[OOC] A Gift and a Curse

[Mixtape Ghost N]

I'll probably have Zoey be in the cafe.

[Gisk]

I write an intro post tonight.@Gisk do they know they lights are coming? Or will it be a surprise?

Either way, imma going to have Maren at one of the rocky beaches near the cafe if anyone else wants to happen to be there

@Ellion

No, no one ever knew what caused he lights, and no one knows that they're coming back.

[Ellion]

Okay! I am getting to writing my intro. In other news...I left my charger at work like a ding bat, sooo....we'll see if I actually finish it before my computer croaks......

Edit: Anyway, how has everyone else's day been? And yes, I am always very chatty in OCC....it makes me happy.

[Ellion]

@Gisk I have sometime...mostly written up, but it can wait if you want to post first.

[NightmareInd]

@Gisk just came up with this question last night, but if Sam physicly leeches James to for example grow cat ears, are they permanent even when Sam stops leeching James and does he need to leech James again to get rid of them or do they instantly dissapear after release?

[Eyeris]

I'm laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaate! But here I am!

Name: Bae Sun Li

Appearance:

Bae makes her own clothing and accessories. Her sense of style is not always understood by others. She is always seen carrying around at least one bag, as she likes to tote around projects to work on throughout the day, between the bags and jangling accessories you can hear her coming a classroom away. She is also sometimes called ‘the bag lady’ as a jest or jab by her classmates. She also walks with an uneven gait and a slight limp due to one of her hips and spine being uneven, and her right leg medially rotated inward.

Personality: Bae is a cautious and high strung girl. The level of anxiety she operates at leaves her reactions and many of her mannerisms somewhat clumsy and ungraceful. She hates being still, and will always keep a project on hand to keep herself busy in any moment of off-time that may occur. She will be seen knitting under her desk, embroidering at lunch, beading on the bus… etc. She puts her busy mind to good use, and has an etsy shop where she sells quilts and other creations. She attends conventions and fairs to show off her costuming skills in cosplay or historical reproduction.

Her grandparents, who raised her and whom she lives with, are extremely conservative in their values and views.

They are unaware that she self-medicates her anxiety with a particular herbal remedy. She would die before asking her grandparents for medical marijuana, so, she buys it in seceret. It is the only thing that she has found to mellow her mind. She loves crafting and doing art while high, it is one of her favorite pastimes with her best friend, Cedar. They get together, do homework, and when that is done the two girls zone out, smoke out, and do art.

Bae is also somewhat repressed. It became clear to her as she entered puberty that she was very very gay. She is not out at school or in her family. She fears her grandparents would disown her, they chat about arranging her marriage from time to time! Bae has never dated in school, always saying she was too busy to do so or not interested in this or that particular person. Under that excuse, she is very lonely, but terrified to express herself fully.

She dreams of college. She wants to go to school in San Francisco for fashion or theatre costuming. There, she will be able to live how she wants, maybe even find a girlfriend, and her grandparents would be far away in Oregon and never have to know...

Her and her best friend are also very socially aware… ish. They keep up on the news, blogs, and popular tumblr social issues. They participate as much as one can in a very small rural town and their activism seldom moves beyond the confines of the foggy bedroom. Bae will sew or knit things for charity, scarves for women's shelters and sweaters for penguins. Though she cringes during church activities, she likes the charity and helpful work they do. Cedar is a bit more outspoken on her blog, she latches onto scandal and conspiracy theories with enthusiasm. Bae bites her tongue much more than Cedar, but, supports Cedar in all her endeavors, opinions, and tumblr posts.

She is a good student, she keeps up her grades to keep her grandparents off her back, and in the hope that she can obtain a scholarship and go to college out of state.

Likes: Sewing and related crafts, fashion, costuming, theatre, conventions, faires, weed, popcorn, politics, classical music, theatre, movies!

Dislikes: Salad, heavy metal, church, sports, exercise, manual labor, social inequality!

Hobbies: Sewing, quilting, embroidery, knitting, crochet, all needlecrafts, cosplay, costuming,

Background:

Bae was raised by her grandparents. Her grandparents and mother are Korean, and her father is... unknown. Her grandfather is an acupuncturist and practitioner of traditional korean medicines, and her grandmother is a tailor and seamstress. Their daughter is Bae’s mother.

Business is slowing for her grandmother; the decline in population means a decline in prom dresses to hem, less wedding dresses and bridesmaid dresses to fit… Less enthusiasm to get married and start a family... While her grandfather's business grew, when the regular medical system fails to explain or prevent sickness and miscarriages, people begin to open their minds for alternative medicine. They are still lower-middle class, and could likely not afford an expensive college for Bae.

From what Bae understands, she is the product of a one-night-stand with a sailor or navy man that vanished over the ocean never to return. The birth was very difficult. Bae had a twin brother that died during delivery, and Bae’s mother died as well. Bae did leave unscathed from her birthday, she has a deformation in her skeleton, her spine is twisted near the hip and her right leg turned in, giving her a slight limping gait.

Her grandparents were very strict with her. They spoke highly of her mother and their family pride. They raised her very conservatively. She had to keep her grades up, do a lot of chores, learn to cook, be polite, help her grandmother who taught her to sew and encouraged her to develop her sewing talents. She always had the best halloween costumes!

She connected with her best friend, Cedar Tree Indigo Moonfeather Smith, in freshman year of school when Cedar’s family moved into town. Cedar is the daughter of two true hippies. Her father finally sold out to the man and became a doctor, her mother was content to be a stay at home hippie-mom and have netflix. Cedar is an artistic soul, but is more into painting and fine arts than crafting like Bae. She is also into gardening and ‘herbology’, growing her own herbs that she sometimes shares with or sells to her classmates, her garden is a bit infamous.

In high school she studied hard, discovered the herb that cures, started an etsy shop, and is ready to be graduated and is antsy to leave town and live a life she has only imagined so far.

[Gisk]

@Eyeris Wow, I had no idea you were coming over!

I hope you didn't cheat, since you knew what the deal was :P

@Gisk I have sometime...mostly written up, but it can wait if you want to post first.

@Ellion

Go ahead, actually. I'm not married to being the first.

In fact, I think it might be better if some others are already going, with what I have planned.

@Gisk just came up with this question last night, but if Sam physicly leeches James to for example grow cat ears, are they permanent even when Sam stops leeching James and does he need to leech James again to get rid of them or do they instantly dissapear after release?

@NightmareInd

That's a question I never thought of, actually. But, in the most technical sense, he does not have the power to shift his shape when he is not touching James, so they would be "permanent," and he would need to borrow his power again to get rid of them.

But, also important, when you borrow his power, you don't borrow his genetic "library," and would need to consume things to pick up new forms and traits.

[Ellion]

@Gisk I forget how strict you were with one vs two characters and I am super in love with Maren. But if you'd like I could make a second male character so we have another boy. But if you don't care, I an fine with just Mars

[Gisk]

@Eyeris Bae is bae, and she does this:

Telepathy: She can invade the minds of others, and with a great deal of concentration can alter the course of their thoughts.

The Catch: A mind isn't a book to be read. She doesn't hear her victim's thoughts, she thinks them as well. In a very real way, other people are invading her mind just as much as she is theirs.

She cannot control another persons actions, she can only put thoughts in their head. When she does this, she is also still susceptible to any thoughts that they have, and rather than taking control of their mind, she is thinking in tandem with them.

The further away someone is, the weaker this connection. About five meters away, her ability becomes difficult to employ.

((Reasoning: As with Ocean, I gave her a power that would cause intrusive thoughts which she will not like. But also, as someone concerned with social justice and liberties, she now has the ability to make people think like her. Will she be a hypocrite if she uses her power? Is it okay if it's for the greater good?))

[Gisk]

@Gisk I forget how strict you were with one vs two characters and I am super in love with Maren. But if you'd like I could make a second male character so we have another boy. But if you don't care, I an fine with just Mars

@Ellion

I actually don't care about gender ratios. I'm going to have some NPCs who will all be male, too. I think it's okay, really.

If your characters die, you can come up with a new one and change genders if you like.

I also think I'm going to close this for new characters. If we lose players I'll open it again, but for now we are officially full up.

[NightmareInd]

@Gisk if you're closing the applications, you should probably change the status from 'apply' to 'full'

[Gisk]

Thanks for the heads up, it is done.

I've expounded slightly on my character. If everyone could take a look and suggest a power if you haven't already. Or else endorse one that's already been mentioned.

[Ellion]

'Kay.....I did it, let me know if anything needs to be changed or what not.... I felt really weird posting first....

[Mixtape Ghost N]

@Ellion I'm going to get a post up soon reacting to Maren.

But, how much do you think Maren and Zoey know of each other?

[Ellion]

@Ellion I'm going to get a post up soon reacting to Maren.

But, how much do you think Maren and Zoey know of each other?

@Mr Allen J

A min of knowing of each other/their names. Um, but however much you want really :3

I only have tiny town references. I don't know the knowing people rules of bigger schools.

[Mixtape Ghost N]

@Ellion I'm going to assume that Maren is a regular at the cafe, then.

[Mixtape Ghost N]

Done. I was going to write some more, but I didn't want to stuff too much stuff into one post.

[Ellion]

@GiskAre we doing a post order (i.e. everyone responds before everyone else replies) or is it more free for all?

[Gisk]

Coolio, I'm actually working on mine, I might have to integrate your characters into it.

As far as relationships go, Zoey and her probably would have been friends, but Audrey's been gone for almost two years and is only just returning as of my first post.

Kiera maybe too, you guys can let me know what you think.

So, we do need a power for my character. I was being pretty hands off about it before, but not many people have chimed in, and I need it decided on so I'm going to go ahead and try to nudge this into action, even if it means influencing the decision a little bit.
Here's what we have so far:

Time Stopper: She can stop time at certain moments. This means that either herself or everything around her doesn't move

The Catch: When trying to protect someone else, time stops around her. However, when trying to hurt someone else, time stops for her, meaning she just stands still and becomes a big target. This lasts untill she is hit by something. (no matter the force of impact. This means something like a leaf falling on top of her is enough to make her move again, but so is a bullet) If she has frozen time around her because she wants to protect someone and then changed her mind and wants to hurt someone, her time will stop and time around her will start flowing again. (just so there isn't a paradox of time being stopped for everyone.)

Thoughts from me: It doesn't bother me that it's another time related power, especially when Kiera's functions more as super speed than anything else.
I think it works with(or rather, against) her personality by playing counter to her aggression.
I'm not sure what I think about how balanced it is. It has the potential to be either a huge asset or a huge liability, depending on the situation. And even after she figures her power out, she's suddenly forced not to act under certain situations, lest she freeze herself. This also works counter to her personality, though, so it's kind of nice.

Edit Edit: My idea for Audrey Springer is....it has a specific name, but I can't remember what it is.

Any way the jist is that she can feel scenes and emotions through the clothing of others (I'm tempted to expand this to other objects as well)

Pro: Can see into the past and read the emotions someone was feeling when wearing a particular outfit.

Pro/Con: She takes on the emotion if the article is worn for extended periods of time. If someone was very happy when wearing a shirt, Audrey would feel very happy when wearing that shirt, even if she was miserable. That means she also gets the sad/angry emotions. ALSO, if the clothing was worn when someone was in extreme pain/pleasure Audrey will feel that pain/pleasure.

Edit Edit Edit: Also, if she wants to feel like herself, her clothing has to be new.

Postcognition, is sort of similar to what is being described, though some limitation is added in. I think that limitation makes it kind of weak. Obviously I'm biased, since whatever is chosen gets slapped onto my character, but the power doesn't seem like it will be useful ever.

A more general postcogntion would be more appropriate, but either way I don't see the connection to the character( @Ellion can let me know what they were thinking, though, you might see something I don't).

I was thinking a peaceful power for Audrey, like healing? Possibly something to clash with her tough-girl nature.

I assume you mean healing others. Once again, it works well to counter her nature, being an inherently passive ability in a character who is very action oriented, and aggressive.

I also think that her powers being applied to other people is a pretty solid choice, because it counters her independence. So healing/buffs/even that protective time stopping one above all work well for that purpose.

I believe Eyeris is thinking on one as well, so we'll see what she comes up with too.

@GiskAre we doing a post order (i.e. everyone responds before everyone else replies) or is it more free for all?

@Ellion

I don't want to have to implement an order, because I think they can choke RPs up if you're not careful. So for now, just don't have two players posting back to back for four turns or anything, you know?

If they get into dialogue that you want to have back and forth, just do a collab post(and don't put in too much filler text if you do this).

[Ellion]

@Gisk To be honest I was mostly focusing on creating a power unlike the others and sorta lost focus on specifically relating to her .... In other words...no logic. @Mr Allen J Do you want me to craft a response, or are you wanting to wait for others to join the party?