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neriticism) wrote2021-07-25 05:59 pm
neriticism) wrote2021-07-25 05:59 pm
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WOW THIS PLACE IS A FREAKSHOW I DON'T RESPECT LITERALLY ANY OF YOU PEOPLE BACKGROUNDMedical school dropout whose desperation post-college resumes landed him a job at a prestigious lab’s “sister company”, which turned out to be a covert international paranormal research organization. (SCP-adjacent.) Currently a field agent responsible for observation/study, collection/containment, and rarely neutralization of supernatural persons of interest, creatures, and phenomena. On one such case, his partner compromised a very promising lead and got himself killed in action, and though Vidal escaped the situation alive, he lost all their gathered information and complicated/ruined the agency's chances of pursuing it further. For this he was unofficially put in the doghouse and assigned to a “long-term reconnaissance operation” AKA “get dumped in a tiny backwater Oregon town and stare at the ocean until something happens.” About a year later, Something Happened. And he and a bunch of yahoos got roped into saving the town from a man who'd cheated death and erased himself from history, preying on the townspeople's deepest darkest fears, all the while trying to tear reality apart and let an alternate dimension of crazy plants overtake the world. PERSONALITYSuperficially, Vidal is a well-adjusted and organized man to the point of caricature. Exudes social confidence, eats very healthy, in bed by 9pm when he has the luxury, does his taxes day one, etc. When not in need of a specific cover story, his usual front is a “biomedical sales representative” and he matches that persistent, persuasive, articulate, white-collar energy when required. When he doesn’t have to be On, he's generally a blunt and reserved person with a much more pronounced accent and relaxed manner of speech. Snarky little man. He’s an extroverted introvert that enjoys being social with people he’s close to, but it still doesn’t recharge him, and he both needs and usually prefers his solitude. He’s actually a reasonably animated and passionate person when it comes to his interests, but the vast majority of his interests are work-related—thus blocked off behind layers of NDAs—and the interests that aren’t tend to compromise his straight-laced appearance, which he goes to absurd measures to preserve in public. And so he is more or less restricted to coming off as an incredibly bland and one-note individual. Which he does not enjoy in the slightest, but he does it to himself, and his love of the job is usually enough for him. His workplace culture has nurtured his pre-existing competitive streak and seeded a tendency to be extremely cutthroat and clinical to the point of heartlessness. Against his wishes, this has softened quite a bit, especially in the last year or so of isolation and lack of his usual workload. However, Uncompromising Field Agent is a train of thought he can still easily follow, and he’s reasonably sure there’s a part of him that will never stop being cutthroat. A selfish corporate bootlicker is what he presumes to still be at his core, and it is to some extent. In reality, he’s never been as much of a machine as he thinks he is. He’s a very human person, and his shortcomings in the Doing The Right Thing department have (guiltily) spurred his tendency toward protectiveness and taking responsibility for the wellbeing of others. Regrettably, still a pretty big actions-over-words tsundere bitch about it. Up until recently, genuine self-confidence has come to him naturally, but since his most recent work incident and having been more or less benched indefinitely without the promise of accomplishing anything, he’s had a long time to develop an unshakable feeling of impotence and uselessness. More or less leading the whole saving-the-world effort (and, against all odds, actually kind of saving the world) has tempered the feeling, but the scars are still around and definitely still ache whenever things slow down or start going awry. tldr Just a fussy little jerk with a heart of gold who needs to learn how to cut loose. ABILITIESAs a paranormal field agent, Vidal knows his way around operating and reading pretty much any surveying/detection/measurement equipment imaginable, along with prototype technology private to the agency. Very tech-savvy. He is also experienced in the handling of firearms, heavy/specialized weaponry, and explosives (though he’s... shown a bit of a struggle with handguns in practice, thank you dice rolls, he is an absolute Annie Oakley with a sniper rifle, thank you dice rolls??) He is also trained in self-defense, probably something militaristic akin to krav maga?? with a greater emphasis on deflection, transfer of momentum, and escaping unconventional holds. Maybe there's a more specific style for that but do I look like I know martial arts?? Either way, on even footing, subduing a target as efficiently as possible is key, but with targets far larger and/or stronger than a human being, disengaging as quickly as possible is often the only option. With his combined training and schooling, he is also proficient at first aid, CPR, and minor surgery. He is familiar with interrogation techniques and the reading of body language, and can sign ASL to a decent degree. Very strong swimmer. Pretty great cook. Everything on this Gary Stu-ass list can be taken with a grain of salt, considering he’s been pretty much off active duty for over a year and too depressed to keep up with most of it after a while, so most of these skills are pretty rusty besides first aid... and cooking. Character Sheet | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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