Horus Richmond
Apr 2, 2010 20:45:31 GMT -5
Post by Horus Richmond on Apr 2, 2010 20:45:31 GMT -5
[/i][/size][/right]The Basics
Name: Horus Sphinx Richmond (His parents were a bit... eager on Egyptian Mythology)
Nicknames: Horus, Sloth, Sleepy, Dopey
Age: 16
Orientation: He's not fussy, as long as it doesn't involve too much effort
Desired Rank/Job: Student
Powers: Tactile Anesthesia, Sleep Awareness.
Sleep awareness is linked with the Anesthesia, the chemicals in the touch of Horus actually affect how he perceives being awake and being asleep. Whilst Horus' physical body will be resting, the rest of him is still relatively awake. He can hear and actually view what's going on. However, in this "mode" he can't react with his surroundings, and cannot speak or be heard. His body is left behind, and until he is ready to wake up, or unless certain trigger words -generally related to his stomach- are spoken in conversation.
Sometimes his memory will be messed up and altered by this, and the frequency of his sleep awareness is directly affected by the amount of times he puts himself to sleep (via the Anesthesia). The more of the aforementioned power he uses, the more regularly he will be sleep aware.
Side effects include unrefreshing sleep (he can sleep for days and still be exhausted) and a problem distinguishing between being asleep and awake. His memories from when he is awake are actually hazier than the ones from when he is asleep, meaning he has trouble remembering what he was doing before he slept. Also, directly after waking, he feels distinctly numb in the body. He cannot move quickly and acts sluggish for several minutes while his body "reattaches" itself to the waking world.
If he wanders too far away from his actual body while in his Sleep Aware state, not only will his body start to "die" without consciousness, but the vision and ability to notice things becomes deeply impaired. Much like if you started to smudge the edges of a photo, and clamp earmuffs on a person.
Play By: Seth Mimieux
The Details
Hair Color: Blonde, of the platinum variety
Eye Color: Blue
Any Piercings? Only a ton, he has a bridge piercing on his nose, a septum piercing, two lip piercings and a wrist piercing.
Any Tattoos? None. Yet.
Any Scars? A ton. Being a Narco, and also putting himself under every few hours by accident, he's got a scar on his lip from putting his tooth through it headbutting a sink on the way down, one on the back of his head from falling asleep mid-chair rock and crashing into a radiator, two on his arms from thinking he was actually still asleep and trying to run through a glass door... the list goes on.
General Appearance: Horus Richmond looks like a scene kid who's been at the Ben and Jerry's too much. He's not fat, persay, more a vague sort of chubby around certain areas, like his tummy (a little bit bulgy) and his backside. It's not helped that almost any exercise ends in some sort of sleeping disaster, and that because of this, he's been pretty much told playing sports is a no go. His favourite clothes are t-shirts, shirts and hoodies. Mostly hoodies because they're warm and he can doze off in them easily. But, come summer he doesn't fancy sweating up a storm, so he grudgingly strips down and wears t-shirts.
His legwear is nearly ALWAYS jeans. Come rain, shine or snow, he will be wearing jeans. Some people have joked Horus never takes off his jeans, but Horus strictly denies it. He might be tired, but he can stay awake long enough to try and maintain some level of personal hygiene. His hair is generally a bit of a scruffy mess, sometimes he'll feel fancy and tie a bandana round his head (mostly for protection) but most of the time his hair is the same way it was when he woke up last. He doesn't bother with makeup, mostly owing to the fact he'd probably fall asleep and poke his eye out with the eyeliner, or whatever. Basic personal appearance is about all you can get out of Horus. He's touched himself asleep before now, and been found in his dorm with one leg in his jeans and the other hanging out, conked out on the floor.
However, this does make piercings a whizz for him. Hence the reason he has so many! A quick tap and he's out for the count, wussing out of the pain to wake up with some new holes he can flash around and show everyone. He's not the kinda guy who dresses for show, if I'm honest. He just can't be bothered. If something takes more than five minutes to put on, then he generally considers it more hassle than it's worth. I should mention the fact he has the singularly most tired looking converse in the whole entire world though. Once, they were red and black chequered, now they are so worn and faded they look pink and grey. The laces are muddy and fraying, and the tongue looks like it's about to tear off. Yet, Horus will not replace the damn things, even if you beg. "S'like they're my babies." He'll explain. "And if I buy new ones, it wont be th'fuckin' same. I'll have to start all over a- *snore*"
Personality: Some people would describe Horus as obnoxious, but honestly, he's really not.
He struggles to remember if he's actually asleep and dreamwalking around, or awake, which leads to awkward conversations. Often, someone will chat with him at length, only to find him asleep and stop talking, yet, Horus will be out of his body, continuing the chat with increasing irritation at being ignored. The realm of sleep and awake is often incredibly blurred to him, which makes people think he's insensitive, and often a little crazy. Incidents such as barging through the classroom calling one of the teachers a giant assface, thinking he's asleep while actually being awake, crashing through windows... he's troubled.
But when you actually speak to Horus, you realise remarkably quickly that he's actually quite a laidback, pleasent sort of guy. Knowing for being too drowsy to hold a grudge, he's never one to throw punches (too much effort). He's a good listener, even if he's asleep, and an excellent secret keeper. He's also great for cuddling if you feel sad, that slight chubb comes in handy for some things. He's never particularly agressive or unpleasent to people, he just comes across as a lazy ass who can't be bothered all the time. And yes, he is REALLY tired. 100% of the time.
However, on the less sunshiny side, Horus appears to have no capacity for knowing when something isnt meant to be poked at. From watching students wheeled into the nurse's office with severe wounds, to clapping and applauding with great whoops when an old man falls off the sidewalk, he lacks social conduct. Whether this is again, related to the fact he has no idea when he's awake or asleep, or whether it's because he's just a great big idiot who finds all the wrong things funny, no one knows. But I must insist that he isn't nasty. He doesn't wish ill on people, he's too lazy to meddle in affairs, and if someone told him to kill a kitten, he'd probably go "No, s'evil!" then sulk off somewhere, while having sad mental images of a kitten being killed.
He is cursed with an overactive imagination, and has a tendency to see all sorts of strange things in a light no one else would. I'm pretty sure he could turn "You're alright" into a great ballad about how someone loves him. But generally? He's too asleep to comment.
Your Vices
Likes:
- Food. Waft it near him and he wakes up, almost guaranteed.
- Sleeping. All the time.
- Slapstick humour
- Cuddles. Especially warm snuggly ones.
- Swearing. Because he thinks it's clever and funny.
- General juvenile pranks. Because he thinks he's asleep and can get away with it.
- Those pretty edible flowers you get on cupcakes. He's pretty much amazed by them.
- Jeans and hoodies
- His converse
- Koalas. He feels a strange affinity to them.
Dislikes:
- Being woken up. Bad bad bad.
- Being ignored. Because he thinks he's awake and carrying on the conversation when he's actually projecting and no one can see him.
- Bad guys in movies. Why can't everyone just get along?
- Being told he's bad at things. He can't help it!
- Homework. Sleeping comes first. Homework after.
- Shorts. Grossest clothing EVER.
- Anything that requires more than a little effort.
- Cheetahs. Take a break dude, it's not good running after things all the time.
Strengths:
- His projection skills are pretty much second to none. He can walk around the whole damn school in an outer projection.
- Anything that requires imagination. He could write a whole fantasy universe with different species if he could be bothered.
- Listening to people. Yup. The guy is happy to hear about all your problems.
Weaknesses:
- He's terrible with his touch. Always putting himself to sleep and others around him if he isn't careful. I'm pretty sure his trainer wants to scream at him.
- Well, it's already covered, but he's also Narcoleptic. I'm pretty sure "Staying awake" is a huge weakness. The guy spends at least 70% of the day asleep.
- Studying. Sleep > Study. Not even his favourite subjects get studied, except in class. If he's awake.
Fears: Sleeping forever and being completely ignored to the point he stops existing.
Secret: Nope. He's not got anything to hide.
Family Ties
Father: Marcus Richmond
Mother: Amelia Richmond
Siblings: He has six. They're all named after Egyptian gods;
Ra - 26
Sett - 25
Osiris - 23
Isis - 20
Anubis - 18
Sahkmet - 17
Any Other Important People: He has a Chinchilla called Nomnom.
History
Horus was a difficult child. The last of seven, he was the youngest and quite possibly, the laziest child of all. Often people would joke he was a Sloth incarnated, but that only left him to scowl and pout his little head off in between snoozes. His parents loved him, but struggled with his episodes, worrying themselves stupid when they found their little boy asleep on the floor, or in a hedge. The episodes were few, but often enough to get their mother worried to the point she called the doctor and begged him to help their little boy.
It wasn't much before his 5th birthday that little Horus was diagnosed with being Narcoleptic. It was a relief to his parents that they now knew what their youngest boy was suffering with, and because of that, his siblings relaxed around him. Horus got on well with his other brothers and sisters, and was often the first one to get "taken to a side" in an argument. If you had Horus on side, then you were bound to get listened to! So in general, his family life up until starting high school was pretty normal.
It took longer than normal for Hammel to be called about Horus, since everyone believed his sleeping to be his Narcolepsy. It was only when he started making other people doze off, and when he'd earnt the nickname "Evil Sin Sloth!" that once again, he was sent into the nurse's office and poked and prodded. Used to this, he didn't kick up too much of a fuss, and by the age of 14, he was finally shipped off to Hammel. It was there that they found out that Horus had actually gotten two related powers, and there that they realised that Narcolepsy + Anaethsisia = Bad mix.
Roleplay Example
*points at Gabriel, Anya and Moe*
What About You?
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Name: Chezuu
Age: Old enough to know better, young enough to get away with it.
Experience: Forever.
How Did You Find Us? Gabriel punched me till I joined
Ready To Play? YES.
