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Player Information

Name: Switch [rhizomatic]
Age: 24.
aim: positronicswitch
email: deka.gadget[at]gmail[dot]com
plurk: nerdorific



Character Information

General

Canon Source: Heavy Rain
Canon Format: Video Game
Character's Name: Norman Jayden
Character's Age: 34

Abilities


Character's Canon Abilities:
➝ EFF BEE EYE: Norman is your standard FBI Agent. He has formal training with hand-to-hand combat as well as how to handle a firearm. His specialty however is with constructing psychological profiles. As mentioned before, this is more for narrowing down when it comes to finding a criminal who is on the loose. This means though he prefers using his words to get out of a situation rather than his weapon to quickly take-out someone.

➝ 'ARI Comment': His ARI (Added Interface Reality) is a nifty investigation tool that helps him piece together various clues throughout his investigation. ARI comes in two components: One being his "sunglasses" which serves to visually enhance his surrounding environment. The second is a right-handed leather glove that allows him to physically interact with the environment. How ARI functions on a fundamental level is that it will make cross-references from previous data recorded. For example, let's say say he finds a piece of white cheese but doesn't know exactly what kind of cheese it is; his glove will detect the chemical components from that piece of cheese, cross-reference it with every single piece of cheese until it finds a match (I apologize in advance if the example wasn't gouda enough).

It also serves as a recreational device. ARI can "change" the environment as how Norman sees it through his visor. Much like changing the wallpaper to a desktop, he can change a stuffy office into a breezy, autumnal forest with just few flicks of a wrist. ARI also contains several interactive games to keep Norman occupied. One of them being a game of "Wall Ball" where he is given a virtual ball to toss at a virtual wall at.

Since Norman's environment is going to be vastly different from his own world, ARI won't be very useful in terms of detecting foreign objects. The chances of determining the blood type of an unearthly being or a person who is not apart of his 'universe' will be slim to none (none really). Even if he does encounter a human from Earth, it will be unable to identify who that person is because they are theoretically from a different world.

➝ The most eloquent set of pipes since John Kennedy

History/Personality/Plans/etc.


Character History:
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Point in Canon: Post-Case Closed/"Good Ending"

Character Personality:

Norman is a dedicated fellow towards his line of work. The best way to describe the agent is that he is an eager beaver; Eager to serve, eager to get the job done… There are no cutting corners for this guy. It really makes him come off blander than tofu. Like that kid back in middle-school science class who would get anxious at the thought of not turning in a homework assignment on time. Don’t even think about putting those pop-rocks inside the paper-mâché volcano. It really shows that Norman understands what is at stake. With only less than 72-hours to save an 8-year boy from drowning from a well filling up with rainwater, it’s difficult to spare even a second for useless chatter. The odds are really stacked up against him even from get-go from this investigation when he first steps into the murder site of Jeremy Bowles only to find Lt. Blake and his army of officers mindlessly bopping around, obstructing important clues. It becomes a precursor of what’s to come with his relationship to the Philadelphia Police Department, particularly his “partnership” with Blake.

For the most part, Norman is a friendly guy. He’s quiet, almost shy to an extent, not the type who would elicit a casual conversation with others. When he tries to it just comes off as forced and awkward, along the lines of “So…how ‘bout them Yankees?” kind of conversation. The only reason he doesn’t overstep the anti-social borderline is with his understanding of people. It comes along with the nifty psychology degree under his belt. In some extreme circumstances though like dealing with a dangerous (and deadly) person such as Mad Jack he can go from a sympathetic, good-cop to a bat-shit crazy motherfucker in just a flip of a switch.

Norman is the kind of person who likes to “make rational decisions whenever possible”. He would rather approach a situation with as much information beforehand rather than ‘act first, think later’, especially when a human life is at stake. For him there is no warranted reason to kill off someone unless they pose a serious threat to your life. There will always be some sort of route to finagle your way out of a situation without having to pull the trigger. Yes, even if that means in a situation where a person pulls out a holy-cross even after the fact they deliberately threaten your partner with a bullet to the head (or if someone decides to make you into human toothpaste by tossing you into a car crusher but let’s not get ahead of ourselves).

His quiet demeanor can be broken given the situation. If your name is Carter Blake, then that’s probably half of the time. Even in the most intense situations, he tries to keep a cool head. Being calm and collected means he can walk away with his life in tact or another person for that matter. But let’s go back to Blake since this guy is at the epicenter of all of Norman’s frustrations:

Blake is the personified manifestation of what not to do when you are in the business of law enforcement. He has a complete disregard for the rules and regulations and could give two shits if you’re right when he is obviously in the wrong. Couple that with Cpt. Perry’s complete lack of interest towards finding the actual Origami Killer. All he needs is a name, a body and some story that paints a guilty picture on their face and he can sleep peacefully with himself. The two complete polar opposite personalities Norman has to do deal with along with being under a serious time crunch to find Shaun Mars drive him up the wall. It’s one thing to deal with inter-office politics, they can be pushed to the side but it’s another thing when it starts to spillover into your actual job. So much so that it brings the absolute worst out of Norman temper-wise. He will lash his frustration out either by yelling or making a snide remark. If things escalate then he is not afraid to get physical. Either way, Norman will not accept any kind of bullshit from anyone. He does have a quiet-side to him yes but he is not a person who will sit idly from the sidelines and not do anything. Especially if he sees something wrong going down. He will call it exactly how he sees it.

Like most archetypal heroic law enforcement characters, his commitment to his job becomes his weakness. In this instance, it is his overindulgence with ARI. The two of them are inseparable. There would hardly be a time where you find Norman not carrying his ARI with him unless it was a dire emergency situation (ie getting the shit kicked out of him and have your cool crime fighting glasses taken away). The story seems to give the impression that Norman has a ‘drug-problem’ but there is a whole lot more to it. Even though this is not explicitly highlighted in the story, it is shown that Triptocaine helps ease the side-effects from ARI. The more he uses ARI, the worse the side-effects becomes, the more he needs the Triptocaine, the worse he feels without the drugs to ease his pain. It becomes a very vicious, painful cycle where there is no win/win situation for Norman.

It may seem like he is starting to get a grip on his ‘need’ for Triptocaine but it all stems from his overuse of ARI in the first place. No matter what, that grey matter in his skull will feel like a melty pile of goo inside every time he needs to check his database or check an area for particular clues/evidence. It’s your typical case of a person who has become over-dependent on technology but that technology is coming right around to bit him in the ass.