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ㅤBACKSTORY.ㅤ ( 𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑔𝑔𝑒𝑟 𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔: 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑎𝑏𝑢𝑠𝑒, 𝑑𝑟𝑢𝑛𝑘 𝑑𝑟𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑡ℎ , 𝑝𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑦, 𝑑𝑟𝑢𝑔 𝑎𝑏𝑢𝑠𝑒, 𝑔𝑜𝑟𝑒, 𝑒𝑡𝑐. )Damien Taylor was born on a cold Autumn morning to Paulo and Christine Taylor. He had an older brother and was the final child that Paulo and Christine conceived. Damien was different than other kids at a very young age. It was hard for him to make friends, so he stuck around with his older brother. Their childhood was spent exploring the woods and coastal regions of his state. Enjoying the misty mornings in the wilderness rather than be at home. The marriage between Paulo and Christine was struggling even before Damien. They attempted to patch the marriage together by having Damien . . . which did not work. An extra mouth to feed put a strain on Paulo's wallet. Paulo worked day and night to support the family and felt as if his family was ungrateful for his work.Paulo began drinking to handle the stress of life and dealing with two children. Blaming most of his problems on the youngest. Marcus tried his best to keep Damien away from most of the fighting at home or the iron fist of their father. But, when Damien turned six. His father took Damien into his truck with him and promised to get him ice cream. He had been drinking.They didn't make it the ice cream parlor. The truck was totaled. His father died on impact. Damien was found by emergency responders, machinery jammed into his lower rib cage. Still breathing and aware of what was going on. Damien still gets nightmares of his dead father beside him . . . and how scared he was in that moment. Due to the trauma of this event, Damien went non-verbal for four years.With the absence of the bread winner, Christine picked up multiple jobs to support her two sons. Marcus tried everything to be there for his brother. Taking the responsibility of getting him ready for school, cooking him dinner and helping him with his homework. His mother wasn't around much in his adolescence. On Damien's tenth birthday, his brother came home with some money he made at his own job. Offering to take his brother to the local record shop and pick out any cd he wants and a cd player of his choice. Marcus had gotten used to Damien's silence. After all, birthdays were always hard for him.They arrived at the record store, Damien was let loose to look at a bunch of unfamiliar records. Spotting an orange cover, his eyes laid upon the album called The Last in Line by Dio. Out of habit, Damien picked the cheapest cd player available. Marcus's friend just so happened to be working that day and an extreme metal head. Impressed by the child's intuition. The teenager leaned over the counter and asked Damien if he would like an album for free. For the price of talking about it with him. Damien nodded and was led back to the metal section where the teenager fished for an album with an electric chair surrounded by lightening. "Ride the Lightening. Listen to it, come back to me."The brothers left the store and Damien didn't waste any time to listen to the albums he chose on a whim. It was love at first listen. The powerful instruments and stories absolutely captivated him. He listened to those albums non stop for four days straight. His new headphones were glued to his ears and got him detention for forgetting to take it off before class started.Keeping his promise, the youngest taylor child biked his way to the record store to return to his brother's friend. The older teen's eyebrows raised, surprised that Damien returned. He was fully aware of Damien being mute."Hella Awesome, right?" The teen began, unsure of what was going to happen. He approached the quiet child and pointed back to the cd section. "Want another one?""Yes." Damien finally said. It was his first word in four years. "I want to be like them."The teen's brows raised and smiled, slapping the back of the child. "Lucky for you, sport. I'm in a kickass band and happen to be an excellent teacher."Damien spent most of his teen years away from his brother and following the footsteps of Marcus's friend. Who finally shared his name a month into his teachings. Justin Kertz. Justin's band never got anywhere, but his instruments were never left to dust. Damien spent more time in Justin's garage than his own house. Borrowing books from the library to learn scales for guitars and basses. Instead of hanging out with other kids, he preferred to read about music theory.Damien's first band Rancid Punch was formed when he was sixteen. Justin played the drums and recruited some of his friends to join his prodigy. The band blew. Bombing their first performance. The crowd said they lacked substance. It seemed that they were pretending to be dark. Taking full offense to this, Damien took a break from music. Moving onto another interest. Horror literature.After reading Bram Stoker's Dracula, he had an epiphany. He was going to make his own band. Stoker. Everything was going to be created by him and only played by him on the album. He would gather musicians to fill in for live performances. Stoker was born.He spent day and night writing music, suddenly gaining the fire he thought he had lost from bombing his first performance. Despite all of his hard work, it was hard to make a breakthrough in the music scene. Getting into the industry took money and networking. With neither at his disposal, he toured endlessly until the age of twenty four.𝐒𝐔𝐌𝐌𝐎𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐀𝐊𝐔𝐉𝐈
Stoker was getting nowhere. He couldn't take his work not getting the recognition it deserves. Damien discovered the occult and demon summoning through an ex-girlfriend. Figuring that selling his soul was the only option to get recognition, he went to a cross road at 3:33 am. Meeting a demon who called themselves, Akuji. Akuji made it clear to him that they didn't want Damien's soul. Saying it had already been withered enough. They proposed that they use his vessel for whatever they need. With the promise of staying out of Damien's hair when he's doing things that pertain to his career. Any down time he had, it was to be devoted to being used by them. Damien agreed. Signed his name in his own blood.Instantly, the effects were shown. His phone began to ring, it was his temporary bandmate who excitedly shouted through the speaker.Stoker got a record deal.𝐂𝐔𝐑𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐃𝐀𝐘
Damien got used to having no control over his body pretty quickly. Being possessed was made to be a lot worse in the movies. He considered it to be a nice vacation away from life. A long nap. Things went well for a while. Stoker finally was taking off and was dominating the gothic/metal scene.After their second tour ended, Damien lost control of his body again. Usually he woke up sound in his bed . . Akuji must've left in a hurry. It had to be important if they left him in the middle of a crime scene that HE was committing. Damien remembered waking up to sobbed pleas of a man begging for mercy as he hung from a butcher's hook in front of him. His victims blood dripped down his arms and he quickly turned to see more bodies strung up on hooks. A symbol sat in the middle of the room. Painted with blood and illuminated by candle light. In shock, flashes of his father's corpse came to mind. Startled, Damien quickly ran out of the building and tried to run as far as he can before he needed to catch his breath. Did he do that? No. That was Akuji. Has Akuji been doing this the entire time? Was he a murderer?Being introduced to a world of drugs in show business, it wasn't long before he latched onto substances to cope with the fact he was being used for something so violent. Drugs eased the pain and eased his mind.Damien became distant from his band and only interacted with them under the influence of something. When he doesn't tour, he desperately searches for opportunities to be back on the road. how long can he ignore what he truly is? damien will soon have to make the decision to hide from what he is or embrace the truth.

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ㅤVERSE ONE :ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ AKUJI HAS CONTROL. ㅤ ——— ㅤ damien is no longer in control of his vessel. you are dealing with a commander of a legion of demons. the extent of their power is unknown, it is not wise to test them . . . unless, you know what you're doing. (( admin does not equal muse. akuji will seek out the flaws in your character and will use it against them. ))ㅤVERSE TWO :ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ FALSE NARRATIVE UNRAVELED. ㅤ ——— ㅤCLASSIFIED.ㅤVERSE TITLE THREE :ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ NOTE YOUR VERSE TIMELINE, AU STATUS, AVAILABILITY, ETC. HERE. ㅤ ——— ㅤ quisque at mattis urna. suspendisse maximus justo vel imperdiet venenatis. mauris volutpat dui at metus finibus tristique. quisque quis ex nisi. integer vel auctor diam. aenean in commodo tortor. fusce placerat placerat sem, vel pharetra urna interdum vitae. sed blandit malesuada nulla tempus vestibulum.

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ㅤHELLTORAISEㅤ ㅤ ㅤ .................................................................................... ㅤ HELMIN ( ??? )
ㅤㅤship ㅤ ——— ㅤ demonic partner, bonded.ㅤBRATPRINCEDㅤ.................................................................................... LESTAT DE LIONCOURT
ㅤㅤship ㅤ ——— ㅤ temporary bandmate, occasional fling.ㅤ5CHMIDTㅤ ㅤ ㅤ .................................................................................... ㅤ MIKE SCHMIDT
ㅤㅤship ㅤ ——— ㅤ a relationship doomed by the narrative.ㅤRUINEDMYSELFㅤ ㅤ.................................................................................... SAM WINCHESTER
ㅤㅤaffiliate ㅤ ——— ㅤ another pawn doomed by the narrative.ㅤURLHEREㅤ ㅤ ㅤ .................................................................................... ㅤ CHARACTER NAME
ㅤㅤship ㅤ ——— ㅤ put a description of the characters' relationship here.ㅤURLHEREㅤ ㅤ ㅤ .................................................................................... ㅤ CHARACTER NAME
ㅤㅤexclusive ㅤ ——— ㅤ put a description of the characters' relationship here.ㅤURLHEREㅤ ㅤ ㅤ .................................................................................... ㅤ CHARACTER NAME
ㅤㅤexclusive ㅤ ——— ㅤ put a description of the characters' relationship here.

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