[OOC] Academy 218: Still looking for new people to join - now is the primetime.

[Lady Seraphina]

Hey can everybody shield there thoughts from telepaths just by thinking about it or is that just Zoe cause of her invisibility power? Personally I would think that thinking 'the telepath can't read my mind, the telepath can't read my mind," would just make it louder for the telepath but that's just me.

[Shard]

I am more interested in what happens if two telepaths read each others minds at the same time.

[Tyler]

I am more interested in what happens if two telepaths read each others minds at the same time.

@Shard

Literal mindfuck?

I posted. I assumed @Heathen would want Trevor to go to the reception, but I didn't want to god-mod it so I left it open at the end. Assume that Mason has proceeded to the reception regardless of whether Trevor accompanied him or not.

Also, I hope no one minds that I included a tanoy announcement. I figured this was a good way to explain why everyone suddenly moved to the reception. I can remove it if required, @Mr Allen J.

[Punished GN]

And I'm guessing Agatha is the Nurse/Doctor/whatever that Trevor is working for?

Edit: Never mind I see how I can make it work. Trevor and the lead Nurse work under Dr. Agatha Crest and the Nurse offices are located in the Hospital wing. Boom. Smart.

@Heathen

Yeah.

Hey can everybody shield there thoughts from telepaths just by thinking about it or is that just Zoe cause of her invisibility power? Personally I would think that thinking 'the telepath can't read my mind, the telepath can't read my mind," would just make it louder for the telepath but that's just me.

@Prince of Seraphs

Well, the only person that would be logically skilled enough to shield their mind would be Mika (She's probably the most skilled Telepath out of the three). She'd be able to shield her minds much better when she absorbs Kana's and/or Lucy's power.

Also, I hope no one minds that I included a tanoy announcement. I figured this was a good way to explain why everyone suddenly moved to the reception. I can remove it if required, @Mr Allen J.

@Tyler

It's cool, bruh. I was going to do something like that anyway.

To everyone: I'll get the room mates up later.

[Shard]

I'll get a post up after Allen, and maybe Gentleman

[Punished GN]

Alright, here are the room mates. Just as a note, for whoever who didn't outright say who they wanted as a room mate, I put all the names in a random generator to decide.

Girly Girls

Piper - Beth
Sawyer - N/A
Lupe - Zoe
Lucy - Michelle
Mika - Kana

Manly Men

Luther - N/A
Diego - Casper
Maurice - Mark
Mason - Harmon
Trevor - Forever alone

[Shard]

B-but....Mason and T-Trevor...my ship...MY SHIP IS SINKING!!!

But wait! Mason x Harmon was the original ship!!... Marmon!! SHIP'S BACK ON THE WAVES, LADS!

[Punished GN]

My headcannon sunk it.

[SepticGentleman]

@Tyler

QUITE THE ROOT.

QUITE THE ROOT.

QUITE THE ROOT.

[Punished GN]

Once @TaliPaendrag posts, then I'll get a post in as Michelle.

[Punished GN]

Aw shit, I forgot that multiple people can share the same room. Does anyone wanna do that?

[Tyler]

@Tyler

QUITE THE ROOT.

QUITE THE ROOT.

QUITE THE ROOT.

@SepticGentleman

I can't believe this. This is not OK.

[Punished GN]

<Snipped quote by SepticGentleman>

I can't believe this. This is not OK.

@Tyler

[Shard]

Come share a room with us, Mason...come to the Diegsper side...

[Heathen]

Hey can everybody shield there thoughts from telepaths just by thinking about it or is that just Zoe cause of her invisibility power? Personally I would think that thinking 'the telepath can't read my mind, the telepath can't read my mind," would just make it louder for the telepath but that's just me.

@Prince of Seraphs

Did you just shade me how dare you.

And poor Trevor. Oh well he prefers to room alone anyway

[Punished GN]

No matter what Zoe does, Mika will always hate her! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
_{and everyone else for that matter}

[Little Bill]

Lenny Boggs

Basic Information



Name:

Lynyrd Skynyrd Boggs

Nickname/Alias/Etc:

Lenny

Gender:

Male

Age:

16

Height:

5'7

Weight:

123 lbs

Type:

New/Full Time Student

Appearance

Hair Color:

Red

Eye Color:

Blue

Ethnicity:

Caucasian (His ancestry is a mix of several European countries)

Physical Appearance:

At a glance, Lenny can be mistaken for a mop. A pale, lanky youth of 16, Lenny is only recognizable in crowds for his bright red hair -- Other than that, he's very easy to miss. He slouches, smells like cigarettes, and hides most of his thin frame under layers of hoodies and baggy shirts.

Underneath those layers of clothes, however, is a lithe and limber young man. He holds very little fat, and has a body fit for a gymnast or swimmer. His pubescent limbs seem awkwardly too long for his body with thin, narrow fingers and toes. His face is most noticeably affected by this overall thinness, with a jaw that pokes out visibly, accentuated by his pointed cheekbones and thin lips. He holds something of a delicate face, with a rosy nose and ears that seem perpetually red, despite his intensely vacant eyes. All in all, Lenny looks decidedly unimpressive for a teenage boy.

Attire:

Lenny spends most of his time indoors, has spent most of his life homeschooled, and spends most of his money on video games. As a result, his wardrobe is fairly basic. He owns clothes in sevens, assuring that he can be dressed for a week with as little time spent on laundry as possible. He owns seven pairs of the same jeans, seven t-shirts, seven collared shirts, seven hoodies, and so on. Most of them are in soft shades of navy, taupe, or maroon. Lenny does not dress to impress, he dresses because he has to.

Personality

Innate & Outward Personality: Lenny is a geek. He enjoys comic books, video games, anime, cartoons, and most other things you could find at a convention. Being homeschooled, Lenny has had little room to make friends with others, although not all of his loneliness is because of his isolation -- Lenny's lack of social skills do that well enough on their own. Lenny has a habit of blurting out his thoughts, fumbling through sentences, and saying the wrong things at the wrong time. This mixture of isolation and social awkwardness has made Lenny into a recluse of sorts, with an encyclopedic knowledge of The Hobbit, and no friends to speak of.

Although a shy nerd, Lenny is no pushover. He is fully aware of the strength of his powers, but is a pacifist at heart. Although he avoids conflict whenever he can, he shares a competitive streak with his brother, and isn't one to turn down a challenge. Listening to his brother's opinions on humanity growing up, Lenny has formed a different opinion -- Although he believes humans and metahumans can peacefully coexist, he holds a great deal of pride for being a metahuman.

Lenny's experiences growing up have thickened his skin a fair deal. From a psychological viewpoint, having to grow up so quickly has caused Lenny to crave the childhood he feels he missed out on, which he experiences through the countless fantasy-based movies, shows, graphic novels, and action figures he owns. Lenny may be a shy nerd, but he is also a proud, tough teenager from the inner-city.

Hobbies/Interests:

As mentioned, Lenny spends his time alone for the most part. He is an avid comic fan, reading everything from Golden-Age superhero comics, to gritty detective noir stories. His favorite genre is fantasy, or generally "Everything that has swords". He is a fan of Star-Trek, although he dislikes Star Wars. Aside from other geeky interests like shows and online roleplaying, he enjoys taking long bike rides through the city. Although his powers allow him a great capability for violence, he usually only uses his power for practical reasons, or more often, to amuse himself. He enjoys using his power to make lights and fires "dance".

Skills/Talents:

Lenny is a skilled mountain-biker, using his bike to traverse the city as well as the craggy forests and hills. Other than those that, Lenny is self-admittedly talentless, which he has few qualms with. He has high grades in all of his classes, and speaks basic Spanish.

Prized Possession:

Lenny places little value on physical things, having to make do with whatever he had growing up. However, with his bicycle being his key to the outside world, it would probably be his bike (Which is named Na'vi).

History/Bio:

Leonard Skynyrd Boggs was born at home, in a small apartment in Boston.

His parents were blue collar metahumans from Georgia. His father, Harley Boggs, had thick green skin, while his mother, Rhiannon Boggs, was a telepath. Although fearful of Lenny's metahuman abilities that he had displayed since infancy, they registered him with NEST and were generally supportive. They died in a car accident shortly after his sixth birthday, leaving Lenny and his brother Creed in foster care. Luckily for the Boggs Brothers, this was short-lived.

Lenny and Creed spent their short time in foster care with the Dulane family, including a mother, father, pet dog, and a foster brother, Pete. Hoping to see his first metahuman after a young Lenny explained "Creed changes if he gets mad", Pete made it his business to scare and tease Creed at every available opportunity, despite being warned not to many times by his parents. Eventually, he caused Creed to transform, but not without a cost. Creed went on to maul the Dulane family's dog, before turning his attention to Pete. Their new foster brother would live the ordeal, but not without being horribly disfigured, breaking several bones, losing most of an arm and an eye. After the incident, Lenny and Creed spent a short time living at a NEST base, before it was finally decided that custody of the boys would be given to their grandmother, who lived in Black Fall, Pennsylvania.

With his grandmother a doddering old woman, most of Lenny's upbringing, or lack thereof, was from Creed. Creed shared his metahuman status with Lenny, although Creed's powers were much more volatile. It was for this reason that Creed and Lenny were both homeschooled, as their grandmother hoped to protect them from the outside world. While Lenny flourished in the online school setting, Creed unenrolled himself at 18, preferring to devote his time to a metahuman rights group in Black Fall.

Their grandmother was eventually placed in hospice care, causing NEST to search for a new home for the boys. Rather than let the already dangerous Creed have guardianship over his potentially dangerous brother, NEST has placed the two at Academy 218 in the hopes of turning the two into productive citizens.

Family:

Brother - Creed Boggs
Grandmother - Susan Boggs

Relationships

Creedence C. Boggs | Mixed | Brother | "Creed’s alright if you get to know him, ‘cept for when he’s not.” |

Susan Boggs | Pities | Grandmother | "My mema's gettin' there in age. She doesn't talk much, poor old gal." |

Abilities

Power Class:

Elemental

Power:

Lenny can absorb, redirect, and expel energy. This pertains to all types of energy, although Lenny sticks to mainly three: Kinetic, thermal, and electric. When absorbing energy, Lenny can either siphon it slowly from a distance, or more quickly with direct physical contact.

When expelling it, the combination of whatever he's absorbed takes the form of a blue plasmoid, either as a blast, beam, or wave, dealing concussive force. Redirecting energy is a combination of both, absorbing through one arm and firing it from the other, making himself a conductor. This is usually reserved for large amounts of energy he can't safely absorb.

Aside from this plasma energy, Lenny can also use the energy in its natural form. If he absorbs a large amount of electric energy, this can be used as an equal amount of kinetic energy, or an equal amount of heat energy, and so on. This allows Lenny to start fires, charge batteries, or simply jump further.

Limits:

The amount of energy Lenny can absorb is finite. Although he is unsure of what the set limit is, stopping a speeding train, putting out a house fire, or absorbing a power plant would all definitely kill him. Although he can absorb larger amounts of energy slowly, or redirect large amounts, quickly absorbing any large amount would either cause him to begin ashing, or simply cause him to explode.

Secondly, Lenny's plasma bolts can injure him with the recoil they present. As he's only able to fire them from his hands, a beam too large, or from redirecting too much energy at once, could potentially break his arms, or blow them off entirely. Similarly, expelling large amounts of heat can burn him, and large amounts of electricity can shock him -- He is not completely immune to his absorbed energies.

Weaknesses/Drawbacks:

Lenny has never left the city, and has thus been surrounded by potential batteries his entire life. Being in a forest, cave, or any other natural environment would essentially take him away from all power sources but the sun, and even then, his solar absorption can easily be negated by putting him under a roof. If he was locked in a basement or closet with nothing to absorb, he would have to rely on his below-average strength to get out.

Different types of energy can damage Lenny if he absorbs them too quickly. For example, if he quickly absorbs the energy of a bonfire, he would become severely dehydrated, and possibly burn his hands. Absorbing solar energy too quickly would give him hypersensitive skin, damaged vision, and lowered stamina. Quickly absorbing kinetic energy would topple him with severe vertigo, and quickly absorbing a large amount of electric energy would shock him, giving him nerve jolts, and possibly stop his heart altogether.

Lastly, Lenny has no defense against physical attacks. While things like cars and trains retain enough kinetic energy to be absorbed and stopped, fists, swords, and other melee weapons do not. Lenny's energy absorption has a threshold of sorts, which stops him from being able to absorb body heat, the electricity in the ground, or the kinetic energy of a thrown punch.

Other: 1337

Creed coming soon.

EDIT: Hello everyone! I am the one reserved latecomer, excuse my latecoming asshatery.

[Heathen]

No matter what Zoe does, Mika will always hate her! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
_{and everyone else for that matter}

@Mr Allen J

Oh I gathered that.

I'm waiting for the day they go completely off on each other. Lord knows that will be soon.

[TaliPaendrag]

Sorry for the delay. I just got back to school from Easter break yesterday, so I was a little busy. :3

[Lady Seraphina]

@TaliPaendrag should probably mention Lucy's wearing aviators so Beth wouldn't be able to tell her eyes color. Just a head ups.