User blog comment:Viper 121/Viper, the RP Character!/@comment-2037710-20130925070055/@comment-5299683-20130925180215

No, White Rabbit and White Claudia are two different drugs. White Claudia is just a reference to Silent Hill. It was the drug the cultists were peddling around town. If Viper was shooting up on something that turns people into god-like entities, he would've morphed into this a long time ago:



Promestein:  Never mind that! Where did you even get White Rabbit?!


 * Promestein, Lucia, and La Place all glare at La Croix.

La Croix:  I was short on cash last month, okay?!

Seriously though, Viper buying his Claudia off of La Croix and Promestein does make for an interesting development...

Viper is a little short on active skills. And that's the idea. But hey, with all the places he can shoot a monster, he still has as many options as Luka has cursed sword skills. His "spirits" are also meant to be watered down versions of Luka's. But keep in mind, he's not done levelling up, either. Who's to say he won't be able to shoot out the legs on a four-legged monster one day? Or shoot out all the tentacles on a scylla? Maybe his second wind he gets from his spirits will give him back more hit points as he levels up, or they'll let him shoot and reload in one round. Or what happens when he gets a second gun?? That's a second turn, right there.

Really, this is just a portrait of a guy halfway through his journey. He's come a long way from being a crackhead in an alley, but has lots of room to grow. By the time he's ready to face off Black Alice, he'd be leveled up to the point where's like Robert Patrick from "Gangster Squad". Besides, come on. Woudln't it be a little strange if he went from basically being junkie mugger to being able to launch a one-man-war in that quickly?

Oh, and I went back and added the identity to the friendly priestess who saved Viper's bacon the first time. You may've guessed who she was, but now it's official.