[OOC] -Superhero RP- Act 1: The Rise of Omega.

[Cassowarysaur]

I apologise, they're both *quite* similar anyway.

[apzac]

No big deal, the Erebus with the "-us" as opposed to "-os" ending does function as a second declension masculine, so it can be latin

[Cassowarysaur]

Qué?

[apzac]

There are two possible spellings of Erebus from the original Greek, "Erebos" which is more phonetically accurate, and "Erebus", the -us ending is a masculine nominative in Latin, so thats the one that appears most often in roman texts

[Spencer]

@Wonder, Red Star has green light! She looks cool!
@Gravislayer, accepted. I liked the little speech thingy in the beginning.
@Cassowarysaur, love it! We have quite the enchanted human group running about!
@Gilgex, I'm sorry mate, I just don't see the soul thing working out! It gives me the chills somehow.

[Owlriel]

I changed a lot can you please at least just look at it now?

[Cassowarysaur]

Thanks for accepting Shin, Spencer. I'm looking forward to RPing. How are we going to start?

[Keia Vewyx]

Making a CS roster is... quite difficult without tables. I might just give up and make a Google Drive spreadsheet. Would be easier to edit, supports multiple people editing, and most importantly looks much better~

[Owlriel]

I'm going to work on a completley different character. One I'll actually like, instead of butchering one to fit that ultimately I wont like in the end.

[Parteebear]

Real Name: Emily Cummings

Aliases: Lumineer

Good or evil?: Good (Though only a crime fighter to meet a quota, allowing her to use her powers in her shows. She does have a sense of morality though, so she will likely do more than meet the quota, albeit begrudgingly.)

Age: 22

Gender: Female

Race: Human

Appearance Normal:

Emily Cummings

Appearance Superhero/villian: Doesn't need a suit, her identity is known and if she needs a disguise she makes one as an illusion around her.

Rivals or Friends: A small fanbase, but nothing major for friends. Since she only meets the minimal requirements in crime fighting to use her powers, she has few real enemies. Erebus is developing into a rival and counter to her.

Powers: Can manipulate light and sound waves to create complex illusions. These illusions aren't targeted, meaning she cannot make them only appear for enemies and leave friendlies unaffected. In order to create new and realistic visuals, Emily needs to concentrate very hard, so she prefers to simply bend light, displacing things that are present or making things appear like they aren't there. If she practices an illusion often enough, she can do it fairly easily, but her gallery of of on hand illusions isn't too great yet. She can also create abstract and cartoony environments with relative easy. Sound waves are easier and she can replicate any sound she has heard.

Weapons/equipments/items: When fighting crime, Emily wields a taser for incapacitating foes, a baseball bat for hand to hand and a pair of knives for lethal fights. She is not very proficient with the knives and would be easily over-powered in a straight-forward fight if she weren't hidden in her illusions.

Strength: Emily is charismatic and applies her powers creatively, able to disguise herself or fade into the background entirely. She does well in undercover work and incapacitation of the enemy, making her effective in stealth missions. Preferring a sneaky approach, Emily has picked up a few skills in free-running and lock-picking in order to quickly get in and out of places. She makes a great thief as well.

Weaknesses: In a straight up fight, Emily will almost always lose. She is fit, but not particularly strong and lacks any real combat ability. If an enemy is immune to electric attacks or has skin too tough for her knives to pierce she will be unable to do much of any damage. Her abilities are AOE, so anything she does to enemies, she is also doing to friends, and if the enemy uses any kind of mind-sight, she will be completely useless. She is also not a seasoned hero, so she is prone to choking up and may be unable to cope with killing, should she be forced into that situation. Finally, she's human, so like bullets and stuff.

Backstory/Personality: Born into the shadows but with a passion for the spotlight, Emily has always been one to look for greener pastures. She was born in the poorer parts of New Tokyo, where her family was barely able to keep themselves under a roof and food was always scarce, quickly learning to scavenge for anything besides the bare necessities. As she grew, she honed her skills as a thief and as a performer, one to make a quick buck and the other to fill the aching need in her heart for attention. In her teen years, she joined a small anti-government group, working as a courrier to get messages in between factions without an electric trail, at which time she honed her free-running skills and got intimate knowledge of the street layout and architecture of New Tokyo. When her powers blossomed, she was forced to leave the group behind, seeing the opportunity that super powers gave to her career as a performer, and knowing that going that route would mean close surveillance and having to play nice with the feds. Within a few months she had become a fairly well known artist, known for her dazzling displays, along side upbeat tunes. Her family was no longer poor, she had achieved her goal, and all she had to do was put her life on the line a few nights a week, things were looking up.

[Keia Vewyx]

I like Lumineer. The CS seems to give her a type of innocent aura, despite helping people more for fame and money than the goodness of her heart~
I also like how her abilities are more indirect and versatile than most. They definitely give a high level of creative application.

With that, we have one definite hero characters, two anti-hero characters, and one neutral character accepted, with another definite hero and neutral character awaiting judgement. So many grey characters.
If I remember correctly, Rin is making a definite hero as well.

A lot of heroes, but that isn't bad because we have one big super-supervillain.
In addition, I sent my sheet via PMs to the GM. If it is accepted, we all get a pitch-black, ax-crazy terrorist of a villain too~
If it isn't, I'll go for a nice nature-based hero to offset all these augmented humans with artificial strength and physics-based superpowers.

[apzac]

A light manipulator with a taste for fortune huh, hey Parteebear what would you think of having a pre-existing rivalry between Lumineer and Erebus, seems like it would be a pretty good fit.

[Parteebear]

I was definitely thinking of having the two clash, but I think an early story moment works better than a pre-existing feud. Maybe you're one of my assignments that gets away.

[apzac]

Sounds good to me, we definitely have to do something with it, their powersets clash too nicely not to.

[Rin]

Keia Vewyx said
If I remember correctly, Rin is making a definite hero as well.

I only do moral greyness when I do villains, it seems. ^^;

...Also I really need to kick into overgear with getting this figured out, but I don't think 03:23 is a good time to be doing that, eheh.

[Ryonara]

If you guys don't mind, I'm making two characters myself. They'll be up in a moment.

[Divine Darkness]

Will do my best to post a character tomorrow after work.

[Ryonara]

Real Name: #27
Aliases: Yoshimitsu
Good or evil?: Neutral Good - #27 himself doesn't really go out and do any hero work, but he does provide as an asset for both legal and less-than-legal heroes. His business is morally questionable, but he himself is a good person, his past aside.
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Race: Mutant
Appearance Normal:

"True Form"

Appearance Superhero/villian: How your character looks like while doing/fighting crime.

"Business Form"

Rivals or Friends: Has a lot of business partners and customers, and an almost equal amount of business rivals.
Powers:
Shapeshifting - #27 is capable of morphing his body into a variety of shapes and forms, and can manipulate the bones and organs inside of him into unique shapes, limbs, and appendages. Additionally, he can "Fuse" other people's parts into his body for him to use.
Illusions - #27 seems to have some sort of quasi-magical ability to create illusions to fool his friends and foes alike. Usually he simply uses this to make a more convincing disguise, but often #27 can use illusions to manipulate and control his targets, letting their minds make things real.
Doppelgangers - #27 has notable been able to create multiple physical copies of himself, each one with a copy of his abilities. However, he can only make one clone for each year of his life. And while his clones can make their own clones, those clones are much weaker than the clones that come from him, being incapable of illusions and cloning. Clones he creates directly are known as the "First Generation", and the clones made by them are "Second Generation". He himself is known as the "Progenitor" of the doppelgangers.
Weapons/equipments/items: When #27 is in his "Business Form", he usually carries two katanas and a his own version of the "Hellsing Arms .454 Casull". He also carries a lot of Flash Bangs in case he needs to make a retreat.
Strength:
#27 can adapt other people's body, as well as absorb their memories, by eating them in his true form. And though he usually looks human, he is anything but; his human form is merely for the convenience of others, as he is more comfortable and much more deadly in his amorphous form, where he can shrug off attacks such as slashes and bullets since, unlike other humans, he doesn't really need his organs. It still hurts, however.
Weaknesses:
When #27 creates his doppelgangers, he does so by splitting himself. In order for his doppelgangers to be working as maximum efficiency, he needs to have both enough mass for them, as well as sharing some of his own intelligence in order to make them smart enough to do anything of importance. And even than, they are much less resilient as he is, and are capable of being killed by conventional means. If they should die, Roy looses the mass and brainpower he put into them, and consistent use is liable to kill him too. Also, despite being an arms dealer, he actually isn't very good at using any of his weapons. Enough to know how to use them, but compared to others who spend their life training with them, he's a novice.
Backstory/Personality:
Before he took up the name Yoshimitsu, this creature of bones, organs, and a black tar-like substance was merely #27. He was a product of a government operation in order to create amorphous combatants; super soldiers, basically, but ones that didn't need to rely on a human form. His number came from the fact that he was the 27th creation of the original subject zero. His young life was first spent merely under observation, with scientist testing to make sure that he did not die like the rest of his kind. He was merely one among many, neither the best, but nor was he considered a failure. At around five years he was released from his isolation cell to begin his "Conditioning", to learn more about himself and what he would be doing. Ever so slowly, he was also beginning to form sentience. Though many of the scientists wondered how he was able to form sentience (Others have as well, though he was one of the few to pick it up before ten years), they treated him kindly enough. Not humanly, but at the same time, what one would consider inhuman meant nothing to him. His conditioning involved testing his limits, where he would willingly go all out. Even should he "Fail", the scientists were always quick to come to his aid to ensure that they did not lose their asset. Though their relationship was far from familiar, #27 and the scientist had a pleasant, professional relationship.

But #27's life in the labs would not last forever. When he was around 15 years old, there was an uprising among the other numbers. Unlike him, not all liked being a experiment and wanted freedom. They banded together and fought the scientist for their freedom, killing many. #27 tried to halt the rebellion, save the scientist, but he was merely one slime stuck between two vastly more powerful forces. The other numbers was soon victorious, destroying most of the lab and causing a mass release of all the numbers that were still alive. #27 tried to stay with the scientist, but by this point they had come to a conclusion that they all must be eradicated. He included. Faced with posible death, #27 fled with the other numbers, towards freedom.

Life outside of the lab was different. Chaotic, almost. He knew when to wake up, when to expect the scientist to come in, do experiments, eat, rest, repeat. Losing that scheduled put #27 at a lost. His fellow numbers, if they were not hunted down and killed, scattered to all corners of the earth. #27 traveled far and wide, looking for a purpose. Sometimes he would serve as a hero, doing what he thought was right because he saw something wrong. But sometimes he was a villain, if only because his diet would sometimes consist of living people. When he was around twenty years old, he was attacked by someone who claimed to be a hero. The two of them fought, with little words exchanged. It wasn't until #27, who had inadvertently caused a fire to a school house, that his life began to change. The hero immediately stopped fighting #27 to save the people in the school house. #27 did not understand why he would do this. But something inside of him told him to help. #27 helped the hero, despite his terrifying appearance, and saved most of the people inside. All but the hero himself. He was trapped underneath burning rubble, and #27 could do little to save him. Before the flames engulfed them both, the hero told #27 that there was a chance to redeem himself. To become good, a hero. With his last words the hero told #27 to seek out other heroes and learn from them, before it was too late. #27 escaped the fire, now with new purpose in his life.

Many years passed. After that day, #27 searched for groups of heroes to learn their ideals and their philosophies. He wanted to become a hero, as that was what he thought he was meant to become. But his naivety began to crumble. It started well enough, learning the ethics and rules that heroes would live by. But as he continued his career as a crime fighter, he saw his heroes fall, to either die in the line of fire or live long enough to become the enemy. He became disillusioned, but still wanted to fight. After one raid on a weapon smuggling organization, #27 took over instead of forced the group to disband. He took out their leader and made the group move in a new direction, one where he could use their power for right reasons. It was the only way he felt like he could really do anything against the forces of crime; not by stopping it at every turn, but by controlling the criminals themselves.

After he took over, #27 disappeared from the public eye, and a new name arose. Yoshimitsu: the Merchant of Death. Providing arms and armor for those he deems worthy of his services, he also has himself and his "Clan" go into areas and protect them from criminals. However his group has it's fair share of enemies among both the criminal and legal; since he refuses to reveal his identity and reject government offers, he and his group are seen as either "Unlicensed Mercenaries" at best, or terrorists at worse. Yoshimitsu himself cares little for politics; he will fight crime by taking them over, and turning them into a force of good. Or find himself becoming the very villain he sought to eliminate.

Real Name: Restu Goroshi
Aliases: Edge (It's written on her card)
Good or evil?: Lawful Good - Although she can be fairly aggressive, she never goes past her jurisdiction and always makes sure to follow the intent of doing good, not merely following the law.
Age: 19
Gender: Female
Race: Human, with magic
Appearance Normal:

Appearance Superhero/villian: Doesn't use a costume.
Rivals or Friends: She leads a gang of like-minded kids who, while without any powers, are skilled martial artists like herself. She's also well liked by most people in her neighborhood. That said, she often has to watch out for rival gangs, some who are much more violent than the usual bully.
Powers:
Telekinesis - Restu was born with telekinetic abilities, though she can do more than simply move objects with her mind. Under the training of a telekinesis master, she is able to use a skill known as Nanto Seiken, which allows her to use her telekinetic ability to create a monomolecular thin cutting edge. However, she's still learning, and requires some sort of catalyst to apply her Nanto Seiken to, usually her weapons or herself.
Weapons/equipments/items:
Collapsible batons - Two steel batons that Restu hides on her body, which can extend to increase in length. Her main weapons, she is dual wield them, simply use one, or even attach them together to create one long staff. Often the catalyst for her Nanto Seiken, turning them into short swords that could cut through car doors. Even without the Nanto Seiken, she can swing these weapons hard enough to shatter steel blades, and often do in order to disarm her opponents.
Demon Tail - Despite the name, the Demon Tail is actually a magical metal chain. On both ends are a set of claws which allows the wielder to control with their mind, such as grabbing objects or opponents from a long distance. The chain itself is also capable of growing in length and size, and is usually disguised as Restu's necklace until she needs it for battle.
Calling Cards - Restu's business cards. Made of a hard plastic to be aerodynamic, she can throw them with astonishing accuracy. By themselves they can't really do much harm unless they hit your eyes, but when imbued with the Nanto Seiken, they could slice through many things.
Smoke Bombs - Restu's homemade smoke bombs she uses whenever she needs to beat a hasty retreat. Aside from a mild irritation of the lungs they're harmless, but reduce visibility to zero.
Strength: Not only is Restu proficient with her telekinetic powers, she herself is like a ninja; skilled in the art of stealth and dirty fighting. She can go undetected in a crowd and has been known to appear in just about anywhere, with very little evidence that she was ever there at all. Restu also has enhanced perception and an innate sense for danger, allowing her to find things with ease and react to surprises better than most.
Weaknesses: Restu is still human; she get's tired, sick, and hurt just like anyone else. She's a tough girl, sure, but she's not invincible despite what she may think. Restu herself can be pretty cocky and tends to get in over her head. Not only that, but while she can find a needle in a haystack, she can't read the mood to save her life. Restu also has never been to school, and barely knows how to read.
Backstory/Personality:
Restu was orphaned from birth, like many others. She was child a child when her parents took a train back from a family outing, but than robbers came in and held everyone up. Some people tried to fight back, causing the robbers to fire their guns wildly, with both her parents killed in the crossfire. Restu grew up in an orphanage that was known for taking in kids who lost their parents due to such incidents. Many of the orphans, if they never get adopted, end up becoming criminals themselves. Restu stayed at the orphanage for a long while, at least until she was ten years old. Around that time she had gotten into a fight with some other orphans when she used her latent telekinetic powers to push them away. The caretaker of the orphanage saw this, and immediately went to get the police to take her away. Restu, scared of what would happen, ran away. She was gone before the local authorities could find her, and had left the city before their manhunt even began. For a long while Restu wondered by herself for months, surviving only by begging and stealing. When she managed to get to the next city, she ended up joining a gang for shelter and protection, and quickly earned her keep by picking up lockpicking skills. They were a gang in name only, being not much worse than bullies and spray painting random buildings.

Restu didn't stay with the gang for long. A year pasted before the gang tried to rob a place, some sort of dojo when the owner of the place left for a business trip. They were planning on breaking in and stealing all the weapons, and Restu was made to tag along since she was the only one who could open the safe inside. But when they actually got there, it turned out the owner and master of the dojo did not leave since his flight was grounded, and the gang fled. Restu, however, was left behind at the mercy of the dojo master. Which to her surprise, she actually got. The master sense Restu's telekinetic powers, and after talking to her about her past, he decided to adopt her. Her master and now father was once a student of the dojo after the previous master died of old age. He himself used to have students, but that was before a local crime family moved in. After they settled their roots, nearly all his students joined the crime family, using the skills he taught them for evil. Eventually he simply stopped teaching, disillusioned that all his students merely go on to become criminals, using his arts for evil. However, none of them had Restu's telekinetic powers, the same one that her master had. Seeing this as his last chance to redeem himself for his lost students, he began to train his new daughter in his martial arts: the Nanto Seiken.

For nine years Restu trained with her father. Not only did he teach her conventional martial arts, but also the Nanto Seiken. He raised Restu to use her powers for good, but was not afraid to show her the ways the world could corrupt her into doing evil. He did not want his child to grow naive and innocent to the world, but he wanted her to be strong and remain pure despite it's darkness. As for Restu, she loved her father dearly and always tried to make him happy, though as she grew older she desired independence. She met up with her old gang and brown-beat them into becoming good people as well, forcing them to take classes from her father. She became their leader, as they became her eyes and ears on the street. After her gang became stronger, without her father's knowledge, she and her gang became undercover heroes, making a name for themselves protecting their neighborhood.

[Keia Vewyx]

Hey, hey Ryonara~

Can "Roy" take the memories of corpses? Say, for example, someone was shot in the head and he consumed their corpse, would he still be able to obtain their memories?

[Ryonara]

I depends if their brains are intact. If they have been shot in the head, no, he probably couldn't. If they've been dead long enough that they're rotting badly, he couldn't either. "Fresh" corpses are easiest for him to consume if he wants their memories, but if their heads are too damaged, he won't get much aside from their final thoughts, if even that.

Edit:

Also I just realized I left Roy in his CS. That was just a place holder until I figured out what his real name would be.