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Jul. 4th, 2014 06:36 pm[ ooc: yeah, just leave your message in form of media and time here and he'll get back to you. My response time will be indicated in the comment, just in case he's busy and so you can get hella pissed at him if he takes hella days to respond! ]
HOW'S MY MUSCLES?
Jul. 4th, 2014 06:36 pmYou know the drill! This is my first time rping Armstrong, so if he's too serious, not huggy enough, or his tears aren't quite the right content of salt vs. saline, please let me know! I'd really appreciate it.
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Application
Jun. 26th, 2014 06:17 pm〈 PLAYER INFO 〉
NAME: Stan
AGE: 18
JOURNAL:![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
hokage
IM / EMAIL: g.o.d.a.i.m.e
PLURK: bouquets
RETURNING: nope!
〈 CHARACTER INFO 〉
CHARACTER NAME: Alex Louis Armstrong
CHARACTER AGE: Unspecified, but most likely between 30-40
SERIES: FullMetal Alchemist
CHRONOLOGY: Post-Canon
CLASS: More Hero than that Mariah song
HOUSING:
BACKGROUND:
http://fma.wikia.com/wiki/Alex_Louis_Armstrong
Alex Louis Armstrong's role in the story is more of a support role. In Ishval, before the start of the manga, his contributions towards the senseless massacre of civilians modified his conscience. His attempts to balance it by sparing two women only ended in a full-scale breakdown and as a result Alex was sent home and regarded as a disgrace to higher ranking officers in the country, including his older sister, Olivier.
During the timeline of the actual manga, Armstrong serves as an extra muscle or mind for Roy Mustang. These tasks included watching over and protecting the Elrics, which he took with great pleasure and success, saving them multiple times. He ends up forming a close bond with both of the boys, risking his job (and life) security to keep multiple secrets from the military government and to relay them to other people under the governments incredibly watchful eye. When the truth that the Amestris Military is a shady organization directed by the homunculi breaks loose, Armstrong refuses to desert Roy Mustang and offers his help in overthrowing the government.
The first actual impact he has with the coup is to attempt to enlist his sister, Olivier, into the fray with a letter explaining the circumstances. However, she rips it up and the Elric brothers need to actually earn her trust. Once that is done, he plots with others for the day where they will overthrow the government. At first, he directs civilians and injured people, but upon hearing his sister is in danger, he goes and fights alongside her against the Homonculus Sloth. After the tiring, painful, battle he goes and fights Father with the rest of the alchemists with some aid from melee fighters only to be physically incapacitated with everyone else with a powerful energy blast. His final appearance is displaying his muscles in a photograph with his annoyed sister.
PERSONALITY:
If one were to notice the first about Alex Louis Armstrong that wasn't his appearance, it'd probably be his passionate personality. Armstrong is a man of unbridled emotion. He joyously announces his presence in a bombastic voice that addresses his family's legacy and his own skills as his shirt rips off to show off those bulging muscles that he is absolutely proud of.. His joy in the manga is demonstrated several times through tears of happiness which are shed at no situation too small. These tears of joy can be from other people's kindness, like Ed's sacrifice of alchemy for Alphonse's body, other people's victories or compliments. Even the slightest of conveniences are celebrated, noted, praised and rewarded by grand reactive gestures from Armstrong. He loves to give lung bursting hugs, whether you want to particularly receive them or not. This is a legitimate personality trait. It definitely bears to be noted that he has a penchant for hugging and other forms of affectionate contact, like insisting that Mustang feel his "muscles of truth". His excitable personality even extends itself to strangers. Upon meeting Izumi's husband, Sig, Armstrong gets to know Sig through a shirtless flex off which greatly thrills him. Armstrong's sincerity makes him able to interact with anyone, provided they aren't a bad person and aren't weirded out by his shirtless grandiose behavior.
Armstrong can be determined, even to the point of pushiness. If he insists on something, he won't ever back down from it. In most cases, it's hugs and other forms of affection, but if he sees that you need help he'll give you some and offer his full, unyielding assistance. He puts immense amounts of effort caring for his friends, allies, and even strangers. This is evident in his harassment of Ed and Al's nutrition, and sleep cycle. In fact, he risked his life fighting an Alchemist serial killer for allies that were just recently formed. His life goal is a dedication of service towards his countrymen, and, after the atrocities he committed in Ishval, it's a personal goal of his to always stand up to evil no matter the cost or the risk. When Mustang warned Armstrong about the government's wrongdoing, he advised Armstrong to leave the army. Instead, Armstrong insisted that he stay and aided them to take them out declaring that he is tired of letting evil persist and not standing up to it. During the coup, he first directed injured soldiers and civilians, to ensure their personal safety which is something very in line with his personality and goals. However, once he heard that his sister was in trouble she became a priority as he rushed to her side. In another episode of his strong will, he refused to run from Sloth despite the fact that he was on a losing end of a beating from him and had only a single usable arm at the moment.
As you can see, Armstrong is a family man. He'll boast about his family skills (being passed down from generation to generation!) to the point where it's a catchphrase and genuinely honors his mother and father, as seen with his dismayed reaction towards his sister gruffly forcing her father to retire. His love for family seems to extend to children in general. It seems like he has a general soft spot for children in general as he broke down in front of corpses of Ishval children and required to be sent home, showing a severe amount of uneasiness doing dirty deeds. His passionate well-regard for children results in him being an affectionate caregiver to all children, no matter what they look like. Alphonse noted that no one usually treats him like a child because of his intimidating appearance as a giant suit of armor. However, Armstrong still treated him like a child and coddled him which makes him the only character in the series to do so.
Alex is easily reduced to tears and is super empathetic for the sake of other people. Upon hearing Ed and Al's life story, Alex rushes to Edward and envelops him in a hug before sobbing wildly and offering his undying loyalty and praise for being a strong, caring brother. In combat, Armstrong generally opts for a No Kill policy if it could be helped. In fact, the Fuhrer mentioned that his lack of will to kill opponents has resulted in him never receiving a promotion. This lack of promotion doesn't seem to trouble Armstrong at any point throughout the series, even though it earns him much ridicule from his superiors (and his sister). When his Supreme Boss™, the Fuhrer, ordered for the opposition to be killed, after a brief brawl, Armstrong stopped and opted for diplomacy when he discovered his opponent also served in Ishval. If it was up to him, he'd rather not settle his problems with senseless, destructive violence. This doesn't mean that Armstrong doesn't enjoy some destruction, as he boastfully stated that destruction and creation were two different sides of the same coin to try and justify his destructive alchemy which has probably caused hurricane tier property damage in his life time.
Despite his emotional, fun-loving personality, Armstrong isn't lacking in seriousness. His battle personality is focused and, although slightly over the top, intelligent. He is able to deduce strategies and hidden messages and even send his own coded language without much difficulty, as seen with Armstrong hinting towards the origins of Maes death to Roy Mustang. He was also able to correctly deduce a serial alchemist killer's method, and fight against him with alchemy, becoming the first survivor against him. It should be noted that Armstrong's more boisterous personality isn't a front for anything to cause people underestimate him, it's just his genuine personality. He is very serious about protecting innocent people and injustices are something he stands up to with grave anger. Also, because of the atrocities committed at Ishval, he is very committed to fighting them no matter what the cost. When evil is a foot, Armstrong seeks to eradicate it understanding the severity of the situation while letting his personality shine through. Even in the heat of combat, he'll still transmute things to resemble body building statue poses.
POWER:
He will keep his two of his canon powers: Super strength and alchemy. His punches plow through solid surfaces like they were paper and it's implied that this type of strength is hereditary, as, his youngest sister Catherine, was able to casually hurl a piano across the room. With his strength, he's able to hold back the largest, heaviest homunculus, Sloth, who, earlier, had a complete fuck deficit when a tank crashed into him.
Armstrong's alchemy is activated by punching objects with his gauntlets that are engraved with transmutation circles. It's unclear how exactly he can transmute objects by punching them, but that's how it works. He uses this alchemy mainly to create large, stone spikes. and can turn raw materials into projectiles by punching them. However, he's also shown to punch things into statues, cannonballs, spears, and other artillery. He can create massive walls, and moving platforms, although the latter isn't something he's inclined to do and, realistically, wouldn't be something he'd be able to upkeep as he would have to continually transmute the ground which isn't a secure move. It should also be noted that, while other people's transmutations are often imperfect, Alex's are artistically perfect and free of blemishes.
For his last ability, I'm requesting that it will be shirt regeneration. Armstrong's shirts have a tendency to rip in his excited, burly, sparkling flexing. Sometimes, his shirt is suddenly back, sometimes it's not. I'm requesting that his shirts will be able to regenerate as an unconscious effort. He just needs to think of a shirt for one to regenerate. Although, if he thinks of specific patterns they can appear! However, he can only regenerate a certain type of shirt depending on the season. Summer's type is Hawaiian, Fall's type is turtlenecks, Spring's type is trendy hipster shirts that will result with him looking snobbish and unapproachable, and winter's type is tacky christmas sweaters.
〈 CHARACTER SAMPLES 〉
COMMUNITY POST (VOICE) SAMPLE:
[ Armstrong knows he can't just blindly advertise himself and his powers on this network. After all, to his understanding, anyone can be looking at this and he's not exactly sure what impact his actions could have on the public. With that, he's going to just post a harmless message that will garner the attention he needs from possible comrades and, hopefully, charm others into talking to him…. with his body.
His Hawaiian, pink floral print with tropical trees shirt rips revealing a diamond-cut physique that shines with sparkles as he flexes in multiple positions. ] Hmph! I am Alex Louis Armstrong! And it appears that I have been sent here for reasons that are similar to your origin in this heroic land! [ His shirt reforms, this time, the Hawaiian shirt is green and has turtles with sunglasses. ] It will be an honor to serve alongside all of you and I wish many successes upon you in hopes that, one day, you will develop a perfect muscular system just like mine! [ RIP. Another shirt explodes and drifts into pieces as he makes some super sexy playmate endorsed poses to demonstrate his upper body girth. It's replaced with a standard white Hawaiian shirts with red cartoonish crabs. ] If anyone would like help developing their body, please do not hesitate to give me a call! Honing these intense muscles have been a trait passed down the Armstrong family line for generations!
[ Heropa, you may pour yourself a drink right at this very moment. ]
LOGS POST (PROSE) SAMPLE:
If there's one thing Armstrong needs after being transported here, it's a little time to think. The world itself is alien and unfamiliar. He's never quite seen anything like this in terms of technology before. The cars are sleek, and able to float. His medical scan came out flawless and with such speed that an alchemy doctor would not be able to keep up.
Armstrong walks through the streets, trying to formulate the faintest idea of what just happened. He knows he's been drawn into another world, although he's not entirely sure how and now he's been told that the military government has requested him to help preserve the greater good. Normally, Armstrong would be more than willing to give his entire being for the greater good and not think twice about it. He loves helping others. But, a military organization with unlimited power being purposefully vague to him about grander plans tingles Armstrong's "not this shit again" senses. In his defense, he was looking for a little relaxation after nearly dying ten different times and having his soul sucked out and almost implanted to make an evil thousand year old priest a God.
He continues to ponder his new situation, ignoring the gasps and excitement of people looking towards him as a new imPort. The social climate here has cleverly checkmated him into making a choice, not necessarily one he wants to. The positive, cultural association of imPorts will definitely make protecting innocents an easy and appealing decision for Armstrong but, even worse is the consequences and stigma of simply not associating with the government.
He walks past a daycare, hearing the chirps of excited children civilians. Armstrong figures that he might as well indulge them in their curious, yet vaguely unintelligible mass of questions. "Are you really an imPort?" "What cool things can you do?!" "What's your name?!" "Wow, sir, you're bald are you sure that's okay? Are you sick or something?". Armstrong smiles in delight as the kids hang off of him before gently lowering his arms onto the ground so the children can hop off.
"Stand back!" He bellows. His shirt rips into pieces as the children crowd around him. His skin shines and sparkles like a celebrity endorsed skincare advertisement. The children are mesmerized by the bright, shining, pink diamonds shimmering across his body.
"I am Alex Louis Armstrong! The Strong Arm alchemist!" His brow furrows and he concentrates his energy thinking about his perfect shirtless form, only to feel new fabric form and stretch around his top half. He looks down and sees a replacement Hawaiian shirt now covering his previously shirtless existence. The children applaud at such a wild and astonishing power before hounding him with questions about the shirts. He patiently stands attention, thinking that defending kind civilians like these is certainly worth it. Besides, if need be, he's already participated in the eradication of one evil government system. If things turn out sinister, what's the harm in demolishing one more?
FINAL NOTES:
He'll be coming to the world with gauntlets and without a shirt.
NAME: Stan
AGE: 18
JOURNAL:
hokageIM / EMAIL: g.o.d.a.i.m.e
PLURK: bouquets
RETURNING: nope!
〈 CHARACTER INFO 〉
CHARACTER NAME: Alex Louis Armstrong
CHARACTER AGE: Unspecified, but most likely between 30-40
SERIES: FullMetal Alchemist
CHRONOLOGY: Post-Canon
CLASS: More Hero than that Mariah song
HOUSING:
BACKGROUND:
http://fma.wikia.com/wiki/Alex_Louis_Armstrong
Alex Louis Armstrong's role in the story is more of a support role. In Ishval, before the start of the manga, his contributions towards the senseless massacre of civilians modified his conscience. His attempts to balance it by sparing two women only ended in a full-scale breakdown and as a result Alex was sent home and regarded as a disgrace to higher ranking officers in the country, including his older sister, Olivier.
During the timeline of the actual manga, Armstrong serves as an extra muscle or mind for Roy Mustang. These tasks included watching over and protecting the Elrics, which he took with great pleasure and success, saving them multiple times. He ends up forming a close bond with both of the boys, risking his job (and life) security to keep multiple secrets from the military government and to relay them to other people under the governments incredibly watchful eye. When the truth that the Amestris Military is a shady organization directed by the homunculi breaks loose, Armstrong refuses to desert Roy Mustang and offers his help in overthrowing the government.
The first actual impact he has with the coup is to attempt to enlist his sister, Olivier, into the fray with a letter explaining the circumstances. However, she rips it up and the Elric brothers need to actually earn her trust. Once that is done, he plots with others for the day where they will overthrow the government. At first, he directs civilians and injured people, but upon hearing his sister is in danger, he goes and fights alongside her against the Homonculus Sloth. After the tiring, painful, battle he goes and fights Father with the rest of the alchemists with some aid from melee fighters only to be physically incapacitated with everyone else with a powerful energy blast. His final appearance is displaying his muscles in a photograph with his annoyed sister.
PERSONALITY:
If one were to notice the first about Alex Louis Armstrong that wasn't his appearance, it'd probably be his passionate personality. Armstrong is a man of unbridled emotion. He joyously announces his presence in a bombastic voice that addresses his family's legacy and his own skills as his shirt rips off to show off those bulging muscles that he is absolutely proud of.. His joy in the manga is demonstrated several times through tears of happiness which are shed at no situation too small. These tears of joy can be from other people's kindness, like Ed's sacrifice of alchemy for Alphonse's body, other people's victories or compliments. Even the slightest of conveniences are celebrated, noted, praised and rewarded by grand reactive gestures from Armstrong. He loves to give lung bursting hugs, whether you want to particularly receive them or not. This is a legitimate personality trait. It definitely bears to be noted that he has a penchant for hugging and other forms of affectionate contact, like insisting that Mustang feel his "muscles of truth". His excitable personality even extends itself to strangers. Upon meeting Izumi's husband, Sig, Armstrong gets to know Sig through a shirtless flex off which greatly thrills him. Armstrong's sincerity makes him able to interact with anyone, provided they aren't a bad person and aren't weirded out by his shirtless grandiose behavior.
Armstrong can be determined, even to the point of pushiness. If he insists on something, he won't ever back down from it. In most cases, it's hugs and other forms of affection, but if he sees that you need help he'll give you some and offer his full, unyielding assistance. He puts immense amounts of effort caring for his friends, allies, and even strangers. This is evident in his harassment of Ed and Al's nutrition, and sleep cycle. In fact, he risked his life fighting an Alchemist serial killer for allies that were just recently formed. His life goal is a dedication of service towards his countrymen, and, after the atrocities he committed in Ishval, it's a personal goal of his to always stand up to evil no matter the cost or the risk. When Mustang warned Armstrong about the government's wrongdoing, he advised Armstrong to leave the army. Instead, Armstrong insisted that he stay and aided them to take them out declaring that he is tired of letting evil persist and not standing up to it. During the coup, he first directed injured soldiers and civilians, to ensure their personal safety which is something very in line with his personality and goals. However, once he heard that his sister was in trouble she became a priority as he rushed to her side. In another episode of his strong will, he refused to run from Sloth despite the fact that he was on a losing end of a beating from him and had only a single usable arm at the moment.
As you can see, Armstrong is a family man. He'll boast about his family skills (being passed down from generation to generation!) to the point where it's a catchphrase and genuinely honors his mother and father, as seen with his dismayed reaction towards his sister gruffly forcing her father to retire. His love for family seems to extend to children in general. It seems like he has a general soft spot for children in general as he broke down in front of corpses of Ishval children and required to be sent home, showing a severe amount of uneasiness doing dirty deeds. His passionate well-regard for children results in him being an affectionate caregiver to all children, no matter what they look like. Alphonse noted that no one usually treats him like a child because of his intimidating appearance as a giant suit of armor. However, Armstrong still treated him like a child and coddled him which makes him the only character in the series to do so.
Alex is easily reduced to tears and is super empathetic for the sake of other people. Upon hearing Ed and Al's life story, Alex rushes to Edward and envelops him in a hug before sobbing wildly and offering his undying loyalty and praise for being a strong, caring brother. In combat, Armstrong generally opts for a No Kill policy if it could be helped. In fact, the Fuhrer mentioned that his lack of will to kill opponents has resulted in him never receiving a promotion. This lack of promotion doesn't seem to trouble Armstrong at any point throughout the series, even though it earns him much ridicule from his superiors (and his sister). When his Supreme Boss™, the Fuhrer, ordered for the opposition to be killed, after a brief brawl, Armstrong stopped and opted for diplomacy when he discovered his opponent also served in Ishval. If it was up to him, he'd rather not settle his problems with senseless, destructive violence. This doesn't mean that Armstrong doesn't enjoy some destruction, as he boastfully stated that destruction and creation were two different sides of the same coin to try and justify his destructive alchemy which has probably caused hurricane tier property damage in his life time.
Despite his emotional, fun-loving personality, Armstrong isn't lacking in seriousness. His battle personality is focused and, although slightly over the top, intelligent. He is able to deduce strategies and hidden messages and even send his own coded language without much difficulty, as seen with Armstrong hinting towards the origins of Maes death to Roy Mustang. He was also able to correctly deduce a serial alchemist killer's method, and fight against him with alchemy, becoming the first survivor against him. It should be noted that Armstrong's more boisterous personality isn't a front for anything to cause people underestimate him, it's just his genuine personality. He is very serious about protecting innocent people and injustices are something he stands up to with grave anger. Also, because of the atrocities committed at Ishval, he is very committed to fighting them no matter what the cost. When evil is a foot, Armstrong seeks to eradicate it understanding the severity of the situation while letting his personality shine through. Even in the heat of combat, he'll still transmute things to resemble body building statue poses.
POWER:
He will keep his two of his canon powers: Super strength and alchemy. His punches plow through solid surfaces like they were paper and it's implied that this type of strength is hereditary, as, his youngest sister Catherine, was able to casually hurl a piano across the room. With his strength, he's able to hold back the largest, heaviest homunculus, Sloth, who, earlier, had a complete fuck deficit when a tank crashed into him.
Armstrong's alchemy is activated by punching objects with his gauntlets that are engraved with transmutation circles. It's unclear how exactly he can transmute objects by punching them, but that's how it works. He uses this alchemy mainly to create large, stone spikes. and can turn raw materials into projectiles by punching them. However, he's also shown to punch things into statues, cannonballs, spears, and other artillery. He can create massive walls, and moving platforms, although the latter isn't something he's inclined to do and, realistically, wouldn't be something he'd be able to upkeep as he would have to continually transmute the ground which isn't a secure move. It should also be noted that, while other people's transmutations are often imperfect, Alex's are artistically perfect and free of blemishes.
For his last ability, I'm requesting that it will be shirt regeneration. Armstrong's shirts have a tendency to rip in his excited, burly, sparkling flexing. Sometimes, his shirt is suddenly back, sometimes it's not. I'm requesting that his shirts will be able to regenerate as an unconscious effort. He just needs to think of a shirt for one to regenerate. Although, if he thinks of specific patterns they can appear! However, he can only regenerate a certain type of shirt depending on the season. Summer's type is Hawaiian, Fall's type is turtlenecks, Spring's type is trendy hipster shirts that will result with him looking snobbish and unapproachable, and winter's type is tacky christmas sweaters.
〈 CHARACTER SAMPLES 〉
COMMUNITY POST (VOICE) SAMPLE:
[ Armstrong knows he can't just blindly advertise himself and his powers on this network. After all, to his understanding, anyone can be looking at this and he's not exactly sure what impact his actions could have on the public. With that, he's going to just post a harmless message that will garner the attention he needs from possible comrades and, hopefully, charm others into talking to him…. with his body.
His Hawaiian, pink floral print with tropical trees shirt rips revealing a diamond-cut physique that shines with sparkles as he flexes in multiple positions. ] Hmph! I am Alex Louis Armstrong! And it appears that I have been sent here for reasons that are similar to your origin in this heroic land! [ His shirt reforms, this time, the Hawaiian shirt is green and has turtles with sunglasses. ] It will be an honor to serve alongside all of you and I wish many successes upon you in hopes that, one day, you will develop a perfect muscular system just like mine! [ RIP. Another shirt explodes and drifts into pieces as he makes some super sexy playmate endorsed poses to demonstrate his upper body girth. It's replaced with a standard white Hawaiian shirts with red cartoonish crabs. ] If anyone would like help developing their body, please do not hesitate to give me a call! Honing these intense muscles have been a trait passed down the Armstrong family line for generations!
[ Heropa, you may pour yourself a drink right at this very moment. ]
LOGS POST (PROSE) SAMPLE:
If there's one thing Armstrong needs after being transported here, it's a little time to think. The world itself is alien and unfamiliar. He's never quite seen anything like this in terms of technology before. The cars are sleek, and able to float. His medical scan came out flawless and with such speed that an alchemy doctor would not be able to keep up.
Armstrong walks through the streets, trying to formulate the faintest idea of what just happened. He knows he's been drawn into another world, although he's not entirely sure how and now he's been told that the military government has requested him to help preserve the greater good. Normally, Armstrong would be more than willing to give his entire being for the greater good and not think twice about it. He loves helping others. But, a military organization with unlimited power being purposefully vague to him about grander plans tingles Armstrong's "not this shit again" senses. In his defense, he was looking for a little relaxation after nearly dying ten different times and having his soul sucked out and almost implanted to make an evil thousand year old priest a God.
He continues to ponder his new situation, ignoring the gasps and excitement of people looking towards him as a new imPort. The social climate here has cleverly checkmated him into making a choice, not necessarily one he wants to. The positive, cultural association of imPorts will definitely make protecting innocents an easy and appealing decision for Armstrong but, even worse is the consequences and stigma of simply not associating with the government.
He walks past a daycare, hearing the chirps of excited children civilians. Armstrong figures that he might as well indulge them in their curious, yet vaguely unintelligible mass of questions. "Are you really an imPort?" "What cool things can you do?!" "What's your name?!" "Wow, sir, you're bald are you sure that's okay? Are you sick or something?". Armstrong smiles in delight as the kids hang off of him before gently lowering his arms onto the ground so the children can hop off.
"Stand back!" He bellows. His shirt rips into pieces as the children crowd around him. His skin shines and sparkles like a celebrity endorsed skincare advertisement. The children are mesmerized by the bright, shining, pink diamonds shimmering across his body.
"I am Alex Louis Armstrong! The Strong Arm alchemist!" His brow furrows and he concentrates his energy thinking about his perfect shirtless form, only to feel new fabric form and stretch around his top half. He looks down and sees a replacement Hawaiian shirt now covering his previously shirtless existence. The children applaud at such a wild and astonishing power before hounding him with questions about the shirts. He patiently stands attention, thinking that defending kind civilians like these is certainly worth it. Besides, if need be, he's already participated in the eradication of one evil government system. If things turn out sinister, what's the harm in demolishing one more?
FINAL NOTES:
He'll be coming to the world with gauntlets and without a shirt.
