RE: The Grand OC SII: The Re-OCening: Week 6: EXACTING!
11-26-2015, 05:03 AM
Username: That devil you know
Name: The Devil You Don't
Species: Malbranchic demon
Gender: Irrelevent
Color: Burn notice
Biography: The demonic are a curious bunch, persistent thoughts made manifest. Through contracts with the afflicted, they may alter reality to a state which might whet the appetite of an all-consuming thought.
Their power is initially restricted to dark corners and places unseen, but by earning a reputation for catering to a specific kind of whim, a devil's capabilities grow. Demons serve mortals in a bid to gain repute, definition, and prestige, all of which make them more powerful.
Those are double-edged swords, however - nine out of ten devils who grow powerful enough to undo death end up pigeonholed into restoring the lives of lovers. Sure, it's a living, but it doesn't help with the average devil's end goals, which are sufficient power and the right contract to reshape reality into something that positions them as its all-powerful master. They keep that on the down-low though, for the most part.
The soul-claiming thing is mostly irrelevant - each soul can only enter into one contract ever, which makes for good PR if you're the devil of choice for famous and influential people, but there's a counterculture of pious types who'll get a deal over and done with a no-name Hedonic devil during puberty to save themselves the heartache afterward.
Anyway, The Devil You Don't is one such creature, and one of the most powerful of its kind, dealing with folks who can't get revenge off their minds. Something of a cult classic among contract-seekers and demonologists, The Devil You Don't is popular enough to be discerning with its choice of clients but not so infamous as to lose control of its identity to the masses. If you want an elaborate and untraceable scheme to destroy someone who wronged you, the Devil You Don't is your Malbranchic of choice.
Description: The Devil You Don't has no physical presence when it's not on contract, and can only manifest to those with persistent thoughts of revenge, the Devil You Don't's associated school of thought. If you harbor thoughts that might invite it, the Devil You Don't appears as an attractive, androgynous, sharply-dressed individual of the viewer's species, with grey eyes, silver nails and teeth, and cherry-red skin with visible seams and flat-headed screws on its joints.
Like all devils, it's unswerving in the completion of tasks assigned to it. In contrast to other devils, the Devil You Don't is meticulous, methodical, and very particular about getting all its ducks in a row before screeching into motion, earning it a particular appeal among certain kinds of people. It's rarely emotional on the job - the most irritation it'll show is when it's been launched into a situation where others know what's going on better than it does.
The Devil You Don't is arguably more dangerous when uncontracted, because it'll be convincing you to accept its help while furthering its own agendas. Any contract made with it though will be an arduous, carefully constructed affair, as it's in the Devil You Don't's nature to very clearly lay out its duties to be performed while it's made manifest. It's quite flexible in this regard, catering to folks who only want the individual responsible taken down, or letting the Devil burn and ruin anything in its path to the prize.
Also, don't ask it what kind of devil it doesn't. It's heard it, like, a billion times already.
Weapons/Abilities: Uncontracted, the Devil You Don't doesn't physically exist, but can sense receptive minds and potentially map out its surroundings that way. The Devil You Don't's physical form is truly formidable, but there's a cognitive firewall preventing its considerable intellect from focussing on anything other than the task at hand.
The Devil You Don't can move silently, is obscenely athletic, and can magically cloak itself so its presence is utterly unremarkable. It can prestidigtate small items, including replacement body parts (held in place with those screws). Its nails and teeth are razor sharp, normally kept at a sensible length but easily switched for knifelike affairs.
Being a Malbranchic devil, it is an enabler of desires outwardly harmful. It started out with individuals, but has lately been cutting its teeth on less concrete entities like corporations and entire countries, to give some indication of its power. It's not quite powerful enough to help someone who wants to give a fundamental law of reality like death itself the middle finger. If it keeps up the good work, though, it might be due a promotion.
Name: The Devil You Don't
Species: Malbranchic demon
Gender: Irrelevent
Color: Burn notice
Biography: The demonic are a curious bunch, persistent thoughts made manifest. Through contracts with the afflicted, they may alter reality to a state which might whet the appetite of an all-consuming thought.
Their power is initially restricted to dark corners and places unseen, but by earning a reputation for catering to a specific kind of whim, a devil's capabilities grow. Demons serve mortals in a bid to gain repute, definition, and prestige, all of which make them more powerful.
Those are double-edged swords, however - nine out of ten devils who grow powerful enough to undo death end up pigeonholed into restoring the lives of lovers. Sure, it's a living, but it doesn't help with the average devil's end goals, which are sufficient power and the right contract to reshape reality into something that positions them as its all-powerful master. They keep that on the down-low though, for the most part.
The soul-claiming thing is mostly irrelevant - each soul can only enter into one contract ever, which makes for good PR if you're the devil of choice for famous and influential people, but there's a counterculture of pious types who'll get a deal over and done with a no-name Hedonic devil during puberty to save themselves the heartache afterward.
Anyway, The Devil You Don't is one such creature, and one of the most powerful of its kind, dealing with folks who can't get revenge off their minds. Something of a cult classic among contract-seekers and demonologists, The Devil You Don't is popular enough to be discerning with its choice of clients but not so infamous as to lose control of its identity to the masses. If you want an elaborate and untraceable scheme to destroy someone who wronged you, the Devil You Don't is your Malbranchic of choice.
Description: The Devil You Don't has no physical presence when it's not on contract, and can only manifest to those with persistent thoughts of revenge, the Devil You Don't's associated school of thought. If you harbor thoughts that might invite it, the Devil You Don't appears as an attractive, androgynous, sharply-dressed individual of the viewer's species, with grey eyes, silver nails and teeth, and cherry-red skin with visible seams and flat-headed screws on its joints.
Like all devils, it's unswerving in the completion of tasks assigned to it. In contrast to other devils, the Devil You Don't is meticulous, methodical, and very particular about getting all its ducks in a row before screeching into motion, earning it a particular appeal among certain kinds of people. It's rarely emotional on the job - the most irritation it'll show is when it's been launched into a situation where others know what's going on better than it does.
The Devil You Don't is arguably more dangerous when uncontracted, because it'll be convincing you to accept its help while furthering its own agendas. Any contract made with it though will be an arduous, carefully constructed affair, as it's in the Devil You Don't's nature to very clearly lay out its duties to be performed while it's made manifest. It's quite flexible in this regard, catering to folks who only want the individual responsible taken down, or letting the Devil burn and ruin anything in its path to the prize.
Also, don't ask it what kind of devil it doesn't. It's heard it, like, a billion times already.
Weapons/Abilities: Uncontracted, the Devil You Don't doesn't physically exist, but can sense receptive minds and potentially map out its surroundings that way. The Devil You Don't's physical form is truly formidable, but there's a cognitive firewall preventing its considerable intellect from focussing on anything other than the task at hand.
The Devil You Don't can move silently, is obscenely athletic, and can magically cloak itself so its presence is utterly unremarkable. It can prestidigtate small items, including replacement body parts (held in place with those screws). Its nails and teeth are razor sharp, normally kept at a sensible length but easily switched for knifelike affairs.
Being a Malbranchic devil, it is an enabler of desires outwardly harmful. It started out with individuals, but has lately been cutting its teeth on less concrete entities like corporations and entire countries, to give some indication of its power. It's not quite powerful enough to help someone who wants to give a fundamental law of reality like death itself the middle finger. If it keeps up the good work, though, it might be due a promotion.
peace to the unsung peace to the martyrs | i'm johnny rotten appleseed
clouds is shaky love | broke as hell but i got a bunch of ringtones
eyes blood red bruise aubergine | Sue took something now Sue doesn't sleep | saint average, day in the life of
woke up in the noon smelling doom and death | out the house, great outdoors
staying warm in arctic blizzard | that's my battle 'til I get inanimate | still up in the same clothes living like a gameshow
clouds is shaky love | broke as hell but i got a bunch of ringtones
eyes blood red bruise aubergine | Sue took something now Sue doesn't sleep | saint average, day in the life of
woke up in the noon smelling doom and death | out the house, great outdoors
staying warm in arctic blizzard | that's my battle 'til I get inanimate | still up in the same clothes living like a gameshow