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The Chimaera Project IV

moon-panther: Where did she learn alchemy? You said the circle was complex, and yeah, total deconstruction on a larger scale than Scar's is going to be fairly difficult, so it means it requires a lot of knowledge and experience with alchemy. Also, if her usual method of getting someone to her lab fails (since it probably would more often than not, especially if she's alone enough to not have good people-reading skills), does she give up, or keep going with the same person?
Your character history still mentions a "drug-induced sleep".

Kali the Flygon: Character and experimental elastic shorts approved.


The State Military act as the police in Amestris, for everyone's information.
 
Supersonic, poison fang, and bite will all be pretty easy to figure out anyway, since crobat gains them from level-up. You could choose up to three other particularly easily-learned tutoring/TM moves if you'd like.

It looks like the upper wings are separate from the arms, when they should probably be the same structure. I don't really understand how they'd curl around his arms, though - it's just skin stretched between very elongated fingers and somewhere near the shoulders, really. If it's meant to remove inconvenience, there's no need - wings should be inconvenient when not being used to fly, and the human form conveniently lacks them.

Since crobat has feet that are separate from its four wings, according to the back sprites, the wings-separate-from-legs is acceptable, though in that case they wouldn't necessarily change structure ... but if it did, why would they have become better for running (air resistance from the wings probably would negate that anyway) and jumping?
 
Re: [OOC + Sign-up] The Chimera Project IV

Name: Symal
Gender: Male
Age: 18

Personality: A quiet person who hates to be the center of attention, and will almost never speak out. Even whilst fighting he hardly makes a sound. He shies away from anyone who threatens him, and will only fight back if absolutely necessary. Despite all this, he is quite affectionate, and enjoys being around people who like him. He is an amazing listener, and when he is so inclined, he gives excellent advice. He may not be incredibly intelligent, but he is wise beyond his years.

Human form: Symal is six feet tall, and very lean. His height is more due to his long limbs than his upper body. He has untidy white hair that falls down over his eyes. His hair color changed when he became a chimaera. He also has long, skinny fingers that make him exceptional at any task that requires a steady hand. He always wears a black hooded sweatshirt and black jeans, and usually keeps his hood up to draw attention from his hair. He wears black sneakers on his feet, over top of white ankle socks. Beneath his sweater he also wears a loose sleeveless shirt.

Pokémon: Venomoth
Chimera form: He grows a thin, greyish-purple layer of fur that covers his body, and a huge crest sprouts from atop his head. An extra set of tiny legs grows on his chest that, despite their size, are fairly strong, and can even pick up some objects. These legs are hidden beneath the sleeveless shirt he usually wears when he changes, at which point he also grows two sets massive wings, both from his back, one slightly below the shoulder blades, the other in the area between the bottom of the ribcage and the pelvis, that are covered in tiny pores filled with poisonous powder.

History: When he was 17, Symal's Sister was murdered, and the killer left so little evidence, that the court had no choice but to blame the family. He was, of course, the main suspect because he hadn't cried for his sister until the cops were gone. They said that he was remorseless killer, and needed to be put away. It was one week until his eighteenth birthday when she was killed. His trial was on the day of his birth. Despite the fact that no hard evidence was found to convict him of his crime, he was found guilty, and sentenced to death. His execution date was in two weeks.

Other: If asked, he will refuse to disclose any details of how his Sister was killed. He will only say that whoever did it was a monster.

Finished!

((I'm going to reveal this now, because my character won't, but his Sister had been not only killed, but eaten as well.))
 
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Hm... previous post failed? Bah.

moon-panther approved.


Blastoise, don't know if you're done yet, so I'll examine the stuff so far. Mass is the same before and after transformation; flight works with pokemon physics-defiant magic (gravity does not affect them as strongly when they consciously choose to fly, or some force is lifting them up without their knowledge, or other odd things, but mass is not actually removed). Crobat's actual feet don't show any legs and are probably only good for hanging off things, so I don't know where this running ability is coming from. I'm not entirely sure what you mean when you say the character grows spines on his arms - if you're not going the natural route of extending two or three fingers and sticking webbing between them (plus one bit of skin between the pinky and the side of the body/armpit, blablah), could you clarify?


Chaon, venomoth only has six non-wing limbs, and the arms and legs account for four. Your character should only have up to one extra pair of limbs (may make slightly less sense with invertebrates but I'm trying to make it consistent) other than the wings. Also if you're going to say the wings sprout from the back (and the official art agrees), unlike vertebrate fliers, baring the shoulder blades won't let the wings grow without clothing damage + physical pain. Is there a particular reason you changed the powder to a gas?

Punishments with age as a factor use the age of the perpetrator when the crime was committed, though if he was close to 18 when he allegedly did it and it was particularly heinous, possibly they'd loosen up on the rules a bit. The time the case takes place doesn't really matter.


For those who don't know: despite automail and alchemical advances, the best estimate for the current year is 1917, as far as I know. No one really cares about appropriate fashion for that time period, but it may affect other factors.
 
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I've finished, I believe...

Well, I've removed the part about the increased speed altogether, because it loses all semblance of sense without the weight loss. The spines are just pointed fingers that grow from his arms, and it altogether ends up looking like he has bat wings growing from the back of his arms, if that makes any sense.
 
Re: [OOC + Sign-up] The Chimera Project IV

Name: Ezio "Il Lupo" de Medici
Gender: Male
Age: 18

Personality: A calm and cool individual with a cocky attitude, but is also extremely lazy, as he prefers to dump his work onto others. He enjoys to fight and is quite competitive to just about anyone and loves to free-run. He is a sarcastic person and is also quite the accomplished thief. Ezio is a stoic boy nonetheless, and tends to see the 'bleaker' side of things. Ezio relies on instinct rather then his intelligence when fight. But he is not exactly stupid. In fact, he is quite smart, but to lazy to put it into use. Due to being a quite accomplished thief, he is quite stealthy, and loves to spy on people.

Human form: Ezio is a thin, nimble boy. Ezio is about one-and-a-half meters tall. Has black hair, has tan skin, and has dark brown eyes. He wears a black zip-up sweater with a plain navy blue T-shirt, blue jeans, and black running shoes. Ezio has jet-black hair that is slightly long, and brown eyes. He has a odd spiral scar around his right thigh, although, he has no idea on how he got it. Ezio also wears a X-shaped metal pendant that is a family heirloom.

Pokémon: Mightyena
Chimera form: Ezio is slightly taller and his head gains a slight snout. His eyes get a small teardrop tattoos under his eyes. He is bipedal and stands and walks with a hunch, his teeth grows slightly and becomes very sharp, and his eyes become a deep yellow with red irises. His nails become like claws with are his only weapon, other then his fangs. He grows a thin layer of black fur with a silver stripe running down his spine. While in Chimera form, his physical attributes are increased somewhat. This includes strength, agility, and other things.

History: Ezio was always alone. Mostly be cause he never had anyone close to him, for he was an orphan, or a street urchin as others might call him. The only way he could survive was to steal. Sometimes he didn't even know what he stole, but whatever he didn't need, he sold to a local pawn shop. Eventually, he stole a couple of identical handguns and a few clips of ammunition. He eventually loved those guns, and used them all the time when robbing places. But he was not that good at using them as they are just for show. One day, during a standard hold up, one of the hostages reached for a phone and he panicked, and shot him in the temple. He ran away and went back to his hideout and finally took his time to re-think his life. Finally, after a few days of thinking, at the age of 16, he was tired of the criminal life, so he bought a small apartment and joined the army, and was eventually was put into the covert unit of the military. During his time in the military, he was trained in the ways of Gun Akimbo, and to use it with deadly efficiency. There were many rumors about his past life circulating within the military, especially one about him being a criminal. All was going well in his military career, until the one victim who saw his face who was at the scene of his worst crime joined. On sight, he gasped and accused him of murder. After a long investigation, he was arrested and put on death row. But, they liked his skills, so they gave him a choice. To fake his death and allow them to transform him, or to die. Since he was particularly fond of living, he went with choice number one.
Other:Knows Thief and Sucker Punch.

Third and hopefully last revision. I wonder if anyone knows where I got his first and last name from...
 
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It really doesn't, but golbat and zubat looks like they possibly have a "finger" growing from the elbow, so there is some weak precedent. (Cheating to keep functional hands? *snicker* It'd be difficult to fold his wings as well as he could otherwise, I'd imagine, or maybe at all, since the spines can't move very well, so that'd probably balance it out.) Although fingers and random unrelated growths really should be treated the same way as limbs, I suppose I can approve this. More things to break P: and an interesting weakness in exchange for flight.

If you want to do it this way, can you specify the location and number of these spines (per arm)? And can you give an approximate wingspan, since that could be important information?


All winged characters should be labelled with approximate wingspans by the way, for anyone I missed - look at the sprites and estimate wingspan compared to body length, and use those proportions, or you can take a more realistic approach. Keep in mind, though, winged ones, that we're starting indoors.

More information I may eventually include in the first post if I stop being lazy ... moves can only be used and learned in chimera form, which may have been an Obvious, but yeah. Nearly all abilities and resistances and healing factors are gone completely in human form.
 
Xaldin: Right, if they really wanted Ezio's skills so much and were going to put him in a covert unit anyway, they would do as normal and pretend to kill him and use him for what is useful to them ... which is what they're doing now to any once-prisoners in the Chimera Project. Joining the army only means they can easily arrest him, and execute him via firing squad, because they know exactly where he is. They have a few years while he's in the military academy to do it, and if they were on the verge of catching him, then that is ample time.

So, these handguns ... a few clips of ammunition might be enough for several hold-ups if they're mostly used for show, but otherwise you could at least mention where he got more. Also, where he learned to shoot them and take care of them, if he even did so before his stint in the military.

Also there is no Italy. He could have a Northern/Southern/Eastern/Western/Central Amestrian accent or one from a different nation, but Italian doesn't really work.

And... review the rules.
 
The tailbone ends below the hips, so unless the alchemists invested in experimental elastic pants for Brandon or his, er, buttcrack is showing due to wearing the pants so low, the tail will have to get through them somehow. Tails don't grow out of the back, so convenient "sprouts from just above the pants" excuses don't work.

Not sure if you were implying that the father was conscripted into the army against his will ... by year six of the war, just before the State Alchemists were sent in, that might be possible, but at one point Kimbley mentioned that no one was forced to fight in the Ishvalan War. Implication is that there was never any conscription.

Also, mental institutions of this time period would probably still be places where they just bind and occasionally feed you, maybe sell tickets for people to poke the "patients". There Are No Therapists, and the mentally ill have no rights. More likely he'd be sent to jail right away, though - if he appears rational, that'd be considered proof enough of his sanity. It doesn't matter so much because of the lack of canon material on that, though.

His hair still looks like it was cut off with knives?

Otherwise looks good. Only the tail thing would really have to be changed (or not, if you don't mind unpleasant surprises upon transformation).
 
You don't really join the army at the age of eighteen and immediately start working - there's at least two (almost definitely more but I shall go with two) years of going to a military academy (where he will learn to take care of his own weapons and probably find he needn't have wasted all that money paying someone to do it for him), and then one year fighting on the front lines as a cadet. After that you graduate and become a fully-fledged military person.

Death row is for murderers and possibly also rapists and the worst of torturers. Grand theft is probably only worth maybe a decade in jail, robbery could be two; if he killed a lot of people instead of firing warning shots, to be worthy of death row, or caused someone to have a heart attack or something, then you should mention it. Just practising his aim a lot would use plenty of bullets, so that he used up clips does not automatically mean he killed people with them.

Must have been a trustworthy cadet, or they had plenty of evidence if they immediately arrest him instead of just launching an investigation.

Hahaha your character was given a choice... must have been a bored soldier that day.
 
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