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[Player name] Mhairi
[Age] 21
[Personal Journal] uglytidings
[Other characters currently played]
Ron Weasley||Harry Potter||maroonweasley
Portgas D. Ace||One Piece||daienkai
[Character name] Lucy Stillman
[Age] 24
[Canon] Assassin's Creed
[Point in time taken from canon] AC:B - arriving at the villa and trying to find a way in with Desmond
[Background]
History
[Personality]
Lucy is very warm and bright as a person, a stark contrast to Warren Vidic, her Abstergo boss and although she can be sympathetic to Desmond and often is, she'll tell him to shut up and get to work or to shut the fuck up while they're trying to escape from Abstergo when Desmond won't shut up. She does humour him a great deal and goes to great lengths to protect him by pleading with Vidic or flat out demanding that Desmond be let out the Animus, to talking to him about their lives after Vidic had told her to leave and she kept Desmond's night time explorations secret by looping video feeds so he wasn't discovered and punished. This also proves that she's resourceful and cunning as does her being able to get Desmond into the Animus before their escape to the hideout so that she could synch his memories of Ezio and steal the Abstergo memory core to hasten progress after their escape.
However, as the defacto leader of the hideout crew, Lucy is under a great deal of pressure and she sometimes snaps because of it and she worries a lot too. She cares for those close to her a great deal, seeking out information about the death of her friend Leila Marino even when the emails from Abstergo boss Alan Rikkin became more strongly worded. Subject 16 is another touchy subject, especially when Desmond makes sarcastic remarks due to the Bleeding Effect, due to the nature of his death - he was driven to suicide and Lucy blames herself for his death which is why she was careful to make sure the same things didn't happen to Desmond when he was kidnapped and forced to relive memories. Another hard moment for her is coping with the stress of losing eight assassins split over two teams when they're at the hideout to the point that Shaun is told to keep some details hidden from Lucy in various emails when they're using the villa as their new base. She cares a great deal for the other team members Shaun and Rebecca although she's really the only member of the team that can get Shaun to shut up. She and Rebecca share a friendship though and talk when Rebecca is struggling with the loss of her old life, missing her family and her dog.
Lucy is determined too - she was the one to fight off guards to get Desmond out of Abstergo with her and she's committed to the goal of the Assassins. It can also be surmised that she's intelligent too as she studied cognitive neuroscience and after almost giving up due to her field of study being dismissed as pseudoscience, she was the one to put in a great deal of work with Vidic on the Animus after Abstergo hired her.
It's implied a great deal throughout Brotherhood that Lucy has feelings for Desmond and when the pair are exploring another way to get into the villa, there's a lot of teasing and bantering back and forth but neither of them have acted on their feelings outside of a hug or two with those hugs really being comfort hugs after stressful situations.
[Abilities]
Lucy is shown to be a skilled fighter as she is able to take down Abstergo guards without a weapon when she frees Desmond. She's also shown to be great at free running, exploring beneath the villa with Desmond and pulling off several leaps to high platforms after Desmond gives her a hand by boosting her up as she jumps, her abilities on par with Desmond and his ancestors.
[Other important stuff] None that I can think of.
[Sample post]
[First Person]
Desmond? Really, Desmond, c'mon we've got work to do and if you're out there and running around on the rooftops I won't save you from one of Shaun's lectures the next time you two get into it. [She sighs and rubs at her temples because at times her life is a cross between herding cats and schooling grumpy toddlers with a nice side order of paranoia and guilt on the side.]
Look, guys I know that things are tense right now and they're going to get a whole lot worse before they get any better but we need to stick together, get our heads down and work through all of this so that we can make more progress on finding those temples.
[And because sometimes you need to incentivise your co-workers...]
The first one to get back gets out of cleaning duty. Last one back is stuck with all cleaning for the next week.
Revised first person sample:
- What do you think of your home world?
It scares me now. There's so much bad out there and people don't even really know what's honestly going on, even when the world itself is just falling apart; 96% of Africa's population died in a second plague in a three month period, the illegal immigration is now from the US into Mexico instead of the other way around, piracy and video games killed the movie industry, hurricane season is an all year round event. There's still more but just thinking about that is enough for now. It terrifies me to think that this world might not even be around soon, if things keep going the way they've been going and there's something we can do but we're right up against it now.
- If you could go back home, would you? Why or why not?
Of course I'd choose to go back home if I had the option although home is a relative term right now. While the break is more than nice, there's too much work to do and the clock is running out on all of us now.
- What were you doing before now?
Exploring the underground sewers and tunnels of a 13th century Italian villa. It's a lot more fun that it sounds but it does smell awful down there; it's why I didn't do any of the swimming.
- Would you consider yourself a hero or a villain? Why? Neither is an option as well, but still tell why.
A hero I guess. Taking lives is never something you can really defend but we all have to fight for what we believe is right and inevitably, some people have to be removed from the situation to make that feasible. But when it comes down to freedom and more importantly, the freedom to choose what to do with your life, I think it's justifiable.
- If you could have any super ability, what would it be and why?
To be able to just know where things are. When you're hunting for artifacts with spotty records and without real access to them on top of that it makes life so difficult and incredibly frustrating. Plus, it would save lives. If I'd been able to do that...then what happened to Subject 16 would never have happened and Desmond wouldn't be under all that strain either. The other teams would be safer too because we could go and look for things and finally be ahead of Abstergo for a change.
- You are on the verge of death. You know there is no way to survive and there's no coming back. Choose any of the following to answer: What is your last wish? Your last regret? Last thoughts? How do you feel? Who is the last person you think of other than your killer? (can answer more than one of these question, but it will at most count as 2 questions)
My last wish? Okay, this is one wish but it's got more than one part to it: we stop Abstergo. So we'd need to find the temples Minerva spoke about, probably find more Pieces of Eden even if it's only to keep them away from Abstergo and to stop the geomagnetic reversal from taking place. My last regret would be not being around to see if we accomplish that or to help with it in whatever way I could have helped. My last thoughts would be for the other Assassins, especially Desmond and Rebecca and Shaun - all three of them are the last people I'd think about too, hoping that they'd manage it and that they'd be okay.
[Third Person]
There were times when Lucy almost envied Desmond. A strange sentiment to some and certainly not something she'd ever admit but it was there in her head nonetheless. True, he hadn't had much of a childhood insomuch as he'd had training but he'd had close to a whole decade of freedom after his escape from the farm and prior to his kidnap at the hands of Abstergo and what did she have? A life spent chasing Pieces of Eden, studying cognitive neuroscience and then being shunned, left at deadends, almost penniless before Abstergo had stepped in and offered her a chance. And after that, after years of working in a little bubble she'd almost been killed but had been spared to live a life trapped indoors, helping her enemies. Desmond had been out and living (and making one hell of a stupid mistake. No phones or credit cards but an actual fingerprint?)
Her view of the outside world had been through bulletproof glass. Desmond was inside the Animus, reliving memories and yes, the Bleeding Effect was a problem but he wasn't sat there, contemplating escape just on the off chance death would be the result. Even after the escape from Abstergo and then from the hideout she hadn't had much of a chance to enjoy the fresh air although getting to run and leap and climb? That had been heaven and she regretted not having the opportunity to go back down there alone to explore. But no, there was work to do, always work. Desmond was having more and more nightmares, Shaun was keeping something from her (the man was a lousy liar) and even Rebecca's upbeat mood was slipping away.
It was hard to remain professional at times. She cared about her team, cared about Desmond and no, not too much because Subject 16's blood was on her hands and that still cut right through her. Watching someone fracture like that because of what you'd helped to create, unable to do a damn thing to help them? You couldn't just wash your hands of that and move on so easily. And besides, Desmond was important. They needed him, simple as that. Sane, healthy and whole, Desmond was the key to all of this and Those Who Came Before had known that, just as Lucy knew now.
And yet here in Somarium, how much of that mattered? When she could roll out of bed at noon because there wasn't a schedule to follow. She had an apartment here. She'd only ever had a room before. She had a normal every day job. She could go for a run when it pleased her. There wasn't an Animus or Templars or a world going to shit. Hell, no one even knew she was an Assassin. She was just Lucy Stillman, average American girl who'd studied cognitive neuroscience and who had interesting theories about DNA and memries. Just an average girl, smart and athletic.
Which made it all the more sad that this place was still just a dream and that one day she was going to wake up from it all.
[Why do you want to play this character in Somarium?] I'd like to get to explore her personality in a scenario where she's not going to be looking over her shoulder
[Which rule was your favorite and why?] Whatever I usually put here. Being nice blahblahblah
[Where did you hear about Somarium?] I play here
[Any questions?] Nope
[Age] 21
[Personal Journal] uglytidings
[Other characters currently played]
Ron Weasley||Harry Potter||maroonweasley
Portgas D. Ace||One Piece||daienkai
[Character name] Lucy Stillman
[Age] 24
[Canon] Assassin's Creed
[Point in time taken from canon] AC:B - arriving at the villa and trying to find a way in with Desmond
[Background]
History
[Personality]
Lucy is very warm and bright as a person, a stark contrast to Warren Vidic, her Abstergo boss and although she can be sympathetic to Desmond and often is, she'll tell him to shut up and get to work or to shut the fuck up while they're trying to escape from Abstergo when Desmond won't shut up. She does humour him a great deal and goes to great lengths to protect him by pleading with Vidic or flat out demanding that Desmond be let out the Animus, to talking to him about their lives after Vidic had told her to leave and she kept Desmond's night time explorations secret by looping video feeds so he wasn't discovered and punished. This also proves that she's resourceful and cunning as does her being able to get Desmond into the Animus before their escape to the hideout so that she could synch his memories of Ezio and steal the Abstergo memory core to hasten progress after their escape.
However, as the defacto leader of the hideout crew, Lucy is under a great deal of pressure and she sometimes snaps because of it and she worries a lot too. She cares for those close to her a great deal, seeking out information about the death of her friend Leila Marino even when the emails from Abstergo boss Alan Rikkin became more strongly worded. Subject 16 is another touchy subject, especially when Desmond makes sarcastic remarks due to the Bleeding Effect, due to the nature of his death - he was driven to suicide and Lucy blames herself for his death which is why she was careful to make sure the same things didn't happen to Desmond when he was kidnapped and forced to relive memories. Another hard moment for her is coping with the stress of losing eight assassins split over two teams when they're at the hideout to the point that Shaun is told to keep some details hidden from Lucy in various emails when they're using the villa as their new base. She cares a great deal for the other team members Shaun and Rebecca although she's really the only member of the team that can get Shaun to shut up. She and Rebecca share a friendship though and talk when Rebecca is struggling with the loss of her old life, missing her family and her dog.
Lucy is determined too - she was the one to fight off guards to get Desmond out of Abstergo with her and she's committed to the goal of the Assassins. It can also be surmised that she's intelligent too as she studied cognitive neuroscience and after almost giving up due to her field of study being dismissed as pseudoscience, she was the one to put in a great deal of work with Vidic on the Animus after Abstergo hired her.
It's implied a great deal throughout Brotherhood that Lucy has feelings for Desmond and when the pair are exploring another way to get into the villa, there's a lot of teasing and bantering back and forth but neither of them have acted on their feelings outside of a hug or two with those hugs really being comfort hugs after stressful situations.
[Abilities]
Lucy is shown to be a skilled fighter as she is able to take down Abstergo guards without a weapon when she frees Desmond. She's also shown to be great at free running, exploring beneath the villa with Desmond and pulling off several leaps to high platforms after Desmond gives her a hand by boosting her up as she jumps, her abilities on par with Desmond and his ancestors.
[Other important stuff] None that I can think of.
[Sample post]
[First Person]
Desmond? Really, Desmond, c'mon we've got work to do and if you're out there and running around on the rooftops I won't save you from one of Shaun's lectures the next time you two get into it. [She sighs and rubs at her temples because at times her life is a cross between herding cats and schooling grumpy toddlers with a nice side order of paranoia and guilt on the side.]
Look, guys I know that things are tense right now and they're going to get a whole lot worse before they get any better but we need to stick together, get our heads down and work through all of this so that we can make more progress on finding those temples.
[And because sometimes you need to incentivise your co-workers...]
The first one to get back gets out of cleaning duty. Last one back is stuck with all cleaning for the next week.
Revised first person sample:
- What do you think of your home world?
It scares me now. There's so much bad out there and people don't even really know what's honestly going on, even when the world itself is just falling apart; 96% of Africa's population died in a second plague in a three month period, the illegal immigration is now from the US into Mexico instead of the other way around, piracy and video games killed the movie industry, hurricane season is an all year round event. There's still more but just thinking about that is enough for now. It terrifies me to think that this world might not even be around soon, if things keep going the way they've been going and there's something we can do but we're right up against it now.
- If you could go back home, would you? Why or why not?
Of course I'd choose to go back home if I had the option although home is a relative term right now. While the break is more than nice, there's too much work to do and the clock is running out on all of us now.
- What were you doing before now?
Exploring the underground sewers and tunnels of a 13th century Italian villa. It's a lot more fun that it sounds but it does smell awful down there; it's why I didn't do any of the swimming.
- Would you consider yourself a hero or a villain? Why? Neither is an option as well, but still tell why.
A hero I guess. Taking lives is never something you can really defend but we all have to fight for what we believe is right and inevitably, some people have to be removed from the situation to make that feasible. But when it comes down to freedom and more importantly, the freedom to choose what to do with your life, I think it's justifiable.
- If you could have any super ability, what would it be and why?
To be able to just know where things are. When you're hunting for artifacts with spotty records and without real access to them on top of that it makes life so difficult and incredibly frustrating. Plus, it would save lives. If I'd been able to do that...then what happened to Subject 16 would never have happened and Desmond wouldn't be under all that strain either. The other teams would be safer too because we could go and look for things and finally be ahead of Abstergo for a change.
- You are on the verge of death. You know there is no way to survive and there's no coming back. Choose any of the following to answer: What is your last wish? Your last regret? Last thoughts? How do you feel? Who is the last person you think of other than your killer? (can answer more than one of these question, but it will at most count as 2 questions)
My last wish? Okay, this is one wish but it's got more than one part to it: we stop Abstergo. So we'd need to find the temples Minerva spoke about, probably find more Pieces of Eden even if it's only to keep them away from Abstergo and to stop the geomagnetic reversal from taking place. My last regret would be not being around to see if we accomplish that or to help with it in whatever way I could have helped. My last thoughts would be for the other Assassins, especially Desmond and Rebecca and Shaun - all three of them are the last people I'd think about too, hoping that they'd manage it and that they'd be okay.
[Third Person]
There were times when Lucy almost envied Desmond. A strange sentiment to some and certainly not something she'd ever admit but it was there in her head nonetheless. True, he hadn't had much of a childhood insomuch as he'd had training but he'd had close to a whole decade of freedom after his escape from the farm and prior to his kidnap at the hands of Abstergo and what did she have? A life spent chasing Pieces of Eden, studying cognitive neuroscience and then being shunned, left at deadends, almost penniless before Abstergo had stepped in and offered her a chance. And after that, after years of working in a little bubble she'd almost been killed but had been spared to live a life trapped indoors, helping her enemies. Desmond had been out and living (and making one hell of a stupid mistake. No phones or credit cards but an actual fingerprint?)
Her view of the outside world had been through bulletproof glass. Desmond was inside the Animus, reliving memories and yes, the Bleeding Effect was a problem but he wasn't sat there, contemplating escape just on the off chance death would be the result. Even after the escape from Abstergo and then from the hideout she hadn't had much of a chance to enjoy the fresh air although getting to run and leap and climb? That had been heaven and she regretted not having the opportunity to go back down there alone to explore. But no, there was work to do, always work. Desmond was having more and more nightmares, Shaun was keeping something from her (the man was a lousy liar) and even Rebecca's upbeat mood was slipping away.
It was hard to remain professional at times. She cared about her team, cared about Desmond and no, not too much because Subject 16's blood was on her hands and that still cut right through her. Watching someone fracture like that because of what you'd helped to create, unable to do a damn thing to help them? You couldn't just wash your hands of that and move on so easily. And besides, Desmond was important. They needed him, simple as that. Sane, healthy and whole, Desmond was the key to all of this and Those Who Came Before had known that, just as Lucy knew now.
And yet here in Somarium, how much of that mattered? When she could roll out of bed at noon because there wasn't a schedule to follow. She had an apartment here. She'd only ever had a room before. She had a normal every day job. She could go for a run when it pleased her. There wasn't an Animus or Templars or a world going to shit. Hell, no one even knew she was an Assassin. She was just Lucy Stillman, average American girl who'd studied cognitive neuroscience and who had interesting theories about DNA and memries. Just an average girl, smart and athletic.
Which made it all the more sad that this place was still just a dream and that one day she was going to wake up from it all.
[Why do you want to play this character in Somarium?] I'd like to get to explore her personality in a scenario where she's not going to be looking over her shoulder
[Which rule was your favorite and why?] Whatever I usually put here. Being nice blahblahblah
[Where did you hear about Somarium?] I play here
[Any questions?] Nope