[OOC] A Gift and a Curse

[Gisk]

Eighteen years ago, there was a never before seen meteorological event; a widespread show of lights was seen over the coastal city of Greenbriar. A cause for the event was never discovered, but for two years after, the effects were difficult not to correlate.

Over ninety percent of pregnancies in Greenbriar in the following two years ended in miscarriage, still birth, or sickly children who lived short lives.

You are one of the few exceptions. You graduate today from Greenbriar High’s smallest graduating class since the city was founded.

And that night, as you all celebrate your next step into adulthood, the lights come back into the sky. Over the next few days, you will begin to discover the powers you have been endowed with.

This will be a super power RP, with the fun little twist that you do not get to decide your own power. It will be given to you by myself or a GM(my own character’s power will be decided by a vote from the rest of you!).

A quick note about posting standard: there is none for size, but I would like to see basic spelling and grammar adhered to. If it's a weak spot for you, don't sweat it too much as long as you're willing to hear me out when I correct you on it(which I will do gently, and privately). If you are offended or annoyed about being corrected, this is not the RP for you.

Also please do not apply if you are not willing to play with whatever power is assigned to you.

CS:

Name:
Appearance: No anime, but anything else goes. Add in clothing style, not just a single outfit.
Personality:
Likes:
Dislikes:
Hobbies:
Background: as all characters are similar age and from the same town, focus on family life and the like.

Greenbriar, Oregon is a coastal town, but by no means is it a bustling port city. The city’s western edge sits right on a stony cliff that overlooks a stark, rocky beach. At high tide the water crashes all the way against the cliff wall, smashing everything and washing away the debris.

The town is middling in size, and is sometimes seen as a quirky “downtown” to nearby Riverview, which brings in a lot of business from out of town shoppers. Most businesses are small and local, and many residents commute to Riverview, or further. Many townsfolk take pride in the fact that there is no Walmart in the city limits, and the local Starbucks doesn't do as well as Cliffside Cafe.

Locales:
Beach Street: A street that runs parallel the the cliff. It is the home of many a vintage clothing store, antique shop, and pleasant family owned restaurant. It also features many of the towns oldest buildings, including the courthouse, sheriff's department and mayor’s office

Cliffside Cafe: A pleasant coffee shop on Beach Street, owned by a local family. It sits right on the cliff, and has both inside and outside seating that have a direct view over the beach and the sea beyond.

Greenbriar High School: Only six years old, before it was built, students had to catch a bus into Riverview from ninth grade onward. It's a handsome building, with up to date teaching and learning tools, but it only accommodates a thousand students.

Riverview Towne Centre: The closest mall, a twenty minute drive at the worst. If you want name brand clothes, it's the only place to go. Many local hipsters scoff at going to the mall, but a wardrobe from only the local small businesses would cost a fortune.

[Wicked Sweet]

@Gisk If the powers that are chosen aren't too on the silly side then I'm definitely interested.

[GirlOnMarz]

I'll have a CS up soon!

[Gisk]

@Wicked Sweet

They won't be, though I'd like an example of what would be too "silly" for you. Do you mean ridiculous in terms of power, or in content?

[Wicked Sweet]

@Gisk As in powers made (almost) purely for laughs.
Like a character gains super hearing through her newly sprouted and permanent donkey ears.

[Gisk]

Oh, no, nothing like that.

[Ellion]

I guess here is the new page? Can I still join

[Gisk]

Yes, everyone is still free to apply.

[malmshodes]

How's this?
Sorry if it seems rushed. I'm kind of using my brother's pc without asking. I'll be able to fix things later when I get home.

Name: James (Jimmy) Martin

Appearance: Jimmy stands 5'11, and weighs 225 lbs. He has a medium build. His hair is long, curly, black and he usually keeps it in a bun, or pony tail(rabbit tail in his case). His skin is medium tan and his eyes are light brown. On the days he works he usually wears khakis and a nice shirt, but on his off days his outfit of choice tends to be basketball shorts and a t-shirt plus a black and grey skull cap with a picture of the grim reaper on it.

Personality: The fact that Jimmy is really deep down an introvert usually comes to a surprise to most people on account of how open and personable he seems. Which isn't really because of a love of being with others but due to his need to please and make sure everyone gets a long. Really, too much time spent around anyone has the effect of wearing him down. To compound the problem Jimmy has a high level of emotional empathy and can't help but suffer when others are doing so. So a lot of time is needed in solitude or with his dogs to regain his composure. One of the things that scares him the most is the spotlight and he'll usually resort to self depreciating to get out of it, or exit stage left. He also enjoys watching people, when there far enough away from him. He dreams of either some day becoming a writer or winning the lottery so he could spend the rest of his days on a far off place with lots of snow and few neighbors.

Likes: Animals, Anime philosophy, history, and learning random facts

Dislikes: Crowds, hot days, alcoholic beverages(more for the taste than effect), meat(moral reasons but he really misses the taste)

Hobbies: Taking his Siberian huskies for long walks along the beach. Reading(pretty much anything but his favorite genres are sci-fi and fantasy) Listening to music (pretty much anything but for rap, some pop, and current country(a woman looking sexy on a tractor should not be turned into a song!)). He enjoys writing but its the hobby he gets to do the least thanks to never being able to find himself in the mood to really get working on one of his stories.

Background: Jimmy grew up in a small house hold that consisted of him, his parents and his sister, who is three years older than him. Their family was a lot bigger, but due to the constant criminal behavior and violent tendencies of the expanded relations the household was pretty much the only blood relationships that he is in contact with. Most of his life went by as easily as it could. Due to him never putting very much effort into his studies he never rose to the higher percentage of his class, but thanks to a natural intellect he didn't find himself squirming at the very bottom. After graduating high school he got a part time job at the Cliffside Cafe and enrolled on some online classes with an aim towards English and Literature.

[Gisk]

Looks good on all counts. The RP is going to start right as the light event arrives again, so the online classes and part time job might now happen, depending on how things go for him ;)

EDIT: Oh, and I forgot I meant to mention an outlaw motorcycle club that is one of the town's quiet shames. Probably some of his family is a part of them.

[Polyphemus]

I'll have a sheet together soon.

[Kyrisse]

Will have my cs posted a little later. ^_^

[GirlOnMarz]

Is this fine? If there is anything that I should change, please let me know.

Kiera Miller

Kiera L. Miller

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|| NAME ||}} Kiera Latoya Miller
|| NICKNAME ||}} Everyone calls her "Toya"

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^{{{ Free-Spirited • Creative • Untrusting • Intelligent • Brutally Honest }}}
|| PERSONALITY ||}} Kiara has always been a carefree girl. She learned to be that way because life is too short to dwell on your mistakes or mishaps. She is someone who isn't weighed down by the troubles of everyday life, and is always herself regardless of the situation and lives life to the fullest. She's not restricted by other people's opinions. Kiera is girl who still smiles when things aren't going too well, taking a positive outlook on life and trying to make the most of it - her spirit isn't damped by little things in life, she's free spirited. She is sometimes overly guarded and secretive. When everyone is talking about more personal subjects she is good at hanging back and not contributing, changing the subject, taking the attention off of herself, or giving vague, evasive answers. She hates talking about herself, but, being the observant person she is, loves to hear about others. She's an overall fun girl to be around, as long as you're someone she finds to be a good person.

|| LIKES AND DISLIKES ||

+ The color orange
+ Sweet Tea
+ Poetry
+ Dancing
+ Old School Rap & Hip-Hop
- Country Music
- Parties
- Ignorance/Racism/Bigotry/Homophobia/etc.
- Ungratefulness

|| HOBBIES ||

• Photography
• Writing Poetry and Stories
• Dancing (Hip-Hop)

|| BACKGROUND ||
Kiera Miller was born on a rainy Thursday morning to Andrea Jones and Tyler Gibson, two young, naive and unprepared eighteen year olds. Andrea had given birth in her college dorm room, keeping the radio volume all the way up so no one could hear her scream. After being previously being pressured to "get rid of" the baby by Tyler, Andrea finally decided that she should give her baby up. She'd arranged a meeting with a seemingly normal African-American couple, at which she'd hand her away. The more mature couple had been pregnant for eight months before losing their baby a few days before. Instead of telling anyone about their dead child, they brought home Kiera instead, eager to show off the new member of their family. The two never told anyone, including Kiera, about what happened. The couple saw Kiera as their "second chance," and told her, as she grew up, that she was a gift from God. They raised her to be an intelligent, humble, and bright young woman.

Kiera grew up in a moderate sized apartment with her Mom, Dad, and pet dog. Money had never been an issue for her family, seeing as how her Dad was a lawyer, and her mom owned her own pastry shop. Life just couldn't get any better. That is, until her parents split up. Kiera was twelve years old when she'd heard her parents arguing late at night, worse than they'd ever had before. They argued for about ten minuted before her Dad packed his things, and left without saying goodbye. She'd never hear from him again, other than a few postcards and letters for her birthday. Later on she would learn that her dad had fell in love with a man, and left town to travel the world with him.

From then on, Kiera and her mother had to work extra hard to keep her shop up and running. Without the extra money coming in from her dad, Kiera and her mother had to work extremely hard to continue making a living for themselves. Kiera had to get a job when she turned fifteen, also helping her mother with the shop from time to time. Despite having to work, Kiera still excelled in school, graduating with a 4.0 GPA, her motivation being that one day she'd become so successful that she'd be able to come back home one day, look her mother in the eye and say, "I can take care of you."

[Sh1nya]

I'll get a CS up tomorrow

[Wicked Sweet]

Working on a CS as well.

[ShaggyDoo0]

@Gisk Hello hello, may I also join?

[NightmareInd]

My App

Name: Samuel Spark
Appearance:
He doesn't really care what color of clothing he wears, as long as he wears a hoodie and a pair of jeans he feels comfortable in. He also has blue sneakers he wears almost all the time.
Personality: He's a bit shy at first, and has trouble making friends. Once you get to know him though, he is a very loyal friend. He is easily afraid or scared, but once he gets his adrenaline pumping (especially if one of his few friends are in danger) he will go through fire for others.
Likes: His hoodies, playing badminton, to have friends.
Dislikes: Bugs, jumpscares, anything else you get afraid of easily.
Hobbies: Badminton (as it is one of the few sports where he doesn't have projectiles at high speed coming at him (at least not all the time) and isn't too smart for him like chess.)
Background: Already from young age it was easy to tell Samuel wasn't like the normal kids. He was afraid of almost anything, and this included people he didn't know. This made it hard for him to make any friends. He was also easy prey for the bullies because of this. After a certain age he started wearing hoodies, mostly to cover his face and hoping to be left alone, and it worked partially, so he kept on wearing them.

[Kyrisse]

Name: Kassidy MacGrath

Appearance: She stands 5'4, slender and pale with wavy red hair that reaches down past her shoulders, most often worn unruly and sometimes in a bun on top of her head with a few stray tendrils framing her face. Her expressive gray eyes are most often than not hidden behind black wire rimmed glasses. In truth, she doesn't really wear prescription glasses. She just likes wearing them as some sort of "screen" from the real world or some sort of "shield" from people who tries to "see into her". She can almost always be seen wearing a plain shirt of varied colors, worn out denim jeans and sneakers, making her look a little boyish. Once in a while she goes around town wearing sundresses that entirely transforms how she looks.



Personality: Kassidy is a pleasant girl that loves conversing with people, particularly the elderly as she thinks she gets along better with them. She likes smiling and people always think of her as a bright cheerful child. But behind her gray eyes lies a deeply rooted pain and fear that she desperately tries to hide. She is often found in the cafe, working as a barista and a waitress. Other times, she can be seen in the library, her nose buried in a variety of books, from novels to cookbooks to history books. If not in the library, she can be seen by the window of her house reading a book with her ginger tabby curled beside her.

Likes: Books, Smiling, Chatting with people, cats

Dislikes: People trying to pry into her personal life (there aren't a lot since most people think her a carefree, problem free girl), insects

Hobbies: Reading, day dreaming, being friendly to and feeding stray cats

Background: The only child of Susan MacGrath, the owner of Cliffside Cafe (if you guys don't mind me claiming said cafe). Her father, Leon MacGrath, a local carpenter, had wanted a male child and was more than disappointed when she turned out to be a girl. He had tried conceiving another child with his wife but she never conceived again. At first, Leon had tried to toughen up the child, teaching her to play with toys made for boys. He gave her male clothes to wear and always cut her hair short that most in town thought she was actually a boy. When she showed interest in books, dresses and dolls, her father had been so disappointed he began ignoring her. She missed the attention her father had given her that she tried to hide her girly interests. But her father was never the same. He became withdrawn and began disappearing from the house for long periods of time. He began neglecting his small wood work business. He also became cold to his wife and became angry at small things: how his wife was always busy in the cafe, how she never paid enough attention to him, how she indulged her only child's every whim. He began to drift further and further away until he became abusive. When Kassidy finally found out that he had gotten another woman pregnant, Leon had been so upset that he did something that put his daughter in the hospital. Soon after, Susan kicked her husband out of the house. To the present, Susan never discussed or brought up what had happened that day. Since then, she struggled to act as if everything was all right despite how her husband's absence affected her. In turn, Kassidy began pretending to be care free despite the fear that her father might someday return and begin an abusive cycle all over again.

[Gisk]

@mskennedy615 Looks good.

@ShaggyDoo0 You may apply, yes.

@NightmareInd Give that a proof reading, there's a couple of grammatically weird bits I'd like to see brushed up.

I see a lot of shy/guarded people here. I urge people to take a look at other CSes so they know what kind of people are already in the group, so we have a variety.

EDIT: Also, don't try to create a character with a power that you want in mind, please.

[Ellion]

Maren

Name: Maren (Mars) Elizabeth West

Appearance:

MarenItisbigsorry

Maren stands at a proud 5'7" and has a lean and muscular appearance. She got her mothers hazel eyes and her father round face and brown hair. Style wise, she usually just wears whatever. Most of her wardrobe is made up of 'outdoors' clothing. Comfortable shorts, tee-shirt and tanks. When she isn't lounging or hiking, she usually wears 'cute and comfortable' hating to be restricted in her movements by any article of clothing.

Personality: Like any child who grew up guarded, Maren rebelled. Not in the 'I'm going to smoke and party all the time' sort of rebellion(although there was plenty of that). But in the 'I'm going to do it BECAUSE it is dangerous' way. While she isn't overly stupid about what she will or will not do, she doesn't put a lot of thought into it either. Jump off a bridge? Sure! Walk home in the dark? Of course! Camp by oneself? Yes!

She also loves to be around people. The more company the better, but she isn't going to wait around for others to make up their mind and is fine going off to do something on her own because it is what she wants to do. Which is why she does do so much solo hiking and camping. She like to be fast paced in everything she does and has little patience for people who cannot commit or decide quick enough. She is a leaper before a looker.

Likes: Fall, baggy sweaters, warm drinks, open fires, stars, cat snuggles, hikes, gum.
Dislikes: Smoking, rain, being still, not moving forward, debates lasting...longer than five minutes.
Hobbies: Hiking, biking, fourwheeling camping, anything that can be done in nature. She also loves learning, not school per say, but learning about what ever catches her fleeting interest.

Background: All Maren's parents wanted was a child. Both of them were doctors in their individual non medical fields. Having put their career first until much later in life and struggled with getting pregnant because of it. Maren's mother, Elizabeth, had over eight miscarriages before the comet passed over the sky. When all of the babies started dying it was all Maren's mother could do to get up every morning, fearing that this was the day when she'd lose baby number nine. She stopped going to her doctors appointments before the first ultrasound, too afraid of what the doctor might say.

She kept far away from others the entire pregnancy. She kept it a secret and she tried to keep it safe. Babies were dying and no one knew why. It was all she felt like she could do. The months passed by and one week shy of full term, Elizabeth gave birth to twins. A boy and a girl. A sickly one and a healthy one. Her father named them Maren Elizabeth for her mother and Caleb Warren for him. Caleb lived for three years, in that time Elizabeth and Warren drug their sickly son from one side of the country to the next, trying to save him. But it didn't help, Caleb died. It wasn't dramatic, one moment the twins were playing in the sandbox and the next he was gone, shovel still in hand and all. Maren doesn't remember much of him and most of the memories she does has aren't really her own, rather, stories that have been told to her so many times that she only thinks she remembers him.

Maren and her parents spent the next five years far away from Greenbriar, fearing that the place was the reason for their infertility and the illness that took their son. But everyone always goes back to their roots and when Maren was twelve, they returned to the small oceanside town. Afterward, her mother returned to the field and her father became a stay at home dad and started writing a book. With no other family but each other (both of her parents were only children whose parents passed long before Maren) there was really no where else for them to go anyway.

Maren's family is fairly well off and, unlike most who have had a child who died, the ordeal brought her parents closer together as a team.

On another note. As her senior years dies down, Maren has been spending her time arguing for a travel gap year before starting college. Her parents are less thrilled with that idea.