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Rex Arany ([personal profile] heromedal) wrote in [community profile] daybreakacademy2019-08-06 02:43 pm

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In Person- Rocket Man

Rex is famously not fun or happy, but sometimes even he has to admit some stuff is simply cool. He'd enjoyed the opportunity to create a flying death fortress (which had to be downgraded to a more reasonable 'flying people carrier... of death!) and having permission to test some of that out means he can go nuts, right?

I mean, the permission was merely sort of implied, and he doesn't actually know if Yang has the authority to let him do that.

But it's close enough and if anyone has a problem with it he will quietly say... 'okay' and leave. That'll show 'em.

Rex is such a lame person that if he did things that he liked because he liked them, he'd probably have a collection of models. He'd never admit it, but building three tiny versions of his engine design, was quite satisfying, with the extra challenges involved. Setting one up outside, making sure the area is clear, clicking the big red button on his remote and...

It passes the first test. It doesn't explode. Its flight, straight up, starts slow but just keeps accelerating until it's entirely out of sight.

"Well. I'm not getting that back. I wonder if there are laws against littering in space."




Network- World's HOTTEST knife!??? Clickbait!???

[ It's a video, a couple minutes long, with Rex at a workbench in the Anvil. He's looking as glum as ever, with some nifty eye protection and a stack of papers beside him. ]

Someone paid me €200 to do this on camera. [ Rex gets that out of the way first, before pulling out a knife. Looks like a regular ol' kitchen knife aside from the handle having a little device added. He turns it side to side a few times, so people can see. Pulling the trigger on the machine has the blade start to glow, not with mystical energy or anything. Just heat. Someone with sharp eyes might notice it's wavering in place, barely visible.

That's when he moves the camera to show a watermelon. Rex swings the knife at it, and the fruit basically bursts into steam, the pressure splitting the skin and a mist blasting out from any opening. The halves spin around with the steam propelling them. The footage repeats in slow motion.

Rex has basically no reaction to this.
] I don't know why exactly anyone would want to see that, but money is money.




Hey Kids! What time is it!?- In Person

It's Indrik Time!

Rex's bizarre mismatched creature, the pony-sized, golden-scaled, cow-faced, deer-hooved, snake-tailed, firey lion-maned critter is absolutely the king of beasts and how dare you imply otherwise. What's that? You suggested nothing of the sort?

Well, too bad, he's gonna fight you anyway!

Despite being a great big chungus with his wobbly chubby belly, Indrik shares a trait with his master- being mysteriously soft of step, able to walk across the grass without bending a single blade. Which is probably how he snuck up on someone to headbutt them in the butt, with his head. Doesn't matter where or when. He did that. He'd do it again. Suffer, weakling. The only warning is a distant, "Indrik? Where are-Oh no" from Rex.

Alternatively, he may be picking a fight with another pet and/or familiar, because they didn't bow their head in his presence.




Indrik- Again!? On the Network!

He's still here!

[ To Rex's credit, no one else has ever raised an indrik (if that is even what Indrik is) before and there's not much written about them in general- some sources say there's just one, which is a distinct possibility. Training a unique animal isn't easy either- it's not like you can start over with a new one. Maybe he's untrainable, like a cat or Texan.

That's why he shares a picture of Indrik on the network- unable to look dignified for two seconds, the expression he sports is ludicrous.
]

Does any with animal training experience know what I can do with this useless lump?

[ Rex is very tsundere about his fat baby. ]




There are 3 songs called Learning To Fly, pretend I'm referencing your favourite- For Bai Lin

Like a man who agreed to attend a party but spent every moment afterwards dreading it, Rex has slightly mixed feelings about learning from Lin. He's both extremely excited and anxious- because now he's had some time away from that beautiful feeling of fulfilment he'd stolen from her memories, he's quite sure he's going to do it miserably wrong and reveal some weakness in the process. Maybe die. It's all possible.

Still, he made the hat so now he's in.

Rex meets Lin, looking like he's about to die like always and carrying a box, greeting her in Chinese.

"Hello. I hope you don't mind my accent, I thought I could take the chance to practice," he says, with his already weird accent (a nebulous balance between Hungarian and Bulgarian which everyone thinks is Russian) sounding just as odd in Mandarin as it does in English. But Rex's grasp of the language itself is good. "Uhm. I made you a hat."

He holds up the box between them. He didn't put a rocket launcher in there, but it is bizarrely over the top in many ways despite just looking like a fancy conical hat. It's one solid piece, rather than woven, but lightweight.




Vampeyere of the Tiger

Preparing Adelaide for a position in his official hero party was not something Rex was going to take lightly. The more he thought about it, the more she was theoretically ideal for the position- she has the potential to be extremely powerful in a variety of ways, was in love with devoted to him and most importantly was one of the few people he actually believed wouldn't harm him intentionally. Despite her trying to kill him on occasion.

He used one of the few talents of his that he recognised to connect various sources and find one of the many ruins of the Outlands, ones no one would have any real interest in and got to work. Populating the ruins with the latest Phantoms- The Minim.


The dusty, dry desert location doesn't seem to have a sun- the sky just gives off a dusky light. He'd asked her to bring her combat suit, weapon and 'whatever she thought she'd need.' He wanted to see what exactly that would be.

As for him, he isn't entirely in the Black Dog outfit, though the cloak and hood are entirely suitable for the wasteland. Ripping a hole into the Outlands is a lot easier than he thought and they emerge on a high hill overlooking what used to be a village and is now little more than a footnote of history. With her sharp senses, she can probably see a few of the little round fellows slowly traipsing about in the sand, patrolling the dusty streets.

"This is it. Your first training ground."



Wildcard

[ Don't like these? Want something else? Hit me up on Discord ( DoctorChimera#5514 ), PM or just do what you feel like, man. Rex is always open to building people things or problem-solving in general.

No specific dates, time is an illusion.
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[personal profile] transfusionem 2019-08-07 03:13 pm (UTC)(link)
I see...

[She shakes her head, giving Indrik one last pat on his snout.]

Seems like somebody's misbehaving, huh? Not that I can really blame you.

[It's fun to rile up Rex! Seeing any sort of reaction from him is worth it.]
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[personal profile] transfusionem 2019-08-07 09:08 pm (UTC)(link)
[A wise person would probably back down. However, Adelaide did not get this fair making wide decisions. She raises her eyebrows at Indrik, patiently waiting for him to decide to attack or for him to calm down.

She's not afraid of you, chubby!!]
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[personal profile] transfusionem 2019-08-07 09:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Awww.

[Yes, she just awww'd at the creature currently headbutting her. She can't help it! He's adorable.]

I'm sorry I made you mad. I didn't mean it!
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[personal profile] transfusionem 2019-08-08 03:00 pm (UTC)(link)
[Will she? Adelaide is pretty sturdy, and Indrik isn't hitting that hard.

She looks up once Rex enters the scene, raising an eyebrow at him before looking back down at Indrik.]


You're lucky you're cute, you know.

[He's a strange mishmash of animals, but he's adorable.]
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[personal profile] transfusionem 2019-08-08 04:04 pm (UTC)(link)
That's a secret.

[She looks down at Indrik, letting out a laugh.]

Have you considered getting a leash for him?
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[personal profile] transfusionem 2019-08-08 05:28 pm (UTC)(link)
[Hi, Indrik.

She reaches down to idly stroke his head, though she keeps her eyes on Rex.]


So, basically, you've got no way to stop him from being an escape artist. Does the school make you pay for what he breaks?

[She remembers him busting into her room. She knows he's destructive.]
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[personal profile] transfusionem 2019-08-08 09:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Then for your sake, I hope they never find out.

[Indrik, please. She’s just going to keep petting him, though, even as he tries to hide.]

Maybe that was your mistake.
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[personal profile] transfusionem 2019-08-09 04:03 pm (UTC)(link)
You tried to control something that doesn’t want to be controlled, so he got mad at you and ran away.

[Indrik, please. She’s completely trapped now.]

Or he just thinks walks are boring. I dunno.
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[personal profile] transfusionem 2019-08-09 07:11 pm (UTC)(link)
[Adelaide laughs at the blep, before shrugging.]

Maybe! Maybe he just gets bored and wants to get into mischief.

[Not that she can blame him. Annoying Rex is pretty fun.]
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[personal profile] transfusionem 2019-08-09 09:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Some controlled chaos wouldn’t be such a bad thing, would it?

[She feels like Indrik would appreciate that.]

It might do you both some good to let loose.
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[personal profile] transfusionem 2019-08-10 05:05 pm (UTC)(link)
It'd be a controlled fire!

[Come on, Rex. Live a little.]

Maybe you could even roast marshmallows!
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[personal profile] transfusionem 2019-08-10 06:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Does he? I should make some.

[She’s never made marshmallows before, but she’s always wanted to. And what’s a better excuse than spoiling Indrik?]

There has to be some way to help him let off steam, though...

[She looks at Indrik, as if he’s a puzzle to be solved. She doesn’t know much about animals in general - she’s never had a pet - but she knows sometimes the only solution is action.]
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[personal profile] transfusionem 2019-08-10 07:59 pm (UTC)(link)
I wasn’t, but now that you mention it...

[Well, guess they’re walking and talking, now.]

He could probably get pretty buckwild in the woods. That...would probably end up with a forest fire, though.

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