Lydia Creel

Bootleg

18

Female

Bisexual

Absorbing Man and Titania (both currently in custody) are her parents.

Lydia is, like her mother, quite tall with a stocky frame. She clearly has a body built to be toned and muscular but hasn't put in enough of the work or training to fill it out with muscle. As such, she comes across as slightly lanky and cumbersome. She has ginger hair, blue eyes and very slight, barely noticeable freckles which a little makeup can fix.

Her fashion sense is slightly grungy but there's no rebellion in the way she dresses. She dresses the way she does due to influence from the movies she watched ever since a young age. Leather jackets and boots were cool. So, she likes to wear very loose men's black leather jackets with the sleeves rolled up, boots of various types from various eras, and will often complete this look with jeans but much prefer to wear a skirt and stockings. She only has one pair of stockings and they are purple and white striped.

+Upbeat
+Approachable
+Cheerful
-Judgmental
-Zealous
-Unforgiving

Lydia remembers her first six years of life as possibly happier and more magical than they probably really were. For that was the time when her parents were briefly on the straight and narrow and being loving and caring parents to her. However, when she was six, they were arrested, and she found out from the news that they were famous villains and had been committing more crimes. Many details escaped her young mind. But she was angry, and felt betrayed. This was probably what led to her deep rooted hatred of villains and thus glorification of heroes.

As she grew up, she bounced from foster house to foster house, discovered her superpowers, and her love of listening to music of any genre. She also grew more mature and stopped seeing the world in black and white. Starting from when she was about thirteen, she started to visit her parents in jail. She still had resentment but at the end of the day they were her parents. She still loved them and she knew they loved her. They had mixed feelings about her desire to be a superhero. Her father was supportive but admitted, often jokingly, that he wouldn't want to face her. Her mother was vehemently against the idea. But her mind was made up. Her years of dreams and childish glorification had given her the drive to be a hero, and she knew that she had the power and the potential to make it. So, she applied for Mobius Academy.

Carl Creel (Absorbing Man) - Father
Mary MacPherran (Titania) - Mother

Lydia's power, slightly different from her father's, gives her the ability to absorb a copy of the superpower of anyone she makes skin to skin contact with. She can then use sad power herself for roughly ten minutes before it wears off and her body forgets it. However, the copied powers will always be significantly weaker, less potent and less effective than the real thing. Hence the name 'Bootleg'. To compensate for this. She can copy multiple powers at once and use them in conjunction with each other. If there is a limit to how many powers she can hold at once, she doesn't know it and has never found it. Her current record is four.

Ebisugawa "Tai" Taihou

Ebiranger

18

Male

Pansexual/Asexual

None.

Shy and introverted, Taihou is an otaku who likes nerdy, boyish things, like Super Sentai, Ultraman, Godzilla movies, Cantonese Kung Fu movies, and giant mecha anime. He has poor self-awareness and loses himself to excitement when it comes to his hobbies or when doing 'heroic' deeds. This makes him appear to switch between an 'outgoing' side and a 'shrinking violet' side. Growing up in a world where his appearance has been ridiculed as 'monstrous', Taihou has attempted to close himself off from the ostracization by embracing isolation. Yet his spirit continues to burn with fiery heroism. In a field dominated by exemplars of the human form, Taihou seeks to prove that even Saturday morning cartoon monsters can be heroes.

Taihou was born to parents of Japanese descent living in San Francisco. Though the father, Ebisugawa Saizen was of distant Inhuman descent, life was pretty normal for the small Asian family. Still, Saizen and his wife, Mizuko, kept their eyes peeled for news of terrigen release, as Saizen had learned of his lineage when a cousin had accidentally been exposed and acquired powers. When they caught wind that some terrigen had been released over the ocean somewhere, they temporarily swore off seafood until the proper authorities could confirm that all contamination had been accounted for. Unfortunately, Taihou, who was only ten at the time, went on a field trip with his fifth grade class to the aquarium. And even though his teachers and chaperones had notes to keep him away from seafood, during lunch, a friend of his who didn't like shrimp, traded his meal for Taihou's. The effect of the terrigen-infused shrimp had an immediate effect, and Taihou was rushed to the hospital, where proper medical staff could at least made sure he survived his transformation. In an ironically coincidental twist of fate, Taihou's Inhuman metamorphosis gave him shrimp limbs. The next few years of his life involved rehabilitation as his lack of human hands handicapped him severely, though his family and school tried to be as accomodating as possible.

Because of his unique hands, his mother kept him away from house chores, so his father taught him to participate in handyman hobbies, where his destructive, 'fat fingers' were less of an issue. Through this he was able to develop passable levels of manual dexterity, though he needs to resort to wearing special rubber gloves that provide him with some form of grip in order to deal with various everyday objects.

After the initial shock and the hospital stay, young Taihou thought it was kind of cool, and began to wonder if he could be like Spider-Man someday, after all, Spider-Man's powers just made him more spider-like, while his own transformation made him more shrimp-like, and both creatures were arthropods. Dreams of becoming a hero began to fill his mind, and he hadn't really considered the social stigma that still existed against those who didn't outwardly appear human. Things came to a head during a class in which all the students took turns standing in front of the class and read aloud their essay on what they wanted to be when they grew up. Taihou announced loudly and proudly that he was going to be a hero, like the ones from TV shows and cartoons, like Spider-Man. The other students jeered, calling him Baltan-seijin, and that he would never be a hero. He ran home in tears and binge-watched his favorite shows, realizing the sheer number of clawed, arthropod-like aliens, and that to the rest of the world, he looked just like these monsters. Though his parents tried to encourage him, he closed himself off from his peers, allowing the hurled insults to roll off his shoulder. Over time, with no friends and no after-school activities, Taihou began spending more and more time at home, going to school only for his mandatory studies.

To keep him engaged, his father started encouraging him to try various feats with his quirk, filming him, and posting videos online, resulting in playlists like the "Hydraulic Pinch Channel" and "Shrimp Tail Parkour", in which Taihou pushes the limits on what he can crush with his claws and using his massive tail to aid in ridiculous jumping feats. Online, things that were not socially acceptable found their niche, and behind the barrier of the internet, Taihou was allowed to be himself, reviving his hope in one day pursuing his dream. So he began applying himself so that one day he could apply to the best hero school. He knew that people who looked like him didn't have to monsters or villains.

Does whatever a pistol shrimp can! Taihou has powerful, crushing claws and a powerful tail that helps him jump high in the air and swim rapidly. He can breathe underwater, plates of red shell pepper his skin, providing some protection, and overall, He has the proportional strength and endurance of a human-sized shrimp. Long antennae sprout from the top of his head, are sensitive to smell and touch, and aid his otherwise clumsy fingers. He also has a secret technique: his left claw is evolved to produce a high-powered 'snap' that shoots forth a destructive sonic bullet. (Think MIB's Noisy Cricket on steroids)

Morgan LeBeau

Ruse

Eighteen

Male

Bisexual

Morgan is the only child of Rogue and her off-again, on-again life-partner Gambit. When his mother returned to active service with the X-Men, Morgan learned to control his power from his father... as well as a few other tricks.

Morgan LeBeau favours his mother in appearance, from his mousy brown hair with streaks of white to his completely mundane green eyes. While he is tall, 6'0" with room to grow, he has a lean build and doesn't put on mass easily. It is fairly obvious to look at him that he is Rogue's son; less so his father's.

As far as fashion sense goes, he doesn't have much of one. His go-to is flannel shirts with the sleeves rolled up and smart slacks. He does have an extravagant tattoo of playing cards on one arm that is completely incongruous to his whole get-up and clearly a one-time mistake.

• Mild-Mannered
• Perceptive
• Ambitious
• Impulsive
• Self-Centered
• Sly

It isn't easy being the kid of two active heroes. Morgan doesn't have any other frame of reference, but he reckons it's worse when your parents have hopped over the line into temporary villainy on more than one occasion.

With his parents in a constant, complicated state of married-but-separated-but-together, he spent the summers with his Mom. Some residents of Xavier's never got over Rogue's "youthful indiscretions". Lo and behold, as her spitting image, Morgan ended up in a few sticky situations because of it – usually with other kids his age. Through trial and error, he learned the best way to combat this was to muster up as much southern hospitality as he could and get his own back when they couldn't see him.

As for life in New Orleans? It was usually fine, except for remnants of the Thieves Guild cropping up to ask for favours from their former patriarch, or the ghosts of the Gambit's past. Too many lessons on 'how to manage your powers' and 'how to count cards' were interrupted – prime father-son bonding time right there, ruined the vendetta of the week.

(And then there's the fans. There's not too many of them, thank God, but Morgan could have lived a long and happy life without knowing that there are communities that 'ship' his parents.)

For all that neither of his parents wanted to push him one way or another, there were too many awkward talks for them to be anything but transparent about their respective positions. Dad was in favour of him trying out the hero stuff, at the very least. Mom wanted him to be normal, go to an Ivy League, et cetera. Little did they know, Morgan had already made his decision long ago. It began with a question over breakfast: "Mom, why aren't you ever in the Top 10 lists?"

Mother | Anne-Marie Darkholme (Rogue) | FC: Eliza Dushku
Father | Remy LeBeau (Gambit) | FC: Gaspard Ulliel
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Morgan can absorb energy from his surroundings to bolster his own telekinetic powers. It can be kinetic or potential energy – or, as he found out, whatever nebulous life-force fuels a person – so long as he can make physical contact with the source.

As a base-line, Morgan's telekinesis is on the weaker side. The more he absorbs, the more items he can control at once, the faster and more dangerous his projectiles, and the better his durability and reflexes. It also enables more advanced techniques, like telekinetic flight, though his father's molecular acceleration is still far beyond his current abilities.

Other than his mutation, Morgan has had some martial training in the acrobatic style both of his parents use and is reasonably athletic. Incidentally, he also has excellent sleight-of-hand (and has picked a few pockets in his day); however, he doesn't have a reason to showcase this talent so much.

Alexa "Lex" Wright

X-50 _{(At school I plan for her to go by the alias 'Catalyst' eventually.)}

18

Female

Doesn't know — this is unexplored territory and for all she knows, she might be asexual.

Clone of Laura Kinney (X-23); Current resident at the X Mansion.

For someone who was raised to be a killing machine, she has impeccable style. Think a cross between Gossip Girl's Blair Waldorf and Cher from Clueless. From knee high socks to being 'pretty in pink', she has come to believe this is what is socially acceptable for a female. Two years ago, she came to Xavier Institute for Higher Learning in a patient gown and a muzzle on, now she dresses like the girls she sees on TV and the magazines, using an allowance given to her by Professor X himself. Regardless of where she finds her clothing (and whether or not she actually spends the money given to her), she looks like she just walked out of a Vogue photoshoot. That being said, her wardrobe needs to be replenished often because of her... natural instincts. She may look like a lady, but one should never forget what she actually is.

Honest → Intuitive → Objective → Stubborn → Childish → Destructive

At the age of sixteen, Lex came to Xavier's academy with her pale skin stained with blood and a trail of maroon footsteps in the pure white snow. With the visible claws appearing to come from in and out of her knuckles, it wasn't hard to figure out where she came from. The X-Men knew that the top-secret program known as Weapon X tried to once again recreate their greatest creations, Wolverine and his genetic twin/daughter, Laura Kinney.

With time and building her trust, they discovered that X-50 had an almost identical genetic material to Laura, but there was something different about her too. She wasn't just Laura's daughter. Something else was intertwined in her DNA, which gave her unique mutations, and to this day they cannot identify the organisms (or so they say).

The mutant geneticist scientist and surrogate mother, who they were able to discern during a long session with Lex and a facial composite artist, went by the name of Lucille Wright. Her reputation was renown, but not for good reasons and as 'Lady Imprint'. She is caught on video showing signs of telepathic and telekinetic mutations and has been compared to villains like Doctor Otto Octavius. Her whereabouts are unknown and as long as Lex has no recollection of the memories of her past, aside from distinct imagery like an operating table, they won't find her anytime soon, assuming she's still alive.

Simply by smelling a small item Lex found in her prison, she was able to pick up a lingering memory of Laura and a fading scent. This was like a trail of bread crumbs that led her to the X-Men. As far as they know to be true, psychometry through her sense of smell is her only telepathic mutation. Other than that, she has no resistance to someone entering her mind. Unfortunately because of her amnesia, there isn't much to discover when exploring it. Think a blank canvas that paints something as her day happens but fades overnight. Slowly but surely, they are helping her join society.

Professor X has tasked his protégé, Tristan Castillo, with studying her, taking care of her, and protecting others from her, which means Lex will be attending Mobius Academy along side her 'brother'. Xavier is aware there is a nanochip attached to her brain, but has chose to keep that information to himself.

Tristan Castillo

Ultimatum

18

M

Heterosexual

Protégé to Professor Charles Francis Xavier

Competitive → Innovative → Cunning → Aggressive → Self-critical → Unrelenting

Tristan grew up at New Beginnings Orphan Home for Special Children. A self-contained orphanage housing around 40 other orphans, including himself. At the time, he was too young to understand the true mission of this place that collected children who showed signs of mutations and powers. Whether through means of kidnap or murder, these children had no home to return to unless they got "adopted".

Although the experience seemed bright, with clean clothes, game time, and better food than a hospital, Tristan knew something was off and gained a reputation as one of the troublemakers. Perhaps it's because he could hear his caretakers thoughts - some pitied them, some hated them, the rest were afraid. Not of the children but of whoever was in charge. His information gathering and mission to start a mutiny didn't last long when they realized telepathy was Tristan's greatest power, not the telekinesis he used at a corner store that got him taken in the first place. At some point in time, he couldn't break into their minds.

Shortly after his first rebellious act, he discovered their disciplinary techniques, which were unethical and old-fashioned, like hydrotherapy or forcing his mind to go in overdrive using a shock helmet. One night, he tried to runaway, only to discover a laboratory with those kids he assumed to be adopted, dead and used for experimentation.

Shortly after, he ran back into bed only to have a manic episode where he couldn't filter everyone's thoughts out of his head. In that moment, he blacked out and woke up to see all those orphans, he grew to know and love, dead. They each found different ways to commit suicide or have their friends use their powers to kill them. Later on that same night, the orphanage was infiltrated and he was rescued by a couple of X-Men. In articles and media, he was labeled as the lone survivor.

When he reached the X-Mansion at the age of eight, he was brought under the care of Xavier himself. With therapy and self reflection, he came to terms of his sin and how he was capable of convincing all those kids to end their lives so that they wouldn't have to experience the torture of having their powers extracted from their bodies for a villainous agenda.

This is something that haunts him to this day, along with the pressures of being favored by Xavier. Part of him wonders if he will ever forgive himself for murdering all those innocent kids. His therapist said that he was young and afraid, and yet that doesn't excuse the deed he did. He had no right to decide their fate. He had no right to kill them.

Or maybe, he did.

The only individuals that Tristan pays any mind to is the one he is learning from and the one his mentor has a long and storied past with. Professor X wants to change the minds of the oppressors, while Magneto has the power to take freedom and impose dominance over their aggressors. He respects both of them and their ideologies but he wants to surpass them. He wants to be the best, even along side his future peers that come from strong, impossible to compete with bloodlines. His goal is to become a key player or die trying. His powers are heavily telepathic leaning, however, he believes if he pushes himself beyond his limit, he can climb the ranks.

As far as the X-Men know, Tristan has displayed an extraordinary level of telepathy. They have no idea how far his psionic powers can reach, but based on Xavier's observations, deductions, and experiences, he truly believes Tristan can follow in his footsteps and become the next greatest telepath known in the universe. Whether he surpasses him or not is a different story entirely.

Like Professor X, Tristan can read minds and project his own thoughts into the minds of others within a radius of 250 miles. He can extend the radius using extreme effort. It has taken most of Tristan's childhood to shut the voices out. Even with intensive mind and body training, the voices slip in occasionally, causing him to show signs of hostility. He is required to take an injection daily in order to surpass his powers so he doesn't compromise his sanity or lose control.

The X-Men would like to avoid repeating history: Onslaught.

Tristan can do everything Xavier can do. The biggest difference, though? Professor X has over eighty years of experience and has conquered most if not all of his demons. Tristan has not. So, although he is capable of achieving a lot, his personal war within himself prevents him from being the best that he can be.

Some of his abilities like Professor X: telepathic illusions, clocking his presence from being detached, as well as others, mind linking, mind blasting people with information, mind control, mind possession, mind alteration, mental amnesia, psionic shield, psionic blasts, astral projection, mental detection, absorb information, and a low-level telekinesis.

Unique abilities that aren't necessarily similar to his Mentor's: dreamscaping, adoptive muscle memory, and brainwave-related manipulation such as sleep inducement, paralysis, and agony control.

Weaknesses: Those with mental barriers. Tristan wants to try to grow his low-level telekinetic abilities so he can use concussive blasts as his offensive ability, but that may be near impossible since it's obvious affecting the brain is his strong suit. Since he isn't necessarily a genius like Professor X, he's smart but hardly a brainiac, he may not perfect all his telepathic abilities. If he can at Mobius Academy, he wants to find his signature power set that makes him his own brand rather than being another Xavier.