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Aug 20, 2024 16:57:45 GMT -6
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Individual
Character's full name: Lucien Antonio DiAngelo, Daniel Anthony “Spade” Shamshiri
Alias/ Nickname/ Code name: Tony, Lucien, Danny, Spade, “Zagan”
Gender: Male, Male
Age: 59, 25
Date of Birth:
(11/17/1961)
(03/14/1994)
Birthplace/ Home/ Place of origin: Neptune Township, New Jersey /Springfield Township, New Jersey
Nationality: Jersey boys!! But seriously, Second-Generation American. Both sides.
Ethnicity/ Cultural Heritage: Italian / Israeli-American.
Catholic / Jewish.
Appearance
Hair color and style: Short, shaggy on the sides and balding in the middle. Brown/dark. / Curly brown. Bushy Afro.
Skin Tone: Fair. / Tan.
Eye Color: Brown / Brown
Height: 4’10” / 6’3”
Build: Short and stocky / Tall and lanky.
Visible mutation: (not applicable)
Scars/ Tattoos/ Piercings: Luc has no major scars. Maybe some minor ones from old fight injuries. Sides of his eyes, on his knuckles. Boxing injuries. / Danny has a scar on one of his eyebrows, from falling off a box when he was 3.
Other features: Lucien is played by Danny Devito. Danny is played by Daniel Avidan.
Danny’s family name is Shamshiri. Danny adopted Spade as a stage surname because it’s just easier to say!
Everyday clothing style: Suits. Suit jackets. Comfortable clothes. / Jeans, sweaters, sweatshirts, band t-shirts. Hoodies. Slacker-Casual.
Uniform: Suit. / Leather jacket, leather pants.
Sleepwear: Comfortable Pajamas / Whatever, man.
Miscellaneous clothing: pinstriped grey suit / Aerosmith t-shirt, Rush t-shirt, The pixies hoodie.
Character
Personality: (How your character behaves, social tendencies, quirks, etc.)
Lucien is straightforward, and all about business or the matter at hand. He may come off smug, but he’s careful. He’s also pompous and a braggart. A blowhard. Maybe a bit of a pig headed sexist? A businessman.
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Danny is a laid back, fun-loving kind of guy! He loves music. Singing and dancing. Playing his guitar. And the ladies. He’s pretty modern with his ideas. If you aren’t hurting someone with your lifestyle, that’s cool man! Do what you like!
Danny likes video games. His favorites, the ones he’s best at, are the old ones. But he likes the new stuff too! It’s all real cool! He may not be that great at it, but he enjoys watching other people play the stuff and can pick things up pretty well.
He likes to party, and always has a great story about his experiences!
He does his best to be outgoing. Lucien is more interested in keeping to a small group of people he knows. Danny wants to know everyone, man!
Hobbies/ Interests:
Lucien enjoys target shooting. Boxing. Organized crime. Women. Good food and fine dining. The simple things. A good book, a warm fire, a bearskin rug. Traveling and seeing the sights. New technology. Being despicable. Old movies.
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Danny likes traveling. Music. Playing guitar! Singing. Dancing. Parties!! Girls! Having fun. Video games. TV! Matchmaking. Being a friend! And cooking!
also Anime!
Running and weight lifting.
... yoga maybe? And reading science and medical texts.
Job or part time job and description: Professional Criminal / College Student and in a band! Works at an Italian franchise restaurant as a cook. Working on medical degree.
Fears/ phobias/ concerns: Spiders. Getting sent to prison. Being replaced. / Being too old to get along with the new kids! Also, Danny has an irrational fear of sharks.
Special talents: Marksmanship. Boxing. Leadership and planning. Computers. / Computer coding. Guitar and piano. Singing. Pac-Man and Punch out!! Spanish. College Spanish. The ability to chug copious amounts of energy drinks and finish many term papers in a single bound. First-year grade medical textbook knowledge and junk!
Morality
Good/ bad/ neutral/ other: (please explain)
Lucien is a career criminal who has no qualms with shooting a guy if it has to be done, but he derives no joy in the act of killing. He’s a thief, not a murderer. Unnecessary killing is unprofessional.
Now, being despicable within reason is okay! Although not to friends and family.
He cannot abide the hurting of animals.
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Danny is a big cinnamon bun! He loves people unless they’re dicks to him! He’s happy working with people he has differences with. He’d rather talk something out than fight over it.
If Danny were in a life or death situation, he’d probably defend himself. He wouldn’t flat out kill or anything, though. Not unless it were a HORRIBLE accident.
Danny is good. He follows most laws. The sillier ones, maaaaybe he’d be sketchy on. But we’re talking stuff that’s legal in other states, man! Stuff that should be legal here! And he may have had a speeding ticket or two in his history. But that’s usual, right?
He doesn’t like people who hurt other or bully other people. He’d talk with them. Maybe even help them, even though he isn’t much of a fighter.
Because that’s what heroes do!
Mutations
Mutation description:
*Object Duality*
*Duality of Body and Mind*
Danny occasionally transforms into another Danny, named Lucien. “Luc” is different than Danny. He has a different personality and a separate life. This is due to Danny having absorbed Lucien into his life with his psychic Duality power when he was a child.
Due to the nature of how they were linked, their powers were also linked. Thanks, creepy psychic baby.
In addition to having separate identities, they both have the primary mutation of Object Duality.
Danny and Luc can both create objects that express duality. Objects with duality are two objects in one. They transform between identities. This transformation is touch-based, and can be as simple as flipping a coin, or as complex as strumming a guitar.
If an object is created, either persona can access it. But only if they figure out it has duality... and how to transform it. Even then, what it becomes will likely be a wonderful surprise!
No other person can activate the transformation of items with Object Duality. It is DNA-locked. To the two men’s different sets of DNA.
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The Jekyl and Hyde transformation happens when either Danny or Luc sneeze. Another sneeze transforms him back.
Lucien came first. Danny took over. Lucien is caught in a constant fight for control over his life!
Strengths:
Objects with Duality can be two separate things!
It is useful, if you want to smuggle something past security. Say you have a handgun. That’s obviously not gonna make it past security. But a house key? Sure that’s fine.
Objects are limited to being two separate non-living items, like a guitar pick and an acoustic guitar.
Objects cannot be larger than Lucien. About the largest item he can currently do is a shotgun/breath spray. No matchbox / car.
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Changing between personalities and appearances can be useful, if trying to avoid the wrong kind of attention. The different personalities have different skill sets and areas of knowledge.
Weaknesses and Limitations:
Each side can create about 10-15 things with Object Duality, depending on size.
The maximum amount for both sides combined is 30 objects.
He has to be able to carry them around on his person, with all the combined weight of objects. Or else he has to leave what he can’t carry behind.
The heavier object in the pairing determines the overall weight of the object. Thus, a handgun/key weighs as much as a handgun would. Bullets/tictacs weigh as much as a box of ammunition would weigh.
In order to create an object with dual natures, he needs one of each object. He combines them by touching each object simultaneously and focusing for a second or two. The end result is that one object remains, while the other one vanishes. No flashes or poofs of smoke. It’s very anticlimactic!
If objects are destroyed, or objects are out of Danny or Luciens presence for longer than a week, Duality is reversed. Objects immediately separate into their two component parts, with all the logistical problems that may entail. Broken objects are both broken. No touching required!
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Whenever they sneeze, they transform. Clothes shift into whatever the other side was wearing the very last time they transformed (which is attributed to object duality).
Neither party has true control over their sneezes. A sneeze can come at any time. Danny has a greater ability to resist sneezes than Lucien does... since it’s linked to his part of the power.
Transforming can be a major inconvenience. A liability.
Lucien loathes Danny, and wants to avoid transforming back at all costs. But sometimes, we can’t get what we want. And sometimes, he has to manufacture ways to keep Danny living his life up until he needs to break free. The bond is a constant battle. A giant pain in the ass! Also, a secret identity. But one that stole Lucien’s life for nearly half his lifetime.
Physical Abilities
General Physical Capabilities: (Strength/Speed/Reflexes/Stamina/Flexibility)
Danny is a physically fit college student who lifts weights and runs, has average boring human reflexes, and the stamina of a sex god (according to himself). Also, the flexibility.
Luc is overweight, with average physical strength, and of middling to low speed. His reflexes are good. He also has the stamina and flexibility of (you guessed it), a sex god.
Fighting Style:
Danny has no formal fight training.
Lucien knows how to use guns and other weapons. He also boxed when he was younger, though he was never very good.
Danny knows how to sing, dance, and play guitar.
Fighting Style Pros/Cons:
There are no pros to having no fighting style. It’s one big con.
Guns are dangerous, however. If Lucien has a gun, he’s a pretty dangerous guy.
Lucien knows enough about throwing and taking punches to throw and take a punch. He’s no prize fighter. Plus, he’s got a height disadvantage.
Danny can throw a punch, but has no form. He can sing and dance his way out of problems, in true bard fashion... yeah! Like that would work!
History Of Your Character
The whole mess started in ‘61, when Lucien was born. They were in the height of the Cold War. WW2 was just a couple decades in the past, and people were still recovering.
His parents were poor, but wealthy in other ways. They had him. Born to immigrant parents Giovanni and Maria, Lucien had a fairly average childhood. Nothing interesting here.
When he was 14, he realized he was falling in with the wrong people. And despite how fun that could be, at the time he wanted a better life for him and his parents. In order to accomplish that— he needed to do well in school and get a job. He asked his father to send him to boarding school.
Not only would the school help him succeed. He would be one less mouth to feed while he was away.
He did well in school, graduated. Moved on. It wasn’t until he 22 that his life really started. And that was when it got messy.
It was the 80s. Money was tight. The job he’d secured wasn’t great and he couldn’t afford a good college. He turned to gambling. Gambling led to debt. Debt led to crime. And crime was good money.
Over the years, he developed his skills. At some point, he discovered his mutation and put that to use in his jobs. It was an extra asset. He could turn a commonplace item into a shotgun, a handgun, or any other tool he needed to get the job done!
It’s been so long, he hardly remembers the exact moment he discovered he could fuse objects and give them dual natures. It was probably when he needed to hide an object of questionable legality from police during some sort of search. He wished hard enough, and got freaking lucky.
Or else the first time could have been when he tried to disarm a guy in a brawl, and fused his driving gloves with a pistol.
Maybe it was when he’d reached into his pocket to grab his car keys, but combined them with a light by mistake. If it was, he wouldn’t talk about it very much. Clumsy. Very inconvenient.
Whatever situation it was where he first activated his mutation, it was useful to him. It’d be years and years until he gained his second tier to his power. And that would be far less useful, overall.
At the time, it was useful. He was 34. It was 1994. On the run from police, in Springfield Township. In New Jersey, of all places!
The police wanted to speak with him about a recent crime he allegedly had committed. He was on the run. In the heat of the moment, he broke into the home of some couple he didn’t even know. They were immigrants, like his parents had been. And they’d just had their first child.
The kid was a mutant. Nobody knew it. His power was related to duality, very similar to Lucien’s ability. But... mental, rather than physical.
Lucien entered the room. He tried to be quiet. He just wanted to hide. To get away. He was scared. He never meant to wake the freak mutant baby up. But he did. And baby Danny’s eyes opened. His power triggered for the very first time. He was scared, too.
Their powers reached out to each other. Mingled. And— the baby sneezed. Lucien sneezed. There was a snapping sound, and Lucien was sucked into the child, mind, body, and soul. Slurrrrp.
It would be 15 years before Lucien would escape from the psychic mutant devil baby’s clutches. The escape would be brief. Just long enough to look around and take note of what had happened in the outside world.
While inside Danny, he had been blind and deaf. Functionally asleep. Hibernating. But he’d still aged. And time had moved and passed him by.
He had to make a choice. Would he live in fear, afraid of the chance he’d change back into Danny. To live with no control over his life. Or would he control his side of the bond. Let the brat live his life. And live his own life, beside the boy. Make him his tool. Use him.
He used the kid. Set up a guy who would blow fracking pepper into the kids face every few days, at a time he’d decided. He found someone loyal. Several someone’s. And during his time in control, he began his criminal career again.
Danny lived his life. Went through school, unaware of Lucien. Lucien worked. When he was 17, he discovered his Object Duality power, which was pretty neat! He mainly used it to make his guitar more portable, and always have a pen handy!
Danny graduated high school, and took a few years off to travel and work on himself. And then, he moved to New York and started working until he had enough to go to college at 24.
Meanwhile in New York, Lucien had started making connections. And so many plans.
Roleplay
What’s your OOC alias?: Mugen
Where did you learn about this site?: I cannot remember.
Do you have any other characters on MRO, if so who: Shin, Lenna, Ashton, Elliott, and Amelia.
Sample RP:
The gig had gone well. He’d sang his heart out, danced his ass off, and all the honeys had swooned like he was Mick Jagger.
His band was doing great! He was so proud of them! The new drummer had skills, and the bassist... well. They could always find a new bassist.
The bar patrons had really seemed like they had enjoyed the show.
Danny was going over every number in his mind as he went backstage. Everyone was packing things up. He’d already packed up his guitar / pick. Just a snap of his fingers, and his electric guitar had changed into a red guitar pick. Which he had promptly stashed with his other picks. They’d pack up the amp and other equipment. As for him—
“I’ll see you all on Tuesday at the garage! Love you, babies! Ciao!” Danny sang as he went out the back.
Everyone glanced at him and said later. As band leader, he had certain privileges and one was being able to just walk out. The crew could pack it all up. Or whatever. The band was still a new thing for him. He hoped that was how it worked! Because if not, he’d be pissing a whole lot of people off~
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The alley behind the bar was cold. Slam, went the metal door. And—
Someone rushed by and blew pepper in his face.
He couldn’t help it. He sneezed.
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Lucien took over. His leather jacket and pants shifted to a black pinstriped suit and slacks. His lithe figure shrunk and grew, so that he was shorter and wider. His curly mane of brown hair thinned and shifted until it was mainly two hunks on either side of a balding middle. Facial structure, changed! Everything else, changed.
Lucien smiled. Checked his watch. “Right on time.” He had places to be and just the right amount of time to get there. The guy he’d hired had come through!
He nodded to the guy. The guy nodded back. Transaction, accomplished! He passed him a 20.
A minute later, the heavyset short man walked out of the alley, towards their beat up old blue Beetle. It was a hunk a junk, but it was reliable! And it’d get him to the gang.
He started it up, and pulled into traffic. Out of the way, idiots. He had a bank job to plan!
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