You wake up strapped to the seat of a moving vehicle. You are restrained in handcuffs and have a visor over your head and face blocking your vision. There are at least two other bodies sitting with you.
- A flash of light occurs from from the inside of your visor - and a video begins to play.
"Welcome new recruits." A smiling black man in a blue military jumpsuit beams at the camera. "Each one of you has been selected to join 'The Defiance Program' because we believe you have the skills that it takes to help save this world. When you arrive at the base my one of my assistants will get you initiated. Welcome to the team, recruit."
The visor clicks and falls to the ground allowing you to finally see your surroundings, not that there's much to be seen. You are clearly on the inside of an APC (Armored Personnel Carrier) with some others you have not met before. They seem to be just as confused with you.
Finally the vehicle comes to a stop, the restraints click off and the wide door at the back opens. Welcome to the team, recruit.
@Burning Kitty Looks good. Off to the characters tab it goes. Psst. You may like to remove that last line. Don't forget about it. I have a plan
Remember they are telepaths so unless they can block it organically or technologically or biotechnologically they would probably know, but I'll remove it.
Also if they are capable of blocking telepaths organically or technologically or biotechnologically I'd like to know.
Name: Darla Winters Super Name: goes by her real name until further notice Appearance:
Powers/Skills: A true deadeye with her six shooter, she combines her great instincts, and sure shot, to help her team from the back lines
Equipment: A laser six shooter (McCree's gun kinda thing), Lasso,trick bullets (ricochet, Smoke, Explosive, Emp) flask of fine whiskey(only important to her)
Weaknesses: Melee combat in general, I could fan the hammer, but that's much less accuracy, and physically I'm not that strong
Origin Story: Born to a roaming bounty hunter of a father, and a chance encounter of a rural farm girl, her mother died at birth, leaving her to the care of the soulless father. She has a knack for drinking, and smoking, as well as firing a pistol. She spent most her life on the road, from one city to the next, she saw the horrors life had to offer, so she joined defiance to right the wrong, and make the world a better place
Appearance: Jasper normally walks around in comfortable clothes, showing a few of his tattoos. He wears round glasses and behind them one can see his eyes surrounded by dark circles from the few hours of sleep he has each night. He hair his silver-ish white since birth. While on a mission Jasper still keeps too a comfortable black uniform.
Powers/Skills:
Intangibility - Jasper can phase his himself or anything that he touches. While phased Jasper can "fly" through solid substances as long as he can hold his breath.
Proficiency with daggers - By self learning Jasper has become proficient in the use of daggers both in melee and range.
Stealth - In the past Jasper has shown great skills of infiltration and stealth.
Equipment: Four daggers. While in civilian clothes he only carries one around.
Weaknesses:
Can't swim - Never needing it in his life for always using his powers to go around it, Jasper can not swim.
Upcoming threat - Although he does not know it yet, the future has reserved for Jasper a material that he can not phase.
Origin Story: His power has been passed down the generations from his grand father, to his mother and now to him. Even though he is the first one to really make use of it.
Toon Strength - Depending on her mood, Light can have various levels of Super Strength. While sad or depressed, her arms are basically noodles and can't lift much of anything. When she is determined or angry, her super strength can jump up to levels that can only be matched by a few. In her default state however shes strong enough to be able to lift up a small house and run with it only slightly encumbered. She can also lift enchanted items such as Thor's Hammer, but WILL NOT gain any positive or negative effects from them unless she would normally fill those criteria.
Toon Regeneration - Light can regenerate from almost any affliction much like any cartoon. The healing can vary on how long it takes, depending on the injury, with physical blows being the fastest to bounce back from, while more energy based things like fire might take longer to regenerate from. Supernatural afflictions or mental afflictions take the longest to regenerate from, and can take upwards of 20 minutes to regenerate from in some cases. Additionally since shes a toon, many injuries that affect her tend to be more 'showy', such as her turning into ash after being on fire for a short time, explosives just charring her black and maybe turning her to ash, body parts finding their way back to her or her pulling new body parts out of stumps if she is cut, blowing herself back to normal, bullets passing through her and leaving holes, turning green when sick, and the like. She doesn't bleed, has amazing resistances to reality warping abilities, and she can adapt quickly to hostile environments such as underwater or the depths of space.
Toon Physics - Light is affected by physics differently, although core concepts are still followed. Examples are attacks do extra damage, she can stretch like rubber if being pulled/hit, incinerated to ash because of a mild fire, extreme unluckiness, being able to ignore the pull of gravity if unaware that it should affect her for a time, and other various benefits and hindrances that often follow the 'rule of cool' or comedy.
Portable Hole - Light can pull a portable hole from the inside of her dress. This lets her travel to familiar places or any point along her sight lines, and only she, stuff she wears, or stuff in her Pocket Space can enter, the hole feeling like inky paper to anyone else. When placed, either in the air or on the ground, the second hole appears once she enters the first one. There is a slight time delay between when she enters the hole and when she exits the second hole, which is extended if either hole was placed in the air.
Pocket Space - Light can store and pull objects from a place she calls 'pocket space', located under her dress. She can pull various objects from this space, but most if not stored previously tend to be useless or downright hazardous if they have the ACME logo on them, and objects pulled from this space tend to look a bit more 'cartoony' then normal. Light can't store or pull living objects from her pocket space.
Reality Siphon - Light steals the reality from whatever she touches. Light gives off a 'creepy' feeling when touched as she steals away the reality of the object or person shes touching. When an object has lost some reality, it is unable to gain energy from other sources but itself until its reality is restored. When Light isn't touching something, it regains its reality back after a short period depending on how much was lost. When an object has lost lots of its reality, it starts to take on the look of a Toon, but with no beneficial powers, and when it loses all of its reality, it disappears to... Reality warping beings have a minor resistance to this ability and massive or cosmic entities have greater resistance to this ability. Magical things lose their energy quickly. This power can't be turned off and Light has no control over its intensity. This ability allows her to affect Ghosts and other ethereal bodies, and anything that tries to siphon off Light's energy or tries to possess her will suffer a much more severe version of this ability.
Equipment: Whatever is stored in her pocket space.
Weaknesses: -Takes extra damage from attacks -Has an EXCEPTIONALLY difficult time escaping from things that constrict her movement like ropes or nets. -Extremely unlucky, almost to the point where she might just as well have a target painted on her head. -Very susceptible to drugs and some chemicals. -Has a very poor judgement of 'seriousness' and tends to fall into traps very easily as danger isn't something she can really perceive well. -Tends to mostly be a pacifist when fighting, and would rather talk or play with her enemies than fight them. This makes her very easy to talk down from a fight or even bring to your side temporarily. (Lex = instant win) Also makes her very easy to distract. -While strong, she isn't trained in martial arts. Shes also fairly light and easy to throw around. -Due to her 'creepy' touch and slightly unsettling looks, Light has a hard time making any close relationships.
Origin Story: Coming from a different form of reality, or lack there of, Light is a toon living in the real world. Sure, she doesn't act too chaotic like what you see on the TV, but then unlike most cartoons Light has a good grasp on the concept that things in this reality don't follow the rules she knows. That doesn't mean she isn't up to jokes, comedy, or making friends, and her constant smile makes it out to be that she is perpetually in a good mood, even when dealing with villains! But sometimes she'll occasionally mumble about dark things, often in a light hearted or dismissive manner, but there might be something bad that happened prior to this toon lady coming to this reality.
I hope I am not too late the party. Honestly, I like @Burning Kitty's idea of the Frost/Dixon Sisters. I watch The Gifted.
I have an Asian martial artist who has a teleportation ability similar to that found in the 2008 movie, "Jumper".
EDIT: Submitted for your review...
Name: Jimmy Wu
Super Name: Iron Monkey Appearance: Jimmy Wu, 47 is of Asian descent, born in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. He stands 66.5" tall (169cm) and weighs 164 Lbs. (74.5 Kg). He has natural dark chestnut brown hair, which he keeps at a length just past his shoulders, cinched in a band behind his back, occasionally braided. His eyes are a light brown, almost hazel in color. Aside from the lighter colors for hair and eyes, Jimmy has the traditional East Asian features; a rounded face, flattened nose and thick full lips.
Due to a lifetime of physical conditioning, Jimmy Wu is in tip top shape. He is very lithe and fluid in his movements. Agility, Stamina and Strength are his assets.
Personality: Jimmy is very reticent, keeping things close to the vest. He prefers to maintain a professional appearance removing himself from any potential drama that may surround a particular subject. Jimmy is able to control his emotions so that they do not carry him away. He can be very pensive, but believes that right will always triumph over evil. It is rare to get a rise out of Jimmy Wu. His combat sports training keeps him placid, focused.
Skills: Master in Martial Arts. Jimmy has training and experience in several martial arts styles to include: 6th Dan taekwondo (6th Degree Black Belt), 1st Degree black belt Judo, 1st Degree black belt Wing Chun, Purple belt Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Hapkido, Jeet Kune Do, Hung Ga, Tai Chi, karate, Wushu, Parkour, Wrestling, Muay Thai, Kickboxing and Boxing. Jimmy has Gold Medals in Wushu Competitions.
Jimmy Wu is also an experienced Pianist, able to play even the most challenging of pieces. He does enjoy playing more modern forms of music rather than classical compositions from Franz Schubert, Frederic Chopin, Wolfgang Beethoven or pieces of similar quality.
His martial arts training has enabled him to acquire a refined skill in several martial arts weapons including the Katana, Kamas, Bō Staff, Nunchakus and the tonfa.
Powers/Abilities:
* Teleportation - Jimmy can teleport, or transfer matter, including themselves or energy from one point to another without traversing the physical space between them or consuming an unnecessary amount of time by using quantum superposition by replacing and restocking energy in a spatial behavior. Jimmy can teleport to any place that he can currently see or to any place he has ever been to. Viewing a photograph of a location on the planet he has been to will help him move to that location if it has been a long time since he has teleported there. Jimmy has learned to use this teleportation ability to create Flash Step, which is the ability to use small bursts of speed combined with his teleportation ability to move to random places rapidly in the same area or stretched out over a distance to give the appearance of flying.
* Summoning - Jimmy can transport a person, creature, or object of choice by means of teleportation. This ability creates an immediate connection between the summoned and summoner. Jimmy is fatigued every time he uses this particular ability. After summoning eight people or objects, he is completely exhausted and must rest or risk dropping into unconsciousness.
* Dynamic Camouflage - Jimmy has the ability to alter his appearance in order to blend in with the coloration and form of his background to avoid optical perception. He can affect his attire by means of "static camouflage." He cannot alter the heat his body emits and would be detected by anyone with the ability to see heat signatures as in thermal based night vision devices.
Equipment: When performing duties as a “super hero”, Jimmy Wu will dress in a loose fitting Karate Gi or Shinobi Shōzoku complete with hood. He may carry either a single Katana, pair of Kamas, Bō Staff, Nunchakus and/or tonfa depending on his objective. Photo album containing several photographs of various locations around the world, including the ones listed below. An Ancient Chinese Relic he discovered in the mountains near Hong Kong, China.
Cities Jimmy has visited
* Guangzhou, China * Beijing, China * Shanghai, China * Hong Kong, China * Qingdao, China * Tokyo, Japan * Kyoto, Japan * Fukuoka, Japan * Sydney, Australia * Melbourne, Australia * Boston, MA (USA) * Washington, DC (USA) * Philadelphia, PA (USA) * New York, NY (USA) * Los Angeles, CA (USA) * Chicago, IL (USA) * Providence, RI (USA) * Hartford, CT (USA) * Dallas, TX (USA) * Kansas City, MO (USA) * Miami, FL (USA) * London, England (UK) * Edinburough, Scotland (UK) * Manchester, England (UK) * Paris, France * Frankfurt, Germany * Munich, Germany * Lisbon, Portugal * Madrid, Spain * Rome, Italy * Cairo, Egypt * Freeport, South Africa * Dubai, UAE * Havana, Cuba * Moscow, Russia * Caracas, Venezuela * Rio De Janeiro, Brazil * Tehran, Iran
Weaknesses: The use of his summoning ability leaves him exhausted. He can summon up to eight people before he is weakened to the level that would require sleep. He has no rapid regenerative ability and can be killed like any human. The unpredictable nature of his teleportation ability could leave him in a vulnerable position if he happens to jump into a bad position.
Origin Story: Wu's mother, Lijuan, is a Fu Style Wudangquan (Wu Tang; Wu Shu style) and Tai Chi grandmaster, while his father, Bing Wu, is a newspaper editor. Wu was born in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. When he was two years old, his family moved to Hong Kong, and then to Boston, Massachusetts, United States, when he was 11. His younger sister, Nicole Wu, is also a martial artist.
At a young age, under the influence of his mother, Wu developed an interest in martial arts and began experimenting with various styles, including Tai Chi and other traditional Chinese martial arts. Wu then started karate when he was nine. He focused on practicing Wushu seriously at the age of fourteen after dropping out of school. His parents were concerned that he was spending too much time in the Boston Combat Zone where he was constantly getting into fights, so they sent him to Beijing on a two-year training program with the Beijing Wushu Team. Wu decided to return to the United States at the conclusion of his training program, and started training in taekwondo around the age of sixteen.
Wu also came from a family of musicians. His mother is a soprano, in addition to being a martial arts teacher in Boston, while his father is a violinist. From a young age, he was taught by his parents to play musical instruments, including the piano. He excelled at the keyboard and still plays to this day.
Jimmy considers himself a mixed martial artist, competing in various MMA competitions around the world, both in the US and in Asia. In his late teens and for many years later, he focused on his taekwondo, earning a 6th Dan. Jimmy Wu won gold medals in Wushu competitions both in the US and in China.
Wu later went on to discover and to seek knowledge on other martial arts styles; obtaining black and purple belts in Judo and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu respectively. He studied the art of Parkour, Wrestling, Muay Thai, Kickboxing and Boxing under various trainers. Having the ability to train in both the United States and in China helped to diversify his talents and round out his skills in the various martial art forms. His MMA experience helped him to become one of the world's best fighters.
At age 30, Wu had the opportunity to add a new martial arts system to his arsenal. He worked hard and studied Wing Chun under Ip Man's eldest son, Ip Chun, for 9 months. Ip Chun has since praised Wu for his effort, and complimented that Wu is a great martial artist and a fast learner, managing to grasp the full concept of Wing Chun much faster than anyone else he has taught.
Jimmy Wu believes combining many martial arts together will produce the most effective and harmonious style. He believes in practical combat, and in his opinion, MMA is the most authentic type of practical combat.
At the age of 34, while training on Kowaloon Peak, Jimmy Wu made a discovery that would forever alter the direction of his life. He finished running the trails up and down the mountain, a routine he uses for conditioning and discovered an abandoned cave. He entered the cave out of curiosity. In the deep dark recesses, he discovered three clay pots. One such pot smashed open revealing an ancient Chinese relic that may have lain dormant for a few millennia. When he opened what can only be described as a very ornate jewel box, it released a yellow opaque mist that Jimmy could not avoid breathing in. The mist knocked him unconscious for several hours. When he awoke, it was very dark. He was still holding the ancient relic in his hands, leaving the cave to return home. He later realized he had been asleep for eight hours.
Within a week, he began to discover a new ability, teleportation. While viewing a photograph of himself taken on Boston Common, in the state of Massachusetts on the other side of the planet, he got lost in his thoughts and without intentions found himself sitting on the grass in the capital city of the Bay State. Naturally, he was astonished recognizing the State House rising in front of him with its golden dome and statues of John F. Kennedy and Civil War General Joseph Hooker. Standing in Boston only a second after sitting on the floor of his residence in Hong Kong made him question reality and try desperately to figure out how he had traveled to the other side of the world in less time than it takes to blink.
He spent the next year testing his teleportation ability and found himself traveling all over the world, never having to use public transportation again. He even experimented with implementing this ability into his mixed martial arts fighting style. He has trained himself to teleport in short distances in order to obtain an advantageous position on an opponent. This method works well for getting out of a disadvantageous position. He includes his teleportation ability in his daily training regimen.
Two years after discovering his teleportation ability, Jimmy Wu found that he also has the ability to summon a person, creature or object from any location in the world to his current location. This is an ability that is quite taxing on his energy. He is fatigued whenever he uses this ability and has successfully only summoned eight people continuously before passing out. He practices summoning when able, but he has not determined how to increase his stamina during the summoning process.
At the age of 39, Jimmy found himself in a peculiar position where he did not want to be seen. He wished himself hidden and slowly discovered that he was able to change his appearance to that of his background. Regardless of what attire he wore or where he was, he could mentally alter his appearance to that of the surrounding terrain; natural or man-made. This dynamic camouflage has enabled him to hide himself successfully in any open air environment. The risk with this ability is, anyone who can see or detect infrared signatures will be able to see Jimmy's body heat even if he appears something other than what he is.
Jimmy continues to train in Martial Arts, even competing from time to time in UFC title bouts. He includes his special abilities in his training; hoping to improve or unlock additional abilities that may have come from the ancient Chinese Relic he found that day on the mountain in Hong Kong.
@Deadlyrose9641 If you can give a bit more clarification on what kinds of trick bullets you have then I'll approve your character.
@Kaesus Your first link for Jasper's appearance opens up a download window. Fix that and you'll be good to go.
@Archmage MC That's a very interesting character. Can you go into a bit more detail about what counts as a familiar place please?
@rush99999 Welcome to the group. Post a CS when you're ready
@Gunther Also welcome. I like the idea of your character and I'm glad we have another male character to even things out. You may like to up that teleportation limit to eight. That way you can be sure that the whole team can travel. Otherwise, I'm approving you.
@BrokenWashing I work in video game logic when making a character usually, or DnD logic, so basically the main 'hub' area. Like Avengers Tower, ext... stuff like that.
