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Description Purple is a manly color
For the Junkyard City OCT

Edit 1: added info about the control of reflections (sept 7)

Edit 2: added info to weaknesses (sept 8/9)

Edit 3: added info "The physical aspects of drawing out a reflection" and "Injuring through a reflection" (sept 9)

(well, not quite yet, but it will get longer.)
This is OZ. He is a former assassin. He slouches and has prematurely graying hair (which he lives in denial of). He loves his purple sweater, and can manipulate the reflection of any living organic thing.

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Height: Tall? About 6 something
Weight: He’s not in shape, but he’s not heavy either. Somewhere between skinny and pudgy, I guess
misc: [coming soon]

Personality: He quiet and somewhat shy, but polite to anyone who is polite to him. He is slow to anger and may seem cold and distant to some. He really is a nice guy despite his past (it was never anything personal )

Likes: never having to do anything (being lazy), classic rock, and mirrors/reflections
Dislikes: Oatmeal, his graying hair, making promises

Strengths: manipulating the reflections of organic living things

Weaknesses: Fighting things that are mostly or completely inorganic, being injured if reflection is injured, complete darkness where nothing is reflected, Things that have above human strength or speed

Fighting style: Hand to hand combat is what he uses most often, his skills are similar to those of Judo or Juijitsu (Wiki it, please). If he determines he can’t defeat an opponent fairly, he very sneakily uses his ability to manipulate reflections. He attacks from behind or below with this ability--never head on. If an opponent is using a knife/sword or a gun, he will pull his out to even it up. He will use them to injure, but never to kill. He has a promise to keep, ya know.

Manipulating Reflections:

The ability to manipulate reflections goes so far as to draw them out of a reflective surface. They can stretch and bend as much as Oz wants them to and can interact with the environment. He generally likes to use appendages and things like vines and stuff to grab and hold opponents. if he wanted, Oz could pull an entire body out of a reflection, but he prefers to just use limbs since they are more helpful at attacking, grabbing, and sneaking.
(tee-hee, he's way out of his element with junkyard city)

The physical aspects of drawing out a reflection: Oz doesn't need to say any incantations or anything to draw out the reflections. He may move his hand or fingers in the general direction of where he wants them to go, and make a motion concerning how he wants them to act (ex: clenching his fist when he wants it to grab something) but that's about all. Remember that he will make as little physical effort as possible to do anything if he can get away with it.

Injuring through a reflection: A reflection cannot be injured (and in turn damage the person) until Oz pulls it out of the reflective surface. Once it is pulled out, it has technically entered the real world and becomes tangible. The environment can interact with the reflection to the same extent the reflection can interact with the environment.

Oz can only pull reflections out of a mirror (and other reflective surfaces). He cannot go into a mirror itself.

To begin manipulating a reflection of something, he must see it first. After he sees it for the first time and decides to "target" it, he can do whatever he wants with it. He can "jump" it to other reflective surfaces around him. For example, if he saw a reflection in a mirror, he could manipulate the same reflection to be in another mirror further away, but if he sees a mirror far away and can't see his reflection in it, the ability is useless. After he finishes with a reflection and stops manipulating for a while, he has to start over by targeting another reflection

concerning partly inorganic living things: Oz likes to avoid the complexities of manipulating things like half-organic creatures (with robotic or metal arms or bodies and such) because he is lazy, but if he really has to, he can manipulate the organic part, but the inorganic part kind of anchors his manipulations since he can't do anything with them.

History: [coming soon w/audition]

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I hope a pretty much covered everything. If you have any questions, please just ask. In fact, grill me if so inclined.

This ref sheet took forever, and its not even that comprehensive.
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Comments: 29

DuskNinjaKenji [2010-10-07 10:20:38 +0000 UTC]

Wow, this guy is awesome, and it looks like we'll be fighting each other ^^

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riais In reply to DuskNinjaKenji [2010-10-08 01:46:49 +0000 UTC]

It'll be difficult for me to come up with a plot I think, but I'm really looking forward to our match.

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DuskNinjaKenji In reply to riais [2010-10-08 07:00:08 +0000 UTC]

Well, I think I have a few ideas already, but I must ask, what is Oz's goal in this tournament? What does he want to achieve?

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riais In reply to DuskNinjaKenji [2010-10-12 03:17:04 +0000 UTC]

Sorry I didn't reply sooner, but I sent it in the note.

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DuskNinjaKenji In reply to riais [2010-10-12 08:18:53 +0000 UTC]

It's okay, and thanks!

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Baudelaire-Nightmare [2010-09-20 00:14:18 +0000 UTC]

Dear you,

I love this OC.

Sincerely, me.

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riais In reply to Baudelaire-Nightmare [2010-09-20 01:52:55 +0000 UTC]

Dear you,

Thank you very much.

From, me.

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Baudelaire-Nightmare In reply to riais [2010-09-20 02:22:07 +0000 UTC]

Dear you,

You're very welcome.

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cracka-JACK [2010-09-19 16:46:27 +0000 UTC]

YES. A NORMAL LOOKING GUY. AWESOME. :0

I love Oz and his powers. Laziness for the win!

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riais In reply to cracka-JACK [2010-09-19 20:38:57 +0000 UTC]

haha Thanks a bunch. I made sure the whole design centered around 'normal,' even if he isn't a very normal guy ^.^

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cracka-JACK In reply to riais [2010-09-20 01:18:20 +0000 UTC]

He is very unassuming, I have to say. The reflection powers are really unique, where'd you get the idea?

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riais In reply to cracka-JACK [2010-09-20 02:46:33 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, I actually got the idea from a web comic idea where they travel through dimensions by way of mirrors. since I couldn't really use that very effectively in this oct, I wanted to have something linked to that idea that could still be used as a weapon. I guess my next logical thought was to have him manipulate the mirrors' reflection to his advantage.

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Greth206 [2010-09-11 01:49:24 +0000 UTC]

Once a reflection is pulled out of a mirror, does the mirror have the capacity to still reflect? Since reflections become 'real' once they are pulled out of a mirror, do the reflections... reflect? Also, can a reflection re-enter mirrors once it has left?

I'm not in the OCT... just wondering.

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riais In reply to Greth206 [2010-09-12 02:42:31 +0000 UTC]

thanks for stopping by to ask anyway.

Hmm...that's an interesting question. I was going to say that since the reflections are pulled out of the mirror, the mirror doesn't reflect them anymore, but it seems to be a little more complicated than that if they become real...

I have to say that the reflections themselves wouldn't reflect. It would be like the reflective properties of the mirror are turned around and what is pulled out of the mirror by Oz's ability is 'reflected' into the real world. I guess that means he controls the reflections through the mirror and not just the reflection itself.

If that makes any sense at all

As for re-entering after leaving a mirror, yes, it can.

Anything else, just feel free to ask.

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noodlesqueen [2010-09-09 20:39:53 +0000 UTC]

THE ONLY THING I'm conflused about is harming reflections
Like, if you punch a mirror he's reflected in in the face, his face feels like it got punched?


BUT SRSLY
This guy's friggin' awesome ♥

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riais In reply to noodlesqueen [2010-09-09 23:23:21 +0000 UTC]

Thanks It seems ours are somewhat similar.

Thanks for catching something that I missed, too. I was going to put that up and completely forgot about it. Anyway, a reflection is injured only if it is pulled out of a reflective surface and becomes tangible. I added more about it up below if that doesn't make sense, either XD

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Hew91 [2010-09-08 19:27:51 +0000 UTC]

I am still slightly confused on the power...
so like...he could use your reflection....to like make a double of you and have it attack you?

Or have like limbs pull at you from water....something like that?

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riais In reply to Hew91 [2010-09-09 20:12:56 +0000 UTC]

Sort of both? lol Basically, if he wanted, Oz could pull an entire body out of a reflection, but he prefers to just use limbs since they are more helpful at attacking and sneaking. And yeah, it could attack from any reflective surface: mirrors, glass, water, etc. Let me know if I didn't explain that right and I'll try again.
I plan on making a small reference sheet that will explain the process visually, too.

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Hew91 In reply to riais [2010-09-09 23:44:43 +0000 UTC]

that would be helpful
It seems like a really cool power...just trying to make sure i have it right

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DuskNinjaKenji [2010-09-08 03:39:25 +0000 UTC]

Nice character. He's pretty similar to mine, actually. XD

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riais In reply to DuskNinjaKenji [2010-09-08 05:57:10 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! and, yeah, he is a little similar, isn't he? lol.
And thanks a bunch for the fave! Its really appreciated.

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DuskNinjaKenji In reply to riais [2010-09-08 10:37:12 +0000 UTC]

So they could have a lot to talk about in a fight. XD

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riais In reply to DuskNinjaKenji [2010-09-08 14:49:08 +0000 UTC]

Yes, lol, while they're trying not to kill each other

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DuskNinjaKenji In reply to riais [2010-09-08 17:09:50 +0000 UTC]

Lol, but they can always fight. Though he doesn't kill because of a promise, he does it because of his strong morals. That's right, a hippie gangster. XD

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riais In reply to DuskNinjaKenji [2010-09-09 20:17:19 +0000 UTC]

lol, hippie gangster

and then they'd both end up in a stalemate and be like 'what now?'

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DuskNinjaKenji In reply to riais [2010-09-09 20:18:43 +0000 UTC]

Then it would be like "Dance Time!" XD

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VampireReyn [2010-09-08 03:19:07 +0000 UTC]

Another auditionee! Manly colours ftw

Can you specify his powers a bit more? Like, if he can control reflections, can he bring them out of the surfaces and stuff or what?

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riais In reply to VampireReyn [2010-09-08 05:43:44 +0000 UTC]


Basically they just come out of the surface, but I added more detailed info about his ability in the comments. Thanks for catching the lack of info, there. Let me know if there's anything else I might have missed.

And thanks for the fav!

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VampireReyn In reply to riais [2010-09-08 07:46:18 +0000 UTC]

Oh I see, interesting!
You're welcome

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