[OOC] Masks, A Tale of Heroes (CLOSED)

[Avanhelsing]

@Ves
Uhh that seems a lot like my guy... Maybe I am crazy.

[Mr_pink]

I may get an app up later

[Masaki Haruna]

Name: Maria Eiswacht
Age: 19
Gender: Female
Ethnicity: German-Japanese

Appearance WIP

Confidential WIP

Alias:

Costume:

Meta-Human Power:

Weaknesses or Side-Effects:

Personality:

Background:

Other:

[Rin]

OK, not gonna lie, loving the Ben Grimm vibe (seeing the word clobberin' seriously made my day), but I would personally tone down the invulnerability a bit since it sounds there's no feasible way to stop him should he ever go on a rampage, which is a bit balanced unless I'm missing something, in which case feel free to correct me.

@Double

Going to assume this one was actually aimed at me and you just put the wrong name by accident since it makes more sense that way. ^^; Anyways... Hmmm, yeah, I was a little unsure whether I was making him come off as too invulnerable or not. Hmmm...

If I threw in something he has a vulnerability to (say, lightning or something) would that work? Or should I just tone it done a bit so that he's still a lot more durable than everyone else, but to a lesser degree?

[Teal]

Anything you want me to fix, just let me know.

Name: Lance Furlong

Age: 57

Gender: Male

Ethnicity: Canadian, Caucasian.

Appearance:

"Lance" [+]

Stands at around 5'9 and weighs 195 pounds, his body being mostly muscles with the exception of a few sagging wrinkles around his abdomen. Nevertheless pretty impressive for a man who is close to retirement.

Confidential

Alias: Shepherd

Costume: As one would expect from 50 + year old man, Lance isn't so much about theatrics as he is about functionality. That's why his vigilante attire mostly consists of a ballistic face mask and a tactical operation suit, courtesy of his friends over at CIA.

Meta-Human Power:

Enhanced Strength; Due to his exposure to the chemicals, Lance underwent through a significant change in agility and strength. His fading natural strength got amplified about four or five times more, giving him the ability to effortlessly lift a dining table with only one of his hands. His agility upgraded to the point he could give the world's fastest gymnast a run for his money, and he has now enough stamina to wrestle two bears at the same time. If you need a concrete example, think MCU Captain America, only less tolerant to falling from high heights.

Keen Intellect and Eidetic Memory; While not even certain if it's a superpower, the blast may have also affected Lance's then already decent intellect and may have stretched his memory storage. He can now learn new languages in a couple of weeks, remember trivial things after being subjected to them for the first time, things that your average human wouldn't be able to notice that fast. He is also pretty much able to recreate in painstaking detail any area that he has visited after he got his superpowers.

Lance is also renowned to be a thinker, capable of devising strategies and uncovering enemy weaknesses in a short amount of time.

Weaknesses or Side-Effects: While he made it out of the blast injury-free and with no third leg or some similar mutation, the blast triggered his PTSDs and enhanced their influence. Now, whenever he has a bad dream, a flashback to a terrible experience or something of the like, he gets a terrible headache which might distract him and result in his demise, depending on how heated the situation is.

Personality: For a man who has been to hell and back, you'd expect Lance to be some sort of a grumpy, get-the-fuck-out-of-my-lawn type of guy, but surprisingly he is quite the opposite. Probably regarded as his greatest natural ability, Old man Furlong is mostly notable for his eccentric and somewhat charming behavior, choosing to face all the obstacles coming his way with a smile. He also cherishes fighting other metahumans that equal or surpass him in terms of battle capabilities, and never refuses spars. However, once he deducts that a certain person is capable of great inconvenience, he won't kid around and will do his utmost to remove said person out of the equation. That's when his cold and calculating persona surfaces. He also suffers a great deal from the horrors of his past, but makes an effort to hide his disturbances most of the time.

As a former spy, he doesn't follow any code of conduct and shows antipathy to those who do, arguing that there's no place for rules in a war zone. Also, due to mostly being the person with the most experience, he feels somewhat inclined to give advice to his young colleagues when he notices they're straying away, something which happens a lot in his line of work. He also possesses a strong sense of humor to correlate with his unusual attitude.

Background: Born in Vancouver, Canada in 5 March of 1958, to a family of butchers, Lance had a life expectancy of about four years. His family faced constant harassment from a local gang which were running an extortion ring. One thing led to another, and fast forward to 6 months old Lance moving to Louisiana with his mother, shortly after his father's murder by the hands of one of those gang members. Their first house was a small, abandoned farm which her mother restored with the help of a couple of friends she had made on the way. After giving the farm it's previous glory, they managed to sell it and bought a small house in Modern City, Georgia. Adoring the place's peaceful nature, Lance became attached to it, participating in several pro-environment movements and shooting down his Mom's suggestions to move to another place.

At the age of 18, Lance was told the truth about his father. Up until then, he was fed a bittersweet lie; that his father had died in an unfortunate car accident. Upon being told the truth, young Lance worked double jobs just so that he could collect enough money to go to Vancouver and visit his father's grave, and also perhaps interview people close to his father about his death. While there, he found out that his father's killer was alive, but had turned into a hermit due to suffering from a bad case of Parkinson's. Lance, much to the others' chagrin, decided to confront his father's killer and make him suffer for his sins, but managed to hold himself back after witnessing the man had become impotent and was suffering enough. He decided to end his stint and make his way back to Georgia.

Following his return in the United States of America, Furlong's potential and his shenanigans in Canada piqued the attention of a CIA handler who was willing to turn Furlong into a killing machine and incorporate him within the ranks of the Special Activities Division. While he underwent through grueling training, his frequent meet-ups with his single mother kept him from falling apart and helped him maintain a rather sweet disposition, for a man specialized at doing wet work. At the age of 35, he had accomplished over twelve missions out of a total twelve, giving him the unofficial title of 'master assassin' and making him a legend in the world of espionage. He retired at the age of 45.

While enjoying his retirement one day, he witnessed the chemical explosion and was subjected to them, although he was reasonably far away, managing to make it out without any injuries but a heart scare. He was pleasantly surprised upon discovering that his strength was enhanced, but was displeased at the way how a relatively peaceful city was tearing itself apart. So, he decided to take measure, donning his old CIA costume and using the callsign "Shepherd".

Other:

• He possesses a H&K P30 which he sometimes fits with a suppresor.
• A tactical SOG blade for close combat.
• A customized FN SCAR Assault Rifle.
• In terms of travel, he rides a 1975 Honda CB400F.
• He has yet to fight a metahuman who matches his heightened senses.
• His mother, Francis, lives in a nursing home in Modern City, aged 75 years old.

[RumikoOhara]

I completed the Bio and Other section

[Bright_Ops]

Name:
Andrew Macdonald

Age:
23

Gender:
Male
Ethnicity:
Caucasian

Appearance

Confidential

Alias:
Farseer

Costume:


Meta-Human Power:
Those who go up against the Farseer will quickly discover and spread word of his claim that he can see the future and thus everything that they are about to do, often telling them in great detail about what is about to happen; Shortly after which he will prove himself right.

In truth however, this is a facade. The Farseer's true ability is a voice that has a rather hypnotic effect on people; While he cannot outright control someone, the Farseer can influence them to various degrees from invoking an emotional response to outright implanting suggestions, impulses and ideas into their minds, often without them knowing. The whole 'I can see the future' act is merely a way for him to influence those he goes up against so that events will play out as he 'predicts' without them guessing what his true powers are.

Weaknesses or Side-Effects:
Farseer must be able to speak freely for his powers to have any effect at all. The target of his powers must also be able to hear/understand what he is saying in order to be influenced by it; Someone who can't understand english or doesn't understand what the words Farseer is using actually mean are just likely to get confused rather then actually influenced in any way shape or form.

Personality:
For the most part Andrew is a quiet, socially awkward man that normally stays at home on his computer unless work or shopping finally drags him outside. Legally diagnosed with high functioning aspergers and working a low skilled job because he hates the education system with a passion, Andrew tries to be as polite as good as he can despite his difficultly with most social situations. He has a few close friends from his school days that he talks to occasionally online but otherwise it is rare for him to actively seek social company.

As Farseer, Andrew is almost a completely different person. Confident, cool headed and (At least seemingly) always in control of the situation, Farseer is largely the kind of person Andrew wishes he could be but isn't. It's amazing the difference a mask can make.

Since getting the ability to influence others with his voice, Andrew has started to grow much more confident in himself.

Background:
Andrew was born and raised in Modern City, the youngest (And only male) child of the Macdonald family. If pressed, he would say that he had a fairly lucky upbringing; He grew up with a loving, middle class family. Seemingly fewer and fewer people could claim such a thing.

If there was one thing that Andrew hated, it was school. He was surrounded by people he hated, learning things from teachers that had stopped caring a long time ago in a system that had been screwing them all from the start. Still, he managed to finish high school even if he never properly sort out higher education.

Andrew's 'career' if it can be called that was being limited to 12 hours a week working at a supermarket, a job he got largely due to the connections of his older sisters. Still living at home with his parents when the bay accident happened, Andrew didn't notice his new found 'gift' for a while due to his somewhat anti social behavior. However, as he noticed that more and more things were going his way and the appearance of 'Supers', Andrew started to test some theories and was pleasantly surprised to learn that he was effectively a mutant.

With the money he had saved up combined with some cash his parents had put aside for him, Andrew moved out after securing a surprisingly good deal with a friendly landlord (*Wink Wink*) and joined up with the local Socialist political party.

Andrew created the 'Farseer' out of a desire to do good and help his home city while also giving himself ample chance to practice and possibly strength his new found gifts.

Other: Andrew is a member of Modern City's Socialist Party. While currently he is one of the party people that works behind the scenes to make sure things happen, he seems to have caught the notice of the current local candidate as someone to keep close.

[LPFan]

Well, I don't have time to make a character right now but once I do I'll start writing him down.

[SwarthyBard126]

@Double
Just edited mine, can you please take a look.

[Double]

Just to clarify something since I failed to do so in the OP (I apologize for that btw) but the RP is set to take place only a few months after the explosion, so the few characters who have seemingly had their powers since they were a kid are sadly not going to work with that timeline.

Anywho, onto character analyses:

@RumikoOhara and @Bright_Ops, both of you are accepted.

@Rin I would personality remove the resistance to mental attacks, since I believe that's always been a common weakness for characters like Thing and Juggernaut (Hulk too maybe but I'm not really sure since I'm not as familiar with him). But if you'd rather have a weakness to an element or stone or whatever then that would be fine too.

@Teal Technically Modern City has been around for about 200 years (having been started in 1815). I'm not sure how fast or slow the village grew, so I'm also unsure how Lance "growing up with the city" could be feasibly done. Admittedly I rather like him as a concept, former badass spy and all that.

If Teal or anyone has any suggestions for what Modern City's historical timeline could look like please let me know. I would like to accept Teal's character but I also want it to be done right, you know?

Edit: @SwarthyBard126 Accepted

[Ves]

@Ves
Uhh that seems a lot like my guy... Maybe I am crazy.

@Avanhelsing

Oh crap bro, didn't see yours. Sorry. I'll change it.

[Ves]

Jason Black

Name: Jason E. Black
Age: 19
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: Caucasian

Appearance Jason's appearance is something you really wouldn't notice in a dark alley; and if you did, you'd wish you didn't really notice. He's not grotesque or ugly...just, his choice of apparel, and the foreboding way his hood shadows his face...well, yeah. Looks-wise, his skin is a bit on the pale side - a farcry to the tan he used to have quite a few months ago. His face is a bit boyish and handsome, seeing as he's still in his teenage years, and he was never an unattractive guy. His hair, however, is a deep, almost shadow-like black; and very shaggy. It's medium-length, going down his neck in raven-colored locks, and his bangs sweeps over his eyebrows. His eyes are obviously his most unusual feature.

Pure white, without any of the veins or yellowsih coloring you'd see in regular humans. Flat in the middle, is a small, pure-black dot. Another side-effect. Due to his powers allowing him to form his clothing at any time; although his clothing is pure, shadowy-black due to literally being congealed shadows - Jason just keeps to his shadow-hoodies, rugged shadow-jeans, and shadow-converse. Nothing out-of-place - except the pitch black coloring, and nothing you'd blink twice at. Except, his hood is constantly up, and never seems to come off, and it completely shadows his face. Completely. Like, you can't see any skin, since he keeps gloves on as well.

Confidential

Alias: N/A.

Costume: N/A.

Meta-Human Power: Darkness Manipulation;; The name itself is basically the whole shebang. Jason has absolute control over darkness, shadows, and things of that nature. This allows for a variety of different techniques and uses, from frivolous to lethal, all the way to destructive. An example is him enveloping his arm in shadows, creating a long, curling, inky black whip made of darkness. With a lash of the shoulder muscle, he can send the darkness whip curling through the air like a cobra, while his control over darkness naturally makes it razor-sharp and durable, allowing it to cut, pierce, and slice through objects, or wrap around objects to throw. That's one technique of the power. It could also be used for puddle-like portals of darkness, for teleportation or stealth, or even creating organic-like darkness to act as dermal armor and clothing at the same time.

Weaknesses or Side-Effects: A side-effect of his powers is his eyes - they are now all white with one pitch-black pupil in the middle; a rather obvious thing, and the reason why he wears a hood 24/7. It also turned his hair pitch-black and skin a bit pale, but that's not anything too bad. A weakness would, obviously, be light. However, since he isn't a vampire or anything, it doesn't hurt to be in light. Rather, concentrated amounts of light hurts and burns, and he can get sun-burned very, very easily. Fire is a bitch, so that's a weakness. Darkness doesn't like fire.

Personality: Can this be developed in the IC? He's going to be a pretty distant, yet chill guy...don't really like playing around with kids, but always has a dry, sarcastic wisecrack ready whenever necessary. Can come off as cold and unfeeling, but is decent enough at his heart, and dislikes crime due to some trouble in his past.

Background: Let's be real here; not everyone's life is very exciting...Jason's life is like this, as well. He grew up as a normal boy, living with his grandma and grandpa since his parents died when he was three. He played sports in school, got picked on until he hit his growth spurt and began hitting back, and got into a bit of trouble in his mid-teens. Got done with the trouble, got a job at a coffee shop, and moved out to begin college. It wasn't for him, and he dropped out, getting into becoming a freelance artist and journalist. This whole power thing took him by surprise, but as an adaptive guy, Jason rolled with it. The side-effects were hard to deal with at first, but then the whole 'hood' thing came into play, and he just began using his darkness to make hoodies; which hid his face in shade completely due to his powers. He wasn't into the whole superhero thing, with aliases and costumes; he found it geeky...but whenever he saw a crime going down, he had to help. With darkness being his clothing, he could easily just use it to disguise himself...so no harm, no foul.

Other: N/A

@Ves

Finished.

Oh damn, sorry for the double post.

[Gurren1]

Are villains allowed?

[Double]

@Gurren1 Yes.

@Ves Accepted.

[Gurren1]

@Gurren1 Yes.

@Ves Accepted.

@Double

Thanks I will get to work.

[Larfleeze]

Name: Thomas Chandler
Age: 19
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: Caucasian American

Appearance

Thomas appears frail and sickly due to his condition, with pale, short-length blond hair and green eyes. His somewhat scrawny frame makes him look younger than he really is. Thomas feels a total lack of apathy towards choosing what he wears, he just throws on whatever's there - which is usually casual clothes, such as sweatpants, jeans or plain t-shirts.



Poltergeist manifests as a male, wraith-like humanoid, wearing what seems to be a white gas mask along with a tattered jumpsuit, with a total absence of skin pigment and green glowing eyes. Not even Thomas knows what lies beneath Poltergeist's mask...

Confidential

Alias: N/A

Costume: N/A

Meta-Human Power: Materialized Protector - Thomas can manifest a guardian that is capable of defending and fighting for Thomas, which he calls Poltergeist. Poltergeist is a part of Thomas, and damage is reflected between the two. For example, if Poltergeist's arm is cut off, Thomas will lose their arm as well.

Invisibility - Poltergeist is capable of rendering itself and Thomas invisible to the naked eye, allowing both of them to accomplish tasks unseen.

Healing - Poltergeist can accelerate the healing time for cuts and broken bones on itself/Thomas and other people. It cannot heal missing limbs or mental damage. Using this ability accelerates the amount of time Thomas can bring Poltergeist out.

Weaknesses or Side-Effects: Thomas cannot walk far on his own without assistance as he is partially disabled. Thomas' power can cause severe optical hemorrhaging if Poltergeist is brought out for too long. The further away Poltergeist is from Thomas, the weaker it becomes.

Personality: Thomas could only be described as inhumanly tenacious, and persistent; once he is committed to something, he will not back down until the deed is done. Though courageous and willing to help at times, this is easily dispersed when Thomas' worth is put into question. When the need arises though, he can be driven by a dark determination, which is attributed to his stubborn and strong-willed nature.

Although his stubbornness might be described as a good thing by some, others might say it's a hindrance as his pride might prevent him from accepting help, even when he clearly needs it.

Background: At the very moment the cargo ship exploded, Thomas was in the passenger seat of his friend's car, driving somewhere near the coast. The blinding flash of light caused the car to spin out of control, crashing into a wall at high speeds and killing his friend, while Thomas suffered paralysis. Thomas woke up in a hospital a day later, now permanently paralyzed from the waist down.

That night when he went to sleep, he was woken by the eerie glow of two bright green lights attached to a bone-white figure hovering over his hospital bed. Understandably, Thomas was terrified, his heart rate spiking, causing the nurse to check in on him. By the time she had arrived the apparition had vanished. Thomas made some excuse about a nightmare, which seemed to assure the nurse that he was fine. Thomas never slept that night, fearful that the specter would reappear. A stream of questions ran through his mind. Most of them involved him questioning his own sanity. Was the apparition really there? Was it actually a hallucination brought on by the painkillers Thomas was taking?

The next day, Thomas attempted to reach for a glass of water, only for the phantom to materialise again and gently handed him the glass. It was then that he realised that he wasn't hallucinating, that the mysterious wraith was actually somehow under his command. Thomas spent the rest of the day practicing his new found abilities, commanding it to do minor tasks out of view until he became competent in using it. Eventually he learned how to use his Guardian's other powers in that hospital room, including healing - which is currently slowly healing his legs, now allowing him to barely walk a couple of steps - and nicknamed it Poltergeist after its appearance and abilities.

Thomas was eventually discharged from the hospital, along with Poltergeist, following close behind. Thomas then moved in with his old high-school friend, who offered to let Thomas to stay with him.

Other: Thomas is slowly regaining the use of his legs and is currently able to walk a few steps unaided.

[Ves]

Yo, so anyone wanna discuss character relations? Larfleeze and I have already decided that our two characters would be roommates, sharing a shitty apartment complex in the downtown.

[LetterA]

//slides in-- did someone say superhuman???? lmao is this still open pls say yes ; 7 ; )/

[ScarlettWaters16]

@Ves Hmmm... you and I might have to talk about Shadow and Jack... xD

[Ves]

@Ves Hmmm... you and I might have to talk about Shadow and Jack... xD

@ScarlettWaters16

Lol, Jason? Yeah, that could be pretty awkward. If she's a well-known hero, then he's probably said some dirty stuff behind her back, about her alias.