Session One: Funky Martian Monks (CowBoy BeBop OOC)

ivanhoe · Jan 31, 2003

Would it work if my char had a bounty on him after the bank robbery and the rest of the gang were going for him but instead felt sorry for him and let him join w/ them?

KitanaVorr · Jan 31, 2003

Originally posted by ivanhoe Would it work if my char had a bounty on him after the bank robbery and the rest of the gang were going for him but instead felt sorry for him and let him join w/ them?

Dude

if they did that, they would be accessories to the crime and a bounty would be put on THEIR heads.

ivanhoe · Feb 2, 2003

arg, how can he get on the bebop then, i don't have any ideas and the site said nothing about how the peeps met.

loxmyth · Feb 2, 2003

ivanhoe said:
arg, how can he get on the bebop then, i don't have any ideas and the site said nothing about how the peeps met.

You could say something like he was later double-crossed by the gang after the shooting episode but got away. So he wants revenge against his former gang, which would give him a reason to become a bounty-hunter and chase them down. So he sought out a cowboy group and ended up with the Bebop.

Just a suggestion, hopefully this will help. What do you think, Ivanhoe? Kitana?

ivanhoe · Feb 2, 2003

what loxmyth said, he blames the fact that he had to shoot an innocent person on the Hell's Angels. he sought out the bounty hunters in an attempt to collect the bounties on most of them to get revenge.

Daiymo · Feb 2, 2003

loxmyth said:
You could say something like he was later double-crossed by the gang after the shooting episode but got away. So he wants revenge against his former gang, which would give him a reason to become a bounty-hunter and chase them down. So he sought out a cowboy group and ended up with the Bebop.

Just a suggestion, hopefully this will help. What do you think, Ivanhoe? Kitana?

Hope you don't mind me chiming in

I think this is a good idea, that builds on ivanhoe's concept. Maybe after healing up and even spending some time in prison perhaps(not long since the Galactic Police seem pretty inept), he's burning to get revenge on his old gang. Maybe theyve even cheated him out of a large sum of money as well. And since he's a former criminal type himself(either voluntary or non voluntarily a criminal) that gives him some insight into being a bounty hunter, which lets him earn a living while looking for his former gang.

KitanaVorr · Feb 2, 2003

What I suggest for you Ivanhoe is to decided what kind of person he is first, what environment he lives in, and because of that environment what he turns out to be like.

Let's start with what you have down first for a character concept. And please, when you reply, reply to each point so I know you've read what I wrote.

1. He is an orphan on Earth so he's lived with danger, the meteorites alway striking, the poverty. Its a tough life. He's basically one of those dirty street kids that are always harrassing people for money, pickpocketing them, etc. Most street kids form huge gangs made up of just kids of which they will take down adult targets and steal from them.

2. Why did he decide to leave Earth at 12 and go to Mars? Was it that he heard that Mars was basically like Disney Land? Sort of a paradise?

3. You said his mother died at birth, then who took care of him? A baby can't survive on its own. And why did the person who took care of him leave him alone?

4. He just up and decided to become a criminal? Ok so he wants money, lots of it and he wants the easiest path to it. Since he has no education he decides to join the local gangs. No biggie, it'll be like the kid gangs on Earth except now you're in the adult gangs.

5. Ok the gang taught him guns. How did he survive in the gang without having to shoot someone innocent in their robberies? I can't see him surviving for long, gaining any respect, or any trust (thus not getting much loot) if he doesn't prove himself to the gang.

6. I do like Daiymo's idea of him spending prison time, perhaps the gang foisted off the whole blame on him,double crossed him, left him to take the full blame. Now that he's out and served his time, he wants revenge so he joins the BeBop to do so.

7. Also I know this doesn't have anything to do with it, but I'm curious. I saw that you know Corlon and I know that Corlon is 13. Are you 13 also?

ivanhoe · Feb 3, 2003

1. Correct
2. He didn't need to have an education to realize the meteorites striking earth were a hazard.
3. After his mother died he was cared for by other kids who were part of his first gang. They gave him bread, water, and a street education.
4. Correct
5. The guns were more for show, he would use his skills to shoot off peoples hats, hit engines in the right place to make them blow up, or shoot circles around people.
6. After the shooting incident one of his fellow gang members shot him in the leg and the rest ran. He couldn't get away fast enough, and the police sent him to the slammer. He served 5 years, and when he got out he was itching for revenge. He got none of the take from the bank robbery and his fellows turned on him. He then sought out the bounty hunters to get revenge on his fellows without serving anymore jail time.
7. I am 14 not that it is any of your business.

KitanaVorr · Feb 3, 2003

Originally posted by ivanhoe 2. He didn't need to have an education to realize the meteorites striking earth were a hazard.

Okay so then he left Earth to escape the meteorites...but then he'd be leaving a gang that he grew up with, they'd be like his family though.

Originally posted by ivanhoe 3. After his mother died he was cared for by other kids who were part of his first gang. They gave him bread, water, and a street education.

Um...not believable that a bunch of kids would take care of a baby or even know how to take care of a baby. Maybe you should have your mom die when you were young, like 5 or something.

Originally posted by ivanhoe 5. The guns were more for show, he would use his skills to shoot off peoples hats, hit engines in the right place to make them blow up, or shoot circles around people.

Guns aren't for show in a gang, especially an adult gang that commit felonies. He's had to have shot someone before or hurt someone really bad.

Originally posted by ivanhoe 6. After the shooting incident one of his fellow gang members shot him in the leg and the rest ran. He couldn't get away fast enough, and the police sent him to the slammer. He served 5 years, and when he got out he was itching for revenge. He got none of the take from the bank robbery and his fellows turned on him. He then sought out the bounty hunters to get revenge on his fellows without serving anymore jail time.

This part works...longer jail time though if he killed someone.

Originally posted by ivanhoe 7. I am 14 not that it is any of your business.

Nope it isn't and you didn't have to tell me, I was just curious.

EDIT:

Oh forgot to tell you, stat up your character and get him in the rogue gallery!