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@Regitnui Oh, come on, now you're just provoking me to say yes

Teagan's harmless... mostly... And we most certainly did click through

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@Old Amsterdam I didn't mean it to be necessarily a romantic interest... Although I'll admit... all my characters are not all the way straight In everything I write there has to be at least one character that shares that trait with me :D Since we tend to put pieces of us in our characters, loved and hated alike.

And I like all the characters in the cast as well... But there were two in particular that "spoke" to me... Or rather... to Teagan

So I guess we'll have fun exploring

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Normies, I like that. If I have the choice to not be human in fiction or real life I would chose not to be human.

@Burning Kitty

I can't take credit for that :) So I'll give it where it is due

Name: Alex Newt
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As with most all Epics, has slightly increased endurance and reflexes compared to Normies.

@Old Amsterdam

I also wouldn't mind being the token human and elderly in this cast of Epic and Freaky youngins

I'm not sure how this story will begin and how exactly the cast will mesh and who will go where and whatnot, but I will say this... Teagan made me go through all character sheets and informed me she's taken a liking to young Alex Newt I grilled her for an hour, but she wouldn't say what kind of a liking exactly, the old hag

Thought I'd mention it... You know... For plot purposes

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@Regitnui Hm, okay... Maybe this will become evident during the play... So I don't want to ask you to reveal too much... I was under the impression that whatever Starburst initiated is ongoing and its effect increasing...

I don't want specifically for her to have powers or anything akin to powers... I was just considering how she would feel and how it would affect her, knowing or wondering if one day she too might turn into a Freak or an Epic... You know... In terms of character building along the road... Stuff like that...

And I was simply trying to point to a different perspective... You know... We don't all have to be Superman... Some of us could be Lois :D I mean... let's face it... Lois is way hotter

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@Burning Kitty Why not a brand new idea... I know having powers is kind of exciting... But that's why I chose to go the Normal rout... I mean, normies are prety much the minority at this point right? Won't it be interesting for you to explore the world from this angle?

@RegitnuiAlso... I just had a thought... It was mantioned that maybe one day all of us are going to become Epics... Does that mean that for instance Teagan could, in theory, in the future become one too... Because if so... It presents with interesting inner turmoils a character could go through...

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Teagan

Name: Teagan Hayes

Alias (if any): Smokey Bear, Samaritan

Age: 37

Faction: Normal

Personality: Teagan is a very calm. She gives off this Zen master aura and people usually expect her to talk in wisdom quotes. She is live-hardened, but managed to remain warm and gentle. She is a bit solitary by nature and might seem aloof at first, but once she warms up to you her demeanor changes. She used to be a bit of a daredevil in her younger years, but she has toned it down. However she would jump in danger without hesitation to help or to protect as is her nature. Those who get to know her very well discover some very unexpected characteristics to her.

Appearance: She's 5'8ish, medium build, fit and athletic. With jade green eyes and a rich mahogany hair, peppered with not few white and grayish hairs. At 37 and with her natural olive complexion she has visible crow's feet. She's got high cheekbones, a slightly crooked nose due to a nasty brake and her most favorite facial feature - two dimples. On her left wrist there is a see-through-the-skin type of tattoo representing the inner workings of her wrist and pinky finger in steampunk style. Her left eyebrow is bisected by a prominent scar as is her lower lip. The rest of her body is also peppered with scars, some small, some larger. Teagan prefers comfortable clothing and favors jeans, shirts, t-shirts, tank tops, sneakers, boots.

Background: Teagan was about seven years old when the world changed. At the time she was living with her parents, Martha and Rory Hayes, in her mother's country of origin. Which was located in Eastern Europe and Teagan doubted many people even knew it existed.

Her mother was a wildlife biologist and was doing a study on the indigenous fauna in the region and her father was a mountain rescue worker.

From a very young age Teagan learned to love nature and at the same time respect it. But after the Starburst reports started coming in about people with strange powers, freakish mutated animals and the likes and suddenly the world became quite dangerous for normal people. They stayed in her mother's country as long as they thought it safe and then started to move from place to place, trying their best to pick the safest region where to raise their child.

The constant moving from place to place, the turmoil in the world, the fights between Epics and Freaks, between good Epics and villainous Epics, her parents' love for nature and her father's constant desire to help people in peril molded young Teagan in the somewhat dare-devilish, brave and strangely shy young girl with a constant desire to help, a love and a healthy respect for nature.

When finally her family landed in the US, where it was relatively devoid of Epics and Freaks, young Teagan had the opportunity to pursue a career and a profession in a field that combined both her mother's love of nature and her father's desire to help people in danger. And so Teagan enlisted straight after colleague for training to become a Smokejumper. She poured all her youthful exuberance in her newly selected profession. She trained hard, studied as hard and worked even harder. The work was as rewarding as it was hard and harsh. She often wondered how people could be so careless as to unknowingly cause wildfires. She'd witnessed firsthand on numerous occasions how the nature she loved so dearly was destroyed in a flash.

This caused her to constantly volunteer to participate in awareness promotion programs, which was how she got her first nickname by her crew - Smokey Bear. She didn't mind it, because she knew it was used mostly with a tongue-in-cheek.

Being her father's daughter she was also SAR certified. On numerous occasions she would help her team, her partner or perfect strangers without even a thought of reward beyond a simple thank you, if even that. Her daredevil altruism in the line of duty and often even outside of it earned her her second nickname - Samaritan.

After the rise of the High and the establishment of Epic City Teagan urged her parents to relocate there, as she feared for their safety. Martha and Rory however refused to go without their daughter, and so the entire family picked up and moved, hopefully for the last time.

With her parents in relative safety within Epic City Teagan is in search of new opportunities, while also, in her free time, trying her hand out in something she'd always dreamed of doing. Writing.

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She saw the "l" word and was half way to the hills, before I pointed the hider to her

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@ihinka, thank you. I knew I was forgetting someone. I beg your forgiveness

@Regitnui

S'okay... Sometimes I forget to turn off my Kuroko aura so that people will notice me

I was always here!

So should I relocate to the CS tab? :D

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Um... did I slip through the cracks or...

The Valencia - [High Fantasy, Pirates]

OK... I mean, I know life comes first and all that... But, respectfully, between the 9 of us you'd think we can manage at least two posts per week... Or at least tell the group we won't be able to post...

Anyways here's some more inspirational music :)