You live in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a bustling city where your individuality means nothing. People go to work, people become millionaires, people are murdered, and no one cares. This is a city where you need to look out for yourself, and do your job. It's just a bunch of drones, mindlessly going about their business, fitting in with the crowd.

You are different. Everyone is born with some sort of psychokinetic ability, but you stand out. You know about yours, and you can control it. Well, you can try. Maybe you're an expert, and you know your ability inside and out. Maybe you've just discovered it. Either way, you are different, and you want to do something with that difference. Pyrokinesis, crystalokinesis, umbrakinesis, the possibilities are endless. You live in a world where almost no one recognizes their gift, and you're one of the few that did. You don't necessarily have a destiny, or maybe you do. The point is, you are different.

You have power. Do something special.

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Rules:

Be courteous in the OOC.

Try to utilize good grammar and spelling.

Swearing is allowed, but not in excess.

No metagaming/godmodding.

Keep it within limits. You aren't a god.

Do not kill or seriously harm another's character without their permission. Also, do not control another's character without permission.

Try to avoid short posts. One paragraph ideally.

Before making posting a character skeleton try to have a bio already laid out. You don't have to post it in the CS if you want it to be revealed in the story.

Should this get off the ground, my good friend Brasslazer will be acting as both the police/governmental force within this world, and the forces of nature.

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CS

Name:
Last name:
Nicknames (if any):
Appearance (Can be written, drawn, or photograph):
Age (15-40):
Kinetic ability:
Personality:
Profession:
Any spouse/roommates/children:
Other interesting information:

For a certain type of kinesis just look up what you would want to control and find a latin/greek root, then put the better sounding one before the suffix "kinesis." That simple.

Example CS

Name: Joseph
Last name: Marquis (Mar-KEE)
Nicknames: Joe, Joey
Appearance:
Age: 31
Kinetic Ability: Biokinesis (argokinesis) - ability to manipulate living things and grow plants. Medium skill.
Personality: Nerdy, professional, sassy. Uptight. Can be insightful, but can also come across as paranoid.
Profession: Detective for Philadelphia Police Department. Part time Private Investigator.
Family: None.
Other interesting information: Dropped out of law school. Advocate for the NAACP.

This seems AWESOME, I'd totally be in, OH THE POSSIBILITIES!!!

Name: Johnathan
Last name: Sparrow
Nicknames (if any): Sparrow, Jaybird, Johnny

Age (15-40): 23
Kinetic ability: Mediumly Developed Audiokinesis (manipulation of sound and sound waves)

Personality: Johnny loves seeing people enjoying themselves, whether he's being the center of attention, or just sitting around with people smiling. Despite his being easy with and enjoying smiles, he has a temper that can be, in a word, explosive. And in fact this is how he discovered his powers, about 5 years ago he and a close friend got into a fight and he temporarily, almost fully, deafened his friend with the pure force of his voice, since then he has focused and trained and disciplined himself to keep himself in check, although having this particular ability doesn't hurt his job performance.

Profession: DJ
Any spouse/roommates/children: Nope.....or not yet anyway, though has had a string of girlfriends in the past, none of which ended well.
Other interesting information: enjoys pretty much all kinds of music

Sweet. If we get five more people then I'll make this an actual role-play. Feel free to post a character skeleton here while we wait, or don't. I don't really care, and I'd be interested in seeing what you come up with.

Mmmm...yes...excuse me while I stroke my nonexistent beard while deep in thought...

Meh, sounds cool enough to join.

Name: Matthew

Last name: Winslow

Nicknames (if any): Matt, Matty, A-Hole, Pig

Appearance (Can be written, drawn, or photograph): Both of his eyes are the sickly green of his left eye and he constantly wears that same smug grin.

Age (15-40): 22

Kinetic ability: Halokinesis (He can control salt)

Personality: One kinky motherf***** One can never be quite sure exactly what Matt is thinking about. It makes him dangerous. He's an unpredictable, chauvinistic ass who only really thinks about himself, and there is absolutely no backstory behind it. He's just really, really arrogant and pretty much hates people as a whole. Doesn't necessarily hate women more than men, just thinks of them as inferior beings, less than human.

Profession: Currently unemployed, unless you count "living off of the money of rich ex-girlfriends that he dumped by the side of the road" an occupation.

Any spouse/roommates/children: Heh...nope.

Other interesting information: He is an AMAZING cook, as long as no vinegar is involved. He HATES vinegar.

Lemons said
Kinetic ability: Halokinesis (He can control salt)

Control of salt= Would make a great cook, everything would be perfectly salted

Yeah.

That and all the sodium that exists in human beings, the ocean, and the world in general.

'Course, he makes a GREAT shrimp flambeé.

Both are accepted. 4 more and I'll start the IC.

Well butter my butt and eat my pancreas, I can't wait.

I can't believe it's not butter!

I hope you're all ready for a BUMPy ride

you should put that on a BUMPer sticker

If you guys don't stop making puns, I'm going to BUMP you off.

Whoa, Speed BUMPing, whodda thunk it?

I'm going to stop making puns now, we're probably filling the interest check more than necessary.

Ah we meet again Sylverblu. Whelp, I like the idea and here he is.

Name: Jerry
Last name: Collin

Nicknames: His friends call him "Jer" (pronounced J-air) but the more mean citizens will call him trash, useless, and human garbage.

Appearance: A dirty, grungy man. Jerry is of average hight, about 6'3 and due to homelessness around 150 to 160 pounds. Jerry has no style when it comes to what he wares, usually whatever he can scrounge up. However the only constant thing he wares is a ratty red hoodie with holes along the hem of the wrists and waist. The rest is usually mismatched jeans, socks, and shoes. Due to not having any real hygiene utensils, Jerry has scraggly stubble and unkempt, wild hair dirty blond in color. While not in any way perfect, Jerry tries to keep his teeth as clean as possible because they are the only ones hes got. Lastly, Jerry has injury induced heterochromia, with his right eye green and the left a pale bluish color.

Age: 21

Kinetic ability: Visokinesis, the ability to control force.

Personality: If you were to ask any of the homeless around Philly they will tell you that Jerry is a nice guy. Living on the streets since he was a little kid has not destroyed Jerry's optimism and views that the world can be better. Sure he knows that sometimes the world is full of evil and bad guys, but its filled with so much more beauty. However due to his "nice guy" ideals, Jerry suffers from "Chronic Hero Syndrome" and can't let bad things happen to good people, which actually introduced him to his powers. One day while getting ready to sleep, he overhead a scuffle and when he went to investigate discovered several men mugging a woman. When Jerry intervened by introducing his fist with some of the men's faces. With his distraction the woman ran away and with their catch gone, the men ganged up on Jerry, mercilessly beating him up. As he fell and the punches and kicks became too much, Jerry felt a little "push" come fourth from inside. Next thing he knows, the muggers are flung in different directions at high velocities. Jerry didn't know if he killed them or not but Jerry ran. He ran until he found his way in Philadelphia and settled in. Now Jerry helps when ever he can, by giving people a reason to smile again.

Profession: None, Jerry is homeless. However he takes to a little vigilantism now and again.

Any spouse/roommates/children: No, as an only child he had no siblings and when his powers surfaced he ran away from his original hometown. However he does have many friends with the homeless community and several out of it.

Other interesting information:
Jerry volunteers for the more accepting charity works around town and actively works at soup kitchens.

However, Jerry does not know how to actively control his powers and they are fatal when used against humans. For know, he can only use his powers in extreme situations or when he has taken enough damage.

Due to the nature of his powers, Jerry subconsiously absorbs force almost constantly and since he cannot fully control it, the force builds up and causes Jerry headaches. Adversely, they also make him immune to punches, kicks, and small arms fire.

I like it. 3 More characters (including brasslazer's) and I'll start work on the IC.

Name: Kurt
Last name: Scouter
Nicknames: Nuke Guy, Scout
Appearance: Black, wild hair. dark blue eyes, slightly sharp teeth, wears a variety of casual clothing, mostly long sleeved shirts and jeans. Works out enough that he looks tough (although not extremely muscly). About 5'9 in height, so he's a little shorter than most people. He's got a friendly face on most of the time, though sometimes it looks just a tad bit mean.
Age (15-40): 19
Kinetic ability: Nucleokinesis
Personality: He acts tough, has a large sense of humour, and is usually very forgiving. Strongly against drugs and criminal acts, but will make exceptions. Heroic and courageous, he never backs down from a fight especially when someones well-being is on the line. Loves cooking.
Profession: Works at a small restaurant as a cook.
Any spouse/roommates/children: None
Other interesting information: The sentence of the day is NEVER "What did Scouter say about his power level?" Got it?

While it is entirely possible, I hope nobody does a dick move and gets Omnikinesis, or the ability of all abilities.

This seems interesting, but it appears to be lacking in the female department... Let me try and balance this one out a little bit more.

Name: Taya
Last name: Rivers
Nicknames: The Shadow, Ruby (Ruby is her name when she works at the brothel, The Shadow is what people call the unknown thief)
Appearance:
While a bit too tall and strong to be called cute, she is very beautiful. She dresses different depending on the occasion, but can usually be found wearing something sexy and black.
Age: 23
Kinetic ability: Photokinesis*
Personality: While flirty and amiable, she does not often talk about her own life, rather keeping the conversation about the other person. She has a strong sense of justice, however hers doesn't automatically match those of law enforcers. While her job kinda depends on her ability to make man think she likes them, in fact she does not. This has mostly to do with the many she has met in her life that completely ruined her trust in them. Some might become her friends, but she will always think of them as exceptions. She takes care of her friends and those that society left behind, with all her might, but cares close to nothing about those who have made it in this world.
Profession: Mistress of a brothel, prostitute, thief
Any spouse/roommates/children: She doesn't have any family she talks of, but her best friend, who helps her with running the brothel, often shares her bed. Their relationship is mostly that of friends with benefits.

*She starts out thinking she is an Umbrakineticus (I have no idea how to spell this), who can only cloak herself in shadows. Later she realizes she does this by bending the light, not the shadow. From then on she will learn to do many more things with her abilities.

1 more character and I'll get the IC up. Waiting for Brasslazer and a friend of mine to post.

BrobyDDark said
Name: KurtLast name: ScouterNicknames: Nuke Guy, ScoutAppearance: Black, wild hair. dark blue eyes, slightly sharp teeth, Age (15-40): 19Kinetic ability: NucleokinesisPersonality: He acts tough, has a large sense of humour, and is usually very forgiving. Strongly against drugs and criminal acts, but will make exceptions. Heroic and courageous, he never backs down from a fight especially when someones well-being is on the line. Loves cooking.Profession: Works at a small restaurant as a cook. Any spouse/roommates/children: NoneOther interesting information: The sentence of the day is "What did Scouter say about his power level?" Got it?While it is entirely possible, I hope nobody does a dick move and gets Omnikinesis, or the ability of all abilities.

Define nucleokinesis. What are the extents of it?