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Name: Dio (Though his spoilery real name is Left.)
Canon: Zero Escape
Age: He looks as though he's in his early-to-mid-twenties, but his actual age is up in the air. He's from the fourth generation of a group of clones, but the game never actually says when his generation of clones was made.
Gender: Male
Canon Point: After taking the Myrmidon knife from Alice's dead body in the timeline where he stashes the knife between AB rooms and she finds it.
Background Link: Dio's Background | Nonary Game: Ambidex Edition
tl;dr the characters from this game are stuck in yet another incarnation of the Nonary Game that is deliberately set up so that Sigma and Phi can jump from timeline to timeline in order to develop their timeline jumping skills so that they can stop an outbreak of a terrible virus that happened a looooong time ago and pretty much screwed humanity over, while Dio's the dickhead trying to stop them from doing so. With betrayal. And bombs.
Inventory: Just the clothes on his back (including his bracelet, which won't actually function - the screen will just stay blank). His knife and the detonation device would probably have been confiscated.
Personality: Dio isn't stupid - he's just an asshole. It's important to keep this in mind, because while he certainly acts like an idiot from time to time, he's not unintelligent. The sooner you understand this, the less likely it is that he'll be able to trick you, because he very often acts like he just messed up by accident to keep from being held accountable for his actions. (Not that it works during the Nonary Game; most of the people involved are to genre savvy when it comes to dealing with jackasses. But he does play the fool rather convincingly if you don't know he's a jerk to start with.)
He is incredibly selfish. Case in point: though it's definitely possible for everyone to escape from the Nonary Game alive, he purposely tries to just get himself out as quickly as possible and makes it obvious that he doesn't care whether or not his gamemates live or die. He states many times that his ultimate goal is to look out for number one. In the short term, this means getting himself out of the Nonary Game safely; in the long term, however, this actually means furthering the aims of the religious cult called Free the Soul and making the man called Brother proud.
Dio is a fanatical believer in the teachings of Free the Soul (which basically states that humans are corrupted by greed and are, in most cases, beyond redemption; the tl;dr version of it is that people must separate themselves from greed and worldliness, and then when they die they can be reborn in the form of a new, "pure" human being - in this case, meaning a clone). He was raised on them from birth (which is understandable, given that he is a clone) and this means that his default impression of other people is that they're just as impure and corrupted as the very worst examples of humanity. He believes that the only way to make everyone purely equal is for them to all be clones - there's no reason for discrimination, then, because everyone is the same. Individuality seems weird to him (though he does have traits that make him different from other clones, which sort of makes him a walking contradiction).
He is fiercely loyal to Brother, the leader of Free the Soul; he works so hard as the leader of the Myrmidons (basically the "enforcers" for Free the Soul) in order to make Brother proud. He believes that Brother is the one who can lead humanity to redemption and that he owes his existence as a "new human" to him - however, he knows that just being born a clone isn't enough, and that he has to earn it. He undertook the sabotage of the AB project and deliberately entered the Nonary Game in order to do so, an action that proves he's willing to take great personal risk just to further the fanatical goals of his organization. He's been described as a terrorist, and honestly, that's not an inaccurate description - much of his usual work is a form of terrorism (particularly when you think about the fact that Free the Soul was the one to unleash the Radical-6 virus as a bioweapon in the first place). Basically? He's an extremist.
But even being an extremist, he does sometimes fall off the wagon. He's so desperate to prove himself by sabotaging the AB Project because, even though he's the leader of the Myrmidons, he did once partake in something that has been described as a "sin" by his organization; because he's supposed to cut himself off from all earthly temptations, love and lust were off-limits, but he did once get up to some questionable activities with a woman. This caused him to be disgraced in the eyes of his contemporaries and his superiors, and he is now desperate to prove himself and make up for his mistakes so that he can claw his way back up to salvation by performing great deeds, which is what Free the Soul's teachings say will guarantee him a higher rank in the organization and will guarantee his redemption, as he was raised on the teachings from birth.
That being said, Dio is, surprisingly, not a complete asshole. He does actually have a hard time stomping all over the innocent (seen in how he once saved a kitten and how he couldn't bring himself to betray Luna in the first round of the Ambidex Game); it's because his religion teaches that humanity is corrupted, and when he sees people who are truly altruistic, it seems as though he's the one corrupted when he treats them badly. After all, humanity is supposed to strive to be pure under the teachings he follows, so it almost seems wrong for him to hurt people he can't see any bad in. It surprises him greatly when someone goes against his expectations (like Luna did - but then, spoilers, Luna's not human), but not greatly enough for him to stray from his path. His path is one that's meant to lead to humanity's redemption, after all; knocking down people who are further down that path than him just doesn't make sense in terms of achieving his goals.
He will literally do anything to achieve his goals, however. It doesn't matter to him if he ends up disposing of a few "impure" humans; it doesn't matter to him if he himself perishes in the act, because, after all, dying for the sake of a noble cause is going to earn him salvation just as well as it would if he came back successfully. He's willing to set and detonate bombs in the event that his plan of escaping the Nonary Game fails; he's willing to stab an old woman and murder various others for his goal. He's not afraid of dirtying his hands in order to create a more pure world, because someone has to, after all.
Flavor Abilities: None! He's a clone, but his only real skill is being a huge jackass. I guess we can assume he's got decent puzzle-solving abilities since his groups manage to make it through their doors even when the player character isn't with them.
Suitability: Dio is no stranger to dangerous situations, having orchestrated many of them himself. While he's never actually been to a place quite like Norfinbury before, he's also not the type to just lay down and die until his goals are met. He's going to view this whole thing as yet another trial he needs to overcome to prove his worth to Brother and Free the Soul, and also try to gather information on just how the heck everyone ended up here because wow, that sure sounds like something his cult would be interested in.
In the meantime, he's probably going to be a giant pain in everyone's ass and I'm sorry.
RP Samples: Test drive toplevels which I got unfortunately busy after posting, so here's some older stuff to supplement:
Dio being a jackass on the Animus newtwork
Dio being a jackass in person
More of Dio being a jackass in person
REVISION REQUEST
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"Man, fuck this..."
Dio had been prepared to do a lot of things in his quest to regain Brother's favor and prove himself as worthy of the honors he believed he was entitled to. He didn't even bat so much as an eyelash at the thought of killing an old woman, had no qualms about leaving eight strangers behind to die, and wouldn't even have minded blowing everyone else - and himself - up, if push came to shove and that was the only way to succeed in sabotaging the project.
But this? Trudging around in the freezing snow, never actually knowing when he'd be able to find shelter, let alone anything decent to eat? Having to worry about running into those anomalies or whatever people were calling them?
There was very little he wouldn't do for Free the Soul, but that didn't mean he wouldn't complain about it while it was happening. Who was going to hear him? He was alone in a goddamn icy wasteland. With a frustrated sigh, he shoved his hands into his pockets, which didn't help with the chill much.
(He'd fallen face-first into a snowbank earlier, and his clothes were still uncomfortably damp.)
He couldn't die here. There was still so much he had to do, and while he'd been fully prepared to give his life for Free the Soul's goals, there was a difference between taking everyone out with him, knowing that he'd have succeeded, and dying alone out among the ice like a pathetic loser.
"Keep going," he muttered as he continued to put one foot in front of the other. "Just a little further."
He thought he could make out a vaguely house-shaped figure in the distance. There was still plenty of time until sundown. If he could just make it there, the next morning was sure to be better.
...or if not better, at least a little warmer. Surely Brother would understand if he took a day or two to rest, dry out his clothes, and prepare for his next excursion. He'd... investigate the network. Yes. Exploring the buildings was only one part of figuring out what was going on in this godforsaken hellhole, after all.
network - @1000gentlepoints, voice;
Okay, I'm just gonna tell it to ya straight.
I'm in trouble. Deep, deep trouble. I fucked up my ankle the day before yesterday when I made it to this rickety old house, but I'm running real low on rations and I can't find any food in this place. No idea how long it's gonna take my ankle to heal - it's looking bad, man.
[He sighs heavily.]
Look, I know it's a lot to ask, but do you think any of you could pick up something from the school and bring it over here? I'd say it's probably a day and a half away on foot if you're moving fast.
[What he's not telling anyone is that his ankle is fine, he can walk perfectly well, and this is just a test to see who's foolish - er, kindhearted - to go to the trouble to help a perfect stranger when they've all gotten the shit end of the stick. That's important information to know for the future, after all.]
I'd really appreciate it.
[Also, this is voice because he can't stop smirking a little at the thought of someone actually doing the hard work and getting food for him when he's just fine.]
ACCEPTED
This A-frame house consists of one large empty room and a sealed door that seems like it should lead to a basement, although there's currently no way to open it up and see. A penis has been drawn on a corner of the wall in some sweet-smelling dried white substance, as well as "suck it". Below the words, "you first" is written in pen. "It is a two dimensional drawing. It cannot be sucked." is written below as well, in neat block letters. On the wall in blue ink is written "This is Building 105 on the composite map. Contact @CaptSteveRogers for details." Underneath is a fairly accurate map showing the house in relation to the south and east snow walls, the gas station, the convenience store, the chapel, the vet's office, and buildings 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 93, 97, 99, 101, 102, 104, 105, 106, 108, 109, 111, 112, 113, 115, 116, 117, 119, 120, and 121. The snow wall is labeled "Snow wall." The gas station is labeled "Gas station; clean water, working toilet." The convenience store is labeled "Convenience store, food available; DO NOT STAY HERE OVERNIGHT." The chapel is labeled "UNSAFE, DO NOT STAY HERE OVERNIGHT." The vet's office is labeled "Presumably unsafe, DO NOT STAY HERE OVERNIGHT."
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