[OOC] Santa Celia: Coast to Coast

[JunkMail]

It's good with me, I'd hate to see someone's hard work go down the drain over a technicality.

@Lord Wraith

Did I say accepted on your sheet? I meant rejected, I don't know where my head is today :P

@Lord Wraith

u wot

[Hillan]

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u wot

@JunkMail

He said hard work.

[JunkMail]

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He said hard work.

@Hillan

[Lord Wraith]

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He said hard work.

@Hillan

[Dead Cruiser]

Still brainstorming my teenager from mars, hoping to write him up in such a way to avoid overlap with Killer Croc in the "big mean monster" department.

Thematically he's a bit of Superman, a bit of Spider-Man, and a bit of Hellboy, so hopefully it shakes out alright.

[JunkMail]

Still brainstorming my teenager from mars, hoping to write him up in such a way to avoid overlap with Killer Croc in the "big mean monster" department.

Thematically he's a bit of Superman, a bit of Spider-Man, and a bit of Hellboy, so hopefully it shakes out alright.

@Dead Cruiser

Much appreciated tho my dude.

[Lord Wraith]

[Skai]

Vertigo (Eli)

VERTIGO

_______________________________________________ Eli Collins _______________________________________________ 02/19/96 | 22 | _______________________________________________ Single | ♀ | Heterosexual _______________________________________________ Psych Student at the Santa Celia Community College | Interns as Psychologist's Assistant _______________________________________________ Physical Profile ___________________________________ [+] //Basics: • Height | 5'-8" • Weight | 126 lbs • Build | Slender • Hair Colour | Brunette • Eye Colour | Blue Green Miscellaneous Items ___________________________________ [+] //Notes: • Other | TBD //Paraphernalia: • 21" Collapsible Baton | Eli straps a holstered baton to her hip. She uses it as both a form of protection and pain inducer.

Appearance Details ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ Standing at 5'9", Eli's slender frame is highlighted by her long legs. Her skin is a warm ivory tone and soft sunspots dot her shoulders, arms, and legs. Her medium-length, tousled hair is a chocolate brown with subtle highlights due to her time in the sun. She is normally seen with a blank face yet her bright, bluish-green eyes observe everything. When she genuinely smiles, two dimples appear in her cheeks and thin lines form around her eyes. She doesn't put a lot of effort into her makeup, simply wearing concealer to hide the bags under her eyes, mascara, and a thin, smokey eyeliner to enhance her eyes. Eli's sense of style is marked by quirky, chic ensembles ranging between comfy casual and trendy new looks. One day she'll wear a t-shirt or sweater with skinny jeans and converse; the next day she'll be in stylish pants and an intricate top. It all depends on what she has planned for the day and what side of the bed she wakes up on. She sticks to neutral colours, occasionally wearing one color that pops. The only jewelry she prefers are minimalist earrings and necklaces. Small tattoos dot her arms: a moon and line on her left arm, and an art piece on her right forearm. As Vertigo, Eli dons an all black ensemble that is tight to her frame so she can be fast and nimble. Her hair is straightened and loose around her shoulders. To hide her identity, she wears various lace masks that obscure her upper face and long sleeves to hide her tattoos. Personality ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ According to the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, Eli identifies as an ISFP (Introverted, sensing, feeling, perceiving). As Eli grew up she learned to appreciate being independent. While she enjoys the company of others, her happiest moments are spent by herself. During the day she enjoys walking about the city and taking in the sights. She especially loves discovering new coffee shops and restaurants with great food. In fact, she knows the best places to go for any type of craving. She even knows the best bars in her area. In fact, on the nights she doesn't don the lace mask she can be found at one of those bars or out having late night snacks. When someone first meets Eli, they notice that she is at first quiet, unassuming, and hard to get to know. However, once the initial wall is removed Eli is warm, friendly, and eager to experience as much as possible with their new friend by their side. She tends to avoid the spotlight, preferring to sit peacefully on the sidelines until she has something to say. She carefully observes the actions of those around her and compares their perceptions to her own, always trying to understand the world around her. She is normally the type to compromise, and avoids conflict as much as possible. This said, Eli still has the fierceness of a protector. She will stand up for anyone that needs it, and it is wise to stay out of her way when she gets this way. If her friends ever need her, she will always step in with quiet, unassuming assistance. She is certainly the type to put other's needs before her own. This sometimes causes trouble in her personal life, and she can easily feel overwhelmed when she puts her own needs aside for too long. Occasionally this can cause periods where Eli is unreachable as she takes some time to herself, but she understands that in order to help others she must help herself first. As soon as she is recharged, she's ready to start right back where she left off.

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Eli was born in the Árido Valley to a single, twenty-something mother who had no clue who her father was. The two lived in a small house thirty minutes from Santa Celia and a short drive to the Tlaloc Falls. During the week Eli lived a lonely existence while her mother worked long hours. When school let out she'd spend time with her neighbourhood friends until they had to go home for dinner, and then let herself into the house to eat a bowl of cereal until her mom came home. She was happiest on the weekend, when her mother took her on hikes around the waterfall and road trips into the city. They had a strong bond and were inseparable until Eli reached the age of ten. Soon after school ended, her mother found a man that could potentially take all of their money-worries away. She began to spend more time with this man, and Eli could tell that this would become a permanent problem.

It was during this time that Eli's abilities began to appear. She began to have small outbursts at school, her pent up frustration erupting into small fights with bullies. The first time she ever used her power was on a boy named Dillon Bolt, a bulky bully and borderline sociopath. As he towered over a younger child at recess, Eli confronted him with a fierce blow to the cheek. Normally a hit from a small girl wouldn't phase anyone, but as Dillon Bolt fell to the ground screaming bloody murder Eli knew something had changed. As she sat in the principle's office, she couldn't help but remember that she had wished she could hit him hard enough to knock him off his feet.

These disruptions lasted until seventh grade. There would always be a bully, and Eli would stand up for their victims every chance she could. Unfortunately these acts of heroism did nothing to convince her mother that she hadn't done anything wrong. It only drove a larger wedge between them. In no time at all, her mother announced that she was going to marry the man that had ruined Eli's happiness. They'd be moving into his home in Santa Celia in the next week. No matter how much her mother tried to convince her that this would be a good change, Eli would always resent her step-father.

Over the next few years Eli would start a new school, be named Eli Collins after her step-father, and remain an outcast in the inner city school. She didn't mind being lonely now. It gave her time to figure out what was going on with her mind, discovering new tricks she could play on other's minds. It was in AP psychology that she learned the meaning of sensation and perception and finally figured out exactly what she could do with this power. In that moment, she decided to pursue a career in psychology.

After graduating from high school Eli announced that she would be going to the local community college. She also wished to live on her own. She was prepared to support herself, but her mother had been saving for her college since she was born. It was even enough to cover half a years worth of rent. Eli soon found her own place, right in the heart of the city, and began to attend school. She found a job at a small boutique to earn spending money. Throughout this time she began using her ability less and less, almost forgetting about it's existence. Contact with her mother was made through weekly lunch visits, and their relationship began to grow once more.

In 2017, Eli was walking home after closing the shop to find two men surrounding a woman in an alley. She had just been about to call the police when the ringleader reminded her of Dillon Bolt. She hung up her phone and walked straight into the fray. After a quick bout of threats from the men, Eli managed to take them both down by simply tapping them on the forehead. She'd successfully saved her first citizen. The thrill of saving this one life filled her heart with the same feeling she had experienced at school those many years ago. She quit her job and found an internship during the day as a psychologist's assistant. She began to take long nightly walks just to run into trouble. Her ability slowly grew each time she helped someone and soon she could easily produce auditory, visual, and physical illusions. Just recently Eli began to don a lace mask and black clothes, intentionally going out at night to fulfill her role as protector of the weak: Vertigo.

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_//Ability:

Sensation/Perception Manipulation | With every second, our brains are receiving stimuli for sensations such as sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch. Those sensations are then sent to the brain, where the mind processes these sensations and determines how they will be perceived. Every sensation must pass a threshold limit in order for the mind to notice it. Eli's ability allows her to access these sensations and manipulate the threshold limit for those stimuli by either raising or lowering it. She could lower the threshold of someone with a paper cut to feel immense pain, or increase the threshold of someone's photo-receptors to blind them.

While this method is effective, there are limits to the amount a threshold can be manipulated. This is where Eli's ability affects the perception of this stimuli as well. In theory, the mind tends to group the senses together so that it is easier to process. This allows the mind to interpret similarity, proximity, and continuity, of the size, shape, brightness, and distance of an object. This can affect balance, depth perception, and the awareness of the victim's surroundings. In terms of pain and the sensation of touch, the brain receives the stimuli from the nerves in varying amounts. The effect of these sensations can be altered by the mind's perception of them. For example, if heat was applied to a person's arm the mind could translate that heat as pain if it thinks the arm is burning, or the mind can perceive it as a warm welcome on a winter day. Likewise, touch can be perceived as pain or pleasure as well. It all depends on the mind's interpretation of these stimuli. By manipulating the perception of another's senses, Eli is able to create auditory and optical illusions as well as illusions of pain.

Limitation(s) | Manipulating so many processes of the mind requires a high level of focus and energy, therefore a complete auditory and visual illusion is reserved for dire situations. Even so, there are moments where subtle errors in the illusion can be noticed by keen eyes. Eli's ability only affects someone within a range of twenty feet, growing inch by inch as Eli learns to control her ability. While each illusion may be enough to fool the mind, they are still only illusions and cannot physically affect anything.

Weakness(es) | The level of focus and energy required to produce and maintain an illusion determines the level of exhaustion Eli will experience afterwards. Producing total auditory, visual, and physical illusions causes heavy strain mentally and physically that could last for an entire day. Eli is also only human and lacks in the physical department of vigilantism.

_//Skills:

Self-Defense | Eli began to take self-defense classes half a year ago, learning easy ways to dodge attacks and stun opponents. In these classes she was trained to use a baton. She applies these skills in the rare moments she needs to fight.

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Haley Collins: Mother, appears once a week.

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She's a little rough around the edges, but I will add more details/fix any errors and add her personality tomorrow.

[Lord Wraith]

Alright, folks, I'm plotting out the first IC post and I'm just curious, is anyone intending on running their own plot or will you all be looking for a shove in the right direction out of the gate? I just need to know so I can plan accordingly.

[Hillan]

Joseph's got his own thing going at the start, so no need to baby me.

[Lord Wraith]

Joseph's got his own thing going at the start, so no need to baby me.

@Hillan

But I like it when you call me daddy.

[Bork Lazer]

I’ve begun to construct the beginnings of a plot for Mo but I just need a first IC post that gives me the general situation of Saint Celia so that I know how to adapt my plans to it.

[JunkMail]

Most of my character’s plot revolves around the development of his psyche, so I’ll probably act as a supporting character for other’s plots/do whatever happens to be available. I’m adaptable.

[Hour Error]

Same, I'm pretty happy to just see where what happens.

I have some plans for Aquila, but they're easy to weave in/out of bigger stuff.

Eagle Plans

1. Establish an eyrie (e.g., take over a tall building/structure)
2. Fight bad guys
3. ???
4. Establish a small bit of territory and attack all uninvited villains/heroes

[Lord Wraith]

Eagle Plans

1. Establish an eyrie (e.g., take over a tall building/structure)
2. Fight bad guys
3. ???
4. Establish a small bit of territory and attack all uninvited villains/heroes

@Hour Error

5. Profit

[Lord Wraith]

@Bee, @Pirouette, @Redrum, @Dusksong, @G3njii, just wanted to touch base with those of you who I haven't heard from in case I accidentally exceeded the Guild's tagging limit when I announced the OOC was live. If you're no longer interested there's no need to respond but otherwise, I'm looking forward to whatever character you're working on.

Let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

[chukklehed]

Taylor

_______________________________________________ Nicole Marie Hanson _______________________________________________ 1993-12-20 | 24 | Caucasian _______________________________________________ Single | ♀ | Predominately Hetero _______________________________________________ College (2 Years) | Coffee Shop Owner/Tailor _______________________________________________ Physical Profile ___________________________________ [+] //Basics: • Height | 5' • Weight | 102 lbs • Build | Petite • Hair Colour | Blonde • Eye Colour | Green Miscellaneous Items ___________________________________ [+] //Notes: • Lightweight, Hard stuff only | It doesn't take much alcohol for Nicole to call it quits, though she tends to sober up quickly once she does. Many people are surprised at her choice of drink, as the only alcohol she enjoys are whiskey and rum. //Paraphernalia: • Cerberus Whip | A pet project of Nicole's, this whip is an experiment on using her abilities offensively. The entire weapon is made of toughened, weighted cloth, and woven into the last three feet of the rope is a thread that burns on contact with skin. The idea is to wrap the burning part around an exposed limb, but she hasn't had the nerve to try it on anybody.

Appearance Details ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ Nicole is very small, and is often mistaken for someone much younger than she is. She tries to compensate for her youthful appearance by wearing her hair in a bun, using glasses instead of contacts, and wearing bulky clothing like sweaters and scarves. She wears only light makeup, if any at all, and has no tattoos or piercings. Her slender figure and small stature lead many to refer to her as 'cute', though she insists she is mearly average. Personality ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ On the surface, Nicole is very bubbly and cheerful, bordering on airheaded. She greets everyone with a smile or motherly concern, whichever is waranted, and always has time to listen to someone talk about their day. Behind closed doors, however, Nicole tends to focus on her own failings, percieved or real, and slowly loses any desire to do things. Left alone for long enough, Nicole will become less and less active, eventually performing only the neccessary day-to-day tasks she must. Lately, this has become less of a problem as she has a store to run and customers to see to, but occasionally her old habits resurface.

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Nicole was born in Santa Celia, where her parents ran a small coffee shop that had just enough regulars to keep the doors open. She lived a fairly idylic life, helping her parents out in the shop when she could and spending time with her friends or at school. She discovered she had powers when she was 14, when she was fussing over a frayed seam on one of her shirts and managed to accidentally unravel the whole thing, then managed to get herself completely tangled in the resulting pile of thread. It took her parents two hours to rescue her, durring which there was an inevitable panic, then a conversation about how this had happened and finally a caution from her parents to keep herself safe and not get herself in trouble. From then on she experimented with her powers in secret, managing to make it to the end of high school without any major issues. Just as she began college, however, news stories began to circulate about people with extraordinary abilities alternately committing and stopping crimes. By the end of her second year, Nicole decided she was tired of keeping her abilities secret, and moved back home to take over her family store, adding her own touch to the business by opening a specialty clothing store, where she could sell clothing with a bit of extra function or, for a higher price, certain specialty orders. After all, she reasoned, if there are going to be superheroes, somebody is going to have to make their suits.

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_//Abiliites:

Thread/Cloth Control | Nicole has full control over the movement of thread in her vicinity. She can move it precisely enough that she can weave thread into high quality cloth, and can extend her awareness into the thread to manipulate it on a much finer level than modern machinery.

Fabric Modification | Nicole can imbue thread and cloth with special properties, from extra durability or fire resistance to glowing or color-changing. This process takes more time and energy than simply manipulating the cloth.

Limitation(s) | Nicole's Thread Control is very short range, only extending about five feet from her body. Moving thread with any precision requires focus, almost to the point of trance, so anything more than broad movment is dificult outside of a controled environment. Changing the properties of cloth takes even more focus, and leaves her weak after any serious work.

Weakness(es) | Nicole has very low combat ability. Physically she is below average for a normal human, and her powers have almost no direct combat application.

_//Skills:

Clothes Making | Nicole is very skilled at making clothing using her power. The variety and quality of her work is on par with some major clothing manufacturers.
Cooking | Nicole spent most of her early life learning to cook and work in a kitchen helping out her parents.

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To be determined.

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[Lord Wraith]

@Skai Let me know when your personality is finished.

@chukklehed Accepted.

[Dead Cruiser]

@Lord Wraith I'm hoping to take my character in a Daredevil-esque "clean up my neighborhood" sort of direction to start, if that's relevant.

[Lord Wraith]

@Lord Wraith I'm hoping to take my character in a Daredevil-esque "clean up my neighborhood" sort of direction to start, if that's relevant.

@Dead Cruiser

Did you want me to GM the 'dirt' in your neighborhood or is that something you'd be comfortable leading?