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cablebelly
Just a heads-up that I've finished writing up elijah's backstory, and therefore the entire skeleton cs!
cablebelly
well poised
round 2, we're tryin this again-
Name: Shoko Sasaki
Age: 16
Personality: Shoko is more on the quiet reserved side, not wanting to draw much attention to herself in any situation. But when you actually get to know her, sheβs a very kind but sarcastic person. This is most likely due to being raised in such a noisy and high-energy household, she could never match her familyβs energy so she stopped trying. Although reserved, Shoko is very gifted in academics and combat. She grew up in a household full of boys, so had to develop a sort of mental and physical toughness, so itβs very hard to get her to crack or cry per se. Unfortunately, Shoko isnβt gifted in making friends due to her quiet nature, but in her childhood, she never needed to make friends since she had her brothers to keep her entertained.
Powers: In simple terms, Shoko has telepathy, with an extra ability. Shoko has the ability to talk to people through their minds. She can also mind link with multiple people at once, right now she can talk to up to 3 people in a 15m radius around her at a time, but the amount of people and range can increase through practice. She can also enter a personβs mind, without them knowing, and read their thoughts, but she can only do this to one person at a time and she gets knocked out/passes out while sheβs reading their thoughts. But there are drawbacks to this power. If she uses the abilities for too long or has too many people linked to her at once, a loud static plays in her head. But if she persists, and still uses her power while the static plays in her head, it gets so loud that she could scream for it to stop.
Background: Shoko was the youngest daughter in an all-boys family. Her mother had died while giving birth to Shoko. So her father was left to care for her and her 4 other brothers, which was difficult but he was able to do it well. She found out she had powers when she was very young. And once her family knew, they celebrated. Thatβs mostly because her entire family were metahumans, granted theyβre powers helped more in combat so they couldnβt really help train her power but they celebrated nonetheless. They all went to the same school so Shoko and her brothers were really tight knit. Shoko lived a pretty normal life, that was until she received the letter, asking her to attend Vochertepp, she was 11 at the time. Her family was ecstatic to say the least, her brothers were raving about how good the school was and encouraged Shoko to go and accept the invitation. So she accepted and headed off to Vochertepp. She was nervous to be somewhere without her family but since her brothers told her how good the school was, she had high hopes. At first, Shoko thought the school was great, they had amazing classes and it was cool seeing other metahumans aside from her brothers. But soon the veil was ripped away and she saw what the school really was. It was an institution that put a lot of pressure on these kids. She had the hopes of showing her brothers how much she had improved, but she had a feeling she never will.
i think this concept is a lot better, but does have a few fundamental issues. i have a hard time approving telepaths in big group rps such as these because it kind of requires everyone to write their character's surface thoughts in italics, and that's not something i want to force on people. it's just sort of hard to apply this type of power in what is looking to be a very large rp. if you could give me some thoughts on this issue i might be inclined to help you rework it, maybe we can limit to only speaking telepathically so that doesn't force anyone's hand, maybe work into a subset of the power where she can push on peoples minds and force out the truth or something like that. (would probably also need to dim the radius for multiple people)
hellooo mav! i love his personality (as you know) and background is solid, one thing i might say if he's so level headed and doesn't step out of line, he might not yet know the horrors of the school. (so you could change that how you see fit)
the power seems a little weak to me! maybe if you described more about how he applies it, but for now, is it only just moderate shocks? are you trying to leave room for him to grow more because he's kept to himself so much that he hasn't grown a lot? (you could flip that the other way and say he's more in the school's bad graces but has more volatility to his power)
would like to see you buff it up i think!! or if you perhaps want to keep it low level like the concept that nh1 was going, which is also fine. i wanna hear more about it!
i gotcha! and i like that explanation, yes! you're good to go onto the full sheet. im curious to here in the full thing how that rotten flesh might fully develop!
hi, it is semi off limits because your character at this point would not have had interaction with the RPME long enough for them to force powers out of you, and the RPME are the people who coined this technique. if you can come up with some other reason that some sort of seedy group had the tech ability to do this and got ahold of your character, it may be possible, but is not guaranteed.
hi, unfortunately this concept is a bit bare bones and lacking in the detail i need to see at this stage. the power is very vague and is lacking proper weaknesses or applications. is he just walking around all the time with his powers constantly turned on, if this is true, i may entirely veto this power due to op-ness and also a couple plot reasons.
AceTheLizardKing
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What would you like me to revisit? I wasn't sure how much detail you were looking for with a skeletal cs.
cablebelly
well poised
Just a heads-up that I've finished writing up elijah's backstory, and therefore the entire skeleton cs!bring forth thy judgment
looking solid so far! background is a go, im a little concerned he's lacking in some weaknesses though. we've got the triple threat of flight, metal wings, and poison, but the only thing that he has bringing him down is his diet, which he's got on lock. is he possibly not immune to the poison secretes? maybe a little less like his wings are regrowable and a bit more destructable, breaking one could be like breaking a limb? are they heavy to fly with? what happens if he throws too many feathers out? no more flying for the day? how long does it take to regrow, perhaps a cool down period? i think incorporation of some of these ideas would help balance him out a lot and also add some interesting flavor.
the goal with a skeleton cs is to show me a fleshed out power and background concept, not crazy detailed, just all the elements out there so that i can tweak it as necessary. i need to know how exactly he's taking people's pain, by touch, by aura, he should be able to turn it off and off but maybe the lack of control can come from he can't control how fast he can take it, how much he can take, if you describe him as a walking anesthetic he doesn't sound like someone who takes pain, but maybe someone who can dull senses on other people? there's just a few ways you could go about such a thing but it would need to be a little more locked down for me to tweak or approve. a constant aura that takes all pain always would be a no, but i would be open to him possibly secreting some numbing agent, or having some touch to touch transfer of pain. i would also appreciate a bit more insight into his background as well.
Twin Fantasy
My Boy
out of curiosity, could we have a display version of the full-sized CS? just to have an idea of what mine ought to look like. if not then thats fine.
AceTheLizardKing
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I've rewritten it! Should I post it as a new reply, or edit my original post?
Heterological
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finished my cs skeleton after much procrastination:
Name: Jazz Altern
Age: 17
Personality: Jazz is intelligent, but also sly and selfish. His brain and lack of moral compass are enough to get him almost anything that he wants, but he does have a conscience. It just usually isn't strong enough to stop him from doing harm to others. Especially with what he's been through, he can't trust others completely, though he does always try to have some people come to his aid. Opening up is hard for him, and there's not much incentive for him to do so. Despite his cunning, Jazz does terribly in heated situations, as his brain stresses out when there's too much lying on his shoulders or when he gets worked up. When this happens, his adrenaline turns him into a reckless, impulsive, idiot; not the best person to be when things are at stake.
Powers: Dimensional Travel
Imprint: At the current level, Jazz can slip onto different uniform surfaces, appearing as a 2D image of himself. He can slide along the surface he is on/move onto other surfaces, unable to be affected by 3D objects. In this state, he can be hurt if the surface he is on is impacted/damaged. He can slip in and out almost instantaneously, always right next to the surface heβs emerging from. This ability can be used for fast travel, as his 2D version is faster and harder to hit than his regular self. He isnβt able to slip into surfaces he isnβt touching, but he is training to, since that would make his power much more useful. Unlike others, his control is really good, but the power itself just isn't that strong, though he hopes with training and new techniques, he can become as powerful as he wants to be. He calls the 2D version of himself his imprint, as it sounds good and is short.
Background: Throughout all his life, Jazz has had nobody to rely on. His parents were non-powered junkies, letting him fend for himself until they sold him to a human trafficking ring, where he was basically a slave. At this point, Jazz's powers had awakened, but he had absolutely no idea how to use it and no control anyways. The criminals took advantage of the fact. His captors included several members capable of tracking down and torturing escapees, through a mix of different powers and technology. He was set free when the compound where he was kept was busted by the hero Hellfire, one of the less popular vigilante heroes. Hellfire was able to melt through anything with control over lava and magma, including the ringleaders of the whole operation. He was free, and strove to become a hero, just like Hellfire, planning to free as many children from rings like the one he was in. Jazz enrolled in Vochertepp at 15. Now, older, he has been disillusioned with the school.
Name: Jazz Altern
Age: 17
Personality: Jazz is intelligent, but also sly and selfish. His brain and lack of moral compass are enough to get him almost anything that he wants, but he does have a conscience. It just usually isn't strong enough to stop him from doing harm to others. Especially with what he's been through, he can't trust others completely, though he does always try to have some people come to his aid. Opening up is hard for him, and there's not much incentive for him to do so. Despite his cunning, Jazz does terribly in heated situations, as his brain stresses out when there's too much lying on his shoulders or when he gets worked up. When this happens, his adrenaline turns him into a reckless, impulsive, idiot; not the best person to be when things are at stake.
Powers: Dimensional Travel
Imprint: At the current level, Jazz can slip onto different uniform surfaces, appearing as a 2D image of himself. He can slide along the surface he is on/move onto other surfaces, unable to be affected by 3D objects. In this state, he can be hurt if the surface he is on is impacted/damaged. He can slip in and out almost instantaneously, always right next to the surface heβs emerging from. This ability can be used for fast travel, as his 2D version is faster and harder to hit than his regular self. He isnβt able to slip into surfaces he isnβt touching, but he is training to, since that would make his power much more useful. Unlike others, his control is really good, but the power itself just isn't that strong, though he hopes with training and new techniques, he can become as powerful as he wants to be. He calls the 2D version of himself his imprint, as it sounds good and is short.
Background: Throughout all his life, Jazz has had nobody to rely on. His parents were non-powered junkies, letting him fend for himself until they sold him to a human trafficking ring, where he was basically a slave. At this point, Jazz's powers had awakened, but he had absolutely no idea how to use it and no control anyways. The criminals took advantage of the fact. His captors included several members capable of tracking down and torturing escapees, through a mix of different powers and technology. He was set free when the compound where he was kept was busted by the hero Hellfire, one of the less popular vigilante heroes. Hellfire was able to melt through anything with control over lava and magma, including the ringleaders of the whole operation. He was free, and strove to become a hero, just like Hellfire, planning to free as many children from rings like the one he was in. Jazz enrolled in Vochertepp at 15. Now, older, he has been disillusioned with the school.
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cablebelly
well poised
repost in a new reply for me please!
ah, you got me! i gotta finish my cs for my guy. i'll try to get that up asap, probably tomorrow.
hi, i think this skeleton is lacking a bit of detail for me to comment on. you certainly have an interesting power idea, but i'd like more detail on how it works. i'm also not exactly sure what the imprint is/how it works? is it like leaving a stamp on an object and then he can jump into it? a bit confused there. what does it do to his body to slip into different surfaces? does it take time to properly reform himself on our actual plane?
also, there's a lot of questions in the backstory too. human trafficking ring? is this separate from a metahuman trafficking ring? were his parents mutants? who is this hero Hellfire? lots of questions!
AceTheLizardKing
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Repost! Hopefully this is better. I really like this rp idea!!
Name: Remy Chandler
Age: 17
Personality: Remy is quiet and standoffish, a definite introvert that would rather keep to himself than be any kind of "superhero". He views his power as a curse and hates to use it, despite how beneficial it could be in a team setting or in any sort of hospital/infirmary setting, not viewing the sacrifice of his own wellbeing as worth someone else's peace. Deep down, he misses his mother as she's really the only friend he's ever had and a small part of him wants to make friends and try to lead a "normal" life, though that part is buried beneath a calloused, bitter attitude.
Powers: Let's take a second shot at this. He has the ability to take away the pain other people experience, and in turn experiences it for himself. More often than not, it isn't a voluntary thing for him, and often he finds himself taking the physical pain of other people sheerly by accident, though over the years he's learned not to touch people to try and protect himself. The ability is limited to what his body can withstand, and only works while he is conscious. If he falls unconscious, all pain immediately is returned to it's proper "owner".
Weaknesses:
* It's involuntary, but only occurs when he touches others. Or when others touch him. He's trying to learn how to "turn it off" but it's slow going progress. The contact *must* be skin to skin.
* He can only take what won't kill him or knock him unconscious, otherwise his own body shuts down as a defense mechanism.
* Even when he isn't taking someone's pain, his nerves are hypersensitive because of the nature of his ability, leaving him with chronic neuropathic problems.
Potential growth:
* Learn control enough to decide *how much* of someone's pain to take, if any at all.
Strengths:
* Useful in helping people's suffering
* A potential, powerful tool in combat medicine.
Background: He comes from Anchorage, Alaska where he lived with his loving single mother from the time he was born to the time he was around 11. His powers manifested little by little as he grew up, and was first noticed when he was five or so when his mother was complaining of a migraine on the phone to her work and he took her hand. Instantly, he doubled over in hand, clutching at his head.
That was the earliest instance of his power. From that point, it was always long sleeves, jeans and gloves, no contact with anyone (save his mother, simply because he couldn't help but to love her). His metahuman power was easy enough to hide that his mother thought she could keep him with her, and that he could live a normal life.
It wasn't until his first year of middle school that he was discovered by the school district for what he was. PE was usually excused for him, to prevent accidental physical contact, but having moved up a school, special accomodations for his "illness" had yet to be implemented. Within the first week, a classmate of his collided with him on the basketball court and fell, breaking her arm. To everyone's surprise, he was the one that cried in pain, tangled up on the court with her as he was.
From there, he lasted no more than a week before the school district found an excuse to expel him, despite his mild, quite nature. It was around this point that his mother contacted Vocherteppβs.
Since coming to the school, his control has not improved much, though this is largely due to a lack of effort. He's always been miserable here, choosing not to make many friends to protect himself, and wants nothing more than to be able to leave so he can return home to take care of his aging mother. Mostly? He's just lonely and afraid of getting close to people.
Name: Remy Chandler
Age: 17
Personality: Remy is quiet and standoffish, a definite introvert that would rather keep to himself than be any kind of "superhero". He views his power as a curse and hates to use it, despite how beneficial it could be in a team setting or in any sort of hospital/infirmary setting, not viewing the sacrifice of his own wellbeing as worth someone else's peace. Deep down, he misses his mother as she's really the only friend he's ever had and a small part of him wants to make friends and try to lead a "normal" life, though that part is buried beneath a calloused, bitter attitude.
Powers: Let's take a second shot at this. He has the ability to take away the pain other people experience, and in turn experiences it for himself. More often than not, it isn't a voluntary thing for him, and often he finds himself taking the physical pain of other people sheerly by accident, though over the years he's learned not to touch people to try and protect himself. The ability is limited to what his body can withstand, and only works while he is conscious. If he falls unconscious, all pain immediately is returned to it's proper "owner".
Weaknesses:
* It's involuntary, but only occurs when he touches others. Or when others touch him. He's trying to learn how to "turn it off" but it's slow going progress. The contact *must* be skin to skin.
* He can only take what won't kill him or knock him unconscious, otherwise his own body shuts down as a defense mechanism.
* Even when he isn't taking someone's pain, his nerves are hypersensitive because of the nature of his ability, leaving him with chronic neuropathic problems.
Potential growth:
* Learn control enough to decide *how much* of someone's pain to take, if any at all.
Strengths:
* Useful in helping people's suffering
* A potential, powerful tool in combat medicine.
Background: He comes from Anchorage, Alaska where he lived with his loving single mother from the time he was born to the time he was around 11. His powers manifested little by little as he grew up, and was first noticed when he was five or so when his mother was complaining of a migraine on the phone to her work and he took her hand. Instantly, he doubled over in hand, clutching at his head.
That was the earliest instance of his power. From that point, it was always long sleeves, jeans and gloves, no contact with anyone (save his mother, simply because he couldn't help but to love her). His metahuman power was easy enough to hide that his mother thought she could keep him with her, and that he could live a normal life.
It wasn't until his first year of middle school that he was discovered by the school district for what he was. PE was usually excused for him, to prevent accidental physical contact, but having moved up a school, special accomodations for his "illness" had yet to be implemented. Within the first week, a classmate of his collided with him on the basketball court and fell, breaking her arm. To everyone's surprise, he was the one that cried in pain, tangled up on the court with her as he was.
From there, he lasted no more than a week before the school district found an excuse to expel him, despite his mild, quite nature. It was around this point that his mother contacted Vocherteppβs.
Since coming to the school, his control has not improved much, though this is largely due to a lack of effort. He's always been miserable here, choosing not to make many friends to protect himself, and wants nothing more than to be able to leave so he can return home to take care of his aging mother. Mostly? He's just lonely and afraid of getting close to people.
Maverick.
say hi to your mother for me.
Wesley 2.0 !
Thank you for pointing out the weakness of his powers! I was not doing him any justice. I made his shocking powers more intense, and he currently has the ability to make someone go unconscious at this point (like what he can do really depends on how much electricity there is to use). He can now draw from sources that are up to 50ft away now instead of 20. Hopefully that makes for a better balance! I tried to make sure that he has room to grow and get stronger as well without making him start out as superman.
I also made him less friendly to the staff and more apt to get in trouble. Hopefully that means that it makes more sense that he would be more in-the-know about what goes on at the school? If not, I can just keep him more in the dark about it.
Thank you for pointing out the weakness of his powers! I was not doing him any justice. I made his shocking powers more intense, and he currently has the ability to make someone go unconscious at this point (like what he can do really depends on how much electricity there is to use). He can now draw from sources that are up to 50ft away now instead of 20. Hopefully that makes for a better balance! I tried to make sure that he has room to grow and get stronger as well without making him start out as superman.
I also made him less friendly to the staff and more apt to get in trouble. Hopefully that means that it makes more sense that he would be more in-the-know about what goes on at the school? If not, I can just keep him more in the dark about it.
code by low fidelity.
withinasapphire
Junior Member
Finally got around to writing this up, feel free to let me know your thoughts
Name: Isla Alston
Age: 15
Personality: As a young child, Isla was bright and curious about everything around her. She wanted to know everything, so much so that she'd ask multiple questions about many topics. However, this side of her began to disappear as she grew older. It felt like no one wanted to hear her, and if they acknowledged her it was on accident. She grew quiet, and her questions were held back. She buried herself into her books as opposed to talking until she was hardly talking at all. She doesn't emote much on the outside, and tries to do the same on the inside, often doing what she can to conceal how it is she feels. She wants to feel nothing at all. Her end goal is to be not noticeable. She is nobody, she doesn't need anyone, and no one needs her. However, during situations where tensions are high, this often fails to work and her more dominant emotion -- fear -- always comes to light.
Powers: Earthquake generation. She can cause a vibration that can in turn create an earthquake. The very bane of Isla's existence, and something she hates having. Her powers are tied into her negative emotions -- namely sadness, anger, and fear. The intensity of the earthquake depends on how badly Isla feels these emotions. If she was just a little nervous, then it'd be a simple light tremor. On the other hand, if she felt pure, overwhelming fear, then it'd be more of a violent shaking and if that continued it might not bode well for the surrounding area or the people around her. One way to stop the earthquake once it's begun is for Isla to feel calm once again. Another way is for Isla to be unconscious. In order to actually begin an earthquake, her feet require contact with the ground/floor. Isla isn't immune to her own earthquake and is just as capable of being hurt by it as anyone else.
Appearance: Isla has long, dark brown hair with blunt bangs that somewhat covers her eyebrows. Her eyes are a pale green. She wears an oversized red hoodie with a white t-shirt underneath, along with shorts and sneakers. She has a mole under her right eye.
Background: Isla was born to two non-metahuman parents. Isla being metahuman wasn't something either of them were aware of at first, until she started learning how to walk and would start to cry if she fell over, in which her eyes started to glow and the house would start to shake a little. It was a shock to be sure, but nonetheless her parents still loved their daughter and doted on her constantly. However this didn't hold true for Isla's aunt, who was determined to keep her own child, Isla's cousin, away from Isla and treated her like she had something that was highly contagious. As for the rest of Isla's family, they treated her with kindness, but they weren't shy about purposefully distancing themselves from her and were obviously wary, never knowing when her powers would activate. This affected Isla over time and slowly she talked less and less at family gatherings, standing off to the side and choosing instead to read her collection of books that her parents had gotten her. Things weren't any better at school. In elementary school, Isla's powers had acted up more in accordance with her increasing sadness at being excluded by her classmates and her anger at being called names by others. Her parents received a lot of complaints and phone calls then regarding any damage that had been done to the school by Isla's outbursts. It was during this time that Isla's parents tried teaching her ways of dealing with these feelings so her powers wouldn't act up on her. They tried teaching her breathing techniques, and they tried telling her to walk away from the jerks who taunted her, but none of those things could stop kids who were determined to be cruel. One day, when the teacher had left the room, some kids tried forcing her into showing off her eye glow because it was "creepy", and Isla felt something in her receding. She'd accepted it, this was just how it was going to be forever. It didn't matter what she said or did, it didn't change anything. From that day, Isla's powers stopped, and she was now more of a expressionless shell, hardly reacting to anything any of her bullies did to her. A lot of people thought of this as Isla now being "cured", but her parents were more worried. But years passed, and Isla went through her middle school days without incident, aside from people saying she was weird and creepy as she's more like a walking doll than anything. It was only during her freshman year that problems arose again. Now that Isla was cured of her weirdness, there was other things to bully her for, and it seemed to turn into a competition to make her react -- to do anything at all (and Isla still has the scars across her body as a reminder). But on one day, something happened. On her way to the library, a few of Isla's tormentors cornered her. It seemed like the usual routine -- insult her, call her names -- Isla silently endured it, just staring back in response. But then they asked if Isla even felt pain. She must not, since Isla never did anything no matter what they did to her. Isla's mouth moved a bit, but no words came out. She felt someone grab her arms and she watched someone else open one of the nearby windows, the breeze hitting her face. They wanted to test that theory. Suddenly, something was wrenched open in Isla, and this uncontrollable fear flooded through her all at once. For the first time since she was little, that familiar shaking was back as well as the glowing in her eyes. She was scared, watching helplessly as the cracks starting crawling up the walls due to the earthquake. Her tormentors were scared too, screaming that she was a freak of nature as they started running, almost tripping over each other to get away from her. Now left alone, Isla crouched to her knees as she tried to stop what she had started, trying out those breathing techniques her parents had taught her all that time ago. To her surprise, it slowly worked it's magic, and she could only stare at what she had done. After that incident, Isla wasn't allowed back at school since she had "endangered the lives of students" and parents were now worried for their kid's safety. Her own parents didn't know what to do, they couldn't teach Isla on their own, especially since they had jobs of their own. When the letter came, it was like their prayers were answered. Her parents were ecstatic, this seemed like just the thing Isla needed. Isla herself was indifferent, it couldn't really be true, could it? But her parents were insistent that this could be good for her, so off she went..
Age: 15
Personality: As a young child, Isla was bright and curious about everything around her. She wanted to know everything, so much so that she'd ask multiple questions about many topics. However, this side of her began to disappear as she grew older. It felt like no one wanted to hear her, and if they acknowledged her it was on accident. She grew quiet, and her questions were held back. She buried herself into her books as opposed to talking until she was hardly talking at all. She doesn't emote much on the outside, and tries to do the same on the inside, often doing what she can to conceal how it is she feels. She wants to feel nothing at all. Her end goal is to be not noticeable. She is nobody, she doesn't need anyone, and no one needs her. However, during situations where tensions are high, this often fails to work and her more dominant emotion -- fear -- always comes to light.
Powers: Earthquake generation. She can cause a vibration that can in turn create an earthquake. The very bane of Isla's existence, and something she hates having. Her powers are tied into her negative emotions -- namely sadness, anger, and fear. The intensity of the earthquake depends on how badly Isla feels these emotions. If she was just a little nervous, then it'd be a simple light tremor. On the other hand, if she felt pure, overwhelming fear, then it'd be more of a violent shaking and if that continued it might not bode well for the surrounding area or the people around her. One way to stop the earthquake once it's begun is for Isla to feel calm once again. Another way is for Isla to be unconscious. In order to actually begin an earthquake, her feet require contact with the ground/floor. Isla isn't immune to her own earthquake and is just as capable of being hurt by it as anyone else.
Appearance: Isla has long, dark brown hair with blunt bangs that somewhat covers her eyebrows. Her eyes are a pale green. She wears an oversized red hoodie with a white t-shirt underneath, along with shorts and sneakers. She has a mole under her right eye.
Background: Isla was born to two non-metahuman parents. Isla being metahuman wasn't something either of them were aware of at first, until she started learning how to walk and would start to cry if she fell over, in which her eyes started to glow and the house would start to shake a little. It was a shock to be sure, but nonetheless her parents still loved their daughter and doted on her constantly. However this didn't hold true for Isla's aunt, who was determined to keep her own child, Isla's cousin, away from Isla and treated her like she had something that was highly contagious. As for the rest of Isla's family, they treated her with kindness, but they weren't shy about purposefully distancing themselves from her and were obviously wary, never knowing when her powers would activate. This affected Isla over time and slowly she talked less and less at family gatherings, standing off to the side and choosing instead to read her collection of books that her parents had gotten her. Things weren't any better at school. In elementary school, Isla's powers had acted up more in accordance with her increasing sadness at being excluded by her classmates and her anger at being called names by others. Her parents received a lot of complaints and phone calls then regarding any damage that had been done to the school by Isla's outbursts. It was during this time that Isla's parents tried teaching her ways of dealing with these feelings so her powers wouldn't act up on her. They tried teaching her breathing techniques, and they tried telling her to walk away from the jerks who taunted her, but none of those things could stop kids who were determined to be cruel. One day, when the teacher had left the room, some kids tried forcing her into showing off her eye glow because it was "creepy", and Isla felt something in her receding. She'd accepted it, this was just how it was going to be forever. It didn't matter what she said or did, it didn't change anything. From that day, Isla's powers stopped, and she was now more of a expressionless shell, hardly reacting to anything any of her bullies did to her. A lot of people thought of this as Isla now being "cured", but her parents were more worried. But years passed, and Isla went through her middle school days without incident, aside from people saying she was weird and creepy as she's more like a walking doll than anything. It was only during her freshman year that problems arose again. Now that Isla was cured of her weirdness, there was other things to bully her for, and it seemed to turn into a competition to make her react -- to do anything at all (and Isla still has the scars across her body as a reminder). But on one day, something happened. On her way to the library, a few of Isla's tormentors cornered her. It seemed like the usual routine -- insult her, call her names -- Isla silently endured it, just staring back in response. But then they asked if Isla even felt pain. She must not, since Isla never did anything no matter what they did to her. Isla's mouth moved a bit, but no words came out. She felt someone grab her arms and she watched someone else open one of the nearby windows, the breeze hitting her face. They wanted to test that theory. Suddenly, something was wrenched open in Isla, and this uncontrollable fear flooded through her all at once. For the first time since she was little, that familiar shaking was back as well as the glowing in her eyes. She was scared, watching helplessly as the cracks starting crawling up the walls due to the earthquake. Her tormentors were scared too, screaming that she was a freak of nature as they started running, almost tripping over each other to get away from her. Now left alone, Isla crouched to her knees as she tried to stop what she had started, trying out those breathing techniques her parents had taught her all that time ago. To her surprise, it slowly worked it's magic, and she could only stare at what she had done. After that incident, Isla wasn't allowed back at school since she had "endangered the lives of students" and parents were now worried for their kid's safety. Her own parents didn't know what to do, they couldn't teach Isla on their own, especially since they had jobs of their own. When the letter came, it was like their prayers were answered. Her parents were ecstatic, this seemed like just the thing Isla needed. Isla herself was indifferent, it couldn't really be true, could it? But her parents were insistent that this could be good for her, so off she went..
fin
"all i do is finesse, man."
DEL MORALES.
a good soldier follows orders.
code by low fidelity.
.empathogen.
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I'll get around to slapping something together here tomorrow.
listener
mama and the mothman
clover winnifred leah
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name: clover leah pronunciation: lee
nicknames: clo, clove
age: 15 | oct 27th 2063
personality: clover is as soft hearted and compliant as they get, with an intuitive sense of what's going on emotionally with the people around herβ at the deficient of not entirely understanding her own. melancholic and lonely, despite easily making friends due to her kind nature, clover is oft lost in thought or daydreaming, with a rather sad look on her face. while not shy, she's rather timid in chaotic situations and prefers to stay out of confrontations at all costs.
due to this, clover feignes being a bit duller than she actually is, acting easily confused, overly enthused, and perhaps not as bright as she really is. though anyone with astute observation skills would notice otherwise. clover tends to be overindulgent in what she likes; food, hobbies, and people, and suffers the consequences that they bring. she's a bit lazy as well, creating golems to both amuse herself and carry out simple tasks for her, and while she gets just-above passing grades without studying too hard, she lacks the drive to find her true potential.
papercraft | paper manipulation
at its core, clover's power is the ability to manipulate paper. while she cannot create paper out of thin air, since she's been at vochertepp, she's learned that she can duplicate small amounts of paper as long as she has some within close proximity to her. and while her teachers are in the process of trying to get clover to manipulate the properties of her paper to be harder, it's slow going.
- paper golems | one of the first aspects of her power that manifested, clover can fold and shape paper to her will to create "golems" that can carry out simple tasks (or just pretty to look at). at the moment, she's unable to create anything larger than a dog. these golems are not sentient, being controlled and moved by clover completely.
- paper storm | usually happens when clover is in a state of distress or concentrating entirely too hard, all of the paper within a thirty foot radius starts going haywire. sticking to her, the people around her, and flying around whatever area she's in, orbiting around her, the central focus of every storm.
- paper cuts | one of the only offense abilities available to clover at the moment, she can send paper flying at her targets, essentially dealing no more than paper cuts. however, due to the large amount of paper that she can currently manipulate, she's capable of doling out hundreds of these tiny cuts.
strengths
- incredibly versatile
- able to manipulate paper and anything paper-like (papyrus, parchment, hemp-made paper)
weaknesses
- paper is easily shredded, burned, torn, and damaged
- the offensive abilities she does have are extremely weak, even if paper cuts hurt like a bitch
- roll concentration save whenever she uses her abilities
- cannot create paper, must have it on her person or spend time "duplicating" more
potential for growth
- potentially creating constructs from paper, larger and more diverse than her golems
- more defensive capabilities, including walls of paper, shields, etc.
- duplication of paper becoming quicker and more abundant
- learning to manipulate the properties of paper itself, to change its density, color, size, etc.
background: clover was born in the heart of millennium city to two incredibly busy, but incredibly loving parents. while neither her mother nor father are metahumans, the gene has popped up infrequently in both maternal and paternal lines. her great (great?) paternal uncle was a prolific healer who aided the famous starteam, while her maternal grandmother and aunt had similar abilities that allowed them to implant suggestions in the minds of others. so when it was revealed that clover was a metahuman at only three years old, her parents weren't too surprisedβ it did, however, cause her nanny to faint at the sight.
life was... relatively easy going for clover; her father worked in the local government and his pay was good, allowing them all to live a comfortable existence, and her mother worked in various nonprofit organizations around the country in attempt to improve meta and non-meta relations, due to witnessing the discrimination of her mother and sister before moving to millennium. so while her parents were rarely home, clover never wanted for anything, save their presence. even school was relatively easy; any bullying she received wasn't due to her powers, but rather her lack of a backbone and the inability to stand up for herself.
clover lived for the moments she got to spend time with her mother and father whenever they were home, and her parents seemed to share the sentiment. they made a habit of having a home cooked meal once a week (usually made by nanny price) where they would share and lay bare their feelings. a game would come next, and then a movie, where clover would happily fall asleep on the couch between both parents.
while relatively lonely, clover maintained a positive outlook on life, even after the death of her aunt, wherein her mother decided she needed to temporarily relocate to pennsylvania to care for her ailing mother. that was at the end of clover's 8th grade, and though she desperately missed her and the trio family night every week, her father made it a point to finally be around more. clover loved him all the more for it, and though she recognized the signs of exhaustion, she couldn't find it in herself to ask him to slow down.
and so when she turned fifteen and high school was right around the corner, her father suggested they look for a school that would help her earn extra credits to apply for millennium's metahuman city collegeβ where she had dreams of attending since her childhood. it was then that the letter from vochertepp's school for the enhanced arrived. her father was excited, as was her mother, but nanny price (who may be as lonely as clover) begged her not to go. and though she didn't want to leave nanny price or her father, the look of excitement on his face whenever he talked about the future opportunities it could provide, clover relented. she's been at vochertepp for less than eight months, and is none the wiser to the dark depths it hides.
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cablebelly
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ok, a lot more clear on the power here, awesome. i think my one question is what you mean by neuropathic problems in the weaknesses, id like some elaboration on that. otherwise, i think you can move on to the full cs.
updates lookin sharp to me! get him onto the full cs. i would love to hear more elaboration about who his father is possibly in that full cs.
hi, solid start here! just a couple things, mostly to do with the powers.
i think it'll be an issue rp wise to have a power that only has two modes, 0 or 100. you might want to add a bit more of a middle ground in her tremors, maybe some toph-esque inspirations from atla? less earthquake generation and more earth-tremor manipulation/causation, still could be tied to her emotions but doesn't need to be a total earthquake every time. some ground stompage to create fissures, shockwaves in the ground, etc. this will need a few more solid limitations but might serve you better ic. let me know what you think.
also, the way you describe her powers "stopping" in her background -- i don't think anyone's powers can ever fully stop, but she probably just pushed them way down because of how depressed she is. she is also sounding like someone who's hair color has probably turned the color of her glow, since she fully "gave in" to what her powers did to her and her standing in life. so thats some fun flavor you have earned with your very depressing bg :,) otherwise solid start.
ok!! he's here!! we talked about but its easier to go over whats here since its put down so clearly so forgive if im backtrackin on some stuff. my mind is clear now lmao
so the one hitch i'm thinking is that if it was the army that pulled daunte's powers out of him, they'd probably go gung-ho and make a bunch more like him, which would lead to the tempest mantle not being quite the royal family you have it positioned as, and it'd also sort of change some of my lore up a bit. i'm thinking we just switch it from the government explicitly torturing the powers out of him to him discovering it during a tour and in the heat of battle or something like that. they capitalize on it and tempest becomes the government contracted superhero mantle it is today.
also -- is his sis at vochertepp right now? would love to play with that.
supersonic
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hey, just a heads up- i'll probably get the character skeleton up sometime today, but if it gets accepted, the full sheet might take a bit loner. my pup's sick with parvo, and that's probably gonna steal my attention for the next few days (β―ΛΜΆα· οΉ ΛΜΆα·β―)
cablebelly
well poised
hey gang!! with the introduction of this lovely lady i want to introduce you to my
advisor, listener. she's been in some previous games i've run in this superpower universe and has jumped on to help me review cs' and keep my lore tight from the sidelines. much appreciation for her 
don't worry, still direct all your questions to me, she's just my own personal lore frontman muahahaa.
kakemha
One Thousand Club
Yea, I get you. I'm also very open to changing her powers a little so everyone in the rp doesn't have to write their character's surface thoughts. and I really love the ideas you suggested, forcing the truth out of someone is something I haven't really though of, but it sounds so cool. Or I could maybe make it where she has to touch people to communicate with them or she has to know them personally. Or she could be able to mess with the brain of others, like constricting their movements or making them see hallucinations, all by entering their mind. If I do that, it would eliminate the need to write inner or surface thoughts. But if that sounds like a new power all together, I'd love to use the things you suggested.
calypso
fairest
cablebelly
hey I finished mirabelle! i hope you don't mind, but i tried to go a non-traditional route by not really mentioning superheroes in mirabelle's backstory! please let me know if it doesn't fit, or needs any adjustments, since i have a backup story for her. same with her powers!
Twin Fantasy
My Boy
sent in my full-length character sheet wahooo
cablebelly
well poised
more talking from me!!! dont we love to see it. just wanted to pop in and say i am receiving all those awesome full sheets and very grateful. im trying to give my attention to the skellys right now (since they are coming in Hot) so if you haven't heard from me on your full sheet, no worries. you will Eventually and it might be just a "sit tight till final deadline" type of deal. for now, rest assured i am receiving them and will get to them soon!
i think you could go ahead and pm me if you wanted to keep fleshing out this power concept!
wait edit omg: did you give her a psuedo forced glow with the pink heart eyes by having her mom force out her powers? that's so hype. love.
i think this is sounding like a new power to me! possibly some offshoot of telepathy or similar to how flutz approached it, though you might want to be careful not to step on their toes. i do think the communication power would be really useful, imagine someone in a school where you're always being monitored to have someone who could set up a private groupchat. kind of important for a potential breakout, perhaps ...
i think you could go ahead and pm me if you wanted to keep fleshing out this power concept!
i am very in love with her and her concept. very fresh background, love the power, i think it's well balanced right now and the heart eyes are a tasty touch. eager to see the full cs!
wait edit omg: did you give her a psuedo forced glow with the pink heart eyes by having her mom force out her powers? that's so hype. love.
cablebelly
well poised
also, an error on my part: new york city became millennium city with the metahuman revolution shaping it to be a much more progressive place towards metas. i realize i was vague with this in the lore so totally my bad there. will be updating asap!
Kovacs
the maestro of mad shit.
cablebelly
Aiight, I'm happy to report that Elijah's powers have been fully expanded on (hopefully to your liking)! Standing by for your feedback, chief B]
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calypso
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yβall are so sweet, ty!
