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Alias: Foam Age: 20 Sexuality: Heterosexual Height: 178cm Weight: 72.6kg Hair: Platinum blonde, and a little on the longer side. Usually styled upwards towards the front Eyes: Small, brown Skin and Scars: Pale, caucasian
Details
Norris typically wears a blue winter jacket with a fluff-filled collar, also sporting navy blue jeans, black combat boots, and thick leather gloves. He also wears a pair of small, gold earrings. Tied around his waist is a leather satchel where he carries his Vanta 'Weapon'.
Personality
"Did you want something?"
Positives and Likes
✔ Attractive - For better or for worse, Norris is somewhat physically attractive, although his personality itself may be another story ⤊ Women ✔ Clever - Quick to learn and understand new ideas, as well as adapt to his environment. ⤊ Dancing ✔ Educated - Norris is fairly well learned, having a firm grasp on basic and even some advanced concepts. ⤊ Sweets ✔ Freethinking - He's capable of forming his own thoughts and opinions without guidance from others. ⤊ Tales, Legends, Stories, Folklore ✔ Observant - Due to the nature of Norris' occupation and through practicing not only his abilities and 'weapon', but his fundamental skills, he's gained an incredibly keen eye for even the smallest details. ⤊ Books
Negatives and Dislikes
✖ Artificial - Though he may act eloquent or charming, at least in his own eyes, he's more often than not quite insincere in his feelings towards most people and situations. Any charisma or kindness he may show is fake for the most part. ⤋ Tough Guys ✖ Conceited - His education and the honing of his abilities have led Norris to become vain and narcissistic, thinking of himself as better than other people. ⤋ Bar Brawls ✖ Hateful - Though he often puts on airs of being magnanimous and kind, Norris is actually an incredibly spiteful person. If he feels someone has wronged him, he will tend to hold a grudge against them for a long time. ⤋ Drinking ✖ Secretive - Another trait Norris has developed from his line of work. Although this proves helpful in his profession, in his personal life Norris is exceedingly secretive, often to the point of frustrating others who try to get close to him. ⤋ Bitter food ✖ Uncharitable - Deep down, Norris feels almost no kindness or sympathy towards those worse off than him. ⤋ Messiness
Behaviour
In public he often presents himself as kind, magnanimous, and charming. Norris will happily flirt with beautiful ladies and act warmly towards people when in a crowd- at least to get what he wants. Those who spend enough time around him to really know him though, will find a vacuous, perverse man- someone that only cares about getting his rocks off.
Although there's some truth to that last part, he's actually a surprisingly clever and thoughtful individual- he's just too secretive to show that side of himself to anyone. Don't be fooled though- he really is an unkind and rude bastard, he's just not all bad. Since he tends to hide away that part of himself however, most just see him as a guy who only wants sex and doesn't care about anything else.
When he's not on a job, he'll often spend time in public areas around town trying to hit on beautiful women or show off his 'charm' and skills to the general public.
At work however, Norris lets his real personality shine through. Cold as he may be, he portrays himself as surprisingly well-learned and capable, able to adapt to new environments and situations as needed. Though he generally works alone, he doesn't mind teaming up with others- though if possible he'd rather work with women than men. He demonstrates a great deal of focus and attention to detail, taking in everything he can.
History
Norris grew up in Vantalux as a part of a poor family. Although they weren't well off, his parents always managed to keep food in their bellies and a roof over their head- though anything beyond that was typically out of their reach. Occasionally at school as a child or while out in the city, he'd see wealthy nobles living it up in the lap of luxury, dressed to the nines and partaking in upper scale entertainment. This made him envious as a child- something that he never quite let go of, though it did calm down as he got older. He believed that he deserved much more than he and his family had, and vowed to one day receive it.
Although Norris' parents both worked to support the family, his mother and father still found time to teach him as best they could with whatever books they could get a hold of- pounding the importance of education from a very young age into his mind. As long as he was well-learned and worked hard, he could make something of himself and live a better life than his parents could give him. That was their firm belief, and it rubbed off on the young boy as well. He worked hard in his studies and found himself learning topics quickly and with a surprising amount of ease. He finished his secondary education around the age of 16 and began looking for work. He tried a number of occupations for a short period of time, but as his personality began to show, he'd eventually find himself fired and back on the hunt.
One other thing that did set Norris apart from the rest of the rabble was the fact that he was an Eme. His ability allowed him to create bubbles from water that captured images, which he could then pop to splatter a rendition of that image onto a surface. Norris' ability fascinated him, though his parents would often scold him for using it out in public, since not everyone was fond of people with abilities like his. However, his ability, which he mainly used to try and peek at ladies or capture beautiful scenic imagery, just so happened to bring about opportunity. One day, he was using his ability to inspect an image he'd taken of the sunset when a strange man wearing a large coat and shades approached him. After asking a couple of questions about his power and his skills, the man invited Norris to 'come with him'.
Although he was hesitant to follow someone he'd just met, and worried about leaving his family, he conceded. At the age of 18, Norris came under the tutelage of this man- his mentor. The man never told him his real name, just his alias: Crow. For the next two years, he taught Norris the skills he needed to become an operative. When their relationship as student and teacher was over, he gave the young man his own alias: Foam. Afterwards, he said he'd contact 'the Spire' to let them know that he was a new recruit. Before he could take any jobs however, he'd have to perform one final task: killing someone and impersonating them.
Norris had obviously never killed anyone before, and the idea of it made him sick- but he'd already come so far and knew that this was his best chance of making his way in the world. Steeling himself, he found a young man around his age, stumbling around drunk in an alley. He took the man's life, his clothes, and his name- using his mentor's connections to transport the body outside of the city and into the Outlands where it likely wouldn't be found, and impersonated him for a week. After he finished the gruesome and strange task, Crow told him that he was now officially an Operative, and that he'd let 'the Spire' know.
Since then, over the last couple of months he's received a handful of tasks from his mentor or by mysterious letters left on the front door of his new home, completing them for cash and 'renown' with this mysterious Spire. As such, being an Operative has become his full time job- and he spends the rest of his free time out on the town getting up to his usual antics.
The Black Book is a tome with a hard leather cover and a large number of empty pages, bound on the spine and decorated along the front with vanta metal.
Ability
As long as Norris is holding onto the book, its gimmick allows him to project whatever he's imagining onto its pages- words or images. Everything written or drawn is done in black and white, and it takes about a couple of seconds for the words or image to appear. He can later erase anything written or drawn inside, but it takes a bit longer- usually around a minute or two of concentration. In an emergency however, he can erase everything written inside of it by tapping the metal 'D' on the cover three times, though anything lost this way can't be recovered without of course recreating it individually like he did beforehand.
Although it's main purpose is to store information he's gathered, the size of the book and it's vanta binding do make it strong enough to use as a blunt weapon. Though not as nuanced as a sword, axe, or club, Norris can brandish it as an emergency weapon with some level of skill. At its current rank, it's capable of breaking anything as resilient as wood or weaker.
Bubbles
Vel Rank ★ - Spiriting
Power
By coming into contact with water, even just a small amount, Norris can create somewhat sturdy bubbles that can move in a general direction they're commanded to go towards. Beyond that, Norris can give them a set amount of time to wait before they 'activate', ranging from 5 to 30 seconds. Until that time runs out, they will continue moving in the direction they're given. Once their set time runs out, they activate, capturing a panoramic image of everything around them. Afterwards, they return to Norris, where he can then pop the bubble. This causes the water to splatter in a way that represents the images it captured- though since they're made of water splatters, they lack things like color or fine detail- it's a fairly rough image.
Each bubble can only hold one image at a time, and if they're commanded to activate again before popping, the previous image will disappear. Additionally, if Norris and the bubble go beyond a distance of 12m from each other, then the bubble will be unable to locate him and instead return to the location where it was created and float there.
Disadvantages
Even though they're slightly sturdier than normal bubbles, preventing them from popping randomly while floating, any kind of touch from someone or something is enough to pop them. Furthermore, as stated before, if they are not within 12 meters of Norris after activating, they cannot locate him and will return to the place where they were first created.
Norris needs to touch actual water, even if it's only a tiny amount (like a tear or a droplet of sweat) to form a bubble. He cannot produce bubbles out of thin air.
Creating bubbles uses up some of his mental strength. Making one at a time or only using a couple in a thread is no big deal, but having several bubbles active at the same time or repeatedly using the ability will cause him to feel exhausted, making him tired and causing him to move slower.
Star Rank: ★ Description: The nature of Norris' job as an Operative specializing in gathering intelligence requires him to be quick and nimble. As a result of his training, he's about as fast as a top performing athlete.
Military Ability Name
Star Rank: Number. Description: "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nam imperdiet turpis ut urna imperdiet, et auctor dui pretium. Nulla vulputate urna non mollis sodales. Sed vel urna et lacus ultrices mattis ut non erat. Etiam neque sapien, vehicula et imperdiet non, sollicitudin sit amet justo. Donec scelerisque dapibus pretium. Suspendisse ultrices ipsum felis, et posuere elit faucibus id. Suspendisse consequat ullamcorper felis, lacinia dignissim enim posuere id. Aliquam vulputate sapien sed justo euismod lacinia. In hac habitasse platea dictumst. Nulla tincidunt urna nec quam pulvinar aliquet. Sed sodales non est id tincidunt. Nam pellentesque quis quam in pretium. Maecenas libero sem, suscipit sit amet nisi non, pellentesque elementum nisi. Sed nunc odio, rhoncus lobortis sapien id, volutpat sollicitudin enim. Mauris diam lorem, bibendum ut quam at, ullamcorper accumsan nibh. Fusce facilisis quam dui, at consectetur magna hendrerit at."
Military Ability Name
Star Rank: Number. Description: "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nam imperdiet turpis ut urna imperdiet, et auctor dui pretium. Nulla vulputate urna non mollis sodales. Sed vel urna et lacus ultrices mattis ut non erat. Etiam neque sapien, vehicula et imperdiet non, sollicitudin sit amet justo. Donec scelerisque dapibus pretium. Suspendisse ultrices ipsum felis, et posuere elit faucibus id. Suspendisse consequat ullamcorper felis, lacinia dignissim enim posuere id. Aliquam vulputate sapien sed justo euismod lacinia. In hac habitasse platea dictumst. Nulla tincidunt urna nec quam pulvinar aliquet. Sed sodales non est id tincidunt. Nam pellentesque quis quam in pretium. Maecenas libero sem, suscipit sit amet nisi non, pellentesque elementum nisi. Sed nunc odio, rhoncus lobortis sapien id, volutpat sollicitudin enim. Mauris diam lorem, bibendum ut quam at, ullamcorper accumsan nibh. Fusce facilisis quam dui, at consectetur magna hendrerit at."
Military Ability Name
Star Rank: Number. Description: "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nam imperdiet turpis ut urna imperdiet, et auctor dui pretium. Nulla vulputate urna non mollis sodales. Sed vel urna et lacus ultrices mattis ut non erat. Etiam neque sapien, vehicula et imperdiet non, sollicitudin sit amet justo. Donec scelerisque dapibus pretium. Suspendisse ultrices ipsum felis, et posuere elit faucibus id. Suspendisse consequat ullamcorper felis, lacinia dignissim enim posuere id. Aliquam vulputate sapien sed justo euismod lacinia. In hac habitasse platea dictumst. Nulla tincidunt urna nec quam pulvinar aliquet. Sed sodales non est id tincidunt. Nam pellentesque quis quam in pretium. Maecenas libero sem, suscipit sit amet nisi non, pellentesque elementum nisi. Sed nunc odio, rhoncus lobortis sapien id, volutpat sollicitudin enim. Mauris diam lorem, bibendum ut quam at, ullamcorper accumsan nibh. Fusce facilisis quam dui, at consectetur magna hendrerit at."
Military Ability Name
Star Rank: Number. Description: "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nam imperdiet turpis ut urna imperdiet, et auctor dui pretium. Nulla vulputate urna non mollis sodales. Sed vel urna et lacus ultrices mattis ut non erat. Etiam neque sapien, vehicula et imperdiet non, sollicitudin sit amet justo. Donec scelerisque dapibus pretium. Suspendisse ultrices ipsum felis, et posuere elit faucibus id. Suspendisse consequat ullamcorper felis, lacinia dignissim enim posuere id. Aliquam vulputate sapien sed justo euismod lacinia. In hac habitasse platea dictumst. Nulla tincidunt urna nec quam pulvinar aliquet. Sed sodales non est id tincidunt. Nam pellentesque quis quam in pretium. Maecenas libero sem, suscipit sit amet nisi non, pellentesque elementum nisi. Sed nunc odio, rhoncus lobortis sapien id, volutpat sollicitudin enim. Mauris diam lorem, bibendum ut quam at, ullamcorper accumsan nibh. Fusce facilisis quam dui, at consectetur magna hendrerit at."
Military Ability Name
Star Rank: Number. Description: "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nam imperdiet turpis ut urna imperdiet, et auctor dui pretium. Nulla vulputate urna non mollis sodales. Sed vel urna et lacus ultrices mattis ut non erat. Etiam neque sapien, vehicula et imperdiet non, sollicitudin sit amet justo. Donec scelerisque dapibus pretium. Suspendisse ultrices ipsum felis, et posuere elit faucibus id. Suspendisse consequat ullamcorper felis, lacinia dignissim enim posuere id. Aliquam vulputate sapien sed justo euismod lacinia. In hac habitasse platea dictumst. Nulla tincidunt urna nec quam pulvinar aliquet. Sed sodales non est id tincidunt. Nam pellentesque quis quam in pretium. Maecenas libero sem, suscipit sit amet nisi non, pellentesque elementum nisi. Sed nunc odio, rhoncus lobortis sapien id, volutpat sollicitudin enim. Mauris diam lorem, bibendum ut quam at, ullamcorper accumsan nibh. Fusce facilisis quam dui, at consectetur magna hendrerit at."
Talents
Dancing
Star Rank: ★ Description: Norris is a suave gentleman, or at least often times has to play the part of one. As such, he has picked up dancing in his line of work- specifically ballroom style dances with partners, like the Waltz.
Talent Name
Star Rank: Number. Description: "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nam imperdiet turpis ut urna imperdiet, et auctor dui pretium. Nulla vulputate urna non mollis sodales. Sed vel urna et lacus ultrices mattis ut non erat. Etiam neque sapien, vehicula et imperdiet non, sollicitudin sit amet justo. Donec scelerisque dapibus pretium. Suspendisse ultrices ipsum felis, et posuere elit faucibus id. Suspendisse consequat ullamcorper felis, lacinia dignissim enim posuere id. Aliquam vulputate sapien sed justo euismod lacinia. In hac habitasse platea dictumst. Nulla tincidunt urna nec quam pulvinar aliquet. Sed sodales non est id tincidunt. Nam pellentesque quis quam in pretium. Maecenas libero sem, suscipit sit amet nisi non, pellentesque elementum nisi. Sed nunc odio, rhoncus lobortis sapien id, volutpat sollicitudin enim. Mauris diam lorem, bibendum ut quam at, ullamcorper accumsan nibh. Fusce facilisis quam dui, at consectetur magna hendrerit at."
Talent Name
Star Rank: Number. Description: "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nam imperdiet turpis ut urna imperdiet, et auctor dui pretium. Nulla vulputate urna non mollis sodales. Sed vel urna et lacus ultrices mattis ut non erat. Etiam neque sapien, vehicula et imperdiet non, sollicitudin sit amet justo. Donec scelerisque dapibus pretium. Suspendisse ultrices ipsum felis, et posuere elit faucibus id. Suspendisse consequat ullamcorper felis, lacinia dignissim enim posuere id. Aliquam vulputate sapien sed justo euismod lacinia. In hac habitasse platea dictumst. Nulla tincidunt urna nec quam pulvinar aliquet. Sed sodales non est id tincidunt. Nam pellentesque quis quam in pretium. Maecenas libero sem, suscipit sit amet nisi non, pellentesque elementum nisi. Sed nunc odio, rhoncus lobortis sapien id, volutpat sollicitudin enim. Mauris diam lorem, bibendum ut quam at, ullamcorper accumsan nibh. Fusce facilisis quam dui, at consectetur magna hendrerit at."
Talent Name
Star Rank: Number. Description: "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nam imperdiet turpis ut urna imperdiet, et auctor dui pretium. Nulla vulputate urna non mollis sodales. Sed vel urna et lacus ultrices mattis ut non erat. Etiam neque sapien, vehicula et imperdiet non, sollicitudin sit amet justo. Donec scelerisque dapibus pretium. Suspendisse ultrices ipsum felis, et posuere elit faucibus id. Suspendisse consequat ullamcorper felis, lacinia dignissim enim posuere id. Aliquam vulputate sapien sed justo euismod lacinia. In hac habitasse platea dictumst. Nulla tincidunt urna nec quam pulvinar aliquet. Sed sodales non est id tincidunt. Nam pellentesque quis quam in pretium. Maecenas libero sem, suscipit sit amet nisi non, pellentesque elementum nisi. Sed nunc odio, rhoncus lobortis sapien id, volutpat sollicitudin enim. Mauris diam lorem, bibendum ut quam at, ullamcorper accumsan nibh. Fusce facilisis quam dui, at consectetur magna hendrerit at."
Talent Name
Star Rank: Number. Description: "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nam imperdiet turpis ut urna imperdiet, et auctor dui pretium. Nulla vulputate urna non mollis sodales. Sed vel urna et lacus ultrices mattis ut non erat. Etiam neque sapien, vehicula et imperdiet non, sollicitudin sit amet justo. Donec scelerisque dapibus pretium. Suspendisse ultrices ipsum felis, et posuere elit faucibus id. Suspendisse consequat ullamcorper felis, lacinia dignissim enim posuere id. Aliquam vulputate sapien sed justo euismod lacinia. In hac habitasse platea dictumst. Nulla tincidunt urna nec quam pulvinar aliquet. Sed sodales non est id tincidunt. Nam pellentesque quis quam in pretium. Maecenas libero sem, suscipit sit amet nisi non, pellentesque elementum nisi. Sed nunc odio, rhoncus lobortis sapien id, volutpat sollicitudin enim. Mauris diam lorem, bibendum ut quam at, ullamcorper accumsan nibh. Fusce facilisis quam dui, at consectetur magna hendrerit at."
Talent Name
Star Rank: Number. Description: "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nam imperdiet turpis ut urna imperdiet, et auctor dui pretium. Nulla vulputate urna non mollis sodales. Sed vel urna et lacus ultrices mattis ut non erat. Etiam neque sapien, vehicula et imperdiet non, sollicitudin sit amet justo. Donec scelerisque dapibus pretium. Suspendisse ultrices ipsum felis, et posuere elit faucibus id. Suspendisse consequat ullamcorper felis, lacinia dignissim enim posuere id. Aliquam vulputate sapien sed justo euismod lacinia. In hac habitasse platea dictumst. Nulla tincidunt urna nec quam pulvinar aliquet. Sed sodales non est id tincidunt. Nam pellentesque quis quam in pretium. Maecenas libero sem, suscipit sit amet nisi non, pellentesque elementum nisi. Sed nunc odio, rhoncus lobortis sapien id, volutpat sollicitudin enim. Mauris diam lorem, bibendum ut quam at, ullamcorper accumsan nibh. Fusce facilisis quam dui, at consectetur magna hendrerit at."
Word has been received via [Information Redacted] that you have completed your task. Congratulations Operative Foam and welcome to the world of Ordus. Please keep a sharp eye out for any missions that will arrive in the near future...just try not to burst the wrong bubbles in the mean time. This message will self ignite in 5...4...3...2...1
