ARCANUM REVERSED, shamees

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[cs=2] Meet Shamees, the chirpiest, most youthful single man you'll ever find alive. Animated and energetic, it's hard not to catch him smiling as if life is all rainbows and unicorns. Still, he's rather elusive, extremely random, and most of the time just unpredictable. He makes jokes with the same tone he uses to make serious statements, making it difficult to trust his word about anything. Secretly, that's exactly what he wants you to think. With his kind of behavior and sparkly, over-the-top bishie looks, it's eyebrow-jumping to learn that Shamees is actually a veteran soldier born from a military family and clan, specializing in hand-to-hand combat, survival and firearms, and is extensively trained in tactics and military science. Also versatile, Shamees has successfully guarded his last client against assassination attempts and conducted espionage on behalf of his employer. In truth, his bubbly and pleasant persona is just a cover (or a self-defense mechanism if Shamees were to word it accurately) for the darker, mistrustful, war-weary, despondent man he really is who's resigned to fate in response to the hopelessness of the world. In one alter-ego, he exaggerates emotions, in the other, he rejects them, all to protect himself from...himself. Contrary to what most people perceive of his attitude, he didn't lose hope because he'd seen so many terrible, ghastly things in life. It's because he'd seen so many good people fall for the sake of ethics and codes and despite the lives sacrificed - lives he saw spent like coins, man is no step further in changing. Cycles repeat like the precipitation and condensation of rain. It's natural and uncontrollable. No matter what choices people make, nothing adds up in the end. But Shamees has always been a rather stubborn man deep inside. His eyes might be shrouded by darkness right now but his heart has always beat on the right tune. He never questions orders or the authority as what soldiers were supposed to be, but he always rebel in his thoughts. He unconsciously thinks and does things to relieve anger and frustration of what he's forced to do. Though in the end, Shamees doesn't always do the right thing (for various, complicated reasons mostly related to work), he always means well. Even against people he doesn't like (okay, he doesn't like too many people), Shamees always stands to be fair - from his point of view anyway. He sometimes hold grudges and can be really difficult and intolerable to deal with but between life and death, Shamees doesn't think twice about it. Those in the battlefield know too much of the preciousness of life to leave behind a despicable person to waste away and rot. But don't start thinking he's a good person to lean on. These are all his personal feelings and Shamees sets them aside a LOT. Kill one and only girlfriend to save hundreds of lives? That's a no-brainer. It has to be done. But remember that stubborn part of Shamees? He'll try to do the impossible sometimes. He knows how to compromise with himself, after all.

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[cs=2] At the moment, Shamees is stuck in Sinnoh. Until I'm done with my thread with Thalia, threads might be delayed. [style=padding-left: 25px; line-height: .9;]★ Thalia's bodyguard soon-to-be. So anyone in Thalia's circle and command is bound to meet up with Shamees at some point. ★ Enemies, lots of them. He's going to be in the battlefield so any Nox in Sinnoh he could come across. ★ Shamees' cousins. His family is part of a clan scattered all over the globe, all just like him and probably better. Since his return from abroad, he's encountered one of his cousins, Luna. ★ People from Eterna. Shamees grew up there and his family had a notorious reputation that shunned them from the community... ★ Martial artists. There just isn't enough of them. ★ Legendary-religious folks. Shamees is a believer. ★ Ghosties! Shamees is a ghost whisperer. He hasn't always been one his entire life and he'd rather not talk about when he suddenly saw ghosts. [/style]

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[N]

★ Thalia's bodyguard soon-to-be. So anyone in Thalia's circle and command is bound to meet up with Shamees at some point.
★ Legendary-religious folks. Shamees is a believer.

N fits in the former and sort of falls under the latter. He's Thalia's charge at the moment, and has had the legendary dragon Reshiram under his control at one point (and the staff team won't let her come back for tea and hugs /sob). So yeah, he does believe that legendaries hold hell of a lot of sway and is a firm believer in the myths of the Unova region (which was why he was so adamant about taking on Black and Zekrom), and would love to hear about Sinnoh.

(Also just ignore the Nox thing, N's alignment is more neutral than anything, as he's preeeeeetty much just a Lux Citizen with Nox bias.)

★ Enemies, lots of them. He's going to be in the battlefield so any Nox in Sinnoh he could come across.
★ People from Eterna. Shamees grew up there and his family had a notorious reputation that shunned them from the community...

Byron smith. Though you know him already.

I forgot to update his app after you left, oops

[tantan]

N fits in the former and sort of falls under the latter. He's Thalia's charge at the moment, and has had the legendary dragon Reshiram under his control at one point (and the staff team won't let her come back for tea and hugs /sob). So yeah, he does believe that legendaries hold hell of a lot of sway and is a firm believer in the myths of the Unova region (which was why he was so adamant about taking on Black and Zekrom), and would love to hear about Sinnoh.

(Also just ignore the Nox thing, N's alignment is more neutral than anything, as he's preeeeeetty much just a Lux Citizen with Nox bias.)

So I've read xD Tsun likes to not mentioning the important details for me so I have to dig through some stalking. I wouldn't be worried about alignment. Shamees was going to be Nox but greed foiled the plan because I wanted Thalia's statics. He's as neutral as N. Actually as neutral as he was even back when he was Prez. He's not siding because he thinks the faction is "right." He's just doing it because it's his obligation. If anything, he thinks both sides are right but lol, you'll rarely hear Shamees talking about this.

Shamees probably never heard of N. He didn't really grow up in the country and had just returned from war. For some time, he did come back for his "vacation" but I don't think the events of BW took place then. I suppose with N being Thalia's charge and Thalia being Shamees' charge, Shamees is going to be spending time with N. He wouldn't do it voluntarily but Shamees does his job seriously. He'll get to know N with his nice alter-ego just because of his connection with Thalia.

I can see Shamees making fun of N, particularly about being "Thalia's charge." He'll imply that he's really a boy toy and tell N Thalia's a cougar. Make up all sorts of stories from his work, probably mixing in some real facts. He's just joking of course...OR IS HE? Shamees will also braid N's hair and maybe secretly trim it because N with shorter hair is definitely more awesome.

All that is just Shamees acting but he'll be genuinely interested with Unova's myths. He would probably sound like he's not taking it seriously. He certainly doesn't act like he ever does but Shamees actually listens very well and pays attention to every detail.

Byron smith. Though you know him already.

The fact that they're going to meet in the battlefield would be interesting. We could leave off with the same plot from last time. Shamees feels threatened when anyone knows him from the distant past but I think he's expecting to eventually bump into a few faces here and there. He probably doesn't remember Byron though. He rarely remembers anyone from when he was younger.

Fighting > Steel types.

Shamees is going to be acting like usual, though just to throw others off. Probably offer Byron flowers and chocolates on their first meeting and hope he's not diabetic.

[will]

Aug 24, 2012 14:31:21 GMT -5 @tantan said:

★ Thalia's bodyguard soon-to-be. So anyone in Thalia's circle and command is bound to meet up with Shamees at some point.

Hey, this one would come under Leo's speciality. He's essnetially Thalia's personal assassin, and also considers himself her friend, and he keeps an eye out for her whenever he can. He grew up in Goldenrod, but moved with her when she became Champion of Sinnoh. I can see him taking an interest in Shamees, and quite possibly insinuating things that he and Thalia were doing just to see if he can get a reaction. He likes teasing people.

Aug 24, 2012 14:31:21 GMT -5 @tantan said:

★ Enemies, lots of them. He's going to be in the battlefield so any Nox in Sinnoh he could come across.

★ Ghosties! Shamees is a ghost whisperer. He hasn't always been one his entire life and he'd rather not talk about when he suddenly saw ghosts.

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And this is for the guy who I'm posting with! We've already got a thread, even if it's just Shamees in passing up in Snowpoint, but yeah. Will...Is still pretty convinced he's just crazy, not a medium, so never openly admits it. He sides with Nox, so there's always a chance they could bump into each other on a battle field, but he's yet to really be thrown at Sinnoh stuff. So yeah.[/blockquote][/blockquote]

[tantan]

Hey, this one would come under Leo's speciality. He's essnetially Thalia's personal assassin, and also considers himself her friend, and he keeps an eye out for her whenever he can. He grew up in Goldenrod, but moved with her when she became Champion of Sinnoh. I can see him taking an interest in Shamees, and quite possibly insinuating things that he and Thalia were doing just to see if he can get a reaction. He likes teasing people.

WHAT A COINCIDENCE! SO DOES SHAMEES! In a more spiteful way though. Shamees doesn't like being made fun of. Vaguely, I wonder if this was the character Tsun told me she'd want to see a thread with Shamees.

Shamees would love to hear everything Leo has to say. He loves gossip, a guise to gather information. He happens to know about Thalia's amnesia but swore to never tell it and Shamees is very good with secrets. (Random fun trivia, I was also the one who caused Thalia's amnesia, whoops!)

I think the two would get along perfectly. Disregarding Shamees' act, he likes people who can lift their own weight. He finds too many unreliable people in his line of work so having someone acting his age and profession would make a happy Shamees.

Like Leo, killing's like a routine to Shamees and both of them aren't very ambitious men. Shamees is in this bloody line of business out of tradition though and even if he gets the opportunity to steer away from it, he doesn't think there is anywhere else for him to belong. He's nearing his thirties too so he's like, welp, too late to turn back, just gotta deal with it. He's not very optimistic about second chances either.

I think out of Thalia's circle, Leo will also be the one Shamees is going to be cautious of. He's an assassin, enough said. Though he'll probably have a positive impression on Leo, that doesn't mean he trusts him. Nothing personal, and Shamees won't really hold it against Leo if he turns out to be a traitor. It's just part of the job.

Shamees doesn't really look like a bodyguard. He'll give Leo cookies and joke that he poisoned them because he thinks he's too dangerous to have around. He'll also make call him a big, overweight, obese fluffy cat as reference to his name and write his last name in <3 all the time. Shamees tries to be the annoying person in the relationship so he won't be the one tormented.

And this is for the guy who I'm posting with! We've already got a thread, even if it's just Shamees in passing up in Snowpoint, but yeah. Will...Is still pretty convinced he's just crazy, not a medium, so never openly admits it. He sides with Nox, so there's always a chance they could bump into each other on a battle field, but he's yet to really be thrown at Sinnoh stuff. So yeah.

I actually jumped in that thread when I read up Will's a medium. Being another living being who can see ghosts, Shamees is probably one of the few out there who might convince Will otherwise. Unfortunately, I doubt Shamees would step up in the thread. He thinks Will's being overwhelmed and the only thing he'd offer is to knock him out to spare him the misery. Then he'll just poof without saying anything.

But despite their shared connection with ghosts, Shamees isn't going to be any more merciful with Will should they clash in the battlefield. At that thread, he's still neutral, not working for Thalia yet so it wouldn't have mattered then what he fights for. But once Shamees is employed and finds Will as an enemy, he'd strike him down without hesitance. He feels for Will, but that doesn't change anything.