Urban Legend Investigations - Signup Thread

Just in case...

• Name: Thomas Franklin

• Description: 180 cm tall, average build, idealistic weight, black hair (styled into a crew cut), brown eyes, Caucasian features, a scar on his right cheek made when a criminal slashed him across the face.

• Age: 22

• Police Rank: Constable II

• History: Thomas comes from Greenpoint himself and has a family there. That means he is familiar with quite a number of the urban legends that take place within the city. Growing up with these stories drew him to the supernatural and he began to notice that something was different, something distinguished him from his peers. Once he didn't even study for his upcoming exams at all and still managed to pass all of them. But the next time he did so, he received a low grade. In another incident he nearly burned down his house when playing with fire but luckily there was a firetruck that was passing by. A number of these occasions subsequently passed by and Thomas concluded that somehow he had something that these urban legends had. Going on with his life, he took after the steps of his father who was an Inspector in the GPD. He served faithfully in the police force, and was going to do so for the rest of his life until he heard of the SCS. Wanting to discover the depths of his own paranormal powers, he decided to go in there himself.

Skills:

1. Basic Marksmanship - Proficient enough to shoot a standing target with accuracy.

2. Self-defense - Learned some techniques in the police academy.

3. Anti-Paranormal - A natural resistance against the inexplicable.

4. Unluckily Lucky - His tendency to rely on luck causes the unexplained things to happen.

(Note: An invisible force rolls a one hundred-sided dice whenever he relies on his luck.)

(It's from this site. http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/ )

5. Serenity - Able to keep calm under pressure.

6. Unusually Alert - Quickly discerns things that are out of place.

7. Knowledge on Unorthodox Weaponry - As it says, he knows how to utilize strange weapons against a foe.

8. Undying Loyalty - The Franklin family has been with the GPD since its founding. They are not about to abandon it when they have placed so much effort into the force.

9. Urban Legend Seeker - Familiar with most of the urban legends of Greenpoint.

10. Bullshit Detector - The ability to recognize when someone is lying. Still, he does not overly rely on this technique.

Note: He's a jack of all trades. Not particularly good at one but he's got it all.

• Equipment: Usually the standard equipment for a constable to have.

• Comments: In addition to these skills, he'll be prepped with Billy's equipment out on his new desk. Of course, Tom will turn all these to Inspector Collins, since it would be illegal to package... a flamethrower in this box.

In addition, his father will be Inspector Adrian Franklin.

edited 9th Oct '15 3:17:01 AM by Victor_Skye

"In the grim darkness of the future, there is only war."

I guess I can put him on reserve in case you're gonna find an opportunity to change characters later on.

"Exit muna si Polgas. Ang kailangan dito ay si Dobermaxx!"

Hmm, I'm thinking of adding a new character that Billy trusts so he won't fully go apeshit. (Which is what he usually does.) Otherwise, I fear that Billy would try to burn the whole police department, claiming that they've all been possessed by demons, thinking that he's been fooled by them all along. If this pair goes along, it'll be like Don Quixote and Sancho, the juxtaposition of one another.

Billy will be the scandalous priest that's good at destroying stuff.

And the foil character will be the guy who keeps Billy in check, relying more on common sense than brute force.

"In the grim darkness of the future, there is only war."

Just to say that this'll depend on how far we'll go.

Just letting others know. Sorry for the late response.

"Exit muna si Polgas. Ang kailangan dito ay si Dobermaxx!"

Is it too late to sign up?

Somebody once told me the world was macaroni, I took a bite out of a tree

No.

Go ahead if you have a signup. I'm not reading it until tomorrow morning since I'm heading to sleep.

"Exit muna si Polgas. Ang kailangan dito ay si Dobermaxx!"

We've already got a Special Forces guy, a brilliant investigator, another Special Forces guy, a doctor that can't deal with live patients but she's calm in the morgue, and a lunatic that does nothing but take insanity Up to Eleven.

What will you be? A time travelling kung fu monk from the distant future where demons have overrun the human world and his weapon is a stick in which he beats the fuck out of anybody unlucky enough to fight him. A demon disguised as a cop, waiting to betray the team. Another Inquisitor from the Vatican sent here to provide assistance to the Special Crimes Section based on the fact that they've received more reports of supernatural activity here. The team pet that's actually a dog possessed by a spirit, and it can talk too.

An inanimate evil object that... does haunted house things. A deadbeat middle-aged man who's out of luck, but mysteriously encounters a spirit that gave him a medallion of luck and now he's full of luck. A gangster that claims to have seen the supernatural. A drug addict that can spice up drugs into the supernatural quality, and can make them explode, heal a person, etc. A dancer that performs ancient spirit rituals.

A fisherman that found some old forgotten relic. An average office worker that discovers that he has an ancient heritage and he's the last one in the family that has the potential to be able to exorcise. And last but not the least, a badass biker that seeks to avenge the deaths of his biker gang when they were slain by spirits.

My character is a high-ranking member of a sophisticated cult that's involved in Government Conspiracy.

edited 11th Dec '15 6:56:23 AM by Victor_Skye

"In the grim darkness of the future, there is only war."

Fixed.

"Exit muna si Polgas. Ang kailangan dito ay si Dobermaxx!"

So what will the next guy be?

"In the grim darkness of the future, there is only war."

Someone who believes in the supernatural but is sane, preferably. I'd like to have a mirror for Fiona.

But that's just me, do what you do guy.

"Your mission is not to nuke the squid god." —Faramir

Name: Doug Wesley.

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Description: A young Caucasian male, about 5'4, blonde.

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Age: 24.

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Police Rank: Constable I.

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History: Doug was just a guy. He is pretty hammy though. He went into the police force to protect and serve at 23. After pulling over a speeding car, he noticed that the driver was looking frantic. Upon asking what was wrong, the driver just threw him a strange looking statuette and drove off. He studied the statuette, not being able to find anything out about it. One day, a coworker pointed out it looks like it's from a cult. Thus, Wesley's wacky cult adventures began!

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Personality: As mentioned before, he can get a bit loud. He tends to apologize a lot. This is because of an inferiority complex he picked up at a young age.

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Skills: He's very good at picking locks. That's about it actually.

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Equipment: Taser, lockpick set for stealthy entry, pistol.

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Comments: This is my first RP of this style, so if there's anything you want me to change, I can.

I'm not that good at writing characters. Can ya tell?

edited 12th Dec '15 4:13:13 PM by gregnes2000

Looks okay... I can put him in as a new recruit later on.

PS - Look here for reference on the GPD.

edited 11th Dec '15 7:40:15 PM by Ominae

"Exit muna si Polgas. Ang kailangan dito ay si Dobermaxx!"

Thank you. I added a personality section to my sheet if that's okay.

edited 11th Dec '15 10:36:33 PM by gregnes2000

Doug, the description of your character is a bit bleak. He's more like the team canine that sniffs out the criminals. He's really loyal and wants to be petted by the rest of the squad. That's about what I can tell about him, try to add some color into the character even if its not nice it'll be interesting.

Put a little attitude man, don't be a flat character. Billy seems to be an example of a strawman, but I already thought of his hidden depths that will be shown later in the Roleplay.

Wysp mentioned the he'd like a person that believed in the supernatural like Billy, but wanted a person that was sane at the same time. I'd love that too, because even I'm afraid what Billy would do if nobody's looking. All I'm just doing is acting in character.

"In the grim darkness of the future, there is only war."

I agree with Victor. Give Doug more character. I didn't realize that he's almost a flat character until I looked more closely.

"Exit muna si Polgas. Ang kailangan dito ay si Dobermaxx!"

No definite backstory? Like his origins or whatnot?

Look at my backstory, it's short and a little blank at times, but it does give me an explanation on why my character does so much crap. I just want to know what his life was like before he joined the police and why he came there in the first place. How in the world did he suddenly become interested in the occult?

Billy came from a cult that kills people and so he's... just as insane as the rest of them. He actually came to the police department because his cult had connections and he joined the Occult Unit because he wanted to showcase his skills in hunting down paranormal beings.

Your character comes from nowhere as far as I know. It's like an Ass Pull, so you have to be a bit more concrete. He... also just came to the police department. He just became interested in the occult. He... just likes things.

PLUS, he's more of a reformed criminal than a police officer. He doesn't have a gun, instead he has a lockpick and a taser. But anyways, just saying. If you want to join, be more definite. Have a real personality so we can know why he does those things. Everything has a meaning to it, so put in some effort for us and we'll put some effort for you as well.

edited 12th Dec '15 6:52:12 AM by Victor_Skye

"In the grim darkness of the future, there is only war."

Aye. I hear you. Fixing it now. Okay, I think I fixed it. Either that or I made it much much worse.

edited 12th Dec '15 8:29:42 AM by gregnes2000

I guess Doug's profile is okay for now if no one else objects.

Otherwise, you can start in a while. I'm heading over to start up for a timeskip.

"Exit muna si Polgas. Ang kailangan dito ay si Dobermaxx!"

Since greg hasn't posted within a few weeks, I'll remove his character from the roster unless he posts...

"Exit muna si Polgas. Ang kailangan dito ay si Dobermaxx!"

Happy New Year. Slightly updated the character roster.

"Exit muna si Polgas. Ang kailangan dito ay si Dobermaxx!"