Arrancar - Apep Hisser - [B-1]

[rehua]

Arrancar Application

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In Character

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General Information
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Name: Apep Hisser
Actual Age: 287
Appearing Age: 28
Gender: Male
Race: Adjucha
Rank: Exequita

Appearance

A tall and willowy built male, Apep has elbow length acid green hair in a plaited braid, albino skin, ultramarine eyes and his mask fragment is a snake skull with fangs for a helmet. At 5'11.5", 132 lbs of toned but slim muscle, Apep wears a golden snake coil bracelet on his right wrist, as well as a spiraled snake tattoo on his chest. A soft smile is constantly seen on Apep's mouth, giving him a slightly demur appearance.

Wearing a zip-up, long sleeve shirt that passes just below his pectoral area, a cobra-like hooded collar; the typical white hakama is replaced with a pair of white capri pants and black leggings with white zip-up ankle boots. Apep's hollow hole is located right where his navel should be. This gives him the appearance of always being hungry, which in fact he is, but never gains an extra pound. His urumi is placed on his right hip, coiled tightly.

Personality

Speaking with a hiss-like quality that creates a honeyed-oil effect, Apep is proudly out of the closet and tends to sunbathe in Las Noches, with no tanlines visible anywhere. Has a forked tongue, as well as a pair of eyebrow piercings that have tiny amber beads dangling. Apep drinks beer with no abandon, openly displaying lecherous behaviour, but sobers up when scolded by Sobek.

Double jointed in nearly 90% of his body, Apep is extremely acrobatic and enjoys gyrational dances. Apep has an extreme fascination with rhythmic music and tends to spit a lot, both in conversation and out. Both physically and verbally slippery, Apep uses both of these to his advantage.

Apep enjoys flirting with any male with a pulse, except for his superior Sobek, whom he respects far too much to risk even trying. He refers to Sobek as Lord Sobek affectionately. Apep doesn't believe a battle is worthwhile if it is fought for display of strength or for sheer boredom.

History

When he was alive, Apep, then known as Severan, was a star acrobat in a three-ring circus, enjoying the life of travel; one day, he became terminally ill and died weeks after. For weeks,Apep watched over the circus, until Hollows came and killed everyone; upon seeing this, Apep was filled with the strongest sense of anguish and fury that had ever filled his soul. Ripping the chain free from his chest, Apep soon became a masked, Naga-like creature and consumed the Hollows who had dared harm his family.

Months became years, years became decades, decades became a century until Apep finally became an Adjucha, and realized he no longer felt the need to kill and feed or be killed. Roaming around Hueco Mundo, Apep watched the warring Hollows and felt that self-preservation came before greatness in regards to sanity. Wandering the vast desert, Apep comes across a large group of Hollows fighting.

Several hollows battled for dominance near Las Notches, to become stronger by devouring the weak among them, when suddenly they were paralysed by an intense spiritual pressure. The few that could still barely move, tried to find the source, but there seemed to be none. That was when he struck, Fast as a serpent's strike came a strong, dark-haired man, with golden eyes like the sun. With cold-blooded intensity he vanquished them, one by one. A few attempted to run away, and the man calmly watched them for what seemed hundreds of yards. He then held his arms out to his sides, and threw his head back for a moment. The air around him darkened, and in a lunging step forward his golden eyes glowed dark blue, and fired a powerful cero that battered the fleeing hollows into oblivion.

Apep had never felt such an aura, and even hiding where he was, where surely none would notice him, he felt the man's gaze upon him. There was no hiding from this man.

The man's hand rested on his zanpakuto, a strange looking curved blade. "You, what are you doing hiding under that rock? Waiting to see the best of your foes, and then strike?"

"I-I don't believe a battle should be fought unless there is a truly valid reason to fight. Fighting merely to feed, or prove strength, is a waste of energy and talent." Apep replied.

The man thought for a moment, he was given orders by a superior he wasn't very fond of. Destroy all hollows causing a disturbance near Las Notches. This particular hollow wasn't part of the ones 'causing a disturbance' and so the man didn't feel the need to kill him. He merely nodded, and turned to walk away. As he did, light flashed off a yellow beaded stone in the man's hair.

"Wait! At least tell me why you killed these Hollows, and why you didn't kill me." Apep said with slight confusion.

The man stopped and considered his reply, one reason being simply because it might annoy his superior, but then he answered. "Most hollow are little more then beasts in nature, they openly compete for territory and power, foolishly stomping around like animals. They do this, only to be struck down by those with the intelligence, and instict to survive by whatever means neccecary. They waste their lives in trying to show their might, and you were clever enough to stay out of the fray." The man hoped he was right in assuming it was cleverness, and not outright cowardice that kept this Adjucas from the battle.

Apep decided to follow the man, at a respectable distance, and far ahead lie the domes of Las Notches. After a few minutes of silence Apep spoke again.

"My name is Severan. Would you like a servant?"

"My name is Sobek Kurokawa, I am Exequias, I work alone. As far as needing a servant, trust only serves as a crutch, which is why I trust no one." Sobek said without looking back. "If you choose to follow me, thats your business, but don't expect special treatment."

"I do wish to follow you, if you would allow it."

Sobek stopped then, and turned to regard the naga-like adjucas. "Very well then. In ages past, in another land, Apep was the name given to the god of serpents, and so I think it will serve you well."

Even if Sobek disagrees with the idea of having a companion, Apep loyally follows him, fully aware that Sobek's trust is near impossible to recieve, but perhaps one day. After a few decades, Sobek helped Apep remove a portion of his mask, turning him into an Arrancar, and later on Apep joined the Exequitas.

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Skills
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Skills

• Swordsmanship- Intermediate
  
• Cero-Beginner
  
• Sonido - Advanced
  
• Hand to Hand - Advanced

Attributes

• Speed - Advanced
  
• Power - Beginner
  
• Stamina - Intermediate
  
• Intelligence - Intermediate
  

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Powers
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Natural Powers

• Cero
  
• Garganta
  
• Bala
  
• Hierro

Arrancar Abilities

Acidic Spit

• Description of Attack - Apep generates enough reiatsu to create acid inside his spit that can melt through most physical objects. Organic creatures suffer serious burns from the acid, and takes two seconds to form. The acid is a bright lavender color, and the spherical portion of the spit is the size of a marble.
  
• Type - Offense, reiatsu
  
• Range - 12 feet
  
• Limitation - Enemies one or two tiers below him are affected with severe burns; enemies on par are burned mildly. Enemies one or two tiers are barely affected by the acid. Apep cannot use this ability more than twice, due to the fact that it drains considerable amounts of energy.

Cero Lavanda

• Description of Attack - A slightly lavender colored cero is fired from Apep's hand. Cero Lavanda takes 3 seconds to form, and dissipates after two seconds.
  
• Type - Offense, Cero, Reiatsu
  
• Range - 30 feet by 15 feet
  
• Limitation - Apep can only uses his Cero when he is at the last resort in a battle; enemies one or two tiers below are severely injured by the cero. Enemies on the same tier level are moderately injured, but enemies one or two tiers above are hardly scratched by the blast.
  

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Zanpakuto
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Name: Vibora
Translation - Viper
Call Out Phrase: Strike with venom...Vibora!
Translation - Strike with venom...Viper!

Appearance

A full length urumi with a serpent-like handle, and seven lengths of metal as the blades. The handle is an ivory color with black scale markings along the handle. Each blade is approximately close to six feet in length and three-quarters of an inch in width, with razor sharp tips.

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Resurreccion
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Appearance

When Apep activates Vibora, he becomes a naga-like creature with the snake-skull helmet covering the upper part of his face, elongated canines, and his fingers now have talons for fingernails. His Arrancar uniform is replaced with a yukata that has a black obi sash around the waist, and the corners of his mouth have acid green lines reaching to his chin. Apep is now twice as fast and more flexible than he was before, making him able to turn a full 360 degrees on a dime.

His scales are an iridescent white color that has black linings around each scale, and his talons are acid green, denoting poisonous tips. Apep is narrowed around his waist slightly, giving him a partial hourglass figure and Apep's hollow hole is now missing. At the tip of Apep's til is black scales reaching about four inches along the five foot-length tail.

Abilities

Viper's Curse

• Description of Attack -Apep lashes out with his tail, cutting through most barriers and phyiscal objects. This ability has no charge time, being purely physical.
  
• Type - Offense
  
• Range - 5 to 5.5 feet
  
• Limitation - Apep cannot extend beyond this reach and is unable to do a double strike, needing to bring his tail back to himself. Enemies one or two tiers below are stunned slightly by the phyiscal strength of the attack; enemies on the same tier level are mildly injured, and enemies one or two tiers above are midly damaged by the attack.
  
  

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  OOC Information

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  Sample Post
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  Apep walked through the halls of Las Noches, his boots making clacking noises on the marbled floors and echoing through the empty walls; passing various Numeros and Fraccions, Apep gave saucy winks to the males he passed but bowed respectfully to the women. Approaching the outer catwalk, he rested his head against the wall and stared out at the desert, watching the sand play across the dunes, small dust-devils forming then disappearing. Sighing, Apep thought back on the days when he was a lowly Adjuchas, and was glad he no longer had to fight for surving another day.
  
  Pushing off of the wall, Apep walked into the sparring room to see a group of Numeros sitting around and chatting; Ekria, Giddeon and Quilonn, three of his only friends saw him and motioned him over. Ekria was a female with bright orange hair reaching her throught in waves, caramel colored skin and penetrating yellow eyes; Giddeon was a male with unkempt white hair reaching his shoulders, white irises with a black scelera and black skin. Quilonn was neither male or female to Apep's eyes, with green hair and eyes, pale skin and his forehead covered with the remains of his Hollow mask. "Apep, we'e getting ready to play Never Have I Ever, and we need a fourth. Wanna play?"
  
  Nodding, Apep plopped down between Ekria and Quilonn, while Gideonn pulled out a bottle of sake and four cups. "Okay, I'll go first; Never Have I Ever...made out with a woman." Ekria said proudly, while Gideonn and Quilonn took a shot. Apep smiled, then returned with "Never Have I Ever...been sober for more than an hour." All three took a shot, and Gideonn said "Never Have I Ever seen a male naked." Apep and Ekria both took shots. After two hours and three bottles of sake later, Apep, Quilonn, Ekria and Gideonn were drunk as hell.
  
  "Never Have I Ever...damn, I can't think of anything!" Apep said, giggling drunkenly nad slouching over Gideonn's lap, tracing figure eights on the male's chest. "I never realished that you were sho good lookin', Gid." Apep slurred, then giggled at the blush on the male's face. Ekria and Quilonn laughed, then passed out on the floor. Apep stood up and stumbled, saying "I should gets back to my roomsh before Lord Shobek worries...byeshies!"
  
  Stumbling down the hall, Apep entered his room and collapsed on his bed. Laughing at his own drunkeness, the Exequita fell asleep quickly. The next morning, Apep glared at the sunlight streaming in through his window and groaned, turning back over. After a few minutes, Apep sat up and muttered "Why the hell do I bother drinking? Oh yeah...'cause it's fun." Getting out of bed and heading to the dining area, Apep asked for some toast and bitter tea to help with his killer headache.

  
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  Reviewed by: Rebel Raven
  Tier Level: Middle Level Weak
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[Sam]

sorry Rehua, but you need to take down one of your apps. we only allow players to post one app at a time, so pick which one you want right now and remove the other one for later. Thanks

[rehua]

okay, goty rid of Hoshiko and keeping Apep.

[Rebel Raven]

Hello, I'll be reviewing this app.

Firstly, I dunno if you have permission to have Sobek's character in your character's history.

I'd appreciate a beginner somewhere in your skills/abilities. Give your character something of a flaw, ya know?

Resureccion, and Sonido are abilities assumed to be had by all arrancar unless they say otherwise, so listing them here is kinda useless.

Acidic spit: What does it look like? Does it melt through things liek Zanpakuto, clothing, and stuff just as easy?

Cero Lavanda
a 5 second long blast is a bit excessive in the hyper speed fighting of Bleach.

Viper's Curse
Unacceptable. This poison has no concrete affects and it really needs them with so many poisonous affects out there, and honestly, poisons are one of the hardest abilities to balance.

Serqet's Plague
Way too godmod. How the hell would someone defend against this aside from miraculously not being in range of this ability?

Again, poisons are one of the hardest abilities to balance.

The limitations on these abilites are just utter crap. The tier work is fine, but what stops him from spamming these abilities? He could use them every post of every battle, and more than once per post and the limitations don't really stop him from doing that. There's no reason to not use these abilities. No sort of backlash for using them.

I'd honestly suggest ditching both of these judging from the fact that the limitations on these abilities don't exactly fill me with confidence that balance will be achieved before the third page of reviews.

Sample post is okay. I'd appreciate something more social, though as this is nearly a fight scene.

[rehua]

okay, hopefully i got this right. Me and Sobek's creator, David, talked about how Sobek and Apep met, and we agreed on a somewhat rescue-ish scenario, only no saving from being eaten thing.

I updated Viper's curse and Serqet's Plague, and fixed Cero Lavanda, and everything else you mentioned. I wasn't sure whether or not to fix the sample, cuz i really couldn't think of a scenario that would work socially in Las Noches. Kinda limited on options there...

[Rebel Raven]

Alright, I'll take your word on it as far as talking to David allowing you to have your character in his history. If I hear otherwise, you're in deep shit, though.

You kinda screwed up the HTML coding when you edited.

Acidic spit is cut off mysteriously at the end of the description. It could use better limitations, too.

Vipers Curse: You still don't describe what the fuck this poison is supposed to do. I don't like being ignored goddamnit, and I will fucking deny this application if you do continue overlooking my problems with your powers.
It's bad enough poisons are the hardest ability to balance, but you're ignoring me on top of that, and keeping it's affects unlisted??

Serquet's Plague: Who in their right mind would want to be immediately afflicted with all that shit in one dose? For fuck's sake, you're not supposed to debilitate someone like that in one goddamned move! Who would fight a character with these abilities?! No one that gave a damn, that's who. It's for that reason this poison is utterly denied. Keripes, and fuck!

Ever consider if this poison were to get into the neck? Or chest? Would the chest poisoning go through to the heart?

What about the spine? That'd royally fuck up everything on a person wouldn't it?

Like I said, you're having a really hard time balancing poisons, making the same mistake as most everyone else in that one dose utterly fucks over someone. We simply don't allow that sort of shit to go down.

We like fights to, you know, last a while, and to not pander to someone's desire to slap around other people with their e-peen with absurdly powerful abilities.
Think about yourself as the opponent about to face this character with some blander abilities not tailor made to defeat this character. Would you want someone crippleing your character in one strike? Probably not.

I'd skip out on the whole poisoning bit entirely., as I said before.

RP sample: Is there any scenario you can think of that doesn't end in hostilities? Something like that, a second RP sample, maybe, will be nice.

I'll end in saying this. There's no point in rushing this character. Every error you carelessly leave behind will just slow down the approval process, and pisses me off more and more. Take your goddamned time, and think about what you're offering up.

[rehua]

okay, hopefully i got it right.

[Rebel Raven]

... I asked you for some better limitations on acid spit, and you didn't change anything?

You're pissing me off.

The code between viper's curse and serquet's plague needs fixing.

... What did you change as far as Serquet's plague's poison goes? Not enough i can tell you that much. It's stil the same poison to unknown degrees of potency, and frankly godmod effects.

[rehua]

okay, HOPEFULLY, I got it right this time. I reworded Serqet's Plague so that instead of poison, it's a paralytic agent as well as a hallucinogen that affects the motor and optical systems.

Viper's Curse I adjusted the limits, as well as on Acidic Spit. Oh, and Mikail...Mikael...however you spell it, gave me a suggestion for the history part, so yeah, i adjusted that.

[Rebel Raven]

the poison is still unacceptable. You cannot debilitate a person with one attack. There is no instant win button power.