[OOC] Xavier Institute: Mutants Unite

[TheUnknowable]

While there's probably a hundred or more X-men or Xavier Institute RPs on this website, I was wanting to do one that's a bit different. So here are the changes:

1) Xavier's dead, and Storm runs the school.
2) Former students, teachers, and even enemies live there, and teach.
3) Mutants (homo sapiens superior) are registered at birth, but that has just lead to more discrimination. While it's technically a protected against discrimination under the law, that is rarely enforced. People without powers see mutants not so much as a threat to their lives, but as a threat to their way of life. The media portrays mutants as people who think they are better than you and those without powers think mutants look down on them.
4) The school is known to the public as a private school for mutants, and that makes them even more paranoid. Protests against the school are common, and several times students have been confronted, sometimes violently, by unpowered humans (Homo sapiens sapiens), both at the school and in town.

Staff positions (currently, but they can be moved to other positions):
Dean: Ororo Munroe (Storm) (Chello)
History: James "Logan" Howlett (Wolverine)
Physical Science: Eric Lehnsherr (Magneto)
Biology: Dr. Hank McCoy (Beast)
Shop: Scott Summers (Cyclops)
Gym: Victor Creed (Sabretooth)
Art/music/home Economics: Remy Lebeau (Gambit)
Psychology Teacher/Psychologist: Emma Frost
Advanced PE (powers training): Anna Marie (Rogue)
Student Councilor/Nurse: Clarice Ferguson (Blink) (TheUnknowable)

Staff Application

Name:
Appearance:
Age:
Power/mutation:
Medical considerations:
Specialty:
Position desired:
Personality:
History:
Equipment:

Student Application

Name:
Appearance:
Age/grade:
Power/mutation:
Medical considerations: (Example: Your super hearing gives you headaches.)
Personality:
History:
Equipment:

[TheUnknowable]

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[LadyTale]

If you don't mind a girl whose only knowledge of the X-Men comes from fanfiction, I'd be interested in joining.

[TheUnknowable]

Just no Gambit/Wolverine slash fiction in the IC, Ok?

[Brodie]

Hey gonna make a CS sheet some time tonight

[TheUnknowable]

cool.

[LadyRunic]

Interesting... I'll toss together a character sheet.

[LadyTale]

Just no Gambit/Wolverine slash fiction in the IC, Ok?

@TheUnknowable

I'm not a slash fan anyway, so, that's doable~

[LadyTale]

And here's Jack!

Jack Harvey

Name: Jack Harvey

Appearance: Jack is a handsome boy, with tanned skin, messy blond hair, blue-green eyes, and an easy smile. He has dimples and stands at 5'10" exactly. His body is slim, but holds a wiry strength one wouldn't expect from a boy his age. He has a runner's build, long and lean. Jack prefers to wear dark jeans and short-sleeved shirts in shades of red and purple, which are always paired with red Converse hi-tops. He'll never take off his shirt, however, not wanting to show anyone the burn scars on his back.

Age/grade: 16/10th

Power/mutation: Jack is a luxmancer; that is, he controls light. Natural light, artificial light, he can control all of it. He can hold it, bend it, shape it, concentrate it, and store it for later use. This has its uses, liking lighting the dark or blinding his enemies, but he can't control the fires he can start with concentrated light.

Medical considerations: Overuse of his power gives him a migraine.

Personality: On the outside, Jack is charming, cocky, and a bit of a flirt. All is not as it seems, however. Jack is lonely, but he has trust issues. He doesn't show his true self to anyone, and so has little to no true friends.

History: Jack's power emerging was... traumatic, to say the least. All the light in the room he was in concentrated and started a fire. Soon the entire building was a raging inferno, and Jack couldn't escape. So he hid. He crawled into a closet and shut the door, turning his back to it and curling up in a ball. His position protected his face and chest, the doctors said later; his back bore the brunt of the damage. Jack was stuck in the hospital for months, and when the doctors finally let him go, he went to visit his friends and see why they hadn't visited him in the hospital.

In the end, he wished he had never asked.

When he tried to visit, they slammed the door against him and yelled at him to go away; they didn't want an arsonist anywhere near them. Everyone he tried to talk to turned him away. Eventually, when he was fully healed, Jack took the money he had earned doing small jobs and a backpack full of clothing, and left.

As he traveled, Jack eventually figured out his power; light, not fire. He also managed to control it well enough to not burn down a building every time he called on it. No matter what, though, he refused to stay in one place any longer than three days. At least, not until he was found by a teacher of the Xavier Institute.

Jack has been going to the Xavier Institute for five months now. His control has improved to the point that he can be a human flashlight without burning down walls because he accidentally concentrated the light too much, but he still feels nervous about using his power without someone nearby who can douse any fires he might cause.

Equipment: Jack always has a small flashlight on him, along with a multi-tool, an MP3 player, and a pair of earbuds.

[TheUnknowable]

I'll start this tomorrow if you guys are ok with it.

[LadyRunic]

Yup

[Aces Away]

I'm good with it!

[LadyRunic]

@TheUnknowable That post alright?

[TheUnknowable]

@AnaSilan Sunja You mentioned Jose's fears. Good thing you don't mess with him. Everyone in the area would be knocked out by his mental screech. Except Magneto and Mrs. Frost, of course. He's put on his helmet and she'd turn into Diamond.

edit: Forgot to add that to his CS as a defense mechanism, so I'll ask the two of you for permission to add it, as we've already started.

[LadyRunic]

@TheUnknowable I see no reason not to.

[Aces Away]

do you want me to change anything to compliment it in my ic post?

[LadyRunic]

Are we holding to a posting order? @TheUnknowable

[TheUnknowable]

you don't need to, as long as you don't double post. If we get a few more RPers, I may expand that to 2, 3 or 4 posts being needed between yours, but for now not double posting is fine.