Player Information
Name: Heather
Age: 36
Contact: discord: vikael#0221
Other Characters: n/a
Invited by: Heather

Character Information
Name: Vincent Valentine
Canon: Final Fantasy VII Compilation
Canon Point: Dirge of Cerberus; Chapter 5, prior to losing the Proto-Materia
Age: roughly 60

(canon) background: Dat Wiki

(CRAU) background: Vincent roomed with Arkady at Dualis, and sensed an immediate bond with her. She was fragile, but that fragility hid a strength he couldn't ignore. He protected her when robotic constructs built to replace them attacked, and was a constant shoulder for her to cry upon. She was counted as the first woman he'd allowed himself to truly care for since Lucrecia, but he'd never had the opportunity to confess his feelings. He also hesitated due to his own limitations and feelings of guilt. He didn't feel as though he deserved whatever she might say in response.

The uprising and torture they witnessed served only to make him more paranoid and protective, and shortly before his departure from that city and his arrival here, Arkady had gone missing, and he was certain she'd done something painfully foolish. Still, his experience there in the city prepared him for meeting others from other worlds and alleviated his disbelief in that regard.

abilities: As a project of Hojo's, Vincent is capable of transforming into one of four different forms, each with it's own abilities, though most commonly, when stressed, he transforms into the form of the Galian Beast, a rampaging monster of rage capable of considerable physical damage and Beastial Flare (A fire-elemented attack a lot like a supernova). His greatest burden, and his deepest hatred, is Chaos, the entity contained within him that both keeps him alive and rules the shattered remains of his life. Chaos, the Destroyer, ender of the Planet, flows through Vincent's veins. When Vincent transforms into Chaos, he is completely unaware of the situation save for the vaguest of senses. Chaos craves the corrupted souls of the living, is capable of god-like feats of strength, flight, gravity attacks, etc. The Gun Vincent carries, the Cerberus, is a literal extension of Chaos, and transforms into the Death Penalty when he transforms into Chaos.

Aside from his transformations, he is fast enough to be missed by the human eye, can discern heartbeats, doesn't require food, drink, or sleep (though he can do all those things), heals very quickly, and is almost incapable of dying. He would need to be literally destroyed.

He's a gifted marksman and excels at long-range combat.

His two greatest weaknesses are his own mind and Chaos. Due to the trauma experienced at the hands of Hojo, Vincent suffers from PTSD that makes him lapse into a state of near catatonia in which he relives the nightmares of his experimentation and his failure to stop the JENOVA Project from proceeding.

Also, he has to constantly keep his emotions under control, because it's adrenaline that sparks the transformations and the last thing he wants to do is kill someone he cares about.

The Materia he carries are specially mounted in a chain designed to augment the shots fired from his gun (which don't require bullets when he uses them). They do not level up. One will shoot balls of fire, the other balls of lightning respectively.

Personality: Vincent is and has always been shy and quiet, but where his timidity once stemmed from a lack of self-assurance and uncertainty, it can now be attributed to introspection. He is often lost in his own thoughts of what was and could have been. To Vincent, all events occurring in the present have roots in the past. A past he’d rather not have transpired. To observers, this can give him a cold image, and many people have accused him of such. He speaks seldom, and normally only when there’s something important that needs to be said. His observations can come off as harsh and he’s not one to pull his punches when something needs to be said.

Sleeping for thirty years also has a negative effect on one’s perspective, and the separation of Vincent’s generation from the current one make him feel at bit at odds with his companions which is only compounded by his own nature. Vincent has never been one to speak often, even before his near-death and subsequent horrible torment, choosing instead to let his actions speak for him. Even before, he was never one to speak up for himself, or express his opinions, or express his feelings on a matter. It was always something he had to work himself up to, lacking the ability to speak clearly and openly with anyone. His growing love for the scientist, Lucrecia Crescent, went unspoken, Vincent having opted for far less intrusive long glances over distances and awkward stuttering when she ever spoke to him. His withdrawal from people in general only worsened when, because of Lucrecia's involvement in his father’s death, she rejected his affections and decided to marry Professor Hojo and started treating Vincent like nothing more than a soldier.

Guilt guides his hand most of the time, spurring him to action when he’d rather stay lost in his reverie. He feels personally responsible for Sephiroth's existence and the near-destruction of the world at his hand due to his own inaction. He knew what Lucrecia and Hojo were doing to their unborn child was wrong, but he stood by and let it happen, only protesting after the experiments proved to be too much for Lucrecia's body to bear. It was only after his conscience forced him to awaken from his slumber and join Cloud and company on their quest that he started to actually care about the people he was travelling with.

His guilt and self-loathing in relation to his inaction during the events in Nibelheim are a powerful and driving force in him. At times, even if his friends are in danger, that fact alone isn't enough to move him to action, requiring personal investment to get involved. To most people, Vincent, with his dark countenance, quiet demeanor, and his tendency to occupy corners in the back of rooms, comes off as cool and aloof, but in reality, being so awkward, he’d rather listen and observe rather than participate in conversations. This gives him at advantage a times at noticing things others might have missed, and he’ll speak up about it if he deems it important to do.

That’s not to say that his companions didn't collectively and individually leave a mark on him. Cloud, a man as conflicted and guilt-ridden as himself, he owed a lot. Cloud woke him up, made him realize the depth of his sin, and motivated him with his conviction. Since then, Cloud has been a competent leader and earned Vincent’s respect. Barrett’s passion proves capable of sweeping even Vincent up in its wake, and his adoptive daughter Marlene captured Vincent’s heart as surely as she captured everyone else’s. Tifa remains the mother of the group to all of them, and Yuffie is a pain no matter what she seems to be doing. At first he didn't trust the Wutaian ninja, but even after she proved herself trustworthy, she remained the most irritating person Vincent had ever had to deal with. He even requested, after getting a phone, that Cloud not give her his number. Cid, Reeve, and Nanaki as well are very important to him, and he will be there for them if they need him.

Inventory:
• Leather suit
• Red Opera cape and matching headband
• Belt with holster, ammo pouch, materia storage, and items storage
• 1 Fire Materia (on a chain, designed to augment the shots fired from his gun)
• 1 Lightning Materia (on a chain, designed to augment the shots fired from his gun)
• 1 brass clawed gauntlet, right-hand
• 1 pair armored boots
• 2 potions (that heal minor wounds)
• 48 revolver rounds (24 chambered, 8 per cylinder, 24 in ammo pouch)
• Gaian cell phone with Cerberus motif

Which of the following would they most like to have in abundance: The freedom to act without restraint

Writing sample(s): TDM thread

Player information.
• Name: Heather
• Age: 36
• Contact: discord: vikael#0221
• Other characters: Antonio (architector), Marcos (brightboy) and Loki (morethanatrickster)

Character information.
• Character name: Vincent valentine
• Canon: Final Fantasy VII Compilation
• Canon point: Just before the attack on WRO Headquarters; Dirge of Cerberus
• Age: ~65 (looks early 30s)
• Canon background: here
• CRAU information: Prior to waking up here, Vincent spent 7 months in a post-apocalyptic cyberpunk world ruled over by a sentient and likely insane A.I. known that The Head. Aside from becoming much more paranoid, personality-wise, Vincent is unchanged, though he did grow accustomed to having a chip in his head that restrained Chaos within him. Without the Proto-Materia or the chip in his head, Chaos will be much more difficult to control. Over the course of his time there, he grew rather close to his roommate, Arkady, but because of his issues, he'd yet to actually have a good conversation with her. Maybe here, things can be different.

• Abilities:
Shapeshifting: When stressed, Vincent can sometimes "hulk out" in the form of the Galian Beast, a rampaging monster of rage capable of considerable physical damage and Beastial Flare (A fire-elemented attack a lot like a supernova). When it comes to nearly being killed, Vincent will transform into Chaos. When Vincent transforms into Chaos, he is completely unaware of the situation save for the vaguest of senses. Chaos craves the corrupted souls of the living, is capable of god-like feats of strength, flight, gravity attacks, etc.
Enhanced reflexes: Hojo's augmentations and experiments gave him increased agility and speed, making him very difficult to hit, or to even track well when he's moving quickly.
Materia Usage: All residents of Gaia are able to use Materia, which is essentially crystalized magic. Vincent's are pretty normal, and they are on chains which allow him to augment what his gun fires. Fire materia? Fireball. Lightning materia? Electricity ball.
Damn Good Aim: Vincent is a hell of a shot, rarely missing even when he has nearly no time to aim properly. His expertise is in handguns. Custom ones, too.

• Strengths:
Loyal: It's takes quite a bit to earn Vincent's trust, but once you have it, he'll always come to your aid, even if he's not very good at telling you he'll be there. His friends' problems are his own, and he'll stand with them.
Responsible: He can sometimes take this to an extreme, feeling responsible for things that are way beyond his actual fault. That being said, we he does feel responsible for getting something done, you better believe it's going to be done. It takes a lot of prodding (sometimes on behalf of his friends) to spur him into motion, but once he's going, he won't stop until a mission is completed.
Pragmatic: Vincent follows his own moral compass, not allowing the thoughts or beliefs of others to influence his actions. He doesn't really concern himself with how others view him, but does what he feels to be right in a given situation.
Belief in Innocence: A little confusing, I know, but basically, Vincent believes that the innocence of those who have never committed any grave wrongs should be protected at all costs, and will go to great lengths to do so.
Observational skills: Vincent's tendency towards quiet reflection and observation coupled with his Turk training in subtlety make him very well equipped to notice the minutia of a given situation, and to notice details others may have overlooked.

• Weaknesses:
Antisocial: Even before all the torture and experimentation at Hojo's hands, Vincent was withdrawn and quiet, uncertain in conversation, and would rather be left alone. It leaves him coming off as cold and uncaring, which is far from the truth, but he finds his emotions difficult to express.
Trapped: Vincent's mind is trapped in a permanent state of the trauma that happened 30 years ago. That being said, when not faced with things in the here and now, he can get lost, gazing off into the distance for hours on end unless someone or something comes along to snap him out of it.
Transformations: The work done by Hojo, which turned him into a beast and into a monster (at least in his own eyes) is unstable and effected by his emotions. His transformations can be sparked by heightened adrenaline and he has very little control over himself or his actions when the occur, and very little memory of what he did while transformed. This also leads to his appearing emotionally distant and cold a lot of the time, as he strives to keep his emotions in check in order to avoid the transformation that could very well occur if he were to lose control.
Guilt/Self-loathing: He feels primarily responsible for the events that transpired in his own world, and feels that all his transformations and hideously monstrous nature are his punishment for his own inaction, leaving him to feel as though he doesn't deserve anything positive that might happen for him or to him.

• Nightmares: Being powerless to protect those he loves, and being consumed by the monster within, whatever that might mean. Also, be responsible for the deaths of loved ones.

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• Prose sample: can I get a whoop whoop