Parfex
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If you enjoy intelligent super beings with unusual ability quirks and power growth.
If you enjoy learning the 'science' behind super powers.
Or, if you enjoy surprise plot twists with darker story-telling, then this is the place for you.
Current IC's:
Vega: Ability - impulse push/pull
If you enjoy learning the 'science' behind super powers.
Or, if you enjoy surprise plot twists with darker story-telling, then this is the place for you.
Current IC's:
Vega: Ability - impulse push/pull
Most Recent Posts
@Aro
If he did, that would make him develop to a crazy level of power in less than a year with no one to push his abilities.
I'm all about growth and growth needs challenges.
I don't want to be the strongest, I don't mind loosing more than I win. I just want to tell a good story.
@Carlsberg
^^^ Bullets because of armor or something I read at 2am last night. lol
If he did, that would make him develop to a crazy level of power in less than a year with no one to push his abilities.
I'm all about growth and growth needs challenges.
I don't want to be the strongest, I don't mind loosing more than I win. I just want to tell a good story.
@Carlsberg
^^^ Bullets because of armor or something I read at 2am last night. lol
@Aro
22ish
22ish
@Aro
I think we lost each other at step 3.
End of senior year:
-Adrian gets his abilities at age 18ish.
-Dissonance goes to the military for combat training
Three years go by:
-Dissonance becomes a badass solider and gets her powers
@Carlsberg fills in what new abilities she can do.
-Meanwhile, Vega learns to control his ability in 3 ways while fighting crime:
1. Impulse split second shield
2. Impulse kick/punch/etc.
3. Small range blast (i.e. shoot soda cans off a fence)
Year 3 to year 4:
1st encounter:
Vega is in the wrong place wrong time.
He challenges Dissonance and she shows him that she's a better fighter, a crack shot and he's in way over his head.
Military training aside, her powers hit harder and last longer
Vega looses and Dissonance doesn't even break a sweat.
2nd encounter:
Vega has been practicing because of his defeat. His impulses hit harder and last a little longer.
He's still no match for Dissonance.
By some turn of events, he manages to disrupt her plans just enough to have them called off.
Gets his ass severely beat for it.
Vega receives a warning message from Dissonance who learned his identity from their previous fight:
If you get in my way again, I'm going to kill your mom that lives at Blah blah blah Athens dr.
Due to some twist of pride and a hero's call to duty, he decides to call her on her bluff.
3rd encounter:
Through a bit of regret but a cold military heart, Dissonance follows through with her threat and kills Vega's mother right in front of him.
Vega (having just seen the last person he cares about murdered in cold blood) is flooded with emotion. He pulls from a great pit of need and manifests a new ability (The pull part).
This is where we learn that Dissonance and Vega are nothing more alike than flash is to superman in the fact that they both have super speed or wonder woman is to green lantern just because they both can fly.
Vega, in his need to hurt Dissonance actually ends up hurting himself by flinging himself into the singularity that he created from the depths of his darkest moments.
@Carlsberg,@Aro
Vega has lost every single time.
In the current timeline, he's trying to find Dissonance.
He's terrified of accidentally causing another singularity (because it almost killed him) and even with his new ability, we don't even know if hes caught up to Dissonance.
Dissonance has 3 years to develop new powers, grow stronger or gain allies that will help conceal her by the time they meet again.
He's also going to meet up with @Endrance to try and learn more about his powers to A) Control them and B) to try and go back in time to save his mom (and fail for now)
@Aro
As far as god powers go, I hate them. If I outgrow my rival, my character isn't able to grow anymore and that's boring.
We've got people that have super strength, cloaking, water-breathing, invulnerability to bullets and have their own sidekick that is stronger than most heroes.
We've got people who can generate whatever they want with their minds AND are combat and weapon trained.
But if you feel that Vega is still too powerful after all this, I'll make a new character.
I plan on making Vega strong just to lose to almost everyone at least once.
I think we lost each other at step 3.
End of senior year:
-Adrian gets his abilities at age 18ish.
-Dissonance goes to the military for combat training
Three years go by:
-Dissonance becomes a badass solider and gets her powers
@Carlsberg fills in what new abilities she can do.
-Meanwhile, Vega learns to control his ability in 3 ways while fighting crime:
1. Impulse split second shield
2. Impulse kick/punch/etc.
3. Small range blast (i.e. shoot soda cans off a fence)
Year 3 to year 4:
1st encounter:
Vega is in the wrong place wrong time.
He challenges Dissonance and she shows him that she's a better fighter, a crack shot and he's in way over his head.
Military training aside, her powers hit harder and last longer
Vega looses and Dissonance doesn't even break a sweat.
2nd encounter:
Vega has been practicing because of his defeat. His impulses hit harder and last a little longer.
He's still no match for Dissonance.
By some turn of events, he manages to disrupt her plans just enough to have them called off.
Gets his ass severely beat for it.
Vega receives a warning message from Dissonance who learned his identity from their previous fight:
If you get in my way again, I'm going to kill your mom that lives at Blah blah blah Athens dr.
Due to some twist of pride and a hero's call to duty, he decides to call her on her bluff.
3rd encounter:
Through a bit of regret but a cold military heart, Dissonance follows through with her threat and kills Vega's mother right in front of him.
Vega (having just seen the last person he cares about murdered in cold blood) is flooded with emotion. He pulls from a great pit of need and manifests a new ability (The pull part).
This is where we learn that Dissonance and Vega are nothing more alike than flash is to superman in the fact that they both have super speed or wonder woman is to green lantern just because they both can fly.
Vega, in his need to hurt Dissonance actually ends up hurting himself by flinging himself into the singularity that he created from the depths of his darkest moments.
@Carlsberg,@Aro
Vega has lost every single time.
In the current timeline, he's trying to find Dissonance.
He's terrified of accidentally causing another singularity (because it almost killed him) and even with his new ability, we don't even know if hes caught up to Dissonance.
Dissonance has 3 years to develop new powers, grow stronger or gain allies that will help conceal her by the time they meet again.
He's also going to meet up with @Endrance to try and learn more about his powers to A) Control them and B) to try and go back in time to save his mom (and fail for now)
@Aro
As far as god powers go, I hate them. If I outgrow my rival, my character isn't able to grow anymore and that's boring.
We've got people that have super strength, cloaking, water-breathing, invulnerability to bullets and have their own sidekick that is stronger than most heroes.
We've got people who can generate whatever they want with their minds AND are combat and weapon trained.
But if you feel that Vega is still too powerful after all this, I'll make a new character.
I plan on making Vega strong just to lose to almost everyone at least once.
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1/2. Of course, that's a given from what I can gleam on your CS. You'll have to discuss this between the two of you but what I would do is during the first fight Vega has his ass handed to him by Dissonance. She's had the last 3 years to use and develop her powers whereas your character had a short amount of time to develop his own before being transported by the black hole. The second fight would take place after some time and you've developed your powers against other characters, in this fight Dissonance would still win but you would develop your ability more and be able to deliver stronger punches and kicks like you state in your CS. More time will pass and you'll develop your character further and be able to punch and kick as hard as Dissonance's own punches and kicks with her ability. During your 3rd fight with Dissonance is where I would develop you gravity pull ability, but not realizing that the ability works in a sphere around you, you mistakenly pull in rubble from the fight knocks you unconscious. After this fight you develop that power more learning the range of the sphere around you and learning to focus it. The 4th fight you use all of your abilities that you have been developing and this fight ends in more of a draw for the two of you than an outright loss for you. All future battle between the two of you I would talk about and determine who would win or if they would end in more draws.
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3. Dissonance didn't get her powers three years after your character, she got her powers 3 years ago meaning she got them at around 22 year old while still a member of SAS.
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That's why I recommended just a time jump. You received your powers at 17/18 and went missing shortly after. While at the same time Dissonance's character was completely normal until at about 22 when her powers manifested, that makes her receiving her powers 4/5 years after your character received his.
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4. I'm not quite sure what you mean here.
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5. You keep talking alternate universes and I'm trying my best to find a compromise to keep us away from that because I think it would just be a lot of work on everyone's part. Because let's say that in our universe (The current one where the RP is taking place) Adrian Hunter found the meteorite that gave you your powers but in our universe it killed him. In your alternate universe your character and Carlsberg's went to school together and gained powers around the same time, that create a whole new history for an already established character that Carlsberg may or may not want to create. For instance, my character Reaper is a former member of STRIKE that faked his death and became a mercenary. In your universe he could very well still be a member of STRIKE. This is why I keep pushing the time jump, so we don't have to make secondary histories for characters in a universe that only your character is aware of.
If we do the time jump for the most part his grave would probably just be an empty plot with a grave marker or a coffin filled with mementos that others placed in the coffin.
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6. What I would maybe do is instead have him believe that it's an alternate universe, when in actuality it's only a time jump. That way he believes he can return to his own universe to save his mother from dying. This could also lead to how he treats others and until he learns that this is his universe and he was simply flung forward in time by six years he would then just try to find ways back in time while adjusting to the time he was found himself in, maybe trying to become a more civilian friendly hero coming to the realization that these people have their own lives that actions affect.
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7. Personally, I would stick with this idea as it's pretty much what every time traveler goes through.
"I missed the last 6 years of my life, and while the world continued moving I wasn't there to make any changes. What if I had been around? Would my mother still be alive? Would I be a better known hero? Blah, blah, blah."
Unless a better idea comes around this is basically every storyline any time traveler goes through. Take a look at DC's Flashpoint. Flash runs back in time and saves his mother, but the outcome of that changes the world that he knew. Friends become enemies, enemies are allies. So on and so forth.
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8/9. I would have him just come off as cold when dealing with civilians. He wouldn't do news interview or anything like that and he would just kinda push people out of his way so he can continue on with his mission. Like, let's say he's chasing my character down on foot and Reaper takes a hostage. I would imagine your character would just keep coming at me as if I didn't have a civilian at gunpoint. For the most part concerning your hero's identity from the past I would have it that he was just not a well known hero. Consider this, if in Spider-man's early days (when he didn't have his suit and ran around in a hoodie) he suddenly went missing no one would really have noticed. If he then reappeared after 6 years unless your hero was a well known hero no one would connect the dots that you and the hero from the past are the same.
As for what you posted in the spoiler in one of your latest posts. Reading it, while it's mostly just highlights, pushes into the God-mode territory which is a major no-no. If you went with something like that I would instead recommend that you can Carlsberg get together and exchange PMs or go into the titanpad to create a collaboration that way Carlsberg can control her own character and preform reactions appropriate for her.
@The Kid Lantern I may not be online but I'll be around. Just text me if you need me for something.
@Aro
You've got a deep understanding for character development and you've been able to predict my original story almost perfectly.
So, here's the challenges that I'm facing, and maybe you can help me with these:
1. Due to the similarities in powers and the fact that Dissonance was thought up first, Vega has to lose to her. Almost always.
2. Vega Learns new abilities by trying to overcome disadvantages when fighting Dissonance.
3. Dissonance (unfortunately) got her powers 3 years after Vega in our universe, which throws out a simple time jump. Thus Vega comes from a universe where they both got their abilities at the same time and their stories unfold similar to what you said.
4. I cannot time jump without pulling everyone into the future, therefore I can only jump from the past.
5. If this is an alternate universe, what happened to the original Adrian Hunter? (I'm thinking that he's dead too, like his mother) but Vega believes that the grave is an empty tomb made due to his disappearance, when in reality, it's not empty.
6. If this is an alternate universe, Vega believes that is is only a time jump for now.
7. Due to the time jump (New universe or not) Vega believes that this timeline is "false" and that all (or most) of these events happened because he was absent in the time jump. He develops an unhealthy detachment for life because he believes that he's simply going to go back in time and "correct" any grievances that happened as a result of accidental or intentional misgivings.
8. This detachment from reality (and possibly humanity) sometimes causes people to perceive him as a villain even though he's not and still believes himself to be the hero of the past (That people either don't remember because this is a new universe or that people scorn for abandoning them if it's the same universe).
9. Vega still believes himself to be good and so he won't compromise his morals even in a "false" timeline however, it's hard to care about something (or someone) that may never happen in his "true" timeline (His outlook on his current life).
You've got a deep understanding for character development and you've been able to predict my original story almost perfectly.
So, here's the challenges that I'm facing, and maybe you can help me with these:
1. Due to the similarities in powers and the fact that Dissonance was thought up first, Vega has to lose to her. Almost always.
2. Vega Learns new abilities by trying to overcome disadvantages when fighting Dissonance.
3. Dissonance (unfortunately) got her powers 3 years after Vega in our universe, which throws out a simple time jump. Thus Vega comes from a universe where they both got their abilities at the same time and their stories unfold similar to what you said.
4. I cannot time jump without pulling everyone into the future, therefore I can only jump from the past.
5. If this is an alternate universe, what happened to the original Adrian Hunter? (I'm thinking that he's dead too, like his mother) but Vega believes that the grave is an empty tomb made due to his disappearance, when in reality, it's not empty.
6. If this is an alternate universe, Vega believes that is is only a time jump for now.
7. Due to the time jump (New universe or not) Vega believes that this timeline is "false" and that all (or most) of these events happened because he was absent in the time jump. He develops an unhealthy detachment for life because he believes that he's simply going to go back in time and "correct" any grievances that happened as a result of accidental or intentional misgivings.
8. This detachment from reality (and possibly humanity) sometimes causes people to perceive him as a villain even though he's not and still believes himself to be the hero of the past (That people either don't remember because this is a new universe or that people scorn for abandoning them if it's the same universe).
9. Vega still believes himself to be good and so he won't compromise his morals even in a "false" timeline however, it's hard to care about something (or someone) that may never happen in his "true" timeline (His outlook on his current life).
May 4, 2016
12:49 am
The night was still. The air was warm and a breeze passed between the buildings and over Athens Park, rustling the leaves and the trees. After midnight, the streets were quiet on the edge of the city. The soft glow of the streetlights and the flashing yellow stoplights provided just enough light to see down the empty roads and vacant sidewalks.
The only movement was a man in his bed slippers with a bath robe loosely-tied around his waist, walking his Cairn Terrier. He yawned and scratched through the material of his coffee-stained wife beater that was peeking through his robe. He peered down at the terrier as he tried to rub the sleep from his eyes.
"Come on Todo. It's after midnight and I've only gotten 4 hours of sleep in the past two days writing headlines from all the crazy events that happened yesterday!"
The dog sniffed at yet another tree, deciding this one didn't meet it's standards for an appropriate bathroom either.
"A building full of men were beaten and killed. One was thrown out a window... others were shot in cold blood in the middle of the street in broad daylight. The city just isn't safe anymore." he muttered to himself as the dog moseyed up to another tree.
James Stewart was a journalist for The Olympian and although he was happy with his job, the chaos with yesterdays events kept him glued in front of his computer screen for the past 24 hours. At this point, all that he wanted was some peace and quiet and a little shut-eye before his boss called him in to write about the next tragedy that was bound to happen.
Todo's ears perked up and he started peeing uncontrollably on the spot. Eyes-wide and fur raised. James was curious with his dog's behavior but his focus was far from the dog as goose bumps covered the length of his arms.
His watch began to spin and his hair was lifting straight up. Peeling his gaze away from his watch, James looked up and off into the distance. The stars began to twist and swirl. The building's edges began to distort and warp in unnatural ways. In the center, in the space between the buildings, all light was being pulled into darkness. Todo yelped and ran off in the other direction, yanking the leash from his hands. James yearned to join him. He screamed at his legs, willing them to move but he was frozen in place as sweat slid down his neck.
A pop and a rumble broke the silence as he felt himself being pulled, no; sucked into the void. Suddenly, a mass of black and violet, indigo and flashes of light erupted from the void as an object was hurled from the center of the vortex.
Another BANG that sounded and felt like a sonic boom forced James to look away as glass shattered and the distortion was split and frayed. And just as quickly as it had come in, the air was still, the stars were all in place as they were before and the only disturbance were the sound of car alarms echoing down the neighborhood.
As Jame's eyes regained focus, something was lying on the ground and that something ...was beginning to move.
12:49 am
The night was still. The air was warm and a breeze passed between the buildings and over Athens Park, rustling the leaves and the trees. After midnight, the streets were quiet on the edge of the city. The soft glow of the streetlights and the flashing yellow stoplights provided just enough light to see down the empty roads and vacant sidewalks.
The only movement was a man in his bed slippers with a bath robe loosely-tied around his waist, walking his Cairn Terrier. He yawned and scratched through the material of his coffee-stained wife beater that was peeking through his robe. He peered down at the terrier as he tried to rub the sleep from his eyes.
"Come on Todo. It's after midnight and I've only gotten 4 hours of sleep in the past two days writing headlines from all the crazy events that happened yesterday!"
The dog sniffed at yet another tree, deciding this one didn't meet it's standards for an appropriate bathroom either.
"A building full of men were beaten and killed. One was thrown out a window... others were shot in cold blood in the middle of the street in broad daylight. The city just isn't safe anymore." he muttered to himself as the dog moseyed up to another tree.
James Stewart was a journalist for The Olympian and although he was happy with his job, the chaos with yesterdays events kept him glued in front of his computer screen for the past 24 hours. At this point, all that he wanted was some peace and quiet and a little shut-eye before his boss called him in to write about the next tragedy that was bound to happen.
Todo's ears perked up and he started peeing uncontrollably on the spot. Eyes-wide and fur raised. James was curious with his dog's behavior but his focus was far from the dog as goose bumps covered the length of his arms.
His watch began to spin and his hair was lifting straight up. Peeling his gaze away from his watch, James looked up and off into the distance. The stars began to twist and swirl. The building's edges began to distort and warp in unnatural ways. In the center, in the space between the buildings, all light was being pulled into darkness. Todo yelped and ran off in the other direction, yanking the leash from his hands. James yearned to join him. He screamed at his legs, willing them to move but he was frozen in place as sweat slid down his neck.
A pop and a rumble broke the silence as he felt himself being pulled, no; sucked into the void. Suddenly, a mass of black and violet, indigo and flashes of light erupted from the void as an object was hurled from the center of the vortex.
Another BANG that sounded and felt like a sonic boom forced James to look away as glass shattered and the distortion was split and frayed. And just as quickly as it had come in, the air was still, the stars were all in place as they were before and the only disturbance were the sound of car alarms echoing down the neighborhood.
As Jame's eyes regained focus, something was lying on the ground and that something ...was beginning to move.
Whoops! O.o
Looks like I'll be making another character at some point. X.X
Looks like I'll be making another character at some point. X.X
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