Well guess who discovered his in-laws have wi-fi at the beach house, and whose wife brought her lap-top along. I thought about this all day on the beach and figured it was time to get to it.
One Universe: Independents Edition RPG APPLICATION
Screen Name: MST3K 4ever
Character you'd like to portray:Dashiell R. Faireborn: Flint
Superhuman powers, traits, other attributes of interest:Flint is a born leader that inspires those under his command, a brilliant military strategist, a special forces soldier and a chopper pilot as well.
Originally appearing from (which comic, and company?): There are so many variations from so many comics, so for now I'll go with the one most familar to me GI Joe: A Real American Hero. Marvel Comics.
Fictional history of the character: Dashiell was a Rhodes Scholar with a degree in English Literature, but Dashiell found the academic life boring and longed for adventure so he joined the military.
It was his training in the world of academics that gave Dashiell the drive he needed to succeed in the Military. Graduating at the top of his class in Special Forces, Airborne Training, and Warrant Officers school.
Dashiell led several missions successful missions into hostile territory, and it was this success that caught the attention of Conrad "Duke" Hauser of GI Joe who recruited him to be a part of the elite fighting. Dashiell was given the code name Flint.
Flint went on to become 3rd in command at GI Joe, and earned the respect of those who served with him. He also would fall in love with one of those he served with: Allison Hart Burnett code-named: Lady Jaye.
Flint's career in GI Joe could not have gone any better if he wanted it to. He was respected and well-loved, COBRA feared him, and if the day came when Hawk would step down it looked as though it was a virtual tie between he and Duke as to who would actually get command of GI Joe.
That was until a mission into Qa'Tar, Kuwait. Flint and 10 other Joes were framed for an assassination they did not committ. However all the evidence pointed to them and they were not only thrown out of GI Joe, but were sentenced to life in prison in a completely automated prison on an island called Bella-Cava that no one but General Hawk knew of. Where they were not only cut off from the rest of the world, but they were cut off from having contact with one another as well. (Sample post will pick up from here)
Hero, Villain, or Walking the line?: Hero
List a few reasons why you chose this character:I really like GI Joe and Flint has always been one of my favorites. This is a unique spin in the sense that this is not GI Joe vs COBRA, but this is a newly formed GI Joe unit against a much larger threat than COBRA. Flint must now lead a unit that is dealing with the loss of their lively-hood, their names/ranks, their families all think they are dead, and the equipment they are using is somewhat outdated just to name a few of his challenges. Flint has a lot of challenges ahead of him and how he deals with them is the basis of the character.
Write two complete sentences explaining what you can bring to this RPG:; I am in several of the RPGs so I know the players here. I was playing in RPGs before most of the people in the Hype RPGs were even born so I have been around a time or two.
How many days a week you intend on posting in the RPG:When I can even more when I am involved in an Arc.
Please provide a small sample post as your character, at least three paragraphs and one line of dialogue in length:
It was said in "The Shawshank Redemption" that in prison a man will do just about anything to keep his mind occupied, and Warrant Officer Dashiell "Flint" Faireborn is no exception.
Flint sits in his stone solitary cell. He watches as the moonlight shines through a set of bars on the top of a window-sill shining onto a drawing he made of Lady Jaye out of rocks he found in cell.
He turns to the stone drawing and says,
"Well hello beautiful nice to see you again. What shall we talk about tonight?"
Flint sits there as though the picture will respond and he says,
"We talked about that last night. How about we talk about the mission into London? The one where I had to repel off of Big Ben to save you and Stalker from being gunned down by the Dreadnocks. That's always a fun one. Okay you start."
Flint nods as though the picture is talking to him and he says,
"Yeah you always did have issues with waiting for the right moment. Go on..."
Flint stares at the picture and then moves his hand over it.
He says,
"I'm so sorry it didn't work out the way we planned Allison. No use in calling you Lady Jaye anymore, I'm not in GI Joe anymore. I haven't been since...since...he was thrown in here. Whenever that was."
Flint's mind drifts back to the day of the Military Tribunal and hearing the charages read against them, the other Joes with him professing outrage at the charges and claming they were set-up by someone, how he just stood there stone faced knowing that no matter what they said or did they were going to jail for life. This was one battle he couldn't find a way out of.
Perhaps the most painful moment more painful than feeling his rank being ripped from his uniform was the last time he saw Lady Jaye as they led him and the others away. She said she would dedicate her life to freeing him and the others. Flint told her he loved her and to forget about them this war was over.
Just then his automated cell-door opens. Flint knows to stand back and let the service droid come in otherwise an electrical shock would be used, but this time there is no service droid. In fact there is no one there and for the first time in a long time he looks across the hall and sees another door open. Flint sees his long time friend and former GI Joe teammate Roadblock.
The two men approach each other in the hall and just stare at one another for a moment. Then the two men embrace one another. Both men are now weeping as Flint says,
"It's great seeing you again Marvin!"
Marvin replies,
"You too Dash! You too!"
Before they know it the hall is filled with the other 9 joes and everyone is embracing each other and weeping.
Then suddenly there is a high-pitched whistle and everyone turns to see standing before them a bald-headed man with a goatee and camo-fatigues who says,
"All-right break it up. You all have a lot of work ahead of you!"
Flint says,
"General Hawk?"
Hawk nods....(And the first post will pick up from here)
Do you know how to post pictures on the Hype boards?:
