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_CURRENT/PAST CHARACTERS: N/A
IC INFO
_CHARACTER'S NAME: Mercury Black
_CANON: RWBY
_CANON POINT: Volume 3, Chapter 10: Battle of Beacon
_CHARACTER'S (ACTUAL) AGE: No canon age, but looks 18+
_CHARACTER'S (APPARENT) AGE: Same as above! Looks 18+
_CHARACTER'S HAIR COLOR: Silver
_TANAGURA (elite) OR MIDAS (mongrel)?: Midas (sadly)
_HOUSING PREFERENCE: N/A. He has Plans okay.
_HISTORY: Here.
_ABILITIES:
Mercury has a sharp mind. It shows as early as his third appearance when he challenges Pyrrha to a fight, knowing that she's one of the best fighters that Beacon has to offer. Even while trading hits with her, his face shows that he's thinking of what his next move will be and gauging how exactly she's reacting to his offense. This is even shown when she tries to switch how she's attacking him, Mercury seeing through it instantly and disarming her. He even fights back against her, and he's capable of winning, but he forfeits the match once he finds out the information that he needs about her fighting style.
In general, his combat capabilities have been strong since he was younger, when had had killed his father (a well known assassin) all by himself. He also goes toe to toe with another fighter, a Maiden (four girls representing four seasons) and holds his own fairly well in that fight as well. This is shown in his brief fight with Ruby as well, when he successfully counters her special ability, when four other students combined couldn't stop it previously. His reaction speed is exceptionally high, especially when it comes to close range combat. This is helped by the fact that he can remain calm under pressure, even in the middle of a combat situation. There's one point where someone lunges at him with the intent to kill, and he just watches them as if nothing was going on, killing them.
As far as his direct combat style goes, he uses a combination of kicks and bullets/dust (magic). His boots have a gun on the bottom that he can kick bullets out of, and his robotic legs have air for him to boost himself faster, off of surfaces, or in some cases create small whirlwinds that he uses as projectiles as well. The legs, since they're mechanical, also have a different weight to them that is shown to crush the floor of the stadium when enough strength is added to the kick. This pressure can be applied to blocking as well, as it shows him blocking a crushing blow (also enough to shatter the floor beneath him) with just his feet, and push the sword away in kind. He's also shown using his hands, though those are mostly to deflect blows and then counter with his feet. His legs are also shown to be resistant to fire, as he jumps through a giant fireball attack with ease, but the weakness with these legs however is, since they're metal, they can be affected by magnets and polarity.
He's also shown to be quite the actor. In the series he's shown acting multiple times since his appearance, due to being in enemy territory and can't reveal anything. He doesn't talk much around anyone else, aside from challenging Pyrrha and talking to Ruby briefly in the hallway. Otherwise, Emerald states that he's introverted and socially awkward, and points out Mercury sniffing a boot, before shifting back to normal once the others leave. This is also shown when he has to frame Yang during their fight, pretending that she broke one of his legs (which isn't possible, due to his robot leg being durable, but they don't know that) and yelling out in pain, which is believed by an entire stadium of people and no one questions if he's faking it or not at the time.
While he isn't shown to have many weaknesses, there are a few. The most glaring ones are things involving his father, which he usually replies with some sort of disdain and hate towards. He talks about how Qrow, who's partial to drinking, smells like his dad after a long day, and even the lyrics to his theme speaks about how he was abusive. The other, mentioned above, is his robotic legs. They're both affected by polarity, but also is shown in brief pain when Emerald tightens something on his legs slightly more than needed, showing some adjustments to them can hurt him as well as help him.
_PERSONALITY:
I'm the one that was born in a nightmare, a murderer's son. Got no gun, but I gleam like a blade and I'm harder than iron.
It says something when two of the writers for the show describe a character as "a hipster douchebag, but he's cool" and this is exactly what Mercury Black is. He's a massive douche who does a good job of taunting and jabbing at his opponents, while simultaneously hatching up a plan on how to combat them. It's both effective and dangerous, which just makes him but impressive and infuriating.
It might be hard to hear me say, kicking your ass is child's play. I hope you're not crushed by this ridicule.
The jabs and taunts aren't reserved for just enemies either, but they're definitely more lighthearted around his partner, Emerald. His introduction to the series is him teasing her, commenting on how he knew she was lost, and finally adding the cherry on top when he punctuates the brief teasing with "whatever, you want me". Another instance is when they talk about stealing, and Mercury teases her by saying "Ooh, Emerald! Master thief! Please don't take my money! I barely have enough to get by!" which gets her to walk off, and Mercury to comment on how she's no fun today. He only keeps it up as long as he gets a reaction from it.
Which is shown with his more cruel taunting. Really, it's like a cat and a mouse or someone playing with their food. He doesn't really have any concern for how the person is feeling if they're his enemy. Ruby is fearful for her friend's life, and Mercury continues to step in front of her and block her path. His speech also takes a bit of a tone shift. While sometimes he's still playful ("Let's just keep it between us friends.") he also can take a more harsh tone ("There's not going to be a next time, Blondie!"). He even jokes around about taking the life of someone else. When Emerald says they took out the rat, he just replies with "I think he was some sort of cat, actually" and continuing to joke with Emerald about it.
Despite being an assassin and killer, a criminal, he doesn't seem to take kindly to anyone outside of Cinder and Emerald. When Torchwick begins to talk about his accomplishments, Mercury just responds dryly with "You're an inspiration to every punk with a gun and a ski mask."
Lay right down and grab a little rest. I guess you didn't know that you were dealing with the best.
Mercury's confidence in himself is a byproduct of the sharp mind mentioned above. As explained above in his Strengths and Weaknesses section, he sizes his opponents up before taking them on seriously, trying to learn their flaws before exploiting them for himself, or finding out what they're proficient at to avoid it thoroughly. He even takes on one of the strongest fighters in the school just to figure out how exactly she ticked. They question his intelligence for doing so, but Mercury is someone who will act like a fool just to get what he needs out of it.
He's also someone who prefers to take action as opposed to sitting around and waiting, though it seems to depend on the situation. When Cinder's plan first starts at Beacon Academy, Mercury doesn't want to wait until they start to take down everyone, but once they finally start to put things into action, he doesn't mind sitting on the sideline and waiting for the next opportunity.
_ITEMS: His clothes are pretty self explanatory and doesn't really have anything flashy, but the items are where it gets interesting. So first off, Mercury doesn't have legs. Instead he has robot legs that are pretty awesome. They cut off just above the knee and are pretty attached to him. Literally. It's not like a prosthetic where he can just take it off. In his flashback, his legs are shown as bloody, which indicates that they're more of a surgical addition to his body. Plus, they can create air blasts. Neat!
Other than his clothes and those, his only other items are his weapon, which are just built into his boots! ... He has gun boots. Go figure. RWBY is pretty gun happy. They just look like normal boots, but can fire bullets out of the bottom of them. They integrate pretty well his his legs.
WRITING SAMPLES
_GEN SAMPLE: Sample here.
_SMUT SAMPLE: [He held out for a long time, but apparently, this place had other plans. Mercury was pretty closed off as far as his body goes, not wanting to take off his pants and show anything beneath his thighs, but he was able to at least pull his hardened cock out of his pants and into his hand with a smirk, showing the only thing that needed to be seen in this instance.
The woman beneath him didn't seem to mind either. They didn't know each other, and Mercury planned to keep it that way. She was just someone to help him get some pent out sexual frustration out, and she didn't seem to mind that either. She rested on the bed beneath him, her fingers hooked into the band of her panties as she slid them down, her own arousal shown by the juices that had been flowing from her and soaking the front of her panties.
There was something about the smell and the sight that really should have disgusted him, but in that moment, he didn't really think it was anything except arousing. Something about the way his hips moved forward towards hers felt instinctual, his cock pressed against her entrance before he started to slide himself inside of her.]
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT MY CHARACTER IS THE FOLLOWING:
_SENTIENT: yes
_MENTALLY ADULT: yes
_CAPABLE OF CONSENT: yes
_CAPABLE OF SEXUAL AROUSAL: yes
_NAME: Gage
_PLURK:
_CURRENT/PAST CHARACTERS: N/A
IC INFO
_CHARACTER'S NAME: Mercury Black
_CANON: RWBY
_CANON POINT: Volume 3, Chapter 10: Battle of Beacon
_CHARACTER'S (ACTUAL) AGE: No canon age, but looks 18+
_CHARACTER'S (APPARENT) AGE: Same as above! Looks 18+
_CHARACTER'S HAIR COLOR: Silver
_TANAGURA (elite) OR MIDAS (mongrel)?: Midas (sadly)
_HOUSING PREFERENCE: N/A. He has Plans okay.
_HISTORY: Here.
_ABILITIES:
Mercury has a sharp mind. It shows as early as his third appearance when he challenges Pyrrha to a fight, knowing that she's one of the best fighters that Beacon has to offer. Even while trading hits with her, his face shows that he's thinking of what his next move will be and gauging how exactly she's reacting to his offense. This is even shown when she tries to switch how she's attacking him, Mercury seeing through it instantly and disarming her. He even fights back against her, and he's capable of winning, but he forfeits the match once he finds out the information that he needs about her fighting style.
In general, his combat capabilities have been strong since he was younger, when had had killed his father (a well known assassin) all by himself. He also goes toe to toe with another fighter, a Maiden (four girls representing four seasons) and holds his own fairly well in that fight as well. This is shown in his brief fight with Ruby as well, when he successfully counters her special ability, when four other students combined couldn't stop it previously. His reaction speed is exceptionally high, especially when it comes to close range combat. This is helped by the fact that he can remain calm under pressure, even in the middle of a combat situation. There's one point where someone lunges at him with the intent to kill, and he just watches them as if nothing was going on, killing them.
As far as his direct combat style goes, he uses a combination of kicks and bullets/dust (magic). His boots have a gun on the bottom that he can kick bullets out of, and his robotic legs have air for him to boost himself faster, off of surfaces, or in some cases create small whirlwinds that he uses as projectiles as well. The legs, since they're mechanical, also have a different weight to them that is shown to crush the floor of the stadium when enough strength is added to the kick. This pressure can be applied to blocking as well, as it shows him blocking a crushing blow (also enough to shatter the floor beneath him) with just his feet, and push the sword away in kind. He's also shown using his hands, though those are mostly to deflect blows and then counter with his feet. His legs are also shown to be resistant to fire, as he jumps through a giant fireball attack with ease, but the weakness with these legs however is, since they're metal, they can be affected by magnets and polarity.
He's also shown to be quite the actor. In the series he's shown acting multiple times since his appearance, due to being in enemy territory and can't reveal anything. He doesn't talk much around anyone else, aside from challenging Pyrrha and talking to Ruby briefly in the hallway. Otherwise, Emerald states that he's introverted and socially awkward, and points out Mercury sniffing a boot, before shifting back to normal once the others leave. This is also shown when he has to frame Yang during their fight, pretending that she broke one of his legs (which isn't possible, due to his robot leg being durable, but they don't know that) and yelling out in pain, which is believed by an entire stadium of people and no one questions if he's faking it or not at the time.
While he isn't shown to have many weaknesses, there are a few. The most glaring ones are things involving his father, which he usually replies with some sort of disdain and hate towards. He talks about how Qrow, who's partial to drinking, smells like his dad after a long day, and even the lyrics to his theme speaks about how he was abusive. The other, mentioned above, is his robotic legs. They're both affected by polarity, but also is shown in brief pain when Emerald tightens something on his legs slightly more than needed, showing some adjustments to them can hurt him as well as help him.
_PERSONALITY:
It says something when two of the writers for the show describe a character as "a hipster douchebag, but he's cool" and this is exactly what Mercury Black is. He's a massive douche who does a good job of taunting and jabbing at his opponents, while simultaneously hatching up a plan on how to combat them. It's both effective and dangerous, which just makes him but impressive and infuriating.
The jabs and taunts aren't reserved for just enemies either, but they're definitely more lighthearted around his partner, Emerald. His introduction to the series is him teasing her, commenting on how he knew she was lost, and finally adding the cherry on top when he punctuates the brief teasing with "whatever, you want me". Another instance is when they talk about stealing, and Mercury teases her by saying "Ooh, Emerald! Master thief! Please don't take my money! I barely have enough to get by!" which gets her to walk off, and Mercury to comment on how she's no fun today. He only keeps it up as long as he gets a reaction from it.
Which is shown with his more cruel taunting. Really, it's like a cat and a mouse or someone playing with their food. He doesn't really have any concern for how the person is feeling if they're his enemy. Ruby is fearful for her friend's life, and Mercury continues to step in front of her and block her path. His speech also takes a bit of a tone shift. While sometimes he's still playful ("Let's just keep it between us friends.") he also can take a more harsh tone ("There's not going to be a next time, Blondie!"). He even jokes around about taking the life of someone else. When Emerald says they took out the rat, he just replies with "I think he was some sort of cat, actually" and continuing to joke with Emerald about it.
Despite being an assassin and killer, a criminal, he doesn't seem to take kindly to anyone outside of Cinder and Emerald. When Torchwick begins to talk about his accomplishments, Mercury just responds dryly with "You're an inspiration to every punk with a gun and a ski mask."
Mercury's confidence in himself is a byproduct of the sharp mind mentioned above. As explained above in his Strengths and Weaknesses section, he sizes his opponents up before taking them on seriously, trying to learn their flaws before exploiting them for himself, or finding out what they're proficient at to avoid it thoroughly. He even takes on one of the strongest fighters in the school just to figure out how exactly she ticked. They question his intelligence for doing so, but Mercury is someone who will act like a fool just to get what he needs out of it.
He's also someone who prefers to take action as opposed to sitting around and waiting, though it seems to depend on the situation. When Cinder's plan first starts at Beacon Academy, Mercury doesn't want to wait until they start to take down everyone, but once they finally start to put things into action, he doesn't mind sitting on the sideline and waiting for the next opportunity.
_ITEMS: His clothes are pretty self explanatory and doesn't really have anything flashy, but the items are where it gets interesting. So first off, Mercury doesn't have legs. Instead he has robot legs that are pretty awesome. They cut off just above the knee and are pretty attached to him. Literally. It's not like a prosthetic where he can just take it off. In his flashback, his legs are shown as bloody, which indicates that they're more of a surgical addition to his body. Plus, they can create air blasts. Neat!
Other than his clothes and those, his only other items are his weapon, which are just built into his boots! ... He has gun boots. Go figure. RWBY is pretty gun happy. They just look like normal boots, but can fire bullets out of the bottom of them. They integrate pretty well his his legs.
WRITING SAMPLES
_GEN SAMPLE: Sample here.
_SMUT SAMPLE: [He held out for a long time, but apparently, this place had other plans. Mercury was pretty closed off as far as his body goes, not wanting to take off his pants and show anything beneath his thighs, but he was able to at least pull his hardened cock out of his pants and into his hand with a smirk, showing the only thing that needed to be seen in this instance.
The woman beneath him didn't seem to mind either. They didn't know each other, and Mercury planned to keep it that way. She was just someone to help him get some pent out sexual frustration out, and she didn't seem to mind that either. She rested on the bed beneath him, her fingers hooked into the band of her panties as she slid them down, her own arousal shown by the juices that had been flowing from her and soaking the front of her panties.
There was something about the smell and the sight that really should have disgusted him, but in that moment, he didn't really think it was anything except arousing. Something about the way his hips moved forward towards hers felt instinctual, his cock pressed against her entrance before he started to slide himself inside of her.]
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT MY CHARACTER IS THE FOLLOWING:
_SENTIENT: yes
_MENTALLY ADULT: yes
_CAPABLE OF CONSENT: yes
_CAPABLE OF SEXUAL AROUSAL: yes
