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maskgunraid) wrote2018-10-19 03:20 am
maskgunraid) wrote2018-10-19 03:20 am
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Name: Aaron Conner
Codename: Shooter
Age: 16
Occupation: Student, Criminal/Vigilante
Brief World Summary: Aaron's world was very much like ours. However, a mysterious outbreak began to affect some of the world's population as a mysterious cloud of data enveloped them during the nighttime. Along with the strange circuit line-like markings on their body, they began to develop superpowers by manipulating these strange energy called Circuit Data. Because of this discovery, these people are known as Data-Readers, people who are merged into the cyberspace and the incident known as the "Cyber Incident"
But due to the public's fears of Data-Readers, special police and investigation teams made of Data are formed to protect them from any Readers who may abuse their abilities for their own gain like the infamous Dark Nites who are known for creating anarchy by killing important figures in the city.
Personality: Aaron is an energetic and hyperactive teen who prefers to play video games more than anything. While he tends to get bored very easily when it comes to his studies and anything that doesn’t involve video games, he often becomes excited whenever there is a current event that he finds very interesting, seeing them as a “quest” or a “raid” to his goals, especially with the Dark Nites. Despite his slacker personality, he is willing to finish a job for the sake of his goals.
But underneath his quirky persona is his hatred to the adults, especially to well-known ones such as politicians, celebrities, and even to his teachers. Due to his past, he is secretly distrustful to any adults except his stepfather, often pretending to be friendly to them to hide his bloodlust. It was his hatred to them that caused him to join the Dark Nites' cause and will fulfill their goals by any means necessary. He was also willing to fight against anyone who defies their goals especially anyone who is the same age as him.
As Shooter, he shows his love of video games by speaking in video game terms, treating his fights as RPG battles and fights against the police as boss battles. He also has a sadistic and mischievous side, willing to hurt his opponents to achieve his team’s goals as well luring some Shadows to distract them. However, when things didn’t go his way, he will lose his temper and attempts to kill anyone unless his fellow teammate stops him.
Despite his hatred and sadistic personality, he still believes that what he is doing will help others from his parents’ fate. But unless he can see the truth behind his actions, he will ignore anything that he deems impossible to change the system.
History: Born in New York, Aaron lived with his middle-classed parents who worked in their family’s general store. He spent his whole childhood playing with his mother and hearing stories from his father’s best friend. His love of video games ignited when he got his very own game console on his 7th birthday along with an RPG video game.
However, his life changed when he was 10 years old as his parents found themselves a huge debt from their supplier. And after a few days, his father suddenly disappeared without a word, which was rumored that he committed adultery in a desperate attempt to gain money. It quickly turned worst when his mother suddenly grew distant towards Aaron whenever she has gone home, even to the point of consuming herself from fear and paranoia about her husband. Eventually, when he was 11 years old, his mother committed suicide, devastating the young boy at the loss of his remaining loved one.
For the next few years, his father’s best friend adopted him and took care of the traumatized boy as his way to carry his friend’s promise to protect him at all times. At that time, his distraught slowly turned into anger when he found his mother’s suicide note, hinting that there was someone who pushed her to take her own life away. During his middle school days, he began investigating the cause of his mother’s suicide and his father’s disappearance, which he slowly discovered that one of his father’s friends (except his stepfather) seemed to be connected from all of this, namely the owner of the same supplier who gave his parents a huge debt. He attempted to question him, only for the owner to evade his questions to the point of evicting him out of his office when he asked too many questions.
Aaron didn’t get all of the answers until when he was 15 years old, which the Cyber Outbreak occurred that turned him into a Data-Reader. As he tested out his newfound powers, he slowly learned that he can use them to unravel the truth and to finally avenge his parents. His first action was to confront the supplier owner where he learned the horrifying truth. Not only that he and some of his father's friends were the ones who spread the rumors of his parents' adultery, was that the owner murdered his father all because he was jealous of his father and wanted to do everything to destroy his life for good. What's worst was that he didn't regret his actions and gloated that a kid like him will never turn him in because of his age.
This was the final straw. In a fit of rage, Aaron unveiled his powers and tortured his father's murderer with his illusions until he killed him. And once he did the same with his accomplices, he knew that he managed to gain peace with his deceased parents.
But despite this, he knew it wasn't enough. He decided that corrupted adults like them would get away from arrest because of their influential power over the city. Even if the police will catch them, the law may not able to stop them from continuing their heinous actions. He knew he had to act despite knowing that he needed to sacrifice a few lives in order to achieve the goal of not letting everyone suffer the same fate as his own.
Those thoughts changed him forever as he began his crusade against adults that he deemed corrupted by his own hands. And once he was recruited into the Dark Nites, his mission against the corruption begins...
Equipment: Due to his work as a vigilante, Aaron will do everything to hide his identity as Shooter to the public. Thanks to his fellow Data Reader accomplice, he possesses several pieces of equipment for him to use to keep his identity a secret but to enhance and control his Circuit Data abilities.
Circuit Mask: A high tech mask that allows him to hide his civilian identity. It also has a HUD screen on his mask that allows him to accurately aims his targets or find any person through heat signature or detecting their Circuit Data.
Electrical Gloves: A pair of insulated gloves that gives him more control of his electric abilities.
Circuit Cyber Pistol: A high-tech customized pistol that allows Shooter to charge his electricity and releases it to create devastating attacks. It stores about 2000 watts of electricity, but it has a limit of 700 watts when releasing it. It can also store up to 20 regular bullets and Shooter's mind bullets.
Abilities: As a Data-Reader, Aaron can manipulate the circuits inside his body, allowing him to possess several superhuman abilities at his disposal as Shooter. However, each of these abilities possesses different strengths and weaknesses with a shared weakness that he will fell fatigued when he reached his limit with the risk of death if he used up his available circuits.
Electric Manipulation - As it's namesake, Shooter is able to control and gather electricity. While he mostly uses it to charge up his gun, he can use a variety of abilities such as releasing electric blasts, absorbing any kinds of electricity, and electrocute them with just one touch. However, if he uses it in a long-term or reaches its limit, he loses focus before he falls unconscious.
Telepathy - By opening up a text window that only he can see while staring at his target, he can read their thoughts and their true feelings. He can't use it whenever he is excited or focused on his video games.
Illusion Manipulation - Shooter is also a skilled illusionist, which allows him to create illusions and hallucinations, mostly visual, to his targets to let them see the game world that he always perceive. But other than it's aesthetic purposes (mostly to prank his victims), he can also use it to inflict powerful versions to them, adding audial hallucinations, to torture them if he wants to. However, the stronger his illusions inflicted to his targets, the more circuits will be used up. It is also resisted by strong-willed characters or characters with mental immunity.
Mind Manipulation - By using his Circuit Data to mold into a bullet, he can use it for a non-fatal shot to manipulate his target's minds. However, the effects varied based on the color of the bullet. Like his illusions, it can be resisted by strong-willed characters or characters with mental immunity.
Codename: Shooter
Age: 16
Occupation: Student, Criminal/Vigilante
Brief World Summary: Aaron's world was very much like ours. However, a mysterious outbreak began to affect some of the world's population as a mysterious cloud of data enveloped them during the nighttime. Along with the strange circuit line-like markings on their body, they began to develop superpowers by manipulating these strange energy called Circuit Data. Because of this discovery, these people are known as Data-Readers, people who are merged into the cyberspace and the incident known as the "Cyber Incident"
But due to the public's fears of Data-Readers, special police and investigation teams made of Data are formed to protect them from any Readers who may abuse their abilities for their own gain like the infamous Dark Nites who are known for creating anarchy by killing important figures in the city.
Personality: Aaron is an energetic and hyperactive teen who prefers to play video games more than anything. While he tends to get bored very easily when it comes to his studies and anything that doesn’t involve video games, he often becomes excited whenever there is a current event that he finds very interesting, seeing them as a “quest” or a “raid” to his goals, especially with the Dark Nites. Despite his slacker personality, he is willing to finish a job for the sake of his goals.
But underneath his quirky persona is his hatred to the adults, especially to well-known ones such as politicians, celebrities, and even to his teachers. Due to his past, he is secretly distrustful to any adults except his stepfather, often pretending to be friendly to them to hide his bloodlust. It was his hatred to them that caused him to join the Dark Nites' cause and will fulfill their goals by any means necessary. He was also willing to fight against anyone who defies their goals especially anyone who is the same age as him.
As Shooter, he shows his love of video games by speaking in video game terms, treating his fights as RPG battles and fights against the police as boss battles. He also has a sadistic and mischievous side, willing to hurt his opponents to achieve his team’s goals as well luring some Shadows to distract them. However, when things didn’t go his way, he will lose his temper and attempts to kill anyone unless his fellow teammate stops him.
Despite his hatred and sadistic personality, he still believes that what he is doing will help others from his parents’ fate. But unless he can see the truth behind his actions, he will ignore anything that he deems impossible to change the system.
History: Born in New York, Aaron lived with his middle-classed parents who worked in their family’s general store. He spent his whole childhood playing with his mother and hearing stories from his father’s best friend. His love of video games ignited when he got his very own game console on his 7th birthday along with an RPG video game.
However, his life changed when he was 10 years old as his parents found themselves a huge debt from their supplier. And after a few days, his father suddenly disappeared without a word, which was rumored that he committed adultery in a desperate attempt to gain money. It quickly turned worst when his mother suddenly grew distant towards Aaron whenever she has gone home, even to the point of consuming herself from fear and paranoia about her husband. Eventually, when he was 11 years old, his mother committed suicide, devastating the young boy at the loss of his remaining loved one.
For the next few years, his father’s best friend adopted him and took care of the traumatized boy as his way to carry his friend’s promise to protect him at all times. At that time, his distraught slowly turned into anger when he found his mother’s suicide note, hinting that there was someone who pushed her to take her own life away. During his middle school days, he began investigating the cause of his mother’s suicide and his father’s disappearance, which he slowly discovered that one of his father’s friends (except his stepfather) seemed to be connected from all of this, namely the owner of the same supplier who gave his parents a huge debt. He attempted to question him, only for the owner to evade his questions to the point of evicting him out of his office when he asked too many questions.
Aaron didn’t get all of the answers until when he was 15 years old, which the Cyber Outbreak occurred that turned him into a Data-Reader. As he tested out his newfound powers, he slowly learned that he can use them to unravel the truth and to finally avenge his parents. His first action was to confront the supplier owner where he learned the horrifying truth. Not only that he and some of his father's friends were the ones who spread the rumors of his parents' adultery, was that the owner murdered his father all because he was jealous of his father and wanted to do everything to destroy his life for good. What's worst was that he didn't regret his actions and gloated that a kid like him will never turn him in because of his age.
This was the final straw. In a fit of rage, Aaron unveiled his powers and tortured his father's murderer with his illusions until he killed him. And once he did the same with his accomplices, he knew that he managed to gain peace with his deceased parents.
But despite this, he knew it wasn't enough. He decided that corrupted adults like them would get away from arrest because of their influential power over the city. Even if the police will catch them, the law may not able to stop them from continuing their heinous actions. He knew he had to act despite knowing that he needed to sacrifice a few lives in order to achieve the goal of not letting everyone suffer the same fate as his own.
Those thoughts changed him forever as he began his crusade against adults that he deemed corrupted by his own hands. And once he was recruited into the Dark Nites, his mission against the corruption begins...
Equipment: Due to his work as a vigilante, Aaron will do everything to hide his identity as Shooter to the public. Thanks to his fellow Data Reader accomplice, he possesses several pieces of equipment for him to use to keep his identity a secret but to enhance and control his Circuit Data abilities.
Circuit Mask: A high tech mask that allows him to hide his civilian identity. It also has a HUD screen on his mask that allows him to accurately aims his targets or find any person through heat signature or detecting their Circuit Data.
Electrical Gloves: A pair of insulated gloves that gives him more control of his electric abilities.
Circuit Cyber Pistol: A high-tech customized pistol that allows Shooter to charge his electricity and releases it to create devastating attacks. It stores about 2000 watts of electricity, but it has a limit of 700 watts when releasing it. It can also store up to 20 regular bullets and Shooter's mind bullets.
Abilities: As a Data-Reader, Aaron can manipulate the circuits inside his body, allowing him to possess several superhuman abilities at his disposal as Shooter. However, each of these abilities possesses different strengths and weaknesses with a shared weakness that he will fell fatigued when he reached his limit with the risk of death if he used up his available circuits.
Electric Manipulation - As it's namesake, Shooter is able to control and gather electricity. While he mostly uses it to charge up his gun, he can use a variety of abilities such as releasing electric blasts, absorbing any kinds of electricity, and electrocute them with just one touch. However, if he uses it in a long-term or reaches its limit, he loses focus before he falls unconscious.
Telepathy - By opening up a text window that only he can see while staring at his target, he can read their thoughts and their true feelings. He can't use it whenever he is excited or focused on his video games.
Illusion Manipulation - Shooter is also a skilled illusionist, which allows him to create illusions and hallucinations, mostly visual, to his targets to let them see the game world that he always perceive. But other than it's aesthetic purposes (mostly to prank his victims), he can also use it to inflict powerful versions to them, adding audial hallucinations, to torture them if he wants to. However, the stronger his illusions inflicted to his targets, the more circuits will be used up. It is also resisted by strong-willed characters or characters with mental immunity.
Mind Manipulation - By using his Circuit Data to mold into a bullet, he can use it for a non-fatal shot to manipulate his target's minds. However, the effects varied based on the color of the bullet. Like his illusions, it can be resisted by strong-willed characters or characters with mental immunity.
- Grey - The target is temporarily reduced in a mindless state, which they can do nothing but to follow Shooter's commands. However, the effects will last for 10 minutes, which can decrease when he used this bullet on many more people.
- Yellow - The target is compelled to answer every question Shooter will ask. However, he is limited to three questions for every bullet he uses.
- Green - Shooter can give the target a post-hypnotic command, which the effects will grow strong if he has an eye-to-eye contact to his victim. He mostly used it to make sure no one remembers his presence or his true identity as Aaron, but he sometimes uses it to plant some traps. The effect disappears when Shooter shoots them with the same bullet or someone related to the victim managed to knock his gun away.
- Violet - Known to Shooter as the "Forbidden Bullet", it can brainwash the victim completely by forcing his thoughts into their minds. However, this bullet is a double-edged sword as it uses half of his Circuits completely, which can knock him out completely after giving out his order. Also, it can only be negated when the target knocked out for 3-10 minutes. Because of the risks built into this bullet, Shooter rarely uses it except any plans that require recruiting someone for his devious plans.