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|  | Could YOU be Cavalier? **Contest**
« Thread Started on May 24, 2006, 7:44am » | |
Here's the place to post your entry in the Hong Kong Cavalier Contest!
Make sure you pick up a copy of Buckaroo Banzai #1 before entering!
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« Reply #1 on May 24, 2006, 5:53pm » | |
An unquenchable yearning for discovery. The ability to solve problems and make tough choices in times of crisis. Musical talent. These are the things one expects in a candidate for membership within The Hong Kong Cavaliers. And while I am well know within my community for, amongst other things, my turntable mastery, my small but key role in preventing the Akron Rubber Institute Fire of 2004, and for chairing the Denny's Restaurant Late-Night Philosophical Debate Rumble Crew (Arlington Chapter), I feel quite deeply that there is a more important attribute to posses if one is going to roll with a crew like the Hong Kong Cavaliers (not that there exist any other groups quite like this crew). I am speaking of kinship.
I cannot state strongly enough that I feel the singly most valuable thing on this green Earth is the connection formed within a close-knit group of friends. The camaraderie and the strength one draws from the reciprocation of respect and of love amongst trusted intimates is a gift and beyond compare. The families we form, our kith, are what make everything else worth a &#%$.
It is also an invaluable resource. Nothing is more durable than a group made strong from the bonds of trust. When facing impossible odds, when the situation hits the fan, when the fate of the very world is on the line, being able to have unwavering faith in your compatriots, to have the certitude that they would risk everything for you, and peace of knowing you would willingly give up everything for them. My greatest asset is my conviction in the value of friendship.
Based upon everything I have heard of the world-famous exploits of the Banzai Institute and of the Hong Kong Cavaliers, it seems that I may be a good match for the team. Perhaps I could become an addition of your special family.
Also, I am very proficient in the field of information management.
Yours,
Isaac Kelley
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« Reply #2 on May 27, 2006, 5:41am » | |
Rusty's the name and sorting out trouble is my business. And to get that done I've got all kinds of kung fu to sort out the badmen, I use my hacking kung fu to make sure that things stay peaceable on the internet, because the World Crime League are always up to no good, trying to use the 'net for world domination or just t'get innocent folks in trouble. I've also studied a whole heap of martial arts from all around the world, but because my genus is Canis and my family name is Lurcher (more on this later), Kung Fu and Capoeira are the only two arts I can really master, but I am sharpening my Kendo skills, because trouble often comes my way and I'm always glad to meet it. At the end of a hard day's work sometimes I like nothing better than to go to a shindig and get all roostered up with some friends. Or some nights I'll stay in and read anything from Zane Grey to William Scott Wilson, usually with a bit of William James in the middle.
Just in case you haven't guessed, I'm also a dog, that's right a canine, a pooch or a flea-bitten mongrel. So how the heck could man's four-legged best friend be typing this? Well, near as I can figure some very bad people were doing crazy animal experiments, trying to make us super-smart by combining ancient aboriginal rituals with lots of weird drugs and all kinds of radioactive rays (...and loads of tuna thrown in...) to get our synapses firing at superspeed. I guess it's fair to say that waking up one day with hyperintelligence can be a fair shock for a dog, but, heck, I got over it. I shared my cage with a fellow mutt called Ein who taught me the word "cowboy" and started me off reading Mr. Grey's fine novels. Ein told me he was a "data dog", I'm not sure what that means, but all my best hacking skills came from him. Also during this time I began to develop an interest in martial arts. A fellow inmate taught me the basics of ninjutsu which I was able to pick up in no time and in return I called him sensei or "Master". My master's sensei, a warrior named Hamato Yoshi, was also an enemy of the man responsible for our imprisonment, Hanoi Xan. I never saw "Xan the Man" himself, but one of his yes-men, a lackey named Henry Shannon often came to monitor our progress.
One night after many years our prison was invaded and we were set free, no one really knows who sprung us, all I can tell you is that in the darkness I saw the brilliant flash of a katana and the flare of a six-shooter. So now I am determined to fight for the right, uncover the secrets of my past, and stop Hanoi Xan however I can.
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« Reply #3 on May 28, 2006, 1:36pm » | |
Attn: Dr Banzai
My name is Ivan Ronald Schablotski (Blue Blaze Irregular #534) and I would like to offer my services to the Banzai Institute and the Hong Kong Cavaliers. I studied Criminology under Dr. Ronald Holmes and medical theory with my uncle Professor Lancelot Pertwillaby before spending some time in the US military, where I toured 30 countries worldwide and became proficient with most forms of hand-held weapons and transportation.
My personal experience with biomedical engineering is hardly on par with your own, but I am an excellent strategist. I was also involved peripherally with Project: Anti-Logic in the capacity of cryptozoologist as well as electronics expert. As the Dept of Defense has not declassified these files, I am not at liberty to discuss my specific activities with AL, though I’m sure you must already be familiar with the operations. I also served briefly on the Enigma Quorum, a lesser known civilian agency dedicated to the study and investigation of anomalies and paradoxical phenomena.
In high school I was lead singer and keyboardist for Mental Devolution, a local punk band. I took a brief hiatus from music when I started my military career, but I soon found the time to play with (and write music for) the blues/punk/folk group Your Perverted Uncle.
Naturally one of my life’s dreams has been to perform with the Hong Kong Cavaliers, just as I have often imagined how remarkable it would be to become a valuable member of Team Banzai. If there is any capacity in which I may help out at the Institute, it will be my honor and privilege to do so.
Very respectfully,
Ivan Ronald Schablotski
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« Reply #4 on May 28, 2006, 11:44pm » | |
The world has changed since Buckaroo Banzai and the Hong Kong Cavaliers first leapt onto the world stage. While many would attribute this to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the world was indeed changing before that. It is no longer enough to be the best and the brightest, to be the most courageous and the most righteous. Indeed, we live in a world in which business, politics and even religion are governed more by the forces of marketing than of quality. People are bombarded by messages about how to act and what to think every minute of every day. While it's indeed fortunate that people have become more cynical about the messaging they receive, it also makes it difficult to get one's own messages across.
The Banzai Institute certainly is doing more than its fair share of important work. But without a means of highlighting their research and findings to others, it becomes lost in a sea of corporate sponsorships and governmental appropriations. What the Banzai Institute needs is an individual who can not only understand that technical specifications of a project, but also project practical applications and effectively present them to appropriate audiences -- a marketing expert with a solid understanding of physics, engineering, quantum mechanics, and other sciences.
I would like to offer my services to the Hong Kong Cavaliers as just such an individual. I spent much of my youth studying various maths and sciences -- I majored in physics in high school -- such that I can carry on a conversation with the scientific leaders of the world. For the past decade, I have been studying the impact of design and marketing in shaping perception and messaging -- I have a B.S. in design and an M.B.A. in marketing.
While the Hong Kong Cavaliers certainly have had their marketing successes -- most notably the licensed comic book and movie properties -- I feel that I can do much more to ensure that the group receives the recognition they deserve and, consequently, the attention needed to continue working under optimal conditions in the 21st century. By working closely with the team, I believe I can follow the various projects they undertake more directly and can use those first-hand experiences to more accurately project a more robust image/identity for them. I feel I have the courage and drive to help them succeed in every possible manner.
Finally, to ensure that I could always provide the Hong Kong Cavaliers with support regardless of the venue, I might add that I am an excellent drummer.
While I realize that all the candidates for a position in the Hong Kong Cavaliers are eminently qualified, I hope to work more closely with the team in the future. I look forward to hearing from you.
Sincerely,
Sean Kleefeld
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« Reply #5 on May 29, 2006, 1:15am » | |
Five hundred words is not a lot for a life, but I'll give it a try. Of course, I'm making the big presumption that you put more weight on fact than fantasy. Skills and talents, that's not rare. I've shot bow and arrow, rifle and shotgun, but the most fun was the M-60 machine gun. I've ridden a Suzuki GS450 on the poster side of a wall and made it down with the rubber on the road. I've survived one murder attempt, lived through a ruptured appendix, and I know what its like to crawl on the floor for a couple of months in pain. I grew up as white trash in a couple of shacks my Dad built, and spent some time living in a green 1972 Ford LTD that he stole. After four years of service in the Army, I found I like the haircut.
But the physical is not the real skill. The real skill is in the head. My GPA is 4.0, I know computers and software and I know engines and I know guns and I know cameras and I know art and music. But all that is for nothing if a person doesn't know their heart. It is the beat of the heart that is important, its the trueness of the spirit that makes a man a slacker or a slammer. It with a stout heart and dogged determination that a man perseveres and does not lose sight of his goal.
Winston Churchill said, “I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.” And Churchill also said, “Never give in.” These are words to live by, for that which is valuable and valued, does not come easy. It is the will and the desire to take an idea out of the ether of imagination and render it into physical form, whether that be the bloom of a rose or the laughter of a child. But I hold all of that as a pale, faded piece of paper next to the life of a man I interviewed, a holocaust survivor of Auschwitz, Klaus Stern. What he survived, may it never happened again.
Though Buckaroo Banzai and his Hong Kong Cavaliers are fiction, what I do in real life is not. I frustrate the plans of those who would commit 419 fraud, I help out people when they have problems with their computers, I've twice given a home to a stray cat, and I do my best to make a positive difference around me. It doesn't matter that what I do shines in the light or is only known to me in the dark. I do it because I know that its right and it must be done.
And you can quote me on this: if you didn't kill it with 10 12-guage slugs in under two seconds, you shouldn't have been annoying it in the first place. (In reference to the Benelli Practical, my favorite.)
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« Reply #6 on May 30, 2006, 11:11am » | |
Salutations,
I am Michael Sean Callahan, and accept the challenges of the Cavalier Contest: How can I be of service to the Institute and to the Cavaliers?
Since youth, I have had a indefatigueable curiosity about everything. What is it, how does it work, how is it made? This led me to the arts, philosophies and sciences rather quickly. Nurtured by my instructors to understand a thing's nature, I developed a talent for understanding 'things'. I know, 'confusing'. Let me use an example: I look at a 'C' cell battery. I plug in my education and 'talent' and 'see' it's nature - the zinc, the chemical excitement enclosed, the utilitarian design, the appreciation of social structures arriving upon a uniform shape, the marketing use of the bunny, the need for advanced power sources, the triumph of the human mind coupled with opposable thumbs! Yep, and much more (I am 'deep thought' drunk). So, besides staring at light-fixtures and ant-hills, what good am I? I often get insights about things/events/patterns/people that most don't see right off and some never at all. The downsides: I can get lost in a study (autistic?..my son is slightly), I can get overwhelmed unless I shut it off (I need boring time!), and no-one believes me. I feel like Cassandra. So, I stay in the 'burbs (for now) and be ‘stay at home’ to my three wonderful sons and my lovely MBA wife (tall, blonde, double majored in Math and Sociology…I’m lucky!) and only occasionally get migraines about the news...('Doesn't anyone see that is actually going to lead to this disaster?')
That's why I can help the BI, and they can help me....I can be of good use to someone who'll not think I am a nut-job. I can take quick analysis of a situation/pattern/person/object/diagram/relationship, etc. Though I do not have the mastery of one particular science or humanity, I can help with analysis and tactics. I think man was given both a brain and thumbs to be the 'care-takers' of the universe, like tending the garden of Eden....we broke it, now we have to take care of it....NOT rule over it…NOT like that at all….nurture it…grow it…understand it…help it reach it’s inherent potential. All we lack is the ethics to not do it just for our own sakes, but for our sakes and everything else. That requires being ready to take down a menace. Mankind spreading out to the stars as the benevolent gardeners….
Yeah…
And I can play violin....electric violin....did I mention the harmonics of strings to pick-ups? And the acoustics of the casing without amping? Of course, there could be a formulaic matching with, say, a bass and with the right conductivity of both vibrations....I wonder if WAV or MP3 could kick it to a new level of digital music...what could Mozart do with that and a computer....
Thanks for your attention,
MS Callahan
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« Reply #7 on May 30, 2006, 10:53pm » | |
When taking into consideration the next worthy to join the ranks of the Hong Kong Cavaliers, consider:
How many rocket surgeons do you need? Surely the Banzai Institute knows that resisting change is to encourage stagnation. You want something different.
You want me.
I'm an American-born cultural and ethnic mix of Amerind, Welsh, and Trini, with degrees in Communication, Psychology and Parapsychology.
I count among my humble skills typing at nearly 200 wpm. I speak several languages fluently, including Junkeon, the Divine Language, and no less than four dialects of Greater Bureaucratic Bullshit Doublespeak, rendering me handy for dealing with suits of all stripes, and paperwork. I read voraciously.
Additionally, I cook -- from several cultures, from cookbooks, from my imagination, and most importantly, from my heart -- all of which will serve the band better than eating at greasy spoons between the loving embraces of fans at well-known venues. In addition, my cooking also lends itself to matters festive, nourishing and remedial.
Of course you wish also to know what merit I can bring to the group. I am the first graduate of the Allistasia Exstasis Academy for Ballerina Ninjas. Add to that my own background of belly dancing and of staff-twirling melee combat learned on the streets of New York City itself. I can dance, choreograph, and stand on my own in battle. Though I can fire a gun with accuracy, I do not require one.
I have extensive knowledge of an entire generation of comics from the silver age onward into today, and could easily engage in conversation with the likes of the esteemed Pinky Carruthers for hours. I am an aficionada of the 80s. I can ride Western saddle or bareback, and I draw.
I dabble in the playing of the didgeridoo for spiritual as well as musical reasons.
What the Institute and Dr. Banzai will, I hope, find most intriguing about me, is my talents. While I am a passable singer and a decent drummer [in memory of my brother], my true strength lies in my family gifts for dealing with people. If you're thinking ESPer, you're correct. I am no telepath; you may safely trust that your mysterious shrouded pasts will remain so with absolute certainty. I am an empath. I can perceive nuances of body language, pheromone, vocal inflection, and one's personal aura to gauge the emotional state of those around me -- with significant accuracy. Resultingly, I'm extremely socially adaptable -- a chameleon. Further, I can enhance the native energy of those around me, resulting in a relaxed state of awareness -- in other words, it's a little easier to think around me, and often inspirational. I also have the rare prophetic dream. I'm also good with kids.
Lastly, I'm female. The bunkhouse has always suffered a shortage of estrogen that knows how to kick ass. Time this bunch of stallions made way for a she-palfrey with a smooth gait and a kick that'll ring your bells.
Cordially,
Indigo
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« Reply #8 on May 31, 2006, 1:54pm » | |
Name: Abigail Adele Garrett-Hale
Occupation History: Electrical Engineer for Rolls-Royce Jet Engines, D.O.D. Finance and Accounting
Loc: Midwest, USA
Hobbies:
Yoga, white-water kayaking, museum prowling, daughter raising, hiking, sailing, keeping my husband out of trouble.
Do you have any trained combat skills:
I’ve had a few years worth of kickboxing. For personal protection: I usually try to be on the winning end of a stun-gun.
Background:
My father was a computer scientist and my mother a progressive minded librarian. I had exposure to many religions as a child, and grew up quite firmly agnostic as a direct result. Because of my father's work at Digital, I had the good fortune to cut my teeth on DEC machines as a child.
My interests moved to what was going on inside the machines by the time I went to college (Rose - Hulman Inst. of Technology, a small private school ranked first in undergrad engineering -- over MIT, Carnegie Mellon, etc). My study focused in magnetic fields (the kinds of things that drove Tesla off the crumbling edge of his sanity) and power systems.
Once I married my darling hubby, I took 2 years off and got my MBA, accepting a job with the Federal Gov't, helping ensure our tax money is wasted efficiently.
We have a daughter age one.
Employment questionnaire:
Tell us why you'd make a good Hong Kong Cavalier:
My engineering degree combined with an MBA make me a force to be reckoned with in design, support and logistics in any team: I count the beans, and I understand how they're used. I'm also an asset in the lab, as my engineering background will attest.
Additionally: I can sing a cappella or with a band, and love to perform on stage.
How do you deal with conflicts on a team?
My upbringing taught me that respecting someone's beliefs or ideas is very possible, even if I disagree. If any disagreement becomes too acrimonious -- I make a good martini.
What was your greatest accomplishment professionally?
Re-designing the electronics package on one of the more popular military engines (I cannot be more specific than that) to account for some 'black box' add-ons for our boys in blue.
…and Personally?
Our darling daughter Tamsyn.
Thanks for your time in reviewing my application, let me know if you have any more questions, or need to see any references.
Sincerely
Abigail
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« Reply #9 on Jun 1, 2006, 8:01am » | |
"With a name like mine, how could I be anything but born to fly?" Born to an unassuming London family, the Swallow grew up into a legend on the stick, able to catch sky with anything from a string-bag biplane to a Harrier jump-jet; a veritable polymath pilot, a himmel-wunderkind by any lights. Known to the global air-racing and stunt-flyer community, out of the cockpit he found small renown penning modern pulp adventures; and some see the seeds of secret truth in the tales he spins. It’s said his career met a fork in the road when he left the dusty academia of theoretical physics and astronomy for the skies; is his quest to fly higher, ever further, perhaps a sublimation of his inner quest to see what lies beyond the blue? It must be confessed that he has not been forthcoming with an answer.
What do people know about him? His love of good vodka and fine cheeses is as firm as his hatred for vampires and tyrants; he habitually carries a carbon-fibre lionhead sword and a Glock 17 modified to unknown specifications; his cool and measured English may sometimes break into the guttural slang of his native city in moments of stress. He has aliases; in China he goes by Yin Ji, to the Brothers of the Neon Chrysanthemum he is Tsubame-kun. The Ojibwa christened him Redwing, and when the houngans mention ‘the Swallow with a steel heart’, it is to him they refer. In the past, his flag has flown alongside any who would ask for it with good conscience; the Crossmen, Richard “Dick” Ready and the Heroes in Trouble, the International Women of Mystery.
Eye-witnesses place him aboard the Gulf Coast oil rig where the redmeat market of Cajun Pork Cathy and her Longpig Boyz met its explosive finale. There are rumours of his conflict with the Jade Dragon cabal and the conspiracy to reawaken the Faceless. That he flew against the Blue Redemption over Bogotá is a matter of public record; but other stories are less easy to corroborate. We can only be sure that Swallow first crossed paths with the Hong Kong Cavaliers on the runway at Groom Lake. Reno Nevada later wrote of him; “the pony-tailed Brit was as swift with a six-string ’52 Telecaster as he was with a 9mm automatic”. He accepted membership in the Blue Blaze Irregulars after a night spent debating ten-dimensional cryptomathematics with Doctor Banzai and his men; the paper that resulted from that evening’s casual conversation was later published in Nature, to some acclaim.
That the Cavaliers might take him to their number; ah, now there sits a possibility that in all his days, Swallow might never had dreamed of; but whatever choice they might make, on that day at Area 51 he offered Banzai his hand and met Buckaroo’s gaze with a crooked smile. “If you need wings, a gun hand or a man to sit in, just say the word. I’ll be able.”
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« Reply #10 on Jun 1, 2006, 10:54pm » | |
(This is an abbreviated CV, since certain clear proofs contained personal information for the arbiters. That other version will hopefully be considered.)
Dear Sirs or Madams of Moonstone Books (via World Watch Online), Dear Mr. Director, Ladies, and Gentlemen:
If I should be deemed fit for the honor, I will humbly accept the grave responsibility incurred by induction as an official Hong Kong Cavalier. Here follow my true qualifications:
I am multi-talented; yet focus my talents on defeating evil (with a particular emphasis on the psychic and spiritual modes).
· Musician, electro/angelic.
· Fine artist
· Computer programmer, Internet.
· Designer.
· Infrared photographer
· Kabbalist
· Specialist in dead languages
· Defense and aerospace contractor
· Descended from ten hanged or jailed Salem witches
· A sensitive psychic; yet suffer the drawback that I weep frequently for little cause. I can perform a decent exorcism in a pinch.
· I have admired Dr. Banzai’s broad approach since childhood, and he has inspired my continual development. He is an exemplary hero, and he has proven to be an exemplary role model.
· I am moderately photogenic in an unusual way that is unlike any current Cavalier.
· I nod in agreement while giving knowing looks.
I certify the truth of these statements by my honor, and respectfully make my application to become an official Hong Kong Cavalier.
If I should be accepted as a Cavalier, I would consider it the highest honor, and will meet it with correct ethics, crime fighting, mild dietary proscriptions, and all manners of exercise except calisthenics.
I am willing to negotiate a new moniker.
Thank you for considering my CV in your effort to locate the next Cavalier. If I should fail to make the grade, I will rally behind the elect nonetheless for the sakes of Justice and Music.
(You may visit me at http://smallberries.com.)
In watermelon,
Muriel
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« Reply #11 on Jun 2, 2006, 9:30pm » | |
Taoist minister,
blues harmonica player,
able technician
singer, songwriter,
with a passion for justice
and sense of honor
great thirst for knowledge,
philosophically inclined,
with vintage Les Paul
my denim jacket
is already adorned with
Team Banzai patches.
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« Reply #12 on Jun 5, 2006, 10:06am » | |
Attn: Dr. Buckaroo Banzai
Dr. Banzai, first of all I must tell you it is a pleasure just to be considered for a position at your esteemed institute. Attached you will find my résumé with all of the pertinent details, but I wanted to introduce myself a little better.
My name is Christina Ward, but my friends call me Steel City because of my love for my hometown of Pittsburgh, PA. I was actually born in a small suburb of Pittsburgh in 1969 shortly after the infamous Zombie attack, which occurred less than two miles from my childhood home. Because of my youth in “Zombietown USA” I have an extensive knowledge of zombie survival and elimination techniques. Aside from the threat of attacks from the undead, I had a happy childhood. I was raised in a large and loving family and because of that I have a strong loyalty to family and friends.
I was always a curious child with a voracious appetite to learn. After graduating top of my high school class, I went on to get a degree in Physics from Saint Vincent in Latrobe PA. I specialized in Fluid Mechanics and designed and built a wind tunnel still in use at the college. I’ve always had a love of aircraft and began my studies with the intention of eventually designing new aircraft. While at SVC I earned my pilots license and have logged more than 5000 hours in all types of aircraft. I went on to earn Masters Degrees in Aeronautical Science, Aerospace Engineering, and Space Science from Embry Riddle in Daytona Florida. I am currently working on my PHD in Physics at UC Berkley and was lucky enough to work on the design team of the SpaceShip One with the legendary Burt Rutan.
On a personal note, I speak fluent French and am learning Japanese. I’ve just earned my first-degree black belt in Tang Soo Do. My hobbies include collecting comics, watching movies, web design, playing piano and singing in the church choir, and competitive target shooting.
I realize that you will receive thousands of applicants for this single opening, and I’m sure many of them will me more qualified that I. However, I think that in addition to my scientific abilities I can bring other unique qualities to the table. First of all, I am a quick learner and within days of beginning any job, I can have almost complete mastery of the task at hand. I also have a strong work ethic. Having worked my way through all my years of school, I know the value of doing your absolute best in every job. And finally, because of years of customer service experience I have the ability to deal with people and diffuse potentially tense situations.
Thank you for your time Dr. Banzai, and please don’t hesitate to call me with any questions, or to request references. I hope to be working with you in the future.
Christina Ward
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« Reply #13 on Jun 6, 2006, 2:23am » | |
Greetings Dr. Banzai and the Hong Kong Cavaliers,
I present myself for your evaluation as a candidate into inner circle
of associates.
Name:Rabeye Skywise - Blue Blaze Irregular #4325
Age:35
Current Occupation:Pilot (US Navy retired)
Skills:Former US Navy SEAL, Rock/Jazz Singer, Member of HKC Coverband
"The Imitators",Computer Programmer/System Analyst.
Being a person of few words, but a person of action, I know that if
chosen, I will be of great use of ridding the world of so-called Hanoi
Xan and his World Crime League.
Sincerely,
Rabeye
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| | Re: Could YOU be Cavalier? **Contest**
« Reply #14 on Jun 6, 2006, 11:44am » | |
Name: Joie De Vivre (real name undetermined at this time)
Age: Mid-30's - undetermined
Abilities: Photographic memory - able to remember anything she views once. Speedreading more than a thousand words a minute makes her a walking repository for knowledge. She also has an uncanny ability to pick up languages after reading them only a few times, making her an instant translator for the written word as well.
Musical Instrument: Flute, clay ocarina.
History: Found wandering the streets in Toronto, Canada she claims to be French Canadian but speaks with a thick Scottish accent that appears and disappears at times. Amnesia has erased most of her personal data from her mind, but yet she knows details about equipment and items that are not in public knowledge or in any unclassified documents. Attempts to restore her memory by regular means have failed, leaving her no choice but to apply to the Institute both as a patient and as a Cavalier to earn her cure, if one is able to be found.
Weapon Proficiency: Discovered when she was mugged by an unlucky criminal one night, Joie has a berserker-type quality that emerges when her or a loved one is threatened. Unable or unwilling to use weapons, she will lash out physically with only her body as a weapon, often unable to stop until restrained or if the target of her wrath is unconscious or dead. Yet another mystery she needs the Institute's help to unravel, since she has already evaded prosecution for one manslaughter case and is suspected in three more serious assaults.
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