duskshine749

Olympus: School Of Demigods!

First I just wanna say sorry for not having a character yet. I've been busier this week than I expected. Second, there was something about Zeus shape shifting a bit back. I just wanna say I'm pretty sure all the gods can do that by virtue of being gods, and that power probably doesn't get passed down

Olympus: School Of Demigods!

I found this right before I have to go to work, so I'll need to read everything later, but if there's room I think I'd like to join.

The Lodge Outside of Segaso City (RP is now closed by GM)

Sam pulled his bus over where the woman pointed before getting out and joining the rest of the group, it seemed they had split up, some going to whatever the source of the smoke was while the others stayed. He idly wondered if he should follow, where there's smoke there's fire, and fire was much less dangerous to him than anyone else there most likely. But there were other matters to attend at the moment, because as the scientist tried to open the door so everyone could get their luggage in she discovered the door was locked. Sam also learned the wolf could talk, which surprised him for a second then he realized that was silly of him. He was part phoenix, a talking wolf was mundane in comparison.

"I mean, I could burn the door down," Sam pondered aloud, "that would get us in, then we'd have the problem of not having a door though." He would prefer to not start his retreat by burning down the front door, but if it came to it he supposed he could. "Or we could just follow the others, make sure they're okay, then grab the keys like a normal person would." Sam did want to go and see what the commotion was about, apparently the smoke he saw wasn't just from someone having a campfire.

The Lodge Outside of Segaso City (RP is now closed by GM)

The drive up to the lodge was really nice, Sam was glad he was doing this. During his drive he had lots of time to think and he realized this was exactly what he needed. Just some time away from work and family just to collect himself. He had seen the ads for this place but he hadn't considered coming up until his almost incident the other day. After almost losing it he knew he needed to change something, if he continued just trying to force his powers down he knew that wouldn't end well. His boss seemed pretty keen on the idea of Sam going on this retreat, and he insisted he take one of the company vans (Sam preferred calling them what they were, short busses), probably to get in on the PR stunt.

So there Sam was, driving up a country road in what was little more than a re-purposed school bus with the words "E Z Port" on the side, the name of Sam's bus company. Off in the distance he thought he saw smoke rising from in the forest. He didn't pay it much mind, probably someone camping, he just wanted to get to what would be his new home for the next while. He idly wondered what the other people inhabiting the lodge would be like. He hoped he didn't have a problem with any of them. This relaxing retreat in the woods would be much less pleasant if he accidentally burned the house down.

Finally he pulled over a hill and saw the lodge, and it seemed he wasn't the first one there. He pulled the short bus up to the group, noting the garage attached to the lodge. "Hey, uh, should I park the bus in the garage or just leave it here?" He just kind of addressed his question to the group, as he wasn't sure who would be able to answer his question, maybe the mechanic guy? Or should he have been asking the scientist looking woman? Either way he would wait for an answer to either park in the garage or not before leaving the bus and joining the group.

The Lodge Outside of Segaso City (RP is now closed by GM)

Just saying, sorry for not posting yet. I was gonna post this morning but I fell in to Darkest Dungeon then I got called in to work 2 hours earlier than I expected. I'll probably get something up tonight

Dawn of Heroes, Dark days. (Gritty modern slice of life super powers.)

Not ten seconds after Sam sat down there was another knock at the door. When he answered he was greeted by a police officer asking to question everyone in the apartment. Sam quickly explained to the officer that Michael was a bit special, and probably wouldn't be much help answering questions, but if he insisted Sam would call Michael over too.

The questions were easy enough to answer, "Yes I live here. I'm Samuel Deniel. Yes I was here all last night. No I didn't notice anything strange last night. I see them around sometimes, but I don't really know them. I'm not sure who would know them. No I didn't know anything about a murder last night." Finally the officer showed him the picture of the girl, "no, I don't think I've ever seen her before. Will that be everything officer?" It seemed he was happy with what he asked and was on his way. Sam turned to Quinn, "sorry, that's not a normal occurrence, but you know, New York. It's gonna happen every once in a while." He noticed she was basically falling asleep standing in the doorway, "um, I don't mean to pry, but why haven't you been sleeping well? I used to have sleeping issues, I might be able to help."
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The Lodge Outside of Segaso City (RP is now closed by GM)

Samuel Deniel

Name: Samuel Deniel
Species: Human, mostly. There is some phoenix blood in his family granting his powers
Age: 22
Gender: Male

Personality: Sam is a very reserved person, though that has come with years of training himself to be that way. Naturally Sam is a very passionate person, not afraid to let someone know what he thinks or to jump in to action should he be needed. Some of this still leaks through, and sometimes he loses control of himself and can't help but allow his emotions to burst through. When he is in control he is very warm towards others, kind, caring, and compassionate. One thing that will set Sam off is people talking badly about his family, especially his father. Over the years he's gotten very good at dealing with bullshit, so inane things usually won't set him off unless used against him en mass for a somewhat extended period of time. But a personal attack against him or those he cares about will always get under his skin.

Appearance: Sam is 6'2" and weighs 280lbs. but the height helps make it look like he weighs less. He has glasses and short cut brown hair with striking orange eyes. He is very pasty white and is normally clean shaven. Can often be found wearing jeans and a green hoodie. When it gets too hot for that he'll switch to cargo shorts and a comfortable t-shirt with some kind of nerdy design on it.

Powers: Sam has the ability of pyrokinesis. Normally he can summon fire and manipulate it, or cause an object within his sight to burst in to flames. When he gets emotional he will often times burst in to flames and may float a few inches above the ground. The intensity and heat of his flames increases with his emotions but it also becomes harder to control. He also cannot be burned due to the nature of his powers.
Another name for someone with his particular powerset is a Burster, and when he looses all his strength or loses control you can see why. He will burst in to flames and depending on his power/his emotional state fire will also radiate off him in waves, much like the sun, but much less powerful of course. When in this state his eyes turn from just having orange irises to full orange globes. If he is not in control of his emotions he will seek out the person who offended him so deeply, becoming almost mindless in his task.

Strengths: Sam has a pretty good memory and he's also fairly good at math. He also has some fighting skills from when he took tae-kwon-do as a kid, though he stopped a few years back

Weaknesses: Water, and especially rain weakens his powers. Also sending him in to an emotional rage, while dangerous, will yield him unable to control himself and he will exhaust his ability to fight within a few minutes

Background: Sam lived his life like a normal person for the most part, though he was home schooled until high school. This was his parents' decision to make sure he was able to control his emotions so he didn't have an incident in the school. He was born with his powers, the blessing of the phoenix they called it, he thought of it more like a curse. His sister doesn't have the powers of the phoenix, she has something else she has to deal with. Sam never applied himself in school so he didn't make it in to a university, so instead he just works as a bus driver, and that's fine with him.
His father died when he was 16, and when he found out it was a good thing most of their home was fire resistant. For the following week or two Sam had a constant dark blue flame burning around him, reflecting the sorrow he couldn't control. The phoenix blood was from his father's side, but aside from training him, his dad was just an all around awesome guy that Sam wants to be just like one day.
A week before joining the lodge, Sam nearly had an incident while he was working. It was a mostly normal day, he was getting to the end of his shift, and it wasn't even that bad of a thing that happened. Some guy was just talking on his phone and was using speakerphone for some reason. Sam couldn't stop the guy from doing that, but it was just annoying and made Sam slightly agitated. Apparently it was enough to be a big deal because he noticed he hands were smoking on the steering wheel. Luckily the guy stopped or else he may have lost control and burned the whole bus to ash. Sam may be happy being a bus driver, but he needs an outlet for his powers and he knows it. He doesn't want to be some big shot, but not everyone has phoenix blood, it makes him special, and means he'll need to find more of a purpose in this world than just driving a bus.
Misc. Notes: (anything important to the character that should be known, but for whatever reason doesn't fit into any other category)

The Lodge Outside of Segaso City (RP is now closed by GM)

@Tergonauti like the idea of her as an npc, I've still got no ideas for her. And now I really like the idea of Sam being the driver, so I think I'll do that, a van works

Dawn of Heroes, Dark days. (Gritty modern slice of life super powers.)

@Dark Light I have not said where the apartment is, so sure, it can be on the corner of 3rd and main

The Lodge Outside of Segaso City (RP is now closed by GM)

@Tergonaut updated Samuel right here

Samuel Deniel

Name: Samuel Deniel
Species: Human, mostly. There is some phoenix blood in his family granting his powers
Age: 22
Gender: Male

Personality: Sam is a very reserved person, though that has come with years of training himself to be that way. Naturally Sam is a very passionate person, not afraid to let someone know what he thinks or to jump in to action should he be needed. Some of this still leaks through, and sometimes he loses control of himself and can't help but allow his emotions to burst through. When he is in control he is very warm towards others, kind, caring, and compassionate. One thing that will set Sam off is people talking badly about his family, especially his father. Over the years he's gotten very good at dealing with bullshit, so inane things usually won't set him off unless used against him en mass for a somewhat extended period of time. But a personal attack against him or those he cares about will always get under his skin.

Appearance: Sam is 6'2" and weighs 280lbs. but the height helps make it look like he weighs less. He has glasses and short cut brown hair with striking orange eyes. He is very pasty white and is normally clean shaven. Can often be found wearing jeans and a green hoodie. When it gets too hot for that he'll switch to cargo shorts and a comfortable t-shirt with some kind of nerdy design on it.

Powers: Sam has the ability of pyrokinesis. Normally he can summon fire and manipulate it, or cause an object within his sight to burst in to flames. When he gets emotional he will often times burst in to flames and may float a few inches above the ground. The intensity and heat of his flames increases with his emotions but it also becomes harder to control. He also cannot be burned due to the nature of his powers.
Another name for someone with his particular powerset is a Burster, and when he looses all his strength or loses control you can see why. He will burst in to flames and depending on his power/his emotional state fire will also radiate off him in waves, much like the sun, but much less powerful of course. When in this state his eyes turn from just having orange irises to full orange globes. If he is not in control of his emotions he will seek out the person who offended him so deeply, becoming almost mindless in his task.

Strengths: Sam has a pretty good memory and he's also fairly good at math. He also has some fighting skills from when he took tae-kwon-do as a kid, though he stopped a few years back

Weaknesses: Water, and especially rain weakens his powers. Also sending him in to an emotional rage, while dangerous, will yield him unable to control himself and he will exhaust his ability to fight within a few minutes

Background: Sam lived his life like a normal person for the most part, though he was home schooled until high school. This was his parents' decision to make sure he was able to control his emotions so he didn't have an incident in the school. He was born with his powers, the blessing of the phoenix they called it, he thought of it more like a curse. His sister doesn't have the powers of the phoenix, she has something else she has to deal with. Sam never applied himself in school so he didn't make it in to a university, so instead he just works as a bus driver, and that's fine with him.
His father died when he was 16, and when he found out it was a good thing most of their home was fire resistant. For the following week or two Sam had a constant dark blue flame burning around him, reflecting the sorrow he couldn't control. The phoenix blood was from his father's side, but aside from training him, his dad was just an all around awesome guy that Sam wants to be just like one day.
A week before joining the lodge, Sam nearly had an incident while he was working. It was a mostly normal day, he was getting to the end of his shift, and it wasn't even that bad of a thing that happened. Some guy was just talking on his phone and was using speakerphone for some reason. Sam couldn't stop the guy from doing that, but it was just annoying and made Sam slightly agitated. Apparently it was enough to be a big deal because he noticed he hands were smoking on the steering wheel. Luckily the guy stopped or else he may have lost control and burned the whole bus to ash. Sam may be happy being a bus driver, but he needs an outlet for his powers and he knows it. He doesn't want to be some big shot, but not everyone has phoenix blood, it makes him special, and means he'll need to find more of a purpose in this world than just driving a bus.
Misc. Notes: (anything important to the character that should be known, but for whatever reason doesn't fit into any other category)

Still don't know what to do with the sister, if I can't think of anything in the next few days she'll just cease to exist.