Marcus Langston

Agent Marcus is an Agent in the Department of Floaters. He is written by KGarrett.

Appearance
(This is a more detailed version of the appearance found in Marcus' permission bio, found here. It has still been trimmed down from the original, which simply had too much information, and probably would've made the page obscenely long. It can be found here, for those who are curious or just want more detail.)

Marcus appears to be about average size, at 6'1 and 193 pounds. Not obviously muscular with his clothes on, Marcus is still fit-looking and toned, with corded muscles and something of a six-pack visible. Having more of an athletic build than that of a bodybuilder, he actually looks a bit thin if you look at him right, belying the strength he actually possesses. Understandably, he has some battle scars on him, but even the most notable of his scars have faded with time. Being fair-skinned, he doesn't tan very well, but he isn't too pale, and definitely not appearing sickly. Barring some stubble on the chin, he keeps his face clean-shaven, and his features are strong in appearance.

His jawline is slightly squared, giving his face a solid look, and he has high cheekbones. His nose, of medium size and neither crooked nor broken, doesn't draw any attention. His eyes are a little smaller than average, and they are a dark green colour. His short brown hair, only going down to mid-neck in the back, is slicked back. Like his hair, his eyebrows are brown, bushy but not too much so, a bit high up and arching a little. He has a nice smile on the rare occasions he shows it, but not perfect.

Marcus has no tattoos or piercings. His uniform is a black jumpsuit similar but not identical to Solid Snake's sneaking suit circa the second Metal Gear Solid game, modified to give the maximum range of movement without being so skintight, the flashpatch proudly displayed over Marcus' heart.

Personality
While often giving the impression of being tired and unflappable, he is bitingly sarcastic and very much flappable, merely being slow to anger and capable of quite a good bit of patience. Instead of becoming shellshocked, his experience has actually made him very confident in his abilities, if careful. While just as capable of hot-blooded insanity as any other agent, he prefers a more calculating and deliberate front, though not entirely detached from his work (total detachment is just as dangerous as being too attached, he figures). Still a little bitter about the suspension, he becomes noticeably irritable if it's brought up, if he doesn't just leave the conversation immediately. He can be a bit of a playboy sometimes, and when the mood strikes him often flirts with any female agents (or just females in general) that strike his fancy at the moment.

Summary of History in PPC
Marcus was recruited in 1992, after drunkenly stumbling through a plothole to HQ and waking up in Medical the next day. After his hangover wore off, he was given basic agent training and assigned to the Department of Mary Sues. Since then he has gone through many more partners and been assigned and reassigned to at least a few of the Action Departments. The exact number of missions he has had, and any but the scarcest details of them, are unknown. Over the years, the records of these missions were eventually lost. Having joined the PPC right at the start of the Mysterious Somebody's reign, he has been present for a good number of important events in PPC history, though it isn't known if he had any run-ins with the DIS prior to the Reorganisation. It may be implied that he had an encounter with Mkellin at one point, but that is just speculation at the moment since he was referring to the DIS as a whole, not just him. At the moment, any connections he has had to them aside from fighting in the Reorganisation and Crashing Down incidents are unknown, and may very well stay that way. Marcus' tendency to try to fly under the radar means that there is currently no information available.

In mid-late 2007, Marcus took part in a mission that went horribly awry. The results of this mission resulted in a disciplinary hearing, and Marcus' status as a PPC agent was eventually suspended. While allowed to live in the New Caledonia city, as far as the PPC was concerned he wasn't an agent at the time. It wasn't until some months after the macrovirus epidemic and 2008 Mary Sue Invasion that the case started to be looked over again, and near the end of 2008 the decision was overturned, reinstating Marcus as an agent. He is currently partnered with Agent Zodfang, a relatively experienced agent but still rather green (pun not intended).

Mission Logs
Marcus' mission logs can be found here.