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Bright Light City Application
Sep. 23rd, 2009 07:56 pmOut of Character
NAME: Chris
E-MAIL: beaditude (at) gmail (dot) com
AIM: CavyBwee
In Character
Name: Montgomery Pippin, usually goes by Monty
Age: 33
Fandom: Keen Eddie
History: Montgomery Pippin might not be the last person one would expect to become a cop in London's Metropolitan Police District, but he's well down the list. Between his monied background, boarding-school upbringing, overall prettiness and the fact that he's not entirely heterosexual, Monty doubtless had to take all kinds of crap from his fellow officers during his mandatory two years as a uniformed constable. (Good luck in getting him to talk about that period, though.) By the time his canon opens, Monty is a Detective Inspector who has earned the respect and acceptance of his fellows and the often bemused approval of his superiors. Posh pretty boy he may be, but he's their posh pretty boy, and he knows his way around a case.
So when NYPD Detective Eddie Arlette crosses the pond to clean up the mess he made by botching a drug bust, Superintendent Nathaniel Johnson partners him with the man most able to both get results and cope with the Yank's unorthodox style -- Pippin. Monty is more than a little unorthodox himself, and when Eddie takes a permanent assignment at New Scotland Yard, they start drawing unorthodox cases. Robin Hood pickpockets, football-obsessed hitmen, kidnap victims with photographic memories, lust-crazed German opera divas with stalkers ... you know, the weirdies. But the partnership works, in spite of Eddie's distinct lack of dress sense and Monty's tendency to occasionally tease Eddie with the possibility that he might be attracted to him.
Monty's private life is at least as unusual as his work situation. Single and resolute about remaining so, he nevertheless participates in a married swingers' group with the cheerful connivance of his long-time friend-with-benefits and flatmate Audry, with whom he dons wedding rings and goes to wild parties. His sexual escapades don't stop there; he's a skilled and persistent skirt-chaser and confirmed sexaholic. Yes, Eddie tried to twelve-step him once and no, it didn't work. In his playing of "the Game", he'll blithely do nearly anything to impress women (and occasionally men), with one exception. He'll never lie about his intentions. The last thing he wants is for some sweet thing to get stars in her eyes where he's concerned and start expecting (eugh) marriage.
As he once put it to his partner Eddie, "Not being me? That is who I am. I am a constantly moving, ever changing creation." Monty is a role-player by nature, with dozens of seemingly contradictory traits lurking underneath his polished, impeccably polite surface. Depending on the timing and situation, you might find yourself talking to the savvy and dedicated detective inspector; the fun-loving, effortless charmer; the spoiled rich boy; the staunch and reliable friend; the self-centered hedonist; the determined crusader for justice and animal rights or any of a number of other personae, including those he custom-crafts for the occasion.
If you're starting to think that Monty may be one of the few characters to thoroughly enjoy being dropped in Las Vegas with an unlimited expense account, you'd be right. Oh, he'll be concerned about getting back home, most definitely, but he'll see no reason not to have a good time while he's here.
Any special abilities: Nothing superhuman. He's intelligent and charming, with well-honed skills at investigation, deduction and (if needed) combat, but overall he's a standard homo sapiens.
Sample: I have been playing Monty for a while over on Eljay. You can check out a third-person prompt response right here and some first-person RP over here.
Was this character held for you? No, he wasn't.
NAME: Chris
E-MAIL: beaditude (at) gmail (dot) com
AIM: CavyBwee
In Character
Name: Montgomery Pippin, usually goes by Monty
Age: 33
Fandom: Keen Eddie
History: Montgomery Pippin might not be the last person one would expect to become a cop in London's Metropolitan Police District, but he's well down the list. Between his monied background, boarding-school upbringing, overall prettiness and the fact that he's not entirely heterosexual, Monty doubtless had to take all kinds of crap from his fellow officers during his mandatory two years as a uniformed constable. (Good luck in getting him to talk about that period, though.) By the time his canon opens, Monty is a Detective Inspector who has earned the respect and acceptance of his fellows and the often bemused approval of his superiors. Posh pretty boy he may be, but he's their posh pretty boy, and he knows his way around a case.
So when NYPD Detective Eddie Arlette crosses the pond to clean up the mess he made by botching a drug bust, Superintendent Nathaniel Johnson partners him with the man most able to both get results and cope with the Yank's unorthodox style -- Pippin. Monty is more than a little unorthodox himself, and when Eddie takes a permanent assignment at New Scotland Yard, they start drawing unorthodox cases. Robin Hood pickpockets, football-obsessed hitmen, kidnap victims with photographic memories, lust-crazed German opera divas with stalkers ... you know, the weirdies. But the partnership works, in spite of Eddie's distinct lack of dress sense and Monty's tendency to occasionally tease Eddie with the possibility that he might be attracted to him.
Monty's private life is at least as unusual as his work situation. Single and resolute about remaining so, he nevertheless participates in a married swingers' group with the cheerful connivance of his long-time friend-with-benefits and flatmate Audry, with whom he dons wedding rings and goes to wild parties. His sexual escapades don't stop there; he's a skilled and persistent skirt-chaser and confirmed sexaholic. Yes, Eddie tried to twelve-step him once and no, it didn't work. In his playing of "the Game", he'll blithely do nearly anything to impress women (and occasionally men), with one exception. He'll never lie about his intentions. The last thing he wants is for some sweet thing to get stars in her eyes where he's concerned and start expecting (eugh) marriage.
As he once put it to his partner Eddie, "Not being me? That is who I am. I am a constantly moving, ever changing creation." Monty is a role-player by nature, with dozens of seemingly contradictory traits lurking underneath his polished, impeccably polite surface. Depending on the timing and situation, you might find yourself talking to the savvy and dedicated detective inspector; the fun-loving, effortless charmer; the spoiled rich boy; the staunch and reliable friend; the self-centered hedonist; the determined crusader for justice and animal rights or any of a number of other personae, including those he custom-crafts for the occasion.
If you're starting to think that Monty may be one of the few characters to thoroughly enjoy being dropped in Las Vegas with an unlimited expense account, you'd be right. Oh, he'll be concerned about getting back home, most definitely, but he'll see no reason not to have a good time while he's here.
Any special abilities: Nothing superhuman. He's intelligent and charming, with well-honed skills at investigation, deduction and (if needed) combat, but overall he's a standard homo sapiens.
Sample: I have been playing Monty for a while over on Eljay. You can check out a third-person prompt response right here and some first-person RP over here.
Was this character held for you? No, he wasn't.
