Character's full name: Andriy “Andrew” Bogdanovich Chaplinski.
Codename: Worms.
Gender: Male.
Age: 36.
Birthday: February 2nd 1974.
Nationality/ Ethnicity: American-Born from Ukrainian Immigrants.
Birthplace/ Home/ Place of origin: Boston.
Appearance
Hair color and style: Brown. Long and Combed Back. Uses slime from his worms as a hair gel.
Eyes: Gray.
Height: 5’ 9"
Build: Normally: Lean @ 150 pounds.
With Worms: Torso looks much “fatter” @ 225 pounds.
Visible mutation: 5 holes on his abdomen, in the shape of a pentagon. They look like pierced ears, semi-closed, only on his abdomen.
When his worms are inside of him, his torso, especially his abdomen, looks much larger.
Scars/ Tattoos/ Piercings: 5 holes on abdomen.
Other features:None
Miscellaneous clothing: Usually carries around a bottle of water.
Everyday clothing style: Semi-formal to business attire, generally a button up shirt with a t-shirt. Also wears sports jackets, blazers, and suits with a tie if the situation calls for it. Prefers “bland” colors such as black, gray, white, brown/beige, and sometimes navy blue like denim.
Uniform: None.
Sleepwear: Shirtless, with at least one worm keeping watching.
Personality:- Lighthearted, especially when he is using his powers.
- Has a sarcastic and dry sense of humor.
- Appears to be confidant, but is actually quite cowardly.
- Greedy.
- Is very loyal to those he feels deserves his loyalty.
- Loves Jeopardy.
- Prefers to talk his way out of situations before resorting to fighting.
- Refers to his worms as “his friends.”
- Never eats solid food. This is because he can’t.
- Drinks a lot of water.
- Is a very good/convincing liar.
Hobbies/ Interests: - Watching Jeopardy.
Job or part time job and description: - Free-lance Information Shark and Interrogator. Has a link to the Ukrainian Mafia in Boston.
Fears/ phobias/ concerns: - Fire/Heat.
Special talents:- Interrogation.
- Fast Talking.
- Lying.
Morality:Worms: Chaotic Neutral: He believes that mutants are superior to humans. He doesn’t actively seek to dominate them, but won’t hesitate if the situation arises. He isn’t particularly good or evil. He just doesn’t care.
Symbiotes: Neutral Evil: The Symbiotes are of such low intelligence that they only think about two things: protecting/serving Worms, and eating. They are naturally evil, willing to eat anything. They have no awareness of the law, thus are completely neutral in that respect.
Mutation:Five symbiotic, worm-like creatures live in his abdomen, which is a hollow chamber with a sphere-shaped organ where a normal stomach would be. The five worms are attached to the organ, called his “Hive Gland,” by their stingers while they are inside Worms’ body. These worms function as Worms’ stomach, intestine, liver, kidneys, and appendix.
- Appearance (of the Worms):o Red, ribbed tube shaped creatures.
o Can stretch their bodies to become longer or shorter. However, their volume stays the same.
o Maximum: 15’ long, 4” wide.
o Minimum: 3.75’ long, 8” wide.
o Weight about 15 lbs.
o Head-end has layered mouth similar to that of a lamprey/leech (see video).
o Coated in a thin layer of sticky transparent slime that is excreted from the mouth.
o Tail has a small stinger. This is not used as a weapon. After feeding, the worms return to Worms’ abdomen and the stinger pierces the Hive Gland, transferring the energy created by the matter eaten into Worms for nourishment. The Hive Gland in turn releases a protein, called the Hive Protein. It is this protein that keeps the worms alive.
o Make “clicking” noises (see below link) and a variety of shrieks.
o
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cX9-OzwJSgc- Powers (of the Worms):o Matter Consumption
o Spawning
o Symbiotic Link
o Top Crawling/Eating Speed: 20 mph
o Strength/Crushing Capabilities of a Boa Constrictor.
o Wall Crawling Due to Slime.
o Amphibious: Can Swim and Breathe Underwater.
o Can Feel Vibrations Through Walls/Water.
Strengths:- Matter Consumption
o Can devour any organic matter by eating it, taking a bite then swallowing. There is no chewing involved.
o Speed of Consumption: 0.5 pounds/second through soil.
o The “tougher” the material, the longer it takes to eat. However, this is a very small amount expect for meats (see weaknesses).
- Spawning
o When the symbiotic link between a worm and Worms is broken (aka: a worm dies) the Hive Gland begins to spawn a new worm. The new worm is fully grown within 5 minutes.
- Symbiotic Link
o Worms control/communicate his worms telepathically via the symbiotic link they share.
o Worms can sense the vibrations picked up by the worms.
o Able to control his worms from up to a block away.
- Love of Cold/Wet
o The worms love cold, damp areas. They cannot drown, and if surrounded in ice, they aren’t entire frozen. They are still stuck, but instead of dying, they wiggle around inside the ice.
o Worms always releases his worms when he has to swim/be in water. This is because he sinks due to his weight and also due to the worms love of the water.
Weaknesses:- Matter Consumption
o Meat takes much longer to consume, due to the proteins within the meat. These proteins are harder for the worms to break down.
o Speed of Meat Consumption: 0.13 lbs/sec (8 lbs/min).
o Must leave Worms’ body three times a day to feed.
o Each feeding requires the worms to eat at minimum their own body weight.
o Cannot be detached from the Hive Gland for more then an hour. If this happens, then they die from the lack of Hive Protein.
o Cannot consume liquids, and rely on Worms to hydrate them by drinking lots of water himself. This forces Worms to drink twice the daily amount of water needed by a normal human, or 14-20 glasses of water a day.
- Spawning
o The spawning process is very painful for Worms. It feels as if he has been stabbed in the abdomen.
- Symbiotic Link
o The worms are blind, thus they rely on Worms himself to act as their eyes.
o Worms’ ability to control the worms is hampered if he cannot see them. He can still control them if they are within range, but his precision/reaction time is increased due to the fact he has to rely only on the vibrations the worms pick up.
o The worms, by themselves, are only as smart as dogs. They rely on Worms to control them most of the time. Without his guidance, they can be easily outsmarted.
o If Worms is knocked unconscious, his worms instantly crawl back into his abdomen.
o When a worm dies, Worms feels as if he’s been stabbed due to the spawning of another worm from the Hive Gland.
o Every time the worms leave or enter his body, it is painful since the holes are partially closed, like getting pierced ears.
o The worms are very protective of Worms. If he is endangered, they instantly stop attacking and try and help him, even if he tries to control them not to.
- Weight:
o Worms has a hard time running/jumping when his worms are inside of him. This is because his body is that of a lean, 150 pound man while he weights 225 pounds due to his worms. This weakness goes away when his worms are outside of his body.
- Fear of Fire/Heat
o The worms are instinctively afraid of fire and high heat. When exposed to them, the worms either act extremely cautiously and more often then not simply retreat back into Worms’ abdomen.
Fighting Style:Worms prefers to talk his way out of situations rather then fight. If he is forced to fight, however, he tries to rely on the element of surprise, preferring stealth to strength. This is because he doesn’t have much strength, but is quite stealthy. He releases his worms at the very last moment, staying back from the fight while controlling his worms.
Pros: o Using the element of surprise allows Worms to be able to take down much stronger opponents.
o Staying back from the fighting reduces physical injury to his body.
o Worms commands the worms to fight like a wolf pack, cornering their prey, chasing and retreating in order to get the best advantage of their numbers.
o Worms is a very cunning fighter, knowing that he is a weak man, but is able to partially overcome this by being rather sneaky.
Cons:o Worms himself is rather cowardly, a small skinny man. Without his worms he is rather useless in a head-to-head fight.
o Worms himself is his greatest weakness. If he is taken out of the fight, something much easier to do then to take out his worms, then the worms instantly retreat back into his stomach.
o Line of Sight is vital for Worms. If he cannot see what his worms are doing, he must rely on the vibrations they pick up, something that isn’t nearly as reliable as sight.
Faction Allegiance:- None, but might join The Order.
History Of Your Character:Andriy was always very sick as a child, never able to digest solid foods. The only son of two Ukrainian immigrants, his father a member of the Ukrainian Mafia, Andriy was lucky to be taken well care of. His mother’s cousin, Boris Bogdanovich, was a leader within the Ukrainian Mafia based in Boston, and in the Ukrainian Mafia, you took care of family. Being the second cousin to a Ukrainian made you almost as close as brothers.
When Andriy was 16, he joined his mother and father at a family reunion. This was a huge event, held at a very exclusive bar in Boston. All the high-ranking members of the Bogdanovich family where there. However, halfway turning the party, a rival gang called the O’Malley Clan, which where a local Irish Family gang of drug dealers, attacked the bar in order to take over the Bogdanovich-ran part of Boston. There was a massive gunfight. Andriy’s father shoved him and his mother under a table and tried to fight back, but was soon shot in the chest. Panicking, the Chaplinskis tried to run, but Andriy’s mother was then shot. Falling to the floor, Andriy crawled behind a pillar only to find his second cousin Boris Bogdanovich taking cover there as well.
Suddenly, Andriy cried out in pain, feeling like his stomach was being twisted around and around and around. The gunfight raged on, with most of the Bogdanovich family and the O’Malleys dying. However, the O’Malley Clan began to win out. It was then that Andriy’s mutation finally took form. With a blood-curdling shriek, his worms burst out of the boys stomach for the first time, attacking the O’Malleys. The gunfire stopped as the Ukrainians watched the worms destroy the remaining O’Malleys, then return to the stomach of Andriy.
Boris Bogdanovich was a very cautious man, but he knew an advantage when he saw one. He couldn’t fully accept what his second cousin was, nor could the rest of the Bogdanovich family. However, one thing held true: Andriy was still family.
Andriy was given his own place, watched over by the Bogdanovich family. He was told that he would always be part of the Bogdanovich family, but would be asked to remain separate from the family’s true inner workings. Andriy agreed, and began to go by the name Worms.
Worms eventually became a free-lance information shark and interrogator, moving to New York City. He would work for many different people, but always kept his connection to the Bogdanovich family tight. Ten years after his mutation took form, Worms began to learn of a secret organization of mutants, a mutant mafia almost. It became his intention to seek out these mutants, ones with similar outlooks as himself.
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Do you have any other characters on MRO, if so who: None.
Sample RP:The apartment building was a dingy place, a two-story lump of steel and cement in the heart of Hell’s Kitchen. Those that lived there didn’t really care about the world around them, and those that didn’t were sure glad they didn’t. It wasn’t a fun place.
Worms gingerly touched his broken nose and nodded to the owner of the building, who also ran the front desk, as he walked past carrying a six-pack of bottled water. Worms didn’t trust the water at the motel. For starters, it was brownish. Secondly, the first reason was enough.
Opening the door to #19 at the end of the hallway, Worms entered a simple apartment. It had all the basics: a bed, an old television, a separate room for a bathroom, a small desk, and a fat, sweaty, Italian gagged held down to a chair by five 15 foot long mutant worms.
“Hey there. Cozy?” Worms asked casually as he put the bottles of water on the desk, opening one to drink. The Italian let out a whimper. The poor man had a worm wrapped around each leg, each arm, and around his chest, essentially tying him down to the wooden chair more effectively then duct tape. Worms petting the middle worm, smiling as it made clicking noises, blindly staring at its controller. Reaching out to the Italian, Worms removed the gag.
“So, are you ready to talk?” Worms asked. Instantly the Italian began to beg loudly.
“Please, let me go, I don’t know anything, I swear, please, PLE MFFFMH.” The Italian was cut off as the gag was shoved back into his mouth.
“Shhhhh, not so loud Mr.…Tolletti, was it?” Worms held a finger to his lips, shaking his head. “Don’t want to disturb the other tenants now would we?” Looking over at the small digital clock on the desk behind the chair, Worms smiled even wider. It was 6:58pm.
“Well, Mr. Tolletti, it may not be time for you to talk, but it IS time for Jeopardy.” Taking off his shoes, Worms flopped down on the bed, grabbing the remote and turning the TV on. It was already on the correct channel. Worms turned to the Italian as the opening theme song blared loudly.
“Let’s recap quickly Mr. Tolletti, shall we? I met you at your usual hole in the wall, got you a few drinks. If you were a lady, it would have been a much more enjoyable night, but sadly, no dice. We started to talk, I got you outside, somehow insulted your stupid Italian ways, and you punched me in the nose. That wasn’t smart Mr. Tolletti.” One of the worms let out a hiss, green saliva dripping from its mouth as it “looked” at the Italian. “All I wanted was information, but not only did you not talk, you punched me. Sucked punched me!” Worms again gingerly touched his nose as Alex, the host of Jeopardy, welcomed the audience and began the show. Worms turned up the volume as the Italian started to whimper again.
“So Mark, as last week’s champion, you chose first.”
“Thank you Alex. I’ll take Time to Die for $100.”
“Answer: A form of printing that involves tying up clothing and using multi-colored dyes.”
“Tie-dye” Worms said to the television.
“What is Tie-Dye?”
“Correct.”
“The first ones are always easy.” Worms turned to the Italian, smirking. “That way, money is made early on. If they don’t, it’s boring.” Worms looked back to the television just as the next question was being asked.
“Let’s do First Movie of Many for $200.”
“Answer: The first movie of the famous trilogy of movies starring
“The Godfather.”
“What is The Godfather?”
“Correct.”
Worms nodded. “See? They ask easy questions at first. I bet even you knew that, didn’t you Mr. Tolletti. Then again, you are an information runner for the Italian Mafia are you? You hear things, things about the name of a certain organization. I need to know that name Mr. Tolletti, and I will get it sooner or later.”
As the game show went into a commercial break, Worms took another long drink of water. Smiling at the Italian, Worms sat up and spoke to him in a different tone then before. He was getting more and more cheerful, moving away from his flat, almost monotone voice.
“You know, Jeopardy is a perfect game.” Worms explained. “It takes intelligence to answer the questions; quick reactions to push the button quickly; competitive drive to know how much to risk for the end and the daily doubles. I love it. Do you like Jeopardy Mr. Tolletti?” The Italian didn’t respond at first, but then quickly started to nod as one of the worms tightened its grip around an arm. Worms smirked. “Good man. Guess you’re not as bad as I thought. Still, you did break my nose, and aren’t telling me just a simple little name. Or are you?” Worms stared intently at the Italian. “Are you going to talk yet? When I mean talk, I mean something other then say you don’t know anything, or begging for your life, or anything other then the name I asked you for.” The Italian’s eyes grew widen, but just before he began to try and do exactly what Worms said not to, he thought better of himself and just shook his head. Worms sighed.
“Look Mr. Tolletti, here’s the deal. My friends…” The five worms all began to make clicking noises. “…are starving. They haven’t eaten for hours. Now, if you don’t talk soon…well…. let’s just say my friends love Italian. You know what I mean?” Worms turned back to the television as Jeopardy resumed.
“I’ll take Time to Die for $300 please.”
“Answer: A song, written by Paul McCartney, that is the theme song for a James Bond film.”
“Live and Let Die” Worms said quickly.
“What is Live and Let Die?”
"Correct"
Suddenly the Italian tried to move around, his voice muffled by the gag in his mouth. Worms got out of bed and removed the fabric from the man’s mouth, leaning in as the head end of one of his worms wrapped around it’s controllers neck lightly.
“So, ready to talk are we?” Worms asked. The Italian nodded rapidly, gasping for breath. Worms waited for the man to get some air into his lungs, telepathically telling the worm around the Italian’s chest to loosen up a bit.
“Please, don’t l-let your… f-friends…eat m-me! Please!” The Italian almost shouted, but Worms simply slapped him.
“What did I say about shouting? Just talk normally Mr. Tolletti, no shouting, no stuttering.” Worms said cheerfully.
“Sorry… sorry.” The Italian said. “Look, if I tell you, you have no idea what the guys I work for might do to me, the guys who you’re asking about might do to me.”
Worms nodded. “Oh, but I do Mr. Tolletti, I do know what they might do to you. But I also know what my friends will do to you, and trust me, it is much worse.” The two worms around the Italian’s legs began to crawl up their victim’s back. The Italian shuddered.
“Let’s do Time to Die for $400.”
“Answer: This household appliance that shares its name with its inventor.”
Worms responded. “The Dyson Vacuum.”
“What is the Dyson Vacuum?”
“Correct.”
“Fine. I’ll talk, I’ll talk.” The Italian took a few ragged deep breaths as Worms leaned in again, listening carefully. “What you’re looking for…they call it the Order. That’s it, just the Order. Please, I swear that’s all I know, don’t kill me, please!”
Worms smiled and lay back down on the bed just as the bantering of the game show was finishing and the questions were starting up again.
“The Order huh?” Worms stared at the Italian. “I believe you Mr. Tolletti. You may be stupid, but you don’t want to die. Which is too bad.” Worms nodded to his worms. The monstrous creatures began to make clicking noises, tightening their grip on the Italian, who began to panic.
“First Movie of Many for $400.”
“Answer: This first of a series of horror movies based on the line “I Know What You Did Last Summer.”
All five worms began to click louder as Worms answered as he grinned at the Italian. “Scream.”
“What is Scream?”
“Correct.”
The Italian began to shout, his voice filled with shear terror. “Wait, no, no, NO! You said if I talked they wouldn’t eat gaaaarck!” The Italian’s lungs began to fail; the worms crushing power grew stronger and stronger. Worms sighed and replied.
“I said they would eat you if you didn’t talk. I never said they wouldn’t if you did.” Worms picked up the remote and turned up the volume loud enough to drown out the muffled cries of the Italian and the sounds of his worms enjoying their dinner.
Beepbeepbeep“Well, there’s the signal, that’s the end of this round. Please stay tuned ladies and gentlemen for, Double Jeopardy. Thank you.”
