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detective_fields) wrote2013-11-21 12:01 pm
detective_fields) wrote2013-11-21 12:01 pm
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Application for Whitechapel Road
PLAYER INFO
Name: Sarah
Age: Welllllllllllllllllllll past 18.
Contact: magicom on PLURK.
Other Characters Played: none.
CHARACTER INFO
Name: Detective Inspector Emmett Fields
Canon: The Raven
Canon Point: A few months after the end of the movie.
History: Emmett Fields is a methodical, scientific man. In his youth, he was fascinated by mysteries and skilled at solving puzzles. At school, he excelled at studies in science and math, but also loved language and literature. He had a strong sense of justice, often defending other children if they were bullied on the playground. When he was eleven, he tracked down the thief of a classmate's pocket money. As he matured, his choice of career was easy to make.
Once he joined the police, his organized and scientific approach to crime solving and his serious, no nonsense demeanour saw him quickly rise through the ranks to become a detective inspector of some repute by his early thirties.
As the Baltimore Police Department's go-to guy for the most puzzling (and most heinous) of crimes, Fields developed a reputation for being uncorruptable and also relentless in his pursuit of the guilty. As such, though he was much younger than many seasoned police constables, he commanded their respect and compliance. Though he did not solve every crime - as much as it ate at him to leave a job undone - his record was still impressive by any standard.
A few months before his entry to the game, he was handed one of his most difficult cases to date: a serial killer who murdered his victims by recreating the horrible deaths described in the stories of author Edgar Allan Poe. Poe had recently returned to Baltimore and, though he'd ruled Poe out as a suspect early on, Fields recruited the author to consult on the case. Though Poe's emotional outbursts at times chafed against Fields' reasoned approach, they worked well together. However, the mystery took an unsettling turn when the killer made it personal by kidnapping Poe's fiancee, Emily, so that he would be forced to write about the crimes. Between them, the two men figured out the killer's identity and Poe rescued Emily, but not before ingesting poison. Poe died before the killer was caught, but using Poe's final words as a clue, Fields followed the killer to France to apprehend him. He was forced to shoot the murderer in the ensuing scuffle, but, as such, stopped him from killing again.
Fields then returned to his post in Baltimore.
Personality: Upon meeting Fields, the first thing that strikes you is his calm, unruffled demeanour. He is intelligent and relies on reason to get the job done. At one point, frustrated with the process of sifting through clues to find Emily, Poe referred to him as a 'clerk, squinting over his eyeshades at ledgers'. This provoked one of his few emotional responses when he shouted back 'What would you have us do? Run around all of Baltimore shouting her name?'. He believes in what he does with an unwavering conviction in both justice and the methodical process needed to obtain it. As he explained to Poe, 'It may be arduous, but I've learned in order to find a needle in a haystack, you simply have to go through the hay.' And while he's the type to go through every single straw of hay in the stack, he is also the type to command his officers to shoot potential suspects if they attempt to leave his interrogation. He takes murder investigations completely seriously and expects everyone to do the same.
He's tenacious. He will not back down from what he believes is the right course of action, despite attempts to intimidate him or even after incurring injuries. He repeatedly faced down Emily's powerful and raging father with taut, reasoned responses and without giving up his ground. After being shot by the murderer (and losing an officer that worked as his right hand), he got up from his sick bed and continued his pursuit of the case.
The line between his professional and personal lives is blurred. He's a bachelor. Even his housekeeper calls him 'the Inspector'. He brings work home with him and pursues clues to his cases well into the night. When he does have leisure time, he spends it reading books. The more he learns, the more of an arsenal of knowledge he has against the next serious crime he's tasked with.
Abilities: He's a skilled detective, but it does not involve superhuman powers. He's just observant and smart.
First Person Sample:
Journal Entry
This most recent murder is gruesome, indeed. Two women, kidnapped as they left their homes to do their shopping, found strangled to death. They were taken separately, at different times and locations on the same day. The murderer used a piece of coarse twine wrapped around their necks to kill them. They were found together, in the same alley at the same time, later that night. There is no medical evidence that they were violated sexually. What was his motive? There's no connection between the two women that I've been able to find. They did each follow a routine, which is how the killer may have lain in wait, but how did he discover their routine? There is still much to learn before we can uncover the guilty.
Third Person Sample:
Fields walked the length of the dock where the body was found. Uniformed officers milled around, but he barely acknowledged their presence. He was deep in thought. His boots clicked on wood slats as he paced back the other way, staring down into the murkey water like it would reveal its secrets. In reality, he wasn't looking for anything so...obscure. He was looking for a change of colour or floating debris. Any clues that may have been missed. In this sort of investigation, every tiny shred of evidence was crucial. Every fibre. Every hair. Every scrap of paper with all but two letters torn off. Everything.
He glanced over to where Cantrell was keeping an eye on a witness. "Jack, let him go." There was nothing here for him to hide.
Cantrell nodded with a curt "Sir" and dismissed the man.
Fields then turned back towards the road and hailed a carriage. All available evidence was at the station and would need to be examined.
Name: Sarah
Age: Welllllllllllllllllllll past 18.
Contact: magicom on PLURK.
Other Characters Played: none.
CHARACTER INFO
Name: Detective Inspector Emmett Fields
Canon: The Raven
Canon Point: A few months after the end of the movie.
History: Emmett Fields is a methodical, scientific man. In his youth, he was fascinated by mysteries and skilled at solving puzzles. At school, he excelled at studies in science and math, but also loved language and literature. He had a strong sense of justice, often defending other children if they were bullied on the playground. When he was eleven, he tracked down the thief of a classmate's pocket money. As he matured, his choice of career was easy to make.
Once he joined the police, his organized and scientific approach to crime solving and his serious, no nonsense demeanour saw him quickly rise through the ranks to become a detective inspector of some repute by his early thirties.
As the Baltimore Police Department's go-to guy for the most puzzling (and most heinous) of crimes, Fields developed a reputation for being uncorruptable and also relentless in his pursuit of the guilty. As such, though he was much younger than many seasoned police constables, he commanded their respect and compliance. Though he did not solve every crime - as much as it ate at him to leave a job undone - his record was still impressive by any standard.
A few months before his entry to the game, he was handed one of his most difficult cases to date: a serial killer who murdered his victims by recreating the horrible deaths described in the stories of author Edgar Allan Poe. Poe had recently returned to Baltimore and, though he'd ruled Poe out as a suspect early on, Fields recruited the author to consult on the case. Though Poe's emotional outbursts at times chafed against Fields' reasoned approach, they worked well together. However, the mystery took an unsettling turn when the killer made it personal by kidnapping Poe's fiancee, Emily, so that he would be forced to write about the crimes. Between them, the two men figured out the killer's identity and Poe rescued Emily, but not before ingesting poison. Poe died before the killer was caught, but using Poe's final words as a clue, Fields followed the killer to France to apprehend him. He was forced to shoot the murderer in the ensuing scuffle, but, as such, stopped him from killing again.
Fields then returned to his post in Baltimore.
Personality: Upon meeting Fields, the first thing that strikes you is his calm, unruffled demeanour. He is intelligent and relies on reason to get the job done. At one point, frustrated with the process of sifting through clues to find Emily, Poe referred to him as a 'clerk, squinting over his eyeshades at ledgers'. This provoked one of his few emotional responses when he shouted back 'What would you have us do? Run around all of Baltimore shouting her name?'. He believes in what he does with an unwavering conviction in both justice and the methodical process needed to obtain it. As he explained to Poe, 'It may be arduous, but I've learned in order to find a needle in a haystack, you simply have to go through the hay.' And while he's the type to go through every single straw of hay in the stack, he is also the type to command his officers to shoot potential suspects if they attempt to leave his interrogation. He takes murder investigations completely seriously and expects everyone to do the same.
He's tenacious. He will not back down from what he believes is the right course of action, despite attempts to intimidate him or even after incurring injuries. He repeatedly faced down Emily's powerful and raging father with taut, reasoned responses and without giving up his ground. After being shot by the murderer (and losing an officer that worked as his right hand), he got up from his sick bed and continued his pursuit of the case.
The line between his professional and personal lives is blurred. He's a bachelor. Even his housekeeper calls him 'the Inspector'. He brings work home with him and pursues clues to his cases well into the night. When he does have leisure time, he spends it reading books. The more he learns, the more of an arsenal of knowledge he has against the next serious crime he's tasked with.
Abilities: He's a skilled detective, but it does not involve superhuman powers. He's just observant and smart.
First Person Sample:
Journal Entry
This most recent murder is gruesome, indeed. Two women, kidnapped as they left their homes to do their shopping, found strangled to death. They were taken separately, at different times and locations on the same day. The murderer used a piece of coarse twine wrapped around their necks to kill them. They were found together, in the same alley at the same time, later that night. There is no medical evidence that they were violated sexually. What was his motive? There's no connection between the two women that I've been able to find. They did each follow a routine, which is how the killer may have lain in wait, but how did he discover their routine? There is still much to learn before we can uncover the guilty.
Third Person Sample:
Fields walked the length of the dock where the body was found. Uniformed officers milled around, but he barely acknowledged their presence. He was deep in thought. His boots clicked on wood slats as he paced back the other way, staring down into the murkey water like it would reveal its secrets. In reality, he wasn't looking for anything so...obscure. He was looking for a change of colour or floating debris. Any clues that may have been missed. In this sort of investigation, every tiny shred of evidence was crucial. Every fibre. Every hair. Every scrap of paper with all but two letters torn off. Everything.
He glanced over to where Cantrell was keeping an eye on a witness. "Jack, let him go." There was nothing here for him to hide.
Cantrell nodded with a curt "Sir" and dismissed the man.
Fields then turned back towards the road and hailed a carriage. All available evidence was at the station and would need to be examined.