[OOC] The Promise - When will Nick die?

[Spoopy Scary]

Concept: Nick posting, and everyone is happy. We can continue.

[JunkMail]

Concept: Nick posting, and everyone is happy. We can continue.

@Spoopy Scary

Shitty concept. 2/10.

[Punished GN]

We don't deserve happiness.

[Mega Birb]

Blair Van Zant

Blair Van Zant

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⫸ B A S I C I N F O R M A T I O N ⫷

⫸ A P P E A R A N C E ⫷

▼ | S T A T S : |

▸ B I R T H N A M E : | Blair Van Zant
▸ N I C K N A M E / A L I A S : | Sparky
▸ G E N D E R : | Female
▸ A G E : | 16
▸ H E I G H T : | 5’8” – 172.72cm
▸ W E I G H T : | 109lbs.
▸ E T H N I C I T Y : | Ukranian
▸ Y E A R : | Freshman

▼ | P H Y S I C A L D E S C R I P T I O N : |

Standing at five feet eight inches, and weighing in at 109 pounds, Blair is close to that perfectly agile cheerleader build every high school sports team wants. Her Slavic origins have lent themselves well, giving her an angular jawline, softening more towards her ear. The lower half of her face and most of her neck is mostly rough scar tissue from a terrorist attack she survived when she was twelve. The damage done has left her vocal chords and throat in a sorry state, prompting her to wear a gas mask and some form of coverage for her neck at all times. While fitness isn’t her highest priority, she stays in shape through her training with her powers and the sheer amount of energy she burns on a daily basis. As a result, her body could almost be described as gaunt, though no health issues have risen because of this.

She sports a rectangular body shape well, though any sexual appeal she ended up with is placed firmly on her rear despite a light curve at the waist. For all intents and purposes, she is flat-chested, though as stated her behind can rival that of many. Makeup is a simple task for her, usually only taking the time for some light foundation and eyeliner, done just to highlight that there is some white to her eyes. Along with the gene that coded her power came one that failed to properly color her iris, giving her almost pitch-black eyes. She keeps the back half of her ebony locks tightly braided and in a loose ponytail to avoid incident with it, while the front half is allowed to do as it pleases for the most part. Some would say this is an attractive disregard for a perfect appearance. She also has a series of white tattoos on her right arm that do a good job of indication how much electricity is currently stored in her body.

On a much more medical note, Blair had her left arm amputated following the aforementioned attack. A cybernetic replacement was put into place soon after, granting her an increased technical ability at the cost of some humanity. She thinks it’s pretty awesome, though. Back to the gas mask for a second, it serves a double purpose, as she has a difficult time breathing without it, previously damaged lungs and all. Her voice is also somewhat gravelly from the damage done, though she is understandable for the most part.

Most of her wardrobe consists of leather and other flame-resistant materials, as electricity is known to start fires on normal fabrics. She makes it work though, often sporting a punk-esque jacket.

⫸ P S Y C H O L O G Y ⫷

▼ | P E R S O N A L I T Y : |

While generally agreeable, Blair is a punk with bite behind her bark. Her ideals follow closely to those of the Transcendentalists, though they focus less on nature and more on unrestricted freedom for everyone. Because of this, she has a habit of spiting her peers. Despite all this, she is notably paranoid about her health for a good reason and will sooner space herself than share a granola bar with someone. Her respect is earned, not given, though she is notably anti-authoritarian. She is unlikely to actually cause a problem via these views, however.

▼ | B A C K S T O R Y : |

Recorded from an interview with Metahuman-287 – BLAIR VAN ZANT

“Before I get into my history with you, you should know I’m a health risk. Born with HIV, probably have a few screws loose, walking phone battery. But back to the death disease thing, it’s 2072 and no one’s found a cure for that yet? I’ll call bullshit, we’ve got people defying the laws of physics on a regular basis now, and no one’s figured out how to kill a virus that infects 27 million people? Ugh… well, you came to hear how I found out I was a Meta, right? Well, I guess I can put that rant off for now…”

“You know how everything sounds when you’re underwater, right? Everything sounds muffled, you can’t tell what anyone’s saying, and you have a sense of panic slowly overtaking you? That was me when I woke up under 300-something tons of industrial grade steel and concrete. And I’ll tell you, it’s terrifying, wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy. Wait, yes I would. Anyhow, I try to look around when I realize two things. One there’s a cinder block on my neck and chest, and I can’t move my jaw. The second thing was something along the lines of ‘Holy shit my left arm’s destroyed.’ Like honestly, it might as well have been powder in a flesh bag. The adrenaline’s pumping, my vision’s the sharpest it’s ever been and I’m wheezing. For all accounts I should’ve been dead the second everything came down on me, but I wasn’t. And no, that doesn’t mean I’ve got super strength, it was dumb luck. That aside, I was in there for about a day before I hear barking right above me, and then the digging started. They had me out in minutes, and was I in bad shape. Airlifted to a hospital, and that’s when things started getting a little weird.”

“Midflight, the pilot of the helicopter started freaking out a little, said the battery was draining way too fast. There was just barely enough juice to get to the roof of the place, and they had me off the thing right away. By now I’m fading in and out of consciousness, ready to die because everything hurts like hell now, and this nurse keeps slapping me lightly to keep me awake. And y’know, my jaw’s smashed but she can’t tell, at least I was awake for that. Well they bring me down to surgery and plug me into a bunch of machines…”

“And boom! Short circuit, entire floor goes out. Every open wound I had started glowing bright blue, doctor pretty much has a panic attack on the spot, and I’m completely awake a second later. Well like an hour later they figure out what happened, get forced to do the surgery without keeping track of my pulse, and they even gave me this cool arm. I was a standard prosthetic, and then I kinda started messing with it once I figured out how everything worked in it. And now, it’s kind of a conduit for electricity. Well after the fact, they found out my parents were dead and called you guys, and now I’ve been offered a place on the Promise. And you’ll have to kill me to get me to say no.”

⫸ P O W E R I N F O R M A T I O N ⫷

▼ | P O W E R C L A S S I F I C A T I O N : |

Elemental – Physiology

▼ | P O W E R D E S C R I P T I O N : |

To those of you that have played Dota 2, Blair is essentially Storm Spirit. To those who haven’t, here we go.

Officially known as Electrokinesis, Blair’s electrical affinity is parasitic in nature, as she cannot support the sheer amount of energy needed to generate electricity at will on her own. Think of this as an iPhone with a three-year-old battery. Anyway, as an elemental, she can sap the charge needed to sustain her abilities from power outlets and other sources of electricity. From here, this energy can either be directed outwards to buff up anything near her or internally to give her an energy boost, kind of like drinking a 5-Hour Energy. If not used, it will slowly decay within Blair’s system until gone, at which point she will become noticeably fatigued. This will not cause her to ash, as she has a human body that’s capable of running on its own energy. At a high energy expense, she can transform herself into raw electricity and relocate herself a short distance away. As a cool cosmetic side-effect, the scars she has glow a distractingly brilliant blue when overcharged.

In an overcharged state, Blair thinks quicker than anyone could reasonably keep track of, providing her with a passive resistance to Cerebral-based Metas. She also moves quickly, giving her an agile edge over Super-Systems.

When it comes to combat purposes, Electrokinesis lends itself well. Electricity can be condensed into the hands, and will serve several purposes from there. It can be released as a steady stream or in bursts to shock and stun targets at a range, or used to provide an explosive kick to physical strikes. The electricity can also be used as a shield to counter physical attacks, stunning a target if done correctly. It’s a bag of tricks if one ever existed, full of unpredictable gimmicks.

▼ | L I M I T S | W E A K N E S S E S : |

The phrase “Burning the candle at both ends,” fits well here. While still able to ash from overextending and releasing all her energy, Blair can also accidently do this if she absorbs too much energy. The only difference is that she can discharge excess energy to save herself, though damage will still be done. The nanomachines within her work as limiters to prevent this. As with many, Anchors are known to shut her down completely, locking her out of her stolen energy pool until lifted. She also can’t do jack to non-conductive materials, like rubber and fiberglass.

⫸ O T H E R ⫷

Largely thanks to her Electrokinetic abilities, Blair has the potential to come in as a permanent resident of the Promise. The sheer utility of them is largely unexplored so far, though she has expressed interest in staying if the opportunity presents itself. She has also attempted to communicate with the station AI Terabyte on several occasions, to little success.

She can also read and speak Ukranian and Russian. Also she's done acid.

@JunkMail@Mr Allen J@SepticGentleman Critique away, the Promise needed a punk.

[SepticGentleman]

By Jove this is the most cyberpunk character I've seen in a good while. I feel like I'm getting hacked just by reading the sheet.

I see no major problems myself but the yeh or neh is up to ShitMail.

[Punished GN]

@Mega Birb I like her.

[JunkMail]

@Mega Birb

I like the ability. Accepted.

The only thing I will state is that Terabyte aka Zoey is easily accessible to all students. She wouldn't... know most of what Terabyte has access to but like, she could be sitting in her dorm room and be like:

"Hey Terabyte, what's up?"

And Terabyte would audibly respond, and she'd sound pretty human too.

Students can also text with Terabyte and whatnot as well. She's kinda like an easy access school councilor/psychologist/whatever.

No one's been able to hack her yet since her AI is a copy of the most powerful technopath to ever live's mind. But she's friendly. A lot of students have built friendships and trusts with Terabyte.

[Mega Birb]

@JunkMail
Excuse me while I retcon that bit, then. INTO THE CS TAB WIT YE.

[JunkMail]

I'm sorry for the wait everyone- been a hectic past few days between working on this, dealing with relatives, and going to my brother's soccer tournament. Am managing stuff, I promise.

[JunkMail]

@Mega Birb

Just looked over at the sheet in the tab and for the most part she's good- I will say though that she'd be a recent arrival (since she's a Freshman), and only the top 10% of a class are invited to stay on The Promise. Since they wont place her (placement is based on grades n shit) until her Sophomore year, she wouldnt be confirmed yet. Heck, she wouldn't be made a permanent resident until she graduated. Her power alone probably wouldn't cut it.

You dont have to edit it if you dont want to but it should probs be noted. I apologize for not making that information clear enough in the OP.

[Maxx]

We could really use some more introductory IC posts. Just suggesting.

[JunkMail]

@Maxx

Yes, I am aware. Working towards it. It's been a hectic past few days between tournament, holidays, relatives, and new years. I'm doing my best.

[Maxx]

@JunkMail All good fam. I moreso meant that only four of us have posted. I think there's at least three other people who haven't had a chance to post yet.

[SepticGentleman]

@Maxx

Yes, I am aware. Working towards it. It's been a hectic past few days between tournament, holidays, relatives, and new years. I'm doing my best.

@JunkMail

No jokes this time, take it easy my dude. After 2016 we could all use a break.

[JunkMail]

@SepticGentleman

I HAVENT TOUCHED MY COMPUTER IN SIX DAYS

KILLLLLLL MEEEEEEEEEEE

[Luminous Beings]

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[Spoopy Scary]

Procella May Kennedy

Procella May Kennedy

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⫸ B A S I C I N F O R M A T I O N ⫷

⫸ A P P E A R A N C E ⫷

▼ | S T A T S : |

▸ B I R T H N A M E : | Procella May Kennedy.
▸ N I C K N A M E / A L I A S : |
▸ G E N D E R : | Female
▸ A G E : | 17
▸ H E I G H T : | 5'2.
▸ W E I G H T : | 105 lbs soaking wet, which she often is.
▸ E T H N I C I T Y : | Caucasian, but a quarter Cherokee.
▸ Y E A R : | First year.

▼ | P H Y S I C A L D E S C R I P T I O N : |

Procella looks like she might blow away if one strong breeze hits her, which is about as misleading as appearances can get, aside from thinking that the lisp and face tattoo make Mike Tyson seem harmless. She's got short cut brown hair that's streaked with grey - she appears to be going grey rather prematurely, but is at least doing so with style. Her nose is a bit upturned and there are a few faint freckles on her cheeks. She doesn't have a very prominent jawline and her face is more rounded. Her skin is fairly pale, and one might not guess at her grandmother's Cherokee blood. She tends to stand with a very slight hunch, and favors her right leg. She usually stands with her arms crossed over her chest, curling in just a bit, as if she were cold. She nearly always wears a rainjacket of some kind - she's cold-natured, and with her slim build she usually needs it to stay warm. Procella's eyes are a dull blue-green, and she has pretty ugly fingernails from chewing on them. Bad habits. She has a scar on the palm of her left hand and on the outside of her right leg from a time, jagged, but usually not too noticeable (the right leg scar is on her thigh and hidden unless one were, ah, getting to know Procella). She suffers from an incurable genetic condition most commonly known as resting bitch face. She generally isn't too expressive, which doesn't help much. Not the most approachable. Her coat and - to a lesser degree, her hair - tend to sway and ripple a bit even when Procella is sitting still, as if a gust of wind was perpetually rushing them. This usually isn't super noticeable, but is more prominent when Procella loses her cool. She has a tattoo of a thunderbird that spans her back and the right side of her chest, similar to this.

⫸ P S Y C H O L O G Y ⫷

▼ | P E R S O N A L I T Y : |

Procella is a bit broody. She's not mean, just slow to warm up to people and never good at initiating conversations. She tends to be slightly self-conscious - as most teenagers, and, hell, adults - often are, and usually questions the motives of people coming up and striking conversations. The positive side is that Procella is very unlikely to be ensnared into a timeshare seminar. The downside is that she's not exactly a social butterfly. Procella tends to be more of a thinker than a doer - she plans and mulls over her choices before committing one way or another. This makes finding a place to eat with her nightmarish and playing board games with her similar nightmarish. She's got a pretty dark sense of humor, which can alienate some people who, understandably, take her seriously. She's not averse to making friends, just not particularly good at it, and slow to open up. This can make her a little easily manipulated on that front. She's fairly clever and has a good work ethic, and generally does well in classes. Prefers to think things rather than to say them, and has admiration for those who can put themselves out there.

▼ | B A C K S T O R Y : |

I really hate backstories. Essentially, she grew up in a fairly decent family, but due to it being a military family, she moved around a lot and never developed a lot of lasting relationships. Close ties with her family, however. She considers her powers more of a curse and is generally afraid for how they'll impact her life, and hopes that the Promise can enable a semblance of a normal life heading out.

⫸ P O W E R I N F O R M A T I O N ⫷

▼ | P O W E R C L A S S I F I C A T I O N : |

Elemental

▼ | P O W E R D E S C R I P T I O N : |

Procella is - as you may have noticed by the motif thus far - a walking hurricane. Her powers are usually not quite so dramatic, but a walking tropical breeze doesn't sound quite as cool. Her body is both a magnet for and a source of violent weather changes. Her ability to directly control these changes is somewhat limited - she can alter them to some degree, but isn't really capable of precise action. Her atmospheric powers are also theorized to help out on the Promise, as she could, in theory, help retain some semblance of an atmosphere if the hull was ruptured and the systems were critically damaged. Her powers give her a general immunity to electricity, but she hasn't put this into practice too much. The source of the scars on her hand and leg are from being struck by lightning while trying to test out her powers on a water tower - the lightning didn't harm her, but she fell off the ladder and hit the barbed wire fence nearby; she may shrug off a taser, but it could still cause her to seize up a bit or flinch. Procella's powers are generally focused on wind, rain, and lightning (the ladder to a much lesser degree) but she has produced hail on occasion. It wouldn't be technically accurate to call her power "atmospheric manipulation", as that implies a greater degree of finesse and control than she really has, but it's not entirely off the mark. She could, with time and experience, learn to willfully alter more subtle nuances of the air around her, like humidity, or produce more specific weather effects, like hail, etc. As is, these are mostly accidental byproducts. Her "lower level" powers are useful but mostly situational. She, when angry, can accidentally discharge electricity, but not like hurling lightning bolts or anything. She could probably ruin a computer by poking it if she was really furious, and if she was hand-to-hand fighting for her life, could zap her target pretty well (or, more likely, they'd get zapped trying to grab her - she's not much of a fighter). Procella, if properly hydrated, could also exude a decent amount of mist, which would be more her speed - rather than trying to fight and running the risk of killing herself or someone else, she could slip away. She can affect the temperature and humidity to some degree, but not with a lot of precision. While likely not of much use on the Promise, her ability to affect the wind could pretty severely fuck up any long-range sniping. She could also probably manage to produce a bout of thunder at will, which has little direct impact, but has its uses. Her ability to "generate weather" can also lend itself to some creative uses - she's clever and practical enough to figure out ways to sustain herself without breathing, and could probably make her scent near-impossible to follow if she put her mind to it. Chemical weapons used against Procella would likely not be very effective, as she could pretty easily turn toxic gas back on her attackers (see: any use of mustard gas in WWI when the breeze was blowing).

Limits

Firstly, we'll talk about the "inertia" of her power. Procella generally doesn't like going all-out, because she doesn't have much control over things once they get to that level. Her lack of precision has hurt others and herself in the past, so she's less than totally willing to go to that level. Once things start really rolling, it's hard for her to just flip it off - when the air starts circulating, the pressure drops, etc, it takes considerable energy to reverse that. Maintaining and reaching that level is very energy-exhausting as well, and requires a bit of focus. Active weather manipulation takes a lot of concentration on her part - if someone was running at her, she wouldn't really be able to whip up a hurricane to stop them in the span of a few seconds. In a large melee, she could duck into a corner and start working her magic, but in a one on one confrontation, her options are more limited. She's got the potential to be a better direct fighter, but has had little training and shied away from really fine-tuning her abilities, or the more creative applications of her abilities. Procella is immune to her own abilities, but not to the repercussions of them - very few buildings tend to withstand hurricane force winds, so if Procella goes full-strength, she runs the risk of dropping a building on herself. Again, less of a problem in the Promise, but debris flying around can still do plenty of damage to her. This coupled with her aversion of using her abilities means she probably won't go full force unless she's truly furious or in severe danger of her own life. Procella's limp also inhibits her fighting abilities a bit, and makes her more cautious to get into a confrontation.

⫸ O T H E R ⫷

Procella has a limp from falling off the water tower, and occasionally uses a cane, but sometimes doesn't - she doesn't want to get labelled the cripple girl, after all.

@He Who Walks Behind

I fixed up the link and got rid of the excess indent tags.

[Maxx]

@He Who Walks Behind I'm always going to imagine her as Halle Berry.

[Mega Birb]

@JunkMail
Got it, I'll take a look at that in a little bit.

@Maxx
BOY OH BOY HAVE I GOT YOU COVERED.

[KaiserElectric]

@Maxx Unrelated, but I take it you like Thresh.