Post by ZeroIP on Oct 25, 2017 18:20:12 GMT
Name: Nathaniel Chevalier Robinson
Age: 18
Country of Birth: Harlem, New York
Languages Spoken: English, French, German
Personality: Diligent, honorable, and kindhearted. He's a textbook soldier but he will refuse to carry out orders if it endangers innocent people and/or are needlessly cruel.
I kinda went overboard with the backstory but I really want to know if the Stand and his abilities are okay for the setting.
History: Born in the early 1920's to an African-American WW1 veteran and a Caucasian french woman. His parents met during their service in the French Foreign Legion during the Battle of the Somme. While his parents were loving, prejudice against intermarriage was prevalent in the US even in New York. His parents planned on moving to France but then the Great Depression happened and exhausted most of their resources. It was only during the end of the depression leading into WW2 that his family would return to France but not in the way they'd hoped. Chester's parents were thrust into WW2 as his parents were called back into duty by the French Foreign Legion.
His parents left him with a family friend named Josephine Florentine in upper New York while they served overseas. While Nathaniel protested and begged to for them to let him join in the fight they refused. For the first 6 months Nathaniel was able to communicate with his parents via telegraph and letters. Later on the letters became more sparse and cryptic about their whereabouts and activity. On the 8th month, the letters stopped coming and the telegraph lines were completely silent.
Nathaniel started to panic and begged Josephine to let him join the Army, Legion, or any service that would have him so he could find his parents. She refused and tried to distract him by cracking down on his grades, making him focus on schoolwork over the war. Josephine's tactics had little effect as Nathaniel would skip school to research ways of contacting his parents. The more she pushed him to stay away from the war, the more entrenched he became into joining it.
During the next month, Nathaniel started to see things that he thought were hallucinations. Eerie lights around the Harlem River, ghostly spirits, even a man talking to a little blue devil. He talked to Josephine about it and her face became focused and sullen. She told him to forget about what he saw and complete his schooling. Angered about Josephine's constant pressure about education and her reluctance to help save his parents, he ran away from home in a huff.
As he crossed the Manhattan Bridge back to Harlem he noticed a woman standing by guard rails. She was sobbing as she muttered about her son and husband dying in the war. She screamed that she had nothing to live for. Nathaniel was still fuming over Josephine and ignored the woman at first. When people screamed that she was going to jump, he turned around and saw her climb up on the guard rail. He ran towards her as she jumped from the bridge and instinctively tried to grab her.
He misses as she starts falling into the river. As something awoke deep inside of him, he felt the urge to jump from the bridge to grab her. As he jumped from the bridge he noticed a weird suit forming over his body as he was falling. By the time was within arm's reach of the woman, the suit had fully formed around him. Air proceeded to burst from his feet as the reached the woman and caught her before she impacted the water. The suit slowed their descent as the plunged into the water at a safe and manageable speed.
After coming up from the water with the woman in his arms, people were surprised that he survived. However as the police came and saw the woman unconscious they assumed the worst and arrested Nathaniel. Repeatedly telling them that he was saving the woman, he resisted arrest and the police officers clubbed his hands, breaking several fingers in his right hand. After wrestling him to the ground they handcuffed him and put him in the back of their police van.
As he was sent to a holding cell in Manhattan, his mind was lost in thought from what happened. After a few hours Josephine came to get him as the police corroborated his story from witnesses along with the woman admitting her suicide attempt. Josephine scolded him until he snapped and used his stand to try to push her away. She reacted by summoning her own Stand, a feminine woman with a black leather bunny mask, a studded leather corset, and spiked leather whip.
It grabbed Nathaniel's arm and forced him to the ground before he could land the hit. Dazed and confused Nathaniel withdrew his stand as Josephine's stand let him go. Josephine told him to get his act together as he'd finally get his wish to join the war effort. Nathaniel rubbing his neck from the whip damage, followed Josephine out of the cell without a sound.
Josephine took him to a secret base deep within the underground areas of Harlem. The base was similar to a prohibition era speakeasy with several people in military uniforms talking and drinking together. As they entered the entire room became silent as the members turned to Josephine and Nathaniel. They sized him up as Josephine walked to the bartender and told him that they needed to see the boss. He turned around and pressed a sigil with the letters MM. The liquor case opened up to reveal a doorway leading deeper into the area. Josephine grabbed Nathaniel by the wrist and dragged him inside, her eyes focused to the end of the hallway.
At the end of the hallway was a small office with several bookcases filled with literature, a record player in the corner, and a large desk with a man sitting behind it in a velvet swivel chair. “So it's true! You made them go on blasted that blasted suicide mission of yours!”, Josephine barked at the man. The man's eyes narrowed as he looked at Nathaniel and then to Josephine. “They volunteered Josephine. I didn't hold a gun to their head and...”, the man says before being interrupted by Josephine. “You could never fool me with your lies then Grandmaster Flash and you're not fooling me know!”, Josephine says in a scolding tone.
The man furrows his brow in contemplation as he says, “So what if they did. If they were in any danger then you know what would happen.” Josephine grits her teeth in anger as she pushes Nathaniel towards the man. “Show him what you did at the bridge! Now!”, Josephine yelled in anger. Nathaniel taken aback from her outburst don's his suit in preparation for an attack by the same entity he saw earlier. The man raises a brow in surprise as he observes the suit. “The same type of stand as Windsong.”, the man says while staring at Josephine.
She becomes visibly distressed as he says this as the same entity she summoned at the police station appears beside her. The man stands up and says, “Put it away both of you! This is not the time nor place for infighting.”, the man says as his body crackles with radiant energy and a suit of angelic armor appeared around him. Josephine bites her lip as she withdraws the entity as the man sits back down. “So what are we going to do about this Flash? We can't let him out on his own now that he's one of us.”, Josephine says as she tries to calm down.
The man beckons Nathaniel to come closer and asks him about how his power activated. As Nathaniel tells him the story, the man listens with a sly grin on his face. The man grabs Nathaniel's right hand as he ends his story. “Looks like the Harlem bobbies had a bit of fun with you.”, the man says with sass. As Nathaniel winces in pain he notices the man breathe deeply as radiant energy forms around the man. As the energy begins to form around the man, it flows into Nathaniel's hand with crackling force. Nathaniel tries to retract his hand but the man keeps a firm grip that cannot be shaken. As more energy flowed into his hand, Nathaniel noticed that his bone's started to fix into place and the pain went away. After his hand was completely healed the man released his hand and looked deep into Nathaniel's eyes.
Reeling from the shock as his hand was instantaneously healed, the man stands up and introduces himself to Nathaniel. “My name is Grandmaster Flash, spymaster of the Midnight Marauders.”, the man says in a bow. Nathaniel rubs his hand and cracks his knuckles as the man sits back down. “Now that you know about us, I'm afraid you have to join us.”, Grandmaster Flash says in a dry tone. Nathaniel straigtens up and says, “What if I refuse?”. Grandmaster Flash laughs and says, “Then you'd never know what happened to your parents. Plus we'd have to keep you locked up until the war's over to protect the organization.” Nathaniel eyes widen as he says, “Then I'm in. You can send me straight to Hitler's porch if that will save my family.” Grandmaster Flash smiles with a wicked grin and says, “Now that's the spirit! Josephine go tell the others that the Midnight Marauders have a new recruit!” Josephine sighs as he takes him through the tunnel and introduces him to the organization.
During the orientation Nathaniel learned about Stands and the operations of the Midnight Marauders. They're a secret wing of the French Foreign Legion gifted with several supernatural powers that fight against paranormal threats and other shadow organizations that would abuse said powers. Currently they are fighting the Nazi SS as they have been using supernatural objects and creatures in their war efforts. As many of these creatures can only be damaged by Stands or other supernatural powers, almost all of the members have a Stand, Hamon, Spin, or some combination of the three. As Nathaniel has developed a stand he is now a member in the cause against Nazi world domination.
He was trained by Grandmaster Flash and Josephine Florentine (now going as Iron Maiden). Josephine taught him gunmanship, engineering and the various sabatour skills he would use on the field. Every time he practiced combat, Josephine would increase the intensity of her training. She would constantly tell him that he should have stayed out of this life but that only spurned him on. She would constantly sigh as she could not break his will but would hold back her tears of respect for how he was constantly improved.
He found out that his stand is an excellent tool for all terrain combat as he can use his power to breathe underwater without giving out his location and he can use it for short bursts of flying by pressure propulsion. During this time Grandmaster Flash noticed how his breathing technique could be improved using Hamon.
“Sendo wave energy! The power of the sun and the energy that seals away the darkness!”, Grandmaster Flash pontificates to the recruits. “Devils, Shadow People, Undead, and many more creatures fear the power of the sun! Only a rare few can truly unlock it's potential but you have already shown yourself capable of handling one form of supernatural power!”, Grandmaster Flash drones on. Nathaniel watches intently as he still remembers how Grandmaster Flash healed his hand from before. Grandmaster Flash demonstrates several Hamon techniques and proper breathing procedures. He took interest in Nathaniel's progress as his stand allowed him to retain Hamon breathing underwater and conduct it through it's airblasts.
“Very Good Nathaniel! Your skills are improving!”, Grandmaster Flash says as he observes his technique. As Nathaniel trained more and more into Hamon, Grandmaster Flash had a plotting look on his face. When Grandmaster Flash thought he had trained Nathaniel enough, he took him to his office and briefed him on his first mission. “Mr. Robinsion! You will renounce that name while you are on this mission and until the war is over. From now on you are known as Southern Cross! You're first mission in Paris where you will infiltrate an underwater Nazi base! You will rendevous with the Electric Company, some of our best engineers and sappers in our war effort! Make your country proud and liberate France from those Nazi curs!”, Grandmaster Flash briefs Nathaniel.
Nathaniel takes his orders and salutes Grandmaster Flash as he leaves the room. As he exits the tunnel Josephine is waiting for him. She walks over to Nathaniel and says, “We need to talk privately. Meet me back at the house after training. That's an order not a request.” She walks away with a dour look on her face as Nathaniel goes to the shooting range to train his marksmanship.
After he finished training he returned home to find Josephine sitting in the living room with the radio set to the war report channel. She motioned for him to sit down and adjusted her posture. As he sat down her eyes were focused intently on Nathaniel. “So you have your first mission. I hope you're happy you hard headed fool.”, Josephine scolds. As Nathaniel opens his mouth to retaliate interrupts him with an icy cold tone. “Shut up and listen for once in your life! I know you'll go even against my wishes and god damn it you're actually useful with that damn stand of yours!”, she says with venomous intensity. “Grandmaster Flash is loyal to the cause but he's a callous and sly bastard who uses people like disposable heroes. Do not let him use you as a suicide trooper. Refuse if you're not ready, no one will look down on you for doing so!”, Josephine pleads.
Nathaniel keeps listening to Josephine's lecture until she came to the end. “You think I'm just being hard on you but you're wrong. During World War 1, my mother was the commander of our stealth team. Your parents and my sister were on that team. We were on a mission to capture a German spy who had infiltrated the French Army. Originally we thought it was another Stand User who was using their power to shape-shift. Only when the creature kidnapped my sister did we find out what it truly was. It was a Doppelganger, a ghastly creature that feeds on the flesh of others to change forms.", Josephine says as she bites her lip.
"At first we thought she had been attacked and managed to escape when we found her with some scratches and wounds on her body. Her attacker had been mangled beyond repair and her wounds were similar to what my sister's stand would do to a person. The creature had all of her memories, knew everything my sister knew, and even had her stand! I only found the truth when we returned to our safehouse. Grandmaster Flash was waiting there and as soon as the creature entered the door he used a Hamon trap to prevent it from using it's powers. He used his Hamon to expel the flesh that the Doppelganger devoured, reverting it to it's true form and robbing it of my sister's Stand. He then proceeded to have two other agents take it away for interrogation. We were in complete shock as everything happened so fast. It was only when we were debriefed when I found out how callous Grandmaster Flash could be.", she says on the verge of crying.
"He planned on one of us getting captured or killed by that thing! He knew that creature was prepared for us and was going to replace one of us so we would lead it back to base! A calculated risk to capture a valuable asset he said! My mother god rest her soul never let him hear the end of it but she died a few weeks later in another mission! I know that man is up to something and you're just a pawn in his plans!", she says as tears flow down her face.
Nathaniel grabs her hand and says, “I know you care about me like my parents do. You know that I can't let this go.” Josephine cleans up her face and regains her composure. She nods to Nathaniel as she gets up from her chair and walks to her room.
The next day he was deployed to France for his first mission. He met up with the Electric Company near the Seine. He was briefed that they have received intel about a Nazi superweapon using a mixture of technology and several stand users. Their plan is to retrieve the device if possible but destroy it if it is irretrievable. Using their Stands and their combined engineering skills, they were able to infiltrate the base with minimal threats.
After infiltrating the base they found the base eerily silent. Clothes of SS officers littered the hallway in piles of sand with several rooms being barred down from the inside. As they made themselves to the main antechamber they noticed an eerie pressure befall them. A small orb appears in front of them and shoots a silver beam at the party. Almost everyone dodges the beam except one unfortunate soldier. He screams in agony as their body starts to age rapidly as blue streaks of energy flee from his body into the orb as it quickly flies away down the corridor.
Several orbs fly in from the opposite end of the corridor and the party makes a mad dash to the main antechamber. Several men are killed by the orbs and it comes down to Nathaniel and three other soldiers. Once in the antechamber they notice a clock like device with a blond German woman floating in the face of the clock. It has several holes that allow the orbs to enter and exit as it deposits the energy it stole from it's victims. They proceed to attack the device and orbs but the clock starts to chime. Time starts to slow, rewind, and fast forward in defense of the device. As they fight to the last man it comes down to Nathaniel to destroy the device.
He notices that destroying a crystal orb releases the stolen energy as a fine white powder. When he absorbed it into his tanks he became temporarily immune to the stands effects by mixing it with air and inhaling it. His teammates distract the device while he rigs device with several explosives. As the last man falls Nathaniel finally blows up the device. As it implodes it releases a blast of temporal energy and Nathaniel passes out.
Nathaniel wakes up underwater with the base completely destroyed and overgrown with kelp. His suit is low on air but it seems like the last of the dust he absorbed extended his air supply. His suit is covered in rust and he feels sluggish as if he awoke from a coma. He swam back to the surface and came out from the beach, surprising several sunbathing women as they could not see his stand and he was dressed like Foreign Legionnaire with his pistol on his side. As he walked away from the beach he noticed that there were no Nazi banners and things seem peaceful. He walks over to a newsstand and is shocked when he noticed the date on the newspaper. It was 195X, over a decade from his original mission. He could not explain this lapse in time and ran back to his last known safehouse. To no avail, it had been converted into a coffee shop and no one knew what he was talking about. Dazed and confused he walked to a payphone and used his remaining pocket change to call Josephine. This was the beginning of Nathaniel's journey into a world he has no idea about.
Notable Skills: Trained French Foreign Legion Frogman, engineering/saboteur skills, combat medic, and fledgling Hamon User. So far the only four effects he has with Hamon is Healing, Conducting Hamon through air bursts from his suit, and invigorating his body to pull of athletic stunts like super jumps and a modified zoom Zoom Punch with an open palm technique.
Notable Weaknesses: Heroic and caring to a fault. If he sees someone in danger, hell instantly jump in to protect them.
Important items: Foreign Legion Uniform, Midnight Marauders Insignia, M1911 Pistol, Engineering Tools, Medical Kit, and a pendant with a family photo of him as baby being carried by his parents.
Appearance: 6'7" African American male with a short cropped afro, sandy brown hair, hazel brown eyes, caramel colored skin, dark brown freckles on his face, and a strong athletic build. Average attire is a black leather jacket adorned with navy design accents (anchors, ship wheel, etc), black denim jeans, and black and gold sneakers.
Stand Name: Transmission (1996 DJ Shadow Song)
Appearance: ACT 1 takes the form of a rusted diving suit with two tanks on it's back. Each tank is connected by several tubes leading to the helmet and palms of it's hands and the soles of it's feet. The hands have a slot on it's palm and the boots have a slot in the middle of the undersole. These slots opens up to reveal a hole that connects to the two tanks on it's back.
Ability: Vacuum Manipulation
Stand Type: Wearable ACT Stand
Power: C
Speed: C
Range: D
Durability: B
Precision: D
Learning: A
ACT 1 has the ability to create a vacuum effect via the holes in it's hands and feet. The holes are large enough for a golf ball but anything larger than that will be unable to be sucked up and/or clog the hole. Anything sucked up in these holes can be stored within one of the two tanks on it's back. It can also expel the objects in it's tanks out of the holes or lead the objects into it's helmet. These objects have to be physical things like water, gasoline, air, etc. Each tank can only hold one type of material and must be evacuated before it can be filled with a new material.
Example: Transmission absorbs air from the surrounding area into one of it's tanks. It could shoot short blasts of air from it's palms as a projectile attack or lead the air into the helmet so the user could breathe underwater.
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Power: C
Speed: B
Range: C
Durability: C
Precision: C
Learning: C
Appearance: The suit becomes much more flexible but slightly weaker in durability and the rust is completely removed and most of the metal is replaced with reinforced leather. The release valves have been tuned to allow for longer burst ranges The eyes have fused together into an opaque visor and the pressure gauges have been tuned up. It's hands shine with with a copper sheen and are adorned with studs on it's knuckles. Analog pressure valves have appeared on the back of it's hands and it's tanks have slightly increased in size.
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Act 2 now has the ability to create mini vacuum packed vials filled with the compressed substance from one of it's tanks. This process empty's the tank of all of its contents into the vial. These vials are visible to everyone even non-stand users. If the stand reabsorbs the vial into an empty tube then the tank will be filled with the vial's substance. Otherwise the tube can be broken by throwing it at a target to release its contents on the target. The vials for all intents and purposes have a D in durability if they were to be attacked or used against the user. Only ACT 2 can create these vials.
Power: A
Speed: A
Range: E
Durability: A
Precision: D
Learning: E
Appearance: The suit becomes reinforced with gold bands and silver rivets. The hands have become gold with silver studs with the gauges give digital readings versus analog readings. The suit's belt buckle has an emblazoned sun crest and the boots steel toes have become diamond studded. It's systems become focused on close range combat so it's range drastically decreases along with taking a dip in precision. In exchange the suit is exceptionally tough because of the reinforced metal. It's speed drastically increases via the quick bursts and suction caused by the palms and feet of the suit.
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Act 3 has the ability to filter anything it sucks into it's tanks. It could take the air out of water, the plasma out of blood, alcohol out of liquor, etc. This also allows it to remove contaminants and pollution in said substances in conjunction with the user's Hamon. Only ACT 3 can filter out substances.
Age: 18
Country of Birth: Harlem, New York
Languages Spoken: English, French, German
Personality: Diligent, honorable, and kindhearted. He's a textbook soldier but he will refuse to carry out orders if it endangers innocent people and/or are needlessly cruel.
I kinda went overboard with the backstory but I really want to know if the Stand and his abilities are okay for the setting.
History: Born in the early 1920's to an African-American WW1 veteran and a Caucasian french woman. His parents met during their service in the French Foreign Legion during the Battle of the Somme. While his parents were loving, prejudice against intermarriage was prevalent in the US even in New York. His parents planned on moving to France but then the Great Depression happened and exhausted most of their resources. It was only during the end of the depression leading into WW2 that his family would return to France but not in the way they'd hoped. Chester's parents were thrust into WW2 as his parents were called back into duty by the French Foreign Legion.
His parents left him with a family friend named Josephine Florentine in upper New York while they served overseas. While Nathaniel protested and begged to for them to let him join in the fight they refused. For the first 6 months Nathaniel was able to communicate with his parents via telegraph and letters. Later on the letters became more sparse and cryptic about their whereabouts and activity. On the 8th month, the letters stopped coming and the telegraph lines were completely silent.
Nathaniel started to panic and begged Josephine to let him join the Army, Legion, or any service that would have him so he could find his parents. She refused and tried to distract him by cracking down on his grades, making him focus on schoolwork over the war. Josephine's tactics had little effect as Nathaniel would skip school to research ways of contacting his parents. The more she pushed him to stay away from the war, the more entrenched he became into joining it.
During the next month, Nathaniel started to see things that he thought were hallucinations. Eerie lights around the Harlem River, ghostly spirits, even a man talking to a little blue devil. He talked to Josephine about it and her face became focused and sullen. She told him to forget about what he saw and complete his schooling. Angered about Josephine's constant pressure about education and her reluctance to help save his parents, he ran away from home in a huff.
As he crossed the Manhattan Bridge back to Harlem he noticed a woman standing by guard rails. She was sobbing as she muttered about her son and husband dying in the war. She screamed that she had nothing to live for. Nathaniel was still fuming over Josephine and ignored the woman at first. When people screamed that she was going to jump, he turned around and saw her climb up on the guard rail. He ran towards her as she jumped from the bridge and instinctively tried to grab her.
He misses as she starts falling into the river. As something awoke deep inside of him, he felt the urge to jump from the bridge to grab her. As he jumped from the bridge he noticed a weird suit forming over his body as he was falling. By the time was within arm's reach of the woman, the suit had fully formed around him. Air proceeded to burst from his feet as the reached the woman and caught her before she impacted the water. The suit slowed their descent as the plunged into the water at a safe and manageable speed.
After coming up from the water with the woman in his arms, people were surprised that he survived. However as the police came and saw the woman unconscious they assumed the worst and arrested Nathaniel. Repeatedly telling them that he was saving the woman, he resisted arrest and the police officers clubbed his hands, breaking several fingers in his right hand. After wrestling him to the ground they handcuffed him and put him in the back of their police van.
As he was sent to a holding cell in Manhattan, his mind was lost in thought from what happened. After a few hours Josephine came to get him as the police corroborated his story from witnesses along with the woman admitting her suicide attempt. Josephine scolded him until he snapped and used his stand to try to push her away. She reacted by summoning her own Stand, a feminine woman with a black leather bunny mask, a studded leather corset, and spiked leather whip.
It grabbed Nathaniel's arm and forced him to the ground before he could land the hit. Dazed and confused Nathaniel withdrew his stand as Josephine's stand let him go. Josephine told him to get his act together as he'd finally get his wish to join the war effort. Nathaniel rubbing his neck from the whip damage, followed Josephine out of the cell without a sound.
Josephine took him to a secret base deep within the underground areas of Harlem. The base was similar to a prohibition era speakeasy with several people in military uniforms talking and drinking together. As they entered the entire room became silent as the members turned to Josephine and Nathaniel. They sized him up as Josephine walked to the bartender and told him that they needed to see the boss. He turned around and pressed a sigil with the letters MM. The liquor case opened up to reveal a doorway leading deeper into the area. Josephine grabbed Nathaniel by the wrist and dragged him inside, her eyes focused to the end of the hallway.
At the end of the hallway was a small office with several bookcases filled with literature, a record player in the corner, and a large desk with a man sitting behind it in a velvet swivel chair. “So it's true! You made them go on blasted that blasted suicide mission of yours!”, Josephine barked at the man. The man's eyes narrowed as he looked at Nathaniel and then to Josephine. “They volunteered Josephine. I didn't hold a gun to their head and...”, the man says before being interrupted by Josephine. “You could never fool me with your lies then Grandmaster Flash and you're not fooling me know!”, Josephine says in a scolding tone.
The man furrows his brow in contemplation as he says, “So what if they did. If they were in any danger then you know what would happen.” Josephine grits her teeth in anger as she pushes Nathaniel towards the man. “Show him what you did at the bridge! Now!”, Josephine yelled in anger. Nathaniel taken aback from her outburst don's his suit in preparation for an attack by the same entity he saw earlier. The man raises a brow in surprise as he observes the suit. “The same type of stand as Windsong.”, the man says while staring at Josephine.
She becomes visibly distressed as he says this as the same entity she summoned at the police station appears beside her. The man stands up and says, “Put it away both of you! This is not the time nor place for infighting.”, the man says as his body crackles with radiant energy and a suit of angelic armor appeared around him. Josephine bites her lip as she withdraws the entity as the man sits back down. “So what are we going to do about this Flash? We can't let him out on his own now that he's one of us.”, Josephine says as she tries to calm down.
The man beckons Nathaniel to come closer and asks him about how his power activated. As Nathaniel tells him the story, the man listens with a sly grin on his face. The man grabs Nathaniel's right hand as he ends his story. “Looks like the Harlem bobbies had a bit of fun with you.”, the man says with sass. As Nathaniel winces in pain he notices the man breathe deeply as radiant energy forms around the man. As the energy begins to form around the man, it flows into Nathaniel's hand with crackling force. Nathaniel tries to retract his hand but the man keeps a firm grip that cannot be shaken. As more energy flowed into his hand, Nathaniel noticed that his bone's started to fix into place and the pain went away. After his hand was completely healed the man released his hand and looked deep into Nathaniel's eyes.
Reeling from the shock as his hand was instantaneously healed, the man stands up and introduces himself to Nathaniel. “My name is Grandmaster Flash, spymaster of the Midnight Marauders.”, the man says in a bow. Nathaniel rubs his hand and cracks his knuckles as the man sits back down. “Now that you know about us, I'm afraid you have to join us.”, Grandmaster Flash says in a dry tone. Nathaniel straigtens up and says, “What if I refuse?”. Grandmaster Flash laughs and says, “Then you'd never know what happened to your parents. Plus we'd have to keep you locked up until the war's over to protect the organization.” Nathaniel eyes widen as he says, “Then I'm in. You can send me straight to Hitler's porch if that will save my family.” Grandmaster Flash smiles with a wicked grin and says, “Now that's the spirit! Josephine go tell the others that the Midnight Marauders have a new recruit!” Josephine sighs as he takes him through the tunnel and introduces him to the organization.
During the orientation Nathaniel learned about Stands and the operations of the Midnight Marauders. They're a secret wing of the French Foreign Legion gifted with several supernatural powers that fight against paranormal threats and other shadow organizations that would abuse said powers. Currently they are fighting the Nazi SS as they have been using supernatural objects and creatures in their war efforts. As many of these creatures can only be damaged by Stands or other supernatural powers, almost all of the members have a Stand, Hamon, Spin, or some combination of the three. As Nathaniel has developed a stand he is now a member in the cause against Nazi world domination.
He was trained by Grandmaster Flash and Josephine Florentine (now going as Iron Maiden). Josephine taught him gunmanship, engineering and the various sabatour skills he would use on the field. Every time he practiced combat, Josephine would increase the intensity of her training. She would constantly tell him that he should have stayed out of this life but that only spurned him on. She would constantly sigh as she could not break his will but would hold back her tears of respect for how he was constantly improved.
He found out that his stand is an excellent tool for all terrain combat as he can use his power to breathe underwater without giving out his location and he can use it for short bursts of flying by pressure propulsion. During this time Grandmaster Flash noticed how his breathing technique could be improved using Hamon.
“Sendo wave energy! The power of the sun and the energy that seals away the darkness!”, Grandmaster Flash pontificates to the recruits. “Devils, Shadow People, Undead, and many more creatures fear the power of the sun! Only a rare few can truly unlock it's potential but you have already shown yourself capable of handling one form of supernatural power!”, Grandmaster Flash drones on. Nathaniel watches intently as he still remembers how Grandmaster Flash healed his hand from before. Grandmaster Flash demonstrates several Hamon techniques and proper breathing procedures. He took interest in Nathaniel's progress as his stand allowed him to retain Hamon breathing underwater and conduct it through it's airblasts.
“Very Good Nathaniel! Your skills are improving!”, Grandmaster Flash says as he observes his technique. As Nathaniel trained more and more into Hamon, Grandmaster Flash had a plotting look on his face. When Grandmaster Flash thought he had trained Nathaniel enough, he took him to his office and briefed him on his first mission. “Mr. Robinsion! You will renounce that name while you are on this mission and until the war is over. From now on you are known as Southern Cross! You're first mission in Paris where you will infiltrate an underwater Nazi base! You will rendevous with the Electric Company, some of our best engineers and sappers in our war effort! Make your country proud and liberate France from those Nazi curs!”, Grandmaster Flash briefs Nathaniel.
Nathaniel takes his orders and salutes Grandmaster Flash as he leaves the room. As he exits the tunnel Josephine is waiting for him. She walks over to Nathaniel and says, “We need to talk privately. Meet me back at the house after training. That's an order not a request.” She walks away with a dour look on her face as Nathaniel goes to the shooting range to train his marksmanship.
After he finished training he returned home to find Josephine sitting in the living room with the radio set to the war report channel. She motioned for him to sit down and adjusted her posture. As he sat down her eyes were focused intently on Nathaniel. “So you have your first mission. I hope you're happy you hard headed fool.”, Josephine scolds. As Nathaniel opens his mouth to retaliate interrupts him with an icy cold tone. “Shut up and listen for once in your life! I know you'll go even against my wishes and god damn it you're actually useful with that damn stand of yours!”, she says with venomous intensity. “Grandmaster Flash is loyal to the cause but he's a callous and sly bastard who uses people like disposable heroes. Do not let him use you as a suicide trooper. Refuse if you're not ready, no one will look down on you for doing so!”, Josephine pleads.
Nathaniel keeps listening to Josephine's lecture until she came to the end. “You think I'm just being hard on you but you're wrong. During World War 1, my mother was the commander of our stealth team. Your parents and my sister were on that team. We were on a mission to capture a German spy who had infiltrated the French Army. Originally we thought it was another Stand User who was using their power to shape-shift. Only when the creature kidnapped my sister did we find out what it truly was. It was a Doppelganger, a ghastly creature that feeds on the flesh of others to change forms.", Josephine says as she bites her lip.
"At first we thought she had been attacked and managed to escape when we found her with some scratches and wounds on her body. Her attacker had been mangled beyond repair and her wounds were similar to what my sister's stand would do to a person. The creature had all of her memories, knew everything my sister knew, and even had her stand! I only found the truth when we returned to our safehouse. Grandmaster Flash was waiting there and as soon as the creature entered the door he used a Hamon trap to prevent it from using it's powers. He used his Hamon to expel the flesh that the Doppelganger devoured, reverting it to it's true form and robbing it of my sister's Stand. He then proceeded to have two other agents take it away for interrogation. We were in complete shock as everything happened so fast. It was only when we were debriefed when I found out how callous Grandmaster Flash could be.", she says on the verge of crying.
"He planned on one of us getting captured or killed by that thing! He knew that creature was prepared for us and was going to replace one of us so we would lead it back to base! A calculated risk to capture a valuable asset he said! My mother god rest her soul never let him hear the end of it but she died a few weeks later in another mission! I know that man is up to something and you're just a pawn in his plans!", she says as tears flow down her face.
Nathaniel grabs her hand and says, “I know you care about me like my parents do. You know that I can't let this go.” Josephine cleans up her face and regains her composure. She nods to Nathaniel as she gets up from her chair and walks to her room.
The next day he was deployed to France for his first mission. He met up with the Electric Company near the Seine. He was briefed that they have received intel about a Nazi superweapon using a mixture of technology and several stand users. Their plan is to retrieve the device if possible but destroy it if it is irretrievable. Using their Stands and their combined engineering skills, they were able to infiltrate the base with minimal threats.
After infiltrating the base they found the base eerily silent. Clothes of SS officers littered the hallway in piles of sand with several rooms being barred down from the inside. As they made themselves to the main antechamber they noticed an eerie pressure befall them. A small orb appears in front of them and shoots a silver beam at the party. Almost everyone dodges the beam except one unfortunate soldier. He screams in agony as their body starts to age rapidly as blue streaks of energy flee from his body into the orb as it quickly flies away down the corridor.
Several orbs fly in from the opposite end of the corridor and the party makes a mad dash to the main antechamber. Several men are killed by the orbs and it comes down to Nathaniel and three other soldiers. Once in the antechamber they notice a clock like device with a blond German woman floating in the face of the clock. It has several holes that allow the orbs to enter and exit as it deposits the energy it stole from it's victims. They proceed to attack the device and orbs but the clock starts to chime. Time starts to slow, rewind, and fast forward in defense of the device. As they fight to the last man it comes down to Nathaniel to destroy the device.
He notices that destroying a crystal orb releases the stolen energy as a fine white powder. When he absorbed it into his tanks he became temporarily immune to the stands effects by mixing it with air and inhaling it. His teammates distract the device while he rigs device with several explosives. As the last man falls Nathaniel finally blows up the device. As it implodes it releases a blast of temporal energy and Nathaniel passes out.
Nathaniel wakes up underwater with the base completely destroyed and overgrown with kelp. His suit is low on air but it seems like the last of the dust he absorbed extended his air supply. His suit is covered in rust and he feels sluggish as if he awoke from a coma. He swam back to the surface and came out from the beach, surprising several sunbathing women as they could not see his stand and he was dressed like Foreign Legionnaire with his pistol on his side. As he walked away from the beach he noticed that there were no Nazi banners and things seem peaceful. He walks over to a newsstand and is shocked when he noticed the date on the newspaper. It was 195X, over a decade from his original mission. He could not explain this lapse in time and ran back to his last known safehouse. To no avail, it had been converted into a coffee shop and no one knew what he was talking about. Dazed and confused he walked to a payphone and used his remaining pocket change to call Josephine. This was the beginning of Nathaniel's journey into a world he has no idea about.
Notable Skills: Trained French Foreign Legion Frogman, engineering/saboteur skills, combat medic, and fledgling Hamon User. So far the only four effects he has with Hamon is Healing, Conducting Hamon through air bursts from his suit, and invigorating his body to pull of athletic stunts like super jumps and a modified zoom Zoom Punch with an open palm technique.
Notable Weaknesses: Heroic and caring to a fault. If he sees someone in danger, hell instantly jump in to protect them.
Important items: Foreign Legion Uniform, Midnight Marauders Insignia, M1911 Pistol, Engineering Tools, Medical Kit, and a pendant with a family photo of him as baby being carried by his parents.
Appearance: 6'7" African American male with a short cropped afro, sandy brown hair, hazel brown eyes, caramel colored skin, dark brown freckles on his face, and a strong athletic build. Average attire is a black leather jacket adorned with navy design accents (anchors, ship wheel, etc), black denim jeans, and black and gold sneakers.
Stand Name: Transmission (1996 DJ Shadow Song)
Appearance: ACT 1 takes the form of a rusted diving suit with two tanks on it's back. Each tank is connected by several tubes leading to the helmet and palms of it's hands and the soles of it's feet. The hands have a slot on it's palm and the boots have a slot in the middle of the undersole. These slots opens up to reveal a hole that connects to the two tanks on it's back.
Ability: Vacuum Manipulation
Stand Type: Wearable ACT Stand
Power: C
Speed: C
Range: D
Durability: B
Precision: D
Learning: A
ACT 1 has the ability to create a vacuum effect via the holes in it's hands and feet. The holes are large enough for a golf ball but anything larger than that will be unable to be sucked up and/or clog the hole. Anything sucked up in these holes can be stored within one of the two tanks on it's back. It can also expel the objects in it's tanks out of the holes or lead the objects into it's helmet. These objects have to be physical things like water, gasoline, air, etc. Each tank can only hold one type of material and must be evacuated before it can be filled with a new material.
Example: Transmission absorbs air from the surrounding area into one of it's tanks. It could shoot short blasts of air from it's palms as a projectile attack or lead the air into the helmet so the user could breathe underwater.
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Power: C
Speed: B
Range: C
Durability: C
Precision: C
Learning: C
Appearance: The suit becomes much more flexible but slightly weaker in durability and the rust is completely removed and most of the metal is replaced with reinforced leather. The release valves have been tuned to allow for longer burst ranges The eyes have fused together into an opaque visor and the pressure gauges have been tuned up. It's hands shine with with a copper sheen and are adorned with studs on it's knuckles. Analog pressure valves have appeared on the back of it's hands and it's tanks have slightly increased in size.
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Act 2 now has the ability to create mini vacuum packed vials filled with the compressed substance from one of it's tanks. This process empty's the tank of all of its contents into the vial. These vials are visible to everyone even non-stand users. If the stand reabsorbs the vial into an empty tube then the tank will be filled with the vial's substance. Otherwise the tube can be broken by throwing it at a target to release its contents on the target. The vials for all intents and purposes have a D in durability if they were to be attacked or used against the user. Only ACT 2 can create these vials.
Power: A
Speed: A
Range: E
Durability: A
Precision: D
Learning: E
Appearance: The suit becomes reinforced with gold bands and silver rivets. The hands have become gold with silver studs with the gauges give digital readings versus analog readings. The suit's belt buckle has an emblazoned sun crest and the boots steel toes have become diamond studded. It's systems become focused on close range combat so it's range drastically decreases along with taking a dip in precision. In exchange the suit is exceptionally tough because of the reinforced metal. It's speed drastically increases via the quick bursts and suction caused by the palms and feet of the suit.
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Act 3 has the ability to filter anything it sucks into it's tanks. It could take the air out of water, the plasma out of blood, alcohol out of liquor, etc. This also allows it to remove contaminants and pollution in said substances in conjunction with the user's Hamon. Only ACT 3 can filter out substances.
