THE MANIPULATOR

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|| BASICS Character Information ; Name: Alistair Munro Affiliation: The Order Reference: http://urbanplans.livejournal.com/387.html Canon Point: Current Gender: Male, in all respects Appearance: Surprisingly like Robert Carlyle. Dark floppy hair, constantly in dissaray -- unshaven usually, although to what degree depends on his work/stress load. Slightly old fashioned dress sense, sombre and smart if unironed and ruffled. Age: 47 || BACKGROUND Born 1964 January 10th Sign: Capricorn (Element: Earth, Quality: Cardinal) Born in Glasgow to a poor and somewhat unstable family, Alistair grew up surrounded by bitterness and resentment. His mother left when he was 6 years old, leaving him in the care of his aggressive father with an alcohol problem. Alistair's father worked long hours in the shipyards and paid little attention to his son, blaming him largely for the way his marriage dissolved. Alistair quickly learns to fend for himself. He works multiple jobs as soon as he can, saving up to get away from his family. He works his way up through school to Glasgow Caledonian University, studying Psychology & Medical Science part time as he works and eventually takes up a teaching position there -- although his teaching methods are rather... candid. || SETTING urbanplans || POWER Glasgow is, perhaps rather backhandedly sometimes, known as The Manipulator. Empathic manipulation is his gift. Glasgow is able to sway people to agree with him or others, to start fights, induce hatred or affection or sympathy when need be -- and generally subtly get people to do what he wants. Assuming it works, of course. Not everything always does. Or if it does, it doesn't always pan out the way you hope. Glasgow is rather familiar with this problem. || PERSONALITY Alistair is an aggressive, impatient pragmatist. He's realistic to the point of bluntness, and absolutely willing to be rude about it. Some would say he's fatalistic, but he just sees it as being prepared -- exploring all the options. He's obsessive about things, organised and hard working -- extremely critical of others and unforgiving with it. Egotistical? No, but he holds himself to the same high standards he holds everyone else to. Scrupulous about details and incredibly sharp in general -- not a lot slips by him. He's a slave driver when in charge, an absolute perfectionist, but he gets things done. Conventional, a traditionalist in all senses -- from relationships to ways of working. He does have a sense of humour, and can be kind when the situation calls for -- worried, if quietly, about a friend. Anxious when the pressure is on. He just prefers not to show it, to stay largely fearless behind a layer of bravado and flatly tell people to pull themselves together. He has a scathing tongue and sharp wit, and can be just as aggressive as his father was when backed into a corner. He's not afraid of displays of (negative) emotion, although 'displays of emotion' usually translates to 'yelling matches' and 'sharing his opinion about as subtly as a sledgehammer to the face'. || ABILITIES + pluses Good at fighting dirty Good at breaking and entering Good at sliding out of bad situations via empathic manipulation Good at working on his own Good at problem solving - minuses Terrible at making friends Terrible at ... being polite/social in general Terrible temper, so he's more likely to make situations... worse Terrible at working in teams mostly because he disagrees with everyone on everything Terribly hard to contact if he doesn't want you to because he will just cut you off constantly instead of answering his damn phone || INVENTORY 1 x Blackberry Storm 1 x Aviator Sunglasses that make him look an even bigger dick 1 x packet of ibuprofen for the constant headaches he has (that are everyone else's fault) 1 x wallet from which he will never lend you any change. Ever. 1 x packet of cigarettes that he might share if he's in a good mood 1 x lighter 1 x battered leather jacket	|| COMMS urbanplans dear_mun sixwordstories || NAVIGATION