@shylarah
Ten is the highest.
It's like, an A++ (if there's something like that).
Also, yeah, I was here 2 hours ago.
I study at home.
Duh.
?????????

I'm gonna wait a bit to post again, even though directly addressed.

@MegaOscarPwn Izkry is older than both Johnathan and Zhanna, and he's also not fond of Oscar after his stunt. And the disrespect he shows to the Captain won't go over well either.

@ONL Man, I feel like a jerk. I created Izkry (which actually means Sparks, or something like it) from my character Johnathan "Sparks" Quinn a while ago to fit the new background and ww2 setting of Lady Selune's rp, but it seems his powerset is...nearly identical to Anton's, though it seems the two manifest the ability a little differently. Anton can control his offensive abilities better, it seems, Izkry is a bit better at touch-based stuff. Both are good at repairs to machines and engines, but it looks like Anton is better at "possessing" machinery and can enhance it; Izkry can't do that and can't do anything other than control the machine. And Izkry is probably better with clockwork type stuff.

Honestly, I think Izkry would get on well with Anton, if you're okay with that. They have a similar power, and might bond over their mechanic tendencies. Friends, maybe a tiny bit of rivalry (I can see them racing controlled vehicles or something. *giggle*). Both of them really dislike the Germans, though Izkry is less...enthusiastic about it. And they're both born German, though Anton ended up in France and Izkry in Switzerland. ...Bel might, /might/ dislike Anton less than most of the others. He's enough like Izkry, and is determined to see the Germans defeated. She approves.

Lemme know whatcha think.

@Bright_Ops Hope you don't mind that I had Izkry helping John with his German. Izkry'd be happy to lend a hand, and he's friendly in general. ^.^;; I can change it if you object, though.

@shylarah
Yeah, well.
I'm sure 80% of the people in here would choose life over certain death.
So.
Yeah.
That's Óscar ya'll :^).

@MegaOscarPwn Bel would like to inform you that getting others killed to save yourself is not the sort of thing you do in the army, and that if Oscar thinks like that he had no business enlisting in the first place.

@shylarah
First of all: What.
I mean yeah, in the army you have to be with your squad and protect each other.
But in a really small group of trashy superpowered individuals?
He was scared man.
Really freaking scared.
They didn't even ask him to enlist, it was either that or he went back to Spain.
He had no choice.

@MegaOscarPwn He did for Westminster, and if you're in a special army task force that's still the military. =P Bel is not going to let him live that down. E V E R. And she won't trust him with anything, either. He has earned himself a very angry woman that didn't like him to start with and who can hold a grudge a /long/ time.

Should be fun~ <3

@shylarah
Yeah, well.
If she gets funny.
Or angry.
Or violent.
Her blood will go "Ploof" before she can even make a move.
Even tho that'll make the spic go unconscious, but still.

@MegaOscarPwn I would strongly discourage doing things to actually kill yoiur teammates, and I suspect that such control should be above starting power level for our chars. I didn't say she'd hurt him, just that she has a strong dislike and may try to impress upon him the seriousness of his actions. Besides, for someone scared of dying, deliberately killing a teammate for being angry seems like the sort of thinhe'd get executed for.

@shylarah

GODDAMNIT SHYLARAH YOU TOOK IT LITERALLY HAHA

@Kessir Tarkin@Bright_Ops
Fuck that.
Those weeb martial arts are weak.
Glíma for the win.
Literally fight like a Viking.
H2H bois.

May I remind you of the Samurai fighting the Viking on Spike's Deadliest Warrior, and who won... that's right the samurai. Because Spike TV has the best resources and are completely reliable XD XD XD

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May I remind you of the Samurai fighting the Viking on Spike's Deadliest Warrior, and who won... that's right the samurai. Because Spike TV has the best resources and are completely reliable XD XD XD

Please tell me you're being sarcastic.
Please.
I'm actually begging you.
If you do think that the Samurai are better than Elite Vikings, I will actually murder you.

@MegaOscarPwn I think in the end it comes down to personal skill. =P

@shylarah
Yeah, well.
In general Vikings were the most powerful fighters at the time.
I mean it.
Like.
An "average" Viking could easily fight an European knight, maybe even win, but it'd be hard.
And the huskarls are like, the best of the best.

@MegaOscarPwn You're biased, and I don't see any objective data here. Besides, given that the Japanese designed a sword specifically to handle Mongol raiders, I suspect they could have figured out something to handle Vikings as well. The two groups never really encountered each other, so you don't know what innovations would have come of it. I suspect the issue with knights was more that knights were not used to hit and run tactics, and their idea of a battle was two lines charging at each other, and only knights taking down other knights.

When it comes down to the martial arts themselves, it becomes more about the techniques as opposed to how they're applied. So the question is really if two copies of the same person had one trained as a viking and the other trained in "weeb martial arts", which one would win.

And given that this is ww2 era with guns and land mines and trench warfare and even guerrilla tactics, where your melee skills are not necessarily so important, suddenly it doesn't matter so much which martial art you studied nor what heritage you have. Know enough to stay alive long enough to kill the other guy. =P

@shylarah
Vikings' diet was the best at the time, they had meat, fish, vegetables and they were genetically bulkier and taller than anyone, that's science right there. They were proficient blacksmiths and really good hunters, so their skills with bows and other throwable weaponry was above average. Not only that but their shields were perfect at stopping arrows and slashes, with really hard wood covered by sturdy leather AKA That shit wouldn't break down easily. And even then, their armor was like the Knight's: Chainmail, helmets, leather inside of the chainmail, etc, etc.

And apart from that, if you think that "Oh but Vikings valhalla they don't wear armor cuz of death and glory and destiny" Yeah, no. Most of them did wear very, very sturdy armor as I said before. Also, "Glíma" has survived since 900ish or something like that, while martial arts in japan like Judo or Karate only started to become famous in 1900 or 1850ish. Overall, the vikings were bulkier due to their genetic information, with more stamina and energy because of the diet (Which, in Japan was merely rice and fish mostly) and they were experienced with hard work, most of them becoming fishermen/farmers/mercenaries for other countries.

An average Viking would beat an average Japanese soldier, and an Elite Viking like a housecarl/huskarl would have a tougher time fighting agaisnt a samurai, but ultimately win. It also depends in the fighters and whatnot, but in general, yeah, vikings ftw bby.

ALSO I KNOW WW2 USES GUNS I JUST MENTIONED GLÍMA BECAUSE I LOVE NORDIC CULTURE

Also, they used "shieldwalls", which was a mobile testudo.

@shylarah

Oh, I'm perfectly happy to have Johnathan getting some help to learn german. After all, he has to balance learning a new language with understanding medicine so that he knows the right thing to jab you with if you get yourself shot.

@Oak7ree

Important question: What day of the week is it IC?

@Bright_Ops Damn, I hadn't thought about that. Let's call the day "Tuesday".

@MegaOscarPwn, @shylarah I'll add a point to the discussion: English longbowman could take out both of them.

@Oak7ree yes, THANK YOU.