Archive for November 18th, 2012
#18 Wikkan and the Blog Street Irregulars
Wikkan understands that the “natural” world includes humans and their creations just as much as trees, the sun, or the moon. Through her Art she can learn everything about her surroundings, how they came to be, who interacted with it, what happened at a particular location. Like a walking encyclopedia working through mystical instead of digital media, and supported by her friends the Blog Street Irregulars, she does her best to right wrongs and bring balance to the world.
#17 and #18 – Steven and Spring
Though mostly a regulatory agency, there are certain instances where the NMSA feels the need to tip the scales a bit. In such circumstances, Steven Godwin is the man they call. Not officially an agent of the NMSA, Steven is the guy they call when they need someone to hang around in back alleys, or make sure that someone loses a specific match. Mr. Godwin likes to think of himself as a consummate professional who does what needs to be done, but in reality he’s more of an amoral gangster.
As he’s not an official NMSA agent, Mr. Godwin is allowed to use a critter of his own design. Though not a particularly imaginative beast, Spring is built to get jobs done; a master of ambush tactics, Spring can use its tapeworm-like body to fit into very small areas, or wind itself up in order to unleash a powerful whip-like strike. Spring’s overall poor condition is a testament to Steven’s skillset; he has no idea how to maintain or repair Spring, and sending it to Stygia for repairs might reveal details of Mr. Godwin’s line of work.
The keywords I got for these two were Geometric, Thin, One pair of wings, Cracked, Grabby Hands, and Gears. I feel like I’ve been getting Gears and Wings a lot, but that’s okay. There’s a lot you can do with those keywords. Also, we’ve been on kind of a run of jerk characters here lately, which I hope turns around soon. These guys are depressing. 😛
#17&18- Candice & Jonas
Candice is the most popular chick in school-naturally she would fall head over heels for the captain of the school’s football team-Jonas. Unfortunately Jonas see passes her material facade and has absolutely no interest to pursue her advances.
Day 16: Cannon Bill
Ain’t no better swab to have by yer side than ol’ Cannon Bill. O’ course, ye don’t want him behind ya. Just by yer side. Or maybe it’s best to be standin’ behind him. Quite a distance behind him. Yar, that’s the best place.
# 18 Teenage Tim
His favorite color is green, he is going to become an environmentalist when he grows up.
Day 18: Autumn, the Good Witch
There are bad witches, enemies of the State, bringing curses and disease. There are also good witches, servants of the Crown, bringing healing and protective enchantment to Her Majesty’s soldiers. Autumn is a good witch, but the Royal Military has no love for her. When she was young, she endured the indiscriminate witch-hunts led by powerful men of the Faith. She grew up casting charms to protect young women from aggressive brutes and hexing water to poison abusive husbands. When she was asked to aid the Royal Military in their battle against the Eastern Horde, she cast a powerful spell of Empathy on all of Her Majesty’s generals, forcing them to experience  memories from the eyes of their enemies’ children and wives.
#18 – Jimmy “The Velvet Glove†Valentino
Jimmy Valentino was a name feared on the professional boxing circuit, he had been quick like fox but packed the uppercut of a grizzly bear. He earned the nickname Velvet glove after his tenth straight win by knockout; they said his gloves must be lined with velvet the way he put guys to sleep.
Those days seemed like a whole life ago now. Jimmy had grown old and round; the beer belly hanging out of his dirty white vest suited him in his new role as barman. Jimmy ran the local watering hole for all the local thugs and drunks in Higharce, the place was called the Bears Uppercut. It was the only thing Jimmy had left to show for all the money he’d won boxing all those years. Well that and the old heavyweight belt he had hung up behind the bar.
Having proof he was a former champ seemed to stop any trouble coming Jimmy’s way. Somehow though old troubles seem to find new ways of catching you to you. Mike Grell caught up to Jimmy the night he walked into the Bears Uppercut doing Luca Bell’s dirty work.
“No fucking way. If it ain’t my old mentor Jimmy the Velvet Glove himself.â€
Within three minutes of hearing these words Jimmy was on the dirty, stinking floor of the back alley behind his bar with Mike and his goons in suits laying the boots in to him.
“This is for you never officially retiring so I could win that god damn belt of yours.â€
“Oh piss off you whiney little brat.†Jimmy managed to get out between the kicks to the ribs.
“Got some fight in you yet all man. How about we go a round right here? Get him up boys†Mike spat with a shit-eating grin all over his face.
The goons in suits pulled old Jimmy to his feet, bloodied and bruised, his dirty white vest even worse for the beating he’d taken.
Mike’s left jab came in at Jimmy and instinct took over, weaving right Jimmy caught him with a left of his own.
Blood ran from the now broken nose of Mike Grell. Wiping the blood away with the back of his palm he chuckled to himself.
“You’ve gone and done it now Jimmy old pal.â€
His fine suit ripped and shredded falling to the floor as the change happened. His body covered in fur, his broken nose elongated and formed a muzzle. Mike grew and bulked out into the monstrous form of a werewolf. With one swift sweep of his arm he slashed at Jimmy the goons in suits looking on as their boss went to work.
Slashed and blooded across the chest, Jimmy spat his own blood on the floor.
“I might be old and a bit out of practice but let’s dance.â€
Frozen for a moment as he tried to understand what was going on Mike watched as Jimmy went through a similar transformation, but Jimmy grew taller and wider then mike, his short fur speckled with grey like his hair. Jimmy stood proudly before Mike in his Werebear form.
“Yeah that’s right kid, I always was bigger and tougher then you. Wont no velvet glove knocking them fellas out back in the day. Just the left over power form being an alpha predator Werebear. Now I’d say you best change back and run home to your boss before you piss me off anymore.†The words sounds like the low rumble of a storm as they left the huge jaw of Jimmy in Werebear form.
It seems all kinds of creatures are gathering in the city of Highacre, old debts and new means not everyone’s leaving alive.
Post#13 — Ursa
Post#13 — Ursa: This is a character from my “Foxy and the Toon Agents” series. Ursa (latin word for “bear”) is a she-bear anthropomorphic cartoon character. She is the head of the A.N.I.M.A. superspy organization and Foxy’s boss. And as you might guess, she is “a real bear to work for”. 😉
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