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Your name: Gaa
Your LJ: ninthphilosophy
Your email: gaakishi@yahoo.com
Your AIM, MSN, or Yahoo handle: [aim] totallynotgaa [yim] gaakishi
Character's name: Christine Royce
Character's LJ: hatesautodocs [LJ], vintagevoice [DW]
Character's canon: Fallout: New Vegas (Dead Money)
Brief (around 300 words) personality outline of your character: Christine is a sarcastic, serious-minded woman with a lot of drive. In her youth, she was a Scribe with the Brotherhood of Steel. While most of that rank are more focused on the repair and functions of technology, Christine was also interested in how it was used, and is shown through audio logs to have an interest in keeping technology on the right course- helping humanity, not destroying it. She's quite stubborn and determined with her opinions, and while she's willing to debate and reconsider her stances, often she is steadfast in her beliefs. If something should shake this, then she will work to figure out why. When her mentor, Elijah, had her separated from her girlfriend Veronica due to the Brotherhood's stance on promoting procreation, she abandoned the entire organization and joined the Circle of Steel. That wasn't the only nail in the coffin, however; she also wasn't pleased with the passive attitude the Brotherhood took in preserving and helping the people of the Mojave. The Circle, on the other hand, took a more hands-on approach, and she quickly gained the rank of Knight. Her dedication, however, turned dark after Operation: Sunburst. The Circle of Steel decided that Elijah had crossed the line one too many times, and Christine was dispatched to eliminate him, a task she surely had no problem with. Her bitterness towards the man became a personal vendetta, and even as he eluded her time after time, she simply became more obsessive about eliminating her mark. She does have times of questioning herself and others, but once she starts something, she damn well finishes it- preferably, by herself. Christine doesn't like involving others, but she also doesn't like leaving things behind...which was why Veronica was such a hard subject for her. The flame for the woman never dulled, but ever since she's become something of a forced loner. There is some deep-down trauma, claustrophobia, and paranoia she's endured over the course of trying to eliminate Elijah, but it's buried under her sense of drive.
Brief (around 500 words) history and background of your character OR link to a really good wiki page with their history. In either case, explain where they cut off from the timeline: Since I don't know if this qualifies as really good, I'll link AND write!
As stated in her personality, Christine was originally a Scribe with the Brotherhood, had a girlfriend who she was separated from forcefully (Veronica had no idea it was forced, but Christine was fully aware), and then joined the Circle of Steel as a Knight. She was dispatched to try and eliminate Elijah after he lead many BoS to their deaths at Helios One during Operation: Sunburst. Christine was, specifically, an adept tracker and survivalist, and she tracked him down with just her wits and a sniper rifle. The first place she found him was the Big MT, a research and development center full of the horrors of unmonitored, amoral science. The two confronted one another at Little Yangtze, but Elijah used the ghoul prisoners as bombs, detonating their exploding collars to marr his escape. Christine was injured during the skirmish, and the robots of the Big MT dragged her off for experimentation. The incident lead to her brain being zapped with electrodes, causing her to lose most of her ability to read and write. Luckily, she retained her other faculties, part due to her rescue by a man named Ulysses. The man helped Christine recover, and in exchange the two discussed their respective philosophies- his for the Old Flag, and her mixed feelings on the Brotherhood and Circle. However, the two parted ways shortly after, with their respective missions continuing.
Christine next tracked Elijah to a place called the Sierra Madre, a long forgotten "city" in the wastes, long known as a treasure hunter's worst nightmare. No man had ever found it and survived, but Christine was undeterred. Sadly, shortly after arriving inside, she was knocked unconscious by a schizophrenic supermutant named Dog (with a side personality named God). When she awoke, she was fitted with a bomb collar- something Elijah had more or less perfected since the Big MT -and was tasked with helping the madman crack the Sierra Madre Casino's vault. However, the collars were set to detonate all of them if any one went off. Regardless, Christine tried to tamper with her own, and while it didn't come off and she lost some of her nerve, the collar's signal wasn't as strict as the other prisoners. It wasn't until the Courier's arrival that things began to really go down. Christine ended up locked in an autodoc, unknowingly at the time by one of the other prisoners. Her vocal chords were ripped out, and while the wound was healed, Christine was still trapped inside for a while before the Courier got her out. The pair ended up heading to the center of the Madre, met up with Dog and Dean, and Elijah projected a hologram of himself to give them each a task in setting off the Gala Event to open the doors to the Casino proper. Christine and the Courier made it to the Switching Station, and Christine was tasked with rerouting the power.
Once the Gala event finished, Christine found her way in to the Casino, and through a series of shenannigains, ended up in Vera Keys' room, with the deceased woman's voice. Her and the courier met up favorably, and Christine unloaded her past on the Courier while trying to adjust to the new vocal chords. The courier, in the end, had to eliminate Dean, managed to keep Dog and God from killing themself (as well as each other) by merging their personalities together. As for Elijah...he was found, and sealed in the Sierra Madre's vault, with no chance of ever escaping. Christine decided to keep an eye on the Madre, seeing as it was such a dangerous place and full of abusable technology. Her cannon point is set just after Dog/God and the courier left.
Sample post (just a general, everyday, puttering-around-the-ship post; please include a snippet of dialogue): It hadn't taken Christine long to realize the worst part of the meatship. It wasn't the slop, or the politics, or even trying to wrap her head around the flora and fauna that weren't trying to kill her- it was the ship itself. Pulsing walls, breath-like gusts of air, and all the tight, dark, humid pits just fueled her claustrophobia. She'd thought autodocs had been bad, or dumbwaiters- but this was alive, enclosing, and there was nowhere she could really go to get complete relief from that feeling of the walls quivering around her. After wandering yet another hallway, she finally stopped, took a deep breath, and muttered at the walls, "At least it's not dark."
A small ting to be thankful for, but better than nothing. When the wall didn't respond by magically opening up a portal to firm ground and an open sky that wasn't the vast, vacuum of space, she kept up her walk, trying to ignore how tightly she was gripping the gloves of her stealth suit. It wasn't that big a deal- she could cope. It'd be fine. Ignoring she was in the vast, vacuum of space in a moving, squishy, tight bubble of blubber and robots and technology and-
"...I really need a beer."
If the character has magic, mutant, or otherwise metahuman abilities, please explain what they are and outline EXACTLY how they function, as their powers may not work due to the nature of the ship or may need to be limited somehow: None, she's completely human and without any implants.
Non-superhuman special abilities of note (Is your character a master ventriloquist? A naturally-occurring super-genius? The best martial artist in the world? Say so here): Christine was originally a Scribe, so a lot of her early accomplishments involved learning technology in and out. She has an average repair ability for a Brotherhood of Steel member, and excelled in energy weapons especially. Her intelligence is high, and she's an avid learner when given the time and space to dedicate herself to it. She's also quite perceptive, and can take a punch.
However, she's more than just a scholar. Christine is taught to use all sorts of guns, melee weapons, explosives, and can even fight unarmed- her preference is still for sniping, but that's mostly out of habit due to the length of time she's been hunting Elijah. She's also quite good at science and math, having no issue with equations even after her alexia. She's pretty good at conveying herself even without speaking, after her stint with being voiceless. Theoretically, she could also be a very good singer because she now has Vera Keys vocal chords, but she lacks the training.
Your LJ: ninthphilosophy
Your email: gaakishi@yahoo.com
Your AIM, MSN, or Yahoo handle: [aim] totallynotgaa [yim] gaakishi
Character's name: Christine Royce
Character's LJ: hatesautodocs [LJ], vintagevoice [DW]
Character's canon: Fallout: New Vegas (Dead Money)
Brief (around 300 words) personality outline of your character: Christine is a sarcastic, serious-minded woman with a lot of drive. In her youth, she was a Scribe with the Brotherhood of Steel. While most of that rank are more focused on the repair and functions of technology, Christine was also interested in how it was used, and is shown through audio logs to have an interest in keeping technology on the right course- helping humanity, not destroying it. She's quite stubborn and determined with her opinions, and while she's willing to debate and reconsider her stances, often she is steadfast in her beliefs. If something should shake this, then she will work to figure out why. When her mentor, Elijah, had her separated from her girlfriend Veronica due to the Brotherhood's stance on promoting procreation, she abandoned the entire organization and joined the Circle of Steel. That wasn't the only nail in the coffin, however; she also wasn't pleased with the passive attitude the Brotherhood took in preserving and helping the people of the Mojave. The Circle, on the other hand, took a more hands-on approach, and she quickly gained the rank of Knight. Her dedication, however, turned dark after Operation: Sunburst. The Circle of Steel decided that Elijah had crossed the line one too many times, and Christine was dispatched to eliminate him, a task she surely had no problem with. Her bitterness towards the man became a personal vendetta, and even as he eluded her time after time, she simply became more obsessive about eliminating her mark. She does have times of questioning herself and others, but once she starts something, she damn well finishes it- preferably, by herself. Christine doesn't like involving others, but she also doesn't like leaving things behind...which was why Veronica was such a hard subject for her. The flame for the woman never dulled, but ever since she's become something of a forced loner. There is some deep-down trauma, claustrophobia, and paranoia she's endured over the course of trying to eliminate Elijah, but it's buried under her sense of drive.
Brief (around 500 words) history and background of your character OR link to a really good wiki page with their history. In either case, explain where they cut off from the timeline: Since I don't know if this qualifies as really good, I'll link AND write!
As stated in her personality, Christine was originally a Scribe with the Brotherhood, had a girlfriend who she was separated from forcefully (Veronica had no idea it was forced, but Christine was fully aware), and then joined the Circle of Steel as a Knight. She was dispatched to try and eliminate Elijah after he lead many BoS to their deaths at Helios One during Operation: Sunburst. Christine was, specifically, an adept tracker and survivalist, and she tracked him down with just her wits and a sniper rifle. The first place she found him was the Big MT, a research and development center full of the horrors of unmonitored, amoral science. The two confronted one another at Little Yangtze, but Elijah used the ghoul prisoners as bombs, detonating their exploding collars to marr his escape. Christine was injured during the skirmish, and the robots of the Big MT dragged her off for experimentation. The incident lead to her brain being zapped with electrodes, causing her to lose most of her ability to read and write. Luckily, she retained her other faculties, part due to her rescue by a man named Ulysses. The man helped Christine recover, and in exchange the two discussed their respective philosophies- his for the Old Flag, and her mixed feelings on the Brotherhood and Circle. However, the two parted ways shortly after, with their respective missions continuing.
Christine next tracked Elijah to a place called the Sierra Madre, a long forgotten "city" in the wastes, long known as a treasure hunter's worst nightmare. No man had ever found it and survived, but Christine was undeterred. Sadly, shortly after arriving inside, she was knocked unconscious by a schizophrenic supermutant named Dog (with a side personality named God). When she awoke, she was fitted with a bomb collar- something Elijah had more or less perfected since the Big MT -and was tasked with helping the madman crack the Sierra Madre Casino's vault. However, the collars were set to detonate all of them if any one went off. Regardless, Christine tried to tamper with her own, and while it didn't come off and she lost some of her nerve, the collar's signal wasn't as strict as the other prisoners. It wasn't until the Courier's arrival that things began to really go down. Christine ended up locked in an autodoc, unknowingly at the time by one of the other prisoners. Her vocal chords were ripped out, and while the wound was healed, Christine was still trapped inside for a while before the Courier got her out. The pair ended up heading to the center of the Madre, met up with Dog and Dean, and Elijah projected a hologram of himself to give them each a task in setting off the Gala Event to open the doors to the Casino proper. Christine and the Courier made it to the Switching Station, and Christine was tasked with rerouting the power.
Once the Gala event finished, Christine found her way in to the Casino, and through a series of shenannigains, ended up in Vera Keys' room, with the deceased woman's voice. Her and the courier met up favorably, and Christine unloaded her past on the Courier while trying to adjust to the new vocal chords. The courier, in the end, had to eliminate Dean, managed to keep Dog and God from killing themself (as well as each other) by merging their personalities together. As for Elijah...he was found, and sealed in the Sierra Madre's vault, with no chance of ever escaping. Christine decided to keep an eye on the Madre, seeing as it was such a dangerous place and full of abusable technology. Her cannon point is set just after Dog/God and the courier left.
Sample post (just a general, everyday, puttering-around-the-ship post; please include a snippet of dialogue): It hadn't taken Christine long to realize the worst part of the meatship. It wasn't the slop, or the politics, or even trying to wrap her head around the flora and fauna that weren't trying to kill her- it was the ship itself. Pulsing walls, breath-like gusts of air, and all the tight, dark, humid pits just fueled her claustrophobia. She'd thought autodocs had been bad, or dumbwaiters- but this was alive, enclosing, and there was nowhere she could really go to get complete relief from that feeling of the walls quivering around her. After wandering yet another hallway, she finally stopped, took a deep breath, and muttered at the walls, "At least it's not dark."
A small ting to be thankful for, but better than nothing. When the wall didn't respond by magically opening up a portal to firm ground and an open sky that wasn't the vast, vacuum of space, she kept up her walk, trying to ignore how tightly she was gripping the gloves of her stealth suit. It wasn't that big a deal- she could cope. It'd be fine. Ignoring she was in the vast, vacuum of space in a moving, squishy, tight bubble of blubber and robots and technology and-
"...I really need a beer."
If the character has magic, mutant, or otherwise metahuman abilities, please explain what they are and outline EXACTLY how they function, as their powers may not work due to the nature of the ship or may need to be limited somehow: None, she's completely human and without any implants.
Non-superhuman special abilities of note (Is your character a master ventriloquist? A naturally-occurring super-genius? The best martial artist in the world? Say so here): Christine was originally a Scribe, so a lot of her early accomplishments involved learning technology in and out. She has an average repair ability for a Brotherhood of Steel member, and excelled in energy weapons especially. Her intelligence is high, and she's an avid learner when given the time and space to dedicate herself to it. She's also quite perceptive, and can take a punch.
However, she's more than just a scholar. Christine is taught to use all sorts of guns, melee weapons, explosives, and can even fight unarmed- her preference is still for sniping, but that's mostly out of habit due to the length of time she's been hunting Elijah. She's also quite good at science and math, having no issue with equations even after her alexia. She's pretty good at conveying herself even without speaking, after her stint with being voiceless. Theoretically, she could also be a very good singer because she now has Vera Keys vocal chords, but she lacks the training.