[OOC] The Paradigm Stone

[betelgeuse]

Absolutely! PM me your thoughts on it

[Sizzlin Bacon]

Elizabeth Collins

Basic Info
Name: Elizabeth Collins
Gender: Female
Age: 22
Alias: Officer Collins

Stats
Height: 5'7"
Weight: 160 lbs
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Hazel
Skin Tone: Slightly tan
Body Type: Athletic
Notable Features: Elizabeth can generally be considered pretty and feminine overall, if not average, something that is markedly different from most stereotypes of female officers that see them as butch and/or lesbian. She keeps her hair roughly mid-length and down, with it being tied into a bun according to protocol when on duty. She has a scar caused by a bullet along her cheek that she considers a mark of defeat.

Psychological Profile
Personality: Elizabeth tends towards sarcasm when it comes to dealing with others, especially other officers, and can get a bit defensive and aggressive when she feels that she's being insulted for pursuing law enforcement. Ambitious and driven to prove herself, she spends much of her time working, reading, training, or otherwise trying to improve herself, and to overcome the expectations most of the other officers have had of her as being "just a woman." Her relentless drive leaves little for relationships or friends, and most men are far too intimidated by her anyway.

Strengths: Ambitious, driven, articulate, immensely intelligent.

Weaknesses: Stubborn, temperamental, occasionally has issues with authority, sometimes arrogant, looks down on other women at times, often believes she can do anything better than anyone else.

Fears: Rejection by her peers, failure, letting others die, appearing weak, and not amounting to anything.

Power Points

Telekinetic: 3
Though her power is in its infancy, Collins has discovered she has been given the ability to manipulate kinetic forces around her. Her drive to improve her skills telekinetically have led to her ordering her partner to attempt to shoot her (with a kevlar vest on, obviously), resulting in her managing to redirect the force of the bullet enough for it to miss her by a few feet. Personal 'strength' tests have led her to believe her ability seems to be based on common physics, objects already in motion are far easier to simply redirect than to stop, and if something isn't already moving, it's more of a pain in the ass to start it moving.

Intelligence: 3
Brilliant, perhaps surprisingly so for most officers, Elizabeth could've probably become a world-reknowned scientist if she hadn't decided to go down the path of her father and become a police officer. Still, she maintains interests in almost all academic subjects, and occasionally wonders what life might've been like had she done something else. Perhaps she would've gotten more respect sooner.

Flight: 3
Also beginning to develop and directly tied to her telekinesis is her ability to move her own body. Currently she can hover and fly a few miles an hour, but doing so is difficult. Fortunately, she is a believer in the philosophy that if it's difficult, it's worth doing, and expects her ability in this area to grow as her telekinesis becomes less mental and more natural, like walking.

Transportation: 1
Personally Elizabeth owns a rackety old junker of a car whose AC refuses to ever work and drives around a standard police cruiser when on duty.

Firearms: 1
Officer Collins has received standard police training when it comes to firearms, training that isn't exactly world-class, but good enough for police work. Still, good enough for Elizabeth isn't something easily attainable, so she spends some of her free time at the range and practicing on her own time.

Brawl: 1
Standard police training in hand-to-hand combat is, again, not world-class, nor is it designed to train a man to kill with his bare hands. Most of Collins' training involves learning to redirect her opponents force, interestingly similar to her telekinetic ability to more easily redirect existing forces. Elizabeth is experimenting with combining telekinesis with martial arts.

Melee: 1
Elizabeth has been trained in the use of some melee weapons, mainly batons and other weapons meant to non-lethally subdue suspects.

Wealth: 1
Officers don't get paid much, apparently not even telekinetic ones, something that has continued to irk Elizabeth. She makes enough to be roughly middle class, but does thing the city should pay her better, especially if she's expected to perform more duties as a Super.

Hideout: 1
Elizabeth rents a small apartment that is pretty bare-bones and honestly a place she doesn't spend much time at other than to sleep because she doesn't have much time in the first place.

Identity
Job: Police Officer

Home: A fairly basic apartment.

Wealth/Lifestyle: The salary of an officer doesn't provide much money but it does make her roughly middle class, but the long hours demanded of her don't provide much time for anything other than work, especially now that Elizabeth is being called on to help bring in the other Supers.

Clothing Style: Off-duty, Elizabeth prefers to relax in basic clothing such as t-shirts and jeans. She doesn't have time for shopping or the money for fancy clothes, and in any case, she's not really into a lot of 'feminine' pursuits.

Friends/Relationships: Officer Collins has simply not had room for other people in her life outside those she works in, and most of them were killed in the Executioner's assault on her old station.

Rivalries: If there is one person Elizabeth would kill rather than arrest, it would have to be the Executioner.

Public/Professional Goals: Bring the Supers to justice and restore the rule of law.

History: Elizabeth joined a police academy fairly soon after graduating high school, deciding to follow in the path of her father who had been killed in the line of duty. She excelled at the academy, graduating top of her class in all aspects, and signed on with her father's old department. Needless to say, she wasn't happy when she was shafted with a desk job doing paperwork. When the meteor and the first Supers started appearing, she had piercing headaches for days, until the Executioner attacked her building.

The man shot his way through troves of officers trying to subdue him in an effort to reach the jail cells. Officer Collins nearly managed to put him down but missed, blowing off part of the man's ear when his helmet had been ripped off, but then he kicked her body into the wall, breaking multiple ribs. In retaliation for his ear, he shot her across the cheek and left her coughing blood. In the end, nearly all of her coworkers had been killed or wounded, with all those in the cells turned to pulp. Elizabeth's intense anger at herself a few days later manifested her power, shattering a cup of coffee she had sitting on her hospital tray. Further experimentation and training with it has led to today, when she has agreed to be the face of the push to bring an end to the growing Super troubles.

Uniform: Currently just wears her blue police uniform with nothing ridiculous. She thinks it's absurd how the other Supers wear costumes, and a blatant indication that most of them cannot be trusted if they have to hide behind masks.

Alignment: Lawful Good

Combat Method: Officer Collins uses a number of methods depending on the situation and as she learns to incorporate her telekinesis into combat, preferring to subdue suspects and assailants instead of kill them.

Mode of Transportation: Junker car, police cruiser.

Supply/Inventory:
-Her police uniform, nothing special about it.
-Her police badge and identification.
-A smart phone.
-Sunglasses.
-Handcuffs.
-Flashlight.
-A standard-issue police pistol.
-Pepper-spray.
-A taser.
-Often has access to the trunk of a police cruiser with weapons and the police arsenal to respond to situations as needed. Unlike the Executioner, she isn't geared to wipe out entire armies at a moment's notice.
-A pad to give people speeding tickets. Sometimes things get slow and we've got quotas to meet, alright?

Paradigm Stone
Paradigm Stone Appearance: When Elizabeth possesses the stone it seems to not stop morphing its shape, like an orb whose insides are trying to force its way out, multiple tongues and tentacles of rock lash outwards and then fall back into the orb, like the tendrils of the Sun. Its color varies greatly depending Elizabeth's mood, and the orb itself hovers around her.

Personal Appearance Changes: Elizabeth's body quickly becomes covered in a second skin of random materials that adhere to her from nearby objects such as cement, rock, steel, or anything else tough, as her telekinesis creates a physical shield against others. She ceases walking and simply hovers or flies where she decides to go, often sending shockwaves of force in her wake that shatter buildings.

Power/Ability Progression: Empowered by the Stone, her powers grow enormously, allow her to rip steel beams out of buildings to use as bats or to throw military tanks with ease. Her frustrations burst into view and her allegiance shifts at a whim. She is very likely to conclude that the world would be better off under her leadership and to begin actively pursuing its conquest.

Power-Drunk Goals: Initially, attainment of respect, then money, then finally power. Soon enough, it is clear she is the only person fit to lead humanity.

Weakness: Arrogance, anger, a loss of control over herself and the unleashing of what a normal Elizabeth might view as a monster on the order of the Executioner. Her biggest weakness is probably mental and/or psychic, as her power grows to consume her.

Withdrawal Symptoms: Delusions, hallucinations, and potentially a babbling psychosis.

[FrozenEcstasy]

Edited my CS into my first OOC post

[Sizzlin Bacon]

FYI you've got 16 points allocated instead of 15, you may wish to reduce one of them.

[FrozenEcstasy]

I thought we had 16 points o.O

Fixed

[Sizzlin Bacon]

I want to mention I don't believe there should be a jail known for holding Supers just yet, or built specifically for that purpose. One month is not enough time to build such a thing. There may not even be any organization really directed towards the problem, since it is a fairly new problem, though, of course, the Executioner assault on one of the police buildings made it rather newsworthy.

edit- Noticed I was missing the inventories for the characters. Added them in. The Executioner's might be particularly funny.

[betelgeuse]

Elizabeth and Ocean are definitely accepted! Really good additions to the group. I think ill have the IC up by the middle of this week and anyone ekse who signs up after can jump right in.

Everyone is welcome to post their sheets (one per post) in the chsracter sheet thread now. Im glad we have some awesome characters!

Also, very much enjoy Malcolm's inventory

Edit: Sorry about random typos at time. I'm usually typing from my phone on the go

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betelgeuse said
Elizabeth and Ocean are definitely accepted! Really good additions to the group. I think ill have the IC up by the middle of this week and anyone ekse who signs up after can jump right in.Everyone is welcome to post their sheets (one per post) in the chsracter sheet thread now. Im glad we have some awesome characters!Also, very much enjoy Malcolm's inventoryEdit: Sorry about random typos at time. I'm usually typing from my phone on the go

No comment on Mr. Lang's "Bloody Hell?"
I'm disappointed, I thought it was a fairly psychopathic ability for a chaotic good?

[betelgeuse]

As long as it's not over used or too powerful, seeing that many of the characters will be bleeding, I'll be fine with it.

Its not the power that makes them evil, it's how they use it! ^_^

[Corporal Lance]

It's not the ability, it's how you use it. Poor guy can't help if he's a blood bender.

[FrozenEcstasy]

Corporal Lance said
It's not the ability, it's how you use it. Poor guy can't help if he's a blood bender.

Well actually I was thinking of tying it in with some old Chinese mythology and stuff to where it was his choice, but I'm not decided on that just yet >u>

[betelgeuse]

As far as super powers (other than lab accidents and technology) it was randomly generated by the stone. It might have been swayed by their personality and disposition, but there was no actual choosing. There's going to be way more the characters can learn about it if they choose to do so.

[NotExceedingTheNines]

Still space? If so then I'll rustle something up.

[FrozenEcstasy]

betelgeuse said
As far as super powers (other than lab accidents and technology) it was randomly generated by the stone. It might have been swayed by their personality and disposition, but there was no actual choosing. There's going to be way more the characters can learn about it if they choose to do so.

You said something about magic though?
"-Character powers do not need to stem from the stone. They can be from technology, serums, alternate universe energy (magic) or just highly trained in specific fields. "

Something ancient and Chinese, I was going to look for any myths or legends I may utilize... If that was okay?

If not I am PERFECTLY fine with the stone, I just thought it'd be an interesting story mechanic

[betelgeuse]

Oh, yeah of course! Nobody expressed interest in magic yet but you're more than welcome to have his myths/beliefs manifest in magic

[betelgeuse]

NotExceedingTheNines said
Still space? If so then I'll rustle something up.

And yes, we do have some space! I will be getting the IC up soon as well as sending out sone PM's while everyone is planning.

[NotExceedingTheNines]

Is it OK If I go for the slot as the CEO of the Paradigm-grabbing company? If not I'll be ok with doing something else. I just think it might be quite fun to play a non-powered individual...

[betelgeuse]

You're more than welcome to that spot! The only detail to that spot is that Genetico (or whateverit ends up being called) has currently had a good deal of it's stocks purchased by my mobstress i'll have up later. She would basically just be on the board for the company.

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NotExceedingTheNines said
Is it OK If I go for the slot as the CEO of the Paradigm-grabbing company? If not I'll be ok with doing something else. I just think it might be quite fun to play a non-powered individual...

The CEO of that company might have interesting interactions with Mr. Lang, the heir of a Multibillion dollar company week knows how to fight money with money
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[NotExceedingTheNines]

OK so I think this will do. I'm going to go over it and do some edits soon, but the key points will remain the same.

In the interest of as much autonomy for my character as possible, whilst still satisfying the story requirements so far given, John Bakker's company 'The Tower' will have a controlling interest in the still awfully named (could this be an IC thing please? Just lampshade it horribly) Genetico, with 40% of the shares.

John Bakker

-Basic Info-
Name: John Bakker
Gender: Male
Age: 57

-Stats-
(image to be added)
Height: 5:10
Weight: 14 st.
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Blue
Notable Features: Wheelchair

-Psychological Profile-

Personality:
Bakker has a forceful personality. He is as selfish and driven as can be expected for a man in his situation, but his main goal is not the aquisition of more wealth (which at a certain point becomes more a way of keeping score), but the aquisition of status.
It is for this reason that he gives prolifically and funds political campaigns, art exhibitions and cutting edge-research. It is also for this reason that The Tower's more dubious holdings (as diverse as sweatshops in the Phillipenes, private security companies and labs pursuing secretive and amoral military contracts) are handled through a web of subsidiaries and dummy corporations. Not to say that The Tower is completely free of stigma, simply that to the public eye rumours of these goings on remain just that; merely rumours.
On a business level, Bakker is a cold pragmatist. He has very few moral codes he feels bound by, and is limited more by what he can hide than anything else.

Strengths: Natural charm, charisma and a talent for personal manipulation. And, of course, the enourmous amount of human resources and money at his disposal.
Weaknesses: Physically handicapped by a series of literally crippling strokes. Bakker is bound to a wheelchair.
Fears: Loss of status, and the destruction of whatever legacy he can create. To an extent, fear of his own body; it's frailty and his disease.

-Power Points:
- 3 Wealth
- 3 Manipulation
- 3 Hideout
- 3 Science (from corporation)
- 3 Public Profile/contacts

-Public Identity-
Job: CEO of The Tower, for business purposes a successful, but moderately sized investment company; in practice a diverse conglomerate of owned and controlled sub-corporations and holdings companies. The Tower itself is a recent construction- a skyscraper in the center of the city housing an exclusive hotel on the lower floors, and the synonymous company's headquarters at the top.

Home: Bakker lives mainly in a mansion a short distance outside the city. He will sometimes stay for long periods or entertain in his apartment in the Tower's penthouse.
He has an ex-wife of some 10 years, and a daughter (15) who he spoils horribly, but rarely finds time to see.

Wealth/Lifestyle: Bakker enjoys the lifestyle of the absurdly wealthy.
Clothing Style: Either impeccably tailored suits, or casually smart clothes chosen perfectly for the situation. He has stylists, of course.
Friends/Relationships: Bakker is the sort of man who is friends with everybody and nobody- his dedication to his public image means that he spends a large amount of time moving in the 'right' circles; but few, if any, would call themselves his friend.
Rivalries:

Public/Professional Goals: As stated above, Bakker values prestige and status above mere aquisition of wealth. That isn't to say that the investment arm of the Tower has lost focus on this goal, merely that Bakker's personal projects have diversified recently.

History: Bakker likes to say that he built The Tower from the ground up- whilst not strictly true, the fact remains that his original business partners have all been bought out, and that the original investment provided by the death of his millionaire parents has been increased a thousandfold.

As stated above, Bakker has begun investing heavily in various pet projects. The most interesting of these (and one of the least lucrative), was in Genetico's lab complex in a small industrial park, a few miles from the city. This is one of the Tower's better kept secrets; Bakker himself is chairman of the board of this company officially because he was requested to take the position by a group of minority shareholders. In truth, this collection of investors, making up 40% of the shares, is entirely fictitious, and is in fact comprised solely of Tower subsidiaries.

The recent oppertunistic aquisition of the Paradigm stone by Genetico has naturally drawn Bakker's full attention.

-Secret Identity-

With Bakker, there is less of a difference between the public and the secret. He has no secret identity- it is merely that his goals and motives are secret, and that the methods he chooses to move towards these are equally hidden from the public eye. To an extent, The Tower itself is his secret; just as the revelation of a regular cape's nocturnal activities would be a shattering event: so the exposure of certain corporate secrets would spell the end of Bakker's reputation. The nature of his involvement with Genetico is one of the less well kept of these secrets.

Hideout: The Tower
Allies/Relationships: To be updated.
Nemesis: To be updated.
Motivations/Goals: To be updated.
Supplies/Inventory:

-Paradigm Stone-

Bakker has refused contact with, or a fragment of, the Paradigm stone. Although the bulk of the stone which Genetico aquired could by a long stretch be said to be currently 'his'.

Paradigm Stone Appearance:
Personal Appearance Changes:
Power/Ability Progression:
Power-Drunk Goals:
Weakness:
Withdraw Symptoms: