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[Duoya]

@IceHeart
Things took a bit longer to take care of than I expected - this guy need any changes?

Ken Ozawa

Character Sheets

Name: Ken Ozawa

Age: 17

Appearance:

My Hider

Ken lacks any real distinguishing features, with black hair in a common style and an almost constantly monotone voice. He is slightly below average in height and weight, but that would only be noticeable if he was standing right next to someone taller. He always seems very bored and uninterested, unless showing a different emotion would be more beneficial for him at a certain point in time. Ken's belief in staying anonymous and not standing out have caused him to not have any really outstanding fashion choices - his only real defining choice of attire is that he almost always wears formal or semi-formal clothes, and he always has a pack of cigarettes on him, despite being too young to buy them. His Magical State is exactly the same as his normal one, which he does not mind too much.

Secret Wish:

My Hider

Despite his rough exterior, Ken would love nothing more than to take care of people who need help.

Background:
Ken was born to a perfectly normal family, with his mother being a nurse and his father working as a manager in a somewhat large office building. In his youth, he always enjoyed his mother's work far more - the thought of helping people heal seemed almost magical to the young Ken, and he used to dream of becoming a nurse just like his mother. Ken's father, however, wanted his son to be successful financially, and didn't think becoming a Nurse was going to be enough to give his son everything he wanted from life. For the rest of Ken's life, he was taken to nearly every function and family event that occured at his father's company, in a vain attempt at sparking Ken's interest in the dull life of a Salaryman.

While the attempts to spurn interest from his son failed, Ken's father did succeed in deciding Ken's career path. At the age of 14, Ken finally realized how precious money was - not from any major incident or tragic event, or anything interesting like that. No, Ken realized how precious money was when he accidentally broke a precious vase while playing at a friend's house, which his father had to pay a for. Ken never felt guilty over this, primarily because his parents constantly reaffirmed how it was only an accident - instead, he was awestruck how the parents of his friend instantly changed from furious to docile as soon as they saw Ken's father write them a check. Money was the closest thing there was to a real life Superpower, at least to Ken's knowledge at this time.

Ken's father capitalized on this as soon as he noticed, and leapt at the chance to offer his son a part time job at the company he worked for. While it took a few months to get into a good balance between work and school, Ken was quick to become a favorite among his coworkers, thanks to his youth and ability to act how people wanted him to. For the first year, each paycheck was like a dream come true - one which Ken never spent, and instead saved for some later point in time.

Inevitably, Ken grew jaded of this monotiny. He sacrificed his social life in order to maintain his grades and work schedule, and with the only thing breaking up his day-to-day grind being the occasional event at the company, he rapidly grew disinterested in most aspects of his life. The only thing he really enjoyed anymore was his wealth, which was quite impressive for someone of his age and background. With both of his parents fearful of his newfound apathy and regretful that their son lost a lot of his childhood, both decided that time away from work and a new environment would do him some good. His family moved to Angel City, Ken's mother choosing to find a new job at one of the hospitals in the city while his father transfered to the Angel City Branch of the company he worked for.

At a new school where he knew no one, Ken felt the need to change his identity. He had no idea what this city or school was like, and didn't feel safe with such a major change to his daily life. He decided to try and be as anonymous as possible, and fit into the crowd so he wouldn't be targeted in some way. Unfortunately, this would prove to be impossible.

Monster Fighting Abilities:
Deficit: This ability can seal a single ability of a single opponent, rendering it unusable. The effect lasts as long as Ken is able to focus, but can be broken by things like an attack or extremely distracting stimuli like illusions. While extremely potent against a single opponent, swarms or groups completely remove its use.

Supply: With a decent chunk of magical energy, Ken is capable of fixing a person's most important possession - themselves. Ken can heal wounds, with the cost being based on the level of damage - a scratch or flesh wound could be healed for almost nothing, while life-threatening injuries would need an entire night's worth of magical energy, and still leave Ken drained for the next few days.

Demand: Manifesting as a red tendril, this ability can be used as a somewhat poor method of maneuverability by launching the user off of a surface or connecting them to a wall. It's main use, however, is its ability to forcibly activate other creature's abilities. Upon piercing an enemy, the User can temporarily activate one of the victim's abilities, as well as choose things like the direction it is used in and how much force is used. This ability costs as much as the ability being used and while potent, it usually ineffective against highly durable opponents. The tendril is only moderately sharp, making monsters resistant to piercing essentially immune.

Savings: Ken is capable of forming barriers of green light. These barriers are able to take several weak hits without shattering, with strength directly proportional to how small the barrier is. These barriers can theoretically be used offensively, such as by forming a wall while an enemy is punching, but they cannot be formed inside of things, making it only useful for defense and as a counter. Surprisingly this is Ken's least costly ability and can be used very liberally.

[IceHeart]

Monster Fighting Abilities:
Deficit: This ability can seal a single ability of a single opponent, rendering it unusable. The effect lasts as long as Ken is able to focus, but can be broken by things like an attack or extremely distracting stimuli like illusions. While extremely potent against a single opponent, swarms or groups completely remove its use.

Supply: With a decent chunk of magical energy, Ken is capable of fixing a person's most important possession - themselves. Ken can heal wounds, with the cost being based on the level of damage - a scratch or flesh wound could be healed for almost nothing, while life-threatening injuries would need an entire night's worth of magical energy, and still leave Ken drained for the next few days.

Demand: Manifesting as a red tendril, this ability can be used as a somewhat poor method of maneuverability by launching the user off of a surface or connecting them to a wall. It's main use, however, is its ability to forcibly activate other creature's abilities. Upon piercing an enemy, the User can temporarily activate one of the victim's abilities, as well as choose things like the direction it is used in and how much force is used. This ability costs as much as the ability being used and while potent, it usually ineffective against highly durable opponents. The tendril is only moderately sharp, making monsters resistant to piercing essentially immune.

Savings: Ken is capable of forming barriers of green light. These barriers are able to take several weak hits without shattering, with strength directly proportional to how small the barrier is. These barriers can theoretically be used offensively, such as by forming a wall while an enemy is punching, but they cannot be formed inside of things, making it only useful for defense and as a counter. Surprisingly this is Ken's least costly ability and can be used very liberally.

@Duoya

I appreciated the naming sense of the abilities but here is where I have some problems with the character. Supply and Savings are fine as is, I see no problem there; Deficit and Demand are a bit problematic however.

Deficit is a problem in that I feel it directly interferes with the monster in a way that could cause confusion. First we would have to specific what specifically is a monster ability and what is just the monster's natural talents and frankly I think they are too tied together to bother even trying. Secondly, since he is sealing a monster ability, if it lasts into another's post there is the possibility someone could easily forget which one and mess up in their post. I feel that a sealing ability would be more of a hinderance to the writing than a boon even if that would be a powerful ability to have in any RPG. So I think this one will have to be scraped entirely or just totally remade.

Surprisingly after I thought about it, I have a less problems with Demand. It has some versatility which is nice and certainly has quite a few instances where it wouldn't work very well. Being able to force a monster to use any ability and in any direction is quite game changing, even if its cost is rather high. I appreciate the effort to try and 'weaken' the ability but even then the ability to 'hijack' a monster even for a bit I feel could cause some problems. While you can control the monsters as you fight them for better fighting scenes this power has me a bit skeptical, perhaps going a tad too far. I'm semi-open to it in its limited state, but not enough to give the go ahead.

Oh and if you could get the ability names to pop out some more too that would make the sheet look nicer.

[Duoya]

@IceHeart
Got it, those are pretty reasonable concerns. How about this instead:

The Invisible Hand: A variation of Telekinesis, this is by far Ken's most complex ability. The Invisible Hand is controlled by Ken's unconscious desires and obeys it with an animalistic intellect. If he is hungry it will bring something edible to him, and if he is tired it will pull him somewhere quiet and comfortable. The Invisible Hand has a massive range of half a kilometer, and has an extremely low mana cost at its weakest levels, but is very weak and cannot be directed to do something that Ken doesn't really want to do. At it's worst, it could even pull him away from situations he thinks is too dangerous, or try to prevent him from doing something that stresses him.

At its usual strength, The Invisible Hand can use 5 pounds of force. It could be pumped up to a higher strength with mana, but this is horribly inefficient - using a day's worth of mana would only boost the strength to 50 pounds, for a few seconds. The Invisible Hand is aware of things that are happening within its range, such as the presence of monsters or the location of easily seen objects, but it is nowhere near Omniscient and can only find things that a normal person would be able to see at a glance - it cannot actively search for things. And, while it knows many things in its range, it can't communicate with Ken outside of pulling and pushing him - and even then, would only do so if Ken wanted something The Invisible Hand knew about.

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A little complex, but I was really fascinated with the concept when I was taking my economics elective. I could also go with just normal telekinesis if you think this is a bit vague/weird, but I feel controllable Telekinesis might be a little overpowered considering its versatility. The awareness thing is mostly because no one else has any sensory ability and that might make things difficult, but I'd understand if you feel that is pushing it a bit far.

[IceHeart]

@Duoya Hmm, certainly unique. With the way you described it, it seems kind of like a force bubble that tries to nudge things he wants toward him. Reminds me a little bit of like echolation yet with some force added to it.

I think this would work easily enough and could add some interesting dynamics. Ok, make the necessary adjustments and I think it should be good to go for the character tab.

Accepted.

[Saltwater Thief]

Apologies for the radio silence, it's been a long week. But hey, I brought a tank.

Character Sheet

Hider

Name: Aria Phoenis
Age: 17
Appearance:

Normal Look

Transformed State

Secret Wish:

Hider

Farfetched and hopeless though it may be, Aria wants her little sister back more than anything.

Background:
Aria Phoenis is regarded by several of her fellow high school students as the "cool big sister" kind of person. She's kind and sweet to her underclassmen and often stands up for them, but she also doesn't hesitate to bust their chops when they mess up or step out of line. For a lot of them, it feels like she's had plenty of experience fulfilling the role; those that know her better know that is because she has, and they also know not to talk about it.

Aria once had a younger sister named Marigold, 4 years her junior. Their parents both worked overseas for most of the year, leaving the two sisters to take care of themselves growing up. And, as the elder of the two, Aria was expected to take charge on most things. It wasn't easy for the first while; she made some mistakes, some miscalculations, and she didn't always think about things quite right. But Marigold was impossible to get down, and she freely supported her big sister even with the mess ups. When she was 8 years old, Mari even took to drawing encouraging pictures of Aria dressed like a superhero, some of which Aria still has framed. Sadly, those frames are now objects of somber thoughts.

Three years ago, Mari was crossing the street on her way to run an errand when a drunk driver came barreling down the road. By the time he even noticed she was there it was too late; Marigold was killed on impact. Aria was devastated, such that even some of the best counselors and therapists in Angel City could barely get her to eventually come to terms with the loss. Her health deteriorated because she wouldn't eat, she rarely left the house, and for a long while she would come awake at night, look for Mari in a panic, then come to her senses and cry herself back to sleep. It took her a long, long time to teach herself acceptance of the matter. But, as of one year ago, she seems to have finally managed to restabilize her life. She smiles again, she eats healthy, and she aptly enough seems to fall into her old big sis habits with people she knows. And yet, people that know know to not mention Marigold, as the recollection still swiftly drives the happiness from Aria's face with the greatest of ease.

Monster Fighting Abilities: Aria's magical transformation wreathes her in flames and features a science fiction styled two-handed broadsword, styled after Marigold's drawings. Her strength and stamina are increased even more than most, and she gains several flame-themed powers.

--Burning Blade: The broadsword is able to project a blade of fiery plasma that Aria can extend with additional energy if she so chooses. The blade sears and scorches where it strikes, and with repeated assaults even fire resistant enemies will begin to feel the heat.

--Wall of Flames: Aria can conjure a barrier of swirling fire to protect herself or an ally from attacks. It's most effective against physical attacks, as it's protection primarily comes from the flames consuming objects that come near or the heat pushing them away, but it can hold up against energy based attacks within reason. While it's capacity to prevent damage is high, it's also short-lived, as the flames fade away quickly, thus it's best used in emergencies.

--Blazing Beacon: Aria can cause her sword and armor to flash and flare threateningly, attracting an opponent's focus onto her rather than others less durable.

--Phoenix Overdrive: The longer a fight goes on, the more dangerous Aria becomes. As she fights, every so often a gout of flame called a Phoenix Feather will ignite from the back of her sword (see picture above). When the 3rd Feather ignites, she can unleash a tremendously powerful attack by consuming the Feathers. However, she can't ever have more than 3, and the Overdrive takes such a toll on her weapon that using it more than once per Monster Phase is impossible.

[LukasVolkov]

Lauren Agne

Character Sheets

Name: Lauren Agne
Age: 16
Appearance:

Normal Look

Lauren is what one would call sporty: high ponytail, athletic build, tall, and wiry for her age. Lauren stands nearly six feet tall and has pitch black hair with dark green eyes. Her right arm is missing, a stump up near the shoulder, she keeps her favorite, ratty Yankees hoodie right sleeve pinned to keep it out of the way.

Transformed State

When she is transformed Lauren is decked out in an armored body suit set with dark grey plates. Her hair is kept back in a high pony tail and magic laden with swirls of ash form a right arm for her. Her right eye burns with a dark red light.

Secret Wish:

The ability to pitch, hell to have her right arm back.

Background: Lauren was born and raised in Angel City to a family of baseball junkies. For as long as she could remember, every time a game came on, her mom, her dad, and her sat around the TV bowls of popcorn close at hand, drinking enough soda to drown a family of horses. Since she could lift a baseball, all Lauren wanted to do was pitch just like her old man, a hero on his home team, her hero. When she decided she wanted to get serious about pitching, she and her dad would throw the ball around, picking up speed with every toss until she could throw with some serous skill and she was damn good at it. The day she went up for peewee baseball, she smoked the competition, helping her team win nearly every game they went to. Never was the she prouder the day she and her team won a championship game.

High school rolled around and she had one singular goal, to go up for the baseball team at Seraphim. With a cut throat attitude, and the passionate desire to become Seraphim's star athlete it was no surprise when she landed a spot on the team. Laruen would face a personal tragedy however. Barely three months into her freshman year, Lauren would suffer a terrible accident, a car crash. Her parents would get out fine, only some cuts and bruises, Lauren would end up with her arm crushed under the weight of the car. Damaged beyond repair, doctors had no choice but to amputate the arm.

A year has passed since that hard time, Lauren went through a year of intense therapy, and now has been allowed to return to school, far behind, but would eventually catch up. All the while she continued to keep herself in prime shape, even going so far as to try out for the track team.

Monster Fighting Abilities:

--Tiberius: The Ashen Wolf's Howl: Lauren's weapon of choice, the Tiberius is a long range bolt action sniper rifle that fires high caliber molten bullets cast from magic. With a range that caps at three miles, this rifle can fire five rounds before needing to reload. Lauren can conjure fresh clips from her own mana reserves. The Tiberius lacks any scope but is attuned to her right red eye which

--Hunt of the Ashen Pack: Lauren can conjure wolf constructs made of smoky magic that have the basic intelligence of a wolf and act according to her instincts and insight. The more attuned with her magic she becomes the more she can summon more of these wolves to aid her and can better direct them. Until then starting out she can only summon two and maintaining them can be taxing.

--Ash Leap: An ability that takes very little magic to perform, Lauren can teleport short distances (1-10 meters) leaving a thick cloud of ash in her wake that lingers for several minutes.

--Ashen Wolf's Fury: Upon activating Lauren's speed, agility, and dexterity are risen to inhuman heights but is robbed of her ability to use magic and is without her magical right arm. This state puts her in a theta state, making her in tune with her instincts and pushes her reaction times instantaneous. The only ability open to her in this state is Tiberius.

[IceHeart]

@Saltwater Thief Interesting backstory, nice set of powers, tried to find something I didn't like, couldn't really come up with anything. The tank is accepted.

@LukasVolkov Hmm well a decent enough concept but with the acceptance of Saltwater's character that puts me at a rather large number of participants. Also your bio is a little bit incomplete in the abilities section I see. Unfortunately I will have to cut off applicants at this point, at least until I can get confident I can juggle more.

Character not accepted. But thanks for applying.

[IceHeart]

@AdmrlStalfos19@13org@Spectral@medalliah@Duoya@Saltwater Thief

First IC post is up. The Entity has decided to act as a beacon to show everyone where the first major Monster Phase will begin. This is to let everyone have an easy excuse to find the monster and meet the other players for the first [or not first] time.

[Spectral]

Just for clarification, were we all told to meet here or are we all to be here by coincidence? Just to know how I should word my post.

[IceHeart]

Just for clarification, were we all told to meet here or are we all to be here by coincidence? Just to know how I should word my post.

@Spectral

There is no plan, The Entity is just giving everyone a heads up as to the location of the next Monster emergence. Basically it's just being nice by highlighting the general location with a light show only those magically inclined can see. Your character might not realize what is giving off the signal but they would at least understand it isn't something natural.

In the end it doesn't matter too much if your characters arrive there before or not, but if they manage to get there first they could meet up with other fighters beforehand. Could prove advantageous to get there before the monster shows up.

My next post will be the emergence of the monster and the destruction that follows, starting off the first in game fight.

[medalliah]

@IceHeart posted, hope that works well for 'I'm being guided by something but I don't know what it is however I've felt it before'

[IceHeart]

Making the 0th post where the monster catalogs are so it's easy to look up the current monster you're facing.

@IceHeart posted, hope that works well for 'I'm being guided by something but I don't know what it is however I've felt it before'

@medalliah

Works for me.

[Saltwater Thief]

I'll be posting tomorrow. Work's been hell the past couple of days.

[Duoya]

I've also been pretty busy thanks to Midterms - post will be out tomorrow, Sunday at the latest.

Edit: Got about halfway through my post after a pretty hectic day, but it's really late where I'm at right now and I have classes tomorrow. I will probably finish the other half of my post when I get off work tomorrow.

[13org]

Will have my post done tomorrow! :-)

[Saltwater Thief]

Post up, Taunt is deployed.

[medalliah]

I'll wait for everyone to get at least one post in before I make another

[13org]

Hope It's ok :-)

[AdmrlStalfos19]

My post is up as well. It's shorter than what I would've liked, but I believe it'll have to do for now.

[IceHeart]

@AdmrlStalfos19 Afraid your post is...well quite a bit off. The girls were watching a bunch of guys playing Frisbee who were the first ones to be attacked. So the monster appeared by the the guys who were close by, and the Frisbee was their's not the girl's. The girls were just enjoying their picnic dinner and checking out the boys, until the monster appeared of course which caused three of them to leave the one behind.

Best get it fixed before it can cause some misunderstandings.