Ruby

Marvel Comics: Sentinel Initiative (High Cas)

Violet said
But of I am joining. <3

I'm playing Jean, not Estella.

Thought I should mention that. ^_^

Marvel Comics: Sentinel Initiative

Nightraider said
I'd be interested although am curious: what's the available roster like? Are we sticking to certain universes or is anything up for grabs?

Besides Marvel?

Or is this a question of: "If I do Spider-Man can I be Ultimate, or do I have to be regular?" The answer to that would be...I don't care. Up to you.

Available roster is:

Tony Stark is taken.

Jean Grey is taken.

And that's it so far.

Insecurity In One's Own Writing

"There is no writing; only rewriting."

There you have it. When it comes to professional writing, you have Editor(s) who draw these lines for you. Even if you, the author, WANT to keep rewriting because of your, maybe, insecurity the editor will be there to step in, laugh at you, and wave you off.

Online, as a hobby, it's really more perfecting the art of the 'first draft.' I've never, ever, ever done a full re-write of a RP post. Nor will I ever. It's a waste of time/energy. I may correct typos or fix a sentence here or there that could use a re-work for clarity's sake, but usually that's all. Will I stop and read my post and say to myself, "That's...crap. Fantastic." Oh yeah. All the time. Way too much.

So next time the same sort of IC circumstances come up that made me really loathe a particular post of mine, I'll have that in mind and maybe put much more of a concentrated effort into the post. And of course when I'm not sure I can trust myself for the quality of a RP, I usually just ask a few RP 'buddies' whose opinions on RP quality I trust. It's the best (read: least maddening) method I've personally found.

Marvel Comics: Sentinel Initiative

Summary:

Following the mass murder of over a hundred in Manchester by a previously unknown 'supervillain' the UK and US Governments introduce Mutant Registration legislation. Nick Fury is dismissed citing a loss of confidence in Fury from the U.N. Security Council following the incident in Manchester, but insiders leak it is more likely Fury's resistance to 'mutant countermeasures' being actively developed. At this point, Tony Stark begins to make contact with the Xavier's Institute for Higher Learning, fearing the worst for the mutants.

A week later a duplicate incident occurs in Kansas, and the US and UK Governments announce the Sentinel Program to combat dangerous mutants and ensure continued safety. When Stark Industries threatens to sue the US after claiming their Sentinel technology is illegally similar to technology his own power suits are based on, and Captain America comes out against the registration legislation, the Avengers are officially disbanded.

When former Director Fury secretly believes he's uncovered a plot put into place by rogue elements of the NSA, he is detained by Sentinel Drones while investigating the plot. Publicly the US government declares Fury a traitor, his name being connected with, despite lack of proof, to the Kansas and Manchester incidents. In his absence, Tony Stark has called together what Avengers and X-Men he can reach. The suggested meeting place is across the sea in Cuba, the USA yet unwilling to violate sovereign airspace with the Sentinels

Details
- Joint Avengers/X-Men task force.
- Collaborative GMing. While the GMs are trying to tell the story and have overall say-so, how the story unfolds is dependent on each player. If Sentinels come out of nowhere and attack the group in your post, then Sentinels come out of nowhere and attack the group.
- Modern Day setting.
- Custom timeline. More details on that in the OOC, but the highlights: Xavier's dead, Magneto's missing, Phoenix came and went, and the Avengers follow the movie universe for the most part.
- Advanced/High Casual Standards.
- GMs are Zacharius and myself.

At this point, we're just gauging interest. Probably looking at a small(ish) group of four to six players. An OC X-Man is fine, but you'll need a canon Avenger. Even if it's not one seen in the movies yet.

Thanks!

Marvel Comics: Sentinel Initiative (High Cas)

Summary:

Following the mass murder of over a hundred in Manchester by a previously unknown 'supervillain' the UK and US Governments introduce Mutant Registration legislation. Nick Fury is dismissed citing a loss of confidence in Fury from the U.N. Security Council following the incident in Manchester, but insiders leak it is more likely Fury's resistance to 'mutant countermeasures' being actively developed. At this point, Tony Stark begins to make contact with the Xavier's Institute for Higher Learning, fearing the worst for the mutants.

A week later a duplicate incident occurs in Kansas, and the US and UK Governments announce the Sentinel Program to combat dangerous mutants and ensure continued safety. When Stark Industries threatens to sue the US after claiming their Sentinel technology is illegally similar to technology his own power suits are based on, and Captain America comes out against the registration legislation, the Avengers are officially disbanded.

When former Director Fury secretly believes he's uncovered a plot put into place by rogue elements of the NSA, he is detained by Sentinel Drones while investigating the plot. Publicly the US government declares Fury a traitor, his name being connected with, despite lack of proof, to the Kansas and Manchester incidents. In his absence, Tony Stark has called together what Avengers and X-Men he can reach. The suggested meeting place is across the sea in Cuba, the USA yet unwilling to violate sovereign airspace with the Sentinels

Details
- Joint Avengers/X-Men task force.
- Collaborative GMing. While the GMs are trying to tell the story and have overall say-so, how the story unfolds is dependent on each player. If Sentinels come out of nowhere and attack the group in your post, then Sentinels come out of nowhere and attack the group.
- Modern Day setting.
- Custom timeline. More details on that in the OOC, but the highlights: Xavier's dead, Magneto's missing, Phoenix came and went, and the Avengers follow the movie universe for the most part.
- Advanced/High Casual Standards.
- GMs are Zacharius and myself.

At this point, we're just gauging interest. Probably looking at a small(ish) group of four to six players. An OC X-Man is fine, but you'll need a canon Avenger. Even if it's not one seen in the movies yet.

Thanks!

Ruby's

Name: Estella Rey

Age: 18

Alias: Darkheart

Appearance:



Abilities: Electromagnetism Manpiluation

Skills:

Combat Experience - Unlike many mutants her age, the last three years of her life have been constant combat. With experience fighting the US Army, Mexican cartels, and Mickey Cohen's gangsters, Estella has become quite practiced at using her natural abilities in hostility.

Leadership - Starting as a neighhborhood defender but eventually leading an ecclectic band of poor and embattled in Southern California (from Mexican farm workers to Japanese Americans fleeing the US Army to young blacks and whites trying to defy organized crime leaders in Los Angeles) Estella Rey is a rare person that can naturally inspire others to follow--be it in peace or combat.

Willpower - Whether forged in trauma (childhood rape, the murder of her family, betrayal of those closest to her) or simply inherit from birth, Estella has an indomitable will. This has, in part, left her with the ability to control how she appears and acts on a level that any Hollywood actress would envy.

Multilingual - Growing up in a land as diverse as Southern California, in addition to natural talent and being a leader of such a diverse group, Estella can speak: Spanish, English, Japanese, some German, and some Russian.

Personality Traits:

High self esteem, Open mindedness, Impulsive, Private, Empathy, Vengeful, Protective.

Backstory:

Born to a Mexican farm worker turned gangster and Italian runaway, Estella Rey endured both rape (twice; age 6 and age 11) and the loss of her family at the hands of her father's enemies; coming home one night to find her mother and father murdered on the kitchen floor at the order of Mickey Cohen in a power play for the neighborhood her father 'protected.' After that day, no neighbor or family friend will admit to seeing Estella ever again.

The first official mention of Estella Rey is a Top Secret US Army report: when attempting to round up Japanese Americans in a Los Angeles neighborhood, the same her father once ran, Lieutenant David Simmons claimed, "a young Mexican girl used her mind, or magic, to steal our guns right out of our hands, and crunched our helmets against our heads until not a single one of us could see what was going on in front of us. Mercifully, she stopped short of squeezing our heads in like one of them fruits those Mexicans pick in the fields."

While the Office of Strategic Services would dispatch agents to Los Angeles in an attempt to locate the mysterious young Mexican girl, they would be unsuccessful in even getting a single soul in the neighborhood to admit that such an event had even happened. The OSS agents suspected natives "protecting one of their own" in a report back to Washington, a reported intercepted not by a foreign spy, but by the biggest spymaster in America: J. Edgar Hoover.

Hoover would send his own men to Los Angeles in an attempt to locate this "magic Mexican bean." While Hoover's agents got closer than the OSS, what Hoover hadn't expected was that the original OSS agents (with critical help from a legendary MI6 operative on a mission 'to find a way to beat the Germans to the Atomic Bomb') were shadowing the FBI's hunt. Where the FBI agents got close, the MI6 operative did find the mysterious Mexican girl. In the highest level of secrecy since the Super Soldier Program, the OSS and MI6 arranged a meeting between the Mexican girl and a group of Physicist led by J. Robert Oppenheimer, with famed scientist Albert Einstein present, at the University of California at Berkeley.

Later, in papers that would never see the light of day, both Oppenheimer and Einstein would credit the Mexican girl, codenamed 'Darkheart' (by the MI6 operative who originally found her) and her "intuitive understanding of the fundamental forces of the Universe" with the U.S. not only catching up to Nazi progress on an Atomic Bomb, but beating them to production of the first Atomic bomb. For her assistance in the matter, the US Government agreed to pressure the Los Angeles Police Department to "intensify efforts to curtail Organized Crime in the city"; essentially handing the war on Mickey Cohen and his gangsters from victimized low income Los Angeles citizens to the LAPD.

Depending what secret arm of whoever's government you ask, either: the US threatened 'Darkheart' into enrolling with Charles Xavier (MI6 narrative), 'Darkheart' asked the US government to find her a "mutant tutor" (FBI narrative), or Einstein himself persuaded 'Darkheart' to go to Xavier's in order to gain a better understanding of her talents (OSS narrative). Whatever the truth, 'Darkheart' did not return to the constant fighting of Southern California, but instead joined Xavier's group.

Game of Thrones: Daeron's Conquest

I'm here. Duh.

X-men Noir: Let The Good Times Roll

PS: That'll be the last Estella/Henry solo post.

X-men Noir: Let The Good Times Roll

Violet said
Shame on you, darling. Shame on you for not having much to reply to. This is undoubtedly your fault and being that your less than 300-word-if-that response came before mine, I therefore blame you for the length of mine.

I know, I know.

I'm the worst.

X-men Noir: Let The Good Times Roll

Violet said
And again, I do apologize for the length of my reply. Or lack of.

One of my responses was shorter...=(