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User Name/Nick: Ros
User DW: Naw
AIM/IM: pyrocornflakes
E-mail: rosloops at gmail
Other Characters: Arthur, Summer
Character Name: Angelo Unuscione, aka Gunther Bain, aka Unus the Untouchable
Series: Marvel 616
Age: 30s
From When?: Excalibur #1, when Freakshow swallows him to shut him up.
Inmate/Warden: Inmate. Unus is just a lousy person, and he's had plenty of opportunities to turn his life around, but he always goes back to a life of crime.
Item: N/A
Abilities/Powers: Unus can generate a psionic forcefield around his body, which can deflect objects, energy beams, and even telepathy (some... how). This forcefield renders him effectively untouchable, hence the name. He can also hold objects, such as a baseball bat, and project the forcefield around them, turning them into powerful weapons that can hit with superhuman force (SOMEHOW). Luckily, despite how nigh-impenetrable his forcefield is, it doesn't deflect oxygen, so normally, he can survive quite happily with it. However, his abilities sometimes go out of his control, rendering his forcefield so powerful that it even blocks out air, effectively killing him. (Twice.) While his shield is typically too powerful for most blows to reach him, it's not impossible to get a good hit on Unus if you exert enough force. Characters like the Hulk and Thor are able to break through his shield. His shield doesn't deflect sonic pulses, blasts, booms, and other sonicky things.
On the Barge, Unus will have to exert active effort to keep his shield up (whereas in the comics, it tends to come across as a more passive ability; i.e. he turns it "on" and then it stays on), meaning that as a default, he won't be protected. The shield's also weaker, so a fully powered character with energy blasts or super strength, for example, will be able to penetrate it with enough time and effort. But, really, distracting him would also be a key to beating him on the Barge, since he isn't used to having to actively concentrate to keep his powers going.
Also, as a professional wrestler (like, a real one, I guess, not an actor), he's a skilled fighter. Even without his powers, Unus is a man in peak physical condition.
Personality: If there's one word to sum up Angelo Unuscione, it's hubris. Having spent roughly half his life nearly invulnerable, Unus truly believes himself to be untouchable. Nobody can hurt him, not with brute force or even telepathy. Most of the time, Unus is fearless; he believes that his shield will protect him from anything, so he doesn't have to check himself. He can walk through any situation unscathed, and that ability has shaped him into a proud, arrogant, grade-a jerk. This is a man who'll smack talk Charles Xavier and take on the entire team of the X-Men without a care. Sometimes, he'll talk about mutant supremacy, but it's pretty clear that the only supremacy that Unus really believes in is his own.
Of course, with hubris always comes a great fall, and Unus is no stranger to those, although they rarely seem to leave an impact. There have been times when his powers-- his greatest strength and pride-- have been used against him. Beast shot him with a ray that amplified his powers, made it impossible for him to even pick up and eat food; another time, his powers amplified to the point where he couldn't breathe; and yet another time, his untouchability made it such that he was swallowed whole by a giant monster in order to take him out of a fight. Despite this, he never seems to consider the fact that his abilities should be handled responsibly, that maybe MORE POWER!!! isn't a good thing.
It should come as no surprise that Unus isn't the brightest bulb. This is a man who wouldn't know subtlety if it smacked him in the face, and you can pretty much forget about subterfuge. His simplicity comes out in the way he operates as a supervillain. He isn't like Magneto, Mystique or any of the greats. No ambition drives him; he's simply greedy, lazy and arrogant. He's a pretty simple thug, and the deepest plan he's ever come up with was "let's dress as the X-Men and rob some banks." More often than not, you can find Unus walking right up to a cash register and robbing the place with a baseball bat in hand and a smug smile on his face.
Along with his hubris, Unus has a massive ego, and he doesn't take well to it being bruised. Like many extremely arrogant people, Unus can't stand to find himself vulnerable in any way, and it sort of shatters his world when it happens. When he feels wronged, he'll hold grudges and do what he can to get revenge, even if his revenge plans are really stupid and reckless. In those rare moments where he finds himself vulnerable, Unus tends to panic and run away, opting for self preservation. Afterwards, he'll throw a little tantrum and try to reinforce his macho image of himself, sometimes by plotting revenge; others, by instructing his henchmen to try to hit him, knowing that they can't get past his shield. This makes him feel good about himself. On the Barge, with his powers out of whack, this attitude will likely manifest itself in Unus picking fights he knows he can win, i.e. with smaller/scrappier inmates who can't stand up to his brute force.
Unus is a deeply selfish, lazy person. Although he has pride in his abilities, he doesn't seem interested in utilizing it for anything constructive. He'd much rather take the easiest route to fame and fortune available to him: a life of crime. Even in those few times where he'll retire from supervillainy, Unus can't seem to resist an easy buck, and he'll quickly fall back on habits, resorting to small-time crime like bank robberies. Hell, sometimes he's too lazy to even rob a bank, and he'll just take his baseball bat to a diner and go to town. Despite the fact that he's rarely successful at what he does, that he's hardly intelligent or ambitious enough to hold a candle to somebody like Magneto, Unus doesn't seem to know when to quit. He'll just keep on trying to show that he's the biggest, baddest guy around, even when it's painfully obvious that he isn't.
As a selfish jerk, Unus rarely shows any concern for others-- the one exception being his best and only friend, Fred J. Dukes, aka the Blob. In the Blob, Unus has a kindred spirit: somebody just as lazy, selfish and brutish as he is. It's a match made in... somewhere, which is why the two are often teaming up. The two had a close friendship, one that was so strong that the Blob went on a violent, sobbing rampage when he thought Unus had died from his shield overreacting (cutting off his oxygen). Although they didn't have the deepest relationship with the Blob, this friendship shows that Unus isn't a complete monster. What he is, generally speaking, is thoughtless, obnoxious, and brutish.
On the Barge, Unus will probably try to make himself out to be the biggest, baddest inmate around. OBVIOUSLY, HE IS NOT. It will be a blow to his ego, and he'll generally compensate by being an aggressive, arrogant, obnoxious toolbag. Eventually, however, he'll try to make alliances with other powerful inmates and try to topple the whole warden system and... fail. Big time. But hey, it's not Unus without a little bit of failure.
Path to Redemption: Since Unus is kind of your run of the mill goon, only with the benefit of super powers, this means that he isn't a soulless, evil force. He's capable of caring about others, but it's hard to get past his macho, arrogant, obnoxious exterior. He's not a deep thinker, so a philosophical approach isn't likely to be met with anything but a bored scoff and maybe a table being thrown at you. He needs a direct warden who's as stubborn and bull-headed as he is. He needs to learn to channel his pride/superiority into something of a work ethic-- give him something besides his powers and how tough he is to be proud of, and you're off to a pretty decent start.
History: Wikiiii. History up through Genosha is relevant.
Note: Unus talks like a generic American thug character, so I take this to mean that he came to the United States at a young age (his history never specifies when he emigrated from Italy, but the wiki kind of makes it sound like he was an adult, which I disagree with), had his name changed to Gunther Bain as a child, then went back to Angelo Unuscione at some point as an adult. THIS IS A TINY DETAIL THAT MATTERS TO NOBODY BUT ME.
Sample Journal Entry:
The Barge, huh? What's this, one of baldy Xavier's little attempts at keeping the peace? He gets his little freak to swallow me so he can lock me up here, have Genosha for himself? [Pshaw.] This dump can't hold me-- there ain't even any bars! [He laughs. BOLDLY AND LOUDLY.] The second we make port, [He thrusts a thumb to his chest.] I'm walkin' out of here, and none of you chumps are gonna stop me. You wanna know why? 'Cause I'm Unus the Untouchable. [Emphasis on the Untouchable part.] And no two-bit warden's got any control over me. In fact. [He cracks his knuckles.] I'd like to see one of 'em try.
Sample RP:
Dead. He couldn't believe this-- he wouldn't believe this. That day, when he couldn't breathe and fell, unconscious, into Freddy's arms, was as close to death as he'd ever come, and coming back from that was nothing like this. It took him ages to recover from that blackout, and there wasn't no outer space luxury cruise to help him come back from it. It was all him, Angelo Unuscione, that was responsible for his survival.
He didn't need no Admiral, no Barge, and no stinking warden, and he never would. He was Unus the freakin' Untouchable, and nobody could get to him, let alone kill him, especially not one of Xavier's freaky little kids. The whole "dead" thing was just a trick, he reckoned. And the "space" part? A hologram, illusion, something along those lines. Something to keep the inmates in line, keep 'em from thinking about escape.
Well, it wouldn't work on him-- Unus was no chump! The wardens of the Barge-- and this "Admiral" sucker-- had another thing coming to 'em if they thought he was gonna fall in line like a good little prisoner. No, screw that. He was gonna walk right on out of here, and none of them was gonna stop him. Yeah, he'd gotten the company line from the other prisoners already; he knew about Level 0 and its ability to suppress inmates' powers. But that didn't concern him, not at all.
After all, how could any of the wardens get him to Level 0 if they couldn't get their hands on him?
With a smug smirk planted firmly on his face, Unus kept that thought at the forefront of his mind as he walked-- no, sauntered-- out of his cabin and towards the deck. He cracked his knuckles, scanning the corridor for any sign of authority figures. They'd have another thing coming to them if they got in his way.
Special Notes: Nope.
User DW: Naw
AIM/IM: pyrocornflakes
E-mail: rosloops at gmail
Other Characters: Arthur, Summer
Character Name: Angelo Unuscione, aka Gunther Bain, aka Unus the Untouchable
Series: Marvel 616
Age: 30s
From When?: Excalibur #1, when Freakshow swallows him to shut him up.
Inmate/Warden: Inmate. Unus is just a lousy person, and he's had plenty of opportunities to turn his life around, but he always goes back to a life of crime.
Item: N/A
Abilities/Powers: Unus can generate a psionic forcefield around his body, which can deflect objects, energy beams, and even telepathy (some... how). This forcefield renders him effectively untouchable, hence the name. He can also hold objects, such as a baseball bat, and project the forcefield around them, turning them into powerful weapons that can hit with superhuman force (SOMEHOW). Luckily, despite how nigh-impenetrable his forcefield is, it doesn't deflect oxygen, so normally, he can survive quite happily with it. However, his abilities sometimes go out of his control, rendering his forcefield so powerful that it even blocks out air, effectively killing him. (Twice.) While his shield is typically too powerful for most blows to reach him, it's not impossible to get a good hit on Unus if you exert enough force. Characters like the Hulk and Thor are able to break through his shield. His shield doesn't deflect sonic pulses, blasts, booms, and other sonicky things.
On the Barge, Unus will have to exert active effort to keep his shield up (whereas in the comics, it tends to come across as a more passive ability; i.e. he turns it "on" and then it stays on), meaning that as a default, he won't be protected. The shield's also weaker, so a fully powered character with energy blasts or super strength, for example, will be able to penetrate it with enough time and effort. But, really, distracting him would also be a key to beating him on the Barge, since he isn't used to having to actively concentrate to keep his powers going.
Also, as a professional wrestler (like, a real one, I guess, not an actor), he's a skilled fighter. Even without his powers, Unus is a man in peak physical condition.
Personality: If there's one word to sum up Angelo Unuscione, it's hubris. Having spent roughly half his life nearly invulnerable, Unus truly believes himself to be untouchable. Nobody can hurt him, not with brute force or even telepathy. Most of the time, Unus is fearless; he believes that his shield will protect him from anything, so he doesn't have to check himself. He can walk through any situation unscathed, and that ability has shaped him into a proud, arrogant, grade-a jerk. This is a man who'll smack talk Charles Xavier and take on the entire team of the X-Men without a care. Sometimes, he'll talk about mutant supremacy, but it's pretty clear that the only supremacy that Unus really believes in is his own.
Of course, with hubris always comes a great fall, and Unus is no stranger to those, although they rarely seem to leave an impact. There have been times when his powers-- his greatest strength and pride-- have been used against him. Beast shot him with a ray that amplified his powers, made it impossible for him to even pick up and eat food; another time, his powers amplified to the point where he couldn't breathe; and yet another time, his untouchability made it such that he was swallowed whole by a giant monster in order to take him out of a fight. Despite this, he never seems to consider the fact that his abilities should be handled responsibly, that maybe MORE POWER!!! isn't a good thing.
It should come as no surprise that Unus isn't the brightest bulb. This is a man who wouldn't know subtlety if it smacked him in the face, and you can pretty much forget about subterfuge. His simplicity comes out in the way he operates as a supervillain. He isn't like Magneto, Mystique or any of the greats. No ambition drives him; he's simply greedy, lazy and arrogant. He's a pretty simple thug, and the deepest plan he's ever come up with was "let's dress as the X-Men and rob some banks." More often than not, you can find Unus walking right up to a cash register and robbing the place with a baseball bat in hand and a smug smile on his face.
Along with his hubris, Unus has a massive ego, and he doesn't take well to it being bruised. Like many extremely arrogant people, Unus can't stand to find himself vulnerable in any way, and it sort of shatters his world when it happens. When he feels wronged, he'll hold grudges and do what he can to get revenge, even if his revenge plans are really stupid and reckless. In those rare moments where he finds himself vulnerable, Unus tends to panic and run away, opting for self preservation. Afterwards, he'll throw a little tantrum and try to reinforce his macho image of himself, sometimes by plotting revenge; others, by instructing his henchmen to try to hit him, knowing that they can't get past his shield. This makes him feel good about himself. On the Barge, with his powers out of whack, this attitude will likely manifest itself in Unus picking fights he knows he can win, i.e. with smaller/scrappier inmates who can't stand up to his brute force.
Unus is a deeply selfish, lazy person. Although he has pride in his abilities, he doesn't seem interested in utilizing it for anything constructive. He'd much rather take the easiest route to fame and fortune available to him: a life of crime. Even in those few times where he'll retire from supervillainy, Unus can't seem to resist an easy buck, and he'll quickly fall back on habits, resorting to small-time crime like bank robberies. Hell, sometimes he's too lazy to even rob a bank, and he'll just take his baseball bat to a diner and go to town. Despite the fact that he's rarely successful at what he does, that he's hardly intelligent or ambitious enough to hold a candle to somebody like Magneto, Unus doesn't seem to know when to quit. He'll just keep on trying to show that he's the biggest, baddest guy around, even when it's painfully obvious that he isn't.
As a selfish jerk, Unus rarely shows any concern for others-- the one exception being his best and only friend, Fred J. Dukes, aka the Blob. In the Blob, Unus has a kindred spirit: somebody just as lazy, selfish and brutish as he is. It's a match made in... somewhere, which is why the two are often teaming up. The two had a close friendship, one that was so strong that the Blob went on a violent, sobbing rampage when he thought Unus had died from his shield overreacting (cutting off his oxygen). Although they didn't have the deepest relationship with the Blob, this friendship shows that Unus isn't a complete monster. What he is, generally speaking, is thoughtless, obnoxious, and brutish.
On the Barge, Unus will probably try to make himself out to be the biggest, baddest inmate around. OBVIOUSLY, HE IS NOT. It will be a blow to his ego, and he'll generally compensate by being an aggressive, arrogant, obnoxious toolbag. Eventually, however, he'll try to make alliances with other powerful inmates and try to topple the whole warden system and... fail. Big time. But hey, it's not Unus without a little bit of failure.
Path to Redemption: Since Unus is kind of your run of the mill goon, only with the benefit of super powers, this means that he isn't a soulless, evil force. He's capable of caring about others, but it's hard to get past his macho, arrogant, obnoxious exterior. He's not a deep thinker, so a philosophical approach isn't likely to be met with anything but a bored scoff and maybe a table being thrown at you. He needs a direct warden who's as stubborn and bull-headed as he is. He needs to learn to channel his pride/superiority into something of a work ethic-- give him something besides his powers and how tough he is to be proud of, and you're off to a pretty decent start.
History: Wikiiii. History up through Genosha is relevant.
Note: Unus talks like a generic American thug character, so I take this to mean that he came to the United States at a young age (his history never specifies when he emigrated from Italy, but the wiki kind of makes it sound like he was an adult, which I disagree with), had his name changed to Gunther Bain as a child, then went back to Angelo Unuscione at some point as an adult. THIS IS A TINY DETAIL THAT MATTERS TO NOBODY BUT ME.
Sample Journal Entry:
The Barge, huh? What's this, one of baldy Xavier's little attempts at keeping the peace? He gets his little freak to swallow me so he can lock me up here, have Genosha for himself? [Pshaw.] This dump can't hold me-- there ain't even any bars! [He laughs. BOLDLY AND LOUDLY.] The second we make port, [He thrusts a thumb to his chest.] I'm walkin' out of here, and none of you chumps are gonna stop me. You wanna know why? 'Cause I'm Unus the Untouchable. [Emphasis on the Untouchable part.] And no two-bit warden's got any control over me. In fact. [He cracks his knuckles.] I'd like to see one of 'em try.
Sample RP:
Dead. He couldn't believe this-- he wouldn't believe this. That day, when he couldn't breathe and fell, unconscious, into Freddy's arms, was as close to death as he'd ever come, and coming back from that was nothing like this. It took him ages to recover from that blackout, and there wasn't no outer space luxury cruise to help him come back from it. It was all him, Angelo Unuscione, that was responsible for his survival.
He didn't need no Admiral, no Barge, and no stinking warden, and he never would. He was Unus the freakin' Untouchable, and nobody could get to him, let alone kill him, especially not one of Xavier's freaky little kids. The whole "dead" thing was just a trick, he reckoned. And the "space" part? A hologram, illusion, something along those lines. Something to keep the inmates in line, keep 'em from thinking about escape.
Well, it wouldn't work on him-- Unus was no chump! The wardens of the Barge-- and this "Admiral" sucker-- had another thing coming to 'em if they thought he was gonna fall in line like a good little prisoner. No, screw that. He was gonna walk right on out of here, and none of them was gonna stop him. Yeah, he'd gotten the company line from the other prisoners already; he knew about Level 0 and its ability to suppress inmates' powers. But that didn't concern him, not at all.
After all, how could any of the wardens get him to Level 0 if they couldn't get their hands on him?
With a smug smirk planted firmly on his face, Unus kept that thought at the forefront of his mind as he walked-- no, sauntered-- out of his cabin and towards the deck. He cracked his knuckles, scanning the corridor for any sign of authority figures. They'd have another thing coming to them if they got in his way.
Special Notes: Nope.