Application: Mask or Menace
Sep. 12th, 2019 11:44 am〈 PLAYER INFO 〉
NAME: Ghost
AGE: 33
JOURNAL:![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
jesters
PLURK:![[plurk.com profile]](https://plurk.com/favicon.ico)
kralkatorrik
RETURNING: N/A
〈 CHARACTER INFO 〉
CHARACTER NAME: Victor Vale
CHARACTER AGE: 37
CANON ORIGIN: Vicious
CHRONOLOGY: Vengeful: Exodus, After I
CLASS: Villain...? Anti-hero?
HOUSING: Random is fine
BACKGROUND: Victor Vale was not a fucking sidekick
PERSONALITY: Victor is a bad person. To some people, it's all just a matter of perspective.
The child of two self-help writers, Victor grew up in a stable if lonely environment where many of his teenage years at least were spent by himself in the Vale's family home while his parents went on extensive book and speaking tours. Finding the work they do to be farcical, Victor orientated him toward medicine and science, something of a middle-finger to the discipline of the doctor's Vale as Victor rejected the field of the psyche and instead opted for the bio-medical world with sights set on becoming a suregon. He also took to purposefully defacing his parents’ works into strike-through poetry as both an act of defiance toward them and an act of self-expression where he can't find the words himself.
Incredibly intelligent and possessing both an aptitude for detailed calculation and a adeptness for science and medicine, Victor is ambitious, arrogant, and self-serving.
He is pragmatic to a extreme, very much of the doctrine that the end justifies any and all means which can make him cold, cruel and utterly ruthlessness when the need calls on it, but always with logic and reason at the core. Simply put, if Victor doesn’t need to do something, he won’t, but if there is something he wants to achieve then he will do whatever is necessary in the most direct way possible. If that means it would make more sense to kill or torture someone than find a different but more complex way forward, Victor will absolutely kill or torture someone.
In his own self-assessment, Victor views himself as a sociopath, believing he is above feelings-based decisions and emotions. In reality, this is a self-aggrandising view on Victor's part and while he does seem to struggle to convey emotions, Victor does feel quite intensely and does develop attachments to other people, perhaps much to his chagrin. Despite not being an actual sociopath though, Victor is undeniably emotionally detached which enhances his general amoralism and ability to do vicious and brutal things in the pursuit of things he wants.
At times, Victor is quite sadistic and has periods, especially when angered or agitated, when he has deep-seated desires to hurt people, either with his powers or a weapon, though generally he prefers inflicting pain from a distance where possible.
Initially handling himself as something of a lone wolf, Victor met Eli Cardale while the two of them studied pre-med together at Lockland University. In Eli, Victor found a kindred spirit, someone whose darkness reflected and complimented his own. But where Eli may have been able to fake normality, Victor dug in, purposefully pulling both their inner monsters to the surface. Eli's senior thesis project related to researching EOs, or ExtraOrdinaries, urban legends of people with amazing abilities. Together, with Victor's methods of persuasion, the theoretical project of how to create EOs turned practical and Victor's desire to pull out the darkness in Eli saw their senior year end prematurely, both of them changed forever through becoming EOs.
Their success in cracking the EO code was not without casualties. Victor's jealousy, hubris, and blind ambition in pursuit of results came to a head with the accidental death of his friend and Eli's girlfriend, Angie. This was ultimately be where Victor Vale and EliCardale Ever became enemies as Eli turned his once-best friend over to the authorities.
Intensely driven and focused, Victor was arrested and spent ten years in Wrighton Federal Penitentiary, where he plotted his revenge on Eli with care, patience and meticulous attention to detail, while manipulating the people around him without hesitation in order to obtain his goals. This feeds into Victor's general interests in controlling not only people and situations, but also as a master of his own self-control fate without ever ascribing what happens to him to some higher, unseen power or greater meaning.
POWER:
〈 CHARACTER SAMPLES 〉
COMMUNITY POST (VOICE) SAMPLE: [Before, Victor would probably have opted to avoid using public networks and social media as much as possible, trying to ensure he didn't leave anything traceable that he can't control. Back then, any online activity was carefully handled to act as a guiding arrows: follow me, I'm here.
Back then, Victor also had an expert hacker, but he doesn't have that here. All Victor has is a dog that shouldn't be with him.
He has questions though. Questions that are hard to gain answers from bumping into people on the streets. The camera isn't settled on Victor when it turns on though and is instead focused on a large, all-black great dane, ears forward with interest and head cocking adorably. It's a nice enough visual.]
I have a problem I've been trying to puzzle through for quite sometime, and given the circumstances and the audience here, I figured perhaps this is one to put out into the public and source some additional insight.
[There's the sound of footsteps behind the camera, the impression of a man dressed in dark colours passing by briefly behind the dog, whose head lifts and cranes back to watch as a pale hand brushes the animal's massive, dopey skull.]
Does anyone have any thoughts on how to deal with dangerous individuals with regeneration abilities?
[After a pause, Victor leans down for one, purposeful shot of himself: blonde hair, cold blue eyes, pale skin.]
I'd like to exchange notes with anyone who has thoughts they're willing to share. It's a matter of-- [His eyes flicker down, like he's ashamed of what he's about to admit] ... Safety. For myself. And for others. Please.
[Sure. Safety. That's what this is about. Victor has creative ways of spelling 'revenge.']
LOGS POST (PROSE) SAMPLE: TDM
FINAL NOTES:
NAME: Ghost
AGE: 33
JOURNAL:
jestersPLURK:
RETURNING: N/A
〈 CHARACTER INFO 〉
CHARACTER NAME: Victor Vale
CHARACTER AGE: 37
CANON ORIGIN: Vicious
CHRONOLOGY: Vengeful: Exodus, After I
CLASS: Villain...? Anti-hero?
HOUSING: Random is fine
BACKGROUND: Victor Vale was not a fucking sidekick
PERSONALITY: Victor is a bad person. To some people, it's all just a matter of perspective.
The child of two self-help writers, Victor grew up in a stable if lonely environment where many of his teenage years at least were spent by himself in the Vale's family home while his parents went on extensive book and speaking tours. Finding the work they do to be farcical, Victor orientated him toward medicine and science, something of a middle-finger to the discipline of the doctor's Vale as Victor rejected the field of the psyche and instead opted for the bio-medical world with sights set on becoming a suregon. He also took to purposefully defacing his parents’ works into strike-through poetry as both an act of defiance toward them and an act of self-expression where he can't find the words himself.
Incredibly intelligent and possessing both an aptitude for detailed calculation and a adeptness for science and medicine, Victor is ambitious, arrogant, and self-serving.
He is pragmatic to a extreme, very much of the doctrine that the end justifies any and all means which can make him cold, cruel and utterly ruthlessness when the need calls on it, but always with logic and reason at the core. Simply put, if Victor doesn’t need to do something, he won’t, but if there is something he wants to achieve then he will do whatever is necessary in the most direct way possible. If that means it would make more sense to kill or torture someone than find a different but more complex way forward, Victor will absolutely kill or torture someone.
In his own self-assessment, Victor views himself as a sociopath, believing he is above feelings-based decisions and emotions. In reality, this is a self-aggrandising view on Victor's part and while he does seem to struggle to convey emotions, Victor does feel quite intensely and does develop attachments to other people, perhaps much to his chagrin. Despite not being an actual sociopath though, Victor is undeniably emotionally detached which enhances his general amoralism and ability to do vicious and brutal things in the pursuit of things he wants.
At times, Victor is quite sadistic and has periods, especially when angered or agitated, when he has deep-seated desires to hurt people, either with his powers or a weapon, though generally he prefers inflicting pain from a distance where possible.
Initially handling himself as something of a lone wolf, Victor met Eli Cardale while the two of them studied pre-med together at Lockland University. In Eli, Victor found a kindred spirit, someone whose darkness reflected and complimented his own. But where Eli may have been able to fake normality, Victor dug in, purposefully pulling both their inner monsters to the surface. Eli's senior thesis project related to researching EOs, or ExtraOrdinaries, urban legends of people with amazing abilities. Together, with Victor's methods of persuasion, the theoretical project of how to create EOs turned practical and Victor's desire to pull out the darkness in Eli saw their senior year end prematurely, both of them changed forever through becoming EOs.
Their success in cracking the EO code was not without casualties. Victor's jealousy, hubris, and blind ambition in pursuit of results came to a head with the accidental death of his friend and Eli's girlfriend, Angie. This was ultimately be where Victor Vale and Eli
Intensely driven and focused, Victor was arrested and spent ten years in Wrighton Federal Penitentiary, where he plotted his revenge on Eli with care, patience and meticulous attention to detail, while manipulating the people around him without hesitation in order to obtain his goals. This feeds into Victor's general interests in controlling not only people and situations, but also as a master of his own self-control fate without ever ascribing what happens to him to some higher, unseen power or greater meaning.
POWER:
Pain/Nerve Manipulation
As a ExtraOrdinary, Victor gained the ability to control pain intensity, both his own and in others. He tends to use his powers with with very little hesitation and even less remorse.
While Victor can induce pain out of nothing, it is more effective when he is tapping into some pre-existing pain or wound that has been inflicted. He can both increase pain and entirely erase it, though Victor is often more inclined to inflict pain than take it away.
In extreme cases, Victor can turn this ability right up to such a level that it overloads a victim and can be lethal. He doesn’t necessarily need to be too close to people to maintain this ability either. He can maintain pain-numbness or pain-infliction over long distances, but when he is not nearby Victor can only turn off or sustain the level of pain (or numbness) he has already preset and to alter it he must be closer. This does stop if Victor is killed, however and he cannot control his pain output while sleeping.
In addition, Victor has taught himself to control nerves for things other than giving and taking pain away. He develops his abilities to enable him to stop people from moving or control their bodies like puppets. This is a fair more technical ability which takes a lot more concentration than pain alteration.
Healing
Victor is able to heal others' physical injuries, but is entirely unable to fix any part of himself. While this ability could and should be used in benevolent ways, Victor is not a kind person, preferring to use this ability as either a means to bargain with others, or torture and torment through means of over-healing. And just because he can heal people doesn't necessarily mean he will heal them. Victor is, in effect, the worst person to have healer capabilities.
Emotional Intensification
By making physical contact with others (which he hates to do), Victor can forcibly enhance whatever the most prominent emotion someone is feeling at that particular moment. He has no control over what that emotion is and can't pick or choose one particular emotion to enhance over another.
〈 CHARACTER SAMPLES 〉
COMMUNITY POST (VOICE) SAMPLE: [Before, Victor would probably have opted to avoid using public networks and social media as much as possible, trying to ensure he didn't leave anything traceable that he can't control. Back then, any online activity was carefully handled to act as a guiding arrows: follow me, I'm here.
Back then, Victor also had an expert hacker, but he doesn't have that here. All Victor has is a dog that shouldn't be with him.
He has questions though. Questions that are hard to gain answers from bumping into people on the streets. The camera isn't settled on Victor when it turns on though and is instead focused on a large, all-black great dane, ears forward with interest and head cocking adorably. It's a nice enough visual.]
I have a problem I've been trying to puzzle through for quite sometime, and given the circumstances and the audience here, I figured perhaps this is one to put out into the public and source some additional insight.
[There's the sound of footsteps behind the camera, the impression of a man dressed in dark colours passing by briefly behind the dog, whose head lifts and cranes back to watch as a pale hand brushes the animal's massive, dopey skull.]
Does anyone have any thoughts on how to deal with dangerous individuals with regeneration abilities?
[After a pause, Victor leans down for one, purposeful shot of himself: blonde hair, cold blue eyes, pale skin.]
I'd like to exchange notes with anyone who has thoughts they're willing to share. It's a matter of-- [His eyes flicker down, like he's ashamed of what he's about to admit] ... Safety. For myself. And for others. Please.
[Sure. Safety. That's what this is about. Victor has creative ways of spelling 'revenge.']
LOGS POST (PROSE) SAMPLE: TDM
FINAL NOTES: