[OOC] Running from the World

[Weird Tales]

Faction Name: The Cross

Leader: Sam King
Power: Gravity Manipulation
Appearance: Sam is five feet and ten inches tall. He wears a black trench coat and white short-sleeved shirt and cargo pants. He finally wears black shoes that are good for running. His hair is bright red and his face while young looks tough and his eyes are a fierce blue.

Purpose: The Cross is to dish out punishment to those who have committed sins against the church and to punish those who threw Sam in prison. They also assist boys and men in trouble and try to help them with their issues in a non-controlling way. They are traditionalist and hate progressives viewing them as mind controlling devils. Their leader isn't as extreme, but he isn't against those going beyond what is necessary to hurt their enemies.

Age: 3 years right now

History: Sam started this faction with a prison friend of his who was also a catholic metahuman and they agreed that by getting as many superhumans to embrace God's calling they could get out and change this sinful world for the better. It was difficult at first, but Sam was determined with his goals and very slowly they started to get more members. As it is now, they have a good number and if they got free of the prison then they will try to get normal people as well as metahumans to their call.

Leadership:

Saint: Saints are the top of the top in the order and are the generals of The Cross. They command the lower ranked members and make council with each other to decide what laws should be made and what missions to partake in. They are always strong metahumans and have no normal humans among them

Crusader: They are the combat experts of the order and live to fight for the cause. Not all are metahumans, but ones that are will be trained to use their abilities to their full combat potential.

Monk: They are like the watchmen and protectors of the secrets of the order. They can be like caretakers and assassins ready to defend the hidden secrets of the Cross by any means necessary.

Priest: They as healers and moral boosters. They also learn scripture and give services

Selection: If you're traditional, catholic as well as authoritarian then you'll be welcomed in this faction. They have made a couple of exceptions, but being catholic and against progressives are the main requirements to becoming a member of The Cross.

Initiation: swear loyalty to God and to the Cross and prove yourself on a mission for the order.

Size: as it is right now, The Cross is almost fifty members strong.

Assets: muscle, teamwork and a moral compass is what this faction offers most. They also are not greedy and will share in resources with others if they are fine with them. Healing is also a service that they give to others they find worthy of their gifts

[Lady Seraphina]

Ah, hey guys, sorry for the prolonged silence, but... when I joined the RP, I wasn't exactly expecting 12+ people all at once. I really don't think I can handle something this crowded up, so I think that I'm gonna have to back out.

@Solita

No don't go yet, wait for the IC to start, give it a week or two and see how well you keep up with things and if it's going badly you can always quit later.

[Solita]

No don't go yet, wait for the IC to start, give it a week or two and see how well you keep up with things and if it's going badly you can always quit later.

@Prince of Seraphs

Ah, I'm sorry, but... doesn't that kind of seem like a bad idea? If I do start playing things out with Kai and then decide I can't keep up with so many people, what'll happen to whoever was interacting with her? Do we just have a meteor fall and kill anybody that quits the RP? I really think I'd just rather avoid that sort of mess altogether, and with this many people to have to try and keep track of it seems pretty much inevitable.

[Lady Seraphina]

Ah, I'm sorry, but... doesn't that kind of seem like a bad idea? If I do start playing things out with Kai and then decide I can't keep up with so many people, what'll happen to whoever was interacting with her? Do we just have a meteor fall and kill anybody that quits the RP? I really think I'd just rather avoid that sort of mess altogether, and with this many people to have to try and keep track of it seems pretty much inevitable.

@Solita

Actually I'd probably have her shived in the prison yard if I'm being honest. This RP takes place in an environment that is by no means safe. Deaths won't be out of the ordinary. If you decided that you couldn't keep up there are a lot of things that I could do with your character other than have her drop out of the world. Besides if you do have to drop out your death could be made into an important plot point for other characters that had interacted heavily with her. You trying to make this work and discovering you can't isn't going to create a problem for the RP.

Also in an RP this size the points at which we have all our characters together and interacting with each other will be few and far between. Likely the cast will splinter into smaller groups that will get shuffled around as the story goes on so you wouldn't have to keep track of everyone. The fact is the only person who really needs to know where every character is and what they are doing is me.

Personally I think it's better to try something out and discover that it is unworkable than to not try it at all just assuming to won't work. I mean where would we be today if scientists just assumed that something someone else said was right and never tested anything for themselves. If you really feel you can't make this work then I'll regretfully let you go but I don't think there is any harm in giving it a try.

[Solita]

Actually I'd probably have her shived in the prison yard if I'm being honest. This RP takes place in an environment that is by no means safe. Deaths won't be out of the ordinary. If you decided that you couldn't keep up there are a lot of things that I could do with your character other than have her drop out of the world. Besides if you do have to drop out your death could be made into an important plot point for other characters that had interacted heavily with her. You trying to make this work and discovering you can't isn't going to create a problem for the RP.

Also in an RP this size the points at which we have all our characters together and interacting with each other will be few and far between. Likely the cast will splinter into smaller groups that will get shuffled around as the story goes on so you wouldn't have to keep track of everyone. The fact is the only person who really needs to know where every character is and what they are doing is me.

Personally I think it's better to try something out and discover that it is unworkable than to not try it at all just assuming to won't work. I mean where would we be today if scientists just assumed that something someone else said was right and never tested anything for themselves. If you really feel you can't make this work then I'll regretfully let you go but I don't think there is any harm in giving it a try.

@Prince of Seraphs

Wait, what? Since when was this a prison RP anyways? I thought it started when they escaped?

Okay, I guess I've been having trouble keeping up with the OOC already, then. Well, putting aside the fact that I really don't like the idea of Kai just getting randomly shivved for OOC reasons, I just feel like things would get way too crowded and hectic with this many people, and I'm having a hard time imagining any scenario where it ends up working for me. I've tried crowded RP's before, and they just really aren't my thing.

Thanks for caring enough to try and convince me otherwise, but I'm definitely dropping out.

[Lady Seraphina]

Wait, what? Since when was this a prison RP anyways? I thought it started when they escaped?

@Solita

We decided that we'd start a while before the escape to let the characters develop inside the prison before being thrown into the outside world. Everyone was putting so much effort into what prison life would be like that it seemed a shame to not use any of it.

Sorry to see you go, I hope we get the chance to RP together some other time.

@Teddiplier I'll give June Kai's cell assignment.

[Matsuri]

@Apokalipse Hey, you would you mind Orihime being in your faction? I quite like the Amazons idea.

[Lady Seraphina]

@Vocab Do you want to write up the sheet for SIGN or should I?

[Temporary]

@Prince of Seraphs I have not yet, but I can if you want. Also, anything about SOUL?

[Weird Tales]

@Prince of Seraphs is my faction fine?

[Temporary]

@Prince of Seraphs is my faction fine?

@Weird Tales

I just realised we have to go to the character tab. The factions have been put there.

[Apokalipse]

@Apokalipse Hey, you would you mind Orihime being in your faction? I quite like the Amazons idea.

@Jay Kalton

Go for it! The more, the merrier!

[RadioactiveRat]

I may be up for the cross group, given Manuel is a catholic. That said, he isn't particularly smart or devout. He's catholic by birth, and he was helped a lot by men of the cloth as a gutter child.

[TheUnknowable]

No one wants to join my charity, um, security guild?

Edit: Come on, were just going to be beating up the stronger inmates and getting little to no reward for it.

[Temporary]

I have been writing up the CS for Jason as well as the faction sheet for SIGN.

[Lady Seraphina]

No one wants to join my charity, um, security guild?

Edit: Come on, were just going to be beating up the stronger inmates and getting little to no reward for it.

@TheUnknowable

Gloria would say you are altruistic, and naive and put money down on you being dead in six months.

[Temporary]

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Gloria would say you are altruistic, and naive and put money down on you bring dead in six months.

@Prince of Seraphs

I'll bet you two food ration cards.

[Nafasi]

Name: Violet Ray

Age: 23

Gender: Female

Nationality: North America / Sioux Tribal Native Decent

Prison Faction: Amazons

Ability: http://powerlisting.wikia.com/wiki/Technological_Invisibility Violet is invisible to technological means of surveillance and communication. Security systems, motion sensors, and laser trips are all useless in detecting her. She puts off not heat signal and cannot be picked up by thermal camera's or heat seeking devices. She also cannot be photographed or video taped, this is something sometimes referred to as the vampire effect.
The down side to this ability is that she is also not able to use any form of advanced technologies such as touch screens, video communication, fingerprinting, etc. She is not able to communicate via cell phone or radio wave. Her interactions have to be personal to varying degrees.

Biography: Ray grew up in the foster care system in downtown Chicago. Here she was taken in at the age of 12 by a typical American family consisting of a mom, a dad, three biological children and 7 adoptive children. However, soon after she was adopted, she began to start noticing strange occurrences happening while she would go out with the family.
Her adoptive family would take a family trip to Disneyland every year. It was her first time on the trip and more importantly, her first time on a plane. Violet remained excited as they got in line for the security check. Her bags were placed in the machine and she was asked to walk through the x-ray machine and metal detector. The officer asked her to step to the side so they could use the wand on her. The machine detected nothing and they sent her on her way, stating that the x-ray machine must have a 'bug' and was not picking up her image. She brushed it off and thought nothing more of it until more strange occurrences started happening. Every year during the trip through the airport the same thing would happen but only to her.
So she received her first cell phone at the age of 16, but not matter what she did, she could never get anyone to hear her through the phone. Similar instances like these happened until she reached 18 and she was now on her own. Soon her awareness of her abilities grew stronger as she tested every theory she had about what was happening to her. She would then start to learn how to use this power.

Personality: Violet is a free spirit. She is reserved and keeps to herself most of the time. Because of her tribes reverence towards her, she is used to being a leader. She can be vindictive if double crossed but tends to make close bonds that keep situations like that from occurring often. With a "take not shit" attitude, violet tends to keep people on their toes and tends to have a taste for power.

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[Nafasi]

If accepted, I would also like to make my own faction, that is if there are enough members to join it.
Also, when and where is this Rp starting? Has it started already?

EDIT: Alright, I'm just dumb. I see now. I will update my stuff and join when accepted. I am new to this site (but not to Rping) so it may take me a bit to catch up.

[TheUnknowable]

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Gloria would say you are altruistic, and naive and put money down on you being dead in six months.

@Prince of Seraphs

But I can get you drugs! That makes me valuable.

Ok, technically I can get you added to the "drug rehab" list so that the doctors will give you Methadone injections once a day, or get you upgraded from Ibuprofen to Morphine the next time you get your ass kicked in the arena, but it's the same thing.