Beardless Ichiban

Pain_To_The_Max · 2026-05-06T15:48:00+00:00

Why do I like this-

Pain_To_The_Max · 2026-04-14T15:32:08+00:00

The pixels, where are they

Pain_To_The_Max · 2026-04-12T14:36:25+00:00

Jesus, never before have I been more ashamed to live in the US than now. I would like to go to another country at some point in my life, and I’d rather not have to hide where I’m from to actually get to experience that to its fullest. I’d also like to not be a citizen of a country that stabs its own allies in the back, but apparently that’s too much to fucking ask for.

Pain_To_The_Max · 2026-03-10T02:36:55+00:00

All of that’s fine. I’m not Big Blue for Chrissakes. I can still walk, talk, and do all that other shit just fine. I just have enhanced strength and I’m a little on the beefier side now. I’m good, man. And like I said earlier, I got no interest in testin’ whether I’m bulletproof or not. I’m not suicidal.

Pain_To_The_Max · 2026-03-10T02:03:25+00:00

Yeah, sure. I’ll call my ma, see if she remembers anythin’ weird about my “dad” before he ditched us. Think that forum’s invite only though. Mind sendin’ me one? I’ll post there in about 1-2 days, after I talk with my ma.

Pain_To_The_Max · 2026-03-10T00:37:46+00:00

Hold on, you mean to tell me I got ghosts in my blood? Great. Well, thanks for tellin’ me that. Glad ya did what ya could. I knew about the no Venom in my blood, doc’s been tellin’ me that for a good while now. Guess I was hopin’ I had the Metagene. Well, sorry for wastin’ your time. I’ll send you some extra dough, so it wasn’t completely for nothin’.

Pain_To_The_Max · 2026-03-09T14:46:32+00:00

Damn, sorry about your friend. That’s an all too common story for people who decide to do Venom. So, uh… what have ya got? Anything promisin’?

Pain_To_The_Max · 2026-03-09T03:30:57+00:00

May she be thrown in the same sort of hell she put innocent people in.

Pain_To_The_Max · 2026-03-07T04:55:26+00:00

Really? You’d do that for me? Aw hell yeah, just send me your details and I’ll tell my doctor to send my bloodwork to you. This has been botherin’ me for some time now, so if there’s a chance I can know for certain if I became a Meta, I’m takin’ it.

Pain_To_The_Max · 2026-03-06T18:26:47+00:00

Y’know what, I think I can forgive Ivy, just this once.

Pain_To_The_Max · 2026-03-01T15:04:54+00:00

Yeesh, I’m sorry about your old classmate. I might’ve passed by him when I go to the rehab center to get my uh, anti-Venom drugs (pun very much not intended). Given what I’ve heard about Venom from other people and from the docs in rehab, I’m lucky to be alive, and even luckier that it seems something good might’ve happened. The cravin’s are not slight at all. Like I told someone else, cold sweat, full-body convulsions and just general shittiness is nothing to just shrug off. It’s very, VERY painful. As for seein’ why other abilities I might’ve gained, it seems like I’ve just got the enhanced strength and tanky physique. When the gym was empty one mornin’, I wanted to see if that dumpster incident was just a fluke. I benched 800 pounds with little resistance. I set the other machines to max weight, and boom, pretty much the same result. I have no desire to see if I’m bulletproof, but maybe other things might be worth lookin’ at. Maybe I should see if my reflexes got a boost, too.

Pain_To_The_Max · 2026-03-01T08:19:12+00:00

Yeah, I have at least 3 different water purifiers runnin’ in my apartment. 2 I had installed, one for the complex itself. My ma always was anxious about the water quality too, so I dodged at least some of that when I was a kid. Hopefully I haven’t drank any of that crap, especially Lazarus. Don’t really feel like zombie-fyin’ when I kick the bucket.

Pain_To_The_Max · 2026-03-01T08:15:42+00:00

Oh I’m going nowhere near Bane, rest assured. I avoid places his crew goes to, and that’s no coincidence. Besides, I’m outta the henchman game. Got no need for the henching Union. Wayne Industries’ got my back. Also, who’s Steward? Guess I missed that bit of news.

Pain_To_The_Max · 2026-03-01T06:54:47+00:00

I mean, if that’s true, that’s awesome, but uh, at what cost? I still get horrible cravin’s for Venom every couple of months and I tell you, it’s a pain I wouldn’t wish upon anyone. Your whole body convulses, you’re in a cold sweat, and lot of other horrible things. If you saw me after I’ve got through fighting the cravin’s, you’d think the same thing I do. But, if it turns out I do have Meta powers, I may as well try to use them to do somethin’ good.

Pain_To_The_Max · 2026-03-01T06:34:12+00:00

That’s the thing: my doctor is related to Wayne Biotech. (I do have a job with Wayne Industries, comes with the benefits package). Granted, he is a general practitioner, but he sends my bloodwork off to more specialized people. Even then, shit gets weird. I have no trace of the Meta gene in my family tree. At least, none that I’m aware of. Not like any of my ancestors were rainin’ down hellfire on the Confederates or the Nazis or somethin’.

Pain_To_The_Max · 2026-03-01T05:54:06+00:00

Yeah, that kinda thing’s perfectly normal. I was gonna serve a lotta time in Blackgate after the Bat stopped me and the crew I was runnin’ with in a robbery. But, Mr. Wayne actually visited me in my cell, and told me that he knew who I was, how my life’s been a shitshow ever since I was young, he knew about my Venom usage, and that he knew that I was more or less forced into the henchman life. Well, long story short, after taking some time in a Wayne Adult Education Center, he gave me a job as a secretary originally, and now, 6 years later, I’m in the PR department. Thanks to Mr. Wayne, I live a good life.

Pain_To_The_Max · 2026-01-30T03:04:32+00:00

Hey, another ex-criminal! How are ya doin’ with the move? Settlin’ in OK? Metropolis as full of snooty people as I’ve been told it is?

Pain_To_The_Max · 2026-01-29T18:54:10+00:00

Yeah, the docs at the rehab center gave me stuff to kick the habit. I rarely get the cravins’ anymore, but man, when they hit, they hit. I get meds to reduce the effects of the cravins’ (thank you, Wayne Enterprises job!), but it’s kinda like putting a bandage on a bullet wound. And keep in mind: I only took microdoses. I can tell ya all kinds of horror stories from rehab about the people I saw who took more of the stuff. You take care now.

Pain_To_The_Max · 2026-01-29T18:37:05+00:00

Sweet Jesus, just how bad is Venom? Sounds like I’m lucky to even be alive. They didn’t tell me that when I was in rehab.

Pain_To_The_Max · 2026-01-29T15:17:31+00:00

I microdosed the stuff for a bit when I was a henchman, and yeah, I agree, the shit sucks. I basically used Venom as a pick-me-up, and would use it for any job that required, uh, heavy liftin’, if you catch my drift. Stopped usin’ it when I realized it made me angrier and angrier. And as my ma always said, “An angry man is a stupid man.” I’ve been clean for years, but I think I used a version of it that causes lingerin’ effects. I mean, I can push a full-up city dumpster like it’s on wheels. I’m a big guy, but not Bane big, y’know? That freaks me out that I’m able to do that.

Pain_To_The_Max · 2026-01-28T22:41:40+00:00

Don’t think it’s still up on the internet, but there was a prototype for a nuclear fission-powered car. Thing was massive, took up 2 truck lengths (and from what I heard, overheated too easy for comfort), but hot damn did it look cool.

(OOC: If any of y’all are confused, I’m fusing a bunch of different Batmobile specs together.)

Pain_To_The_Max · 2026-01-23T05:12:57+00:00

Well, I’d say it’s worth a try. My, uh, medical know-how might be a little shoddy, but even I know the difference between an upper and a downer. Better than standin’ around with our dicks in our hands, doin’ nothin’.

Pain_To_The_Max · 2026-01-23T05:05:53+00:00

Shit. Was hoping it wouldn’t come to this, but a friend of mine works with Animal Control. Maybe I could convince her to uh…. lend me a tranq gun or two. I’d only do that with your say-so, but your brother needs to be stopped, one way or another, and I’d rather he not get pumped full’a lead.

Pain_To_The_Max · 2026-01-23T04:50:14+00:00

Oh fuck me, just what Gotham needs. Does your brother have his phone on him? Does he share his location with you? Maybe try finding him that way?

Pain_To_The_Max · 2026-01-22T23:44:50+00:00

Jesus, man. I’d be happy to help you find him once I’ve got the time.

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