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2037-06-19 01:13 pm

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no pity for you, dumb motherfucker.
ISAAC GATES / "FELIX" / BASTARD MERCENARY FOR HIRE

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2022-08-16 08:58 pm

APPLICATION: DUPLICITY REAPP

« « « MANIPULATIVE » » »



« « « OOC INFORMATION


Name: Chels
Age: 21+
Contact: [plurk.com profile] curbstomps
Timezone: CST
Other Character(s): I was previously in the game with Felix from July 2021 to May 2022, though I was on hiatus for basically all of May. Previous acceptance here, previous application here. I'm keeping his previous in-game memories.


« « « IC INFORMATION


Name: "Felix" / Isaac Gates
Door: original door pass (submissive)

Canon: Red vs. Blue
Canon Point: Season 13, Episode 19

Age: Canonically unknown, but my rough estimate is early thirties.
Appearance: Felix spends 99.9% of his canon appearances in full-body combat armor. I currently use Ben Barnes from his role in The Punisher as his PB.

History:

Here!

RELEVANT DUP HISTORY: Felix arrived in Duplicity for the first time in July 2021 and developed especially close relationships with Terrence Ephemera, Bialar Crais, and Literal Satan (aka DT), as well as contracting (twice!) with Agent Washington. While he had no overall issues adjusting to the city and its requirements of him, he had massive difficulties coping with significant mental fallout triggered by events that happened in his canon prior to his arrival. This led to an especially unstable stay during his duration in the city, as he had no "proper" job and instead chose to jump from temp work to temp work while also leeching off other people for supplies/material goods.

He had his first and only death in October-ish, during a mem loss event. Going into 2022, he was primarily living in the Down, usually crashing with DT. He also entered a quasi-partnership with DT, wherein he generously provided him with weapons to either sell for additional profit/fun money or keep for his own very slowly growing collection (as Wash was unwilling to provide Felix with the necessary permits to purchase his own weapons himself). He left the city in May 2022, shortly after relinquishing his armor to Ephemera.

TL;DR: Felix mostly just started a whole lot of shit, As He Does. He'll hopefully be moving in an actual coherent direction his second go-around and expanding his CR horizons vs. constantly blowing shit up for his own personal entertainment.



Personality:
Positive Trait:

CHARISMATIC, to a near insufferable degree. At the beginning of Season 13, Felix boards UNSC military prison ship the Tartarus and easily charms personnel into allowing him direct access to the bridge, then stages a hostile takeover of her crew and cargo ( see: the Tartartus' inmates ). He's an active, engaging talker who is very good at reading people and stripping whole personas down to bare basics. It's not hard for him to form and subsequently maintain interpersonal connections, even if very few of those connections are actually genuine or meaningful on his end.

IN DUPLICITY: Despite the fact that the city was often attempting to paint him in an extraordinarily bad light during particular events (for good reason!), Felix had a smattering of genuinely positive CR. He had close friendships with DT and Crais, as well as a handful of people he'd hit up every now and then for various reasons (anything from hanging out for fun to steep favors).

Negative Trait:

MANIPULATIVE, adjacent to his charisma. Felix is a ruthless manipulator who uses anything or anyone around him to further his own goals and agenda. The only cause he's loyal to is the one that's writing his paycheck at the end of the day; very little else matters to him, and he will do whatever is necessary to get the job done, no matter the cost. His manipulative behavior surfaces in numerous ways throughout the course of the series, whether he's lying to his partner or an entire army of people who believe he's on their side. Felix has no side but his own.

IN DUPLICITY: Again, adjacent to his charisma, Felix was pretty self-sufficient in Duplicity mostly because he found ways to manipulate people into giving him what he wanted. Usually it was egging people into a fight, or navigating sexual scenarios so he was in primary control of the situation (see: one of his first encounters with both Crais and Wash, and basically 90% of his interactions with Ephemera).

Negative Trait:

VIOLENT and extremely comfortable with displays of violence against himself. Felix is a mercenary and former UNSC spec ops soldier who is stated, in canon, to have been active during the ugliest period of the Human-Covenant war. His tendency toward violence and never backing down from a fight regardless of the odds is what ultimately leads to his death in Season 13.

IN DUPLICITY: This was the main trigger for 90% of Felix's prominent CR. He started a lot of fights, half the time for the sheer fuck of it. Within his first two months in the city, he nearly beat Ephemera to death, and he attempted to kill Wash during their first meeting (and then continued his attempts a handful of times after that).

Negative Trait:

SPITEFUL/PETTY combined with a short fuse and vicious temper. He holds a grudge like a motherfucker and does not forgive easily. During his worst moments, he can be baited into acting against his best interests, and he has trouble seeing beyond his own petty grievances when he feels he's been wrongly crossed.

When his partner of many years inevitably turns on him, Felix shows very little regret or remorse for his actions. He gives only momentary pause to the idea of disposing of him if it means completing the job, and even tells him that he can "die with the rest of them" for his betrayal. Felix doesn't work in shades of grey; you're either with him, or you're his enemy. He has no room for middleground.

IN DUPLICITY: The majority of his interactions with Wash were spiteful on Felix's part. He primarily contracted with Wash because he was confident in his ability to successfully manipulate him, but at the same time he hindered his own progress on this "quest" due to his pettiness and intense dislike of him. He would've gotten further had he not spent a large portion of his time in Duplicity either avoiding Wash entirely, or trying to stab him for XYZ reason of the day.

This was also the majority of his interactions with people who wanted to get to know him deeper than a surface level, see: Drake. Ya boy doesn't like to be seen. It does not spark joy.



Powers and Abilities:

TACTICALLY CLEVER, WEAPONS PROWRESS and MARKSMANSHIP — trained military operative who's been dicking around with guns and sharp pointy objects for the majority of his life; he has a keen eye for detail and is an excellent shot with a rifle, sidearm, or throwing knife.

CLOSE QUARTERS COMBAT — excels in both unarmed and armed ( re: combat knives ) hand-to-hand combat, often using his opponent's own force and weight against them to turn the tide in his favor.

PILOT-CERTIFIED — capable of piloting small-to-medium sized aircrafts and starships.

TECH-SAVVY — born in the 2500s, during a time of great technological feat and prosper; he can work his way around most unfamiliar systems with ease, though he might struggle a little with technology he views as particularly outdated or antiquated.


Inventory: Nothing this time!

Samples: one / two / three

(Sorry this got kind of long! Hopefully I'm reapplying correctly but I am, again, enormously stupid, so lmk if there's anything I need to expand on further!)
unlawful: 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐝 / 𝐝𝐧𝐭. (pic#15194052)
2022-02-06 06:25 pm

info / preferences.



ISAAC GATES / "FELIX"
— b. 21/05/2525, approx. 32 years old as of s13
— timeline flexible

his pb is currently ben barnes, primarily from his role in the punisher as billy russo. for more specific physical details, see here.

AT A GLANCE: isaac gates (alias "felix") is a former unsc spec ops marine of the now-defunct 5th force reconnaissance company turned asshole gun-for-hire, declared kia by unicom in 2552 following the fall of reach. charisma with an agenda, and that agenda is getting paid to fuck you over in style. regina george meets jennifer check. ✧・゚: *✧・゚:*diva*:・゚✧*:・゚✧. just an absolute motherfucker.

he projects massively, and often. absolute hot mess of a person suffering from massively untreated ptsd that has morphed him into a thoroughly sadistic and vicious bastard. opt out and content warnings here.



in character.

PHYSICAL CONTACT: go for it! how he reacts depends on the context and who's doing the touching.
ROMANCE/SEX: sex, yes. felix is a thot w a capital t. romance is a blinking red caution sign. highly unlikely and super unadvised.
INJURE/KILL: anyone is welcome to fuck up his shit any time. felix himself is a highly trained former unsc operative turned ruthless mercenary; he's an aggressive and agile fighter, especially in close quarters. that being said: he's completely human with a flair for the ostentatious, and he has a nasty tendency of leaving his back unguarded.
EVERYTHING ELSE: it's probably a yes, whatever it is. hit me up with your idea/thoughts so we can chat about it!

irt potential neg cr and fight scenes: i love love love fight scenes, but i also completely understand they're not everyone's cup of tea. if you want your character to go head-to-head with felix but don't wanna pound it out via threading, we can discuss the Deets and skip to the post-brawl aftermath.


shipping.

yes: locus, kimball, wash, tucker, carolina, cross-canon characters, ocs.
maybe: basically everyone that isn't listed above or below. i'm really easy and probably dtf, but i'd like to talk abt it first!
no: blue team, red team, anyone under 18.

i play felix as bisexual and a true switch with little to no interest in romantic relationships. felix is a devious, morally fucked bastard who plays people like fine-tuned fiddles to get what he wants and/or further his own goals and agenda. his personality isn't really conducive for a healthy romantic relationship.

not technically against him embarking on a romantic relationship, but pls keep in mind that it will likely be dysfunctional on some level unless he hard fucks with someone or meets his bastard match in hell.

irt kinks i'm a nasty bitch and have very few limits beyond a few basic ones like scat, underage characters, and hard non-con. talk to me if you're unsure!


out of character.

TIMEZONE: central standard
BACKTAGGING: for sure! i work full-time (and super weird hours on top of that!) so i can be mad slow depending on my weekly workload.
FORMAT: super flexible, though i default to brackets and present tense. i'm happy to tag back in proper prose and/or past tense depending on my tagging partner's preferences.
CONTACT: i'm chels(ey). feel free to hit me up w a pm to this acct, or hmu @ [plurk.com profile] curbstomps.

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2021-08-22 09:55 am

duplicity cr chart.

CR CHART
FAMILIARITY
LIKE
DISLIKE
AFFECTION
ATTRACTION
EPHEMERA
former odst turned innie sympathizer. twitchy and highly dangerous. stabbed him twice four times. 100% chance of stabbing him again in the future. cOmPlIcAtEd.
CAROLINA
bitch. 1v0 on stabbing. oh no she's hot.
HARDING
✨✨✨✨BESTIE✨✨✨✨
SAM
fantastic fuck.
CRAIS
sus sus sus sus sus sus
WASH
ex-freelancer. his accidentally on purpose dom. they don't talk about it. shut up.
code by marwood
unlawful: 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐝 / 𝐝𝐧𝐭. (pic#15194047)
2021-07-30 07:01 pm

hmd / opt out.

how am i doing? hit me with it.

alternatively, if you'd like not to be tagged by me ( and subsequently felix ) for any reason whatsoever, please let me know here! absolutely no hard feelings or questions asked. ip off, anon enabled, comments are screened, but i'll unscreen at your request.

CONTENT WARNING: felix is a manipulative and violent former spec ops marine turned mercenary and interstellar terrorist harboring a lot of deep-seated ( and entirely untreated ) trauma and anxiety. he regularly uses drugs and liquor ( various combinations of downers, mainly ) to self-medicate, often excessively, and suffers from various psychiatric imbalances. he's also a massive asshole who can be extremely grating depending on the situation and gaslights his canon partner on a regular basis. he's killed a lot of people and done a lot of Bad Shit, both for money and the fuck of it. rampant murder is his specialty because he's uhhhhhhhhhhh a merc, but sometimes physical and psychological torture depending on the type of information he's attempting to extract from a target. he never shies away from violence, full stop.

however: his actions generally have some underlying motivation. he won't just walk up and stab a bitch minding their own business 99.9% of the time unless he has some semblance of a reason for it. whether it's justified or not is another question entirely.

in general, depending on the nature of the thread, expect casually framed thoughts of suicidal ideation, chronic substance abuse, and an extremely cavalier attitude toward violence. felix is an egomaniac who is equally self-loathing, and when he's not putting on an easygoing front he takes his unadulterated rage out on everything and everyone around him.

i will always attempt to warn for these issues as they come up in threads, but if it slips my mind, that's totally on me and i will correct it where i can.

misc warnings/heads up include: i'm intimately familiar with halo canon and lore and often meld rvb with halo's universe to make my own life easier and further flesh out character backgrounds left mostly unexplored in canon. if you're a castmate and this isn't something you like to do, no worries! i'll follow your lead. it's absolutely not a necessary prerequisite whatsoever.
unlawful: (you know what i'm thinking?)
2021-07-26 01:41 pm

duplicity inbox / cw for nsfw shenanigans.


TEXT / VOICE / VIDEO / ACTION

NOTE: felix generally responds to everything in text, even voice or video calls. expect 90% of his replies to be text-based regardless of urgency.
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2021-07-18 06:34 pm

APPLICATION: DUPLICITY

« « « MANIPULATIVE » » »



« « « OOC INFORMATION


Name: Chels
Age: 21+
Contact: [plurk.com profile] curbstomps
Timezone: CST
Other Character(s): N/A


« « « IC INFORMATION


Name: "Felix" / Isaac Gates
Door: door pass, submissive

Canon: Red vs. Blue
Canon Point: Season 13, Episode 19

Age: Canonically unknown, but my rough estimate is early thirties.
Appearance: Felix spends 99.9% of his canon appearances in full-body combat armor. I currently use Ben Barnes from his role in The Punisher as his PB.

History: Here!
Personality:

CHARISMATIC, to a near insufferable degree. At the beginning of Season 13, Felix boards UNSC military prison ship the Tartarus and easily charms personnel into allowing him direct access to the bridge, then stages a hostile takeover of her crew and cargo ( see: the Tartartus' inmates ). He's an active, engaging talker who is very good at reading people and stripping whole personas down to bare basics. It's not hard for him to form and subsequently maintain interpersonal connections, even if very few of those connections are actually genuine or meaningful on his end.

MANIPULATIVE, adjacent to his charisma. Felix is a ruthless manipulator who uses anything or anyone around him to further his own goals and agenda. The only cause he's loyal to is the one that's writing his paycheck at the end of the day; very little else matters to him, and he will do whatever is necessary to get the job done, no matter the cost. His manipulative behavior surfaces in numerous ways throughout the course of the series, whether he's lying to his partner or an entire army of people who believe he's on their side. Felix has no side but his own.

VIOLENT and extremely comfortable with displays of violence against himself. Felix is a mercenary and former UNSC spec ops soldier who is stated, in canon, to have been active during the ugliest period of the Human-Covenant war. His tendency toward violence and never backing down from a fight regardless of the odds is what ultimately leads to his death in Season 13.

SPITEFUL/PETTY combined with a short fuse and vicious temper. He holds a grudge like a motherfucker and does not forgive easily. During his worst moments, he can be baited into acting against his best interests, and he has trouble seeing beyond his own petty grievances when he feels he's been wrongly crossed.

When his partner of many years inevitably turns on him, Felix shows very little regret or remorse for his actions. He gives only momentary pause to the idea of disposing of him if it means completing the job, and even tells him that he can "die with the rest of them" for his betrayal. Felix doesn't work in shades of grey; you're either with him, or you're his enemy. He has no room for middleground.


Powers and Abilities:

TACTICALLY CLEVER, WEAPONS PROWRESS and MARKSMANSHIP — trained military operative who's been dicking around with guns and sharp pointy objects for the majority of his life; he has a keen eye for detail and is an excellent shot with a rifle, sidearm, or throwing knife.

CLOSE QUARTERS COMBAT — excels in both unarmed and armed ( re: combat knives ) hand-to-hand combat, often using his opponent's own force and weight against them to turn the tide in his favor.

PILOT-CERTIFIED — capable of piloting small-to-medium sized aircrafts and starships.

TECH-SAVVY — born in the 2500s, during a time of great technological feat and prosper; he can work his way around most unfamiliar systems with ease, though he might struggle a little with technology he views as particularly outdated or antiquated.

COMBAT ARMOR — equipped with a various number of perks, such as: a transparent heads-up display ( HUD ) housed in the armor's helmet that provides details on biometrics, thermal/motion sensors, and environmental/atmospheric readouts; pressure seal and closed climate environment; magnetic holster strips; shields; comm link; and imaging/video capabilities.

The armor itself is heavy, weighing in around 300 to 500 pounds, and protects the wearer from damage while also granting an extremely flexible range of motion. He hits harder and moves faster while geared up.


Inventory: Felix will be arriving with his sidearm, combat knife, and a set of four throwing knives, all holstered or otherwise concealed within his armor ( unless this counts as more than three? in which case he can lose the set of throwing knives entirely ).

Samples: one / two / three

unlawful: (Default)
2021-06-26 10:19 am

(wip) timeline & other bullshit.

BEFORE BLOOD GULCH (B.B.G.)
SPANNING 2519 TO 2551
2519 OR 33 B.B.G. — 33 YEARS BEFORE BLOOD GULCH
  • blue team (the master chief version) is formed

2525 OR 27 B.B.G. — 27 YEARS BEFORE BLOOD GULCH
  • isaac gates is born
  • the spartan-iis are subjected to biological augmentations; only 30 out of the 75 children conscripted into the program survive the process
  • the human-covenant war begins; the spartan-iis are now active
  • green hills and second base are glassed by the covenant; harvest is partially glassed

2537 OR 15 B.B.G. — 15 YEARS BEFORE BLOOD GULCH

2542 OR 10 B.B.G. — 10 YEARS BEFORE BLOOD GULCH
  • gates enlists with the unsc marine corps

2545 OR 7 B.B.G. — 7 YEARS BEFORE BLOOD GULCH
  • as the ongoing war with the covenant ramps up, project freelancer is cleared for funding

2546 OR 6 B.B.G. — 6 YEARS BEFORE BLOOD GULCH

2547 OR 5 B.B.G. — 5 YEARS BEFORE BLOOD GULCH
  • dr. leonard church receives the unsc smart ai "alpha" for project freelancer, cloned from his own mind
  • the alpha spontaneously sheds a fragment ai known as beta, the personification of the alpha's cloned memories of allison church; beta is given the code name agent texas and cleared for active duty
  • skopje is glassed by the covenant
  • agents iowa, idaho, and ohio are stranded on an ice planet after being jettisoned from the mother of invention; they are assumed kia

2548 OR 4 B.B.G. — 4 YEARS BEFORE BLOOD GULCH
  • after being denied access to further ai units, dr. leonard church attempts to split the alpha into many fragments; he fails
  • The Heist; sharkface gets his shit fucked up
  • ortez and gates are recruited into force recon, serving in the 5th force reconnaissance company on reach.
  • the battle of meridian begins
  • season 9

2549 OR 3 B.B.G. — 3 YEARS BEFORE BLOOD GULCH
  • the alpha is finally harvested into fragments
  • agent carolina gives agent maine the ai fragment sigma
  • agent texas is paired with omega
  • cortana is created
  • arcadia and paris iv are glassed by the covenant

2550 OR 2 B.B.G. — 2 YEARS BEFORE BLOOD GULCH
  • agent washington receives the epsilon ai. the implant rejects violently as epsilon attempts to terminate itself inside wash's mind, crippling him with massive ptsd and mental trauma.
  • agent connecticut defects from project freelancer and is later killed by agents carolina and texas.
  • the mother of invention crashes on sidewinder after agent texas discovers her identity as ai fragment beta and leads an attack to free the alpha ai from captivity.
  • agent maine, acting as the meta under sigma's influence, steals iota and eta from carolina, then tosses her over a cliff.
  • agent wyoming and gamma go awol.
  • battle of gamma pavonis vii
  • minab is glassed by the covenant
  • season 10

2551 OR 1 B.B.G. — 1 YEAR BEFORE BLOOD GULCH
  • malcolm hargrove is named chairman of the unsc oversight sub-committee
  • agent maine begins to hunt down the remaining project freelancer ai fragments
  • agent york fucks off from project freelancer, taking delta with him
  • the battle of meridian ends; meridian is glassed by the covenant.
AFTER BLOOD GULCH (A.B.G.)
SPANNING 2552 TO 2557
2552 OR 0 A.B.G. — ALPHA'S ARRIVAL AT BLOOD GULCH
  • agent florida is reassigned to blood gulch outpost: alpha with orders to protect and guard the alpha ai. he later dies of an aspirin overdose, and alpha, now going by the name leonard l. church, assumes command of blue team and outpost a.