Sunday, 3 November 2013

Exsilium App

Sunday, 3 November 2013 23:00
changeitroundsome: (In college we shared a toothbrush.)
» PLAYER INFORMATION
Player NAME: TF
Current AGE: 30
Player TIME ZONE: GMT
Personal JOURNAL: [personal profile] teeff
IM & SERVICE: fanoftodd on AIM
Player PLURK: Teeff
Current CHARACTERS: Fenris | Dragon Age (wolfuncaged) and Heath Burns | Monster High (hotdate)

» CHARACTER INFORMATION
Character NAME: Doctor Facilier
Canon & MEDIUM: The Princess and the Frog | Movie
Canon PULL-POINT: After he gets dragged into the spirit realm by the Loa. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83WgR20Gbns]
Character AGE: Late 30s/early 40s.

Character ABILITIES:

"I can read your future, I can change it round some too, I look deep into your heart and soul, Make your wildest dreams come true."

Facilier is a bokor, a practitioner of Lousiana Voodoo [http://www.voodooneworleans.com/religion.php] With it, he can create all manner of gris-gris to carry out his spellwork. These include potions to kill or cure just about any ailment, illusion dust to create tangible, very believable illusions and Voodoo dolls to alter the lives of those they are made to look like plus assorted charms and what have you. He is fully capable of preforming magic to help as well as harm, but whatever he does, he will find some way to make it benefit himself. His tarot cards allow him to see into the past, present, future and deepest desires of whomever he wishes, thus giving him better opportunity to use them as a pawn in his own plans. He can often use this information to make better illusions with which to offer them, creating very realistic versions of people and places his client wants or recalls.

He also has a living shadow, which can interact with the physical plane by interacting with other shadows. It's loyal to him and seems to be almost an extension of himself, often giving away his true emotions while he keeps his Nice Guy act going.

Larger spells, that he can't concoct himself out of natural ingredients, have to be loaned out to him by the Loa; the ancient voodoo spirits. These will become part of his weapon, which I'll detail in his weapons section.

Regardless, all his deals require a handshake, binding both parties to the action and the result of the spell given with no backing out. He also can't conjure up anything for his own personal use, having to rely on twisting his deals with others to steer them in the direction he wants.

While not exactly a power, per say, Facilier is an expert in sleight of hand, and can do card tricks that seem to defy the laws of physics.

Character HISTORY: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Princess_and_the_Frog#Plot]

The story is set in New Orleans, 1926, where Doctor Facilier lived and worked in the French Quarter as a bokor, offering voodoo charms and spells to unwitting residents and tourists, trying to earn enough money to get by. Always, he turned the spell on his clientèle, giving them exactly what they wanted, but twisting it for either his own benefit or his own amusement. The people of the city knew him as the "Shadow Man" on account of his seemingly sentient shadow.

And then a prince, Naveen, from Maldonia arrived in New Orleans, and Facilier saw a chance to finally live off more than the pittance he had his whole life. Charming Naveen and his valet, Lawrence, into his voodoo emporium, Facilier used his tarot cards to lay on a con, all while learning the motivations of his new marks via the tarot's magic. Realising Naveen only wanted a charmed life, and that Lawrence wanted the life Naveen led, Facilier promised Naveen a life filled with "green" and the opportunity to "hop from place to place", while promising Lawrence the chance to be "exactly the man he always wanted to be". With a handshake the deal was made and Facilier contacted his "Friends on the Other Side", the Loa, who gave him a talisman. He used this to take some of Naveen's blood, while preforming a spell on him to transform him into a frog.

He used the talisman to make Lawrence look like Naveen, wishing for Lawrence to charm Charlotte, the daughter of Eli, the mayor of the town. His plan being, once the two were wed, he could kill Eli, and take control of the town himself, using Lawrence as a puppet to get there. Once in control, he could finally lead the charmed life he wanted and gain revenge on the rich folk he despised.

Unfortunately, Naveen escaped, something that Facilier didn't concern himself with. The prince was a frog now, and of no consequence to him. So while Naveen unwittingly turned a waitress called Tiana into a frog herself, and they both headed through the bayou to find a cure, Facilier continued with his plan. Eventually, the blood within the talisman started to drain and the spell faded, making Lawrence lose his Naveen-guise shortly after proposing to Charlotte.

Realising he needed to get Naveen back, to refill the talisman with his blood, Facilier was forced to contact his "Friends" again. In order for their help, he offered up all the "wayward souls" of New Orleans as tribute for them, as soon as he gained power over the city. The Loa accepted his deal, and sent him an army of shadow creatures, which went off to find Naveen.

Eventually, the shadow creatures found him, on the night of the Mardi Gras, just when a kiss from Charlotte could break the spell for both Naveen and Tiana. Facilier refilled the talismain and locked Naveen away, while Lawrence began his wedding to Charlotte on one of the Mardi Gras floats. A firefly named Ray, who had met the two frogs on their travels, freed Naveen, only to have a distressed Lawrence get off the float and take the frog prince out of sight, his talisman having been ripped off by Naveen in his struggle.

Facilier had been poised with a voodoo doll of Eli, ready to end the mayors life, and was unimpressed with this delay in his plans. As he yelled at Lawrence to get back outside, Ray stole the talisman and headed off to find Tiana to pass it onto her, telling her not to let Facilier get it no matter what. Ray fought off Facilier's pursuing shadow army, but was ultimately killed when the man himself arrived to swat him out of the sky and step on him.

Facilier cornered Tiana, and used his illusion powder to turn her human again, and create her dream restaurant for her. In return for handing over his talisman, he promised her everything she could ever dream of, using words of people in her life to taunt her and nudge her into taking his deal. Tiana, however, had fallen for Naveen, and declined his offer, attempting to smash the talisman on the ground. Facilier's shadow caught it, and brought the talisman back to him. Pleased with his apparent victory, Facilier turned Tiana back into a frog, mocking her for her chosen path. Tiana managed to snatch the talisman off him again, this time destroying it. With no way to pay off his debt, the Loa appeared and decided to take Facilier himself as payment, dragging him, kicking and screaming, into the spirit realm, likely to suffer in torture for the rest of eternity. [Ba-da-da-da-da http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzrrq7mJdM1r7coero1_500.gif] It's at this point that he's brought into Exsilium.


Character PERSONALITY:

"Aren't you tired of livin' on the margins? While all those fat cats in their fancy cars don't give you so much as a sideways glance?"

Facilier is a man frustrated with his lot in life. Being a Creole, living in 1920's Louisiana, always wavering on the poverty line, opportunities for him to climb even a single rung on the social ladder are next to none. He's an intelligent man in a society where his background makes his intellect worth very little. Having to scrape by with his bokor wares, while watching those who truly hold the power over the city, "the sugar barons and the cotton kings", squander their wealth without a second thought only serves to make ever more clear to him the massive divide between the haves and have-nots. All of this grows and culminates into an utter loathing for the rich who's lives he wishes he could have himself and a disdain for the poor who's lives he is perpetually trapped in.

Whether this hatred drove him to it, or if he was embroiled in it already, Facilier became a bokor at some point, a voodoo practitioner, promising residents and tourists of the French Quarter alike the chance to make their dreams come true. He gets a lot of satisfaction for all the wrongs he has faced in his life by making other people miserable, while pretending to be doing them a favour. He's a fantastic salesman and an expert at misdirection, giving people exactly what he promises them, but being careful with his wording to make them believe they are getting something much better. He never plays fair, because as far as he's concerned, the world isn't a fair, so why should he be? If there's one thing Facilier is very good at, it's laying on a con. Naveen himself admits he dabbled with Facilier on account of the man being "very charismatic".

But all of this is a very carefully put on act, all part of the show. He can make it seem like he's a person's best friend, seem an amicable, generous, caring person, but it can be turned off in a second, to show the bitter, angry man underneath. He hates being talked down to, and instantly snaps "don't you disrespect me little man!" when Lawrence mumbles that he's a charlatan. He can play the nice guy for a while, but eventually when someone crosses him too far, he will show them how capable he is of carrying out truly evil acts. He very nearly strikes Lawrence with his cane in a fit of anger, and he shows no remorse for killing the sentient firefly Ray, nor for his intended murder of Eli. Violence towards others is not a line he is unwilling to cross if he has run out of his scheming options. He's even willing to turn on his own people, promising the Loa all the "wayward souls" of New Orleans in exchange for their help. Everyone and everything are just pawns to get him what he wants. He even admits "I got voodoo, I got Hoodoo, I got things I ain't even tried", showing he will take power from anything and anyone willing to give him it.

Unsurprisingly, Facilier doesn't hold any real friends. The only company he seems to keep is that of his own shadow, a twisted reflection of his own thoughts and desires. He calls the Loa his "friends", but even he's aware that "friendship" can turn nasty in a second if the spirits feel that they have had the wool pulled over their eyes, as indeed it does. He respects and fears the Loa, and is not foolish enough to try his tricks or cons on them. It's why any attempt to break his talisman is met with fear and anger, lest his one and only way to pay his debt to the Loa back be destroyed, and they take him as payment instead. He is a man who wants power, but understands his limits in getting it, making him a touch more careful than most Disney villains, mostly using others to do his work for him and keeping to the shadows. He's calculating, as he said to Naveen, he isn't a betting man because he "stays away from games of chance", he only makes a move when he's more or less certain he'll have the upper hand.

A bitter yet fantastically sly and charismatic conman, Facilier is not a man you'd want to make a deal with in a hurry.

» EXSILIUM INFORMATION
Chosen WEAPON: Facilier's weapon will be his voodoo talisman [http://disney.wikia.com/wiki/Facilier%27s_Talisman>voodoo talisman], which will act as his means of contacting the Loa, his "Friends on the Other Side". He will gain more abilities with the number of deals he's able to make in Exsilium. More information on how it will level up is here [http://changeitroundsome.dreamwidth.org/1435.html].

Character INVENTORY:
*Tarot Cards - Allow him to see into the past, present and future of a person. The images on the cards change to suit his client.
*Shadow - His best buddy, his own shadow. It moves independently from him and can interact with other shadows to make an impact on the physical plane. Unfortunately, it is tied to him and can't leave him.
*His whole outfit, plus his awesome cane - The cane does nothing, it just looks cool.
*Illusion dust - Purple dust that creates tangible illusions for whoever he aims it at.
*He has the skill to create all manner of potions and charms, but has none on him other than the dust. He will have to gather ingredients before he can create anything.

» SAMPLES
First PERSON:

[It had taken Facilier a while to understand the workings of this unusual new gadget that had been given him. Tablet. That's what they called it, in this strange future land. But he was nothing if not an opportunist, and he saw in this device a chance to really set up the persona he played so well. A tool for his own use. So, after finally working out how the video worked on the damn thing, he set it up, beaming a welcoming, friendly smile at anyone who happened to be watching]

Enchanté, my fellow Transports. [The word is still a strange one, but hey, if it added to the illusion of camaraderie, so be it] Doctor Facilier, at your most humble service.

I'm looking to set myself up a little establishment, to help folks in need. Help them find the path they need to be on, let them know what the future has in store. I got me a gift and I hate to waste it when I can use it to help others. But I'm still new here, and I need to ask how a fella goes about setting up such a place here? I'd be much obliged by any answers ya'll can give me.

Third PERSON:

Facilier had spent a few days on the moonbase, partly trying to get his head around living on the moon at all, but mostly waiting for the other shoe to drop. When the Loa had dragged him through that portal, a thousand horrible fates for him came to his mind, but this...this was not one of them. The fact the talisman had returned to him, completely intact, was also flummoxing. The whole thing had made him feel very, very nervous.

After a few days of getting himself situated, playing the part of a new, albeit very helpful Transport, while inwardly flinching at every loud noise, he realised it was time to contact his dear old Friends. Whether this was where the Loa intended him to be, or if some lucky twist of fate had pulled him here at the last second, he knew he wouldn't be able to preform at his best here without their help.

He just hoped they wouldn't finish off his journey for him in the process.

So, he found himself a quiet, deserted area, when he figured most of the Transports would be asleep, and set to his work. His shadow fluttered nervously about him, as he took a chalk from his pocket and carefully scratched out a veve on the metal floor. A few careful words, a gift of some food and he was set. He took a deep breath, to lock away any remaining fear, then put on his most charming smile.

"Friends! Seems I've had myself a little diversion on my way, but ya'll ain't got to worry about a thing. Because this place? This place might just clear my debt right off the table for you. There's plenty of wayward souls here, just ripe for the takin'. What do you say? Let bygones be bygones? I'll make it worth your while."

He was greeted with nothing, and for a moment he wondered if they'd cast him aside completely. But then the talisman began to glow, and he got his answer. Seems like second chances really did exist.

» ADDITIONAL NOTES
Given his infomod powers, and ESPECIALLY because he'll be trying to earmark people's souls for the Loa to pay off his own debt, I'll make sure that I keep a permission post [http://changeitroundsome.dreamwidth.org/537.html] open at all times for people to decline or pick and choose what he can learn about their characters. I'll also always check with other players before doing so anyway, 'cause I have no plans to upset people.

I don't plan on anything happen to any character who's souls he somehow manages to buy. They'd continue as normal with no ill effects, except that maybe soul readers could see that their soul is on layaway for someone else. Of course, if any of that is not cool for bringing him into the game at all, I can wipe it off the board completely. It's not a vital aspect for me to keep to play him, I just thought it might be an interesting way for him to try to pay off his debt.