Application to Imperial Saga
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techromancyPlayer Name: James
Character Name: The Doctor/Dok
Canon: Hellsing
Canon Background:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_(Hellsing)
http://hellsing.wikia.com/wiki/The_Doctor
AU Background:
For the most part, there doesn’t need to be much to change Dok’s background, especially with how little is known about his background in the first place. He was most likely raised in Amestris, where he resided in the slums with his relatively poor family during his youth. He was, however, fascinated by two things: one was the growing field of science, especially in physiology and technology, and the other was warfare. Throughout his youth and into young adulthood, Dok would experiment with whatever pieces of small steampunk technology he could, finding he had an incredible talent for it. He also had quite a talent for physiology and biology, quite often finding and dissecting stray animals to find out how they worked.
Once he reached adulthood, Dok would choose to join the military, specifically because he believed it would give him a chance to work with the blooming field of technology at a much more reasonable rate than any other field, and because he felt that the moral guidelines most doctors were meant to adhere to would be much easier to get away with breaking in the military. Due to his curious demeanor that could easily translate into a total lack of morals in the pursuit of knowledge, Dok would soon find himself working under the Major in Millennium. There, Dok would serve as the chief engineer and technician of the group, being responsible for the majority of the technology the group developed, including Schrodinger.
Along with his previous interest in science and warfare, Dok would also grow to have a great interest in the Rift. Science is a field of advancement and discovery, and in that science had a foothold in all things, including (perhaps even especially) things like the Rift which would be much better left undisturbed. But the thing is, those things which could be burdens, could destroy mankind, are clearly worth harnessing, both to try and improve mankind as well as to learn how to wield it as a weapon. Thus, Dok has begun an extensive research program to see what he can figure out and find about the nature of the beings that dwell in the Rift and the Rift itself. And he does so in order to find a way to combat and cleanse the effects of the Rift as much as he intends to find a way to harness and utilize the corrupting influence of the Rift as a weapon or to develop man even further.
Personality:
The Doctor is the very model of a modern mad scientist.
To the Doctor, science, and the pursuit of such, is the end all and be-all of everything. It is his very reason for existence, and nothing can get in the way of it or hamper it. Man is a creature that is capable of using tools, and these tools are not always just physical things they can hold and wield but also theoretically concepts. And the better mankind gets at using tools, the better mankind is. The more it evolves. To the Doctor, these concepts and tools are everywhere: there is absolutely nothing that doesn’t beg the possibility of exploration, of discovery, of attempting to understand it through any means possible. Dok thoroughly believes that science is the saving grace of mankind, and there is no inappropriate way to use science. Whether one uses science to build or destroy, to create a vaccine to save millions or a virus to kill those millions, it is worth doing and exploring. And that’s what propels the Doctor: to explore. If there is something in front of him, a living being or a machine, he needs to know how, not only, does it work, but also how its function might be improved, for these to him are the main guidelines and principles of science. There is nothing that shouldn’t be explored, no matter how dangerous or foolish it might be to do so, and there is nothing that doesn’t beg improvement, no matter how well something might work to begin with. Science is man’s guiding light, leading man ever forward, and being a man of science what else can Dok do but follow. He must study everything he can, experiment on everything he can, improve everything he can, because not to do so would be to pause and force science to slow down and stop in its tracks. And this is unacceptable, entirely unacceptable, to Dok, for it’d be equivalent of forcing his own life to have meaning. He must march, ever onward, continuing his research.
That being said, Dok has no use whatsoever for concepts such as “restraint” or “morality”. These are vague, piddling little concepts that have no meaning in the end, and only serve to slow down science, and thus slow down progress. The Doctor is entirely amoral in his research, and he doesn’t care if his research is used to save a million lives or a kill a million. He would be just as happy as finding a cure to the taint and corruption of the Rift as he would be learning to find a way to harness that corruption, both as a means of moving mankind forward in its evolution as well as using it as a conceivable weapon against others. To him, these are both acceptable practices and end in the same result: progress. The fact that one does harm while the other does not is meaningless, because something is learned and theoretically, improved upon from the application of either. Considering the Doctor is as much interested in physiology and biological science as he is in theoreticals and technological science, this can easily get gruesome as the Doctor would be as happy, or perhaps even happier, to perform experiments on a live body as he would a cadaver. After all, much can be learned if the body is still living and physical and physiological reactions much better viewed and understood when you can see them happening as you take a living body apart then attempting to theorize what the results might be from a dead body. And after all, what does it matter? Certainly, the suffering these test subjects might have to go through is nothing in comparison to the results that might be gained and eventually used. Suffering is but for a moment. Science and advancement can be eternal, and any of Dok’s test subjects should be honored in the fact that they’re about to be part of something great.
Even without the ever present obsession of science, there’s still a lot to the Doctor. In most cases dealing with social aspects, the Doctor adapts a sense of timidity around himself, even when dealing with people he’s known for a while or would consider friends. The Doctor rarely has to talk with people he doesn’t know, and even then his conversations tend to be limited to the Major or Schrodinger, and because of this he has a very poor concept of social interactions. He can certainly talk, but there are very few things that interest him besides his goals of advancing science and, by doing so, advancing humanity. Unlike the Major, who is a natural leader and speaker, the Doctor prefers taking a secondary role in most things. This could be due to the fact that the Doctor possesses a healthy respect in accordance with the ideas of hierarchy and command. While Dok doesn’t respect things such as morality, he does respect the concept of commanding officers and chain of command, and will always show proper respect to those who have authority over him. In fact, if someone else should show disrespect to a commanding officer, Dok will demand they take back what they’ve said and show proper respect, though this rarely comes up beyond the case of Schrodinger. There are few things Dok gives respect to that doesn’t further his own goals, and that is authority.
However, while timidity might be the way Dok generally composes himself socially, especially in circumstances he isn’t familiar with, there are times where it can easily evaporate into something else. The most common time this will happen is, of course, when discussing science or even topics that could be of interest to his research. At this point, Dok can fit fairly easy into discussion, as it’s one of the few topics he genuinely loves to talk about. At this point he can take a fairly friendly, although still somewhat dry and humorless, personality and tone during the talk. Along with this, though, is the fact that Dok can talk about scientific atrocities and abominations as easily and jovially as genuine scientific progress: in his eyes, there’s no real difference, and he doesn’t understand why the way he views things might upset or offend others, which can lead to Dok himself become defensive if called on the atrocity of what he’s talking about. Aside from science, Dok is also very calm and capable about talking about warfare and even addressing troops. Where Dok might be clumsy and awkward in casual social interactions, he’s calm, composed, and level-headed when talking about and discussing the details of military operations and addressing the troops below him and his own officers. He, in fact, loves talking about military operations, and has a bloodlust and love of war very close and akin to the Major’s, though it might be debated that while the Major loves war for the pure sake of the act, the Doctor loves war since it’s the testing ground for most of his experiments and allows him to see how they fair. After all, there’s no better test than actual application.
Despite his levels of timidity towards stranger and general calmness towards others while doing his work, the Doctor also possesses a ferocity within him he usually doesn’t display. It would surprise most people to find that the eccentric, timid scientist enters a positive rage when he becomes truly angry. His timidity and level-headness drop immediately, displaying an obsessive, judgmental, and occasionally obscene man at the peak of his anger. To be fair, it takes a great deal to make Dok angry, but the best way of doing so is to criticize his work, which he cannot accept. Dok might be willing to admit to himself that there’s a problem with a creation, or that something might need more fine tuning, but criticism from someone else is rarely, if ever, acceptable to him, and he reacts to it as poorly as one possibly can. And a great reason for why this enrages him so much is due to Dok’s own fear of failure. Dok isn’t afraid of much, and even death itself doesn’t really frighten him, but failing or being called a failure in his endeavors is absolutely crushing. It’s the culmination of everything he fears, and the only way he can react to it is with denial and rage.
Combat Style: The Doctor, being a man of science, tends not to enter combat and no real combat skills. He’s usually so far back from the fields and line of battle that it usually isn’t a concern and, while perhaps having some training with a firearm, otherwise possesses nothing in terms of combat ability.
Kingdom or Faction: Amestris, though his true loyalty will always be with the Millennium Faction within it.
Primary Role: Engineer – Millennium
Soldier or Siege Company: This would be the same as the Major’s, though he falls in with the Major’s authority superseding his own.
Tarot Cards:
Past – The Hermit
Present – The Devil
Future – The Moon
Title: The Doctor
Artifacts: In canon, there is an item (or more accurately, person) the Doctor possesses that could be considered an artifact. This would be “The She”, or more specifically, the remains of Mina Harker. In canon, it was from these remains that The Doctor was able to engineer the chip that would transform Millennium Battalions soldiers into vampires, and this was due to the fact that in Hellsing Dracula was simply beaten and enslaved by Van Hellsing instead of killed, which meant part of his vampiric essence remained in Mina Harker instead of leaving like it would have if he had died. In series, Dok has Mina’s remains closed off in a large, cylindrical metal container, and he’s used them as his primary means of coming to understand (and try to surpass) Alucard’s potential.
Now, while this could still be the case in Imperial Saga, it would probably require some clearing with at least Alucard’s-mun as well, so there are possible alternatives for who/what The She might be if he’s allowed to have it in Imperial Saga. A possible alternative would be for The She to be the remains of a powerful undead or a daemon from the Rift, and thus also tie in with Dok’s current obsession with researching and harnessing the Rift and corruption.
Setting Considerations: The She, as noted above. The She isn’t necessary, but it is an interesting concept and was the foundation of Dok’s research in canon.
Sample Post:
1. You are about to embark upon a grand journey. What do you carry in your satchel?
Ah! Simple, quite simple really. I will take only what I need in order to do my research! A diary or logbook to record my findings, a compass and map for direction, and a scalpel in case I come upon anything that needs immediate research!
I…hm. I suppose it would also be wise to pack provisions and fresh water in case of emergencies but certainly, certainly those that I put above would come first!
2. Your rival in court knows something that you do not, and this knowledge is giving them the advantage. How do you address this issue?
Showing how impressed I was with my opponents knowledge, I would humbly invite him over to my house for afternoon tea. I would keep the man busy with small talk, focusing on whatever regrettable subjects he might like, while I prepare the tea. During this preparation, I would slip in a powerful narcotic to put the rival to sleep while he drinks.
While my rival slumbers unaware in this induced state, I would restrain him and prepare a powerful truth serum for when he awakens. Once he wakes up, I would inject him with the truth serum, extract what he knows that I do not, and copy it down for myself so I don’t forget later.
Of course, I couldn’t really let the poor fellow go after that. What he might say afterwards just runs too much of an incriminatory risk. I’m sure, then, I might find a noble goal for him within my research.
3. What is god to you?
God is a blood-stained testing mat, leaving the accounts of his love and progress in the gore and human liquid that has seeped into the mat. That has found its way onto my hands and lab coat, a baptism far finer than any water anointed by a priest. God is the little, flickering spark of a machine when it turns on, or that spark of life in a creature. And God?
God is mendable. Usable. Harnessable. By us, of course. Some say it’s man prerogative to serve God. I say it’s God very purpose to serve us.
4. It is the eve of a great battle, and the troops have made camp for the night. Where are you and what are you doing?
Mmm. Not in any single place, that is for certain. While the troops might rest and prepare for their battle, that is when I shall truly work. I shall inspect our equipment one last time, making sure it is in perfect working order and condition for the field test tomorrow. After all, if I wish to see how it truly performs, it must be working at one hundred percent of its capacity. And no detail is too small. I will observe and inspect every inch, every millimeter of the equipments casing, of its wiring, of its programming. Nothing, absolutely nothing, may go wrong. We have no time for pitiful mistakes such as equipment failure, or this or that.
Once I finish inspecting the equipment and ensuring its working order, I will retreat to my own quarters and record a log of my findings during my inspection. After all, while I inspect the equipment, I might also find ways to improve it! Yes, certainly, it is never too late or too soon to prepare a bit more fine tuning, and such observations must be recorded so I can have more to go on with my work!
After these observations have been recorded, I will do an examination of my previous observations and work and, if I had been able to bring any of my work with me, or found any on the way, will proceed to work on it then. I will, eventually, go to sleep, although for not too long. Sleep is an unfortunate, but necessary, hindrance.
5. You are presiding over a murder trial where both suspects claim innocence. What do you do?
Simple. Both will be taken into custody and pressured through any means to claim responsibility for the crime. It doesn’t matter if one, or either, of them actually did, so long as one confesses and we have someone to present to blame for the public. The one who eventually confesses will be executed shortly, thus giving piece of mind to the public.
Oh! Even better if both are persuaded to confess! Then we might take responsibility for ridding the land of two murderers!
6. The pressures of court have become too much for you to bear, what do you do?
I will retreat for a time to my lab, my sanctuary, my true home. And, taking solace in the comfort that room gives me, those walls and floors that have been witness to the unimaginable progress I’ve been moving towards, I will center myself. I will remember fully who I am and what I am for it is there that I truly even exist. That I become me. I will reside there for however long it takes to compose myself, and when I return I will be as if I have awoken from a wonderful, deep sleep, refreshed and prepared for whatever other burden the court might place on me.
7. For what cause are you willing to sacrifice yourself?
I…hmmm. Sacrifice is a bit strong of a word, is it not? Regardless, the only cause worth sacrificing for is, of course, science and the advancement we might have through it. I give myself up, daily, to experimentation and observation, to going over what I will do in thorough planning and detail, and going over what I have done again and again and again with the obsession only one truly in love with their work might do. To it, I devote my life entirely, give myself up to it and will allow it to consume me while I at the same time consume it. A serpent, devouring its tail. That is what I am, and what my sacrifice is.
8. What do you want people to remember about you after you are gone?
My research. My research, most definitely, and I will ensure they remember it! The wonders I will craft, the miracles of my science, will be as extraordinary and complicated as even the most powerful magic a sorcerer might conjure. But my magic will not be limited to just the user, but be applicable to anyone, that anyone might hold it and know it, understand its application, use it. These wonders I will introduce to the world will be without peer or equal! It doesn’t matter if they know who made them. It doesn’t matter if anyone even knows my name. All that matters is that the fruits of labor ripen fully and tempt those who might see it to take a bite of it.
9. Everything you love and held dear has been taken from you in the blink of an eye. What do you do?
Rebuild. Always rebuild. What I might have, what I might have made, Might be sundered completely. Might be devoured in flames and reduced to a fine ash that is unsalvageable. But the fact is that progress cannot be stopped, cannot be ended, not truly! It can only be hampered for a short period of time, and the wheels of progress? Will continue to turn, will turn endlessly, no matter how many times they might be knocked out of joint.
10. What do you need to know that you do not know already?
Everything.
Character Name: The Doctor/Dok
Canon: Hellsing
Canon Background:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_(Hellsing)
http://hellsing.wikia.com/wiki/The_Doctor
AU Background:
For the most part, there doesn’t need to be much to change Dok’s background, especially with how little is known about his background in the first place. He was most likely raised in Amestris, where he resided in the slums with his relatively poor family during his youth. He was, however, fascinated by two things: one was the growing field of science, especially in physiology and technology, and the other was warfare. Throughout his youth and into young adulthood, Dok would experiment with whatever pieces of small steampunk technology he could, finding he had an incredible talent for it. He also had quite a talent for physiology and biology, quite often finding and dissecting stray animals to find out how they worked.
Once he reached adulthood, Dok would choose to join the military, specifically because he believed it would give him a chance to work with the blooming field of technology at a much more reasonable rate than any other field, and because he felt that the moral guidelines most doctors were meant to adhere to would be much easier to get away with breaking in the military. Due to his curious demeanor that could easily translate into a total lack of morals in the pursuit of knowledge, Dok would soon find himself working under the Major in Millennium. There, Dok would serve as the chief engineer and technician of the group, being responsible for the majority of the technology the group developed, including Schrodinger.
Along with his previous interest in science and warfare, Dok would also grow to have a great interest in the Rift. Science is a field of advancement and discovery, and in that science had a foothold in all things, including (perhaps even especially) things like the Rift which would be much better left undisturbed. But the thing is, those things which could be burdens, could destroy mankind, are clearly worth harnessing, both to try and improve mankind as well as to learn how to wield it as a weapon. Thus, Dok has begun an extensive research program to see what he can figure out and find about the nature of the beings that dwell in the Rift and the Rift itself. And he does so in order to find a way to combat and cleanse the effects of the Rift as much as he intends to find a way to harness and utilize the corrupting influence of the Rift as a weapon or to develop man even further.
Personality:
The Doctor is the very model of a modern mad scientist.
To the Doctor, science, and the pursuit of such, is the end all and be-all of everything. It is his very reason for existence, and nothing can get in the way of it or hamper it. Man is a creature that is capable of using tools, and these tools are not always just physical things they can hold and wield but also theoretically concepts. And the better mankind gets at using tools, the better mankind is. The more it evolves. To the Doctor, these concepts and tools are everywhere: there is absolutely nothing that doesn’t beg the possibility of exploration, of discovery, of attempting to understand it through any means possible. Dok thoroughly believes that science is the saving grace of mankind, and there is no inappropriate way to use science. Whether one uses science to build or destroy, to create a vaccine to save millions or a virus to kill those millions, it is worth doing and exploring. And that’s what propels the Doctor: to explore. If there is something in front of him, a living being or a machine, he needs to know how, not only, does it work, but also how its function might be improved, for these to him are the main guidelines and principles of science. There is nothing that shouldn’t be explored, no matter how dangerous or foolish it might be to do so, and there is nothing that doesn’t beg improvement, no matter how well something might work to begin with. Science is man’s guiding light, leading man ever forward, and being a man of science what else can Dok do but follow. He must study everything he can, experiment on everything he can, improve everything he can, because not to do so would be to pause and force science to slow down and stop in its tracks. And this is unacceptable, entirely unacceptable, to Dok, for it’d be equivalent of forcing his own life to have meaning. He must march, ever onward, continuing his research.
That being said, Dok has no use whatsoever for concepts such as “restraint” or “morality”. These are vague, piddling little concepts that have no meaning in the end, and only serve to slow down science, and thus slow down progress. The Doctor is entirely amoral in his research, and he doesn’t care if his research is used to save a million lives or a kill a million. He would be just as happy as finding a cure to the taint and corruption of the Rift as he would be learning to find a way to harness that corruption, both as a means of moving mankind forward in its evolution as well as using it as a conceivable weapon against others. To him, these are both acceptable practices and end in the same result: progress. The fact that one does harm while the other does not is meaningless, because something is learned and theoretically, improved upon from the application of either. Considering the Doctor is as much interested in physiology and biological science as he is in theoreticals and technological science, this can easily get gruesome as the Doctor would be as happy, or perhaps even happier, to perform experiments on a live body as he would a cadaver. After all, much can be learned if the body is still living and physical and physiological reactions much better viewed and understood when you can see them happening as you take a living body apart then attempting to theorize what the results might be from a dead body. And after all, what does it matter? Certainly, the suffering these test subjects might have to go through is nothing in comparison to the results that might be gained and eventually used. Suffering is but for a moment. Science and advancement can be eternal, and any of Dok’s test subjects should be honored in the fact that they’re about to be part of something great.
Even without the ever present obsession of science, there’s still a lot to the Doctor. In most cases dealing with social aspects, the Doctor adapts a sense of timidity around himself, even when dealing with people he’s known for a while or would consider friends. The Doctor rarely has to talk with people he doesn’t know, and even then his conversations tend to be limited to the Major or Schrodinger, and because of this he has a very poor concept of social interactions. He can certainly talk, but there are very few things that interest him besides his goals of advancing science and, by doing so, advancing humanity. Unlike the Major, who is a natural leader and speaker, the Doctor prefers taking a secondary role in most things. This could be due to the fact that the Doctor possesses a healthy respect in accordance with the ideas of hierarchy and command. While Dok doesn’t respect things such as morality, he does respect the concept of commanding officers and chain of command, and will always show proper respect to those who have authority over him. In fact, if someone else should show disrespect to a commanding officer, Dok will demand they take back what they’ve said and show proper respect, though this rarely comes up beyond the case of Schrodinger. There are few things Dok gives respect to that doesn’t further his own goals, and that is authority.
However, while timidity might be the way Dok generally composes himself socially, especially in circumstances he isn’t familiar with, there are times where it can easily evaporate into something else. The most common time this will happen is, of course, when discussing science or even topics that could be of interest to his research. At this point, Dok can fit fairly easy into discussion, as it’s one of the few topics he genuinely loves to talk about. At this point he can take a fairly friendly, although still somewhat dry and humorless, personality and tone during the talk. Along with this, though, is the fact that Dok can talk about scientific atrocities and abominations as easily and jovially as genuine scientific progress: in his eyes, there’s no real difference, and he doesn’t understand why the way he views things might upset or offend others, which can lead to Dok himself become defensive if called on the atrocity of what he’s talking about. Aside from science, Dok is also very calm and capable about talking about warfare and even addressing troops. Where Dok might be clumsy and awkward in casual social interactions, he’s calm, composed, and level-headed when talking about and discussing the details of military operations and addressing the troops below him and his own officers. He, in fact, loves talking about military operations, and has a bloodlust and love of war very close and akin to the Major’s, though it might be debated that while the Major loves war for the pure sake of the act, the Doctor loves war since it’s the testing ground for most of his experiments and allows him to see how they fair. After all, there’s no better test than actual application.
Despite his levels of timidity towards stranger and general calmness towards others while doing his work, the Doctor also possesses a ferocity within him he usually doesn’t display. It would surprise most people to find that the eccentric, timid scientist enters a positive rage when he becomes truly angry. His timidity and level-headness drop immediately, displaying an obsessive, judgmental, and occasionally obscene man at the peak of his anger. To be fair, it takes a great deal to make Dok angry, but the best way of doing so is to criticize his work, which he cannot accept. Dok might be willing to admit to himself that there’s a problem with a creation, or that something might need more fine tuning, but criticism from someone else is rarely, if ever, acceptable to him, and he reacts to it as poorly as one possibly can. And a great reason for why this enrages him so much is due to Dok’s own fear of failure. Dok isn’t afraid of much, and even death itself doesn’t really frighten him, but failing or being called a failure in his endeavors is absolutely crushing. It’s the culmination of everything he fears, and the only way he can react to it is with denial and rage.
Combat Style: The Doctor, being a man of science, tends not to enter combat and no real combat skills. He’s usually so far back from the fields and line of battle that it usually isn’t a concern and, while perhaps having some training with a firearm, otherwise possesses nothing in terms of combat ability.
Kingdom or Faction: Amestris, though his true loyalty will always be with the Millennium Faction within it.
Primary Role: Engineer – Millennium
Soldier or Siege Company: This would be the same as the Major’s, though he falls in with the Major’s authority superseding his own.
Tarot Cards:
Past – The Hermit
Present – The Devil
Future – The Moon
Title: The Doctor
Artifacts: In canon, there is an item (or more accurately, person) the Doctor possesses that could be considered an artifact. This would be “The She”, or more specifically, the remains of Mina Harker. In canon, it was from these remains that The Doctor was able to engineer the chip that would transform Millennium Battalions soldiers into vampires, and this was due to the fact that in Hellsing Dracula was simply beaten and enslaved by Van Hellsing instead of killed, which meant part of his vampiric essence remained in Mina Harker instead of leaving like it would have if he had died. In series, Dok has Mina’s remains closed off in a large, cylindrical metal container, and he’s used them as his primary means of coming to understand (and try to surpass) Alucard’s potential.
Now, while this could still be the case in Imperial Saga, it would probably require some clearing with at least Alucard’s-mun as well, so there are possible alternatives for who/what The She might be if he’s allowed to have it in Imperial Saga. A possible alternative would be for The She to be the remains of a powerful undead or a daemon from the Rift, and thus also tie in with Dok’s current obsession with researching and harnessing the Rift and corruption.
Setting Considerations: The She, as noted above. The She isn’t necessary, but it is an interesting concept and was the foundation of Dok’s research in canon.
Sample Post:
1. You are about to embark upon a grand journey. What do you carry in your satchel?
Ah! Simple, quite simple really. I will take only what I need in order to do my research! A diary or logbook to record my findings, a compass and map for direction, and a scalpel in case I come upon anything that needs immediate research!
I…hm. I suppose it would also be wise to pack provisions and fresh water in case of emergencies but certainly, certainly those that I put above would come first!
2. Your rival in court knows something that you do not, and this knowledge is giving them the advantage. How do you address this issue?
Showing how impressed I was with my opponents knowledge, I would humbly invite him over to my house for afternoon tea. I would keep the man busy with small talk, focusing on whatever regrettable subjects he might like, while I prepare the tea. During this preparation, I would slip in a powerful narcotic to put the rival to sleep while he drinks.
While my rival slumbers unaware in this induced state, I would restrain him and prepare a powerful truth serum for when he awakens. Once he wakes up, I would inject him with the truth serum, extract what he knows that I do not, and copy it down for myself so I don’t forget later.
Of course, I couldn’t really let the poor fellow go after that. What he might say afterwards just runs too much of an incriminatory risk. I’m sure, then, I might find a noble goal for him within my research.
3. What is god to you?
God is a blood-stained testing mat, leaving the accounts of his love and progress in the gore and human liquid that has seeped into the mat. That has found its way onto my hands and lab coat, a baptism far finer than any water anointed by a priest. God is the little, flickering spark of a machine when it turns on, or that spark of life in a creature. And God?
God is mendable. Usable. Harnessable. By us, of course. Some say it’s man prerogative to serve God. I say it’s God very purpose to serve us.
4. It is the eve of a great battle, and the troops have made camp for the night. Where are you and what are you doing?
Mmm. Not in any single place, that is for certain. While the troops might rest and prepare for their battle, that is when I shall truly work. I shall inspect our equipment one last time, making sure it is in perfect working order and condition for the field test tomorrow. After all, if I wish to see how it truly performs, it must be working at one hundred percent of its capacity. And no detail is too small. I will observe and inspect every inch, every millimeter of the equipments casing, of its wiring, of its programming. Nothing, absolutely nothing, may go wrong. We have no time for pitiful mistakes such as equipment failure, or this or that.
Once I finish inspecting the equipment and ensuring its working order, I will retreat to my own quarters and record a log of my findings during my inspection. After all, while I inspect the equipment, I might also find ways to improve it! Yes, certainly, it is never too late or too soon to prepare a bit more fine tuning, and such observations must be recorded so I can have more to go on with my work!
After these observations have been recorded, I will do an examination of my previous observations and work and, if I had been able to bring any of my work with me, or found any on the way, will proceed to work on it then. I will, eventually, go to sleep, although for not too long. Sleep is an unfortunate, but necessary, hindrance.
5. You are presiding over a murder trial where both suspects claim innocence. What do you do?
Simple. Both will be taken into custody and pressured through any means to claim responsibility for the crime. It doesn’t matter if one, or either, of them actually did, so long as one confesses and we have someone to present to blame for the public. The one who eventually confesses will be executed shortly, thus giving piece of mind to the public.
Oh! Even better if both are persuaded to confess! Then we might take responsibility for ridding the land of two murderers!
6. The pressures of court have become too much for you to bear, what do you do?
I will retreat for a time to my lab, my sanctuary, my true home. And, taking solace in the comfort that room gives me, those walls and floors that have been witness to the unimaginable progress I’ve been moving towards, I will center myself. I will remember fully who I am and what I am for it is there that I truly even exist. That I become me. I will reside there for however long it takes to compose myself, and when I return I will be as if I have awoken from a wonderful, deep sleep, refreshed and prepared for whatever other burden the court might place on me.
7. For what cause are you willing to sacrifice yourself?
I…hmmm. Sacrifice is a bit strong of a word, is it not? Regardless, the only cause worth sacrificing for is, of course, science and the advancement we might have through it. I give myself up, daily, to experimentation and observation, to going over what I will do in thorough planning and detail, and going over what I have done again and again and again with the obsession only one truly in love with their work might do. To it, I devote my life entirely, give myself up to it and will allow it to consume me while I at the same time consume it. A serpent, devouring its tail. That is what I am, and what my sacrifice is.
8. What do you want people to remember about you after you are gone?
My research. My research, most definitely, and I will ensure they remember it! The wonders I will craft, the miracles of my science, will be as extraordinary and complicated as even the most powerful magic a sorcerer might conjure. But my magic will not be limited to just the user, but be applicable to anyone, that anyone might hold it and know it, understand its application, use it. These wonders I will introduce to the world will be without peer or equal! It doesn’t matter if they know who made them. It doesn’t matter if anyone even knows my name. All that matters is that the fruits of labor ripen fully and tempt those who might see it to take a bite of it.
9. Everything you love and held dear has been taken from you in the blink of an eye. What do you do?
Rebuild. Always rebuild. What I might have, what I might have made, Might be sundered completely. Might be devoured in flames and reduced to a fine ash that is unsalvageable. But the fact is that progress cannot be stopped, cannot be ended, not truly! It can only be hampered for a short period of time, and the wheels of progress? Will continue to turn, will turn endlessly, no matter how many times they might be knocked out of joint.
10. What do you need to know that you do not know already?
Everything.
