[OOC] Your Friendly Neighborhood Government Sanctioned Superheroes

[Metronome]

@eclecticwitch Accepted! Which team do you wanna be on?

[eclecticwitch]

Both! Since everything is so even right now and with her age I think it makes sense that she would go back and forth as needed?

[ShwiggityShwah]

@Metronome@eclecticwitch

She could be our trainer, being here the longest.

[Metronome]

A mentor

[eclecticwitch]

I'm totes down with that. But if you want her to be part of a specific team I'm chill with that too. Feel free to throw her wherever you want!

[Metronome]

Gotta find out what team Onyx and Blizzkreig are on first

[Shard]

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[Metronome]

@Shard Accepted

[CaptainSully]

Hey everyone, unfortunately i'm going to call it quits on this. I'm coming onto the Discord every day to hundreds of messages of banter and I honestly cannot be bothered to trawl through it to try and find any stuff relevant to the story. I really do hope this lasts for you all. Take care.

[Delta44]

@CaptainSully Pretty sure our Discord is nothing but banter XD

[Zoey Boey]

@CaptainSully rlly???

you didn't even ask like "hey is all this stuff relelvant" you just up and fucked off. you can just ask ya know

boooooooo

[RumikoOhara]

Kwan

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Character name: Kwan Long

Age: 21

Height/Weight: 5’5”/110

Personality: Kwan is an odd personality type because she has learned to hide her true self behind a carefully created public image of herself because she was being groomed as a Kung Fu Action Star. Her facade is a young cheerful woman who blushes and teases with equal time to each state. She is brave and aggressive in combat and friendly when at rest; always ready to help she is filled with boundless energy.

Her private self is very calculating, always aware of how her actions paint her and strives to be perceived as a sexy but approachable woman who you can have a drink with and always the good girl . She is a speedster in physical action and thought as expected of someone who runs so fast, she can run up near vertical surfaces or across water; which means she sometimes perceived as rash.

She is definitely a thrill seeker and gets a kick out of combat or practice because of her whirling style and when she’s not fighting gets a kick from extreme terrain following or Parkour.

History: Kwan is not her true name because while she speaks beautiful Mandarin she is actually born in South Korea and only half Chinese it was legally changed from Suzi when she was taken on by the Hong Kong Opera as an apprentice. Like all her fellow players Kwan was always in hot competition to outdo her company and because of it had to develop the good girl Kung Fu fighter and hero of justice that sold tickets.

She like many in the opera in the beginning was more focused on acrobatics than actual fighting but as she got older she began developing her own forms so that she stood out from the cast . She was a quick study and working with a mentor she developed a style she called Little Whirlwind and was soon a supporting actor being groomed as a star then the company was sold out by the aging brothers who ran it and she was without work which is why she moved to America seeking work in crime dramas and movies
Always fast Kwan was still seen as only an elite trained normal til the day her meta ability woke during a robbery .

Kwan was there that day to cash her first paying check as an actress with lines in an American film when into the bank bursts 7 heavily armed and armored men. Kwan would have most likely stayed out of the robbery knowing that to intervene could endanger too many people; too bad the security didn’t feel the same.

She was still in awe when she remembered seeing the individual bullets ejecting from the weapons muzzles like speed walking geriatrics at the mall. What she did next was insane in retrospect as she charged the thugs with a smile; the humor of the situation was gone when the smoke cleared.

Without meaning to Kwan had left all 7 men broken two of them dead from her body blows making her glad she’d chosen attack as the easiest of her options or civilians would have been the injured and dead.

That was three weeks ago and she like everyone in the world knew she couldn’t at present escape the grasping claws of Horizon so she turned herself in and has been undergoing testing till they finished with her and sent her to the Tower

Skills: Acrobatics, Kung Fu, Acting, Primitive Weapons, Costuming, Cooking and Mechanics (though by no means mech is professional level)

Power: Speed

Abilities: Kwan is Fast, so Fast she can dodge machine gun fire because she can see them in flight (to her bullets seem to move at best 5 kph)
She does everything at high speed when she isn’t interacting with others (Max as of the writing of this report Mach 5)
Accelerted Metabolism
Accelerated Perception
Accelerated Tasking

Weaknesses: Kwan must constantly seek foods especially sweets to replenish her energy reserves. But that’s not her only weakness for she also has trouble with the cold and must vibrate to keep warm which makes it difficult for her to understand or be understood by others; long term exposure is even more problematic causing her to eventually slow down to nearly normal.

[Metronome]

As long as she doesn't do that thing where she vibrates her atoms through solid objects, accepted

[RumikoOhara]

@Metronome

Never, I always thought some of the things they did with all the speed force crud as a bit too mystical

[Metronome]

Cool. All good then

[Write]

Hi there! @RedxCross and I would love to make Character sheets if you guys are still open!

We'll start ASAP - loving everyone else's character sheets so far!

[Delta44]

Hi there! @RedxCross and I would love to make Character sheets if you guys are still open!

We'll start ASAP - loving everyone else's character sheets so far!

@Write

As far as I'm aware our open policy hasn't changed, so go for it ;)

[RedXCross]

Hello, here is the character with whom I'm applying. I thank you for the consideration and hopefully look forward to jumping in!

Foundry

Name: Model-45, or "Tom"
Alias: Foundry
Age: 215, Was last rebooted 22 years ago
Gender: Indeterminate (he/him)
Species: Machine
Precautions: Unique Chip - Electromagnetic Pulse

Personality:
Tom is arrogant, callous, skeptical, and a serious cynic with a sarcastic streak a mile wide. Generally, he is in acceptance of principles that are beyond his control because what sense would it be for this single individual to rise against a single, dangerous organization? He hates being compared to inanimate objects and is quite proud of his sentience. As such, the control placed on him by the organization grates uncomfortably against his skin even though he won’t try anything stupid to get out of it. Regardless, treating people with respect is beneath him. He will gladly correct people who address him incorrectly and cares little for those beyond those he’s deemed worthy of his “affection”, though that word should be used loosely at best.

However, he’s surprisingly honest and trustworthy at least to those same people. Not a vicious AI or a droning, menial machine – he’s cultivated a personality akin to a stereotypical aristocrat despite his position. Regardless, the cunning machine knows how to use people’s perceptions to weave through most uncomfortable situations and treats himself like a human for the most part, though he looks down on things like ‘eating’ or ‘sleeping’, he has a surprisingly embarrassed reaction to being seen without wearing clothing. He tends to try his best to stay out of combat in most situations or at least to the back of a situation where he can keep things under control and keep a head above the rest. He has a high sense of dignity and does what he can to preserve that in most situations, even as he builds his plans behind the scenes.

Likes: Fashion, Gambling, Old Literature, Awful Music

Dislikes: Arrogance (in others), Jumpsuits, Sitcoms, Subservience

Abilities:

Metallokinesis – the ability to manipulate and psychically maneuver any type of metal for a number of purposes. Be it bending metal into multiple shapes or stopping flying bullets. The extent to which he can manipulate metal depends on its malleability, weight, and other physical factors, but usually, it is made without difficulty. With a body like his made of a unique metallic alloy with a high malleability – the metal can bend almost close to water or clay and comes with a variety of defensive uses.

Body Mod – thanks to the flexibility of the super metal he was created from, he can flip around his proportions, making some things larger or smaller or harder, or he can even cause spikes to emerge from his metal body if needed. He tends to prefer keeping the hard yet flexible metal near his person at all times if possible – it’s very hard to get back, even if he can use his metallic power to return it to him like a big magnet. He can also break down the same metal and add it to his mass permanently, but the super metal is so rare at this point that gaining that material is more of a pipe dream than anything else.

Appearance:

With a sleek, dark metal skin, his anatomy on the outside is no different from a human’s albeit slightly colder to the touch at least on his limbs and extremities. Orange energy surges through certain canals around his chest to vent the large amount of power required from him. Similar, small vents sit around his neck area, but the glowing mark on his face can blink and change to demonstrate mood or thought.

He stands about 6’9” and weighs roughly 250 lbs all things considered. He is made of an impressive super metal that is light and almost fluid, making it easy for his internal systems to replicate similar movements of a human body. Serious damage to his chest or head will be enough to incapacitate him and cause serious damage to internal cores that will take a serious amount of time to repair if repair is possible. There is a scratched out serial number on the back of his neck that doesn’t move regardless of how much his power allows him to alter his body – though it is still questionable as to why it is still there.

History:

Model-45 was the last attempt at a suitable android model capable of a number of services, though meant to be sold both for its abilities as a personal servant and body guard, but this model was made with a few mistakes. For one, its security upon development was easily hacked and manipulated by a hostile AI program created way back in the day, and two, it had become suspect of a suspicious energy or radiation a couple days after its creation. It was initially shut down due to it being a liability after it was seen tearing apart a machine of a similar make and model.

Shutting it down, however, only delayed what was already happening within its mechanical brain. The updating security compromised the hostile AI, and both programs were altered by this strange radiation, causing another significant glitch in the machine’s construction. One that would not be discovered until a terrorist cell brought him online 50 years later. He was upgraded with a sleek new shell and some other mechanical parts, though the curious (or mad) engineer left his programming alone due to its unique qualities. The expectation was that the use of this new super metal would allow them to turn this body into a true weapon of mass destruction, but they ran into some unexpected surprises upon his reboot sequence. One: he appeared to have personality – refusing the direct order of the people that wanted to use him as a weapon and declaring them “beneath him”. Two: he gained a strange super power that let him take his metallic form and turn it into a weapon against them.

Tom was left with a large amount of freedom he didn’t know what to do with and a strange new way of viewing the world around him that was against any programmed protocol. Not requiring food or sleep (and being mostly solar powered with an incredibly high-voltage battery) meant he was kind of free to do as he liked, even if it was from a quieter disposition. He became great at stopping villains for the right price and heading to casinos for only a day or two at a time where his superior intellect allowed him to analyze probability in his favor, he started to make a good amount of money for himself until a grievous injury left him with a need to repair. He retreated to the old workshop, where he could find tools to repair his body, but he would need to be shut down for the process.

That led to another long period of rest that culminated 22 years ago. Once more he awoke and attempted to take the roguish lifestyle of years past, only to find that there were obstacles in his way. The biggest obstacle was the fact that he seemed to possess a unique ability that was not directly connected to his mechanical body. It didn’t take too long to be taken in by the New Horizon, where his pride essentially led to him being treated the same as other superpowered vagrants taken in, especially because both the super metal he was made of and the intuitiveness of his design made him too valuable to scrap. They were pleased to learn that his survival instinct seemed to have grown from years past, and that fitting him with a chip made him just as pliant as everyone else, even if he was fairly vocal about how much he loathed the situation (they didn’t think a robot could get as angry as he did when he was told he couldn’t wear his suit within the Tower).

Along the way, he met Edith and became close to her mostly due to a similar demeanor and a symbiotic partnership. Edith, being mostly unaffected by his snide personality, quickly became a partner he counted on to be of assistance when the situation called for it.

Notes:
No, just because he's a robot doesn't mean he can hack into systems and things. His body does not have the interfacing for that.

[Write]

Ditto to that! Here's Ordnance for your approval or otherwise!

Ordnance

Name: Edith Elwood
Alias:Ordnance
Age: 27
Gender: Female
Species: Human (with few minor cybernetic enhancements. Not enough to differentiate though).
Precautions:A chip that could cause Edi's powers to pull her own blood from her body, killing herself through inordinate exsanguination.

Personality:
Edith's primarily a very quiet woman. Preferring to respond to most questions with a nod or shake of her head. She is pretty quiet, and kind of an asshole - but she isn't horribly pessimistic. She has a positive outlook on life, assuming that any time spent with friends is time well spent. This would be easier, if not for Edith's being an asshole as previously mentioned, but y'know - we all try.

Still, Edith does generally have a smile on her face. She tends to take it pretty easy until someone forces her take things more seriously. Once convinced however, Edith resembles a machien more than a human. On missions or life and death endeavours in general Edith can be seen as something of a loose cannon as far as where the violence is allocated. However, her cold calculation often attempts to avoid any meaningless death. She is certainly willing to take risks that most would not however. Like pulling her own blood when necessary to get the drop on someone. It's a risk absolutely, but in that way she is never truly unarmed - a dangerous trait for someone as willing to to harm as Edith.

She tends to be uninterested in things like romance or eating for pleasure, instead just drinking a simple protein shake or other supplemental diet when she can to avoid unnecessary planning or complications. She's somewhat boring in that regard. However she does really enjoy musicals.

Abilities: Molecular Repurposing: By reaching her hand into any given surface, Edith is able to pull a weapon from it composed of the base components that were reached into. If she were to reach into a concrete sidewalk she could pull a concrete spear from it, for example. This process is somewhat draining, it can be accomplished approximately ten times a day before attempting to perform this will trap her arm in that substance, severing it. It is a level of risk absolutely not worth the attempt. The weapons can be as advance as a common handgun, however it is obviously impossible to create something function like a firearm out of most substances, like wood, or stone. As such Edith prefers to create simple weaponry like daggers, swords, or polearms. The weapon is created from what she is coming into physical contact with, however, meaning that she has to take from the source. That being said she can repurpose the molecules as the name of the ability suggests. Meaning that she could create ice from water, or even crystallize blood should she try. However, what she takes is truly taken. Should she try to use blood, anything more than a small dagger could gravely wound whoever she takes from as they could absolutely die from a lack of blood.

Appearance:
Edith has a thin but fairly muscular frame. She is a tall woman standing at around 6 feet and 2 inches, she strikes a fairly imposing figure. More to this point her eyes shimmer a fantastical blue due to the fact that they are implants. Implants that have the ability to record things seen and play it back at a later date. As far as clothing goes, Edith is typically seen in a somewhat formfitting but ultimately utilitarian bodysuit that does not dampen any physicallity that might be required from someone that fights with such unconventional weaponry. She also tends to wear a white jacket on top of that because she isn't going to just ignore fashion.

History:

Edith was born to a family of scientists - those who looked to use her abilities to the best of their pursuits. They tutored the young girl

Notes:
Edith is fairly silent in all aspects. But when she does speak she has a deeper intonation similar to something similar to an authority figure.

[Metronome]

Both excepted. Go join the Discord, nerds