Warehouse Application!
PART 1 - Out of Character
NAME: Missy
AGE (must be 18 or older): 35
E-MAIL: thats.just.a.lollipop.tree@gmail.com
AIM: firewants2bwater
PLURK: mintgiver
DROPBOX: n/a but have several alternate methods of contact: Contact Post (IC) Plotting Post (OOC), OOC Contact
TIME ZONE: EST but occasionally on PST
PREFERRED METHOD OF CONTACT: Plurk
PART 2.a - In Character Non-WH13/Eureka Canon Characters (Skip/delete if not applicable)
Full Name: Ashley J. Williams
Nicknames: Ash, The Promised One, The King, The Hero from the Sky
DOB/Age: Unspecificed in canon (so far); Headcanon - 08/18/67; 25
Birthplace: Dearborn, Michigan, USA, Earth
Gender: Male
Sexuality: Straight
Species: Human
Fandom: Evil Dead Series
Journal:
boomsticking
PB: Bruce Campbell
Canon Point: Just after the theatrical conclusion of Army of Darkness
Appearance: Ash stands 6’1”, and is of medium build with a shock of thick, wavy brown hair atop his square-shaped head. He bears a prominent jawline and sharp features, most notably large, heavily-fringed and extremely emotive brown eyes. His body is long-limbed and well-muscled, with a thickly-built chest and torso area. It’s also lined with scars he’s earned from his battles with various Deadites, including an especially noticeable diagonal cut across his mouth, scratch mark on his stomach from his battle with a demonic tree, and whip marks from his time as a prisoner of war in Arthur’s kingdom upon his upper back and shoulders. He is an amputee, having cut his right hand off at the wrist with a chainsaw after it was infected by a demonic spirit when his girlfriend’s severed head bit it. He frequently wears a self-made prosthetic limb in its place created from a medieval gauntlet. He also carries a pendant necklace in the left front pocket of his pants, the last gift he gave to his girlfriend Linda before she was overtaken by demons - he considers it a good luck charm. He frequently wears blue shirts, brown pants and hiking boots.
History: Ash was once an average, ordinary engineering student matriculating at Michigan State University and working as a clerk in the housewares department of his local S-Mart department store; he had a devoted girlfriend, Linda, a pesky and serious sister, Cheryl, a wiseacre best friend named Scotty, and a Delta 88 Oldsmobile that was his pride and joy. Together with Scott’s girlfriend Shelly, they drove to a remote cabin in the Tennessee woods during fall break in 1981.
Unbeknownst to all five of the kids, demonic forces accidentally raised from their ancient slumber were stalking their every move. And all they needed to do is apply the power of suggestion to Scott’s antic mind by blowing open the door to the cabin’s cellar to convince the fivesome to finally set them free. As a cautious, passive Ash watched, Scott found an ancient ceremonial dagger, a shotgun and its accompanying box of shells, a leather-bound book filled with gruesome illustrations, and a reel to reel tape recorder. Ash's life was changed permanently when Scott decided it would be a swell gag to play whatever was on the tape for their gathering. It happened to contain a translation by Archaeological Professor Raymond Knowby of the human flesh-bound book they found; the Necronomicon ex Mortis, an ancient Sumerian text he recently excavated from the Castle Kandar in England. It was filled with demon resurrection spells and funerary rites and contained the power to raise the dead within its pages. When Knowby’s translated words were played aloud, they gave the demons license to posses the living once more. Fully unleashed, they claimed each of the vacationers in various gruesome ways except for Ash. Not only did the demonic infection rot the flesh of their victims and claim their individual spirits, but the demons allowed them to keep their intellect and memory to entrap the living. The only cure, according to Knowby, was bodily dismemberment.
Ash was put through the wringer by his ordeal. Not only did he have to watch his sister be literally assaulted by these forces and turned into their main tool of torment, he had to witness his girlfriend’s slow decay after a pencil wound to the ankle lead to her infection and her full possession. Scott ultimately killed Shelly’s possessed form and abandoned Ash to Cheryl and Linda’s whims in pursuit of a way home. Ash didn't then possess the temporal strength to dismember Linda; he instead buried her dead body and then decapitated her when the demons refused to let her body rest. But there truly was no way out for Ash that night; the trees attacked and mortally wounded Scott. This left Ash - who’d mostly been nursing the others with surprising tenderness - to remove the demonic threat of his sister and best friend's corpses on his own. In the end, luck saved Ash's life - he managed to hold off Scott and Cheryl until he was able to throw the Necronomicon into the fireplace, resulting in their instant decomposition just as the sun rose.
Or did it? For the moment he stepped out of the cabin and into the sunlight the force attacked him and throttled him headfirst into a tree. For a full, magically-ensorcelled night, a demon took control of Ash’s body, only to be driven back when the sun returned. A grateful but bewildered Ash wandered back to the cabin, only to witness Linda’s decapitated body's rise from the grave to taunt him. When he made the mistake of falling asleep, she attacked him and bit his right hand, finally driving Ash to chop her body and head into pieces with a chainsaw. Then his rapidly-rotting hand got into the act Infected by Linda's bite, it developed a life of its own and tried to kill Ash. Ash was forced to fix the situation in the most brutal manner possible, stabbing it to the ground and using a chainsaw to cut it off anesthesia-free. The limb - liberated of Ash’s body - continued to go wild, however, taunting Ash, assaulting him and ultimately killing others.
All of this trauma unbalanced Ash mentally for a period of time, causing him to hallucinate a variety of horrifying sights. The arrival of Annie Knowby, the Professor’s daughter, to the cabin quickly jarred Ash back to reality - and Annie and her companions, startled by the sight of Ash brandishing a shotgun - presumed that he'd murdered Annie’s parents and threw him into the fruit cellar.
It was discovered that Professor Knowby’s translation turned his wife, Henrietta, into a Deadite, which forced him to bury her whole in the fruitcellar. An unspecified demon caused Knowby’s death, but his ghost was still bound to the cabin, and it told Annie and Ash that it was possible to open a time porthole that would suck the Deadites from this realm into another.
Guided by Professor Knowby’s spirit, Annie and Ash made a chaotic attempt at gathering some missing pages of the Necronomicon. Through them, they learn of the prophesized ‘hero from the sky’, promised to deliver the Castle Kandar from the terror of the Deadites. There was no time to reflect on that bit of news, as Ash was possessed once again in short order - at which time he discovers that another weapon existed in the battle against the Deadite menace, his feelings for Linda, which beat away the demons within and brought him back to human life.
Knowing that Ash would have to get past Henrietta to locate the final missing page of the Necronomicon in the basement, Annie and Ash modified the chainsaw he used to dispatch Linda into an operable weapon. He retrieved the final pages and killed Henrietta while Annie incanted the pages of the aforementioned spell. However, Annie only made it halfway through the incantation; she was stabbed to death with the Kandarian ceremonial dagger by Ash’s severed hand. She managed the last words with her dying breath, opening the porthole, which dragged everything in sight into its maw - including Ash and his car.
The time vortex spat Ash into Medieval England, and he learned quickly enough that he was the prophet from the sky destined to do battle with the Deadites, but Lord Arthur - the noble in charge of the land he had been deposited upon - didn't believe him and mistook Ash for one of Duke Henry of Shale’s men. The two royals had been entrenched in a bitter border dispute driven on by the appearance of Deadites in their lands and were quick to fight each other over matters both major and paltry, blaming each other for the Deadite curse that had been inflicted upon their people. Only the castle’s healer/magician, known as Wiseman John, believed Ash, but his proclamations were ignored as Ash was herded away with the rest of Henry’s men - and his fatally crippled car. After Ash was judged guilty of war crimes by Arthur - and by Sheila, a maiden whose brother has fallen in battle to Henry’s men - Ash was tossed into a Deadite-filled pit for a battle to the death.
Ash quickly proved his worth (thanks to an assist by the Wiseman, who'd tossed him his chainsaw), and, after an egotistical speech, he drew the worship of the people he called ‘primitive screwheads’. The Wiseman declared that the only way to save their land and send Ash home was for the Promised One to quest through an enchanted forest to find the Necronomicon where it lay in an ancient graveyard. After making up with Sheila, defeating more Deaditified citizens of Arthur’s kingdom, and finally replacing his lost right hand with a fresh metal gauntlet, Ash journeyed into the graveyard.
But nothing runs smoothly for Ash. because he arrogantly ignored the Wiseman’s instructions to speak an incantation before picking up the book, he both ended up producing an evil twin of himself (whom he shoot and dismembered without hesitation, a marked difference from his earlier reluctance toward violence) and unleashing the Necronomicon’s evil powers on an unsuspecting world.
His screw-up also brought his chopped up twin back to life, and he took control of the army of dead men Ash’s mistake had raised to life. Ash returned to Arthur’s castle with the Necronomicon, but because he’s unleashes its demonic powers and refused to stay and fight them, he was now an object of derision. Accidentally getting Sheila kidnapped - which resulted in her being turned into a consort for Evil Ash - forced Ash to muster his ingenuity as an engineer and a leader of men and support Arthur's troops in battle. The day was eventually won thanks to Ash's toughness and willingness to fight dirty (and an assist from Henry's men). Henry and Arthur’s men were united as a single kingdom, Sheila was returned to normal, and Ash was feted as a true hero. He headed to the solace of a cave with a bottle of potion from the Wiseman, where he was instructed to drink only six drops, one for each century he'd need to sleep. He managed to take care of that part just fine, but well...we all know how Ash and magic words go together like noise and a hangover. He made it back to his own time but managed to drag the Deadites with him. He'd just finished killing one when he's picked up and spat out into Univille.
Personality: Ash can be a tough nut to crack. Basing his battle-hardened exterior on the cowboy movies he watched as a child, Ash thinks of himself as a lone wolf for whom family and friends are a dangerous folly. He can be gruff, and might try to initially push people away until his own curiosity takes over and forces him out of his protective shell. For all he wants to be left alone, when he gets caught up in the spirit of the moment he can be a good pal, and enjoys camaraderie as much as the next guy.
It’s worth noting that Ash has been left shaken and semi-sane from his encounter with demonic evil, but he's not utterly mad and, in fact, considers his brush with these monsters a clarifying moment. Small things will momentarily startle him before he can snap his veneer of cool into place; but he doesn't freak completely out easily.
Safety motivates Ash - and a desire for normalcy. While he loves the attention Deadite slaying has given him, he still wants to be that average joe down at the bar with his nine to five paycheck. His default reaction is to want to hide under the covers.
Ash considers his job to be a big part of his identity. He’s GOOD at retail work and loves it.
Deep down, hidden under the gruffness, the bitter sarcasm, and the one liners, though, hides the young, vulnerable, and nurturing young man Ash once was; the guy who plays piano, patiently spoons broth into the mouth of his dying best friend, and uses memories of his dead girlfriend to battle back demonic possession. That’s the core of him.
Special facts/special abilities about your character: Ash's abilities can't quite be called magical; they're part and parcel of being the Promised One, earth's defender against the demonic force of the Deadites. Yet these skills are definitely superhuman.
Ash’s most noticeable deviation from the norm would have to be an extreme endurance and tolerance for pain; he survives falls, blows and cuts during the course of his story that would fell any mortal man and not only bounces back but powers through to heroically save himself time and again. He manages to amputate his own hand and not only walk away from it but do battle with the demonic limb.
As a fighter, he’s slightly above average in strength, with a solid punch. He’s extremely flexible and agile, and assimilates new skills he has no previous experience with (such as horseback riding and sword fighting) easily. He’s a surprisingly brilliant military strategist and manages to command an entire army with imagination without any prior training. He's a deadly shot with his sawed-off rifle and chainsaw hand, and can perform feats of acrobatics that many mortal men would never be able to accomplish. He's also able to fire off many more rounds from his sawed-off than would be feasibly possible.
Ash is an engineering student and a bit of an inventor; with just a college textbook and the raw materials left to him in a medieval fortress, he transformed his Delta 88 into a war wagon, and turned the gauntlet arm ripped from a suit of armor into an air-propulsion controlled artificial limb. It's implied that, if he has the raw material, he has the know-how to transform anything into something that’s useful.
What is arriving with your character?
* 1 dark blue hand-tailored medieval-style shirt
* 1 pair of navy slacks
* 1 navy blue, white and red striped tie
* 1 (beaten up) tank watch
* 1 light brown side arm holster containing
* 1 sawed-off Remington shotgun
* 1 brown wallet stuffed with various pictures, coupons, and effects
* 1 prosthetic hand made from a medieval gauntlet
* 1 mirrored pendant necklace
* 1 pair of black patent dress shoes
* 1 pale-blue, red-edged zippered work smock
* 1 red pen with
* 1 pocket protector emblazoned with the S-Mart Logo
* 1 S-Mart ID Badge
* 1 black belt with a silver buckle
* Navy socks
* 1 pair red heart-emblazoned white boxer briefs
PART 3 - Writing Samples
1. First Person Writing Sample: Here
2. Third Person Writing Sample: Here!
3. First or Third person Sample:
[This is the face of a displeased man. A very displeased man who just survived the fight of his life, only to end up in South Dakota of all places. Normally he'd be happy to be somewhere so benign-looking but after what he's just been through he's not about to trust anybody. The clothing they gave him is far, far away from his body, sitting in a pile at the foot of the rather ornate bedroom he’s been shepherded to.
Please enjoy how ridiculous his glower looks against a backdrop of floral wallpaper.]
Look, I don't know any of you and you don't know me, but if we're gonna be stuck in nowheresville together I thought I might as well say yo. Gonna give them the benefit of the doubt over here on the off chance this ain’t a trick. Name’s Ash, and this…
[He gestures toward his hand.]
….This is what happens when a couple hundred pounds of handsome meets forty tons of ugly. But forget about that right now; all I want right now is directions to the nearest burger joint and to know if this is a dry county. Shoot me a line if you’ve got a clue.
[Of course he doesn’t say goodbye.]
PART 4 - Disclaimers
Was this character held for you? Yep!
Can this character be canon-punctured? Sure, but it's not likely he'll like it.
Required reading test for first time players apping a NON-WH13/Eureka character. Each required reading page has a hidden question on it - it's very obviously odd and out of place. Give ONLY THE ANSWERS from each page were designated below: (Skip/Delete if not required)
-- Premise Page: Orange!
-- Rules Page: BOTH DAMN IT. But a dog, I guess ("You heard about Pluto? That's messed up, right?")
-- FAQ Page: My name too. There were shouty people, if I remember correctly.
-- Warehouse Info Page: Pale Blue
-- New Arrivals Page 1: THE BLOOD OF THE INNOCENTS - no actually, ginger ale.
New Players Only - One last question, how did you find out about our game?
app_this_plz, plus via another game member.
NAME: Missy
AGE (must be 18 or older): 35
E-MAIL: thats.just.a.lollipop.tree@gmail.com
AIM: firewants2bwater
PLURK: mintgiver
DROPBOX: n/a but have several alternate methods of contact: Contact Post (IC) Plotting Post (OOC), OOC Contact
TIME ZONE: EST but occasionally on PST
PREFERRED METHOD OF CONTACT: Plurk
PART 2.a - In Character Non-WH13/Eureka Canon Characters (Skip/delete if not applicable)
Full Name: Ashley J. Williams
Nicknames: Ash, The Promised One, The King, The Hero from the Sky
DOB/Age: Unspecificed in canon (so far); Headcanon - 08/18/67; 25
Birthplace: Dearborn, Michigan, USA, Earth
Gender: Male
Sexuality: Straight
Species: Human
Fandom: Evil Dead Series
Journal:
boomsticking
PB: Bruce Campbell
Canon Point: Just after the theatrical conclusion of Army of Darkness
Appearance: Ash stands 6’1”, and is of medium build with a shock of thick, wavy brown hair atop his square-shaped head. He bears a prominent jawline and sharp features, most notably large, heavily-fringed and extremely emotive brown eyes. His body is long-limbed and well-muscled, with a thickly-built chest and torso area. It’s also lined with scars he’s earned from his battles with various Deadites, including an especially noticeable diagonal cut across his mouth, scratch mark on his stomach from his battle with a demonic tree, and whip marks from his time as a prisoner of war in Arthur’s kingdom upon his upper back and shoulders. He is an amputee, having cut his right hand off at the wrist with a chainsaw after it was infected by a demonic spirit when his girlfriend’s severed head bit it. He frequently wears a self-made prosthetic limb in its place created from a medieval gauntlet. He also carries a pendant necklace in the left front pocket of his pants, the last gift he gave to his girlfriend Linda before she was overtaken by demons - he considers it a good luck charm. He frequently wears blue shirts, brown pants and hiking boots.
History: Ash was once an average, ordinary engineering student matriculating at Michigan State University and working as a clerk in the housewares department of his local S-Mart department store; he had a devoted girlfriend, Linda, a pesky and serious sister, Cheryl, a wiseacre best friend named Scotty, and a Delta 88 Oldsmobile that was his pride and joy. Together with Scott’s girlfriend Shelly, they drove to a remote cabin in the Tennessee woods during fall break in 1981.
Unbeknownst to all five of the kids, demonic forces accidentally raised from their ancient slumber were stalking their every move. And all they needed to do is apply the power of suggestion to Scott’s antic mind by blowing open the door to the cabin’s cellar to convince the fivesome to finally set them free. As a cautious, passive Ash watched, Scott found an ancient ceremonial dagger, a shotgun and its accompanying box of shells, a leather-bound book filled with gruesome illustrations, and a reel to reel tape recorder. Ash's life was changed permanently when Scott decided it would be a swell gag to play whatever was on the tape for their gathering. It happened to contain a translation by Archaeological Professor Raymond Knowby of the human flesh-bound book they found; the Necronomicon ex Mortis, an ancient Sumerian text he recently excavated from the Castle Kandar in England. It was filled with demon resurrection spells and funerary rites and contained the power to raise the dead within its pages. When Knowby’s translated words were played aloud, they gave the demons license to posses the living once more. Fully unleashed, they claimed each of the vacationers in various gruesome ways except for Ash. Not only did the demonic infection rot the flesh of their victims and claim their individual spirits, but the demons allowed them to keep their intellect and memory to entrap the living. The only cure, according to Knowby, was bodily dismemberment.
Ash was put through the wringer by his ordeal. Not only did he have to watch his sister be literally assaulted by these forces and turned into their main tool of torment, he had to witness his girlfriend’s slow decay after a pencil wound to the ankle lead to her infection and her full possession. Scott ultimately killed Shelly’s possessed form and abandoned Ash to Cheryl and Linda’s whims in pursuit of a way home. Ash didn't then possess the temporal strength to dismember Linda; he instead buried her dead body and then decapitated her when the demons refused to let her body rest. But there truly was no way out for Ash that night; the trees attacked and mortally wounded Scott. This left Ash - who’d mostly been nursing the others with surprising tenderness - to remove the demonic threat of his sister and best friend's corpses on his own. In the end, luck saved Ash's life - he managed to hold off Scott and Cheryl until he was able to throw the Necronomicon into the fireplace, resulting in their instant decomposition just as the sun rose.
Or did it? For the moment he stepped out of the cabin and into the sunlight the force attacked him and throttled him headfirst into a tree. For a full, magically-ensorcelled night, a demon took control of Ash’s body, only to be driven back when the sun returned. A grateful but bewildered Ash wandered back to the cabin, only to witness Linda’s decapitated body's rise from the grave to taunt him. When he made the mistake of falling asleep, she attacked him and bit his right hand, finally driving Ash to chop her body and head into pieces with a chainsaw. Then his rapidly-rotting hand got into the act Infected by Linda's bite, it developed a life of its own and tried to kill Ash. Ash was forced to fix the situation in the most brutal manner possible, stabbing it to the ground and using a chainsaw to cut it off anesthesia-free. The limb - liberated of Ash’s body - continued to go wild, however, taunting Ash, assaulting him and ultimately killing others.
All of this trauma unbalanced Ash mentally for a period of time, causing him to hallucinate a variety of horrifying sights. The arrival of Annie Knowby, the Professor’s daughter, to the cabin quickly jarred Ash back to reality - and Annie and her companions, startled by the sight of Ash brandishing a shotgun - presumed that he'd murdered Annie’s parents and threw him into the fruit cellar.
It was discovered that Professor Knowby’s translation turned his wife, Henrietta, into a Deadite, which forced him to bury her whole in the fruitcellar. An unspecified demon caused Knowby’s death, but his ghost was still bound to the cabin, and it told Annie and Ash that it was possible to open a time porthole that would suck the Deadites from this realm into another.
Guided by Professor Knowby’s spirit, Annie and Ash made a chaotic attempt at gathering some missing pages of the Necronomicon. Through them, they learn of the prophesized ‘hero from the sky’, promised to deliver the Castle Kandar from the terror of the Deadites. There was no time to reflect on that bit of news, as Ash was possessed once again in short order - at which time he discovers that another weapon existed in the battle against the Deadite menace, his feelings for Linda, which beat away the demons within and brought him back to human life.
Knowing that Ash would have to get past Henrietta to locate the final missing page of the Necronomicon in the basement, Annie and Ash modified the chainsaw he used to dispatch Linda into an operable weapon. He retrieved the final pages and killed Henrietta while Annie incanted the pages of the aforementioned spell. However, Annie only made it halfway through the incantation; she was stabbed to death with the Kandarian ceremonial dagger by Ash’s severed hand. She managed the last words with her dying breath, opening the porthole, which dragged everything in sight into its maw - including Ash and his car.
The time vortex spat Ash into Medieval England, and he learned quickly enough that he was the prophet from the sky destined to do battle with the Deadites, but Lord Arthur - the noble in charge of the land he had been deposited upon - didn't believe him and mistook Ash for one of Duke Henry of Shale’s men. The two royals had been entrenched in a bitter border dispute driven on by the appearance of Deadites in their lands and were quick to fight each other over matters both major and paltry, blaming each other for the Deadite curse that had been inflicted upon their people. Only the castle’s healer/magician, known as Wiseman John, believed Ash, but his proclamations were ignored as Ash was herded away with the rest of Henry’s men - and his fatally crippled car. After Ash was judged guilty of war crimes by Arthur - and by Sheila, a maiden whose brother has fallen in battle to Henry’s men - Ash was tossed into a Deadite-filled pit for a battle to the death.
Ash quickly proved his worth (thanks to an assist by the Wiseman, who'd tossed him his chainsaw), and, after an egotistical speech, he drew the worship of the people he called ‘primitive screwheads’. The Wiseman declared that the only way to save their land and send Ash home was for the Promised One to quest through an enchanted forest to find the Necronomicon where it lay in an ancient graveyard. After making up with Sheila, defeating more Deaditified citizens of Arthur’s kingdom, and finally replacing his lost right hand with a fresh metal gauntlet, Ash journeyed into the graveyard.
But nothing runs smoothly for Ash. because he arrogantly ignored the Wiseman’s instructions to speak an incantation before picking up the book, he both ended up producing an evil twin of himself (whom he shoot and dismembered without hesitation, a marked difference from his earlier reluctance toward violence) and unleashing the Necronomicon’s evil powers on an unsuspecting world.
His screw-up also brought his chopped up twin back to life, and he took control of the army of dead men Ash’s mistake had raised to life. Ash returned to Arthur’s castle with the Necronomicon, but because he’s unleashes its demonic powers and refused to stay and fight them, he was now an object of derision. Accidentally getting Sheila kidnapped - which resulted in her being turned into a consort for Evil Ash - forced Ash to muster his ingenuity as an engineer and a leader of men and support Arthur's troops in battle. The day was eventually won thanks to Ash's toughness and willingness to fight dirty (and an assist from Henry's men). Henry and Arthur’s men were united as a single kingdom, Sheila was returned to normal, and Ash was feted as a true hero. He headed to the solace of a cave with a bottle of potion from the Wiseman, where he was instructed to drink only six drops, one for each century he'd need to sleep. He managed to take care of that part just fine, but well...we all know how Ash and magic words go together like noise and a hangover. He made it back to his own time but managed to drag the Deadites with him. He'd just finished killing one when he's picked up and spat out into Univille.
Personality: Ash can be a tough nut to crack. Basing his battle-hardened exterior on the cowboy movies he watched as a child, Ash thinks of himself as a lone wolf for whom family and friends are a dangerous folly. He can be gruff, and might try to initially push people away until his own curiosity takes over and forces him out of his protective shell. For all he wants to be left alone, when he gets caught up in the spirit of the moment he can be a good pal, and enjoys camaraderie as much as the next guy.
It’s worth noting that Ash has been left shaken and semi-sane from his encounter with demonic evil, but he's not utterly mad and, in fact, considers his brush with these monsters a clarifying moment. Small things will momentarily startle him before he can snap his veneer of cool into place; but he doesn't freak completely out easily.
Safety motivates Ash - and a desire for normalcy. While he loves the attention Deadite slaying has given him, he still wants to be that average joe down at the bar with his nine to five paycheck. His default reaction is to want to hide under the covers.
Ash considers his job to be a big part of his identity. He’s GOOD at retail work and loves it.
Deep down, hidden under the gruffness, the bitter sarcasm, and the one liners, though, hides the young, vulnerable, and nurturing young man Ash once was; the guy who plays piano, patiently spoons broth into the mouth of his dying best friend, and uses memories of his dead girlfriend to battle back demonic possession. That’s the core of him.
Special facts/special abilities about your character: Ash's abilities can't quite be called magical; they're part and parcel of being the Promised One, earth's defender against the demonic force of the Deadites. Yet these skills are definitely superhuman.
Ash’s most noticeable deviation from the norm would have to be an extreme endurance and tolerance for pain; he survives falls, blows and cuts during the course of his story that would fell any mortal man and not only bounces back but powers through to heroically save himself time and again. He manages to amputate his own hand and not only walk away from it but do battle with the demonic limb.
As a fighter, he’s slightly above average in strength, with a solid punch. He’s extremely flexible and agile, and assimilates new skills he has no previous experience with (such as horseback riding and sword fighting) easily. He’s a surprisingly brilliant military strategist and manages to command an entire army with imagination without any prior training. He's a deadly shot with his sawed-off rifle and chainsaw hand, and can perform feats of acrobatics that many mortal men would never be able to accomplish. He's also able to fire off many more rounds from his sawed-off than would be feasibly possible.
Ash is an engineering student and a bit of an inventor; with just a college textbook and the raw materials left to him in a medieval fortress, he transformed his Delta 88 into a war wagon, and turned the gauntlet arm ripped from a suit of armor into an air-propulsion controlled artificial limb. It's implied that, if he has the raw material, he has the know-how to transform anything into something that’s useful.
What is arriving with your character?
* 1 dark blue hand-tailored medieval-style shirt
* 1 pair of navy slacks
* 1 navy blue, white and red striped tie
* 1 (beaten up) tank watch
* 1 light brown side arm holster containing
* 1 sawed-off Remington shotgun
* 1 brown wallet stuffed with various pictures, coupons, and effects
* 1 prosthetic hand made from a medieval gauntlet
* 1 mirrored pendant necklace
* 1 pair of black patent dress shoes
* 1 pale-blue, red-edged zippered work smock
* 1 red pen with
* 1 pocket protector emblazoned with the S-Mart Logo
* 1 S-Mart ID Badge
* 1 black belt with a silver buckle
* Navy socks
* 1 pair red heart-emblazoned white boxer briefs
PART 3 - Writing Samples
1. First Person Writing Sample: Here
2. Third Person Writing Sample: Here!
3. First or Third person Sample:
[This is the face of a displeased man. A very displeased man who just survived the fight of his life, only to end up in South Dakota of all places. Normally he'd be happy to be somewhere so benign-looking but after what he's just been through he's not about to trust anybody. The clothing they gave him is far, far away from his body, sitting in a pile at the foot of the rather ornate bedroom he’s been shepherded to.
Please enjoy how ridiculous his glower looks against a backdrop of floral wallpaper.]
Look, I don't know any of you and you don't know me, but if we're gonna be stuck in nowheresville together I thought I might as well say yo. Gonna give them the benefit of the doubt over here on the off chance this ain’t a trick. Name’s Ash, and this…
[He gestures toward his hand.]
….This is what happens when a couple hundred pounds of handsome meets forty tons of ugly. But forget about that right now; all I want right now is directions to the nearest burger joint and to know if this is a dry county. Shoot me a line if you’ve got a clue.
[Of course he doesn’t say goodbye.]
PART 4 - Disclaimers
Was this character held for you? Yep!
Can this character be canon-punctured? Sure, but it's not likely he'll like it.
Required reading test for first time players apping a NON-WH13/Eureka character. Each required reading page has a hidden question on it - it's very obviously odd and out of place. Give ONLY THE ANSWERS from each page were designated below: (Skip/Delete if not required)
-- Premise Page: Orange!
-- Rules Page: BOTH DAMN IT. But a dog, I guess ("You heard about Pluto? That's messed up, right?")
-- FAQ Page: My name too. There were shouty people, if I remember correctly.
-- Warehouse Info Page: Pale Blue
-- New Arrivals Page 1: THE BLOOD OF THE INNOCENTS - no actually, ginger ale.
New Players Only - One last question, how did you find out about our game?
app_this_plz, plus via another game member.