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In Pokémon: Start → 9 days ago Forum: Casual Roleplay
❄Erika Olson❄




Sno and Tara had Malamar flinched between the pair but swiftly moved out of the way, coordinating with Rose as sdhe shouted. That left the evolved and rather scary Malamar floating in between a chorus of Rounders that let their soundwave again blast the giant squid Pokemon. The Malamar fainted and Erika breathed a sign of relief. "Good work but..." She started, trailing off as the director of this establishment started to rouse her employees and their Pokemon.

Time to leave, for sure.

"Right! Come on guys, let's get out of here!" Erika slipped out the door leading the party. Sno swished in and pushed against the center of Musharna to help push. Tara clasped her talons onto Musharna's heads and fluttered with her wings to keep the momentum going. The trio, with Rose and her party in tow, climbed the staircase and emerged out into the reception...

It was a bit chaotic with the patrons and staff quarreling, no doubt from lack of sleep. Erika caught the eyes of the receptionist as she passed by. "Oh sorry! Wasn't deep enough down there but that's okay I'll leave you a review for trying!" She found herself hollering over her shoulder. Rose had just cleared the stairs and Erika risked moving a hand off of Musharna and pointed at the stairs. "Sno, Frost Breath on the stairs!"

Sno slipped away and and let the sheer cold of her breath freeze the top few stairs in an attempt to slow down any pursuers. Erika turned back to push Musharna and picked up speed to barrel through the reception area and out the front door. The cacophony of eager employees looking to please Lotus stumbled out from the stairs behind them, hopefully tripping over themselves.

Erika moved out the door with Rose. She thought about having Tara sing but now it was better to just keep running and get clear of the building. Erika would pull the door shut. "Sno!" The Froslass emerged from the wall as Erika pointed at the front door. "Frost Breath on the handle!" She commanded hoping that the frozen lock would make it difficult to get in an out.

With that Erika would rely a bit on Rose to guide them. "We should get the circus and hideout, Rose. Wait for this all to cool off." Pun not intended.
In Vanguard: Calder City → 19 days ago Forum: Casual Roleplay
I'm alive!

Just busy and since I haven't introduced Jade yet I figured it was okay because I wasn't holding anyone up?

With the fourth I should have a nice long weekend to catch up but let me know if I'm too late!
In Pokémon: Start → 1 mo ago Forum: Casual Roleplay
❄Erika Olson❄




Erika had reached the doorway turning around and was aghast to see Malamar charging her, tentacles raised and glowing as if the Pokemon was about to strike her! "Eep! Sno help!" Erika called out, panicked without really thinking of a specific command. Instead she clutched at Musharna tighter and turning her face away as if the incoming blow was inevitable.

"Fross! Sno shot a glance to Tara who fluttered on the other side of Malamar and both seemed to understand each other. They came in from both directions, Sno making sure she floated in the way of Erika. Approaching Malamar was obviously a faint sentence but just as the two closed...

CHEEEEP!

Tara sounded in an Astonish from behind Malamar looking for that flinch. Froslass also matched it, sounding harrowed as if a wailing spirit. Both tried to stall Malamar with the flinch chance looking to hold the Pokemon off until they could all gang up again.

Successful or not, Erika peered with an eye as her Pokemon stepped up but frowned. This was getting scary and she wasn't even sure she was doing it right!
In Vanguard: Calder City → 1 mo ago Forum: Casual Roleplay
K N O C K O U T
K N O C K O U T

"If I think I can, I will."
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(FC: zoe kravitz; Dialogue: #CD7F32)
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S U M M A R Y
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Jade Maria Grant
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Birthday | 24
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Single | Female | Straight

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Height | 5'4"
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Hair Color | Brown
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Eye Color | Brown
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Hometown | Calder City

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"Where to start. . ."

Michael Grant was born in Columbus, Mississippi with hardly a penny to his name. Despite the meager means, Mike was a religious man with a strong work ethic. In essence, he was a diamond in the rough. He wasn't given a good start at life but he had an unorthodox brilliance that he never had the chance to expand past high school. That brilliance latched onto his only passion in life, boxing. Mike Grant was a legend in 80s as a boxer and became a World Heavyweight champion. His tour of the world in matches brought him to Ho Chin Minh City for an exhibition which would, as it turned out, shape his legacy.

Thi Tam was born about an hour outside of Ho Chin Minh City to a agrarian family. It was a simple life but given Thi Tam's high marks in school, she had the opportunity to move to Ho Chin Minh City for a higher education. While there were certainly ambitions, the pressure had gotten to her and she got absorbed into city and its vices. As a means to afford some of her lifestyle, she took the job as a ring girl. It paid well and was easy work. Le Huu Toan vs Michael Grant was just any other night ideally but there was something to say about capturing the eye from the best of the best...

Nine months later, Jade was born to a stressed Thi Tam who cradled her daughter in one hand and clutched a ticket to the United States in the other. She couldn't support a child on her own and the father of her daughter was wealthy enough to support them tenfold. Surely there would be no difficulty in convincing him because what other choice did Thi Tam have?

The first meeting did not go well. While the obvious similarity in Jade was present, Mike was at the tail-end of his career. He was already married and was looking to enjoy a quiet retirement. How could his life possibly be upturned now? He wouldn't have it and when Jade's mother pressed a second encounter, Mike almost got away except for the crying Jade lashing out with a ghostly hand gripping at the man's finger. It may have seemed like divine providence then for that superhuman ability to manifest suddenly there but that's how Mike took it. He'd figure it out because despite his legend, this might be a greater legacy for him.

Jade's upbringing, as you can imagine, was complicated. Her mother was a mistress of a boxing legend and were tucked away to try and prevent controversy. The controversy was inevitable and her childhood was not smooth given her mother often fought and lashed out due to the circumstances while her father was scarce. It wasn't until her father divorced his wife, life imploded in poor decisions before it calmed enough for him to try and focus on what he had left. Jade.

In her teens, she saw a lot more of her father who took a keen interest in her. He tried to avoid the limelight now but he was especially interested in her superhuman power. Jade, in turn, took an interest in what her father did, boxing. She was trained up with her father's full attention because it was something that had brought him joy. It brought her joy as well finally having a father in her life. She may have not had the smarts of her mother but she did take to her father's athletic ability. Her power only amped that up a hundredfold.

When she was finally an adult, Jade pleaded to become a boxer but there was no room for an enhanced human that could throw a hundred punches with a hundred arms. She had no attention for school or anything else so when the opportunity came up, even if of a questionable legality, she'd take it. Enter Harborlight.

In her twenties, she had become a staple fighter in the underground arena, craving a fierce reputation but with that came the sleaze of the business. Under both threats and payouts, she got tangled up in fix fighting and other odd ends that while trying to keep her nose clean, certainly has her entering into a spiral that she is starting to regret. Would there be a way out if she wanted to leave but did that mean hanging up her love of fighting?

A B I L I T I E S
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Phantom Limb
The more unique aspect of Jade's ability is the projection of a translucent body part that simulates the copied part. Generally, Jade applies this ability to mimic an arm or a leg. The phantom copy is 1:1 with Jade's real body part and is projected from a place that anatomically make sense, like an arm from the shoulder. One phantom arm will be as strong as her real arm, for example. Yet the energy of exertion of that phantom copy is compounded per additional copy. While one copy of an arm to punch will be roughly the equivalent of a normal punch, ten arms punching at once will feel like the equivalent exertion of a 100 punches. Yet the advantage of manifesting more than one arm is evident in the feature of stacking phantom copies on top of each other. Ten arms will be ten times the strength and so on on a linear improvement. Not to mention the extra limbs capable of contending with additional tasks.

Fighter Physiology
Jade has worked hard to keep in top physical form which would place her at an Olympic level but she'd likely still lose contests against regular humans without powers. What she does have the edge in compared to any other person is endurance, specifically when it comes down to taking a hit. Her skin is a little tougher, bones a little denser yet flexible, her tolerance for pain exceptionally high. She has grit, trialed and tested.

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Jade is fairly reserved in nature. The kind of woman to keep her statements short and sweet without feeling the need to elaborate or expand. It is like she keeps her guard up the whole time without ever really trusting anyone to lower it. There is an underlying sharp wit with her but that pairs nicely with her high amount of self-confidence. She would be outright cocky if that wasn't beaten out of her in the fights that she has had in the past. She lives simply and has a passion for hard physical work and challenges.

M O T I V A T I O N S & G O A L S
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Imagine Rocky but with the sleaze of fixed fighting. Jade is pure of heart but just tangled up with her passion, taking the first opportunity to punch someone. How will she escape is to be determined but I'm looking for things to go bad before Jade is able to redeem herself properly. She isn't a hero yet but one that I plan on becoming one.
In Vanguard: Calder City → 1 mo ago Forum: Casual Roleplay
Oh darn, could have been fun if that was Jade in the ring with Joanie in attendance. I had her up against a big basalt rock guy in a pretty gritty fight.

But I can work with it and adapt. She might be outta work temporarily.
In Vanguard: Calder City → 1 mo ago Forum: Casual Roleplay
Catching up on reading everything.

@Stormyx
Lovely introduction and writing style. Absolutely adored it!
In Vanguard: Calder City → 1 mo ago Forum: Casual Roleplay
@Theyra

Yes. There is something there for sure for Jade who just wants to box and compete and her willingness to work under those that take advantage and your character’s history and motivation
In Vanguard: Calder City → 1 mo ago Forum: Casual Roleplay
Still a little tough to carve out me time to work on stuff but Sundays work best to churn out what I love to do. The premise is simple. @Natty My character fights in the Harborlight fights so just checking if that is okay.

In Absolute Comics - A Multi-Fandom Singular Universe Roleplay → 1 mo ago Forum: Casual Roleplay
"There are scarier things than monsters in the dark. Like my left hook."
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Arulu Kurohara
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20 | Japanese

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Okay so I have been waffling on several ideas for the past two months watching this. Due to lack of time and motivation, there wasn't really anything that stood out. There were some ideas that had promise but my motivation fizzled out. What it did provide me was a lot of initial exploring into various comics. Thanks to a suggestion, I found the Dark Horse universe and I kind of remember watching the Hellboy movie one time but at the time I ultimately didn't want to play as Hellboy or Liz. The idea to run something with that occult was abandoned and I thought something else would take its place.

Enter my discovery of my favorite manga artist and his new series: Choujin X. I have been obsessed this month reading from start to finish and I've finally caught up to where it is presently. It is an absolute favorite of mine right now but I have nothing to channel that energy and passion towards until today. I realized I could make something work out of this. If manga material is conditionally approved then I think I can fit what I am passionate about with an established comic and make it work. The Dark Horse comics, specifically focused on the Bureau of Paranormal Defense, is a fairly close approximate to the vibes in Choujin X. Beastial figures and strange eldritch entries come to life inspiring often occult followings is often present in Hellboy it seems. Choujins have their own mythology but are often depicted as beastial or eldritch in nature. They can be absolute monsters and something like that I feel like I can blend.

So in this iteration, Choujin become paranormal awakenings to those that have close calls with death. They are forms influenced by belief and obsession to become something that isn't entirely human anymore. Not everyone can become a Choujin and not all near death experiences can potentially create a Choujin. It is something primal in humanity's belief that creates them. I'm going to lean on something that fits that description to create antagonists and investigations initially. Cryptids and urban legends are a breeding ground of belief and monsters that are very Choujin-like that sometimes get a cultlike following. I'll just dial that up to have epic fights and spooky encounters. Eventually more abstract concepts like Justice could be some Choujin-like monster but hunting and fighting cryptids in fight is an easy entry.

I suspect not many people know about Choujin X so you'll have to trust me a little to establish them. They were people, can look like people, but have powers based around a core concept. A Moth Choujin would be a bestial Choujin, capable of partial beastification with wings to fly or compound eyes to see or could go full beastification to become the exact depiction of the West Virginia Mothman. All Choujin have enhanced physical characteristics and gain some classification of powers that a something like a moth could have. Choujin have the ability to Raise themselves just before death to come back stronger but at a long term cost, sanity being one. There is also a limit on Raise but that's getting into the weeds.

Hopefully you have an impression of what I'm going for. Arulu will be boxing against cryptids basically. Some occult stuff and how Choujin are starting to show up will be revealed in due time.

P L O T ( S ) & G O A L ( S )
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Arulu's first arc will be focused on me establishing how this story fits into the universe at large. What are Choujin, their limits, abilities, and how the BFPD operates. Arulu is playing the rookie and will be introduced to this alongside you, the reader, so that the details will be explained as the plot develops. It'll be set in Japan, segregated from others for the time being to lay out the stakes. After that I see Arulu being moved the States to fight the cryptid Choujin of North America which can certainly involve others as horror stories of monstrous people spread about. Mothman, Big Foot, Jersey Devil... I have a few plans for some rather harrowing encounters.

The distant future might just involve the more occult and even Dark Horse entities like Hellboy but I'm not that far ahead. I want to figure out the writing and tone first.
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In Absolute Comics - A Multi-Fandom Singular Universe Roleplay → 2 mos ago Forum: Casual Roleplay
<Snipped quote by Pirouette>

I kind of liked the idea of the Broodmother.

But the Phantom Limb was also cool.


Hmhm.

Maybe if I ever unlock a second character over there. It was gonna be spiders instead of bees.
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