Post by Burgundy on Sept 22, 2021 23:18:34 GMT -5
Name: Mikey Manks Harlen
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Epithet: 'The Harlen Brothers' (Alongside Burgsey)
Height: 8'9"
Build: Muscular, Defined Upper Body, Rather Spindly Legs
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Race: Human
Occupation: Bounty Hunter
Bounty/Rank: N/A (0)
Total X-Poinz: 300
Used X-Poinz: 300
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Personality
Thuggish Brute on the Outside
Big Softie on the Inside
Stronx Pride
Violence Isn't The Answer – It's The Question, and The Answer Is Yes
Family First
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Thuggish Brute on the Outside
A man with a rough upbringing, growing up on the mean streets of True York wasn't exactly a kindness. His youth was spent dealing with all sorts of thugs, brutes, and gangsters, so getting strong was inevitable, and getting gruff was a side effect. Paired with his scarred-up tough-guy exterior he exudes an aura of unapproachability, and it doesn't help that he has a tendency to talk like a character out of the back alleys of Grease.
Big Softie on the Inside
Mikey is actually a lot less of a thug once he's comfortable around people. When he's not posturing and making big claims about his hometown heritage, he's deceptively insightful about things in his own simple way. Additionally, once he's taken a liking to somebody or something, it would take a severe breach of trust to make him change his mind about them. In fact, when it comes to those he's taken a liking to, he gets real protective of them, and while it is still a stretch to say it's 'soft' by human standards, he's definitely not as coarse as he lets on.
Stronx Pride
'If you were from where I was from, you'd be dead,' is a common sentiment among True Yorkers, but when they say it they don't mean their home island, but rather the particular district they were raised in. Mikey stands as no exception, he takes a strange pride in having survived a childhood spent in the cartoonishly bad neighborhood he grew up in. To his credit, there's merit to the accolade, though it wasn't like kids were dropping left and right. Still when it comes time to defend the honor of the Stronx, even if it's just in comparison to the rest of True York, he'll be ready to throw down.
Violence Isn't The Answer – It's The Question, and The Answer Is Yes
One doesn't come from a childhood like his as a generally peaceful fellow. When every day comes with choices between ducking your head down and getting punished for nothing, or getting into a fight, eventually one learns that fighting is just more satisfying. Why bother letting somebody get away with something just because they've got connections? Why bother letting somebody call your mother rude names just because they don't know her? Why bother letting somebody insult your favorite pizzeria just because they have garbage taste? There's a million and one reasons to fight, and only one reason to not fight: Cowardice. Of course, that does oversimplify his mindset. It's not like he wouldn't try to talk things out… for maybe a minute or two. Patience doesn't count among his virtues, but he won't let it be said he doesn't try. Not without a fight, at least.
Family First
Above all else, Mikey respects and cherishes his family. Blood is among the strongest bonds in the world, right up there with the red string of fate and the bond between war buddies. This doesn't just extend to his brother Burgsey and his Mom though – members of his found family are also very important to him, to the degree that he'd fight for their honor just as much as he'd fight for his own mother's. When his family has a problem, he sees the need to fix it. When that problem can be solved with violence, it's always Mikey who is spearheading the effort.
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Appearance
The sides of his hair are shaved very short, while the top of his hair is longer and dyed blonde. He has a very muscular build and a chiseled face with a broad mouth. He's got a number of scars in various sizes around his body, especially on his arms which are scarred and stitched intermittently, as well as a pretty gnarly-looming gash across his left eye which thankfully didn't blind it. He usually wears sunglasses, even in combat, indoors, and at night, because looking cool is important.
On his left upper arm he has a tattoo of a snake wrapped around his arm biting its tail, gotten in solidarity of his brother eating a Devil Fruit that gave him snake powers. His right arm has a similar tribal tattoo wrapped around it because it felt symmetrical that way. Fashion-wise, he abhors sleeves, and damages any clothing he's given to disclude any sleeve longer than a t-shirt from his wardrobe. Other than that, anything goes as long as it fits and keeps his legs warm.
On his left upper arm he has a tattoo of a snake wrapped around his arm biting its tail, gotten in solidarity of his brother eating a Devil Fruit that gave him snake powers. His right arm has a similar tribal tattoo wrapped around it because it felt symmetrical that way. Fashion-wise, he abhors sleeves, and damages any clothing he's given to disclude any sleeve longer than a t-shirt from his wardrobe. Other than that, anything goes as long as it fits and keeps his legs warm.
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StronxArm (Inhuman Strength)
Optional Human Trait
Nose for Trouble (Inhuman Olfactory)
Optional Human Trait
Ruffian Tough (Inhuman Toughness)
Optional Human Trait
Ophidian Boxing
Focus: Snake-like Movements, Powerful Punches
Class: E
Description:
Name: Ophidian Slip
Fighting Style: Ophidian Boxing
Rank: 2
Description:
Name: Rattlesnake Cross
Fighting Style: Ophidian Boxing
Rank: 1
Description:
Name: Rattlesnake Rhumba
Fighting Style: Ophidian Boxing
Rank: 2 (Branch up from Rattlesnake Cross)
Description:
Name: Adder Up
Fighting Style: Ophidian Boxing
Rank: 1
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StronxArm (Inhuman Strength)
Optional Human Trait
Ma always said that her little Mikey was the stronger of the two, between Burgsey and him. He's been taking pride in those arms of his since he was real little-like. He's always working out and making sure they're nice and imposing, so that people will think twice before crossing him and getting a cross across their face.
Nose for Trouble (Inhuman Olfactory)
Optional Human Trait
Mikey could smell Ma's home cooking a mile away, literally. He's got a nose what'll put a bloodhound to shame, some say. Of course, there's all sorts of stuff to smell, and when your sniffer's good, you sometimes can't help but stick your nose where it don't belong.
Ruffian Tough (Inhuman Toughness)
Optional Human Trait
Growing up in the Stronx is no typical lifestyle. The West Blue is fraught with gangsters of every sort, and they've got their claws dug in everywhere. Sometimes you gotta protect yourself, and get strong. Gotta take a few licks to make sure your family's safe in the Stronx, so of course, Mikey's pretty tough.
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Fighting Styles
Ophidian Boxing
Focus: Snake-like Movements, Powerful Punches
Class: E
Description:
A surprisingly well-researched style of boxing, utilizing a diverse spread of cherry picked data from physics in order to develop techniques which optimize punching power. Advanced calculations are performed between each punch aiming to land clean, devastating hits. While calculating, Mikey tends to bob and weave between his foe's attacks, similarly to a snake, to get a feel for their style before striking them at a key moment to shatter their offense in an instant. Of course, if his opponent isn't worth this much consideration, he'll just beat them down mercilessly with his fists, as he is quite strong and prone to solving problems with violence.
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Techniques
Name: Ophidian Slip
Fighting Style: Ophidian Boxing
Rank: 2
Description:
A simple defensive countermeasure, allowing attacks to slip past harmlessly by a hair's breadth. His body seemingly goes limp and he makes subtle adjustments to his posture to weave between his opponent's strikes, giving himself time to calculate the perfect counterattack. It does lose effectiveness if he is grappled or otherwise restrained, however. (Kami-E Clone)
Name: Rattlesnake Cross
Fighting Style: Ophidian Boxing
Rank: 1
Description:
A powerful right-handed punch executed from the rear of his stance, allowing him to maximize the rotational force added to the strike in the shortest time frame using his shoulders and hips to twist, transferring his weight from the rear foot to the front foot as he takes a half-step into the blow. Due to his reach advantage in most fights, this is actually typically thrown as a hook, though against foes that match his arms or even have an advantage, an actual cross is acceptable.
Name: Rattlesnake Rhumba
Fighting Style: Ophidian Boxing
Rank: 2 (Branch up from Rattlesnake Cross)
Description:
Using the recoil from the rotational force generated by his Rattlesnake Cross on impact, he generates a counter rotation to immediately follow up with an identical punch from his opposite fist, and does the same thing with that punch to create another punch, creating a barrage of deadly, rhythmic power punches to the same part of the body. Typically he'll focus down the enemy's face, and won't stop until they slip out of the way, or happen to fall out of range.
Name: Adder Up
Fighting Style: Ophidian Boxing
Rank: 1
Description:
A low, comparatively-open stance from which a cross-counter is launched when the opponent opens their guard to attack, usually taking full advantage of his reach or otherwise slipping his opponent's attack at the same time so as to add the force they were generating to his own punch to amplify the strike.
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