Artistic Licence: Physics. ^_^
On that note, I think I might withdraw from this Roleplay. It has nothing to do with present events at all, don't worry.
I just don't really feel my characters contribute much to the story, and I'm sort of out of my element in such a crowded thread.
It was a fun experience, but I really don't think its really for me... See you all at a later date, perhaps! :)

Mr Allen J said

You wanna change stuff, you tell me what needs changing and what I need to change it to.

Leonerdo said
Totally. Because, you know, moving normally in a world that moves in slow motion is a skill. If I trained hard enough, I can see everything in slow motion and run really fast. Thanks. Your insight is invaluable.

...I'm sorry, but I think we're working with a different set of definitions.

To me, 'muscle control' means knowing what you want your body to do, and then executing that action flawlessly. It doesn't grant your muscles the ability to move at ridiculous speeds; it allows you to have a steady hand, and it works within the limits of your body.

That is something that Mark pretty much has the hang of: he has plenty of time to fine tune his movements as they happen for him to have pretty good 'muscle control'.

His problem is that if he tries to move beyond the limits of a normal human, then his muscles will tear themselves to shreds. My first solution to that got rejected. Thats fair enough; I can see how an unknown like myself (my second RP) would not be the most trustworthy person to give a power that relies on limits to keep their character from being OP. So, my second proposition is that his muscles can just become very resistant to tearing by increasing how flexible they are, although now that I think about it, elasticity may be the better word.. That will allow him to move his body as fast as he wants without causing injury to himself, but stops him from being durable to anything else. As in the force of drag could rip the skin off of him if he doesn't keep himself at a manageable speed..

Cryptiic said
. ^_^On that note, I think I might withdraw from this Roleplay. It has nothing to do with present events at all, don't worry.I just don't really feel my characters contribute much to the story, and I'm sort of out of my element in such a crowded thread.It was a fun experience, but I really don't think its really for me... See you all at a later date, perhaps! :)

Right now there isn't much of a story to "contribute to" other than the interpersonal plots/interactions between characters. I'm certain there could be something that would involve your characters. But, very well then, your characters will just fade into the background. You're free to return at any time.

I'll send you a PM, Aeron.

Mr Allen J said
Right now there isn't much of a story to "contribute to" other than the interpersonal plots/interactions between characters. I'm certain there could be something that would involve your characters. But, very well then, your characters will just fade into the background. You're free to return at any time.I'll send you a PM, Aeron.

I'll be waiting.

Sent you that PM.

And Thinker, there's a lot you can do with superhuman muscle/body control, but I don't think you're willing to think outside the box, so I'll keep them to myself. You can make his muscles more flexible as the RP goes on. I just thought it was a huuuuge jump from controlling his perception of time to invulnerability and super speed.

Mr Allen J said
And Thinker, there's a lot you can do with superhuman muscle/body control, but I don't think you're willing to think outside the box, so I'll keep them to myself. You can make his muscles more flexible as the RP goes on. I just thought it was a huuuuge jump from controlling his perception of time to invulnerability and super speed.

Just for clarity, what do you mean by muscle/body control? I don't know if we have the same description of it..

Basically controlling your own body at a heightened level. It'd allow stuff like superhuman agility, and with a power like Mark's he should be able to dodge most attacks.

Mr Allen J said
Basically controlling your own body at a heightened level. It'd allow stuff like superhuman agility, and with a power like Mark's he should be able to dodge most attacks.

Well how does it work? What are the mechanics behind it? I tend to ask those sorts of questions first. So when I say his muscles are more flexible/have higher elasticity, I think I'm proposing the same thing as you are.

We are just using different definitions for the same words :|

Alrighty then, since we're talking about the same thing, you can go with your idea.

Leonerdo said
I also want to mention acrobatics. If your character has little muscle, he'll probably find some time doing tricks in the air. It does take muscle to get yourself effectively off the ground, along with muscle flexibility and muscle control. If your character tires out like you say he does, then doing backflips is definitely going to make him feel like someone kicked his ass.

Ah, the "acrobatic" adjective I used. Perhaps it was the wrong word to use, but I intended that to be less of an "in-the-air" and more of a "evasive" knack of his. In retrospect, I should have stuck with just the word "nimble". Still, you do make a good point; if he tires out easily, then he might not be so nimble. I will have to find a way to either change that trait, or get rid of it.

Leonerdo said
As for your power, I made an empath before. While he could not control everyone's emotions (he could influence them, though), he could feel everyone's emotions when he looked at them. However, on top of his own emotions, looking into everyone and feeling emotions is a drastic change. And this would happen dozens upon dozens of times a day. It's relentless. So my character had some sort of instability because of that, his head and body couldn't take all these mood fluctuations so he would be prone (even when he's not looking at anybody) to random mood swings and irrational anger or depression or unreasonably joyful and euphoric. Of course, he was a nice boy and all, but he had a hard time forming relationships with people because of his mood swings and mannerisms.

The matter of reading others' emotions along with his own was not an aspect of the Mule that I had intended to touch upon outside of fights and decisive situations, but come to think of it, that is definitely something that a young developing meta-human with this ability would have to cope with. Would a self-induced apathy or a self-induced "mental shield" be out of the question, assuming both coping mechanisms were still being honed by the time the Mule reaches the island?

Mr Allen J said
And I think his power should be less of downright instantly changing emotions, and more of influencing them, or reading them.

Very well. I was considering changing it to a progression of the emotion (as in beginning slow, barely noticeable in the back of the target's head, slowly growing more potent until it is a very large weight on the target's mind/heart/whatever), instead of it being instantly induced. I assume this is what you mean by influencing them.

Also, on an unrelated note, I've also taken up the prospect of writing a second character, this one not taken from other literary works. I'll present both character sheets together.

Alright, all done.

Much better.

Thanks
Still a 7?

Yeah

Ok. Can what team is she on?

Coin toss says.....

Team 1

I'll post tomorrow. I want the majority to post before I do again.

I forgot to mention that everyone is wearing special suits for training. Again. Know what? I'm tossing it on the OP.

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