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Academy 003: Seeds of Change [CLOSED]

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Well, I would appreciate some help. So, I'll try to get as much of the character written up as possible, and then send you what I have?

@PureHeroine

Yus, I am going to be at work until midnight tho

Academy 003: Seeds of Change [CLOSED]

So I decided to retire Phoebe and replace her with a new character who's power I think will be very interesting

Ashley Meadow Stone

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⫸ B A S I C I N F O R M A T I O N ⫷

"Stone. Ashley Stone. See? I told you it sounded cool."

▼ | BIRTH NAME : |

Ashley Meadow Stone

▼ | ALSO KNOWN AS: |

None.

▼ | GENDER : |

Female

▼ | AGE : |

17

⫸ A P P E A R A N C E ⫷

"A lot of people just take one look at me and get the wrong idea. Well, I'm sick of it."

▼ | P H Y S I C AL S T A T S : |

▸ HEIGHT : | 5'6
▸ WEIGHT : | 100
▸ ETHNICITY : | French and Scottish mainly, but she has other nations in her blood including African.
▸ HAIR COLOR : | Bright-Blonde.
▸ EYE COLOR : | blue.

▼ | PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION : |

Ashley is a girl that carries herself in a withdrawn manner, it's almost as if the girl is constantly trying not to draw attention to herself. She takes small calculated steps and usually keeps her head down. The teen's most striking feature is probably her hair, which is platinum (dyed), straight from all the ironing she does, and goes all the way down to her stomach. It nearly contradicts her demeanor; as a girl who tries not to stick out has a feature that sticks out so much - it moves and flows with her body's movements and at the end of the night she makes sure to tend to it. Other than that, Ashley speaks with a Californian accent, but her voice is somewhat deep and husky - nothing that makes her sound anything other than a female, but it catches some people off guard. Though, it's definitely not a voice that she'll make a singing career out of.

In terms of her build; the girl is skinny. All that yoga and early morning jog that she hears about works for keeping her thin - though it's more of the fact that she has good genetics than anything else. Ashley has a flat stomach with thin limbs, and it's hard to call Ashley anything but a toothpick. She doesn't have a whole lot of curves with 30A's and hips that get hidden under anything that isn't skin tight - and her body shape is relatively square. Because of the same jogging, she got exposed to a healthy amount of sun and her skin is far from pale. The girl is merely an inch over the female average, nothing that anyone would really notice or pay any attention to. The girl is a mishmash of different European countries - primarily she's French with a bit of English in her blood, after a surprising ancestry test she found out that she was distantly African.

⫸ P S Y C H O L O G Y ⫷

"Some say people don't change but that's bullshit."

▼ | PERSONALITY TRAITS : |

♦ Level-Headed ♦ Cool and Casual ♦ Kind of paranoid ♦ Calls herself "realistic" ♦ Cynical ♦ Compassionate ♦ Tends to be Blunt and Rude unintentionally ♦ Does not like to be touched ♦ Guilty ♦ Distrusting of FAMA ♦

▼ | SKILLS : |

Animals ⫻ That was something that Ashley was always interested in; the animal kingdom. She has an extensive knowledge of all sorts of animals, and how to deal with them.

▼ | BACK STORY : |

So Ashley was born as a trio of triplets, with her siblings being Olivia (The oldest out of the three), and Krystal (A name that her father picked out because he thought it was funny). You see, her father, Vincent Stone was a master at Yale and got a job in Silicon Valley, so the Stone family lived pretty comfortably in the city of San Francisco. Ashley wasn't exactly an overly social person, she primarily kept to herself but held a conversation if necessary. Which was a contrast to her more social and outgoing sisters who had become fairly popular in school. She was very close to her mother, who she imparted much of her knowledge and morals on Ashley. She told her that the world was a very cold and unforgiving place and that she had to stay on her toes at all times if she was going to survive. It wasn't something that her siblings had agreed with but it was something that Ashley held onto.

Her sisters were more outgoing and were able to convince Ashley to get out more by getting her to go to a concert by a local band. Ashley really enjoyed herself and was quickly initiated into the lifestyle; of the loud and wild party girl. It started with that concert, then sneaking out at night with her sisters just became Saturday nights. She just enjoyed the energy that could be found here, and the alcohol and drugs just came secondary. Of course, this didn't go well forever, at one house party Ashley got really drunk and found herself alone with a guy. She found him kind of hot, but he was getting way too aggressive when he forced himself on her. Ashley attempted to fight the guy off, but it was her sister that came to save her when she hit him in the back of the head with a lamp. Ashley desperately tore home and took a shower and tried to desperately forget what happened.

Afterward Ashley remembered what her mother told her and decided to quit while she was ahead and focus on her schooling. However, that encounter wasn't as simple as it first seemed; as that boy was a Type-Green Metahuman and she got a bit of the energy from him. She was compatible with the energy and that was enough to infect her. After a few months Ashley quietly manifested, but so did her sisters around the same time - exposed to the Delta-Energy from different sources. Ashley realized her power when, while fooling around with her sisters, accidentally upgraded Olivia's power. This was a scary experience and they had a long sit down about their powers; Olivia had the ability to mutate animals into horrific monsters and Krystal had the ability to produce sonic screams.

After some experimenting, they figured out what Ashley's power was; the ability to upgrade the powers of other Metahumans and borrow their powers. Of course, Ashley was very hesitant to tell FAMA and register her power because she was frightened that they may try to use her as a weapon. She heard the stories and didn't want to be used as a tool, so she kept her power a secret. What they didn't realize was that Ashley did was upgrade Olivia's ability to working on people, too. When Olivia went to school a few days she accidentally brushed against a classmate and turned him into a monster. He went on a massive rampage that almost killed Olivia, so Ashley and Krystal teamed up to get their sister out of the line of fire. FAMA arrived on the scene shortly afterward and detained the monster... and Olivia.

You see, FAMA tracked it to Olivia and she was blamed for the accident, and she was whisked away to prison. To the outrage of the entire Stone family and they fought tooth and nail to get her out - to no avail. They also registered Ashley and attempted to get her arrested for dodging registration but when the Stones lawyered up, they managed to talk them down. They asked her to come to Academy 003 as a "settlement" for the whole situation which Ashley begrudgingly accepted (against the wishes of her father) due to the fact she wanted to learn how to use these stupid powers.

⫸ P O W E R I N F O R M A T I O N ⫷

"I know FAMA is afraid of me, they may act like they were trying to do me a favor; but really they were trying to shoo me in this academy so they don't have anything to worry about."

▼ | POWER CLASSIFICATION : |

Type-Green

▼ | POWER DESCRIPTION : |
Minor-Power Manipulation.

Power Manipulation is a good umbrella term for Ashley's ability. When her ability manifested, Ashley gained an interaction with the Metahuman energy inside of each and every person. While she hasn't realized her full potential yet, but Ashley is capable of making alterations to the powers of Metahumans around them. She won't be able to, say, turn someone with super strength into a light-bender, but she'll be able to make alterations. It'll take decades upon decades of learning the ins and outs of her ability before she reaches that point - so it'll be unlikely if the ability's true potential ever comes into play in this story. At the moment, her power is more of boosting powers. Her power comes in two forms:

■ Power-Upgrading.

Ashley is capable of administering permanent mutations to powers upon extended contact known as "Upgrades". These upgrades tend to strengthen power, alter specific aspects, remove limits, or add on a whole new trait altogether. For example, she could give someone with super strength a Super-system power that works to supplement their strength. She could give a Pyrokinetic the ability to create bigger, hotter, flames. It all depends on the power, but anyone can get any neat trick, with no downsides as these upgrades are always beneficial. These upgrades are permanent, with no limit to how many people she could give upgrades to (How often is another matter). I'll be discussing possible upgrades with people for their characters.

■ Power-Sponsoring

The other half of Ashley's power is a quasi-Power Replication ability. Upon contact, Ashley can burrow a bit of someone's power if they allow her to and is able to utilize it. She will gain the power long as the Sponsor allows her to, which makes it near-impossible if she's trying to get a power from an opponent. Whenever she gets a Power-Sponsor, she gains a diluted version of the power, without fancy tricks. For example, if she copied a water bender's power, she'd only be able to move water, not alter its properties. She could copy super-strength and wouldn't have as much physical strength. Ashley will retain these powers as long as she remains in proximity to the person. It is possible for her use multiple powers at once, long as people remain close to her. But she hasn't practiced it yet.

■ Power-Immutability.

Ashley has demonstrated an immunity to other Type-Green powers. Her power cannot be charged, replicated/absorbed, nullified, or fiddled with in any way, it's virtually stagnant. All because her ability actively resists alterations to it. Stopping a replicator from copying her energy, or stopping a nullifier from doing their magic on her.

▼ | LIMITS : |

Ashley's upgrading power doesn't exactly have too many weaknesses, but it certainly has limits. For starters, no, she can't give herself any upgrades only other Metas. She can only give out an upgrade once every few days, which is a limit in place to make sure that she doesn't just go around giving everyone power boosts. She can only give out one upgrade per person and Ashley could also accidentally upgrade someone upon contact, nor can she control what type of upgrade she gives people. It doesn't matter whether or not that "someone" is a friend or a foe, she can't control it. Ashley's power sponsoring has a few limits, too and for starters, unlike true power replication, it relies on the other person's consent. If she isn't allowed to use their power, then she'll be powerless. She doesn't know how to use the power right off the bat, and due to the nature of it, it's unlikely she'll become super skilled in it either. It also depends on how close she is to the person; further away she is, the weaker the power gets. There's a range of upward twelve meters and if she leaves this range, she'll lose the power and will have to request to use it again. Ashley also gains the weaknesses of the Sponsored power, yadda, yadda, yadda. Finally, while there's technically no limit to how many powers Ashley can borrow, the more she absorbs, the less stable they get. The harder to control they all will be, they will backfire, function incorrectly, and eventually, she'll overload and lose all of her powers. Afterward, she'll go through what is best described as a hangover, but will still be able to function enough to copy powers again. Her Power-Immutability means she can't get benefits from powers such as charging, and etc, etc.

▼ | WEAKNESSES : |

There aren't a lot of weaknesses for her ability, the main weakness is that there's no directly offensive ability and when she gets "sponsored" she gets the weaknesses of the original. Upon upgrading something she begins to feel an episode of nausea, headaches, etc.

⫸ O T H E R ⫷

"I'm just tired, that's all."

I may also make another character.

Academy 003: Seeds of Change [CLOSED]

So I have pretty much everything sorted for my character aside from a power. There are just so many to choose from it's difficult to decide. I tried doing a randomly generated one, but I was never happy with what I got. I'd say this is the only aspect of superpower based RPs I don't enjoy.

@PureHeroine

I can, of course, help you.

Academy 003: Seeds of Change [CLOSED]

@Surtr Inc I think just random power is what I am leaning towards.

@Solotros

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I'll PM you a power in the morning.

Academy 003: Seeds of Change [CLOSED]

@Surtr Inc So, I saw that you have a restriction on gravity manipulation. How much bending on that would you be willing to do? If none at all, then may I choose something similar? I mean, I've been leaning towards that area of the spectrum (the whole "attract/repulse people from my personal space" area) and well yeah.

@Altered Tundra

Well, it depends on the power itself, I'm going to pass if it's complete control over gravity - however, if it's something simple like attraction/repulsion then it's good.

I am really interested in this and I would like to take you up on your offer of throwing a power at me! I agree that it will be an interesting experiment. Plus choosing a powerset is usually what paralyzes me the longest when creating a character.

@Solotros

Do you just want a random power or do you want me to wait until you write the rest of the character?

Vivid Recollections: Into the World Unknown (Season 1 COMPLETE)

@Majoras End@Zombiedude101@Atrophy@Ciaran@JunkMail@Fernstone

On Friday I'll make the interest check, and probably Saturday the new OOC will come. In the meantime, I suggest that you all make adjustments to your sheets because first and importantly I'm cutting aura reading, so if it's important to your character's abstraction just incorporate it.

I also advise adding a brief blurb of your character's part in the story in their backstory.

Academy 003: Seeds of Change [CLOSED]

What exactly are the capabilities of a type red, I mean, in terms of how they can manipulate their given element? Different people have different ideas of what elementals are capable of, and if I did go type red, I just want to be sure I'm making something that's acceptable by your standards.

@PureHeroine

It can be in any way, really. It can be a basic telekinetic control to altering its properties long as you are not too over the top with it.

Academy 003: Seeds of Change [CLOSED]

Okay, I'm going to try, I just can't decide if I should make a type blue or type red. I'm leaning a little more towards type red, I just can't decide on an element.

@PureHeroine

As it stands we have no type reds. I was thinking of making one myself, but maybe try going for a less common element? There's like plastic, wood, etc, etc. I even used clothing and paper manipulation at some point and they were the most fun two powers I've used. Of course, there's nothing wrong with good old fire/ice manipulation, either.

I'm thinking of a child of two different elemental types that got the weaker version of both their powers - unless you wanted to use that.

Vivid Recollections: Into the World Unknown (Season 1 COMPLETE)

Sooooo, that's the final post for now. I really like it, and I hope things aren't too rushed. I hope you guys liked a taste of what's to come because next "season" is going to be a lot darker in tone and story.

So, for now, I'm going to suggest we take a short break and then I'll make the interest check for the next part and see who bites. I'm going to be very busy this week, so it's probably not a good idea we rush into the next part.

Vivid Recollections: Into the World Unknown (Season 1 COMPLETE)

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Hillview High - Mason Square.

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Claire's body disappeared into the mass of orange sparks, and not a trace of her body remained. Consumed by the being, and that hurt Britney even worse.

Her best friend was gone without so much of a trace. There was nothing to bury.

Penny's hands got her out of her grief-spell, and she was reminded that the Glutton could do the same to the rest of them. “Get up. We have to run.” Penny said, but honestly, was there anywhere to run? They were trapped like rats in a cage, and there was nothing to do but wait to die. However, there was something in her, a determination and a ray of hope that compelled her to climb to her feet. She was still feeling a little weak from utilizing her abstraction, but she was able to force herself back up and run... so was Justin. The Glutton came after them a few moments later, always keeping a bit of distance between them that Britney knew that he could cover if it really chose to.

Eventually, the group made it outside and... it was snowing? In the middle of September? When she was outside she was barraged by the cold winds that are usually reserved for the summertime up here in Farmer Hill. She looked around confused before she remembered that thing was right behind them... and above them. Britney looked up and saw the orange light that shined miles from the Glutton's "true" form, and it was almost like a sun. It told her there was truly no escape - the being's avatar came towards them and she couldn't help but lose everything. This was all too much - she thought that she could handle whatever the Glutton had thrown at her, but she was truly the wrong one here. She got all these people killed, all on the hope that they'd find a way to kill the Glutton - only to fail in the worst possible moment.

Everyone here hates Britney... and she hates herself for failing so horribly as a leader. She was backing against the "cage" with the rest of the group as the Glutton's form was approaching them quickly. It was finally over, and she was going to die at the hand of this world's "devil". She closed her eyes as she thought about just driving a wooden spear right through her skull to spare herself whatever this thing will do to her...

If you don't want to die, get out of the way.

They all heard the voice, it was almost like an otherworldly presence... then they saw a bright light at the top of the school and Britney knew just who it was. "Move!" Britney shouted as she dove off to the sie and hit the ground and felt the impact hitting her front - it was just in the nick of time because a massive white laser-beam came from the top of the school that engulfed the Glutton - even hitting its cage. She climbed on her feet and looked up at the rooftop seeing a bunch of figures in robes wielding an assortment of different weapons and she knew exactly who they were.

Why did Amethyst allow them to come here?

When the beam faded, the Glutton had completely lost its form; taking the appearance of a black mass that looked similar to smoke. Before regaining its humanoid shape and the robed figures raised their weapons, and symbols began to float in the air above them. They unleashed a barrage of different elements - ice, fire, light - that the Glutton consumed, but the being was immobilized by it.

One of the figures in a black robe wielding a bow and arrow ran up and shot an area in an area off to the side, and the arrow disappeared and turned into a swirling white portal. Everyone in the school heard a message in their heads again.

Go for the portal! We'll hold it off, and be quick! There's only so long we can keep this thing off you!

It was a miracle, the thing that Britney was hoping for! The Watchers were not something she expected to come to their rescue, but she knew that Amethyst had ulterior motives for letting them come here. That was, of course, for another time because Britney was running like hell towards that portal. She was tired, beaten, and in desperate need of a nap, there was nothing getting in between her and that portal. The others were feeling the same way as they ran for the portal. The school was pretty much engulfed in flames, and everyone was making a break for it, freedom was so close.

However, the Glutton underwent a change - its avatar disappeared into thin air and it forms above them began violently shaking. Before it released a sound so alien and horrific that their minds couldn't perceive it as any sound - it was a painful reaction that caused everyone present to drop to their knees. The sound persisted and it was too much for the group to take, they began falling unconscious one by one...

Britney knew that it was a fool's errand to believe that the Watchers would fare any better against the Glutton than what they did. The pain was overwhelming, the Glutton's power was overwhelming. Britney fell to her knees as she tried to resist, but she felt a white light overtake her, and she felt the weight being lifted off of her. She looked around and saw the same light wrapping around everyone else and they all faded away, still, she felt herself falling unconscious.

"Don't panic," Britney heard the voice of the... what did Nate call it? God-Child? It was heavenly, and relaxing, even in this time of need, "I should have gotten involved sooner, but I'm getting you all out of there... but I need you to do one thing for me..."

The God-Child's voice trailed off before they added on; "Sleep. You all have fought long enough..."

And that's what Britney did, she let her mind go at ease and finally rest. All the guilt and self-hatred faded away, and she felt herself relieve herself of at least a hundred pounds. Britney knew that this was only the beginning, and the real fight was right around the corner. Which was why she decided to get some rest.

Because tomorrow was a new day...

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When the universe was first created, there truly was darkness. It was a different kind of darkness, where there was just nothing. No concept of time, no matter or any kind of material things, there was just nothing. As far as the eye could see... standing in the middle of it was an experience that no other being would experience, nor comprehend. This being simply stood in the darkness, with nothing to keep it company. This being had so many ideas so much power that with a wave of its hand it created a light in the distance. It brought illumination to the being, but the being felt an odd sense of... disappointment, it didn't know why. The being teleported to this light, and it was merely a ball of light in the distance - serving no purpose other than to shine. The being held this light, which was the size of planets, in between two fingers. There had to be more to it than just shining so the ball of light became a ball of fire with a mere thought, and it gave off heat. A heat that wouldn't bother a being like that, but there needed to be more to it.

Every light needs something to shine on.

So the Being, normally the size of galaxies, shrunk down to the size of a human and stood on the surface of this burning star. It turned around and stared at the nothingness, feeling an odd sense of loneliness in this cold, empty, reality. It waved it's hand around with an open palm, and planets were willed into existence around the star and there was finally a view. Though, the being still felt something wrong here and teleported to one of the planets. It was directly under the view of this sun, and it was one of the most beautiful sights that it ever saw, but there was something missing here. The planet was empty... just a hunk of stone floating in space. The being snapped its fingers and water flooded outwards and the planet was filled with air, sunny clouds, and more.

Still, it was missing something - it sensed something strange as it looked up and saw another being that was dwarfing the planet, merely staring downwards at him. When it noticed that he was staring back, the Stranger fled, flying at incomprehensible speeds and the Being flew off after it even faster. After catching up with it, it wasn't long before they were flying side by side as if they had come to an agreement. Or upon recognizing the other. They flew across this empty voice, and as they flew new worlds and starts came into existence, and shortly after: life.

They finally ended the lonely universe, and brought creation. Everything that the life within them hold dear.

They made each other complete.

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Flower fields... flower fields as far as the eye can see. They weren't any less beautiful because of the blood-red sky and orange sun in the distance, it was a morbid sight for anyone else. But, for the few that resided here, it was comforting. It produced a sense of nostalgia and belonging that nothing else could replicate, almost like an infant being in the grace of their mother. This world was similar to that feeling, and one person marched across the flower fields which seemed endless, and endless. The person passed men, women, and children playing in the fields, and had not a piece of clothing on. They played in endless bliss as the one clothed person paused for a moment, smiled, and continued walking on.

This person, on their journey, marched and marched, and marched, but they finally reached their destination, A massive dead and withered tree, that was seemingly cut in half, and hollowed out. They stood at the tree and pulled their hood off, bowing in awe as an orange light materialized at the top of the tree.

"I know how angry you are... that meddlesome false God has saved them, and now they are most likely going to attempt to stop us," The person said, monotone as their attitude didn't shift one way or another even for a second. "But, nothing will get in the way of redeeming the remaining worlds. But, what if I presented a better idea...?"

If the Glutton was capable of facial expressions, it'd be intrigued.

"Even though they are touched by the false God, and have the power to keep you sealed... Perhaps they have the power to do the opposite? Touched by the False God or not, they are still humans, and thus, they can be redeemed. You showed that everyone can be saved and their sins can be erased if they believe..."

The stranger raised his head, as he said,

"... So let me Speak."