Player name/preferred contact: Dem / PM or jigglyballs Character name and canon: Squalo Superbi, Kateky Hitman Reborn!
About them: Squalo is a trained mafia hitman, expert swordsman and right hand man to the flaming disaster known as Xanxus. They run the world's best murdersquad (sorry, "elite assassination team" for their version on Earth's most powerful mafia family that's been making some goddamn stupid decisions lately). Their organization sort of balances between villain and grudging anti-hero in the series so it's not quite on evil evil levels, but it's also worth noting that in this setting (less violent) mafia are considered the "good" guys, so it doesn't amount to much.
Aside from his skills, Squalo is noted for insane loyalty to his boss and his bloodthirst; thriving in battle and looking for a good fight whenever he finds the chance has earned him the reputation of his namesake ("Shark").
In Snowblind he's been forced very far out of his comfort zone (murder pays well, so he hasn't had to live on scraps for a long time now). While he's still totally down to murder another human being for a sandwich or a warmer pair of socks, he tends to calculate his risks more carefully as he's not particularly interested in making himself be a target for public outrage the way he's seen some dudes seem to be.
He's been doing fairly well with that, aside from a few attempted muggings, however even though he hasn't talked about himself or his job with anyone, few people may have already picked up on some things thanks to his mostly dismissive attitude to death on the network and genuine confusion at traditional human decency.
Oh, and he may have publicly told Peter about his favorite methods of killing during the Time event. Whoops.
Current plans: He's still pretty shaken from the event - it ended in his death, and as a result he'd lost his memories of Xanxus for almost a week. Which resulted in him being completely baffled by his earlier behavior and questioning his sanity. You know, normal Snowblind stuff I guess. Even once his memory's intact again, thanks to the event he'll now occasionally consider things going to shit back home in his absence more than usual.
Still, he is very motivated to escape as soon as possible, so he will gladly join any ongoing efforts (so far he's got an invitation from Al and a lead from John) though he will obviously be... a lot less concerned about everyone's survival than others. Of course, he's not yelling about that from the rooftops.
He returned to the land of living on day 295, and for at least another day he's in the Radiation Zone. After that, I'm not entirely sure. Due to his mental state at the moment he's a bit reluctant to join up with anyone at the moment, and being alone might make it worse.
He may give the sealed building in the Industrial zone another shot at investigation (really, his previous attempt was less investigation and more making an ass of himself in an attempt to piss off the town enough to kill him permanently), or he might head south to check out the newer areas, since that's where the action is. He may not be a puzzle expert, but he gets shit done.
Desired CR: A bit of everything would be grand! It'd probably be good for him to find a group, though how long he'd stick around is another debate. I'd like him to actually contribute to the research and puzzle solving in some way. Someone he could genuinely bond with on some level would be lovely, and so would making some enemies or just get someone fed up with his shitty attitude/morality.
Also I'd be super excited for a situation where he helps out with a riddle and then backstabs a teammate (figuratively or literally) if he thinks it's the more effective way to deal with it. Or just any old "hey that guy isn't so bad WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU JUST DO" coming out of the closet with a bang thing, since I know the cat's getting out of the bag sooner or later.
Not looking for: Actual romance isn't going to happen ever. But I mean if your character wants to try, more power to them. I'm generally up for anything.
Other info: While it doesn't necessarily come up a lot, it's better to play safe than sorry; I have an opt-out post for Squalo. Tl;dr in addition to already mentioned love for murder he has a strong "death before dishonor" mindset (though granted his idea of "honor" differs from the norm) which can result in suicidal themes, he has cut off his own hand as a teenager in case you had a pretty good opinion of his sanity so far, and finally his relationship with his boss can be a pretty strong shoutout to domestic violence.
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Character name and canon: Squalo Superbi, Kateky Hitman Reborn!
About them:
Squalo is a trained mafia hitman, expert swordsman and right hand man to the flaming disaster known as Xanxus. They run the world's best murdersquad (sorry, "elite assassination team" for their version on Earth's most powerful mafia family that's been making some goddamn stupid decisions lately). Their organization sort of balances between villain and grudging anti-hero in the series so it's not quite on evil evil levels, but it's also worth noting that in this setting (less violent) mafia are considered the "good" guys, so it doesn't amount to much.
Aside from his skills, Squalo is noted for insane loyalty to his boss and his bloodthirst; thriving in battle and looking for a good fight whenever he finds the chance has earned him the reputation of his namesake ("Shark").
In Snowblind he's been forced very far out of his comfort zone (murder pays well, so he hasn't had to live on scraps for a long time now). While he's still totally down to murder another human being for a sandwich or a warmer pair of socks, he tends to calculate his risks more carefully as he's not particularly interested in making himself be a target for public outrage the way he's seen some dudes seem to be.
He's been doing fairly well with that, aside from a few attempted muggings, however even though he hasn't talked about himself or his job with anyone, few people may have already picked up on some things thanks to his mostly dismissive attitude to death on the network and genuine confusion at traditional human decency.
Oh, and he may have publicly told Peter about his favorite methods of killing during the Time event. Whoops.
Current plans:
He's still pretty shaken from the event - it ended in his death, and as a result he'd lost his memories of Xanxus for almost a week. Which resulted in him being completely baffled by his earlier behavior and questioning his sanity. You know, normal Snowblind stuff I guess. Even once his memory's intact again, thanks to the event he'll now occasionally consider things going to shit back home in his absence more than usual.
Still, he is very motivated to escape as soon as possible, so he will gladly join any ongoing efforts (so far he's got an invitation from Al and a lead from John) though he will obviously be... a lot less concerned about everyone's survival than others. Of course, he's not yelling about that from the rooftops.
He returned to the land of living on day 295, and for at least another day he's in the Radiation Zone. After that, I'm not entirely sure. Due to his mental state at the moment he's a bit reluctant to join up with anyone at the moment, and being alone might make it worse.
He may give the sealed building in the Industrial zone another shot at investigation (really, his previous attempt was less investigation and more making an ass of himself in an attempt to piss off the town enough to kill him permanently), or he might head south to check out the newer areas, since that's where the action is. He may not be a puzzle expert, but he gets shit done.
Desired CR:
A bit of everything would be grand! It'd probably be good for him to find a group, though how long he'd stick around is another debate. I'd like him to actually contribute to the research and puzzle solving in some way. Someone he could genuinely bond with on some level would be lovely, and so would making some enemies or just get someone fed up with his shitty attitude/morality.
Also I'd be super excited for a situation where he helps out with a riddle and then backstabs a teammate (figuratively or literally) if he thinks it's the more effective way to deal with it. Or just any old "hey that guy isn't so bad WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU JUST DO" coming out of the closet with a bang thing, since I know the cat's getting out of the bag sooner or later.
Not looking for:
Actual romance isn't going to happen ever. But I mean if your character wants to try, more power to them. I'm generally up for anything.
Other info:
While it doesn't necessarily come up a lot, it's better to play safe than sorry; I have an opt-out post for Squalo. Tl;dr in addition to already mentioned love for murder he has a strong "death before dishonor" mindset (though granted his idea of "honor" differs from the norm) which can result in suicidal themes, he has cut off his own hand as a teenager in case you had a pretty good opinion of his sanity so far, and finally his relationship with his boss can be a pretty strong shoutout to domestic violence.
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