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« on: Nov 11 2008, 01:15 PM »
I'm using this to archive them, lol.
Anyways, mine sometimes have different you know, skeletons. Mainly because I use mine as a default but sometimes use other ones because I rarely use my profiles twice. I'm that kinda person.

Besides, character design is fun.

Here are some of my old ones (the writing above them is so I can keep track where I used them).

USE OTHER DOOR (ORIGINAL),
Name: Sylver
Age: 15
Gender: Female
Species: Appears Human
Occupation: Student
Personality: She is extremely silly, but knows when to quit.......usually. Her eyes usually betray her emotions. She seems to make a snakelike hissing noise when angered. When angered, she is a very threatening and focused foe.
Weapons: Giant Magical Paintbrush (if she paints something with it, that said painted object pops out of the canvas and becomes REAL), Ninjatô, her own teeth/venom
Abilities: Magic, excellent swordsmanship, limited hammerspace (It'll hold anything that fits into the opening of the space)
Personal Quote: “So………Where’s the party?”
Appearance: Average height, very skinny (she IS only 98 lbs), wears a short white T-shirt, grey vest, long baggy blue jeans, short silver hair brushed to cover (her) right eye, silver eyes with slitted pupils, has a black tubular container (half the as long as she is tall) that carries her paintbrush, wears glasses with square lenses, fanglike canine teeth
Bio: Truly an enigma. Nobody knows where she is from, truly. She can use magic, but it tires her greatly, but not as much as using her paintbrush, which tires her quickly. She’s next to useless with projectile weapons, her aim is truly horrid. However, she is knowledgeable on many subjects, both obscure and common. She has a limited hammerspace; she usually just uses it to carry junk (it is "accessed" by reaching into the interior vest pocket). She seems to have an odd accent; she stretches the “s” sound, it sounds extremely similar to a snake’s hiss. She seems to actually be both immune and capable of producing venom and injecting it through her canine teeth. She is able to open her mouth wider than most normal humans, seemingly to be able to latch onto something with her fangs. Her fangs are actually quite strong and well supported; they can support her entire body weight (all 98 lbs). She is much stronger than she looks to be.

COLD RAIN,
Name: Sarah Zelpher, Prototype XVII (real name)
Alias: Silver Bullet, Lil Sparky, Battery
Age: Appears 12/13, actually 17
Gender: Female
Species: Genetically Altered Human
Occupation: Thief, mercenary, smuggler
Personality: Quite secretive, quiet. She doesn’t like talking with people, especially anyone wearing a white jacket (she has white coat hypertension, but I wouldn’t blame her), but she’s still polite when she does talk.
Weapons: Colt M1900, martial arts, electro-kinesis
Abilities: Impossible reflexes, telepathy, slowed aging, sensitive hearing, powerful night vision, production of electricity.
Personal Quote: “…go away.”
Appearance: Average height (for the age she appears to be), thin, wears a pair of remake AN-6530 goggles, black long-sleeved t-shirt (too large for her- sleeves cover hands), dark electric blue sash (over the t-shirt), baggy nylon cargo pants, worn-out sneakers, short dark electric blue hair, dark electric blue eyes (they seem to have a literal spark to them then you look into them, as if an electrical storm was occurring within)
Bio: Sarah more or less doesn’t have a family. She was born 17 years ago in a remote (and highly illegal) laboratory, under funding by the United States government, as a test tube baby. She had been genetically altered before birth; she was a prototype weapon, and also, prototype power system. She was one of the only 3 successful births; she was the second one, and also the most stable. She was able to produce electricity within herself due to a biochemical generator. About 9 years ago, she escaped during a raid on the lab by the US army. The raid was a cover up; apparently, small bits and pieces of information about the project were leaked; the US government decided to bury the project, and remove any files that may hint their connection to the inhumane (and highly illegal) research being done at the lab. During the 9 years she was at the lab, she was heavily experimented on, with no regard to morals or her personal health. She was the only survivor; the other two died during the execution after the raid. She moved to Japan; specifically to Kyoto, where she lived for another 8 years. Only 8 months ago, she moved to Hazakurain, due to being almost caught by the police and SAT. Due to her reputation, she found no shortage of work for the Yakuza or other illegitimate companies or groups. Her nicknames, Silver Bullet and Lil Sparky are earned from the way she kills; she got the nickname “Silver Bullet” because she uses Silver Bullets, and she got the nickname “Lil Sparky” because she will often electrocute her target, with the body ending up looking like it got the electric chair, hence the name "Lil Sparky". Unfortunately for her, the kills she has done in Hazakurain have attracted the attention of SAT and the police; her kills are unmistakable. She’s currently in the extended employment of Eri Miyamoto and Jun Naito. She’s and Kioko Kaza, somebody she often works with, are on great terms with each other, many would even call them friends, which would not be totally incorrect. Any information a government may have on Sarah would be highly confidential, incomplete, incorrect, or a combination of the 3. She also works with Natalie. She has a dangerous problem with her abilities- when she’s quite angered, she can discharge electricity spontaneously and at random voltages and amperages.

VOID,
Name: Nadia Clearwater
Age: 17
Gender: Female
Species: Human
Occupation: None
Personality: Quiet and shy would probably sum her up. She hates being the center of attention, and will avoid it at all costs. Also, she’s a mute. She doesn’t like to fight, but that could probably be due to the attention it brings, as well as the fact she isn’t all that good at fighting.
Weapons: Butterfly knife, Mateba Autorevolver (chambered for .357, antiquated)
Other possessions: An old silver pocket watch (tarnished black with age, but it still, remarkably, works), empty leather wallet, large water canteen, mid-sized drinking flask (filled with cheap vodka), small translucent blue rock
Abilities: Very flexible (in a physical way, anyway), above average sprinter, excellent night vision, somewhat stealthy
Personal Quote: “…”
Appearance: Nadia is short, and unhealthily skinny (she was lucky to have eaten a single meal a day). Her skin is quite pale, like many other geofront-dwellers. Her eyes are a very light green, which you can almost mistake for yellow, sometimes. Her pitch-black hair (which heavily contrasts her extremely pale skin) is kept extremely short, yet still looks unkempt and messy. Her clothing is simply odds and ends- she wears an old, faded black t-shirt with a large red star in the center, which, like most of her clothes is much too large for her, and over that, a equally oversized worn out, dark grey wind-cheater jacket. She also wears a pair of canvas cargo pants, which, like everything else she wears, is a touch too large. And finally, upon her feet, she wears some old steel toed boots, which, are surprisingly, in decent shape.
Bio: The past of Nadia Clearwater isn’t all that special. She grew up in the slums of (what used to be) Toronto’s massive geofront, and has lived there for most of her life in complete poverty. She had always dreamt of heading for a new world and starting over; unfortunately, she didn’t have near the amount of money needed to do so. But after the last remaining member of her family (other than herself) died, she finally actually started working on accomplishing her goal. Since she was lacking money, she did it the hard way……..sneaking aboard.

ONLY A DREAM,
Name: Miles Faux
Gender: Male
Age: 17
Nationality: Norwegian
Hobby/Job: Magician
Powers: Miles’ abilities are mainly of a defensive nature, as he is able to create and control illusions (but unless he focuses heavily, you can almost differentiate them from reality, as if one is looking through a stain glass window), and can create weak barriers on demand, and, if the correct ‘lock points’ are set up, a barrier capable of containing an Akumu momentarily so that it can be sealed. Offensively, however, Miles is quite lacking, and can only use pyrotechnics and weak Pyrokinesis. Note- He’s EXTREMELY good with his abilities (which are surprisingly powerful), but is very inexperienced at putting them to use effectively in combat.
Appearance: Miles is of average height, and has a slightly wiry build. His hair is dyed a bright turquoise color, darker close to the scalp, light towards the tips. His clothing is pretty reflective of his personality- carefree. He usually wears a tie-dye t-shirt, a pair of loose fitting jeans, some well-shined dress shoes (the kind you’d expect your grandfather to wear on Sundays for church), and his (deceased) granddad’s old Ray-Ban Aviator sunglasses.
Weapon: Miscellaneous pyrotechnic devices (smoke bombs, fireworks, etc), weak Pyrokinesis
Personality: Carefree (bordering on careless), sly, and energetic. He’s really hard to keep down, and despises planning ahead, preferring instead just to ‘fly by the seat of his pants’, or, in other words, just plain wing it.
Other possessions: Large (fist-sized) rubber-like ball, collapsible top hat (it’s merely for show- people expect a magician to have a top hat), expandable magician’s baton (another show item), single replica wheellock cavalry pistol (for the bullet catching act), (more or less empty) wallet, 3 decks of cards, multiple books.
Fighting Style: Miles’ fighting style is that of a fox- cunning, tricky, and often misleading.
Bio: Miles Faux- Professional Stage Magician, fully trained (and licensed) pyrotechnician, and novice dream catcher... When he’s not at school or doing homework, he works at a dinner club downtown as a Stage Magician. Miles was legally disowned by his family when he was only 6 years old, and put up for adoption. After that, Miles was adopted by some super rich couple trying to tell themselves they have a conscience by adopting a child. He never has, nor probably ever will, meet his adopted parents. His adopted parents had him sent to Santiago, Chile for schooling. He went through a private boarding school for his main education (or indoctrination, as he calls it). Afterward, his ‘parents’ gave him a small fortune, and he hasn’t heard anything since that point.
But that’s the ‘mundane’ history of Miles’ life. Behind all that, Miles is a dream catcher. About 3 years ago, he had an odd (and extremely unsettling) nightmare. In it, it showed him what would happen the next day. His death at the hand of an Akumu. But in the dream he was offered the chance to change the terrible fate that awaited him. He grasped it, and from that point on, he was a dream catcher. Not a very active one, but a dream catcher nonetheless.

SECTION 6,
Name: Sierra Stryfe
Age: (appears) 15, (actual) 103
Gender: Female
Species: Vampire
Occupation: Section 6 investigator
Personality: Sierra is like a coin. On one side, she’s silly, childish, and easily bored. But on the other side, she’s cold, serious, and even heartless. Luckily (?), however, she’s usually not serious. On a side note, she’s afraid of heights. But beneath all that, is a brooding, self hating, and angst-filled teenager.
Weapons: Reichsrevolver 1897 (long barreled variant), sabre
Other possessions: Lighter, pocket watch, deck of (metal) cards.
Abilities: Supernatural agility, strength (though she is weak for a vampire), reflexes, and healing. Excellent night vision.
Personal Quote: “I’ve always been told I need to grow up. Why won’t anyone notice I can’t and stop telling me that I need to?”
Appearance: Sierra doesn’t really stand out, even with her pale skin (which is actually the norm in London due to the lack of sun caused by all the smoke). Her eyes, however, do stand out, being a loud, ruby-red color, which glow in the dark. Her grayish-white hair is kept at a moderate length, and usually done up in a neat ponytail. She often wears a pair of pilot’s goggles around her neck. She also wears a white button-up shirt (which needs to be ironed and have the shirttails tucked in), a black tie, a black double-breasted suit (which need ironed too) and a pair of black trousers (also in need of ironing). She wears a pair of black steel toed work shoes styled to look like dress shoes. And, finally, atop her head she wears a black fedora with a white stripe on it.
Bio: Sierra’s past isn’t of much interest to most. In fact, it’s of so little interest to her that she’s forgotten most of it, which really says a lot, if you think about it. But what matters are that she didn’t really enjoy being the ‘monstrosity’ that she is, at first, anyway. She was a slave to her own instincts, a butcher of innocents. But as the world passed her by, her self-control strengthened. She went from being an animal to being a person. Not human, but almost. But, she was, at the very least, no longer a monster.
When Section 6 was formed, she jumped at the opportunity. It was a chance to be able to make it so what happened to her didn’t happen to anyone else against their will. So that others would not have to suffer as she had. And that is her guiding star...

THE SECRET OF THE KOJIRO,
Name: ASHE 2501 (Analytic Supercomputing Humanoid Entity) (25- Generation Number, 01- Unit Number)
Nickname: Maria
Age: 4, Appears 20
Gender: Appears female
Species: Machine
Occupation: Computer Technician
Personality: ASHE 2501’s personality is the main complaint about her- she’s too…human (which was the main complaint about Generation 25- Generation 26 has a personality override due to this). ASHE 2501 also has a weird attachment to her ‘pet name’- attached to her by a human lab technician. She’s really kind of all over the place- but has an odd attraction to watching stuff explode, making stuff explode, etc.
Weapons: Localized EMP device, Advanced Handheld Plasma Weapon (a pistol)
Appearance: ASHE 2501, though a machine, has a distinctly humanoid appearance, but a very generic one. Average body build, average height, that kind of thing. In fact, she looks the same as every other member of her ‘generation’ produced by Green Island Technologies. Her hair almost meets her shoulders and is a metallic silver-white color, and frames her face. Her ‘eyes’ look normal, save for the metal iris and the fact they reflect light. She wears a black exosuit over most of her body; it ends halfway up the neck and covers everything below that. Also, she doesn’t have ears- instead a small cylinder protrudes where the ears would be, acting as utility ports. Over that, however, she wears standard dark grey military fatigues, and black lace-up combat boots. She also wears a dark grey beret.
Bio: ASHE 2501 was produced by Green Island Technologies 4 years ago for the Terran government for research and development purposes. She, like the others of Generation 25, was designed to have an extremely adaptive learning AI (First introduced in Generation 19, but was very limited) and a personality (first introduced in Generation 23, but Generation 25 introduced unique personalities). ASHE 2501, unlike many other ASHE units, hasn’t seen much action, nor has she seen much outside of the labs where she works. This is her last planned mission before she is sold privately or scrapped, part of the Generation 25 phase-out plan.
« Last Edit: Nov 15 2008, 10:47 AM by Sylver »

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« Reply #1 on: Nov 12 2008, 11:56 PM »
PLEASE USE OTHER DOOR (REVAMP),
Name: Elizabeth Neige
Age: 19
Gender: Female
Species: Human
Occupation: Programmer, Hacker
Personality:  Brash, cynical, anti-social, and negligent would be words most would use to describe Elizabeth. She’s never one to give a second chance, nor is she one to forgive. She’s anti-social on the grounds of being highly individualistic; as such she despises the giving or receiving of aid of any sort, unless it’s to her benefit. She has only one true ‘soft spot’- her pet ferret, which she carries with her always. She has a habit of talking to it, and, in truth, is the only living thing she really trusts.
Other possessions: Ferret (named Beau), backpack (has multiple pockets; containing- Beef Jerky, Cell Phone, Rubix cube, a small blanket, random junk)
Personal Quote: “Touch and die.”
Appearance: Elizabeth doesn’t care as much as some about her appearance. Her hair is a snow white color naturally, and her eyes are surprisingly reflective. She’s got a very wiry build and is a touch on the short side of average. She wears a very light plastic-like undershirt, over which is a plain, red shirt. She wears a pair of black jeans, which are quite worn at the knees and fraying at the hem. On her feet is a pair of old red and white sneakers. Around her neck is an excessively long black scarf (it ends near her knees), and finally, a black Fedora is perched upon the top of her head.
Bio: Elizabeth was a highly rebellious teen. She dropped out of school at age 16 in Grade 10; she thought of it as a useless waste of her time, and even though her parents forced her to continue school for a little while, she soon was out again. But unlike the first time, the second time was because she was kicked out; she had placed a virus in the school system’s computers that caused the computer to randomly open and close the disk drives. Later she gave it the ‘Painkiller Virus’- it crashed every computer within the school district, including the servers. She never got caught for the stunt, but she heard a rumor somebody got arrested for it.
She left her parents home the same year. Many people still question this- it wasn’t as if she was abused or anything. Once she turned 18, she legally disowned her family.
Ever since she left school, she’s been working freelance as a legit programmer as well as a hacker here and there.

PLEASE USE OTHER DOOR (REVAMP),
Name: Beau
Age: 4
Gender: Male
Species: Ferret
Occupation: Assistant?
Personality: Uh…..energetic, curious, and intelligent. Major attachment to Elizabeth, and is surprisingly protective of her. Also, usually found either on her or in her backpack. Sometimes found crawling through her shirt (which is the reason for the undershirt).
Abilities: Extremely intelligent (for a ferret, anyway)
Appearance: Grey, with black stripes in a tiger-like pattern. Average size.
Bio: ITS ELIZABETH’S FERRET, OKAY? Bought three and a half years ago by her parents, it was the only gift from them she’s actually ever liked, mainly because she picked it out. She picked out ‘Beau’ specifically for it’s weird fur pattern. Afterward, she trained it to respond to complex commands and to complete complicated tasks, as well as identify things like power cords and stuff as ‘dangerous’. The nesting instinct is an annoyance to Elizabeth, however, for one of Beau’s favorite toys is also Elizabeth’s tablet pen.

OOC: I made a profile for the ferret. Why’d I do it? I did it because I felt like it, plus, it’s kind of a full-fledged character on its own (kind of being the key phrase).
This is for the current Please Use Other Door topic.

DISCONTINUITY CYCLE,
Name: Kioko Naito
Age: 21
Gender: Female
Species: Human
Occupation: Engineer
Personality: Kioko loves working with machines- especially older ones. She loves reading and is open to new ideas, but she’s shy and quite bad with people. Lack of practice, perhaps, for she was shunned unanimously by her peers as she went through her life.
Weapons: (Replica) Vetterli repeating rifle (Model 1869/70)
Other possessions: Pocket watch from birth parents, flashlight
Abilities: Can fix almost ANYTHING, great aim.
Appearance: Kioko is short and slender, giving off an image of fragility. Her body is covered by a black, airtight exosuit which ends halfway up her neck, which in turn is covered by her tan, canvas-like uniform shirt and cargo pants. Her eyes are a reddish-brown color, which fit with her bright, shoulder-length crimson color hair, which is kept in a ponytail when on duty. Her feet are protected by the heavy, standard issue Mag-Boots.
Bio: Kioko was an orphan who never knew her parents. She somehow ended up in one of the cities orbiting Mirvari, and was taken in at an orphanage there. But she was a nameless child avoided by the rest- most of her life was spent watching everyone edge away from her. She learned to read long before she could speak.
When Kioko was 6, she was adopted by a Kitsune couple for reasons unknown. The family named her Kioko, and bestowed upon her their surname; up until that point she was always referred to as ‘her’ or ‘it’ or ‘that one’. Throughout her life, she was endlessly bullied and excluded, causing her to become extremely lonely.
Kioko had always found ways to amuse herself while alone (which was most of the time) by building various things. In most of her courses, she was top of the class, which only caused the bullying to become more common and often physical. After only her first year of schooling, it was a rare sight when she didn’t go home with some kind of injury.
Yet with all this intimidation and exclusion, Kioko still tried to be a nice person. She would help people, even though very few would accept her help, and eventually earned a slight amount of respect in the community she lived in. But it changed little, and she still was nothing but an off-world born child who was handy with a wrench.
When she became eligible for recruitment into the Engineering Core of the Federation, Kioko seized the opportunity. It was an ‘out’ from a constant life of rejection and exclusion, as well as an opportunity to work with complex machines. During her years in the academy, she befriended her roommate, who, after graduation, gave Kioko a replica of an old Vetterli rifle.
Kioko graduated from the academy with flying colors, and was quickly assigned to the Peacemaker.
« Last Edit: Nov 15 2008, 06:31 PM by Sylver »

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« Reply #2 on: Feb 04 2009, 12:13 AM »
THE LAST FIVE DAYS
Name: Miles Greene
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Species: Human
Occupation: Writer
Personality: Miles’ could easily be summarized in one word, personality-wise: Indifferent. He looks out, first and foremost, for himself, and will only help others if there’s some kind of reward to it, preferably right then and there, or the very near future. Another facet of Miles’ personality is his pessimism, something which shows up in everything he has ever done or made. But there’s more to him, not much, but there is. He’s never one to play fair, he procrastinates until the cows come home, and he’s cheap, though most who know him will say he only buys cheap so he can complain about it later.
Weapons: The closest thing to a weapon Miles carries is a somewhat rusted and ill-cared for Swiss Army Knife clone with a broken corkscrew.
Other possessions: Laptop bag (containing everything listed here), Cassette recorder, Writing notebooks (he carries maybe about a half dozen or so at once), Laptop computer (circa 1997, runs Windows 98), Laptop accessories (charger cords, floppy and CDROM drives, computer software, spare battery, power adapter device), Books
Abilities: None.
Personal Quote: “...um...”
Appearance: Miles is of average height and build, and has green eyes. His skin is quite pale, and his jet-black hair, which has been thoroughly greased, puts that in heavy contrast. He wears a pair of black, baggy suit trousers, a brown belt, upon which a small utility pocket is attached in which to contain his knife, a chalk-white button-up undershirt, and a long, black jacket with wide lapels and padded shoulders, usually left undone. On his wrist, is an old digital watch. Upon his feet, is a pair of cheap, mass-produced dress shoes. Also, slung over his shoulder, is a large, black laptop bag, which looks quite a bit like an oversized black book bag. And finally, wrapped around his neck is a long, blood red scarf, with its two ‘tails’ trailing behind.
Bio: Miles’ history isn’t tragic, but some would still label it as such. He was born in Nice, France, and that is where he lived until he was five, when his mother and father got a divorce. His mother had been having an affair in America, which is where she moved to afterward the moment the negotiation was complete. Nor long after the divorce, Miles’ father moved to Japan- his company had offered him a higher paying job down there.
Miles ended up learning English and Japanese due to the custody arrangement- four months with either parent, then switch, and this went on for twelve years, at which point he set out on his own, having just completed high school. He then started doing submissions to story magazines, through which he funded a trip to London- he’d always wanted to live there.
And live there, he did. For years, Miles would only do short story submissions, but later started working with novels. His work was above average, some was extraordinary, but very little was terrible, or so said reviewers. He was known for tragic endings, anti-drama, pessimism, and dark humor. Some of his works were ‘Fake-True’ or semi-fictional works based on real events, but the bulk of his stories (both novelized and short stories) were mystery, science fiction, and horror, with a light sprinkling of political satires and alternate history stories.
Not too long ago, Miles heard about the Konamikawa massacre, and did quite a bit of research on it, and then wrote a ‘fake-true’ novel based off of tabloid and internet information on the incident. Unfortunately, people wanted more- a sequel. Unable to comply due to writer’s block, Miles decided to do some research on the actual town- in person.