OOC Discussion

[Sagitarius]

[QUOTE="too much idea]What about... A limit on how many metallic objects he could control. The bigger and the heavier, the fewer.

[/QUOTE]
good one! Good one! I'll add that to the list. Would that be considered a major weakness? @3@

 

[philocaly]

S-So guys guys please help me come up with a weakness for this nerd Q_Q idk why i cant come up with one AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH IM STUCK

A limit for the magnetism maybe? How about not being able to use it for more than say... A few minutes before exhausting himself completely? It sounds generic, but maybe it'll work.


(I am totally not thinking for making him and Seiko friends... Ahem ahem...)

 

[yoikes]

good one! Good one! I'll add that to the list. Would that be considered a major weakness? @3@

Yeah. And maybe you also want to limit his power over 'small number of projectiles'. Like, maybe he cannot stop a large number of bullets directed at him.

 

[TheDox]

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[Sagitarius]

Weaknesses

Ben's power relies on two things: On, one, the metal things around him and two, on the three metal spheres he keeps in his pocket. If he is ripped away from those two things, the young man is pretty much useless. I mean, yeah he is left with his electric ability, but that makes him go blinder and blinder the more that he uses it. So it's pretty much a no no. His magnetism also has a limit: the heavier the object, the more strain it puts on his body. For every object that his power controls, the young man has to individually concentrate on it, so it takes quite a lot of mental energy that can definitely exhaust him. Also, his magnetic shields are rather weak and he can only hold them for about two minutes without anything crashing into it. Meaning, if he has a bunch of bullets fired at him, he'll only be able to hold the shield for 10 seconds or less.

How does that sound? D;​

@Chibii

 

[yoikes]

Weaknesses

Ben's power relies on two things: On, one, the metal things around him and two, on the three metal spheres he keeps in his pocket. If he is ripped away from those two things, the young man is pretty much useless. I mean, yeah he is left with his electric ability, but that makes him go blinder and blinder the more that he uses it. So it's pretty much a no no. His magnetism also has a limit: the heavier the object, the more strain it puts on his body. For every object that his power controls, the young man has to individually concentrate on it, so it takes quite a lot of mental energy that can definitely exhaust him. Also, his magnetic shields are rather weak and he can only hold them for about two minutes without anything crashing into it. Meaning, if he has a bunch of bullets fired at him, he'll only be able to hold the shield for 10 seconds or less.

How does that sound? D;​

@Chibii

Much better, in my opinion

 

[philocaly]

Weaknesses

Ben's power relies on two things: On, one, the metal things around him and two, on the three metal spheres he keeps in his pocket. If he is ripped away from those two things, the young man is pretty much useless. I mean, yeah he is left with his electric ability, but that makes him go blinder and blinder the more that he uses it. So it's pretty much a no no. His magnetism also has a limit: the heavier the object, the more strain it puts on his body. For every object that his power controls, the young man has to individually concentrate on it, so it takes quite a lot of mental energy that can definitely exhaust him. Also, his magnetic shields are rather weak and he can only hold them for about two minutes without anything crashing into it. Meaning, if he has a bunch of bullets fired at him, he'll only be able to hold the shield for 10 seconds or less.

How does that sound? D;​

@Chibii

Sounds awesome!

 

[Dano]

@Sagitarius - I guess I'm a bit confused, what exactly do the metal spheres have to do with his power? Unless its just another source of metal (similar to Magneto)?


One weakness that you might consider would be the shields themselves. Rather than the strength of the shield, it could cause metal objects that you are avoiding (ie bullets) would cause them to bounce off in uncontrollable directions (similar to how identical polar magnets react) and be potentially hazardous for surrounding allies.


Just a thought

 

[Sagitarius]

@Sagitarius - I guess I'm a bit confused, what exactly do the metal spheres have to do with his power? Unless its just another source of metal (similar to Magneto)?
One weakness that you might consider would be the shields themselves. Rather than the strength of the shield, it could cause metal objects that you are avoiding (ie bullets) would cause them to bounce off in uncontrollable directions (similar to how identical polar magnets react) and be potentially hazardous for surrounding allies.


Just a thought

I think people are reading too much into the spheres hahaha. They are like Literally 3 little metal balls that he keeps in his pockets incase he needs to use them as weapons. They are the spheres he 'stole' from his grandfather's shelf when he was a kid. They look like this

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He can make them float and fire them at his enemies like little bullets. Idk if im making sense (/v\) but what you said about things bouncing off his shield is great! I'll add that too

 

[Dano]

He can make them float and fire them at his enemies like little bullets. Idk if im making sense (/v\) but what you said about things bouncing off his shield is great! I'll add that too

so.... spheres simply = ball bearings

 

[Sagitarius]

so.... spheres simply = ball bearings

Mhm

 

[Rida]

I plan to spend the day laboring over a CS (finally!), but before I do so, I would love an opinion on the ability I had in mind: Emotional Manipulation. Quite self-explanatory, it is the ability to manipulate the emotions of others, weakening their mental strength and, if powerful enough, possibly leading to fatal occurrences (brain hemorrhage, cardiac arrest, etc). Limitations would include a certain duration of time in which said emotions can be manipulated, the necessity of either eye or physical contact for the power to work, and a heavy mental/emotional strain (strong emotional backlash, per se). My main concern is whether this borders on mind control, something I hear is a big no-no in this roleplay.


@Sagitarius


Have you considered the effect too much metal might have on your character? As in, a way someone could use a magnet against him?

 

[Sagitarius]

I plan to spend the day laboring over a CS (finally!), but before I do so, I would love an opinion on the ability I had in mind: Emotional Manipulation. Quite self-explanatory, it is the ability to manipulate the emotions of others, weakening their mental strength and, if powerful enough, possibly leading to fatal occurrences (brain hemorrhage, cardiac arrest, etc). Limitations would include a certain duration of time in which said emotions can be manipulated, the necessity of either eye or physical contact for the power to work, and a heavy mental/emotional strain (strong emotional backlash, per se). My main concern is whether this borders on mind control, something I hear is a big no-no in this roleplay.
@Sagitarius


Have you considered the effect too much metal might have on your character? As in, a way someone could use a magnet against him?

What do you mean? explain plz


Btw the emotion thing sounds awesome

 

[IG42]

What do you mean? explain plz
Btw the emotion thing sounds awesome

 

[Swoob]

I plan to spend the day laboring over a CS (finally!), but before I do so, I would love an opinion on the ability I had in mind: Emotional Manipulation. Quite self-explanatory, it is the ability to manipulate the emotions of others, weakening their mental strength and, if powerful enough, possibly leading to fatal occurrences (brain hemorrhage, cardiac arrest, etc). Limitations would include a certain duration of time in which said emotions can be manipulated, the necessity of either eye or physical contact for the power to work, and a heavy mental/emotional strain (strong emotional backlash, per se). My main concern is whether this borders on mind control, something I hear is a big no-no in this roleplay.

Not to be harsh, but I'm just going to say it's not going to work. I've run into this kind of power a lot, and it relies almost entirely on how the other person rps it out. It's a cool power, but in a roleplay setting with multiple writers collaborating, it doesn't work unfortunately :<

 

[philocaly]

I plan to spend the day laboring over a CS (finally!), but before I do so, I would love an opinion on the ability I had in mind: Emotional Manipulation. Quite self-explanatory, it is the ability to manipulate the emotions of others, weakening their mental strength and, if powerful enough, possibly leading to fatal occurrences (brain hemorrhage, cardiac arrest, etc). Limitations would include a certain duration of time in which said emotions can be manipulated, the necessity of either eye or physical contact for the power to work, and a heavy mental/emotional strain (strong emotional backlash, per se). My main concern is whether this borders on mind control, something I hear is a big no-no in this roleplay.
@Sagitarius


Have you considered the effect too much metal might have on your character? As in, a way someone could use a magnet against him?

To me, this seems a little over powered as you did say that there might be a small chance of character death. And it is sorta bordering mind control, which is... Over powered.

 

[Father Gigantor]

Holy fucking shit it's late


JOH, HA-EUN

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• Full Name	Joh Ha-Eun(조하은)
  Codename	N/A
  Gender	Female
  Age	20
  Rank	B
  Role	Student
  Subject	N/A

  Race	Asian (Korean)
  Eyes	Dark Brown
  Hair	Chestnut Brown (Dark Brown when she can’t be bothered)
  Height	5’9 (1.74m)
  Build	Moderately curvy, god help you if you use any other terminology for it.
  Limiter	Level 2, Inactive when not handling certain equipment or items
  Notes	---

• Heroism Meter
  
  
  

  Less Heroic	Points	More Heroic	Total	Description
  Flighty	▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮​	Courageous	07	Do they have a pair of steel, or do they prefer to exit before chaos strikes?
  Selfish	▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮​	Altruistic	05	Are they motivated to help others, or do they help themselves first?
  Chaotic	▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮​	Orderly	02	Are laws and regulations "suggestions", or written in stone?
  Cruel	▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮​	Kind	09	Are they genuinely nice to people, or do they enjoy causing distress?
  Reactionary	▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮​	Proactive	10	Are they content to watch events unfold, or do they jump in and guide things?

  
  
  Personality
  
  
  +Amicable
  
  
  We’ve all met that one guy in our lives, a person so profoundly welcoming and chummy they begin to toe the thin line between ‘overtly comfortable’ and ‘severe mental illness’. Eun is one such person, quick to open up and often overly affectionate, it takes quite the effort to ignore her cheery disposition for long, and those that seek it will find a steadfast companion in her quite quickly.
  
  
  Lackadaisical
  
  
  Perhaps befitting someone with powers such as her own, Eun is very even-tempered and spacy in everyday life, floating around wherever her legs decide to carry her on that particular day. There isn’t much one can do to phase her most of the time, and she rarely instigates anything, preferring to lay back and wait for things to unfold before taking action.
  
  
  Observant
  
  
  Despite her leisurely and seemingly oblivious nature, Eun is a very perceptive individual. Reading moods and picking up on subtle cues is almost second nature for her, though more often than not she just chooses to ignore them.
  
  
  -Obstinate
  
  
  Though she’s slow to take an absolute stance on things, once Eun has set her mind on something, there’s almost nothing that can be done to change it. Be it an opinion on someone, or the intent to take a certain course of action, right or wrong, nothing short of a dozen silver tongues will dissuade her.
  
  
  History
  
  
  Born in Seoul to a less than stable couple, Eun’s biological mother walked out on her and her father shortly after her birth due to financial issues. Eun also suspects that she might have been bangning five other dudes on the side before that, but Eun’s father has neither confirmed nor denied that fact.
  
  
  At the age of six, Eun and her Father migrated to England, in order to pursue a very cushy sounding job offer. He later remarried a few years after and days went by mostly uneventfully beyond that.
  
  
  Eun displayed signs of her powers since a very early age, though much more subtly at first, with things like the TV malfunctioning ever so slightly whenever she changed channels and her crayon sets dulling alarmingly fast. Her father was particularly vexed when he found that physical punishment for his daughter’s misdeeds usually resulted in her simply just stumbling forward awkwardly, or burping up her afternoon lunch.
  
  
  Eun found herself with the Aegis application placed in her hands by her worried parents shortly after an incident where she fell from the sixth storey of a building trying to stop a stray cat from venturing too far out onto a windowsill. Paramedics who arrived on the scene later found the girl none the worse for wear later, but bawling her eyes out over a pulverised feline corpse.
  
  
  So yeah, that’s how she ended up here, both to get to the bottom of her mysterious resistance to harm, and as well to safeguard her from further, likely self-induced harm.
  
  
  
• Joh Byeong-Cheol
  
  
  Ha-Eun’s formerly single father, currently living and working in Birmingham. A very doting parent and husband, he consistently finds new ways to embarrass his family in public, Eun being Eun however, rarely ever minds.
  
  
  Constance Joh (nee Xue)
  
  
  Eun’s stepmother, an English-born Chinese woman who married her father a few years after their arrival in England. She likes to think of herself as the only ‘sane’ one in their oddball family, but that’s often far from the case. She’s a sucker for trashy romance plots and low budget action movies.
  
  
  Christopher Joh
  
  
  Eun’s 15 year old stepbrother and partner in crime, the exuberant and imaginative Christopher bonded with his new sister almost instantaneously upon meeting one another. Eun is often complicit in her brother’s mischievous schemes and is more than happy to play along with his various flights of fantasy.
  
  
  

• Ability	Points	Total	Description
  Health:	▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮​	04	The ability to resist illness and recover quickly from injuries, overall health.
  Strength	▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮​	04	Physical strength, the ability to strike hard, lift heavy objects, and so on.
  Toughness	▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮​	06	Endurance and stamina, the ability to take a hit and still keep going.
  Agility	▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮​	02	Speed, dexterity, nimbleness - agility is the ability to move quickly.
  Intelligence	▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮​	02	Not book smarts, but the ability to perceive and retain lots of information.
  Willpower	▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮​	02	Strength of mind, the ability to stay focused and determined.

  
  
  Blunt
  
  
  Eun’s body possesses a very peculiar sort of energy field surrounding own body at all time, scientists haven’t been able to
  
  
  discern just what sort of energy it is, be it psionic, arcane or spiritual in nature. All that’s known about it is it’s persistent effects.
  
  
  The field quite simply, forces all forms of energy and forces that directly impact Eun’s body to spread its area of effect evenly over a spread area, dampening its effects and ‘blunting’ the energies, so to speak. In simpler terms, if needle pricked Eun, the effects of the field would spread out the energy contact point, making it more akin to a finger tap.
  
  
  The field affects Eun at all times, as well as whatever she touches for indefinite durations. Her limiter suppresses the effects to only affect her when it is turned on.
  
  
  Secondary powers
  
  
  Biological effects:
  
  
  Blunt affects all forms of energy and force affecting Eun, this includes Eun’s own body which has a significant impact on her biological performance. With the even distribution of energy, Eun’s body can basically operate at optimal capacity, with her physical attributes reaching very borderline superhuman levels.
  
  
  Due to that very same even distribution however, Eun’s body takes longer to start up and kick into high gear than normal human bodies. Adrenaline and other performance affecting substances, be they natural or artificial, also has a reduced effect on her, with her performance simply linearly increasing over a longer period of time, as compared to the sudden high normal humans receive.
  
  
  It’s speculated that Blunt has had an effect on Eun’s temperament, and could possibly affect those near her as well, but there’s been no evidence to support the claim.
  
  
  Weaknesses
  
  
  Lack of control
  
  
  Without a limiter, Eun finds it extremely difficult to interact with any devices powered by any form of force or energy. Electronics more often than not, perform poorly if at all, simple mechanical devices can function more inefficiently, and sharp objects are all but worthless when used by her. Even with a limiter, Blunt also affects her body 24/7 as well, meaning she’s stuck with all of its downsides all the time.
  
  
  Lack of utility
  
  
  Blunt in its current state, is a very niche power with practically no uses in everyday situations outside of protecting Eun from harm and boosting her physical performance. There are very specific situations where her power proves useful, but these are far and few between.
  
  
  Reactivity
  
  
  One thing that separates Eun’s ability from those of her peers is the almost complete lack of initiative she can take in its usage outside of sharing Blunt’s effects with those she touches. Whereas others can use their powers in a multitude of ways at their behest, Eun can do nothing of the sort. Her power is really more akin to a unique phenomenon constantly affecting her and those in close proximity. All of the benefits one can draw from it or downsides it introduces are simply tertiary effects of Blunt.
  
  
  
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[Sunbather]

@welian edited another drawback into the character sheet c:


HELLO!


Arcadia Caulfield

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• Full Name	Arcadia "Cada" Caulfield
  Codename	Life
  Gender	Female / Non-binary
  Age	25
  Rank	A
  Role	Student, cyber-security intern
  Subject	N/A

  Race	Caucasian
  Eyes	Green
  Hair	Black
  Height	5'6"
  Build	Slightly tone/muscular, curvy.
  Limiter	Level 3, newly activated
  Notes	Garish blue eyeshadow

• Heroism Meter
  
  
  

  Less Heroic	Points	More Heroic	Total	Description

  Flighty
  ▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮​	Courageous	01	Do they have a pair of steel, or do they prefer to exit before chaos strikes?
  Selfish
  ▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮​	Altruistic	06	Are they motivated to help others, or do they help themselves first?
  Chaotic
  ▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮​	Orderly	01	Are laws and regulations "suggestions", or written in stone?
  Cruel
  ▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮​	Kind	05	Are they genuinely nice to people, or do they enjoy causing distress?
  Reactionary
  ▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮​	Proactive	06	Are they content to watch events unfold, or do they jump in and guide things?

  
  
  Personality
  
  
  Vigilant: - Cada is a very alert personality. While she tends to be on edge about most things coming her way, it gives her an excellent overview of most of her surroundings and protects her from running into trouble most of the time. Additionally, she tends to have a good grasp on scenarios and people alike, making proper judgements on instinct.
  
  
  Cunning: - Both thievishly as well as academically sound, Arcadia is a clever chick who knows what she wants and how to get it. Well, or at least how to get it. The what is often a matter of much debate, as she's kind of indecisive and infuriatingly stubborn, and so it comes as no surprise that these two traits can cause a great deal of trouble when it comes to making choices. Nevertheless, there are few people who can outsmart or fool her, and even those are relentlessly talked down thanks to Cada's explosive pride.
  
  
  Irrelevant and unpunctuated: - But so imagine if you will a book and you come into this section where a character lets call him Tiny Tim appears and so Tiny Tim somehow manages to, with occassionaly adherence to the rules of punctuation, fill two or three pages straight with just one sentence and you frantically search for a dot, just something so you can finally have the relief of knowing the sentence will end EVENTUALLY but so he blabbers on and on and a lot of it just going back to previous points so he can specify what he meant in greater detail and so but not like because anyone cares but just because it seems really essentialy to him to explain the delicacies of banana peels on train rails but so he just kinda talks and it becomes monotone and it is as mundane and trivial as can be and that is basically Arcadia because despite being insanely lazy she really has a knack for just blabbering on and on because somehow this energy is consciously spent and it's relieving and revitalizing and so but nobody else really listens intently after a certain amount of time and...
  
  
  Vaguely Ethical: - Being a thief means to be a criminal. But being a criminal does not mean to be unethical. Cada simply doesn't feel there's much harm done siphoning off a little bit of cash here and there from some well off corporation or uber wealthy business dudeski for herself. And the truth is, there probably isn't. Still, Cada has a limited appreciation for laws and guidelines and for adhering by them.
  
  
  Pessimistic: - It probably sucks. Arcadia isn't "emo" nor depressed. She is just a flaming pessimist, convinced most things are pretty shitty or, at best, just unnecessary and boring. Aside from valuing her personal freedom, a huge part of dodging attendance prior to her recent capture was that she was thoroughly convinced these classes would be a monotone nightmare, conceived by academic lucifers.
  
  
  History - Arcadia Caulfield was raised as the only daughter of a pair of helplessly idealistic hippies. Whereas they blabbered on about the greatness of life and the benevolence of all beings, Arcadia grew up kind of a loner and in deep hatred of her FUCKING FANSERVICE BULLSHIT NAME LIKE WHAT THE... Anyways, Arcadia was never very enjoyable to be around, though she cared little enough about most things and offered enough sharp verbal shots to amass a couple of friends here and there that out like to hang out with the amateurishly geschminkte¹ girl.
  
  
  From elementary school all the way through college, Cada was urged to be tested for any mental conditions. The good-vibe-doode-all-is-good parenting probably ached at the thought of an unfounded negative attitude in the child, but from kid to young adult, Cada never tested positive for any conditions associated with depression or mood swings. On the contrary - Arcadia is a stable and self-assured personality. She just kind of hates most things.
  
  
  Ever since dropping out of college (philosophy major) (Yeah, it's dumb! There's no realistic chance of being employed with this shit. I know! But it was fun! You know how rare that is, fun? Philosophy and Chinese takeout = A+) Arcadia considered to begin a new major: Computer science. She had found out about five years prior that she had insane abilities. They just kind of annoyed her. Everyone who somehow got into the know eventually pestered her into fixing their porn-loaded ASUS laptops. And so with the addition of dealing with strings of code being kind of unpleasant, Arcadia waved a huge middle finger to her abilities and never saw much use in them until the study was right in front of her nouse. But so it came that she quickly noticed there were much more practical matters, like getting free stuff from a snack vendor. And from there on out, things spiraled into bigger coups, paying her rent and wardrope and takeout food. Accordingly, it didn't take long for her to attract attention - Attention of authorities. Soon, she was a hunted criminal, dematerializing in dire situation and literally crowdsurfing from smartphone to smartphone, escaping over and over again.
  
  
  This year, however, an electric outage slowed her down to an extent she could not have possibly anticipated, and so the feds confiscated the tablet she was stuck in, and hauled her butt in front of a judge. After being evaluated as unaccountable, for shitty hippy parents but mostly because she was never enrolled and taught how to be moderate and responsible, her punishment consisted of mandatory, state-watched attendance of the Aegis facility, the continued usage of a limiter (her abilities have cause massive problems with stock markets, and as such, with precious cash in danger, her threat level was hiiiiiiiiigher than her parents ever were) and philanthropic work in the facility's IT department.
  
  
  ¹ The state of having make up on, similar to made-up.
• Family
  
  Best Friend:
  
  
  - Dan: Man, fuck Dan. Everybody hates Dan. But somehow they get along well enough and chill, and like eat gross takeout food in a sloppily comradery like nobody else does.
  
  
  - Snowhite: Snow is a terrible hipster and a food-instagramming goof, but Arcadia is kind of cool with her because they both share the burden of a ridiculous name. Also they both tend to get other people around them to say Snow and Cada instead of their proper names, which helps MAJORLY!
  
  
  Parents:
  
  
  - Technically their names are Paul and Esther, but they are like way too 9-5, so they usually go by Romano and Stilla (like Spanish "Stiya) but really most people call them Pee and Stink, cause their dreadlocks look filthy already and they look even filthier when you smell them. But then if you smell them for long enough they might develop some floral appeal.
  
  
  Facility 108 Staff
  
  Fuck them all to hell.
  
  
  Classmates
  
  Ditto.

• Ability	Points	Total	Description

• Health:
  ▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮​	02	The ability to resist illness and recover quickly from injuries, overall health.
  Strength
  ▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮​	02	Physical strength, the ability to strike hard, lift heavy objects, and so on.
  Toughness
  ▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮​	02	Endurance and stamina, the ability to take a hit and still keep going.
  Agility
  ▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮​	03	Speed, dexterity, nimbleness - agility is the ability to move quickly.
  Intelligence
  ▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮​	08	Not book smarts, but the ability to perceive and retain lots of information.
  Willpower
  ▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮​	06	Strength of mind, the ability to stay focused and determined.

  
  
  Primary Power
  
  
  Cyberfy - Nikki has the ability to digitalize herself completely, essentially becoming an avatar. The ability will remove her from the physical world to the exact degree she chooses, and can range from leaving her body behind but mentally become integrated into machinery, or dematerialize completely.
  
  
  Secondary powers
  
  
  rootkit - Once integrated into an electronic device, Nikki can interfere with the processes running on it. Ranging from the simple procedures of an espresso machine to directly heckling Java or any other complicated code. No string of 1s and 0s is safe from her trickery.
  
  
  Deadpool™ - Considering that you are using a computer (or some shitty knock-off brand laptop, or maybe an overpriced Macbook) you are totally not safe. You're also not safe from Nikki's 4th wall shattering traits. #dealwiddit.
  
  
  Weaknesses
  
  
  Nikki can be shut down by disconnecting her destination appropriately. Should she swap devices and one were to completely unplug said device with precise timing, there would be no possible way to escape the host device, except for physical remanifastation. As such, when persued, whoever chases her needs to know only of her intentions. Then she'll either have become trapped inside the device she broke into, or has to pop up right in front of whoever trapped her.
  
  
  If a program becomes corrupted or a static process is dysfunctional (in say a microwave) it can hinder and/or completely prevent Nikki's influence and control, and actually present a danger to her state of mind.
  
  
  While she has never actively tested out the range of her ability, lack of devices, plugs or other access points, her ability essentially becomes void. Intentionally leading her away from a suitable environment to undermine her abilities can slide by her easily and then catch her off-guard.
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[RemainingQuestions]

De Klerk, Denzil

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• Full Name	Denzil De Klerk
  Codename	N/A
  Gender	Male
  Age	28
  Rank	C
  Role	Teacher
  Subject	Political Powers

  Race	American (Dutch)
  Eyes	Brown
  Hair	Brown, in dreads
  Height	6'1"
  Build	Muscular
  Limiter	Level 1, inactive
  Notes	Always has a flower in his hair.

• Heroism Meter
  
  
  

  Less Heroic	Points	More Heroic	Total	Description
  Flighty	?????????​	Courageous	06	Do they have a pair of steel, or do they prefer to exit before chaos strikes?
  Selfish	?????????​	Altruistic	07	Are they motivated to help others, or do they help themselves first?
  Chaotic	?????????​	Orderly	01	Are laws and regulations "suggestions", or written in stone?
  Cruel	?????????​	Kind	08	Are they genuinely nice to people, or do they enjoy causing distress?
  Reactionary	?????????​	Proactive	03	Are they content to watch events unfold, or do they jump in and guide things?

  
  
  Personality
  
  
  Kind-Hearted. Denzil has a large heart, and he genuinly cares about most people, some would even say that he would give a supervillain a second chance.
  
  
  Forgetful. Denzil tends to forget things, not out of malice, but because he simply didn't remember. It seems like he is perpetually late, or if he is on time, he forgot something.
  
  
  Trust-worthy. If you tell Denzil a secret, he will keep it to the grave, no matter what. That doesn't mean he doesn't do anything with it though, he is likely to try to find some sort of solution without telling the people he's asking why he's asking, or he will try to solve it with whomever told him the secret.
  
  
  Down to earth. Denzil is very realistic in his view of the world. While he wants to give everyone second and third and even seventh chances, he knows that some people never change. His dreams aren't as big as world peace, but more along the lines of 'get everyone in my class to pass.'
  
  
  History
  
  
  Denzil grew up in a loving family, with one significantly older brother. Even as a kid, before his powers manifested, Denzil loved to help his mother garden, because of this, they still have a very strong bond. His father emigrated to America from The Netherlands, and taught Denzil and his older brother Dutch, and while he has a slight accent, he can speak fluent Dutch. When his powers manifested, it didn't come as a large suprise to his parents, as they saw the signs early on. His brother, who had moved out at that point, was more suprised, and frankly scared that his baby brother suddenly had a lot more power than he would ever have. Shortly thereafter his brother joined the army, and Denzil fell completely out of contact with him.
  
  
  Denzil followed his passion and studied history, and because he was often asked about political events to do with superpowered people, he started to study that on his own time too. After he got his history degree, it was a logical step to get a degree in politics with a minor in super-related politics. Looking for a job where he could help people and especially young superpowered people, he stumbled upon AEGIS and specifically Facility 108. The job seemed a perfect fit for him.
  
  
  
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  Family
  
  
  Jennifer De Klerk-Triggs
  
  
  Denzil has a great relationship with his mother, and he keeps in frequent contact with her.
  
  
  Rutger De Klerk
  
  
  Denzil has a good relationship with his father, and when they talk it's often in Dutch, his dad says so Denzil doesn't get out of practice, but Denzil thinks that he misses his homeland sometimes.
  
  
  Ashton De Klerk
  
  
  Denzil had a strained relationship with his much older brother, and it only worsened when it became known that Denzil had powers. After Ashton joined the army they had no more contact, but Denzil still hopes that one day he can reconcile with his brother.
  
  
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• Ability	Points	Total	Description
  Health:	?????????​	03	The ability to resist illness and recover quickly from injuries, overall health.
  Strength	?????????​	02	Physical strength, the ability to strike hard, lift heavy objects, and so on.
  Toughness	?????????​	03	Endurance and stamina, the ability to take a hit and still keep going.
  Agility	?????????​	03	Speed, dexterity, nimbleness - agility is the ability to move quickly.
  Intelligence	?????????​	02	Not book smarts, but the ability to perceive and retain lots of information.
  Willpower	?????????​	02	Strength of mind, the ability to stay focused and determined.

  
  
  Primary Power
  
  
  Denzil can manipulate and control plants of all kinds. He can make them grow in certain patterns or, depending on the size of the plant and the lenght that it was dead, he can even bring them back to life. For this, he always needs contact.
  
  
  Weaknesses
  
  
  Denzil can only manipulate plants that he can see, and if he has no physical contact with the plant it's also harder to manipulate it. The larger a plant is, the slower the manipulation is, and the more energy it takes from Denzil. Generally speaking he can't manipulate something larger than a bush without direct contact. If a small plant is far away it also becomes more difficult or even impossible to manipulate. Denzil also becomes tired more easily if he goes very long without contact with plants, which can be an issue in a city, and which is why he tends to always have a flower on him. He has a weakness for harsh weather, be it too hot, too cold, too wet or too dry, just like plants tend to do.
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  Just add a flower.

So I read through the entire OOC and here is the repost of my character, with non-photo as faceclaim, as well as some slight edits to powers, namely the drawback of extreme weather being a weakness.

 

[call me rae]

@Father Gigantor so my phone is dying so I won't get able to go too much in depth in this feedback I'll try to write something longer later from work.


But the big thing is ii don't think I understand his powers at all. I can't tell if it's like some kind of unconscious force field that absorbs attacka and redistributes the energy or something that actually effects her at a molecular level or what.


I'm also not sure I get the exact effects , is it that she redirects Kinetic Energy Manipulation or something else.


Maybe gI've a specfix definition or example of how t he powes work.

 

[Rida]

To me, this seems a little over powered as you did say that there might be a small chance of character death. And it is sorta bordering mind control, which is... Over powered.

Not to be harsh, but I'm just going to say it's not going to work. I've run into this kind of power a lot, and it relies almost entirely on how the other person rps it out. It's a cool power, but in a roleplay setting with multiple writers collaborating, it doesn't work unfortunately :<

Thank you so much for the honest critique, guys--you make extremely valid points. Sadly, I'm at a loss for ideas when it comes to rethinking powers. Hope wel's fine with me lurking, as I'm still very excited to see the plot unravel. Good luck to you all! ♥

 

[Dano]

Thank you so much for the honest critique, guys--you make extremely valid points. Sadly, I'm at a loss for ideas when it comes to rethinking powers. Hope wel's fine with me lurking, as I'm still very excited to see the plot unravel. Good luck to you all! ♥

Maybe change her powers to creating illusions? that way you aren't altering anyone, but instead what they would perceive?

 

[ManicMuse]

I plan to spend the day laboring over a CS (finally!), but before I do so, I would love an opinion on the ability I had in mind: Emotional Manipulation. Quite self-explanatory, it is the ability to manipulate the emotions of others, weakening their mental strength and, if powerful enough, possibly leading to fatal occurrences (brain hemorrhage, cardiac arrest, etc). Limitations would include a certain duration of time in which said emotions can be manipulated, the necessity of either eye or physical contact for the power to work, and a heavy mental/emotional strain (strong emotional backlash, per se). My main concern is whether this borders on mind control, something I hear is a big no-no in this roleplay.
@Sagitarius


Have you considered the effect too much metal might have on your character? As in, a way someone could use a magnet against him?

Totally see where you are coming from on your thoughts of this power. I agree that there are concerns to be addressed with this power BUT it is playable. I have seen it done and done well.


I would do SUPER POWER WIKI


That the direction where others on here pointed me to and it really helped me out. I would look at Emotion Manipulation and the sub applications of this power.


This would be a more labor intensive character. It would require careful verbage in posts. Both because for some actions you will need to PM a player about 'Auto-hitting' with their permission. Such as if they were mentally vulnerable enough to allow you to probe their mind or such. Then you would write in the post of what your intentions were with your ability, such as getting the character to do or say something.


Basically, if you go this route, I would really play into coordinating with players but over all limiting the powers directed at players. I would instead focus the powers on NPC's. Thus muting the issue of god-modding all together.


UPDATE: Also Emotional Energy Manipulation looks cool too and might be worth investigation.

 

[Pigeon]

*cracks knuckles* It's time to get in on this discussion biz-ness. Ahem, part one:


@Chibii Thanks for the comment about my character! If Kit and Seiko are both accepted, I'd love to discuss their relationship with you!

Spoiler

I'm going to geek out a little and say hooray for airbenders! I know this isn't Avatar, but I sure do love that show. Airbenders rule the world. XP


If it's not obvious, I love your choice of superpower. Out of curiosity, when Seiko creates whirlwinds, does she maintain control over their speed and direction - like, could she sustain one as long as she has the energy to do so? - or do they function independently the second she releases them until they die out naturally? If the former, then wow. Girl's gonna need some serious stamina. If the latter, I could see that as a major drawback. Not being able to control the vortex's path of destruction? Yikes! That would be like an unleash-the-beast situation. Which would be both terrifying and awesome. Breaking news: Tornado Baffles Scientists. Wrecks Havoc in Baltimore. Ooo, girrrl. Someone's in trouble! xD


Since you were working on expanding weaknesses, what do you think of this? Weather - I think it's implied somewhere in your profile? Apologies if I'm repeating you. What effects do heavy wind, rain/snow, and temperature have on her? Her hero stats don't suggest she'd have the strength or endurance to overpower strong natural forces - might that be a weakness? I also assume her power is somewhat nullified when she's in an airplane - pressurized rooms don't strike me as prime conditions for someone who can manipulate air. But I see she has crazy levels of willpower, so even without the brute strength or Olympian stamina, I'd say stack the deck against her. She can handle it.


@RemainingQuestions Hiya!








The power is solid, and I think you've listed a good number of weaknesses. I'm glad you incorporated readingraebow's suggestion to be susceptible to extreme temperatures. Plants are very finicky when it comes to their environment, so it makes sense that Denzil would be, too. Maybe, in addition to that, he also requires much more water than most people do? When dehydrated - which perhaps happens more quickly for him than with others - maybe his power loses potency or disappears altogether?


There were only a couple things I wondered about when reading through your profile. First, in your Biography tab, you've only colored in one tick between Chaotic and Orderly. Perhaps I've been reading them wrong this whole time, but to me that sounds like Denzil is extremely chaotic. That'd be totally fine, except from the personality traits you've listed, it sounds like he would border more on orderly. Have I misinterpreted this?


Second, if part of Denzil's primary power is to shape plants (like topiary), can he also animate them? As his powers currently stand, I'm not sure Commonwealth would have given him a C rank. However, if he could go all Poison Ivy on the world, then yes, I'd agree that Denzil would need a limiter to put that power in check.


I'm curious to see how such a young teacher might fare at Facility 108. He seems the academic sort (does he have his doctorate?), so I wouldn't be surprised if he'd been gaining his higher education degrees and only just began working with AEGIS. Is he a new teacher? That could be a fun dynamic to explore!

 

[Sagitarius]

Your insight was beautiful omg. So helpful. Will definitely make changes ♥


@Pigeon -sama