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Ok, I completely understand that I am being the biggest pain in the ass about this. I think this one is final, so I am dropping Firefly and picking up someone else in return.
Screenname: Syn (Mercenary)
Gothamite you would like to portray: Waylon Jones AKA Killer Croc
Class of society: (Choose one) Rule Breaker
Resume: (Brief character biography) Waylon Jones was a young boy growing up in the Narrows of Gotham. He soon developed a condition that turned his body more and more like a reptile. His parents soon discovered it was exposure to dangerous chemicals in their home and food which caused his condition. Waylon was mocked and made fun of in school as his condition worsened.
Waylon ran away from home at age 17, not being able to take the harassment anymore. By this point, his condition was almost at its peak, and Waylon looked like a true human mutation. Waylon found solice in the sewers. There he was not the loser, the freak, the outcast. He was the top of the food chain. As the years past, Waylon's time alone gave him time to think about all that had been done to him. He soon rationailized that he was different, and this difference about him should be used for him, not against. He has recently chosen to use his powers for personal gain, to terrorize humanity, and do whatever he pleases where ever he pleases.
Factoids of interest: (Special attributes - IE: Weapons, attire... anything needed to be known) Enhanced strength, senses, agility, reflexes, durability and stamina. He has large claws and sharp teeth. He seems to possess a healing factor, crocodile like tendencies, scales, and power.
Known associates: (NPC's needed to be attached to your character) None.
Three integral reasons behind choosing the character:
1. Killer Croc is an interesting character. He's conflicted with his intelect and instinct.
2. Some variations show him as a ruthless intelligent man, others show him as a crazy monstser. I hope to put him at a level that is believable and permanent.
3. Being one of Batman's more aggressive foes should prove fun.
Please provide a brief explaination behind your character's motivations (ex: What does he/she believe in? How does he/she connect with Gotham City? What grinds your character's gears?):
Waylon wants to be left alone to do what he pleases. At times, he sees his condition as a gift, but more than not, he sees himself as a monster, and desperately wants to return to normal.
File Headshot: (A picture if your character, if applicable)
Please provide a small sample post, in the format you plan to portray this identity, with three paragraphs at minimum:
The sewers of Gotham. A place more feared to tread than the streets above. Many rumors come about from the odd occurances in the earth beneath the city. Some say ghosts haunt the endless pipes, the souls of those long killed. Others say the rats in the sewers have become so aggressive, they would eat you alive upon entrance. But the most believed and popular reason is that monsters live there. Monsters of all kind that are hideous, ghastly, and ruthless.
The streets of Gotham are silent in this section of the city. The steam billows up from the ground as the sky suddenly opens up above. Within moments, the buildings below are barraded with heavy drops of water. The rain falls so thicky that fish could walk on the land.
A manwhole begins to stir, the metal covering coming up and dropping back down. After a few moments, the metal covering moves up, and is pushed over onto the water filled street. The metal scraping against the hard ground makes a loud noise, scaring the rats of the streets into hiding. A strange figure emerges from the manwhole, coming up from the ground and onto the surface. It wears tattered and stained clothes, barely enough to cover its figure.
The strange creature looks up at the sky, staring blankly and quietly. The rain falls on its face, and the drops fall down its cold scaly skin. Suddenly, the creature hears a noise, and quickly turns around. It sees a small boy standing on the otherside of the street, staring at him in fear. The creatures orange eyes glow in the darkness as it stares back. The small boy shivers in fear, his mind telling him to run, but his body paralyzed in fear.
"Who are you...m-mister?" The boy calls out, attempting to do something other than stand. The creature continues to stare back, its eyes failing to blink. The boy continues to shake, panic welling up inside him. Tears begin to slowly fall down his face as he thinks about his parents, and how he wishes he could run back inside to them.
"M-mister?" He calls out again. Suddenly, the creature moves, and begins to walk toward the alley. Just before it dissapears into the dark back path, it turns back to the boy.
"Get...inside kid." It says with a hiss. "Monsters roam these streets."
I... really can't accept this, as it is.
Truthfully, I really liked your application and particularly your sample, but you've got it down to the point that he has enhanced strength, senses, and the like, whereas a simple skin condition could've been passed. And we just had this talk with Byrd, with the whole no-powers realism route. (A talk of which he weaseled out of by calling my mother a protestant ****e.)
Sorry, man, but Croc's powers can't be used here.
t: When he tries CANNIBIS! 
grin
. Oh yeah, and I'm not that much of an ape!
