A Dancing Gunman follows a silent song with a path full of Loss and Anguish.
An unknown song that only he can perform with the goal of freedom.
SYNOPSIS
In a treacherous Earth filled with Hellspawn, Undead, Evil Spirits, and mythical beings, strongholds and holy barriers are built to shield the public from the dangers of the wasteland and the unholy dangers of the outer walls. In Present day, society has successfully escaped the dangers of the outer walls, has rebuilt itself in the middle of the apocalypse, and it has become a cultural renaissance thanks to the revival of Social media, memes, and internet culture.
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One of the cursed Undead, Michael. Without a voice, left with nothing but his clothes, his painful flashbacks, Muscle memory, and his two Pistols. The World is full of Evil and he belongs to a better place, a place of peace that only his silent song can lead him to. Despite the death and painful memories he pulls through all the hardships in order to find himself justice and redemption. The Obstacles standing between him and reacquiring his past memories are the Worldwide Exorcist Union, The Corrupt Law, Unholy Entities triggered by Death, and his own Assassin Organization stopping him from seeking Salvation and Grasping his dreams as a former theatrical performer with his one and only beloved, Bianca Lumiere.
DESCRIPTION
Michael is a former assassin and now undead on a journey for vengeance and self discovery. To right his wrongs, end the crime syndicate, and find his place in the world. Sometimes he wonders if he even deserves a long living and fulfilling life. Everyone he once knew is out to get him and put him back to the ground.
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Michael is a 25 year old young undead modestly dressed, has bangs that covers his eyes, and wears gloves as an old habit from his profession. Although his eyes are empty, his facial expressions, behaviors, and the things he will do would say otherwise. Now that he's an undead, he can't speak, he can't eat, and he cant dream. Unable to experience these simpler pleasures, he yearns for a new and better life some place other than here.
LORE
Michael Labelle is raised from the orphanage where killers, warriors, and agents are raised to be used as a private army by The Crime Syndicate. It is common for the children to become psychopaths as they have been trained to not show any sympathy when carrying a mission. Michael however is the only one who has had compassion for all of his contracted targets.
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Initially, the city where the Crime Syndicate resides in, had no law and acted as the one that set the city straight. Even til now, the Crime Syndicate controls the city and it's overall infrastructure. It's up to Michael to navigate through this labyrinth of enemies and find his own path to freedom
CAPABILITIES
Michael's overall theme and design reflects his artistic and creative dream which is enhanced by his gunplay and pistol combat. Many assassins have varying ways to dispatch security and eventually, their target. Michael's fighting style is very flashy and yearns for an audience to witness his acrobatics and movements, albeit deadly but nonlethal.
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When he fights, he enters a flow-like state where he disassociates as his mind tries to comprehend him shooting people. It's his coping mechanism and even if he hesitates when pulling the trigger, he couldn't bring himself to finish off a target with a bullet.
Michael's arsenal merely consists of a pair of pistols, Bass and Clef crochet, and (formerly) a pocket metronome to keep track of his pace in combat. His pistols are modified competitive full sized pistols that house a magazine that carry thirteen round 45. acp rounds. More specifically, 45. acp spherical rubber rounds. Rather than a full jacket bullet, Michael preferred that his rounds would incapacitate and neutralize hostiles rather than kill them. He's not a killer, he's a performer after all.
Michael's training heavily involved acrobatics due to the required infiltration training needed for his career. He is flexible and able to fight and shoot even when he isn't grounded.
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Once Michael killed his first target thanks to his mentor at nine years old, he stole a special pocket metronome that would awaken and bolster his current abilities today. He believes that the universe has it's own tempo, and has to follow it in order to properly live in it. Once he was able to channel his techniques to the tempo of the Universe, he was able to become one of their most effective assassins in the Syndicate.
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After Michael's death, his pocket metronome was badly damaged and could no longer beat the same way as it used to. With no orthodox way to channel the tempo to his techniques, he uses the vestiges of his undead beating heart in order exist.
ORIGINS
Michael's teachers and classmates are the most ruthless warriors and assassins he's ever seen. He was raised in an environment made by cold blooded killers FOR cold blooded killers. Everyone's hobby always involved some kind of way to harm someone but Michael was always interested in music and theater. He would always see these posters around the city about theater and music performances.
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One day, when Michael hesitated to kill a target once more which his colleagues and mentors berated him for it. He decided to desert and leave the mission just to escape. If only for one day... To the teathre
Michael would meet someone very very special. Someone he could rely on and trust without a hint of malice. He could freely talk about dance, music, and the rich culture and techniques behind the arts. Her name was Bianca Lumiere
It is through her, that he was able to be an anonymous lead actor for the theatrics. He used to memorize every line, every verse, and every step. But he didn't think he'd actually perform with the one that would complete him.
Even in between contracts, Michael would find the time to go on a date with Bianca. Every was special and every night was unique. Taking him to places where he didn't think he belonged to. Places where they felt inseperable. Places where... He truly existed.
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Bianca was passionate about the performance and wanted to upgrade from being indie to the grand stage. She wanted to perform with Michael rather than just the city they were in. She'd rather be in a world where they can perform together rather than not and Michael was more than eager to go with her and escape the dark clutches of the Syndicate.
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Although Michael was able to find time for Bianca, the Syndicate's spies were on the lookout for Michael's whereabouts and learned that he was eventually going to escape.
One day, Michael had learned that all the theatre performances had been cancelled. He had asked the staff where Bianca had been but they had not seen her. He went to their house and found someone else instead...
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A colleague of his, the one and only assassin of the Syndicate who knew him very very well. They felt betrayed, abandoned, jealous, envious that he would even THINK that he could leave. The Syndicate has eyes everywhere and he could not leave without them.
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The colleague holds Bianca hostage. The colleague tells Michael that if he doesn't shoot them, then they will shoot Bianca first. Michael hesitates and tries to talk them out of it. The colleague doesn't hesitate and pulls the trigger. Michael freezes, drops his pistol, and starts to disassociate. Michael's Colleague then laments that despite the killing technique he has. Michael holds too much compassion and imagination. It is due to this and his daydreams that led to Michael's fatal demise.
WHEREABOUTS
After his body is mistakenly dumped in the outlands instead of a nearby incinerator, Michael reawakens as a wanderer, an undead that roams the hallow lands without a purpose.
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Once the Exorcist union is able to find this special undead, they are able to bring him to a nearby undead exorcist facility in order to seperate the spirit from his mortal coil.
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He escapes and even when he fought with pistols and what's left of his muscle memory, he was able to flee and reinfiltrate back into the city.
Thanks to much needed reconaissance and recollection, Michael was able to briefly live among the living as an iundead despite his current circumstances. However, while trying to remember, he was intercepted by an agent of the Syndicate. She was too powerful, and had to flee in order to prevent further injury.
Michael had met new allies and friends along the way. He was very hesitant since the Syndicate had eyes everywhere. But at least he had a friend named Chloe, but he had no voice... Not as long as he is dead, will he be able to speak
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Michael, even after trying to fulfill his goal of finding Bianca's missing body, he would meet many friendly faces on the journey. God only knows what will happen the Syndicate finds out about these people...
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Which eventually will happen...
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It was thanks to this support system that Michael would no longer disassociate and start to live in the moment and happily exist within this world.
Now that Michael had finally found the body of the one he had finally lost, he finally met Bianca...
He knew she was dead. He knew that she isn't moving. The pulse and tempo deep in her heart that she once had was no more... Michael is delusional and disassociating. He couldn't tell what was and wasn't real... He could still hear her voice... As if she were right behind him... She still smiles even after death...
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His next motive? Reclaim the theatre. Cleanse it from Syndicate scum. This time, he will not hesitate.
After the ruckus he created in the theater, Michael had dispatched several hooligans, spies, and mercenaries and prevented several dealings. Putting a wrench in the Syndicate's operations and allowing the community use the theater for recreational use again.
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Just as Michael was fighting. He could just feel as if his heart was synchronized with the Universe again. It's as if he belonged to this world, and he'll make it so. Even if Bianca is no longer here...
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Yet deep inside... He knows, that she's watching him... As if she's right at his side all along...
It's because of several battles with the Syndicate, this has attracted the attention of both the media and the Exorcist Union. Michael is no longer dealing with common goons and mercenaries. He's now dealing with exorcists, combat clerics, and highly trained occult specialists born to stop him from ending the Syndicate once and for all.
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But now there's a new Actor behind the scenes, pitting the media against Michael, painting him a monster, a killer, and the mascot of the Syndicate. Creating a world for him where he could no longer inhabit... A place where he could no longer exist...
After defeating his previous mentors in the Syndicate Headquarters and surpassing each and every one, he felt like he had taken down the entire organization thanks to so much support to his friends and newfound family. He finally dispatched all of his mentors and the remaining students without hesitation and without disassociating. He is finally healing.
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Michael now only wanted one thing, and it's to leave this city and see the places he couldn't with Bianca.
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Michael decides to stay and keep fighting, dispatching of what was left of the Syndicate but when he was surrounded by multiple elite Exorcists, he was forcefully exorcised from his mortal coil
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Just when he saw the light. A voice called out to him... A voice he knew too well... Bianca, and she wanted Michael to go back and kick some more ass. Even if it means they wasting their only ticket to heavenly salvation.
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Together at last. In the mortal realm. Michael and Bianca defeating the Syndicate and the Exorcists connected to the deepest roots of the city.
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Just when does it end?