WanderingSpirit

Fortissimo//Akkord: Seihai Sensō

@Skyswimsky
Ehh... I lump everything into something like black and white, which Mana and Qnd is the bright white stuff, with Qnd glowing brighter like a white color while Mana would be like a blue glow. I'd make sense of it as ether being the dull in the shine of mana that is rekindled to its full virtue and Vim is the dying light of Qnd that is a flame being snuffed out.

Ehhh... it's like the 21st century, I'll take colored magical vision if you don't mind me having it. Also, Tales of Mej'Eyal is a fun and I have it on my desktop strangely but haven't touched it in a while. I might just get back onto it whenever I have the time to do so.

Schism: Blood of Heroes

What is the difference between the two groups? Are the Champions(lawful) and the Splinter Group(unlawful) basically or is there more? Either way hopefully he's fine

CHAMPION MEMBER LIST - MEMBER #005

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⚜ Name: Erik Touré Montaine

⚜ Codename: Archos

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Status: Unknown ⚜

Expected Danger Level: Minor? ⚜

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Birth Name:
Erik Touré Montaine

Alter Ego:
None / Archos

Gender:
Male

Age:
34

Archetype:
Metahuman

Country of Operation:
France, Montpellier

Allegiance:
Champions? / Splinter Group

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Powers/Skills:
Erik possesses the powers of telepathy, the ability to read the minds of others and influence them for a very long time now and has had his fair share of good and bad with his powers. Having little issues over the way his powers are being used, he was the member of the Champions who handled the majority of the work with public relations and handled a lot of the press. Using his mind and good appearance to influence the way that the media looked at them, he saved the team from a lot of trouble and heat with his abilities. His most common application of his abilities was to gently influence others of what he wanted, 'persuasion' if you would call it that but never outright possession as he lacked the skills for it. However, that never meant that he couldn't read the minds of others or dig into them to reveal their secrets or lies that they might have buried in there.

Like his brain, the other muscles of his body must be kept in shape as well with him having enough training to remain in a generally athletic shape. Being above average in his physical abilities than the regular citizen, like someone who would go to the gym often, he doubts that he's would be the ablest of the group. In this sense, its more or less about vanity and keeping in good health rather than any practical use.

However, his brawn is not what brings in his worth to the group previously before everything happened, it was his way with people that he was quite handy to have on the team besides his powers. With Erik seemingly born into this world with this way about him, he had an air of confidence and charm that pulled people into him. He was naturally gifted to become a leader if he so wanted to as his way with people was simply amazing even without his looks. Having the people skills able to turn even the most committed person with the seeds of reluctance and doubt or even the most uncooperative person into having their attention on him.

Equipment/Resources:
Something that anyone working in this business should have if they're sane, a set of two guns. One holstered on his waist and another hidden at his ankle which is sometimes left out when it's impractical to wear with his clothing but you should also at least expect one.

Biography:
Erik was born into the world with a lovely family who owned a small restaurant in France and grew up around the place a lot. Going to school and coming back home to help around, he was a delightful sight to regulars and customers which he brought in. It was during these adolescent years that his powers came into his life quite suddenly, bombarded with the influx of thoughts that were being handled indiscreetly by other people. From what he learned of others people, he soon learned how to control his powers as some things are just not meant to be known until he was older or entirely not at all.

Growing up and going to school, he grew to be a popular kid who was friends with the majority of the school and at least acquaintances to the rest of them with no one that should be strangers to him. He learned many things about his peers with his abilities and used them best to avoid many troubles in high school. Whether it be a stray punch during a fight or avoiding an entire incident itself, it proved useful to getting out of situations that dragged him into it. Of course, he used his powers for a variety of things outside of getting out of trouble, as he'd read the minds of students at the school for various reasons. Learning new rumors without having to ask or dirty secrets that shouldn't be known, it was a pastime of his to simply watch and observe people when he had nothing else to do. It was an interesting experience, to say the least throughout high school in which he made a lot of memories. Being academically successful in class for being in the upper portion of the class, he also was athletically great as well with playing in wrestling and soccer for the school.

Graduating High School in a relatively successful fashion, he went to college with a rough idea of what to do when his parents rejected the prospect of going to culinary school. With them telling him that he didn't need certification to be a great cook for people to enjoy food made by him. So, by last minute choice, he decided to go to college for Psychology, because why not get a better understanding of people when he's inside their mind? Thus, began his schooling for his desired path in life and he learned much about the behavior of people along with graduating with a bachelor's in Psychology to prove it along with adding a few more years, he'd also received his master's as well. With his education, he ran a small practice with a surprising amount of patients flowing into his tiny little place with the word spreading out quickly about his place. Earning himself a reputation of being incredible about his patients, having them handle and deal with their problems in such shorter times than it was expected. It came from a combination of his social skills and his abilities to sooth the minds, allowing him to tackle the problem from two fronts before allowing time and rest handle the rest.

However, seeing how dreadful it was seeing the harm and pain that was inflicted on his patients after all of the aftermath made him feel powerless in a way to those who came through his doors bearing the same problems. Thus, when the intuitive for Champions it was a decision he felt that could stop the problem before it could affect everyone. Of course, his role with the team gave him a unique situation in hand which made his identity more at risk to be exposed. As he personally had to venture out to have things done, to pull favors, to pull the story and more or less handle a few things behind the scenes. It was a different kind of hero business then what he would imagine, but it was an important part of work that must be done and who better else to do it than him?

The incident at Nagoya? It was a terrible, yes for every one of the Champions but do you know what could have the situation have been without him? It was a field day for the media, and he'd done everything in his power to try and alleviate the mess of that incident from the first moment that things went astray. From helping people at the scene for publicity to shutting down the news that caught the bad parts, favors were then thrown to be indebted by Erik himself to help contain the problem. News was altered extensively and witnesses had to meticulously have their memories reconstructed. It was a seriously stressful day which forced Erik to force his powers outside of his usual capabilities and even then it was like trying to cup a waterfall futilely. The public was the first to strike obviously the next day as they all were afraid of them from the beginning with no distinction between 'hero' or 'villain' it was only monsters. The Japanese government came next with punishment against the group was reduced and even removed for a few along with trying to those who he could from the public demonstrations which were basically lynching mobs from both the citizens and government but the donations? All backed off despite his attempts to reconcile their relationships to no avail, with him almost resorting to pull up more questionable methods of obtaining income.

His world that he had been controlling in his hands have seemingly slipped out of his grasp in a single night, a single night in which it was all it took to knock them down. Was that all it took for the people to turn against the people who was capable of taking on the criminal's own weapons? I guess so... So, he left the Champions and gave himself a new name as well since he was going there.

Special Notes:
Roleplay wise - Erik did the group's publicity work for them and basically enhanced their reputation, allowing them to achieve a certain respect much faster or reach this level even at all. Allowing the people to be complacent with them and in extension probably the governments as well for their results. Mistakes and mess ups were glossed and covered to reduced the hit on their reputation but in the Nagoya incident was different. That incident was simply too many mistakes piled up to be brushed under the carpet and its only option was to mitigate the damage, so that's what Erik did.

If my character does get accepted I'll just consider what you wrote in the first post as Erik's effort to mitigate the damage of the incident, and without his work there would be a worse scenario of whiplash against the group if he wasn't there. Also, should you want it so, I could change some details and expand on the event a bit more if you want to.

Fortissimo//Akkord: Seihai Sensō

Shorter Reply

Not being under ALL OF THE TIME-PRESSURE, I gave your Seed a read over and I still have some questions/have to make some corrections: Can your dude see Qnd? Cuz you didn't say anything about that.

@Skyswimsky

No worries about time restraints, go at a pace your fine with.

Moving onto the point, I would believe that he would be able to see that in dead organisms as there wouldn't be any reason to not see it when he sees everything else, including Vim which probably would be in excess. With external Mana and Vim mixing together, that's what got me thinking of seeing the world that Anton sees is always gloomy but yeah, no reason why he wouldn't see it. I forgot about it but I would add that on if thats okay with you

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Also, having fleshed out some more stuff yesterday because reasons I gotta correct you on some things. The cycle between Mana and Ether is like a representation between life and death, all of the eternal rebirthing and stuff! So Ether also represents death in a sense.

@Skyswimsky

I figured it was like a representation of death, the in between life which is considered to be only to be Mana and the stages of death which is Ether, Qnd and Vim in that sense. I kinda used Madoka Magica as a reference with this system of Mana, Ether, Qnd and Vim so my hypothesis on everything was more or less in the same place. All in all- Yes, I do understand that ether represents death in a way.

Fortissimo//Akkord: Seihai Sensō

Really Long Post

Anyways, to move on. Does he actually own a dog?! The Skolkovo family can think of themselves as the greatest of all magi-science families there is, a lot of (great) clans think of themselves like that, but that doesn't mean they are - not that it's that easy to measure anyways. And while they might have smaller clans under their hand you might not realize the magnitude of how much some magician bloodlines hate science-magic people, it wouldn't be wrong to say that the greatness of the Soklovo family is hindered a lot through shady problems, you catch my drift? As long as you're aware of that we're solid.

Skyswimsky

Yes, Anton does own a dog but to bring it to Ragnarok? Nope, doggie stays home with the family to take care of him while he goes off to do something stupid. The Soklovo family don't really think that they're the best but they look at the other families trying to preserve something that's slipping away so they're just preparing for the future in a sense. I also expect the magical community to be cutthroat about everything, and then multiplied by the circumstances of the Soklovo family so yeah I'm prepared (hopefully)!

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Now, onto his Runecraft, it's very ambitious and just describes his overall style without any examples outside of the notes which other Runecraft could do too. It's okay the way it is, though, as far as I understand he is basically using his 'programming knowledge' to have an easier time creating runes up? It's not really THAT much different from what others also do considering the 'basics' of a Rune, to an extent. I'm willing to give it an okay the way it is but keep in mind I keep a close eye on what you do ICly.

Skyswimsky

The coding aspect of Anton is more to be used to build large-scale rune spells, more typically used when the whole family is getting involved with some shady business so that everyone don't mess up a large project. It's basically using the skills they learned and applying it into something much greater which is what coding is exactly is, small scripts to build something. In reverse, you could apply it to a small space to give it detailed functions which in theory could make automatons / golems / homunculus (which was my other idea).

His own magic that he will be using will be small-scale and simple uses like combining fire + wind to make it stronger or become invisible by redirecting light around himself or even shooting some electricity to shock the body. So while Anton could manage in a direct confrontation but it wouldn't take use of his full usage of his abilities. He's more of a planner and if you give him an hour or two, you should expect a few shenanigans to arise which is his preferred style of combat.

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Now, for his Yggdrasil Seed, while in theory it's completely okay and I have no problem with it I do wanna talk with my unofficial co. GM before that. The thing is, as harmless as such "sight" may seem, it gives out A LOT of information and have the possibility to make my shitty and predictable twists even more worse and predictable! But I don't wanna deny you the sight just because of that. Still, I get back to you once I had words with my lazy co. GM.

Skyswimsky

Okay, I'm fine with that or changing if you want so either way. (Either way hopefully I answered all of your questions >.< )

Fortissimo//Akkord: Seihai Sensō

Character Sheet

Anton Soklovo

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Name: Anton Skolkovo
Age: 34

Personality:
Anton is whoever he needs to be when the situation calls for it, he could be the smart person in the room to the kind neighbor next door or the cute guy in the bar you're sitting next to. Having a malleable personality that makes him simply unrecognizable when switching social circles, he really got the poker face down as he switches scene from scene. Easily adapting to whatever scenario that he is put into, he is comfortable with doing anything once before deciding whether or not he would want to do it again. Having a slight addiction for seeking adrenaline and could be labeled as a thrill seeker for his daring nature sometimes when he shows it. Sometimes, however, a nice and slow perspective of the world is also nice during a clear night to watch the stars or walk around at night to enjoy the change of atmosphere.

History:
The Skolkovo family is a small but infamous family of around 30 people in the magical community for completely ignoring the degradation of magic and embraced the future with involving the modern world into their magic. With them being a very old family which its reputation has been lost but has its ties to the legendary Rune Sage of legends, they are a force that is intimidating and respected enough to dissuade most actions against them. In terms of sheer theoretical magic theory, they are perhaps the best at it with what they do with despite their ways and when they put churn those ideas into reality, it's frightening what they can do. However, in today's time period, the Skolkovo family is in a relative neutral ground with every family if you ignore the bad blood with their modern ways, with few allies which could be barely called that as they more likely owe the small family a favor. Their ties are more with the modern world where they get their resources and a variety of other things from the obvious people that don't know anything. It could be said that its good to have a family dedicated to watching the humans in case anything suspicious attention be drawn toward the magical community, however, like everything, it's up for debate. Their one accepted thing about the Skolkovo family is that they do anything to further the advancement of magic in anyway whether it conflicts with their roots or not.

Anton with his family is the fourth in line to succeed and it won't be anytime soon that he will be the head of the family business but still doing anything will help support them. With his eldest sister at the head with his parents and siblings monitoring with a supportive gaze behind her, she leads the company with her hands and the guidance of previous handlers. His family as a business is highly successful considering it is just a small project on the side but it was just a means to provide some of the funding for the family. With his childhood like most of any normal children of his day and age with the obvious exception of magic as a subject that was passionately taught to him and eventually passed down to Anton. Along with these subjects, the subject of coding also came into play with Anton and like every family member before him, he too learned how to write in the language of computers which its skills would apply to magic. An equal comparison between the two, rune magic and coding were very similar in the fact of the fine detail needed to perform both for the smoothest and best application of them. Their rune magic was meticulously worked on and their precision with inhumanly accurate and efficient, gathering them an infamous name of being the best magicians for creating intimidating pieces of magic.

After his teenage years, he was allowed some leeway as he began to travel the world on his own expense and make some connections for himself and the family business. Being relatively successful businessman for the small company and continued to do so which increased how luxurious his life could become, of course with some moderation as well. Retaining a good portion of his humbleness, he soon stopped working and continued to get an education and obtained his bachelor in science and master in computer science. After graduating, Anton went back to live with the family for a little bit and enjoyed life with everyone really before moving out once more. Freelancing with his skills, he made quite the living for a single person income and did this comfortably for a few years along with the occasional business trip to rake in more assets for the company.

Upon hearing that the rituals of Ragnarok was beginning once more, it was a chance that should be taken to promote the Skolkovo family so that their position will be cemented and never be taken down. Of course, he wouldn't let anyone know who he was, for if they did then the resentment would soon come after. But perhaps that's just an excuse to seek something more of his life, a gigantic dose of memories to be had if he should win and not to mention the excitement or thrill along the way. But, perhaps that's a tad optimistic which in either way, he's going to be in it to win it!

Magic:
Anton's magic in general, is like art itself, it could be elegant and soft or assertive and powerful depending on what needs to be done. With the family specialty, he is gifted with the weaving of barriers that have various effects depending on what is written on the runes. However, the true power of the Skolkovo family's power is to do the opposite of everyone in the magic community in which instead of fighting against reality, why not take the path of least resistance and go along with it? Taking advantage of their education they are capable of doing things neither side could do by itself and combine the two to a potent force. By working science and magic together, the only limit to Anton and in extension the Skolkovo family have with magic is their lack of knowledge.

Of course, though, the runes for any of these advanced techniques are long at best and are literally paragraphs of runes despite the ways working around a large majority of faults in them. Anton's runes represent the weakness of themselves, they require time to prepare and the longer it becomes depending on how advance you want them to be. Runes upon runes to increase efficiency, to hold stability and form, along with to fortify the strength of it as well the Skolkovo's form of rune magic while indeed potent are designed to be supported by more than just one person. Making them taxing depending on the complexity of the spell that is trying to be cast by Anton if just focusing on pure magic. Combining simple commands to build upon each other, it creates the end product of spells easier if it follows the laws of science but when you decided to get magical, it's best to let the magic part take over. Overall, the big aces of magic will be kept in his sleeves while the parlor tricks with science and magic will be his main course.



Yggdrasil Seed:
Anton's Yggdrasil Seed takes the form of his eyes, as upon consumption and then acceptation of him as a suitable host for the seed, it underwent additional transformation on him. Rewiring and altering his eyes to make him technically blind, at least to this world while in exchange allowing him to see in a different perspective to say the least. Allowing himself to see in multiple layers, the living which consisted of mana and ether while the dead with Vim causing the world that he sees to be quite bleak and gloomy. Sometimes its quite unnerving when his vision blurs as something from beyond whispered into his ears. These voices speak almost inaudibly like a gentle gust of wind that is almost unnoticed when it moves unless you pay attention.

Notes:
He has two tattoos which are simple runes that surround his arm like a band, they both consume more mana they more he wants to move

• The first rune is one to gather water, whether it be in the air or elsewhere
• The second rune is one to move heat from surrounding objects

The third tattoo on his other arm is like a scripture for a single tattoo, a old piece of magic from the family thats surprisingly useful

• The third rune on his arm allows him to compress/crush the space that he is focusing on but even a rolling object or walking object renders this useless as it cannot retarget without canceling it entirely. Upon casting, it takes on gradual strength and grows as it focuses on one point consuming more mana with the strength being used.

Hopefully, he isn't bad, mixing magic and science always seems to produce this from me but either way he's done!

Fortissimo//Akkord: Seihai Sensō

...guess I close applications pretty soon then!

@Skyswimsky

Better stop myself from lurking then and announce myself, I've been pondering about several ideas for a character so I'll have a sheet up soon

A L T E R E D M I R R O R (High-Casual)

⚡ Arc Project, Nexus ⚡

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When curfew was announced, it was something which simply pierced through the thickness of Nexus' brain which had been tuning out a variety of things in the room. Of course, he couldn't completely ignore the conversation taking in the room which was simply impossible by who was in there. Even the well-defined walls and cover of books could only build a barrier to block out so much surplus noise in what was the library which was no place for... conversation to say the least when people are reading. With his eyes peering above the pages of his book that he was reading and beyond the wall of books that he himself created, there those who were holding the conversation were to be found. It at this point of time would be impossible to concentrate on the books that were littered around him with those voices distracting him, so he placed down the book and decided to listen, to watch.

He sorted those who were conversing into two different section, those who were happy and those who weren't, cause it was simply easier that way with the four who were there. Ψ, the strange one out of the trio was simply that 'strange' which was the least that could be said about him and the nicest that could be summoned from his mind. Boomi was the cheerful one and was similar to the one also known as Frei as both could be easily labeled as obnoxious to him. The three of them were all-in-all if he could wrap them into a single package and label them was 'annoying' so far with their tones shifting ever inappropriately for a library where silence was preferred. The two from what he could see from here and now, they would get along quite well with their personalities nearly matching each others. however, the one who was interesting, to say the least, was the fourth, the last to be saved and the best to be quite frank as well who called himself Ghost. His story or what pieces he knows of it is interesting enough to look into it once this group was out of the study. Perhaps even if it was interesting enough, Nexus would tell it to the other should they run paths again.

Reviewing what he heard of them in the room, he knew more of them and in reverse nothing about him which mattered little to him. Picking up several of the books that he had in the corner and began burying himself as deep as he could within it once more. Droning out their conversation once more as it faded into a soft buzz in the back of his mind which he forgot. Then back to the present... The announcement of curfew was now the moment, he recalled as he stood up causing the wall of books around him to tumble down. Taking a book or five with him as he walked down into one of the rooms, peeking into the solitary room which he wished to have, he entered it and locked it before settling down on the bed. Soon sleep would overtake him as even the book slamming on his chemically induced sleep would fail to wake her from the deep slumber he was in

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'Its... hot?' Was the first thought that arose from his memories as the heat soon blasted his senses uncomfortably with his hands shooting up to cover his eyes from the harsh ray of the sun that touched him. Outside the fact that his hair was uncomfortable to say as he ran his hands through it. A little jolt of static electricity onto his skin which also messed up his hair, he ruffled it for a few moments before it went back to normal.

This was called a desert from what he read and saw in the book that he skimmed briefly to see anything interesting. Either way, the temperature, and environment while despicable but his attention was turned to the other two who were there with him as well. Frei, the jolly girl, the role model Hercules and then himself 'Nexus'. Hercules could probably solve or complete easily with whatever was the situation at hand easily as he was here the longest. So this also extends to his advice, meaning that he should be prepared for whatever it is that was coming from Hercules' warning. Nodding simply to Frei as he began thinking to himself silently.

A L T E R E D M I R R O R (High-Casual)

I have the library part done, the desert part of my post is what needs to be worked on so the entirety of it will be done soon.

X-Men Noire: A Nation Reborn [High Casual]

Alexander Minsky

_{{ “If there is anything I've learned about life, it's that it goes on with or without you. Your relevance is meaningless unless you get into the picture." }}

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[✯] Name:

Alexander Minksy

[✯] Alias:

N / A

[✯] Age:

20

[✯] Skills:

Alex is more or less the same as your average day young adult, with a dash of a little more responsibility which people wouldn't expect from this man. Being a fairly average in the area of academics while he was in high school from what it looked like to his peers, he aced every test with little problem but homework and similar things were left undone which balanced themselves out. As Alex spent more of his time being more involved in things like sports mostly with the jocks or participating in school plays occasionally with the quirky group. Excelling in sports during his years in school, with various athletic activities like wrestling, football, soccer and volleyball. In terms of combat, Alex may not have formally been trained in any fighting technique or style but he has been in his own pocketful of tustles and ruffles with others so he knows how to handle himself. Along with his time in high school as a wrestler, he incorporates what he remembers into his fighting when he can to take down his opponents. Using his youth and athleticism give him the edge in fighting, with his honed body and instincts from sports be used. He was accepted into many different schools despite applying for them as a non-athlete, and when he did apply as one his acceptance rate only increased from other universities as well.

Outside of activities that he did for school, he was a fairly competent pianist which he learned throughout his childhood and occasionally continued to play during his teenage years. However, due to his situation at home worsening he has been picking up a lot of slack for himself since then so that he can handle more important things. With advice from his dying mother, he began preparing himself to be the next man of the house should his father not come back and ready himself with the skills he would need. Learning and eventually becoming a talented cook for handling his own meals every day and his roommates back then. While also being financially savvy as he learned quickly how to count money or face being thrown out into the streets with a bonus of a shot of maturity to go along with it. Learning how to function like an adult a long time ago when the reality of life was approaching on the horizon before it came knocking on his door. Spreading his range of influence as well by connecting with a variety of people during school, he just barely made it through the initial worries of the Great Depression with a tight but manageable budget.

[✯] Powers:

Enhanced Intelligence

Alex's mutant powers are very simple to explain, it can all be summed up as the potential to become smarter than the limits of what mankind could ever achieve and even further which is the vast potential of his powers. It is not the most visible or noticeable of mutant powers as it can easily be missed but if one is looking with a fine comb it can be noticed. A more biological explanation would be that his mutant abilities allow his brain to more efficiently work at processing information, recording them and recalling them along with being able to comprehend multiple subjects at the same time with no loss in efficiency in any topics. After this part, his mutant powers delve into the stranger side of things as with his abilities he can begin tapping into controlling his own brain and in extension his body as well. With some control and concentration, he is capable of being able to numb or even entirely block out the pain from nerves if he wished or manually inducing an adrenaline rush in his body should the opportunity call for it. It can also be possible of slowing down the perception of time for himself by accelerating how fast he wishes his brain to receive information thus it down. However, due to the nature of his powers, a large amount of food is needed to sustain his brain or possibly risk the shutdown of his body through the lack of sustenance as he burns through much more energy than regular humans.

As his powers continue to develop his intelligence and self-awareness of his own body will grow to points where he reigns a large portion of his body freely. With the advancement in his powers, the control that he will have over his body will be significant as it will be possible for him to mentally control his cells for a variety of things. A few to list are such as regeneration through controlling himself at the cellular level and heal faster and even possibly shapeshift into a variety of appearances. Through this advance control of his own cells, the prolongment of life is possible to a possible indefinite amount of time from simply aging. However, outside of this bodily manipulation, his ability to intake and output knowledge would be intimidating, to say the least, but the amount of fuel to put into his body with the possibility of abilities would be notable to allow the body to function healthily. With the amount of substance increasing depending on how intense he uses his powers beyond normal.

[✯] Personality:

Cautious, Calculative, Willful, Sensible, Cunning, Fake, Intimidating, Friendly, and Intense

Alex's personality is a jumble of things as it will always be molding itself to fit into the cookie cutter tin that the situation presents itself. Shaping himself to fit what the other people expect and think of him, his personality is always changing from a group to group basis. It is what everyone does, but Alex just puts more thought into than most people would normally do. Being a popular jock with sports to being a surprisingly weird person for the quirky group or even being a surprisingly artistic person. His personality is always shifting to fit the situation as best as it can, making him unpredictable in the center of the storm that is Alex himself. With many sides of Alex that is revealed but never all at the same time, just a piece here or there to reveal a part of himself.

In the most default state that Alex could possibly get is being an outgoing person naturally who likes to talk to people. Being very social, he talks with a certain appeal to it and always responds appropriately with a charming laugh for a cracked joke or an infectious smile for something else. It gives him the appearance of a confident person and an intimidating air around him yet still appealing for some reason. His nature which is almost considered joyful if not pleasant which is infectious to others, a flower almost to watch and smell but never to touch for its thorns.

[✯] Bio:

Born 1925

Alex was born into his family as the second born son, the youngest and the baby of his family with an older brother who was about a good five years older than him. Growing up in a relatively normal childhood he made friends, played around with the other children and went to school like any other kid. His absence of his father was notable for leaving to join the army to support the family, mainly for the medical bills that their mom had due to her medical condition. On occasion, however, Alex still saw him on his brief but enjoyable visits before going back. Still, it wasn't too bad being raised most of the time by his mother and his older brother, he still grew up to be a respectable boy who entered school as a charming boy. However, this shaky family structure would not last long as the Second World War began and his father joined many of the others that were in the front line. That was when the visits ended and the last time he saw his father, the letters soon would stop as well and when the two soldiers came to the door their mother ushered them to their two rooms while the three would talk. Sobbing could be heard from the other room, as his brother Joshua could be heard talking as well trying to comfort her.

After the visit, his mother began telling him that he will need to pick up some of the weight in the household now that their father was gone and he understood what he had to do. Along with further prompting with an ominous warning from his brother Joshua that Alex would need to prepare to become the next man in the household should anything happen to Joshua himself. He matured quickly as he began to pick up his academic grades and excel in school and even getting a job on the side like his brother to support the family as well. Everything then returned to an uneasy calm that left an awkward feeling around the house, but they all managed to get through it somehow.

It was during this period of stress that his mutant abilities subtly awoke themselves with seemingly no noticeable change from Alex. While it wasn't exactly a visible power, he began to simply notice himself paying attention to a variety of things more than ever before. Causing him to develop a sense of self-consciousness from the duties that were being carried on his back as he perceived the entirety of events in his life. Nervous breakdowns were a common event for Alex which he hid from his friends and especially his family as he planned vigorously for the future.

However, it still was not enough to support the treatments for their mother and living expenses as well with the money they were making at this rate. Despite the hard effort by his brother and himself, they couldn't make due from their meager wages and their sick mom not being able to anything but rest. So by the 2nd year in High School, his brother joined the army and began sending the money home despite the combined protest from Alex himself and his mother. Now it just his mother and Alex now living in the relatively empty house. The burden of the house now being carried on his back was immense as Alex would be the column that supports their life at home.

The pressure of juggling school, sports, and life at home took a toll on his mind as he slowly broke down with the onslaught of maturity hitting him, despite preparing for it. Stacked along with the deteriorating condition of his mother, the event horizon approached as soon she grew deathly ill. As on his senior year, it was the time that his mother finally let go and passed away at the start of the school year from her cancer that took her away. It was now just Alex alone at home, as his brother was still alive but on the front lines now fighting patriotically for their country than simply money. The money from his brother was directed to him now as he used it to support himself for a short time before he found two other roommates to pay a portion of money for the bills on the house. After sorting out various problems, life began aligning itself and the seas began to settle as Alex focused his resolve on graduating.

And so, Alex graduated with his classmates of the same year as he with a rough start to the year, he still had memories of school which would be cherished as he went into college. Earning a scholarship for being an athlete for a University, his tuition was covered for as long as he didn't mess anything up. Quickly starting college as soon as he could, it looked like everything would be but by uncanny coincidence. during his first few years of college, something shook the confines of his world again. A lecturer by the names of Charles Xavier tapped on the glass that would be better left undisturbed. Convincing him that he was indeed special as the scientist claimed that he was along with a few feats from the other, he reluctantly accepted his proposition.

[✯] Relationship / Family:

• Father - Jeremiah Minsky <Deceased>
• Mother - Elizabeth Minsky <Deceased>
• Siblings - Joshua Minsky
• Aunt - Catherine Ackles
• Uncle - Robert Ackles
• Cousin - Vincent Ackles

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Notes:

Hopefully he's accepted, he's kind of an unique but hopefull he fits in with his design

A L T E R E D M I R R O R (High-Casual)

⚡ Arc Project, Nexus ⚡

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A resounding headache was the present surprise that awoken Nexus, a stream of information that dug into his skull had wearily given him much to think about, to say the least. Coughing out loud as the air filled his lungs, his muscles ached as he began to move from the pod that he was inside. Inside his reflection was bounced back to him giving a decent look at himself, with a slightly tanned body and a lithe figure, he looked fairly 'average' from what he could deduct. Still, he brushed away his light brown hair and rubbed his forehead as he managed to stand up with his own two feet and peered through his eyes to look at his surrounding. Right now tuning out the sounds as the world was refocusing in his green eyes, with everyone and thing being blurry to him at the moment. He picked up a few strings of information in his head that were relevant, such as his name and gender among other things that were in his head.

As his senses adjusted, he glanced at the other people in the room as the world reverted back to normal before looking at the one who called herself Yukishima. Her clothing was different, it was like a distinct segregation from themselves as he considered the others who were wearing what he was in the same situation as he was. There were others like during her little introduction that he saw but he mostly put her on the backburner as he looked at his apparel with the skin tight suit and the collar which was explained that cancelled out their abilities. Either way it looked like the collar was not going to be taken off soon but apparently, the suit could be for whatever reason. However, that didn't matter for now as then his attention moved along to who shortly entered after the doctor was done talking. Hercules was what he called and was the expected leader of the group of misfits to be which he didn't care really and if anything it was a tad annoying from what the group looked like so far.

'So those are who created us... Including him.' He thought as Hercules would be a good point of reference to draw from in any case.

Soon after the introductions, they were lead throughout what was known as Lockdown, the place that they all would be staying in with their guide. Taking note of the facilities that they visited and the extra details that were given out, it so far covered all of the basic necessities that they would need. So when Hercules their guide finally concluded the tour, he broke off immediately from the group as he went to go situate himself further with the place. Leaving before whatever would happen with the group to themselves as he disappeared into the facility. Spending a few minutes briskly observing the area as he reviewed what Hercules had told them about, he observed them further into more depth as he made mental notes on them. Soon he after a few guess and tries he reached full circle as he came back to the training room. Coming back to the group, a bit smaller this time as several people decided to go off on their own as well and passed them once more now that he was acquainted with their living space.

Walking into what looked like the library, and peeked inside only to see one of the others from earlier before inside reading a book. He was interesting, to say the most as his white hair was unique but for now nothing particularly else and ignored the other as he entered the room himself. Observing the room for a few moments and glanced back at the book that Hal was reading as the observed the title and deduced the section where the book most likely came from with relevant titles. Once the section of books was found, he went looking for a book with a similar title but he didn't need to find another as there was a copy with the same title as he picked it up before looking around once more. After a few minutes of thinking and ponder, he finally picked out four books which he understood were Encyclopedias and wedged himself into the corner of the room which was blocked by the bookcases unless you came further in. It was a snug spot that hid him well, he stacked a few books that built himself a wall before he pulled one of the books. Thus he began reading, starting with the encyclopedias...