Basil

Roleplay Hooks Hedonist – This is a nice way of saying that Basil is a slut and a partier. He likes sensation, will try almost anything once, and will flirt with everyone. Therapist – His day job is as a therapist, seeing his patients through teleconference video calls from his apartment. Russian – He was born and raised in Russia until the age of ten, and speaks Russian fluently. Goth – This is pretty obvious given his appearance. Yet Basil is only in it for the aesthetic, not the oftentimes somber, nihilistic philosophy. Hockey Fan – He’s from Michigan, so obviously LET’S GO RED WINGS! Basil’s Playlist Porn Star Dancing by My Darkest Days Kelly won't kiss my friend Kassandra Jessica won't play ball Mandy won't share her friend Miranda Doesn't anybody live at all? Amanda won't leave me empty-handed Got her number from a bathroom stall Brandy just got way too much baggage And that shit just gets old (hey) But I got a girl who can put on a show The dollar decides how far you can go with her She wraps those hands around that pole She licks those lips and off we go And she takes it off nice and slow 'Cause that's porn star dancing (hey) She don't play nice, she makes me beg And she drops that dress around her legs And I'm sitting right by the stage For this porn star dancing (hey) Your body's lighting up the room Now I want a naughty girl like you There's nothing hotter than that Stacy's gonna save herself for marriage But that's just not my style She's got a pair that's nice to stare at But I want girls gone wild (hey) But I know a place where there's always a show The dollar decides how far you can go with her She wraps those hands around that pole She licks those lips and off we go She takes it off nice and slow 'Cause that's porn star dancing (hey) She don't play nice, she makes me beg She drops that dress around her legs And I'm sitting right by the stage For this porn star dancing (hey) Your body's lighting up the room I want a naughty girl like you Let's throw a party just for two You know, those normal girls won't do She wraps those hands around that pole She licks those lips and off we go And she takes it off nice and slow 'Cause that's porn star dancing (hey) She don't play nice, she makes me beg She drops that dress around her legs And I'm sitting right by the stage For this porn star dancing (hey) Sunlight by Hozier I would shun the light, share in evening's cool and quiet Who would trade that hum of night? For sunlight, sunlight, sunlight But whose heart would not take flight? Betray the moon as acolyte On first and fierce affirming sight Of sunlight, sunlight, sunlight I had been lost to you, sunlight And flew like a moth to you, sunlight, oh, sunlight Oh, your love is sunlight Oh, your love is sunlight But it is sunlight All the tales the same Told before and told again A soul that's born in cold and rain Knows sunlight, sunlight, sunlight And at last can grant a name To a buried and a burning flame As love and its decisive pain Oh, my sunlight, sunlight, sunlight All that was shown to me, sunlight Was somethin' foreknown to me, sunlight, oh sunlight Oh, your love is sunlight Oh, your love is sunlight But it is sunlight Oh, your love is sunlight Oh, your love is sunlight But it is sunlight, sunlight All these colors fade for you only Carry me slowly, my sunlight All these colors fade for you only Carry me slowly, my sunlight Each day, you'd rise with me Know that I would gladly be The Icarus to your certainty Oh, my sunlight, sunlight, sunlight Strap the wing to me Death trap clad happily With wax melted, I'd meet the sea Under sunlight, sunlight, sunlight Oh, your love is sunlight Oh, your love is sunlight But it is sunlight Oh, your love is sunlight Oh, your love is sunlight But it is sunlight Oh, your love is sunlight Oh, your love is sunlight But it is sunlight Oh, your love is sunlight Oh, your love is sunlight But it is sunlight Sunlight, sunlight, sunlight, sunlight, sunlight Degrade Me by TX2 I chop my wings off and held my tongue (ah-ah) I smoke your insults, you blacken my lungs (ah-ah) I carved your name into my skin just for fun (ah-ah) To be your good boy, your number one Degrade me to keep me hooked I'll let you break me, 'cause you fuck so good I'm a masochist for a massive bitch The door's wide open, but I won't exit Because I'm crazy You're sittin' pretty with your Botox skin (ah-ah) You look so proud with that shit eating grin (ah-ah) You shoot me down like a bottle of gin (ah-ah) Ooh, that shit gets me, guess I'm fallin' again Degrade me to keep me hooked I'll let you break me 'cause you fuck so good I'm a masochist for a massive bitch The door's wide open, but I won't exit Crazy, how I just stay put I let you play me, like I knew you would I'm a masochist for a massive bitch The door's wide open, but I won't exit Because I'm crazy Degrade me to keep me hooked I'll let you break me, 'cause you fuck so good I'm a masochist for a massive bitch The door's wide open, but I won't exit Crazy, how I just stay put I let you play me, like I knew you would I'm a masochist for a massive bitch The door's wide open, but I won't exit 'Cause I'm crazy What Was I Made For by Billie Eilish I used to float, now I just fall down I used to know but I'm not sure now What I was made for What was I made for? Takin' a drive, I was an ideal Looked so alive, turns out I'm not real Just something you paid for What was I made for? 'Cause I, I I don't know how to feel But I wanna try I don't know how to feel But someday, I might Someday, I might When did it end? All the enjoyment I'm sad again, don't tell my boyfriend It's not what he's made for What was I made for? 'Cause I, 'cause I I don't know how to feel But I wanna try I don't know how to feel But someday I might Someday I might Think I forgot how to be happy Something I'm not, but something I can be Something I wait for Something I'm made for Something I'm made for Vasiliy’s Playlist Psycho by Muse Love, it will get you nowhere You're on your own Lost in the wild So come to me now I could use someone like you Someone who'll kill on my command And asks no questions I'm gonna make you I'm gonna break you I'm gonna make you A fucking psycho A fucking psycho A fucking psycho Your ass belongs to me now Are you a human drone? (Aye, sir!) Are you a killing machine? (Aye, sir!) I'm in control, motherfucker, do you understand? (Aye, sir!) Your mind is just a program And I'm the virus I'm changing the station I'll improve your thresholds I'll turn you into a super drone (super drone) And you will kill on my command And I won't be responsible I'm gonna make you I'm gonna break you I'm gonna make you A fucking psycho A fucking psycho A fucking psycho Your ass belongs to me now Are you a psycho killer? Say "I'm a psycho killer" (I am a psycho killer) Scream it! (I am a psycho killer) Show me your war face (Ah!) You are a pussy I said show me your war face (Ah!) I'm gonna make you I'm gonna break you I'm gonna make you A fucking psycho A fucking psycho A fucking psycho Your ass belongs to me now I will break you, do you understand? I will break you, do you understand? I will break you, do you understand? I will break you, do you understand? (Aye, sir!) You fucking psycho Your ass belongs to me now, yeah Your ass belongs to me now Werewolf by Motionless in White I can feel you, I can hear you, howling in my bones There's an evil lurking in the dark (there's an evil lurkin' in the dark) Ever shifting, skin is ripping, as you take control I can't tell where you end and where I start (there's an evil lurkin' in the dark) A ferocious diagnosis, under moonlit hands, will The man become the monster or the monster become man? I could be up all night, but I'm paralyzed when the creature comes alive 'Cause it's fight or fright, in the full moonlight You can run but you can't hide I could be honest, I could be human I could become the silver bullet in your head But no one can break my heart like I can (Werewolf) Bleed the neon from the bite marks, ever bittersweet Smile for the camera but don't flash your teeth (everybody loves a mystery) Let the bodies hit the dance floor to this heartbreak beat I feel like somebody's watchin' me (feels like everybody's watchin' me) Seductively destructive, we are true romance Does the man become the monster or the monster become man? I could be up all night, but I'm paralyzed when the creature comes alive 'Cause it's fight or fright, in the full moonlight You can run but you can't hide I could be honest, I could be human I could become the silver bullet in your head But you can't break my heart like I can Can't fight these cravings in the night A beast who's burdened by his bite Can't fight these cravings in the night (You can't break my heart like I can) Can't fight these cravings in the night Moonwalking, feed the appetite Can't fight these cravings in the night (No, you can't break my heart like I can) And in the pale moonlight, a debt to be paid For one must suffer for all eternity Nothing lasts forever, even guilty pleasures, ah I could be up all night, but I'm paralyzed when the creature comes alive Don't wanna feel I could be honest, I could be human I could become the silver bullet in your head Oh Can't fight these cravings in the night A beast who's burdened by his bite Can't fight these cravings in the night (No, you can't break my heart like I can) Can't fight these cravings in the night Moonwalking, feed the appetite Can't fight these cravings in the night (Werewolf) Cry Little Sister by Vampires Everywhere! Last fire will rise Behind those eyes Black house will rock Blind boys don't lie Immortal fear That voice so clear Through broken walls That scream I hear Cry, little sister! (Thou shalt not fall) Come, come to your brother! (Thou shalt not die) Unchain me, sister! (Thou shalt not fear) Love is with your brother! (Thou shalt not kill) Blue masquerade Strangers look on When will they learn This loneliness? Temptation heat Beats like a drum Deep in your veins I will not lie Little sister! (Thou shalt not fall) Come, come to your brother! (Thou shalt not die) Unchain me, sister! (Thou shalt not fear) Love is with your brother! (Thou shalt not kill) My Shangri-Las I can't forget Why you were mine I need you now! Thou shalt not fall Thou shalt not die Thou shalt not fear Thou shalt not kill Cry, little sister! (Thou shalt not fall) Come, come to your brother! (Thou shalt not die) Unchain me, sister! (Thou shalt not fear) Love is with your brother! (Thou shalt not kill) Cry, little sister! (Thou shalt not fall) Come, come to your brother! (Thou shalt not die) Unchain me, sister! (Thou shalt not fear) Love is with your brother! (Thou shalt not kill) Happy Song by Bring Me The Horizon S-P-I-R-I-T, spirit Let's hear it S-P-I-R-I-T, spirit Let's hear it Let's go I've had enough There's a voice in my head Says I'm better off dead But if I sing along a little fucking louder To a happy song, I'll be alright You want to give up Gave it all that you've got And it still doesn't cut But if you sing along a little fucking louder To a happy song You'll be just fine cause Every now and again we get the feeling And the great big void inside us opens up And I really wish that you could help But my head is like a carousel and I'm going round in circles, going round in circles S-P-I-R-I-T, spirit Let's hear it S-P-I-R-I-T, spirit Let's hear it We are possessed We're all fucked in the head Alone and depressed But if we sing along a little fucking louder To a happy song Maybe we'll forget cause Every now and again we get the feeling And the great big void inside us opens up And I really wish that you could help But my head is like a carousel and I'm going round in circles, going round in circles Don't wake us up We'd rather just keep dreaming Cause the nightmares in our heads are bad enough And I really wish that you could help But my head is like a carousel And I'm going round in circles, I'm going round in circles The world has coalesced Into one giant mess of hate and unrest So let's sing along a little goddamn louder To a happy song and pretend it's all okay Let's go Sing along Let's sing along A little fucking louder A little fucking louder Well don't you feel so much better S-P-I-R-I-T, spirit Let's hear it (Well that's the spirit) S-P-I-R-I-T, spirit Let's hear it (Yeah, that's the spirit) Peek Behind The Curtain Leave closed if you would rather discover these things IC. Background Basil's Black Fury mom, living in a pack on the outskirts of St. Petersburg, got pregnant with a human who didn’t stay in the picture. When Basil was born he was rejected from the Black Furies for being male, and he was dumped in a Russian orphanage, under the name “Vasiliy”, and there he experienced neglect and other forms of abuse. A religious conservative couple from Michigan adopted him out of charity (though really to look good to the rest of their parish), but he was a nightmare due to trauma and the behavioral issues stemming from it. His foster parents thought physical correction, isolation, prayer, and fasting would tame him, but it didn’t. He was consigned to a facility for disabled children and they disowned him at the age of ten. Luckily his kin-fetch found a kind soul in a pack local to the facility he was kept in, and he was scooped up and adopted by a member of the local great lakes Children of Gaia pack, and there he was given the name Basil Brooks. When treated with love he flourished, and learning about who and what he really was helped him to find control, both physically and mentally. Unlike his packmates growing up, Basil worked hard to keep strict control of his rage and the transformations of his body. That way he could keep the litany no matter how upset and, as it happens, keep his other personality, Vasiliy the Protector, asleep and untroubled. Homeschooled through middle school, Basil went back to a public high school because he had his rage under control by then. He excelled and made friends, loved learning, and was fluent in English by then. Basil went to community college in Lansing and got an associate’s degree in psychology, then went on to get his bachelor’s and master’s in it as well, on scholarship. He decided to be a counselor, for humans and other Garou. For the latter he focuses on dealing with the ravages of Harano, with rage control, with Herd assimilation, the challenges of city living, and encouraging diplomatic relationships between tribes within cities. He is pansexual and nonbinary, the latter something he at this point finds quite amusing, given his Black Fury history. Despite this identity, he only uses he/him pronouns so as not to draw any ire from local Black Furies who may have rather old fashioned views on the matter and sense him as being one of their cast-off cubs, as he looks the part to a ridiculous degree. Vasiliy, his protector personality, is at his core a male Black Fury, with all of the black and white, merciless thinking and outlook of his forebears. At this stage in Basil’s emotional and mental development, and with the assistance of a strong Rx of mood stabilizers, he is able to have mental “chats” with Vasiliy, and even sometimes uses his own reflection in a mirror or reflective surface to facilitate the conference. Sphere "Basil Brooks, Cliath Children of Gaia, Wave-On-Shore, Galliard, formerly Sept of the Shining Island." Human Name: Basil Brooks Rite Name: Wave-On-Shore Moon: Galliard Tribe: Children of Gaia (Black Fury by birth) Camp: Servant of the Unicorn Inspirations Harold Perrineau’s Mercutio from Romeo and Juliet 1996 Sam Reid’s Lestat de Lioncourt from Interview with the Vampire series John Partridge’s Rum Tum Tugger from Cats The Musical Carter Vail Bill Kaulitz of Tokio Hotel Klaus Hargreeves from Umbrella Academy Scanlan from Critical Role / Vox Machina Puck from Gargoyles Captain Jack Sparrow from Pirates of the Caribbean Lazlo Cravensworth from What We Do In The Shadows Katya Zamolodchikova Vasiliy Basil (Vasiliy) Brooks is a system that has DID / Multiple Personality Disorder. His two alters are Basil and Vasiliy. Basil is the kind and compassionate aspect, and Vasiliy is the aspect that protects them from harm, and has the same worldview (for the most part) as any Black Fury. Vasiliy resulted from years of trauma and abuse suffered as a child in Russia and then with his foster parents in the United States. Basil was able to take primary control, with Vasiliy's consent, once they were adopted into the Children of Gaia pack and finally felt safe enough. As they have lived and settled into their new life in LA, Basil and Vasiliy are getting along much better and are rarely at odds with each other anymore. For an example of what their experience is like, see this montage of clips from Moon Knight. NOTE: I know this is not a completely realistic portrayal of the condition, but I am doing my best to treat their situation as a part of their life, and not as some joke. Also werewolves exist, so maybe their DID is a little more hollywood? Fullname: Basil (Vasiliy) Brooks Apparent Age: Late-Twenties Height: 5’8” Build: Slender Hair: Black with a white streak. Eyes: Light gray Heritage: Russian Weaknesses: Handsome Men, Beautiful Women, Gorgeous people who fit in neither category, Snacks Profession: Therapist Orientation: Pansexual Identity: Nonbinary Pronouns: He/Him Came from: Michigan My Alts Talon Stats Appearance 🔴🔴🔴🔴⚫️ Charisma 🔴🔴🔴🔴⚫️ Performance 🔴🔴🔴🔴⚫️ Style 🔴🔴🔴⚫️⚫️ Dexterity 🔴🔴🔴⚫️⚫️ Acrobatics 🔴🔴🔴⚫️⚫️ Contacts Ravyn - Basil's Darling Blackbird Grayson - Vasiliy's Mentor Addison - Spiritual Mentor to both Julian - A delightfully complicated situationship! Billie-Jo - Sister in Wisdom Kestrel - Brother in Mayhem Brayden - Brother in Bullshit Gwendolyn - Julian's wonderful partner, a ray of sunshine. Jackie - Spiritual Mentor to both Brandon - They're figuring eachother out. Lola - We are not pandas. Granuaile, Corey, Felicity - Their kindness defines them. Modest Gallery Basil's Apartment