Character
Roland Rutledge
Race: Human
Age: 30
Sex: Male
Sexuality: Bisexual
Relationship: Single
Height: 5'8
Build: Slim but athletic
Reference: Here
Player
Jin Watanabe
Nationality: Japanese
Age: 23
Sex: Male
Sexuality: Heterosexual
Relationship: It's complicated
Height: 5'5
Build: Skinny and malnourished
Reference: Here
Personality
Roland is the manifestation of a teenage boy's unique ideal rapscallion, full of conceited bravado wrapped in a ball of sarcastic wit. Like most antiheros, he follows his own contrary sense of justice that would see him talk someone out of gold than steal it outright. Still, his word is his bond, and once a deal is struck, you will find no one more willing to stick to the details provided. Outside of verbal promises and his skills, there is very little that Roland holds in high esteem. Specifically, in his opinion, all religions and forms of politics are money-making schemes run by fools and con-artists, and he quite often echoes the sentiments out loud. Due to this pessimistic view set, he can be highly irritable to those in power, and often finds himself in trouble because of it. Despite this, he is known to speak, at great lengths, of his various adventures true or not to raise the morale of sleepy companions and barmaids alike.
Jin, his real-world persona, on the other hand, is very much different than his TS counterpart. Ruthlessly he steals from the weak, and vulnerable, and strives to make his life just a bit easier at every turn. Terms such as honor, and justice are nothing but talk to him as he holds nothing sacred beyond his own intelligence.
Positive: Charismatic, Honorable, Cunning, Imaginative
Negative: Conceited, Greedy, Selfish, Irreverent, Contrary, Schizophrenic
Background
Growing up in Tokyo, Jin had always been fascinated with technology, and by the age of 7 he was able to build his own computer from the scrap he found at a local thrift store. Soon his fascination led to obsession, causing him to close himself off from the outside world. When he entered his teenage years, his parents, who were normal hardworking folks, attempted to reign him in by cutting off their support of his habits. Due to this he began to pick up part time jobs on the internet using the little coding he had picked up while browsing the internet.
By the time it came to register for high school, much to the dismay of his family, he had dropped out in favor of pursuing online jobs. Due to this, his father kicked him out of his household stating Jin could not return unless he were enrolled in a high school program. However, Jin had been prepared for this and had saved enough money to get himself a low-rent apartment outside of downtown Tokyo.
Without a family or any other obligations, Jin focused himself on coding and online gaming for the next few years, becoming quite infamous for his variety of custom-made HUDs for popular computer-based MMO's which contained viruses that stole various user data (with which he then sold to various companies and organizations to fund his lifestyle). He continued this until one day prior he received an email from an anonymous source with a coded message. The message in the email was heavily encrypted, but once hacked Jin found a snippet of the proprietary source code for Terrasphere, as well as a message made out to [Ultima6k] (his online persona) which read, "Ultima6k, enclosed is a piece of the ground breaking software that will change the world, come to New York and see for yourself - Signed Deadsoft". Jin was unsure who this Deadsoft truly was, but after a few hours of searching concluded they were an anonymous hacktivist group centered out of the Eastern United States. Intrigued, Jin closed his lease in japan and used his sizable profits from the last year to purchase a small apartment in the middle of downtown New York.
Once moved he bought himself the newest VR headset model to be imported, ironically enough, from japan, and was determined to see if he could use the snippet of code he had received to access the game world. Try as he might he had limited success, until one day he received yet another email. Unlike Deadsofts' original email, this had no encrypted message, merely one that stated, "Welcome, you have been invited to be a part of Terrasphere…"
The next year was a blur as Jin slowly descended more and more into Terrasphere, becoming hooked on the game in more ones than one, and while his Avatar flourished gaining notoriety, and prestige, Jin's real-life became smaller and smaller as he sacrificed more and more for the game. Eventually, he became lazy in his illegal pursuits, making enough mistakes to be caught by the US government shortly before access to terrasphere was cut off... However, that wasn't the end of his time within the game.
By the time it came to register for high school, much to the dismay of his family, he had dropped out in favor of pursuing online jobs. Due to this, his father kicked him out of his household stating Jin could not return unless he were enrolled in a high school program. However, Jin had been prepared for this and had saved enough money to get himself a low-rent apartment outside of downtown Tokyo.
Without a family or any other obligations, Jin focused himself on coding and online gaming for the next few years, becoming quite infamous for his variety of custom-made HUDs for popular computer-based MMO's which contained viruses that stole various user data (with which he then sold to various companies and organizations to fund his lifestyle). He continued this until one day prior he received an email from an anonymous source with a coded message. The message in the email was heavily encrypted, but once hacked Jin found a snippet of the proprietary source code for Terrasphere, as well as a message made out to [Ultima6k] (his online persona) which read, "Ultima6k, enclosed is a piece of the ground breaking software that will change the world, come to New York and see for yourself - Signed Deadsoft". Jin was unsure who this Deadsoft truly was, but after a few hours of searching concluded they were an anonymous hacktivist group centered out of the Eastern United States. Intrigued, Jin closed his lease in japan and used his sizable profits from the last year to purchase a small apartment in the middle of downtown New York.
Once moved he bought himself the newest VR headset model to be imported, ironically enough, from japan, and was determined to see if he could use the snippet of code he had received to access the game world. Try as he might he had limited success, until one day he received yet another email. Unlike Deadsofts' original email, this had no encrypted message, merely one that stated, "Welcome, you have been invited to be a part of Terrasphere…"
The next year was a blur as Jin slowly descended more and more into Terrasphere, becoming hooked on the game in more ones than one, and while his Avatar flourished gaining notoriety, and prestige, Jin's real-life became smaller and smaller as he sacrificed more and more for the game. Eventually, he became lazy in his illegal pursuits, making enough mistakes to be caught by the US government shortly before access to terrasphere was cut off... However, that wasn't the end of his time within the game.
Occupation: Professional Thief
Special Skills: Hacking, Investigation
Out of Character
Played by: @Theorigin
Player tag: @Roland Rutledge
UI-locked? No
Year 8
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