OK, I've gotten a couple of messages from people, and I've gotten to thinking about how this should work.
First off, everyone's character has to have motivation for their actions. You can make a story without it, but it's gonna be pretty flimsy.
Gabriel's motivation goes in this order;
1) Whoever this Mr. King is, he wants something; having been in more than one situation like this, Gabriel knows this something probably isn't anything good. His primary modivation is to find out what Mr. King's endgame is, and, if it's something that could very potentially harm people, he wants to put an end to it.
2) Sam once showed Gabriel a drawing made almost a hundred years ago; it was of a man viewing, from the Jersey shore, N'ammy under the thumb of a man named, "Boss Tweed". Gabriel had a similar feeling; from Shore City, he could see that this Paradise City was forever trampled beneath a giant boot. Gabriel's second motivation is to find the man that boot belongs to and end him.
3) Gabriel has always believed that those who have power, but are unwilling to use it for the benefit of others, are undeserving of that power. This makes his third objective is the simplest; to protect people. This is a constant motivation, and dictates almost everything he does; he won't kill a person if he can help it, he won't fight something if he doesn't need to, he won't even show himself to people if he can help it; he knows that he's big and scary, and he knows that some people think he's going to hurt them.
As a benifit for everyone else, I'm going to put some rules for how Gabriel interacts with other people.
1) Gabriel doesn't actively seek out other people, but will generally speak when spoken to. This is because, contrary to what most people (in universe) think, he does enjoy interaction with other people. He just knows he's big and scary.
2) Gabriel says what he feels he needs to, and nothing more. His sentences tend to be short, quick, and straight to the point. That being said, he isn't stupid; he just doesn't like the sound of his voice.
3) Gabriel is thoughtful, and sometimes distant, but never mean. This means Gabriel can be sarcastic, even snarky, but never genuinely mean.
...so yeah. This. Apologies Abound
EDIT
As another note, I'm not the only person here to interact with. I'm talented, but it would be difficult for me to make a conversation between three or more people without pushing Gabriel to the wayside (which might work, if it were played for laughs. I might do that...)Plus the bartender would have something to say, Tom might be in there somewhere...I might be able to work three people into the same thing, but it would take some work.
That being said, I'm obviously not the only person who thinks this is a good idea (unless you think I'm disingenuous enough to lie about it). Don't just talk to me, talk to each other, too.
Also, just because my motivations were long winded and complex doesn't mean yours have to be. It could be as simple as Girls just want to have fun [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/362.162869-The-Ratings-War-IV-Paradise-City#4223607] if you want. Having a complex motivation is good up to a certain point, but it very quickly gets stupid. Gabriel's motivations were in the short term; he wants to find out what's going on, find out who's doing it and make it stop. That fits perfectly with his overall motivations; he wants to help people, because that's what the good guys do.
Apologies for not making that clear enough (for my taste, at least) in the first post.
First off, everyone's character has to have motivation for their actions. You can make a story without it, but it's gonna be pretty flimsy.
Gabriel's motivation goes in this order;
1) Whoever this Mr. King is, he wants something; having been in more than one situation like this, Gabriel knows this something probably isn't anything good. His primary modivation is to find out what Mr. King's endgame is, and, if it's something that could very potentially harm people, he wants to put an end to it.
2) Sam once showed Gabriel a drawing made almost a hundred years ago; it was of a man viewing, from the Jersey shore, N'ammy under the thumb of a man named, "Boss Tweed". Gabriel had a similar feeling; from Shore City, he could see that this Paradise City was forever trampled beneath a giant boot. Gabriel's second motivation is to find the man that boot belongs to and end him.
3) Gabriel has always believed that those who have power, but are unwilling to use it for the benefit of others, are undeserving of that power. This makes his third objective is the simplest; to protect people. This is a constant motivation, and dictates almost everything he does; he won't kill a person if he can help it, he won't fight something if he doesn't need to, he won't even show himself to people if he can help it; he knows that he's big and scary, and he knows that some people think he's going to hurt them.
As a benifit for everyone else, I'm going to put some rules for how Gabriel interacts with other people.
1) Gabriel doesn't actively seek out other people, but will generally speak when spoken to. This is because, contrary to what most people (in universe) think, he does enjoy interaction with other people. He just knows he's big and scary.
2) Gabriel says what he feels he needs to, and nothing more. His sentences tend to be short, quick, and straight to the point. That being said, he isn't stupid; he just doesn't like the sound of his voice.
3) Gabriel is thoughtful, and sometimes distant, but never mean. This means Gabriel can be sarcastic, even snarky, but never genuinely mean.
...so yeah. This. Apologies Abound
EDIT
As another note, I'm not the only person here to interact with. I'm talented, but it would be difficult for me to make a conversation between three or more people without pushing Gabriel to the wayside (which might work, if it were played for laughs. I might do that...)Plus the bartender would have something to say, Tom might be in there somewhere...I might be able to work three people into the same thing, but it would take some work.
That being said, I'm obviously not the only person who thinks this is a good idea (unless you think I'm disingenuous enough to lie about it). Don't just talk to me, talk to each other, too.
Also, just because my motivations were long winded and complex doesn't mean yours have to be. It could be as simple as Girls just want to have fun [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/362.162869-The-Ratings-War-IV-Paradise-City#4223607] if you want. Having a complex motivation is good up to a certain point, but it very quickly gets stupid. Gabriel's motivations were in the short term; he wants to find out what's going on, find out who's doing it and make it stop. That fits perfectly with his overall motivations; he wants to help people, because that's what the good guys do.
Apologies for not making that clear enough (for my taste, at least) in the first post.
