"Don't worry. they'll remember. I'm sending them your finger as memorabilia."
R A C E : H U M A N ; P O S S E S S E D
N A M E: C O N S T A N T I N E A U G U S T U S M E Y A Ź
A G E: 25
L O O K S
"Woof"
Height and WAITJUSTASECOND! It is important to address the issue of possession before we talk about his sexy body and his cool eyes and his great big...er, axe.
Here's the lowdown; Constantine here has been possessed by two demons. Yes, that's right. It's like a party in there. Unfortunately, they do not control him. It is the other way around, somewhat. Well, it's complicated.
Possession has the following effects:
1) Marked improvement in marksmanship, granted by Ezekiel. Constantine is, on his own, an okay marksman but add Ezekiel's skill (which he learned after years of possessing people who were good with the gun, and dangerous.) and Constantine can qualify for the Olympics if need be.
2) Energy requirements are higher because now the brain and the rest of the body are working for three different souls.
3) Fatigue/Stress is easier to achieve but not as quick as to warrant further fitness training. Same cause as 2.
4) Wounds heal faster. Granted by Ramirez and Ezekiel. Demons have higher stamina, better healing powers, and faster reflexes. While everything is granted to Constantine, the stress of having three souls in one body diminishes these positive effects.
5) Individual personalities are affected after prolonged exposure. For example, one soul might have an urge earlier only seen in another soul. Traits and behavioral patterns are also transferable (This is how Ezekiel got most of his marksmanship skills.).
6) Perspective: While one soul concentrates on the enemy up ahead, the other can concentrate on finding a way out/searching or keeping tracking of other enemies. Of course since there are only one pair of eyes, what this other soul is trying to see will be blurry, as the eyes are focusing on the enemy ahead.
7) Increase in psychical strength.
8) The demons can go through the memories of each other and of the real Constantine, but Constantine cannot do so. Ezekiel is better at this because he has doing this for about two hundred years now.
L O O K S
His father stood at six and a half feet. So when, on his fifteenth birthday, Constantine was only 4ā8", his dad decided it was time for radical measures (as always...); swimming classes. Whether it was the swimming classes or not, Constantine's growth gained momentum and by the time he stopped growing at the age of nineteen, he reached six feet.
But surely because of the swimming classes Constantine's weight did not accelerate as fast as his height. He is 78 kilos. Never has he crossed eighty kilos. Before the possession attempts, his weight did once huff and puff to eighty kilos, during the holiday season, but afterwards the stress of three souls caught up and he lost weight. Even with the real Constantineās temperance towards alcohol, Ramirezās beer drinking habits had him gain a kilo of mostly fat. He is not out of shape as of yet but it will get to him.
Complexion: "Let's say you go to Alaska. Once you are there you are awed by the glistening pristine white snow. Suddenly, you get a call. "Get back some snow. We'll pay you," the caller offers, a hotel owner who wants fresh snow for his special margarita. So you get back the snow. Unfortunately, a dog poops in it. What the -- stupid dog. Instead of throwing away the snow, you just mix the snow and the poop, hoping that Hilton would not notice. That is how my complexion is."
He is not as white as an average Scandinavian, nor as dark as an average Mexican, but somewhere in middle. When he was young he used to be much fairer but his outdoor training has given him a tan. The complexion of his face is slightly darker than on his chest, noticeable when one squint ones eyes, but the difference between his face and legs is noticeable. He used to train in the nearby woods, usually with this shirt off but never his pants.
He does not wear a watch and so the skin on his left hand is uniform in color. His skin used to be a tad oilier than average but on Ramirez's insistence that oily skin is not good for his "fashion style", Constantine now carries with him a few tissues and a handkerchief.
Body Type and Health: --takes of his shirt-- "Babe, I know you want this."
Years of swimming has not only kept his weight in check but also rewarded him with what is called a swimmer's body; thin with a flat chest and stomach; well toned and strong muscles but lacking weight; half-way between a junkie thin body and a feather-weight boxer. Have you noticed someone drowning? Notice how each muscle is trying its best to keep that someone alive? Swimming is just like, just with more co-ordination (and less dangerous).
His body is the jack o' all trades. He cannot outbox Mike Tyson; cannot outrun Usain Bolts; cannot out-swim Michael Phelps. But if has to defeat a professional, someone who is not world class or legendarily good, in each of these sports? "Elementary, my dear Watson."
If he takes off his shirt, you would surely notice that his arms do not look as toned as his chest or his stomach, like a weightlifter sitting between two average dudes. Rest assured, that is only when they are relaxed. Ezekiel has the habit of moving his stomach in and out when breathing, but on Constantine's stomach it does not show much.
Another thing you would notice is that he is perfectly symmetrical from the outside, something Ezekiel secretly loves about Constantine.
In short, he is fit and fine. Would he be honored with a death threat from the Abe if he was sickly and fat? Perhaps, if he was called Penguin.While Ramirez does have quite a few bad habits, he does not get enough time controlling Constantine to get him addicted or fat. It is mostly Ezekiel who controls Constantine's body; he has his own problems but they don't have much humiliation-in-the-future potential like drinking does.
As for his health, he has never suffered from any disease as of yet. His father was not stupid enough to ignore vaccinations. This is of course, not counting the few days after each possession when he felt sluggish.
Hair and eyes: "My eyes are like black holes sprinkled on milk adorned by streams of blood; my hair like the silken black mistress of the night."
His hair is black. They've always been black. They used to curly when he was small, but his father had them straightened. In terms of feel, near the roots his hair is like the sand in the Sahara Desert; soft if you merely touch or go through them and coarse if you squeeze a handful. As you move away from the roots, they are much softer to touch or squeeze, like a silk sari. Finally near the end they become rougher, due to exposure of vampire-hater (that's sun, not Buffy).
If degradation of hair color speaks about the health of a man, then Constantine hair are not lying. They have remained healthy and black and very rarely does he have white hair. He refuses to dye his hair and plucks the white hair out. Painful, but what can one do?
His eyes are like islands lost in the vastness of the ocean. The iris would be the island, lighter in color near the ocean of white that is the sclera. In the middle they are much darker, much closer in color to a black tuxedo than a navy blue pant. While people would disagree if you say the eyes have a calm and peaceful look about, they would agree they have a calming effect. Staring into his eyes would not be advised if Ramirez is controlling the body, for if he notices that you are distracted, one swift and graceful move of his digits would result in you becoming a wallet poorer.
Apparent Temperament: "Ya, ya, good for ye."
"I'm shocked people do not worship me yet."
When Ramirez is controlling the body, Constantine is your irritating, goofball friend who gets into trouble with seniors, teachers and everyone who is stronger than him. Constantine's shoulders would be drooped more than average, eyes still, all the body weight on one leg while the leg chills out and hands crossed over his chest or in the pant pocket. He acts like an uninterested Frank the Pug. When in danger, however, he is the ready-to-gtfo mode with his body all tensed up, eyes darting all over the place trying to identifying trouble, and hands outside and ready to protect the face. A more scared version of Courage the Cowardly Dog.
When Ezekiel is in charge, Constantine's actions are comparable to your kind and caring friend who is somewhat creepy. He's sometimes a little too helpful, coming off as someone with superiority complex. His posture is more stable than Ramirez's. Whether in danger or not, comparing his actions to be "I'm ready to rumble" soldier would not be too far from the truth. Ezekiel is perpetually excited, like the dog that covered you in saliva during that long elevator ride.
Facial features: "The Ocarina of Time blew away the sands, revealing me."
The way he combs his hair makes it seem that his forehead is large but that is not so. And because of his relatively young age, he has no wrinkles/lines on his temple (no botox as of yet). He has a square face with a straight nose, and barely any facial hair except his mustache and his thin eyebrows. Average looking ears and lips, along with his roundish chin, complete his face. Over exercise make his temples go red and his ears blue-ish red.
Distinguishing marks: "My sexiness, of course."
If he had any distinguishing marks, he'd be in jail, or in bed with those scar-loving women. Or, shaking his fist while James Bond stealeth his woman.
Casual wardrobe: Ramirez is a self-proclaimed "dressing sense expert", whatever that is. As impossible as it may sound, Ramirez may actually get pleasure from trying out new clothes. No, he is not a shopaholic. He can certainly spend 'his' hard earned money properly. But that does not stop him from trying out all the dresses in the shop and drive the manager mad. Ezekiel "does not have much of a dressing sense." If the dress is comfortable, it is good enough for Ezekiel.
This is all fine and dandy until you realize Ramirez has no clue what he is talking about. "'dressing sense expert', my foot." His favorite attire is is a pink shirt with and blue and green sleeves (that is blue on one hand and green on the other); red, tight leather pants and white shoes. Lady Gaga, competition has arrived. And no, he will never wear that dress. Ezekiel somehow managed to convince Ramirez that that dress should only be worn to be special occasions because it is so, er, special.
His casual dress depends on the mood and the day, and the dress least dirty. Both Ramirez and Ezekiel have a thing for black and if available black will be chosen.
ACTION TIME wardrobe: Nake- er. It all depends on what action we are talking about. If the job requires protecting someone, it will normal day-to-day clothes. It makes it easier to spot potential threats but larger weapons cannot be hidden effectively. If it is to kill someone, it would easy to throw, brand-less clothes that are easy to dispose and difficult to trace.
H I S T O R A H
"It is very difficult to explain stuff without knowing the cause behind the effect"ā¢
"Sigh... Here's comes the boooring history lesson... Sigh"
"Wish me to-"
"No!"
"Devout man was he,
but slightly loose in the head.
One must wonder how he,
got Constantine's mother to bed.
Told his son to kill,
in the name of his lord,
or were the killings,
because of petty discord?
Constantine grew up,
his left half-brain unused,
his daddy's order,
never he refused.
One day came along,
a demon possessing a man.
Killed, Constantine, the man,
for the better of Uncle Sam.
A then came along days later,
a loser idiotic demon,
made everyone's life miserable,
Destroyed the very essence of fun."
"Fuck off."
A son had been born and a mother had died. Constantine, this boy's name would be; Constantine Augustus Meyac. And the very day his name was chosen, was chosen also his occupation; killing in the name of God. For Edward had left behind his sanity years ago, when his father was sent to jail for murder and lost everything (David was killed two weeks later, just days before he would was posthumously acquitted).
But Edward knew what puberty did to children, made them rebellious. And so, from day one, Edward made every single decision of Constantine. This way, thought Edward, Constantine would be rebel. Truly, never Constantine, but this would bite them both later.
And so began Constantine's life. Deprived of decision making and being controlled a wheelchair bound mad sadist had some adverse effects on our poor Constantine. But, at least, he was doing what his father always wanted him to do (what a lovely child!).
It went well for twenty years. Two years prior, Constantine had made his first kill, a priest who sheltered minorities and people of other religion in the church when a flash flood struck. Now, on his twentieth birthday, his third kill was being chopped up in wood chipper a unsuspecting friend owned. But, tragedy struck.
"It is lung cancer. You should stop drinking and smoking, Mister Edward," said the doctor, four months before finding himself being fish food for the very fish he had gone to hunt a week earlier, three dimensional piranhas off the banks of a tributary in Brazil. Edward calmed down only when he 'realized' that god wanted him in his palace for his service. But still he didn't want to leave just yet, not before killing that man, that traitor, that blasphemer, that demon...
For the next two years, the battle of the two evil was on. Finally, it hit Edward; he wasn't going to win. For a fleeting moment, despair angered him. Then, a bulb lightened somewhere in his sick brain. He remembered a old acquaintance of his, a certain old man who went around using the name Ebenezer.
A few phone calls later, Constantine was, as Raymond Keen would say, "sold off" to Ebenezer. A then a few days, Edwards was dead. "No great loss," humanity spat.
Though Abe does feel burdened by Constantine has come to use to him twice. During one such incident, one became three...
The Angel and Demon incident::: One day, Ebenezer asked Constantine to kill Deaf Leopard, a drug dealer. Meanwhile, a demon was tracking this person too, he too wishing to kill the body's inhabitant. Over the next few days, Constantine tracked the drug dealer's every move, trying to find a pattern. Finally, he found a way to get him off the streets. For some reason, Deaf Leopard was very condescending of bad people, yet trying to help them. Using the help a faux kidnapping news, he lured this drug dealer in an abandoned chemicals factory.
When he killed him, a demon, Ezekiel, emerged. It had been possessing this drug dealer. But Constantine hadn't notice this demon and went about of his usual destroying evidence business. Appalled by the excessive-ness of this business, a happy-to-help Ezekiel tried to possess Constantine and if one has been paying attention, the result would be as clear as the distilled water used for the "boiling a frog to make an idiotic point" experiment.
A few weeks later, the demon tracking Deaf Leopard and now behind Constantine, Ramirez, realized that Ezekiel would not get out. Constantine had to die if Ezekiel was to ever come out. So, he too tried to possess Constantine. Strike 2. Demons 0-2 Humans. 9th innings. Can the Demons make a stunning comeback to win the Super Series?
FAQ time: One asks, "Does Ezekiel ever try to get out like that Ramirez does?" Well, Mister one, no. He wants to change Constantine.
P E R S O N A L I T A H
"Personality? Mine? How about we talk about yours while I go sleep there."
"Overwhelming sorrow now absorbs me as the pen begins to trace my darkest past. Signs throughout my life that should have warned me of all the wrongs I've done for which I must repent. Bow before me god, and perhaps your wishes may come true."
Constantine's mental state is like clay, infinitely malleable. This is because his father made every decision for him. He does know what is right and what is wrong anymore; he never did. He merely follows his father's, now Abe's, words, requests and orders. His father realized that generalizing something would be bad, like "All XYZ are bad." otherwise Constantine would go on a murderous rampage against XYZ. As a by-product of this, he neither judges anyone nor has any stereotypical beliefs.
Luckily for humanity, he was told to be good with everyone. Constantine is a kind, helpful and merciful person. But like his father, he does find happiness in the misery of others, but rarely shows it. So, if you go to him, say, "Bad things happeneth to me," and find him with a slight smile, it is not a "it's okay" face; it is a "Hehe" face. His job in the church gives him enough opportunity to be sadistic than having to create some misery on his own. So, never will you see him go on a random rampage.
Consider him a loaded sniper rifle, but with a twist. Instead of one trigger, there are five. One allows you to kill your target, the other four will cause the gun to explode in your face. And you don't which is the correct trigger. Caution when giving orders is advised. But, this description is only for Abe. He will never anyone else unless Abe wishes so; probably, not even then.
But, rarely will anyone interact with the real Constantine. And since, personality shown depends on who is controlling the body at the time, it is only fair we talk about Ramirez and Ezekiel.
Ramirez and Ezekiel
Ramirez is your Chihuahua that barks like a German Shepherd. He is aggressive when he sees the opportunity; he will also be domineering, excessive, cold-hearted as when he feels he can get away with it. He is Braveheart without being brave or having a heart. He's the child of the Damned, without being a child or being damned (mostly). He is a rubber ball masquerading as an iron maiden. He is a cute little doggy masquerading as a evil white fluffy cute :3 kitty. He likes to say he is the Phantom of the Opera but seriously, Phantom of the Opera was awesome and it was not Ramirez.
Where he comes from there was no drinking and it was only after coming here after been assigned the job of killing Ezekiel (oh how much he pleaded for the job, lowering his already LOW reputation among fellow demons) did he taste beer for the first time. And like all first-timers, he was hooked. Getting addicted to shiz is quite an easy task for our dear Ramirez and he has, over the years here, developed quite a liking to a lot of things. Be it the coffee served by that dude on the corner of 1st and Amistad or the kebab served by that old Afghani immigrant just outside Chinatown. This used to be before he tried to capture Constantine's body (He thought by possessing the same body as Ezekiel, the body will die faster forcing Ezekiel to come out so Ramirez can kill him. Oh well, that worked out as planned.). Now, his urges are not that strong. Possibly, an after-effect of his lack of getting to do these things. Maybe, he has realized that it is not important to have a beer or eat that scrumptious kebab. Or maybe, he will explode if he is stopped any longer.
Ramirez, as you can guess, is weak willed. In his true form, he will be able to beat Constantine one-on-one but he is easily intimidated. He also does not harbor any ill will against anyone for long. Of course as long you keep insulting and deriding him (I'm talking to you, his fellow demons. Shame on you.), he will hate you. He will create extremely intricate plans to destroy you, to make sure you burn in Hell for eternity "like the vermin you are", but will never act on them because he knows if you find out, you will beat his ass.
As one can correctly guess, peer pressure is the answer (to what you ask? How exactly did you guess then? Sigh, fools. To "why is he a douchebaggle?", it is the correct reply.). He always wanted to be like those awesome jock demons but never had the skills to do anything. He--"I don't know what shiz he written about me, but they all lies. I'm awesome and that's all you need to know."
He is kind and gentle to some extent. After that extent is crossed, he is just as ruthless as any who wants to see his vision of the world coming true. People who are good are noticing the real person behind the mask we wear daily will smell superiority complex and distaste for actually good people. He wants people to be bad so he can change them. He wants you to try and kill that man so he can come in at the last minute and save that dude and then explain to you, nicely, why what you are doing is not cool. He wants to worship him after that, but he will politely decline your feet-kissing. While he does love being showered with attention, for some reason he shuns it (Social Anxiety Disorder?).
In times of normalcy, when nothing is happening and the people are just chilling out, he does get agitated. "Why aren't they doing anything?" he asks. But he will never willingly get anyone in trouble or cause any problems. He is too scared to get caught. If he sees an old lady, he will help her cross the road even if they are in the middle of freaking nowhere, in front of a one-lane road, them the only two souls for miles. But even if only with a slight push his help would be needed, he won't do it.
Ezekiel loves symmetry. Not even he knows why but for some reason, symmetry excites him. He is not as excited about symmetry as Death the Kid and hate for asymmetry does not exist in him, but still. "Left be right, up be down, front be back, smile be frown."
While Ezekiel may love bad people and hate good people, he absolutely has not respect for those who will not change their bad ways. Demons and Werewolves, he gives absolutely no shit about. He will ignore them. Sometimes, he does acknowledge the existence of some werewolves, if only to laugh "at their pitiful existence". Ramirez is not included in this "to-ignore" list; fighting between these two is not uncommon. Usually results in Ramirez backing off, because after all, Ezekiel is elder to him by about a hundred and thirty years.
So imagine a normal schoolyard basketball court. Some guys are playing while some are on the stands, if you can call it that. Do you see that guy sitting quietly on the top of the stands that the girls some benches below keep looking at and giggling? That's the real Constantine; mysterious and creepy till you talk to him (just creepy afterwards). Do you see that a-okay basketball player who spends more time flirting with the ladies, trying to look cool, instead of playing? That's Ramirez. Do you see that guy near the baskets who could be a good player if he plays but he is only there because he is friends with the players? That's Ezekiel.
FAQ time:
Q:Is there anything common between them?
Answer: Indeed, indeed. Neither of will give a straight answer, even if they are in dire straights (gawd). Ramirez's answers are always lewd-ish, while Ezekiel's answer depend on what book he has read that week. If he read Stephen King, he will like how he did in the Complexion section. Right now, he is reading "Lemmywings: A Trial of Worthlessness" so his speech will be more arrogant and unclear, like the Hair and Eyes section.
Q: Shouldn't this be in the Temperament section?
A: Shut up, Thor.
Speech: The real Constantine is well mannered. Lying, abusing, swearing doesn't come naturally to him. Hey, just because Constantine's father was an absolute lunatic doesn't mean he wasn't perfectly gentlemanly. After copying him, to a terrifying extent, Constantine has become the man he is today. Ramirez, however, does have problems with controlling his urges to talk back, insult and be lewd. Ezekiel is just as well mannered as Constantine, some of the time.
Pet Peeves: Ramirez has a bunch of pet peeves. He hates people who always sniffle and people that interrupt him when he is telling a story, especially if they continue to tell him their story and then ask him in an uninterested tone to continue on with his story when they are finished talking. He'll start picking apart their stories when they do that. Ezekiel really hates women, or men, who use a lot perfume, or deodorant.
EQUIPMENT
Even with money troubles brewing (a loan shark came one day. Got his ass beat), he has managed to spend some money to buy a car. It is a second hand 1970 Chrysler 300-Hurst hardtop coupe.
It was sold to him at a low price by the widow of a man he killed because she wanted everything of his to leave her presence. 1970s was the age of the muscle cars and this Chrysler is quite high on the best list. At first it gave him trouble but after a costly engine change, it was rearing to go.
In its cabinet lie two pistols, a CZ 95b and a Beretta 92FS, both 9mm. It also contains paper and pack of condoms and cigarettes. One special thing about the car is that it has a special hiding place between the underside of the car and the carpet of the floor (that guy Constantine was sneaky bastard, using this hiding place to sell at sorts of things.) It now contains an AK-47 and a M4A1 Carbine with sufficient ammo.
He has a tool belt which he keeps in small trunk like appendage at the back of the car. And of course, he has a pager.
LIFE
Hobbies: By this time you may have already guessed what Ramirez likes to do. No? Anything and everything really. His normal behavior towards new things (that catch his eye) following this route: discovery, addiction, obsession, disinterest. That "dressing sense" thing I was talking about? That is in the addiction stage right now. Ya... obsession is yet to make its appearance (Republicans hath no idiocy like a Ramirez let loose.).
He has had a lot of hobbies over the eighty years he has spent on Earth. Collecting stamps, coins, tickets, buttons; knitting, drawing and singing are just some of them. For him it is quite easy to gain and loose of hobbies, so to say. (He once used to collect bottle caps. When obsession time arrived he possessed a worker at the Coca Cola factory and stole bottle caps even before they were used, and by the thousands.
Ezekiel loves being the man everyone would turn to in times of despair. His hobbies show that love. He is a frequent vigilante (with at least four people he possessed.), rescue worker, volunteer to save the kitty and social worker. His favorite pastime is finding people to help.
Likes:Ramirez
- Whatever he is currently addicted to.
- Ezekiel. But he will deny it and hate you if you ask him.
- Women; beer; cars to some extent; slapping people in the face a shouting, āYo faaace!ā; sex; 1984 (only because of the ending); Mafia and Yakuza and Pulp fiction; sleeping; thinking of good comebacks (he is not good at this and usually only manages to leave himself open for a soul destroying comeback.)
- money
- power
Ezekiel
- Helping people.
- Bad people.
- Reading books of all kinds. Romance preferred.
- just like all demons, he fancies women, drug, sex and such.
Dislikes:
Ramirez:
- anything he was addicted to.
- Everyone who can see through his mask of aggressive and are not intimidated.
- women with colorful hair (--smells of a relation gone sour--)
- The way Ezekiel talks now, after reading the book Lemmywings.
- Ramirez, because he is a demon.
- money and power; however he tries, these things distract him from his true purpose.
- Good people.
- Werewolves.
- bad people who won't change.
For Ezekiel and goths, for different reasons, it is the one that makes normal people happy: utopia. No, not Utopia, that gym with the cruel, sexist, pervert trainer; utopia. Utopia (not the gym) do not scare him to the point of allowing people to use that to abuse, but still he is scared some Batman-Jesus may come along and ruin everything.
Homeland: "I'm from your lover's mother's womb--smirk--"
"Brother-in-law?"
"Shut up, smarty-pants."
Constantine is from a small mid-western town but his father and he shifted just weeks after he was born. To New York.
Day job: Constantine works at a church on the outskirts of New York (no Mr.Alien-who-wants-to-take-over-Earth, anything outside Manhattan does not qualify as outskirts. Now will you stop ruining Manhattan? The rest of New York feels abandoned.)
General Agenda: Constantine's father said, "Son, this man will guide you from now on. Call him Ebenezer."
Ramirez is like your generic anime heroes, be it Luffy, Naruto or Ash. He wants to be the best, or rather worst, demon. And he wants his third grade bully and now Jock of the demonic world, Albert Einstein, to apologize to him. "After he apologizes, I'll takes his girlfriend, his house, -an hour later- his nail-cutter, his other pink handkerchief..."
Ezekiel has this vision of the world. A dystopia where he is
What keeps you a Monster?: Constantine's inability to judge right or wrong and his inability to make a decision for himself are the major contributing factors that keep him a monster. also, he is like the big brother of Sade so he likes doing these things.
Ramirez and Ezekiel are monsters. Ramirez's general agenda keeps him a monster whereas Ezekiel's way of going about things and his vision for the world keep a monster. Also, biology.
Notable experiences since then: "Since when?"
Opinion of Others: Ramirez
Vampires: "Blood sucking ugly, doofuses who don't understand that when I say, 'Nothing, babe,' I was actually thinking of nothing."
Werewolves: "Bullies. Why don't they pick someone their size? 'Cause they scared."
Demons: "My idiotic brothers and lovers."
Witches: Towards the younger witches, he is openly and unashamedly flirtatious, "Mm-Hmm, you got a fiiiinnneee arse." Once upon a time he used to say, "Your ass, my lap," but Ezekiel butted in with, "Don't crap." Ramirez has never been angrier.
When talking about the older witches, he likes to keep his opinions to himself, because he is scared. But of course, he will deny that, like the celebrity representative that he is.
Ezekiel: "That lard-ass..."
Abe: "Abe. That's a dumb name... Oh, you mean Mister Ebenezer. Right, right... no comments."
Ezekiel
Vampires: "Their perpetual lust for the red life-force excite me, tingles my very bones. Possess when I one, cured for his thirst he will be."
Werewolves: Ignored to some extent.
Demons: Ignored to some extent.
Witches: "Their lack of eternal beauty confounds me. Slaves of fetishes, with their warped mind and their appalling deformed bodies."
Ramirez: "That nefarious miscreant..."
Abe: "A being of infinite power, infinite evil, yet an old soul[sic]. When he dies, the world be poorer[sic] of changeable[sic] malleable[sic] evil."
Criminal Record: "Once, when boredom took over me, through his memories I went. No affairs with the police."
Etc:: "I'm sexy."
"Right, right. No one believes that."
"Your mom did, yesterday, when we did the deed." Smirks.
"So you're a necrophiliac? No wonder all the demons hate you. You can only do the
"I hate you."
Specialty: He is a jack of all trades, except in the field of computers and marksmanship. Computers and its applications go over all three 'heads' whereas his marksmanship is in the league Hrachya Petikyan, gold medalist at the 1992 Olympics.
The supernatural: Constantine was told about the existence of the supernatural beings by his dad. His father said, "Dear son, in times like these one must know about everything science can and cannot prove. There are beings out there, beings like us. Anybody could be one of them, like your friend James is." He then proceeded to tell Constantine about everything from Vampires Werewolves to Leprechauns and Godzilla. Unfortunately, his father does not know which were real and which weren't. ("Leprechauns are fo' realsies!")
His first encounter with supernatural being was the Angels and Demons incident. He knows a few things about them (a scared Ramirez was the culprit).
Ezekiel knows everything there is to know about these supernatural.
Social Standing: Being a man of religion and science, of kindness, of mercy, of love, he is loved by one and all. But it wasn't always like this.
When he was smaller, he was teased by the other child because they thought he was a retard. The elders thought he was some mute deaf freako. One night his father asked him how school went. He told his father, in a serious tone, how people called him names and laughed at him; not complaining, just informing.
Right then, Edward knew that Constantine would stick out like a sore thumb if manners and etiquette weren't taught to him. And so he did just that. From then, he seemed more friendly, instead the creepy look he had before. As he grew up, people accepted him even if they thought he was from some different planet. By the time he was asked to help in the church at the age of sixteen, he was a respected person.
Even strangers have been amazed at how nice he is to them. Once a woman came to him for help. Said her ex was troubling her. Some days later her ex apologized to her! While most other church members would have followed protocol and asked her to go to the police, he went and threatened, in a very nice calm sweet voice, the man. He said to the man, "Please do not trouble her." When the ex had some problems with agreeing, out came ("If the bad guys don't listen, right hook") a right hook. The man is now living a nice quiet life in Colorado (The woman does not know Constantine helped her. She just has one apology letter and an extra pound of fat from the chocolate box).
Social Stealth: Very few outside of his neighbors and Ebenezer's men know of him. And if they know him, they don't know him. If the authority gets to know how he disposes, there will be hell for him. Of course, they will find any proof, so let us not worry about that. Also, no one will believe him that there are three souls in his body, if he never decides to reveal that.
Strengths:
1) Ba-bang!: It has been told that no man can hit a target 20 meters away while both are running, unless he is Dirty Harry. While
Then came along Ezekiel, who had acquired his marksmanship skills from the four atrocious killer and that sniper. Now, when Ezekiel is controlling the boat, five or six go through the bull's eye (still not Dirty Harry enough).
2) Yoda: Constantine, never one to be distracted by stuff like playing outside, making friends, or partying, found himself with a lot of free time. "What now, father?" he asked after his training for the day had finished. Whiskey in his hand, television on, cigar in his mouth, said Edward, "Go read something."
So, Constantine read. From reading he realized that leaving the body behind would get him into trouble (Thank You crime fiction writers!). He knows a few thing about computers and medicine, enough to know why the computer has stopped working or why his dad is coughing up blood after every cigar.
Ezekiel and Ramirez, being old (200+ and 80+ years old, respectively), know a lot about supernaturals. They know how to anger a witch (lmao @ your fetish), how to keep werewolves away (dog whistles, pepper spray, axe to a bottle of Axe, etc), how to dance, etc. So, knowledge Constantine is surely (Constantine is not ready to believe that when his father said that vampires have no reflections on the mirror, he was wrong).
3) Mac Guffin?: Stemming from his habit of reading books, his training (which included a special course on how to act like a repairman) and the skill improvement that Ezekiel and Ramirez brought to the table, comes his ability to be the Jack of most trades. Though asking him to be the best repairman ever would not work because he didn't hours everyday for that, he can do fine enough job. Consider him Ezio Auditore (who is a fighter+rogue+archer+shooter+demo-man+free-running-enthusiast+playboy+tower-defense-master. Possibly an assassin too, though that is just a rumor).
4) Hannibal: No, not talking about how senseless Ramirez is. Talking about how death and gore has no effect on Constantine. Whether it was watching snuff films with his dad or the lack of most emotions normal people possess or his latent sadistic behavior, one would never know. You wouldn't see him turning away from a Saw movie or the likes; not even a blink.
5) Good or sad: Much for the same reasons as his de-sensitivity towards death and gore, he has no moral compass. It's not like he won't save someone from being mugged, but he only does his father says he should do, not because it is the right thing to do. And to, he waits for some time, enjoy the scene before running the attacker(s). But after Ramirez and Ezekiel possessed him, very rarely does Constantine bother to help anyone (Ramirez is scared he might into trouble, Ezekiel feels until the attacker knifes or shoot the victim, the crime is not crime enough).
Weakness:
1) I'm tired: Even with his increased abilities, his loyalty towards Ebenezer, his strengths, Constantine's body feels the stress. He may nearly as fit as he was some years ago, but he does not as much stamina. Before he was like a horse, fast and untiring. Now he is more like a Cheetah, faster but more tiring. Sooner or later, it will start to affect his abilities.
2) This is mine! No, this is mine!: Since there are three souls, it sets the stage for some infighting. Each souls wants complete control but none of them have. Sometimes Constantine may even phase out, like Cullen from The Last Stand, while the souls try to gain more ground. Has happened to him twice before, once during a mission. It does not last long, perhaps a few seconds but still. Even if all three souls want to live together, the souls subconsciously will still fight.
3) Ebenezer: Simply said, his complete loyalty towards Ebenezer can cause him troubles. If Ebenezer says, "If you kill yourself, god will be happy," that will be the end of Constantine.
4) Ramirez's distractions While right now he is not addicted to anything (except perhaps wearing new clothes), when he does get addicted be assured that problems will start. He might even manage to gain control of Constantine. He is like that weak ally that you used keep on your side because he can become a very dangerous enemy.
5) Right or wrong?: Not one of them knows what is right and what is wrong, sort of. For Constantine, if his father or Ebenezer said it is wrong or right, it is wrong or right, respectively. For Ramirez whatever he feels is right or wrong, is right or wrong for him. And for Ezekiel, right is wrong and wrong is right if it is wrong enough (it is complicated).
