I'm not sure about final territory claim but I do know that I want to claim the large island in between Jeddaven's and ClocktowerEchos' claims. I'll also claim the few small islands near it that were unclaimed.
1) What are your rules on flying races? 2) Do fantasy monsters exist like dragons, chimeras, sea serpents, wyverns, manticores, etc... ? 3) If they do how intelligent would they be compared to animals on our world?
Appearance Description Lucinda is around 5'7 and has a size 10 shoe size. Her build very athletic and is incredibly toned with her stomach feeling as hard as a rock. She a few scares doted around her body though most of them aren't noticeable and the others can be covered hidden underneath her clothing. Only exception is the large scar on her neck which she hides by wearing a large chocker while out in public. Lucinda's usual attire is a tank top and cargo pants though she will wear a leather jacket of the weathers to cold. Lucinda on rare occasions will wear a skirt. Also she doesn't like carrying a purse and instead uses a leather pocket belt. When it comes to footwear she almost always wears a pair of boots. She despises heels and will never wear them because they are uncomfortable and you are statically more likely to break your leg.
Personality She has a very laid back personality and goes with the flow. She's learned that life will throw challenges and problems at you there is no point bitching or whining about it. You just have to roll up your sleeves and try to overcome it and if you can't you just make the best of the situation. Following that philosophy Lucinda has always tried to get the most out of life she can. She even does her best to enjoy the job she never wanted to take in the first place. Since she wants to enjoy life as much as she can she cares very little about what other people think of her and will keep doing what she enjoys no matter what. Hell if she cared what people thought of her she wouldn't continue to flaunt her homosexuality in people faces. Also she isn't afraid to tell people what she thinks of them and has a tendency to mouth off at people she doesn't like. However she won't get worked up about and will insult them calmly and coolly which usually gets them really pissed off. On a similar note Lucinda isn't one to hide her opinions and will tell you what she thinks. She also very tight when it comes to money and will only spend money on her projects or a new game.
Ability Code Name Chemical Breath
ADB Entry Subject has the ability to create a number of gasses and liquids from the air around in her mouth though the substance created has be able to exist in that state at room temperature and pressure. The subject is then able to expel the gas or liquid from her mouth at rapid speeds. The expelled gas or liquid can be expelled up to a few hundred feet away from the subject. So far we have been able to determine that the subject can create a number of harmful toxic gases as well as a potent sleeping gas. The most harmful liquids the subject has been able to produce is are a paralysing agent and a acid that can burn through a solid steel bank safe in minutes. The subjects digestive system and lungs will also not absorb any of these harmful substances and in fact will turn into substances that will nourish the subjects body. In fact the subject has shown the ability to breath underwater as the water in the lungs was turned into breathable air. Please not that the subject has also informed us that she tastes any substance she creates in her mouth every single time.
Classification Gamma
History Lucinda was raised on a small farm in the country. The farm was located just a mile outside of town making it easy to interact with the local community. Mom her often went into town as the farm got very lonely with just the two of them on it. Lucinda's grandparents on her moms side of family had retired to Florida leaving the farm to mother and father. The reason father wasn't still around when Lucinda was little is because he and mom got divorced a few months after she was born. Mom had divorced him is when she found out he was a wheeler dealer and a con artist from her friends in town. Turns out father had been buying cheap substandard parts for tractors and selling them off as if they were genuine replacement parts. He left as soon as he could sign the divorce papers as he had no desire to be strung up or chased out of town by the locals. After father left that day he never once tried to contact Lucinda or even send her a birthday card. In fact only one person from her father's side of the family send her anything and that was uncle Tony who would always send Lucinda a birthday and Christmas card.
In Lucinda's opinion growing up as a only child with only her mom to raise her was great. Even if mom was fairly strict with her punishments she was still the most caring parent she could wish for. Mom didn't care that she didn't want to play with dollies or dress up like normal little girls. Lucinda would often play with the other boys during group play dates often playing with their action figures and toy guns. Mom was very encouraging saying if Lucinda wanted to be a little tomboy then she could be a tomboy. So as the years went on Lucinda amassed a collection of comic books, action figures and video games. The only thing girly about her was that she didn't want to play outside in the dirt.
When it came time for her to go to school Lucinda was initially sent to the local school in town. Now seeing as the town was so small and there were so few children around they had mixed age classes. Lucinda was friends with many of the children already which is usually the case when you live in a small town. It was noticed that during lessons Lucinda would often be seen peeking at the older children's school books. Naturally most of her teachers thought she was just being curious and wanted to act older. That continued to be the case until she was around age eight when teacher looked over her shoulder and saw her answering questions meant for the older students. The next day Lucinda was tested and found to be much more advanced and was at least several grades ahead of where she should be. When her mother was brought in to discuss the situation she was told Lucinda was very gifted and would need a more challenging curriculum than they could provide to reach her full potential.
The next few weeks were very stressful for her mother as she spent long sleepless nights trying to figure out how she could do the right thing for Lucinda. After looking into every school within commuting distance she came to one conclusion. Which was that none of them had a challenging enough curriculum. So after that mother realised that she would have to start looking into sending Lucinda to a boarding school. Problem was all the ones she had been able to find that would be challenging enough for Lucinda cost an arm and a leg. Plus she hadn't even discussed things with Lucinda yet so she had no idea if Lucinda wanted to go. Lucinda was initially very upset when her mother told her that she was thinking about sending her to a boarding school. Thankfully mother was able to reassure Lucinda that she still loved her and that she was only thinking about sending her away so she could learn more. Lucinda said that she would go once mother promised to call everyday as she really did like learning new things. Mother never told her that in order to send her to this school she had to use all her savings and remortgage the family farm as she didn't want Lucinda to worry.
The days leading up to Lucinda attending her new school where incredibly stressful for her. Lucinda was constantly worried that she might not be able to make any friends there or that she wouldn't be good enough for the school. This lasted until she arrived at the school and instantly made friends with some after she saw their comic books. Her fears would eased even more after they posted the school rankings for her grade and she found her name just slightly above the average. However in her electronics and coding classes she was one of the top students. Now this was no easy feat considering her school was one of the best in the country. To occupy her free time she joined the IT Club and Board Games Club. In the IT Club Lucinda would often be found making some new mini game since it helped her practice for the future career she wanted as a game programmer. She also joined the board games club to help her get a more varied perspective on games plus she liked playing them anyway. She especially loved the games of D&D she played with her friends. The only thing Lucinda didn't like was that she could only come back for the summer and winter breaks. Mother couldn't afford to send her home for every school break as money was to tight and as Lucinda grew older she realised this. Lucinda's life would pretty stay this way until she turned sixteen and the Equinox happened.
How they were affected by Equinox
When the Equinox happened and everyone woke up with superpowers Lucinda was really excited at first. I mean real life superpowers out of a comic book what could be cooler. Her mood was slightly dampened when she found out that a lot of people had been hurt or killed during this event. Plus the school had decided to close, which Lucinda wasn't to happy about as there were several lessons and projects she had been looking forward attending or completing. But there was nothing she could do about. All she could do is wait for her mother to pick her up and take her home. Unfortunately something was very wrong at home as the school couldn't get through to her mother nor anyone else that lived nearby. Lucinda hoped that it was nothing serious though as the other children all started to leave she had her doubts. During this waiting period she got a call from her grandfather's nursing home telling her that he had died. Of course she asked how this had happened and was told that his power had attracted a lot of young women to him and that seeing them all had given him a heart attack. Lucinda was devastated that her grandfather had passed though she was relieved that grandma hadn't been around to witness it. She moped around for the next day or two trying to process what happened to him.
A few days after all the other students had gone home a few men came from the government though Lucinda doesn't remember who they worked for. All she remembers is the devastating news they told her that. It turns out her mother had been sent to a government facility for containment as she was to constantly emitting high levels of radiation. They told her that standing next to her was the same as standing next to an unshielded nuclear reactor. When Lucinda asked about her home town the men told her that it had been completely irradiated and that the entire population was either dead or slowly dying from radiation poisoning. The men assured Lucinda that her mother wouldn't be charged for killing all those people so long as her mother let allowed them to utilise her powers. Mother was pretty much prisoner who would be working for the government for free. Lucinda realised that kicking up a fuss wouldn't do any good since her mother would have to stuck in a radiation proof room no matter what. In addition it was implied that if she did offer any resistance they would charge her mother for the deaths of everyone in town. With that horrible business out of the way they left and said someone from Social services would be around to see her in the next few days.
A few days later and just as promised the woman from social services came. Lucinda was shocked and horrified when the woman told her that her farther would be taking custody of her. Lucinda of course questioned why her deadbeat daddy who hadn't so much as sent her a birthday or Christmas was getting custody of her? The woman from social services informed her that of her living relatives only her father and his mother were the only ones who didn't have an excessive criminal record or weren't in prison. The woman further explained that Lucinda's grandmother on her father's side had refused to raise her as it would interfere with her new modelling career. What stunned Lucinda the most was the fact her Uncle Tony had a criminal record as he had always been so nice in the cards he sent. She was so stunned in fact she didn't even register the fact she was climbing into a car on and on her way to her new life.
It was almost midnight before she arrived at her dads place in Detroit. Looking at it from the outside it was definitely the crappiest apartment building she had ever seen in her life. Stepping inside she assumed things could only get better. How wrong and disappointed she was when she saw it was even crappier on the inside. Finally arriving at her father's front door she wasn't certain what she expected but it certainly wasn't a fairly normal looking lean ginger haired man. At least he looked normal until he smiled and showed her his razor sharp shark like teeth that were probably hindering his ability to sell his junk products which she saw piled up in his apartment. Still Lucinda would rather live with him than risk ending up somewhere in foster care system. At least with him she knew what she was getting. She still hated him and that hate only grew when he told her that he was pulling her from her school as it was a waste of money and a load of bullshit. He then went and enrolled her in the local state school since it was free. What pissed her off is that he didn't care that the school was failing and had cut all extra circular classes and had one of the worst grade averages in the country. Lucinda was just happy that with her grades she could skip to her final year of high school and hopefully from there get a full scholarship if her grades were same as her predicted ones.
From her first day at her knew school Lucinda knew that she was going to hate it here. For starters the school itself was barely standing and was in serious disrepair. The classrooms didn't have all the necessary supplies they needed. Though that really didn't matter when the teachers had clearly given up. The other students hated how smart Lucinda was and how she was constantly pushing for the teachers to the classes harder. Lucinda was also a bit of a goody two shoes often telling the teachers when someone did something serious. She didn't bother telling the teachers about anything minor as they didn't do anything about it. It's fair to say that the student body hated her and that she was often bullied by them. Things only got worse when they found out she was also gay as homophobia was still alive and well here. Talking to her father didn't help as he was always to busy. In fact she was pretty sure her dad only took her in so he could gain access to some single parent benefits and finical aid. Her mom tried to comfort her the best she could during there video chats though her mom would often need comforting herself. So Lucinda often went to her uncle Tony's house to get the emotional support she needed and just chose to forget about his criminal record.
Things were finally looking up for her after a few months as most of the bullies had backed off after she stopped snitching. She was still an outsider and hated but she could live with that. However things would once again take a nose dive during a police inspection of the student's lockers and bags. These searches happened often so and Lucinda had nothing to hide so she wasn't bothered by it. Unfortunately for Lucinda she didn't realise when one of the schools student dealers slipped their drugs into her bag while they were heading into the assembly hall to be searched. Lucinda was of course shocked and denied the drugs where hers when the dog indicated on her bag. The police took her downtown to the station where they laid out the evidence against her. They told her that her fellow students weren't vouching for her character and they had pictures of her meeting with her uncle Tony who was former criminal and a suspected member of organised crime. The useless lawyer her dad hired and her high classification didn't help matters. Lucinda realised that even with just circumstantial evidence they had there was a high likelihood of her being convicted. So she plea bargain and did some community service.
Having to do months of community service had really eaten into her study time so when her grades came in she was so nervous. Thankfully her grades weren't impacted to much and were still high enough that she should have gained her full scholarship. However she would receive letters back saying that due to her criminal record and high classification they couldn't risk accepting her as she might endanger the other students. Lucinda was mortified and spent the next week either crying her eyes out or smashing up her room. Once she calmed down Lucinda realised she would have to make some money so she could afford to attend some community college as they usually accepted anyone who could pay. Unfortunately for her the area she was in had a really bad unemployment rate so the only job she could get was working for her dad. Thankfully all she had to do was pick up her father's junk from some warehouse and then drive it back to his apartment. After a few weeks Lucinda was respecting her father a bit more as she noticed he was getting in more and more genuine products. Though this respect disappeared when she was pulled over and arrested for having a van full of stolen goods. Since she had a criminal record they weren't going to be as lenient this time. Thankfully Lucinda was able to make a deal where she only got a year in juvie and in return she snitched on her father and the worker who loaded the van.
Spending a year in juvie not only toughened her up but also changed her in other ways. For example she was certain that she would never get the degree she wanted and that meant no gaming company would ever hire. No if she wanted something she would do it herself and so she would make her own game. She also learned from the other kids in here that the world will just continue to shit on you so you should just go with the flow. Thankfully she wouldn't have to go to a real prison as she was released just before her eighteenth birthday. Upon her release she was met by her uncle Tony and told no one accept him on father's side wanted anything to do with her. He also explained that he couldn't take her in as the people he worked for wouldn't take kindly to him having a snitch in his house. So to help her out he gave Lucinda a plane ticket to Vorpool as well as keys to an apartment in the downtown area with two months rent already down paid on it. He also gave her a few thousand dollars. Her uncle hoped this would be enough for her to make a life for herself down there. A few hours after being picked up he dropped her off at the airport. He explained that he was also sending her away because some of the people she snitched on had friends or family who wanted to pay her back for what she did.
Now after spending almost a year in Vorpool Lucinda's life is completely different to anything she could of imagined. When she first arrived Lucinda tried to find some work only to be rejected every single time. Without a viable source of income Lucinda realised that her money would run out soon and she would be on the street. So to buy herself some time she started fixing people's busted up electronics to earn a little cash. She couldn't make a living doing just this but it did buy her enough time to look for a job. Eventually Lucinda found a possible line of work for herself while scrolling through late night television. So the next day she went down to the bail bondsman office to enquire about being a bounty hunter. They didn't seem to care much about her criminal record and her classification was actually a good thing as it meant she was more likely to accept going after targets of similar or higher classification. Thing is she would only get paid once she caught the bail jumper and to find them in the first place would take lots of research. However being a former top student Lucinda was great at research and took to the job well. She would do even better when she made a computer program to scan social media for their presence. It's true her new job has given her a few scar but with the flexible hours she now has the time to work on the indie game she is developing herself. All in all it's an ok life.
Favourite Quote "Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.” - George S. Patton
Appearance Description Lucinda is around 5'7 in height and she has a US size 10 shoe size. She has a very athletic build and is incredibly toned with her stomach feeling as hard as a rock. Has a few scares doted around her body though most aren't noticeable and the others she can cover underneath her clothing. Only exception being the large scar on her neck which she hides by wearing a chocker while out in public. Usually wears a tank top with a leather jacket if it's cold along with a pair of cargo pants. If Lucinda wears a skirt she will have a pocket belt on so she doesn't have to use a purse. Almost always wears a pair of boots and despises heels because not only are they uncomfortable you are statically more likely to break your leg.
Personality Has a very laid back personality and goes with the flow now as while life will throw challenges at you there is no point bitching or whining about it. Better to just roll with the punches, try to fix the problem if you can and if you can't you just make the best of things. Lucinda always tries to get the most out of life and even does her best to enjoy her work. Cares very little about what over people think of her. Has a tendency to mouth off at people she doesn't like. Lucinda doesn't like to hide her opinions and will tell you what she thinks. Never likes spending money unless it's on one of her projects or something fun she can enjoy. Lucinda is also gay and has no interest in men.
Ability Code Name Chemical Breath
ADB Entry The subject is able to create a variety of gasses and liquids from the air around her and project them from her mouth. Said liquids and gasses have to be able to exist in that state at room temperature and pressure. The range she can project these liquids and gasses varies though typically she can only project them a few hundred meters at most. So far we have confirmed she has the ability to create a type of knock out gas and it has been determined that she could make some very toxic gases. Out of the liquids we have been able to confirm that she can make the most dangerous is an incredibly strong acid that can burn through a safe door in minutes. Subject is also unaffected by these gases and liquids entering her mouth as her body automatically filters and transforms any harmful liquids or gases entering her mouth. Subject seems to be able to suppress this ability consciously as she has been seen drinking alcohol and being effected by it. Note subject has the ability to breath under water though deep sea pressure would still kill her.
Classification Gamma
History Lucinda grew up on a small farm with her mother. Her father wasn't in the picture as mother divorced him soon after she was born. Mother hated farther for selling defective merchandise that he knew would break down a few months after selling it. Whenever mother mentioned him she called him a wheeler dealer or con artist and sometimes much more unfavourable and impolite things as well. In all her time living on the farm Lucinda had never once spoken to farther. Lucinda never even received so much as a letter or birthday card from him. Though Lucinda never felt she missed out as mother was a great parent, even if she was fairly strict. If Lucinda so much as cursed she would have to stand in the corner for a few hours or spend a few weeks without her computer or something. In the beginning Lucinda went to a local school which had mixed grades as there weren't enough children in the local area. Lucinda was a bit of a tomboy and liked comic books, action figures, video games and cartoons but didn't like sports or roughhousing.
Around age eight they realised that Lucinda was gifted especially when it came to anything dealing with computers. Unfortunately the local school would never be able to provide her with the education she would need to truly excel. So mother tapped into all her savings, took out some credit and even remortgaged the farm so she could send Lucinda to a top rate boarding school in the city. While it would be nice for Lucinda to stay at home no school in commuting distance would have been challenging enough for her. Hence the need for Lucinda to go to a boarding school. While everyone was initially sad about Lucinda going away but everyone realised it was for the best. Thankfully Lucinda made friends quickly at her new school which helped her deal with being away from home. Lucinda made sure to keep in touch with her friends and mother over the internet and would hang out with them when she went home. However Lucinda would only go home for the summer and winter breaks. She had to stay for the shorter breaks due to how tight money was at home.
Things were going so well for Lucinda before the Equinox with her being at the top of her class in electronics and coding. In her other classes Lucinda was above average, but that was saying a lot considering her school was one of the best in the country. Lucinda was a member of the schools IT club and the schools board games club. In the IT club she would practice programming a few mini games as she wanted to work at a video game company when she graduated. In the board games club she mainly played D&D and other similar games. The number of female friends she had were limited as she didn't share to many hobbies or interests with them. However she was on speaking terms with many of them as they would often help each other with homework. Things would continue like this until she was sixteen.
How they were affected by Equinox
Her moms power required her to isolated in a government facility and left her unable to care for Lucinda so she had to stay with her deadbeat farther. Her farther pulled her out of her expensive school and sent her to a local state school that was failing that had cut all extra curricular classes. Through no fault of her own she ended up with a criminal record and was denied a scholarship because of it. Later she had to work for her father by picking up his merchandise from various warehouses. One day police pull her over tell her these good are stolen and she has to snitch on him to reduce her time in juvie to about a year. When she got out of juvie only her uncle Tony would have anything to do with her, but he couldn't take her in due to his ties with organised crime. Instead he set her up with an apartment in another city and gave her some money. So she went from one the top students in one of the best schools in the country with a bright future to a girl with a criminal record and top grades from crappy high school. Instead of getting a college degree she now had to fix busted electronics and work as a bounty hunter to earn enough money to live. Her dream of working at a video game company is gone, though she might eventually finish her own indie game on day.
After the Equinox things changed drastically and rapidly for Lucinda as her, everyone else at the school and the whole planet woke up with powers one morning. Things were so crazy that a few days after the Equinox the school decide to phone everyone's parents so they could be taken home. As the days went by the student population lessened until it was just Lucinda and a few teachers left behind. The school was having trouble contacting Lucinda's home and eventually they asked her if she knew anyone else's number who lived near by. Still there was no answer from her home or any of the other numbers Lucinda had given them. Eventually someone from the government contacted them as they had been monitoring calls made to area around her home. He explained that her mother's power had been truly devastating as it made her constantly emit radiation. So much radiation that standing next to her was like standing next to a small unshielded nuclear reactor. The whole town was now dead because of her mother who was now being housed by the government somewhere her radiation wouldn't kill anyone else. They said her mother would be taken care of and in return they would be using her as a reactor core to make energy. However they denied to pay her mother saying that housing her and providing for her ate up all her potential earnings. The insurance company refused to pay out as they didn't see it as a disability and acts of god weren't covered.
So where was Lucinda supposed to go now that her entire town was dead and her mother was stuck in a single room for the rest of her life. To make matters worse Lucinda had no money and the farm was now worthless though that didn't matter since the bank had foreclosed anyway. So they started looking through her few living family members. Lucinda's grandfather on her mums side had died in a most embarrassing way due to his power which caused him to produce pheromones. Let's just say a few dozen beautiful and eager women showing up on your doorstep is enough to give anyone a heart attack. Grandma had died several years ago thankfully so didn't have to witness it. Her mother was an only child so no joy there. That left her farther's side of family as her only option for not ending up in a foster home. Lucinda's grandfather on her farther's side was in prison for life for murder and being apart of an organised crime syndicate. Lucinda's grandma on this side of the family had gotten shapeshifting abilities and was now a model living the high life and didn't want a kid to interfere with that new lifestyle. Plus they were complete strangers to each other and had never met each other. She had a number of dodgy uncles and her actual farther who ended up with custody.
So Lucinda ended up living with her deadbeat dad in some crappy apartment building in the inner city. He said there was no way he was paying to send her to that snobby school so instead he sent her to some failing public state school which had cut all funding from its nonessential programs. Thankfully she was way ahead and could get her high school diploma that year and get a full college scholarship. However plans didn't pan out and her life continued to go down hill from Lucinda's first day at her new school. They immediately picked up on the fact she didn't belong and mercilessly picked on her for being intelligent and for trying to suck to the teachers who thought her good behaviour was an act. Partway through the school year the police came around to search the student's bags and lockers for weapons and drugs. Lucinda was perfectly happy to show them her bag however what she didn't realise is that another student who was dealing drugs had panicked and dumped his drugs in her bag. Since her farther couldn't afford a decent lawyer and prejudice against people of her classification she went with the plea bargain and did community service instead of getting sent to juvie. She still got top marks on her tests and sent applications off to several Ivy League schools as her grades were still good enough. Unfortunately due to her prior conviction they all rejected her application.
So now having graduated high school Lucinda had to get some work so she could afford to attend a community college. Unfortunately the only one who would hire her was her dad who still ran his business selling dodgy goods. He made her his delivery driver as she refused to sell his cheap tat and knockoffs. This was the routine till one day he suddenly started shaping up getting more genuine goods that were high quality. Lucinda was so proud of him until one day the police pulled her over for having a van full of stolen goods. Thankfully she only had to spend about a year in juvie because she told them about her dad and all his other employees. When Lucinda got out she was legally an adult with no money and a family who didn't want anything to do with her. Well except for her uncle Tony who was a family man. He was also a member of an organised crime syndicate not that she or anyone else could prove it. Now he couldn't let a snitch like her stay in his house nor would it be good for her as a few people she snitched on had family who wanted to get some revenge. Instead he gave her a plane ticket, a few thousand in cash and one month of down payment of rent on a crappy two bed apartment in the downtown area of Vorpool.
Now eighteen living in the city of Vorpool Lucinda was willing to make a fresh start and was even looking forward to it. That didn't last long as she couldn't find anyone willing to hire full time. In fact she couldn't get a job and had to get buy fixing broken electronics for people. However this didn't pay the rent even though it was dirt cheap crappy apartment. Finally one night she was binge watching telly late at night depressed when she came across a show about bail bondsman or bounty hunters. It seemed like it earned them a lot of money and only required her to find and catch someone which seemed easy enough. Plus it wasn't much different than joining the Citizen Law Enforcement unit which she had considered joining before later finding out her criminal record wouldn't allow it. When she enquired the next day at the closest bail bondsman's office to her apartment they were more than happy to have her on board. Turns out they had a lot of people with high classifications who skipped out on bail and no one wanted to go against someone with their power level. Lucinda has received several scars from this line of work but the pay is really good. It also means her time is fairly flexible leaving her time to work on her own projects with the main one being her own full length video game. Also she can now talk to her mother again over video chat as the government finally installed a computer in her mother's room with access to the internet.
Favourite Quote "Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.” - George S. Patton
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