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NAVIGATION
Dec. 26th, 2022 07:31 pm|
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KAISOU INFO
Dec. 26th, 2022 07:30 pm✦
INFORMATION
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ABOUT
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A surly private eye turned paranormal investigator, searching for the truth. Talks to spirits. Doesn't know when to quit.
Indian American man with brown eyes and dark skin. Stands at around 5'6" (or 167 cm). Has a broad, hooked nose, spiky short black hair, and usually looks half-shaven. His expression tends to default to a scowl or a frown.
Has a very formal style of dress with neutral colors. Can usually be seen wearing a dark trench coat, a white dress shirt, a black tie, slacks, and formal shoes.
Smells faintly of of aftershave and deodorant. The acrid tinge of death clings to him, barely perceptible to most, but still detectable under everything.
Grumpy, inquisitive, direct, hardworking, stubborn, resourceful, analytical, reckless, empathetic
• Previously a struggling writer. Offered a job as a private investigator by his childhood friend, Casey Chen.
• Worked as partners with Casey for many years. While on a seemingly normal job, Casey died and Nick came close to death. Nick was saved from death by Charon, boatman of the underworld, and revived, at the cost of possession.
• Casey's death was ruled an accident, but Nick believed otherwise. He thought that something supernatural must have been behind it. He became a paranormal investigator in the hopes he might be able to uncover the truth.
• Does private investigation for normal people, and paranormal investigation for those awakened to the supernatural world.
APPEARANCE / FIRST IMPRESSIONS
Indian American man with brown eyes and dark skin. Stands at around 5'6" (or 167 cm). Has a broad, hooked nose, spiky short black hair, and usually looks half-shaven. His expression tends to default to a scowl or a frown.
Has a very formal style of dress with neutral colors. Can usually be seen wearing a dark trench coat, a white dress shirt, a black tie, slacks, and formal shoes.
Smells faintly of of aftershave and deodorant. The acrid tinge of death clings to him, barely perceptible to most, but still detectable under everything.
PERSONALITY TRAITS
Grumpy, inquisitive, direct, hardworking, stubborn, resourceful, analytical, reckless, empathetic
HISTORY
• Previously a struggling writer. Offered a job as a private investigator by his childhood friend, Casey Chen.
• Worked as partners with Casey for many years. While on a seemingly normal job, Casey died and Nick came close to death. Nick was saved from death by Charon, boatman of the underworld, and revived, at the cost of possession.
• Casey's death was ruled an accident, but Nick believed otherwise. He thought that something supernatural must have been behind it. He became a paranormal investigator in the hopes he might be able to uncover the truth.
• Does private investigation for normal people, and paranormal investigation for those awakened to the supernatural world.
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POWERS
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PURCHASED POWERS
🎲 Slightly improbable misfortune. This will affect gacha results and give a -1 to all side quest rolls. (1 point)
🔍 Detect if something/someone is magic and general information on element-type and strength. (2 points)
POSSESSION
• Possessed by Charon, ferryman of the underworld.
• Every few days, Nick is required to seek out an echo/ghost/spirit and banish it back to the spirit realm. The longer he waits, the more disoriented and scattered he becomes.
• The more powerful the spirit is, the more time he can buy for himself before he has to reap again. For example, exorcising a bunch of echoes might only give him a few days until he has to do it again, while banishing an extremely powerful spirit monster might give him a few weeks of relief.
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INVENTORY
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Wow! It's nothing!
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MISCELLANEOUS
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[ Generated with namelix.com and edited slightly. ]
HMD / OPT OUT
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KAISOU INBOX
Dec. 26th, 2022 05:05 pm✦
LIBRA - PRIVATE MESSAGING
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> VERGHESE has logged in.
VERGHESE: You've reached the mailbox of Nick Verghese, private detective. No case too big or small.
VERGHESE: For business inquiries, please schedule an appointment, and I'll get back to you as soon as possible.
VERGHESE: You've reached the mailbox of Nick Verghese, private detective. No case too big or small.
VERGHESE: For business inquiries, please schedule an appointment, and I'll get back to you as soon as possible.
CHARACTER OVERVIEW
Oct. 2nd, 2022 06:52 pm
Nick Verghese
PRONOUNS: he/him
SEXUALITY: bisexual
AGE: 32 [january 2nd]
HEIGHT: 5'6" [1.67 m]
OCCUPATION: private investigator
SEXUALITY: bisexual
AGE: 32 [january 2nd]
HEIGHT: 5'6" [1.67 m]
OCCUPATION: private investigator
Nick was once an aspiring writer attempting to find his big break. When his current career prospects weren't quite working out, a long-time friend, Casey Chen, offered him a job to become his partner at his private investigation firm. Running out of funds and several months behind rent, Nick reluctantly accepted, despite his inexperience. He quickly found that he had a knack for investigation, and took on his new role in life in stride.
The years passed, and certain patterns emerged. Casey was good at being the ‘face’ of the duo, chatting up people for information and charming the pants off them. Nick was good at keeping to himself, blending in among the crowd and escaping notice. Others often regarded Casey as the ‘leader’ with Nick as his ‘sidekick’, which greatly irritated Nick. Though they often clashed over personality differences and other minor arguments, it was undeniable that they worked better together.
Then, Casey died.
Nick doesn’t quite remember what happened–they were on a standard job, things shouldn’t have gone south. The two of them were staking out a warehouse, waiting for their mark. A crash, a loud BOOM, a blinding light--and then, just like that, Nick was lying face up in a dumpster, bloodied and bruised and sore. A woman named Artemis happened to see him and took him to the hospital before he bled to death.
Following his near-death experience, Nick was disoriented. The police ruled Casey’s death to be a freak accident caused by an explosion in the warehouse. Nick didn’t agree. He sought out more information on what had happened that night, but to his frustration, every trail he pursued eventually went cold. To make matters worse, his memories were scattered, and he began to see the dead. Ghosts called out to him, pleading him to help them, to hear what they had to say. He initially tried to ignore the apparitions, but no matter what he tried, they never went away.
Eventually, after years of chasing dead ends and false leads, he gave up on trying to find anything else on Casey’s death. He began to take on cases again, though he found himself easily frustrated by situations that Casey would have been able to resolve quickly. As he worked, he realized that the ghosts would provide him with valuable information that helped his investigations. He initially dismissed this as a trauma-tinged manifestation of his intuition, unwilling to believe that there was some sort of paranormal explanation.
But of course, they were real ghosts. Nick would only come to realize this truth after he was nearly killed a second time. He was about to be shot by a mysterious assailant when a ferocious beast leapt into his path and saved him. The beast revealed that she was a werewolf, and, through conversation, Nick realized that this was the same woman who saved him from the dumpster years ago. More importantly, the supernatural was real.
It was then that Nick began to think back upon the details of Casey's death. Things that didn't make sense at the time suddenly began to worm their way back into his mind, like picking up pieces of a puzzle that had been lost under the couch for years. He asked Artemis to show him what else lay beyond the veil, and she accepted. There was a deeper conspiracy at hand, and he would try to unravel it--even if it killed him.
The years passed, and certain patterns emerged. Casey was good at being the ‘face’ of the duo, chatting up people for information and charming the pants off them. Nick was good at keeping to himself, blending in among the crowd and escaping notice. Others often regarded Casey as the ‘leader’ with Nick as his ‘sidekick’, which greatly irritated Nick. Though they often clashed over personality differences and other minor arguments, it was undeniable that they worked better together.
Then, Casey died.
Nick doesn’t quite remember what happened–they were on a standard job, things shouldn’t have gone south. The two of them were staking out a warehouse, waiting for their mark. A crash, a loud BOOM, a blinding light--and then, just like that, Nick was lying face up in a dumpster, bloodied and bruised and sore. A woman named Artemis happened to see him and took him to the hospital before he bled to death.
Following his near-death experience, Nick was disoriented. The police ruled Casey’s death to be a freak accident caused by an explosion in the warehouse. Nick didn’t agree. He sought out more information on what had happened that night, but to his frustration, every trail he pursued eventually went cold. To make matters worse, his memories were scattered, and he began to see the dead. Ghosts called out to him, pleading him to help them, to hear what they had to say. He initially tried to ignore the apparitions, but no matter what he tried, they never went away.
Eventually, after years of chasing dead ends and false leads, he gave up on trying to find anything else on Casey’s death. He began to take on cases again, though he found himself easily frustrated by situations that Casey would have been able to resolve quickly. As he worked, he realized that the ghosts would provide him with valuable information that helped his investigations. He initially dismissed this as a trauma-tinged manifestation of his intuition, unwilling to believe that there was some sort of paranormal explanation.
But of course, they were real ghosts. Nick would only come to realize this truth after he was nearly killed a second time. He was about to be shot by a mysterious assailant when a ferocious beast leapt into his path and saved him. The beast revealed that she was a werewolf, and, through conversation, Nick realized that this was the same woman who saved him from the dumpster years ago. More importantly, the supernatural was real.
It was then that Nick began to think back upon the details of Casey's death. Things that didn't make sense at the time suddenly began to worm their way back into his mind, like picking up pieces of a puzzle that had been lost under the couch for years. He asked Artemis to show him what else lay beyond the veil, and she accepted. There was a deeper conspiracy at hand, and he would try to unravel it--even if it killed him.
