[OOC] The Gifted: A Fast Paced Superpower RP

[Letter Bee]

It's okay, Rumiko!

[AcerRo]

Jesus dude you seem to have a charmed life. We need to start hanging hard, I want in on this.

[NarcissisticPotato]

RumikoOhara said
Hello all sorry I went MIA but I had to fly to Italy and Help my Bosses GF because they were both in an auto accident an my Boss was in a comaThey said she's now okay and out of danger and I just got out of the Airport an am headed home to untangle the mess there that I'm sure it has become without supervisionI'll try and read back on the RP tonight, hopefully I'm still in and a useful member

That sounds like a hectic life, I'm just glad you're back Rumiko because I had to start making things up for Aperture and I felt like only you could really do it! Plus you're a major member of this RP so it's good to see you back! Post whenever you can!

[Aura]

@yog, thanks :D o and btw you just saved the girl. You don't need to save anyone else

...and now there's a random german shepherd in your base XD

[Kangutso]

Is this still accepting?

[NarcissisticPotato]

Of course! Feel free to write up a CS or shoot me some questions if need be!

[Lord Santa]

Here's my character sheet Name: Lachlan Ragnarok Alias(s): Trickster/Loki (Loki is a nickname used by his friends and Trickster is his Merc name) Age: 31 Affiliations: Mercenaries/corporate

Description

Loki is pretty tricky because of his powers but always wears A long fur-hooded coat which reaches past his knees. He also usually wears black dress pants and dress shoes, as well as a black vest, a long sleeved blue shirt and a red tie. This is subject to change and he has several sets of clothes but he is usually not seen without his coat, summer or winter. He has long white hair which is around as long as long girl’s hair. He’s fairly thin (surprisingly muscular, however. You’ll see why) and has thin facial features, kind of. Slightly pointed chin, slightly pointed nose. He usually comes with an easy grin as if he finds everything in the world amusing.

Personality

Lachlan is described by most as whimsical, self-serving and lazy. In a good way, of course. They’d also describe him as a funny guy who tries to break the ice however he wants. This is mostly true as Loki is the kind of guy who wants to do what he wants to do. Light hearted and kind, he teases his friends often. He also teases his enemies sometimes. He’s not the kind of guy to listen to orders he wouldn’t like to follow which causes him some grief sometimes. Basically, he does what he wants and is friendly and occasionally trolls people. That’s pretty much all you need to know. Oh, and he's childish and doesn’t think much about killing people.

powers (it's pretty long)

Powers: For all intents and purposes, Lachlan’s (calling him Loki from now on) power is to create extremely lifelike illusions. He’s registered officially as one who can create illusions. His powers stretch a little beyond that, however. In truth, his power is to warp the perceptions of anything around him and create advanced illusions. For example, his signature move is creating clones of himself. These clones are simply illusions, but in addition to the image of himself, he can simulate his own voice, touch and even his smell (if he has some particularly distinctive cologne lying around or something). He can create light, heat, sound, scent and a number of other things to fool the senses of anyone, or anything, as it even works on cameras for some reason. Obviously, there are limitations. Loki cannot simulate anything he himself doesn’t know or can’t imagine. For example, if he doesn’t know what someone looks like, he cannot create an illusion of them but he can create what he imagines they look like. Most of the time, this ends poorly. Certain illusions also don’t work if he doesn’t know what they’re using to sense. For example, if a guy saw images based on smell, it would be kinda awkward. Another limitation is that while he can create mobile illusions, they have a certain range before the illusion begins to degrade. Additionally, while Loki can sense what illusions he has cast, he can’t do anything handy like see out of them or anything. One thing to note about his power is the limit of his illusion creating. He can summon near infinite amounts of crappy lesser illusions (1 sense max, low res) and it gets fewer and fewer as he goes on to fool the senses. He can’t make too many illusions that fool all 5 senses and the scale of each is pretty small. Also, the more difficult it is, the more concentration he needs so he tends to stick to low key illusions in a fight. Another thing, Loki has to parcel out brain power for every bit of the illusion he makes. The relatively simple ones take very little brain power and the complex ones take a lot. But his brain power is still shared over his other cognitive functions so if he wants something big and complex, he might stop moving or looking and in battle, if he wants to fight with his illusions, he has to keep it relatively simple. But the brain power also applies to things he imagines so making things he imagines is harder than doing things that are simple, such as his clones. This pretty much rules out big imagined monsters for normal combat and restricts their use to prepared distractions and stuff. Also takes more concentration to induce hallucination-like effects and stuff. To pool together all the weaknesses, picture this: Loki can cast a mass hallucination on all of his range (a few dozen kilometres) which befuddles all 5 senses but he has to devote his entire concentration to the task, any external stimuli will shatter the illusion and it’d be quite patchy and unreliable. All of his illusions disappear when he goes unconscious. All of these weaknesses are actually secrets only known to him because he’s managed to fool pretty much everyone he meets about the nature of his powers.

Skills

Due to Loki’s military training, he has very good hand to hand skills and moderate marksman skills. Loki really excels in his use of throwing knives, and uses them with good effect. Other than that, he can read the situation well and react accordingly. Additionally, Loki is a skilled liar and actor, able to change personalities at the drop of a hat. He pairs this skill well with his powers and makes a pretty good spy, besides the fact that he only does what he wants. He’s also good at sleight of hand and is pretty dexterous.

Equipment

Loki has a lot of throwing knives, both hidden and not hidden. He has some to show off so that they won’t expect the hidden ones. He has them pretty much everywhere, but he can’t yet fool metal detectors and he can’t be bothered figuring out how to do it. Currently has his favourite pistol and a laser sword, a gift from Ruby. Also has a deck of uno cards

Ranking: B

Backstory

Lachlan was born to an Scottish mother and a Norwegian father, hence the name Lachlan Ragnarok. His parents were kind, but a little laid back and let him do whatever, really. So after finishing his secondary education, Loki enlisted in the army. Why? If you asked him, he’d say it was because he wanted to be called General Ragnarok. After an eventful few years of army life, he was hospitalised and discharged from the army due to a bullet wound to the leg, but if you ask him in secret he’ll say he faked it because the military cut wasn't really working for him. He joined the circus for a year and then debuted as an actor, and was fairly succesful. Then his powers awakened and he really started having fun. At first, he became a stunt double because of his military and circus background. Then he decided to be a mercenary for fun. As a mercenary, his name is known to few and his contact details are largely unknown. He began a double life as a mercenary and an actor, only achievable by his unreliability. In the middle 2 and a half years of the time skip, Loki worked with light and a few other Hero metas on a movie that was supposed to improve the public's opinion of metas. It worked out, and he has a somewhat friendly relation with light but light doesn't know he's a merc.

[Lord Santa]

I'm pretty sure we're still accepting

[Archmage MC]

Aura said
@Archmage um if you could have Light noticing the naked lady asking for help with the lock that might help :P

I'm sorta lazy I guess, i'll edit the post. xD. Sorry Still a wee bit confused xD.

Also apparently they're fixing up the forum finally. its much faster than it was before.

[Letter Bee]

Name: Isabella Lancaster

Alias(s): War Queen

Age: 30, but looks 25 because she's vain.

Affiliations: Corporate

Description:


Powers: Isabella is a biomancer, like Healing Spore (NPC), but, unlike her, actively wanted to stretch the limits of her powers, allowing said powers to do things that are empathically not healing. Basically, Isabella, like Healing Spore, can release spores that can heal people, but also mutate them into new and horrible forms, such as snakemen, gargoyles, and even manticores. The weakness of this power is that, unlike her healing, her targets have to be willing, and it is hard to find people willing to become literal monsters in exchange for power.

Skills: Isabella used to be a Biologist and Chemist, but, upon discovery of her power, has discarded those parts of her past in exchange for enjoyment of said power. Instead, she has learned basic tactics, both large and small-unit, psychological warfare, and, in keeping with her ability to change people's bodies, sculpting. Isabella also has an interest in manipulation, although whether she is genuinely good at that remains to be seen.

Equipment: Usually wears a fine dress and has a holdout Pistol, that, and she's very, very, rich.

Ranking: A

(Optional)
Brief History: Isabella was once an above-average biologist and chemist working for Aperture, with a minor control freak streak, as well as a hunger for whatever power, influence, and wealth she can gain. It was always her dream to rise on top of the scientific field, to make a discovery that would make her famous for all time. And the Maybark Incident opened the doors for her; with the discovery of Metahumans, there was a new field that wasn't already occupied by other people! In months, Isabella made many new discoveries on the condition of Metahumanity, giving her great fame and glory, which was exploited by Director Doctor Taylor (who's a he, and not to be confused with Tayor from Worm), who put her in charge of a project to endow 'baseline humans' with powers.

Isabella at first blanched on using unwilling volunteers, but eventually, her scruples subsided and she actually began to enjoy herself...until she realized that she was actually succeeding in actually giving her test subjects powers, something that irked her. So, she began testing on herself, and, due to luck, avoided the cliche of turning herself into an insane beast...and instead became a beautiful, well-built, perfectly sane, but callous and uncaring person who now thought nothing of harming people, as long as it was for her benefit. Of course, one can argue that she was already in the process of turning into one in the first place, but nevertheless, Isabella cast aside her old life as a Scientist, and changed jobs in Aperture; she never wanted to do research again, and this time, she won't have to.

For her new job was as personal assistant to Director Doctor Taylor himself...

[RumikoOhara]

We need a count and name of all those working for Aperture Labs because soon there will be a big reveal

Warning; Eden is near

[Letter Bee]

There are only three or four (one is inactive) working for Aperture at the moment:

1.) Ruby.

2.) Aster (Inactive).

3.) Loki.

4.) Isabella, my character.

[NarcissisticPotato]

Ruby and Isabella are the only ones who've been there for a while! I'm going to be introducing my new characters, the Twins, soon enough and they'll provide some combat strength for Aperture!

[Damo021]

Is it possible for people to switch groups during the RP? like Merc - corporate/ Merc - Hero? depending on how they develop during the course of the RP?

[Letter Bee]

Of course!

[Yog Sothoth]

since it's New Years Eve, I can't guarantee a post either today or tomorrow, I'm just letting you guys know

[RoflsMazoy]

It's 2015 for me right now

How you guys doing in 2014?

[NarcissisticPotato]

Right, I'll say this as honorary GM. Happy New Year, guys! This RP is currently the best one I've ever had the grace of being part of on this site. Your characters are brilliant, whether they be annoyingly good or deliciously evil. So, here's to as many new Arcs as we can churn out!

[Teal]

Amen to that.

E: Oh, and also Happy New Year. You have 365 days 'till the next New Year. Make sure you don't get shot, and always look both ways when you cross a road, unless you have a death wish.

[AcerRo]

We need to move this to another site. We could post on the tower or the titanpad. I don't much care where but we gotta do something.