[OOC] Adolescent Heroes (Teen Titans Inspired)

[twave]

Hm, I have an idea for a character. I'll see if I can get it fleshed out.

[twave]

That took longer than expected.

Lydia Nguyen "Spark"

Name: Lydia Nguyen "Spark"

Gender: Female

Age: 16

Appearance: Lydia is a whole 5 foot nothing and weighs in at 120 pounds. Her build is lean, not having much in the way of body fat or accentuating curves. Her athleticism seems to stem from her muscles near constant working to expend excess energy. Most of the time she wears her dark hair up to prevent the static from making it stand out everywhere. One of her few friends convinced her to get a small tattoo of a dragon on her left arm.

Personality: Lydia is a happy go lucky kind of personality. Though much of that is due to her lack of focus. It is not uncommon for her to miss cues that your average person would pick up on. As a result she comes off rather awkward and disconnected. The medical field would diagnose her with severe ADHD. While they would be close it is more related to her powers than a chemical imbalance. Her brain is firing on all cylinders, but not necessarily working toward a single goal. Not intentional she doesn't always get along well with people that don't understand her condition.

Uniform: Spark's current uniform, which she very well may keep, is a somewhat cobbled together mess of various outfits. She has a black cap with a dark red cowl draped over it. A black vest over a grey shirt with a peculiar shoulder guard make up the upper part of her attire. Black pants as the final part of the getup. All together she looks like some kind of slightly more modern Assassins Creed cosplay. All the materials are synthetic and flame retardant to prevent them from igniting.

Powers/Abilities: Her body is capable of absorbing, storing, and generating electricity. Most of the time it make her appear as an overactive young woman with a handicap. However she is capable of outputting electricity that ranges from static to small bolts of lightning. Her ability to absorb electricity makes her keen to nearby electric fields.

While some personal practice and quick learn has allowed her great use of her abilities in a short time, the side effects are her hinderance. Hyperactive brain activity makes focusing difficult so while she may be able to blast something already getting herself to actually do it is something different. She also builds up a charge which left unchecked leads to unwanted electrical discharges. Expenditure of large amounts of energy at once is also quite taxing as it normally has to be forced out unless overcharged.

Bio: Some powers start out subtle, this was the case with Lydia. The first signs of her powers actually started very early in kindergarten. She was the overactive kid in class, running around and being disruptive. She always seemed to have energy. In middle school the state only got worse and she had begun to lose focus. Her parents showing concern had Lydia tested and she was showing all the signs of ADHD. While the symptoms pointed that way it was a far less understood condition. Highschool didn't make things any better and she was taking specialized classes, while she was clearly intelligent she just couldn't seem to get things together.

Of course it was around this time that Lydia began to notice strange things happening aside from her brain. Sometimes a crazy amount of static electricity would build around her and her hair would stand on end. Not much liking the effect she kept her hair up from then on but didn't think to tell anyone. Several people learned to steer clear as she accidently shocked people often in passing. Other odd occurrences were things like light objects sticking to her or metal heating in her hand. Once while helping her dad replace dead lights around the house one dimly lit in her hand.

All of it she kept to herself. She was already weird to a lot of people. Even if she couldn't always act right she knew about it because it was told to her face. And then it happened. Building up over time her body couldn't hold any more electricity. Each with a sharp crack several bolts of lightning shot out and fried every electronic device in the livingroom. Thankfully though the lines to the room also burnt out it didn't set anything on fire. But since that day she has made sure to quietly expend excess energy safely. Something as simple as a rod in the ground worked well.

[Leaves]

@Old Amsterdam@Bright_Ops

The current roleplays and I have already finished episode one. I wanted to know if you are interested in still joining. I would like to collab on how to introduce your characters into the role-play.

@t2wave

I apologize for not accepting your character. I thought I had before. You are accepted, are you still interested in joining?

[Old Amsterdam]

@Leaves
Always happy to jump in.

[Leaves]

@Leaves
Always happy to jump in.

@Old Amsterdam

Do you have any ideas for how you want your character to be introduced? I was thinking of a crime happening and the group is tasked with solving it, but your character vigilantly springs to help or hinder the situation.

[Old Amsterdam]

@Leaves
That's fine by me, it sounds about what she would do.

[Leaves]

Okay, I'll wait and see what the others would like and I will give you details on the next episode. I'll be updating the Almanac and the Character section in the meantime.

[twave]

@Leaves I was beginning to wonder. I'm still interested. I'll move my character over.

[Leaves]

@Leaves I was beginning to wonder. I'm still interested. I'll move my character over.

@t2wave

Do you have any ideas on how you want your character introduced? We could put you like Old Amsterdam's character. You vigilantly try to push yourself into fighting criminals during our assignment.

[twave]

If she's nearby and has the opportunity she might try.

[Holy Soldier]

@LeavesI'm surprised that you don't have a full cast. Usually, hero games are extremely popular. I'm interested. I like/prefer GM-guided games and I like how you did this one in episodes so that it gives everyone a common goal. If you'll have me, is there a certain archetype that you feel the game needs or that you're hoping would join?

[Leaves]

@LeavesI'm surprised that you don't have a full cast. Usually, hero games are extremely popular. I'm interested. I like/prefer GM-guided games and I like how you did this one in episodes so that it gives everyone a common goal. If you'll have me, is there a certain archetype that you feel the game needs or that you're hoping would join?

@Holy Soldier

Archetype? Are you interested in becoming a villain or an anti-hero? And yeah, there's enough room for you to join.

I don't know what happened. I think I put this roleplay out at the wrong time. Fortunately, it has been steadily getting attention throughout the month.

[Holy Soldier]

@LeavesIs that what you need? A villain or an anti-hero? I just meant archetype as in what kind of heroes do you already have: Robin-type; Cyborg-type; Arsenal-type, etc. But yeah, I can play anti-hero or villain if you need one.

[Leaves]

@LeavesIs that what you need? A villain or an anti-hero? I just meant archetype as in what kind of heroes do you already have: Robin-type; Cyborg-type; Arsenal-type, etc. But yeah, I can play anti-hero or villain if you need one.

@Holy Soldier

Oh, I did not know what you meant by archetype.

We haven't had a person who is more "aggressive" in terms of decision and combat. Everyone is more of an outgoing do-gooder and would most likely avoid confrontation if the opportunity exists. I think I might be an exception, but my character is kind of on a thin line.

We do need a possible alien child or a person specialized in gadgets and hand-to-hand combat than powers. So far, we have two close-ranged heroes, two ranged heroes, and one character with technical powers. I haven't counted one other character because of an activity issue.

A technial power could be useful in future episodes.

[Leaves]

@Old Amsterdam@1Hawkeyes@t2wave@LeamonZest89

I'm almost finished with the introduction to the second episode. Amsterdam and Wave, I will contact you personally how you will be introduced.

@Holy Soldier

Were you planning to be part of the second episode? I would like to inform you of what's happening. I haven't received your character sheet, but I think as long as I received it halfway through the episode, things can still run their course.

[Old Amsterdam]

@Leaves
Did you need me to edit in that extra bit we touched on in the PM?

[Leaves]

@Leaves
Did you need me to edit in that extra bit we touched on in the PM?

@Old Amsterdam

Yes, about the sibling, correct?

[Old Amsterdam]

@Leaves
Yeah. I'll go ahead and edit in mention of a sister.

[Holy Soldier]

@LeavesI don't think your episode will have anything to do with my character being introduced since he will be a villain at the beginning. If you already have villains planned for episode 2, then I do not want for his introduction to be some random jack knife of a clash in consistency.

[1Hawkeyes]

@Holy Soldier @Leaves

I think at least an appearance of your villain in episode 2 would be good so that the group already knows they're bad. Then it won't be all sudden later and plus you won't have to wait as long.