Futuristic Sparked OOC Thread

[Schnee Corp Lawyer]

Sparked

Adehntu City was where it all started.

It was where a quite a few things started actually. Conceived in the late nineties by a group of scientists, politicians, and civil rights leaders who had grown frustrated with the world governments' inability to accept the realities of climate change and growing levels of xenophobia across all nations, it was intended to be a bastion of science and ethics above all other concerns. In 2020, the floating metropolis was completed, well ahead of schedule. In 2032, its sovereignty as a city state was recognized by the UN, shortly after a true cure for the ozone layer was released into the air by its leaders. The year is now 2054, where Adehntu is a true seaborne metropolis in the Atlantic ocean, self sustained with farms on man-made islands and home to a powerhouse economy that's starting to hand the reigns over to a generation who were born and raised entirely within the city.

The beginning is a much smaller affair than world doom being averted or the founding of cities where cities certainly do not belong. You are a citizen of Adhentu, and you're about to have a very bad day. The city's biggest event, a month long celebration called the Founder's Fair, where scientists of all fields come together to celebrate their latest discoveries (and do their best to secure funding for their next ones), is happening in the central district. One man in particular, dressed in a shabby suit and with a slightly wild look in his eyes, is standing in a small auditorium and is declaring in a voice that is somehow both self assured and excited that he has made the most important discovery this scientific paradise has ever made; the discovery of other intelligent life living on earth. Perhaps you've heard of this Professor Bant's work or saw his panel listed in the schedule, and are in the audience with great or passing interest in the proceedings. Perhaps you worked for one of the various people he's taken a loan from and definitely hasn't paid back in the pursuit of this discovery, and you are waiting for this grandstanding idiot to stop talking so you can remind him of his debts. Or maybe you were at the fair for reasons entirely unrelated to this man and were just passing by, which makes whats about to happen even more unfortunate. The professor finishes his explanation by flourishing a tarp off a machine behind him with such grace that you are instantly sure he's practiced that exact motion a hundred times in private, and declares that he knows seeing is believing. Thus, he will show you this life he's discovered! He pulls a lever, flicks a switch, and swiftly declares a concise "Uh oh" before the entire auditorium and everything around it was swallowed in a blinding light.

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That was the last thing you remembered before you woke up in a pexiglass cell, with an armed robot waiting patiently outside the door for who knows what and hunger pangs that feel like you haven't eaten in days.

That was your second most pressing concern.

Your first was the fact that for the first few seconds after waking, your blood felt like it was on fire. As if you were being melted down and remolded from the inside out. It passes, and you feel like... more. Like there's something within you that wasn't there before. A force that was bursting at the seems to be let out.

Welcome to being super powered
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SIGN UP SHEET

Name:

Appearance (pic or description):

Age:

Occupation (if any):

Power(s):

Weaknesses (if any):

Hero codname (if any):

Brief backstory: (if you'd prefer to keep this to the RP proper, just drop a REDACTED here)


Example + my own sheet



Name: C.D. Beckett

Appearance (pic or description):



Age: 25

Occupation (if any): Research assistant

Power(s): Super strength, speed, and durability

Weaknesses (if any): Powers(?) attached to a watch

Hero codname (if any): Ardent

Brief backstory: --REDACTED--


Any questions about Adehntu, power levels, or anything else, just let me know

 

[Prospero]

Name: Stephen Rochefort

Age: 46

Occupation (if any): Scientist in the field of Robotics. Former field army medic.

Power(s): Technopath. Steven can create, shape and manipulate technology and technological constructs, computers, robots, hardware and other devices that can be termed as "technology." Manifested as a special form of electrical/telekinetic manipulation, a special form of "morphing" which allows physical interaction with machines, or even a psychic ability that allows mental interface with computer data. Steven can control the flow of intricate machinery, and assemble or disengage their programming at will and operate most technology at distance. A variation of Electricity Manipulation, they control specific electrons and instructs them which items to engage or disengage and may be able to use the electric impulses to gently control smaller metal parts. Uses it mostly to craft drones as well as a specific set of defenses he may well use.

Weaknesses (if any): Away from an urban or tech-heavy environment, he's just a normal human. Also, his creations take time depending on resources and complexity to create.

Hero codename (if any): Arachnos.

Brief backstory: [REDACTED]

 

[MyrtenRose]

Name: Melanie Jaye "MJ" McKinney

Appearance (pic or description):

Age: 19

Occupation (if any): Pizza delivery/ridesharing driver

Power(s): Power over memory. She is able to manipulate, influence and absorb memories. This allows her to see memories, steal memories, erase memories, modify memories, remove herself from the memory of others, create new memories in others, project her own memory into others to impart knowledge, manifest a physical projection of old memories and restore forgotten memories. In addition, this extends to muscle memory, allowing her to perfectly replicate any movement that she sees once. Martial arts, acrobatics, gymnastics, dancing, parkour, et cetera.

Weaknesses (if any): Her power requires mental focus, so any thing that can disrupt her focus would be extra effective against her. Blinding lights, flashbangs, tear gas grenades, deafening sounds, that sort of thing.

Hero Codename: None

Brief backstory: [Redacted]

 

[Indolent]

Name: Patience Munroe

Appearance (pic or description):


Age: 20

Occupation (if any): College student/Waitress

Power(s): Super-speed. She can move several times faster than the average track star, the ability extends to both her reflexes and reaction time. Eventually, it might even lend itself to her mental processing.

Weaknesses (if any): She cannot overexert herself with her super-speed lest she suffers damage to ligaments, tendons, joints, and muscles. Initially, she will only be able to bee-line distances, linearly limited by her experience in the use of it. This also extends to her senses and body needing to adapt.

Hero Codename: Leeds

Brief backstory: [Redacted]

 

[Kitsune Mask]

Name: Veronica Hope Sinclair

Appearance:

Age: 21

Occupation (if any): Works in a vintage electronics repair shop

Power(s): Video manipulation

Weaknesses (if any): She can be immensely weakened if secluded from any form of technology, or if all technology around her is disabled. An EMP could be especially threatening to her.

Hero codname (if any): Pixel

Brief backstory: ~Redacted~

 

[MidwayLives]

Name: Jonathan 'Johnny' Higashikata

Appearance (pic or description):

Age: 19

Occupation (if any): Retail clerk

Power(s): Johnny was a frail youth growing up and was often picked upon by his peers. Something that never helped much during his developmental years were the seemingly constant nightmares that plagued him. When the 'Accident' happened and he came to, his power manifested as a seeming mixture of the nightmares he'd suffered since he was a boy. It appeared beside him like something of an evil spectre and while on the briefest of levels, one might have said it bared the vaguest of similarities to a cat, to Johnny it was nothing but a demon, an evil spirit that was the endgame of his life long horrors. It towered above him and it's razor sharp claws were usually left dangling dangerously close to the nape of Johnny's neck. It's eyes were milked over, it's pupils dilated yet it could see perfectly. Johnny couldn't tell whether it was just intended to look creepy or to fool unsuspecting opponents but either way Johnny was unnerved everytime he summoned the thing which he had come to refer to as [Melancholy Hill] as a way of showing that he's tired of letting his fears control him. He was sure that if he'd given into despair back when this thing first appeared at his side, it would have devoured him or killed him.

Although if one were to look at it and assume it an unintelligent beast, they'd be wrong. Although it explained it in such a manner that shook Johnny to his core, [Melancholy Hill] explained that what Johnny and others saw was his power manifesting as an extension of what he believed the culmination of his nightmares looked like. So in a way [Melancholy Hill] was him and he was it. What it felt he felt, what it felt he felt. But it made it clear that only those with powers could see it and interact with it though 'normals' could hear it's voice ever so faintly ringing in their ears. Distorted and chilling yet it sounded bored with everything around it. No matter what it said to others however, Johnny would never forget it's first words to him as it's massive claws wrapped around his neck, threatening to rip his head from his body.

"Hello...Johnny.."

Johnny himself is nothing special physically speaking although 'acquiring' [Melancholy Hill] has improved his attitude and outlook on life so despite it's gruesome appearance, it's been something of a morale booster. It's abilities however couldn't be any more horrendous than it's looks. When Johnny calls out "[Melancholy Hill]!" it appears standing beside him and has a range of up to 2-3 meters in how far it can go from Johnny's side. He can manifest [Melancholy Hill] limbs like (legs, tail, arms) if he needs to guard on an instant like say he looses a footing on a tall building and his own hand isn't close enough to grab the ledge, he gives himself a bit of extra 'reach' through his power. To a non-power user however, it'd appear as if Johnny's enemies are being attacked while he's standing still. [Melancholy Hill]'s claws are sharp enough to cut through brick and clash with most blades but it lacks in speed to make up for it's great physical power. It's most horrible ability according to Johnny however is it's sub ability: [Clint Eastwood] which only acts when Johnny calls out it's name. Anybody within a 10 meter radius of Johnny/[Melancholy Hll], [Clint Eastwood] activates and anybody within that AOE friend or foe has their worst fears/nightmares physically manifest before them as constructs and if they show visible signs of terror/anguish, the constructs become harder to destroy. The only way to deactivate [Clint Eastwood] is to overcome your fears and the construct will vanish/or if Johnny manually deactivates it.

Getting devoured/swallowed by [Melancholy Hill] will trap the victim within a dimension consisting of every nightmare/fear or terrible event that's plagued them all at once. If one were to describe it, 'Hell' would be adequate in Johnny's opinion. You can escape but as with [Clint Eastwood] you must deny the nightmares power by fearing them and only then will you be able to crawl your way out of the seemingly endless void that is [Melancholy Hill's] mouth. Basically it's a lesson in if you can suck it up and get over your mental/emotional baggage that's weighing you down. The creatures that lurk within the realm will take on the form of your fears/nightmares/etc but some look horrific as is and cannot be destroyed/only slowed down and delayed and once they get their hands on you, they will choke your very 'soul' and to anyone who's not powered like the sparked are, it'd seem as if you'd died of shock alone! They will push you to 'let it go' and stop 'carrying them' as in your fears. If you fight back against your fears, they will lose their grip/power and will vanish and a way to escape will become clear!

Despite it's horrific powers, Johnny has his heart in the right place and only wishes to help. He just wishes he had a better way in which to do it.

Weaknesses (if ay): If you get out of [Melancholy Hill]'s range and can launch projectiles quicker than it can react, if say it's shot in the arm, the wound would appear in the same spot on Johnny's arm. If a fatal blow is inflicted onto [Melancholy Hill] Johnny would also receive a grave wound in the same way. Johnny needs to get up and close for most of his fights because of his power's weak range and this risks endangering himself since he's pretty much a regular guy aside from his power. The only way he can artificially extend his range is through using [Clint Eastwood] and it's a terrifying sub-ability he's not too keen on since it doesn't discriminate between friends and foes.[/FONT]

Hero codname (if any): 19-2000(Ninety-2 is what he'd like to be called rather than nineteen-dash-two thousand)

Brief backstory: ~REDACTED~

 

[Schnee Corp Lawyer]

some more background info on the city


Adehntu at a glance: Well governed, solarpunk city, or at least that was the plan. Governed by a five man council serving as the executive branch, and a legislative branch made up of twenty reps from each district, and finally a judicial branch. The judicial branch also has direct control over law enforcement. The city gets its electricity from a combination of solar, wind, and ocean currents. Cars are still a common form of transportation, as the Nanite Solution that earned Adehntu it’s independent status takes care of much of the pollution they create, but most cars are self driving. Public transportation is extensive, consisting of subways, driverless taxis, and busses.


Law enforcement: Each district has its own precinct and court system, overseen by the central judicial system in district 3


Technology level: an abundance of clean energy and a very robotized workforce has allowed Adehntu’s scientific advancements to move forward in leaps and bounds farther than other countries. While the nanite solution is their most famous discovery, they’ve also made significant advancements in prosthetics, computing power, AI, and medicine.


Citizenship chips: In lieu of a driver’s license or the like, citizens have a miniscule chip implanted in their hands at birth. It includes their age, name, gender, and criminal record, along with any special clearances they might have should they work for a government agency. For a long time it also included a GPS function, but citizen groups successfully lobbied against that around two decades ago.

Districts

Each District is the size of a small city.


District 1: THe first district is the major science district. The biggest labs and schools are here, along with some of the best housing. Access is restricted to this district


District 2: A mostly even mix of the first residences and businesses, most of the first generation families can be found here, and as a result have a slightly better living standard than other districts


District 3: Once the founders realized their ambitions on city size, they decided they’d need a whole district to run it. The center of Adehntu’s government and law enforcement. Also home to residencies and some corporate headquarters


District 4-7: the designations given to the farmland platforms, and the ones with the most square miles, apart from perhaps the industrial districts. Some residences for people who prefer quiet fields to the city streets


District 8-11: Housing, businesses and research centers make up these more conglomerated districts, created during the immigration boom over the last few decades


District 12: Adhentu City Forest and Park, created for recreational and research purposes. Home to Adehntu’s zoo, and a couple particularly expensive residencies


Districts 13 & 14 (formerly 8 & 9): The industrial districts. Access is restricted


District 15: The first swing at a pure entertainment district, construction was abandoned partway through due to ‘topographical concerns on the underlying sea floor’. What was finished has become home to particularly cheap office space, squatters, and a few labs. It has a reputation for being unsafe, and its not entirely unfounded.


District 16: The second swing, this one successful. While casinos, theaters, hotels, bars, and restaurants can be found on other districts, here they’re all within walking district of each other. Includes an amusement park. Most tourism occurs here.


District 17: Colliqually known as The Brig, the major feature of district 17 is the prison and penal facilities. Adehntu has a focus on rehabilitation over incarceration, though particularly cruel or repeat offenders will find themselves locked here for the rest of their lives. Also home to some especially cheap housing that doesn’t tend to get bought up quick for obvious reasons.

 

[Corvette]

Name: Dr. Gunnar Garrett

Appearance (pic or description):
Age: 32

Occupation (if any): Zoologist

Power(s): Flight via large bat-like wings, claws on hands and feet can break into and find purchase on surfaces rivaling the hardness of steel, telescopic vision like a hawk, superior strength, hearing enhanced like a bat's (including echolocation), the olfactory sense of a bear, a stomach that can digest just about anything put into it, the power to regenerate limbs (given enough time), and hard, stone-like skin that can withstand and mitigate the effects of small-arms fire.

Weaknesses (if any): Fear of heights and water, and is extremely vulnerable to weapons attacking the senses, e.g. flashbangs, sonic weapons, tear gas, etc.

Hero code-name (if any): Watcher

Brief backstory: Gunnar Garrett was a doctor of zoology at Adehntu University, and was looking into replicating the abilities of animals for human use--the applications of regenerative properties of lizards as a cure for partial dismemberment was at the forefront of his research, for example--when the accident occurred. Chance has a cruel sense of irony as the mild-mannered, intensely bookish and study-invested (but decidedly human) Dr. Garrett was transformed into the hideous bestial Watcher, an affront to God and man. Dr. Garrett's exhibit had truly become one with him. Dr. Garrett now lies depressed and forlorn, ignoring without a second thought the ravenous pangs of his stomach. Perhaps he wants to die, now that he is a premier scientific oddity, ripe for dissection and autopsy.

 

[Indolent]

Name: Jacinta "Jacks" Dempsey

Appearance:

Age: 23

Occupation: Office Worker

Power(s): Gravity Manipulation; increase and decrease the fundamental force over a given object, with a limit to how much of the force can be eliminated or magnified. Limited to physical contact with the target object to facilitate the effects with potential to grow towards radial manipulation. In time, may become able to alter the force's direction, allowing for descent in a different vector or traversing terrain e.g. walls.

Weaknesses: Equilibrium distortion; with the ability to orient herself in any given position thanks to commanding gravity she suffers an imbalance each time she does so, as her brain has to adjust to the new orientation. This causes fleeting, disorienting spells in Jacks and is linked to her atrocious sense of direction, manifesting in a severe form of topographical agnosia. In short, she suffers a sliding scale of effects contingent on the use of her power, ranging from dizziness to headaches, and would make for a horrendous navigator.

Hero codname: Gravitas

Brief backstory: --REDACTED--

 

[Gus Gungus]

Name: Terese Mayfield

Appearance (pic or description):

Age: 30

Occupation (if any): Police detective

Power(s): Superhuman stats + rapid healing. Can suppress pain and "vent" it, inflicting it on others through physical contact. Touching someone also allows her to perceive their emotional state.

Weaknesses (if any): Pain suppression deadens her emotions while active. Mood swings. Pain has to go somewhere, and suppressing it without venting causes irrepressible migraines that can last hours or days depending on severity.

Hero codename (if any): Serenity

Brief backstory: The latest product of a blue-blooded lineage stretching back to well before the founding of Adehntu. Daughter of the District 2 precinct's captain and essentially groomed for the force from the day she could crawl, she tore through the city's training program, silencing early accusations of nepotism within the department with multiple noteworthy arrests as a patrol officer. Her career path after making detective was less favorable; those among the general public who follow the news may remember her name coming up in a court scandal a few years ago, in which an alleged criminal was acquitted (despite plenty of hard evidence to support his guilt) over misconduct during the arrest. A mandatory leave of absence followed, and her return to active duty has been limited to desk work and petty vandalism cases ever since.

 

[Schnee Corp Lawyer]

Tomorrow I'm off and intend to work on a big ol' update to get you guys all out of the creepy basement save those that intend to stay, once I do my intent is to let the RP open up for the most part. While Bant's irregulars are gonna be the quote unquote main characters, if anyone has other sparked or nonsparked they want to start writing for that'll be fine then!

 

[Schnee Corp Lawyer]

A note on action scenes: Comic book/shonen protag rules apply. I.E. as long as you're scaling yourself appropriately to the threat at hand punches will always result in knock outs and not permenent brain damage/broken spines and so on, unless you're actively pursuing that obvs

 

[MidwayLives]

Name: Henry Crane

Appearance (pic or description):

Age: 60+

Occupation (if any): Reverend(Former) Terrorist(Current)

Power(s): White Noise/Will later be rebranded as Dead Air. Have you ever flipped onto the wrong channel and seen what we commonly call static? That is how Henry’s power manifests. Although he’s something of an older individual, so even though he's not sure how much more effective White Noise would be with someone younger, it’s still incredibly deadly. If you were to ask Henry himself to describe it: It’s as if the static were an amorphous blob that he could summon/manifest at will. It can appear anywhere from hiding within the ground itself and tearing through cracks or behind you if Henry wills it. If it were to come into contact with any part of you for a prolonged period of time, you’d eventually find _yourself_ turning into static. Soon, you’ll become part of the White Noise and be ‘a spectre in the stream’ your wails occasionally heard among the thunderous hissing of the static as it approaches its next victim on Henry’s command. Although he can control it mostly through his mind, if an opponent is especially quick/strong, he can control it through hand gestures/movements to better defend against incoming blows. Even projectiles such as bullets/arrows/the like will be turned into static and ‘absorbed’ for lack of a better term. If you need a similar powerset in how the ability is used, look at Gaara’s sand from Naruto. It’ll react without Henry needing to move an inch and can crush/suffocate enemies without absorbing them if that’s what Henry wishes. It can also form domes/walls/move Henry away from danger. Nearly _anything_ can be consumed by White Noise coming into contact with it. The things that can’t will be discussed in weaknesses

Weaknesses (if any): If you get past White Noise/Dead Air, Henry still has the physicality of a man his age, which is to say frail and weak. It can cushion some of the blows but somebody who’s quick enough to get past his defenses can quickly overpower him. Although he’s not quite sure as to why yet, splashing his White Noise with water will slow it down/make it sluggish and thus slower to defend him. On that same note, White Noise cannot absorb water. Also, those with sufficient enough regeneration to handle losing limbs/organs/etc by coming into contact with White Noise long enough to get their hands on Henry is also a weakness.

Codname (if any): Father Death(name given to him by the media. He absolutely despises it.) The Reverend(the title he prefers)

Brief backstory:
Although he knew most people these days would write him off as a religious out of touch fool or a grouchy curmudgeon, Henry had no love for Adhentu City or it’s people. They were a bunch of cowards who’d prefer to run from their problems rather than fix what they had going on at home. That of course only applied to the Americans associated with the city state. He couldn’t give a damn about the rest even if he’d speak only in dogwhistles and attempts to sidetrack the conversation. Still, he’d managed to keep himself mostly out of trouble and avoided being put on blast on social media. He woke up, went to church, did his sermons, came home and that was more often than not enough for the old man. But then the mention of an event held in Adenthu called the Founder’s Fair stoked the preacher’s inner hatred. He already had a less than stellar opinion on science and a bunch of folks who believed they knew it all getting together to promote nonsense like potentially meeting life on other planets or the like? What a load of nonsense! God wouldn’t have approved and while if there were any other critics who shared Henry’s views, they were also cheap and didn’t want to pay the air/seafare to get to Adentu to protest and then likely be deported.


Henry was many things and unfortunately stubborn was one of them. He made a fair amount of money and had been asked every now and again why he simply didn’t retire. He was old enough and had very much earned his dues. Henry gave them the same response every time: God’s will is not yet done. Arriving in the city, Henry huffed and waited for the eventual day of the Founder’s Fair to come. Time was of the essence and he needed to craft his speech which to any other person would have been the rattlings of a bigoted old man unable to accept the advantages of science to society.


When the day finally came, Henry made his way to the Founder’s Fair, full of religious vitriol and he was ready to make those attending feel ashamed for supporting such clear disregard for the Lord’s will. ...It was then that it happened. The explosion nearly killed Henry. His glasses had been tossed aside in the process and as he attempted to recover them, his hands waded through the wreckage and soon, he was sure he could have heard some kind of distant rumbling. Damn sure as a matter of fact. It sounded like it was growing closer and closer and after finding his glasses, he slipped them back on and covered his ears as he saw what appeared to be trail of static ebbing from where his glasses had been and extending from his fingertips. What was going on!? Was he losing his mind…?!


Henry knew how to play the game. He knew that if something truly terrible had happened and dozens of people had been killed and he had somehow survived? There were two ways this was going to go down. He’d be dragged off and killed to prevent this from leaking out and ruining the city’s reputation by tying it with such a dangerous event. Or the fact that he was an American citizen would save him. They wouldn’t risk trying to silence him...Would they? Either way, Henry didn’t like the thought of being killed or experimented on like some kind of lab rat and as he attempted to escape, he noticed two young men who’d also been caught up in the explosion.Together with them and one more member he'd recruit later, they would be his weapons. His 'Modern Crusaders' if you will. After taking some time to better wield White Noise, Henry realized what had happened to him: God had given him a gift! The people who had perished in that explosion weren't strong enough to handle the lord's gifts! But he'd take the power he'd been given and make a few changes with it. He'd gather those with gifts of their own and lead them to make the nonbelievers(those who hadn't been affected by the effects of the fair and weren't Sparked/Sparked who refused to join him) see just where they'd gone wrong. A couple bombings here and there, some murder, casualties were a necessity in war.

~~THE MODERN CRUSADERS~~



Name: Danny Jenkins

Appearance (pic or description):

Age: 20

Occupation (if any): US Army soldier(former) Terrorist(current)

Power(s): Danny/BYOB has the power to control explosions along with superstrength. He can blow himself up and splatter his guts/remains all over the demolished area and then pull himself back together like nothing happened. The severity of the explosions depends on what type of explosion Danny is going for:

Fullbody: He channels his energy throughout his body and explodes leaving nothing but gore and viscera behind. He's mentioned being able to explode to the point that practically nothing but ashes/smoke would be left but he's never tested it/it's unknown if his regeneration can go that far.

Semi: He can channel his explosions into just his arms/legs with enough power to blow through walls/send superpowered folks stronger than him stumbling back. This is his most frequent type of explosion in combat as his regeneration works quickly with these types allowing him to stay in the heat of battle.

Mini: He channels the explosive energy in his extremities such as his fingers/toes. This type of explosion also applies to his eyes though he really only explodes those if the rest of his body is somehow disabled while the enemy is still in close quarters. Due to his strength, he can also rip his fingers off once the energy has been channeled into them and then toss and BOOM!

Weaknesses (if any): BYOB can create explosions big enough to demolish the interior of buildings/destroy rooms/leave craters etc but Fullbody explosions drain his energy even if he comes back in one piece. Too many explosions in one period(say during a brawl or a hasty escape)can drain him and leave him susceptible to knock out blows. His bigger explosions also require a small window of charging up. If he's knocked out or otherwise incapacitated before he can let loose the explosion then the energy fades away and he has to build it back up again. BYOB is also not mentally well and can be easily goaded/manipulated much to Henry's consternation. Opponents can and should take advantage of this.

Codename (if any): BYOB(Bring Your Own Bomb)/Mr. Bob(Only Henry calls him this as he feels BYOB is childish and inane.)

Brief backstory: Danny Jenkins had been proud to serve his country. For all the wrong reasons that is. He believed that he was making the world a better place by serving and taking out America's enemies. Given the reception that his country had been getting in not just the news at home but from abroad, he had become mildly disillusioned. Had these people not realized what men like him were putting on the line when they served? Every day could be your last out there on the battlefield and yet these people still felt confident enough to insult the president and complain. Well, Danny would have liked to seen them complain while standing in his shoes. Once his time in the service was done, Danny left his country for Adenthu City. Maybe it'd let him get a different perspective and to give one for others to look at. He had loved his country, there was no doubt about that. But if he was going to serve only to be castigated by any journalist or politician who felt like throwing him and his ilk under the bus when it suited them? Perhaps he was better taking his experience elsewhere.

Menial labor was what he spent most of his time doing since moving here. It wasn't difficult or anything like that but it just felt monotonous. Although he would have never admitted it, not to the men in his old unit or even his loved ones but he missed the thrill of battle. The wind blowing through his hair as he constantly clicked down the minutes in his head during a firefight. Anyone of those minutes could have been his last. He was sure that one day he'd snap and do something that'd end up getting him into trouble. But he didn't care, he needed something to break the mold! Something to get him back in his old boots!

Then he met a man by the name of Henry Crane.

After that explosion at the fair, Danny had been feeling different. It wasn't until he and two other youths were approached by Henry that he began to realize what he had. This was no scientific mishap. This was an act of God to bestow gifts onto those who were worthy! He felt somewhat uncomfortable with the notion of blowing himself up in order to support Henry's mission but he still believed in the reverend's goal 100% and nothing would change that!



Name: Andrew Winters

Appearance (pic or description):

Age: 20

Occupation (if any): He was going to college full-time before joining The Crusaders

Power(s): He calls his power AUX like the AUXILIARY setting on your old tv's inputs. When it activates it, it helps him compensate for his blindness by allowing him to see ten seconds into the future. Only instead of 'seeing' he basically hears what's going to happen. Say for example he's fighting an opponent who has a gun on their person. He activates AUX and hears them draw the gun from their holster and fire it, he can hear which paths the bullets are taking and plot accordingly. That being said, it still takes some guesswork and planning on Odd's end to utilize AUX to the best of it's potential. It's best used when dealing with opponents who don't have super strength/durability and thus can't normally be put down by Odd even when he has a leg up on them. He can also react to powers like Jack's in different ways. If gravity is being pushed down on him, he'll hear the ground cracking in his general proximity during the forecast or if he's being lifted/floated away, he'll hear his shoes falling off(he generally doesn't keep them tied)in the forecast.

Weaknesses (if any): AUX works best during one on fights which is why Odd will often try to lure whichever opponent he has away from the group at large to better hear AUX's forecast. Too much noise in the forecast can confuse Odd/make it more difficult for him to react in time. He's also in a bad spot against people like Beckett who can no doubt tank his usual equipment(guns)and only need to land one or two punches on him regardless of him using AUX to hear them coming/which direction they're throwing their punches and kicks. He also can't predict attacks of the mind like MJ's memory manipulation and would only hear her moving around but get no clue as to if she's activating her power or not until it takes effect.

Codname (if any): Odd

Brief backstory: [REDACTED]




Name: Jean Pajaro

Appearance (pic or description):

Age: 18

Occupation (if any): Was on the run from the law when she met The Crusaders

Power(s): She refers to her power as [Mr Brightside] and it’s activated by her calling out the name of the power and two angel-like wings sprout from her back and her pupils turn into slits(the latter of which she likes to hide with sunglasses as she feels she looks creepy with her eyes like that) The wings are white and angelic, enabling Jean flight. She can also feel the vibrations through her feathers allowing her to sense people’s locations, in a way similar to how bats use echolocation.

The feathers are considerably strong normally, being capable of carrying objects such as rocks or human beings with just a single feather for each one and she can even use multiple if need be for larger objects. The feathers regenerate after use but it’s not instantaneous and takes time.

When kicks or simply flapping her wings to try and throw her opponents back with gusts of wind aren’t enough, Jean can flare her energy and coat the wings in a razor sharp metallic sheen(think of Steel Wing from Pokemon) which can cut through walls and clash with blades. She can even remove some of the feathers while they’re in this state and use them as daggers or throw them as projectiles. Once the feathers are separated, she can return [Mr Brightside] to normal or deactivate it entirely and the metallic feathers she removed will still remain as they are. She often uses this as a way of keeping weapons on hand if need be since for the most part it doesn’t increase her upper body strength. It does increase her speed however, letting her keep up with a speeding car and moving too fast for most non-powered humans to keep up with.

That is with one glaring exception. When using [Mr Brightside], Jean has to keep her focus centered on the fight or activity she’s currently engaged in. If her mind starts to wander, she can lose control of herself and her body would transform to reflect this with her feet turning into razor sharp talons and her nails extending and growing sharp as well. It’s only happened a few times and thankfully while she was by herself but when she lost full control of her power, her features became more and more bird-like and her only thoughts were that of hunting and feeding. Everytime however, she thought of her mother and sister or The Bird Man coddling and comforting his pigeons to relax. When she’s relaxed, she can still change her feet into talons but not her nails. Thanks to her power, her vision is about as good as say that of a Red-Tailed Hawk. She can even see well in the dark.

She often wonders if The Bird Man now has a power and if he does if it’s similar to all to Mr Brightside.

Weaknesses (if any): Being arrested and having her face blown up in the media, thus giving her father the satisfaction of seeing that ‘bitch’ brought to justice and breaking his mother and sister’s hopes of ever seeing her again. As far as other fears go, she’s afraid of having a strong and ruthless enemy who rips her wings off while she’s using [Mr Brightside] or losing her sense of self when using the power and giving into the ‘beast’ instinct that rears up in her when she uses it. Speaking of which, while her wings do regenerate the feathers she loses, if the wings themselves are broken or damaged then they will have to heal naturally like any other extremity. Jean is also no stronger for the most part than a average girl her age.

Hero codname (if any): The Silver Condor

Brief backstory:

Having been left behind with her abusive father after her mother had taken her sister and moved to join family in Mexico, promised she’d be back soon for Jean, giving her a phone number and address in case something happened. It was hard but since her sister was only 7 at the time and her mother had to deal with this man since before either of them were born, Jean figured she could wait a while longer. However, one day when her father had moved to beat her, she took the lid off the back of the toilet and cracked him over the head with it, knocking him to the ground. Terrified and unsure of what to do as she was only 11, she took what clothes she could and what money she could scrounge from his wallet after he’d been downed and fled. After recovering, her father reported her to the police for assault and robbery. Even as a 18 year old, Jean still moves from place to place in order to avoid being recognized and causing trouble.

She only has a sixth grade level education but has learned while on the run thanks to a man she ran into who’d also been ostracized from society much like she had after being forced to give up the life she had and go on the run. She called him… ‘Bird Man.’ They parted ways when Jean was 16 and The Bird Man had decided to venture to France. Somedays she wonders how he’s doing and if he’s ok. But she’s still glad to have met him and appreciates that she was the father figure she never had. When the days get hard and she struggles to cope with her power, she wishes he was there to help her as she feel he’d understand better than anyone. She now hopes to gather enough money in anyway that she can to bring her family over to Adenthu City so they can live the lives they deserve. Or at least that was the plan until she ended up stuck with the group of psychos lead by Henry. Herny's proclaimed goal of bringing the nonbelievers to heel and getting the gifted(those with powers) to lord over them horrified Jean but she couldn't stand in their way and die before she got a chance to see her family again. If she can just try to maybe talk Odd into helping her take down Henry and BYOB(who was 100% loyal to Henry) then she could stop this before things got too out of hand and she was plastered as a terrorist alongside them....

 

[MidwayLives]

Father and Son

disclaimer: won't be using these two for a while/will be focusing on The Modern Crusaders when their arc rolls around but I wanted to leave this here for reference purposes later on in the RP!



Name: Travis Fraught



Appearance (pic or description):

Age: 33

Occupation (if any): Freelance programmer

Power(s):

[Heart Shaped Box] : Before he acquired his power, he had to do the killing himself and so he kept himself in a decent condition as he could. Cardio, push-ups, pull-ups, weight lifting, etc. His main weapon of choice for the most part was his bare hands and he used an axe to hack up the corpse when he was done. However most of the victims were taken by surprise and thus didn’t have much of a chance to fight back against him. He’s never been in a honest one-on-one fight in his life and that’s why his first kill still haunts him so. She fought back and she left a scar for him to remember her by. These days however, things are simpler. He calls his power [Heart Shaped Box] and here’s how it works: Depending on the size of the opening(a small cut on the arm, opening a soda can, unlocking a lock)[Heart Shaped Box] manifests as a shadow-like creature that normally resides within Travis’s body. Going off the size of the ‘opening’ it manifests through, it’s strength varies. It can be strong enough to punch through brick walls or smash the roof of a car in or it’s just as strong as a normal adult male. The creature does not dissolve in sunlight like you’d think and can’t actually be ‘killed’ but it can be beaten into a pulp before it can regenerate and it’ll be forced to vanish and reappear inside Travis to heal.

On that note, it can act/be used while not precisely at Travis's side 24/7 and can be sicced on opponents/victims while Travis goes about his daily business. The only sign he'd get that something is wrong is if he cannot recall [Heart Shaped Box] or if it's so badly injured it retreats to him. Travis/The Shadow are unused to one on one fights/dealing with those who also have powers and would very much like to avoid them if at all possible. He doesn’t know any martial arts and has a pistol at home but he barely uses it, it’s really only meant for emergencies/to protect Gex if someone were to break in. When designing Travis, I designed him as sort of the antithesis to Johnny and [Melancholy Hill] in that they both have strange horrible creatures tethered to them due to becoming Sparked but unlike Johnny who tries to use [Melancholy Hill] for good or desires to and feels the pain if it's hurt, Travis uses [Heart Shaped Box] to cover up his murders and doesn't share it's pain.

Due to the general consistency of it's form, [Heart Shaped Box] can shift it's extremities/limbs into anything that Travis desires from blades to axes to razor sharp claws and beyond. The only thing that it cannot simulate is firearms as Travis believes it's 'too complicated' to mimic. [Heart Shaped Box] also differs from [Melancholy Hill] in that there has to be an opening of some kind for Travis to summon it whereas Johnny can summon [Melancholy Hill] whenever he wishes. That being said, it can jump from opening to opening in the blink of an eye once it's actually out and about making it hard to attack Travis/sneak up on him. For the most part, no normals can see [Heart Shaped Box] until it's about to kill them where only Sparked can see/interact with [Melancholy Hill]

Weaknesses (if any): If Travis is killed or knocked out, [Heart Shaped Box] explodes/disappears until he wakes up.

If it could be said that he has a weakness however, it’s people standing up to him. More so if they have powers. They very idea of someone standing their ground and fighting back against him is his greatest fear and the thought can make him break out into a nervous sweat if he doesn’t get his mind off it. The idea that somebody could resist his shadow and physically HURT him drives him crazy. He also has no superhuman durability and has an in shape body for someone of his age. Those with superhuman speed would pose a heavy problem because while [Heart Shaped Box] would be able to keep up, Travis would not, thus making it harder for him to utilize [Heart Shaped Box] effectively.

The fear is offset somewhat by his genuine affection for his monitor lizard that he’s named Gex. He treats her as well as he can and often puts aside time to play with and care for her. It’s about the only long-running positive interaction he has under his belt.

Codename (if any): He doesn't believe he'll ever be caught so he has no need for monikers or code names.

Brief backstory: [REDACTED]



Name: William Fraught

Appearance (pic or description):

Age: 83

Occupation (if any): Former congressman(was forced to retire/basically 'start over' after Travis unknowingly murdered his opponent's daughter)

Power(s):
His power came to him when he was already very old and although he was disappointed that it didn’t revert his age or give him super strength, after some fatal test runs, he finally figured out the benefits of his power: If you attempt to pursue or follow after/walk behind or try to get infront of William while the power is active, misfortune will befall you and act in some manner to keep you from getting close to him(you try to walk up behind him on the sidewalk, somebody on the other side of the street flicks a cigarette and it ends up hitting you in the face when it wouldn’t have otherwise or you bump into someone you might have otherwise avoided. If you have wings like say Jean and try to fly around to cut William off, it will work to prevent you from fully circling around, something will knock into your wings like maybe somebody’s dumping something out their window and it hits you or a tall enough car drives up and clips your wing.) and the damage you get might have been minor normally(if you say bump into a bike rack, you might get scraps and cuts but nothing at all serious) but if it happens as a result of it the damage is magnified and what have might just been a simple trip and bump could turn into a broken or mangled leg or what could have been you being bumped into by a car could turn into you being crashed into, bouncing over the hood and the driver accidentally going into reverse. Supreme bad luck/misfortune


It also works to benefit William as well. While the closer you attempt to get, the more you’ll be inconvenienced, the further William gets while his power is active and he’s focusing his energy on a particular person/group(though focusing on a group takes quite an ordinate amount of energy and can tire William out) they will do actions that will benefit William in someway while they’re in somewhat of a mental fog. He’s used this on Travis to have him hunt down his father’s enemies while Travis has believed that he simply felt like killing these people and that he didn’t pick them out for any particular reason. If he’s being chased by more than one person, if he focuses on one person, that one person might turn and start fighting their comrades all while they’re very much confident that this is the right choice(even though it’s obviously not)


Weaknesses (if any):The major drawback however with William's power] is that it’s first ability only works if the target is attempting to follow _after_ William. If they have a mind control ability that’s strong enough to subdue William’s mind and force him to walk towards them then his power can’t function. This does not apply to projectiles or attempts to drag him towards you. He needs to turn and walk towards you for his ability to cease. Attempting to say, lasso him, would result in the lasso being stopped in some manner or you being hurt. He's also a very old man so he'd likely not react too well to a punch or even a hard shove if close quarters is somehow obtained.

Hero codename (if any): The Man

Brief backstory: [REDACTED]

 

[MyrtenRose]

Potential villain if acceptable.

Name: Rachel Avery

Appearance (pic or description):

Age: 37

Occupation (if any): Janitor(formerly)

Power(s): Complete control over the elements including: air, fire, water, earth and lightning. She is able to generate, manipulate and absorb these elements at will. Her new ethereal form changes and reflects which element she is using most. I.E. when using fire, her body will be emitting flame. With water her form would be completely fluid, with air the lower half of her body would look like a living tornado etc etc.

In addition it also reflects when she's combining elements to use in tandem, for example like in the picture above is her when using both fire and ice at once. Also, whenever she is using either air or fire in any capacity, she is capable of flight.

Villain codename (if any): Hurricane Avery

Brief backstory: Once nothing more than a mere JANITOR, the loss of her original human body and transformation into this new permanent form let her be reborn as the formidably mighty Hurricane Avery!!! No longer would she have to serve The Man, picking up after others' trash or cleaning their disgusting bathrooms with her own hands. NO! Now she could live as she liked, for WHO could POSSIBLY stop her from robbing banks or grocery stores with this new capable body? NOBODY, that's WHO! It was time to STICK it to The MAN! No longer would she be tied down by their shackles, now that she has true FREEDOM.

 

[Indolent]

Name: A. Toomb

Appearance:



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Codename: Legion

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[MyrtenRose]

Name: Charles Vincent

Appearance (pic or description):

Age: [Unclear]

Occupation (if any): [Information not found]

Power(s): [Sin will consume all, there are no innocents.]
His mere touch has become both corrosive and corrupting. The moment he touches any object, it will start to melt away as if by acid. The speed at which the object deteriorates under his touch depends on its size, ranging from nearly immediately for small objects to increasingly longer times the larger an object is.

But that is the lesser effect of his new enhanced touch. For when he gets his hand on a person, even so much as a light finger tap, the effect is far different. He can bring about the worst in people. His power will compel them to care about nothing other than acting under the influence of one of the seven deadly sins and let whatever vice he chooses to inflict run rampant.

Envy: Those afflicted will lash out against those they view as superior, whether through life achievements or possessions. That envy will either drive them to take such for themselves or make them wish that the people they feel inferior to are no longer able to flaunt their superiority, driving the afflicted to torture or even kill.

Gluttony: The victim will only care about eating relentlessly, even to the point of gorging to death. Nor will they care exactly what they're consuming. Poisonous plants or bleach or chemicals, if it is possibly consumable they will consume it.

Greed: Materialism taken to the extreme, those under its influence will desire anything they deem valuable. They will selfishly guard all their possessions and take whatever new stuff they want, consequences be damned, and they will kill anyone who tries to get in between them and the desired objects.

Lust: Drives people to insatiable acts of sexual debauchery with either willing or unwilling individuals, 24/7. Constantly. Base desires that can destroy marriages, friendships and families.

Pride: Targets will start to act high and mighty as if above everyone and will proceed to "assert" themselves. This particular sin is best used on those already in positions of power: presidents, kings, and politicians. These persons will become tyrants and proceed to run rampant over the lives of those beneath them, taking away rights and putting down any who dare to oppose them.

Sloth: Those afflicted will put off everything, laying down and sleeping instead. Will be disinterested in doing anything, including eating and drinking, saving their own lives, going to the bathroom-- preferring just to lay around and do nothing until they die.

Wrath: Intense murderous rage will be unleashed in those influenced by this, causing them to violently lash out at people for even the most minor of things like bumping into them or annoying them in some fashion.

Weaknesses (if any):
His power will only work through touch, so if his hands are avoided or incapacitated in some way, his power will have no effect.

Villain Codename (if any):
Malice

Brief backstory: [Redacted]

 

[MyrtenRose]