[OOC] X-Men: The New Era - Avalon Rising

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Until recently you were just a run of the mill kid, or maybe you were a troubled teen, or even perhaps a college age young adult just trying to live your life, but not anymore. Now you're something else...something different; you are gifted.

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This story will be set in the X-Men fandom where you will take on your own unique characters. My intention is to set this RP in a world where mutants are still relatively unknown to the masses, where the "gifted" are feared and looked down upon by society, and where it would be detrimental for the public to find out the identities of those that are known about. The idea is this: Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters has been a haven for mutants for a decade now, but one school can only do so much in a world where there are new mutants popping up all the time. So, Charles Xavier has entrusted one of his good friends, Malcolm Ashford, to open a new school to help ensure more mutants find the help they need. We will be the first class of students at the Ashford Institute for the Gifted, and will live the lives of mutants in a world made for humans. We together will learn how to control our gifts, find out who we truly are, make friends (and enemies) along the way, and train to one day join the ranks of the X-Men.

This RP encourages building relationships between characters, both romantic and platonic. At its heart this game is going to be about character development far more than combat and stuff like that (though there definitely will be some action). Mature themes may be explored, and things like sex may come up from time to time (within reason...explicit stuff should fade to black or be handled in PMs).

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This is the official OOC for this RP; a place for us to get to know each other and discuss the game and our characters. Feel free to contact me for any questions or additional info you would like me to provide.

Here is the CS

(Picture of Character)
Name:
Nicknames/Aliases:
X-Men Code Name: (The "Hero Name" that you would like you character to eventually have.)
Gender:
Age:
Physical Description: (weight, height, clothes, etc.)
Mutations: (Nothing crazy; i.e. no Wolverine healing factor, time manipulation, invincibility, telepaths/mind control.)
Personality:
Background: (Doesn't have to be a book, it's actually better to leave some things open ended so that you can learn about your character and watch them grow organically, but it's important to know the basics.)
Recap of your mutations awakening: (Was it a tragic event? Something that you've been keeping secret for a little while? Who all knows about your "gifts"? Etc.)

_{At this time we will not be accepting Avalonian Characters.}

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The Ashford Institute for the Gifted

The Ashford Manor itself is 3 stories tall and currently has enough dormitories to house just under 100 students, two to a room. The campus has a massive, beautiful courtyard that leads to the Victorian era cast iron gate.

BASIC MAP-NOT TO SCALE:



The Academy- Located in the center of the property, this is the academic and administrative hub of the campus. The majority of classrooms, offices, staff lodging, and medical services are located here.

The Dormitories- Located to the left of the Academy, the dorms are separated into two halls; Summers Hall is where the male students live & Grey Hall is for female students. These two halls are connected in the middle by the impressive student lounge and cafeteria services. This is the social hub of the campus and is where the students get to know each other, as well as grow together as students of the institute.

The Training Center- Referred to as the "TC" for short, is located at the right end of the campus and is the largest of the three buildings. Inside there is a full length basketball court, Olympic sized pool, a state of the art gymnasium with all the cardio/strength equipment one could ever dream of; which of course can be converted into the secret and highly beneficial "Danger Room" where the gifted students can hone their skills and learn to control their powers. Outside of the TC there is also a football/soccer field, a tennis court, track, and an outdoor swimming pool as well that has a full grill and snack bar during the warmer seasons.

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The Staff

Headmaster Malcolm Ashford

Dr. Malcolm Ashford is a man with a brilliant mind and a kind heart. He is a self made multi-billionaire that has earned his fortune by building one of the world's most successful pharmaceutical companies; Ashford Pharmaceuticals. He is known to be slightly eccentric and very curious when it comes to humanity and evolution. He has been an avid supporter and benefactor of Charles Xavier's for years and over time they have become close friends. It is assumed that Dr. Ashford is a mutant though his powers are unknown and he normally will change the subject when it's brought up. Being a long time student of Charles Xavier and a believer in his vision of the world, Malcolm was the perfect choice to become Headmaster of the second official school and a safe haven for mutant kind.

Professor Kaylee Everose

Kaylee Everose is the Educational Director for the Ashford Institute for the Gifted, as well as the mathematics and science professor. She is in charge of overseeing the academic growth of all students and acts as second in command at the institute. She is sweet and intelligent, but she takes her business seriously and isn't afraid to show her more fiery side. Professor Everose's mutation gives her the ability to sense other mutant powers through aura detection, and given enough focus she can also use astral projection. She and Cole just started dating.

Professor Adam Pierce

Adam Pierce is the type of man that doesn't smile very often. He is the "Athletics Director" of the institute, which really just means that he's the man in charge of training the gifted students and preparing them to become part of the X-Men. He is strict, harsh, standoffish, and stoic, but he sees the importance of his job and would do anything to protect his dear friends and fellow mutants among the staff; that means protecting the students as well and he does not take that job lightly. His mutation gives him the ability to memorize movements and stances that he observes, which he has used to master literally every known martial art in the world...as well as some unknown to most, even the most skilled and experienced martial artists. He has the heart of a soldier and the mind of a strategist and he holds a high expectation for his students. Let's hope you live up to it, or you'll end up on his bad side and that's not somewhere that you want to be. Mr. Pierce is also the resident advisor (RN) to Summers Hall, which is a part of his job that he hates...and honestly so do most of the male students that live there.

Professor Finn

Lawrence Finn would describe himself as an old man that loves old things. He is the History & Geography Professor at the Institute and has the mutant ability to see the stories and memories of things that he touches, and he has one of the most impressive historical/antique collection outside of the Natural History Museum. He's a distraction prone older man that is passionate about history and absolutely despises today's technology. He's slightly off his rocker, but loves his job and hopes to show some of the school's youngsters that just because the past is old doesn't mean it's boring.

Tabitha "Tabby" North

Tabby is the British bubbly, lovable, goofy, but bloody talented Professor of the Arts in the Institute. She's definitely unconventional as far as teachers go, and is only in her early 20s; making her one of the more relatable and favorable staff members to the students. She is fun loving and creative, and is also the resident advisor to Grey Hall. Her mutation gives her feline like abilities and features. The more she taps into them the more her physical body changes to look the part. She heightened senses and incredibly quick reflexes. Her self appointed code name is "Tabby Cat", and it's easy to see why.

Coleman St. John

Coleman, or Cole, is the head of security that we recently hired to protect not only the students, but the outside world. He is 33, former military and worked as a private investigator before taking his position at the Institute. Nothing gets by him. He is a no-nonsense firm man but not without compassion. Unlike the rest of the staff, Coleman is the only member of the administration that does not live on the campus. His power is unknown at this time but Kaylee Everose indicated that he did have powers but what she wasn’t sure. He and Kaylee have just started dating.

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The Rules

RULES

1. Observe standard RPing rules. No godmoding, no-metagaming, stay in character, and stay within the storyline. If you want to make any major changes to the story, ask us first. Be polite to the other members. You know the drill.

2. Write in third person, past tense. Try to make your writing coherent and legible. Although there's no official word requirement, avoid one-liners when possible.
2b. Move the plot when you post! Seriously, please try and focus on forwarding the story with every post you make. We don’t want every other post here to be your characters leisurely having tea or monotonously deciding on what clothes to wear. We have a very dynamic setting here that you can use to develop your characters.
2c. Interacting solely with your own NPC or secondary PC is not allowed. It's far more fun writing with someone than yourself for you and all the other players.

3. You are not your character. Your character is not you. Please don't be offended because someone else's character was mean to yours. Likewise, please do not carry real-life arguments into the RPG world. This applies to RPG Guild, Discord and any other platforms that may be used.

4. No crossovers and no Mary/Gary Sue, please.

5. Try not to let anyone get left behind. If you and another person have posted back and forth several times, take a break and let the other players catch up. Of course, there may be times when only a few characters need to be involved in a particular scene; just don't get two days ahead of someone without giving them the chance to respond.

6. Stay active! Everyone gets busy from time to time, but if you’re going to be absent for a while just let us know. There’s no set amount of time allowed before we start working around dormant players, but if you leave and stay gone without telling us, we’ll move on as we see fit and the plot will roll on without you. If you wish to come back after being naughty, we’ll talk.
6b. I'm waiting for the next skip!. This is rather unhelpful and it saps momentum from the game. If possible, ask in the OOC, Discord or PM and try not to just be stuck waiting for a time or event that suits your tastes, particularly when there are other players around who might enjoy writing with you. Of course we understand some situations do resolve faster than others, but the goal here is for maximum player interaction and FUN.

7. This game is rated PG-13+, so just about anything goes as far as language, violence, sex, etc. However, you will need to observe standard Guild rules should you feel that your posting is headed in this direction. Please read the Moderator posts concerning these topics.

8. Second characters are allowed. You have to be an active player and both male and female are allowed. You cannot RP with yourself, PERIOD. Please PM or Tag a GM or Co GM to confirm if you have any questions regarding this topic.

9. Obviously this isn’t going to cover everything, so the GM and Co-GM’s reserve the right to make decisions as situations arise.

In general the RP is using a permissive rule system, as long as events are not too likely to effect other players or alter the dynamics of the RP heavily. These actions do not require permission.

Events are rough backdrops and scenes are open to player interpretation within reason. If you are unsure about the application, PM a GM or Co-GM to make sure, and consult with a player or players who may be effected before hand. If a secret or surprise action, this is permissible via PM or discord etc.

This is to maximize creative options and make it open and easy to join and take part in RP.

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Ask if you want to join the Discord

_{This is a continuation of the original RP started by @PapaOso and continued by @Almalthia}

[PapaOso]

Years ago I started The New Era. Guild Fall destroyed everything my the players, co-gm, and I had built. I thought the site was over...dead. Somehow, it was reborn and it took scratching and clawing for months but one day this site thrived once again. I made the decision to try restarting my beloved X-Men game, and it was nowhere near as fun or successful as the original. I was discouraged, and left the sight for over year. I came back with the intention to do something new...but of course...X-Men called to me. I was so unsure about trying again, but I couldn't help myself. I was glad I did, because it became the best rp experience I had ever been a part of on this site. It was better than the original. Unfortunately my life fell apart months in. I had to step away and seek serious treatment for mental health problems. @Almalthia stepped in along with @Pilatus and moved forward. They carried the torch of something I have loved and been invested in for years at this point. Now...here we are...and it's beginning anew once more. This thing that has meant so much to me has been chugging along despite struggles and loss and periods of time where it seemed dead in the water. It's still alive.

Seeing this...how the hell could I not come back and try to a part of this? How could I not throw a character into the mix? How could I not try to be a part of keeping the spark alive? So, here I am humbly asking for permission to apply to this wonderful game. If you will have me I would love to play in your RP @Pilatus. It will feel weird to experience this solely from a player's point of view, but I wouldn't have it any other way...because this is your game. I just want to be along for the ride :).

[PapaOso]

Nathan Caldwell

Name: Nathaniel Caldwell

Nicknames/Aliases: Prefers Nathan

X-Men Code Name: Caedis

Gender: Male (He/Him)

Age: 18

Physical Description: 6’5”, 180lbs. He is tall and lanky, but is deceptively athletically sculpted.

Mutations: Haemokinesis (Blood Manipulation). He doesn’t have a lot of control over the full scope of his powers. However, he does have decent control over manipulating his own blood. He can change its consistency, density, levels of acidity, the speed of flow, and can use these abilities to shift his own blood into things like weapons and armor of sorts to help defend himself. With enough concentration he can use his abilities to stop an enemy in their tracks, can have limited control over their bodies movements, and under the right narrative circumstance could even outright kill them in a variety of ways by using their own blood against them.

Personality: Nathan is a whole mess with a big heart and an even bigger sense of self-doubt. He prefers to escape from reality whenever he gets the chance. He’s not very confident in himself or in social situations and even among his small friend groups over the years he’s never really felt like he “fit in”. It has always felt as though he was adjacent from everyone else…add in the fact that he’s now afraid of himself, his abilities, and of losing control again…naturally his self-doubt has been turned up to 11. Mostly though...he’s just a guy with the best of intentions that seems to fuck everything up despite that.

Background: Nathan was raised in a very…”interesting”…family environment. It was toxic and very much not okay. He has a certain amount of psychological damage that can be kept under control only with the right combination of meds and therapy. Without those things he’s an absolute mess. He was brought to the Institute as someone to keep an on. As a potential risk. Just as much to be babysat as taught. Dr. Ashford felt that integration with others like him and the proper supervision could help him keep from going down a darker path. Thus far that has proved correct. He has attended the Institute for some time now and has made both friends and enemies along the way.

Not long ago Nathan took a temporary leave of absence from the school after being informed about some kind of family tragedy. He didn’t have time to give a proper explanation to his friends or say any goodbyes. Upon his return things are a bit different. Some students have left, others have joined, and things have progressed without him involved. It may take him some time to properly reintegrate, and anyone who has had contact with him since his return can tell that he’s clearly working through something.

I understand that there may be some concern with Blood Manipulation as a power. It’s a lot like Una’s powers in that there can be these big, dramatic bursts of power when it’s right for the story, but otherwise the power is trivial. The wonderful thing about collaborative storytelling is that it's easy to communicate when it is or isn't okay to use your powers in certain ways. His powers would never be used at all without explicit consent from my scene partners or the GM if it's in combat or something like that. There wouldn't be a risk of being OP because the luxury of a play by post game is that you can easily avoid that with communication.

I have experienced numerous situations where players abused their powers (usually not on purpose). It’s definitely something to be cautious about. The beauty of all of this is that it is so easily avoided, and even if someone abuses a power or goes overboard there is this little thing called the edit button that fixes the problem every time.

In collaborative storytelling characters should only be OP when it’s right for the story. On the flip side there are times when they don’t have enough control over their powers to even activate them…but only when it’s right for the story. If you follow that guideline (doing what’s best for the story), and have the decency to seek consent from your fellow storytellers as to when those moments are and aren’t appropriate you literally cannot run into problems. Where people run into issues is when they forget that it’s not just THEIR game. This story is told by all of us and when we are mature enough to be aware of that (which we are) then it really doesn’t matter what the powers in play are…it only matters how we utilize them to tell the story.

[Red7VII]

Good to see ya, @PapaOso!

[PapaOso]

Much love Red 😊

[c3p-0h]

@PapaOso welcome back! Remind me to tell you the story of the last haemokinetic named Sebastian that Aya encountered...

[PapaOso]

@PapaOso welcome back! Remind me to tell you the story of the last haemokinetic named Sebastian that Aya encountered...

@c3p-0h

Whoa is this a real thing lol???? What are the odds?

[Pilatus]

@PapaOso

Now that i have some time, I wanted to thank you for your nice note above. It was never my design to take on this game and you can ask anyone that I have played with on here, that I am particularly picky with how I invest my time. For those reading this that are completely new, I was asked to join the first chapter of this game using a particular character and it was only as a side for the overall plot of the story. One thing led to another, Alm took the game, people came and went and then she got covered up with real life stuff as well, it happens.

At the start of last week, I never had any intentions of keeping this going, but the persistence of the players prevented me from letting it continue to flounder. I could sense opportunity and I had never seen quite such a devoted player base as New Era managed to carry. As transient as this hobby is known for being, this game is a definite exception to the rule. With that in mind, I decided it would be a worthwhile investment. I'm glad you have found time again to come back and write with us. As you can see, I tend to look at games a little bit differently, but when I decide to take on something, then it's all-in.

That being said, your character is approved. My inquiry about blood manipulation as a mutant power was simply that, an inquiry. I was genuinely curious as to what exactly that ability entailed and I wanted there to be some information there for other players to reference as well. I doubt I'll have any need to be concerned with abuse.

[PapaOso]

@Pilatus I couldn't have said it better myself. This RP, through all of it's versions with this core group, has been the exception to every rule I had previously learned from this hobby.

When I came back to this site it was solely with the intention to run a Fallout game that I had been cooking for over a year. I had heard that this game was struggling, and had the urge to try and help it thrive, but I didn't know if I could manage two games, this wasn't my game anymore, and I didn't want to step on anyone's toes...so I stayed away. When I saw that it had been revitalized with you in the driver's seat I couldn't help my excitement. You and I kind of passed each other like ships in the night as you were coming in to fill your limited role as I was saying goodbye. But Alma had spoken so highly of you and I watched as the two of you took everything to greater heights than I could. So...the hook worked its way into my cheek lol.

Regarding my explanation of Nathan's mutation. It was pointed out to me that it came off as patronizing. I didn't see that at first, as that was not intentional at all, but after re-reading it 30+ times I definitely see it now, and I'd like to apologize for that. In my head it was this fun, educational post that I felt highlighted something that I feel gets forgotten often in this hobby. In reality it come off as condescending and my tendency to over explain did not help its overall tone.

I love this group, I love this game, and I very much love the character of Nathan. I thank you for giving your approval for the character and apologize for not initially fleshing his abilities out in the CS as I should have when transitioning him from an NPC to a PC. It was presumptuous of me to simply assume that it wouldn't be necessary.

I'm realizing that perhaps this new version of the game was meant to simply thrive without my involvement. I feel like the moment I jumped back into the group I unintentionally caused tension and that sucks. I'm probably over thinking the shit out of this (I wonder where Nathan gets it from lol) but maybe the game being marked as "Full" was a sign that The New Era is transitioning into a new era (ha, wordplay) where I am just not part of it. We are all grown ass people with lives and responsibilities...and we don't have time for tension or weird feelings about the things we love. If feel as though I caused tension and that definitely gave me weird feelings. I genuinely don't like the vibe I put out throughout all of this and so I think I'm just going to walk away from the project out of respect for you guys (which I consider legit friends) and put my energy into building something new. If ever the time comes that I am truly needed to return to this RP in some capacity we'll see what happens, but for now it is in such good hands and has progressed so much since my time here that it has simply outgrown me. Much love to all of you guys.

[Red7VII]

Not sure what happened, but much love back at ya, bud! Don't put so much pressure on yourself. Not that this is what you did (like I said, I missed the whole thing), but I tend to make it a point to make people feel uncomfortable just to see how they react. That's how you really get to know some folk so don't be too hard on yourself if something you did made someone else feel a little awkward. This is a forum of self-admitted nerds with weird ass fantasies, myself included. This is not, and should never, be taken that seriously.

Give yourself a break and, if I don't see you here, hopefully I can join you on another nerdy adventure elsewhere, homie!

[Espada Emi]

Added the requested explanation of his relationship dynamics and history with the Malcolm family.

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Information

Name: Akela Talbot
Nicknames/Aliases: Ak, Kel, Fuzzball
X-Men Code Name: (The "Hero Name" that you would like you character to eventually have.)
Gender: Male
Age: 16
Physical Description:
WT: 105 lbs/47.6~ kg (170 lbs/77~ kg when using gift)
HT: 5'3"/ 6'3"
Ey: Usually brown, gold and canine-like when using gift.
Sk: brown, sometimes grey mottled fur when using gift to extremes.
BLT: Small and thin but gains significant height, muscle mass and animal-like features from mutation.

Powers

Mutations: Lycanthropy

Enhanced Senses -Ordinarily, Akela's mutation just manifests itself as heightened, animal-like senses and this is what he'll usually imply his ability is if asked. His sense of smell is equal to or maybe even better than a bloodhound's and he can identify and track individual scents in crowded difficult areas and across long distances and times. It also affects his sense of taste to a lesser degree. His hearing is similarly sensitive and he is able to hear very even very faint, far away or high pitched sounds. His eyesight and sense of touch are relatively normal, except for his night vision which is superior to an ordinary human's and lets him see clearly in the dark.

Transformed State- The truth about his powers is that his senses are only a secondary effect. His real mutation transforms him into a savage, physically powerful form with wolf-like features similar to a werewolf whenever he becomes extremely frightened, angry or otherwise overwhelmed.

Akela's body gains around a foot of height and a full 70 pounds of mass when his full mutation is active, along with an appearance more like a humanoid wolf. As a result in addition to his super senses he has a limited degree of superhuman strength, agility. reflexes and speed along with powerful jaws and sharp claws and teeth.

Regeneration - When he transforms from human to werewolf form or back again, any injury to either form disappears provided he's still conscious enough to make the shift. He will often instinctively transform in response to injuries. Burns are harder for this process to heal however and he has yet to be pushed to his limits even with his biological family's abuse.

Limitations:

Overstimulation - Because of his enhanced senses, sudden or prolonged exposure to things like bright lights, intense or high frequency sounds and overpowering scents or tastes can cause Akela pain or even incapacitate him. With time and exposure he might be able to overcome some of these, but stronger stimuli will likely always hurt him.

Uncontrolled Transformation - As previously mentioned Akela has almost no control over his mutation's wolf hybrid transformation ability. So far he's only ever accessed it instinctively in response to pain, anger, fear and other very primal flight-or-fight type emotions. It may also trigger in response to a severe injury. He can fight it back now that he knows what it is but the stronger the trigger, the harder it is to stop. When transformed, Akela also has very little control over himself. Usually, he'll attack the source of the transformation if angered or threatened and run away to heal if hurt or in pain, but overall he doesn't act too much differently from a very intelligent wild animal. He can stop himself from hurting those he really cares about with effort, but that's about as far as his control goes.

Weakness to Fire - His regeneration is slowed by burns and his animal-like form is naturally afraid of fire and burning due to subconscious memories of abuse by his mutant hating biological father. His human form shares his pyrophobia but is better at hiding and working past it.

Personality

Personality:
Living with his mutation, his mostly unfortunate childhood and the things he's done and seen because of both has left him withdrawn and afraid of interacting with other people. He's intensely loyal and caring to those few people he currently trusts and is much gentler and sweeter than his irritable, perpetually melancholy loner act lets on. He has some anger issues if someone he doesn't know really well provokes him but he mostly tries to back off and withdraw than confront anyone in any situation given how dangerous he feels he is. He's also a committed vegetarian in human form because of his traumas, in spite of the fact that his mutation means that his body would function much better and stronger if he ate meat.

Background

Background: Son of Raksha and Larry Talbot, childhood friends with Veronica 'Ronnie' Malcolm and godson of her father, Christopher Malcolm.

At the age of 13, was involved in a car accident that killed his mother. He only has vague, suppressed memories of the event, but survived by using his mutation to heal his injuries. His father started resenting him for surviving when his mother didn't, especially when demonstrations of heightened senses made his mutant powers obvious. His dad became abusive, verbally and emotionally at first, but eventually physically abusive too. One of these incidents caused the full extent of his mutant powers to awaken for the first time.

After that incident, he got fostered by and lived with the Malcolms for around three months. Chris Malcolm was much closer to a father figure for Ak than his own dad was, at least or at least better than his dad had been for the past year. He was kind to Ak and tolerant of some of his more eccentric behavior, trying to ease him out of the hurt, defensive shell he'd put up around himself along with doing normal nice dad stuff like taking him and Ronnie out to eat or to movies and similar things. Even so, he always held back some closeness from Ak and never bothered standing up for him against Paige when she'd neglect their alleged 'foster child' or shove him away from the family as an 'embarrassment'.

Paige Malcolm basically ignored Ak's existence from the second he came to live with them. Her focus was always on her own reputation and Ronnie, and making sure Ronnie was painfully perfect. The only time she really bothered to notice Akela was on the rare occasion he did something to affect her public image. Around others she acted sweet and kind to him, almost motherly in an empty way. After all, he was such a close friend of the family and isn't it tragic how much the poor thing's been through? But if he ever stepped out of line or embarrassed Paige or Ronnie, she'd do her best to make him feel worthless and unwanted before going right back to ignoring him. At best, she saw him as a way to show off and a side project to keep Christopher and Ronnie busy. At worst he was an embarrassment and a distraction for her daughter from her life's goals.

Ronnie and Ak's relationship was surprisingly good both in spite of and because of all these difficulties. Pretty quickly, the two recognized a mutual past of different kinds of abuse in each other and Ronnie decided to protect Ak from the worst of her family's dynamics. Ak similarly decided to trust Ronnie with the truth about his mutation, and the two worked to protect each other from the hardest part of their lives even though in public Paige encouraged Ronnie to be cold to Ak. They'd been friends as young children and in spite of some difficulties at first have developed a close relationship, with Ak considering her the main or maybe only person he trusts. When she was taken away after her own mutation awakening, he was heartbroken, especially because he knew exactly how it felt to lose control and attack someone who might deserve it. When Mrs. Malcolm finally turned him in and brought him to the school, he was almost relieved to be reunited with her again, though he misses Chris Malcolm too. Even with all the emotional hardships, his time there was still his happiest since losing his mother and he's unsure about what the school will really be like.

Recap of your mutations awakening: The very last time Akela's abusive father went too far around three months ago, it awakened the boy's full mutation for the first time he could remember. To make a long and gruesome story short, Larry Talbot had figured out some time ago that burns were what his son healed the slowest. Midway through being tormented Ak snapped and went full werewolf, badly mauling his father before escaping the house. He ran into the forest nearby at first, then returned to town the next morning and stole his cellphone back from the house to call the Malcolms, who took him in.

[Pilatus]

@Espada Emi

I understand there was some confusion over this being moved over before it was reviewed, but after talking with the other GMs, these are the items we'd like to see addressed for the game and they will need to be changed/amended in the character tab prior to joining the game:

1. Regeneration will need to be dropped. We think that is going to be a little too much. Some low-grade healing factor would be an acceptable balance.

2. Loss of Control is not a weakness. I have never once seen this trope used in a believable way. We're not going to require it be changed as you have described it, but just note that this is going to be watched closely. This has come up in some other apps as well and same applies there.

3. Violent past. Much like above, we're willing to let it go for now, but this will certainly be the last app for a while that will get to carry this flag. Characters with violent history (ie.: mauling or killing people, committing crimes) prior to coming to the Institute carry a certain level of plot baggage that we then have to bend our established plans to accommodate.

Once these points are addressed/understood, we can go ahead and give the approval for you to start playing him.

~P

[Espada Emi]

Actually I'm just going to drop I think, thanks but in the gap between initial character posting and this and my life getting busier again I kinda don't have the time or interest anymore.

[Brioko Jobe]

Charles Gannon

Charles Gannon

Name:

Charles Gannon

Nick-Names:

None

Gender:

Male

Species:

Human

Occupation:

Student

Place Of Origin:

Long Island, NY

Alias:

Molecar “Maul-e-car”

Age:

17

Birthday:

August 21 2003

Physical Description:
Weight: 175
Height: 6'2"
Skin: White
Eyes: Green
Hair:LT Auburn

Relationship Status:

Single

Sexuality:

Hetero

Partner:

NA

Father:

Unknown

Mother:

Unkown

Siblings:

None

Personality:

♦ Arrogant
♦ Low Social skills
♦ Sarcastic
♦ Cruel prankster
♦ Impatient
♦ Wants to help everyone but is leary of being used

Likes:

✔ Studying
✔ elaborate pranks
✔ Aerostatics
✔ Geology
✔ Chemistry
✔ Latin (fluent in scientific Latin
✔ Physics

Dislikes:

✘ People that push him into social situations
✘ People who take their actions for granted
✘ People who refuse to let him explain when asked
✘ ignorant people
✘ Being made to look the fool

Hobbies:

testing reactions of elements when combined (extremely dangerous), Scientific journals.

Strengths:

⇋ Focus
⇌ Molecular science
⇋ Open and honest

Weaknesses:

☠ He has little social interaction and doesn’t realise why someone would be offended by hearing the truth.
☠ He must know the molecular makeup of what he is trying to alter.
☠ Cannot effect gold or silver and cannot alter something into them.
☠ allergy to Iridium

Biography:

Charles was two years old when unknown mutants were involved in a gang war and both his parents died in that battle. The situation received some media coverage. He has no memory of his parents and no one has ever had the opportunity to tell him. He was put up for adoption by the state and quickly adopted by what turned out to be a private scientific brain trust. Their goal was to raise several people on purely scientific principles and studies to come up with a “Super Science”. There were 10 kids in his group each renamed after Science Fiction writers. Although his group were highly learned in scientific skills the project yielded no new science and the kids were sent to different private schools. Charles however, showed promise in another way, his powers had manifested five years earlier when he was 12 and they deemed him too dangerous to let out into the general public. Word got out about the project however, and (insert random group here, probably Hydra but Charles does not know) attacked the compound. Charles was ferreted out of the compound before the attack, shoved in a car, given a suitcase, and told to find his way to the Ashford Institute. Then turning to the driver Dr. Gourley said “The attack should be any minute; let nothing stop you.” Dr. Gourley had been the scientist assigned to him. Charles supposed the Dr. was the closest thing to a father he had.
Charles reached out to sense the only place he ever knew as home. It had been an old missile Silo; converted for the brain trusts purposes. He felt what had been the familiar molecules that made up the compound. Abruptly sounds permeated from; what seemed like, all directions. Popping sounds mixed with screams seemingly cut short and louder booms. The area Charles was sensing filled with excited molecules and metals. It got harder to sense the area as the driver had been driving this whole time and the distance was quickly too great. Charles strained, trying desperately to understand the myriad of molecules filling and mixing with the air back there until the strain became too much and he passed out. When Charles finally came too they were in another car apparently leaving Benson, AZ according to the road signs.
The driver looked back, "You ok back there? You had me worried for a minute. They shouldn't be able to trace this car and I should have you at Ashford sometime tomorrow morning. Get some rest."
Charles was tired still so sleep wasn't hard to find. He had so many questions for which he didn't have the answers, but he couldn't find the words. He decided a nap was best as he couldn't figure out where to start.
It was bright outside when the the driver shook him. "You hungry?"
Charles blinked at the sun coming in the window. "Yes sir, where are we?"
"A truck stop just outside L.A. I figured you might want something to eat and your probably confused enough as it is." The driver said in a dry matter of fact way.
Charles got out of the car grabbing the briefcase. "How much farther to this place? And why am I going there anyway my powers make it restrictive for me?"
The driver stopped and bent down close to Charles' ear and in a not so friendly voice, "Listen, out here we don't talk about your powers. Hell I don't even know what they are or care to. Dr. Gourley intel just said this place is relatively knew and caters to kids with "special needs" such as yours." Standing up and heading to the truck stop he looked over his shoulder, "This place has some of the best waffles."
It was obvious the Charles that was all this guy was going to tell him. The breakfast was good and afterwards it was only a half hour before he being dropped off at the gates of the Ashford Institute.

_Powers

He has the ability of Molecular Manipulation. This is facilitated with an ability to sense and identify molecules without the need of equipment. He can move molecules as well as increase or decrease density in objects.

Known uses of powers:

Molecular Manipulation:
⇌ Density control: By adding or subtracting molecules to an object he can its density ie: with gases he can add more hydrogen to an area making it more volatile or nitrogen to make the area more conductive or adjust oxygen levels to pressurize or depressurize an area. With objects he can make them stronger, weaker, heavier, lighter, brittle, or supple.

☠ This takes time depending on objective and plot necessity.
☠ It is only fair to note that if he removes molecules from an area, they go somewhere else with potentially disastrous or unintended results. (GM’s should feel free to mess with him on this especially if he needs to be reigned in or you just think it would be funny.)

Alter shape and/or purpose: By rearranging molecules he can physically alter the form of almost any material and in some cases can merge two or more ores to create new compounds.

☠ This takes time depending on objective and plot necessity.
☠ This causes stress on his body compounded per 1 pound of mass.

Molecular Sense:
⇌ Identify: By focusing on an object he can determine its molecular makeup and design without the need of equipment.

☠ This is provided that it is recognizable within his studies. Although he would still feel the molecules that are presently foreign to him he would have no way of determining a purpose.

⇌ Sense: He can sense in general for the presence of molecules and determine where they are from him.
All abilities:

☠ Must be actively used and do not trigger on their own.
☠ At this time, he cannot affect skin or anything through skin and is limited by his particular field of study.
☠ He also cannot affect silver or gold.
☠ He must know the molecular makeup of anything he changes as well as what he is trying to create.

[Pilatus]

@Brioko Jobe

Character approved. Go ahead and move him over.

[ViolentViolet]

@RedVII
I was wondering how you felt about a potential Jasper/Drake interaction? I think Jasper would be very intrigued by whoever he talks to and his inability to fully control his powers. She's nearly entirely in control (unless she's emotional but that has yet to be seen), and the exact opposites would be fun. At least, I think so.

What's your take?

[Red7VII]

@ViolentViolet I'm totally cool with that. Tomorrow is shaping up to be a busy day offline, but I'm pretty free on Sunday and Monday to work with you on something.

[ViolentViolet]

@RedVII That sounds great! DM me when you're less busy and we can work on a collab :)

[Chev]

Possible new character.

Victor

Name: Victor Lehrez

Nickname/Aliases: Big Guy

X-Men Code Name: Onyx

Gender: Male

Age: 18

Physical Description: Victor weighs around 230 pounds, most of it is muscle. He has blue eyes and is around 6'3 in height. Has no hair simply because he prefers to shave it off when it grows. Normally wears a black T-shirt with a blue and red Yin yang symbol in the center with blue jeans and white shoes.

Mutations: Geokinesis((Earth Control))
Limited ability to shoot spikes of earth at a target
Limited ability to create walls of earth as a shield
Limited ability to move the ground around him.

Personality: The best word to describe Victor is Friendly. The guy is always friendly right off the bat no matter what your first impression of him is. He'll always be nice to you if your nice to him. If you are rude to him for an extended period of time after meeting him it's a bit of a different story. He'll tolerate you but won't go out of his way to do nice things for you. If you decide you want to change your attitude about him and start being nice, he'll smile and say it's all under the bridge but he'll be careful around for you a while to make sure he isn't being screwed over. If he decides he likes you and you end up being nice to him, you've pretty much got a guy that will give you the shirt off his back if he thinks it will help you. The guy is just an overall nice human being due to the way he was raised and the way his brother treated him after his mutation started showing.

Background: Victor was born to a family that had no prior history of mutations and his didn't show until a few days after he graduated from High School. He had a relatively normal childhood and grew up with a loving family and an older brother who was a year old than him who taught him the benefits of working out at a relatively young age and did his best to keep his younger brother away from some of the more shady characters while he was in school. That was hardly necessary though. Victor was a good student who did his best to simply be friendly towards other students and teachers. Despite being a smart student he found himself more interested in sports then academics. He did do his best to keep them both a high priority though. He managed to graduate on the B honor roll but what he truly excelled at was sports. He was responsible for catching with winning touchdown in three football games in his freshman year and continued to improve over the years. He also dabbled slightly in track and tried wrestling once but didn't really care for it. He was responsible for helping bring his team to the state championship two years in a row and was noted as the guy that people could come to when they were having any kind of problem. His teammates loved him, the coaches loved him and one or two of the cheerleaders had a slight crush on him.

Around three days after graduating, Victor and his brother were out at a restaurant enjoying a late lunch after Victor's brother had finished work. As the two were leaving when they witnessed a homeless gentleman being harassed by a drunk individual. Victor and his brother, never ones to let someone bully someone else decided to step in and politely told the drunk individual he should leave. The drunk, taking offense to that statement pulled out a large knife from his jacket and attempted to stab Victor's brother. It was at this moment that Victor's powers seemed to awaken as a large chunk of earth shot up from the ground and hit the drunk in the stomach, knocking him to the ground. Both the drunk and the homeless gentleman took off, frightened by the display of power. Victor and his brother could only look at each other in shock. At first they weren't sure which one of them had done it.

After both of them spent a few moments concentrating, Victor found that he had been the one who had done it after he ended up moving a chunk of the ground once again. Victor's brother took charge of the situation and immediately drove Victor home and explained what had happened to their parents. Victor, who was still in shock fully expected to be thrown out of the house or shipped off to a government facility or something. After all, he was a mutant wasn't he? That's what happened to mutants.

Although Victor wasn't exactly expecting them to welcome him with open arms after the incident he was still somewhat surprised by the reaction. His normally welcoming and loving parents had become very cold and distant towards him. They weren't furious with him or going out of their way and threatening him or ordering him to leave the house and never return. They simply had become very cold and distant towards him. Victor's brother, always one to defend his younger brother immediately confronted them on their behavior. Unfortunately, the confrontation between Victor's brother and his parents began to escalate until eventually the screaming and yelling began to get to him. Victor was at his breaking point when his father grabbed Victor's brother by the front of the shirt and began to shake him.

This proved to be a mistake as Victor's abilities activated once again and Victor's father was pinned against the kitchen wall as a mass of earth emerged from the ground and slammed him into the wall. It was at this point that Victor's mother began to scream at the two of them to get out of the house and that she was calling the authorities. While she did her best to try and break Victor's father out of the mass of earth, Victor and his brother grabbed what little they could and bolted out the door and took off in Victor's brother's car as quick as they could.

After five hours of simply driving away from the family home and not saying much, Victor's brother started talking. He didn't start off by talking about Victor's mutation. He asked if Victor's drivers license was still up to date, he asked if Victor wanted him to take care of anything and how much money Victor had on him at the moment. Victor, still in a state of shock over what had happened answered as best he could. The two of them stopped off on the side of an empty stretch of highway and Victor closed his eyes and prepared for his brother to turn on him as his parents did.

Instead, Victor's brother handed him around $400 in twenties and asked him if he knew anything about a place called "The Ashford Institute for the Gifted." Victor, obviously did not and Victor's brother explained that a few minutes after they had confirmed that Victor had been the one with the powers, his brother had already began looking for places of refuge for people with mutant abilities. He had suspected their parents would react the way they had and had found references to a place known as the Ashford Institute. As the two began to talk about what the immediate plan for the future was, Victor began to ask more about the Institute. He didn't know much about it but at this point it seemed like his only place of refuge. The two talked for a good two hours before they began driving again. It took nearly half a day of driving before they arrived outside a large, three story manor with a large courtyard. The two sat outside the manor for twenty minutes as Victor and his brother said their good-byes to each other. Victor's brother told him that he would do his best to keep in touch and would be doing his best to try and get a life set up away from his parents.

Victor eventually grabbed what few possessions he had managed to take from the house and stood outside the gates and hesitantly knocked on the gates.

[KatKook]

Is this still open?

[Almalthia]

@KatKookAbsolutely! You bringing Khloe back?