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The message arrived exactly 24 hours after you first met the recruiter. For whatever reason, you were chosen and contacted physically by a recruiter, whether standing at a bus stop or shopping at the mall, they pulled you aside and spoke to you. They gave you three options before you could even utter a word , "Do you want money, justice, or a normal life?"
Should you have chosen the last option or remained stunned and speechless they would've left you there without saying another word, but you didn't, something made you choose either money or justice, whatever you chose of these two, it didn't matter, the stranger handed you a phone and told you, "Check that phone's messages in 24 hours." And just like that, the stranger was gone, and you were alone.

You open the phone and go to your message box.

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It reads:

Welcome to Puriel!
We hope our recruiter didn't scare you!
After extensive background research we have determined that you are worthy to join our organization's group of recruits this year! Congratulations! "What is Puriel?" You may be asking yourself as of now. Puriel is a secret, privately funded organization that operates all around the globe. Those superheroes you see on TV? More than half of those heroes are funded and equipped by us. We offer all sorts of services to heroes within our organization, we connect nearby heroes to eachother, offer access to our state-of-the-art criminal database, and pay money for each crime thwarted!
Heroes in our database our ranked globally in ranks F-A, There is a rank S but we can figure that out later. Whatever your rank you are given access to better funding and are given better equipment and information as your rank gets higher. If this sounds pleasing to you...you have 6 hours to reach the airport closest to your current location as shown on this phone's built in GPS, Get on the Jumbo Jet currently located in this hangar and use this phone as your boarding ticket. -Message self-deleting- -END-

Hey peeps, welcome to this RP
As stated above this RP is about a group of recruits who join the Hero Organization "Puriel", for whatever reason your character decides to roll with this sudden change of events and makes his/her way to the Jumbo Jet somehow. The Jumbo Jet among others around the world, touches down in multiple cities picking up people who are recruited in that city and then takes off again. Our RP starts off just after the last stop and the picking up of the last recruit as the Jet finally goes towards its true destination, a private island deep in the Pacific Ocean called "Paradise". At Paradise is where training for recruits is undergone and where our characters will undergo tests to determine their rank. After training is complete and ranking is squared away, our characters will be given equipment and shipped off to the city they are assigned to. For plot conveniences and if the RP makes it this far, we will all be sent to the same city. The island basically serves as a "tutorial zone" where we can get used to each others RP styles and characters as well as start early character development. Once we arrive in our city, we are put in touch with the coordinator for that city. A coordinator gives pay, info, and connects you with other heroes in the city.
Character Guidelines/Powers

This RP will have superpowers of all kinds. You can have any power you want within common sense, please. Your power must be explainable to some extent and you must say how you got your power as well as state the drawbacks it WILL have. You don't have to have a power if you don't want to, go full Batman, I don't mind. Also no shadow manipulation, because that's really dumb.

Your character can have previous combat experience or none at all, as long as there is some reason why he/she would join Puriel and also some trait they have that Puriel thought would make them a good hero. The ranking doesn't just measure fighting skill, it also measures personality traits such as courage and mental fortitude. They can also be anyone, Puriel doesn't discriminate among its recruits, as long as you give some good reason why you're character would have been recruited.

Morality is debatable. Killing is looked down highly by the organization and "heroes" who resolve to excesive violence are ranked very low and payed less as well as potentially being blacklisted by Puriel. Blacklisting entails having all assets freezes and equipment locked down, as well as being listed as a criminal in the Puriel Database.
Rules-
-2 Paragraphs Minimum, if you're having trouble, less is OK but please don't make a habit out of it.
-THIS RP IS HIGH CASUAL, which means a step above casual length, but not as much details and length as advanced.
-Quality grammar and spelling
-No god modding
-No perfect characters
-Keep disputes to PM, I will warn you if anything you are discussing needs to be discussed in PMs.
-Romance is all-good, anything that gets this RP closed is a no-no, so take that stuff to PM.
-I can double post cuz I'm the GM.
-Have fun! Jeezus! If there's no fun, what's the point!?

Feel free to PM for any additional questions you may have.



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interest, will have a bio up sometime soon-ish
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I'll have one up later, Darling~
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Can't wait to see em'
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Soon. But first, sleep and school.
Also,
Barioth said Also no shadow manipulation, because that's really dumb.


I love you for this.
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Hello, I will join in for this. Will have a thing up sometime after someone else but not after everyone else (maybe).
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I AM INTERESTED. I WILL POST. TOMORROW.
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I'm interested. Just for clarification, should our characters already be vigilantes/superheroes, or just people with powers?
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So, the repeated claims to keep characters' skills and gear "realistic". Realistic how? I mean, okay, we don't want anyone being Badly Written Batman in regards to their skills, obviously, or people bringing in absurdly powerful technology, I totally get that, but realism doesn't really have a strong foothold in superhero comics and that's part of the reason why they're so fun. It just seems like that would potentially limit Gear and Skills heroes when compared to their superpowered brethren, who can just ignore realism because powers. As for the "Think technology at the level of the Dark Knight movies" thing, what if someone wants to be a sentient machine or a guy with a powersuit or just use pulp sci-fi stuff because it's fun and cool to have heroes like that?
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So, the repeated claims to keep characters' skills and gear "realistic". Realistic how? I mean, okay, we don't want anyone being Badly Written Batman in regards to their skills, obviously, or people bringing in absurdly powerful technology, I totally get that, but realism doesn't really have a strong foothold in superhero comics and that's part of the reason why they're so fun. It just seems like that would potentially limit Gear and Skills heroes when compared to their superpowered brethren, who can just ignore realism because powers. As for the "Think technology at the level of the Dark Knight movies" thing, what if someone wants to be a sentient machine or a guy with a powersuit or just use pulp sci-fi stuff because it's fun and cool to have heroes like that?


Good points, this is good, more of this please. I wouldn't have noticed these flaws without this critique, feel free to point things out to me that you guys need clarification or needs fixing. On the topic of realism, that was mainly put in there as to restrict over-powered characters. All you really need to know about what I mean by being "realistic" is you can give yourself any power imaginable as long as it can be explained well. I mean WELL, I want a broad definition of the limits of your powers and their future potential. The same goes for skills and equipment. Definitely give yourself weaknesses please, and make them relevant and broad. I don't want Jesus Christ V2 whose only weakness is the water of a coconut owned by Tom Hanks. Something along the lines of "Short-temper" or "Fear of the dark", something the baddies can exploit.

EDIT: And no shadow powers.

In terms of technology I guess my description was poor, I originally envisioned this RP as a no-power RP, but decided to add powers to see how it went but I didn't add everything that entailed. If you want a power suit go for it, if you want some kind of supernatural weapon go for it, if you want an invisible suit go for it, just stay within reason and genre please.

Also to answer riurik's question, you can be anyone, superhero already, or a 9-5 Office worker who has a strong sense of morality and doesn't hesitate to help people, as long as you can give a relevant reason as to why your character would accept Puriel's invitation and why Puriel would even offer them the invitation in the first place. Also to be clear powers are NOT required. I myself plan not to give my hero powers but cybernetic implants instead.
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I would like to inquire as to the nature of this "Puriel". Why do they fund heroes? Who funds them? If this is supposed to be a secret, then I will be quiet, I would just like to know for knowledge purposes.
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Interested, Ill try to have a CS up by the end of the day
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Name:
Mary Oswald

Alias:
'Bloody Mary'

Age:
25

Personality:
Mary is, to put it simply, a cyanide pill coated in honey. A condescending tone is always laid over her voice. She is a bit of a sadist, and prefers to end her missions with a large trail of blood. She much prefers to have other people do the heavy lifting, allowing her to do her thing- namely intimidation. She is rather fond of torture, and loves having 'alone time' with her victims.

Skills:
She is skilled at intimidating others, thanks to the gear that she keeps on her. She also is skilled at knife-play.

Weaknesses:
Her alcoholism is a rather prominent one. Another thing worth noting is her lack of self-control. She also has a fear of spiders, and a big fear, at that.

Gear:
At any time, she carries with her a few canisters of hallucinogenic gases, enticing fear in her adversaries. The gas greatly distorts their vision, as well as increasing paranoia.
She also carries a large variety of knives on her, many laced with a liquid form of her hallucinogens.

Bio:
Born into a family of alcoholics, Mary was no stranger to violence as a child. However, she had no cliche origin story. Her dad didn't abuse her, she wasn't constantly locked in a room. Life was... normal. Sure, having alcoholic parents threw a bit of a wrench into the normality, but it wasn't anything drastic.

As life progressed, she adopted her parents habits at a bit of an early age, and became rather prone to fits of drunken rage and violence. When her money began to run thin, she resorted to less savory methods of gaining funds, namely mugging. With this life, on the street came a certain realization of how bad things were.

During her life of crime, she became notorious under the name of 'Bloody Mary', probably due to the fact that her victims are left as bloody corpses, eyes gouged out. Many began to believe that she wasn't just a petty thief, that she was more- a phantom, a ghost in the night.

Puriel took note of her prowess in getting done what needed to be done, albeit by unorthodox methods. So, upon making a few offers of cash, as well as a few blackmail threats, Puriel enlisted Mary, after forcing her to swear to not use too much excessive force in her pursuits of those who she was informed to target.

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This really isn't my best work... but, hey. It's here.
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Chiba City Blues said
I would like to inquire as to the nature of this "Puriel". Why do they fund heroes? Who funds them? If this is supposed to be a secret, then I will be quiet, I would just like to know for knowledge purposes.


Dammit, didn't think about that. Uh..Now that I think about it, keeping it secret for now will allow for some juicy plot in the future.

EDIT: Does Mary have a disguise or does she just not give a fvck? If she doesn't then she's accepted. Keep in mind, if she resorts to gouging people's eyeballs out a lot she'll get blacklisted pretty quick. Also the gouging people's eyeballs out will probably create some awkward tension with my character. lol
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Disguise? Nah. She isn't the kind to wear a disguise. She's the kind to stare you straight in the eyes as she carves you open like a thanksgiving turkey.
Anyways, that is *kind of* the idea behind her character. That being, Puriel knows that she is a loose cannon, but keeps her on a short leash, due to her potential. She has given up being quite so... Brutal, but her past gives her quite a reputation.
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Name: Hattori Hanzō

Alias: Wounded Wing

Age: 26

Personality:
Past traumatic experiences since childhood have left Hattori quiet and introspective often choosing to voice his opinion to himself instead of others. While meaning he is poor at communicating with other people he is extremely in tune and honest with himself. His childhood has left him very well disciplined and aware of his own manners, he can force his inner-will and mental endurance to their limits. While poor at communicating, Hattori can hold a conversation as far as he was taught to by his father, the extent of that usually means ceasing to speak after what he wanted has been achieved. Morally, he is not excessive in violence nor is he against it, he chooses only the means which are the most efficient towards his objective. He has PTSD towards the incident where he lost his sight and voice and reacts negatively mostly towards eye wounds causing him seize up and get sick.

Appearance:
When first looking at Hattori, the scars that cross each over each of his eyes attract attention, an experienced swordsman can tell that the scars were inflicted by an expert with a blade. Just like the cut across his throat, they are all from the same blade, clean, precise, and accurate, truly the work of a master.


Enhancements:
Cybernetic Eyes- These appear to be normal eyes but in reality are highly intricate pieces of technology, by connecting with the brain and powering themselves with the energy ingested by food, they operate just like a regular pair eyes, the difference is his sight. The eyes have a UI built in to them that connects with a chip implanted in the brain to provide the features it has. The eyes can target and give information about items being looked at by the user. They can zoom up to the distance of a normal pair of binoculars. They provide Night-Vision ,Sonar, and Thermal.
Cybernetic Vocal-Chords- If Hattori opens his mouth wide and you look at the back of his throat, you can catch a glimpse of the implants. The implants are unique as they allow him to imitate voices he hears and speak them near-perfectly in accordance to Hattori's memory. Hattori's usual voice is just a recreation of his original voice in accordance to his memory, he only has a faint memory of his old voice so the voice has a kind of electronic vibration with every word he speaks.

Skills: Trained as an assassin, Hattori is well versed in the ways of martial combat and just as skilled in stealth and subterfuge, as well as acrobatics. He is a master of a multitude of martial arts and should he had been born in the older days of Japan, he would be close to the title of Kensei, or Sword Saint. He claims perfection in every form of weapon except for firearms, it is rumored he does not know how they work and it is most definitely true, he is much better suited to using them as thrown projectiles rather than their original use. Well-versed in a multitude of languages is a result of his interest in language. With his skills and implants, Hattori is most suited for combat at night or remote areas.

Gear/Equipment/Weapons:
2 Long Ninja Swords "Koga" and "Iga"- Made from extremely durable alloy, these blades are sharp enough through nearly all weaker metals in the hands of a capable user.
Smoke Bombs- Homemade capsules, they create a large smoke screen for quick escapes. He has bombs laced with chili powder and crushed glass in case the smoke bombs don't shut the enemy's eyes well enough.
Throwing Knives and Shuriken- Every ninja needs these. lol.
Blow Gun- The closest thing to a firearm he can get. Shoots tranquilizer darts and also shoots poison darts.

Bio:
Born to a prestigious and powerful Japanese household, Hanzō grew up strictly taught manners and discipline by his father was a large up and coming businessman. Tension between Hanzō's father and mother grew thick as Hanzo's father begin getting heavily influenced by his own money. His father was on every drug imaginable day and night and was constantly using cocaine to keep him alert and keen for his job.

One night an argument between his mother and father went sour as his mother had demanded a divorce and wanted full custody of Hattori and his little sister. Angry and upset and fueled by cocaine, Hattori's father grabbed him and put him in the car and they drove off together. Hattori was only 7 years old at the time. Unwilling to take responsibility for the child and equally unwilling to give the kid back to his mother who wanted to divorce him after his high wore out, he dropped the kid off at the doorstep of a live-in dojo deep in the mountains, stuffed a wad of bills in his pocket and left.

Years later Hattori adopted the last name Hanzō in honor of the famous historical figure and became a powerful martial artist. A misfortunate run-in with,who Hattori believed to be a rare combat fanatic who had a deep obsession with Japanese sword play, led him to lose two of his senses. He had met the man when he came up to Hattori's cottage in the mountains. Without warning the assaulter attacked Hattori with a sword, the man was apparently crazy but deadly skilled with a real blade, with his throat cut and eyes sliced, Hattori managed to slay his assailant by bringing his elbow into the swordsman's windpipe, effectively crushing it and eventually killing the man. Strangely on the man's person was a satchel with the cybernetic implants carefully packaged. Before he knew it Hattori collapsed as he felt the presence of another person in the room. When he woke up again in his bed he could see and speak again. Hearing of a skilled martial artist who lived in the mountains of Japan, Puriel recruited Hattori into the organization. Hattori joined in hopes of learning who had surgically implanted his implants. He was picked up into the group's Jumbo Jet in Tokyo.

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Other: Hattori is excessively incompetent with electronics, like an old man, he struggles to figure out the inner workings of a cell phone. He can work USB drives and other gadgets but anything involving more than that of any kind you can expect him to do more harm than good.
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Glitchy-ass Newguild is having issues with post editing so tell me if you see anything wrong with my posts.
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Maybe this is just my mobile device, but it doesn't appear to display my theme song on the OP.
In other news, FIRST BLOOD.
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I like the character Barioth but if I may, not being able to do "anything involving hacking" isn't really not understanding technology. Hacking just isn't a skill that anyone who comprehends how gadgets and computers work has, in fact should be a special skill all on its own, especially when it comes to superhero world hacking where you do crazy crap like take control of an enemy's base and turn their killy robots against them. It just feels as if he should be completely lost on basically anything tech. Just my two cents.
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Makes more sense I guess, I meant in comparison to every other stealthy ninja character in any superhero universe. Being able to hack to some degree seems to be the norm for many of those from that character archetype.

EDIT: I believe it's your mobile device Trapezoid, It's mainly the hiders which are literally fucking my shit right now.
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