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Name: Clamor
Contact: AIM @ witcardsnribbons, Plurk @macabreclamor )
( CHARACTER INFORMATION )
Name/Work Name: Rubi Malone / Shrike
Canon: WET
Canon Point: Post-game
AU/CRAU: N/A
Age: Mid twenties, possibly younger.
History: Wiki plot entry. There's not a whole lot of background story beyond revenge revenge revenge but if mods would like details, I can whip up a lengthier history. It'll just be... wordier? Either way, give me a shout and I'll TL;DR as needed. c:
Personality: The saying "Bury me facedown so the whole world can kiss my ass" was made with Rubi in mind. Her violent streak is something most people would be thrown in jail for. Luckily, she has enough business smarts to realize that making good cash while indulging in cracking heads has gone remarkably well for her. Rubi Malone is known in the criminal underworld as the "Fixer" for a reason - if there's a problem biting you in the ass, you call in a professional to fix the problem for you, right?
Of course, the process of fixing said problem can be quite bloody.
Short tempered as she is, Rubi's irascible nature is more or less only a front to drive off anyone planning to waste her time. In the beginning of the game, she straight up tells a client to get lost until the subject of payment is brought up, in which case the badmouthing is put on a backburner until details can be hashed out. Similarly, she shows a little affection only for a select few individuals she trusts implicitly. Ming, her contact in Hong Kong, frequently got a cut of her pay if she went to him for information or other minor assistance during a hit.
She would later go on a killing spree in revenge when Ming is killed by one of the crime lords she was going after in retribution for giving her information. It says a lot considering she could've just dropped it and retreated back to the United States to drop off the radar, but instead Rubi chose to take on the entire Pelham triad (and just about every underling he had) just to have the chance to cut off Pelham's head personally and therefore have justice done.
Immediately prior to Ming's death, Rubi tells her second contact located in the UK (Milo) that she doesn't want him mixed up in her revenge spree any more than she has to. Rather than pressing for details and possibly exposing Milo to Pelham's thugs, Rubi instead just asks to be pointed in the right direction and she would do the rest. This says a shit ton about how careful she's being with Milo's life, since it would be much, much easier to get in, kill her target, and get out again if she had specifics. Instead, she's willing to risk it rather than even consider leaving an opening for Pelham to take out another of her contacts.
To anyone else not in her good books, Rubi is quite prickly. She doesn't socialize if given the choice and actually resents having other people in her space. Her idea of a 'friend' is really just a drinking buddy that'll fuck off afterwards and not be seen for a few weeks until she needs a second person to play poker with.
Suffice to say her social skills will need a lot of work before she can actually function properly in a day to day setting where she isn't ferreted away in her desert hidey holes.
Lastly, Rubi Malone is - and always will be - a hardcore adrenaline addict. She does her job because a) it puts money in the bank, b) she's hella good at blowing shit up, and c) it gets her a fix when she needs it. Case and point, bad guy gets chased into a parking lot, jumps into a car, and drives away. Most sane people would either give up or hijack a car to give chase. Rubi? Well, Rubi does exactly the opposite of what sane people would do. She jumps on the roof of another car going in the same direction (ON THE FREEWAY, I SHOULD ADD jfc rubi what the actual hell) and hops from car to car, picking off the bad guy's entourage of henchmen cars with her revolvers and an embarrassing excess of explosions. Car surfing. For real.
Oh, and then she bitchslaps the bad guy through his sun roof, steals his loot, shoots the driver in the back of the head, somehow survives jumping into an oncoming truck behind them, and lights the bad guy on fire after spouting off a cheesy badass one-liner. Of course this leads up to a Cool Guys Don't Look At Explosions ® moment. I really wish I was making this up.
Rubi Malone, ladies and gentlemen. Tryhard Road Queen of all tryhards. She'll either end up responsible for 90% of the violent crime in Koriko or just a big fat train wreck in general.
Debt: Finding Zhi. Ever since killing Pelham, Zhi has fallen completely off the map somewhere in the criminal underbelly of Hong Kong. Ming's dying wish was for his brother to be kept safe, which Rubi agreed to. Unfortunately with her main source of info dead, she'll be forced to turn to the Witch for a lead instead.
Suitability: It's humiliating to have to work as crude labour, but she'll grit her teeth and bear it. After all, finding Zhi is more important than refusing to clean some filthy ass bathtub, right? One caveat - Rubi will actively look to collect an arsenal of weapons either through legal means or not. She's a packrat when it comes to things that go 'boom', so the Guard might be seeing or hearing a lot of her shenanigans. Worst case scenario, put her in a time out corner for a while.
Previous Game Info: N/A
Inventory:
For strengths, Rubi's first and foremost weapon is plain and simple determination. Once she tastes blood (proverbial or not), she's next to impossible to shake. In Pelham's case, she chased him across three continents and killed five of his closest lieutenants in one-on-one combat alongside of countless nameless thugs in his employ just to get a shot at him. Simmons, a minor bad guy in the beginning of the game, still gets chased down despite managing to get a head start to escape to a highway. She relies almost exclusively on her superior speed, spacial awareness, and absurd flexibility to maintain the upper hand in combat. Her physical strength is nothing special unless in Rage Mode.
Secondly, she learns how to handle new firearms in record speed. She prefers to dual-wield most weapons, even toting two shotguns at once despite the recoil she'd have to deal with upon firing either of them. She prefers big guns with a lot of shock and awe to them if she has a choice.
Lastly, she's about 99.9% likely to have a death wish. She's scared of absolutely nothing and will throw herself headfirst into certain death if her goal is on the other side. Considering she hasn't gone and kicked the bucket yet, apparently she's got uncanny luck where that's concerned.
Abilities are as follows:
Remember what I said about being an adrenaline junkie? Still applies. She'll stick her neck out a lot over stupid things just to try to start fights or engage in life-threatening activities as often as she can get away with. It's a double edged sword and can be just as much a disadvantage as an advantage.
Less important, but she hates to fly. Whether this means a simple airplane or anything else, she'll make sure everyone knows just how miserable she is if forced to get on an aircraft.
Finally, Rubi is a plain old human being. Fact. Stick her in an unwinnable situation and she will fail, just like any other person will. Rage Mode is her one and only backup plan, and if it fails she's as good as dead.
( SAMPLE )
Characterization Sample:
Rubi butts heads with Boba Fett. Of course they promptly whip out their guns and take potshots at one another. G fucking G.
Name: Clamor
Contact: AIM @ witcardsnribbons, Plurk @
macabreclamor ) ( CHARACTER INFORMATION )
Name/Work Name: Rubi Malone / Shrike
Canon: WET
Canon Point: Post-game
AU/CRAU: N/A
Age: Mid twenties, possibly younger.
History: Wiki plot entry. There's not a whole lot of background story beyond revenge revenge revenge but if mods would like details, I can whip up a lengthier history. It'll just be... wordier? Either way, give me a shout and I'll TL;DR as needed. c:
Personality: The saying "Bury me facedown so the whole world can kiss my ass" was made with Rubi in mind. Her violent streak is something most people would be thrown in jail for. Luckily, she has enough business smarts to realize that making good cash while indulging in cracking heads has gone remarkably well for her. Rubi Malone is known in the criminal underworld as the "Fixer" for a reason - if there's a problem biting you in the ass, you call in a professional to fix the problem for you, right?
Of course, the process of fixing said problem can be quite bloody.
Short tempered as she is, Rubi's irascible nature is more or less only a front to drive off anyone planning to waste her time. In the beginning of the game, she straight up tells a client to get lost until the subject of payment is brought up, in which case the badmouthing is put on a backburner until details can be hashed out. Similarly, she shows a little affection only for a select few individuals she trusts implicitly. Ming, her contact in Hong Kong, frequently got a cut of her pay if she went to him for information or other minor assistance during a hit.
She would later go on a killing spree in revenge when Ming is killed by one of the crime lords she was going after in retribution for giving her information. It says a lot considering she could've just dropped it and retreated back to the United States to drop off the radar, but instead Rubi chose to take on the entire Pelham triad (and just about every underling he had) just to have the chance to cut off Pelham's head personally and therefore have justice done.
Immediately prior to Ming's death, Rubi tells her second contact located in the UK (Milo) that she doesn't want him mixed up in her revenge spree any more than she has to. Rather than pressing for details and possibly exposing Milo to Pelham's thugs, Rubi instead just asks to be pointed in the right direction and she would do the rest. This says a shit ton about how careful she's being with Milo's life, since it would be much, much easier to get in, kill her target, and get out again if she had specifics. Instead, she's willing to risk it rather than even consider leaving an opening for Pelham to take out another of her contacts.
To anyone else not in her good books, Rubi is quite prickly. She doesn't socialize if given the choice and actually resents having other people in her space. Her idea of a 'friend' is really just a drinking buddy that'll fuck off afterwards and not be seen for a few weeks until she needs a second person to play poker with.
Suffice to say her social skills will need a lot of work before she can actually function properly in a day to day setting where she isn't ferreted away in her desert hidey holes.
Lastly, Rubi Malone is - and always will be - a hardcore adrenaline addict. She does her job because a) it puts money in the bank, b) she's hella good at blowing shit up, and c) it gets her a fix when she needs it. Case and point, bad guy gets chased into a parking lot, jumps into a car, and drives away. Most sane people would either give up or hijack a car to give chase. Rubi? Well, Rubi does exactly the opposite of what sane people would do. She jumps on the roof of another car going in the same direction (ON THE FREEWAY, I SHOULD ADD jfc rubi what the actual hell) and hops from car to car, picking off the bad guy's entourage of henchmen cars with her revolvers and an embarrassing excess of explosions. Car surfing. For real.
Oh, and then she bitchslaps the bad guy through his sun roof, steals his loot, shoots the driver in the back of the head, somehow survives jumping into an oncoming truck behind them, and lights the bad guy on fire after spouting off a cheesy badass one-liner. Of course this leads up to a Cool Guys Don't Look At Explosions ® moment. I really wish I was making this up.
Rubi Malone, ladies and gentlemen. Tryhard Road Queen of all tryhards. She'll either end up responsible for 90% of the violent crime in Koriko or just a big fat train wreck in general.
Debt: Finding Zhi. Ever since killing Pelham, Zhi has fallen completely off the map somewhere in the criminal underbelly of Hong Kong. Ming's dying wish was for his brother to be kept safe, which Rubi agreed to. Unfortunately with her main source of info dead, she'll be forced to turn to the Witch for a lead instead.
Suitability: It's humiliating to have to work as crude labour, but she'll grit her teeth and bear it. After all, finding Zhi is more important than refusing to clean some filthy ass bathtub, right? One caveat - Rubi will actively look to collect an arsenal of weapons either through legal means or not. She's a packrat when it comes to things that go 'boom', so the Guard might be seeing or hearing a lot of her shenanigans. Worst case scenario, put her in a time out corner for a while.
Previous Game Info: N/A
Inventory:
- Her clothes: Cargo pants, combat boots, a red tank top, and a battered old bomber jacket.
- Revolvers (x2)
- Katana
- One bottle of Fleur-de-lis brand Whiskey
- Dog tags
For strengths, Rubi's first and foremost weapon is plain and simple determination. Once she tastes blood (proverbial or not), she's next to impossible to shake. In Pelham's case, she chased him across three continents and killed five of his closest lieutenants in one-on-one combat alongside of countless nameless thugs in his employ just to get a shot at him. Simmons, a minor bad guy in the beginning of the game, still gets chased down despite managing to get a head start to escape to a highway. She relies almost exclusively on her superior speed, spacial awareness, and absurd flexibility to maintain the upper hand in combat. Her physical strength is nothing special unless in Rage Mode.
Secondly, she learns how to handle new firearms in record speed. She prefers to dual-wield most weapons, even toting two shotguns at once despite the recoil she'd have to deal with upon firing either of them. She prefers big guns with a lot of shock and awe to them if she has a choice.
Lastly, she's about 99.9% likely to have a death wish. She's scared of absolutely nothing and will throw herself headfirst into certain death if her goal is on the other side. Considering she hasn't gone and kicked the bucket yet, apparently she's got uncanny luck where that's concerned.
Abilities are as follows:
- Bullet Time - Uncanny accuracy meets slow-mo. Rubi is able to pinpoint and eliminate targets while in midair, sliding on her knees over the floor, etc etc. Theoretically, she's capable of firing her guns in tandem at a whopping 16 rounds per second. And that's before upgrading them. Afterwards? 32 rounds per second. Game logic. Go figure.
- Ambidextrous - Rubi is able to fire with unnerving precision at two targets at once during Bullet Time.
- Acrobatics - There's a reason why she's got a monkey motif on her guns. Malone comes equipped with a stash of acrobatic moves designed to keep her airborne and out of reach. (I.e. wall-running, using npc bad guys as a launching pad, etc etc)
- Rage Mode - Triggered when something really pisses her off - like when shooting someone point-blank splatters her face with their blood. Malone goes into a killing frenzy that amps up her firing rate and physical strength by obscene amounts. In-game occasions where Rage Mode is triggered, she mows down the population of a small city in NPC henchmen without breaking a sweat, racking up a multiplier that maxes out at 60 kills. In Rage Mode, Rubi will indiscriminately mow down anyone or anything that gets in her way and won't stop unless physically incapacitated, unconscious, or until her fixated target has been killed.
- Regen Multiplier - The more she kills, the more she regenerates. Stylish points (switching up acrobatic moves to chain kills) power up the multiplier meter to a maximum of 5x, giving her a distinct advantage in 10-to-1 (or more) combat. In Rage Mode, she becomes nigh untouchable with the multiplier maxed.
Remember what I said about being an adrenaline junkie? Still applies. She'll stick her neck out a lot over stupid things just to try to start fights or engage in life-threatening activities as often as she can get away with. It's a double edged sword and can be just as much a disadvantage as an advantage.
Less important, but she hates to fly. Whether this means a simple airplane or anything else, she'll make sure everyone knows just how miserable she is if forced to get on an aircraft.
Finally, Rubi is a plain old human being. Fact. Stick her in an unwinnable situation and she will fail, just like any other person will. Rage Mode is her one and only backup plan, and if it fails she's as good as dead.
( SAMPLE )
Characterization Sample:
Rubi butts heads with Boba Fett. Of course they promptly whip out their guns and take potshots at one another. G fucking G.
