[OOC] Baybridge: Old Ghosts [COMPLETED]

[Mixtape Ghost N]

Working on a post right now.

Estimated Time of Completion: Unknown ;D

@BurningDaisies

I don't care much for estimations anyway.

[Mixtape Ghost N]

After the Overload arc is completed, I'm going to get the main plot in motion.

[Nevix]

Checking in.

[Nevix]

Holy shit, that is an intimidating Character Sheet. The OP is massive. Looks like I have some reading to do.

[Mixtape Ghost N]

Holy shit, that is an intimidating Character Sheet. The OP is massive. Looks like I have some reading to do.

@Nevix

The sheet isn't that bad when you break it down a bit (It's stuff you usually put in a sheet).

But you're totally right about the OOC.

I fucking overdid it.

[sakurasan]

Popping in the OOC chat. Hi to all you people.

[Mixtape Ghost N]

Just to let everyone know; I accepted @sakurasan via PM.

[Nevix]

@Mr Allen J

Errol MacReid

Basic Information

Name:

Errol MacReid

Nickname/Alias/Etc:

Glasgow-The callsign he used when leaking documents

Gender:

Male

Age:

27

Height:

5’ 11”

Weight:

155 Lbs

Home District:

Greencrest Heights

Appearance

Hair Color:

Dark Brown

Eye Color:

Muddy Green

Ethnicity:

Scottish

Physical Appearance:

Errol is lanky, to say the least. He’s just barely at a healthy weight for his height. No one can call him muscular by any stretch of the imagination, though that’s not to say that he isn’t in shape. He features are soft, giving his face a childlike quality. He’s got a pale, almost sickly complexion.

Attire:

Errol, for whatever reason, likes to dress formally. Button-up shirts and slacks are the norm. He prefers, weather permitting, to wear long pea-coats at every opportunity.

Personality

Innate & Outward Personality:

Errol is a bit of an ass. He’s sarcastic, and can’t seem to go a full day without angering someone. He’s crude, and he’s got a dark sense of humor. Despite this, Errol does genuinely care for most people. While his moral compass might be a bit skewed, he does believe that everything he’s done has been the right thing. In short, if you’re in need of help, Errol’ll help, even if that help comes at the price of a slew of insults and a hearty helping of complaints.

Hobbies/Interests:

Errol has a keen interest in writing. He publishes (Admittedly mediocre) short stories under a pseudonym. He also spends a good portion of his time playing fantasy RPG’s.

Skills/Talents:

Due to his training, Errol is in fairly decent physical condition and is aware of how to use a firearm. Perhaps due to his ability, he’s become skilled at manipulating people, even without suggestion.

Goals/Motivation

Errol just wants to be happy. He was bored with his parents, lonely in the MISW, and now he’s bored and lonely.

History/Bio:

Errol was born in Glasgow, Scotland to non-meta parents. He was educated in what was marketed as the premiere school for Metahumans in Scotland, but was little more than a front for an MISW training program. When he got to the “MacIntryre’s School for Gifted Children and Metahumans,” he was drugged and transported to another facility in Northern Scotland. His parents received a letter saying that Errol MacReid had died, and were given a nice tax break as compensation. Errol was given a new name and began his training. At the MISW facility, he was trained in the use of his powers and given an advanced education. When he “graduated” at age 18, he was immediately made an investigative MISW agent. He worked for almost five years, his past life all but forgotten, when he was contacted by Anti-Baseline Metahuman Extremists. They encouraged him to give them MISW documents related to the U.K. Federal Oppression of Metahumans. Errol didn’t exactly buy into the whole “Death to all humans” bit, but he felt there was something wrong with his country’s treatment of Metahumans. Seeing no other way to combat this, he complied.
He operated as a spy for The Allegiance, as he soon found out the extremists were called, under the callsign Glasgow. “Glasgow” leaked all sorts of confidential MISW documents. Some to the Allegiance, some to news agencies. It wasn’t long before the MISW was devoting resources to find out who the hell Glasgow was. When a friend in the Agency warned him that the government suspected him, he downloaded everything he could onto a flashdrive and gave it to the extremists. He fled the country that same day. He shed his new name, filing a work visa in the U.S. under the name Errol MacReid. He lived in Seattle for a year, just recently moving to Baybridge.

Relationships

Family:

The only family he knows of are his parents, who are currently under the impression that their son is dead and has been for almost 20 years. Errol hasn’t told them, thinking that they’ve likely moved on.

Dynamics: (Relations with other characters - You don't have to put relation with family here.)

| Name Here |

| {Impression (Good/Bad/Neutral} | {Relationship (Friend, Rival, Crush, etc)} | "Quote Here." |

[Description of Relationship]

Abilities

Power Class:

Cerebral (Domination)

Power:

Suggestion: Suggestion is, in as sense, a limited form of mind control. Whereas a mind control user might bend someone's mind and force them to do something they don’t want to do, say, shooting a friend. With suggestion, instead of forcing someone to do something, you implant a thought in their head, like shooting a friend. The thought grows and suddenly, they want to shoot their friend.

Limits:

Suggestion is more limited than mind control in a few ways. For one, it’s more complicated. It’s less like carjacking and more like rigging their GPS to take them where you want. It’s harder and it isn’t always effective. A strong-willed individual might be able to resist that sudden urge to punch their friend in the face. While suggesting doesn’t require speech or physical contact, Errol still needs to be able to see his target as well as be within twenty feet of them.

Weaknesses/Drawbacks:

The power doesn’t work against Metahumans with Cerebral-Class powers. Certain strong-willed individuals may be able to resist it. The power also takes significant concentration, leaving him unaware of surroundings while suggesting.

Other:

• Errol is addicted to caffenie.
• Errol has a crippling fear of Wasps.
• Errol is currently living in the U.S. on a four year work visa, and is trying to become a Citizen.
• Errol currently works as a private investigator, but is mostly living off his saved up salary from his time in the MISW.

[Mixtape Ghost N]

@Nevix Okay, I don't mean to impose a length requirement on the RP, but I talked with a few people, and they all agreed that this sheet's a tad... short. Like, it could use some more detail about his personality and appearance (Which I barely have an idea of) in an RP where those two things are the most important.

[Nevix]

@Nevix Okay, I don't mean to impose a length requirement on the RP, but I talked with a few people, and they all agreed that this sheet's a tad... short. Like, it could use some more detail about his personality and appearance (Which I barely have an idea of) in an RP where those two things are the most important.

@Mr Allen J

Alright, I expanded on the areas you mentioned. Personality is a bit awkwardly written, I admit, but significantly more descriptive than before.

Errol MacReid

Basic Information

Name:

Errol MacReid

Nickname/Alias/Etc:

Glasgow-The callsign he used when leaking documents

Gender:

Male

Age:

27

Height:

5’ 11”

Weight:

155 Lbs

Home District:

Greencrest Heights

Appearance

Hair Color:

Dark Brown

Eye Color:

Muddy Green

Ethnicity:

Scottish

Physical Appearance:

Errol has got sharp features that match his demeanour. His face is almost “V” shaped, and his nose looks as though it was broken and never quite healed. To his unending chagrin, he’s got semi-prominent freckles. A permanent stubble and perpetually messy medium-length hair give him a haggard look. His eyes are just a wee bit too big for his face, making him look constantly surprised. A thin, bemused smile almost never leaves his face. While no one could call him conventionally attractive, his face is, at the very least, interesting.
“Lanky” is a word that’s often thrown about when speaking of Errol, and for good reason. Despite being of slightly above average height, MacReid has never been a very imposing figure. He’s borderline underweight. While he certainly isn’t muscular, he’s in fairly decent shape. Errol, in his physical appearance, is all hard edges and sharp lines.

Attire:

Errol, for whatever reason, likes to dress formally. Button-up shirts and slacks are the norm. He prefers, weather permitting, to wear long pea-coats at every opportunity.

Personality

Innate & Outward Personality:

Errol is a bit of an ass. He’s sarcastic, and can’t seem to go a full day without angering someone. He’s crude, and he’s got a dark sense of humor. While he doesn’t intend to, he does often come across as pretentious. Depending on who you ask, Errol is either confident or egotistical.
Luckily for MacReid, he does have some redeeming qualities. He’s inquisitive, and has a deep-seated desire to know everything about anything. He’s persistent (Though, admittedly, most would just call him stubborn.). Interestingly enough, he trusts with the ease of someone hopelessly naive, though, naive is not usually a word used in conversations about Errol MacReid. He gets bored easily and craves new experiences, giving him a restless quality.
Most of all, Errol feels lonely, and has for awhile. While he’s a generally sympathetic person, he’s too much of an asshole on the exterior to make any friends. This has led to him internalizing most of his feelings and left him unskilled at normal human communication.

Hobbies/Interests:

Errol has a keen interest in writing. He publishes (Admittedly mediocre) short stories under a pseudonym. He also spends a good portion of his time playing fantasy RPG’s.

Skills/Talents:

Due to his training, Errol is in fairly decent physical condition and is aware of how to use a firearm. Perhaps due to his ability, he’s become skilled at manipulating people, even without suggestion.

Goals/Motivation

Errol just wants to be happy. He was bored with his parents, lonely in the MISW, and now he’s bored and lonely.

History/Bio:

Errol was born in Glasgow, Scotland to non-meta parents as “Erroll Thomson”. He was educated in what was marketed as the premiere school for Metahumans in Scotland, but was little more than a front for an MISW training program. When he got to the “MacIntryre’s School for Gifted Children and Metahumans,” his parents were given an option. If they gave the government custody of their child, they’d receive a reusable tax write off. As baseline humans in a severely anti-Metahuman city who deeply afraid of the stigmata of having a Metahuman child, they complied. Errol, who had just turned seven, was told that his parents had given up custody of him and was transported to an MISW Training facility in Northern Scotland. At the MISW facility, he was trained in the use of his powers and given an advanced education. When he “graduated” at age 18, he was immediately made an investigative MISW agent. He worked for almost five years, his past life all but forgotten, when he was contacted by Anti-Baseline Metahuman Extremists. They encouraged him to give them MISW documents related to the U.K. Federal Oppression of Metahumans. Errol didn’t exactly buy into the whole “Death to all humans” bit, but he felt there was something wrong with his country’s treatment of Metahumans. Seeing no other way to combat this, he complied.

He operated as a spy for The Allegiance, as he soon found out the extremists were called, under the callsign Glasgow. “Glasgow” leaked all sorts of confidential MISW documents. Some to the Allegiance, some to news agencies. It wasn’t long before the MISW was devoting resources to find out who the hell Glasgow was. When a friend in the Agency warned him that the government suspected him, he downloaded everything he could onto a flashdrive and gave it to the extremists. He fled the country that same day. He changed the spelling of his first name and created a Surname out of thin air, as a result, he filed a U.S. Work Visa under the name Errol MacReid. He lived in Seattle for a year, just recently moving to Baybridge.

Relationships

Family:

The only family he knows of are his parents, who are currently under the impression that their son is dead and has been for almost 20 years. Errol hasn’t told them, thinking that they’ve likely moved on.

Dynamics: (Relations with other characters - You don't have to put relation with family here.)

| Name Here |

| {Impression (Good/Bad/Neutral} | {Relationship (Friend, Rival, Crush, etc)} | "Quote Here." |

[Description of Relationship]

Abilities

Power Class:

Cerebral (Domination)

Power:

Suggestion: Suggestion is, in as sense, a limited form of mind control. Whereas a mind control user might bend someone's mind and force them to do something they don’t want to do, say, shooting a friend. With suggestion, instead of forcing someone to do something, you implant a thought in their head, like shooting a friend. The thought grows and suddenly, they want to shoot their friend.

Limits:

Suggestion is more limited than mind control in a few ways. For one, it’s more complicated. It’s less like carjacking and more like rigging their GPS to take them where you want. It’s harder and it isn’t always effective. A strong-willed individual might be able to resist that sudden urge to punch their friend in the face. While suggesting doesn’t require speech or physical contact, Errol still needs to be able to see his target as well as be within twenty feet of them (It should be noted that suggestions are entirely telepathic and, if performed correctly, the target should have no idea that they’re under duress at all.). The suggestions can be literally anything, but more complex suggestions are easier to resist (As an example, the average adult baseline human will likely be able to resist if Errol suggests something like “Drop your gun and lock yourself in the bathroom.” More effective would be the suggestion “fall.” The target would likely fall to the ground. Granted, the effectiveness and available complexity of the suggestion depends on the complexity of a target’s mind. A child, for example, is more susceptible to suggestion than an adult. An average adult is going to be more vulnerable than, say, a highly trained soldier.). A single target can only receive one suggestion every twenty-four hours, regardless of whether or not the target resisted it. Errol can use the power as many times and as often as needed, just on different people. It should be noted that Suggestion does not work on other Metahumans of the Cerebral Power Class.

Weaknesses/Drawbacks:

Due to the concentration it takes to suggest, Errol is left oblivious of his surroundings while using his power. While he technically doesn’t have a limit on how often he can suggest, using the ability too often can lead to nosebleeds, migraines, or unconsciousness.

Other:

• Errol is addicted to caffeine.
• Errol has a crippling fear of Wasps.
• Errol is currently living in the U.S. on a four-year work visa, and is trying to become a Citizen.
• Errol currently works as a private investigator, but is mostly living off his saved up salary from his time in the MISW.
• He has a special fondness for dogs, and recently adopted a Scottish Terrier puppy that he named “Mel.”

[Mixtape Ghost N]

@Nevix The sheet's looking better now, there's just two things I have to note;

1). In your backstory... I kinda feel like you likened the MISW to Nazis. lol

I mean, they're very strict on Metahumans, but they wouldn't do something like kidnap a kid from their family (That's supervillain level shit right there).

2). I'm a bit unsure about the power. I think it could be described a bit better (Or the limits could be better established - such as how complex of a suggestion, how often can he do it, etc). And those weaknesses are limits.

[sakurasan]

Alison Frauntie Jackenson

Name:

Alison Frauntie Jackenson

Age:

23

Description:

Alison is a timid and small girl that stands at 5’5” and works as an orthopedic assistant under Livrelle. She has light brown hair and brown eyes. She is on the cute side and has rather long lashes. Her figure is slim but not too slim with what seems like 0% muscle. As of now, Alison is still in school and working to get a higher degree which is difficult. Her mother passed away 3 years ago and her father moved out of Baybridge. For now, she is staying in Baybridge but plans on moving once she gets a professional Doctoral degree. Alison’s goal in life is to become a successful orthopedic surgeon and be able to move out of Baybridge and make a name for herself. She believes that Baybridge doesn’t hold enough opportunities for her but it is her home town. Right now Alison is simply doing her job and learning as much as she can. She is very sweet and respects Livrelle very much. Alison wasn't doing too well with Livrelle's patients before but is now doing a much better job.

Powers:

Human/None

A new NPC has arrived.

[Nevix]

@Mr Allen J Got it. Will fix.

EDIT: I've managed to fix the backstory, and have more clearly defined the limits of the power. I am, however, having trouble coming up with new weaknesses. If the one's I had before were limits, what constitutes an actual weakness?

[Nevix]

@Mr Allen J Alright, both of the things mentioned have been edited.

[Mixtape Ghost N]

@Nevix Accepted.

[Mixtape Ghost N]

@Nevix Give me a shout if you want some ideas as to how to start.

You could participate in the next Overload collab, but idk if that would be good for an intro.

[Nevix]

@Nevix Give me a shout if you want some ideas as to how to start.

You could participate in the next Overload collab, but idk if that would be good for an intro.

@Mr Allen J

Yeah, I could use some ideas.

[Mixtape Ghost N]

<Snipped quote by Mr Allen J>

Yeah, I could use some ideas.

@Nevix

Well, if you want some interaction to start off, off the top of my head Lihua's in a bar in Oakdell (Since I didn't mention her leaving at the end of this post) if you want to interact with her.

[FernStone]

Wow new people actually joined, that's quite a bit of a shocker

I have a free character or two (well only really Lihn tbh) if anyone needs someone to interact with for a start.

[Mixtape Ghost N]

@Nevix Actually, @FernStone is a better idea - go give his characters some luv.