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Post by Evangeline on Apr 11, 2007 19:11:36 GMT -5
Full Name: Ronald Fairlamb Nickname: n/a Age: 56 Eye Color: Blue State/Province and Country of Origin: Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) Clan Affiliation: Seekers technical Personality: Detail-oriented, no-nonsense, quiet and light-footed Appearance: 5' 9", 152 lbs, sandy hair going grey and thinning on top. Lean and somewhat weathered, with a 3-inch scar running down his left temple. Special Skills: Horsemastership, shooting, wilderness tracking, small group tactics. History: Ronald grew up on a large cattle farm in west Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). By the time he joined the Rhodesian Army, he was already a skilled rider and outdoorsman. Because of his skill with horses, he was recruited into the Grey's Scouts, a light mounted infantry/tracking unit formed to locate and combat Nationalist guerrillas. As history has it, the white Rhodesians ultimately came out on the losing side of that conflict because western society no longer supported the colonial mentality in the late 20th century. This left Ronald with a bit of a problem. He bounced around the world for a bit and finally settled down in the U.S., marrying there and divorcing after having two children (whom he's seldom seen since). He finally accepted a position at the Seekers' ranch, as he figured a nice, quiet job managing a stable for some enigmatic, if benign New-Agers would be better than nothing. As time went on, it grew to be much larger than that, and all that tracking and combat experience might come in handy.
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Post by ebonyviper on Apr 12, 2007 13:15:28 GMT -5
I've had this idea where the first talking car that the humans would meet would be my OC, Ebony, but an alternate version of her, not at all related to the Ebony in the other RPs.
But, how about bringing in some other Cars characters just to make things interesting. Does anybody have any characters that can join Ebony in meeting the humans at First Contact?
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Post by Insane Pirate Dragon on Apr 12, 2007 13:28:36 GMT -5
Well since this is a AU for our OCs I've been playing with ideas.
Like having a Phoenix who was raised by Bart. How would that work.
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Post by ebonyviper on Apr 12, 2007 13:31:18 GMT -5
What would the Bart-raised Phoenix's personality be like? Different from her counterparts in the other RPs?
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Post by Insane Pirate Dragon on Apr 12, 2007 13:42:29 GMT -5
Well Phoenix would have been raised to his heir. Though she would be spiteful to him but would of had trouble leaving him; but she would have finally been disowned. She'll still have her temper of course, and would of had training for her magic when she was with Bart. She would be a lot colder than regular Phoenix and a lot bitter as well. Plus she wouldn't be guilt filled as normal Phoenix.
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Post by ebonyviper on Apr 12, 2007 13:55:48 GMT -5
Okay.... and what would she be thinking of Ebony and her boys when she meets up with them?
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Post by Insane Pirate Dragon on Apr 12, 2007 14:04:57 GMT -5
Phoenix wouldn't think too highly of tuners at first. She would need a reason to trust Ebony. I'm figuring something happened to injure her and have to rely on Ebony.
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Post by ebonyviper on Apr 12, 2007 14:14:17 GMT -5
And with Ebony's street smarts and her general knowledge of road medicine, Phoenix would probably find a reason there. As well as seeing the boys that Ebony has with her in her campsite. Note that Ebony is a vagrant and an explorer. She doesn't have any friends and in this RP, she is not related to anybody. Ebony feels she's quite alone in the world with no one that she could rely on for help.
Also, the humans would find both Ebony's and Phoenix's personalities interesting and a bit frightening.
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Post by elizar on Apr 14, 2007 16:52:10 GMT -5
Hm, I am awfully tempted to bring a local OC. But it also requires bit back story and general acceptance before I put him in.
Basically, I was thinking of having him be part of world organization that keeps general tabs on what is going on. While they can't predict the stock market, they monitor most of what is going on, and if they can, prevent disasterous events.
About half of the organization would be devoted to political happenings, including wars. one fourth devoted to tech and science, one fifth to magic happenings, and the last 1/20 to what cannot be classified as science or magic at first.
And the OC would come from the last department.
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Post by Evangeline on Apr 15, 2007 19:32:59 GMT -5
Sorry for being rather slow on this, Elizar, but is this organization a quasi-governmental one, or perhaps supported by a foundation or independent agency? Depending on its origins, its methodology of dealing with events might be different. How would they become aware of what's going on? What is their way of dealing with things that in the long run can't be concealed from the public? You figure out their base motivations, you're closer to defining the final character and having a definite direction for him to go.
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Post by elizar on Apr 16, 2007 6:13:48 GMT -5
Well, this team is actually a translation of a story series idea I had some time ago, and that one was based on Rainbow Six. There, they were founded to be effective counter-terrorism team, and effective intelligence agengcy on terrorism. After the threat was over, they went 'global' simply to be able to keep themselves together. There was also some major problem with them 'acting out of line' so that the goverments of most major countries considered them to be terrorists.
But because this is carverse, they may have been founded to keep magic down a notch. Probably by goverment officials that were aware, and some major crisis, like a full scale demon attack. Then after the threat was over, they figured that while magic was being hidden and balanced by their influence, what other could be. They spread out peacefully, with those with a need to know knowing they were around, and what they were planning. As placing some teams within goverment agencies, and few in a place of information bottlenecks, they could act as an intelligence agency, and as tactical strike forces.
There is also the possibility to keep the origional idea, since this is basically AU from the carverse we have created.
The information bottlenecks are basically lower level bosses. Whereas a worker finds information that makes him go 'isnt that interesting?' and talk to his boss. Such as meteorological data, sattlelite images, and general data analyzis within goverment agencies. Meteorological data may tell of some large scale magic being used, sattlelites can pick up oddities (such as a mountain growing few feet thick ash within fifteen minutes), and the data from intelligence agencies may tell of a war brewing.
Their goal is simple. Keep balance and The public do not have a need to know in most cases.
As for information that cannot be hidden from the public, they will introduce it to the right individuals at what they would think is the right time, allowing it to trinkle like that to the public.
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Post by ebonyviper on Apr 16, 2007 13:26:05 GMT -5
This is interesting, Elizar. What would bring this OC to where the humans are, as well as become aware of a magic-user in the area? Satellite images probably wouldn't tell that much so this OC would basically have to go see for him- or herself to confirm reports of strange happenings in the area.
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Post by elizar on Apr 16, 2007 15:05:02 GMT -5
The OC is not a magic user. He is more like a special agent within the FBI. (which is what is his cover) He would go out there based on sattlelite images, ash covered peak. His mission would be to visit the peak, check it out, confirm it is ash and act on anything odd that he may encounter. How he acts is up to him.
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Post by ebonyviper on Apr 16, 2007 15:25:27 GMT -5
I didn't say that he was a magic-user. Never crossed my mind. I was thinking of something totally different. Insane's character, Phoenix, is a magic-user. I'm just wondering what the implications would be if she and your OC ran into each other. But Insane would have know how her alternate Phoenix would react, because I wouldn't know.
And the humans wouldn't be very keen on that kind of attention. They'd try to hide. But we need some conflict in the RP soon.
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Post by elizar on Apr 16, 2007 15:31:09 GMT -5
He would try to get some info about Pheonix's experience. There is also one thing, he is 'goverment-tuner'. Basically, he started working for the organization, and after a while, he recieved tuning, paid by the organization, so that he would be more efficient in his job with the broadened senses. I dont know if that would also create conflict between him and Ebony, but it is an idea I have had ever since I created him.
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