Exploit

Exploit

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## Profile

### Appearance

Exploit is a skeleton. Unlike an average skeleton, Exploit has odd markings on his face. Furthermore, half his face is leaking an odd black substance (Most likely fire), assuming there wasn't enough room in the gem for more physical essence. Exploit also has one glowing yellow eye, having a plus shaped pupil. He also has a purple jaw. For clothing, he wears a dark gray jacket with purple lining and a darker gray hood. All over his jacket are random patches of gray, brown and purple, as well as white glowing grid like patches. His jacket has short sleeves with a red pattern on the ends of it. The lower section of his jacket sports the same red pattern, being a little more torn. Beneath his jacket is a gray short sleeved shirt, having a few patches and tears. For pants, Exploit wears green shorts with a darker green lining, as well as various patches and patterns. In terms of footwear, he wears nothing. Both his arms and legs are made of an odd purple material, having red boney fingers at the ends. shoes also have pink laces. In his insane state, his appearance remains mostly the same, with the difference being his facial expression, as well as his eye becoming smaller.

### Personality

Not much can be said about Exploit as he does not think much. However, he does spark an interest in travelling the universe and learning new things as he wasn’t provided with much knowledge, or anything for that matter. In terms of speaking, he has difficulty conveying any form of speech as it would only result in loud static frequencies, proving to be difficult to converse with him. Presumably, it is difficult to understand what he is saying due to half of his face missing, assuming the component that makes his voice function is ruptured. However, he can write what he wants to say if given the materials to do so. He does not know much vocabulary as he would typically write one or two words in response to someone attempting to speak with him.

In terms of emotion, he doesn't seem to demonstrate any but always seems somewhat calm, primarily due to the fact he finds everything to be quite new and does not understand much, proving no reason to overreact in most situations. As far as we know, Exploit doesn't prove to be a threat to most people, despite his appearance. Although he shows no threat towards most people, he tends to protect the yellow gem on his chest from unknown intentions. It is believed the gem may be his soul, or the main source of his life, which is exposed out of his body, giving a possible conclusion that he has a high risk of death in almost any situation that involves combat or pain in general. Despite this idea, he always seems so calm. Could it be he is unaware of the idea? Who knows?

Despite his seemingly harmless self, there are always two sides to a coin. Whenever his gem receives damage, or worse, a crack, his personality takes a dark turn for the worst. Upon impact, his glowing eye slowly becomes smaller, his eye sockets widen and a wide grin appears on his face, resembling a loss of sanity. While in this state, Exploit is ruthless, attacking and killing anything that moves, regardless of morality. In addition to said ruthlessness, he has no sense of emotion, ignoring any pleading or sadness that crosses his path. In terms of aggression, he completely contrasts from his usual self, showing no signs of slowing down or getting worn out, becoming faster, and deadlier by the minute. However, his prolonged rampage may be stopped if someone were to fix his gem, or cover up any cracks, bringing him back to sanity. Despite this, bringing him back to sanity is proven to be difficult as he is extremely agile, making it difficult to keep him in one place, and making it hard to get close.

## Abilities

### Shining Barrage

By focusing his sight into a variety of directions, Exploit may surround himself in a ring of bright orbs, firing them in all directions on command. The orbs do not have to surround in a ringed shape as he can also summon a plethora of orbs around him in general, coming in all kinds of shapes and sizes. Additionally, he can also summon these shining orbs much further from his location, typically utilized as a long range attack to prevent opponents from getting too close, given that his close range combat skills are rather underdeveloped. Furthermore, the orbs are able to be linked together, forming a type of barrier that can be used to knock larger threats away when necessary. Unfortunately, there is a supposed limit to how many he may summon at once as using too many at a time will slowly damage the vessel, going to dangerous extents.

### Blazing Claws

Through using his sharp claws, Exploit is capable of puncturing through most obstacles, that includes both living and non living. As the name of the ability suggests, Exploit can also emit flames from his hands, providing additional burn damage for each attack given. However, as mentioned before, his close ranged skills are rather insignificant compared to his ranged attacks, making this method of combat rather useless. As he prefers not to engage in combat, this attack would be the least efficient as it would most certainly result in the opponent receiving unnecessary damage, provoking them depending on the nature of said target. Despite this, the consciousness that resides in the gem, when controlling the vessel, would most likely use this attack more often than Exploit, clawing through his opponent with ease, tearing them limb from limb. When compared to Exploit, the other mind has a more profound skillset in close ranged combat due to his rather violent nature, capable of blocking and parrying as well.

### Black Flare

As his appearance may infer, Exploit harnesses a significant amount of fire, capable of bending it to his will. Primarily sourcing from his core, Exploit can emit violet colored flames from his palm. Whenever his fire magic is active, the cracks in his forearms start to glow, varying on how much is being exerted. Additionally, the flame on his face burns brighter If utilizing enough. Exploit can melt through almost anything in his path, burning it down to nothing but a large puddle. The temperature of said fire has a rather absurd limit, going to the extent of burning Exploit himself. Fortunately, such levels are almost always unseen as encountering such formidable opponents to utilize this much fire would typically result in Exploit retreating. However, the mind from within the gem finds no issue to exerting such levels when needed, burning significantly more than Exploit.

### Ev0Lut10n

Not much has been said about Exploit's alternative methods, but all that is mentioned is that this form can rupture the sky, creating unnerving feelings that stun nearby opponents, making them easy targets. In addition, it is unknown whether Exploit can access this form at will, or if a certain event has to occur.

### Essence Absorption

Temporarily, Exploit can absorb and utilize the essence of almost any living/non-living being in the area, "fixing" his body, removing most of his weak points. It may also boost his defense given the extent on how efficient the essence he had absorbed is. However, the essence he accumulates is typically incompatible with his vessel, causing it to be temporary as mentioned before. The essence may result in an unstable outburst. As such, this tactic is to be used with severe caution. Due to his unknowing potential, the outburst is likely to be catastrophic, going to the extent of wiping out the entire area, potentially more from which the ability was executed.

### Essence Manipulation

In addition to essence absorption, Exploit can also utilize essence to form illusions based on the type gathered, whether it be a person, object, even false attacks primarily used to distract the opponent. Most illusions created pass through everything, causing minimal to no harm at all as they are primarily for distraction as mentioned before. Typically, Exploit would use this ability to get away from unwanted attention, directing them elsewhere as his passive nature is rather prominent, evading most fights for a plethora of reasons. Reasons may be through the influence of inexperience, cowardice, confusion, or potentially other unexplained motives.

### Reincarnation

An ability unknown to Exploit himself, it allows for Exploit to return back to life, only occurring after being fatally wounded or killed. However, the cost of being reincarnated is that his memories are entirely wiped, not remembering a single thing of what previously occurred, as well as forgetting who was once a threat, and who was once a friend. In addition, his appearance usually changes each time, which doesn’t usually affect his stats. Along with that, his gender may also have a chance of being altered upon reincarnation, but his species will remain as skeleton. It is unknown to the cause of such an anomaly, though it is believed to be due the the gem itself, provided that is the sole reason he is even alive. Presumably, removing his gem will prevent any form of reincarnation, possibly killing him permanently if fatally wounded without the gem being present. However, removing the gem and killing off the vessel wont fully eradicate him as the gem would gather the remaining essence being emitted from the decaying vessel, transporting itself elsewhere. One may presume destroying the gem could possibly end this cycle, but the consequences of such actions are unknown.

### Exploitation

An enhanced version of essence manipulation, Exploit can utilize the essence he gathers to be on the offense. More specifically, he can replicate objects such as weapons or tools based on the type of essence gathered, providing a wide ranged arsenal to his disposal. Typically, Exploit would replicate the weapon being used by the opposing force, essentially fighting fire with fire. He also uses weapons that are parallel to the enemy in order to take the advantage. Not only can he replicate weapons, but he may also replicate the essence gathered from the enemy itself, granting him the ability to copy and use the same attacks as the opposing force. He can also create weaker clones of the opponent in an attempt to overwhelm them with a barrage of entities. Additionally, he can inject the essence into his vessel, temporarily merging it, altering his appearance to look more like a fusion between him and the enemy. However, doing so is a highly risky process since they can accidentally replicated unnecessary sources of essence, that being things such as extra consciousnesses as that proves to be a major inconvenience. Although Exploit can essentially replicate the opponent and their attacks, their power scale remains the same. More specifically, his strength would remain the same, regardless if the enemy is above or beneath him in strength. The only benefit he receives is the various abilities that he may use to his disposal.

### Gem Exertion

By exerting enough energy contained within the gem, Exploit is filled with overwhelming strength. Utilizing this strength allows for his power to increase to around high-universal or so. As such, this amount of strength can be applied to essentially all of his attacks, going beyond his usual capabilities. However, this will almost always be used as a last resort, given that most battles he will engage in prove to be a waste to exert such power. Despite this, the consciousness from within the gem itself is not afraid to utilize more than he needs if it means getting the job done, wiping out his targets with ease. Evidently, a question arises, how is the gem capable of storing such power? As it can be inferred in the past, the creator of Exploit tampered with the gem, inject some of their power into it, which in return boosts its strength exponentially. Consequently, the gem is not used to handling this much power, creating a rather unstable source of energy that will damage the vessel when utilized. The reason for damaging the vessel is the fact that the gem is the main source stabilizing the vessel, essentially keeping it alive. As such, forming an instability from within the vessel will slowly damage it depending on the duration of usage. Another factor for the vessels response to this sudden shift in power may be due to the vessel itself being unstable, given that it was, and still is, incomplete.

### Static Frequency

Although the vessel is unable to speak properly, Exploit is still capable of conveying a loud static frequency from his mouth. Depending on how much effort is put into the scream will determine the volume, as well as the damage received. If, for example, the volume or frequency of the scream reaches a substantial level, it is capable of paralyzing the opponent through various soundwaves, echoing around the target to form some type of chain or lock. Any opponent who is close enough to Exploit may temporarily or permanently also become deaf. Fortunately, Exploit is aware to use this from afar, ensuring he does not sustain permanent damage to his opponents, regardless if they are trying to kill him or not.

### Rift

By focusing enough energy into his hand, Exploit can slash through the air, tearing open an unstable rift. The rift may be used as transportation to easily travel any living or non living thing from place to place. However, as mentioned before, the rift is quite unstable. The reason behind its instability is due to Exploit himself being unstable, utilizing energy from an unsafe source of power. As such, the inside of the rift can temporarily or permanently damage whoever or whatever enters through, potentially shifting around their physical form. Furthermore, the damage also varies depending on the strength and resilience of the person/object, recommending only beings with enough power to risk traversing through. If a weaker being were to enter through the rift, they are likely presumed dead, or to the least, left brutally injured.

### Hellflame

The large flame like fluid leaking out of his head is not just for show as it can be used somewhat similar to his violet flare attack. For example, Exploit is capable of increasing the intensity or heat of the flame at will. What differentiates from his violet flare is the limit in which the flame can reach. More specifically, the temperature or intensity it is able to reach, emitting more than double the firepower. Not only that, but he is also capable of enabling/disabling the usual properties a fire may have, typically to prevent accidentally burning whatever he rests his head onto. As mentioned a plethora of times, Exploit is typically not a close ranged fighter, rendering this ability almost unused. However, the consciousness from within the gem wont hold back on utilizing this firepower to its absolute limit. Since this mind prefers more close ranged attacks, it would typically grab the opponent and shove their face into the fire, burning their face off, or leaving a very severe burn depending on their durability/resistance. You can determine how many victims perished in the fire based on the color being emitted, typically representing a more reddish tone due to the excess amount of blood.

### Instability

A passive ability of Exploit. Due to his incomplete vessel, the area from which he is present will shift around partially. More specifically, the area will radiate a rather unstable and somewhat dangerous environment, progressively worsening the longer he stays. Fortunately, the intensity of this effect varies depending on his mentality, sometimes his level of emotion being presently depicted. Although, he typically does not express much, given that emotions are a concept that he has to slowly develop and learn in order to fully understand what they feel like. However, the other consciousness expresses high levels of "emotion" due to their constant eagerness to kill anything that has the unfortunateness to cross paths.

## Relationships

### Cyrus

Recovered Exploit by building him new arms, as well as being responsible for keeping him alive as he is aware of Exploits unknowing reincarnations. However, he is unaware of Exploits "true" self.

### Increment

Presumably a close friend of his, she usually accompanies him and the others. During her time with Exploit, it is evident she truly cares for him, ensuring he does not become unstable as she is aware of the gem's unfortunate capabilities.

## Trivia

* Exploit was originally to be named "Trojan"
* The yellow diamond shape on Exploits chest is not his soul, merely just a capsule.
* Exploit likes to listen to music using his MP3 player (He typically listens to AJR)
* Exploit's power level is stated to be low-universal as that is his FULLEST potential via fluctuation, of which he is yet to figure out in the current story. As of now, his scale constantly fluctuates every second against his will.
* Regarding that last point, Exploit is planetary at base.
* His theme is called "Fragmented Mentality", and can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTxRcq6vZ\_Q
* He also has a second theme called "Reluctance," and can be found here: https://youtu.be/C9WP1X0tgr8
* He also has a third theme called "Encrypted Dysfunction" and can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji82Y1QN1uM
* His favorite food is Hawaiian pizza
* Whenever Exploit is nearby, he creates an odd static sound, almost sounding like a radio frequency
* His gem CANNOT be removed from his body through any means, regardless of strength as well
* The fire exposed from Exploits head is extremely hot, reaching the thousands in terms of Celsius
* Exploit was originally inspired by Sans from the game Undertale
* Exploit is asexual
* Exploit tends to poke anything he sees, typically motionless objects to discover whether or not contact will do anything. As for people, he may only poke if they are asleep or unconscious.
* A follow-up fact, he is especially entranced by soft objects, giving more pokes than what he normally would at increasing pressures. It is only when he reaches the surface would he cease.

## Gallery

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