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{{Tab}}It's always the quiet ones. Parley is polite, organized, curious and generous... To start. It can't all be an act. But there's something hard to place about him, a sort of hard underlying pragmatism, political ruthlessness, grayscale morality and an almost reckless willingness to compromise himself in the name of progress that make it difficult to decide what side he's really on. Or if he's on any side at all.
It's always the quiet ones. Parley is polite, organized, curious and generous... To start. It can't ''all'' be an act, right? But there's something hard to place about him, a sort of hard underlying pragmatism, political ruthlessness, grayscale morality and an almost reckless willingness to compromise himself that makes it difficult to tell just which side he's on. If even his own.  
 
He sees big pictures. And genuinely cares - when he can afford to. Often in spite of himself.
 
Or maybe he's just in it for the thrill.
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One of the many labrats liberated from the Prometheus laboratories, though seems intent on distancing himself from the connection. His ''new life'' keeps him busy enough!
 
Communications consultant for [[Claire|Claire Basil]], part time PR rep at [[cage|Heroes for Hire]], off-and-on insurance claims agent for [[brent|Brent MacNeil's]] insurance firm, he picks up occasional interpretation work through the HellFire Club... when they're willing to hire an open mutant. Between New York's public mutation ban and subsequent client consent forms required for his above-the-table work, it's an uphill battle to keep ''steady'' employment. So he keeps his fingers in a number of pies.
 
Currently, he's studying to become a certified legal translator in Japanese. In between trying to wean himself off sleep. Has it down to one eye at a time.
 
Has a weakness for sweets. And soft things.
 
Presumably, he also has a ''personal life''.
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{{Tab}}Parley works is an empathic conduit.  
Parley is an empathic conduit. Rather than reaching into ''other'' people's minds, he tends to take their surface forebrain sentiments into his ''own''. He can't dig into or manipulate other people, but what goes in one side comes out the other -- and streamlined down to a starkly-clean crystal ''clarity''. Useful for overcoming language barriers. Also works as a lens for other psionic beings that work through him. He knows when you LIE.


What goes in tends comes out the other side - and often streamlined. He's inclined toward picking up and re-conveying sentiment... especially if it's someone ''else's''. His own mind-to-mind communication, not so sleek; just an arrayed mashup of emotions and sensations, unable to influence much; when projected while speaking out loud, however, it's rather handy for being understood over language barriers. Things sort of wash through him from one side to the next, diluting the weight of his aura as it goes. He tends to slip sideways into peripheral focus by default and if people aren't looking, they might not notice him walking across an empty room. While it can be incredibly annoying when he would ''like'' to command attention, it makes for being an excellent sidelines interpreter. The deeper he takes someone into his mind, the less he seems to be an individual and the more it tends to feel as though the person he is interpreting is speaking directly.
...It does sort of washes out his own presence in the process though, creating a sort of psychic camouflage that makes him hard to notice in a room. Or on the psionic grid. Kind of like trying to find a glass of water when it's been turned into a fog bank. Useful if you don't want to be noticed. Makes it ''rather'' hard to command much attention.


This obscuring of presence manifests physically as well... to mixed results. He tends to move in a balanced silence with a subdued creeping sense of weight -- less successful are the markings. In a savanna, rosettes and tawny fur go a long way to breaking up your shape. On practical application, against New York pavement and subway tunnels, not so much. No gold star for that mutation.
This camouflage manifests physically as well... to ''mixed'' results. He tends to move in a balanced silence with a subdued creeping sense of weight -- less successful are the markings. In a savanna, rosettes and tawny fur go a long way to breaking up your shape. On practical application, against New York pavement and subway tunnels, not so much. No gold star for that mutation.


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'''Benefit'''
'''Benefit'''
* [[Mirror]] - Once-cellmate. Now roommate. Still mystery. Don't mind this.
* [[Mirror]] - Cellmate. Roommate. Mystery. ...<3.
* [[Emma]] - She'll use me. But to her own betterment or mine?
* [[Emma|Emma Frost]] - She'll use me. But to her own betterment or mine?
* [[Claire]] - A breath of fresh air. Like a warm saucer of milk in a dark alley.
* [[Claire|Claire Basil]] - A lighthouse over turbulent waters.
* [[Shelby]] - Has learned to serve herself. Useful skill to have.
* [[Shelby]] - Has learned to serve herself. A useful skill to have, really.
* [[Hive]] - Willing to get hands dirty for the greater good.  
* [[Hive]] - Hungry mind.
* [[Micah]] - Keeps his head under fire. AND can tend the wounded. Should have one in every house. Like a fire extinguisher.
* [[Micah|Micah Zedner]] - Keeps his head under fire. AND can tend the wounded. Should have one in every house. Like a fire extinguisher.
* [[Peter]] - Has a good head. Shame he's in over that same head.
* [[Kurt|Kurt Wagner]] - Level-headed. What shadows kept, behind such easy smiles.
* [[Brent|Brent MacNeil]] - Nothing if not pragmatic.
* [[Dusk]] - What is the phrase. When he's hard, he's soft. And when he's soft, he's hard?
* [[Lucien]] - Does not seem to mind riding the rails full tilt into self destruction. In a pinch.


'''Detriment'''
'''Detriment'''
* [[Norman]] - Inevitable betrayal practically written into the job contract. But whose?
* [[Rasheed|Dr. Rasheed Toure]] - Easy to be a wolf in sheep's clothing. More of a challenge, to be a wolf amongst bigger wolves. ''He knows I know, now.''
* [[Alice]] - It's only going to get more complicated from here...
* [[Norman|Norman Osborn]] - An inevitable mobius strip of mutual betrayal.
* The Prometheus Project - Obstruct and undermine at every opportunity... but quietly.
* [[Goblin]] - Bites.
* [[Alice|Alice Lambton]] - It's only going to get more complicated from here...
* [[Doom|Doctor Doom]] - Games within games.
* [[Anima]] - Old times.
* [[Plots|The Prometheus Project]] - Obstruct and undermine at every opportunity.. But quietly.


'''No Comment'''
'''No Comment'''
* [[Caleswood]] - Gives good science.  
* [[Jennifer|Jennifer Walters]] - 'Means well'.
* [[Jackson]] - Good people still exist. But blinded by the light.  
* [[Cage|Luke Cage]] - Prudence and heroics seem to be mutually exclusive.
* [[Nox]] - Good people still exist. But lost in the dark.  
* [[Peter|Peter Parker]] - Has a good head; in over it.
* [[Doug]] - Use his shower and eat his food when he's not home. Seems lonely.
* [[Murphy|Murphy Law]] - Walking Hazard. Also: irritatingly useful.
* [[Kai]] - Fellow former labrat. Translated for him... even at his worst. Or should I say 'their's?
* [[Caleswood|Cameron Calesewood]] - Director of the Daedalus Group. Gives good science.  
 
* [[Jackson|Jackson Holland]] - So many bright lights to cast a shadow.  
* [[Nox]] - A lost kindness in the dark.  
* [[Doug|Doug Ramsey]] - Lonely little man.
* [[Kai]] - Fellow former labrat. Translated for him... or should I say 'them'?
* [[Trib]] - Watchful in all the wrong places. No sense of boundaries.
* [[Regan]] - A voice not yet heard...
* [[Howl|John Smith]] - Some guy. Survival - unlikely? Well, stranger things have happened...
* [[Shane|Shane Holland]] - ''Pure'' has a way of being defined as merely innocent. Here is the other kind. The kind you find only in the wilds.
* [[Dorian]] - So much to learn.
* [[Iolaus|Dr. Iolaus Saavedro]] - In a different era, he would have been a scandalous missionary, visiting foreign heathen lands to save their savage people with advanced medical understanding and well-meaning arrogance.
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|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"| '''True Neutral''' - ''You might never entirely know what side he's on. Maybe yours. Maybe theirs. Maybe no one's! He seems willing to work with anyone equally if he has reason.''
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"| '''True Neutral''' - ''Balances scales. Meddles as needed.''
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|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"| '''From your lips to his.''' - ''Need to overcome a language barrier? Parley works as a communications consultant and interpreter.''
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"| '''Your lips to his...''' - ''Parley works as a communications consultant and interpreter. He'll say it if you will.''
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|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"| '''RP Hook''' - ''Explanation.''
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"| '''Link in the chain.''' - ''Collects and disseminates information - to discriminating ears.''
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|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"| '''Both Sides of the Microscope''' - ''Before he was a labrat, he was a lab intern... and *volunteer* test subject. Doesn't make him popular among his fellow refugees.''
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"| '''Both Sides of the Microscope''' - ''Before he was a labrat, he was a lab intern... and *volunteer* test subject. Doesn't make him popular among his fellow escapees.''
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Latest revision as of 22:41, 27 January 2019

Lost in Translation

par·ley v. To hold conference with opposing sides to discuss terms.

Introduction

It's always the quiet ones. Parley is polite, organized, curious and generous... To start. It can't all be an act, right? But there's something hard to place about him, a sort of hard underlying pragmatism, political ruthlessness, grayscale morality and an almost reckless willingness to compromise himself that makes it difficult to tell just which side he's on. If even his own.

History

One of the many labrats liberated from the Prometheus laboratories, though seems intent on distancing himself from the connection. His new life keeps him busy enough!

Communications consultant for Claire Basil, part time PR rep at Heroes for Hire, off-and-on insurance claims agent for Brent MacNeil's insurance firm, he picks up occasional interpretation work through the HellFire Club... when they're willing to hire an open mutant. Between New York's public mutation ban and subsequent client consent forms required for his above-the-table work, it's an uphill battle to keep steady employment. So he keeps his fingers in a number of pies.

Currently, he's studying to become a certified legal translator in Japanese. In between trying to wean himself off sleep. Has it down to one eye at a time.

Has a weakness for sweets. And soft things.

Presumably, he also has a personal life.

Powers

Parley is an empathic conduit. Rather than reaching into other people's minds, he tends to take their surface forebrain sentiments into his own. He can't dig into or manipulate other people, but what goes in one side comes out the other -- and streamlined down to a starkly-clean crystal clarity. Useful for overcoming language barriers. Also works as a lens for other psionic beings that work through him. He knows when you LIE.

...It does sort of washes out his own presence in the process though, creating a sort of psychic camouflage that makes him hard to notice in a room. Or on the psionic grid. Kind of like trying to find a glass of water when it's been turned into a fog bank. Useful if you don't want to be noticed. Makes it rather hard to command much attention.

This camouflage manifests physically as well... to mixed results. He tends to move in a balanced silence with a subdued creeping sense of weight -- less successful are the markings. In a savanna, rosettes and tawny fur go a long way to breaking up your shape. On practical application, against New York pavement and subway tunnels, not so much. No gold star for that mutation.

Connections

Benefit

  • Mirror - Cellmate. Roommate. Mystery. ...<3.
  • Emma Frost - She'll use me. But to her own betterment or mine?
  • Claire Basil - A lighthouse over turbulent waters.
  • Shelby - Has learned to serve herself. A useful skill to have, really.
  • Hive - Hungry mind.
  • Micah Zedner - Keeps his head under fire. AND can tend the wounded. Should have one in every house. Like a fire extinguisher.
  • Kurt Wagner - Level-headed. What shadows kept, behind such easy smiles.
  • Brent MacNeil - Nothing if not pragmatic.
  • Dusk - What is the phrase. When he's hard, he's soft. And when he's soft, he's hard?
  • Lucien - Does not seem to mind riding the rails full tilt into self destruction. In a pinch.

Detriment

No Comment

  • Jennifer Walters - 'Means well'.
  • Luke Cage - Prudence and heroics seem to be mutually exclusive.
  • Peter Parker - Has a good head; in over it.
  • Murphy Law - Walking Hazard. Also: irritatingly useful.
  • Cameron Calesewood - Director of the Daedalus Group. Gives good science.
  • Jackson Holland - So many bright lights to cast a shadow.
  • Nox - A lost kindness in the dark.
  • Doug Ramsey - Lonely little man.
  • Kai - Fellow former labrat. Translated for him... or should I say 'them'?
  • Trib - Watchful in all the wrong places. No sense of boundaries.
  • Regan - A voice not yet heard...
  • John Smith - Some guy. Survival - unlikely? Well, stranger things have happened...
  • Shane Holland - Pure has a way of being defined as merely innocent. Here is the other kind. The kind you find only in the wilds.
  • Dorian - So much to learn.
  • Dr. Iolaus Saavedro - In a different era, he would have been a scandalous missionary, visiting foreign heathen lands to save their savage people with advanced medical understanding and well-meaning arrogance.
Gallery

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Einen Lewis Turner
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Codename Parley
Birthdate 1994-08-22
Species Mutant
Affiliation Myriad
Alignment Up For Interpretation
Powers Empathic Transference
Occupation Communications consultant... of sorts.
RP Hooks
True Neutral - Balances scales. Meddles as needed.
Your lips to his... - Parley works as a communications consultant and interpreter. He'll say it if you will.
Link in the chain. - Collects and disseminates information - to discriminating ears.
Both Sides of the Microscope - Before he was a labrat, he was a lab intern... and *volunteer* test subject. Doesn't make him popular among his fellow escapees.
Logs
No logs have been posted yet.
Archived Logs
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Date Title Cast Mentions
  • (2014-02-25)
 Vignette - Pillar of Salt Parley
  • (2014-01-30)
 We Exist Dusk, Hive, Parley, Flicker
  • (2014-01-24)
 Emails - Port in a Storm Dusk, Hanna, Hive, Jackson, Jim, Sebastian, Shane, Parley, Tag, Daiki, Flicker, Rachel, Zombie
  • (2014-01-12)
 War of Attrition Emma, Parley
  • (2014-01-12)
 No Small Loss Selene, Parley, Casper
  • (2014-01-06)
 Prometheus Alexis, Shane, Daiki, Kai, Sebastian, Ash, Dorian Siccavil, Kismet, Flicker, Parley, Vector
  • (2013-12-08)
 Public Relations Lucien, Micah, Parley
  • (2013-11-17)
 Myriad Hive, Jackson, Parley, Flicker
  • (2013-11-10)
 The Scientific Method Dusk, Jackson, Lucien, Micah, Parley, Rasheed, Regan
  • (2013-11-08)
 Capabilities Iolaus, Jackson, Lucien, Parley, Rasheed
  • (2013-11-08)
 Bite the Hand that Feeds Dusk, Lucien, Parley, Micah, Jackson
  • (2013-11-08)
 Be Cured or Be Killed Micah, Lucien, Parley, Jackson
  • (2013-11-06)
 City. Night. Water. Eric, Iolaus, Jackson, Lucien, Parley, Sebastian, Shane, Karrie, Daiki
  • (2013-11-05)
 Communication Is Architecture Jackson, Lucien, Micah, Parley, Iolaus, Reg
  • (2013-11-04)
 Texts: Happenstance Iolaus, Jackson, Parley
  • (2013-11-04)
 Static Dusk, Parley
  • (2013-11-02)
 Trust Dorian Siccavil, Parley
  • (2013-10-22)
 Returned Dorian Siccavil, Parley
  • (2013-10-21)
 Autumn Dorian Siccavil, Doug, Parley
  • (2013-10-18)
 White Noise Hive, Parley, Joshua
  • (2013-10-16)
 Suddenly, Ferret! Anima, Mirror, Parley, Joshua
  • (2013-10-16)
 Free Range Minds Emma, Parley
  • (2013-10-16)
 Darkness Can Wait Dusk, Parley
  • (2013-10-07)
 Out of Chaos Doug, Jackson, Micah, Parley
  • (2013-09-28)
 Breaking Down Barriers Parley, Cage
  • (2013-09-26)
 Cake Mirror, Parley
  • (2013-08-23)
 Meeting The Family Alison, Cage, Mel, Parley, Trib
  • (2013-08-20)
 Free State Cage, Kay, Mirror, Parley, J.C., Msgr. Flores
  • (2013-08-13)
 The Clear Path Parley, Cage, Janice
  • (2013-08-13)
 Party Games Dusk, Hive, Isra, Jackson, Jim, Melinda, Micah, Parley, Tag, Clarice, Daiki, Flicker, Joshua, Rachel, Taylor
  • (2013-08-09)
 Fight or Flight Peter, Mirror, Anima, Parley
  • (2013-08-01)
 Cat Toys Parley, Claire
  • (2013-07-26)
 Vignette - No Ceremony Parley
  • (2013-07-21)
 Truce Parley, Trib
  • (2013-07-20)
 Unnerving Hive, Parley, Flicker
  • (2013-07-20)
 Refreshing Jackson, Lucien, Micah, Parley
  • (2013-07-14)
 True Blood Dusk, Parley, Shane
  • (2013-07-14)
 Straddling the Pits of Hell Norman, Parley
  • (2013-07-12)
 Keeping Score Jackson, Parley
  • (2013-07-11)
 By Any Other Name Mirror, Parley
  • (2013-07-10)
 Mindset Cage, Parley
  • (2013-07-06)
 Mirror Dusk, Jackson, Micah, Parley
  • (2013-07-05)
 Fight Night Shane, Sebastian, Peter, Parley, Jackson, Dusk, Isra, Regan, Joshua
  • (2013-07-04)
 Sharpening Tools Parley, Sebastian, Shane
  • (2013-07-04)
 Fourth of July Peter, Shane, Shelby, Sebastian, Rasa, Mirror, Parley, Anima, Sloan
  • (2013-07-02)
 Weird Science Norman, Parley
  • (2013-06-27)
 A Walk in the Park Parley, Howl
  • (2013-06-21)
 Pulling Back the Curtain Dusk, Hive, Parley, Shelby
  • (2013-06-20)
 Safe Places Mirror, Parley, Trib
  • (2013-06-19)
 Polarities Parley, Regan
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