice Kristiansen

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@Lugubrious

Like dis if u cri evrietiem