Fantasy A Flower Cannot Bloom Without Desire - CS

[SleepyConley]

Character Sheet

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Criminal Investigation Department and Taskforce Application
(Disclosure: If you're applying, your ass must think you got what it takes to protect the city, huh? Well, good, because things are about to get serious. This isn't like your little university where you fought against your classmates. No. You're fighting against world-class criminals who won't hesitate for one second to have their way with you and kill you. You'll probably die, I mean why else do we take applications among the top students each and every year when we only have 6 groups within our department? Glad you know what you're getting yourself into.)

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[Picture You Want On Your License]: (Optional, but describe what they look like instead.)

[Name]:

[Age]:

[Gender]:

[Height]:

[Weight]:

[Bloom(s)]: (Describe where your bloom is located, what it is and what it does, if anything.)

[Bloom Rank]: (C-SSS)

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[Personality]: (Optional)

[Background]: (Optional)

[Additional Information]: (Optional)

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[SleepyConley]

[Name]: Dee Ashun

[Age]: 22

[Gender]: Male

[Height]: 5'9

[Weight]: 155lbs

[Bloom]: Located on his left wrist, his bloom is a simple wristwatch. Allowing him to slow or speed up himself or things within 5 feet of him. Has a seed that hasn't yet bloomed located under his tongue (he is the only person that knows about it.)

[Bloom Rank]: Rank S

[Personality]: Dee is kind of an airhead, soon his fellow colleagues will find this out. He doesn't really think things through and acts in the heat of the moment. Despite being an airhead, he is actually kind of smart. Dee is kind of quiet and keeps to himself. He isn't shy, just likes keeping to himself. In his head Dee is a womanizer, but in reality, well... He likes flirting and joking around. Doesn't have a temper, but will fight for his friends and loved ones.

[Background]: Dee doesn't have a mother or father and spent most of his life growing up living with his uncle. Dee's uncle doesn't have a bloom, when he was younger his was cut out and stolen by some thugs. Dee's uncle spent the remainder of his life learning how to defend himself without a bloom, learning various styles of martial arts. Dee was then taught martial arts, his uncle insisted he never knew when his bloom would fail him. Never being faster than his uncle, Dee desired more than anything to be faster. He would train day in and day out trying to perfect his stance and movements, trying to be better than his uncle. When Dee turned 17 his seed finally bloomed, it was a simple wristwatch that allowed him to speed up or slow down his own movements. Allowing him to move faster than his uncle, surpassing him. Dee would go on to study at a university, there his bloom would evolve and allow him to also slow down/speed up the things around him, people included. The university deemed his bloom to be S ranked and told him about the Criminal Investigation Department within The Garden and that if he wanted to apply the university would recommend him.

[Additional Information]: Dee's bloom allows him to both speed and slow things down simultaneously within 5 feet of him. However, when he uses both the effects are greatly reduced, barely speeding or slowing himself or the things around him. His bloom is most effective when he only uses one at a time, he usually chooses to speed himself up. Only opting to slow his enemies down when they're stronger than him. His weakness is those with ranged abilities. Dee can make a field around him, within 5 feet, that can slow down projectiles, however depending on how fast something is moving, this won't help. Dee also knows martial arts and is an incredible fighter. His specialty is close quarters combat, if he gets into a fight with someone who has a strong bloom with a ranged ability he will probably just run... like the airhead he is.

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[Neo Alice]

Spoiler: ”Lilith”

[Name]: Lilith Eldritch

[Age]: 18

[Gender]: Female

[Height]: 1.64 cm

[Weight]: 40 kg

[Bloom]: Underworld’s Key, Hell’s Commander: A powerful bloom inherited in the Eldritch family, I takes the form of a wand shaped like a weapon (In this case some type of axe) and allows the user to summon dark energy from an unexplored realm of demons to either shoot it or mold it to create complex constructs. They can also form pacts with some of the demons and summon them to fight by their side. Her demons are each the ruler of a circle of hell (Each with their own element and sinful influence), being capable to summon a maximum of 2 at the same time.

[Bloom Rank]: SS.

[Personality]: (Will be seen IC)

[Background]: The Eldritch family has worked in The Garden for generations, although their powers might strike as evil that is just a misconception. You would also fear to someone that summons demons and controls darkness right? They must be evil right? Well… yes, but since those evil traits are feed up to their Bloom they’re actually quite nice people. Lilith always knew she would have to work in the garden so she prepared herself by training with older members of her family that were already working for the agency. She wants to make her family proud and will use her bloom to dismantle every gang in umbra if she has the chance.

Spoiler: ”Seilah”

[Name]: Seilah Eldritch

[Age]: 21

[Gender]: Female

[Height]: 1.74 cm

[Weight]: 50 kg

[Bloom]: Underworld’s Key, Hell’s Tamer: A powerful bloom inherited in the Eldritch family, I takes the form of a wand shaped like a weapon (In this case a spear) and allows the user to summon dark energy from an unexplored realm of demons to either shoot it or mold it to create complex constructs. They can also form pacts with some of the demons and summon them to fight by their side. Her demons are based in mythological beasts, the kitsune being her favorite choice. She can summon up to three at the same time.

[Bloom Rank]: SS.

[Personality]: (Will be seen IC)

[Background]: The Eldritch family has worked in The Garden for generations, although their powers might strike as evil that is just a misconception. You would also fear to someone that summons demons and controls darkness right? They must be evil right? Well… yes, but since those evil traits are feed up to their Bloom they’re actually quite nice people. Seilah has been working in The Garden since she was eighteen so she has been in her fair amount of missions, now is her duty to teach her little sister how to be a proper and efficient agent of The Garden in action not just words.

 

[Too]

[Name]: Jojo Wattan

[Age]: 23

[Gender]: Female

[Height]: 5'8

[Weight]: 130lbs

[Bloom]: Jojo's bloom is located behind her neck, a red scarf. She can extend (up to 30 feet) and retract it all will, can harden and soften it, make it sharp, or widen it to make it into a shield. The material the scarf is depends on the last metal/material she touched with the scarf. It is like a second limb to her, considered by the chairman of The Garden himself as one of the best defensive and offensive blooms he has seen.

[Bloom Rank]: SS

[Personality]: Sexy, naughty, beautiful. Jojo is a seductress and extremely flirty, however don't let this fool you. This is all a ploy to wrap you around her finger or squeeze information out of you. Extroverted, the loud mouth of the room, usually gets on everyones nerve.

[Background]: (Trigger warning, read at your own risk.) Jojo grew up in a brothel, her mom got done in every night and Jojo had to listen. Slowly driving her insane. She just wanted to hide, she wanted to run, she wanted to tell her mother how she really felt. Ever since her dad died, her mother drank her life away while barely earning enough money to pay rent, basically abandoning poor Jojo. Jojo didn't attend school and spent most of her time alone in solitary while her mom was next door getting defiled. A horrible life for a young child. She grew to hate the world, yet, all she wanted was her mom to hug her and tell her everything was going to be okay. Without abandoning hope, Jojo taught herself how to read and write using the internet and attending school via virtual reality. Jojo desired more than anything to both kill her mom and for her mom to hug her. Jojo spent most of her life this way, confused, mad at the world, yet, hopeful. When Jojo turned 16 her seed bloomed into a scarf. The scarf was red, the color of the lights in the brothel. At first her scarf sucked, it wasn't good for anything, all it did was wrap around her neck when she got scared or nervous, hugging her the way she longed to be hugged her entire life. Except for one fateful night, Jojo was in her room when her mom brought home a man. She could hear them through the wall when they suddenly started arguing. The man started beating her mom, engulfed with rage Jojo ran into the room where the two of them were. She brought out her scarf and and extended it towards the man, wrapping around his neck, strangling him. Her mother cried and yelled at Jojo, calling her a good for nothing child, that she wished was never born. Her mom was drunk and her daughter had just killed the man that was going to pay their rent. In the heat of the moment the scarfs tip pointed, growing sharp, Jojo pierced her mom through the chest, killing her. Realizing the true grasp and potential of her bloom, Jojo snapped. She ran and ran and ran and never looked back, crying the entire time. She lived the next few years of her life practicing the same line of work she despised so much, prostituting. She was beautiful and caught on quick, learning how to truly become a woman. She learned the art of seduction and how to get anything she wanted. One day she got a customer who, instead of having sex with her, sat her down and had a chat with her. Ben Van Depeer, a man claiming to be from The Garden who had heard of her bloom and came to recruit her. He offered her a way out of the life she now lived... and she accepted.

 

[Zero Two]

[Name]: Brana Tonua

[Age]: 18

[Gender]: Female

[Height]: 5'3

[Weight]: 110lbs

[Bloom]: Bloom is behind eyepatch, her seed was behind her eye and when it bloomed, pushed her eye out. Her eye was replaced with a circular scanner similar to a robotic eyeball. Except she can't see out of it. Her bloom allows her to replicate and manifest the things she scans with her robotic eye. Weapons, money, anything.

[Bloom Rank]: AAA

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[Personality]: Happy and uplifting. A mother-like personality, Brana cares deeply about other people and tries to cheer everyone up. This behavior might be annoying to some but she won't give up until she wins all the tsunderes over.

[Background]: Brana is the daughter of a gang ringleader, she grew up in a poor environment and never really had much. She went to a normal highschool and watched as all her friends lived happy and peaceful lives, with caring parents, getting everything they could ever want. Brana envied them, they got everything they wanted, yet, they still wanted more. Why? She was raised by her father, her mother abandoned both her and her father, leaving her to be raised by a gang ringleader and all his buddies. She was teased a lot, but things weren't so bad. Despite the gang members being criminals, they weren't so bad, she thought. She tried to be thankful for the little things she did have. She desired to help everyone in need. When she turned 16 her seed bloomed into a robotic eye, allowing her to copy and manifest any item her eye scanned. When The Garden found out about this, they quickly came to recruit her. They ranked her bloom a triple A, but it was still extremely useful. She left behind her father and the gang that raised her, seeking to help those who have been hurt by her fathers gang and hopefully using The Garden as a platform to do that. ​

 

[Diphylleia grayi]

Basic

Name:
Kirill Belinsky

Aliases/Titles/Nicknames:
Gourmet Hunter, Russia's sleeping beauty, Black hole (due to his ability to eat copious amounts of food without ever reaping any consequences of it).

Age:
28

Height:
5'6

Weight:
114 lbs

Bloom(s):
"Dine and Wine"
Located on his stomach and materialises as a pair of cutlery with two different abilities. The fork absorbs whatever it touches, boosting his regeneration, speed and strength while the knife severs whatever it touches with no exception.

Bloom rank:
SS

Appearance:
Messy from head to toe, with golden hair that has never seen a state other than bedhead and half-lidded amber eyes which struggles to stay open and, more often than not, succumbs to the weight of his long blonde lashes. Unsurprisingly weak and lithe in physique, a result of his incessant napping and lacking physical activity.

Spoiler

Personality:
The personification of sloth and greed, irredeemably self-serving but also surprisingly simple-minded. An elusive ghost of seemingly few words and desires, content with simply gorging on food and taking long naps at the most inappropriate places at the most inopportune moments.

History

The resident leech of the garden, initially hired as a chef but more commonly known for his dumpster-diving as he eats more than he cooks. Kirill is a man of dubious origins and motivation; the most known about him is that he originally hails from Russia.

Additional information:

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[Gaius Danius Griinia]

[Name]: Izuru Kamukura

[Age]: 20

[Gender]: Male

[Height]: 175cm

[Weight]: 77kg

[Bloom(s)]: Izuru's Bloom is located on the back of his neck. It takes the appearance of a strange and elaborate marking when in use. Its ability allows Izuru to summon and command powerful familiars. Up to four familiars can be commanded at once. These familiar tend to assume the appearance of various mythological or supernatural figures. Their powers vary and can range from mildly useful to incredibly catastrophic. Izuru can also fuse two or more of his familiars to create even stronger familiars.

[Bloom Rank]: SSS

[Personality]: Izuru posseses a personality that fluctuates between reserved shyness and eccentricity. He is incredibly intelligent, yet acts dumber than he actually is so people don't rely on him as much. His love for others is warmer than an open flame, yet his love for himself is cold as ice. Having lived around people who he views as better than him his entire life, Izuru doesn't really have a high opinion of himself. This had led to him being more open minded about the woes of others and downplaying anything he does. Izuru loves his familiars and always treats them like friends or companions, rather than servants.

[Background]: Izuru Kamukura was born as the youngest child of the Kamukura Family, only seconds after his twin brother Otonashi. The Kamukura Family is an upper class family that had supported reforms to keep people safe from those who would abuse their Blooms. As such, the Criminal Investigation Department always had a Kamukura working alongside them in some capacity. Known for not only their financial support and close relationship with the law. The Kamukura Family also constantly produced S Rank Bloom Users. The current patriarch of the family, Izaya Kamukura was known as "Nova Kaiser" due to his ability to control solar energy. This is why it came as an honest surprise when Izaya and his wife Ichika had children who were Rank SS and above. Their eldest child is a kindhearted girl named Chiho, born with an SS Bloom that allowed her to heal and repair almost any injury short of death. Three years later, they would have the twins Otonashi and Izuru. Otonashi was confident, calculating and cold. His Bloom allowed him to manipulate the flow of time to his advantage. Coupled with his Iajitsu lessons and natural abilities, he would go on to join the Criminal Investigation Department just after turning 18. Izuru was a bit late in learning how to use his ability. Seeing his siblings use their abilities with no issue just gave him an inferiority complex. He'd be mocked by people for having a Rank SSS Bloom but being unable to use it. Eventually he was kidnapped by a criminal group looking to take his Bloom for their boss. The fear and pain he felt after being harmed by them finally triggered his powers. Summoning a Centaur, he fought back against them until his brother arrived to drive them away. In time, Izuru would learn to use his Bloom to call upon incredible creatures and entities. He never got over his complex and still felt useless compared to Otonashi who was known as "Divine Blade of Time" and Chiho, who was trying to get her PhD. Izuru was taken in and trained by a former Rose Rank "Crimson Haired Death Knight" Naeglerias Nebirossa. Originally she took him in as an assistant to help with her career as a Manga Artist, loving her retirement from active duty. Then she saw him mimic what little of her power she still flexed day in and day out. Nene-Sensei eventually caved and took him as her only disciple. Under her mostly focused but occasionally lazy tutelage, Izuru became proficient in Nene Style Martial Arts. However she recommended Izuru to her grandfather "Divine Blade of the Eight Leaves" Yun Ka-Fai for swordmanship training. Having easily trained Otonashi in the basics of the Eight Leaves, Master Ka-Fai found Izuru to be a much harder student to train. His confidence was lacking, his Bloom was specialized for summoning and he never pushed his limits as far as they could go. Master Ka-Fai taught Izuru as much of the Eight Leaves as he could, then let him go to develop what he learned into his own style. Plagued by doubts and uncertainty, Izuru became convinced that the only thing he had going for him was his Bloom. Eventually he was scouted by a kindly old man from the Garden, while entertaining some kids with his familiars. This man later turned out to be Chairman Wallace Taku, leader of the Garden.

[Additional Information]:
.Izuru's sword was a present from Otonashi (The only thing Otonashi has ever gotten him)
.Rather than wield a katana like Otonashi, Izuru chooses to wield a tachi to differentiate himself
.Izuru still works for Nene Sensei Part Time (Though she makes him do a bunch of random stuff for her own amusement and satisfaction)
.Izuru still considers himself barely above Intermediate Level in both Nene Style Martial Arts and Eight Leaves Swordsmanship
.Izuru and Otonashi look exactly the same in appearance except for their hair colors (Izuru has dark hair while Otonashi has white hair)
.Izuru's familiars look like various figures from myth and legend for a reason.......which Izuru fell asleep through
.Izuru's status as a Rank SSS makes him incredibly anxious that he'll get kidnapped again...
.Izuru is only six seconds younger than Otonashi

 

[Nano]

➤ BASIC INFORMATION
NAME: Matthew “Matt” Ayres
AGE: Twenty-Five (25)
GENDER: Male
HEIGHT: 180 cm (5'11")
WEIGHT: 72 kg (159 lbs)


➤ BLOOM
NAME: ???
RANK: ???
LOCATION: Right Hand
FORM: ???

The seed Matt was born with hasn’t bloomed in spite of him having already reached twenty-five years of age. Matt, himself, doesn’t expect his seed to ever bloom, nor is he interested in it doing so.


NAME: Maestro
RANK: AAA (currently), SSS (previously)
LOCATION: Left Ear
FORM: Ear Cuff

An exotic bloom that was artificially implanted in Matt’s body when he was sixteen, granting him the ability to manipulate sound. Though he was initially found to be highly compatible with the bloom, the bloom suddenly degraded a week after the surgery. Due to his body rejecting the bloom being an unlikely factor, most who are aware of the artificially implanted bloom assume it is due to Matt’s unwillingness to accept the bloom.

Though it has lost all offensive qualities since being transplanted into Matt, the bloom is still a powerful tool when utilized properly. Manipulating both sound and how he perceives it, Matt is capable of deafening what reaches his ears completely to hearing a pin drop from a mile away. Further equipped with the ability to sort and single out the desired sounds, the bloom allows him to achieve feats such as observing the way sounds echo inside of a building to draw up a general map of the building’s layout and the position of anything breathing or moving in that area. His careful tracking of the air and any other sounds of movements makes it difficult to sneak up on him, though he may feign ignorance in order to bait in his assailant. He also possesses a higher sensitivity to lies, though it’s limited to minor tells such as heart rate and changes in vocal tone and breathing.

Currently, the only external application of the bloom that Matt can utilize is his ability to create a bubble in which only those inside can hear the sounds produced from within the designated area. Other than being useful for holding secretive conversations, it’s also a handy tool for sneaking about.


➤ PERSONALITY
On the surface, he’s a coward. When delving deeper, he’s a jaded individual with a debilitating lack of interest in anything vaguely troublesome. Aptly described as a man without a speck of pride or ambition, Matthew Ayres is a rare specimen in a competitive world where a dog-eat-dog mindset is commonplace. Knowing when to retreat is a strength, but the extent of his non-confrontational behavior avoids any and all conflict, becoming a weakness that allows others to treat him like a doormat. Even when his name is slandered, he merely moves on without giving whoever insulted him so much as a glance. Many times, this indifferent attitude has caused the situation to escalate into a physical altercation, yet he merely stands his ground in silence, staring down his aggressor with a look of disinterest before removing himself from the scene as soon as the opportunity arises.

Likewise, Matt is just as unlikely to help others as he is himself. Lacking much of a moral compass, he neither strives to do good nor go out of his way to commit acts of evil. He is a cynic who sees justice as a fickle ideal, being either a filthy lie to excuse one’s actions or a cheap motivator for those who truly hold “good” and “honor” close to their heart.

In spite of his cold attitude and lack of self-respect, Matt is nonetheless a reliable and capable member of The Garden (when dispatched on a mission). At the very least, he operates on the assumption that casualties bring far more trouble than the effort required to prevent them, and his desire for maximum efficiency crafts a focused, no nonsense agent with a shockingly great hatred for mistakes and faulty data. Even in the face of sudden and unexpected developments, he’s capable of reconstructing his plans to accommodate new factors on the spot.


➤ BACKSTORY
Having been sold into a crime ring before he even learned to walk, any warm memories remaining from his past largely revolve around his older brother. His adoptive parents hadn’t abused them—or perhaps he just never knew what went on whenever his brother was taken away for training—but they had never received much love from them either. As long as his outstanding brother continued to play the part of a model heir, they never came to bother him. At times, he had protested to his brother that he wished to shoulder a share of his burden, yet he had been firmly rejected every time. Thus, he spent nearly two decades in utter ignorance, believing that as long as they both played their respective roles, no tragedies would befall them.

“Regardless of what we do, he isn’t going to make it. Didn’t we keep the other one as a backup for this situation? Go through with the surgery.”

For the first time in weeks, his father had summoned him to his office. Though he couldn’t understand the man’s words, alarm bells rang the moment they reached his ears. However, before he could move an inch towards the door, he felt his body slump and his vision grow black. By the time he regained consciousness, the cacophony of sounds assaulting his ears proved the horrific theory which had begun to hatch in his mind. His brother hadn’t been on an extended business trip: he had been in critical condition. Instead of putting forth their efforts to save his life, however slim the chance, they chose to cruelly sever it, deciding that implanting his brother’s bloom in his body and using him as a replacement was a wiser use of resources.

Having lost the only person he cared for, his senses grew numb. When Matt finally walked out of his old “home” and applied to The Garden, it wasn’t for some noble purpose such as righting his adoptive family’s wrongs or avenging his brother. Like any other wastrel without a shred of ambition, he simply sought the potential wealth and other benefits promised by the position. In fact, as long as he could be somewhere out of the reach of his father, any place was fine. Or so he claims.


➤ EXTRA

1.

Though he’s trained in CQC and knows how to use a gun (his bloom can completely silence it), Matt largely prefers to take on much more of a supportive role due to finding unnecessary combat tiresome.

2.

Due to the various things he mistakenly overhears, he is privy to a lot of secrets and dirt on others which he has no qualms about “accidentally” mentioning. He’s avoided by most people as a result.

3.

He is often seen eating cheap sweets.

 

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  "Wassup." Malcolm Maverick

  File#777-101-888

  Likes:
  

  • Honesty
  • Integrity
  • Loyalty
  • Courage
  • Literature
  • Movies
  • Artwork
  • Music

  Dislikes:
  

  • Deceit
  • Dishonor
  • Cowardice
  • Treachery
  • Rules
  • Arrogance
  • Vulgarity
  • Condescension

  [Name]: Malcolm Maverick
  
  [Age]: 22 y/o
  
  [Gender]: Male
  
  [Eyes]: Grey; Blue when bloom is activated
  
  [Hair]: Jet Black
  
  [Height]: 6'1"
  
  [Weight]: 175lbs.
  
  [Rank]: Bronze
  
  [Bloom Rank]: Rank C (Official); Estimated to be in the B to SSS range due to lack of rigorous testing (Unofficial)
  
  
  
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  "I never wanted this." Malcolm Maverick

  File#777-101-888

  
  

  

  Showing no distinguishing marks on his body as to where his bloom is located or if he even has one, Malcolm's bloom is hidden in his back near his spine. Oddly enough, he was born with four seeds instead of one or two, but all of them share the same qualities. Each seed is placed near and along his spine in a square-like pattern, two near his respective shoulders and two along his lower back, and each sprouts into tentacles that have limited shape-shifting ability and can extend to various sizes from a few inches to several meters, able to stretch across long distances such as across a room and back again. Each bloom tendril is capable of withstanding various strikes and conventional weaponry with ease as well as proving to be quite durable against other weapon-like blooms. Each can move in different directions individually as well as capable of lifting large objects and weights and grab a variety of objects. Their impact force is nothing to scoff at, and these tentacle-like blooms can be become excellently sharp and penetrate with deadly accuracy. While having trained his body to being in shape so as to be operate out in the field, Malcolm muscular and skeletal structures are slightly stronger than a human, in order to account for the weight of the four tendrils in his back, and his reaction time is slightly better than a human's in the fact he can move each tendril with quick ease.
  
  However, the main trick up the proverbial sleeve of this bloom user is that there is a weed installed right into the bottom of his skull, connected straight to his nervous system and brain. This artificial bloom was an experimental weed that had been illegally installed into the youth against his will. This weed was not like any other bloom, artificial or natural, and it came with it's own unique trait. Instead of absorbing the prevalent positive aspects of his being, it absorbed his more selfish traits and survival instincts and eventually developed into a second consciousness. This second consciousness has a few traits it alone possesses. First off, it can not only access Malcolm's senses and memories, but also pick up on things the young man might have missed as well as possess an extrasensory ability, detecting others and objects Malcolm is unaware of. This gives the detective an advantage when in dangerous situations or when investigating crime scenes. The frightening aspect of this weed is that it has limited control of the bloom tentacles, using them to protect its "host". However, it can only utilize these tentacles if the host is acting out of pure instinct, meaning if Malcolm loses focus or is surprised, then the weed can use the tendrils and act of its own accord, attacking the nearest threat, which is why Malcolm refuses to use his bloom so as to avoid losing any sort of control.
  
  
  
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  "As unorthodox as my methods are, they get results." Malcolm Maverick

  File#777-101-888

  Outgoing and confident, Malcolm emanates a cool and calm collectiveness while not being at too uptight or difficult to approach. In fact, if his record demonstrated anything, the man has proven to be quite reckless and carefree, despite being a skilled investigator. Never caring much for what others have to say about him, the young man keeps a carefree, devil-may-care attitude with exception to solving a case or nabbing a crook. Not above making a sarcastic remark or a funny joke, Malcolm tends to take jabs at others either out of habit or when nervous. His workplace ethic is not exactly the best, tending to procrastinate anything with little to no exceptions. Albeit reluctantly, the man has a difficulty in accepting authority and taking orders, especially if they go against what he believes to be right, and has a habit of going out on his own. On the field, Malcolm has proven competent and is quite the formidable investigator, even though he tends to employ several unorthodox methods. However, Malcolm has a distaste for both blooms and weeds, wishing they never existed at all, particularly his own as well as wishes to be independent and prove his own worth without his bloom and troublesome weed. On the field, the young man has been credited with solving several cases, using all sorts of unconventional and questionable legal methods as well as his intuitive and sharp mind.
  
  On the other end of the spectrum, his weed displays a darker side. Callous and unforgiving, the weed puts it's safety and the safety of Malcolm before all others, even though it's host tends to do the opposite. The weed like to make all sorts of degrading remarks, mostly aimed at Malcolm, and others it sees as inferior. It will never hesitate to kill when threatened, urging Malcolm's killer instincts. Despite all these traits, it has limited control over Malcolm's actions and bloom and has been begrudgingly tolerating Malcolm's unwillingness to use his bloom. Catching details Malcolm may miss or be too preoccupied to notice, the weed shares these details with the investigator, if only to ensure survival.
  
  
  
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  "I don't do this for myself. I do it because it's right." Malcolm Maverick

  File#777-101-888

  At a young age, Malcolm was kidnapped and experimented on, being the subject of an experimental weed designed to enhance blooms. The experiment went horribly wrong since it resulted in the creation of a second consciousness that had no compunction about killing, which resulted in Malcolm indirectly using his tendrils to kill for the first time. A traumatizing experience, the whole event was soon found out by the local law enforcement, and Malcolm was returned home. Coming to grips with this entire ordeal, Malcolm settled on joining the Criminal Investigation Department in order to ensure something similar would never happen to his family or anyone for that matter.
  
  Graduating a year early due after attending the police academy at the age of 21, little is know what happened in the year between his graduation and his application to be a member of the Criminal Investigation Department of the Garden Organization. Most of this time was used as Malcolm participated in various part-time jobs and traveling around Umbra, but little else is known. However, what is known is that Malcolm requested to be a bronze C-Rank due to his opposition to using his bloom and the danger his semi-sentient weed possessed, and he preferred to be working smaller cases that most would either ignore in pursuit of bigger ones or cold cases no one has been previous been able to solve.
  
  So far, Malcolm has simultaneously remained under the radar but has gained a bit of attention. Under the radar due to his unremarkable career track record so far, but also proven to be a capable detective as well as the fact that no one knows about or has seen him use his bloom with exception being of course the higher-ups of the organization for informational and security reasons, even fewer knowing about the installed weed. Malcolm also appears to be trained to fight against individuals with blooms without using his own, displaying a close-quarters combat style that is completely his own.
  
  Most of Malcolm's paycheck goes to his family back home and to paying his rent, even though he's consistently behind on it, at an apartment in a nice neighborhood in Umbra.
  
  
  
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  "You snooping around?" Malcolm Maverick

  File#777-101-888

  • Carries a pair of Smith & Wesson R8 Tactical Revolvers with him along with a few small blades and daggers on his person when out in thef.
  • Carries a forensic kit with him as well as lockpicking tools.
  • Carries a few tracking devices, smoke bombs, a flashbang or two, and tear gas.
  • Only wears formal clothing for certain occasions, usually disregarding uniform regulations.
  • Wears bulletproof armor and/or clothing out in the field, especially since he refuses to use his bloom.
  
  

 

[Stale Biscuit]

Name: Zara Asfour
Age: twenty-four
Gender: female
Height: five foot four
Weight: one hundred thirty pounds

Bloom: Vacuum - Zara’s bloom is located on her right shoulder and takes the form of a vacuum hose with a long nozzle attached to it. Though it looks impractical for use in battle, its main function is, as its appearance suggests, to vacuum. Her bloom’s ability is to create powerful suction that, with enough force, can pull small and large objects to her. She also has the capability to reverse the airflow of her bloom and send it outward forming a gust of wind of varying strengths. In essence, her bloom allows her certain control over wind that can work to pull or push objects in her direct line of sight. Her bloom only works in the direction it is pointed and so cannot vacuum anything that is behind or to the side of her. It also becomes quite difficult to maintain balance when she increases the suction or repulsion of her bloom causing her to be pulled forward or fall backwards. She has not experimented with the other possible functions of her bloom as she doesn’t enjoy being blown around by her own power. Admittedly, Zara sometimes feels that her bloom was meant for a more grounded person than herself, but she is not one to complain about it.
Bloom Rank: B [Due to her interest in her studies, she has not fully experimented with her bloom. She had attempted so in the past, but due to the nature of her bloom she doesn't work on it much.]

Personality: WIP

Bio: Zara came from very humble beginnings. Originally born in a small desert village, her family wasn’t the most financially stable. Their community was isolated from the rest of the world, though very few men did travel abroad if it meant that they could make a better living for themselves. However, this was heavily stigmatized by members of the village for they saw it as a form of abandonment and betrayal. Zara’s father was one of those who, despite the risk, decided to look for a great opportunity so that he may provide a better life for his family. Zara and her mother both understood this, but living in a household with three infants where only her mother was allowed to work was still a difficult task to handle, especially with her father gone.

As a child, Zara played her role as the oldest sister well. While her mother went about crafting jewelry to be sold off at the market, she would adamantly watch her younger sister and brothers. At first it was tough, her father leaving just after the twins were born, Zara being around seven at the time. He had made a promise to return home once he found a stable source of income, and said he’d bring them with him once that time came. She believed in that for the past three years, as she made sure her siblings were well-fed and the house clean so as to not burden her mother. At times it was fun, her mother telling her and her siblings fantastical tales of gigantic sand beasts being thwarted by young brave princes, while other times were filled with sleepless nights as the children would cry without reason until the early morning. Though Zara liked to keep a strong face, it was always hard on her, and the gossip that circulated around the village didn’t help to calm her nerves either.

“He abandoned his family, the poor children.”

“He must be off with another woman. Why else would he leave them behind?”

These were few of the things she heard being said around the village, mostly by the elderly women. Sometimes they hid their slanderous words behind their hands, or whispered it into another’s ear out of respect for the child. Other times, they were very public about it, some women taking it as an opportunity to boast about their husbands while dragging her father’s name through the dirt. It was infuriating, but as a child, there wasn’t much she could do about it. Though, more than anything, she was scared. Scared that what they said were true, or the fact that she was starting to believe in the rumors. This continued until she was twelve, when finally, after five years, he came back for them.

On that day, she remembered seeing him enter the village on the back of a camel. Confused, she wondered whether he was an illusion produced by the desert heat, like the many others that had fooled her thus far. However, as soon as he spoke her name and called for a hug, she was overcome with joy. Her father had apologized to her mother who was also growing concerned that she was abandoned, but all of that faded when she saw him at her door. He explained that he had made a decent living in a city called Umbra. He admitted that although his new life wasn’t too extravagant, he was sure that it was suitable enough for the five of them to live together. With that, they left behind their desert home, and started a new chapter as a family in the big city.

While in Umbra, Zara didn’t have to worry much about caring for her siblings and was even able to go to school though starting at twelve had its own challenges. Regardless, she wasn’t a stranger to working hard, and so she did her best to catch up to those in her grade. Eventually, she learned that she had a knack for absorbing information, though math still eluded her. She found joy in studying, and, with her father's approval, decided to apply for scholarship to a well-known private high school. Though she was rejected from her first and second choice, she did manage to enter her third and from that point on, dedicated herself to education. It was around this time where her seed finally blossomed into a vacuum apparatus, something that shocked both her mother and father. Despite this, she focused most of her attention on school, having garnered an interest in criminal justice during her college years, for one reason or another that only Zara knew. Soon, she graduated from a private university with a bachelors in statistics and forensic science. It was then she applied for a position in The Garden.

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Zara Asfour

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[Japanime]

[Name]: Liam Smith

[Age]: 20

[Gender]: Male

[Height]: 6'0

[Weight]: 197 lbs

[Bloom(s)]: His bloom resides right atop his nape. Granting him the ability to manipulate gravity in a limited space around him. He can bend gravity to make the environment very heavy or light, cause objects to fall toward another object instead of the earth, flatten objects, and generate miniature black holes to compress objects into oblivion. He can repel and attract matter and energy regardless of its mass or move objects in a manner similar to telekinesis.

[Bloom Rank]: SSS

[Personality]: Liam possesses a highly sarcastic and great sense of humor. He feels no shame and can make a joke out of any situation. He is known for not taking things seriously but instead having fun or seeing the light in things, even if they're negative. Generally, he is still a nice and caring person.

 

[Pandy88888]

Considering he’s a shapeshifter, it changes, but here’s his original.
[Name]: Taylor Lum
(Alias: John Johnson, Ashley McCoy, Dude.)
[Age]: 19

[Gender]: Originally a Him, but see below.

[Height]: Varies

[Weight]: Varies

[Bloom(s)]: Both are located in the torso, and somewhat protected by the ribs. He hides his shapeshifting for fear that someone would try and stop it. A few higher ups know though (He told them)
Bloom 1:[Mimic] (Method Acting?)
They can mimic blooms after being hit with them, or being affected by them. Of course, the blooms are significantly worse for him, sometimes dropping from SS all the way down to C. He can take multiple in a scenario like a group fight, but only one can be anything close to permanent. He usually uses this permanence to act out a person for infiltration purposes. Anyway, the group part means he is more effective in fights with multiple people or blooms, but struggles in single combat. Lower ranked abilities usually fall less than higher ones, so that’s a plus. This ability is the officially listed one.
Bloom 2:[Shapeshifting] (Costumes?)
Pretty self explanatory, he can change himself to different forms. It’s only humans, though, and it has to make at least some sense, so no turning into iron or something. He has to know the ins and outs of each form, so he goes the morgue often for help with that. Good healing, since he can just shift into a form that’s not injured, but changing happens slowly (at least in a combat situation.)
[Bloom Rank]: AA

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[Personality]: As you might expect from a person who can ignore most consequences, He’s very playful, or maybe just likes seeing people suffer, depending on your view on that sort of thing. The best word to describe him is friendly, or maybe charming, or maybe annoying. Either way, he likes talking to people, even if they don’t like it. He likes humor and jokes, as well as tricking people, even in slightly cruel ways. He isn’t very useful in most situations, but in social ones he’s pretty alright.

[Background]: His parents were both criminals, but still supportive of him. They wanted him to get out the criminal world they had fallen into, which he didn’t since his powers suit him to that world. When he was a kid, they raised him one at a time, since the other would be in jail, but he was fine. He was born with two seeds, which was pretty awesome to see for his parents.

In school, he was particularly interested in being an actor, since it seemed cool to him. And so, he did things like joining drama club, and going to a program to practice. During this, he felt a desire to be more than just himself, since he didn’t really know who he was. His seeds picked up on it, and voila, he could have new blooms, plus change appearances.

As a slightly more adult, he used his skills to both infiltrated and steal from a small gang, on the reasoning that the money was illegal anyway, so stealing it was probably fine, because what could they do, call the police? So he did, and now he’s laundering the money through various means. He needs a little more in order to either buy a exotic bloom, or some weeds depending on how legal he feels.