[OOC] Running from the World

[Nafasi]

@TheUnknowable I am not sure how the internet would work but I assume she would be able to use them just fine so long as they are run on older technology. She is essence has no existence when it comes to technology. So any technology that requires and actual presence to function would not work with her such as mentioned before. However, she still has her physical presence that allows her to type on a keyboard or possibly use a landline (though I'm not sure where it would still record a voice). She may just have to use typed communication when in long distances.

@Vocab That would be fine. Espionage is kind of the line I was thinking of leading her down since it could help in multiple facets of the story. So if I am accepted I'm sure I would do fine in your faction.

[RadioactiveRat]

You're doing it wrong. There are no powers Inside the prison except for two places. It means that powers do no determine status except for arena champions.

[Temporary]

You're doung it wrong. There are no powers Inside the prison except for two places. It means that powers do no determine status except for arena champions.

@RadioactiveRat

Some factions will have hierarchies that depend solely on ability. Factions like SOUL use your fighting prowess, ability, other skills and how many jobs one does as a basis for rank.

SIGN on the other hand is almost completely to do with ability and how useful it would be. If someone had the ability to shutdown any computer network through touch alone he would be placed higher than someone who can, say, use a computer through their minds.

As for the "mo powers in the prison" part, I would agree. I'm still waiting on Prince to accept Jason, but since his ability is purely touch and essentially useless anywhere he can't touch things, its nice to give him something to... Even the playing field. Since your ability through the "Maliscious Form" is only working at half capacity (or in some cases only a third) this at least give tech users the advantage they need since most tend not be particularly good fighters. At least, not in Jason's opininion. :3

Edit: if the partial resistance to the ability dampening field is too OP @Prince of Seraphs please let me know so I can change it ^_^

[Lady Seraphina]

I was more or less going for what they would do when they escaped the prison, as in the faction would still be around after the escape.

@Weird Tales

@Everyone

I think everyone should realize that the factions aren't going to stay intact once the prison break occurs. Edmund is going to warp as many people as he can out but you have to remember that is going to be all Player Characters and some choice NPCs. Anyone else who survives will have to be smart and clever and be able to brave the environment surrounding the Center without being caught or killed This means that the largest population of any faction coming out the Center is going to be about five at most, less more likely. There's not going to be enough left of Cross or SIGN or SOUL or the Amazons to keep a faction intact and while I would expect that the faction members that escape might try to keep there faction alive at the beginning if the group as a whole wants to survive it would have band together, not split apart.

Weird Tales, once the prison break occurs Sam is welcome to try and keep Cross going but since currently its members consist of you and maybe Manuel you're going to have a very lonely RP separated from the group.

As for progressive I mean non left-wing politics, Sam is described as a traditionalist and his faction wouldn't allow liberals or communists in their ranks, that's what he is getting at.

@Weird Tales

RIP Harper... Sorry I'm Canadian.

Here is Jason Reed and the faction SIGN

Jason Reed

Name: Jason Reed

Age: 19

Gender: Male

Nationality: America, LA

Prison Faction: Leader of SIGN

Ability: Data manipulation, Datakinesis.
Jason often refers to his ability as "Malicious Code" due to its basic abilities. It can give a user access to any electrical device through touch. This includes keypads, computers, all forms of data etc. By accessing his phone, he is also able to induce something called "Malicious Form" which allows him to change his own body through code. This also grants him the ability to access machines from distance; though without this he is can only manipulate data through touch.

Because of his ability he can touch something with data and change the code however he wishes. The format, the lines, even its purpose can be changed through his touch. Of course this only works if he can understand how it works, so complicated machinery like the ability dampening field in the prison is beyond his ability.

Biography: Jason was born into a poor family somewhere in LA. His family had trouble living, and Jason found an aptitude in coding. He began creating different products and selling them to companies so that his family could live better. As he continued, his mother passed away from illness and his father moved away, leaving him alone in the apartment at the age of 11. By the age of 13 he was living sufficiently on his own, eating every other day and going to school like an ordinary boy. He became more and more secluded, coding more and more and becoming a generally sheltered guy. He would only leave the apartment for shopping and school, which he only attended 3 days a week. Eventually his grades began to drop and he began showing signs of mental illness. He couldn't afford a psychiatrist and no one could know he lived alone for fear of being sent into foster care. His projects became used in both NASA and the CIA, where he was paid decently but not enough to live completely. He became well known in underground hacker groups under the alias "Dracula", a reference to his key hacking method - draining the target of all data before wiping and discarding it.

One day he was contacted by a group called REEL, an underground hacking society he had made contact with before and made dealings with. They requested for him to crack a supercomputers security, which was clearly beyond his skill. Despite his talent, he was only a boy at the age of 15 and he could only take so much. They sent him pictures of his home, becoming abusive and constantly sending threats to him. Jack kept trying, but just couldn't crack the security on it despite using his most powerful skills. Somehow, he managed to do it, but it definitely wasn’t natural. Police arrived at his door shortly after hearing from REEL, but by then Jason had already downloaded the entire supercomputer onto his phone. He spent 3 years travelling between owners and has been located at the Center for over a year. With some contacts from the underground he managed to get his phone into the Center, and with it he has been able to weaken the effect the ability dampening field has on his abilities.

Appearance:

appearence

Other: Derp.
Oh and he has a phone that is linked to a supercomputer. And he can partially negate the ability dampening field with it, at least to the point where he can use the basic parts of his ability.

@Vocab

Alright, firstly Malicious Form: Jason is not a computer program, despite his ability to interface with computers him being able to rewrite his own biology only has a very flimsy level of logic behind it, the fact that he would be able to alter himself to be resistant to the barriers is also rather ludicrous. I believe I explained this but the ability dampeners flood the Center with a harmless type of background radiation that has an adverse effect on metahumans by dampening the functionality of there abilities (fringe science I know) this means that if he altered himself to be unaffected by the barriers he'd effectively be altering the meta gene out of himself. Which I think would defeat the purpose.

I have trouble believing that an under eleven year old, no matter how brilliant would have a decent enough understanding of his family situation and the commercial world at large to create products and market them to companies. I would have an even harder time believing that an eleven year old could function without parents. I lived in a troubled home, I know you grow up fast but you don't become self sufficient over night. I can't believe that at eleven being able to function on his own he was also able to keep it a secret. A mother dying of illness would be a matter of public record and while I can see the dad moving away without notice it's not like an apartment is a segregated environment. You'd have your landlord checking up on the place, doing repairs, collecting the rent money and since Jason isn't old enough to have a bank account (and by your bio doesn't have his powers yet) he would have to be paying his rent in cash which I can't see a landlord accepting from a eleven year old boy without asking questions.

The fact that he could sell programs to the CIA and NASA and still be poor is quite frankly ridiculous. The CIA pays well. Like extremely well, if they don't there programmers get desperate and start selling the CIAs programs to rival governments. NASA is likewise not the only space program in existence and they need to keep things confidential so they pay there contractors well to ensure that they don't seek under the table deals with others. Also the CIA and NASA don't do business over the phone. They would be aware of the fact that Jason is like thirteen and if his programs are irrelevant enough (only explanation I can see) that the CIA isn't paying him enough to live off of then they are also able to be written by a lot of different programmers and the CIA now not needing Jason would report his situation to social services.

It is completely illogical for REEL to try to push Jason into cracking this super computer. If they're looking outside of there own group for a hacker to crack it, that means that within there network of hackers there is no one that can do it, or alternatively they don't want to risk getting caught. If this is so obviously outside of Jason's skill range they would go to someone better. Since everything is anonymous in those circles there is no reason to lie about or hide your skill level so they would have a starting point for looking for a more experienced hacker. It would also not make sense for them to go through the effort of obtaining photos of his home to threaten him with if up until this point he hasn't shown that he has the skill to crack this computer.

I don't know exactly what kind of super computer this was but for the most part systems with the kind of power and encryption you seem to be talking about are rarely networked or if they are it is for short periods of time. This is a precaution to prevent hacking. Also when these computers are networked they have complex security that aside from protecting the data also monitors when someone tries to access it and trace the access back to it's source. An alarm would go off the first instant someone tried to hack it. If he made so many failed attempt to hack the computer the police would have been at his door a long time ago. There is no way REEL would be able to recognize that he had used Datakinesis to crack the computer and thus no reason to call the cops. To any other computer user it would simply appear as an increasingly sophisticated and fast moving hacking software.

What the hell kind of phone does he have the can hold the entire operating system of a super computer never mind its library. My phone can only hold half the music from my iTunes. Those super computers are usually an entire room's worth of hard drives, and processors. Your phone has one of each. With his data related ability his phone would be the first thing confiscated in the center. The computers present in the Auction Room are segregated from the system and only have enough access to certain other computers to impress prospective buyers, they wouldn't want a tech meta getting into one of the zones where powers work with a device that is networked.

Finally and this is more my fault for not explaining well (and if anyone else has made this mistake I apologize) but metas don't normally end up with more than one owner. Having a meta isn't like a trophy for rich people, they're bought by black market arms dealers and foreign revolutionaries, hackers and scientists. They have a variety of fates but usually the people who buy them have a job in mind for them, if they do it they get to live, if they won't do it or can't they are either sold back to the Center at a loss or killed. If a meta is sold back to the Center they are considered a bad investment. While the Center still made a profit they don't want to get a reputation for selling defective metas so the bad investment will usually end up being dissected. If you're in the Center you've either been captured by Center agents or sold to them by a bounty hunter. You won't have had an owner previously.

Faction Sheet

Faction Name: SIGN

Leader: Jason Reed

Power: Data Manipulation
Appearance:

appearence

Purpose: When Jason came to the Center, technology type metas were being bullied and extorted on a regular basis more than the other metas. Jason decided that he wouldn't take that kind of abuse to his race of metas, so he created the faction SIGN so that he may protect other metas that share his kind of ability.
Age: About a year and a few months.

History: After Jason was transferred into the Center, he was forced to face the harsh reality of his ability. It may have been powerful, but there were always others that would pick on it and him because of it. He realized that everyone would do this, but especially members of a certain faction. He asked the leader it was by his orders, but he said no. That was when he realized that everyone had it out for him. Eventually, he could take no more and he unified the tech metas under the banner of SIGN. Since then there have been many fights between SIGN and their rival faction SOUL, run by Jackson Stone.

Hierarchy

Leadership:
Backdoor: the lowest ranked meta you can be.

Firewall: a foot soldier. They can command the Backdoors but are still one of the lowest ranked.

Trojan: these soldiers command the Firewalls and Backdoors and have shown they are superior in combat but also have non power abilities to use.

Bot: the leaders of the Trojans. They are well respected and are generally given a bit of leeway from guards.

Shutdown: these are specially chosen by the Code;End and are in control of the other members entirely. They are given more leeway by guards and most prisoners won't challenge them to anything because of their high rank. There are only 3 as of current.

Code;End: Code;end is the leader of the faction, who is currently Jason. He has full command of the faction and all members. Guards tend to ignore his actions entirely but tend to do what he asks up to a point. This is also because his ability allows him to still use his ability in the dampening field. This is especially useful since he managed to get his phone into the prison, which is linked to the supercomputer Merlin.

*Note: these ranks are the technical names, but the people in those ranks are not called them. This is just a way of organisation.

Selection: the only determining factor is what their ability is. Those with electrical, machine, data or other similar kinds of abilities are welcome into SIGN. those without are rejected, but given a verified seat in case the faction ever becomes open.

Initiation: the initiation is just a basic demonstration of their abilities so they can be placed in the hierarchy. This also includes their non power skills.

Size: since there are few metas with the type of ability accepted, there are currently 57 members with 64 other metas with verified seats.

Assets: being relatively well respected, SIGN members of Bot rank and above are given leeway by guards to a certain degree. Nothing like SOUL may do, but guards may look the other way for some crimes as well as possibly doing certain favours in exchange for bribes.

@Vocab

Firstly, why is it that everyone has it out for tech users? It sort of seemed like it was just lumped in there like "Oh yeah and no one likes these guys especially that faction SOUL" with no apparent cause or reason behind it. I mean tech users would have natural disadvantage in the ring without tech to manipulate but I would think that would make people want to keep them around so they could score easy wins and privileges.

If the faction was created to help tech users survive in the Center why would they hold seats for non tech users? For that matter why would non tech users apply knowing that the faction was formed around the concept of protecting tech users?

This is more a suggestion than a note but since you seem so fond of the four letter all in caps names (which I would assume stand for something) I would suggest changing the name of this faction to STEM. It stands for Science Technology Engineering Mathematics. It's a term used in scientific communities.

I'm just going to put this here. See what happens.

Nariv Arya

Name: Nariv Arya

Age: 16

Gender: Male

Nationality: American

Prison Faction: Factionless - The Messenger

Ability: Vocal Replication - Nariv is able to replicate any sound or voices with complete and udder accuracy. However, this means that he can't copy a person's voice, merely mimic the exact phrase that they had heard, or remix several sources of noise to make a complete sentence. Still, it his still his voice, it can still get tired if he uses it too much and he can't replicate sounds that he can't hear. This means pitches high or low enough that the human ear can't detect. Also, the more inhumane the sound, the more strain on the voice.

Biography: Nariv was born into a fair life. His parents loved him, they lived inside of a fairly decent neighborhood with his parents having an above average salary. He has two brothers, both older and out of the house, and the one thing you would realize is that he was born mute.

That affected his life quite drastically as he couldn't speak at all. School was quite strange, he had to be somewhere special, where teachers knew ASL and students with similar disadvantages as himself. It didn't affect him too hard, he still had friends that could speak, he acted no different than he would have if he spoke, although people understanding all the time was a problem for the rest of his life. It was only until he was 15 when he discovered that there was another abnormality inside of him as well.

He was in a car, a family vacation with his parents and brothers. The radio was blasted to the max, playing catchy song after catchy song with everyone singing along. Nariv didn't mind at all, he was mouthing the lyrics as well, joining the fun with his family. Everything was fairly normal, everyone was having fun and all when the parents went to refuel the car. The brothers didn't mind this, they continued to sing with horrible voices until they shut off the car, with the radio as well. However, the song didn't stop. They all looked towards Nariv, the chorus of the song being sung out by the little brother. It was quite a strange sight, especially when the artist was a woman. So, everyone freaked out, including Nariv when he realized what was happening.

So, fast forward to a year. The family was all weirded out by this ability. However, they still loved the person that had the power, he was the little brother after all. It took some adjusting to his new life as well, he still went to his special school, but he kept on practicing on videos on the Internet. The sound of explosions, gun fire, and famous movie quotes coming out of his mouth! It was amazing to him, and he occasionally did funny things with voice like whispering two cymbals crashing together into someone's ear. It was a riot. Well, until he got kidnapped to be sold as a slave, that part kind of sucked.

Personality: Nariv is mainly just a normal boy. He tries to be friendly to others, to strangers, he shows a rather polite and nice side of himself. However, the more you get to know him and befriend him, the more you start to see his true side. He is still friendly and all, but he starts to be more of a goof with a slight dick-ish attitude. He stays silent when he is supposed to, he knows when to intervene, and especially knows when to run. He is a fairly normal boy living inside of a world that isn't normal. Though, this means that he isn't used to all of the craziness that will ensue later in his life.

Appearance:

Nariv

Other: He is just too darn weak to join any factions, and he had no will to start a fight due to the problem that he has no idea how to fight. Voice Replication doesn't help in fights either, so, Nariv merely has to use his wit to survive.

@Invisible Man

I do really like the idea and I would assume from his title "The Messenger" that he's some sort of well messenger for everyone in the prison. Since his ability... well I don't know how to say it without everyone else claiming that there ability falls under the same category but since his ability is almost a part of him as a physical entity (not saying that very well, hope you understand what I mean) I think I could have it so the ability dampeners don't work in quite the same manor on it so he could serve as the Messenger for the prisoners by mimicking the messages of different people and bringing them to others. And in that way since he serves as a neutral party between all the factions he can stay factionless and stay safe.

That being said with a cast this size I can't let you have a second character. If I let you have one then I will be required to let everyone else have a second and while I know not everyone would want that if enough did the RP would get mighty crowded especially since it is still open for new participants. That being said I don't see any reason why this character should go to waste so I propose two options. Either you can have this character and abandon your other one (not the most desirable), or you can turn this guy over to me to be used as an NPC. Maybe later in the game once things settle down or we lose membership I'll allow secondary characters but for the moment one character each.

Oh, and Clovis will be joining SOUL.

Invisible Man

What happened to that faction you were designing? Something based around strength abilities?

@Prince of Seraphs I edited my form to change the abilities and such. Please let me know if this works better for the story.

Violet Ray

Name: Violet Ray

Age: 23

Gender: Female

Nationality: North America / Sioux Tribal Native Decent

Prison Faction: Undetermined

Ability: http://powerlisting.wikia.com/wiki/Technological_Invisibility Violet is invisible to technological means of surveillance and communication. Security systems, motion sensors, and laser trips are all useless in detecting her. She puts off not heat signal and cannot be picked up by thermal camera's or heat seeking devices. She also cannot be photographed or video taped, this is something sometimes referred to as the vampire effect.

The down side to this ability is that she is also not able to use any form of advanced technologies such as touch screens, video communication, fingerprinting, etc. She is not able to communicate via cell phone or radio wave. Her interactions have to be personal to varying degrees.

Biography: Ray grew up in the foster care system in downtown Chicago. Here she was taken in at the age of 12 by a typical American family consisting of a mom, a dad, three biological children and 7 adoptive children. However, soon after she was adopted, she began to start noticing strange occurrences happening while she would go out with the family.

Her adoptive family would take a family trip to Disneyland every year. It was her first time on the trip and more importantly, her first time on a plane. Violet remained excited as they got in line for the security check. Her bags were placed in the machine and she was asked to walk through the x-ray machine and metal detector. The officer asked her to step to the side so they could use the wand on her. The machine detected nothing and they sent her on her way, stating that the x-ray machine must have a 'bug' and was not picking up her image. She brushed it off and thought nothing more of it until more strange occurrences started happening. Every year during the trip through the airport the same thing would happen but only to her.

So she received her first cell phone at the age of 16, but not matter what she did, she could never get anyone to hear her through the phone. Similar instances like these happened until she reached 18 and she was now on her own. Soon her awareness of her abilities grew stronger as she tested every theory she had about what was happening to her. She would then start to learn how to use this power.

Personality: Violet is a free spirit. She is reserved and keeps to herself most of the time. Because of her tribes reverence towards her, she is used to being a leader. She can be vindictive if double crossed but tends to make close bonds that keep situations like that from occurring often. With a "take not shit" attitude, violet tends to keep people on their toes and tends to have a taste for power.

Appearance:


Other:

@Nafasi

I like it and if I'm being honest it's nice to see someone enter a power that is not inherently destructive or combative. Kudos. Accepted. Now you can post it to the character tab.

@Everyone I do apologize if I'm coming off rather harsh, I'm just trying to be honest. If you feel I've judged your work with very little... tact then you're probably right. I'm not exactly a tactful guy and if at any point I say something that hurts you personally I do apologize and feel free to point it out. I think all of your are very good writers, whatever problems I might have with individual pieces of work or ideas you might come up with I do respect you as a fellow writer.

[RadioactiveRat]

@Prince of Seraphs You should give away some lotion for all of those burns.

So I decided what to do with Manuel, and I'll go with one of your suggestions. I'll have him as a nominal faction member. Personality-wise he can't deal well with being an underling but I find it had to believe he could run a faction. So I'll join some faction, talk with either players here and set up an arrangement. Thanks for the help.

[Invisible Man]

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I do really like the idea and I would assume from his title "The Messenger" that he's some sort of well messenger for everyone in the prison. Since his ability... well I don't know how to say it without everyone else claiming that there ability falls under the same category but since his ability is almost a part of him as a physical entity (not saying that very well, hope you understand what I mean) I think I could have it so the ability dampeners don't work in quite the same manor on it so he could serve as the Messenger for the prisoners by mimicking the messages of different people and bringing them to others. And in that way since he serves as a neutral party between all the factions he can stay factionless and stay safe.

That being said with a cast this size I can't let you have a second character. If I let you have one then I will be required to let everyone else have a second and while I know not everyone would want that if enough did the RP would get mighty crowded especially since it is still open for new participants. That being said I don't see any reason why this character should go to waste so I propose two options. Either you can have this character and abandon your other one (not the most desirable), or you can turn this guy over to me to be used as an NPC. Maybe later in the game once things settle down or we lose membership I'll allow secondary characters but for the moment one character each.

@Prince of Seraphs

I choose to abandon Clovis. I know that seems a little bit too harsh, but I like the idea of Nariv better than Clovis. I merely created him just because I found Kinetic Absorption to be super cool, but the more I read his CS that I based around the power, the more I realized that I wouldn't like playing him in the long run. I know I should have said something, but I don't really like causing trouble so I would have just carried on, but when I got the idea for Voice Replication, I knew who I had to get inside of this RP. I must sound really stupid for waiting this long to tell you about Clovis, but I would like to request to replaced Clovis with Nariv if that would be ok with you.

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What happened to that faction you were designing? Something based around strength abilities?

@Prince of Seraphs

Oh, well. Since you didn't say anything in the PM, I just thought you didn't like it! Probably shouldn't have jumped to that conclusion, but my mind works in mysterious ways. However, the Faction is null and void if Clovis is replaced, but I can still work on the MIR if you still have the need for such a faction to be placed inside of the Center. Though, I wouldn't really see why that would be so.

[Apokalipse]

i don't even know if the Amazons could last long as a partnership after they escape. The leader isn't there or anything. If anything, they would just have a semi-loyalty to each other when it comes to the dangers of being a woman, but other than that, anything is free game.

For the people who joined the Amazons, what would you guys like to do after the escape?

[Undine]

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[Temporary]

Couple things @Prince of Seraphs.

1) I have just reread the bio and now realise how completely absurd it is. I have used Jason for a previous RP and decided to be lazy and rewrite his bio. They were okay with it so I thought it would be fine here too. But before I rewrite it, I need to clarify something in #2.

2) The ability is data manipulation, but there was one little piece of information I didn't read but used anyway. That piece is that it is DATA manipulation, which includes the genetic and biological information located within organic lifeforms. If he wanted, he could change that data to his liking and create a variety of effects, hence Malicious Form.

3) The phone is actually not the supercomputer Merlin itself, but rather it is connected to it through a data network. By connecting he is able to essentially access unlimited data, but it is primarily used for his technique of "Malicious Search" in which he observe a person and uses the information to scan the internet for all available information on them. This can include medical records, children, childhood, family members and other personal information.

4) I can understand if he can't get his own phone in, but through connections would he be able to get another phone in? Something of less power but capability. It would make it so his ability is actually use-able.

5) Yes, I did just assume that the tech metas would just get bullied because they have almost useless ability unless they can access things like technology. I will change this.

6) Thanks for the suggestion for a faction name, but they actually don't stand for anything. Though I have just come up with one. SITE, or Science Information Technology Electronics.

7) As for the resistance to the barrier, I was actually supposed to ask something important. Because metas that deal with technology are what they are, what are the chances that some develop resistance to electrical or otherwise interference with their brains? Because of their ability, I think it would slightly fit, even if it was just at about a third of their own powers capacity.

Here is Jason Reed and the faction SITE

Jason Reed

Name: Jason Reed

Age: 19

Gender: Male

Nationality: America, LA

Prison Faction: Leader of SITE

Ability: Data manipulation, Datakinesis.
Jason often refers to his ability as "Malicious Code", or the ability to manipulate and control different forms of data. The techniques can vary from hacking with ease, to changing ones own genetic data however they wish. It can also be used for things like draining data, or creating a large amount inside of a piece of technology, to creating AI with almost human capabilities.

The disadvantages of this is include only being able to edit the data if the user comes in contact with it, to only being able to manipulate the genetic data of himself. Along with this if he does not understand how the data works in a given machine/organism he cannot manipulate it. Extremely complex things like an entire persons DNA as well as something like a quantum computer are beyond his manipulation because of how complex they are to his mind.

Biography: Jason refuses to talk about his history past the point of of his capture and being sold.

He states that whilst on the run from the companies people, he managed to hack into a CIA database. From there, he found the location of a supercomputer called Merlin. By downloading a fraction of its data onto his phone, he was able to create a link between it and Merlin, but only for general use. He couldn't do things like mass calculations but he could use it to scan the internet for all types of information. After a couple more months of running he was finally caught and was sold shortly after. By using his ability he managed to escape his owners. He then made his way to the centre, where he managed to forge his way in so that he could attempt to rescue as many metas of his kind as possible. He didn't count on there being an ability dampening field there.

Appearance:

appearence

Other: Derp.
Oh and he did have a phone that was partially connected to a super computer, but I doubt he will ever get it back.

Faction Sheet

Faction Name: SITE

Leader: Jason Reed

Power: Data Manipulation
Appearance:

appearence

Purpose: The purpose was to create a unified sanctuary of tech metas under the banner of SITE. This was a place for metas of his kind of power to stand together and escape together. Of course, that didn't go strictly to plan.

History: After Jason was transferred into the centre, he was forced to face the harsh reality of his ability. It may have been powerful, but without his phone he is unable to do anything. He decided to create a group of metas that could stand together and be there if another needed them. Since he managed to get a phone into the prison, he has been trying to replicate the networking link between his phone and Merlin but it hasn't been working. The faction SOUL seemed to have it out for Jason and SITE, and a bitter rivalry began for no reason than because Jackson was bored.

Hierarchy

Leadership:
Backdoor: the lowest ranked meta you can be.

Firewall: a foot soldier. They can command the Backdoors but are still one of the lowest ranked.

Trojan: these soldiers command the Firewalls and Backdoors and have shown they are superior in combat but also have non power abilities to use.

Bot: the leaders of the Trojans. They are well respected and are generally given a bit of leeway from guards.

Shutdown: these are specially chosen by the Code;End and are in control of the other members entirely. They are given more leeway by guards and most prisoners won't challenge them to anything because of their high rank. There are only 3 as of current.

Code;End: Code;end is the leader of the faction, who is currently Jason. He has full command of the faction and all members. Guards tend to ignore his actions entirely but tend to do what he asks up to a point. This is also because his ability allows him to still use his ability in the dampening field. This is especially useful since he managed to get his phone into the prison, which is linked to the supercomputer Merlin.

*Note: these ranks are the technical names, but the people in those ranks are not called them. This is just a way of organisation.

Selection: the only determining factor is what their ability is. Those with electrical, machine, data or other similar kinds of abilities are welcome into SITE. those without are rejected.

Initiation: the initiation is just a basic demonstration of their abilities so they can be placed in the hierarchy. This also includes their non power skills.

Size: since there are few metas with the type of ability accepted, there are currently 57 members.

Assets: being relatively well respected, SITE members of Bot rank and above are given leeway by guards to a certain degree. Nothing like SOUL may do, but guards may look the other way for some crimes as well as possibly doing certain favours in exchange for bribes.

@Vocab

I also rewrote a lot of stuff on here.

[TheUnknowable]

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I feel like it would be beneficial for them to stick together. It seems like a pretty good team--Elizaveta is a good close range fighter, Orihime's pyrokinesis is useful for both short range and long range attacks and a variety of other uses, and Rin would be really good at gathering information. She'd be a useful fighter if she could get her hands on a weapon too. (And the fact that Rin would want people she could count on for protection...)

If they could join forces with another faction, it'd be even better but they might do fine on their own.

@Undine

Just get me a gun.

[Weird Tales]

@Prince of Seraphs so is my faction acceptable?

[Apokalipse]

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I feel like it would be beneficial for them to stick together. It seems like a pretty good team--Elizaveta is a good close range fighter, Orihime's pyrokinesis is useful for both short range and long range attacks and a variety of other uses, and Rin would be really good at gathering information. She'd be a useful fighter if she could get her hands on a weapon too. (And the fact that Rin would want people she could count on for protection...)

If they could join forces with another faction, it'd be even better but they might do fine on their own.

@Undine

Ooh, that would work.

[Lady Seraphina]

Couple things @Prince of Seraphs.

1) I have just reread the bio and now realize how completely absurd it is. I have used Jason for a previous RP and decided to be lazy and rewrite his bio. They were okay with it so I thought it would be fine here too. But before I rewrite it, I need to clarify something in #2.

@Vocab

Him refusing to talk about this past seems a little bit like a cop out but I would assume (or at least hope) that that's a place holder till you get verification on #2.

2) The ability is data manipulation, but there was one little piece of information I didn't read but used anyway. That piece is that it is DATA manipulation, which includes the genetic and biological information located within organic lifeforms. If he wanted, he could change that data to his liking and create a variety of effects, hence Malicious Form.

@Vocab

By that logic data manipulation could mean the ability to alter reality. Ever piece of matter in the universe follows certain scientific principles and is built in specific structures that could be defined as Data. Plus being able to manipulate his genetic code (aside from having too many complications and prospective dangers than I can describe) would also invalidate anyone wanting to create a character with transformation abilities. And even if he could do it the fact is that the barriers still respond to the meta gene. In order to make it work on him less he'd be editing his own meta gene out of himself.

3) The phone is actually not the supercomputer Merlin itself, but rather it is connected to it through a data network. By connecting he is able to essentially access unlimited data, but it is primarily used for his technique of "Malicious Search" in which he observe a person and uses the information to scan the internet for all available information on them. This can include medical records, children, childhood, family members and other personal information.

@Vocab

If (as the new bio suggests) this is a CIA super computer they would no doubt be able to detect Jason's intrusion. Especially since by your description of its functionality it plays a very important role in CIA operations. I'm not going to preclude the fact that he could use his ability to hack into this computer but the fact that he could stay connected to it through his phone and remain unmonitored and unnoticed, if the CIA didn't severe his link to the computer immediately they'd track his location and send a black ops squad.

4) I can understand if he can't get his own phone in, but through connections would he be able to get another phone in? Something of less power but capability. It would make it so his ability is actually use-able.

@Vocab

For favors from certain metas the guards have no problems sneaking in smokes, chocolate, and other such objects of enjoyment to the prisoners because it possess little risk to the guards and gets them something in return for almost nothing. Smuggling in a cell phone is a very different matter. A phone in the hands of a meta say like Jason could be a powerful weapon used for escape and if it was discovered that a guard passed that kind of object into the prison he'd be shot dead. No guard is going to risk that.

5) Yes, I did just assume that the tech metas would just get bullied because they have almost useless ability unless they can access things like technology. I will change this.

@Vocab

No one has working powers inside the prison, while the tech users wouldn't be much good in the arena they'd be just like all the other inmates outside of it. Also it still seems as though the rivalry between SOUL and SITE came out of nowhere.

7) As for the resistance to the barrier, I was actually supposed to ask something important. Because metas that deal with technology are what they are, what are the chances that some develop resistance to electrical or otherwise interference with their brains? Because of their ability, I think it would slightly fit, even if it was just at about a third of their own powers capacity.

@Vocab

I might agree with that logic if the Ability Dampening Barrier had anything to do with electricity. It uses background radiation to cause the metagene to go dormant. That has nothing to do with electricity or tech and so there would be no chance for resistance.

I also rewrote a lot of stuff on here.

@Vocab

I did express this before but having an owner for a meta is more or less the end for them. The owners are more than aware that the meta doesn't want to be there and would take appropriate precautions to ensure that they can't escape. This might include a bomb strapped collar, or such similar precautions. Maybe someone like Manuel could escape but not many metas do. And forgive me but Data Manipulation doesn't exactly lend itself to heroics.

Bearing that in mind no one comes to the Center. Metas do whatever they can to avoid ending up there. If a meta actually did attempt to storm the Center on his own in a vain attempt at rescue he'd more or less be regarded as "that idiot that actually thought he could bring this place down solo". Which doesn't exactly lend itself to people being willing to follow him in a faction. More likely he either becomes the butt of everyone's jokes or gets shanked in the yard.

So I decided what to do with Manuel, and I'll go with one of your suggestions. I'll have him as a nominal faction member. Personality-wise he can't deal well with being an underling but I find it had to believe he could run a faction. So I'll join some faction, talk with either players here and set up an arrangement. Thanks for the help.

@RadioactiveRat

Cool, tell me what faction and I'll place your character there.

I choose to abandon Clovis. I know that seems a little bit too harsh, but I like the idea of Nariv better than Clovis. I merely created him just because I found Kinetic Absorption to be super cool, but the more I read his CS that I based around the power, the more I realized that I wouldn't like playing him in the long run. I know I should have said something, but I don't really like causing trouble so I would have just carried on, but when I got the idea for Voice Replication, I knew who I had to get inside of this RP. I must sound really stupid for waiting this long to tell you about Clovis, but I would like to request to replaced Clovis with Nariv if that would be ok with you.

@Invisible Man

That's your call, if you don't mind me saying I always thought that Clovis looked a bit unpolished, not bad necessarily just a bit static. Post Nariv to the Character Tab and I'll put him into the top dock.

Oh, well. Since you didn't say anything in the PM, I just thought you didn't like it! Probably shouldn't have jumped to that conclusion, but my mind works in mysterious ways. However, the Faction is null and void if Clovis is replaced, but I can still work on the MIR if you still have the need for such a faction to be placed inside of the Center. Though, I wouldn't really see why that would be so.

@Invisible Man

Sorry I've been so busy with everything that it just sort of got lost in the shuffle. If you'd still be willing to polish the MIR I'd be willing to take a look at it. Even if no one joins it could serve as an antagonist faction.

[Temporary]

I'm not gonna lie I just realised how completely irrelevant the character of Jason is. I mentioned him as a possible idea to use, but really just meant for him to be some added backstory with SOUL. I never meant to write a CS for him I just meant for him to be an NPC that doesn't get dragged along. It sounds lazy but I'm just gonna drop both SITE and Jason. I can't be bothered to rewrite his backstory and ability and Faction again so it'll be easier for me to just kill it.

[Invisible Man]

@Prince of Seraphs

Here ya go. I just fleshed out most of the parts, but it probably has some areas to be fixed upon.

MIR

Faction Name: MIR (Might is Right)

Leader: Julius Abir
Power: Explosive Combat - Physical combat is enhanced with explosives. Every time he should punch, kick, headbutt, or any other harmful attack that involves something of his body causes an explosion. The harder the strike, the bigger the explosion.
Appearance:

Julius Abir

Purpose: To seek out the strong, and weed out the weak.

Age: The MIR has almost been with the Center since the very beginning. The violent ones, the ones that no one would miss were captured in high numbers at the start. However, even with the damping field suppressing their powers, they managed to fight each other the old fashion way with their fist and shivs.

The fights had gotten suppressed several times, but this only made the violent even more agitated! These are one of the reasons why there is even an Arena inside of the Center in the first place. So, they exerted their anger, frustrations, and mainly killing instincts on others that were strong. Though, it got boring after awhile. Fighting the same people over and over again, it got tedious! It was only until one of the more psychopathic prisoners got an idea. Why not fight others instead? Fight these newly formed 'Factions'? Fight other people in mass quantities. Start wars instead of fighting with ourselves! It didn't take long until the MIR was born out of the most violent prisoners, and as time flew by, the MIR was only getting larger and slowly getting stronger.

History: The MIR have started a 'Faction Fight' with almost every other Faction inside of the Center! They are the mains sources of violence and abuse inside the prison, causing trouble for everyone that resided in the terrible place. The MIR don't exactly care for the tiny factions, sure they might be able to get a few good laugh for a few days, but it gets boring quite fast after they become broken.

So, the MIR love to fight the larger factions, they love to start battles with other people, and they especially love winning those battles. They have never been officially beaten, if they are ever on the ropes against another Faction which had happened a few times in the early stages of the MIR, they merely called it a tactical retreat to regroup and fight again! Though, nowadays, the MIR barely have any rivals anymore, only the biggest and strongest could challenge them, but no one has. However, they would be happy to start another Faction Fight, it will only be time until they break another one of their 'truces' just for the kicks... And punches.

Leadership: Might is Right. Whoever is the strongest gets to be the leader. It doesn't matter how smart you are, and it doesn't even matter if you have any leadership qualities! All that matters is that you are strong, it is an ever evolving system that weeds out the weak, and praises the strong.

Currently, Julius is at the top, and the higher ups are the strongest, and the lower ranks are the weakest. There are no set ranks, everyone in the MIR know their place inside of the ever changing food web. Though, the weak can still challenge the strongest for leadership positions, but in most cases they will be beaten to an inch of their life or worse.

Basically, the only way to climb the ranks and be respected inside of the MIR is to battle your way to the very top, inch by inch, and beat the leader to gain dominance over the entire MIR and fear of the Center.

Selection: Anyone who is strong is allowed inside of the MIR, that is basically it. They don't care who you were or who you are, all they care about is if you are strong enough to be called MIR material.

Initiation: You have to punch some stuff. Inside of the Arena, initiates have to usually punch a wall... That's it. You can use your power to make the punch, but your fist has to make a clear imprint or hole inside of the concrete wall. So, if your fist fits or goes through the wall, then you are accepted to test your mettle inside of the constantly evolving Faction. See if you get spat out in a few days, or embrace the saying to the fullest extent.

Size: It's one of the largest factions in the Center. No one knows the exact measurement, but you can assume it is around 300-400 metas. Powers are all over the place, but they are mainly centered around physical enhancing powers or destructive powers, and as long as you can take several punches and kicks around the body without crying than you are old enough to be inside the MIR.

Assets: If a fight happens between an MIR and any other faction or random meta then they will join the fight. Not for protection, but for a proper fight. They also usually have the best times and places for activists, tables, food, and etc. The aggressive behavior of the MIR usually scare or deter anyone from interacting with them. Also, they take and do favors for the guards, usually they ask one of the higher ranks to teach someone a lesson, and that is how the MIR get most of their boons.

[RadioactiveRat]

@Invisible Man Fuck yes sign Manuel up.

[Lady Seraphina]

@Invisible Man The only thing I have to say is that unless the MIR wall is inside the Arena or the Auction House then they're not going to be able to use there powers to make an impact in it.

[Invisible Man]

@Invisible Man The only thing I have to say is that unless the MIR wall is inside the Arena or the Auction House then they're not going to be able to use there powers to make an impact in it.

@Prince of Seraphs

Yeah, I would like to think that the wall would be inside of the Arena. They would rent the place out for a bit, like once a month, and get the aspiring MIR newbies to just punch a random somewhere inside of the arena, or they just bring random chunks of concrete or rock along with them. The guards would allow them to do that, right? It might be a stretch, but I think it would be kind of funny that way.

[Lady Seraphina]

Yeah, I would like to think that the wall would be inside of the Arena. They would rent the place out for a bit, like once a month, and get the aspiring MIR newbies to just punch a random somewhere inside of the arena, or they just bring random chunks of concrete or rock along with them. The guards would allow them to do that, right? It might be a stretch, but I think it would be kind of funny that way.

@Invisible Man

It would serve as a way to showcase new metas so I don't think the Center would have a problem with it. Just include the fact that the wall is in the Arena in your sheet. Other than that it looks good to go.

[Invisible Man]

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It would serve as a way to showcase new metas so I don't think the Center would have a problem with it. Just include the fact that the wall is in the Arena in your sheet. Other than that it looks good to go.

@Prince of Seraphs

It be edited! So, now we wait until this RP starts... Waiting.