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Name: Zellie
Are you over 16?: Yep
Personal DW:zellie_almasy
Email: my_final_heaven@comcast.net
Timezone: US Central
Other contact: AIM: Zellie Almasy // MSN: zelliekinneas@hotmail.com // Plurk: ZellieAlmasy
Characters already in the game: Zell Dincht
How did you find us?: I play here~
IC:
Character name: Zaphod Beeblebrox
Fandom: Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Timeline: Near the end of The Restaurant at the End of the Universe when they all teleport off Hotblack Desiato's stunt ship, but before meeting the man who rules the Universe
Age: 200
~*Magical*~ abilities and strengths: Nothing magical, really, just that he has an extra head and an extra arm, which he claims to have had attached to improve his ski boxing.
How would they use their abilities?: To have a good time. And make futile attempts to return to the Heart of Gold so he can find the man who rules the universe.
Appearance: Average height, two heads that look the same, messy blond hair, and a third arm situated beneath the one on the right-hand side. His fashion sense apparently isn't the greatest, seeing as he's been voted Worst Dressed Sentient Being in the Known Universe seven times.
Background: When he was young, Zaphod grew up on Betelgeuse V with his semi-half cousin Praxibetel Ix (now known as Ford Prefect), with whom he shares three of the same mothers. As for his other family, Zaphod's direct ancestors are also his direct descendants, thanks to an accident with a contraceptive and a time machine. Zaphod's father is Zaphod Beeblebrox the Second, his grandfather is Zaphod the third, and so on. Back in his school days, Zaphod didn't care much about learning, not unless it was about something fun, which is why he was more concerned with flirting with his female classmates.
Even as a youth, Zaphod got himself into pretty extravagant shenanigans. He got it in his head to raid a gigantic Arcturian megafreighter on a mere trijet scooter. He was only armed with toy pistols, but he actually managed to make it all the way to the captain's cabin, where he encountered Yooden Vranx, who would go on to be Zaphod's predecessor as President of the Galaxy. He was so impressed by young Zaphod's actions, that he rewarded him with food and booze before teleporting him to maximum security of the Betelgeuse prison.
As he grew older, Zaphod preferred to be self-employed, though his "businesses" were more like schemes, including, but not limited to, a secondhand ballpoint pen business after finding a planet completely inhabited by secondhand ballpoint lifeforms. There was also "The Beeblebrox Salvage and Really Wild Stuff Corporation," which was hired by the Safety and Civil Reassurance Administration for a mission they intended to keep secret, even from Zaphod, who was helping them with the salvage. They simply told him than an un-crashable ship had crashed in the ocean, and that it contained "by-products" and "processes that are perfectly safe." The cargo turned out to be aorist rods (controversial energy source using energy from the past, hence impoverishing the present) and the three most dangerous Dsseigner People (created by the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation), which were to be dumped in a black hole.
After Yooden Vranx's death, Zaphod got it in his head to run for President of the Galaxy because, according to him, it seemed like a fun thing to do at the time. It may seem surprising that a guy like Zaphod would win such an election, but it's actually the perfect job for him. The President wields no actual power, but rather, his job is to draw attention away from those who do run the Galaxy. In this, he has been one of the most successful candidates to date, especially since he spent two of his ten presidential years in prison for fraud.
What really took the cake was when Zaphod (on his 200th birthday) stole the Heart of Gold spaceship at its unveiling ceremony, and brought his girlfriend Trillian (formerly Tricia McMillian) with him. This, however, forfeit his position as President of the Galaxy, but that didn't bother Zaphod. He had what he needed, and what he needed was the ships Improbability Drive, though at the time, he didn't know why he needed it. At the time, he stole it just because he liked it.
As it turns out, before his death, Yooden Vranx paid Zaphod a visit and gave him the idea to run for President, since that was a sure way to be at the Heart of Gold's unveiling so that he could have the chance to see it. He would need the Improbability Drive in order to find the man who rules the universe. This scheme was so secret, that Zaphod had to go inside his own brain to make him forget his plans. He's a bit upset with his former self for going after such a stupid goal, and though he doesn't like anyone pulling his strings - even himself - Zaphod still decided to go along with the plan out of obligation to his former self.
After the Vogons destroyed Earth to make way for an intergalactic bypass, the ship's Improbability Drive picked up a couple hitchhikers, who turned out to be his own semi-half cousin Ford and Earthman Arthur Dent, an acquaintance of Trillian's. These four, along with the depressed robot Marvin (he came with the ship) ended up on the legendary planet Magrathea, known for their custom planet manufacturing business. Since the economy wasn't so great the planet was in hibernation, but the group managed to dodge a couple missiles from an automated defense mechanism and land on the planet's surface. Separated from Arthur and Marvin, Zaphod continued with Trillian and Ford through an underground tunnel, where they were knocked out with gas and placed in a holding area.
When they came to, they were guided to a feast hosted by a couple of mice where they were reunited with Arthur. The mice revealed Earth was part of a complex computer program to calculate the question to life, the universe, and everything. They already had the answer, 42, but that meant nothing without knowing the question. The mice's plan was to take Arthur's brain and find the question from that. The group managed to escape the mice, only to find themselves faced against a couple police set on arresting Zaphod. The group was trapped and under fire, sure the end was soon to come, until the two cops dropped dead. Apparently, Marvin, left behind at the ship, was speaking to the officers' ship and depressed it so severely, that it decided to kill itself, consequently shutting down the officers' life support.
Things didn't let up for Zaphod and the others. After that ordeal, they were hungry and just wanted a quick bite to eat. Unfortunately, they were set upon by a Vogon ship, hired by Zaphod's brain care specialist Gag Halfrunt to capture Arthur so that he could have his own shot at finding the Ultimate Question. At the worst possible moment, the Heart of Gold was rendered inoperable due to the fact that it was calculating how to make tea. Zaphod decided to get them out of this jam with the clever idea of a séance. He called upon his great-grandfather, Zaphod Beeblebrox IV, who expressed his disappointment in Zaphod "the nothingth." But apparently, his great-grandfather was also in on Zaphod's grand scheme and finally revealed to him his mission - to find the man who rules the universe.
To help him reach this end, Zaphod IV transported his great-grandson and Marvin to the publishing headquarters for The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and placed the Heart of Gold in Zaphod's pocket, though at the time, he had no idea what that lump of metal was doing in there. Here, Zaphod's business was to meet with Zarniwoop, an executive for the publishing company. Again, he wasn't sure why he was doing this, just that his past self intended him to. As he reached the fifteenth floor, the building was attacked by a squadron of Frogstar Fighters, meaning to stop Zaphod from his mission.
As Marvin stalled the fighers, Zaphod came across a fellow named Roosta, who gave him a tip to leave by the window. The Frogstar Fighters managed to lift the entire building and land it on the second planet in the Frogstar system - a nasty, depressing wasteland. Once it landed, Zaphod made his way out the window, and in doing so, entered a digitally reconstructed universe created specifically for him. On this planet, he was guided to the Total Perspective Vortex, a machine that shows the victim the incomprehensible vastness of space, which is so completely infinite, it would completely annihilate your brain. Since this universe was created specifically for Zaphod, this made him the actual most important object in the world, which allowed him to become the only known being to have survived the Total Perspective Vortex.
Soon after, he finally found Zarniwoop, who explained that the mysterious lump of metal in Zaphod's pocket was, in fact, his spaceship. Back on the Heart of Gold with the rest of the crew minus Marvin, Zaphod instructed the ship to take them to the nearest restaurant. This happened to be Milliways, the Restaurant at the end of the Universe, nearest in space, but not time. During the course of the evening, Zaphod received a phone call. He had completely forgotten that he left Marvin on the planet, where he had been waiting throughout the ages until he became a valet for Milliways.
The group found the robot out in the parking lot, where they also found a sleek, black spaceship. Just as he liked the Heart of Gold, Zaphod liked this ship. So he stole it too. What he didn't know was that this was the stunt ship for a band called Disaster Area, known for sending their stunt ships straight into the sun, and that's exactly where this ship was headed. With no way to control the ship or take it off it's automated course, the only way to escape was through an emergency teleporter. No one knew what the coordinates for the teleporter were set to, but compared to flying into a sun, the risk seemed worth it.
And that's how Zaphod found himself in refugee receiving on the Thor.
Personality: Zaphod's just this guy, you know? Brain scan results have labeled him as a "clever, imaginative, irresponsible, untrustworthy, extrovert." Even former President of the Galaxy Yooden Vranx said Zaphod was the most amazing kid he had ever met.
The most important thing to Zaphod is his ego. When Trillian asked him to set aside his ego for a moment, he declared that if there were anything more important than his ego on the ship, that it be "caught and shot right now." When faced with the Total Perspective Vortex, Zaphod seemed more concerned with finding some food than the pending annihilation of his soul, and after the ordeal, rather than marveling at the miracle of his survival, he seemed rather unsurprised and proceeded to casually eat the fairy cake used for the Total Perspective Vortex scan of the universe. Most of Zaphod's actions are out of his own self-interest, and things tend to just work out for him. Once he gets an idea to do something, he does it without much thought behind it. Usually it involves money or fame.
Zaphod is best at being flashy, which is why he was one of the most successful Presidents ever. His impulsive antics drew an incredible amount of attention, as a President ought to do, but he was too untrustworthy for Presidential material. So untrustworthy, that Zaphod had to section off a part of his own brain to pass the mental scans for eligibility for office. And still, he managed to steal the Heart of Gold spaceship at its unveiling.
In certain situations Zaphod may seem brilliant, what with the crazy schemes he's concocted in the past and the sticky situations he's managed to escape, but it seems to be the sort of intelligence he can turn on and off, depending on he feels. At times, he pretends to be stupid to catch people off guard, then there are the times when he just can't be bothered to think, or when he acts ridiculously stupid to hide the fact that he actually doesn't understand, and then there are the times where he is just genuinely stupid.
Why should that character be in this game: N/A
Why do you want to continue their history here: N/A
For applicants considering an alternate version of a character already in game, please use this as your chance to explain the key differences between your character and the one already in play: N/A
Have you read up on how the game works?: Yep, plug-in is called Flaming Ferret, and characters can sign up for posted jobs, work for another character, or, as is most likely in Zaphod's case, choose to be a bum
1st person sample: Here!
3rd person sample: Zaphod stood at the check-in desk with two arms folded over his chest as the third hand tapped impatiently on the desk. Unfortunately Vogon bureaucracy had won out over Zaphod's charms, and he now found himself waiting what seemed like ages for this receptionist to process his refugee forms.
"Look, there's been a misunderstanding. I'm not a refugee. I'm Zaphod Beeblebrox."
She was clearly not enthused about this fact, as are most people upon meeting Zaphod.
"You know, as in, I was President of the Galaxy?"
That caught her attention. "President, you say?" Both of Zaphod's heads nodded, hoping this got him off the hook. He was wrong. "In that case, you'll need to fill out the blue presidential forms."
Zaphod groaned and rolled his eyes as the forms were passed to him. Sure, just moments ago, he was on a one-way trip into the sun of Kakrafroon, but after being forced to deal with all these Vogons and refugee papers, he was beginning to wish he was back on that stuntship.
"Hey, what do you say we forget all these papers, and I'll buy us a round of Pan-Galactic Gargle Blasters?" It was incredibly difficult to sweet-talk a creature as hideous as a Vogon, but Zaphod was desperate.
"Please initial here, here, here, and sign at the bottom here," she continued, not caring in the slightest bit.
Yeah, Zaphod was definitely starting to miss that sun.
Questions?: Hey, so the whole world destruction thing... How's that work with this canon? Since the RP kinda... is... his world? 8D;
Did you put your characters name and fandom in the subject: Yep!
Name: Zellie
Are you over 16?: Yep
Personal DW:
zellie_almasyEmail: my_final_heaven@comcast.net
Timezone: US Central
Other contact: AIM: Zellie Almasy // MSN: zelliekinneas@hotmail.com // Plurk: ZellieAlmasy
Characters already in the game: Zell Dincht
How did you find us?: I play here~
IC:
Character name: Zaphod Beeblebrox
Fandom: Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Timeline: Near the end of The Restaurant at the End of the Universe when they all teleport off Hotblack Desiato's stunt ship, but before meeting the man who rules the Universe
Age: 200
~*Magical*~ abilities and strengths: Nothing magical, really, just that he has an extra head and an extra arm, which he claims to have had attached to improve his ski boxing.
How would they use their abilities?: To have a good time. And make futile attempts to return to the Heart of Gold so he can find the man who rules the universe.
Appearance: Average height, two heads that look the same, messy blond hair, and a third arm situated beneath the one on the right-hand side. His fashion sense apparently isn't the greatest, seeing as he's been voted Worst Dressed Sentient Being in the Known Universe seven times.
Background: When he was young, Zaphod grew up on Betelgeuse V with his semi-half cousin Praxibetel Ix (now known as Ford Prefect), with whom he shares three of the same mothers. As for his other family, Zaphod's direct ancestors are also his direct descendants, thanks to an accident with a contraceptive and a time machine. Zaphod's father is Zaphod Beeblebrox the Second, his grandfather is Zaphod the third, and so on. Back in his school days, Zaphod didn't care much about learning, not unless it was about something fun, which is why he was more concerned with flirting with his female classmates.
Even as a youth, Zaphod got himself into pretty extravagant shenanigans. He got it in his head to raid a gigantic Arcturian megafreighter on a mere trijet scooter. He was only armed with toy pistols, but he actually managed to make it all the way to the captain's cabin, where he encountered Yooden Vranx, who would go on to be Zaphod's predecessor as President of the Galaxy. He was so impressed by young Zaphod's actions, that he rewarded him with food and booze before teleporting him to maximum security of the Betelgeuse prison.
As he grew older, Zaphod preferred to be self-employed, though his "businesses" were more like schemes, including, but not limited to, a secondhand ballpoint pen business after finding a planet completely inhabited by secondhand ballpoint lifeforms. There was also "The Beeblebrox Salvage and Really Wild Stuff Corporation," which was hired by the Safety and Civil Reassurance Administration for a mission they intended to keep secret, even from Zaphod, who was helping them with the salvage. They simply told him than an un-crashable ship had crashed in the ocean, and that it contained "by-products" and "processes that are perfectly safe." The cargo turned out to be aorist rods (controversial energy source using energy from the past, hence impoverishing the present) and the three most dangerous Dsseigner People (created by the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation), which were to be dumped in a black hole.
After Yooden Vranx's death, Zaphod got it in his head to run for President of the Galaxy because, according to him, it seemed like a fun thing to do at the time. It may seem surprising that a guy like Zaphod would win such an election, but it's actually the perfect job for him. The President wields no actual power, but rather, his job is to draw attention away from those who do run the Galaxy. In this, he has been one of the most successful candidates to date, especially since he spent two of his ten presidential years in prison for fraud.
What really took the cake was when Zaphod (on his 200th birthday) stole the Heart of Gold spaceship at its unveiling ceremony, and brought his girlfriend Trillian (formerly Tricia McMillian) with him. This, however, forfeit his position as President of the Galaxy, but that didn't bother Zaphod. He had what he needed, and what he needed was the ships Improbability Drive, though at the time, he didn't know why he needed it. At the time, he stole it just because he liked it.
As it turns out, before his death, Yooden Vranx paid Zaphod a visit and gave him the idea to run for President, since that was a sure way to be at the Heart of Gold's unveiling so that he could have the chance to see it. He would need the Improbability Drive in order to find the man who rules the universe. This scheme was so secret, that Zaphod had to go inside his own brain to make him forget his plans. He's a bit upset with his former self for going after such a stupid goal, and though he doesn't like anyone pulling his strings - even himself - Zaphod still decided to go along with the plan out of obligation to his former self.
After the Vogons destroyed Earth to make way for an intergalactic bypass, the ship's Improbability Drive picked up a couple hitchhikers, who turned out to be his own semi-half cousin Ford and Earthman Arthur Dent, an acquaintance of Trillian's. These four, along with the depressed robot Marvin (he came with the ship) ended up on the legendary planet Magrathea, known for their custom planet manufacturing business. Since the economy wasn't so great the planet was in hibernation, but the group managed to dodge a couple missiles from an automated defense mechanism and land on the planet's surface. Separated from Arthur and Marvin, Zaphod continued with Trillian and Ford through an underground tunnel, where they were knocked out with gas and placed in a holding area.
When they came to, they were guided to a feast hosted by a couple of mice where they were reunited with Arthur. The mice revealed Earth was part of a complex computer program to calculate the question to life, the universe, and everything. They already had the answer, 42, but that meant nothing without knowing the question. The mice's plan was to take Arthur's brain and find the question from that. The group managed to escape the mice, only to find themselves faced against a couple police set on arresting Zaphod. The group was trapped and under fire, sure the end was soon to come, until the two cops dropped dead. Apparently, Marvin, left behind at the ship, was speaking to the officers' ship and depressed it so severely, that it decided to kill itself, consequently shutting down the officers' life support.
Things didn't let up for Zaphod and the others. After that ordeal, they were hungry and just wanted a quick bite to eat. Unfortunately, they were set upon by a Vogon ship, hired by Zaphod's brain care specialist Gag Halfrunt to capture Arthur so that he could have his own shot at finding the Ultimate Question. At the worst possible moment, the Heart of Gold was rendered inoperable due to the fact that it was calculating how to make tea. Zaphod decided to get them out of this jam with the clever idea of a séance. He called upon his great-grandfather, Zaphod Beeblebrox IV, who expressed his disappointment in Zaphod "the nothingth." But apparently, his great-grandfather was also in on Zaphod's grand scheme and finally revealed to him his mission - to find the man who rules the universe.
To help him reach this end, Zaphod IV transported his great-grandson and Marvin to the publishing headquarters for The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and placed the Heart of Gold in Zaphod's pocket, though at the time, he had no idea what that lump of metal was doing in there. Here, Zaphod's business was to meet with Zarniwoop, an executive for the publishing company. Again, he wasn't sure why he was doing this, just that his past self intended him to. As he reached the fifteenth floor, the building was attacked by a squadron of Frogstar Fighters, meaning to stop Zaphod from his mission.
As Marvin stalled the fighers, Zaphod came across a fellow named Roosta, who gave him a tip to leave by the window. The Frogstar Fighters managed to lift the entire building and land it on the second planet in the Frogstar system - a nasty, depressing wasteland. Once it landed, Zaphod made his way out the window, and in doing so, entered a digitally reconstructed universe created specifically for him. On this planet, he was guided to the Total Perspective Vortex, a machine that shows the victim the incomprehensible vastness of space, which is so completely infinite, it would completely annihilate your brain. Since this universe was created specifically for Zaphod, this made him the actual most important object in the world, which allowed him to become the only known being to have survived the Total Perspective Vortex.
Soon after, he finally found Zarniwoop, who explained that the mysterious lump of metal in Zaphod's pocket was, in fact, his spaceship. Back on the Heart of Gold with the rest of the crew minus Marvin, Zaphod instructed the ship to take them to the nearest restaurant. This happened to be Milliways, the Restaurant at the end of the Universe, nearest in space, but not time. During the course of the evening, Zaphod received a phone call. He had completely forgotten that he left Marvin on the planet, where he had been waiting throughout the ages until he became a valet for Milliways.
The group found the robot out in the parking lot, where they also found a sleek, black spaceship. Just as he liked the Heart of Gold, Zaphod liked this ship. So he stole it too. What he didn't know was that this was the stunt ship for a band called Disaster Area, known for sending their stunt ships straight into the sun, and that's exactly where this ship was headed. With no way to control the ship or take it off it's automated course, the only way to escape was through an emergency teleporter. No one knew what the coordinates for the teleporter were set to, but compared to flying into a sun, the risk seemed worth it.
And that's how Zaphod found himself in refugee receiving on the Thor.
Personality: Zaphod's just this guy, you know? Brain scan results have labeled him as a "clever, imaginative, irresponsible, untrustworthy, extrovert." Even former President of the Galaxy Yooden Vranx said Zaphod was the most amazing kid he had ever met.
The most important thing to Zaphod is his ego. When Trillian asked him to set aside his ego for a moment, he declared that if there were anything more important than his ego on the ship, that it be "caught and shot right now." When faced with the Total Perspective Vortex, Zaphod seemed more concerned with finding some food than the pending annihilation of his soul, and after the ordeal, rather than marveling at the miracle of his survival, he seemed rather unsurprised and proceeded to casually eat the fairy cake used for the Total Perspective Vortex scan of the universe. Most of Zaphod's actions are out of his own self-interest, and things tend to just work out for him. Once he gets an idea to do something, he does it without much thought behind it. Usually it involves money or fame.
Zaphod is best at being flashy, which is why he was one of the most successful Presidents ever. His impulsive antics drew an incredible amount of attention, as a President ought to do, but he was too untrustworthy for Presidential material. So untrustworthy, that Zaphod had to section off a part of his own brain to pass the mental scans for eligibility for office. And still, he managed to steal the Heart of Gold spaceship at its unveiling.
In certain situations Zaphod may seem brilliant, what with the crazy schemes he's concocted in the past and the sticky situations he's managed to escape, but it seems to be the sort of intelligence he can turn on and off, depending on he feels. At times, he pretends to be stupid to catch people off guard, then there are the times when he just can't be bothered to think, or when he acts ridiculously stupid to hide the fact that he actually doesn't understand, and then there are the times where he is just genuinely stupid.
Why should that character be in this game: N/A
Why do you want to continue their history here: N/A
For applicants considering an alternate version of a character already in game, please use this as your chance to explain the key differences between your character and the one already in play: N/A
Have you read up on how the game works?: Yep, plug-in is called Flaming Ferret, and characters can sign up for posted jobs, work for another character, or, as is most likely in Zaphod's case, choose to be a bum
1st person sample: Here!
3rd person sample: Zaphod stood at the check-in desk with two arms folded over his chest as the third hand tapped impatiently on the desk. Unfortunately Vogon bureaucracy had won out over Zaphod's charms, and he now found himself waiting what seemed like ages for this receptionist to process his refugee forms.
"Look, there's been a misunderstanding. I'm not a refugee. I'm Zaphod Beeblebrox."
She was clearly not enthused about this fact, as are most people upon meeting Zaphod.
"You know, as in, I was President of the Galaxy?"
That caught her attention. "President, you say?" Both of Zaphod's heads nodded, hoping this got him off the hook. He was wrong. "In that case, you'll need to fill out the blue presidential forms."
Zaphod groaned and rolled his eyes as the forms were passed to him. Sure, just moments ago, he was on a one-way trip into the sun of Kakrafroon, but after being forced to deal with all these Vogons and refugee papers, he was beginning to wish he was back on that stuntship.
"Hey, what do you say we forget all these papers, and I'll buy us a round of Pan-Galactic Gargle Blasters?" It was incredibly difficult to sweet-talk a creature as hideous as a Vogon, but Zaphod was desperate.
"Please initial here, here, here, and sign at the bottom here," she continued, not caring in the slightest bit.
Yeah, Zaphod was definitely starting to miss that sun.
Questions?: Hey, so the whole world destruction thing... How's that work with this canon? Since the RP kinda... is... his world? 8D;
Did you put your characters name and fandom in the subject: Yep!
