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Estermere Academy - Military School RP

In other news, will you be setting up a Discord server for this for some good old chattyness?

Estermere Academy - Military School RP

No problem, the concept is something I like.

So, to confirm, they receive their promotion partway through their academy soldier programme years. In that case, I'll go with what you said and have her get promoted to the officer programme at sixteen.

Estermere Academy - Military School RP

I find myself interested in this. I do have a question: I plan to make my character one of those who were in the standard academy soldier programme and was promoted to the officer's programme. How long is the standard soldiers' programme?

《 H. E. R. O. 》

Phantom

Mentions: @KiwiTime@Jumbus@Scarifar@Rabidporcupine@Danvers

Skylar felt boosted by the fact that she had forced Ava to retreat, however her feeling of triumph evaporated upon the mutant's words. Both Skylar and Phantom wanted to believe that he wasn't, but the evidence forced a high probability that Ava was telling the truth. With several Heroes already, it could be a lie, including Starbright who was on an equal Power Potential tier than her, however Skylar also knew she was a target, and that perhaps more Heroes than just Forge were coming to attempt to subdue her. It didn't look to be a good situation, unless she dispatched these three quick enough to make an escape.

Fall back.
No, not yet.
If what she said is true-
Find me a target.

There was a slight delay in Phantom's answer, long enough for Ava to kick back off of her wall. The move was obvious enough to dodge, though Starbright's beam blasting at her nicked her enough to hurt.

Target Exchange.

Skylar obliged. The reasoning was simple: She had already managed to connect a blow with Ava, and they were at close range already. Plus, it helped cover her from Starbright; a close range duel would mean he would have as much chance as hitting Ava as he did hitting Skylar. The armoured woman leapt forward again, thrusting her staff like a spear and then proceeding to follow up with more strikes in an attempt to get another hit on Ava. She was confident that she would, given enough time, land enough hits to weaken Ava to the point where the girl wouldn't even be able to defend herself or dodge. Phantom watched her back, making sure the other two weren't committing themselves to some kind of sneaky action that would present a threat. They had grown used to watching eachother's backs, and for good reason; they didn't fail eachother.

H.E.R.O reinforcements incoming. Disengagement advised.
I'll be fine.
Disengage, Skylar.
A hit or two more.

Skylar twists the middle of the staff, which separates into two halves. She continues her barrage of attacks at a faster rate against Ava, determined to beat the girl down, or at least exhaust her. She didn't want to leave having accomplished nothing but a few measly hits. She watched the two other Heroes arriving through the vision that Phantom granted her, trying to work out when exactly would be the best moment to bail out, and noting the familiar faces she saw. However, another threat then presented itself.

Break imminent. Disengage immediately.
I can feel it. I'm submitting, take over quickly, do everything you can to keep us on the controls, and get us out.
Acknowledged.

The fighting style of the Heroes' foe was quickly noticeable. Instead of the zeal and rapid strikes before, their opponent became calculating. One of his arms shot up in fist as if going for a punch, before a grapple hook fired, impacting the wall behind Ava. Phantom leapt forward, the pull of the grapple resulting in him flying just past Ava, trying to catch Ava with both of the staff's ends on the way past. It was then that it went wrong.

Instead of landing gracefully as he had calculated and was projected to do, Phantom's control was suddenly grabbed and pulled away. He would have strangled Skylar if he could, and if it meant he wouldn't be strangling himself in the process. They couldn't predict when mental breaks happened, but Phantom had advised her to disengage sooner. A mental break in front of Heroes was not good at all for them. Phantom wrestled to shorten the length of the break as Skylar fell to the ground, screaming in agony.

"They don't stop, they never stop!" The young woman screams. Her hands move up, practically ripping the helmet off of her head to reveal her pale face. She kicks off the ground, just to fall to the ground once more. "Leave me the fuck alone! Get out of my head! Let me die or let me go!" Skylar screams. She grabs at her helmet again, forcefully shoving it onto her head, before launching herself at Ava, the closest target, her staff swinging. "Why won't you help me! Why are you letting them kill me!?"

The screaming suddenly stopped. A set of ports open up around Skylar's body, and there is a sudden explosion of white smoke, a cloud large enough to conceal Skylar's actual position, and probably catch Ava inside some of it. Phantom, having managed to reassert control, bolts into the nearest alleyway to get away from the Heroes. They weren't staying any longer.

《 H. E. R. O. 》

Jasper Farley

Name
Jasper Farley

Hero Name
Felix

Gender
Male

Age
17

Date of Birth
23 March

Physique
Jasper stands at a height of 5’4 and a weight of 134lbs. His eyes are a green-hazel colour, and he has brown hair. Jasper is quite fit and his body slim, and he has a brown feline tail as well as a pair of brown feline ears atop his head.

Blood Type
O+

Occupation
Hero and Online distance-learning high school student.

Side
Hero

Affiliation
H.E.R.O

Tier
C-Tier

Personality
While his sister is a lot more open, Jasper is more shyer than his older sibling. He does enjoy going out and he enjoys talking to people, but he doesn’t like even the minor amount of fame that comes with being a Hero if it means he’ll have even a small crowd of people circling him to thank him and congratulate him. Jasper tends to get flustered and a little embarrassed in situations like that, and if necessary, he will resort to hiding behind his friends, the people that he trusts the more. That doesn’t mean he isn’t confident often, though; he can definitely stand up for himself. But he’s better at standing up against evil than he is the innocent. Due to the difference in his Feral Mind compared to his sister’s, his Feral Mind has a slight effect on his natural, human mind, which gives him some feline tendencies, such as liking fish or occasionally needing to scratch something.

Backstory
The younger brother of Jade grew up closer to his sister than his parents. He had always felt like she was great to him, mostly because she had never harmed or hurt him in any way, and she was always an ear for him whenever he needed to talk about anything, even childish questions. Once he grew up, he figured out that it was her fascination that psychology that made her so compelled to listen to him, but that didn’t actually matter to him - at least her care for him was genuine. He didn’t have many moments where he felt upset with her.

Until Jade joined H.E.R.O. At that point, she completely had moved out and Jasper was forced to live with his parents. It wasn’t that he didn’t like his parents, it was more-so that he missed having his sister around. After a while he had begun to grow used to her being away, and by a year or two he was comfortable with her being as she was. Including her new features. He found them to be quite nice, quite interesting. Eventually, he ended up moving in with his sister, moving out of his parents’ house and into her’s, just to be close to her again.

And soon enough, Jasper broke just as his sister had done years ago. He snapped, breaking into a fit of rage and terror that caused him to transform in the same way that Jade had done - that remained only within the living room with the assistance of a furious older sister pinning him down with not just strength of her own but also a fully complete transformation, as opposed to the only partial transformations that Jasper was doing, and experience from her time as a Hero. The Feral Mind of Jasper lasted a long while, with it having a fresh grasp on his mind, however cooled down just as fast and leaving him with the same mark as his sister - a pair of animal ears and a tail. However, unlike his sister, his ones weren’t canine, they were feline.

The two spent weeks in experimentation, but grew puzzled. Jasper couldn’t transform his whole body into an animal like his sister could, only gain the features of some animals. At the same time, his Feral Mind was a lot stronger than his sister’s in what it provided him when he activated it, and had a lot more of a presence than his sister’s, seeping a little into his normal head and giving him feline-like tendencies sometimes. The only thing that was common between them both discovering their powers was that they both joined H.E.R.O after.

Power
Animal Nature: The way that Jasper utilises his power is much like his sister, however it has some differences. Jasper can obtain animal traits much like his sister, but while she has to transform into the whole animal, Jasper only receives a part - to his choosing - that he wants, such as their teeth or claws. If he pushes himself hard, he can obtain more than one animal’s features at a time (not counting his feline features). If he wants more or wants a second animal’s features easier, he can tap into the deep parts of his Feral Mind to do so, however that amount of Feral Mind being tapped into can put him on the edge of Ferality and the loss of his sane mind due to the Feral Mind of Jasper being more powerful than that of Jade’s. The weakness to this remains the same; it comes with no timer, however he can tire himself out of the Feral Mind or be knocked out of it by, well, getting knocked out. As a side effect, his Feral Mind has a slight effect on his natural, human mind, giving him slight feline tendencies.

《 H. E. R. O. 》

Phantom

Mentions: @KiwiTime@Jumbus(@Scarifar)

Moron, the pair both thought to themselves (and eachother) at the same time. The fact that Starbright was treating this slightly like some kind of act or show was quite frustrating, but Skylar and her mind-dwelling companion didn't let that fact push them too far into frustration, controlling their emotions and knowing they could whine about it to eachother later after the fighting. "I hope your idea of a date-" Skylar's voice suddenly changed, Phantom's scratchy, robotic and evil voice emanating from the armour instead, "-Involves pain." Skylar spins the staff in her hand, before jabbing it toward Starbright.

She didn't have any time to check if it connected or not. Threat indicators sprang up, provided by Phantom, and she dove out of the way, just before the Hero Exchange appeared. Now she was a threat more than Starbright - she had barely accomplished the dodge as it was due to a lack of warning. As a response to this disgruntled thought, Phantom navigated himself once more to the CCTV cameras of the street, to watch Skylar's back more efficiently. Meanwhile, Skylar was making a reply to Ava; "Heroes like yourself will be neutralised. You will not last. You will not survive."

She leapt forward with speed, attacking with more efficiency now that she was against an actual threat. She swung the staff with speed, it's end crackling through the air as she swung over and over again, seeking to strike Ava down.

《 H. E. R. O. 》

Phantom

Mentions: Starbright @Jumbus

Skylar found it amusing that Starbright wished to protect the news crew. It was ironic, as the news crews were the people that she wished to hurt the least. Well, she could hurt them, just not kill them. Phantom briefly considered the benefits and consequences of harming the news crew as Skylar began to close the gap. Even while contemplating how the destruction of the crew's microphone could prove to be a detriment, Phantom had Skylar's back covered. He tracked the beginnings of Starbright's movements, running an analysis. Skylar's vision darkened microseconds before Starbright had completed his pose and fired his beam, protecting her vision from the minuscule damage that the beam would have done.

With a sweep of her staff, Skylar attacked. Due to his dodge, Skylar wasn't able to obtain a full hit on Starbright, however the end of the staff brushes him, which would cause a small jolt of pain to affect him. It would be the second attack that would do the most damage. Still advancing even after her first strike, she sweeps, striking once more in the same manner with the position that her first strike gained her. This one, if Starbright was struck by it, would cause a much more painful jolt from the staff, however more-so causing pain than damage.

《 H. E. R. O. 》

Phantom

Mentions: Starbright @Jumbus

"It grows."
"It grows."

A pair crouched atop a building, peering to the streets of New Athens below. Someone who noticed them might think them some kind of ornament on the building, though the way they were crouched made it a little difficult to determine where their eyes were, and what in particular they were watching for. Part of the streets below had been overtaken by Leftovers, the Ambleweed that had begun to sprout up. Occasionally, a small device would pop out of the pair, or a port would open up and flash some kind of camera as they observed the city floor, before folding away into it's bearer. Though they watched the street so obvious on their roof, those who looked up would only spot one of the pair at a time. Both shared the same silhouette, and neither left the shadow of the other, for they were one. Though both bore the same identity, the same person, they were separate. One had always belonged, and the other had never belonged. They were opposites, however both were the same.

"They will be coming. We must move, must plan our attack and strike from the shadows," the brain spoke.
"They will be coming. We must stay, must taunt them with our confidence and strike them with our strength," the computer spoke.

They did neither, but they did both. One remained in position on the roof, a small antenna extending three inches from her shoulder. The other used this, and moved his presence down to the streets. A CCTV camera slowly rotated, facing down the street. A helmet turned, facing up the street. She used his eyes. He used her eyes. They watched the street, waiting. Finally, one broke the balance. She grew impatient, while he remained patient. She dominated, and he submitted. They were no longer shared.

"You forget that we are limited in time."
"And why is that?"
"For they may group. I want to remain bold. Your plan of confidence and my plan of strategy must mix. We'll strike."
"Will you remain in control?"
"I will. Though you will get your chance. We may not obtain a kill today. That is just how the day goes."

By now, the armoured figure was backing away from the edge of the roof, and dropping into the alleyways below. Skylar had grown used to Phantom being in her mind, through no other option. He guided her, and she guided him. They could read into eachother; flesh into metal, metal into flesh. His computer was hers to use just as her brain was his. Skylar was presently dominating, which meant she called the shots. At any time, Phantom could assume his own domination, however it was a matter of courtesy to eachother that they did not do so. Phantom could support her in many ways, just as she could support him in many ways. They could read eachother like they were the same person. That's because they were. And that's why she could tell what Phantom was going to say.

"You wish to present us. Shall I find you a target?"
"Do not find us Nova force. You shall retain them for your own delight. I do not want part of them."
"They may come."
"And so they may, but we will not face them today."
"You hope."
"I hope."

Silence hung once more as Skylar walked through the alleys. A group of thugs soon found itself to be in her presence, none presenting a threat to her - they knew they would not be able to do anything to her, so they left her alone, just as she did to them - for a few moments. Phantom helped her contain her rage, helped her control herself since his inauguration into her mind, however there were times that even he could not hold her back. Phantom tried, just as he always did, but Skylar shoved him and his control all the way into the computer and sealed it shut with an overwhelming mental attack, the same attack that was overtaking her mind. Sometimes they both thought she had a third presence, a third individual living with them other than Skylar and Phantom themselves. They both, however, knew better. They knew this was her, the real her, trying to break free. They knew she wouldn't, but they knew she tried.

She screamed. She cried. She howled. She roared. She punched. She shrieked. She bellowed. She kicked. She whooped. She lunged. She yelped. She stabbed. She sobbed. She begged. She failed. The thugs did not survive. The mental breakage retreated. Skylar continued to walk. Phantom continued to seek a target. Both were unscathed, both unsurprised, both unfazed. Everything was normal. They both knew what had happened, and they both accepted it. They accepted the cost. Then, Phantom had found a target. He did not say a word to Skylar, but she orientated herself to the new path laid before her.

It did not take long before their target shone before them, the great Starbright himself. Phantom felt the same, human amusement that Skylar did. The street had little in the way of Ambleweeds, yet the 'hero' before them seemed far too confident - in appearance. "His elimination will greatly boost our plans," Skylar says. The 'plan' she was speaking of was barely such a thing; it was the objective in removing the Heroes, for they were the only ones that could remove Phantom from her, the only ones that could change who she was, something they didn't want. They belonged with eachother. They were eachother.

Phantom did not need explained as to how neutralising Starbright would further their plans - he could, after all, gather the information from Skylar's mind just as she could his. It wasn't so much the neutralisation of Starbright that would assist them, but it would be the public outcry it would cause. Nobody could deny how popular of a target he was. The pair, with their combined power, computed the most likely result. Fans were selfish, they wanted only the best for their idol. Starbright's fans would weep and cry as they saw him fall. A tiny, irrelevant number may see reason, but the rest would fall to rage. They would demand to know why Starbright had not been backed up efficiently enough, they would scream at H.E.R.O at how much they had mistreated their idol and left him to die, even if others came to help. Such was the stupidity of those with a single mind. And even if she was somehow forced to retreat, most likely due the threat of reinforcements rather than the threat of Starbright himself, she will still have accomplished her goal of presenting herself. Of reminding the city that she existed. Of creating fear.

A plan was formulated with the speed only the pair could do. One thought of how to fight Starbright, the other thought of how best to approach the situation. Skylar remained dominating, and so Phantom fed everything to her directly. A highlight formed around the best civilian to target based on distance, speed and time, to get Starbright's attention and force him to act, lest his reputation be damaged. The civilians were fleeing by Starbright's assistance, so she only had a limited window to move for the target. It wasn't like it mattered too much, however failure to tackle a single lowly civilian would disgruntle the pair.

Skylar leapt out of the alley as the target ran past, tackling him to the ground. Damage was intentional, and that definitely broke a rib or two, because the man started to scream, just was the pair desired. She grabbed the man by the throat, lifting him flawlessly up. She wasn't that tall, but she was taller than the man enough that she could get his feet off of the ground. Reaching behind her, the armoured woman withdrew the armour's stun staff, which crackled with electricity. She used it to point at Starbright.

"Today, Starbright, you face your end. I will kill you, and nobody is here to save you," Skylar bellows, her voice boosted. Skylar, under guidance of Phantom who was presently doing most of the thinking, spoke words that were meant to demean Starbright as much as she could. There were obviously people that would come to save him, but for all the onlookers knew, he was on his own. She tossed the civilian to the ground, who quickly scampered away. He was yet another witness, she had no need to kill him for he was useful. Then, she started to approach Starbright at a confident yet fast pace, the staff held in both hands, ready to strike at Starbright as soon as she was close enough. She didn't want to push herself. She wanted to make him look weak.

《 H. E. R. O. 》

<Snipped quote by datadogie>

The literal smallest nitpick, but you did not do a blood type XD.

After you add that, you're accepted!

@Hitman

Bah, foiled again!
Apologies, I guess I completely skipped over that somehow. It's in now. XD

《 H. E. R. O. 》

And here is my Hero!

Jade Farley

Name
Jade Farley

Hero Name
Hound

Gender
Female

Age
22

Date of Birth
12th of March

Physique
With ruby red eyes and flowing brown hair, Jade is a striking figure. She works to ensure that she is fit and slim, not wanting to fall into any kind of state where she doesn’t appreciate or maintain her own body properly. Jade has a height of 5’5, and a weight of 125lbs. Additionally, because of her power backfiring uncontrollably the first time she used it, she has a pair of large canine ears as well as a canine tail, both furred the same colour as her hair.

Blood Type
O+

Occupation
Hero (Full time)

Side
Heroes

Affiliation
H.E.R.O

Tier
C+

Personality
Jade is a calm individual that treats things playfully. She is a compassionate, kind young woman who places a lot of trust in her allies and in her friends. Jade believes that anyone is able to change, even the most evil, most vile of people, however she understands that even though they are able to change, it is more likely than not that they won’t change, and so she is not against putting someone down with force - she just prefers that they attempt to make the individual surrender first if that is an option. She can often be a little blinded, seeing someone as less of a threat than they actually are if they try to fool her, however she is smart enough to not be unprepared for such an encounter.

Backstory
With a fascination in the human mind, Jade believed that she was going to go into a field that involved psychology. She was entertained by how different everyone’s mind was, and how people were able to completely change themselves by their own will or by their experiences. It was absolutely fascinating to her, to the point where she started to perform extreme mental exercises on herself to push her mind to its limits, as far as it could go each time. She stimulated her mind in all sorts of ways, from pleasure to pain, until finally she had enough - of herself. That was when her Feral Mind first kicked in, causing her to violently tear through her own room and then, by extension, charge through her house. Her body changing didn’t help, she internally panicked as she went from a bird to a bull to a werewolf before she finally collapsed.

Jade ended up waking up in a hospital, with several new appendages, and without a home; it had apparently collapsed due to her charging through a wall at some point in an uncontrollable rage. It took a lot of time for Jade to adjust to her new abilities, as well as new parts of her ‘human’ body. It hurt her a lot to know she had gained such new features, and for the first few days after having gotten comfortable with her powers tried to get rid of them, and eventually just got used to them and started to like having them. She thought that the new set of ears and the tail suited her look.

Once the young woman was discharged from the hospital, with nowhere else to go, she ended up joining H.E.R.O. After all, she didn’t have anywhere else to go. She figured she may as well learn to use the abilities she had for good, as well as make sure she had people around her that understood, people that were at least somewhat like her in that they had powers, too.

Power
Animal Nature: Jade is able to transform into any animal that she wishes, including aquatic and avian animals. This power stretches slightly into the unknown world, allowing her to transform into such creatures as werewolves and phoenixes if she so wishes. As a supplement to this power she can also form natural alliances with and communicate with animals. This power alone is not of great significance, however Jade also possesses the ability to unlock the feral part of her mind, and enable a portion of it to overcome her natural mind. This significantly increases her speed and durability, however depending on how much of her feral mind she wishes to unlock can start losing focus on her actual goal and end up as little more than an animal in mind. This ability comes with no timer, however she can tire herself out of her feral mind, bringing her back to normal. Additionally, if she is put to sleep or knocked out, she is also knocked out of her feral mind, which locks itself back up. This ability also, if she unlocks too much of her feral mind, may cause her to lose perception on who her allies are and who her enemies are, causing her to attack both if she can’t discern the difference, or is pushed too far to care.