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Box CRAU Clarification.
Feb. 1st, 2016 04:31 pm(Note: For Algidus' canon history as Glacius, read the preceding entry.)
Once Algidus (though again, at this point he still had his original name of Glacius as he had not yet been cloned) was pulled from his canon into the Box he underwent a number of events that changed him as a person. Very soon after he arrived, a strange eclipse occurred that stripped the inhabitants of their powers and tampered with the senses of those that did not have any. The alien's icy outer skin began to melt and as he desperately searched for a way to keep himself cool he stumbled upon a young woman named Mia Allen. As he had only been in the Box for a few days and was still learning how differently things worked here, Algidus was petrified that she would react with fear or attempt to turn him in to whatever authorities were present in this strange new land. Instead--to his utter relief-- she chose to help him. She lead him to a walk-in freezer that he would come to call his home for a large portion of the upcoming summer. Later on, he returned the favor by coming to her aid when she lost one of her arms and remaining by her side until proper medical attention reached her. Thus was the start of one of the alien's core friendships in the Box.
His interactions with Mia were so completely different from anything the alien had come to expect from humanity that he began to come out of his shell a little bit. When flesh-eating vines invaded the Box, the valiant alien found himself unable to just sit idly by while innocents suffered. He used his unique powers to destroy the insidious plants wherever he found them and come to the rescue of any who might need his aid. One of the beings he helped during the event was a vampire named Paloma (though Algidus had no idea of her condition until much later). Later on, when Algidus was exploring the ocean and was attacked by a shark, Paloma found him limping back through Southtown--and instead of reacting with fear or condescension she took him aside and helped him wash out his wounds and reconstitute his icy skin so that he could begin to heal. Once again, the alien had experience kindness in a time of need; his wariness and mistrust of others, particularly humans, began to rapidly ebb away.
An angry post on the network by a young woman known as Jolene Harris threatened to remind him of the things he disliked about humanity, but after conversing with her briefly he was surprised to discover how much he emphasized with her feelings of being lost and out of place. The two arranged to meet in person to see how they could help each other, and it was from that sense of understanding plus the support he had been shown by others that Algidus finally opened up enough to let someone in on his plan for escape from the Box. The alien was assuming this to simply be a mutually beneficial partnership; he had no idea that they had planted the seeds of what would be the closest friendship he would ever know. As Jolene and Algidus did what they could to further their plans they weathered numerous Technician-concocted torments-- a catastrophic flood, illnesses that nearly claimed both of their lives, and a deadly pathogen that finally did take them-- and the two beings that had become so accustomed to operating alone learned to rely on and trust one another. This friendship (which eventually entered into a romantic relationship) plus the friendship he shared with Mia, Paloma, and numerous other residents of the Box helped Algidus put his past behind him. He began to realize that not only was there merit to not keeping himself walled off from every single person he came across, but that he could not condemn all of humanity for what he suffered at the hands of Ultratech.
Unfortunately, this budding trust and faith in humanity was turned completely on its heels when Algidus awoke in the bowels of the Technician's Facility in early May. This was the point where he had been cloned, and he and Glacius became separate entities. As he began searching for an escape back out onto the killing floor, he witnessed on full display the true depth of the terrors and monstrosities that his captors were responsible for. Through wretched torments, the Technicians were serving a power that posed a threat to everything in the galaxy-- everything he'd ever known. Just as he felt foolish for trusting Ultratech’s representatives and allowing himself to be taken into their custody when he first landed on earth, the alien now felt blind for believing that humanity could ever be anything but a cancerous blight to the universe. The horror and pain of this realization only increased when made his way into the Box and realized his original was alive and well within the killing floor. The Technicians had hard-wired him and the rest of the clones to want to replace their originals; they had turned him into one of their terrors, and the icy alien became embittered over the hand he had been dealt. With the friendships he had forged wrested from him, the Box and the people in it became nothing more than a monument to humanity’s sins, and the dark icy creature became desperate to escape so that he could return to his people to warn and safeguard them from this unparalleled threat. He headed out to the Southtown shore (where he originally arrived in the Box), keeping a constant watch for any weakness in the barrier through which he could flee. It was during this lonely vigil that he grappled with not only with his identity, ultimately forsaking his old name and taking on the name of Algidus, but with the sense of responsibility for humanity that he had developed before he was cloned.
Once Algidus (though again, at this point he still had his original name of Glacius as he had not yet been cloned) was pulled from his canon into the Box he underwent a number of events that changed him as a person. Very soon after he arrived, a strange eclipse occurred that stripped the inhabitants of their powers and tampered with the senses of those that did not have any. The alien's icy outer skin began to melt and as he desperately searched for a way to keep himself cool he stumbled upon a young woman named Mia Allen. As he had only been in the Box for a few days and was still learning how differently things worked here, Algidus was petrified that she would react with fear or attempt to turn him in to whatever authorities were present in this strange new land. Instead--to his utter relief-- she chose to help him. She lead him to a walk-in freezer that he would come to call his home for a large portion of the upcoming summer. Later on, he returned the favor by coming to her aid when she lost one of her arms and remaining by her side until proper medical attention reached her. Thus was the start of one of the alien's core friendships in the Box.
His interactions with Mia were so completely different from anything the alien had come to expect from humanity that he began to come out of his shell a little bit. When flesh-eating vines invaded the Box, the valiant alien found himself unable to just sit idly by while innocents suffered. He used his unique powers to destroy the insidious plants wherever he found them and come to the rescue of any who might need his aid. One of the beings he helped during the event was a vampire named Paloma (though Algidus had no idea of her condition until much later). Later on, when Algidus was exploring the ocean and was attacked by a shark, Paloma found him limping back through Southtown--and instead of reacting with fear or condescension she took him aside and helped him wash out his wounds and reconstitute his icy skin so that he could begin to heal. Once again, the alien had experience kindness in a time of need; his wariness and mistrust of others, particularly humans, began to rapidly ebb away.
An angry post on the network by a young woman known as Jolene Harris threatened to remind him of the things he disliked about humanity, but after conversing with her briefly he was surprised to discover how much he emphasized with her feelings of being lost and out of place. The two arranged to meet in person to see how they could help each other, and it was from that sense of understanding plus the support he had been shown by others that Algidus finally opened up enough to let someone in on his plan for escape from the Box. The alien was assuming this to simply be a mutually beneficial partnership; he had no idea that they had planted the seeds of what would be the closest friendship he would ever know. As Jolene and Algidus did what they could to further their plans they weathered numerous Technician-concocted torments-- a catastrophic flood, illnesses that nearly claimed both of their lives, and a deadly pathogen that finally did take them-- and the two beings that had become so accustomed to operating alone learned to rely on and trust one another. This friendship (which eventually entered into a romantic relationship) plus the friendship he shared with Mia, Paloma, and numerous other residents of the Box helped Algidus put his past behind him. He began to realize that not only was there merit to not keeping himself walled off from every single person he came across, but that he could not condemn all of humanity for what he suffered at the hands of Ultratech.
Unfortunately, this budding trust and faith in humanity was turned completely on its heels when Algidus awoke in the bowels of the Technician's Facility in early May. This was the point where he had been cloned, and he and Glacius became separate entities. As he began searching for an escape back out onto the killing floor, he witnessed on full display the true depth of the terrors and monstrosities that his captors were responsible for. Through wretched torments, the Technicians were serving a power that posed a threat to everything in the galaxy-- everything he'd ever known. Just as he felt foolish for trusting Ultratech’s representatives and allowing himself to be taken into their custody when he first landed on earth, the alien now felt blind for believing that humanity could ever be anything but a cancerous blight to the universe. The horror and pain of this realization only increased when made his way into the Box and realized his original was alive and well within the killing floor. The Technicians had hard-wired him and the rest of the clones to want to replace their originals; they had turned him into one of their terrors, and the icy alien became embittered over the hand he had been dealt. With the friendships he had forged wrested from him, the Box and the people in it became nothing more than a monument to humanity’s sins, and the dark icy creature became desperate to escape so that he could return to his people to warn and safeguard them from this unparalleled threat. He headed out to the Southtown shore (where he originally arrived in the Box), keeping a constant watch for any weakness in the barrier through which he could flee. It was during this lonely vigil that he grappled with not only with his identity, ultimately forsaking his old name and taking on the name of Algidus, but with the sense of responsibility for humanity that he had developed before he was cloned.
