OOC Discussion

[Liberty Penn]

Hello people! I was nudged here by @welian and @DJMagicHat! Some of you I know from Wel's Dream RP, so "hello again!" and to the others "nice to meet you!" I have a character almost done and ready to submit and share with you all. To give you a taste, her power is essentially Requiping magic from FairyTail mixed with a Bag of Holding from D&D :3

 

[Swoob]

@STATIC was that ok? i can rework my post if its not ofc


boy i am so out of practice in writing, hopefully ill be able to write prettier once i get back into this thing


also yea eden's only showing a lot of hostility/unease in that post because its been a while since he's been thrown off, as time goes on he'll probably get back to his real personality

 

[welian]

//noms popcorn and watches posts roll in


Y'all are going to have a lot of fun, soon. My last exam is tomorrow morning...

 

[Swoob]

//noms popcorn and watches posts roll in
Y'all are going to have a lot of fun, soon. My last exam is tomorrow morning...

good luck c:

 

[Gus]

Hope the exam went well, Welian. I think I may have found a teacher for Collateral Damage and You. I hope you like him. Any feedback by fellow RPrs would be appreciated. He is my first attempt at an S class. Starting fiddling about a month ago. Finally finished tonight.

 

[Gus]

MALLORY, A

• Heroism
• Statistics

• Aspect	Scale
  COUR	?????????	09
  ALTR	?????????	06
  ORDR	?????????	08
  KIND	?????????	07
  PRCT	?????????	01
  DIPL	?????????	05

• Aspect	Scale
  HLTH	?????????	02
  STRN	?????????	09
  DEFN	?????????	09
  AGLT	?????????	01
  INTL	?????????	03
  WILL	?????????	02

• General
• Appearance
• Biography
• Relationships
• Superpowers
• Gallery

• Full Name
  
  Aaron Iapetus Mallory
  
  Nicknames
  
  Blacklight, Abomination of physics, Singularity Guy, Deadstar
  
  Codename
  
  Solo
  
  Gender
  
  Male
  
  Age
  
  43 years
  
  Rank
  
  S Rank
  
  Limiter
  
  Active, Level 4
  
  Role
  
  Faculty, Collateral Damage and You
  
  
• Race
  
  Caucasian
  
  Hair
  
  Brown
  
  Eyes
  
  Brown
  
  Height
  
  6'1"
  
  Figure
  
  Heavyset (~441 thousand billion billion tons)
  
  Notes
  
  Slight shimmering effect near the surface of his skin, like a heat mirage; darkens to inky black void during high stress incidents.
  
  
• Personality Trait 1/4 (Positive)
  
  
  Kind: His heart is as soft as his skin is impervious. He can't abide unnecessary suffering, and while deliberate cruelty will invariably redline his temper, he is careful, even when dealing with the worst of super villains to treat them gently. Which is good, because roughly, for Aaron, would reduce any object of his ire to a haze of quarks and gluons.
  
  
  Personality Trait 2/4 (Neutral)
  
  
  Introverted: Aaron is not given to sharing information unless it is pried out of him, or part of his curriculum.
  
  
  Personality Trait 3/4 (Neutral)
  
  
  Worrywart: He knows the world doesn't revolve around him, but as an S class, he can't help feeling responsible for things. His therapist often says not to be concerned with things beyond his power, which feels like a sick joke, every time. For Aaron, and people like him, nothing goes in that part of the Al-Anon serenity prayer venn diagram. The only thing holding him back is constant worry that intervention could always make things worse, however bad they are.
  
  
  Personality Trait 4/4 (Negative)
  
  
  World Weary: If there is one lesson the early 21st century has taught Aaron, it is that we are all on our own. The "rapture" could not possibly have chosen a more ironic name. The only thing we have to depend on is each other, and if this brief life is going to be tolerable, then people need to start acting like their actions matter. Hurting people and breaking things is what got us to the brink. Helping people up and building on what's left is the only way forward. It makes him tired to the bone just thinking about how deep the mess has gotten.
  
  
  History
  
  
  Aaron was born near the end 20th century, just at the dawn of the modern age of super-humans. Now, somehow, he has reached an age where he no longer understands the new generation.As a millennial's millennial, he could never have imagined becoming an out of touch grumpy old man missing the good ole bad old days. Aaron was 21 when the rapture happened. Fresh out of college, with a newly minted blue card and full of political idealism and ideas. Fighting terrorists seemed like the right thing to do. The only thing to do. But then things got complicated. Experiments came to light. Nasty things surfaced. Good and evil were less and less clear. By his late twenties he had had enough, and he teleported to mars, dropped his limiter off there, and jumped back to South America where he spent the next twelve years living on a primitive farming collective, basically working as a tractor. He wasn't exactly happy, but at least he was useful. Three years ago, he spotted an AEGIS helicopter crisscrossing the sky in some kind of search pattern and decided it was probably time to leave the farm and get back to his old life. Two years ago he was hired by director Swan to teach at facility 108, but only just arrived three weeks ago; it was a long, long walk. Classes start on Monday morning.
• Lisa Ramsey
  
  
  Lisa is Aaron's AEGIS assigned therapist. She is on call 24/7, though she has a caseload of 5 other S class individuals deemed psychological security risks. He has been meeting with her virtually through video chat programs for about a year. She seems competent, and nice enough, but trust in anything connected to the old days is slow coming.
  
  
  Joey Bellandi
  
  
  Does a personal shopper count as a relationship? For a virtual hermit like Aaron, it is better than nothing, and will have to do until he develops some friendships. At any rate it is nice to have somebody with a car fetch the groceries
  
  
  
• Unearthly Strength and Toughness
  
  
  The simplest way to describe his powers is that while his strength is virtually limitless in magnitude, it appears to be restricted to lifting, squeezing, and walking. If he is trapped between two walls, he can push over whichever one is weaker. When lifting things, the weight is limited only by the structural integrity of the surface he is standing on. As for squeezing things, that is a good way to make things not exist anymore. His skin appears to be protected by an ersatz event horizon. If any force is capable of penetrating it, he has yet to encounter it.
  
  
  • Gravitational 'radar': Aaron can sense the presence of any mass within about 40 astronomical units. It is difficult for him to sense anything smaller than about a ton, but if he concentrates he can sometimes distinguish nearby objects down to about 100 kg, if they are moving. This sense is not blocked by solid objects, and can detect hollow spaces inside larger objects, if they are bigger than about 10 feet across.
    
  • Long Range Teleportation: Aaron can translate himself into gravitational waves and back into a corporeal body at a very distant location, matching velocities with his new location, providing he can sense its gravitational signature. Transit occurs at the speed of light.
    
  
  
  Limitations
  
  
  Aaron is both the proverbial immovable object AND the irresistible force. He has been described by AEGIS staff physicists as "A living singularity" There are many reasons why this is impossible, and when pressed for theories, those same physicists will typically scream "LOOK OVER THERE!" and run away. The fact remains, he masses about 67 times the mass of the earth. Nothing on the planet can move him except him. At the same time, he appears to have no momentum associated with his velocity, so he can't crash through things unless he has other, stronger things to push back against. He can't throw a punch either, because those also depend on momentum. Another way to put this is that any velocity he acquires by pushing against one thing (like the ground) can be got rid of by pushing against any other thing (like a person). The flip side of this is that no moving object can ever impart velocity to him. The upshot is this: his punches don't hurt anybody, but anyone who punches him will hurt themselves.
  
  
  • Vertigo: Being able to sense the spin of earth, as well as the motion of every other major body in the solar system, can have unpredictable effects on Aaron's equilibrium. He is always a little dizzy, but at odd intervals this effect becomes briefly intolerable and will drop him to his knees, vomiting uncontrollably. Sometimes he can puzzle out when an episode will hit in advance from horoscopes.
    
  • Still needs to breathe: This may sound like a lame weakness, but if he falls in a lake he is all done. If he is buried in soft earth, he is toast; he won't sink into soft ground, but he can't push it off without driving himself deeper. Also this puts severe limits on his teleportation, due to the minimum range, as noted below
    
  • Unable to use vehicles of any kind.: This is a pain in the ass because walking is slow and teleporting is imprecise and dangerous.
    
  • Teleporting sucks: The minimum range for his teleport is about a light second, and that takes him to the moon. There's no air there. Mars is not much better, and is anywhere from three to twenty two minutes away. Venus is the worst place he has ever been and is two to fifteen minutes travel time. In a pinch, he can get anywhere on earth in under 10 seconds, if his lungs don't explode during the few seconds it takes to retarget from the moon. He also tends to miss his target by a wide margin, due to the pressure to aim quick and go. From Mars, he can take a little more time to aim carefully and get a little closer to where he wants to be, but it can take up to 30 minutes to get there. He is never going back to Venus if he can help it. Finally, he is sort of afraid to teleport at all anymore, ever since it was suggested that jumping on and off the planet all the time, given what he weighs could throw the earth into the sun. (It can't, but he is a worrier)<p><a href="<fileStore.core_Attachment>/monthly_2016_05/5448206_orig.jpg.d8d70229aa4c66f15465be1d7e3fd4bc.jpg" class="ipsAttachLink ipsAttachLink_image"><img data-fileid="124305" src="<fileStore.core_Attachment>/monthly_2016_05/5448206_orig.jpg.d8d70229aa4c66f15465be1d7e3fd4bc.jpg" class="ipsImage ipsImage_thumbnailed" alt=""></a></p>
    
  
  
  
• Although there is now a spot for a character image (since most of you have one), the Gallery tab remains as an area for you to post additional images, theme songs, and so on.

 

[welian]

@Gus I'll look at him tomorrow, I just got home - and I'm about to head right to bed. Hopefully a few of the other RPers would be willing to critique tonight!

 

[Swoob]

@Gus I can review ur character, if you'd like me to c:

 

[MISTER UN. 0W3N]

Alright... UPDATE! Along with the growing amount of shit piling up on my end, a positive came out of this: I have a new job. So, I'm not sure how my scheduling is gonna be since it's very off the cuff right now.

 

[Gus]

That would be lovely, Thanks Swoob! Have a good sleep Welian! I am about to turn in myself.

 

[Swoob]

[QUOTE="mayhem TR4NQU1L17Y]Alright... UPDATE! Along with the growing amount of shit piling up on my end, a positive came out of this: I have a new job. So, I'm not sure how my scheduling is gonna be since it's very off the cuff right now.

[/QUOTE]
congratulations on the job c:


and goodnight gus and weli — ill send u a pm asap gus

 

[Gus]

[QUOTE="mayhem TR4NQU1L17Y]Alright... UPDATE! Along with the growing amount of shit piling up on my end, a positive came out of this: I have a new job. So, I'm not sure how my scheduling is gonna be since it's very off the cuff right now.

[/QUOTE]
Gratz MT!

 

[MISTER UN. 0W3N]

@Swoob


@Gus


Thanks!

 

[welian]

something something only old people go to bed before midnight


//is old

 

[Teh Frixz]

Awwww yisss. Finished my finals and coming down from the proverbial after semester high. I'll catch up with a post soooon

 

[lazee]

mfw my 8 paragraph draft is gone

 

[Gus]

something something only old people go to bed before midnight
//is old

By that definition, I have been old longer than any of y'all have been alive.

 

[Gus]

[QUOTE="Teh Frixz]Awwww yisss. Finished my finals and coming down from the proverbial after semester high. I'll catch up with a post soooon

[/QUOTE]
Love the post. I am going to assume that it is me you have found and not, say, Dante. I should have a short response post to put the ball back in your court by this afternoon. Yay for quiet study halls!

 

[Unlimited]

Posting this to get some feedback on what everyone thinks. Constructive criticism helps, or sarcastic as well. But, I hope to be joining you all as soon as I'm done.

Spoiler

Reed J.

• Heroism
• Statistics

• Aspect	Scale
  COUR	?????????	03
  ALTR	?????????	01
  ORDR	?????????	02
  KIND	?????????	01
  PRCT	?????????	02
  DIPL	?????????	02

• Aspect	Scale
  HLTH	?????????	04
  STRN	?????????	03
  DEFN	?????????	02
  AGLT	?????????	04
  INTL	?????????	04
  WILL	?????????	04

• General
• Appearance
• Biography
• Relationships
• Superpowers
• Gallery

• Full Name
  
  Jack Andrew Reed
  
  Nicknames
  
  None
  
  Codename
  
  W.I.P.
  
  Gender
  
  Male
  
  Age
  
  Twenty-seven
  
  Rank
  
  S
  
  Limiter
  
  Not sure.
  
  Role
  
  Captive Student?
  
  
  
  
• Race
  
  Caucasian
  
  Hair
  
  Brown
  
  Eyes
  
  Green Hazel
  
  Height
  
  5'11
  
  Figure
  
  Slim, but fit
  
  Notes
  
  Nothing of note about his appearance other than an unseen birth mark on his ankle.
  
  
• Personality Trait 1/4 (Positive)
  
  
  Confident.
  
  
  Personality Trait 2/4 (Neutral)
  
  
  Mellow
  
  
  Personality Trait 3/4 (Neutral)
  
  
  Sarcastic
  
  
  Personality Trait 4/4 (Negative)
  
  
  Aggressive
  
  
  History
  
  
  ---
• Other Character's Name
  
  
  ---
• Main Power
  
  
  Matter Detonation- Jack can detonate matter with just a touch of his hand. The detonation is equal to the matters weight in TNT. Never done anything larger than a vehicle.
  
  
  • Supporting Power A: Self-Detonation- Can detonate himself with a blast equal to his weight in TNT.
    
  • Supporting Power B: Resurrection- His body puts itself back together and he comes back to life, clothing and all.
    
  
  
  Limitations
  
  
  • Weakness 1: Can't detonate organic matter besides himself. Or liquids.
    
  • Weakness 2: All human weaknesses.
    
  • Weakness 3: Resurrection only works with self-detonation. He thinks. Not willing to try.
    
  
  
  
• ---

 

[Gus]

Posting this to get some feedback on what everyone thinks. Constructive criticism helps, or sarcastic as well. But, I hope to be joining you all as soon as I'm done.

Spoiler

Reed J.

• Heroism
• Statistics

• Aspect	Scale
  COUR	▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮	03
  ALTR	▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮	01
  ORDR	▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮	02
  KIND	▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮	01
  PRCT	▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮	02
  DIPL	▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮	02

• Aspect	Scale
  HLTH	▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮	04
  STRN	▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮	03
  DEFN	▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮	02
  AGLT	▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮	04
  INTL	▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮	04
  WILL	▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮	04

• General
• Appearance
• Biography
• Relationships
• Superpowers
• Gallery

• Full Name
  
  Jack Andrew Reed
  
  Nicknames
  
  None
  
  Codename
  
  W.I.P.
  
  Gender
  
  Male
  
  Age
  
  Twenty-seven
  
  Rank
  
  S
  
  Limiter
  
  Not sure.
  
  Role
  
  Captive Student?
  
  
  
  
• Race
  
  Caucasian
  
  Hair
  
  Brown
  
  Eyes
  
  Green Hazel
  
  Height
  
  5'11
  
  Figure
  
  Slim, but fit
  
  Notes
  
  Nothing of note about his appearance other than an unseen birth mark on his ankle.
  
  
• Personality Trait 1/4 (Positive)
  
  
  Confident.
  
  
  Personality Trait 2/4 (Neutral)
  
  
  Mellow
  
  
  Personality Trait 3/4 (Neutral)
  
  
  Sarcastic
  
  
  Personality Trait 4/4 (Negative)
  
  
  Aggressive
  
  
  History
  
  
  ---
• Other Character's Name
  
  
  ---
• Main Power
  
  
  Matter Detonation- Jack can detonate matter with just a touch of his hand. The detonation is equal to the matters weight in TNT. Never done anything larger than a vehicle.
  
  
  • Supporting Power A: Self-Detonation- Can detonate himself with a blast equal to his weight in TNT.
    
  • Supporting Power B: Resurrection- His body puts itself back together and he comes back to life, clothing and all.
    
  
  
  Limitations
  
  
  • Weakness 1: Can't detonate organic matter besides himself. Or liquids.
    
  • Weakness 2: All human weaknesses.
    
  • Weakness 3: Resurrection only works with self-detonation. He thinks. Not willing to try.
    
  
  
  
• ---

How large a vehicle? 2 ton bomb will do a crazy amount of collateral damage. Is there a delay? Are you immune to all detonations you cause or only self detonations? Because if you are anywhere near a 2 ton detonation, you will also need to resurrect from that. What are the limits of the reach of the power? If you touch the wall of a building will the whole building go up or just two tons or so of brick? What if you touch the sidewalk? Does the whole city explode? I have questions! It is an intriguing, if insanely dangerous, power. Do you have to will the explosion to happen, or if you trip and touch a thing can it just go off spontaneously? Given that you identify as 'aggressive' perhaps that last question is a moot point… I am also not sure how aggressive and mellow co-exist in the same personality. Is he bi-polar? Or just sort of: "hey dude, I'm like totally going you explode you to death right now, sorry man." (Imagining Bodhi from point break here) Those are my off the cuff thoughts. Hope that helps?

 

[Gus]

So. The snowball fight everybody was rolling a single d12. So that is what I rolled for my attempted duck trip of Riley. I am guessing a three does not cut it? What happens now?

 

[Teh Frixz]

Riley breaks her wrist, leaks ambien and rolls into a pile.

 

[Gus]

Had to google, but found the wikipedia link on ambien. I think Luc may take a nice nap, as his only superhuman trait is agility. It's ok. He's had a day; could probably use a little bit of sleepy-time.

 

[Gus]

That was the fastest turn around I have ever seen by the way! Shock rating was as much from the speed of your typing as from the shock of being put under sedation so shortly after hearing a snap that I will probably assume is my neck. I have a busy afternoon and evening, so I probably can't turn it around until tomorrow, but I think Luc is going to be missing class today… Sorry DJM!

 

[Teh Frixz]

I've got one final left and I'm phoning that in. I'm just puttering around.