Indie Fandomless OC RP blog. Please read Basics and Guidelines before you interact. If you have any questions, come to me and I'll answer them to the best of my abilities.
BASIC:
Hi there y'all. You can call me Alex or Scotch. I may talk tough or any kind of trash but I'm really just kinda a fragile little lightbulb. I use the pronouns he/him. I'm 20 so there will be NSFW content making appearances here. Whether it's sexual or violence/gore/etc., it might come up. But it will be properly tagged and occasionaly put under a read more. Living in the armpit of america, I must make it clear that I will not RP smut at all with any minors. It fades to black at that point if it even gets that far.
FOLLOWING:
I am a fairly selective person when it comes to who I want to follow. OC's and Canon characters from a number of fandoms are welcomed, but it is also my decision to who I choose to follow back. If I cannot see our characters connecting on any level - even hating each other - I will not follow. There are other reasons but [shrugs].
RPING:
Y'all have read the rules so far. Awesome! Have a cookie. I enjoy writing my character. I enjoy writing with other people's characters. This is not an exclusive blog in the slightest and I won't be secluding myself to a single version of a character. I enjoy interactions of all kinds and I like to see how different people would take on a situation with their character. If you have a problem with me playing with so many other versions of a character, I'm sorry I'm not sorry. I only RP with mutuals. I'm sorry about that, but it just helps keeps things organized to a certain point for me. If it's easier on me, I have a better time on here. I like to enjoy myself when I write. If you ever want to turn a meme into a thread, DO IT. Just please please please put it on a separate post. I don't like reblogging asks.
STARTERS/GREETERS:
So I have the habit of making greeters from time to time, and just about every night I try to post a starter call. Mutuals that like the starter call with usually get something within 24 hour prior to the post. If I ever post something and it's tagged [ ic.greeter ], then that means I made it without aking a starter call. It is just for when I want to call out to someone and all. I don't make them as often as I used to, however, so hop on a starter call if you ever want. Or, y'know, just pop into my askbox. If you can't think of anything but you want to RP, send me Praying Mantis in my ask box and I'll make you a starter. Only you guys that actually read my rules will get this chance.
ASKS/MEMES:
I love getting asks at random about or for Taylor here. If you've got a question for either of us, please send it and I'll be happy to answer. If you've got something you want to say to Taylor, do it. If you just want to hit him, I warn you that he will hit back. But we will answer. For those mutuals that want to send a meme but might not interact with me much/never have before, it doesn't matter. If I reblog a meme, it means I want you in my ask box. Even if it's a shippy thing, I can twist and turn it in just about any way to make it work. Just please do it, yes?
HATE:
I want all y'all haters to stop here right now. If you're going to send someone hate that isn't me, you better stop it. Don't bother them and send it all to me. Get it out in my ask box. But just know that I will neither respond to it nor acknowledge it. It is for you to vent your whiny asses and get over yourselves. Don't make other people feel bad, alright? Tumblr is supposed to be a place for us to escape into the fantasy world. Let it stay that way.
Alright, I think that just about does it so far? I will always be adding new stuff onto here if I can ever think of another rule I want to pop in.
Personal:
Name: Taylor Semuels Age: 31 Gender: Male Sexuality: Homosexual DOB: September 9th POB: New Jersey, USA [no known city] Hair color: Dark brown Eye color: Right eye blue, left eye green Height: 5’10” Body type: Lean, slightly muscled Piercings: None Tattoos: Whatever he chooses to have on his body at any given moment. Usually there is a playing card somewhere on his body. Usually, though, he has a flaming ace of spades on his left arm, an open bird cage in the realistic shape of a heart with silhouetted birds flying out, a tribal tattoo wrapping his right bicep, and charred and bloody wings on his shoulders and back. Scars: Left inner thigh from when he was jumping a fence, fell, and the top tore through his pants and into the flesh when he was eighteen, just above his right brow where he ran into a wall when he was seventeen, a rectangular patch under his left arm, usually covered by his flaming ace tattoo, a slice scar on his ribs where he was near stabbed, a small slice over his chest usually covered by a bird cage tattoo. Living situations: A small apartment, somewhat well furnished, but he doesn’t care for it much. City of residence: New York, not much of a big jump from Jersey Can usually be found: Doing some sort of trick or small show on the corner of a street or in a park or on a job he was hired for.
Personality:
Usually a kind soul, Taylor is an upbeat person to talk to and a joy to be around. He’s got a somewhat sunny disposition, even though he owns very little to his own name and had a shit life leading up. He is not quick to anger or annoyance, but can be frustrated very easily, either if it’s something he is trying to figure out or something that has happened to him that he doesn’t know the reason for. During his working moments or any time he has to drop the smiles and interest, he’s silent and serious. A great contrast from how he is usually. Whatever he does like that, he usually won’t regret it later. But he can drop it easily and pretend that nothing had happened.
Abilities:
● Ink manipulation: User can create, shape and manipulate ink, including moving ink, change the color, consistency/viscosity between solid and liquid, etc., even if the ink is printed/written/tattooed. They can write/scribe/tattoo without tools by manipulating ink.
● Ink Mimicry: Power to transform into or have a physical body made up of ink.
● Power Bestowal through Iconic Imagery: Self explanatory, really. If he were to tattoo someone and give them a certain image, such as wings on their back, they would be given the power of flight. He can manipulate the ink in his own skin to make it whatever he wants and use the power that comes with it. Anything that he were to make as an image with the manipulation would seem almost real or become a superhuman power for the person.
Bio:
Taylor knows neither his birthplace, his parents’ real names, or even the name that he was born with. He had been moving around ever since he was young, his parents carting him from town to the next when something seemed to go awry in his parent’s life. The child didn’t know what his parents did for a living either, nor did he know why they had to leave each time they did. It was something that he rarely asked them about, something he rarely even thought about as he figured it was normal. They moved, changed names, and forgot the life that they left behind. It was something that his family did and something that he didn’t much care to know any more of. This lifestyle continued for almost all of his life, up until his senior year in a town in New Jersey. He found his parents gone from the house they rented and everything moved out. They had abandoned him and left him behind yet he wanted to finish what had been started. Taylor was the last name that he had been given with the move before their disappearance, and it was the name that he graduated high school with.
He knew of his powers somewhere in the middle of his high school years, a wandering and bored mind leading to him drawing on himself with a pen. When he couldn’t wash off the mark or even smudge it later on in the day, he had started to worry if it was going to last. A wandering mind led to an active imagination, however, and when he was in class one day and letting his imagination loose, movement caught him from the corner of his eye and drew his gaze to his arm. The mark he had made on his arm with the pen started to swirl and twist around, forming a small image of one of the things he was picturing in his head. Taylor had been caught by surprise and started to test what he had seen, finding that he could control the image. He didn’t tell his parents of it, didn’t want to be a freak or cause them to move again, only for them to have to do so later. In his free time, he continued to practice, drawing on himself and letting the ink morph into any intricate designs he wanted.
After high school, he wandered the streets and used his ability to become a street magician, using the ink to make a number of different tricks and earn money like that. He took up odd jobs and traveled around when he could, making his money where he got the chance and traveling to bigger cities so that he could display his ‘magic tricks’ to a larger and better paying crowd. The big stage could never be for him, though, as all of his tricks had to be done up close. Street performances were working just fine for him, or the occasional awe in whatever bar he was spending an evening at. Of course, there are days or weeks that he has to do some things that he isn’t, and never will be proud of, but that’s what it takes to keep living in this world.
As he grew older, he was able to further tune his powers and realized his full capabilities. Allowing himself to be hired out by certain businesses, he had been offered jobs to secure information, steal certain objects, and occasionally kill. It took years for him to get used to the latter. Now it doesn’t bother him. A job’s a job and he’s sick of living on the streets.
sᴛᴀɪɴᴇᴅ ʜᴀɴᴅs (Open): Main verse. Taylor in his early thirties, living in an apartment and spending his time either performing on the streets or running jobs for the people that hire him.
ɪɴᴋ ғᴏʀ ʜɪʀᴇ (Open): Marvel verse. Basically the same thing for him but just tagged differently and with the knowledge of the heroes not being from comics or movies.
ᴛɪʀᴇᴅ ᴅᴇsɪɢɴᴇʀ (Open): His own little non-powered verse. Instead of being able to manipulate it, he's a tattoo artist. Works in a small place, lives in a smaller apartment, but still has fun with the slight of hand and doing performances on the streets in his free time.
ᴜɴᴅᴇʀᴅᴇᴠᴇʟᴏᴘᴇᴅ (Open): Taylor in about his late teens. Just a younger verse for him, basically. Before he had learned the full extent of his powers.
ᴄʟɪᴘᴘᴇᴅ ᴀɴᴅ ʙʟᴏᴏᴅʏ (Open): Dragon Age Verse. A former elven slave to a harsh master, Taylor's ears were clipped at a young age to seem more human. Later in his years he realized his powers and killed his master and their family, burning the manor to the ground as well. Doesn't live in a set place.
ᴛᴇᴄʜɴɪᴄᴀʟʟʏ ᴀ ᴡɪᴛᴄʜ (Open): Supernatural Verse. Basically his mainverse with Taylor being either on the streets or owning a small apartment from the money he makes. Just explaining his powers and how he became a witch after his parents abandoned him. Just to be able to fend for himself.
Most street performers in DC stuck to the basics. This guy wasn’t from here, though. Clearly, he was a grade above the trash that populated the nation’s capitol. TJ continues to eye the man, a pointed look, blue hues conveyed a sense of childish curiosity.
❝You’re sure about that? N e v e r is being a bit dramatic, don’t you think?❞
He shook the man’s hand as it was given to him. Slender fingers loosely grasped his hand in a casual shake.
❝Well, Taylor. My name is TJ, it’s nice to meet you. ❞
He actually meant it, surprisingly. It wasn’t often that he actually met anyone of interest. Blue hues briefly glance at mismatched eyes before his gaze falls to the card as it’s crushed between Taylor’s hands. TJ continued to watch with a steady sense of anticipation and interest. The other male had actually managed to get him interested in card tricks, which was a feat all on its own. His head cocked to the side whenever Taylor displayed his hand, the card’s design seemingly relocated onto his skin. After a moment of dazed surprise he gently shook his head.
❝You should really consider going to vegas, you’d get more recognition there than from a lot of stuffy politicians. ❞
Never was an extremely long time, but his tricks had their secrets and revealing them never worked out for him before. Especially towards a stranger that he had just met, no matter how attractive he was.
❝ Pleasure’s all mine, TJ. ❞
He gave one more smile before nodding, turning his hand towards him to see the palm before wiping it and shifting the ink to turn invisible. Once it was gone, he rested his arm on the bar’s top, shifting in his seat just a bit and looking to the other. His nights were always the best like this, a good conversation after a few tricks, strike anything up for him to go along with, and maybe the end would turn out better than he hoped. But he was young, he hoped and wished, and there were times that this was all he could get. Would that be too terrible at the moment?
❝ The whole stage thing doesn’t work for me. My tricks are all up close and all, so being a street performer is just as good for me than anything else. ❞
Plus, it gave him a greater chance of being revealed and taken away to have tests performed on him. That was not something he wanted in his agenda at any point in time.
Mhmmm, he hums loudly beneath his breath. He shoots the man a playful pointed look of amusement. TJ had to hand it to him he was the cutest street performer he’d ever seen. A fact that he’s not actually willingly going to disclose. The man was looking for a way to make money after all. That’s the only reason he’d done this, right? Right, he mentally confirms.
❝Clever, I’ll give you that much more interesting than a casual hello. ❞
TJ’s gaze falls to the card as he flips it over and revels what it is. He’s seen his fair share of card tricks. They’d never been particularly interesting. Mostly due in part because they were all so similar, or identical.
❝Me? Insult you? No, if I was going to do that I’d have done so already, well…usually. ❞
The smirk on his face remains present and quickly evolves into a wide grin whenever the ink on the card visibly changed. It was definitely not what he’d been expecting. Far from it actually.
❝How’d you do that? ❞
❝ Casual hellos are usually too boring, anyway, so I’m glad I got some points for mine. ❞
The bright grin refused to leave his lips as he kept his eyes on the man, the card spinning underneath his finger until the front changed to the different number and suit. Once that was done, he stopped it and raised a brow to the question, shrugging his shoulders.
❝My friend, a magician never reveals their secrets. But I will tell you this–❞
The hand that wasn’t holding down the card was offered to the other, almost as an end to the greeting even as the conversation would flourish.
❝My name’s Taylor, and I did that trick, the same way I did this one.❞
Picking up the card between his fingers, Taylor made sure his sleeves were still rolled to the his elbow, giving no room for the card to go anywhere. With a flick of the fingers, he crumpled it in his hand, working the card back to the ink he controlled and melding it back into his hand. When he opened the one hand again, the card was gone, only to reveal something close to a drawing of the Jack card he had first showed the man.
A look of disbelief crosses his features as the other male confirms that he’s actually serious. He wasn’t just asking to get a reaction or see what kind of response such a question would get.
Blue iris falls to the man’s hands as He shuffles a card onto the table, its pattern stares up at TJ.
❝Okay, I’ll p l a y along. ❞
There’s a wolfish smirk slowly etching its self across his face.
❝Is this always how you start conversations?❞
Taylor had a knack for going from regular man to street magician at the drop of a dime, utilizing his time when he was bored to make it more fun for not only himself, but for others. In settings like this, he’d use it to grab someone’s attention to see how they would react to what he did.
Could it be considered a pick up technique? Definitely. Did it work? Well, that would depend.
❝ It’s how I start most of them. I find it fun and it usually gets a good laugh. ❞
The smirk was responded with a bright grin, rolling up his sleeves to his elbows before flipping over the card to reveal a Jack of Spades.
❝ I do have to admit that I usually get a couple of names thrown at me before the trick is over, however. Should I expect that from you? ❞
He spun the Jack underneath his finger, the ink on the card shifting visibly to create a Four of Hearts.
He stared skeptically at the man for several moments. Unsure of how to actually respond, he hadn’t been asked about anything like his since grade school. His mouth creaks open after several moments of silence lapse.
❝You’re serious? I haven’t thought about it in years.❞
❝Yeah, I’m serious.❞
Taylor couldn’t help but give a laugh as he was asked, nodding his head before moving his hand palm down, a deck of cards appearing as soon as his palm faced upwards.
❝I want you to focus on the cards– well, actually–❞
He pressed a hand over the deck, compressing all fifty two cards to form just one. When his hand was removed, the one card appeared face down.
