[OOC] The Crusaders: Reborn

[makarov]

I would also like to join this...I'll have a CS up in a few.

[Nighthawk3291]

@makarov no problem at all. I look forward to hearing from you soon. There are plenty of spaces left as we are only just getting started with the story. Try and use common super powers of possible.

[Nighthawk3291]

@Avanhelsing Can you post your character sheet in the characters page of the thread please mate? It will make it easier for readers to find which character is who

[Nighthawk3291]

We also need to decide how we are going to bring The Answer into the story. How do you think Streak and The Answer should meet?

[Avanhelsing]

Away to send it. I could use a picture if you are offering. @Nighthawk3291

I'll pm you so we can discuss how they meet.

I'll move it in like an hour. Not on my phone right now.

[Nighthawk3291]

@Avanhelsing I will get to work right away and do a design for you of what I imagine him to look like. if it is wrong then let me know and I can change it. And no problem I can wait until you are back. No pressure.

[makarov]

Name: Adrianna Lear

Alias: Thorn

Age: 23

Super Power: Control over plants. Is also a super enhanced plant herself, Can move much faster than a normal person...can lift a car over her head, can use pheromones on people.

Bio: Adrianna Lear was born to be a scientist...or at least that's what her parents said. By age 3 Adrianna could fully speak the English language and was doing grade school math. At age 8 she was listed among some of the brightest young minds. And by age 15 she had been accepted into an ivy league school. She was a genius biochemist and was working deeply with different plant Genomes to create cures for illnesses and new drugs that the world had never seen. The company who had hired her were demanding results and Adrianna needed more time to test her product. In desperation Adrianna tested her newest serum on herself, it was a serum that was supposed to add to the human DNA and make it resistant to almost all known diseases and make the human body twice as strong...but something wasn't right in the serum...Adrianna's pained screams filled the chamber as the gas form of the serum seeped into her. When it was all over Adrianna had changed...but not the way she had meant to...Her body all the way down to her DNA had become like a plant...she no longer needed to eat or sleep the only things she required were healthy amounts of sunlight and water. But with her serum being considered a failure and herself having turned into a monster...she was fired from her company and lost everything. A part of her wanted revenge...and she might have taken it but one fateful night she saw the city she loved destroyed in a blast wave...and it was then that she decided to become a hero...to make a difference...to make sure it never happened again...she would be a Thorn in the side of evil...she was reborn...As Thorn.

Personality: Super smart but also kind hearted. Adrianna sought to help the world long before she was given her powers. She's a good person but can't stand any type of injustice even if it meant having to break the law. She has a deep connection with nature and hates to see animals or plants harmed.

Weakness: Lack of water...Lack of sunlight...super heat or super cold.

Appearance:

[Nighthawk3291]

@makarov Absolutely awesome character there mate! You also are accepted. This team is really starting to sound great. Cant wait to see more of Thorn. Of course I will help you with the design. I will get on that right away. Give me a couple of hours mate as I am just doing one for The Answer. Watch this space....

[CallMeMisterSmith]

I need to run the fam to an appt fast, should shave my sheet and first post up by tonight if im accepted, cant wait to start this.

[makarov]

@makarov Absolutely awesome character there mate! You also are accepted. This team is really starting to sound great. Cant wait to see more of Thorn. Of course I will help you with the design. I will get on that right away. Give me a couple of hours mate as I am just doing one for The Answer. Watch this space....

@Nighthawk3291

Can not wait! Super excited.

[Nighthawk3291]

@makarov Here She is my friend. The moment you have been waiting for. Allow me to introduce Thorn!!!.....

[Nighthawk3291]

@CallMeMisterSmith There is plenty of space left so don't panic. Cant wait to read your CS

[makarov]

@makarov Here She is my friend. The moment you have been waiting for. Allow me to introduce Thorn!!!.....

@Nighthawk3291

She looks Amazing! I love it!

[Nighthawk3291]

The guys who have had their characters accepted you are free to join the story whenever you wish. I won't write the next bit until you guys bring your characters in

[CallMeMisterSmith]

Name: Kevin "Sully" Sullivan
Alias: Zer0
Age: 28
Super Powers: Cryokinesis; allowing Sully to have the ability to reduce the kinetic energy of atoms and thus reduce temperature, can be used to control, generate, or absorb ice.

Bio: Sully was your average, everyday "metropolite" before the fall of Veridian City. After the events that took place albeit 5 years ago there were some wounds still left open from that fateful attack. Both of Kevins' older brothers and his parents were lost in the catastrophe. Events like this would probably turn your normal human into a cold, vengeful person. This effect became far too literal for Kevin as he soon found out. If he loses control of his emotions he begins to turn the world around him into the frozen, dead wasteland that his heart has become.

This makes it difficult for people to get to know him, which is why he has only recently started doing something, hell, ANYTHING with his newly found powers. It started mostly as a solo act, stopping muggers, saving damsels from creepy back ally horn dogs. Nothing spectacular, until Kevin found out his powers couldn't make him immortal, and after being on the business end of a .22 he found himself recovering in the hospital.

Upon recovery he heard about a group of disbanded and defunct "superheros"... The Crusaders.... Kevin didn't think much of it until then but maybe he needed to find some people who could watch his back, while he watched the cities.

Personality: Sully would be the prime candidate for the "Calm, Cool, Collected" superlative. Chill doesn't even begin to touch this guy, as he has been through quite a lot over the years and has developed quite the thick skin. Some would describe his personality as "cold" but anyone who truly knows him (and you cant count many that do) could say he warms up a tad when he lets you in.

Weaknesses: Spicy food, A fine woman and anything that reminds him of what he has lost in the past, does not like to have control of his emotions.

Appearance:

[Nighthawk3291]

I've been waiting for someone to do a hero with cryokinesis powers!!! Zero is accepted!! You can post in the IC straight away mate! Well done and welcome on board! Have you got a picture for the character or do you need one?

[CallMeMisterSmith]

hows that?

[Nighthawk3291]

Quality mate

[urukhai]

Us

Name:

Aquila Amantea (Human component) The Parasite (the parasite component). If dealing with large groups they will generally go with Aquila as their primary name

Alias:

Us, The Pair

Age:

N/A (not due to lack of physical measurements, instead being the fault of Us simply forgetting how old they are) but they appear no more than their mid 20's early 30's at most

Super power:

Symbiosis

-A result of the joining between Aquila and the Parasite, all of their power comes from their shared symbiosis and while not considered a true power alone, it has given rise to a few sub-powers that comprise Us's arsenal. They are as follow-

Enhanced condition:
A result of the Parasite's joining and augmenting Aquila's body. Us's human form is boosted to what is widely thought to be near peak human levels in terms of most functions (eg, stamina, speed, reaction time, etc.) Even their strength is boosted to high levels, with bone folding like paper to them (though the strength augment is even more apparent in the tendrils utilized by Us, with their strength being able to brush brick aside like printer paper)

Chitin Plating:
Almost like a hidden second form, or reactionary armor, Us can secrete a black ichor that hardens almost immediately upon leaving the skin, forming a hard protective barrier. When under heavy duress Us can, and will become completely encompassed by the ichor, leaving them sealed in what could be considered a suit of armor. In this armor Us's body appears featureless, their limbs slightly elongated with sharp claw like ends where their fingers should be, even their face is a flat featureless plain, with only one vertical eye peering out at the world around them with only the two tendrils remaining as identifiers of what they were (it is also hypothesized that this form would allow the pair to survive in space without need of a suit, due to cellular respiration becoming a completely internal affair at this point)

Unnatural Toughness:
A product of the bond and peak conditions, Us is able to shrug off most minor/average wounds. Now this is not beacuse it doesn't affect them, but they seem to just be able to ignore them

Mild-energy absorption:
Only possible through the tendrils, Us is able to drain living objects of life energy to kick-start the Parasitic cells in its body to repair damage. A very time consuming and attention consuming affair, Us rarely utilizes it in combat due to the dangers it poses

Bio:

A star once fell from the sky, the fire and force of its decent cracking the very air. The path of its fall carried it out over the snow covered tops of trees, disturbing the calm of the winter night below it. When it landed the star's force cracked trees apart in every direction like oh so many toothpicks, deadly splinters filling the air, where once only gentle snow flakes drifted like soft downy feathers.

But the cacophony was short lived as silence once more sunk heavy on the clear night, the fires being smothered by the cold. Still though the night was not still, a soft screeching rose from the crater of the star, soon followed by a writhing sound as a thing that had come with the star pulled itself to the lip. It was a small thing, no more than a foot long, with an almost centipede appearance, black ichor dripping from its wounds and its skin hardening. Frantically it writhed what passed for its head in the cold, searching for something, anything, that could improve its situation. In the dark its fell senses spotted something, a warm spot in the cold, a hope for the thing's survival.

Face down in the snow lay a man, perhaps a hunter or perhaps a simple traveler in the dark woods, at this point it didn't matter. Pieces of wood had replaced a coupe of internal organs and his life blood was soaking into the snow, turning it into a red slush. It was to this man the thing made its slow way, crossing the distance between the two like a worm that was slowly becoming stone, each movement a heroic labor in of itself.

When it reached the prone form the thing reached out and probed the man in the snow, its 'head' touching him up the side until it reached his ear. For a moment it stopped, almost as if it forgot its urgency the things head bobbing slightly as it held it near the mans ear. Taking in a shuddering breath, the man coughed out a word mixed with blood and bile "Yes.."

With that the thing sprang into action, rushing to the mans back and placing itself longways against his spine and began to move all its legs in rapid succession, ripping its way into his back quickly getting to bone level in a matter of seconds. After those few bloody seconds it anchored itself and drew two tendrils from its form, with which it grasped two large old trees that had remained in the landing. In moments the trees began to shed needles and bend as if dieing from the inside out, in stark contrast the form of the Parasite and Aquila healed, becoming one.

How long ago that was Us has forgotten, but it matters very little to them in truth.

In recent times however Us has felt themselves inexplicably drawn to Veridian City, and why not? It was a place in trouble after all...

Personality:

Serious, cold, uncaring are all words one would not use to describe Aquila. Almost the complete opposite is in fact the truth, they are perpetually hopeful, warm in nature, and invested in the world around them.

Weaknesses:

Codependency:
The symbioses between what was once Aquila and the Parasite is so complete, and the parasite is so ingrained into it's host's body that any removal would result with both of their deaths. That being said, any attempt at removal is considered by the pair to be some of the worst pain they have ever felt.

1+1=1:
When they bonded, Aquila and the Parasite did more than become one singular physical entity. Over time their memories and thoughts bled together, slowly mixing and eroding away the individuality of both Aquila and the Parasite. Until, ultimately, both of the individuals were obliterated to create the joined entity known as Us.

This is a weakness in that any mentally debilitating attacks against Us (provided they break the natural barriers), debilitates them completely as there is no other mind to take over control of the body. Also the loss of the sense of individuality negatively hampers them in some social situations.

Moral Ambiguity:
Us will do what it takes to preserve the greater good in the name of what most call 'moral good'. If this means letting 1 die to save 10, or killing to save a life, they will do it without question,

This ambiguity will often have them rubbing some heroes the 'wrong way'

Silas-wave emissions:
A new, little known radiation that has been discovered in recent years, Silas-wave radiation is considered harmless to humans and animals.

All except one.

Us is extremely weak when under the influence of Silas-wave Radiation, what is thought to happen is that the radiation interferes with their symbiotic bond on a neural level, making them suffer intense pain and causing them to be unable to do much of anything until the radiation fades.

Healing-energy dependence:
To use their healing factor, Us MUST use one or both of their tendrils, and the MUST drain from a living entity (plant or animal), they also MUST devote all of their energy and attention to the act

Form 2 physical limitations:
Though powerful, Us's second form dose have its limitations. They are not as fast in it, their reaction time scales down a little bit, and staying in this form drains their energy and can lead to a 'mental shut down' where Us literally falls into a coma like state for a small while.

Appearance(Pictures if possible):

Normal:
The person before you stands in the range of 6'00, his build shows no real evidence of physical labor (being on the long and lanky side of things). His clothing is also not really what one would expect from the hero type, being a simple set up of slightly frayed jeans, a plain t-shirt (in the back of which are two expertly cut holes through which the tendrils emerge) and a surprising lack of shoes. Dark brown hair of medium length falls randomly, both framing and getting in the way of Us's eyes. Of said eyes it should be noted that while one is a stony grey, the other is completely bloodshot, to the point that the iris is obscured. Their nose is straight and narrow with no evidence of breaking in the past. When their constantly chapped lips part, one would be able to see that Us's teeth are all needle sharp in an almost shark like fashion. All across their light skin are dark grey tattoo like lines the follow spindly paths up their arms and neck. In reality these are not tattoos at all, they are the veins filled with the Parasite's blackened blood constantly circulating through Us's system. Speaking of which, the only evidence of the Parasite is a long vertical scar on Aquila's spine (which is itself slightly raised and softer to the touch).

If they want to be incognito:
though they rarely feel the need to hide their identity when preforming heroics, Us has a couple of additions to their wardrobe that help obscure them. First they wrap bandage like strips of linen around their arms and lower mouth. Then they simply encase about half of their still exposed face in chitin.

*Full Chitin form explained above*

On their tendrils:
Us has two tendrils made up of a more flexible form of the Chitin that extend from the area between the base of their shoulder-blades and their spine, emerging from under the skin which is pulled taught around the emergence points. Each one of these tendrils is about five feet long and is only as big around as Aquila's arm. They end in tree long sharp claws and each contain a single eye that rests at the base of the claws.

In terms of how they sit on the body, they normally fold forward under Aquila's arms or around their shoulders, almost never over the top of them due to how the tendrils emerge from the skin in the first place.

How they are used is quite simply put as an extra set of more flexible hands and an extra set of eyes when not in combat, and as powerful weapons when in combat (with their baseline strength being exampled above in the powers section). As also previously mentioned, they are also the conduit through which Us drains living things to heal themselves (with each one leaving a blistering burn in the shape of it's eye when doing so)

When needing to look more human, Us can retract the tendrils some what into Aquila's back, folding what doesn't fit in such a way that can be easily hidden beneath a jacket of some kind.

[urukhai]

hopefully that is alright, but I can change things if need be