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The Hunter
Name: Horace Nokoni
Nicknames: nini, lots of unpleasant things he'd rather not hear again, most notably "whore a**" so original
Gender: male
Age: 17
Category: Death
Horace likes being prepared, and so should you.

Not surprisingly, Horace sees Deus as a way to reinvent himself. This time he won't take s**t from anyone, right? He'll stand up for himself and when someone picks a fight he'll finish it. Or, he hopes so. In reality, he's still highly susceptible to flattery and praise. He's gotten so little that even when it's false, Horace delights in it. He's just a boy who wants to be useful and appreciated, after all. And Horace is capable of unswerving loyalty to those he considers friends. Conversely, anyone who's immediately antagonistic causes his guard to raise and Horace to lash out in return. He's had more than enough of bullies in his life.

He's determined not to fail this time. Because he does view his life in Oklahoma as a failure - he's always thought of himself as the kid with no real ambitions, the kind who would end up working at the gas station for the rest of his life. The kind of aimless kid he was before, the Horace content with merely existing, won't cut it in Deus and he knows that.

Unfortunately, with his determination comes a few flaws. Horace is prone to saying things without enough thought, to deliberately antagonizing people he considers his enemies.

Likes: tv shows, wifi, coconut, rainy days, puzzles, video games, romance novels, coffee
Dislikes: bullies, cherry flavoring, forests, FPS, curtainless windows


Why did your human character choose to become a Hunter?
Rural Oklahoma is, for all intents and purposes, a s**t hole. Who wouldn't want to get out?

Horace had always seen weird shadows out in the woods behind his house, things moving that shouldn't, trees twisting. After confused stares and admonishments to stop telling stories, he simply learned to ignore them. It came as quite a shock when Deus came by and told him he wasn't just 'seeing things' after all.

Between school and home, honestly, Horace didn't see a reason to stick around. And Deus promised him a way to get stronger, better, greater than the wimp he was.

History:
Horace couldn't remember a time when he hadn't lived with his grandmother. A no-nonsense woman, his grandmother worked full time to support him and their little house in rural Oklahoma. His mother, she told him, was deceased, and his father (a no-good runaround cheater she said) also deceased. And that was, unfortunately, the only information he ever got about them. It seemed to pain his grandma to talk about them, so Horace stopped asking. Grandma Dora was everything he needed in a parent anyway.

At night, Horace would stare out his window, into the thick trees where he thought he could see strange shadows. Dark things moved where there shouldn't be movement, trees twisted into odd shapes. Time and again, Grandma Dora told him there was nothing there and to stop asking so many goddamn questions. So, he did what most boys did: he shrugged it off, got on with his life, went to school. And at night, he tried to ignore the shadows in the woods.

School for Horace was a normal affair; he was smart, probably a little too nerdy, but not too smart, and he didn't pick fights. He kept his head down, had a few friends. It was a normal enough school life. Until his junior year, when a rumor blazed through the school that he and three other boys were gay. It wasn't true for some of them, but that didn't matter. In this rural, god-fearing town, the boys were mocked mercilessly by their peers. Teachers tried to intervene and the students took their bullying to after school, to subtle insults, to 'oops it was an accident that I ruined your textbook' while in school. Out of school, it was worse and Horace has a couple of cigarette burns on his collarbone to show for it. Horace learned the quick way home, cutting through the woods, but the escalating verbal and emotional abuse caused the boy to shrink further into himself.

And then, Grandma Dora found out. The disappointment creasing her face was almost worse than the bullying. While she disapproved, she wasn't the sort to abandon her own flesh and blood. Instead, Horace got subjected to a sort of guerrilla religious warfare. Laptop homepage changed to a website about how being gay was evil? Check. Small pamphlets about avoiding sin appearing in the bathroom? Check. Horace wondered how much worse she'd get if she had realized all those visits to friends' houses over the summer were spent making out in the field with Darren. On Saturdays, he would think about yelling out that he liked girls too, just to see the shock that would twist her old, wrinkled face. On Sundays, when she went to church alone, he would watch the forest and think about running away.

So, when Deus came, he left. Horace thought briefly of his grandmother's thin fingers, of the way she might cry, and then, he left. Skedaddled himself right out of Oklahoma and hopefully somewhere where he could have a new start. What did he have left to stay for, anyway?

{ALEXI JAMIL} -life-
What an a*****e, but harmless.
...

{AMERICA JONES} -moon-
Seems unnecessarily cruel at times.
a leader, although she seems led by emotions.

{ARORANGI TE ARIKI} -mist-
Really happy dude.
shallow, perhaps.

{CHANCE BONES} -sun-
Ow.
there is an odd stillness in him, even when he moves.

{CORBIN 'AL' MCAY} -death-
Well, he's definitely prickly, but better since he got a boyfriend.
a drunken decision that had very few repercussions, surprisingly.

{DAWSON GRACE} -moon-
Gets stuff done and is an all-around good guy.
useful, if simplistic.

{DONG SHU LEI} -death-
Cute as a doll, but hits hard.
vaguely interesting.

{DYLON WEST} -moon-
Another bro like Dawson.
harmless, but also not useful beyond social niceties.

{EZEKIEL YOUNG} -mist-
A little full of himself, and not very nice.
quite self-serving.

{EVER AMBRODIEL} -life-
Bit odd.
too unfocused to be useful.

{FINN CONNOR} -moon-
Innuendo everywhere.
...

{HARLEY KIDDO} -life-
TWIN SISTER.
I wonder when her spark will dim.

{HARRISON HUGHES} -moon-
Rep's husband, very helpful. Officer mom.
horace's respect for this man is odd - especially considering his choice in partner.

{JORDAN MILLER} -sun-
Loves Rep & Harrison. I really respect him.
treats Me with respect. interesting.

{LAWRENCE 'JAN' WEIMAN} -death-
I love him, I think. I don't understand.
he is very like a clouded glass. unsettling.

{LYDIA STILES} -death-
Too weird, even for me.
harmed horace's fragile ego.

{MATTHIAS DUFFY} -moon-
Butterflies. No real opinion.
forgettable.

{MIMSY MORRIS} -life-
I respect her and her viewpoints.
fascinating - I should like to speak with her.

{MELVIN WOOD} -life-
I want to help him. He's comfortable to be around.
clings to the past.

{NELLIE FENETTE} -mist-
Odd, but nice enough.
...

{NOAH ANDERSEN} -life-
Likes romance novels.
...

{OLIVER KEELY} -life-
Sweet guy; he should try to be more confident.
pushover.

{PEYTON CREEDY} -sun-
Likes control, fiery girl. Very fun to spar
easily provoked, I believe.

{WILLIAM 'REP' REID} -death-
Harrison's husband. ******** a*****e, hair trigger. Very touchy.
I wonder when he will outlive his usefulness to the island. he seems unstable.

{ZAC WIREMU} -sun-
I don't know much about him - tattoos? Unnecessary risks?.
no opinion.

Total Points ♙ 126/150

Promotion Mission ♙
[x]

Fanart ♙ 5/5 points
(one point a piece)
[x] - Gallery Link

Complete RP ♙
(at least 800 words - one point a piece)
[x] - Until I Fall Asleep - Oliver - 1 point
[x] - In Circles - Jordan - 1 point
[x] - Movin' on Up - Melvin - 1 point
[x] - Abandonment Issues - Oliver - 1 point
[x] - Happenstance - Lawr - 1 point
[x] - Wake Up, Kyle! - Kyle - 1 point
[x] - If You Close Your Eyes - Lawr - 1 point
[x] - Push and Pull - Shu - n/a
[x] - 1/2 Vistors Allowed - Tommy/Oliver - 1 point
[x] - Sleepless and Restless - Nellie - 1 point
[x] - Show Me Your O Face - Gale - 1 point
[x] - Breathing in Your Dust - Lawr - 1 point
[x] - Hollow Vessels - Lawr/America - 1 point
[x] - Heel, Boy - Melvin - 1 point
[x] - Kenosis - Lawr/Dr. H - 1 point
[x] - Something in my Throat - Melvin - 1 point
[x] - Into This Wilde Abyss - Lawr/America - 1 point
[x] - Returning - Melvin - 1 point
[x] - Return to Sender - Lawr - 1 point
[x] - Forty Winks - Austin - 1 point
[x] - Cinema Therapy - Hattie - 1 point
[x] - A Day in the Life - 2 points
[x] - A Spicy Meatball - Micah - 1 point
[x] - Wounds Picked Open - Lawr - 1 point
[x] - Situational Differences - Jordan - 1 point
[x] - Night of the Tenta-what?! - Micah - 1 point
[x] - Hotline Bling - Maebe - 1 point
[x] - Like a Bat Outta Hell - Tommy/Dawson - INCOMP
[x] - A New Year - Lawr - 1 point
[x] - Five More Minutes - Oliver - 1 point
[x] - Hitched - n/a
[x] - Snownanigans - 1 point
[x] - Humble Pie - Micah - 1 point
[x] - Broken Pieces - Melvin - 1 point
[x] - Semantics - Lawr - 1 point
[x] - Kindling - Jordan - INCOMP
[x] - Somewhere Darker - Lawr - 1 point
[x] - Snowball Effect - Hattie - 1 point
[x] - A Small Escape - Lawr - 1 point
[x] - Bring Your Alibis - Micah - 1 point
[x] - Say Cheese - Micah - INCOMP
[x] - Strange - Lawr - 1 point
[x] - Exes and Os - Caroline - INCOMP
[x] - I Change Shapes - Lawr - INCOMP


Complete classroom/mission rp RP ♙
(at least 800 words - one point a piece)
[x] - Tlos - INCOMP
[x] - Wake Up Strange - Oliver - 1 point
[x] - Wonderful - Rodney/Lawr - 1 point
[x] - Stay With Us - 1 point
[x] - You Forget Yourself - Micah - 1 point
[x] - High Rollers - Cassie/Dawson - INCOMP
[x] - Round the Old Oak Tree - Mikael, Jordan - 2 points

Open Role Play ♙
(two points a piece)
[x] - HunterMovieNight2015 - n/a
[x] - Beach Bums - 2 points

Complete solo ♙
(at least 800 words - one point a piece)
[x] - Wax-Wing Catharsis - 1 point
[x] - Two Days Too Long - 1 point
[x] - Garland - 1 point

Complete battle, filled out actions and rolls ♙
(two points a piece)
[x] - Wicked Game - Lawr - 2 points
[x] - Oh, Oh, It's Magic - Lucky - INCOMP
[x] - Uneaten Cake - Hattie - 2 points
[x] - Not Sole Mates - America - 2 points
[x] - You Can't Wake Up - Kostya - 2 points
[x] - Redo - Lex - 2 points
[x] - Beer for Your Thoughts - Austin - 2 points
[x] - On a Scale from One to Ten - Micah - 2 points
[x] - The Final Countdown - Peyton - 2 points
[x] - Not Quite Gotham - INCOMP
[x] - Working the Kinks Out - Dawson - INCOMP
[x] - Out of Feathers, Out of Bones - Lurks - INCOMP
[x] - Snap Out of It - Lawr - INCOMP
[x] - Creaking Boards - Arrakis - INCOMP
[x] - ABSolutely - Micah - INCOMP

Training ♙
(one-two points a piece)
[x] - Dodge Duck Dip Dive Dodge - Dawson - 1 point
[x] - Buckling Down - Gretchen - INCOMP

GM'd RP ♙
(?? points a piece)
[x] - Meta: Knight Chapter Journal - 11 points
[x] - Undying - 3 points
[x] - Wheel of Time - 2 points
[x] - Miasma Puzzle Win - 10 points
[x] - Day Zero World Boss - 3 points
[x] [x] [x] [x] - Day Zero - 24 points
drabble posts for a day in the life -
[x] - Peyton
[x] - Melvin