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May. 19th, 2019 02:53 amPlayer Information
Name: Yuni
Age: 29
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Character Information
Name: Bendy
Canon: Bendy and the Ink Machine
Canon Point: after The End
Age: Mid 30s, sort of?
History: here and here
Personality: There was once a time when Bendy knew precisely who he was. In the good ol' days before demon worship came and ruined everything, Bendy was a sweet and friendly little fellow. Eternally curious and ready for fun, he was always happy to put himself in new situations and try new things. Given his own skittish and easily frightened nature, it was almost commendable how often he'd put himself in the vicinity of thugs and spooks... though perhaps it was merely the result of foolishness. One could never be sure if Bendy's less advisable ideas were from true naivete or his penchant for causing trouble; no little demon could ever resist a bit of mischief, after all. Still, Bendy's own brand of demonic chaos never went past harmless pranks and mild inconvenience, spraying a friend with a shaken bottle of soda or dressing up like a ghost to spook unsuspecting rubes. More often than not, however, Bendy's instinctive draw towards mischief would always come back to bite him. The little demon had atrocious luck, and rarely saw any of his plans--whether for pranks or an idle day of fun--turn out in his favor. Still, he regarded each day with a bright smile and a readiness to try again. After all, that was the only way to ensure an entertaining life!
Then all that was ripped out of him. With a flash of darkness and the smell of burning film Bendy found himself in a whole new reality, summoned by Joey Drew, the very man who had made his show and was now hoping to draw in even bigger audiences by bringing his cartoon star to life. Unfortunately, the ritual failed to give Bendy the one thing every work of art needs: a soul. Without one provided by Joey, Bendy was little more than a shambling, inky dark husk, his mind blank but for his confusion.
Even in his disoriented and warped state, Bendy was quick to pick up on a few details from the animation studio employees: he was disgusting, he was horrifying, he was vile, and he was not Bendy. He could have sworn he was Bendy, but everyone around him seemed quite convinced otherwise. The demon had to accept he was just a very terrible and very dumb lump of ink. Not long after that lesson sank in he learned that when things went wrong it was most certainly always his fault, because everyone was just too miserable to get things done when he was around.
The studio went bankrupt not too long after that, and that was his fault too. Joey had to look after him now, because he was so huge and horrific and misshapen and not Bendy. Joey locked him out of sight in a pocket dimension because he was too terrible to be let out anywhere else, and the demon was forced to watch his old Bendy cartoons on an eternal loop in the hopes that maybe they could remind him of how to not be so terrible at being himself. For years he had no other option but to watch the animated shorts, a constant reminder that he was not Bendy, that he ought to be Bendy and wasn't, and that was why he had to be chained up and kept away from everyone, because he was so wrong.
Then came the final story: one last script penned by Joey Drew to dictate the fate of the demon. Naturally, the demon found himself in the role of the villain. He didn't want to be a villain, really, but since all he'd ever done was make lives worse for everyone it made sense that he had to be the bad guy. Anger and hate was thrust upon his soul, alien emotions forced on him by the script. Too weary and beaten down to resist, the demon let the script of the story turn him into a violent and sneering creature that sought to destroy the studio who had made him.
Suddenly his little pocket dimension was full of other people, people trapped by Joey and turned to monsters and locked into their roles in the script, all in the name of finally getting rid of the demon. After all, Joey wouldn't have to do this to them if the demon weren't such a repugnant and disgusting abomination. Heroes of the story arrived to fight him, as heroes are wont to do against a villain. They were people he knew, people he looked up to, people he could no longer trust, because he wasn't himself and they weren't themselves either, the script only allowing them room to fear one another. Each time the story concluded, Joey Drew made edits and rewrites, and it all started again, denying any hope of rest or release.
There had once been a cartoon called Bendy who was small and happy and who everyone wanted around, but as long as he wasn't Bendy and was just the demon, all he was good for was violence and misery.
Abilities & Skills:
Solid Drawing: Bendy's body is composed entirely out of enchanted ink, lacking what one might traditionally call anatomy. When he's stressed or emotional, the ink begins to run and leak, though it never runs out.
Squash and Stretch: Bendy's body is malleable, with three different shapes his body can take. The first is the small, impish cartoon he was originally drawn as. The second is Beast Bendy, a hulking and animalistic creature with horrific power and speed, but very little cognitive thought. Last is "Bendy," the halfway point between the two as a lanky, skeletal humanoid form.
Staging: Bendy can travel between ink puddles and walls... so long as those walls are also made of ink. Not terribly useful outside of his canon.
Anticipation: Bendy's two more monstrous forms have a visible dark aura that surrounds them, a wave of cold and foreboding that can instantly kill lesser beings... again, so long as those beings are also made of ink.
Appeal: At the end of the day Bendy is a cartoon, and his capabilities are largely determined by the Rule of Funny. He can take a safe dropping on him with just a bump on the noggin, he can pull small innocuous items from nowhere, his head is detachable, etc.
Inventory/Companions: n/a
Choice: Monster (Turnskin - Hyena)
Reason: Bendy's actually lived more of his life in the shape of a monstrous, near-mindless transformation than he has in his own regular body. Canonically, his warped form is the result of being born without being given a soul; I had the notion that the magical essence given to all newcomers to Geargadas could sort of fill that gap as a makeshift soul, and help him return to his proper cartoon shape. Still, it's not a perfect replacement, which means he has to work hard from the get go to keep a clear mind and avoid going feral. It makes a struggle for him that I think would be really interesting to explore, granting him a chance at the agency and self control he's been denied for so long, but keeping his bestial past still very much a part of him and something he needs to come to terms with if he wants this new freedom to truly last.
Sample: here, here, and here
Name: Yuni
Age: 29
Contact:
Other Characters: n/a
Character Information
Name: Bendy
Canon: Bendy and the Ink Machine
Canon Point: after The End
Age: Mid 30s, sort of?
History: here and here
Personality: There was once a time when Bendy knew precisely who he was. In the good ol' days before demon worship came and ruined everything, Bendy was a sweet and friendly little fellow. Eternally curious and ready for fun, he was always happy to put himself in new situations and try new things. Given his own skittish and easily frightened nature, it was almost commendable how often he'd put himself in the vicinity of thugs and spooks... though perhaps it was merely the result of foolishness. One could never be sure if Bendy's less advisable ideas were from true naivete or his penchant for causing trouble; no little demon could ever resist a bit of mischief, after all. Still, Bendy's own brand of demonic chaos never went past harmless pranks and mild inconvenience, spraying a friend with a shaken bottle of soda or dressing up like a ghost to spook unsuspecting rubes. More often than not, however, Bendy's instinctive draw towards mischief would always come back to bite him. The little demon had atrocious luck, and rarely saw any of his plans--whether for pranks or an idle day of fun--turn out in his favor. Still, he regarded each day with a bright smile and a readiness to try again. After all, that was the only way to ensure an entertaining life!
Then all that was ripped out of him. With a flash of darkness and the smell of burning film Bendy found himself in a whole new reality, summoned by Joey Drew, the very man who had made his show and was now hoping to draw in even bigger audiences by bringing his cartoon star to life. Unfortunately, the ritual failed to give Bendy the one thing every work of art needs: a soul. Without one provided by Joey, Bendy was little more than a shambling, inky dark husk, his mind blank but for his confusion.
Even in his disoriented and warped state, Bendy was quick to pick up on a few details from the animation studio employees: he was disgusting, he was horrifying, he was vile, and he was not Bendy. He could have sworn he was Bendy, but everyone around him seemed quite convinced otherwise. The demon had to accept he was just a very terrible and very dumb lump of ink. Not long after that lesson sank in he learned that when things went wrong it was most certainly always his fault, because everyone was just too miserable to get things done when he was around.
The studio went bankrupt not too long after that, and that was his fault too. Joey had to look after him now, because he was so huge and horrific and misshapen and not Bendy. Joey locked him out of sight in a pocket dimension because he was too terrible to be let out anywhere else, and the demon was forced to watch his old Bendy cartoons on an eternal loop in the hopes that maybe they could remind him of how to not be so terrible at being himself. For years he had no other option but to watch the animated shorts, a constant reminder that he was not Bendy, that he ought to be Bendy and wasn't, and that was why he had to be chained up and kept away from everyone, because he was so wrong.
Then came the final story: one last script penned by Joey Drew to dictate the fate of the demon. Naturally, the demon found himself in the role of the villain. He didn't want to be a villain, really, but since all he'd ever done was make lives worse for everyone it made sense that he had to be the bad guy. Anger and hate was thrust upon his soul, alien emotions forced on him by the script. Too weary and beaten down to resist, the demon let the script of the story turn him into a violent and sneering creature that sought to destroy the studio who had made him.
Suddenly his little pocket dimension was full of other people, people trapped by Joey and turned to monsters and locked into their roles in the script, all in the name of finally getting rid of the demon. After all, Joey wouldn't have to do this to them if the demon weren't such a repugnant and disgusting abomination. Heroes of the story arrived to fight him, as heroes are wont to do against a villain. They were people he knew, people he looked up to, people he could no longer trust, because he wasn't himself and they weren't themselves either, the script only allowing them room to fear one another. Each time the story concluded, Joey Drew made edits and rewrites, and it all started again, denying any hope of rest or release.
There had once been a cartoon called Bendy who was small and happy and who everyone wanted around, but as long as he wasn't Bendy and was just the demon, all he was good for was violence and misery.
Abilities & Skills:
Solid Drawing: Bendy's body is composed entirely out of enchanted ink, lacking what one might traditionally call anatomy. When he's stressed or emotional, the ink begins to run and leak, though it never runs out.
Squash and Stretch: Bendy's body is malleable, with three different shapes his body can take. The first is the small, impish cartoon he was originally drawn as. The second is Beast Bendy, a hulking and animalistic creature with horrific power and speed, but very little cognitive thought. Last is "Bendy," the halfway point between the two as a lanky, skeletal humanoid form.
Staging: Bendy can travel between ink puddles and walls... so long as those walls are also made of ink. Not terribly useful outside of his canon.
Anticipation: Bendy's two more monstrous forms have a visible dark aura that surrounds them, a wave of cold and foreboding that can instantly kill lesser beings... again, so long as those beings are also made of ink.
Appeal: At the end of the day Bendy is a cartoon, and his capabilities are largely determined by the Rule of Funny. He can take a safe dropping on him with just a bump on the noggin, he can pull small innocuous items from nowhere, his head is detachable, etc.
Inventory/Companions: n/a
Choice: Monster (Turnskin - Hyena)
Reason: Bendy's actually lived more of his life in the shape of a monstrous, near-mindless transformation than he has in his own regular body. Canonically, his warped form is the result of being born without being given a soul; I had the notion that the magical essence given to all newcomers to Geargadas could sort of fill that gap as a makeshift soul, and help him return to his proper cartoon shape. Still, it's not a perfect replacement, which means he has to work hard from the get go to keep a clear mind and avoid going feral. It makes a struggle for him that I think would be really interesting to explore, granting him a chance at the agency and self control he's been denied for so long, but keeping his bestial past still very much a part of him and something he needs to come to terms with if he wants this new freedom to truly last.
Sample: here, here, and here
