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howkickassiam) wrote2017-11-03 03:12 pm
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Application for Witchy Willows
Player Name: Marti
Contact:
texelations | Discord: texelations#2055
Other Characters In-Game: n/a
Character: Agent York | [real name unknown]
Series: Red vs. Blue
Canon Point: As he is about to enter the portal he opened for Tex during the miniseries Out of Mind
CRAU?: n/a
History: Wiki article
Personality: York has a good-natured outlook on life. His self-assurance in his abilities is obvious in everything he does, from the cocky way that he walks, to the way he teases his teammates, even during a stressful mission. Even so, he claims he’d rather rely on luck than skill, and ascribes a lot of his success to doing so. He doesn’t like to be seen as weak, or as a coward, and will go out of his way to prove that he is able to perform any task he puts his mind to. Even physical injury is sure to be downplayed, such as when he walked out of the infirmary early to take part in his latest assigned mission even despite the injury that caused partial blindness in his left eye.
York is a loyal friend. This extends even to members of the team he has just met, such as when he tried to warn Texas in their initial sparring match about the other Freelancers bringing live ammo onto the training floor. He sees the AIs as an extension of that team as well, and went out of his way to help North’s shy AI Theta to feel more welcome by requesting Delta speak to him and put him at ease, despite the fact that this broke the rules. This also appears to lead to loyalty to the Project itself, even as he starts to question the Director's methods. It's notable that after the disastrous training match that ended in his eye injury, he was punished by being knocked 4 places down the leaderboard, while those who broke the rules and brought live ammo in were rewarded by being moved up the leaderboard. He also questions why they ended up on the opposing side to police and military during the Sarcophagus mission, but remains loyal to the Project.
York has a strong sense of moral duty, though his definitions of what is right or wrong may differ from others. When he finally learned about the torture of the Alpha AI, he joined Tex in attempting to rescue it. When their failure to carry out this objective leads to a life on the run, he puts his own welfare first, and isn’t above using his lock-picking skills to lift a few needed items from a local shop. He has no qualms with seeking revenge, either, and when he learns that he can help Tex kill Omega in retribution for his losing his eye, he's quick to join her mission. This, despite the fact that Maine was the one who threw the grenade, not Tex, Omega's partner.
York’s downfall is his pride. In the aftermath of his injury and AI implantation, he refuses to admit that carrying out his usual duties in his specialty of infiltration has now become difficult for him. His inability to cop to his temporary weakness ends up putting teammates and mission objectives in jeopardy. Years later, when he has learned to compensate for the problem, he brags about his “kick-ass” skills, as cocky as ever. Tender and contemplative moments are rare from him except in private, when he believes it is unlikely that they will be observed.
York's relationship—or lack thereof—with Carolina is a major part of his character development at his canon point. Although it's kept vague exactly how close they were, it's known that they met sometime before Project Freelancer was founded. It's clear they became fast friends, and the metal cigarette lighter she stole from him later becomes a token that symbolizes this relationship. York has an unfortunate tendency to assume he knows what Carolina is thinking and feeling and acts on these assumptions despite possible evidence that contradicts his opinion. His belief that she only cares about winning and being the best colors his views of why she trains so hard, even after they lose Agent Connecticut in a disastrous failed mission. As the Project fails and he and Carolina find themselves on opposing sides of the breakdown, he makes the unfortunate assumption that she will understand that he knows best for her, and will abandon her association with the Project based only on his word on what she should do. His unwillingness to explain to her what's going on leads to their estrangement, ending with Carolina throwing the lighter at him and leaving. By his canon point, however, he has recorded a journal entry in which he has come to the conclusion that he now understands her motivations, and that he should let go of his obsessive desire to find her and rekindle their associations.
Skills/Abilities: York is skilled at hand-to-hand fighting, and has a carefully-kept up muscular physique. He is skilled with firearms, as well, though he has more difficulty with this than in the past because of the partial blindness in his left eye. Because he will no longer have his AI in game, he won’t have access to his usual method of compensating for this left-side weakness, and may be easily ambushed by someone who knows to take advantage. He has, however, had time to relearn some of the skills he had struggled with in the area of infiltration; as long as he has practice probing into a particular type of security system, he should be able to crack any physical or electronic lock.
Network Sample: [ It's not long after he starts cruising the network that York decides to make a public post. Why not, he figures. Might as well ingratiate himself to the locals. He turns the feed on video and gives the communicator a winning smile. ]
Hey, there. I'm York, or that's what all my friends call me. I'm brand-new here, and I was wondering...
Well, here's the deal. I come from a place where they don't believe in magic. It's science, science, science, all the way down, there. So I'm curious about how you explain magic as being different from just science we don't understand yet. For example, those of us in the armed forces can travel faster than the speed of light. It's called a slipspace drive and it makes holes in space. From what I understand, couple hundred years ago, they thought that shit was impossible.
So what's the word on this stuff you do here? Is it just science we don't understand, or is it [ here he raises his hands and wiggles his fingers ] really magic?
Third Person Sample: Thread with Carolina
Contact:
Other Characters In-Game: n/a
Character: Agent York | [real name unknown]
Series: Red vs. Blue
Canon Point: As he is about to enter the portal he opened for Tex during the miniseries Out of Mind
CRAU?: n/a
History: Wiki article
Personality: York has a good-natured outlook on life. His self-assurance in his abilities is obvious in everything he does, from the cocky way that he walks, to the way he teases his teammates, even during a stressful mission. Even so, he claims he’d rather rely on luck than skill, and ascribes a lot of his success to doing so. He doesn’t like to be seen as weak, or as a coward, and will go out of his way to prove that he is able to perform any task he puts his mind to. Even physical injury is sure to be downplayed, such as when he walked out of the infirmary early to take part in his latest assigned mission even despite the injury that caused partial blindness in his left eye.
York is a loyal friend. This extends even to members of the team he has just met, such as when he tried to warn Texas in their initial sparring match about the other Freelancers bringing live ammo onto the training floor. He sees the AIs as an extension of that team as well, and went out of his way to help North’s shy AI Theta to feel more welcome by requesting Delta speak to him and put him at ease, despite the fact that this broke the rules. This also appears to lead to loyalty to the Project itself, even as he starts to question the Director's methods. It's notable that after the disastrous training match that ended in his eye injury, he was punished by being knocked 4 places down the leaderboard, while those who broke the rules and brought live ammo in were rewarded by being moved up the leaderboard. He also questions why they ended up on the opposing side to police and military during the Sarcophagus mission, but remains loyal to the Project.
York has a strong sense of moral duty, though his definitions of what is right or wrong may differ from others. When he finally learned about the torture of the Alpha AI, he joined Tex in attempting to rescue it. When their failure to carry out this objective leads to a life on the run, he puts his own welfare first, and isn’t above using his lock-picking skills to lift a few needed items from a local shop. He has no qualms with seeking revenge, either, and when he learns that he can help Tex kill Omega in retribution for his losing his eye, he's quick to join her mission. This, despite the fact that Maine was the one who threw the grenade, not Tex, Omega's partner.
York’s downfall is his pride. In the aftermath of his injury and AI implantation, he refuses to admit that carrying out his usual duties in his specialty of infiltration has now become difficult for him. His inability to cop to his temporary weakness ends up putting teammates and mission objectives in jeopardy. Years later, when he has learned to compensate for the problem, he brags about his “kick-ass” skills, as cocky as ever. Tender and contemplative moments are rare from him except in private, when he believes it is unlikely that they will be observed.
York's relationship—or lack thereof—with Carolina is a major part of his character development at his canon point. Although it's kept vague exactly how close they were, it's known that they met sometime before Project Freelancer was founded. It's clear they became fast friends, and the metal cigarette lighter she stole from him later becomes a token that symbolizes this relationship. York has an unfortunate tendency to assume he knows what Carolina is thinking and feeling and acts on these assumptions despite possible evidence that contradicts his opinion. His belief that she only cares about winning and being the best colors his views of why she trains so hard, even after they lose Agent Connecticut in a disastrous failed mission. As the Project fails and he and Carolina find themselves on opposing sides of the breakdown, he makes the unfortunate assumption that she will understand that he knows best for her, and will abandon her association with the Project based only on his word on what she should do. His unwillingness to explain to her what's going on leads to their estrangement, ending with Carolina throwing the lighter at him and leaving. By his canon point, however, he has recorded a journal entry in which he has come to the conclusion that he now understands her motivations, and that he should let go of his obsessive desire to find her and rekindle their associations.
Skills/Abilities: York is skilled at hand-to-hand fighting, and has a carefully-kept up muscular physique. He is skilled with firearms, as well, though he has more difficulty with this than in the past because of the partial blindness in his left eye. Because he will no longer have his AI in game, he won’t have access to his usual method of compensating for this left-side weakness, and may be easily ambushed by someone who knows to take advantage. He has, however, had time to relearn some of the skills he had struggled with in the area of infiltration; as long as he has practice probing into a particular type of security system, he should be able to crack any physical or electronic lock.
Network Sample: [ It's not long after he starts cruising the network that York decides to make a public post. Why not, he figures. Might as well ingratiate himself to the locals. He turns the feed on video and gives the communicator a winning smile. ]
Hey, there. I'm York, or that's what all my friends call me. I'm brand-new here, and I was wondering...
Well, here's the deal. I come from a place where they don't believe in magic. It's science, science, science, all the way down, there. So I'm curious about how you explain magic as being different from just science we don't understand yet. For example, those of us in the armed forces can travel faster than the speed of light. It's called a slipspace drive and it makes holes in space. From what I understand, couple hundred years ago, they thought that shit was impossible.
So what's the word on this stuff you do here? Is it just science we don't understand, or is it [ here he raises his hands and wiggles his fingers ] really magic?
Third Person Sample: Thread with Carolina