NorthernKraken

Cold Front: Tacitum (Completed)

rude =P

Cold Front: Tacitum (Completed)

oof okay i see how it is :P

Cold Front: Tacitum (Completed)

I mean Alice is 100% voting for Reika

Cold Front: Tacitum (Completed)

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Aaand posted!

Alice swiped a manicured nail down her phone screen, exiting out of her insta and the selfie she took at home earlier in her baby pink pyjamas with Snowball sat on her lap, the caption proclaiming how she was all set for a day of TLC with her favourite pooch. The light illuminating her perfectly made up face switched to a cool yellow as Snapchat loaded up and she checked her feed. Nothing interesting. She exited the app, flicked through several more, seemingly oblivious to the conversation going on around her, before, eventually she set the phone down on the table in front of her.

With a raised eyebrow, she surveyed the faces around the table, each wearing expressions of various levels of perturbation. Vinnie was being a pig, as per usual, whilst Reika seemed to be making yet another attempt to prove how big and strong she was. Honestly. Jane seemed to be trying to be reasonable for some reason, and Rachel was being, well, Rachel. And to think these were the people she chose to spend her time with. Really, it was a shame about Frederika, but Alice could think of more important things to be concerned about.

Like Reika’s apparent attempts to get them all found out.

“Really, Reika? You’ll kill them? Need I remind anyone of the mess you left behind after the incident with Vinnie’s last problem client?” she said, taking a sip of her own glass of clear, plain water, the pink gloss from her lips lightly staining the rim as she set it back down, “I know pissing up lamp posts is a particular hobby of yours, but is now really the time to be asserting your dominance?” she batted her eyelashes, giving the woman a sweet smile, “you might make the rest of us think you have something to gain from this, ah, situation.”

Primordial Uprising - [Kaiju & Monsterverse-Inspired RP]

And my second human!

Noah Simmons

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Appearance:

At 5'11", Noah is tall and skinny, with a life spent pouring over computer screens and forgetting to eat has left Noah lacking any particular physical prowess. He cares about his appearance, but not for fashion, instead going after items representative of his own, occasionally odd, tastes irregardless of whether certain items actually look good or clash to the point of possibly causing an international incident. He also wears a medical alert bracelet.

Age:

25

Occupation:

Officially, field reporter for Cryptid Weekly, a surprisingly popular, but small US based publication dedicated to sightings of the strange and unusual.

Unofficially, SEEKER OF THE TRUTH!

Starting Location:

A small town in Michigan, following up on a Wendigo sighting.

History:

As a child, Noah was obsessed with cryptozoology - anything strange, unusual, or possibly supernatural caught his eye. He would spend hours in front of the TV with his Nan watching documentaries about ghosts, aliens, folkloric creatures such as the wendigo and the kraken. Whilst his parents were concerned, they put it down to childish fascination, something he would surely grow out of with time.

He didn't.

He started writing a blog, 'Catalogue of the Weird' at the age of around 15, dedicated to cryptozoology, which garnered not insignificant attention from interested parties. Around the same time, he started realistically thinking about how he could pursue a career that aligned with his particular interests, and ended up at Imperial College London studying biochemistry, with a view to becoming involved in astrobiological research groups active in the university.

Around the same time, his blog had started to pick up steam, something which his supervisor soon picked up on. He was taken aside, and 'had words with', told in no uncertain terms that if he wanted to be accepted as a serious scientist, he would need to 'drop the kooky conspiracy theories'. He took to the internets that same night, and wrote a long blog post ranting about 'eliteism' and 'pressures to conform' - the final nail in the coffin of any potential career in research.

It was then that he was approached by the editor of 'Cryptid Weekly', who'd read his blog, and wanted to hire him as one of their reporters. Noah jumped at the chance, packing up his life in Portsmouth and moving to be closer to the Boston-based publication. He has been working there for about 2 years, and whilst the pay isn't fantastic, he likes his job and coworkers enough to make up for it, even if he is haunted by a nagging frustration.

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@Lmpkio Awesome =D Another question (Sorry!) But do TERRA have a sort of 'home base'? I might just be being unobservant, but I didn't see any mention of it in your original post, just that they're international and have lots of outposts

Edit - This is my first hooman, I kinda left her location as just vaguely US based further to my above inquiry

Sarah Blunt

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Appearance: At 5'6", Grace is a little on the tall side, and thanks to TERRA's physical training programme, has fairly muscular proportions. At work, she is always dressed professionally, even whilst meeting with her charges, regardless of the weather. During her free time, she usually opts for a similarly sleek, sophisticated wardrobe, funded by her expansive salary. At work she usually wears her hair up, in either a bun or a ponytail, although at home she is more prone to wearing it down.

Age:
36

Occupation:
Agent of Terra - Human Resourcing department

Sarah is a member of the team charged with tracking down individuals who may be of interest to TERRA, and acting as a liason between more… difficult individuals and the higher ups of TERRA.

Starting Location:
Sarah was alone in her apartment, enjoying a nice glass of wine before bed, when she got the call, well before any mainstream news outlets even thought about broadcasting the story, that something involving the Kaiju had happened. Within the hour, she was at work, liaising with existing contacts, and searching through the various platforms available to her for indications of individuals showing themselves to be front and centre of this rapidly unfolding disaster.

History:
As a child, Sarah always thought she wanted to be a lawyer. So, she got good grades and did all the right extra curriculars, and so, by the time she was 21 and ready to enroll in law school, it was as big of a shock to her as anyone else when she chopped her hair down to a pixie cut, got a tattoo, and bought a plane ticket to South America to 'save the rain forests'.

After several years of failing to find herself, a few too many attempts from her mother to send her to rehab, and a lot too many nights sat around a campfire listening to somebody butcher Bob Dylan on guitar, Sarah returned home, dejected. She didn't fee like she'd achieved much of anything, and circumstances meant it was too late for her to enrol in law school.

More lost than ever, she moved out, got an apartment and a string of failed relationships, and settled into a corporate job she hated just to avoid being a further strain on her ageing parents.

Which was when she was approached by TERRA.

To this day, she still isn't sure what drew them to her, but she's not complaining. She likes her job, and actually feels like she's making a difference.

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@Lmpkio Quick question - but for one of my human characters, I was thinking of having her be sort of involved with tracking down 'individuals of interest' for TERRA and acting as a liaison for TERRA with said individuals - would that be okay?

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@Lmpkio Was planning on making a pair of conspiracy theorist style journos as well?

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@Lmpkio

Made some of those changes to Nessie's character sheet :) How's this?

Nessie V2.0

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Appearance:

Nessie is strikingly similar in appearance to the now extinct Plesiosaur. She has a large, egg-like body, with a long neck and tail, and two pairs of flippers. She is countershaded, with blue-grey on top, and creamy white on her belly and the bottom of her neck, flippers, and tail for camouflage. Her skin is smooth and reptilian in order to decrease resistance when she swims.

Size:

Nessie's body is around 20m long, and 15m tall. Her neck and tail are each around 15m, giving her a total length of 50m.

First Appearance:

Nessie's always just sort of 'been around', never as shy around human's as she shoud've been. When the invasion happened, she was just swimming around Loch Ness. Not much really changed for her, except now she's much cooler with popping her head up to say 'hi'.

Abilities:

Psychic Camouflage - Nessie's camouflage abilities go well beyond merely having good colouring to avoid detection. She is capable of warping the minds of those who see her to where they dismiss her as being just a part of the scenery such as a log or a particularly strange looking bird. This ability does not work, however, on those with a significantly active imagination, for whom seeing her would not be so strange or out of the ordinary.

Empathic Projection - Whilst she cannot communicate with words, she can project a general aura of an emotion onto the humans or kaiju around her. In the past, she's used this to make sure that, even if they don't see her, tourists leave happy and satisfied with their trip.

Sensory projection - can project sensations onto both humans and Kaiju, regardless of where they are in the world, so long as she knows what they look like. Although only one individual at a time. (so like, she could make someone think they're drowning, or on fire, or nice things too :) )

Memory Projection - Can make an individual, human or Kaiju, experience a memory or imagined scene, wherever they are in the world.

Memory Probe - Can peak into the recollections of others, human or Kaiju, so long as they are contact with water.

Weaknesses:

Psychic Lake Monster - Just Add Water! - Whilst capable of using her abilities on any within a 10 mile radius of Loch Ness, she is only able to use them on those further afield if they are in contact with a substantive amount of water (so not just like, water vapour in the air, but getting rained on would leave someone vulnerable).

Confined - Whilst Nessie could probably survive in bodies of water other than Loch Ness, she is, in general, unable to survive outside of water, so can't really move on her own.

Not Much Of A Fighter - Nessie isn't really built for one on one combat, and relies heavily on her camoflage abilities and general speed and agility even whilst hunting (she mostly lives of a diet of moderately sized sea birds and fish - and for a while was the cause of a decline in seagulls).

Personality:

Nessie is a gentle giant. In the past, she's had a bit of a sense of humour, deliberately letting humans see her in order to cause a stir, but genuinely, she's pretty chill and just wants to get on with her life. As far as humans go, she's rather fond of them. She finds them amusing and curious, and would really rather they weren't wiped of the face of the planet.

History:

Nobody really knows where Nessie came from, and before the invasion, some would say she was never there at all. A product of drunk scotsmen, of people eager for a taste of the mystserious and the magical.

Well. You know what they say about being careful what you wish for.

Theme:

Primordial Uprising - [Kaiju & Monsterverse-Inspired RP]

@Lmpkio Okies - got some ability ideas that might power Nessy up a bit

- Sensory projection - can project sensations onto both humans and Kaiju, regardless of where they are in the world, so long as she knows what they look like. Although only one individual at a time. (so like, she could make someone think they're drowning, or on fire, or nice things too :) )

- Memory projection - Can make an individual, human or Kaiju, experience a memory or imagined scene, wherever they are in the world.

- Remote viewing - can spy on both humans and kaiju, wherever they are in the world

Any good?