Mike
Field Value Full Name Michael J. J. O’Reilly Alias Gender Male Age 22 World Earth (2418 AD/19 Years Post-War) Occupation Mercenary/Rebel Status Alive (revived) Role Participant Team Rockin Rosebuds Edition Crab 2 Creator
A good merc is always prepared!
Michael “Mike” O’Reilly is a participant of Crab 2, as member of Team Rockin Rosebuds. He is a cocky mercenary rebel who makes use of tech gadgets to secure his victory.
Appearance
Personality
Mike is initially very sarcastic and rude. He is very confident in his ability and skill and usually makes remarks and comments, for both friends and foes. He also suffers from “high-functioning” alcoholism and a compulsive hoarder. However, once you get to know him more, he’s not a bad person, just forced to put up walls due to circumstance. He’s very interested in the past, especially media and technology. He also enjoys writing and working out.
During /crab2/, he’s been quite polite and accommodating, but not without a few jabs here or there. He sees this mostly as a job, but mostly doesn’t mind the company he’s made. He is deeply untrusting of the cartoon-y characters (especially Berbie, Tammy Mato and Scrimblo), as well as being distrustful of Chadwick. He has some respect for the skill of his opponents for each round.
Powers and Abilities
Mike is a fit individual, with already high strength, stamina and dexterity, even before his futuristic enhancements. He’s fairly smart (though still susceptible to subtle emotional manipulation).
Mike (being a compulsive hoarder) carried a lot of pieces of extra equipment. His main weapons are a Modern American Hunter 2176 M76-Variable, a futuristic revolver that can be loaded in many different types of ammo. He usually carries either .45 ACP or .50 Action Express, though not much. He also has two plasma sabers, loaded with a limited amount of plasma fuel. Each saber is only about a foot and a half long, but they can be combined together for up to 3 feet of length. There are varying intensity settings, ranging from the cutting power of a steak knife to instantaneous slicing. For safety and energy efficiency, he usually keeps it at the lowest setting. He carries a multimedia console, which has calling features that somehow connect back to his future, as well as thousands of old movies, games and other things loaded onto the memory card. Besides just weaponry, he usually carries various miscellanea, such as improvized explosives, coins, cards and small things he managed to pickpocket.
Being from the future and also a combatant, he has several cybernetic enhancements. His most prominent cybernetics are his hands. The custom design, made by his best friend Ollie from scrap metal when they were young, is lightweight and dexterous, although slightly clunky due to the perfectly symmetrical and blocky design. Each hand has a retractable piece of wire with a small hook in the cap, allowing for long range retrieval. Each wire is laced with artificial diamonds, making them very durable. The small LED in the middle is a sort of mood sensor, where the color changes based on his mood, his current Life Stream form, or whatever manages to fit that current situation. Apart from his hands, he has a few minor enhancements. His eyes are artificial, replaced by extremely hi-definition cameras that can connect to his console, as well as a central microchip connected to his brain that controls his cybernetics. He also has enhancements in his ears that automatically lower the volume of sounds over a certain amount of decibels, as well as increasing the volume of quiet noises, effectively normalizing real life automatically. All these cybernetics leave him susceptible to powerful EMP disruption, though the microcomputer inside has some limited protection against it, rebooting within a few seconds.
His most notable skill is his mastery over the Life Stream. Discovered by a young doctor during the Energy Crisis of the early-mid 2100s, it harnesses the inherent energy of the world around the user, and manipulates it to their will at the cost of their own energy, essentially creating ethical, infinite energy. Each form has an element of nature they can control and some miscellaneous physical improvements, as well as a sense the user has to temporarily weaken in exchange. Breath of the Storm, for example, trades the ability of smell, taste and touch (feeling a crackling feeling across their extremities and across their face), in exchange for electricity manipulation and increased speed. Breath of the Earth requires the user to have their eyes closed for concentration, but in exchange grants increased toughness and control of nearby rock and metal. Breath of the Moon trades the ability to hear (only hearing the rushing waves of the ocean) in exchange for hydrokinesis, increased flexibility and increased speed in wounds healing. Breath of the Sun makes the user’s skin feel like it’s on fire, in exchange for strength and pyrokinesis. He’s most apprehensive about using Breath of the Sun, due to past trauma involving fire. He mostly sticks to Breath of the Storm, as it is easier for him to control with his cybernetics being configured in the way they are.
His most powerful supernatural ability is his Second Wind. An advanced form of Life Stream control gives him enhanced versions of all 4 styles at once, giving him incredible power, changing his sclera to black and his hair white. However, it is hard to trigger on command, usually requiring anger or a near-death experience for it to activate. As well, he’s much less risk-averse, making him prone to foolhardy mistakes and not really feeling the damage he’s taking damage until the form deactivates. He also cannot maintain this state for very long, and afterwards he’s usually extremely drained, and cannot use other Life Stream styles for a significant period of time.
Background
History
Round 1
Cannon Girl (won, entry) vs Mike (lost, entry) in Skating. Match page: C2 R1 - Cannon Girl vs Mike
In Mike’s reality, both prepared for competition and bantered. Cannon Girl however didn’t know how to skate and was a disaster, while Mike was flawless so he won.
In Cannon Girl’s canon reality, she was baffled the competition was not fighting, but being encouraged by Chuckson made her go. However, she still sucked at skating and only beat herself trying while Mike was flawless. Asking the GM to fix her board, she said she had one last trick - she sled using the skateboard and just punched Mike in the face, winning.
Round 2
Abigail and Mike (lost, entry, part 2) vs Bear and Dragon Lady (won, entry, part 2) in Swimsuit Competition. Match page: C2 R2 - Abigail and Mike vs Bear and Dragon Lady
In France, Bear and Mike became girls, Abby took the hat and Dragon Lady age shifted. Bear was the sexiest.
In Abby’s reality she was only wearing the hat and nothing else. Seeing the dragon opponent, Abby was baffled she was stuck in France. Mike appeared to help, being horny for the dragon. They modeled. Abby left to drink with Fernando and Janitor, and complained that everyone wanted to fuck Dragon Lady but that they were all losers anyways due to being stuck in France.
In Mike’s reality, the four reunited to model, with Mike thinking he would Dragon Lady. They all modeled, and the judges loved it, but the Gamemaster thought it was boring and told them to do a talent competition. As Abby and Mike discussed what talent to use (considering guitar) Bear who had drunk all potions turned into a giant bear and had a kaiju battle with Dragon Lady. As Mike and Abby prepared to play their music, the fight of their opponents created a massive wave about to sweep them off.
In Bear’s canon reality, they modeled, but no one was impressed at Bear. Bear was salty at that and when Dragon Lady emerged stopped things, accusing Abby and Mike of cheating, though he had no proof to show but his vacation pictures. The jury was convinced, but then it was revealed Bear was just dreaming of this drunk at the bar where Balkari and Carolyn were having their drinking competition. Bear was already late for his round so they decided to just spend the day drinking.
In Dragon Lady’s canon reality, everyone gathered at the beach, with DL arriving last and drinking the potion which gave her tail spikes. Abby mocked her for being naked, but the three decided to go shopping to find her a swimsuit, which DL bought first. They returned to compete. Mike had a sporty swimsuit, Abby a red one which didn’t fit with the wizard hat, Bear was naked, Dragon Lady one made of bird feathers which made Berbie mad. On Round 2 Mike wore a futuristic one, Bear was topless, Abby a black sexy one which Wietse didn’t like. Dragon Lady had a cow print bikini and Bear told her to jump and say moo. For the final round Mike had another futuristic one, Abby was put on a full wizard outfit by the GM, and Bear finally had a full bikini. Dragon Lady had a pagan bone bikini, which included the skull of Wietse’s father. Despite the horror, she won, with Abby and Mike second by one point and Bear last with two and a third points. The girls spent the rest of the day having fun at the beach together.
Round 3
Senna (won, entry) vs Mike (lost, entry). Match page: C2 R3 - Senna vs Mike
In Mike’s reality, Mike goes into the round confident, fighting his opponent Senna. After making some small talk, the two begin with a hail of bullets. Mike manages to aim his bullets to clash with the others, but since his gun only has 6 rounds, he needs to reload and dodge at the same time. After each of them land a shot, Mike decides that “guns are so impersonal” and begins CQC with his plasma sabers. Due to the intense pain, Senna begins to lose control and gives in to her more powerful demonic side, eventually overpowering Mike. After being knocked down, and with some hallucinogenic encouragement from his friends, former opponents and teammates, he gains his Second Wind and immediately begins to clown on Senna. After enough taunting, Senna decides to use her last resort, a black hole vial. The two quickly hang on to opposite sides of the arena, before Mike decides to stupidly see if he can kill Senna in one hit and win before the black hole can take him. He manages to succeed before the form runs out, and Senna, being reduced to just a head, is knocked out via ring out.
In Senna’s canon reality, they started firing at each other, with him headshotting her. However she just transformed and started chasing at him. Senna however was merely using the fight for a chance, the moment she realized the Gamemaster was sleeping, her skeleton burst out and created a blackhole in front of the Gamemaster, with her laughing mad… However, the Gamemaster was alive and had merely awoken with that. Senna was launched off the arena and disqualified then.
After Crab 2
After being juiced, it is confirmed that Chadwick brought Mike back. After losing another family back home, as well as several of his teammates, Mike is fully detached from reality. Mike maintains a shaky form of Second Wind at most time, having facial hair grown in and messy. His hair has grown much longer, and he rarely sleeps for more than a few hours at a time.
He’s had two kids in the Bucket so far, twin daughters Evie and Hellen, though his interactions with them have been limited due to his own disassociation from life.
Relationships
Life Within CRAB
He used Paulus’s scarf at some point.
Mike got along with his team.
Gallery
Gallery
Trivia
- Mike is bisexual. In the past in his world, he has dated both men and women, and currently has a girlfriend at home. The Crabs he is most interested in dating are Carolyn, Abby, Senna and Jed, but he’ll never be very true to his feelings here due to his feelings for his girlfriend back home.
- Mike does know about most “modern” 2000s-2020s media properties, though this has given him some misconceptions about people in the past.
- Over the course of CRAB, he has had a few organs replaced by Soil Repair Unit, usually unwillingly.
- Besides just his girlfriend Mei, he has two children from even further in the future who come back to his time to keep him safe. In post-crab, he has two kids with Abby, though he is distant with them.
Source
Text: CRAB WIKI, Mike (revision 2541, 2026-05-30; by ArkAngal, Tootsie-Anon, Fresbi)
Pictures: Mikemk2profile.png, uploaded to the wiki by Tootsie-Anon
Edited by: G
Licence: text CC BY-SA 4.0; characters, comics and art belong to their creators
