Chemotherapy [Alex]

» Name Of Character: Alex Vaugrenard
» Link To Character: https://www.platinumhearts.net/t18322-alexander-vaugrenard-2-5#117787

» Upgrading: Skill Upgrade:
-Durability: Elite -> Master

Removed Ability:
-Hollow Cancer

New Ability:
-Violent Purge: An ability developed in the spure of the moment alongside Kimitsuki, this was intented initially to simply remove the Hollow cancer which had attached itself to Alex's soul. However, he is quite aware of how to do this again, should the need arise, and the truth is that it would in no way be limited to merely that specific circumstance.

By actively instigating the Riot of the Blood inhimself, and simultaneously sending his body to its most dangerous levels of heat, Alex can purge even the most debilitating and soul-afflicting ailments from his body, at the expense of his own immediate well-being. This is because the Riot, in its nature of tearing Alex's own being apart, prevents any ailment from finding a single entity to attach to, while the heat he creates burns away whatever foreign agent is harming him. Of course, this is the most extreme possible application of this purging capability, and for lesser ailments, and even moreso for those entirely mundane afflictions, Alex can simply purge them with nothing more than a brief application of heat through his own body.

» Why: With regard to Violent Purge and the removal of Hollow Cancer, I believe those are both fairly well explained and justified in this thread: https://www.platinumhearts.net/t21653-in-the-kiln-alex-kimitsuki

With regard to his Master in Durability, however, there is naturally a greater degree of justification required than simply linking threads. Alex has, in every fight thread, and even in threads which didn't involve any combat at all, caused damage to himself in the course of combat that required significant repair. I believe it would be valid to say that Alex's near-suicidal willingness to put himself directly into harm in the course of a fight is one of his most defining features, and that the degree to which his own body has repeatedly faced traumatic damage is rather well known at this point on Platinum Hearts. He has taken injury of varying degrees from Ulv, Desmond Hayden, and Radioactive at varying times, but I quite honestly wouldn't like to simply list major feats as a justification for this Master. Rather, I think one could look at all of his threads, and the general manner in which I've always played him, and see that he simply is not a man who can be beaten down physically. I'm more than happy to talk this over with staff to better convey the scope if need be, and find any threads to assist in the decision. If it proves insufficient, I'm entirely willing to simply forgo the Master Durability until such a time as it's deemed appropriate.

EDIT: Listing major threads here per staff request.

Run-in with Ulv: https://www.platinumhearts.net/t20090-down-in-margaritaville-open

Smacked around by Radioactive, injured himself, big Hollow spike impaling him: https://www.platinumhearts.net/t20963-fatherly-instinct-radioactive-alex

Getting absolutely bodied by both Hayden and himself: https://www.platinumhearts.net/t20884-close-enough-alex-hayden-ask-to-join

Basically destroying his own body: https://www.platinumhearts.net/t21653-in-the-kiln-alex-kimitsuki

I'll be real, I actually don't have track of a lot of Alex's social threads where he makes reference to his bones cracking in anger and such, but this one in particular does have it as an example (and was also a big thread) so I'll link it:
https://www.platinumhearts.net/t20811p10-the-right-to-rule#134233

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