TheDarkTemplar

The Pyramid

I'm hoping to be able to make a Riftman character to give a bit of backstory on Shane's powers.

The Pyramid

Room for one more?

Welcome To H.I.V.E

"Fine.. I will show you my powers... but when the game starts.."

@paigesweetheart

"When the game starts you'll be fine. I have a plan that, if the opportunity arises, will make great use of your powers", This would probably be conveyed better if he was out of Riftman form but every time he was like this it felt comfortable and hesitant to change back. Ah to hell with it. His form returned to normal and away went the creepy demon voice. "As I was saying, if I use my telekinesis on an object I can throw it at the enemy and you can cause it to explode near them. It shouldn't hurt them, well I don't think it should, but most likely throw them back. Waay back"

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"As for me I'm...it's easier to just show you", Without having to say a word or even think on it Shane changed within mere seconds into the Riftman. The black robe hiding the true appearance underneath. What's more he could speak in this form, it was a low and sinister voice which seemed to echo but was not loud like Mammoth's. The Riftman's tone always sounded as if it was talking down to you even when Shane did not actually intend for it to be so. The only time it was different was when it would scream. A terrible, bloodcurdling scream which could chill the blood in one's body and freeze a normal human in fear. "In this form I can move objects with my mind, I can become invisible as well. My combat skills while in this form are not as effective but if I get a hold of one of them, they are finished" Shane looked over the members of the other group. "The only person I know over there is Shadow. The redhead, she controls shadows and can sense me when in this form if I'm invisible. So I can't use stealth on her but-", he stopped himself. Better they don't know about his mind link ability. "But I don't think that will matter, if there are objects nearby I can keep the enemy team at bay with telekinesis" He didn't show it but Shane was going to enjoy this. The look on the face of whoever he linked with would be priceless, the effect it'd have on them later. Even better. But what's this? Ariella seemed hesitant to show her abilities. He turned his gaze towards her, white eyes glowing through the shadow of the hood and spoke, "Don't be afraid, your powers are something to be proud of not kept hidden away...unless it's part of your plan to get an edge over all of us then by all means" he meant for that to come of jokingly but was not sure if it would be received as such what with this new voice of his.  Another surprise, a member switch. This should be interesting. It'd be fun to see if he holds back, however he wouldn't do the same for James as he barely knew him. "This should be interesting, welcome to the team. We were just explaining our powers. Yours?"

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The sound of the waves as they crashed against the docks was accompanied by the honking of car horns, screeching of tires on the wet roads, the blaring of sirens and general noise of the city streets nearby. The air was wet and cold, it would rain soon. The perfect conditions for this job. Shane looked removed a yellow envelope from his bag. Opening it he found a picture of a warehouse along with a paper describing the detials and specifications of the job. The client was some rouge scientist is something, wanted something that would further his research, it didn't matter to Shane he just wanted the pay. "Alright lets see..", he said looking at the picture of the warehouse. It looked exactly as one would expect. Shitty but sturdy, the exterior walls were rusted and discolored. The main doors were huge and slid to the side rather than swinging open. The warehous itself was average size as well, the only thing that made this place unique was the security. The description in the envelope said it had guards on patrol 24/7 with watchtowers around the perimeter, barbed wire fences with key coded locks at every entrance, windows were locked and had alarms to go off if forced open, and the usual security cams...this would be easy.  "Alright, the main problem is the guard towers. Those spotlights are going to ruin my day if I get caught in it...they seem to be watching the fences so I just have to get past that and I should be good. The cameras can be taken down if I can figure out where it's being fed..this place was sloppy, it'd be harder to take down the cameras if they fed the video wirelessly to the monitors but these were wired directly to one of the towers. These guys were asking for this, if anything they should thank me. If I didn't break in here they wouldn't find all these problems in their security. Alright lastly the key codes, the guards on patrol will probably have them, I just gotta take on without them noticing. Time to get to work", the plan was formulated and Shane began his assault on the warehouse. He ran over to the fence after the spotlight passed his area and pulled out his bolt cutters. It took a few seconds, mostly because it's been dulled down slightly, but he managed to cut a hole big enough to crawl through and was in. He had breached the perimeter and was on his way to the mark. But first he had to take out the cameras, whoever set up the security focused the cameras on the warehouse itself than the perimeter so he was free to go where he wish as long as he stayed out of the spotlights. He ran by each guard tower, four in each, and quickly examining each for the camera feed wires. Reaching the fourth tower he found the wires and cut them as well. "They should be on their way to check out the problem. Most likely check the cams themselves then the wires...I say I got about five minutes before this place is on alert", he though to himself before running towards the warehouse itself. There was crate by one of the walls and he slid over to it just as a guard was coming around the corner. "Come on just keep walking by..", he thought as the guard approached the crate. Unfortunately for the guard he decided to stop and turn in Shane's direction. As soon as he was facing Shane, the thief punched him in the throat stopping him from screaming. Next came a punch to the solar plexus, stopping his breathing and causing the guard to fall to his knees after which he received a swift and brutal knee to the face knocking him unconscious. "Should've kept walking..", he mumbled before dragging the guard to the crate and out of sight. "I'll just take that key of yours", he said as he ripped the key card from the guards belt.  Once inside he was greeted by the sight of dozens and dozens of crates stacked and lining the warehouse. "Doesnt seem to be anyone inside, for now that is", he thought getting the papers from his bag again. "Alright which crate are you in?", he asked as he inspected nearby crates. "Ok I'm looking for 193...193 193....there we go!", once he located the crate he dragged it out and away from the others. Taking out his wedge he forced it open to reveal a metal suitcase..that was locked. "Of course another thing to break into-", the sound of the warehouse door opening alerted him to the arrival of a guard. "Out of time", were his last words of the night as he bashed the suitcase open and revealing not only his location but the contents of a case. A vial, about as big as a prescription bottle, and it's contents as black as night. He grabbed it but just as the guard managed to tackle him to the ground. "You're going away for a long time punk, just make it easy on yourself!"  "You'd like that wouldn't you, fatass!", he yelled back before kneeing the guard in the stomach afterwhich Shane managed to pin him down and repeatedly punch the guard in the face in a brutal attempt to knock him out. He only managed to get 3 punches in before the guard grabbed the vial, which had fallen onto the floor nearby and hit Shane in the face with it. The vial shattered, sending the black liquid into his eyes, mouth, and cut face from the glass. The reaction was immediate and fast, Shane's blue pupils began to fade to white and his skeletal structure changed as well. He could feel every muscle tear as they were pushed by his breaking, bending, and moving bones. The pain was insane, he wanted to pass out, he should have passed out but whatever it wass that was doing this to him was keeping him conscious. Suddenly the darkness around him began to take material form, like a cloak or robe and within seconds it would completely engulf him. What went on inside is unknown but once that transformation was complete Shane was now in full control of his Riftman form. He pulled back the hood to the guard revealing a disturbing, grotesque face belonging to something no longer human. It grabbed the guard with its bony hands by the neck and squeezed hard until a sickening crack could be heard. The guard was dead and Shane was already long gone by the time the other guards had arrived to investigate.  The sound of someone calling his name broke him from his daydream, it was the night he got his powers and to him the proudest moment of his life. "What was that? Oh yeah sure. I'm Thief, or Shane. Whatever you like. So king of the hill huh? Should be simple enough"

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Despite getting a head start Shane arrived at class to find Ariella already there. Well that might have been because he got a little sidetracked...and by sidetracked I mean he was scaring a group of students unfortunate enough to be found in the bathroom playing Bloody Mary. It was only when he hovered past her towards a desk did he realize she didn't see him because he was still invisible in rift form. Thus brought up the thought; How often did he do this? While he knew it was because he wanted to maintain a feeling of anonymity he was now in an area where if he wanted to improve he needed to show. Perhaps it was just a habit, perhaps it was something more , either way it wasn't something to put much thought into just do what needs to be done. That's how the jobs got done in the past that's how they are going to get done in the future, he had to adapt. Taking a seat he shifted out of rift form and waited for class to start, "I guess we're a bit early...well might as well get comfortable", he said to himself as he pushed his chair back and kicked up his feet onto the desk. A short break would be good after that scene with the target dummy. While it did manage to get a scare out of him Shane couldn't help but think how cool it looked when the dummy fragments flew everywhere. "If I had a power like that oh the things I'd do"

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As Ariella's fist closed in Shane did not flinch nor did he try to block or dodge it in any way. This was intentional as he was trying to gauge the strength in her punches. Shaking off the hit he gave his analysis, "You're fast but you need more power when you strike or else all you'll end up doing is pissing your opponent off. Let's try again, this time I want you to give everything you've got."

TheDarkTemplar

Ariella felt her punch going to Shane's jaw as she suddenly got scared. "I'm sorry! I thought you would've had dodged it already!" But for some reason...Shane wasn't even hurting or anything. He just spoke. "Well.....fine..." she said as she would send her left arm straight towards Shane's face, with all her strenght and power. But as she did that a training dummy nearby exploded into pieces. How was this? Well Ariella was concentrating as if SHANE was the training dummy and that was how the real training dummy exploded, by the object's molecules speeding up. Ariella didn't get to punch Shane because of how fast and put more a power punch. It made an object close to her to explode. Ariella's powers were dangerous but she would never use it against a human. Well she could but it could be her freezing powers. Ariella looked at the training dummy on the floor all broken up to pieces. "Sorry...." she said worried looking at Shane. "Im so sorry..."

paigesweetheart

The sudden and unexpected explosion caused Shane to flinch hard and raise his arms over his head on instinct. It was only after he heard Ariella apologize did he realize what just happened, "Holy-Thats your power? I mean that was awesome but a little warning next time, if I had known my head had a chance of exploding...", he said with a slightly nervous laugh. He couldn't hide it, the explosion caught him off guard and for the first time in a while he was scared, for a moment that was, couldn't let anyone see him shaken up. "Alright all we have to do is combine that with hand to hand combat and you'll be unstoppable", he said with a grin before the PA system come on. "Sounds like free time is over, hey nice one with that training dummy. If you wanna train some more I'll either be here or...around if you need me". Shane walked over to where he left his hood and Riya and grabbed both of them. Putting on his hood he grinned back at Ariella before shifting into rift form leaving only the white eyes of the riftman visible. In an instant he disappeared and was on his way to his next class.

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Ariella looked at Shane laughing but she did laugh herself as he did. "Uh-" her face suddenly turned red by Shane touching her hand. He did the pose for her with the hands, but with the legs she placed her foot forward while the other was behind her and she bent her knees, just incase. "Wha-What? You want me to hit you...? Uhhhh." This was going to be more embarrasing. Ariella nodded slowly as she swung her left arm, attempting to go right into his jaw if she hits, that is. Hopefully it misses!

paigesweetheart

As Ariella's fist closed in Shane did not flinch nor did he try to block or dodge it in any way. This was intentional as he was trying to gauge the strength in her punches. Shaking off the hit he gave his analysis, "You're fast but you need more power when you strike or else all you'll end up doing is pissing your opponent off. Let's try again, this time I want you to give everything you've got."

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Name: Shane Alias: The Thief(or just Thief) Age: 18 Gender: Male Skills: Not an official martial arts form but instead a self developed form of street fighting. A series of dirty tricks and brutal attacks meant to not only incapacitate opponents but leave them seriously injured afterwards. The use of environmental weapons such as rocks, dirt, broken glass, etc. is a key aspect of this fighting style and is considered a very savage and unfair way of fighting. Shane also is a master thief, employing stealth as well as pickpocket and lockpicking to get what he wants. Powers: Shane is able to access powers from what he calls the Rift. These powers are only capable of being used when "Shifting". During this state of being he is transformed into a ghostlike figure with all the telltale signs of a poltergeist capable of telekinesis, invisibility, and mind linking(being able to get into your head and share one mind with). However while Shane is in this state if he goes invisible his presence can be sensed due to a drop in temperature when he is nearby. Equipment: A lockpicking set Personality: Shane is a little rough around the edges. He loves using his abilities to get in all sorts of trouble and have fun but when it's time to get serious he is a completely different person. Sarcastic and indifferent when it's time to work the only thing Shane cares about is getting the job done and getting paid. Well. Greed moves him and anyone that gets in the way of his prize is going to get hurt real bad. Living on the streets has caused him to grow a strong hatred for those of privilaged background, when it comes to those in less than fortunate situations he does what he can to help but believes that if you want to survive you can't rely on help all the time. History: Shane never knew his parents. They left him at an orphanage shortly after he was born with the only information about him was a note with his name. During his time there he never truely fit in with the other kids and was bullied constantly for. It got to the point where he would fight back violently and was repeatedly reprimanded for this. At the age of ten he ran away and lived on the streets, stealing and fighting to survive in a world that cared not for him. Ever since then he's made a living in the underground performing a variety of services such as pickpocketing, burglary, robbery, assault, even murder once. The discovery of Shane's ability came when he was running a burglary job one night. A warehouse that stored a certain organizations collections. The target in particular? A vial containing a black liquid. Shane had managed to infiltrate the warehouse(which was heavily guarded)and located the vial. However he was discovered and cornered by one of the guards and was forced to fight. During the conflict the vial opened and it's contents spilled into Shane's eyes. The effects were not pleasant as he was subject to horrific changes. This was the first time he entered the Rift form and it didn't end well. The guard saw what he was becoming and out of panic shot Shane mid transformation. Thought to be dead the body was taken to the city morgue where Shane awoke with a black mark where the bullet pierced him. This was strange however as it had only been a few hours since the incident and it had already healed leaving only a mark as black as night over his heart. He left the morgue and returned to his life of crime only this time utilizing his newfound abilities to better himself as a thief and eventually earning his street name "Thief" as that was what people would yell when they caught him stealing...if they caught him stealing. Other: During his time working for the Underworld mafia men Shane has received interesting rewards for his service, one in particular being a short sword much like a katana in style only it's blade is straight and it's handle is somewhat more ergonomic. Since his acquiring of the unique blade it has proven to be an invaluable part of his arsenal which resulted in it being named Riya after his friend who grew up with him on the streets. Appearance:

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Ariella looked at Shane seeing him get into his fighting pose. As she blushed a little not knowing what to do. "Uhhh..." the nervous girl bit her bottom lip, sighing. 'Come on, Ariella! You got this! Show him your fighting stance!' Ariella thought to herself and closed her eyes, opening them quickly and got into her fighting stance. It was a bit weird and not much energy was put into it. It was embarrassing though! Ariella couldn't help but to giggle and quickly got out of the stance. "Agh!! I can't do it..! It looks funny when I do it. I know it does look funny." she said running a hand through her hair, looking at Shane. Hopefully he won't laugh at her! Her stance was pretty funny though..

paigesweetheart

Shane shook his head holding in a laugh before walking over to her. "Alright, here's what you want to do", he gently took her hands and raised them up to her neck level. Guessing she was right handed he took her right hand and moved it closer to her while her left was slightly further out. Once that was done he motioned her to keep her hands where they were and ball them into fists. "Alright now take your dominant foot and place it forward and take your other foot and place it firmly behind you and bend your knees slightly. That way if someone tries to push you the foot behind you can help to keep you up". Shane walked back over to his end of the mat and got into his stance, "Now when you're ready, I want you to inch towards me while still in your stance then swing at me. Don't worry I can take it" he grinned a bit as he waited for Ariella to make her move.