#agent 216

[butterscotch-101]

PART 2 (because I forgot the maximum amount of pictures you can add are 10)

More Kloktober prompts I've done on the whiteboard!! :3

[mechadeath]

mma big naturals + au stuff

[citrus-soju]

I already talked about it in this post, but I want to share all of my thoughts properly.

The Metal Masked Assassin (I'll refer to him as MMA) was an incredibly unlucky person when you think about it. His mother passed away right after he was born. It's assumed she either died of blood loss due to birth complications, or she might have even been murdered, due to her baby being born with albinism.

We don't know anything about his father's whereabouts, if he's alive or dead, if he would take his children in if he knew. Either way, he's not in the picture. But unluckily, MMA was "left a brother".

Logically, we can put together that MMA's brother was older than him. We don't know for sure how many years the two siblings were apart, though. Judging by the picture of them as teens, their age difference doesn't appear to be too great. Of course, MMA might simply be tall, even as a teenager, and looking older than he really is.

There's also a possibility that, while both of them are depicted as teenagers in this picture, Agent 216 was actually already an adult while MMA was still young. It would make more sense for authorities to leave an infant in the care of a relative who's over at least 16 years old than leaving two young children completely on their own.

We can only speculate about their childhood years, honestly, since there is not much known at all. They could have been adopted by a distant relative, placed in a foster family, given up for adoption... But one thing is for sure, just from looking at these pictures - Even as teenagers, they were already prone to violence, and already hiding their faces.

Perhaps they got by thanks to armed robberies, perhaps they were already training to be assassins at this age. Personally, I'm voting for the first option, just because their clothes appear to be in a bad condition, holes and all, which is not the case in the image depicting them as adults. Their weapon of choice is also quite different; the bat and axe being more commonly used for self protection or work, and the machete/knife looking much more professional.

But now to the part I've been wanting to talk about.

Let's start with what we know about Agent 216. According to General Crozier, he is a "trained killer". That means, someone, or some kind of organization, must have taken him under their wing and taught him the art of being an assassin at some point. At least as a teenager. It's never specified where the two assassins got their education from. But however and wherever they spent their youth; Agent 216 was most likely the more skilled assassin, considering he's the one the General confides in and claims to be "perfect".

Ah yes, General Crozier. At least as an adult, Agent 216 must have some sort of connection to the US Military, or at least General Crozier directly, since it's him who personally hires him, and then informs MMA about his death later. No other tribunal members are present, nor are they aware that he was hired to kill, not just to spy.

What I find really interesting is that Agent 216 has a tattoo of the FalconBack Project logo on his left arm. Whatever that means. It makes me wonder if he and Crozier have some kind of connection outside of the deal, and if the assassination attempt on Dethklok was more of a personal favor to the General instead of a one time deal. Whatever connection they have was apparently meaningful enough for Agent 216 to get involved in a top secret project led by Salacia himself - but not his younger brother.

This raises a whole bunch of questions, but that's for another day and another post.

So where is MMA in all this? Where was he in all this?

While MMA is a violent person and seemingly has a passion for murder, what stood out to me is that he is never actually seen involved in any assassination related jobs that don't directly involve avenging his dead brother in a way - besides that one time where he's introduced. The people he fixates on besides Dethklok themselves are Klokateers and Charles Ofdensen, in particular. Perhaps that can simply be blamed on MMA's lack of screen time, but I would leave it up to Brendon Small to consider any small detail.

MMA appears to be as goal driven and determined as he is violent, with only a single goal in mind throughout the entire series - avenging Agent 216, regardless of what it may cost. He's willing to dispose of anyone who gets in his way, including his allies (Magnus).

What I'm thinking is... what if he wasn't even a blade for hire before the death of his brother? What if the only reason why Crozier was able to "hire" him was because of his promise for revenge? What if Agent 216 was the "actual" assassin among them, while MMA was more or less a sick and dependent child who simply got caught up in the situation?

This sounds farfetched but hear me out.

Regardless of how they grew up, regardless of what led up to this point; MMA's older brother was clearly very dear to him. So dear, in fact, that avenging him consumed every bit of space on his mind. While MMA willingly recruited people to assist him in his cause, for the most part, he used people who felt wronged by Dethklok for his own gain. Instead of viewing them as likeminded individuals, he saw them as underlings. Even Magnus, who did most of the "negotiating" during DSR, treated Toki's wounds and fed him, was just a puppet to MMA in the end. Once Magnus didn't cooperate with him anymore (claiming that the death of Ishnifus "wasn't part of his plan"), MMA didn't hesitate to show who's the REAL mastermind behind it all ("this was never your plan").

Throughout the series, we definitely saw that MMA has a tendency to use people for his benefit, and discard them once they're no longer useful to him, without any consideration for their feelings, or even their lives. We also learn that he's not much of a "talker" and much rather a "do-er". He leaves all the talking to Magnus, who dramatically goes off to Toki and Abigail about his reasoning, while MMA is in the background only thinking about revenge and his brother.

He seems to do very poorly with things not going his way. He doesn't listen to instructions from Crozier. He refuses to let Magnus berate him. Like a child, he no longer wants to play the game if it's not by his rules.

This is acquired behavior. Which means, somebody taught him that this is the way to go through live. Most likely - his older brother.

While he clearly holds a lot of admiration for Agent 216, it makes me wonder. The contrast between how much he looks up to his brother and how much he looks down on other human beings is stark. It's almost like he looks up to his brother like he's some kind of God leading him on his path, even displaying his body during the torture of Toki and Abigail. He MIGHT just be a crazy dude with a lust for blood who saw an excuse to kill and torture. He MIGHT just be very obsessed with the only person he has a real connection with.

Or perhaps, his brother isn't the good person he views him as.

I believe Agent 216 might have always made MMA feel inferior to him, knowingly or not. Being labeled the "perfect" assassin, the older brother who was kind enough to raise an abandoned baby, the one fending for them. Plus, with MMA having some visible physical deformities, he most likely was the "better looking" one, too.

Perhaps the reason why MMA isn't seen assassinating anyone for other reasons than revenge is that his brother simply took the spotlight. In the best case, Agent 216 merely wanted to protect MMA from this kind of lifestyle, both because he's his little brother who he cared for, as well as considering Albinism comes with a long list of potential health issues, depending on the exact diagnosis. Examples are vision problems, ranging from nystagmus (rapid uncontrollable eye movements) to legal blindness, sensitivity to (sun)light in both eyes and skin, a weaker immune system, a higher risk of infections, premature aging, etc.

Or perhaps all these things were a lot of excuses for Agent 216 to treat his little brother harshly and cast him into the shadows.

Tidbits that made me put this together in my mind would be, for example, the fact that MMA is covered in scars, while Agent 216 is not. Strange, considering that his targets are mostly seen tied up, hanging from hooks or otherwise immobilized. And somehow, all these scars look the same. They all look as if they were inflicted by... a machete perhaps.

In early concept art, MMA is shown with what appears to be burn marks. They almost look as if they were deliberately inflicted on him. The spotting doesn't exactly appear like he got caught in a fire, much rather that they came from separate instances.

And one more thing, which might just be an observation I made that you might disagree with. But as someone who worked with both abused and disabled children in the past... I recognize some of his patterns and behaviors.

Looking up to the one person caring for him without even a second thought. Enduring great pain for their sake. HAPPILY doing so. Not being great at dealing with instructions. Not handling it well when someone disagrees with him or even scolds him. Letting the "adult Magnus" do the talking for him in difficult situations. Struggling to relate to people, perhaps even due to low emotional intelligence, or simply not understanding that people have feelings. Not CARING if they have feelings, possibly. Using people for his benefit, then discarding them like dolls he's done playing with once they're not useful anymore.

All acquired behaviors somebody taught him in his life.

Considering his condition, harsh upbringing and visible deformities, it wouldn't surprise me if he was a younger age mentally. His behavior is almost childlike in ways. The way he phrases things, too. Revengencers, instead of Revengers. The fact that he has these scars, yet his brother didn't have a single one on him.

This might be a reach. A big reach. But what if Agent 216 had him completely wrapped around his finger. All like "I had to endure so much for your sake, so I have a right to take my anger out on you", and perhaps followed up by an "I do this because I love you and because that's the only way you learn". I can see him making MMA feel inferior, for his appearance, for needing food, medication, comfort. Guilty for "killing" their mother. For being a burden. How dare he want love. Isn't it enough that he puts his life on the line for him every day? What is love? Baby don't hurt me

To me, he's a lost, disabled person stuck in a trauma bond with his brother until the end.

[waste-iisolation]

brobters

[supersecretmetalocalypseblog]

Agent 216's fandom wiki page, i'd like to point out that MMA was never given his brother's body, and agent 216's body is not the one seen during Magnus and The Assassin, that's the tracker that is mentioned in Tracking/Ishnifus and the challenge. It couldn't be his body, because they gave him a viking funeral i.e. burned the body.

The dude in Magnus and The Assassin is like cut open and stuff, not burned.

They're talking about that guy right there, and I get it the song is abt like "oooh I'm mad lolol fuck dethklok" so I get why you might think like "oh yeah he's mad bcuz his brothers dead" and I know we haven't been told that's the tracked yet, but it's the tracker like???

like see he's got the fancy equipments on!!

there's what 216 looked like (you know when he was undercover as a klokateer, whatever)

and also here's the same model from MAgnus and The Assassin.

[mtlsmashorpass]

[secret-tacos]

first chapter of my mma+216-centric au fic is up on ao3!

here are some fun edits i've made here and here 8)

[the-new-ribbon]

Baby, We're Fireproof

synopsis: After Gwyn's toaster catches fire, she never expected to fall for the hot firefighter who saves her. 

word count: 2120

read here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/54961258

or below the cut!

Gwyn

Gwyn Berdara has never been more embarrassed than in this moment. After the week she’s had, this is the last thing she needs. All she wanted was a bagel with strawberry cream cheese and now that won’t happen. And it’s only Wednesday. 

“9-1-1, what’s your emergency?” the operator on the other side of the phone says. To Gwyn she sounds sweet but there’s no time to think about that.

“I accidentally set my toaster on fire.” Gwyn says, her voice shakes of embarrassment. “It’s contained, I closed the glass door of the toaster oven but I need-”

Gwyn’s cut off by the operator, “I’m sending the fire department to you now, they’ll be there shortly. Can you tell me your address?”

There’s a sense of relief that washes over Gwyn as she tells the operator her address, “216 Starlight Ave, my name is Gwyn Berdara. Thank you so much.”

“Of course, have a good day, Gwyn.”

Gwyn sets her phone on the kitchen island and runs her hands over the top of her head and down her copper brown hair. The smoke starts to pick up as Gwyn watches the flames lick the metal of the toaster.

How could she be so stupid.

There's a knock on her a few moments later and Gwyn runs away from the toaster to answer it. When she opens it, she realizes that the Mother and the Cauldron are on her side. She looks down at her teal sundress that shows enough but leaves enough to the imagination too. There’s a hot firefighter like the ones she reads about in the shelves of books she has along her living room and bedroom walls on the other side of the door, she’s either fucked or really lucky or maybe both.

“Gwyn Berdara?” the firefighter asks but Gwyn’s distracted by his raven colored hair and the gold specks in his hazel eyes. She’s read too many romance books for this to happen to her. Of course they would send the hottest firefighter in all of Velaris. 

“Um, yes, that’s me.” She responds and shakes her head softly out of the haze she’s in but she doesn’t move.

“Can you show me the fire?” he says with a small laugh and holds up the fire extinguisher. He has a beautiful smile. Even with just a small smile, the small dimples on either side of his cheeks form.

“Oh yes, of course, obviously, that’s why you’re here.” Gwyn rambles as she opens the door further and lets him in.

Her kitchen is mostly white, hints of sage green and a light teal are placed throughout. As much as she’d love to have real plants, she’s stuck with fake succulents and flowers on the top of the cabinets and on the window sills. If she can’t keep a toaster safe, there’s no way she’d be able to keep plants alive.

Gwyn watches as he pulls the fire pin, aiming the nozzle at the burning toaster. The veins in his hands flex as he squeezes the handle, releasing the white extinguishing agent on the toaster, the flames disappearing in seconds. Gwyn leans onto the counter and slightly bites her bottom lip. Maybe setting her toaster on fire isn’t the worst thing to happen.

When he finishes, he turns around to face Gwyn. “Do you mind if I ask what happened?”

“Well, I was making a bagel for lunch and I went back to work on my book when I smelt smoke. I ran over here and saw that it was on fire and called 9-1-1 right away. And I never got my bagel.”

“I recovered it for you.” the handsome firefighter says, stepping to the side to show Gwyn the burnt ashes of her once perfect bagel placed on the plate she had set out for it. 

“Thank you so much. For putting out the fire and for the bagel.” she says with a smile. “Is there anything I can do to repay you for this? I know it probably isn’t as extravagant as some of the other things you’ve seen on the job.” 

“It definitely hasn’t; but I’m just doing my job, it’s no problem.” 

“Alright then, well I’ll let you get back to the extravagant jobs. Thank you, again.”

He laughs and goosebumps cover Gwyn’s arms. As crazy as it is, his laugh is like a song she doesn’t ever want to stop listening to. 

As he begins to leave, Gwyn follows him out to say goodbye and thank you one more time, he stops at the table in her living room. His eyes directly on the latest smutty novel Nesta gave her as a you’re the best roommate ever gift.

“That one’s good, you’ll have to let me know how you like it.” he says with a wink and that dashing smile she’s already in love with before leaving her speechless in her house.

~***~

That night, Nesta returns home from spending the last few nights at her boyfriend, Cassian’s house. Her tote bag drops to the floor, echoing against the hardwood floor.

“You set the toaster on fire?” Nesta shouts, meeting Gwyn in the kitchen who’s partially through a chocolate cake. “And you’re eating chocolate cake without me? Who are you and what did you do with my best friend?”

“I’m sorry?” Gwyn says from behind a fork, face full of chocolate cake.

The metal rattles in the drawer as Nesta opens the silverware drawer to grab a fork. Then she joins Gwyn at the kitchen island and digs into the cake. 

“Tell me about the fire.” Nesta demands.

Gwyn swallows, the delicious taste of chocolate cake stays on her tongue still. “Well I was making a bagel, I had left it to cook like I normally do so I could work on my book. I’m finally reaching the good part, I can sense they're about to kiss.”

“I know, you’re going to love it. But back to the fire.” Nesta pokes Gwyn’s hand with the end of her fork.

“Well I came back to get my bagel and smoke was coming out of the toaster then, BAM,” Gwyn’s voice grows louder then goes back to her normal level, “there was a fire.” Nesta laughs and Gwyn tries and fails to hide her smile. “The fire department showed up a few minutes later and Nesta, the man who saved my life and our house, was the most beautiful man I’ve ever seen. He was tall, almost as tall as Cassian.” 

Cassian was near six-foot-six so it was hard to meet someone taller than him. Him and Nesta were the perfect couple, just like the perfect book couple. 

Gwyn continues, “He had golden-brown skin and from what I could tell from under his uniform, he had lots of tattoos. And he reads Sellyn Drake.”

“What? How do you know?”

“He pointed out the book on the coffee table.” 

“So he’s just your type.” Nesta confirms as a statement not a question with a sneaky smile on her face. 

Gwyn’s cheeks flush hot and the pink blush runs from her cheeks up to her ears. Covering her head with her arms, she drops her face to the table.

“Yes. Yes, he is.” Gwyn mumbles into the table. 

And she is most definitely fucked.

~***~

It’s been a few days since Gwyn’s toaster caught on fire and the hottest man she’s ever seen in her entire life came to her door to rescue her. She has not been able to stop thinking about him. His hazel eyes haunt her in her dreams that she ends up waking up with her heart racing. 

So as a way to distract herself and also thank the fire department, she’s making cookies.

In the blue gingham blanket covered basket, Gwyn carefully places each cookie in a way that each cookie is visible, at least a little bit.”

Nesta watches from one of the bar chairs and steals yet another cookie from the basket.

“Hey,” Gwyn slaps Nesta’s hand. “Those cookies are for the fire department.”

“You mean the one fireman who you haven’t stopped thinking or talking about?” Nesta smirks and takes another bite of the chocolate chip cookie. Gwyn places the last of the cookies in and ties the extra blanket into a bow.

“I’ll see you later, Nesta.” Gwyn says with an eye roll and a smile.

A few minutes later, she approaches the open garage doors to the firehouse and grips the handle of the basket harder. 

“Hey Gwynnie.” Cassian greets her. His hair is tied back into a bun, only a few small stands have fallen now framing his face. 

“Hi Cass. Do you know the name of the firefighter that came by my house the other day? He’s almost as tall as you and has inky black hair, and I think he has tattoos.”

With a cheeky smile, Cassian turns his head towards the fire house.

“Az!” Cassian calls and only now does Gwyn realize that her roommate's boyfriend works with her savior and now crush.

Azriel walks out of the garage and Gwyn is less confident than she was moments ago but now she’s growing more anxious the closer he gets to her. His hair is a little more curly than it was last week, though she suspects it gets that way when it’s wet and he was most definitely working out before Cassian called him out here.

Cassian shoots Gwyn a wink and pats Azriel on the back before walking back into the garage.

“Hi Azriel, I’m sorry to bother you at work but I wanted to bring you a little thank you gift.” She holds the basket up with a smile.

Azriel eyes the basket of cookies in Gwyn’s hands. “Are you sure you didn’t burn the oven down when you made these?” He teases, those dimples Gwyn has been dreaming about all week are back.

“No, I promise. I even had extra supervision with my roommate in the kitchen, she would make much more fun of me than she already has about the toaster.”

“Well if you did, just know I would have come to your rescue.”

“Thank you.” she smiles. “I think we’ve seen each other enough that I think it’s about time I ask for your name.” and I couldn’t get you out of my head.

He wipes his palms on his thighs and holds out his hand, “Azriel.”

“Gwyn,” she responds, “Even though you already know that.” she huffs a laugh. There’s butterflies in her stomach that flap their wings faster and faster when her hand clasps together with Azriel. 

“It’s nice to meet you officially and not when your toaster is on fire.” He teases, those stupid dimples she hasn’t stopped thinking about are back.

“It’s nice to officially meet you too and not when my toaster is on fire.” Gwyn echos. 

There’s an awkward yet comfortable silence between them. Azriel runs his hands through his hair, defined muscles covered in tattoos flex against the cotton of his t-shirt. Gwyn twiddles her thumbs against the handle of the cookies.

“I know we just met, but is it possible to get your number?” Azriel asks. And there are those butterflies again. She is not sure if they were ever really gone, but she does know that they are more prominent now.

“I’d be okay with that.” she says, trying to play it cool but really she’s freaking out inside. 

Azriel reaches into his back pocket and holds it out for Gwyn. “I’ll hold the cookies for you.”

Her slender fingers shake softly as she types out her phone number. 

“Here you go.” She hands back his phone as he transfers the basket to his left hand. “I hope you enjoy the cookies. I’ll let you get back to pull-ups and pushups.” She smiles and takes a couple steps back before he stops her.

“Call me if you need me to put out a fire, Gwyn. Or if you just want to see me.”

“You have my number so call me if you want to see me, Shadowsinger.” 

Before Gwyn can even leave the parking lot, Gwyn’s phone buzzes against the fabric of her purse. 

Azriel the hot firefighter: Would you like to have dinner with me sometime?

Gwyn smiles at her phone and begins to type a response followed by a string of emojis, but another text from Azriel comes in faster.

Azriel the hot firefighter: I’ll cook so you don’t burn the house down ;)

Gwyn: Yes! But no promises I won’t do something that’ll cause another fire inducing accident.

And Gwyn realizes that her toaster setting on fire has been the best thing to happen to her in a long time.

[wannabeanartist]

Here, I wanted to make a more complete introduction to these characters. They will be playable characters in my future game and are supposed to be the main trio for my future comic. Today, we will only focus on the game version of these characters. So, do keep in mind that if one day I release a comic, even if they have the same design, the characters can be completely different from their game counterparts. So in order, from left to right we have, Elliot Quartero, in the middle, the one kneeling is Dr. Vincent Quartero, and to the right is Sasha Yavanov.

general history of the game: The game happens in a universe where the anomalous and paranormal are quite common. Regular humans can acquire special powers, and there are even entire subspecies of humans called demi-humans which are born with them. But humans aren't the only ones, creatures and sometimes places also get anomalous properties. In recent decades, a bunch of stranger-than-usual events disrupted the world. The apparition of a dark anomalous forest in the middle of Siberia. And now, a giant rift in the sky spewing fragments of places beyond their world has put humanity in danger. The objective of you and your agents is to keep the peace and destroy anomalies when needed.

Elliot Quartero:

Age: 19 Size: 181 cm (5'11)

Birthplace: unknown, likely France

Personality: Elliot is a happy little guy, he still has a sort of child-like naivety with which he sees the world. He is kind to everyone he sees, enthusiastic, energetic, and compassionate. Overall, he is the kind of person who can lift everyone's moods up just by being present, he is a symbol of hope and happiness to those around him. Although he is still quite a fierce fighter, he also had his own share of bad events in life but always seemed to bounce back from them.

History: Despite being abandoned soon after birth, his early life was calm and unremarkable. That is excepted for his rare disease. Elliot was born as part of the demi-human species. His species is quite common, it gives him the ability to transform and gain animal features that can have various uses. The problem with him is that contrary to the majority of his species, he can sometimes go into a feral state whilst transformed. Being the innocent boy that he is, he becomes terrified of possibly hurting others. Fortunately for him, a good doctor named Vincent Quartero decided to teach him how to control himself better and became his mentor. Once he became an adult, he even took the doctor's last name. Gameplay: Elliot is a glass canon. High damage output, low health, high agility. He mostly uses swords and pistols as his main weapons. Special ability "Claws out": Elliot can transform into his beast form. This gives him the tail, ears, claws, and fangs similar to a fox. It makes him even stronger and faster at the cost of not being able to use anything but a melee weapon whilst in this state. You must also be careful that he doesn't become feral by limiting how long he is transformed. Dr. Vincent Quartero:

Age: 35

size: 216 cm (7 foot)

Birthplace: France Personality: the doctor is intelligent and kind. Despite his intimidating size and musculature, he is a gentle giant. He has been known to help fight against an infestation of supernatural creatures on multiple occasions and is a good fighter. Although not as naive as Elliot, the doctor can still seem a little immature for someone in his mid-30s.

History: Vicent was born as a very rare but very powerful species named "pure souls". At a young age, he demonstrated impressive feats of strength and durability. Over time, the doctor decided to put his skill to use and fight against danger head-on. As he aged, he became a little wiser and also decided to get himself a doctorate in Chemistry. Gameplay: The doctor is slow but with a lot of health. He can mostly use heavy weapons and snipers. He has a very limited mobility but an enormous strength meaning that if enemies get too close to him he can hit VERY HARD. Special ability "Regeneration": The doctor has an extreme regeneration, if he gets enough damage during a fight, instead of being out of the fight, the doctor will heal and get back up in a few turns Sasha Yavanov: Age: 20 Size: 186 (6'1) Birthplace: Krasnoïarsk, Russia Personality: On the outside, Sasha looks cold. She also tends to use violence as the first solution for anything. Not very talkative either, but still, very smart. Despite this exterior, Sasha is deeply afraid to loose those around her and wants to protect them at all costs. History: Born in Krasnoïarsk, the capital of Siberia, her early childhood was unremarkable. However, when she was still young a terrible catastrophe hit Russia. The sudden and unexplained apparition of a gigantic forest in the middle of Siberia from which creatures came. The town quickly fell into chaos and you now had to worry about the bandits as well as the creatures. Her family went further into Siberia to escape the chaos of the big towns. There, she learned survivalism, she learned to love people because they could die any day, and she learned to kill them too if necessary.

gameplay: mid-health, high damage, high strength, and low agility, Sasha specializes in area denial. She has a high damage potential including a good melee strength and can tank quite a few hits. Her usual weapons are shotguns. Special ability "Rewriters ink": Sasha can produce a substance from the palm of her hand. This liquid has a texture and looks similar to ink. Using this "ink" Sasha can extract the properties of an object or a person. For example, she can take someone's ability to see, she can take away the friction from the floor making people unable to walk on it, or she can even take away gravity from a room making everyone float in it. In-game, there is a meter on each enemy, each time she hits them, the meter goes up and Sasha can take different things away from them, at 30% she can take their ability to walk, at 60% she can take the ability to see and at 100, she can take away their consciousness. Hope you liked it, please tell me if you have any questions I will be glad to answer

[the-anomaly-team]

Introducing three of the main characters for my game.

Here, I wanted to make a more complete introduction to these characters. They will be playable characters in my future game and are supposed to be the main trio for my future comic. Today, we will only focus on the game version of these characters. So, do keep in mind that if one day I release a comic, even if they have the same design, the characters can be completely different from their game counterparts. So in order, from left to right we have, Elliot Quartero, in the middle, the one kneeling is Dr. Vincent Quartero, and to the right is Sasha Yavanov.

general history of the game: The game happens in a universe where the anomalous and paranormal are quite common. Regular humans can acquire special powers, and there are even entire subspecies of humans called demi-humans which are born with them. But humans aren't the only ones, creatures and sometimes places also get anomalous properties. In recent decades, a bunch of stranger-than-usual events disrupted the world. The apparition of a dark anomalous forest in the middle of Siberia. And now, a giant rift in the sky spewing fragments of places beyond their world has put humanity in danger. The objective of you and your agents is to keep the peace and destroy anomalies when needed.

Elliot Quartero:

Age: 19

Size: 181 cm (5'11)

Birthplace: unknown, likely France

Personality: Elliot is a happy little guy, he still has a sort of child-like naivety with which he sees the world. He is kind to everyone he sees, enthusiastic, energetic, and compassionate. Overall, he is the kind of person who can lift everyone's moods up just by being present, he is a symbol of hope and happiness to those around him. Although he is still quite a fierce fighter, he also had his own share of bad events in life but always seemed to bounce back from them.

History: Despite being abandoned soon after birth, his early life was calm and unremarkable. That is excepted for his rare disease. Elliot was born as part of the demi-human species, his species is quite common, it gives him the ability to transform and gain animal features that can have various uses. The problem with him is that contrary to the majority of his species, he can sometimes go into a feral state whilst transformed. Being the innocent boy that he is, he becomes terrified of possibly hurting others. Fortunately for him, a good doctor named Vincent Quartero decided to teach him how to control himself better and became his mentor. Once he became an adult, he even took the doctor's last name.

Gameplay: Elliot is a glass canon. High damage output, low health, high agility. He mostly uses swords and pistols as his main weapons. his special ability is their transformation into his beast form. This gives him the tail, ears, claws, and fangs similar to a fox. It makes him even stronger and faster at the cost of not being able to use anything but a melee weapon while in this state. You must also be careful that he doesn't become feral by limiting how long he is transformed.

Dr. Vincent Quartero:

Age: 35

size: 216 cm (7 foot)

Birthplace: France

Personality: the doctor is intelligent and kind. Despite his intimidating size and musculature, he is a gentle giant. He has been known to help fight against an infestation of supernatural creatures on multiple occasions and is a good fighter. Although not as naive as Elliot, the doctor can still seem a little immature for someone in his mid-30s.

History: Vicent was born as a very rare but very powerful species named "pure souls". At a young age, he demonstrated impressive feats of strength and durability. Over time, the doctor decided to put his skill to use and fight against danger head-on. As he aged, he became a little wiser and also decided to get himself a doctorate in Chemistry.

Gameplay: The doctor is slow but with a lot of health. He can mostly use heavy weapons and snipers. He has a very limited mobility but an enormous strength meaning that if enemies get too close to him he can hit VERY HARD.

Special ability "Hyper regenerative factor": The doctor has an extreme regeneration, if he gets downed during a fight, instead of being out of the fight, the doctor will heal and get back up in a few turns

Sasha Yavanov:

Age: 20

Size: 186 (6'1)

Birthplace: Krasnoïarsk, Russia

Personality: On the outside, Sasha looks cold. She also tends to use violence as the first solution for anything. Not very talkative either, but still, very smart. Despite this exterior, Sasha is deeply afraid to lose those around her and wants to protect them at all costs.

History: Born in Krasnoïarsk, the capital of Siberia, her early childhood was unremarkable. However, when she was still young a terrible catastrophe hit Russia. The sudden and unexplained apparition of a gigantic forest in the middle of Siberia from which creatures came. The town quickly fell into chaos and you now had to worry about the bandits as well as the creatures. Her family went further into Siberia to escape the chaos of the big towns. There, she learned survivalism, she learned to love people because they could die any day, and she learned to kill them too if necessary.

gameplay: mid-health, high damage, high strength, and low agility, Sasha specializes in area denial. She has a high damage potential including a good melee strength and can tank quite a few hits. Her usual weapons are shotguns.

Special ability "Rewriters ink": Sasha can produce a substance from the palm of her hand. This liquid has a texture and looks similar to ink. Using this "ink" Sasha can extract the properties of an object or a person. For example, she can take someone's ability to see, she can take away the friction from the floor making people unable to walk on it, or she can even take away gravity from a room making everyone float in it. In-game, there is a meter on each enemy, each time she hits them, the meter goes up and Sasha can take different things away from them, at 30% she can take their ability to walk, at 60% she can take the ability to see and at 100, she can take away their consciousness.

If you have any questions I'd be glad to answer whether it is about the game, the development, myself, or anything else.

[butterscotch-101]

Heyyyyy MB GUYS SCHOOL SUCKS RN

Here are days 22-29!! (excluding 25, 30, 31 (I am NOT doing the last two days sorry) (day 25 gets its own post due to file limit)))

[ms-scarletwings]

Every Dredge Aberration (2023), Part 20

*Welcome to the Pale Reach~!

Fractalline Icefish

Encyclopedia #213

Aberrant form of icefish

Description:

Crystals of ice pierce through its body, distorting scales, teeth and fins.

Comment: The fog certainly hasn’t lost its touch for craftsmanship out in these frigid waters. Here we can already find in this wretch a namesake made poetically literal.

How to catch: Found in abundance throughout those glaciers and cold. You’ll only need a rod or trawl net capable of functioning in the new icey biome. For now, focus on the rod, you’ll already have moved onto other aberrations by the time you obtain the superior of the new DLC nets.

Thawed Icefish

Encyclopedia #214

Aberrant form of icefish

Description:

Globs of flesh drip from this fish, its departure from the icy waters causing an instant, irreversible reaction.

Comment: It seems the most unfortunate, compared alongside the former and upcoming variants. It’s fathomable that this is but naught one of the Deep’s rejections, unable to be fortified in fractals, and now all the weaker to ascent. Flesh brought ruin and change, failing to meet expectation.

How to catch: ^^^

Astral Icefish

Encyclopedia #215

Aberrant form of icefish

Description:

Constellations of light dance through its body, stitching fin to flesh and spine to bone.

Comment: The most interesting of the icefish aberrants, and finally a true taste of the Pale Reach’s unique flavor of corruption. Somewhere in these waters echoes the song of the stars just as loud as the song of the depths. Your search, your hunger to listen and know is only just beginning anew.

How to catch: ^^^

Bubbling Char

Encyclopedia #216

Aberrant form of char

Description:

Seared flesh forms the mantle of an incandescent core. Water boils into the air around it.

Comment: A charred char, if you will… or less playfully, a startling departure from the Reach’s expected theme, looking more at home in the volcanic crevice of Devil’s spine than under the ice sheets. Certainly this only makes the observation of the creature the more discordant from nature and reason alike. The only thing predictable about the Deep’s grand design is its indifference for the laws it did not decide.

How to catch: Pretty so the same advice as had for the icefish, minus the possibility of using a net, so, even more reason to rely on the old rod method.

Hinged Wolffish

Encyclopedia #217

Aberrant form of wolffish

Description:

Teeth interlock through flesh to create a brutish trap. Countless yet will meet their doom in the deep.

Comment: What else, but another agent of the cycle?- The cycle of life, death, undeath, and unlife. The corruption must thrive and spread, and all that seeks to do either must feed.

How to catch: Turn those jaws into a device of the fish’s own entrapment. Suit yourself up with that ice worthy rod and go out for a little night fishing in the Pale Reach.

Craterous Seer

Encyclopedia #218

Aberrant form of stargazer

Description:

A bright eye spins inside an impacted socket. An answer from above.

Comment: Give a round of an applause for this one especially. Out of all the new discoveries found in the pale reach, this breed of specimen is the one that makes me the most uncomfortable to look at. Someone please tell the fog and/or “above” that no matter how hard I search over these waves, I’ve still yet to find who the hell was asking.

How to catch: Save this for one of the last to mark off your encyclopedia. They can only be found with an ice-ready trawl net, and I highly recommend skipping the brittle one that is offered at the bleak pontoon. Patience and a little searching for your purpose among the ice will find you a much greater tool.

[citrus-soju]

It’s 4 AM and I can’t stop thinking about the Metal Masked Assassin‘s relationship with his brother.

This stone cold motherfucker who kills (and probably eats) people for a living created an entire cult dedicated to torturing and assassinating the people who took his only relative from him.

We don’t know much about them, but we DO know that their mother died when the assassin was born and that he was raised by his brother. So he‘s both a sibling and a guardian to him.

I have lots of headcanons about his brother. For example that they didn’t have a proper home to live in, and that the older brother had to go all out to make sure the sick little baby got formula and medicine. That he had to do unthinkable things to prevent them from becoming homeless for too long, ranging from child labor to murder. And regardless of how many people he killed, how often he got injured, he would still do everything in his power for his baby brother. Anything to keep him safe.

He must have been very, very dear to the Metal Masked Assassin for his death to get such an intense response out of him.

[waste-iisolation]

random stuff. first two are actually based on a one shot i wrote based off a meme, ill post it eventually

[youphoriaot7]

QSMP RECAP : DAY 216 (10/24)

FIT streamed vegas stories!

FIT found a black chest left in his secret bedroom

FIT went to the hunter’s house

[twt] qsmp pt updates posted a puzzle piece teaser

ANTOINE and FIT chatted with cucuruchito

BAGI received a task from cucurucho (i don’t remember what it was nor if she took it, i’m so sorry)

ANTOINE interrogated cucuruchito about the past of the island

FOOLISH started his own investigation into the corpses at spawn

ROIER went emo!

FOOLISH talked with a worker (agent 18, i believe) about the corpses and figured out that the workers are scared because of the murder spree

FOOLISH was given a task by cucurucho to investigate the bodies and deliver a report

ROIER told bagi a little bit about his betrayal with spreen and quackity

BAGI left a letter to cellbit

[ooc] CELLBIT, QUACKITY, and BAGHERA spent a day in la! >:3