BaRd oF RaGe

fifth honk ♑ action/video

2011-11-29T01:47:34Z

[The feed comes on to show a dark sky, the sound of rain in the background. Gamzee is sitting in the branch of a tree, soaked to the bone, facepaint running and mostly washed away. None of this seems to be bothering him much, and he's focused rather dispassionately on something held in his hands offscreen.]

So is it just out of motherfuckin' principle? Or do we got somethin' they want?

Because you know, they got all the rest of the forest to be inhabitin'. Ain't like we're takin' all up a whole lot of it. Are we?

Kind of a motherfuckin' shame.

[He raises his hands a little, and between them is the severed head of a satyr. The occasional flicker of lightning reveals that his hands and pant legs are stained in its blood.]

I could start myself a collection.

fourth honk ♑ text

2011-09-19T23:42:01Z

shiiit...
any of you motherfuckers get the tags off that hoofbeast that done trampled me?
feel like i just up and stretched myself right into my old skin again.

think i actually did.

third honk ♑ video/action

2011-09-13T16:34:33Z

[There's a gray face taking up a lot of the viewscreen all of a sudden, unpainted and curious. The owner is poking a finger at various places on the device. Enough movement should reveal to anyone watching a familiar shirt and horns, though the latter are smaller than usual.

He says nothing, just continues to examine the object. Any noise in the distance causes him to jerk his head up and look in that direction until he's certain there isn't any danger.

The communicator at least seems worth keeping.

The young troll is outside Karkat's hive. It looks like it has enough places to hide in if necessary, so he hasn't yet wandered away.]

((Back from hiatus! Responses will come from subjubregate.))

second honk ♑ voice

2011-08-31T02:36:55Z

Hey. This is Gamzee Makara.

Just wanted to get the word out that it's chill. I'm chill.

Stand the motherfuck down off red alert and all that shit. I ain't gonna hurt nobody.

Not without a good motherfuckin' reason, anyway.

first honk ♑ action/voice

2011-08-07T21:33:09Z

[This hive makes so little sense. Someone clearly lives here, and it's the familiar air of this place that's kept him around in the first place, but even Gamzee's mess of a hive hadn't been set up this backwards.

For one thing, there are swords in the cold cupboard where he's pretty sure weapons aren't supposed to go. So he removes them, stashing them aside somewhere while he replaces them with the various containers of what he assumes are a beverage laying around. Beverages should be motherfucking frosty if possible.

He finally finds the food, also not in a logical location, and begins picking through it to see what he can cook up on the equipment provided. Even crazy clown trolls eventually get hungry, after all.

When he finally speaks over the communicator, his voice is accompanied by the sizzling of the stove.]

I know there's some other motherfuckers around here somewhere.

YOU ALL MOTHERFUCKIN' HIDIN' FROM ME OR WHAT?

It's chill.

I'M DOWN WITH THAT.

I'll just stick it out in this place until my little friend decides to up and show himself again.

mirthfulness @ 2011-08-05T15:02:00

2011-08-05T20:02:35Z

IF YOU HAVE THIS JOURNAL FRIENDED FOR damned, YOU MIGHT WANT TO DE-FRIEND IT.

It's going to be part of a journal-based game and I'd hate to spam your f-lists.

(This is not a drop post.)

pradeda permissions

2011-06-20T19:55:58Z

Jokerkind:
All characters in Homestuck have a Strife specibus, or deck, which is where they store their weapons. Usually this is limited to one type of weapon, but Gamzee's is a special case where it acts as a wildcard, allowing him access to ones belonging to other characters.

If your character has arrived in Pradeda with weapons, he might have access to them. If you would rather this not be the case, just let me know.

Coulrophobia:
Those with a fear of clowns should note that Gamzee is about as clownish as the Joker from Batman, though their attitudes are nothing alike and he's more quiet creepy. If you think threading with him might disturb you in any way, let me know and I'll avoid responding to your character's posts.

Homestuck and Spoilers:
General spoiler warning. Gamzee comes from a rather recent point in canon, later than people usually bring him from. He's completely sober and off the handle because of it. If you'd like to avoid spoilers from the series, then once again - let me know.

Font:
Gamzee uses the typical Homestuck courier font when doing text posts. When high, he would tYpE lIkE tHiS but now that he's sober he types differently, alternating caps every other line. It's fairly easy to read, and his font color generally isn't too hard on the eyes. If you're still bothered by this, however, tell me and I can make sure to avoid using text responses with your characters.

Any other questions may go here as well.

You can also use this as a place to comment on my playing style, though I have a HMD with anonymous commenting enabled.

pradeda tracking

2011-06-20T19:42:19Z

Day Two:
help me out of the dark
little hero
open sesame

Day Three
follow a ghost

Day Four
testing
a talk

Day Five
how far can you run?
bleeding

Day Six
vampire
circling sharks

Day Seven
get shit done

Day Eight
still here

pradeda application

2011-06-20T19:40:37Z

Character
Name: Gamzee Makara
Fandom: Homestuck
Age: 13 (6 sweeps)
Physical description: official (with Nepeta's hat & Equius's shades), by xamag-chan on DA
Background: mspa wiki
Point in Story: [o]Honk. (The group all meeting on the rooftop in the veil after the conclusion of Terezi vs. Vriska.)

Personality: Gamzee as we meet him originally is friendly, easy going, and constantly stoned out of his mind. He loves rainbows and miracles and believes everyone should follow what's in their hearts. He's also a member of an obscure cult, a follower of the Mirthful Messiahs and their Dark Carnival.

This is actually a reference to the group Insane Clown Posse, and the troll himself appears to follow a very "Juggalo"-esque lifestyle, right down to drinking Faygo. When Dave, one of the main human characters in the story, actually shows him a video of one of their songs, however, he flips out over it and calls it blasphemy. This, as well as him running out of slime, are what lead to him going off the deep end.

Unfortunately a lot of his motivations are speculation, as we're not shown any of Gamzee's thought process. The following are solid facts, though: Gamzee considers himself to be the Mirthful Messiahs now, kills both Equius and Nepeta, and tells Karkat he means to kill them all. He then takes the heads of all the deceased trolls and makes a "jury" out of them, putting their bodies in glass chambers. Rather than kill Vriska and Terezi outright, however, he leads the second to a confrontation with the first that leads to Vriska's death, as though aware of what the outcome would be. He is also shown in what should be a future scene watching what we are told is a "miracle of rebirth". There is also a time in the future where he contacts Dave again, as the boy mentioned Gamzee having gotten onto him about his crisis of faith before it actually happened. (Time shenanigans in this series are everywhere.)

Any number of things could be inferred about him from this. It's at least apparent that he's far more clever when sober, as he orchestrates a lot of the events that follow. It might be that he even somehow knows more about what's going on with the others and what needs to happen for their session to be fixed. One theory is that everyone needs to die first for this to happen, or at least that Gamzee thinks as much.

There's no doubt that he's crazy and not at all friendly at this point. He's brought up the hemospectrum and his place on it, as well as claiming that he's above others as a descendant of the subjuggulators. He has no qualms about killing others and/or just scaring the shit out of them. However, I'm fairly certain he has some plan, something he wants to see happen, and I think a good way of keeping him from just going on a murder spree in this new environment is the fact that everything is wrong and this isn't how things should have played out. With that in mind, he'll be less out for blood right away.

It doesn't seem impossible that he could be reached, either, as Karkat survives a troubling confrontation with him (which we've yet to see as I write this app) that he claimed was very emotional. There's also still a conversation with Dave that needs to take place where Gamzee gets somewhat over his anger about his crisis of faith and has a rap-off with him. Unfortunately there are also holes the plot has yet to fill.

He will definitely make death threats often, and will be willing to take on any challengers. He'll stick near any of his fellow trolls if only to keep an eye on them for his future purposes. Any attempts to make him high again will be met with violent opposition.

Powers/Abilities: He's just a little hax. We're not shown how strong he is, but we're told that he does the most damage to the final boss in their game. And this boss is pretty huge and nasty. There's also the matter of him never having to upgrade his weapons at any time during their session. He's proven to have excellent aim and incredible speed. It all seems to be physical in nature, though. No psychic abilities.

Items you're bringing with you: All characters in Homestuck have a sylladex, which allows them to store numerous items. This isn't so much a physical thing as something they just... have. As if their whole world is one computer program and they're all players in it. They also have a strife specibus, which is where their weapons are stored. Usually this is only one type of weapon per person, but when Gamzee goes sober his turns into a "Jokerkind" deck, allowing him to retrieve weapons belonging to just about anyone. For example, he's currently using the Warhammer of Zillyhoo, something belonging to John who isn't even in their session.

He will also have in his possession the puppet Cal.

Samples
First Person POV (Network Post):
[The feed clicks on, but there doesn't seem to be any image. The screen is black, but the sound of someone breathing near the mic can be heard.

Suddenly the image pans down from what had clearly been the ceiling of a darkened room until it focuses on part of the face of a gray-skinned creature, sharp teeth protruding over his bottom lip and face marred by three long scars. The paint that most who knew him would be familiar with is gone for now, but he means to remedy that soon enough. His lips turn upwards into a sinister smile.

When he speaks, his voice is low and dangerous.]

I am looking forward to meeting you both.

[...Until it suddenly and easily switches to something louder and uglier in tone.]

MOTHERFUCKIN' HUMAN FRIENDS.

[Then the feed goes quiet again, and the image pans further down to the face of a familiar and utterly creepy puppet before shutting off.]

Third Person POV (Log Post):
Wrong.

Half-lidded eyes scanned slowly over one side of the room before darting to the other. Gamzee stood in the center of the room, still dripping from the liquid in the cryo-chamber. His arms were held loose at his side, his posture the easy slouch of someone newly wakened and sluggish. He was anything but the latter.

This was all wrong.

One step forward, then the next. The slow movements of a hunter wary of an ambush. This wasn't the Veil. This wasn't anywhere familiar, and there were no signs of anyone he knew either. They had gathered and he shouldn't have been alone again. None of these names were even...

The troll stopped at an empty chamber as he passed it. The name visible on its outer shell read Tavros Nitram, but the body of his former friend wasn't inside, with or without the head. He knelt down to run a hand over the letters, as if doing so would present him with answers that the chamber itself could not. Dead or alive, Tavros shouldn't be here either.

So very wrong.

One more thing to make right.

He had plans now that his mind was clear of the poison that had filled it for sweeps. They had plans, and after such careful preparation it wasn't right for something to come completely out of nowhere and throw them out of whack. So he would have to readjust. They would have to readjust, no matter what the new setting was. He hadn't died. He had a feeling he'd know if he had. So this was something else, something involving someone outside the usual ring of influence. They would be found, and they would pay for ruining everything.

With a more set goal in mind, Gamzee ignored the other chambers and made for the only clear exit he could see.

tracking (damned)

2011-04-01T20:28:39Z

(1) Night 55 - Friday
Gamzee: Wake.
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Rose: Get trolled.
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Gamzee: Ascend stairs.
Seer: See.
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Rose: Enter.

(2) Day 56 - Saturday
Gamzee: Wake again.
Ax: Be adorable.
Lunch: Be skipped.
Claire: Be trolled.
Rose: Seek familiar.
Bus: Be uneventful.
Gamzee: Consume nutrients.
Night 56
Gamzee: Change pants.
Ritsuka: Head out.
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Gamzee: Ascend stairs again.

(3) Day 57 - Sunday
Gamzee: Pray.
Breakfast: Be unmentioned.
Gamzee: Fail to paint face.
Gamzee: Be visited.
Dinner: Be uneventful.
Night 57
Gamzee: Set out alone.
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Gamzee: Accomplish mission.
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Gamzee: Procure four-wheeled device.
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(4) Day 58 - Monday
Seishin and Gamzee: Start a mission.
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character relations (damned)

2011-04-01T20:27:29Z

to be added

tracking (ruby city)

2011-03-13T22:01:18Z

March
13th - aRrIvAl
16th - wHoA, bRo
20th - things just got a lot more STRONG
21st - best friend, all the trolls
22nd - little walking miracles
25th - oh god the lights
30th - sup Karkat

April
5th - sea dwweller
6th - and another, plus a cute little hoofbeast
7th - rap masters
8th - moat monster
10th - Equius and Eridan, Nepeta returns
16th - not so promising
17th - 2ollux 2how2 up
18th - Gamzee can't dance
24th - Aradia, Vriska
30th - more talking with Aradia

May
6th - oh Tav
11th - the worst state of mind
12th - what happen
15th - breakfast at theta's, the legislacerator, tavbro returns
21st - in the pie
24th - fruit gushers
31st - in the kitchen

June
6th - derpbro
8th - missing blue
9th - fears
14th - nothing to be afraid of
16th - except ourselves
18th - stupid beds
19th - return of equius
20th - one-wheeled miracle, not in a rapping mood
23rd - musical knowing
26th - best friend's return
30th - one man show

July
3rd - but does it make slime, oh hey, sollux
8th - lost wind
10th - so much blue
16th - it'll only hurt for a second
17th - shit be calm
23rd - still here
29th - chill in my hive

August
9th - tiny little miracles
14th - belly buttons, jack of spade
16th - welcome to the jungle
21st - watch it bring you to your knees
26th - missing best friend
27th - swimming
28th - not kanaya, spiderbitch again
29th - where have you been, warning the blueblood, wandering

September
2nd - keeping track of the 'rail
11th - for you
21st - karkat's advice column
25th - signless

October
2nd - stop getting lost, best to have your facts straight
12th - inner rage
13th - get out of the house
15th - again?
16th - and some guy named strider
20th - you don't got it, attack moirail
24th - but not me?
25th - sweetest 'rail?
31st - wtf is pumpkin pie

character relations (ruby city)

2011-03-13T22:00:00Z

to be added