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ELYSIUM "ELYS" LIN

25 / LOUNGE SINGER / BLACKSTORM / IT'S COMPLICATED / APPLICATION

- - ABOUT

After bargaining for his siblings' and his own life, Elys has been held captive by one of Los Eurosia's notorious gangs since his youth. Not many can say they grew up in a casino to pay off the never-ending debt left by their father. After freeing his sister and his brother's eventual disappearance, Elys has sunk deeper and deeper into the seedy underworld that surrounds him. He adapts quickly to survive, and his smooth manipulation comes all too naturally to the point that he defaults to it even when he feels he is safe.

His gifted status is currently only known by his siblings and the handful of Blackstorm members he has met. He longs for the sea.

- - WHERE TO FIND

It should not be surprising that the easiest way to find Elys is by going to a casino. He performs multiple shows a day and into the night, his voice captivating anyone who hears it. Recently, he has been allowed to leave for walks, coffee, etc., and you might run into him on the streets (on a sunny day). Just don't mind the big scary "bodyguard" (unless you happen to meet Elys alone, a rare occurrence that is often short-lived if you stay in one place for too long).


- - PLOT HOOKS

• [insert little mermaid references here]
• I can't think of anything right now, so I'll get back to you on that. He's open for anything, though!

[Nicholas Acker Villin]

Acker & @elysium
I really like your char's name!
Does anyone know about Lin's power? I was thinking that maybe one of Acker's clients informed him that there is a siren around town and points him to the casino. Or maybe he finds out somehow? He wouldn't go to the casino by himself, he finds gambling boring. However, if a client wants to meet him there then he would have to go. Perhaps the client is part of the same gang your char is part of? He doesn't care much about gangs or the criminal underground of the city unless they are in his way.
Acker is really interested in Gifted and wants to study them, however he won't find out about Ely if you don't want to of course!
Plus, Ely is a Blackstorm agent, some Blackstorm agents know about Acker being a Gifted and would try to recruit him (his money/power/expertise would be helpful to the movement I guess lol).
Also, your char reminds me of Majima in Yakuza 0 with all the casino/debt business which is nice!

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Nicholas Acker Villin & @elysium

Thank you!

That's actually a really good question I should have answered in the first post. xD Updated!

Elys has been hiding the fact he's gifted since he was little, which honestly became easier once he was stuck inside all day. He doesn't leave when it rains, and he is very cautious with any situation that involves water. Not even the group holding him knows. The only inkling that he might be gifted in an inhuman way is his voice, but it has easily been passed off as being a musical prodigy.

If someone in the gang is a client of his, perhaps they commissioned him to make better security for them? After all, it would be a shame if a patron stumbled into the wrong room while a human guard wasn't paying attention. Robots are more reliable. He could have been invited to take a look around for that reason.

Acker finding out will entirely depend on how it plays out! Preferably when no one else is around since it'd be a hassle for everyone at the casino to also find out.

(Elys is a newer Blackstorm initiate, so he won't be doing recruiting anytime soon.)

I have not played any of the Yakuza games, but I'll probably need to for reference sake. xD

[Nicholas Acker Villin]

Acker & @elysium
Sure! He can come to the casino because hired to help with security, he doesn't care if his clients are criminals. And also I'm okay if Acker doesn't or does find out, let's see how things go. Would you like to start or me? I don't really know how the casino looks like though lol Do you have any images for reference or I can just stay very general like "Oh, there are gambling machines!" xD

[Mirror]

Aaaa hello! I’m not especially familiar with Astro but my friend showed me some of their MVs, I think my favourite one was called All Night? It was full of flowers and so pretty *_* Anyways I love your choice of face claim!


@elysium & Misti Manning

Okay so hear me out – there’s got to be a piano in the lounge Elysium works at. With Ely around, Misti definitely wouldn’t be needed/hired to play, but maybe his boss could call her in to tune it/do some maintenance? Otherwise maybe they could meet on the street while Ely is allowed out for a walk?

If Misti catches wind of Ely’s musical talents she’d be like ‘huh, if that was me I’d be striking out on my own and trying to get a record deal, why isn’t he?’ Maybe she could catch on that something dodgy is going down at the casino, or she could stay completely oblivious and try pestering him to leave without realising it's not that simple for him. They could be friends or Ely could think she’s a nuisance lmao

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Nicholas Acker Villin & @elysium

Sorry for the delay! If you're fine waiting another day, I can get something up tomorrow after work! If you already have an idea for an opener, though, it's pretty much just "rich fancy casino.jpg" since all of my references are images online. xD

Misti Manning & @elysium

I haven't listened to too many of their songs (that weren't part of a kpop playlist during work), but I became more familiar with Cha Eunwoo after seeing one of his solo songs on the Under the Oak Tree ost! which i still need to get caught up on.

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Elys usually tunes his own pianos (perfect pitch helps a lot); however, there are too many casinos that they bounce him around. Maybe she was called in to fix up the piano at one place because whoops they overbooked Elys at their own casinos.

It'll leave them only a short time to interact before he has to perform, but Misti can always stay for the show and catch him after!

And Misti is more than welcome to find the whole situation a little sus so Elys can deflect her concerns. ;D

[Nicholas Acker Villin]

I can start and then you can send me some images when you can/if you'd like to : )

@elysium

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Rotty & @elysium

Okay, I have a couple of ideas for them. So they're both part of Blackstorm and fairly new, so they would definitely share that in common. Rotty would absolutely HATE if he ever found out that that Elys was basically chained by the gang until he pays back a debt he'll never be able to pay. Rotty hates the idea of anyone being caged, and since they're on the same team, he'd get really bent out of shape and want to help in any way he could, even if there's nothing he can really do.

I also think that if Rotty ever listened to Elys sing, he'd probably to the whole Hanna-Barbera reaction like this:


So if he wants a hype man, Rotty's there.