[CHAR] X-Men Apex Rising

[Xenonia]

Officer Shark

Name: Officer Franklin Shark
Age: 23
Personality: Frank Shark is not a calm person. He is prone to bursts of rage, as is to be expected of any shark-related super. However, he does have a rather good handle on this, keeping his rage focused on his work (enforcing the law) and is going to anger management classes twice a week.

Frank is also a bit... Slow, in regards to the educational aspect, and therefore a little bit gullible. Many a new recruit to the force has been 'hazed' by being told to mess with Shark in some way. He doesn't get it, which is probably better for everybody.
X-Gene Mutation: Enhanced Strength, Shark Physiology, Scent Tracking
Photo:
Like above, but wearing a police officer uniform.
Occupation: Mutant Enforcement Officer
Other/Bio: Franklin Shark was born the way he is now, looking like a half man, half shark creature. His parents thought it to be a cruel joke, as Shark was in fact their last name: Jonathan and Andrea Shark. Franklin had a very comfortable childhood, as his father was the co-founder of the Poole-Shark Chalk Supply Company, and therefore was able to afford accommodations for his son's... Special needs.

When Franklin was discovered by the authorities, during an investigation into his dad's illegal loan racket, he was offered a choice: Be set free in the ocean or start going to a normal human school like a normal human student. As Frank was not aware that his shark-form was abnormal at the time, he chose the school option.

He graduated near (though not at) the top of his class from his high school and immediately enrolled in the police academy. He wanted to bring the hammer(head)s of justice to the sea of crime that washed over the USA.

[thatguy]

Name: Walt Ashmore

Age: 21

Personality:
Walt is a womanizing playboy who has a taste for the finer things in life. He's the kind of guy who has an ulterior motive for everything he does, and he is always thinking ahead like a Futurist. Despite these attitudes, he wants to leave this world with a legacy of good intentions.

X-Gene Mutation(s)
Impenetrable Skin- Walter's epidermis is nigh invulnerable, and nothing short of a high velocity, high calibre rifle round can bruise him. There are ways to get around hurting though, and this involves any external organs or holes in his body (eyes, mouth, ears, and a couple of areas down south)
Enhanced Durability of Skeletal Structure- Walter's bones are extremely durable, and nothing short of 10,000 pounds of force which is 2,000 pounds of force less than an average locomotive exerts at full speed.

Occupation: Party Boy/Trust Fundee/Philanthropist

Other/Bio: It will be revealed through the IC

[Boomrocker]

Inspector Aaron Anderson

Name: Inspector Aaron Anderson
Age: 25
Personality: Aaron is organised, fastidious and cautious. He adheres to routine like religion. Unlike most police officers he dearly enjoys paperwork and ensures that all proper forms are filled in and the rules have been followed before he undertakes police action.
X-Gene Mutation: Aaron can choose to instantly memorize anything he reads. He has chosen to memorize every police handbook he could find as well as most of the legislation surrounding criminal law, amongst other useful odds and ends. He deliberately avoids memorizing novels unless they pertain to a case, because he likes to re-read them.
Occupation: Police Officer
Other/Bio: To be fleshed out IC.

[Midori]

Mika Harding

Mika Harding/21

Personality
To say that Mika is laid back and care free is putting it mildly. Very few people consider her to be anything more than a undisciplined youth who wastes her days away smoking, drinking, and partying the night away. Although, this isn't far from the truth Mika is also an extremely resourceful person who thinks on her feet and isn't afraid to take some risks in order to survive. Her independant lifestyle and questionable escapades circumventig the law were born of necessity but since then Mika has grown to enjoy being 'The Rebel'.
Appearance
Mika stands at 5'2" and generally wears a lot of black and red. She generally sticks to the goth-punk style of clothing. Her constant visits to the MMA Fitness Center keep her body toned and sharp. It's not uncommon for her to dye her hair and she generally does so on a whim. Currently she has her natural brown color with the fringes dipped in dark red dye.
X-Gene Mutation
Pyromancy; the ability to create and manipulate fire as if by extension of her will. Mika can also convert her body into an amorphous cloud of flames and travel freely through the air.
Occupation
Local party girl, vagabond, and general troublemaker.
Other/Bio
Mika was raised by her struggling father who fought in MMA tournaments. Her father, Frank, was a good fighter and tough enough to take beatings from some of the scariest fighters in MMA and still stand up afterwards. Despite this he lost more than he won but always came home with money regardless. Mika learned early on that he was taking money for throwing fights. He taught her it was necessary for their survival and that lesson stuck with her. He taught her that helping others is fine but you have to look out for yourself first. Crime wasn't an act of evil for them, it was a means to survive.

Mika herself has been on the wrong side of the law since she was caught pickpocketing at the age of fourteen, long before she was found out to be a mutant. Since then she's honed her skills and become a relatively successful theif. Although she mostly steals food to eat, she has been known to steal money and other items carelessly left in stranger's pockets well within her reach.

As she grew old enough she started going to her father's MMA Fitness Center called 'The Iron Pit'. It was little more than a rented space with a few punching bags and some mats for sparring. There she learned to fight like her old man and defend herself as necessary. It wasn't until a year ago that she was caught on video lighting a cigarette with her middle finger. The video was uploaded to youtube and went viral for all of two weeks. The Iron Pit stopped getting new clients shortly after and only a handful of regulars still train there every week.

[Wicked Sweet]

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[Peaceless]

Christopher Abu-Machlouf

Basic Information

Name: Christopher Abu-Machlouf
Gender: Male
Age: 23
Height: 175 cm
Weight: 70 kg

Appearance

Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Brown
Physical Appearance:

Externally, Chris is your typical nerd. His already narrow, lean build is further enhanced by the loose-fitting clothes he wears. On top of this is a head slightly larger than perfect proportion allows, adorned with an explosion of disheveled hair. His large, round, thin-framed glasses complete the picture - a young, green techie, fitting the social stigma of his kind.

But the first thing almost immediately apparent is his complete lack of facial expression. According to context, one can imagine him being bored, sarcastic or even silently angry. And when his words do not fit this, he slowly appears more and more creepy. Sometimes, when the effect is especially bad, he looks like a bad hologram, with unfocused eyes and computer-generated face with a generic expression. He sometimes notices this, and attempts to imitate facial expressions appropriate to the context or his mood. This generally makes things worse. And his monotonous, almost robotic voice does not help matters.

Underneath his loose clothes, Chris is built like an athlete. Tight, sinewy muscles cover his body, visible through thin skin almost entirely devoid of fat. He looks like the standard male muscle diagram in anatomy books, if the diagram was slightly thinner and a giant nerd. He is not built for volume, and none of this is visible through his clothes.

When he walks or participates in any other physical activity, the experienced would notice a certain determination in his steps, coupled with balance and control, typical of martial arts practitioners. Usually there is a determined facial expression in this package, so the experienced quickly become confused.

Attire:

Chris dresses with complete disregard for fashion or style, preferring practical work clothes for all events, even social ones. His usual attire is a pair of cargo pants, light work boots, and a simple shirt underneath a jacket made of some tough material. His clothes are usually a few sizes larger than he is, making him look small.

Though if he really could, he'd just stay in his lab coat all day.

Equipment:

- Glasses (-0.5)
- Lab Coat
- Thermometer
- Pen pocket friend (or whatever the name of this thing is)
- Multitool
- Digital/Analog Wristwatch

Personality

Innate & Outward Personality:

Chris is cheerful and friendly, and truly believes in every person's power to change the world for the best. Nothing of this comes through when he talks with people - His body language appears to be limited to hands alone, as his voice and face do not cooperate. It is so strange, that people truly need to get to know him before they can understand everything he's saying - especially his nerdy humor which he finds hilarious.

He is naturally curious, and tries to gain a deeper understanding of any topic he comes across, especially through conversation with professionals (who are his favorite conversation partners). His head, by now, is filled with bits of various information that may some day be useful in highly specific situations (Did you know standard water faucets have two different thread lengths for hot and cold pipes so they don't get mixed up?).

Since he had not dealt with any real danger before, Chris is kind of cowardly, and prefers to escape various dangerous situations. Though it would be interesting to find out what would happen if another's life was on the line.

He takes his glasses everywhere, though he's pretty fine without them. He likes the effect they have on people.

Hobbies/Interests:

Beyond his job, Chris has done a little research on every scientific field available to him. He is thus very slightly versed in all kinds of sciences, and may even recognize a term or two in a scientific paper by accident. He is particularly interested in medicine, though so far he has gained only the basic first-aid skills crucial for anyone working in a medical lab.

He tries to live a healthy lifestyle, though he seems to eat more than one would expect. He claims his body needs it. He also practices a kind of military self-defense technique, more for strength and coordination than true self-defense, but for some reason he's very perceptive and the few basic techniques he knows he can perform with near perfection.

Chris is also interested in various military technologies, from firearms to land vehicles and naval vessels. His father's career has left him curious about the world's military tech advancement, and he makes sure to follow on the latest developments and releases, through his father's sources of information. He has fired a few guns in his life, but other than having knowledge of how to operate many weapons, he has close to zero experience.

Skills/Talents:

Chris has a Magister's degree in Physics. His degree was very general and encompassed many different fields in physics, from analytic thermodynamics to relative gravitational analysis. His Magister's was about a new type of medical imaging, the first step towards his chosen career.

Chris is also versed in many kinds of medical equipment, and while he dealt only with specific equipment he will most likely be able to operate many others. He is able to analyze results of various tests as well, on a very basic level (though considerably upgraded by him testing various anomalies he had artificially induced in his body).

History/Bio

Christopher Abu-Machlouf was born in Egypt, to a writer and a military contractor. His father often took him as a child to gun shows and other events. The child took everything in with great joy, excited by the technological complexity and ease-of-use of the various "problem-solvers" he was shown.

His father thought he would continue in his steps and become an engineer, but Chris soon found that what excited him is not technology itself, but the principles on which it was built. Additionally, he was a pacifist, and preferred to advance the world of Medical technology instead of the Military. He finished school with honors, and immediately applied to the best university his parents' money could buy.

Roughly at the time of him receiving his Magister's, his father had a job opportunity in the US and they decided to move there as a family. Chris easily found a job in a large medical technology corporation, and since he had little practical knowledge in medicine, worked his way into a job of medical experimentation with next-generation medical equipment, with varied test subject groups.

Christopher's primary duty was to operate the various testing equipment, which was too complicated and unwieldy for doctors that were used to working with people. He tried to learn everything he could from them, but much of what happened went over his head. He did gain a good idea of how the testing equipment worked, on a physical level, and what the results meant - Since in his free time, he would run various tests on himself, in different conditions (After a workout, just waking up, hungover, etc). He was glad this machinery was available to him, as it encouraged him to live a healthy lifestyle.

One day, it happened. He woke up, not particularly tired, but looking in the mirror as if he partied hard yesterday and was going to pay for it. Through communication with the others, he realized his face was numb - or, emotionally numb. He could do anything he wanted with it, but it would not change according to his tone of voice or his mood. During the day, he noticed his voice becoming monotonous.

He quickly put himself in a device used to measure cardiovascular function. It was a stationary bike-like contraption with many sensors. He would often toy with the life-signs on the screen, trying to force them up or down using his thoughts.

This time, it worked.

He felt a sharp pain in his chest as his heart went from 60 to 160 in 3 seconds. His temperature jumped. His lungs forced oxygen inside with a coarse gasp. His hands, forehead, body became covered in hot sweat. A minute later it was over, after he was sure he was going to die from the weirdest cardiac arrest known to man. A slight but annoying headache was beginning to develop at the back of his head, so he got off the bike and poured himself a cup of juice. A few moments later, he was in front of the punching bag. He tested his strength a few times, his strikes fast and accurate from the self-defense classes he was taking (As they proved to be the most effective for his shape). Then, he forced himself to strike harder. And harder. His muscles bulged. Sharp pain spread through his elbow, to his shoulder and back. The next punch made a small crack in the cheap bag's fabric, simultaneously dislocating his shoulder.

He made it to bed somehow, his shoulder returned to place but his hand almost completely useless. He wondered if he was going to simply break apart at night. He wished himself to get better. He did not want to die. He did not want to die! His right hand twitched. When he woke up the next day, his arm was fine.

Using the tools at his disposal, Chris spent the following months working at day and researching his power at night. He was able to fine-tune his body to make his workouts more effective as well, and made almost inhuman progress. He had chosen not to reveal his anomaly to his workmates for now, fearing that if they made him into an official test subject, he would not be able to advance in his job.

Family:

Father: Frederick Abu-Machlouf, Project Manager, Egypt Military. Alive.
Mother: Dianah Abu-Machlouf, Writer. Alive.

Abilities

Power Class:

Physical - Bioelectrical Signal Control

Power Description:

The human body is controlled by decisions, some automatic and some intelligent, of all parts of the human brain. These decisions translate into bioelectrical signals, sent from the central nervous system to all parts of the body. Unlike normal people, Chris has control over many automatic signals, and is able to transmit them in his own body by will, overriding many of its automatic functions.

He also has a limited ability to transmit bioelectrical signals by touch to others. The effects on them are roughly similar to those on him, but can also be quite different, sometimes destructively so. The brain has no ability to transmit these signals outside the body, but Chris is able to overcharge the brain to do so. This takes a heavy toll on him.

(note: Chris does not actually have control over electricity - only over his body's communication signals).
Current State
The commands Chris can currently use are:

Biomechanical
- Strength

Removes limiters from the muscles, allowing the body to exert more force than it naturally would. If used for extensive periods or for extremely hard tasks, may damage the muscles.

- Speed

Similarly to strength, allows the limbs to move faster, with the same limitations.

- Flexibility

Allows muscles and tendons to lengthen beyond their limit. This lowers strength and makes the body more susceptible to physical damage.

- Control

Allows higher coordination and more accurate movements. Can be used for accurate throwing, pinpoint firearm accuracy, or complicated surgery (as long as he knows what he is doing). Decreases all other biomechanical parameters.

- Defense

Temporarily hardens muscles and bones, to allow the body to survive higher physical trauma. Decreases speed and flexibility.

Sensory
- Sight Accuracy

Allows clearer view of objects far away, or noticing minute details.

- Sight Speed

Allows the mind to respond to visible events faster. This is like bullet time, only without hastening the body. The higher the response speed, the greater the strain on the mind and eyes.

- Variable-Light Vision

Allows faster adaptation to low or high light environment. Within human limitations, this causes no strain, but when pushed beyond (i.e. darkvision) it causes strain as usual.

- Hearing

Enhances hearing beyond human capability. Works only in low-noise environments.

- Smell

Allows recognition of familiar smells in smelly environment.

- Taste

Food is more awesome than ever.

- Pain Resistance

The ability to ignore pain and prevent it from affecting sensory or physical parameters. This does not prevent actual damage to the body.

Internal
- Active Healing

Enhanced regeneration of wounded (or missing) tissue. Can be used to repair self-inflicted damage caused by other abilities.

- Adrenaline Control

Increase of adrenaline increases strength and speed, lowers coordination and sensitivity in all senses (including pain). High amounts of adrenaline in the blood for extended periods of time cause extreme fatigue. The usage of the ability itself does not strain the body (Within the body's limitation of producing and breaking down adrenaline).

- Sleep Control

Can fall asleep instantly and in any environment. External awakening must overcome the noise within which this power was used (kick to the head works every time).

- Digestion Control

Can, within certain limitation, process barely edible food, and in general take whatever materials he chooses from any ingested food. Cakes are not fattening anymore.

- Metabolism Control

Can hasten or slow down cardiovascular functions. Outside of human parameters, this is the most dangerous power to use, since passing human limitations in both directions leads to death.

Transmitted
- Sense Other

Able to sense and understand (within the limitation of the language used to describe these powers) any problems or wounds that a person has by touching them. Only serious problems are felt. Can be used to detect powers if they have anything to do with health or the structure of the nervous system.

- Heal Other

Able to induce regeneration in subject touched. The subject must be organic and the touch must persist for the duration of the ability. Exerts Chris just like normal regeneration but is generally less effective for the subject.

- Improve Other (Biomechanics)

Able to temporarily improve a target's strength, speed, stamina or resilience. This has side-effects depending on the target, and when the effect runs out there is a short negative effect.

Other
- Genetic Modification

In conjunction with healing, this can be used to modify a parameter beyond a human's capability permanently. This power is very long term, and its results take effect whenever the GM wants. This is basically my character's level up mechanism.

Future Advancement
- Increased bioelectrical stamina (decrease strain of powers on body, extend duration)
- Increase amount of simultaneous powers used (at the moment limited to 1)
- Increased effectiveness of all powers

- Future genetic modification results:

- Echolocation
- Thermal Sight

Limits:

Issuing a command requires a strong bioelectrical discharge in Chris's brain. The organ responsible for it takes time to recharge, and at the moment is limited to one discharge between recharges.

Using a command on someone else, including healing, takes greater effort and increases recharge time. It also damages Chris's nervous system slightly, requiring him to heal himself after a few uses.

Weaknesses/Drawbacks:

The weaknesses of particular powers are in their description. There are some general weaknesses however:

- Since Chris is able to change parameters humans usually have no control of, he is particularly susceptible to mind control. If forced to use his powers incorrectly, he can hurt himself and even die.

- As most parameters within the human body, Chris's power requires the body to be in optimal temperature. If Chris is too cold, his power weakens, and he loses it in particularly cool environments. He can increase his cardiovascular parameters to warm himself, but only while it isn't cold enough. When it is hot, on the other hand, Chris's power may go off randomly, on himself or on an innocent bystander touched at the wrong time. This depletes his ability as usual. His powers do not discharge randomly while charging. He can decrease his cardiovascular parameters to cool himself, but this makes him sluggish and tired if done in excess.

Relationships

Eris: A victim of evil. Must be saved from the doghouse.

[Knight of Doom]

Name: Eris Larson

Age: 19

Personality: Eris is a very intellectual person. She likes logic and reasoning, and in general she's very curious. She's a problem solver, who does puzzles and math problems in her free time. Eris is the kind of person to spend hours on a problem in order to solve it. However, when it comes to human interaction, Eris tends to be extremely oblivious. She has trouble conveying her words to others, and doesn't understand why people do what they do sometimes.

X-Gene Mutation: Wave Manipulation
The user can control waves of different kinds, tidal waves, soundwaves, brainwaves, electronic and radiowaves, etc. With this, the user can control sonar waves to enhance sound or even mute them, or cause others to fall asleep by manipulating their brainwaves. The user can also intercept and interpret messages in radio waves, and cause massive tidal waves, washing away anything in its path.

Her current abilities:

Radio Manipulation: The user can manipulate radio waves and frequencies as well as things that use radio waves, such as AM and FM waves, TV radio waves/frequencies as well as waves/frequencies from cell phones, AM or FM radio, Radar, and so on.

Tidal Wave Generation: The user can call forth huge water waves to crash down at their targets, washing everything away in a powerful torrent.

Limited abilities:

Acoustokinesis: User can create, shape and manipulate sound, a periodic disturbance of the medium (air, ground, water, etc) that radiates outward in straight lines in the form of a pressure wave. The effect these waves produce upon the ear is perceived as sound. From the point of view of physics, sound is considered to be the waves of vibratory motion themselves, whether or not they are heard by the human ear.

User can mimic, intensify, hush, and distort, as well warp, strengthen, echo, speed up, and slow down sound, using it as a powerful physical force and high-speed movement.

At low frequencies, sound is potentially fatal to living beings by causing internal damage, while high frequencies cannot be heard by normal humans but can be used for sonar-like effects. Since sound vibrations can travel through the air, ground, water and any form of medium, defense by using physical barriers is difficult. The vibrations can also affect at a molecular level.

In essence, sound is an invisible, deadly weapon and a versatile tool.

Restrictions:

Energy Usage: Consistent use of Eris's power drains a large amount of energy from her body. After using 55% of her energy, she starts to lose her ability to hear, and goes completely deaf after losing 65% of her energy. Once she's used approximately 75% of her power, she starts to see hallucinations. Her energy can also drain when she does physical activities.

Congenital Heart Disease: Eris was born with a heart defect that occasionally messes with the muscles that make up her heart. Eris doesn't know the full extent of it, but when under emotion stress, Eris's heart muscles spasm causing a sharp pain in her chest and difficulty to breathe. As her powers formed it frequently happened due to her inability to control her powers and her emotional instability. But as she's learned self control, it's gotten less frequent.

Appearance:


Occupation: College Student, Majoring in Chemical Engineering

Other/Bio:

Eris was born an only child into a family of perfectionists. So as she grew up she was expected to be perfect at everything including academics, music, and sports. This left no time for Eris to interact with her peers. Her parents also weren't very loving people, they just wanted her success. While Eris could understand her parent's view, she still felt resentment towards their attitude.

Eventually radios around Eris started getting scrambled, at first she thought it was a coincidence. But soon it became to obvious to ignore, however, Eris knew her parents would think of her as ridiculous if she told them, so she kept her mouth shut. She soon found out that she could create ripples in a still standing glass of water. She didn't know what was going on, so she decided it was best to keep quiet. As time went on, Eris started honing in on these abilities and trying to control them. To a degree it worked. At least she could listen to the radio.

One day Eris's parents took her to the beach, where she sat in the shade and read a book. Then a group of teenagers Eris's age invited her to play volleyball. Having played in a variety of sports, Eris agreed. Mostly because they needed one more person to make the teams even. After creaming her opponents, the teens asked her to play in the water with them, so she complied. Soon they were all jumping into large tidal waves, it was the most interaction Eris had ever had with kids her age. Eris wanted to show off to her new friends and came up with an idea. She told the group that she could create a large tidal wave over 8 feet tall. Naturally they didn't believe her, so they dared her to do it. Eris used the new found feeling in her gut to focus and create a tidal wave that was 9 feet tall. The kids thought it was a fluke so she did it again. While some of the kids thought it was cool, most thought she was a monster, and were suddenly afraid of her. The started running away and screaming at the other people on the beach, telling them that Eris was inhuman. Eris felt something inside her shatter. Soon Eris's parents heard and they had a "talk" with her. It ended up being an interrogation. Eris told them everything and demonstrated her abilities to them. Her parent's panicked and told her that under no circumstance was she allowed to used her powers. Already depressed after the events that took place, Eris agreed.

When Eris turned 16, she was getting tired of suppressing her powers, so she started to practice in secrete. Then, one day, she was practicing how to manipulate radio waves, when she accidentally found out that she could also control sound waves. She had just been in an argument with her parents. So in a small act of defiance, she started practicing. Angry, she accidentally created a large, sonic boom burst though her house. The building collapsed. Eris was fine since she was at the epicenter of the sound wave, so she went in search of her parents in the rubble. She found them both under a piece of debris that was slowly crushing them. Her parents pleaded with her to use her powers in some sort of way to save them, but instead of helping them Eris looked at them coldly. And repeated the words they said to her. "You are under no circumstance allowed to use your powers." With a horrified look in their eyes, the unstable building further collapsed, crushing them under it's weight. To this day she holds no regrets.

After the ordeal, there was the problem of who Eris would live with for the next two years of her life. Both her mom's and her dad's side of the family argued and butted heads. So she spent the next two years of her life moving from family member to family member. Now she goes to the University of Washington DC on a full ride scholarship. She still spends most of her time studying, but it's something she's interested in, Chemical Engineering.

Character Opinions

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[Gisk]

Isabel

Name: Isabel
Age: 17
Personality: Bold, fearless and not one to back down from something. Isabel's person is a result of growing up being different. She's learned not to shy away from being separate from the pack, and she's learned to like the way she looks in a sort of defiant way. It's hard to gain her trust, but she has a soft spot for people who are obviously out of the ordinary. Conversely, she carries an automatic, and difficult to break, disdain for "normal" people. The more you fit into society, the less she likes you, just as a rule.
She's a pretty surly person, and isn't known for her friendly demeanor. She doesn't try to be rude, but she doesn't try to be polite, either.

X-Gene Mutation: Matter Affinity.

Telekinesis: Well known. The manipulation of matter in the world.

Null Matter(Currently locked): The creation of a shadowy simulacrum of real matter. It's darker than black, absorbing almost all light and looking almost like it's photoshopped into real life. It sublimates over time, and won't last longer than an hour or so.

Phase Shifting(Currently locked): To coax the atoms of one mass to allow the atoms of another to pass around them. In other words, she can walk through things, or make other things pass through each other.

Appearance: Somewhere outside of the standard for feminine beauty. Long blond hair? How about no hair. At all. Her body is completely hairless, revealing her shimmery gray skin in all places. Even the sclera of her eyes is gray, slightly lighter than her skin tone. Her iris contrasts greatly, being a bright yellow that jumps from her face.
Her lips are darker than her skin, almost black but with the same shimmer as her skin. All of her teeth end on a slight point and her ears are narrow and slightly pointed.

She's tall at 6'3 and rail thin, with little padding even in her breasts and buttocks.

Her left ear is pierced with what could very well be a paper clip twisted in a coil and passing through her ear six times in a spiral.

She has three much more professional looking rings on each brow, where her eyebrow would be if she grew hair.

Each nipple has a bar-bell through them.

Tattoos

"HOMO SUPERIOR" across her knuckles, done roughly with a needle and pen ink. "Superior" is done two letters per knuckle, the letters are staggered diagonally.

A rough, thickly lined "X" over each nipple, and a second, smaller pair more visible just under each collar bone.

Down her left forearm, in a more professional looking script is a banner reading "Fuck Humans."

On the back of her right hand is a classical tattoo styled demon's head, intentionally resembling herself. It is winking and licking its licks seductively, but sharp fangs can be seen behind its lips.

Rough picture reference

Occupation: Unemployed.
Other/Bio: Ultrasounds never prepared her parents, or her doctors, for what they would see when Isabel was born. Her mother abhorred her, and she ended up leaving Isabel with only her father, who in turn gave her up to foster care. She bounced back and forth in the system, but most foster parents found it difficult to feel affection for this strange, otherworldly creature. By fifteen she had already left and was living on the streets. "Mutants" weren't really known as a thing at the time, and as far as people who encountered her were concerned, she was some kind of monster. For a while, she shunned human contact. But recently she's taken to boldly walking among normal men and women, almost reveling in the shocked looks.

There's no organized mutant rights movement at present, but there are a lot of individual underground groups. She's experimented with being a part of many. Some fought hate with peaceful resistance, and some fire bombed the houses of known-bigots. She personally prefers the latter.

Isabel spends a lot of time searching these groups out. The tendency of known members of such groups to... "disappear" has led most to exist in strict hiding, and she is still learning ways to discern them.

[Twilights Curse]

Nathan Grace

Name : Nathan Grace

Age: 20

Personality: go with the flow type of person, Nathan pretty much is an “act" before “thinking" type of guy, who lives life as he sees fit, and that fit doesn't always fit in with what people deem is ‘right’

X-Gene Mutation: Enhanced Speed - can move much faster than the average member of their species, near or at the speed of sound, or even faster. However, not without any ill effects such as the need to be constantly eating to maintain his speed, as his body burns through energy just as fast as he runs, and his clothing is not protected against wind sheer, enerta or friction that comes from running at such high speeds.
Accelerated Thought Process - can process information at incredible speeds, allowing them to analyze and come to conclusions at an unprecedented rate, which also allows for enhanced learning, through the use of both powers.

Photo

Occupation: work? what the hell is that..lol

Other/Bio in the first post

[TheObsidianWolf]

Name: Ryisa Cade
Age:21
Personality: Ryisa generally has a carefree attitude about everything. Everything. If it doesn't hurt someone else to badly why not? This often leads to people judging her by what they see as a lack of morals. She has morals just ones that aren't as strict as most other peoples. Wanna sleep around? Why the hell not?
Her motto is to try everything at least three times then you can decide if you like it or not. So if you ask her to do/try something, even if it's the most random of things she will do it 75% of the time. As long as it's not completely stupid.
Ryisa is also a great big nerd, video games, anime, Syfy, cosplay ext. She could go on for hours about the stuff.
She treats her powers as kind of a joke, using them to poke fun at people or pull pranks.

Mutation:
-Human Metamorphing: She is able to shape herself into an almost perfect copy of another human being. Almost, because there is always one tiny detail that if a person was observant would notice is off. It could be a change in color tone in the eyes, skin, or hair or maybe even a slight height difference. Just small things that could go unnoticed. She rarely uses this power except for costumes or to make herself look better in certain clothes and such.

-Voice Mimicking: While this goes hand in hand with Metamorphing Ryisa has had more time to perfect it as it was the first of her power to manifest. She is able to mimic any voice she's heard perfectly. Usually used for impersonations and pranks.

-Muscle Memory: This is the only power she takes remotely seriously as she uses it every day in her martial arts, dance and fencing programs. Though at the moment it takes a minimum of 5 observations for her to be able to do something well. The more she observes the better she gets.

Occupation: Barrista at a funky bar in downtown D.C.

Bio: Her mother died giving birth to her and she was adopted by Robert Banner, a doctor and Wade Rodgers a Lawyer. They made their normal home in the suburbs of Seattle Washington. They later adopted a boy Riker Wyane, though he was older than Ryisa. The first of her powers manifested when she was young, in an attempt at impersonation with her friends. It soon became something she was very good at. The rest came when she was older around puberty. Luckily they showed in the privacy of their home and after discussion with her dads they decided to keep it hush. Though she did start learning moves for her hobbies.
She graduated from highschool and then decided she wanted to travel and see the country. She now resides in D.C. working and seeing what it has to offer.

[DrewVonAwesome]

Joseph Stein

Name: Joesph Stein
Age: 19
Personality: Having essentially needing to do plenty to help his single mom raise his two younger brothers and two younger sisters. Joesph has always been a kind soul who puts others ahead of him. He doesn't possess many things but doesn't feel like he has too, a lot of times giving gifts back or to someone he felt deserved it more. The young man wants to make the world a better place than when he first came into it.

When he gets his wings and ability to fly. Joesph immediately became almost drunk with glee at the thought of flying. It had always been his dream since he was a little boy seeing planes and helicopters go overhead. For him flying is the greatest thing ever and everything he ever thought it would be. If his not in the sky his not truly happy.

While Joesph is a very caring soul he is caring to a fault. Too trustworthy of people which has come back to bite him a time or two. Plus Joesph is very anti-violence, his never thrown a punch, held a knife outside of a kitchen, or shot a gun.
X-Gene Mutation: Feathered wings/Ability to fly: Joesph's main ability comes in the form of the two 5 foot long each feathered wings which stick out of his shoulder blades on his back. He has full control of them and can use them to lift himself up off the ground and fly through the air. His body has changed to reflect this as well. As his bone structure has a more hollow structure like a bird's while maintaining durability, and his eyes are able to see through strong wind force.

The wings themselves can fold up and with a belt tying them against his back can be hidden under clothes. Its a bit uncomfortable though and Joseph hates having to do it.
Photo:
Occupation: College student for the moment being, but only part time at a community college since he has so many other responsibilities on his plate.
Other/Bio A native of Portland, Oregon still living there, Joesph was around 6 years old his world got turned upside down. His father was killed in a hit and run by a drunk driver, leaving his mom with all five of their kids to raise on their own. Immediately though Joesph proved himself as he took a lot of the burden onto his shoulders as his mom had to begin working two jobs to be able to afford. He was fueled by simply wanting to see things be better, better for the family and the world. Whenever his siblings got down he was right there to try and cheer them up. If one of them needed help he tried to be there first. It wasn't just his family either. Wither it was school, or volunteering elsewhere. Joesph seemingly wanted to be anywhere he could help. It has worn him down, and heaven knows he has wanted to rest every now and again. However its just too much of an almost sickness for him. It helps him cope with things when he can at least see others smile.

One day Joesph's sister noticed a pair of abnormal lumps on his back. In a panic his mom had him go to various doctors, who were all stumped as too what they were. He was put on painkillers and was even considered for chemotherapy. However after struggling to sleep Joesph stumbled into the bathroom in a haze induced by a piercing pain. The two lumps had swollen out to grotesque sizes and were so taut that the pain made Joesph nearly pass out. However the two lumps suddenly ruptured, and out from them came a pair of the most beautiful wings ever. His family was stunned, however they repaid Joesph by not judging him a bit. However when word got out about him. A gathering of people have come to visit him. Proclaiming him an angel brought to the planet by God himself. However when the doctors he once visited told him he instead got the wings through a modified X-Gene. The praise turned to fear and hate. With Joesph in a very precarious spot.

Nicholas Brooks

Name: Nicholas Brooks
Age: 17
Personality: Nick grew up practically hiding in plain sight of the world. He didn't always like it, but begrudgingly grew to accept it for the most part. His very quiet, usually keeps to himself well and isn't one to be too emotional about things.

With his powers though there is a part of Nick that loves it. Loves being so large and in charge, its all very awkward for him, his still not used to all the girth and what comes with it, and he'll never admit it up front. Nick just secretly enjoys his powers, as it finally gives him the ability to not be so small anymore, and no one can ignore him ever again.
X-Gene Mutation: Mass manipulation – Starting at around 6'3 and 300 pounds, Nick can change his body mass at will. It takes a moment especially if he wants to grow into the more extreme sizes his capable of. Which can be around 8'0 and two tons, however in doing so he loses mobility and speed. Once he reaches 7'7 he can't even really move himself anymore.

Strength/Durability – With the bulk comes power, even at his normal sizes Nick is capable of lifting 5 tons over his head. However the bigger he gets the stronger he becomes as his mass adds to his strength. Along with that all the mass protects him and anyone his protecting to the point where a grenade would only faze him. As the fat in his body would simply absorb the impact.
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(At his smallest)
Occupation: High school student, formerly worked as a part time janitor for a London Underground station before the mutation)
Other/Bio Nicholas was born in the depths of London, where even at birth his small size proved difficult. As he wasn't expected to live being delivered early and underweight. It all carried over into his life. He was always a small lad, he was never really picked on in school because bullies never really bothered noticing him, as most others did as well.

When he turned 15 though Nicholas suddenly felt himself develop an appetite that slowly grew more and more powerful with each meal. What would start as an extra apple with his meal would turn into more and more food each meal causing him to balloon in size. His parents worried sick about him took him to doctors to find out it was all a part of his x-gene development. Soon Nick discovered his ability to change his mass at will. It gave him a strange sense of power he never had before and deep down he loved it. His parents have been trying to remain supportive of him. But his eating habits are putting a very serious dent in their budget.

[knighthawk]

Name
Eduardio Scrimshaw (A.K.A. Edward Bonecarver, A.K.A. 'Lucky' Eddie Boneroller)

Age
32

Personality (between 1-3 paragraphs)
'Hedonist' is a nice way to put it, 'lounge lizard satyr' might be more appropriate. He loves people to an unnatural degree and has several co-dependant manifestations. He tries to please everyone and make everyone his friend. If someone is displeased with him, he will go to certain lengths to garner approval but has learned that others will abuse his generosity.

Part of his codependency allows himself to be rather plastic in his mannerisms and the like by keying in on what others approve or disapprove of. This makes him very skilled at reading facial features and body language to interpret the best approach to a new person or revisiting an old friend might make him seem off kilter if he has to please two diametrically different people at the same time.

X-Gene Mutation
Probability manipulation/siphon

Undeveloped, Edward is supernaturally lucky, For purposes of explination, lets assume anyone in the world has a 10% chance to accomplish a challenging task, meaning that you have a of success within the first ten attempts. Edward generates a probability field twice that of a normal person at a resting twenty percent, in of itself nothing major and statistically he will get it on the ninth try when everyone else gets it on the tenth.

His power really comes into its own when he touches others. He drains away another person's 10% of luck for a few minutes and adds it to his own until he is able to perform some of the most outlandish feats with seeming ease. Then the next time he consciously exerts himself and 'hopes', for lack of a better word, it releases the build up of probability manipulation in his favor. When he absorbs others luck, his fingers start to tingle, notably the pinky on his right hand then spreading to thumb before starting on his left hand in the same manner from pinky to thumb, in addition to the tingling sensation is the visual que of his fingernails shimmering gold like nail polish before the release.

After the release of probability, his own luck is drained as well most of the time, so he needs to rest a bit between each burst. His own studies in vegas showed he could drain up to eight others and then 'burst' but after that his own luck was so bad he couldn't do anything right. if he held out for two more, then he retained his own higher luck but still could not borrow from anyone else for twenty minutes or so. He also learned that he can not hold onto another persons luck for more then ten minutes before it dissipated, but in a casino, there is always someone else to touch to replace the lost luck.

Photo 5'8" 120 toned

It's Vegas, sequins don't really stand out.

Occupation

Professional Gambler

($70 pays out on Red 1 if you bet $10 on single (35:1) two number combination (17:1) Three number combination (11:1) Combination of four numbers (8:1) Combination of six numbers (5:1) 1-2-3-0-00(6:1) and 1-12 (2:1)
350+170+110+80+50+60+20=840.
-70 for the seven $10 bets=770 so 1100% in 10 seconds. To multiply that, to go to a high roller blackjack table and double the 700.
A grand and a half in ten minutes and he is out the door. Once a day every day for a year at a rotating set of seven casinos makes him a half a million dollars. There are 75 legitimate casinos in Las Vegas, he can visit ten casinos a day and still only visit each casino one a week with a loose 5 to fall back on if he needs a little more money or if security doesn't want to see him for 2 weeks. So 500,000 just became 5,000,000 a year.

Other/Bio
A magician's son, he grew up backstage watching the likes of Blackstone performing huge shows at the Excelsior after his dad had warmed up the crowd. He learned mostly sleight of hand tricks that his dad knew rather than the grand illusions that make the big money. The skill set of such close-up magic is that of a thief, pickpocket and flash distraction along with hypnosis as a crowd pleaser and escapology.

Unfortunately, the Vegas lifestyle can come with some pretty significant vices, doubly so in the entertainment world. Thankfully, his dad was able to combat his overeating with a pack a day and his smoking habit could be kept in check with snacks. Some would joke he was the "Luciano Pavarotti of Magic!" or that he was pretending to be so fat with stuffed suits so he could hide his tricks better. When Ed heard someone make the joke of his dad making a woman vanish by sitting on her, they woke up in the hospital and he spent the night in juvenile hall.

All it was is just a lucky hit, the linebacker must have had a glass jaw and staggered back before loosing his balance and falling down the set of stairs. All the same, that one punch put aggravated assault and battery on his wrap sheet. It also activated his mutant power.

From then on, things started falling into his favor. The football star he laid out had a boxing trainer for a dad who came to see the punk who put his kid in traction, killing any scholarship plans for the future. But when he sees this 90 pound whelp with only one busted knuckle who dropped his boy and finds out why, the dads make a deal. They put Ed in a junior boxing league to use any prize money to the linebacker's hospital bills. Expecting a Jobber, they end up with a Jaguar. He was charismatic enough and underscored enough to do a fair job of building up a crowd, taking a beating all around until he could lash out single shots that could drop others like breaking long since thought healed ribs.

This where he earned the title of 'Lucky Eddy', its also where he lost his dad who came to watch a fight and had a Myocardial rupture. Everyones had their attention on the fight so no one noticed him slumped in the seat, dead with eyes wide open. With his dad dead, he left the boxing scene after only a few months and took up his dad's shtick as an opening magician for a short while to finish his father's contract and get his bearings.

Unfortunately, the Vegas lifestyle can come with some pretty significant vices, doubly so in the entertainment world. Ed was falling into the vices of gambling and lust. His need for social acceptance had him winning and loosing thousand dollar hands by the hour. He'd get a huge win and ride the cocky pile of money until it almost ran out then won big all over again. He was living beyond his means and it took a public bloody beating with a baseball bat from an ex MLB hall of famer for him to reach rock bottom.

Now, he has rules and a routine. He never goes to any place more than once a week, he never stays anywhere more than an hour. Sadly, the downfall of a routine is its predictability and the Dogs were waiting for him. He thought he was being arrested for underage gambling until they told him what he really was. Leave it to prison to provide clarity.

[Minimum]

Name: Dragonis Fletcher
Age: 18
Personality: Although being a very friendly person in reality he can seem very anti-sociable and cruel to some people who don't know him. Overly suspicious of anyone new he finds it very hard to make friends. Since his mutation at an age of 14 he has hidden himself away from the world barely daring to show his face to family and friends. He is distraught.
X-Gene Mutation: Dragon Form: In normal form he has two wings sprouting from his back and a tail. At will he can make this effect even stronger which results in him growing scales of any colour he wishes to protect him. It also allows him to grow in size to approximately 8ft 1 (although he can go higher this wears him out) and he becomes very bulky (think stereotypical bouncers, but bigger.). It also allows him to make his teeth sharp, grow horns, point his ears and make his head dragon shaped. He can swap his wings for any colour he chooses and can shrink them (slightly) and grow them, the same goes for the tail although it can also change shape, change ends (arrow, spike) grow shootable spikes and even grow multiple tails. As well as physical changes he can breathe fire, ice, water, lightning, air and poison. His eyes can glow in the dark and change colour depending on his mood. Due to the physical changes he has better sight, smell, hearing and taste then humans.
Psychic Powers: He has limited telepathy. He can listen to people talking through telepathy and can talk through it himself. Also he has a very high IQ and can 'absorb' certain information although sometimes none of the useful stuff goes in...
Photo (I couldn't find a photo good enough for my idea of this person. Hopefully this will do instead) Apart from the mutations his hair (when he has some) is brown, he is 5 ft 9, colour changing eyes, thin and scrawny.
Occupation: Unemployed. (Student but hasn't been to school in a while. Instead he learns by reading)
Other/Bio: He had found it hard making friends all his life. But randomly, one day at 14 years old, he collapsed in school and started thrashing. He was immediately sent to hospital and the doctors couldn't believe it, his body was changing. His tail bone was getting longer and things were growing from his shoulder blades. They waited for him to recover and his parents took him home, the operation never being recorded. His parents were very confused about what was happening but they got used to it... eventually. At 18 he decided to move out and got himself a small flat. He is now living mostly inside his house only coming out to get new books and to occasionally get food (he needs it a lot less than normal humans)