How dreary – to be – Somebody!

Biosheet

2024-08-04T20:25:51Z

stats; Edward Allen "Eddie" Bloomberg NAME Elchanan Bloomberg HEBREW NAME 19 AGE he/him PRONOUNS DC Comics (June 1984 - Nov 2002) FANDOM just after "Infinite Crisis" and the establishment of 'New Earth' as the main continuity CANON POINT 5'11" (182 cm) HEIGHT 155 lbs (70 kg) WEIGHT B-positive BLOOD TYPE
inventory;

5000QV Countach Lamborghini which is actually a spaceship with a hypercubic interior
devil-themed red power armor and horned helmet
rocket trident

player; Vonn Loren NAME Pacific TIMEZONE Discord: ZestIsChaosHour ALT CONTACT Cameron Monaghan FACECLAIM

personality; Eddie is an engineer, first and foremost, and engineers are all problem-solvers at their core. He has a brilliant and curious mind. And, like all the superheroes of the original Earth-One, Eddie also possesses the ability to simply roll with any sort of strangeness that he is presented with. Literally nothing is too weird for him to handle, mentally speaking.

headcanons; What Earth remained after "Crisis on Infinite Earths" (1985)? What is the 'New Earth' that emerged after "Infinite Crisis" (2005)?

The original infinite worlds of the multiverse were ravaged by the destruction wrought by the Anti-Monitor. By the time he was defeated, the only remaining worlds were Earth-One, Earth-Two, Earth-Four, Earth-S, and Earth-X.

Those five remaining Earths -- their histories, their survivors -- were all combined into a single universe.

This was the gestalt Earth, post-Crisis.

This is the world that our Eddie Bloomberg (Kid Devil), originally from Earth-One, ended up in. This is the world that Jason Todd (the version who stole tires off the Batmobile) originated from. And it is not the world known as New Earth. The gestalt Earth existed until Alexander Luthor of Earth-Three attempted to recreate the infinite multiverse, until it was replaced by a new and different Earth with an altered history.

New Earth is part of the Orrery of Worlds, a multiverse consisting of 52 worlds that are each watched over by one of the 52 Monitors who came into existence after the events of "Infinite Crisis". New Earth is the world of origin for the Eddie Bloomberg who would eventually make a deal with Neron for superpowers and be known as Red Devil.

Eddie and the Institute of Hyper-Normal Conflict Studies

At the end of his first series of adventures, Kid Devil’s parents agreed to leave his education and supervision in the hands of a trio of professors from the Institute of Hyper-Normal Conflict Studies -- Dr. S.W. Kirschtorte, Dr. Irving Bleinseid, and Dr. Elvira Coddleston.

They taught him a lot about mechanical engineering and gadgetry, and also assisted in updating his power armor suit

(to the all-red form as seen in "Young Justice" volume one).

When the device built by Alexander Luthor and Superboy-Prime threatened the stability of the gestalt Earth, the professors and their young protege attempted to understand and counteract the phenomenon. The idea was to create a protective field that would keep their Earth from being changed... however, things happened too quickly for such a large countermeasure. Instead, Dr. Kirshtorte pushed Eddie into the test chamber they were able to build, just as they ran out of time. As New Earth came into existence, an energy wave swept the world... the Institute was wiped from history, and all the people who came together and worked for it were relocated as their histories changed... except for Earth-One's Eddie Bloomberg. He was left alone in a test chamber in an otherwise abandoned building, with his history and memories intact.

Multilingualism

Eddie's native language is (American) English. He learned Hebrew as part of his Jewish heritage.
He gained fluency in German and Spanish while living at the IHNCS.
He has limited experience in French, Arabic, and Mandarin Chinese but has a "tourist" level of understanding... he can hold a conversation, especially if he has a translation dictionary in hand.

Edward Bloomberg on the DC Wikia Bio Page based on his "Who's Who in the DC Universe" entry

CODING

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TFLN starter crosspost - open roleplay

2022-12-31T14:42:00Z

Originally posted here

1. I haven't shuffled off this mortal coil yet, sorry to say.

~~2. Being the alternate universe duplicate of somebody kinda actually sucks. Maybe I should change my name?~~

3. I drank, I fought, I made my ancestors proud. And then someone hit me with a pool cue.

4. {Text him}

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Texts From Another "Last Night" [bakerstreet]

2022-11-06T20:17:38Z

[[OOC: For tracking/overflow purposes]]

1) well she's currently spooning the coffee table
--> [ Thread with Galatea ]

2) yeah that's one way to look at it on the other hand MY FUCKING BED CAUGHT ON FUCKING FIRE
--> [ Thread with Jason ]

~~3) you wore rain boots all night because you said the forecast called for wine spillage~~

4) Send Eddie a text

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Everyone knows I'm in over my head...

2022-10-25T03:51:03Z

Over My Head (Cable Car)
The Fray

And suddenly I become a part of your past
I'm becoming the part that don't last
I'm losing you and it's effortless
Without a sound
We lose sight of the ground in the throw around
Never thought that you wanted to bring it down
I won't let it go down till we torch it ourselves

insp. The (Single-Song) Lyrics Prompt Meme

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Application - The Great Space Race

2022-10-22T23:24:05Z

PLAYER

HANDLE/PRONOUNS Vonn [they/them]
CONTACT Discord - ZestIsChaosHour#1184

CHARACTER

NAME Edward Allen "Eddie" Bloomberg
CANON DC Comics, pre-New Earth era (June 1984 - Nov 2002)
CANON POINT end of "Young Justice v1" and up to Teen Titans v3 #30 (this Eddie did not make a deal with ~~the devil~~ Neron for superpowers)
EXTERNAL INFO
Edward Bloomberg on DC Wiki
Bio page that partially pulls from his entry in the "Who's Who" guide to DC Comics characters
Both of these links include information on the New Earth version of Eddie Bloomberg, which is past the canon point that I pull him from. I will provide any clarification needed on the difference between this player character and canon as requested.

PERSONALITY

SUPERBIA might sometimes operate on logic beyond that of inferior organic minds, but its judgement is never wrong. WHAT MAKES SUPERBIA THINK YOUR CHARACTER IS PRIVATEER MATERIAL?
Eddie is an engineer, first and foremost, and engineers are all problem-solvers at their core. He has a brilliant and curious mind. And, like all the superheroes of the original Earth-One, Eddie also possesses the ability to simply roll with any sort of strangeness that he is presented with. Literally nothing is too weird for him to handle, mentally speaking.

Fortuna is always described as being capable of granting any wish, but its exact nature is unknown. DEEP DOWN, WHAT DOES YOUR CHARACTER WANT IT TO BE THE MOST?
Eddie doesn't have any particular expectations for the form that Fortuna takes. He's very curious to find out what it actually is, and hopes that it will be able to grant the wish that he holds most dear... but what form does a way home actually take?

SUPERBIA only desires to prove the existence of the Lucky Star; its privateers are free to do whatever they want with it. IF YOUR CHARACTER GOT THE TREASURE, WHAT WOULD YOUR CHARACTER DO WITH IT? WHY DO THEY WANT TO FIND IT?
Eddie hopes that Fortuna is a way to restore the home he lost, somewhere in the multiverse, so that he (and any other survivors) can return to the world that he started out in -- the original Earth-One.

Treasure-hunting is not for the weak of heart. WHAT IS YOUR CHARACTER WILLING TO RISK, AND WHAT ARE THEY WILLING TO SACRIFICE?
The world that SUPERBIA pulled Eddie from, the world in which he currently lives, has nothing for him. New Earth is different from the gestalt Earth created from the surviving worlds of the Crisis, and New Earth has its own version of Edward Bloomberg now. They share a history and memories, but they are not the same. Eddie would rather die than become that person, a weak-willed and desperate shadow with his face -- and if death is what his quest for Fortuna demands, so be it.

POWERS AND ABILITIES

Eddie has roughly seven years of experience in combat (basic hand-to-hand and staff forms). He is skilled in mechanical engineering, gadgetry, and weaponry (as involves circa-21st century technology). He also has knowledge of and some experience with the multiverse (alternate dimensions, travel between, et cetera).

Any "powers" that he displays are technology based. The "Kid Devil" costume is, despite appearances, a form of power armor. It increases the wearer's strength by a factor of ten and allows him to leap great distances. The armor within the suit will stop small arms fire, though "a high-powered rifle shell can penetrate his armor" (basically, if the bullet and gun in question could kill large game, it's going to get through the armor of the suit). The suit also contains several adaptive features such as night vision, built-in lighting (which can be used in a defensive 'light burst' measure) and miniature gills for aquatic environments.

The trident that Kid Devil carries is a rocket-powered method of transportation that also contains weaponry -- most notable a "bubble shooter", flamethrower, and electroshock capabilities. ("Several miles" is all the detail we get for the distance that the rocket-trident can travel. I'm assuming that's the distance before it needs to be recharged, and for the purposes of specificity call it five miles per 'charge' of the power source, with the distance lessening if there's more weight than just Eddie being carried.)

Both the suit and rocket trident were built by Eddie in the workshop of a special effects prop-master. Imagine what he could do in a proper engineering laboratory...

SAMPLES

Link to threads which you feel showcase your grasp on the character.
SAMPLE 1. Bakerstreet: Text Messages transitioning to In-Person Action
I probably had too many NPCs to juggle in this thread, but I feel it's a pretty good showcase of the give-and-take needed for a fight scene. It was also off-the-cuff -- the other player and I did not DM during the thread itself to plan anything out (though of course I am willing to do so).
SAMPLE 2. Bakerstreet: Text Messages to In-Person Discussion
This thread is more of a display of how Eddie's mind works -- when presented with a problem, he'll throw himself into solving it.

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Warming Up [gestalt Earth period]

2022-10-18T20:34:05Z

[OOC: As a timeline/setting note, this takes place on the gestalt Earth created after the "Crisis On Infinite Earths" event. Kid Devil and Robin II have written back and forth as pen-pals for a while, and Eddie is currently visiting Gotham City during his winter break. Eddie is... about age thirteen at this time.

I make a distinction between the universe that was created post-COIE and the "New Earth" designation that comes into use after the "Infinite Crisis" event. Most sources don't, but it's important for this particular muse.]

Eddie keeps his back straight and sips his cocoa slowly. There's something about sitting across from Bruce Wayne and Alfred Pennyworth that just... demands manners. Even if, technically speaking, Alfred is 'the help'... it's pretty obvious that the butler is really the most respected person in Wayne Manor. And Bruce is -- despite the friendly, harmless face presented to the world -- pretty intimidating for a kid who wants to make a good impression.

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Know Thyself

2022-10-16T02:49:11Z

Knowing myself isn't the problem. The problem is that no one else here knows me.

They look at me and they see him, the stupid boy that I ran away from being.

I shouldn't have been able to run. I shouldn't remember a world that no longer exists and never existed in the history of the universe I departed. But I've spent five years living in a universe cobbled together from the scraps of ravaged alternate worlds, and things never work as they should. Not there.

I did run. I got away and I came here and everyone expects the desperate fool who wants to be a Teen Titan. The idiot who thinks he needs superpowers to be a vigilante.

I don't even look like him -- for one thing, I don't look like the pop culture concept of a devil, but I don't even look like he used to. (I keep my hair short because it's a pain to stuff anything longer than chin length under the helmet, but it has the added benefit of keeping me distinct from the Eddie Bloomberg who popped into existence along with New Earth.) But it doesn't help.

They don't know me. They don't know that all I want to do is go home, to a home that no longer exists and that they don't even realize ever did.

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Texts from Last Night [bakerstreet]

2022-10-14T15:02:30Z

[[OOC: Cross-posting the contents of my top-level for this week's TFLN meme. Anyone who comes across this later and wants to play, go ahead and reply to this entry.]]

[Note: Muse is 19 years old.]

1) I think you blew our chances when you yelled "YOU SLUTS COMING TO THE TITTIE BAR?" in their face

2) why is there an outline of Aquagirl's body on my wall in whip cream?
--> [ Thread with Gemini ]

3) as she was beating the hell out of his ex-boyfriend, she screamed "prison rules" and smashed his head with a beer bottle. I'm oddly afraid yet so attracted to her now.
--> [ Thread with Jason ]

4) looking back it was a good thing we were too wasted to fire up the chainsaw

5) Sorry for walking in on you guys last night. FYI I have a bruise on my forehead from having the door slammed in my face. I deserved it.

6) Text Eddie

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Gondor Texts for Aid [bakerstreet]

2022-10-10T02:50:31Z

Eddie sends a text message to the Red Hood

So just wondering... if I hypothetically tore the fabric of space-time while working on a teleporter belt and let some weird cartoon logic versions of the Legion of Doom into this universe, how mad would you be and would you still be willing to help me fight them? Hypothetically.

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Permissions Post

2022-08-02T04:09:58Z

CHARACTER NAME: Edward Allen "Eddie" Bloomberg
CHARACTER SERIES: DC Comics (June 1984 - Nov 2002)

[OOC]
This is the permissions list for OOC (out of character), activity.

Backtagging: Yes - I'll pick up old threads whenever another player wants to.
Threadhopping: Yes - sometimes you gotta take things off-comm or to a new post...
Fourthwalling: Yes - Eddie is aware of the multiverse, including Earth-Prime where he's fictional, so it's only fair that other people can mention it, too.
Offensive subjects: As long as we make it clear what's in-character versus out, I'm pretty sure I can handle most subjects.

[IC]
This is the permissions list for IC (in-character), activity.

Hugging this character: Yes. He's an affectionate sort and won't have a bad reaction to sudden hugs.
Kissing this character: Yes to platonic/friendly kisses, no to anything particularly intimate. (Standing exception for kissing memes, since that's the whole point.)
Flirting with this character: Yes, it's fine. If he's not into it, he's the type to let you down gently.
Fighting with this character: Yes, please. Go for it. He's a superhero, it's what he do. :)
Injuring this character (include limits and severity): Yes, any kind of injury is fine with me (direct message me at the time to touch base, please). Sexual violence is off limits.
Killing this character: For meme-comm posts? No. For an actual game? Yes.
Using telepathy/mind reading abilities on this character: Yes -- there's no reason why he'd be able to stop you.

Warnings: This version of Eddie can get a little bit meta. He's not the New Earth version of the character, although they do share some history. I'll do my best to keep it tamped down and not super obvious, especially when I'm tagging folks for the first time.

Get your own copy of the IC/OOC Permissions meme!

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