[OOC] Running from the World

[Melkor]

@Prince of Seraphs I'm still interested, I've also been busy with school.

[Lady Seraphina]

Alright everyone, I'm going to give anyone who has voiced interest in the roleplay till Monday to post a CS. After that we will be starting. If you enter something after that due date you may still be able to be factored into the main cast but it will not be in the same manor as most of the other characters.

Ventis I believe you had a power that needed acknowledgement.

Power: Animal Imitation :

Limitations

• May be limited to mimicking only the animals they have observed.
• Cannot transform into animals.
• May take on specific traits of an animal, such as wanting to find rotting things if impersonating a fly, or feeling territorial if impersonating lions.
• May be limited to mimicking one animal at a time or are limited on how long they can mimic animals.
• Some abilities may be compromised by size differences.
• May experience different weaknesses of animals, such as a dogs having to constantly hear ultrasound waves, or having an urge to play with a ball of yarn like a cat.

Other: has slight Animal Limb Generation but is only able to manifest gills or wings.

@Vetis

If you wouldn't mind Ventis I could use a little more information one exactly what it is you're proposing. I get the general idea that it has to do with mimicking a variety of traits displayed by animals but what exactly does that entail? And if you're character is unable to actually transform into real animals how does the power function? If it that they can alter certain things, like having a lion's strong muscles with like antlers and other animal traits so you get a sort of combinate creature. What exactly does mimicking animals mean for his abilities? How much of it is physical and how much psychological?

[Vetis]

Alright everyone, I'm going to give anyone who has voiced interest in the roleplay till Monday to post a CS. After that we will be starting. If you enter something after that due date you may still be able to be factored into the main cast but it will not be in the same manor as most of the other characters.

Ventis I believe you had a power that needed acknowledgement.
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If you wouldn't mind Ventis I could use a little more information one exactly what it is you're proposing. I get the general idea that it has to do with mimicking a variety of traits displayed by animals but what exactly does that entail? And if you're character is unable to actually transform into real animals how does the power function? If it that they can alter certain things, like having a lion's strong muscles with like antlers and other animal traits so you get a sort of combinate creature. What exactly does mimicking animals mean for his abilities? How much of it is physical and how much psychological?

@Prince of Seraphs

Its exactly as you say, Its not a transformation, but Not able to have more then one trait at a time, so I could have a cheetah's speed but not the ability to jump like a flea (If humans had the jumping power of a flea, a 1.8-m (6-ft) person could make a jump 90 m (295 ft) long and 49 m (160 ft) high. ) but I would be able to drop the cheetah speed to gain something else, the only real partial transformations my character can make is for usable wings and gills if that makes sense? im not sure about taking on a trait that would let me walk up walls or anything, think that might be a bit too much lol

[Teddiplier]

So what's going on with my character?

[Undine]

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[Teddiplier]

June Quennings

[Weird Tales]

When is this going to start?

[Teddiplier]

@Weird Tales

Alright everyone, I'm going to give anyone who has voiced interest in the roleplay till Monday to post a CS. After that we will be starting.

@Prince of Seraphs

[Undine]

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[Lady Seraphina]

I believe in about 3 or 4 days.

@Undine

Technically that's two, it's Saturday today. Well here anyways, I don't know what time zones you guys are in.

[Temporary]

@Prince of Seraphs

I'm in UK, so it's 2 days here ^_^. Pretty excited for this.

[Lady Seraphina]

So what's going on with my character?

@Teddiplier

She's fine, sorry I thought I'd said that.

[RadioactiveRat]

@Prince of Seraphs When does the game start?

[Temporary]

@RadioactiveRat it has been said it should start on Monday.

[Scarifar]

If only people could read. If only.

[TheUnknowable]

[Vetis]

John White

Tho I think Prince just wanted a bit of a clear up on what his power actually was if it was not actual transformation

[Lady Seraphina]

Its exactly as you say, Its not a transformation, but Not able to have more then one trait at a time, so I could have a cheetah's speed but not the ability to jump like a flea (If humans had the jumping power of a flea, a 1.8-m (6-ft) person could make a jump 90 m (295 ft) long and 49 m (160 ft) high. ) but I would be able to drop the cheetah speed to gain something else, the only real partial transformations my character can make is for usable wings and gills if that makes sense? im not sure about taking on a trait that would let me walk up walls or anything, think that might be a bit too much lol

@Vetis

So if I understand this properly? You take on proportionate abilities of certain animals, like having a cheetah's speed, lion's strength, dog's sense of smell that sort of thing but you're character isn't physically altered in anyway? Is that right?

If I've got this right I think it would be a good idea to cut out the ability to form wings. Firstly because from a logistics point of view sprouting wings wouldn't be enough to fly, you'd have to completely reform your anatomy, hollow bones, vastly increased musculature, eyes capable of withstanding high speed winds, and possibly something to allow you to breath in higher atmospheres were the oxygen is thin.

The second reason is that being able to fly by way of having your own wings is technically a separate abilities. See: Angel

[Vetis]

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So if I understand this properly? You take on proportionate abilities of certain animals, like having a cheetah's speed, lion's strength, dog's sense of smell that sort of thing but you're character isn't physically altered in anyway? Is that right?

If I've got this right I think it would be a good idea to cut out the ability to form wings. Firstly because from a logistics point of view sprouting wings wouldn't be enough to fly, you'd have to completely reform your anatomy, hollow bones, vastly increased musculature, eyes capable of withstanding high speed winds, and possibly something to allow you to breath in higher atmospheres were the oxygen is thin.

The second reason is that being able to fly by way of having your own wings is technically a separate abilities. See: Angel

@Prince of Seraphs

Yes, thats exactly how the power works :D
Okay, that seems reasonable, i suppose John will never fly :( but yeah, I get where your coming from.

[Lady Seraphina]

Everyone, we will be starting this roleplay on Monday October 19th US standard time.

To give you a heads up and allow you to begin planning what your first posts are going to look like I'll tell you a little about how this is going to begin. The Center is a pretty nasty place, experimentation, testing, cruel guards, you get the idea. All labor in the prison with the exception of guards and lab related personal is done by the metas, so cafeteria work... okay I'm not all that familiar with the day to day operations of a prison but you get the idea.

Obviously we have a variety of prison factions. While the guards will defend themselves and prevent escape they're not known to intervene in meta on meta conflicts. In a prison faction you have the advantage of having people to watch your back. This of course also means that there are rivalries and almost all out wars between the factions in the prison and unless it turns into an all out riot or threatens Center security the guards won't intervene. You can survive in the Center without a faction but it is far more difficult and potentially deadly. The cells in the center have two bunk beds, a small walkway between them and a very tiny bathroom. Each cell is outfitted with four people.

The Center is outfitted with a sensor grid that emits a very specialized wavelength of background radiation. It had a very short halflife so once the sensor grid stops producing it the stuff vanishes almost completely. The radiation was synthesized by the corporation to depower metas. Since almost all meta human abilities originate from a similar genetic mutation (regardless of how varied the effects of the mutation are) the radiation works on almost all meta humans.

There are two rooms in the Center that are not covered on the sensor grid. The Display Room which the prisoners refer to as the auction house and the Arena. The Display Room is equipped with a variety of different obstacles and items designed to let a meta human show off their power. The walls, floor and ceiling have been specially designed to be impervious to tampering. Unaffected by heat, or cold, no cracks, even microscopic ones for someone to slip through. An interior electric grid prevents phasing, etc ect. The display room has a large balcony on top protected by glass that has similar attributes to the walls. It is were prospective buyers watch over the Metas and bid on them. The Arena is similarly shielded from abilities but it has a completely different purpose. It is a training ground. Different people get time in the Arena to train their abilities to be cataloged and to ensure that they are capable if sold. Every night there is a fight between Metas in the Arena. The winner receives privileges from Center management, extra food rations, reduced labor work. They are also free to pass these privileges on to others. The purpose of these fights is to allow management to study developing meta human abilities, to increase the Metas proficiency with they're powers and to offer an alternate showcase to prospective buyers. The fights are voluntary however the prison factions often use them as ways to settle disputes and on occupation when sibling Metas are captured one uses the fights and benefits to protect the other.

Our story is going to start on a day just like any other. Each of our characters has been there for varying amounts of time. Some a couple months, some several years, that's up to you. There is an explosion that rocks the facility. One so huge that it knocks out the sensor grid. Within ten minutes the power dampening field is gone and everything devolves into chaos. The guards while they have weapons, guns, flamethrowers (and more or less any other hand held weapon you can think of) they're not equipped to handle a full blown insurrection. The prisoners who weren't severely injured in the blast start to fight back my character Gloria is bunk makes with an old man who has the ability to teleport. She's going to try and gather as many people as she possibly can. The teleporter will warp our group to an isolated location just outside of New York City, from the stress of moving so far and transporting so many people the teleporter will have a heart attack. From there everyone will have free rein to stay with the group, go off on your own and let the story progress from there.

One other thing I should mention is that every prisoner has on his arm what the Metas refer to as 'the Shackle' it's a metallic bracelet about an inch wide that has two functions, firstly a GPS tracking device and secondly an electric pain response which is used for keeping the Metas in line in the prison. The Center's ability to send out the electric shock is also compromised in the explosion and since it was not designed to work on a large scale can't be administered after we've warped away. First priority will be to remove them. Also at some later date if the Center goons are in close proximity to use and we still have our Shackles on it will be possible for them to set off that response.

I should also mention that the corporation is not simply based on Meta slave trade, their primary business comes from mining the powers of meta humans but that comes in all shapes and sizes, the mercenary business is just one facade of that. Some electric uses are connected to massive power generators and used to provide clean energy, many medical break throughs have come from studying and sometimes dissecting metas. My point is that while the slave trade is likely the sorest point to the metas it is by no means that only thing that the corporation thrives on. The damage to the Center was just a minor setback.

@Vetis With that cleared up you're good to post to the character tab.