Post by ahriman on Mar 4, 2011 21:34:05 GMT -5
So, my friend asked me to make an appearance and this seems a good place to try and get back into the swing of things so... here's my first shot at an application
Cbox Name: none yet
Nicknames: Niku
Main Account: Ahriman
Who else do you play?: No-one atm
How did you find us?: Friend recomended it
Category: OC, remakeof an old character from a different site, think that still counts?
Name: Jimmy Claymore/ Ahriman
Alias: Also known as, James Finn 2, John Barton or Subject 9
Age: 22
Ranking: Anti-Hero (I think?)
Physical Appearance: Jimmy is your standard 22 year old caucasian male in most regards, he's quite good looking in a cute way and has a fairly solid physical build maintained by exercise and his own lack of funds meaning he can't eat enough to get fat but he does eat enough to stay heathy. He's around 6 feet tall with loose brown hair falling in soft flicks around his head. He has a tendency to wear a plain T-shirt under a brown jacket, a memento of his adopted brother, but has been known to alternate his clothes when given a chance. The most important part is that beneath the T-shirt, jeans and sneakers he tends to wear clothes that are quite obviously non-descript. (OOC: using the picture of a character I don't think could turn up so it should be valid?)
However, after he activates his powers he looks vastly different. His skin becomes pale and loses all pigment showing his veins, dark and twisted beneath his skin. His hair becomes blond and stands back off his head in a blown back mane of spiked locks. The strangest change in his build, he becomes shorter, standing at around 5ft 8 inches tall and becomes slighter of build yet his muscles become more defined. His hands are one of the biggest changes, the fingers changing into spikes and becoming claws. The length of them varies depending on Ahriman's will. He normally wears the same clothes he was wearing pre-transformation. His eyes become pitch black discs and give him a distinctly alien appearance
He has an upgraded form which he can no longer utilise after burning his power out, which developed both horns and stronger claws, as seen below. This stage can't be used until he manages to reclaim what he lost coming to AM.
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Personality: Jimmy is strangely unique in his lack of uniqueness, despite his different form he has become rather adjusted to the idea that he has two different bodies that are both him even though his brain physically changes as well. At the very essence of his being, Jimmy should be an evil bastard who's only desire is to destroy or rule everything. But his upbringing at the hands of his surrogate mother and adopted brother made him into a good person with an outstanding moral compass. Somehow, surpassing his genetics, Jimmy has a tendency for kindness and will spend the majority of his time trying to be helpful and a useful contribution to humanity. He also has more than a small amount of guilt in relation to the number of people he's killed, though they were generally Devas or people who deserved it.
While his personality stays quite consistent, when in his Ahriman state Jimmy is subject to slight changes in his thoughts. When thinking how to fight an opponent, he will first think of how best to inflict pain rather than to disable them, a sadistic element begins to leek into his mind. His general personality doesn't change very much but the change does take a toll on his thoughts after a time. He may say harsh cutting remarks or start belittling his opponents, describing what he plans to do. He tries to avoid this and if he realises he's doing it will stop but he still occasionally slips into being cruel. This is something of a holdover from when he had a psychotic break, which is also behind his fear of relapse.
Powers/Abilities: Jimmy's only 'power' as such is transforming into Ahriman, but once he's changed every cell in his body shifts into the new state and he develops a plethora of abilities as a result. Though worth mentioning in the weaknesses, these abilities only work in his transformed state. But since the transformation takes around 2 seconds to occur when he's rushed (can be longer if he's angling for dramatic effort) this isn't a common problem
Equipment:Jimmy carries a backpack with a bundle of clothes in it, a small hunting knife which he buries at the bottom and a cell-phone from his homeworld which doesn't function any more. In his wallet he has money for presidents that didn't exist, three guitar picks and a photo of Emily. He also a syringe of the Deva Drug for chemical analysis.
Psychological Flaws:
Where to begin... as a Clone of one of the most evil men in history spliced with the DNA of an Eldritch horror from outside space-time, Jimmy is a little sensitive about how he does good deeds all the time. If anyone accuses him of being a bad guy he takes it to heart, and seriously vows to then prove himself to that person.
He has a difficult time making connections in the wake of his world dying and is fairly determined to safe-guard human lives as best he can. This also means he has on occasion hurled himself into the line of fire to save children which is less a flaw and more a problem that they all have intense psychological scarring after seeing his evil aura.
He also has the slight flaw of not wishing to kill people but having 1-6 inch long blades where his fingers are meant to be in his transformed state. He does make exceptions for evil people and he's constantly worried about how he retro-actively justifies every kill he commits. He's also got a sadistic side he tries to repress but if someone hurts an innocent, they deserve to see their own lungs is his thinking. He also can't use his Absorption power often because it's, in his own words, 'Disgusting'
The last one is kind of a doozy. Before Jimmy realised the truth he used to have dissoaciative identity disorder, where all the killing and murder that Ahriman commited were done by another person. He wasn't aware it was his own instinct for survival raging forth and so for 2 years Jimmy believed himself to be a schizophrenic and only recently reconciled the warring aspects of his mind. His mind isn't overly fragile but he still worries...
Physical Flaws:
Majority were mentioned above in the Powers themselves but as a quick recap
-Difficulty turning in Super Speed
-Cannot recieve telepathy while transformed
-Telekinesis is visible and requires hands to use
-Regeneration occurs only in Ahriman Form
-Evil Aura is constantly active and as such alerts people to his prescence.
The other major flaw would be that, as a human, he doesn't have as many powers. He still retains a degree of immunity to psychic attacks and has a mixed physical/psychological problem with illusions. Essentially, if someone hits him with a mental illusion or image he sees the real world and the image overlaid. He equates it to seeing the illusion with one eye and the real world with the other, which is a flaw as it means he gets enormously confused.
Other Flaws:
Religious artefacts and Holy items have an extremely adverse effect on Ahriman, putting him in intense pain. When exposed to such artefacts, he normally reverts to being Jimmy by reflex to avoid being in pain. If he is regenerating, he can't revert and has to endure the pain. His human form is immune to this however, and so he tends to prefer the reverting option.
Brief History: "Subject's 1-8 were failures, rejected by the almighty strain we tried to offer them. Subject 9 deserved something hardier, a human who's might would mean he could not reject the gift. We chose well"
Elaine Claymore was the best mother anyone could have had. Her son Steven was probably the best brother, all Jimmy can remember of his childhood was his happy family life and occasional strong moments where the family came together and he found himself in an idyllic location eating a picnic. Sadly, this couldn't last. When he was 16 the town he lived in was quarantined and it was here that he heard from Steven about the drug problem.
A new designer steroid called Deva was hitting the streets, turning any punk who took it into a prime athlete able to beat down or out-run any cop on the force. The government had found out that someoneone had leaked Deva into the town's water supply meaning the whole town was now full of enhanced humans just rolling towards a comedown, including the Claymore family. Steven had been working with the police to stem the tide of Deva sales but it looked he was too late.
But the withdrawal never came, instead something far worse happened
"People are weak, that's what you have to understand. They will succumb to any challenge presented to them, only the exceptional will rise above it. The events of Ashford prove this to be so"
It started with Elaine changing, her body rippling with unknown tissue as she mutated into a monster with thick fangs hanging off her tentacled arms. Steven managed to escape with Jimmy, the two of them fleeing into the city and finding it now over-run by these horrifically changing beasts. Deva was being changed, all who took it now transformed into a mutated monstrosity with only death on it's mind.
Steven wasted no time in finding other survivors. Though infected, they could control their transformation and after some discussion, the group headed towards the most fortified position they could think of, the football stadium in the center of town. Jimmy remembers them all clearly
Tristan the Cop, Steven's friend, the one who told him to be brave
Edward the Lawyer, the guy who swore to sue once they got of here
Linda the Nurse, always looking for a cure
and him and his brother. He was the only one unable to change, the others assumed he was somehow clean and swore to get him out of the city.
But once they reached the football stadium, it all fell apart.
They got to the center grounds and were confronted by a man in a suit, a fine suit, who smiled down at them through thin rimmed spectacles. He raised his hands and congratulated them all on reaching here, telling them that they had an offer to accept.
"You may join us, as the only humans in Ashford with an immunity to AHRI. I would estimate you have around 60-70% co-efficiency. Are you willing to be glorious?"
They took some time but all the group agreed. They would not join the men who killed theur families. They attacked, changing into their demonic new bodies but were struck down. The man in glasses warped into his own form and rained down toxic purple smoke on the field as he taunted them
"The readings are clear, you're ratio is only 70%, the highest among you is 80. I am 90% compatiable, I am like a god!" One by one they fell until only Steven and Jimmy remained. As the executive fired an attack at Jimmy, Steven's monstrous body got in the way and shook with the blow. Slowly shifting back, he collapsed onto his brother
"Steven?" Jimmy whispered, "Steven, what's wrong?"
"I'm sorry Jimmy... this is as far as I go"
"What? No, no, I can't lose you, I-I haven't got anyone else.."
"Sir!" one of the monsters snarled "The brat's rating is rising, he's up to 20%"
"Huhn, better than the 1 he had before, lets see how this heart-wrenching scenario plays out"
"You have to be strong, little brother" Steven gurgled through the blood in his throat
"Steven? Steven wake up, you can't be gone, I-"
"Sir, his ratio is increasing dramatically, he's up to 70%"
"Huh, who would have thought it could get that high-"
"Sir, it's still rising, he's up to 88%"
"That's impossible" spluttered the executive, grabbing the device "He was at 1% before now!"
But there it was on the screen, his co-efficiency rating was now 96%
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"What, one hundred percent!?" The executive screamed, about to question the device when he heard the scream. It was one of pure rage and hatred and sorrow. He looked down at the boy and saw nothing. Only the body of his brother. Then he saw a line of the monsters explode in showers of blood. Another group suddenly found their heads floating through the air. The executive could only watch as some invisible force tore his soldiers apart, finally resolving to flee, he reverted to his human form and found himself suddenly stopping. Looking down he saw an ar embedded in his chest, up to the elbow. And he felt his heart no longer beating.
The creature in front of him was pale, blond, dark eyes staring at him. And worse of all was his mouth. And the enormous. Elated. Smile. Stretched all the way from one ear to the next. It was the last thing he saw before he died.
"An unparrelleled success! Though it was rather annoying that we lost, err, whats-his-name, it proved what we had known all along. It was possible to create a being as powerful as our source. And it was controllable."
Emily Noir was 17 when she met him, the man everyone called John Barton. He was 20 years old, a notorious drifter but apparently a man who was extremely helpful. The two of them started seeing each other after she found him working in a motorcycle repair shop and by her 18th birthday, they decided to go steady (much to her elder sisters chagrin). Emily was interested in urban legends and as it turned out, so was John. He was always following this one trail which she helped him with, detailing the path of a mysterious killer. He seemed to tear apart everything and everyone in the vicinity.
Of course, her sister Kate didn't believe that John was merely following this. Convinced he was the purportrater, she confronted him and accused him directly of being the killer and not only that, that he was using Deva. John's reaction told her he knew what Deva was, but the horror was followed unexpectedly by
"We have to get everyone out"
After explaining what he knew, John revealed to Emily his real name. He told her he was Jimmy Claymore, one of the survivours of the Ashford massacre and what Deva did to people. He'd also managed to find the company who made the drug and was ready to confront them. Emily and Kate agreed, it was neccessary. That night, Jimmy told Emily that he loved her and the two promised to get married after this was all over.
Charging the factory, Jimmy and Emily left Kate and the government agents assigned to assist to ensure the area surrounded while they barged in to stop the drug baron in his tracks
"Which brings us to now. The errant son returns, and it seems I must now confront him. I hope he realises just how much data I have on him when he finds this in my office. Come to the roof for your answers, James.- Your father //:ENDLOG"
Jimmy charged to the roof, Emily following behind shouting for him to slow down. He finally burst out onto the rooftop and revealed... a nightmare. A creature of pale beauty with twisted bones and tendons supporting it's frame, yellow quills erupting over it's body and huge black eyes appearing at random across it's mass. Luminous orange patches covered the body and a purple energy shot flew into the air, creating a vortex. The creature then began fading as Emily emerged from behind him. As it vanished into the ether, it left a man behind.
He had dark brown hair, a shade Jimmy knew all too well.
He had a firm build, similar to someone Jimmy would recognise.
He had blue grey eyes, and they stared into an identical set.
"Hello, my clone" he said "I am James Finn. Your other parent just left. You see, there is this being. His name is Angra Mainyu. He was old when the universe was young and he is the entity that will end it. All of it. Suffice to say, I have managed to achieve my goal of creating a hybrid with this remarkable entity. You. The antithesis of existance who chose me as his harbinger before moving onto the next universe gave me the knowledge to create you
"The power of a God sealed into a mortal frame, only you can't control it can you. Your lovely lady knows too, she is aware that you are the mass killer you feign interest in. She even worked out that you mutate to perform these deeds and she still loves you? A better woman than Claymore, stealing my only son away.
"But now here we are. You are the next destroyer, a human agent to aid my lord while I, the greatest of humans will survive and create a new universe once this one is destroyed. My one regret is that I can no longer use you. Your mind is too distracted, too focused on this woman. I shall have to make another"
Finn drew a pistol in the blink of an eye and fired, the bullet shooting towards Jimmy. He should have transformed but he couldn't, his mind kept screaming to change but... but what if he hurt her?
He felt himself falling and glanced to see her, Emily, pushing him out of the way and the bullet struck her own chest. With a gasp she fell with him and left Jimmy holding her body
"Emily? EMILY!" He screamed as he held the love of his life, her breath coming in slow, shallow breaths
"Jimmy... I'm sorry, this was selfish. But I can't live without you... please, don't listen to him. You aren't a destroyer, you aren't them. You are you. You know, I really loved... you..." slowly Emily closed her eyes and left Jimmy to hold her. He never let go of her hand in his grip.
"Foolish woman," Finn snorted "Dying over something so minor? She would be dead within minutes anyway."
"You think you're leaving here?" Jimmy muttered, his voice echoing and warping "You think I'm going to let you get away with it?"
"A defective clone with delusions of granduer? I still have more bullets-" There was a thud as Finn's gun, still gripped in his hand fell to the floor. Standing before him was a different body. Pale, spiked hair, horns and glowing claws
"You awakened," Finn panted, blood still falling from his recently severed limb "Master, please take me to your next world"
"What happened to defective?"
"What?"
"Hey, if I'm your clone" Jimmy raised his head, "I wonder if our insides are the same colour" the grin across his face struck terror deep within Finn's heart as Jimmy rushed towards him, the claws bearing down on the human man intent on making him suffer a voice resounded in his head
"I really loved you"
The claws stopped, millimetres from Finn's eye.The pale eyes surrounded by pulsing dark veins stared into his and he heard the words that made him realise just how much he'd wasted his life
"I loved her too. And that's something you will never have"
Turning away, Jimmy leapt into the air and soared towards the vortex at an intense rate. The dark energy surrounding him was for a purpose, he would seal the hole and save this world. But he underestimated the power of his fore-bear. The energy struck the portal and with a fearsome shriek, his mind was flood with images of destruction and of the face, warped and a mockery of humanity, resembling his own speaking to him
"AHRI MAN. YOU DESTROY KILL LOVE SON"
Hearing each word was excruciating and left Jimmy to tumble through the void--
Reason for being on AM: Destruction of his old world threw him into the next closest, he's now determined NOT to fail again and let this world die too. He also seeks where Angra Mainyu may have made contact with this world. Currently, he believes the T-Virus and The First Evil to be related to it (due to the similarities to his past situations) and is investigating these.
Sample RP:
The darkness whirled around him as he tumbled through dimensions. He felt the talons on his feet bleeding away into the swirl around him. Purple miasmic smoke clouded his vision and shards of light splintered across his eyes as he fell, he was adrift through the gap in dimensions and he could feel it destroying him. Even Angra Mainyu couldn't survive this kind of exposure for long, it would have torn him apart. And now, because of his arrogance his universe was destroyed, everything. And he was cast adrift. Everything was gone even
"I like your hair black"
"Yeah? I think it's fitting"
"It is? Oh! Last name, right"
"Yeah, your so slow sometimes John, ahhh, but I guess your a cutie"
"Emily... I won't die" Jimmy gritted his teeth, focusing and with a loud screech, felt something behind him tear and tumbled through the air. His body changed even as he fell, his clothes appeared around him, not damaged by the change it seems. He wanted to laugh but it hurt. He landed in a stack of hay with a loud thump and groaned as he was forced to drag his body free.
He was somewhere else, some other world
"I can feel it" he groaned "It's fading but, it's here. Angra Mainyu... I have to stop hiiim-" Jimmy felt his eyes cloud over and collapsed to the ground. He'd made it to a new world, but could he do any more here?
Theme Songs: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEFjQgRoeKk
Cbox Name: none yet
Nicknames: Niku
Main Account: Ahriman
Who else do you play?: No-one atm
How did you find us?: Friend recomended it
Category: OC, remakeof an old character from a different site, think that still counts?
Name: Jimmy Claymore/ Ahriman
Alias: Also known as, James Finn 2, John Barton or Subject 9
Age: 22
Ranking: Anti-Hero (I think?)
Physical Appearance: Jimmy is your standard 22 year old caucasian male in most regards, he's quite good looking in a cute way and has a fairly solid physical build maintained by exercise and his own lack of funds meaning he can't eat enough to get fat but he does eat enough to stay heathy. He's around 6 feet tall with loose brown hair falling in soft flicks around his head. He has a tendency to wear a plain T-shirt under a brown jacket, a memento of his adopted brother, but has been known to alternate his clothes when given a chance. The most important part is that beneath the T-shirt, jeans and sneakers he tends to wear clothes that are quite obviously non-descript. (OOC: using the picture of a character I don't think could turn up so it should be valid?)
However, after he activates his powers he looks vastly different. His skin becomes pale and loses all pigment showing his veins, dark and twisted beneath his skin. His hair becomes blond and stands back off his head in a blown back mane of spiked locks. The strangest change in his build, he becomes shorter, standing at around 5ft 8 inches tall and becomes slighter of build yet his muscles become more defined. His hands are one of the biggest changes, the fingers changing into spikes and becoming claws. The length of them varies depending on Ahriman's will. He normally wears the same clothes he was wearing pre-transformation. His eyes become pitch black discs and give him a distinctly alien appearance
He has an upgraded form which he can no longer utilise after burning his power out, which developed both horns and stronger claws, as seen below. This stage can't be used until he manages to reclaim what he lost coming to AM.
Personality: Jimmy is strangely unique in his lack of uniqueness, despite his different form he has become rather adjusted to the idea that he has two different bodies that are both him even though his brain physically changes as well. At the very essence of his being, Jimmy should be an evil bastard who's only desire is to destroy or rule everything. But his upbringing at the hands of his surrogate mother and adopted brother made him into a good person with an outstanding moral compass. Somehow, surpassing his genetics, Jimmy has a tendency for kindness and will spend the majority of his time trying to be helpful and a useful contribution to humanity. He also has more than a small amount of guilt in relation to the number of people he's killed, though they were generally Devas or people who deserved it.
While his personality stays quite consistent, when in his Ahriman state Jimmy is subject to slight changes in his thoughts. When thinking how to fight an opponent, he will first think of how best to inflict pain rather than to disable them, a sadistic element begins to leek into his mind. His general personality doesn't change very much but the change does take a toll on his thoughts after a time. He may say harsh cutting remarks or start belittling his opponents, describing what he plans to do. He tries to avoid this and if he realises he's doing it will stop but he still occasionally slips into being cruel. This is something of a holdover from when he had a psychotic break, which is also behind his fear of relapse.
Powers/Abilities: Jimmy's only 'power' as such is transforming into Ahriman, but once he's changed every cell in his body shifts into the new state and he develops a plethora of abilities as a result. Though worth mentioning in the weaknesses, these abilities only work in his transformed state. But since the transformation takes around 2 seconds to occur when he's rushed (can be longer if he's angling for dramatic effort) this isn't a common problem
- Enhanced Physicality- Well, the change alters his appearance (as mentioned above) but that isn't all it does. While he actually loses muscle mass he becomes far stronger than his original human form. Though currently unmeasured his reading is normally given as "can lift a car with both hands and a bit of effort". He also becomes tougher, being able to take being punched in the face by a master fighter and merely recoiling, though not entirely bullet-proof he can normally handle being shot with low velocity rounds. The last big biological change is his claws, he gains a set of razor sharp blades over his fingers which can respond to his thoughts to alter in sharpness and length (discovered after he skewered a keyboard). While sharp enough to cut through steal, he tends to have a mental block about slicing up people and holds back. Also worth mentioning are an enhancement to his vision, hearing and smell (which he can turn on and off to avoid sensory overload) and the fangs that now line his mouth.
- Super Speed- Beyond merely his body change, Ahriman is fast not just reflexes but he's able to move at great speeds. While not fully tested he's capable of moving at slightly sub-sonic speeds over long range and can move in 'dashes' with exceptional speed. This is reflected in his fighting style, normally being based around circling an opponent at lightning speed and blind-siding them. His dashes do have the problem of turning however, he will normally move in a blur of motion and become visible briefly while turning before vanishing again in a blur of movement. His reflexes are also matched by flexibility, meaning if he sees an attack coming his body will often bend in terrifying ways to avoid the blow and still remain capable of a counterattack.
- Telekinesis- Not the finite complete control variety, more the brute force style. As a result of his transformation, Ahriman's mind becomes inhospitable for any telepath, psychic or other school of mind-reading/control. Reading his thoughts is often compared to watching Hieronymous Bosch, the uncut version. However, he himself does not have any psychic powers and this has it's own drawbacks (mentioned below) his biggest asset is the telekinesis. Essentially, he is able to cause himself to fly (this is when he achieved the sub-sonic speed mentioned above) and can fire blasts at opponents to throw them off balance as well as shield himself. The attacks are fully visible because of his own lack of discipline with the moves, creating a ripple in space where he's using it, and requires the use of his hands to direct.
- Regeneration- The cells of the Angra Mainyu are immortal, impossible to destroy only to transfer and as a result Ahriman is also somewhat impossible to fully kill. This doesn't mean he can't be harmed or incapicitated only that Jimmy and Ahriman as entities can't be destroyed. The regeneration only occurs in the Ahriman stage and the rate of healing is dependent on other factors, but in general, he will heal from a cut in around a minute. He will also heal while Jimmy is unconscious, affected areas will temporarily change to Ahriman's body to heal. This may also be a good time to mention the changes in his body. Essentially, Ahriman and to a degree Jimmy have toxic blood. While it is rare for it to be ingested, it would cause intense pain until the body rejects the Angra Mainyu cells (most likely by vomiting). This also means that they are effectively immune to viruses as any virus is swamped by the inhospitable environment. This is something Jimmy has never noticed.
- Evil Aura- Less a power, more a handicap given his personality. Ahriman emits a powerful aura of evil and invokes fear in nearly every lifeform who witnesses him. Getting to know Jimmy causes the effect to subside but as a first impression, seeing him often causes people to be terrified. This is only really useful for interrogations as he can terrify the beejeezus out of nearly anyone. It's obviously ineffective against other creatures of darkness, though they are still aware of the aura and some are still afraid. After all, the fear of a pale, thin man with sharp teeth and pitch black eyes is somewhat written into the human psyche.
- Absorption- The most disgusting ability Jimmy has and as a result his least used. If in his Ahriman form he ingests cellular matter of his opponent his cells will absorb the information and try to incorporate these abilities into his own. Needless to say, Jimmy is aware he has this and point blank refuses to do so unless absolutely neccessary. It only works in his Ahriman state, and only on living creatures. The larger the amount eaten the greater the chance of the power developing well.
Equipment:Jimmy carries a backpack with a bundle of clothes in it, a small hunting knife which he buries at the bottom and a cell-phone from his homeworld which doesn't function any more. In his wallet he has money for presidents that didn't exist, three guitar picks and a photo of Emily. He also a syringe of the Deva Drug for chemical analysis.
Weaknesses
Psychological Flaws:
Where to begin... as a Clone of one of the most evil men in history spliced with the DNA of an Eldritch horror from outside space-time, Jimmy is a little sensitive about how he does good deeds all the time. If anyone accuses him of being a bad guy he takes it to heart, and seriously vows to then prove himself to that person.
He has a difficult time making connections in the wake of his world dying and is fairly determined to safe-guard human lives as best he can. This also means he has on occasion hurled himself into the line of fire to save children which is less a flaw and more a problem that they all have intense psychological scarring after seeing his evil aura.
He also has the slight flaw of not wishing to kill people but having 1-6 inch long blades where his fingers are meant to be in his transformed state. He does make exceptions for evil people and he's constantly worried about how he retro-actively justifies every kill he commits. He's also got a sadistic side he tries to repress but if someone hurts an innocent, they deserve to see their own lungs is his thinking. He also can't use his Absorption power often because it's, in his own words, 'Disgusting'
The last one is kind of a doozy. Before Jimmy realised the truth he used to have dissoaciative identity disorder, where all the killing and murder that Ahriman commited were done by another person. He wasn't aware it was his own instinct for survival raging forth and so for 2 years Jimmy believed himself to be a schizophrenic and only recently reconciled the warring aspects of his mind. His mind isn't overly fragile but he still worries...
Physical Flaws:
Majority were mentioned above in the Powers themselves but as a quick recap
-Difficulty turning in Super Speed
-Cannot recieve telepathy while transformed
-Telekinesis is visible and requires hands to use
-Regeneration occurs only in Ahriman Form
-Evil Aura is constantly active and as such alerts people to his prescence.
The other major flaw would be that, as a human, he doesn't have as many powers. He still retains a degree of immunity to psychic attacks and has a mixed physical/psychological problem with illusions. Essentially, if someone hits him with a mental illusion or image he sees the real world and the image overlaid. He equates it to seeing the illusion with one eye and the real world with the other, which is a flaw as it means he gets enormously confused.
Other Flaws:
Religious artefacts and Holy items have an extremely adverse effect on Ahriman, putting him in intense pain. When exposed to such artefacts, he normally reverts to being Jimmy by reflex to avoid being in pain. If he is regenerating, he can't revert and has to endure the pain. His human form is immune to this however, and so he tends to prefer the reverting option.
Brief History: "Subject's 1-8 were failures, rejected by the almighty strain we tried to offer them. Subject 9 deserved something hardier, a human who's might would mean he could not reject the gift. We chose well"
Elaine Claymore was the best mother anyone could have had. Her son Steven was probably the best brother, all Jimmy can remember of his childhood was his happy family life and occasional strong moments where the family came together and he found himself in an idyllic location eating a picnic. Sadly, this couldn't last. When he was 16 the town he lived in was quarantined and it was here that he heard from Steven about the drug problem.
A new designer steroid called Deva was hitting the streets, turning any punk who took it into a prime athlete able to beat down or out-run any cop on the force. The government had found out that someoneone had leaked Deva into the town's water supply meaning the whole town was now full of enhanced humans just rolling towards a comedown, including the Claymore family. Steven had been working with the police to stem the tide of Deva sales but it looked he was too late.
But the withdrawal never came, instead something far worse happened
"People are weak, that's what you have to understand. They will succumb to any challenge presented to them, only the exceptional will rise above it. The events of Ashford prove this to be so"
It started with Elaine changing, her body rippling with unknown tissue as she mutated into a monster with thick fangs hanging off her tentacled arms. Steven managed to escape with Jimmy, the two of them fleeing into the city and finding it now over-run by these horrifically changing beasts. Deva was being changed, all who took it now transformed into a mutated monstrosity with only death on it's mind.
Steven wasted no time in finding other survivors. Though infected, they could control their transformation and after some discussion, the group headed towards the most fortified position they could think of, the football stadium in the center of town. Jimmy remembers them all clearly
Tristan the Cop, Steven's friend, the one who told him to be brave
Edward the Lawyer, the guy who swore to sue once they got of here
Linda the Nurse, always looking for a cure
and him and his brother. He was the only one unable to change, the others assumed he was somehow clean and swore to get him out of the city.
But once they reached the football stadium, it all fell apart.
They got to the center grounds and were confronted by a man in a suit, a fine suit, who smiled down at them through thin rimmed spectacles. He raised his hands and congratulated them all on reaching here, telling them that they had an offer to accept.
"You may join us, as the only humans in Ashford with an immunity to AHRI. I would estimate you have around 60-70% co-efficiency. Are you willing to be glorious?"
They took some time but all the group agreed. They would not join the men who killed theur families. They attacked, changing into their demonic new bodies but were struck down. The man in glasses warped into his own form and rained down toxic purple smoke on the field as he taunted them
"The readings are clear, you're ratio is only 70%, the highest among you is 80. I am 90% compatiable, I am like a god!" One by one they fell until only Steven and Jimmy remained. As the executive fired an attack at Jimmy, Steven's monstrous body got in the way and shook with the blow. Slowly shifting back, he collapsed onto his brother
"Steven?" Jimmy whispered, "Steven, what's wrong?"
"I'm sorry Jimmy... this is as far as I go"
"What? No, no, I can't lose you, I-I haven't got anyone else.."
"Sir!" one of the monsters snarled "The brat's rating is rising, he's up to 20%"
"Huhn, better than the 1 he had before, lets see how this heart-wrenching scenario plays out"
"You have to be strong, little brother" Steven gurgled through the blood in his throat
"Steven? Steven wake up, you can't be gone, I-"
"Sir, his ratio is increasing dramatically, he's up to 70%"
"Huh, who would have thought it could get that high-"
"Sir, it's still rising, he's up to 88%"
"That's impossible" spluttered the executive, grabbing the device "He was at 1% before now!"
But there it was on the screen, his co-efficiency rating was now 96%
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"What, one hundred percent!?" The executive screamed, about to question the device when he heard the scream. It was one of pure rage and hatred and sorrow. He looked down at the boy and saw nothing. Only the body of his brother. Then he saw a line of the monsters explode in showers of blood. Another group suddenly found their heads floating through the air. The executive could only watch as some invisible force tore his soldiers apart, finally resolving to flee, he reverted to his human form and found himself suddenly stopping. Looking down he saw an ar embedded in his chest, up to the elbow. And he felt his heart no longer beating.
The creature in front of him was pale, blond, dark eyes staring at him. And worse of all was his mouth. And the enormous. Elated. Smile. Stretched all the way from one ear to the next. It was the last thing he saw before he died.
"An unparrelleled success! Though it was rather annoying that we lost, err, whats-his-name, it proved what we had known all along. It was possible to create a being as powerful as our source. And it was controllable."
Emily Noir was 17 when she met him, the man everyone called John Barton. He was 20 years old, a notorious drifter but apparently a man who was extremely helpful. The two of them started seeing each other after she found him working in a motorcycle repair shop and by her 18th birthday, they decided to go steady (much to her elder sisters chagrin). Emily was interested in urban legends and as it turned out, so was John. He was always following this one trail which she helped him with, detailing the path of a mysterious killer. He seemed to tear apart everything and everyone in the vicinity.
Of course, her sister Kate didn't believe that John was merely following this. Convinced he was the purportrater, she confronted him and accused him directly of being the killer and not only that, that he was using Deva. John's reaction told her he knew what Deva was, but the horror was followed unexpectedly by
"We have to get everyone out"
After explaining what he knew, John revealed to Emily his real name. He told her he was Jimmy Claymore, one of the survivours of the Ashford massacre and what Deva did to people. He'd also managed to find the company who made the drug and was ready to confront them. Emily and Kate agreed, it was neccessary. That night, Jimmy told Emily that he loved her and the two promised to get married after this was all over.
Charging the factory, Jimmy and Emily left Kate and the government agents assigned to assist to ensure the area surrounded while they barged in to stop the drug baron in his tracks
"Which brings us to now. The errant son returns, and it seems I must now confront him. I hope he realises just how much data I have on him when he finds this in my office. Come to the roof for your answers, James.- Your father //:ENDLOG"
Jimmy charged to the roof, Emily following behind shouting for him to slow down. He finally burst out onto the rooftop and revealed... a nightmare. A creature of pale beauty with twisted bones and tendons supporting it's frame, yellow quills erupting over it's body and huge black eyes appearing at random across it's mass. Luminous orange patches covered the body and a purple energy shot flew into the air, creating a vortex. The creature then began fading as Emily emerged from behind him. As it vanished into the ether, it left a man behind.
He had dark brown hair, a shade Jimmy knew all too well.
He had a firm build, similar to someone Jimmy would recognise.
He had blue grey eyes, and they stared into an identical set.
"Hello, my clone" he said "I am James Finn. Your other parent just left. You see, there is this being. His name is Angra Mainyu. He was old when the universe was young and he is the entity that will end it. All of it. Suffice to say, I have managed to achieve my goal of creating a hybrid with this remarkable entity. You. The antithesis of existance who chose me as his harbinger before moving onto the next universe gave me the knowledge to create you
"The power of a God sealed into a mortal frame, only you can't control it can you. Your lovely lady knows too, she is aware that you are the mass killer you feign interest in. She even worked out that you mutate to perform these deeds and she still loves you? A better woman than Claymore, stealing my only son away.
"But now here we are. You are the next destroyer, a human agent to aid my lord while I, the greatest of humans will survive and create a new universe once this one is destroyed. My one regret is that I can no longer use you. Your mind is too distracted, too focused on this woman. I shall have to make another"
Finn drew a pistol in the blink of an eye and fired, the bullet shooting towards Jimmy. He should have transformed but he couldn't, his mind kept screaming to change but... but what if he hurt her?
He felt himself falling and glanced to see her, Emily, pushing him out of the way and the bullet struck her own chest. With a gasp she fell with him and left Jimmy holding her body
"Emily? EMILY!" He screamed as he held the love of his life, her breath coming in slow, shallow breaths
"Jimmy... I'm sorry, this was selfish. But I can't live without you... please, don't listen to him. You aren't a destroyer, you aren't them. You are you. You know, I really loved... you..." slowly Emily closed her eyes and left Jimmy to hold her. He never let go of her hand in his grip.
"Foolish woman," Finn snorted "Dying over something so minor? She would be dead within minutes anyway."
"You think you're leaving here?" Jimmy muttered, his voice echoing and warping "You think I'm going to let you get away with it?"
"A defective clone with delusions of granduer? I still have more bullets-" There was a thud as Finn's gun, still gripped in his hand fell to the floor. Standing before him was a different body. Pale, spiked hair, horns and glowing claws
"You awakened," Finn panted, blood still falling from his recently severed limb "Master, please take me to your next world"
"What happened to defective?"
"What?"
"Hey, if I'm your clone" Jimmy raised his head, "I wonder if our insides are the same colour" the grin across his face struck terror deep within Finn's heart as Jimmy rushed towards him, the claws bearing down on the human man intent on making him suffer a voice resounded in his head
"I really loved you"
The claws stopped, millimetres from Finn's eye.The pale eyes surrounded by pulsing dark veins stared into his and he heard the words that made him realise just how much he'd wasted his life
"I loved her too. And that's something you will never have"
Turning away, Jimmy leapt into the air and soared towards the vortex at an intense rate. The dark energy surrounding him was for a purpose, he would seal the hole and save this world. But he underestimated the power of his fore-bear. The energy struck the portal and with a fearsome shriek, his mind was flood with images of destruction and of the face, warped and a mockery of humanity, resembling his own speaking to him
"AHRI MAN. YOU DESTROY KILL LOVE SON"
Hearing each word was excruciating and left Jimmy to tumble through the void--
Reason for being on AM: Destruction of his old world threw him into the next closest, he's now determined NOT to fail again and let this world die too. He also seeks where Angra Mainyu may have made contact with this world. Currently, he believes the T-Virus and The First Evil to be related to it (due to the similarities to his past situations) and is investigating these.
Sample RP:
The darkness whirled around him as he tumbled through dimensions. He felt the talons on his feet bleeding away into the swirl around him. Purple miasmic smoke clouded his vision and shards of light splintered across his eyes as he fell, he was adrift through the gap in dimensions and he could feel it destroying him. Even Angra Mainyu couldn't survive this kind of exposure for long, it would have torn him apart. And now, because of his arrogance his universe was destroyed, everything. And he was cast adrift. Everything was gone even
"I like your hair black"
"Yeah? I think it's fitting"
"It is? Oh! Last name, right"
"Yeah, your so slow sometimes John, ahhh, but I guess your a cutie"
"Emily... I won't die" Jimmy gritted his teeth, focusing and with a loud screech, felt something behind him tear and tumbled through the air. His body changed even as he fell, his clothes appeared around him, not damaged by the change it seems. He wanted to laugh but it hurt. He landed in a stack of hay with a loud thump and groaned as he was forced to drag his body free.
He was somewhere else, some other world
"I can feel it" he groaned "It's fading but, it's here. Angra Mainyu... I have to stop hiiim-" Jimmy felt his eyes cloud over and collapsed to the ground. He'd made it to a new world, but could he do any more here?
Theme Songs: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEFjQgRoeKk
