Post by Rude on May 11, 2012 11:33:06 GMT -5
Rude
"If nothing else, it's...flashy."
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Age: 28
Gender: Male
Family: Unknown
Race: Hume
Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual
Home World: Gaia (VII)
Alignment: Shinra/kind of a neutral good nowadays
Job: Turk
Items: Nightstick
Accessories: Sunglasses out the wazoo
Appearance Like all Turks, Rude is almost always dressed in a black or navy blue suit and a dark tie with gloves. Out of the entire team, Rude is the one least likely to draw much attention to himself, not factoring in his impressive physical size - he stands about six feet four inches tall with a frame that the greatest bodybuilders hope to achieve. He's is a well-tanned bald man who is never seen not wearing a pair of jet black sunglasses, to the point of keeping spares in case his current ones are broken in some way. Other than that, the only notable physical feature is his goatee, which is not outstanding.
Personality: Rude's persona is as simple as his outfit. He's a quiet man, usually choosing to stay quiet and merely keep an imposing presence during conversations. While his longtime partner Reno is outgoing and a little sporadic, Rude is taciturn and predictable. This doesn't mean he's difficult, however. He gets along quite well with Reno in particular, despite their differences, and is the kind of man to watch everyone's backs during the heat of combat. He's not 'rude' by any means, either, and is quite the gentleman despite the fact that he's often short of words and a little gruff with his manner. That may rub people wrong or intimidate them, but frankly...Rude doesn't care one bit.
Of course, Rude retains his stone-faced persona while in combat, and mostly just grunts and stomps his way through opponents. He keeps his cool, not getting too excited, but also keeping himself in the game. To call his impassiveness laziness would be highly inaccurate, because Rude puts himself into his job and probably even enjoys it sometimes though he doesn't exactly go out of his way to mention it. Hobbies are kind of hard to judge when it comes to Rude, but he does like tinkering with things that go boom and reading up on motorcycles and the like. He also apparently has a thing for tough brunettes, considering he's had crushes on two outstanding women, Chelsea and Tifa, over his time as a Turk. Ask Rude about it, though, and you'll get a nice, cordial hmm.
History: Rude's childhood is generally a mystery to anyone and everyone but the man himself. It's likely that Rude is a name used to avoid any prodding into his back story through the source of his real name. Born to a relatively poor family, Rude only received his basic education through his teenage years only by working to add extra income for the family. Due to this upbringing, Rude found his only way to work up the ladder was through military work, just as his father, whom Rude had never met, had supposedly done. Receiving his basic training from Shinra's military program in his late teens, Rude remained with the company as a night guard when he graduated from the program, earning marks for his focus and determination.
Rude slowly worked his way up the ladder of Shinra's military forces, eventually landing in a special division of the Department of Public Safety known as the Investigation Sector of the General Affairs Department, on a team known simply as the Turks. Due to Rude's silent, relatively indifferent nature, he was thought to be an excellent fit on this black ops team. Rude spent two years working with the Turks as an opposing force to the terrorist group known as AVALANCHE which longed for the destruction of Shinra. In the midst of this war, Rude began dating a young lady known simply as Chelsea. The other Turks, noticing that Rude would disappear when not on duty, spied on the couple and discovered that Chelsea was a member of AVALANCHE. Though both cared deeply for one another, they were eventually forced to part ways due to their differences.
Rude's next missions as a Turk would have him teamed primarily with his longtime associate, Reno, and later a slightly larger group of Turks that became active during the Genesis Army crisis. For the most part, the squad is tasked with capturing two young men by the names of Cloud Strife and Zack Fair. As the situation develops between Shinra and AVALANCHE, Rude and company come into conflict with Cloud's party on numerous occasions while investigating the events surrounding Sephiroth's rampage, though they do assist Cloud on occasion, such as in Wutai.
After the Meteor crisis ends, Shinra has seemingly lost their grasp on power, yet the Turks remain in service to Rufus Shinra, specifically Rude and Reno. This time around, as the Remnants of Sephiroth are spreading their chaos, Rude assists Cloud several times due to Shinra's interest in avoiding another problem like Sephiroth. Rude fights Loz, only holding his own fairly well, but he does succeed with his plan to detonate a bomb directly beneath Loz and Yazoo's bikes, nearly killing them both.
In the aftermath of the 'devastation' caused by the Calamity, Rude's life experienced very little change- he's still a Turk, still works with his same old partner, and is still loyal to anyone aligned with Shinra.
Abilities:
- Explosives: Rude has a talent for the development and use of homemade explosives. He can make 'em big, he can make 'em small, he can make 'em however he wants to, but he makes them right and knows how to set them up right so they go boom.
- Fistfighting/Wrestling: Rude hasn't been trained all that specifically when it comes to fighting, but in a close-quarters scuffle, Rude can just bowl, toss, beat, and bodyslam his way through weaker men. He can even kind of hold his own against a Remnant of Sephiroth, which is a testament to the way he's disciplined his body to the point where he's close to a peak of human strength.
- Piloting: Whenever Reno isn't flying the chopper, Rude tends to pop into the cockpit to cover for him, so he clearly has a little bit of talent at keeping the bird in the sky.
Summons: None
Magic: Can use materia, but never really does.
Strengths:
- Steadfast
- Wise
- Gentlemanlike
Weaknesses:
- Speaking
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Weapon None, technically - he really only uses his fists and a wrasslin' style of fighting. However, Rude often makes explosives that he puts to good use and has a nightstick he carries up his sleeve for...some reason. We won't ask him about it. We're scared of the answer, to be honest.
Crushes: Tifa AND Chelsea. Calm down, boi.
How did you find us? Rawr.
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