Characters/Mister
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[edit] Introduction
Carl was an only child in a working-class family, growing up in Nashville. His mother was distant and his father was gruff, but he had a lot of friends. High school changed things. He wasn't good enough to stay in baseball, most of his friends were rezoned to where he wasn't going, and dating was... not working. He got bitter, stopped paying attention in class, and would've dropped out if it weren't for his dad chapping his ass about it.
He'd kind of wanted to be a chemist or something, but with those grades, Carl didn't make it to college. Hoping for something better than "auto mechanic" or "general laborer", he applied to a community college and tried taking classes there part-time. That also didn't quite go as planned; he spent one semester there, met someone, had something of an identity realignment, and ran off to Washington.
Josef was a prettyboy, passing through with some friends that were also Carl's friends' friends, and the two met at a party. They bonded over music, beer and the proper way to microwave stuffed jalepenos, and Josef found excuses to stick around for a while longer. It took a week or so for Carl to get it- and another one for him to figure out what the hell he was going to do- ending in getting kicked out of his parents' place for figuring and crashing on the floor of someone's apartment. Still not knowing what to do, but not having much in the way of opportunities and wanting a change, he accepted the offer to move to Seattle and stay with the people there.
Over the months, he figured himself out, mostly accepted it, got in a number of fights of various kinds, had a couple of flings, made some new friends, and eventually, got back together with the guy who'd gotten him up there in the first place. His job still sucked, and his parents never did feel any better about things, but life was mostly all right again. Josef got him an earring for their first anniversary, and there were two more after that.
Then she came, and everything went to hell.
Carl doesn't remember exactly what happened, or exactly how long it took. He'd rather not, anyway. She wanted Josef and she got him, and he got her, nevermind logic. Or anything else. It hurt- and not knowing what was going on, he went to her to talk- or something. She wasn't happy; through fate or plot or mischance, he saw what she was, and so instead of killing him outright, she did worse.
For his passion, Carl got tossed into a realm of roaring peaks and endless falling snow, and a mockery took his place. He should have died; instead, he made a deal.
When he came back at the end of the following winter, things were, understandably, a bit different.
Listen you I know it's awful
To lose your man to a circus freak
Soon enough he'll be forgotten
Just look away and count to three.
1-2-3 hey!
[edit] Character Sheet
"Mister" Carl Demarquette
Elemental, Airtouched/Snowskin, Winter Court
Justice / Wrath
Attributes:
Str *** Dex *** Sta **
Pre ** Man * Com ***
Int ** Wits ** Res **
Abilities:
Academics *
Crafts (Explosives) *
Medicine *
Occult **
Science **
Athletics **
Brawl **
Firearms **
Stealth *
Survival ****
Intimidation ***
Subterfuge *
Specialties:
Firearms (Small Arms)
Medicine (Emergency Response)
Science (Things Which Explode Easily)
Stealth (In Fog)
Init6 Def2 Spd11 | Health 7/7 | Clarity 7
Wyrd * | Glamour 5/10
Exp: 0 Spent: 0 | Willpower- 5/5
Flaw: May not harm anyone who praises his kindness.
Contracts:
Elements
(Ice)
Cloak of the Elements (*, 2g, -, scenelong protection)
Armor of the Elements' Fury (**, 2g, Dex + Wyrd, scenelong att+arm)
Stone
Might of the Terrible Brute (*, 1g, Str+Wyrd, sux=+Str)
Eternal Winter
Jack's Breath (*, 1g, Wyrd+Sur, chills room)
Touch of Winter (**, 1g, Int+Sci+Mantle, freezes water)
Merits:
Dual-Kith (RoS) **
Harvest *
Mantle (Winter) *
New Identity (Jim Leblanc, security guard :B) **
Resources *
Token (Zephyr Ring) *
[edit] Descriptions and Elaborations
Many a light lad may kiss and fly, a kiss gone by is bygone
Never've I asked an August sky, "Where has last July gone?"
Never've I wandered through the rye, wondering where has some guy gone;
Many a new day will dawn before I do!
Age: 28. (?)
Description (Mask): He's a large, imposing-looking fellow at about 6'2", with short spiky white-blond hair, blue eyes, and rectangular features. He wears plain clothing, jeans and t-shirts and sweaters, unless he's working- gotta wear the uniform and all- and is always wearing a single earring in his right ear. (Most people don't really want to ask him to remove it.)
Description (Mein): He looks a little smaller and a lot softer, seeming to be sculpted out of semi-translucent, white-blue ice, and constantly wreathed in a thin layer of dry-ice-like mist. The mist rises off his his arms, shoulders and head especially, twisting in a slight breeze. His eyes don't particularly have any color to them, his hair is hard to see (also ice), and the earring seems to be frozen on.
Zephyr Ring: Airy whispers grant Danger Sense for 1G, +2 W+C to detect ambush; drawback: as they primarily bring news of terrible things, they also tend to bring the user information they don't want to know. If the spirits aren't paid, they begin to heckle the user mercilessly, causing a -1 penalty to Composure and all perception rolls until appropriate amends are paid. (thanks Logos <3). Given to him by Josef before he was Taken, it pretty much looks like a simple silver-loop earring in both aspects; there's an engraving inside, and that's different- not that Carl's been able to look (or interested).
[edit] Notes
(Elemental- 1/day, 1g +Wyrd to Health scenelong;
-10again Man, Emp, Exp, Per, Soc
Airtouched- 1g +Wyrd Sp/Init scenelong
Snowskin- 9again Intim/Sub, 1g reroll failed Intim)
XP:
None yet.
