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<font style="color:#000;font-size:9pt"><center>''"To fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting." <br/ >-- ''Sun Tzu, "The Art of War"''</center></font> | <font style="color:#000;font-size:9pt"><center>''"To fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting." <br/ >-- ''Sun Tzu, "The Art of War"''</center></font> | ||
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<font style="color:#00b"><b>Appearance:</b></font> | <font style="color:#00b"><b>Appearance:</b></font> | ||
*<font style="color:#00b">'''Mask:'''</font> A lanky figure with strawberry blond hair and blue eyes. Mearcstapa's skin is covered in freckles--not only his face, but all across his body. He dresses simply, in dark colors or greys, usually with cargo pants and a pretty bulky brown leather messenger bag slung over a shoulder. Around one wrist is a neon pink paracord bracelet. | *<font style="color:#00b">'''Mask:'''</font> A lanky figure with strawberry blond hair and blue eyes. Mearcstapa's skin is covered in freckles--not only his face, but all across his body. He dresses simply, in dark colors or greys, usually with cargo pants and a pretty bulky brown leather messenger bag slung over a shoulder. Around one wrist is a neon pink paracord bracelet. Recently, he's grown his hair out almost to his shoulders, though it usually remains pinned out of his face with bobby pins or hair clips of some kind. | ||
*Occasionally he trades out the casual attire for a dark leather hooded duster with a pattern like panther spots that's well-camouflaged. The coat is decorated with straps and buckles and looks vaguely like something out of a Final Fantasy character's closet, flaring around Mearcstapa's legs. The hood, when pulled up, gives the impression of ears and perhaps a maw covering the face - like the wearer is subsumed by the animal instinct to hunt like this. He pairs this, generally, with leather trousers or tight jeans, as the coat's hidden pockets eliminate the need for the cargo pants (though not the messenger bag). | |||
*<font style="color:#00b">'''Mien:'''</font> While Mearcstapa is still freckly, he goes from pale with brown dots to dark blue-black with spots of red and green neon across his entire body. His eyes are pure, dead black without even eyeshine, as though they're holes straight into the abyss of his mind. His freckles have been known to shift in intensity from much more red to almost entirely green, and on the rarest of occasions all of them dim at once. | *<font style="color:#00b">'''Mien:'''</font> While Mearcstapa is still freckly, he goes from pale with brown dots to dark blue-black with perfectly square-shaped spots of red and green neon across his entire body. His eyes are pure, dead black without even eyeshine, as though they're holes straight into the abyss of his mind. His freckles have been known to shift in intensity from much more red to almost entirely green with a dithering effect, and on the rarest of occasions all of them dim at once. His teeth are sharp, and bring to mind the fangs of a large cat, like a panther. | ||
*<font style="color:#00b">'''Mantle:'''</font> The rhythmic susurration of someone running through a cornfield--chasing or being chased, paired with strong scopaesthesia: the rippling sensation up the back of the neck that indicates that someone, somewhere, is watching you. | *<font style="color:#00b">'''Mantle:'''</font> The rhythmic susurration of someone running through a cornfield--chasing or being chased, paired with strong scopaesthesia: the rippling sensation up the back of the neck that indicates that someone, somewhere, is watching you. Sometimes, there's even a sensation of warm breath on the back of your neck, as if it's right behind you, whatever it is, the monster that's chasing and about to catch you. | ||
<font style="color:#00b">'''Personality:'''</font> | <font style="color:#00b">'''Personality:'''</font> | ||
Mearcstapa is someone who has acquired a very distinctive set of skills, and feels most comfortable when he can lean back on them. He's clever, quick-fingered | Mearcstapa is someone who has acquired a very distinctive set of skills, and feels most comfortable when he can lean back on them. He's clever, quick-fingered and somewhat slippery. What he is ''not'', however, is violent, angry or hot-headed. He's the sort of man who will find a solution to a tough problem that another person might call 'cheating', and feel cleverer for having spent less time/energy/effort on the matter. | ||
However, some people might find him awkward socially. He's not the most emotionally intelligent Darkling in town, and has been known to infodump without warning or offer scathingly blunt suggestions to other people's problems. | However, some people might find him awkward socially. He's not the most emotionally intelligent Darkling in town, and has been known to infodump without warning or offer scathingly blunt suggestions to other people's problems. He tends to get wrapped up in work or resolving problems to the detriment of his relationships or well-being; the value he places on being "useful" is not strictly healthy. | ||
<font style="color:#00b"><b>Public History</b></font> | <font style="color:#00b"><b>Public History</b></font> | ||
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* Supposedly was the one who Sealed a promise that [[Lux]] broke. | * Supposedly was the one who Sealed a promise that [[Lux]] broke. | ||
* Claimed responsibility for the Final Death of [[Anna-Marie Cordray]]. | * Claimed responsibility for the Final Death of [[Anna-Marie Cordray]]. | ||
* Was put in charge of coordinating [[the Shrouded Guard]] after the Hue and Cry was raised in May of 2020. Supposedly, he tapped a varied group, with members of every court, a few vampires, and even a mage for the duty. | |||
* Totally did break into Tonetta Construction, but it was around Thanksgiving 2019, for work. | |||
* Twice, he has gotten to watch the body of his enemy burn. Twice, he has claimed trophies. | |||
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<font style="color:#00b; font-size:12pt">'''The Lost'''</font> | |||
* [[Charlie Miller|<span style="color:#00b;">'''Charlie:'''</span>]] - It's a thick layer of anxiety you have to get through in order to meet her for real. She is worth it, though, I think. | |||
**[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzL-up4ZKgI <font style="color:#000; font-size:8pt">''"Mirror, mirror on the wall; her heart was broken long before she ever came to you."''</font>] | |||
* [[Glitch|<span style="color:#00b;">'''Glitch'''</span>]] - And now we know how it really was, and what happens next is for us to figure out. | |||
**[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDefNSe722k <font style="color:#000; font-size:8pt">''"The fear was only momentary, but your role was never momentary. You know this was never meant to end."''</font>] | |||
* [[Jack Martingale|<span style="color:#00b;">'''Jack'''</span>]] - He's a mess. But he's my mess now, and I don't mind getting a little dirty to see what comes next. | |||
**[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpN1j8R5lZ8 <font style="color:#000; font-size:8pt">''"Let me occupy your mind, as you do mine."''</font>] | |||
* [[Lux|<span style="color:#00b;">'''Lux:'''</span>]] - This is an active choice I'm making. It is every time. I'm not through here; I'm not through with this, with ''us''. | * [[Lux|<span style="color:#00b;">'''Lux:'''</span>]] - This is an active choice I'm making. It is every time. I'm not through here; I'm not through with this, with ''us''. | ||
**[https://youtu.be/GPTY6l_PX5k?t=62 <font style="color:#000; font-size:8pt">''"Love, love is a verb. Love is a doing word."''</font>] | **[https://youtu.be/GPTY6l_PX5k?t=62 <font style="color:#000; font-size:8pt">''"Love, love is a verb. Love is a doing word."''</font>] | ||
* [[ | * [[Sigrun Ljosdottir|<span style="color:#00b;">'''Sigrún:'''</span>]] - There are people who have the capacity to make me want to live up to their expectations. Sigrún is definitely one of those. She sets the bar high, and I jump for it, because she isn't asking more of me than she deserves. | ||
**[https:// | **[https://youtu.be/73LmEiqXhOc?t=27 <font style="color:#000; font-size:8pt">''"Bring me my bow of burning gold! Bring me my arrows of desire! Bring me my spear; o clouds unfold! Bring me my chariot of fire!"''</font>] | ||
* [[Sturm|<span style="color:#00b;">'''Sturm:'''</span>]] - Sometimes I think I might be tiptoeing too much with her. We ought to talk about that at some point. | * [[Sturm|<span style="color:#00b;">'''Sturm:'''</span>]] - Sometimes I think I might be tiptoeing too much with her. We ought to talk about that at some point. | ||
**[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uq-gYOrU8bA <font style="color:#000; font-size:8pt">''"There were incidents and accidents. There were hints and allegations."''</font>] | **[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uq-gYOrU8bA <font style="color:#000; font-size:8pt">''"There were incidents and accidents. There were hints and allegations."''</font>] | ||
* [[Wren|<span style="color:#00b;">'''Wren:'''</span>]] - I'm glad she doesn't pretend, when it's just us; it means I get to know her for more than the surface layers. | * [[Wren|<span style="color:#00b;">'''Wren:'''</span>]] - I'm glad she doesn't pretend, when it's just us; it means I get to know her for more than the surface layers. | ||
**[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkBf6OEAlws <font style="color:#000; font-size:8pt">''"Your fake name is not for everyone, good enough for me. Forgotten by the garden and your phone is ringing."''</font>] | **[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkBf6OEAlws <font style="color:#000; font-size:8pt">''"Your fake name is not for everyone, good enough for me. Forgotten by the garden and your phone is ringing."''</font>] | ||
<font style="color:#00b; font-size:12pt">'''The Found'''</font> | |||
* [[Alex Shaw|<span style="color:#00b;">'''Lex:'''</span>]] - I've heard it discussed before, the idea of people being able to pick up friendships after months and years apart. While I've always felt that way about what's between Alex and myself, I didn't need it to be tested quite so well. I'm glad to have her back, though. | * [[Alex Shaw|<span style="color:#00b;">'''Lex:'''</span>]] - I've heard it discussed before, the idea of people being able to pick up friendships after months and years apart. While I've always felt that way about what's between Alex and myself, I didn't need it to be tested quite so well. I'm glad to have her back, though. | ||
**[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohUuCEgGCOc <font style="color:#000; font-size:8pt">''"Heard terabytes of perfect pitch, some universal elegance."''</font>] | **[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohUuCEgGCOc <font style="color:#000; font-size:8pt">''"Heard terabytes of perfect pitch, some universal elegance."''</font>] | ||
* [[ | * [[Nevermore Usher|<span style="color:#00b;">'''Nevy:'''</span>]] - Risk-reward analysis has never been so hard for me. | ||
**[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v= | **[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wP8A9rtg0iI <font style="color:#000; font-size:8pt">''"And if I should become a stranger, know that it would make me more than sad."''</font>] | ||
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*"This is an example quote. You can leave a quote here, showing how your character would speak about Mearcstapa behind his back." - [[User:Darkersolstice|<font style="color:#00b">'''Your Name Here'''</font>]] | *"This is an example quote. You can leave a quote here, showing how your character would speak about Mearcstapa behind his back." - [[User:Darkersolstice|<font style="color:#00b">'''Your Name Here'''</font>]] | ||
*"Mearcstapa is... perceptive. Skilled. Insightful. Great at what he does, and even good at a few things he probably thinks he's bad at. Feels like I should dislike him for some of that shit, but... well. Y'know how it goes." - [[Sturm|<font style="color:#00b">'''Sturm'''</font>]] | *"Mearcstapa is... perceptive. Skilled. Insightful. Great at what he does, and even good at a few things he probably thinks he's bad at. Feels like I should dislike him for some of that shit, but... well. Y'know how it goes." - [[Sturm|<font style="color:#00b">'''Sturm'''</font>]] | ||
*"What can I say about Two-Face? Sometimes I feel like he knows exactly what I'm thinking. Sometimes I think we'll never understand each other. Either way, I'll be there for him, and I trust he'll be there for me." - [[Nevermore Usher|<font style="color:#00b">'''Nevy'''</font>]] | |||
*"He's clever and sweet, and he helped Vasha. We're going to be animals together. 10/10 would smooch." - [[Little Fox|<font style="color:#00b">'''Naika'''</font>]] | |||
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:Autumn (Mantle | :Autumn (Mantle 4) | ||
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| class="left" | <font style="color:#00b">'''Title:'''</font> | | class="left" | <font style="color:#00b">'''Title:'''</font> | ||
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| class="left" | <font style="color:#00b">'''Faceclaim:'''</font> | | class="left" | <font style="color:#00b">'''Faceclaim:'''</font> | ||
:Kendall Cleveland (photographed by [https://unsplash.com/@nate_dumlao Nathan Dumlao]) | :Kendall Cleveland (photographed by [https://unsplash.com/@nate_dumlao Nathan Dumlao]) | ||
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:[https://www.kumu.io/vaspider/from-dusk-till-jawn-connections#from-dusk-till-jawn/mearcstapa?focus=1 1st Degree] | |||
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:It never hurts to give thanks to the broken bones | :It never hurts to give thanks to the broken bones | ||
:You had to use to build your ladder | :You had to use to build your ladder | ||
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:Moment close at hand | |||
:Half of you will never understand | |||
:And it doesn't really matter | |||
:Big smile on my face | |||
:Capsule just in case | |||
:Underneath my tongue there | |||
:Voices on the breeze | |||
:I heard voices once like these when I was younger | |||
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:Blood rushing to my face | |||
:I know that sweet warm taste | |||
:And the bitter trace | |||
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[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xu5JoC1QhM0 <font style="color:#00b">'''"Carousel", Flobots'''</font>] | [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xu5JoC1QhM0 <font style="color:#00b">'''"Carousel", Flobots'''</font>] | ||
: | :We are aliens and odd ones | ||
:I'm | :Orphaned by chosen boundaries | ||
: | :Adorned in algorithms | ||
: | :The schisms of hidden industries | ||
:I don't know | :In the streets we all are strangers | ||
: | :Gaze in the faces disconnect | ||
: | :We form we click repeat deform | ||
:And in defeat | |||
:We disrespect | |||
:We are all those orphans | |||
:Who can't forgive our families | |||
:A tribe that's not divided | |||
:Just blinded | |||
:By our realities | |||
:Our scars are what bind us | |||
:We toss and scream and lay awake | |||
:The antidote of the in between | |||
:Is to put our dreams on layaway | |||
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[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5-KJgVsoUM <font style="color:#00b">'''"It's Alright", Mother Mother'''</font>] | |||
:I don't wanna know who I am | |||
:'Cause heaven only knows what I'll find | |||
:I don't wanna know I'm not capable of coming out alive | |||
:I don't wanna see what's inside | |||
:I think that I would rather be blind | |||
:I don't wanna know I'm not capable, I'm capable | |||
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:I'm alright, I'm okay, I'm alright, I'm okay | |||
:I'm not a monster, I'm a human | |||
:And I've made a few mistakes | |||
:I'm alright, I'm okay, I'm alright, I'm okay | |||
:I'm not gruesome, just human | |||
:And I've made a few | |||
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Latest revision as of 12:09, 17 March 2023
-- Sun Tzu, "The Art of War"
OVERVIEW
Personality: Mearcstapa is someone who has acquired a very distinctive set of skills, and feels most comfortable when he can lean back on them. He's clever, quick-fingered and somewhat slippery. What he is not, however, is violent, angry or hot-headed. He's the sort of man who will find a solution to a tough problem that another person might call 'cheating', and feel cleverer for having spent less time/energy/effort on the matter. However, some people might find him awkward socially. He's not the most emotionally intelligent Darkling in town, and has been known to infodump without warning or offer scathingly blunt suggestions to other people's problems. He tends to get wrapped up in work or resolving problems to the detriment of his relationships or well-being; the value he places on being "useful" is not strictly healthy. Public History
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CONTACTS
GALLERY
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