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Okay guys, we've been at a standstill for quite awhile. I'll be sending out pms and checking up on everyone and seeing who's still on board and how things are going. Either way things will be moving forwards soon. I'll give you all three days to get a post complied together if you have plans to do so but either way I will be getting a post up Friday evening to push things forwards as well as a way for the new people to enter the roleplay for those who are wanting to take that route.

General Bio
Name: Thomas MacLanahan (T, Tommy, Tom ,Sgt. MacLanahan, Sarge)
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Appearance:

Tom is a darkly tanned individual with dark hair and a seemingly permanent scruff on his face. His eyes never seem to focus on one location long, his investigative habits forcing them to constantly be searching for anything suspect about a scene. When he is able to focus on a person, his eyes are warm and inviting, and an infectious smirk can often be seen on his lips. He’s 6’1, weighing 195 pounds of mostly muscle. A horrendous scar is on his left hip and outer thigh is a remnant of his injury. A mortar shell exploded and embedded large pieces of shrapnel in his leg. He walks with a very small limp, favoring his right side. His voice is a calm baritone, and he can carry a tune halfway decently. He’s often heard humming or singing to himself in periods of calm. He is ambidextrous, having learned to use his right hand while his left side recovered from his injuries. He is occasionally reliant on painkillers when his nerves fire and the pain flares up.

Superpower name: Reactive hyperactive endocrine response (or as Tom affectionately refers to it, Hulk Mode)

Description: when exposed to certain Stimuli, Tom will enter a trance like state in which he is able to respond to stressors with an increased endocrine response, heightening senses, muscle control, speed, and other bodily functions for a short period of time.

Level one abilities: Tom will appear to enter a trance for a few moments after which he is able to perform feats slightly above the normal threshold of human ability. His running speed increases to that of an average cross country track star. He is able to deadlift as much as an intermediate level professional body builder, and punches carry more strength. not enough to incapacitate with one strike, but whoever he hits will feel it for days. Use leaves Tom somewhat exhausted, and cool down requires 6 hours before he can use it again freely.

Level three abilities: after a few moments Tom will enter the trance,increasing his situational awareness and focus .solidly landed strikes to an opponent's head can incapacitate his strength is now more powerful, able to deadlift as much as an expert level body.this trance can last up to ten minutes. Attacks against him deal less pain, though damage is still present. Cool-down Is reduced to 3 hours.

Level five abilities: now able to instantaneously enter the trance, Tom's running speed is capable of out sprinting olympic champions. Strength increases tremendously. He is now able to deadlift at the level of an elite professional bodybuilder. Physical strikes can and often do break bones, and Tom can mostly ignore the pain from anything except bullet wounds. this state can last for upwards of 20 minutes of continued stress Cool-down is again reduced to 1 hour 30 minutes.

Weakness/drawback: Entering the trance leaves Tom initially in a state of exhaustion, requiring a few minutes of immobility to regain balance and bearings. While technically capable of ignoring the cool-down period if absolutely necessary, doing so will result in a period of sensory damage, symptoms of which include hysterical deafness, blindness, or tactile neuropathy. Conversely, the cost may include hypersensitivity, including tactile olfactory or auditory symptoms, and hallucinations. The injuries in his leg also cause him extreme pain, which can effectively put him out of the fight. Continued use of the ability without cool-down will result in permanent damage.

History
History: Tom Spent the majority of the first decade of the millennium, (from 2004 onward, serving tours of duty as Staff Sergeant as a member of the Army CID. This took him to several locations throughout the world investigating criminal actions perpetrated by soldiers of all ranks and career paths. though giving him a keen insight into people and their motivations for acting in a criminal fashion, the career left Tom a little disillusioned with military life. After being discharged in 2010 for a severe leg injury, Tom spent a year in therapy regaining 90% of functionality, (still moving with a slight limp in his left leg.) Tom applied to the FBI, but failed to clear the academy due to his injuries.
Despondent, he then applied to the NYPD, clearing the somewhat easier physical test. His history as a CID officer lead to a fast track into the Manhattan major case squad and by 2013, Tom was on the road to being a direct subordinate to the commissioner. However, an investigation into the murder involving a member of the mayor’s staff resulted in an accusation against the mayor’s son. While the accusation was sound, the staff proceeded to cover up the crime and Tom was publicly smeared and disgraced, leading to resigning his position on the NYPD and preparing a cross country move to escape the press. A position with the US Marshalls office was in his future with a move to Kansas City Missouri in June 2014.

The day before the bus ride: The hangover was intense to say the least. Celebrating his new position and his recent bachelorhood, Tom spent the evening at the Jersey Shore, slamming shot after shot of top shelf vodka down his throat and singing with the live band karaoke offered at the bar he was at. He stumbled out of the motel bed, tripping over the pile of clothes he had left slumped at the foot of his bed. He turned his head to thankfully find that he was alone. The last thing he needed was an ill-advised one night stand before moving off to prepare to leave New York. A few cups of coffee and a pair of bagels later, Tom was back on the parkway heading back home. He returned to his apartment on the lower east side and started the laborious task of packing. After a few hours of boxing up clutter, he went to Central Park for lunch with his sister Melanie. They each gorged themselves on dirty water dogs and soda before taking a walk around.

“I’m going to miss you Tom, what am I gonna do without my big brother?” Melanie asked, playfully punching him in the arm.

“I guess you’re just going to continue your research fellowship and become the expert in… wait what was it you do again?” he asked, giving her a foolish grin and playfully shoving her off to the side. His sister’s work was classified, and even his contacts in the various agencies he’d spoken to hadn’t been able to tell him what it was. He only knew it had to do with developing next level technology for the Army that would integrate a soldier with his career. There were rumors it had to deal with Direct Energy Weaponry, other talk that it was developing powered armor, a whole bunch of other insanity that he brushed off as scuttlebutt. More likely she was working on some sort of new communications system or way to give a soldier a video game styled head’s up display.

She smiled back at him with the “I could tell you but I’d have to kill you” look. They finished their walk and he went back home, changing into a suit and going out to his father’s bar, MacLanahan’s Pub. He entered to see his father behind the bar, pouring him a Guinness Stout that he slid down the bar. Tom spent the rest of the evening drinking with old friends and toasting to the future. He drained one glass in memory of his mother, Claire, murdered while he was in Japan, investigating a rash of on and off base thievery by a group of enlisted soldiers. That investigation remained unsolved. Some random mugger in the middle of the night shot her three times , and she died alone in a back alley waiting for an ambulance.

He went home to his apartment. He had a month before he started his new position in Kansas City, and he thought that the next day would best be spent shopping for a new wardrobe of suits uptown. He mused to himself that he’d grab a bus the next morning, before showering and passing out.

(finally done! whooooo!)

Looks good! Feel free to post once you are free to do so.

Oh and since I've never said anything officially here, Ben as you know you're accepted!

Good job on the posts so far everyone! I look forward in seeing what the rest of you will post as well as seeing how things will play out overall. I'll work on a reaction post for Jake as well as work on getting something up for Jenna tomorrow. Feel free to continue posting and such until then as necessary.

Hmm it'll be interesting to see what will happen with Sam and Christian.

Oh and I have to say, you got a laugh out of me dpickle with Pat.

Looks like things are heating up. I hope Josiah isn't too upset with having to clean up the mess afterwards.

I'm pretty sure it will take more than just Josiah to clean up this mess. At least...I hope it will.

well, I'm hoping that Tom will just be able to dish out a good old fashioned ass whooping without having to drop into hulk mode.

Maybe I missed something but how exactly did Thomas end up coincidentally in the same small city as a group of ten fifteen people who just happen to be exposed to the same serum he was?

It's being addressed in the flashbacks... Safe to say it involves the sister....

is anyone of the mindset that if we're going to do this fight, it should be a titanpad collab?

That is a good question, Viktor.

At this time, I am going to recommend that we wait for Kirra to evaluate what's going on before we continue posting. She's been online frequently, lately, so I think that should be tonight. If she approves the NPC interaction, we can start talking about how the fight should go down. As Sam is not present for that, I feel like I could be a neutral force in that discussion.

Haha originally there were only two out of the four men having guns but seeing Ryver's post I just might raise the stakes and give you three guns to worry about

JC is a man with many bluffs so be careful about the power of assumption as a writer because that might cause your character to get hurt if the wrong move is made. If you all are up for it we can do a collab but if so BW probably should do one as well so that they are left without doing anything. We'll also have to start something up with Lydyn either starting off as another collab and then integrating her into the alleyway collab, starting right in the collab or something completely different (we'll have to discuss this Lydyn and BW).

Also Iz, are we still going with the idea we spoke about before with one of the gunmen? He could be the one that caused the first gunshot caused from the sudden shock of pain and most likely didn't hit anyone.

well, technically there are three guns. the two gangbangers, and Mac's.

We could do that. I'll have a post up sometime in the next day.. I have to be at an interview tomorrow at 6:30 am and won't be able to go home until after my work shift tomorrow night

Good luck Iz!!!

Haha yes technically he does have a gun but you did write it is not loaded. It would take time to unholster the gun, add a magazine to the gun, cock, aim and then shoot. It would be more reasonable that the two shots at the end came from another gun. It'll be interesting to see how things will play out in the this situation with four guns and powers.

:D Morning all!
._. Oooops I guess I totally missed the bit about there only bei g two guns. Anyhow... a collab would be exciting. I am worried it may be slow tho.

Nope, you didn't miss it. I purposely omitted since I wanted to keep who had the guns and how many there were unknown but since you introduced an extra gun than what I had planned, I rolled with it.

Ah yes, that is the downside of a collab all of you will have to consider. I don't see this being as long as the tour collab and if need be we can post it in chunks and maybe even an get an update from the TSP, Cameron or someone else as a filler post to pass the time. If need be I can make a loose deadline on how long each collab would take so we don't stall (if we went along with the idea of posting it in chunks) but I would want to hear what everyone thoughts are on it before going along with the idea. I am fine with both a collab or keeping it here on the forums so it is up to you all on how we deal with this.

I like the collabs and I like posting on the forum. Which ever we are doing I am down with. You just have to let me know where to write.