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oh i am just a bastard 

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ACE’S LUCK: V IMPORTANT, PLEASE READ

DISCLAIMER: Everything here is a work in process. This is my first time RPing a muse with specific powers on Tumblr and I’m still working out all the exact details. Information here may be subject to change at a later date and will absolutely be expanded on in more depth as I come to understand the character better. Apologies in advance if something doesn’t make as much sense as I’d like! If you have any questions, feel free to ask about it.

Without getting into the whys and hows of it & basically turning this into an accidental backstory post, I’d like to take this early chance to talk about Ace’s abilities as a mutant — or, at the very least, the most prominent/significant of his abilities and the one most unique to Ace himself. Luck Manipulation. This is also known as Probability Manipulation, referring to the ability to twist odds into his favour as needed and altering the chances of an event transpiring (or, indeed, failing to do so). At its weakest level, this ability can appear as, to give an example, perfect random choice. An extension of this ability is Probabilistic Equilibrium; the ability to perfectly balance odds; this is usually used as a defence mechanism or a distraction.

The most common use for these abilities seen in Ace’s everyday life (and we’re talking mundane activities here, not when he’s fucking shit up) is for the sake of gambling. As a matter of fact, this contributes to a lot of Ace’s income. He often lives near hand to mouth but he does not live an uncomfortable life by any means as he simply wins himself more money as needed. Ace lives well enough to get by just as he is and, honestly, if he gets desperate, he has other ways of cheating his way into what he needs. Ace is kind of a my-rules-only free spirit and, as it were, his rules seem to involve living like his whole life is a party. If Ace is there, Shit is probably Happening. He spends a good amount of time hitting up casinos in Macau for this purpose. Note, however, that he doesn’t always cheat when gambling. He’s a competitive fucker and he loves a good thrill so he’ll often spend a good few games playing without handicaps but, if things goes South, he turns the cards in his favour. There’s no such thing as really losing when you’re Ace Kwong.

This ability does, of course, have its rules and limits, as all things do and it isn’t something he can abuse. There are scenarios in which these abilities simply do not work and there are cases where relying on them is a possibility but only in a desperate, last case scenario as the consequences/backlash would be fairly dire;

Firstly, he can only manipulate the odds of one situation at a time. There is nothing preventing him from using this to open more room for ‘luck’ leading immediately on from that but, technically, he can only manipulate one thing at a time. No matter how quickly he works, he cannot multitask.

He cannot pass his ‘luck’ onto anybody else. While he can manipulate things for somebody else’s sake (HA!), he cannot take control of anything that is not immediately connected to him in some way. Example: he can not simply expect somebody else to win the lottery but he can purchase a winning ticket and give it somebody else. There has to be some element of himself involved in the process.

This power does NOT grant Ace the ability to control the actions of another person nor does it allow him to influence their thoughts and decisions — any influence is his own work. He can only manipulate the outcomes of their actions and their results, particularly where they affect him.

Ace cannot prevent the inevitable. If something is an absolute, he has no power over it and, often, if this probability of an event transpiring is too high, it will happen regardless of his efforts. For example, if somebody were to stab him, he cannot manipulate this scenario in any way. He will still get stabbed. He will still end up with a very real stab wound. There are no variables that can be altered there. Similarly, he cannot bring about the impossible. If there is either no chance or an extremely low chance of something happening, it is out of his control. If he were to throw a rock at someone and horribly miss-aim, he cannot increase the chances of the rock still hitting its target. Furthermore, he cannot bend the laws of reality. He can only manipulate what is realistic and believable; he can manipulate OUTCOMES, not the world in general.

His powers aren’t usually SUPER specific. In terms of, say, gambling, he can increase the odds of him winning and the odds of him winning BIG but it’d take far too much work to ensure he wins an exact, specific amount of money. This leads onto the next point as well.

The effort required to manipulate an outcome depends on the probability as well. It is not impossible to manipulate a 9/10 situation so that the 1/10 chance succeeds but it takes an incredible amount of strength and focus, putting great strain on Ace’s mind and body. The narrower the chances he’s pushing to success/the lower the odds, the greater this strain and, in extreme cases, it can lead to headaches, bleeding (mainly nasal and occasionally aural, usually optical but only in bloodshot form) and, ultimately, loss of consciousness (which, in certain situations, can render his efforts useless; collapsing isn’t the most skilful means of escape).

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hi i haven't been here bc i hate writing starters and that's basically all i owe...write me a starter (:

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        “ Hey, ugly head, wanna teleport? ” / @fatedriven

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sometimes ace gets bored and honestly just…follows people on twitter just to block them when they follow back. sometimes when he’s really bored, he’ll follow locked accounts and block them when they accept him. how does he know they’ll accept him? good luck picking the accounts, i guess. honestly, he just doesn’t give a shit about blocking people. if someone pisses him off in a phone call, he’ll hang up and block their number until he stops being mad about it.

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sometimes ace gets bored and honestly just...follows people on twitter just to block them when they follow back. sometimes when he’s really bored, he’ll follow locked accounts and block them when they accept him. how does he know they’ll accept him? good luck picking the accounts, i guess. honestly, he just doesn’t give a shit about blocking people. if someone pisses him off in a phone call, he’ll hang up and block their number until he stops being mad about it.

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anyw, Local Dumbass™ doesn’t have enough icons for this but hit the ♥ for a starter while i work on them!

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ACE’S LUCK: V IMPORTANT, PLEASE READ

DISCLAIMER: Everything here is a work in process. This is my first time RPing a muse with specific powers on Tumblr and I’m still working out all the exact details. Information here may be subject to change at a later date and will absolutely be expanded on in more depth as I come to understand the character better. Apologies in advance if something doesn’t make as much sense as I’d like! If you have any questions, feel free to ask about it.

Without getting into the whys and hows of it & basically turning this into an accidental backstory post, I’d like to take this early chance to talk about Ace’s abilities as a mutant — or, at the very least, the most prominent/significant of his abilities and the one most unique to Ace himself. Luck Manipulation. This is also known as Probability Manipulation, referring to the ability to twist odds into his favour as needed and altering the chances of an event transpiring (or, indeed, failing to do so). At its weakest level, this ability can appear as, to give an example, perfect random choice. An extension of this ability is Probabilistic Equilibrium; the ability to perfectly balance odds; this is usually used as a defence mechanism or a distraction.

The most common use for these abilities seen in Ace’s everyday life (and we’re talking mundane activities here, not when he’s fucking shit up) is for the sake of gambling. As a matter of fact, this contributes to a lot of Ace’s income. He often lives near hand to mouth but he does not live an uncomfortable life by any means as he simply wins himself more money as needed. Ace lives well enough to get by just as he is and, honestly, if he gets desperate, he has other ways of cheating his way into what he needs. Ace is kind of a my-rules-only free spirit and, as it were, his rules seem to involve living like his whole life is a party. If Ace is there, Shit is probably Happening. He spends a good amount of time hitting up casinos in Macau for this purpose. Note, however, that he doesn’t always cheat when gambling. He’s a competitive fucker and he loves a good thrill so he’ll often spend a good few games playing without handicaps but, if things goes South, he turns the cards in his favour. There’s no such thing as really losing when you’re Ace Kwong.

This ability does, of course, have its rules and limits, as all things do and it isn’t something he can abuse. There are scenarios in which these abilities simply do not work and there are cases where relying on them is a possibility but only in a desperate, last case scenario as the consequences/backlash would be fairly dire;

Firstly, he can only manipulate the odds of one situation at a time. There is nothing preventing him from using this to open more room for ‘luck’ leading immediately on from that but, technically, he can only manipulate one thing at a time. No matter how quickly he works, he cannot multitask.

He cannot pass his ‘luck’ onto anybody else. While he can manipulate things for somebody else’s sake (HA!), he cannot take control of anything that is not immediately connected to him in some way. Example: he can not simply expect somebody else to win the lottery but he can purchase a winning ticket and give it somebody else. There has to be some element of himself involved in the process.

This power does NOT grant Ace the ability to control the actions of another person nor does it allow him to influence their thoughts and decisions — any influence is his own work. He can only manipulate the outcomes of their actions and their results, particularly where they affect him.

Ace cannot prevent the inevitable. If something is an absolute, he has no power over it and, often, if this probability of an event transpiring is too high, it will happen regardless of his efforts. For example, if somebody were to stab him, he cannot manipulate this scenario in any way. He will still get stabbed. He will still end up with a very real stab wound. There are no variables that can be altered there. Similarly, he cannot bring about the impossible. If there is either no chance or an extremely low chance of something happening, it is out of his control. If he were to throw a rock at someone and horribly miss-aim, he cannot increase the chances of the rock still hitting its target. Furthermore, he cannot bend the laws of reality. He can only manipulate what is realistic and believable; he can manipulate OUTCOMES, not the world in general.

His powers aren’t usually SUPER specific. In terms of, say, gambling, he can increase the odds of him winning and the odds of him winning BIG but it’d take far too much work to ensure he wins an exact, specific amount of money. This leads onto the next point as well.

The effort required to manipulate an outcome depends on the probability as well. It is not impossible to manipulate a 9/10 situation so that the 1/10 chance succeeds but it takes an incredible amount of strength and focus, putting great strain on Ace’s mind and body. The narrower the chances he’s pushing to success/the lower the odds, the greater this strain and, in extreme cases, it can lead to headaches, bleeding (mainly nasal and occasionally aural, usually optical but only in bloodshot form) and, ultimately, loss of consciousness (which, in certain situations, can render his efforts useless; collapsing isn’t the most skilful means of escape).

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to be V clear !! i didn’t ditch this blog! i didn’t do the ‘here’s a new blog, bye, never see u again’, stuff honestly just kept getting in the way asdfghgfd i haven’t been joggling blogs well at all for the last little bit so, naturally, the muse i felt i knew the least was the one who got the shortest end of the stick. i’m going to try and get stats up for this fucker by the end of the week! bio will follow soon, ideally, but since i have two other oc bios that need writing first, there might be a little delay asdfghgfds!! point is, i AM going to be here and i’m looking forward to writing ace & developing him to his full potential. i made this muse because i wanted a muse who was chaotic & morally ambiguous (not a Bad Guy but.....not someone ur rlly gonna trust either) and, as soon as i get a grip on things, i feel like he’s going to be fun to write? i’ve already had fun writing him so far but i can’t wait to get into writing serious stuff beyond him just being a deliberate pain in the arse thinking emoji

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Me

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anyw, Local Dumbass™ doesn’t have enough icons for this but hit the ♥ for a starter while i work on them!

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Isn’t it funny how everyone is like background characters in other people’s stories. Except me of course because I’m sexy and important. But like, all of you guys

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anyw, Local Dumbass™ doesn’t have enough icons for this but hit the ♥ for a starter while i work on them!

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❛ I rely a bit too heavily on alcohol and irony. ❜ - kain

“I feel sorry for you. If you’re saying this pathetic shit out loud, I can’t imagine what it’s like to be inside your head.” He looks neither impressed nor unimpressed, a happy medium that balances precariously on the fragile base that is Ace’s own (often less than stable) amusement. Boredom pisses him off but he’s feeling just smug enough to keep up a good appearance. There is irony here and it is found in the fact that Ace’s mockery is only offered between sips of the alcoholic beverage that had earlier filled his glass to the brim; he wouldn’t say he relied on it, personally, nor would he claim to be a heavy drinker but he supposes he’s not in any position to complain.

The drink is knocked back in one painful, searing gulp and he briefly considers smashing the glass of the table. It’s been quiet for too long. Something big needs to happen. Why is he so frustrated? Is it the smirk this bastard seems to have plastered on his face at all times? The sheer pride and confidence with which he says something Ace can barely make sense of? He’d love to see the glass smash into pieces, he’d love to see that smarmy face contorted with shock in the face of something completely irrational; he’d be lucky enough, of course, to avoid getting cut in the process. His grip on the glass tightens for just a moment but he pushes it no further, simply returning the glass to where it belongs and offering Kain a flash of teeth. His lopsided smile is almost sympathetic. “But I’m thankful; I’ve been feeling hopeless lately but now? I can get by, relying on the knowledge that I’ll never have to live with a head that’s full of shit.”

@fatedriven