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Ooh, a wild Hellion appears.

Which is particularly amusing since I used the term 'Hellion' in my lore as an umbrella term for supernatural creatures.
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Ooh, a wild Hellion appears.

Which is particularly amusing since I used the term 'Hellion' in my lore as an umbrella term for supernatural creatures.


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Zach


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Zachary Keene
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April 30th | 15 | Caucasian
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Single || Heterosexual
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High Schooler | Stock boy at Eastmart
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Height | 5'5"

Weight | 116lbs

Build | Thin

Hair Color | Blonde

Eye Color | Blue
A p p e a r a n c e D e t a i l s
Zachary Keene isn't unattractive, though his sense of style and general demeanor have done him no favors up until now. After spending fourteen years being dressed by his mother, his excitement to reinvent himself has led to several recent changes. Over the Summer, Zach spent time trying to fill out his wiry frame and chose a new haircut plucked straight from Tiger Beat magazine.

Relatively diminutive, Zachary stands out from his peers in all of the wrong ways. Although he's not often noticed, when he is it's occasionally accompanied by derisive remarks regarding his slight frame and stature.

Always on his person is a somewhat sloppily handcrafted bracelet of twine and plastic beads. Almost never missing from his left wrist, Zachary displays this accessory proudly regardless of any teasing it might bring to him.

P e r s o n a l i t y
Zachary is often misunderstood as meek or shy due to his classmates rarely hearing him speak up. In fact, neither of these is true. Although socially awkward with an aversion to party atmospheres, he is, for the most part, confident and strong-willed. His general distaste for the teenage caste system present in high school lends to his relative silence during school hours. Instead, Zach observes. He watches and listens to those around him, taking in a steady stream of information both small and large.

Although no stranger to the mocking comments of his peers, young Zachary has never let harsh words affect him. Being raised in a household of three sisters has lent quite well to tolerance and near-immunity of juvenile cruelty and sarcasm. Zach has distanced himself from others in the school, imposing a self-exile of sorts and relegating him to a loner status. If asked, Zachary would claim he prefers it this way. A defense mechanism to shield himself from being hurt by others. Alone at night, though, when he's left with nothing but his own thoughts, Zach is forced to be honest with himself and face the loneliness in his heart.



C h a r a c t e r S y n o p s i s
The Keene family is, for the most part, typical of middle-class New England households. His father a car salesman, his mother a secretary. Zachary has two older sisters, Jennifer aged 20 and Alice aged 17, as well as one younger, Marie aged 12. All of whom share a pastime of relentlessly pestering him.

When he was younger, Zach was not closed-off and guarded. He was a boisterous and adventurous child who loved to surround himself with others. When he was five, the Keene family moved from a nearby town to Crestwood Hollow. His new neighbor, a young girl around his age, Vanessa, quickly caught his attention and the two became fast friends. For over seven years the pair were nearly inseparable, their parents often joking that they were joined at the hip and would one day marry. During the height of their bonding youth, Vanessa made a friendship bracelet for Zachary, who in turn made one for her, with the promise that they would never drift apart.

Their final year of middle school, in the Summer leading up to their freshman year, however, things quickly changed and Vanessa abruptly ended their friendship. Despite attempts to rectify whatever mistake he must have made to drive his closest friend away, the distance between them only grew over their first year in high school. Vanessa would seemingly blossom, surrounding herself with numerous new friends and acquaintances. Meanwhile, Zachary, hurt and feeling betrayed, would shutter himself off from those around him, choosing to self-isolate in order to never feel that way again.

Still, as painful as losing Vanessa as a friend had been two years ago, the news of her death had been crushing. No amount of emotional walls he had erected could shield him from this loss. Confusion, anger, resentment. A vast array of feelings he had been suppressing now wash over him.

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//Abilities:
Hyper-Human Ability | Animal Mimicry & Empowerment

Zachary's hypegene will manifest itself by allowing him to synchronize with nearby fauna. This effectively grants him the abilities of whichever creature he synchronizes with, taking on their respective traits. This works in a proportional manner meaning even the smallest of lifeforms can benefit him greatly. Such as mimicking an ant gifting him with enough strength to lift over ten times his own body weight.

While he is able to mimic these animal abilities, Zach is unable to take on their forms or physical characteristics. While he may borrow the agility and speed of a leopard, he would possess neither the elongated teeth nor claws of the beast. However, any capabilities inherent in a creature only due to their physical form - such as the flight of a bird requiring wings - Zachary is still able to imitate. In this case, he would, though unknown means, be granted self-propelled flight.

This hyperhuman ability is limited in that it can only synchronize with a single lifeform at a time, and only with one within a several hundred-foot radius. Similarly, utilizing this power properly requires conscious focus on the life around him. Being unaware of his hyperhuman status once this state is first achieved, Zachary's use of this ability will be entirely unconscious and random. This will present itself as a visibly unreliable, shifting powerset, potentially causing both confusion and concern as to stability.

An interesting aspect of this synchronization lies in Zach's innate ability to sense surrounding fauna of all kind. Though unaware of this to start, clever uses of this skill could lend itself to enhanced tracking and location abilities.


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Heightened observation | Two years of watching and listening carefully to his surroundings has led to Zach developing a perceptive eye.

Analytical mind | Zachary was always adept at puzzles and mysteries, quick to notice even the smallest of details. His time spent as a silent observer, and the frankly ridiculous amount of hours he's put into processing this usually inane information, has benefited him greatly.

Shelf stocking & sweeping | Mr. Castietto at Eastmart has instilled within Zachary the importance of proper stock maintenance as well as the necessity of keeping a floor spotless.



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Hey all, with just a few days left I've started going through the sheets and I just wanted to clarify two things. I realize there might be some confusion with the OOC but I cannot stress enough that your character will not have or be aware of their powers at the beginning of the roleplay. They will be gained in the first little bit of the IC and while I know this might seem to contradict some of the OOC, there is a reason for it.

Secondly, due to the way I intend to bring the group together, I can't help but emphasize the importance of your character having at the very least a casual relationship with Vanessa. Since the group will be brought together for a grief group, it's crucial your character knew Vanessa well enough to actually be bothered. Any sheet that only has a passing relationship with the character won't be considered to the same extent as sheets with a stronger and more defined relationship.

Now that all said, if you're happy with your sheet and don't think it requires any edits then I encourage you not to change it. I'm not going to name names or single anyone out here, I just wanted to make a general announcement to ensure everyone is on the same page and has been given the same advantages before the deadline on Monday.

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The rules have been updated to hopefully remove any remaining confusion as to the starting state of your characters. Please don't hesitate to message me if there is any remaining miscommunication.
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I regret to say that something serious has come up for me irl, and I can't participate in roleplays at the moment as I'd like to. It seems I would have needed to do some overhauling as well to fit, but that's besides the point. Please don't worry about considering my char. This looks like it'll be a great rp, so I wish you luck with it and for everyone to have fun!
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I regret to say that something serious has come up for me irl, and I can't participate in roleplays at the moment as I'd like to. It seems I would have needed to do some overhauling as well to fit, but that's besides the point. Please don't worry about considering my char. This looks like it'll be a great rp, so I wish you luck with it and for everyone to have fun!


I'm sorry to hear that. Hope your situation resolves itself in a positive way! Best of luck with any future RPs!
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J E N N Y V E N O M



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Jennifer Amber Vandermeyer
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31-10-71 | | Caucasian
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Single | ‍♀️ | Heterosexual
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Mather's Memorial Student | Defiant to the end

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Physical Profile

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• Height | 5'3"

• Weight | 111lbs

• Build | Lean

• Hair Colour | Jet black

• Eye Colour | Deep brown


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Jennifer expresses rebellion in every way she can sink her claws into; her stubborn and bullheaded nature bleeds into her demeanor, walking around with a puffed chest and locked shoulders, a defiant frown plastered permanently across her face. Her long black hair, wild and unkempt, flows back and down her back, the most thought given to it a rough brushing every other day; it breaks a stark contrasting line across her ghost-pale skin. Her fashion sense further cements the image she seeks to cultivate: embedded in punk culture, she wears blacks with provocative slogans and imagery, chained jeans cuffed above heavy boots and always, always, a ragged leather jacket that is a wearable example of the Ship of Theseus, at this point more hap-hazard threading and safety pins than the original garment.

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Jennifer was born Halloween '71 to Micheal and Barbara Vandermeyer. Micheal, her father, worked in a bank, and her mother made a good home for her husband and new daughter. The family diligently attended church every Sunday, and many other days besides, and had a simple, satisfactory life, if somewhat humdrum. Micheal was able to adequately provide any material needs, and Barbara wanted little besides; they were a simple couple, devout in their beliefs.

Jennifer first met Vanessa at 3 years old after the Vandermeyers moved to Crestwood following her father receiving a promotion, sent to the city to run the new branch the bank had just opened there. The Bordeaux's were their new neighbours, and little Jennifer was delighted to have a new friend so quickly after what little life she'd gotten a grip on had been so rapidly uprooted. Vanessa and Jennifer quickly became the firmest of friends in the way only growing little girls can manage, and their bond blossomed further as they entered education, being the two best friends either girl had had in their short lives thusfar.

As they grew, so did their parents; while the Bordeaux's were a well-respected family in Crestwood, Jennifer's parents picked up a reputation for being overly preachy and judgmental; while Jennifer herself had stopped attending church since she turned 10, her parents were still devout, perhaps even zealous believers at times, and in their deepening age relied more and more on their faith as a cornerstone of their values, and their daughter as the cornerstone of their future. Jennifer began to slowly realize her life was being planned and curated for her, and the seed of resentment found root in her core.

Jennifer turned to music, as did so many young girls and boys; the world around her was alive with all kinds of new sounds, but where Vanessa, her best friend, fell in love with Disco and the elating, motivating sounds found therein, Jennifer was drawn to the messy, defiant catharsis of the still-young Punk Rock movement. Punk reveled in sticking two fingers up and damn the consequences, a philosophy Jennifer adopted with frightening speed and ease; everything became about rebellion. Jennifer forged a new identity in punk: Vandermeyer no longer, she was Jenny Venom, and she used this persona to divorce herself from her family's reputation, and her parent's plans for her.

As Jennifer and Vanessa approached high school, they had drifted apart significantly; Jennifer had fallen in with her new spiky-haired, leather-wearing clique, and had derided Vanessa's love of Disco, spurning Vanessa's attempts to reconnect and rekindle the friendship. Vanessa kept herself graceful enough to never retaliate, allowing Jennifer the space to explore this new self she had constructed.

Vanessa's death shattered Jenny's world, despite the distance she had deliberately made between her and her once-closest friend. The tragedy cast into harsh light exactly what life is and can be, and what it means when it is taken away; but these revelations have only triggered a further retreat into the persona. Jennifer was a little girl, her life being lived for her, path forcibly laid out ahead of her, naive and foolish. Jenny Venom is fearless, and tough, and survives everything.

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Jennifer's hype-gene has mutated specifically alongside her immune system and fight-or-flight response. When presented with physical trauma or sudden terror, before adrenaline floods her blood supply, a unique secondary 'hype-hormone' is secreted from her adrenal glands that blocks the receptors at her nerve endings, completely shutting down the nervous system pain response and instead replacing any incoming trauma signals with a direct signal to the endocrine system to produce further and further adrenaline. The mutated hype-adrenaline then bonds with her muscles and completely replaces the aerobic/anaerobic respiration function, eliminating lactic acid buildup and allowing indefinite function without exhaustion. Finally, the bonded 'hype-hormone' and adrenaline floods her skull cavity and passes through the pia mater into the blood vessels of the brain, and signals the activation of an extremely intense, subconscious form of auto-biokinesis, allowing her low-level brain functions to take over the immune system response and rewire muscles, organs, blood supply systems and bones on-the-fly to adapt to endure any and all incoming trauma without ceasing function.

Once trauma has ceased or has been escaped, the 'hype-hormone' stops signalling, and the mutated adrenaline floods the immune system entirely, expediting recovery of injury, the body drawing adrenaline from its various appendages and organs working from the bodily extremes inward in order to necessitate quickened recovery while allowing maximum up-time of the unconscious biokinesis to aid natural physical recovery, before the adrenaline is drawn from the meninges entirely and disseminated as the final healing 'booster'.

All these processes combined result in Jennifer being able to sustain intense physical trauma well above and beyond what would be typically fatal for a human, without feeling pain, losing motor or organ function, or slowing or shutting down - and then being able to recover from the trauma to full-functioning capacity at an increased rate after-the-fact.
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Im in physical pain trying to read the black text of her physical description and power.
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Im in physical pain trying to read the black text of her physical description and power.


Oop. That was leftover from the original CS coding that Wraith had made from the previous rendition. I'll get rid of that. Good thing I didn't leave it all black for the sake of your poor eyes.
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Welp, here goes nothin'. If I need to change anything or add any more information, please don't hesitate to PM me.


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MIKE THE JANITOR



FULL NAME: Michael Thee Janitorial

HYPERHUMAN ABILITIES: Mike has the ability to shoot SpaghettiOs from every orifice of his body. A janitor, forever doomed to clean up a mess he himself creates. Cruel, cruel fate.

RELATIONSHIP TO VANESSA: She puked one time. He poured sawdust on it, but the stains would never come out... neither would the mental scars they gave Mike.
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MIKE THE JANITOR



FULL NAME: Michael Thee Janitorial

HYPERHUMAN ABILITIES: Mike has the ability to shoot SpaghettiOs from every orifice of his body. A janitor, forever doomed to clean up a mess he himself creates. Cruel, cruel fate.

RELATIONSHIP TO VANESSA: She puked one time. He poured sawdust on it, but the stains would never come out... neither would the mental scars they gave Mike.


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MIKE THE JANITOR



FULL NAME: Michael Thee Janitorial

HYPERHUMAN ABILITIES: Mike has the ability to shoot SpaghettiOs from every orifice of his body. A janitor, forever doomed to clean up a mess he himself creates. Cruel, cruel fate.

RELATIONSHIP TO VANESSA: She puked one time. He poured sawdust on it, but the stains would never come out... neither would the mental scars they gave Mike.


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C H A R A C T E R C O N C E P T P R O P O S A L

VICTOR BORDEAUX


"I used to like the quiet."


VICTOR MICHAEL BORDEAUX
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TWIN BROTHER


H Y P E R H U M A N A B I L I T I E S:


Energy Projection and Manipulation:

Victor's able to generate, store, project, absorb, and manipulate energy. Or specifically, heat energy. His ability will take several shapes throughout his development. Thus, the applications and uses for his powers will vary with each stage of his mutation once his hype-gene becomes active. Victor is heatproof and cannot catch on conventional fire. He'll be able to learn to absorb the energy from a fire.

Optical Energy Projection And Manipulation, 'Heat Vision':

Victor fires energy from his optical nerves. His iris will begin to glow and soon his pupils will turn bright red. Energy will emit from his eyes at varying levels of heat and concussive power, much like all of his other blasts. With practice, he'll be able to manipulate the heat blasts with great dexterity, not just their heat and power, but the size and even decide on a complex path once fired, such as bending the beam mid-air. His optical blasts are strongly regulated by his emotions, anger makes his eyes burn hot and extreme explosions of rage will do the same to anything he looks at.

Limb Based Energy Projection, 'Hand Blast':

A more conventional and less complex use of his powers is firing beams from his body, commonly his hands. They're weaker in power than the ones from his eyes but offer greater flexibility. While his vision's harder to aim, he can fire a blast from his finger with bullet-like accuracy.

Complex Plasma Generation, 'Destructo-Disc':

What happens when you're immune to heat and can superheat the air and other materials until it ionizes? You end up with the ability to create, form, and manipulate shapes of superheated material. This material can be turned into weapons or defensive structures. Melting metal on touch or cutting through obstacles or foes at will. This is the most complex use of Victor's powers and requires amounts of electromagnetic energy he in most settings cannot generate himself.


R E L A T I O N S H I P WITH V.

Victor is 14 minutes older than Vanessa. And while as twins, that's arbitrary, it's something he always has taken seriously. He's an introvert who always had a hard time making friends, Vanessa was a social butterfly, forcing him into the social scene by 'protecting' her. Even though Vanessa's thrown more punches than Victor has in order to defend the other.

They shared everything growing up, baths to toys. They had their joint bike that Vanessa broke one summer and Victor had to fix.

They started theater together in their freshmen year, a hobby that both of the twins truly enjoyed which gave Vanessa a starring roll in a local commercial, and Victor the sporty nickname 'faggot'.
During the freshman year, Vanessa gravitated towards the social circles while Victor would rather stay in the artistic side of things. He did music, did his homework, and wrote poetry, only dragging her brother out to parties so he'd 'keep an eye on her' as their parents always told him to.

The sibling rivalry was strong in other aspects, though. Vanessa was better at track and field, Victor was better at baseball. Vanessa beat him in Super Mario and she was far better at social studies than him, but he had better grades in math and literature. Their father wanted Victor to become a rocket scientist like him, and Vanessa to pursue a career in acting. Their father died when the twins were 14. The trauma and pain of losing their dad's something they bonded over and it made them far closer. Relying on each other for the really nasty shit life throws at them.

He hated his sister at times because things always went her way. How she'd have fun and he'd clean up her mess.
And when she was gone, he'd give anything to clean up another one of her messes.
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Sorry for the wait, but Kevin Carter is here.



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Maybe I’m stupid here, but it appears as if there isn't any actual explanation of what KC can do aside from “be a battery”. You mention that he has offensive abilities, so please describe what those are and how they manifest.
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