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August Perlman

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August Perlman

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Character Overview

Name: August Perlman
Alias: Depression
Age: 17
Gender: Male
Powers: Symbiote - August was infected with the symbiote Depression, giving him access to the following:

• Super Strength
• Pseudopod Generation
• Danger Dense
• Healing Factor

Personality Traits:
Goofy ~ Gullible ~ Friendly ~ Anxious ~ Energetic ~ Airheaded

Summary:
August was used to doing clinical trials here and there for the odd bit of coin. Anything to help put food on the table besides his dead end job in corporate America. Besides, the pills they usually gave weren't half bad either. So when a new company had reached out about a trial, he hopped right in. It was a multi day process, screening and vetting everyone who would be allowed in. Finally he was brought into a room, large, real sterile type shit. Various glass tubes and strange boxes lined shelves and tables, with some odd cylindrical tanks against the wall.

It was far more advanced than any one he'd done before, but nothing he couldn't handle he figured. He was placed inside a tank, another boy in the one to the right of him. Trails began, and not much had happened. Then, his neighbors tank went dark, pitch black kind of dark. August began to wonder if his would too, until the tank exploded. The blast was enough to free most of the subjects, but so close to August it sent him flying into a shelf on the wall. A strange multicolored viscous slime was released from the impact, and August was covered in shards of broken glass. One minute he was blacking out, the next the slime was gone, and then suddenly all his wounds were gone.

The blonde kid ravaged the scientists and August just wanted to get away, a voice in his head speaking to him about insane things and hunger. Just when he thought he'd gotten out, a white van pulled up and captured him and a few others. Next thing he knew he was at C.A.G.E. talking about Depression and getting Bupropium as a daily additive to his meals. Which certainly helps keep his Depression happy.

Depression

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Depression

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Character Overview

Name: Depression
Alias: N/A
Age: Unknown
Gender: Unnecessary
Powers:

• Super Strength
• Enhanced Reflexes
• Enhanced Durability
• Danger Sense
• Healing Factor
• Pseudopod generation
• Toxin production: Depression’s claws inject a toxin that induces lethargy and emotional instability over time, quickening with repeated doses until it's target is paralyzed physically and emotionally.

Personality Traits:
Curious ~ Impulsive ~ Friendly ~ Protective ~ Intelligent ~ Opportunistic

Summary:
Born of Venom, Depression has only known the inside of its containment facility for its whole life, starving and lonely. When experimentation at the facility started and experienced catastrophic failure, it gave Depression the opportunity to slide into the perfect host: August Perlman. Shifted to C.A.G.E. shortly after, Depression has experienced a life of luxury, meals twice a day and a constant stream of new experiences daily. Still, Depression wants to know the feeling of stretching their legs and regular meals won't keep them satisfied for long.

Avengers Academy: Junior Year 💥

Danni Kingston Contest of Champions Trial CS

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HotShot

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Ability Scores

Melee 0	Agility 4	Resilience 2	Vigilance 2	Ego 4	Logic -1

Defense Scores

Melee 10	Agility 14	Resilience 12	Vigilance 12	Ego 14	Logic 9

Damage

Melee d6 x 2 + 0	Agility d6 x 4 + 4	Ego d6 x 2 + 4	Logic d6 x 2 -1

Extra Info

Rank 2	Health (30 x Resilience) 60	Focus (30 x Vigilance) 60	Karma 2	Damage Reduction N/A

Biography

Full Name: Daniel Kingston
Pronouns: He/Him
Age: 17
Height: 5'8"
Weight: 140
Gender: Male
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Brown - Dyes it black
Distinguishing Features: N/A
Origin: Mutant
Team: Excelsior
Base: Avengers Academy
Alignment: Chaotic good
Hobbies: Cooking, Dancing, Gossiping

History

The adopted son of James and Casper Kingston, Danny was never a child without love. Although born in Genosha, his earliest memories are of New Orleans after James and Casper moved there following the collapse of Genosha. Pops worked at an auto shop, the strong order of oil caked into Danny’s early memories, and baby Danny was always dazzled and amazed at the outfits his Pape put on and the glitter, shimmer, and glamor of his shows. He remembers sometimes when Papa would be him because Pops had a guest at home and he always terrorized the backstage areas if they had one, wearing Papa’s feather boas and shoes even if they were too big. And when Pops would come pick him up, the half hearted scolding was seconds before the fond sigh, the quiet click of the camera, and a kiss on the forehead.

Although he was an only child, and he made sure to milk that he was with, Dorian was such a constant presence in his life, he felt like a sibling rather than just a friend. They’d watch Saturday morning cartoons, playing superheroes as their favorite show, She-ra and the Princess of Power, played in the background. When Danny whined at his parents to put him in dance classes so he could be a performer like Papa, his first solo performance was danced to the theme song and he demanded Dorian be there.

Of course, Danny was an impulsive wreck, moving through interests like clothes. One week it was painting, the next it was roller skating, and the cycle continued until he stumbled into cooking. The truth of the matter was, his family wasn’t known for their cooking skills. Pops had picked some up to feed the family and Papa wasn’t allowed in the kitchen unsupervised after the cupcake incident but sometimes Danny was craving a specific food and when he was, everything else was terrible and deserved to be trashed because it wasn’t the food so he decided he learn how to do it himself. As is expected when a 10 year old decides to cook without consulting his parents, the end result was an absolute mess but Danny had a blast through the entire process, even when half of it ended up on the wall. He was then also promptly banned from being in the kitchen unsupervised but got that lifted as he grew into the art.

Before his mutation presented itself, he planned to become a chef with his own shows and restaurants. He started his own Filterella, KingstonsKitchen, and grew it into a Snikt! and has a decent following that he likes to randomly pop on live with. He also posts random updates about his day under #shitIdo for easy filtering because he likes to and he finds it fun to include more people in his life (hear about how awesome and pretty he is).

Although he knew his family was wary about the x-men, he was always a little jealous when Dorian talked about his time there. He got to go to a hero school and Danny was stuck in normal New Orleans. They’d had dreams of being superheroes together when they were kids but between Danny’s struggle to stick with his interests, Pop’s general disapproval of superheroes, and a million flashier, easier things to get into, the interest faded until F-Day. His powers presented before Dorian’s and the old dream of theirs seemed realistic again. Sure he teased Dorian about getting powers first and sure he had to twist Pop’s arm to get him to agree (James barely lasted a day of tears and the cold shoulder before he relented) but with their approval, Dorian and Danny headed to Avenger’s Academy, bright eyed and bushy tailed, together.

Yes, it was hard and yes, it was a culture shock and yes, he called his parents sobbing to come pick him up because he missed home more times than he could count on one hand, but now, he's fully committed to rocking this Superhero thing. Superheroics are super interesting, the normal classes are bearable, and getting to set things on fire and looking fly as fuck doing it was right up his alley. Kicking butt in the Contest of Champions and taking top spot would just be the perfect thing to take home to Pops and show him this was exactly where Danny was supposed to be.

Personality

A difficult one to stay mad at for long, Danni is a highly energetic, fun loving, touchy feely golden retriever. He makes friends as easily as he breathes, and he attaches quickly and deeply with little more than a few days' time. He bounces rather than walks, sings rather than talks, and finds something to enjoy in every situation. He can make sunshine out of rain clouds and always has a shoulder to lean on, a hand to hold, and a conversation to ease away the sting of all the unpleasantness life brings. He's silly and ditzy, seemingly directionless at times, but he cares deeply for those around him.

Of course, he isn't all fun and games. Danni's emotional state can fluctuate wildly, especially when he feels like he isn't being included or appreciated. He is used to being able to command all the attention at home, doted on left and right by his parents and family, but handles rejection, real or perceived, very poorly. He's the waterworks kind of kid, rather than the feet stomping, ground pounding kind, and he'll start sniffling if he even gets an inkling someone might tell him no. He is demanding of people's time, rarely pausing to consider that maybe not everyone likes a gangly teenager in their lap yapping away at a mile an hour, and rarely respects people's personal boundaries, always pushing, pushing, pushing until something snaps.

Traits

• Signature Attack: Elemental Blast (Hotshot) - Danni has spent two years training his control over his Hotshot, giving him an edge when making an attack with it.
• Clueless - Danni's difficulty to focus on any one thing often leaves him vulnerable. He has trouble on Vigilance checks to spot hidden or invisible things. Enemies have an edge of Agility checks to sneak near or past him.
• Quick Learner - If Danni fails an action check, he has an edge on the check if he tries the same action again on his next turn.

Tags

• Hounded
• Heroic
• Linguist: French
• Mental health condition (ADHD, PTSD)
• Mentor (Ser Nemo)
• Obligation: School
• X-Gene
• Young

Powers

Basic Powers:

• Flight I: Danni soars into the sky.
  • Prerequisites: None
  • Duration: Permanent
  • Effect: Danni can fly. His combat flight speed is equal to his rank times his Run Speed. outside of combat, they can move at three times his Flight Speed.
• Accuracy 1: Danni is an ace with ranged attacks.
  • Prerequisites: None
  • Duration: Permanent
  • effect: Danni adds +1 to his Agility damage multiplier, and they gain a +1 bonus to Agility checks other than attacks.
• Accuracy 2: Danni is a sharpshooter.
  • Prerequisites: None
  • Duration: Permanent
  • effect: Danni adds +2 to his Agility damage multiplier, and they gain a +2 bonus to Agility checks other than attacks.

Elemental Control (Fire):

• Special Effects triggered by a fantastic success -
  • Fire: Sets target ablaze, dealing 5 Health at the end of each of the target's turn.

• Elemental Burst (Fire): Danni Hotshots an enemy.
  • Prerequisites: None
  • Action: Standard
  • Duration: Instant
  • Range: 10 Spaces
  • Effect: Danni makes a ranged attack against an enemy in line of sight. If the attack is a success, it inflicts regular damage. On a fantastic success, the enemy takes double damage instead and the elemental type's special effect.
• Elemental Blast (Fire): Danni hurls a fireball.
  • Prerequisites: Elemental Burst, Rank 2
  • Action: Standard
  • Duration: Instant
  • Range: 10 Spaces
  • Cost: 5 or more focus
  • Effect: Danni makes a ranged attack with an edge against an enemy in line of sight. For this attack, add +1 to the character's Agility damage bonus for every 2 points of focus they spend. On a success, an affect target takes that total damage. on a fantastic success, an affected target takes double that total damage and suffers the elemental type's special effect.
• Elemental Barrier (Fire): Danni conjures a wall of fire.
  • Prerequisites: Elemental Blast, Rank 2
  • Action: Standard
  • Duration: Concentration
  • Cost: 5
  • Effect: Danni forms a wall of fire within his line of sight and up to 10 spaces away per rank. This covers up to 2 spaces across (vertically/horizontally) per rank. Danni makes an Agility check and compares the results against the Agility defense of any target in the affected spaces. On a success, Danni chooses which side of the barrier the target winds up on. On a failure, the target chooses. On a Fantastic success, the target suffers the element's special effect too.
    Attacks against the barrier are against Danni's Ego defense. Any attacks against it that do 10 points of damage or less are instantly absorbed, and the barrier continues. If an attack does more than 10 points of damage, it destroys the barrier. Either way, the attack leaves those behind the barrier unharmed.[e
• Elemental Protection 1 (Fire): Danni envelopes himself in fire.
  • Prerequisites: Elemental Barrier, Rank 2
  • Action: Standard or Reaction
  • Trigger: The character is attacked or otherwise in danger.
  • Duration: Concentration
  • Cost: 5 Focus
  • Effect: Danni protects himself with fire. Any attacks against him that do 10 points of damage or less are instantly absorbed, and the protection continues. If an attack does more than 10 points of damage, it destroys the protection. Either way, Danni remains unharmed.
• Elemental Prison (Fire): Danni envelopes enemies in a dome of fire.
  • Prerequisites: Elemental Barrier, Rank 2
  • Action: Standard
  • Duration: Concentration
  • Cost: same as Danni's Elemental Protection power.
  • Effect: Danni picks a point within their line of site and traps any chosen targets within up to 5 spaces times his rank in a fiery prison. The character makes an Ego check against the targets' Agility defense inside the spaces. On each success, Danni traps the target inside the perimeter. On a fantastic success, targets suffer full damage and the element's special effects too.
    Attacks against the barrier are against Danni's Ego defense. Any attacks against the prison are absorbed as if against Danni's Elemental Protection power. If an attack does more damage than Danni's Elemental Protection power can absorb, it destroys the prison but no one inside is harmed.

Avengers Academy: Junior Year 💥

Danny Kingston

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Location: Dorm Hallway
Skills: Pyrokinesis

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Leah started booking it, walking with all the determination Danni knew she had. “Maybe if t'is super'ero stuff doesn't work out, I can be a motivational speaker.” Danni mused, skipping along with Leah. He got Leah over her fear of making plans, maybe he could get others over their fears! He really should write that down but if superheroics didn't work out, Danni would probably eat himself into a coma and die of dehydration from crying.

However, his grim future was interrupted by Princess and he frowned at the thought of Diana of all people alone in their dorms. Like, they didn't really get along so was she trying to prank them? All he did was offer to light her arrows up, but he didn't actually do it when she said not to (which he should get a gold star for impulse control, thank you very much!) So he didn't know what she was getting revenge for.

Still, not like they really had anything to hide but they'd have to make sure everything was as it should be. Dee once threatened to swap all his hair product with generic 5 in 1 garbage after he'd deleted one of Dee's save files by accident and Danni had checked everything obsessively for weeks. Danni didn't think Diana would, but who knew what nefarious things someone sneaking into another person's Dorm would do. What is she changed out his hair dye?

He was halfway through a response, tongue stuck out as he focused on typing and walking behind Leah, when several things happened very quickly. Firstly, his phone buzzed. Secondly, he bit his tongue and tossed his phone in surprise. Finally, he felt fire boiling under his skin and in the brief moment where he was scrambling for his phone, cursing the sudden taste of copper, and reeling over Dee’s text, he slipped up and fire erupted from him in the dorm hallway.

“Merde! Danni swore, jumping approximately fifteen feet in the air as the floor and the wall next to him was suddenly burning. He stared down the hall where Dee stood with Percy's arm wrapped around his waist and honestly, Danni felt…

Betrayed.

For the second time in as many weeks, Danni felt his life burning to the ground. Yes, some of it was certainly the fact that Danni had set the dorms on fire and was currently standing next to it, but mostly it was because once again, Danni'd lost something. Dee and Danni had been two halves on the same coin, attached at the hip, sharing everything together. They shared parents (Maxie and Benji were basically his parents too), friends, clothes, games, food. Literally their entire life. And now there was something Danni couldn't share, didn't want to share, and he felt replaced. Dee found someone who could do more with him, do something Danni wouldn't, and Danni felt like he’d be seeing Percy next to Dee more often and he’d be left alone.

He reached out to grab the flames, but he froze. The hunger in the fire, the glass case pressing in, Arcade’s laughter creeping up on him, and he couldn’t bring himself to do anything. What would happen if it got worse? What happened if he did burn everything down again, just like home?

“Help.” Danni whimpered, trembling where he was frozen in fear.

Avengers Academy: Junior Year 💥

Danni

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HotShot

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Ability Scores

Melee 0	Agility 4	Resilience 2	Vigilance 2	Ego 4	Logic -1

Defense Scores

Melee 10	Agility 14	Resilience 12	Vigilance 12	Ego 14	Logic 9

Damage

Melee d6 x 2 + 0	Agility d6 x 4 + 4	Ego d6 x 2 + 4	Logic d6 x 2 -1

Extra Info

Rank 2	Health (30 x Resilience) 60	Focus (30 x Vigilance) 60	Karma 2	Damage Reduction N/A

Biography

Full Name: Daniel Kingston
Pronouns: He/Him
Age: 17
Height: 5'8"
Weight: 140
Gender: Male
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Brown - Dyes it black
Distinguishing Features: N/A
Origin: Mutant
Team: Excelsior
Base: Avengers Academy
Alignment: Chaotic good
Hobbies: Cooking, Dancing, Gossiping

History

The adopted son of James and Casper Kingston, Danny was never a child without love. Although born in Genosha, his earliest memories are of New Orleans after James and Casper moved there following the collapse of Genosha. Pops worked at an auto shop, the strong order of oil caked into Danny’s early memories, and baby Danny was always dazzled and amazed at the outfits his Pape put on and the glitter, shimmer, and glamor of his shows. He remembers sometimes when Papa would be him because Pops had a guest at home and he always terrorized the backstage areas if they had one, wearing Papa’s feather boas and shoes even if they were too big. And when Pops would come pick him up, the half hearted scolding was seconds before the fond sigh, the quiet click of the camera, and a kiss on the forehead.

Although he was an only child, and he made sure to milk that he was with, Dorian was such a constant presence in his life, he felt like a sibling rather than just a friend. They’d watch Saturday morning cartoons, playing superheroes as their favorite show, She-ra and the Princess of Power, played in the background. When Danny whined at his parents to put him in dance classes so he could be a performer like Papa, his first solo performance was danced to the theme song and he demanded Dorian be there.

Of course, Danny was an impulsive wreck, moving through interests like clothes. One week it was painting, the next it was roller skating, and the cycle continued until he stumbled into cooking. The truth of the matter was, his family wasn’t known for their cooking skills. Pops had picked some up to feed the family and Papa wasn’t allowed in the kitchen unsupervised after the cupcake incident but sometimes Danny was craving a specific food and when he was, everything else was terrible and deserved to be trashed because it wasn’t the food so he decided he learn how to do it himself. As is expected when a 10 year old decides to cook without consulting his parents, the end result was an absolute mess but Danny had a blast through the entire process, even when half of it ended up on the wall. He was then also promptly banned from being in the kitchen unsupervised but got that lifted as he grew into the art.

Before his mutation presented itself, he planned to become a chef with his own shows and restaurants. He started his own Filterella, KingstonsKitchen, and grew it into a Snikt! and has a decent following that he likes to randomly pop on live with. He also posts random updates about his day under #shitIdo for easy filtering because he likes to and he finds it fun to include more people in his life (hear about how awesome and pretty he is).

Although he knew his family was wary about the x-men, he was always a little jealous when Dorian talked about his time there. He got to go to a hero school and Danny was stuck in normal New Orleans. They’d had dreams of being superheroes together when they were kids but between Danny’s struggle to stick with his interests, Pop’s general disapproval of superheroes, and a million flashier, easier things to get into, the interest faded until F-Day. His powers presented before Dorian’s and the old dream of theirs seemed realistic again. Sure he teased Dorian about getting powers first and sure he had to twist Pop’s arm to get him to agree (James barely lasted a day of tears and the cold shoulder before he relented) but with their approval, Dorian and Danny headed to Avenger’s Academy, bright eyed and bushy tailed, together.

Yes, it was hard and yes, it was a culture shock and yes, he called his parents sobbing to come pick him up because he missed home more times than he could count on one hand, but now, he's fully committed to rocking this Superhero thing. Superheroics are super interesting, the normal classes are bearable, and getting to set things on fire and looking fly as fuck doing it was right up his alley. Kicking butt in the Contest of Champions and taking top spot would just be the perfect thing to take home to Pops and show him this was exactly where Danny was supposed to be.

Personality

A difficult one to stay mad at for long, Danni is a highly energetic, fun loving, touchy feely golden retriever. He makes friends as easily as he breathes, and he attaches quickly and deeply with little more than a few days' time. He bounces rather than walks, sings rather than talks, and finds something to enjoy in every situation. He can make sunshine out of rain clouds and always has a shoulder to lean on, a hand to hold, and a conversation to ease away the sting of all the unpleasantness life brings. He's silly and ditzy, seemingly directionless at times, but he cares deeply for those around him.

Of course, he isn't all fun and games. Danni's emotional state can fluctuate wildly, especially when he feels like he isn't being included or appreciated. He is used to being able to command all the attention at home, doted on left and right by his parents and family, but handles rejection, real or perceived, very poorly. He's the waterworks kind of kid, rather than the feet stomping, ground pounding kind, and he'll start sniffling if he even gets an inkling someone might tell him no. He is demanding of people's time, rarely pausing to consider that maybe not everyone likes a gangly teenager in their lap yapping away at a mile an hour, and rarely respects people's personal boundaries, always pushing, pushing, pushing until something snaps.

Traits

• Signature Attack: Elemental Blast (Hotshot) - Danni has spent two years training his control over his Hotshot, giving him an edge when making an attack with it.
• Clueless - Danni's difficulty to focus on any one thing often leaves him vulnerable. He has trouble on Vigilance checks to spot hidden or invisible things. Enemies have an edge of Agility checks to sneak near or past him.
• Quick Learner - If Danni fails an action check, he has an edge on the check if he tries the same action again on his next turn.

Tags

• Hounded
• Heroic
• Linguist: French
• Mental health condition (ADHD, PTSD)
• Mentor (Ser Nemo)
• Obligation: School
• X-Gene
• Young

Powers

Basic Powers:

• Flight I: Danni soars into the sky.
  • Prerequisites: None
  • Duration: Permanent
  • Effect: Danni can fly. His combat flight speed is equal to his rank times his Run Speed. outside of combat, they can move at three times his Flight Speed.
• Accuracy 1: Danni is an ace with ranged attacks.
  • Prerequisites: None
  • Duration: Permanent
  • effect: Danni adds +1 to his Agility damage multiplier, and they gain a +1 bonus to Agility checks other than attacks.
• Accuracy 2: Danni is a sharpshooter.
  • Prerequisites: None
  • Duration: Permanent
  • effect: Danni adds +2 to his Agility damage multiplier, and they gain a +2 bonus to Agility checks other than attacks.

Elemental Control (Fire):

• Special Effects triggered by a fantastic success -
  • Fire: Sets target ablaze, dealing 5 Health at the end of each of the target's turn.

• Elemental Burst (Fire): Danni Hotshots an enemy.
  • Prerequisites: None
  • Action: Standard
  • Duration: Instant
  • Range: 10 Spaces
  • Effect: Danni makes a ranged attack against an enemy in line of sight. If the attack is a success, it inflicts regular damage. On a fantastic success, the enemy takes double damage instead and the elemental type's special effect.
• Elemental Blast (Fire): Danni hurls a fireball.
  • Prerequisites: Elemental Burst, Rank 2
  • Action: Standard
  • Duration: Instant
  • Range: 10 Spaces
  • Cost: 5 or more focus
  • Effect: Danni makes a ranged attack with an edge against an enemy in line of sight. For this attack, add +1 to the character's Agility damage bonus for every 2 points of focus they spend. On a success, an affect target takes that total damage. on a fantastic success, an affected target takes double that total damage and suffers the elemental type's special effect.
• Elemental Barrier (Fire): Danni conjures a wall of fire.
  • Prerequisites: Elemental Blast, Rank 2
  • Action: Standard
  • Duration: Concentration
  • Cost: 5
  • Effect: Danni forms a wall of fire within his line of sight and up to 10 spaces away per rank. This covers up to 2 spaces across (vertically/horizontally) per rank. Danni makes an Agility check and compares the results against the Agility defense of any target in the affected spaces. On a success, Danni chooses which side of the barrier the target winds up on. On a failure, the target chooses. On a Fantastic success, the target suffers the element's special effect too.
    Attacks against the barrier are against Danni's Ego defense. Any attacks against it that do 10 points of damage or less are instantly absorbed, and the barrier continues. If an attack does more than 10 points of damage, it destroys the barrier. Either way, the attack leaves those behind the barrier unharmed.[e
• Elemental Protection 1 (Fire): Danni envelopes himself in fire.
  • Prerequisites: Elemental Barrier, Rank 2
  • Action: Standard or Reaction
  • Trigger: The character is attacked or otherwise in danger.
  • Duration: Concentration
  • Cost: 5 Focus
  • Effect: Danni protects himself with fire. Any attacks against him that do 10 points of damage or less are instantly absorbed, and the protection continues. If an attack does more than 10 points of damage, it destroys the protection. Either way, Danni remains unharmed.
• Elemental Prison (Fire): Danni envelopes enemies in a dome of fire.
  • Prerequisites: Elemental Barrier, Rank 2
  • Action: Standard
  • Duration: Concentration
  • Cost: same as Danni's Elemental Protection power.
  • Effect: Danni picks a point within their line of site and traps any chosen targets within up to 5 spaces times his rank in a fiery prison. The character makes an Ego check against the targets' Agility defense inside the spaces. On each success, Danni traps the target inside the perimeter. On a fantastic success, targets suffer full damage and the element's special effects too.
    Attacks against the barrier are against Danni's Ego defense. Any attacks against the prison are absorbed as if against Danni's Elemental Protection power. If an attack does more damage than Danni's Elemental Protection power can absorb, it destroys the prison but no one inside is harmed.

Bounties of Space

Bounties of Space

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Location: Kol'Kill,Titan

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Danni sauntered up to the bar, sliding into the seat at the nearest end. He grimaced at the stickiness, but wasn't about to complain when Haxxal was in earshot and Danni was in mug throwing distance. He waited impatiently for Sandix to finish with their current customer.

It felt like forever before Sandix finally slithered their lizard butt over to him. “Sandix, my favorite bartender t'is side of Titan. ‘ow's business, ‘ow's t’e partner, ‘ow's t'e bed?” Danni wiggled his eyebrows suggestively, cackling at the flat glare it earned him. “Just a joke, just a joke, chiiiiiiill. I know it's all great. Never a bad time wit’ a ‘unk like ‘axxal over t'ere. Whoa, whoa whoa wait, sorry, sorry! Danni hit the bar hard, Haxxal's tankard hitting the wall where his head was just seconds ago. He used the upset to slip the holopad into Sandix's apron, praying the lizard didn’t stab him in the face, but all he got was another flat stare.

Seriously, how did you read a reptile?

Although there was a brief pause in conversations to see if a fight would break out over Danni’s ancts, Haxxal didn’t move from their spot and everyone moved on. The performer stepped off the stage, another small band taking her place, and she found the other empty table, a few over from the group's, and was quick to hail down a drink herself.

“Aaaaanyways, you know, just lookin’ for a little top off ‘ere.” Danni popped his flask on the counter. “And t'ree drinks for us at t'at table and whatever is quickest and easiest ta eat! We'll take t'e credits for t'ose rats ta T'e Triumverates!”

“Demanding little weasel.” Sandix rasped, already mixing neon green and sickly yellow liquids together.

“But your favorite little weasel, right?” Danni laughed, taking a quick swing of his flask before Sandix took it. He send a sideways look at the other guy sitting at the bar and after decing they were well into their cups, leaned in a little and lowered his voice. “T'ough, real question. T'e ‘aggar ‘it, ‘ow do our friends down under feel about t'at?”

“No official word but I'd say violent.” Sandix replied coolly. Danni nodded and grabbed the drinks they slammed in front of him and Danni beat a hasty retreat.

“So, good news, bad news, real bad news.” Danni announced, placing their drinks on the table and sliding into the open seat. “Good news, we'll ‘ave some more credits soon! Bad news, I t'ink ‘axxal wants ta kill me or ‘ate fuck me, but t'ats still not good. Real bad news,” Danni leaned in to the trio. “T'e Val'shan are not ‘appy ‘bout t'is bounty btw. Sendix said t'ey felt violent.”

Meanwhile, Dorian and April would see for just a moment, a strange electric flicker near the ceiling and that same metal pyramidal shape April saw earlier appear briefly.

Testing well everything!

Dorian

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Poltergeist

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Ability Scores

Melee 1	Agility 0	Resilience 2	Vigilance 3	Ego 2	Logic 2

Defense Scores

Melee 11	Agility 10	Resilience 12	Vigilance 13	Ego 12	Logic 12

Damage

Melee d6 x 2 + 1	Agility d6 x 2	Ego d6 x 2 + 2	Logic d6 x 2 + 2

Extra Info

Rank 2	Health (30 x Resilience) 60	Focus (30 x Vigilence) 90	Karma 2	Damage Reduction N/A

Biography

Full Name: Dorian Stephen Gray
Pronouns: He/Him
Age: 17
Height: 5'9"
Weight: 170lbs
Gender: Male
Eye Color: Green
Hair Color: Brunette
Distinguishing Features: Left Ear Pierced
Origin: Mutant
Team: Excelsior
Base: Avengers Academy
Alignment: Chaotic Good
Hobbies: Gaming, Foodie, Traveling, Pranking

History

Life wasn't exactly normal for Dorian, especially towards the beginning. It's hard to recall his earliest memories, but if he thinks hard on them he always remembers a silhouetted man holding him and singing to him as an odd colored light surrounded them both. Later on in his years Dorian would learn that those earliest memories were of Max, his dad, using his magic to make his way home after grueling missions just to be able to put him to bed and say goodnight. While Max was away on missions his Appa, Ben, would always make sure to stay as present within his life as possible. The house they lived in was always warm and lively, and Appa made sure that Dorian felt as though he belonged.

Appa, ofcourse, was the stricter of the two. Always trying to teach him life lessons while his Dad simply wanted to have fun and enjoy what little time he had with his kid. At an early age Appa tried getting him to play a sport, to be normal whatever that meant. He rolled his eyes at the idea of football, didn't much care for track, tennis, or even soccer. But if he had to pick one he'd settled for baseball. The uniforms were cute enough, and it didn't involve as much running. So he was fine with it. The real joy came from seeing his parents' face light up everytime he hit the field. Win or lose they always supported him.

Years would pass and he lived next door to the Kingston's, knowing them as his second family and viewing Danni as his own brother. When he reached 7 years of age, Dorian was invited to come back with his Dad to Xavier's School. Ben wasn't exactly fond of the idea. No, to say that would be a massive understatement. The night the idea was brought up, Dorian was supposed to be asleep in his room. But as kids tended to do, he wasn't where he was supposed to be. He snuck out of his room, wanting to see if he could sleep with his dads, but as he rounded the corner towards their room he heard yelling. Muffled by the thick wooden doors of their home, but it was clear the subject matter was him and the school. Tears welled in his eyes as he quickly and quietly made his way back towards his room.

He had no powers to speak of and his Dad was still busy with the X-Men, but here he could learn, start school, and be closer to Max. Ben and Uncle Casper, had told him stories of this place, of his father Xavier and how horrible the man was. Dorian wasn't sure what to do. The following weeks were quiet in the household, facades placed before him as they pretended to be fine. Finally he spoke up. He wanted to be at Xaviers. He's spent so much time around other normal kids, he wanted to be around mutants for a change, even if the idea scared him a little.
When they arrived Dorian clung to his dad's pant leg as he entered, prompting Max to pick him up and carry him on his shoulders as they made their way through the expanse of a mansion.

It was different for Dorian, children and mutants running all around him and learning to control their powers while he was merely here to learn the basics. It was about this time that Dorian had begun to romanticize heroism and sword fighting. He waited for the day that they would visit the Kingston's each week, the adults getting together to talk about whatever it was they spoke of and him and Danni could sit in front of the television and watch their weekly show of She-Ra. It lit a fire in him and made him understand why his father did what he did even if it was with the X-Men. To be a hero, to save the world, and to know that even they have flaws and can be anyone, it spoke to Dorian in a way that he hardly understood. How any ordinary person could be a hero. So he studied the sword, he mimicked fighting techniques off the show, and most importantly he had his best friend and brother alongside him to fight crime with. It was just like the theme song said 'with mighty sword and flame we'll never fail you when you call our name.'

That was when another one of Appas life lessons came in. One day, after years at the academy, he had decided to take him somewhere private. Somewhere personal to him. It was his very own grave. There was a bit of heaviness to Dorian's chest, the idea that he was staring at the grave of his own Appa who stood right beside him. He wanted him to promise that he would be careful, to be safe. He needed to see just how dangerous being a hero truly was. And while Dorian had agreed to it, he didn't fully understand at that age, nor does he now. After all, Appa died before the Mutant Circuit, before his family was capable of bringing others back to life. To him, much like any other kid his age, he was invincible. But he'd never tell his parents that.

Dorian learned, and grew, spending most of his time at Xavier's and until he hit the age of 13. Life got a little weird there, he developed powers, found out he had the x-gene, and scared the crap out of his parents. That was the first time that Max had taken him and Ben to an old library, asked Doctor Strange and Wong for access to books on Astral Projection, and spent a majority of his time learning and teaching Dorian about his powers, the dangers, and ways to control them. Strange was...well strange. It was like Dorian's father was a different person around him, and it showed him a new side of his father he never got to see. But his childhood wasn't all study and practice, there were days, sometimes weeks, that Max would have off and even if he looked tired he would always come with a surprise. Family trips to Disney with the Mutant Underground, and those his father had met along the way of his life, impromptu vacations to Italy, Spain, Rome and more even as James protested.

Dorian was never a kid with wants. When your father has the power of magic, and can take you across the planet in less than a second of time then the world is quite literally your oyster. He always loved the trips with just the three of them, four if they could convince the Kingston's to allow Danni to come with. Dorian had heard tales of Max's...mishaps in his younger years, but that seemed so far ago and it always made him chuckle to see them all flustered with his dad's random worldwide trips. Sometimes they would just pop in with me, barely tell Uncle James, leave with Danni, then return less than a minute later having asked us to get the most touristy clothes we could find while gone. When we'd pop back to the Kingston's place we'd have large sunglasses, a splotch of sunscreen on our nose, and bright noisy clothes, it was one of the times Dorian could hear his father just laugh at the chaos and look on their faces. Sadly those Vacations would have to wait till summer once he turned 14, but it was a happy kind of sad.

Though Dorian couldn't see his family as often, he still had Danni. They got accepted to Avengers Academy (AA if you were one of the cool kids) and it was everything that they had worked for. Dee and Danni taking on the world and becoming heroes! There were...a few incidents where dad had to come in. Apparently the school didn't like it when someone possessed the lockers doors and flung them all open to scare other students. Or when someone snuck out of their room because it was too quiet. Really most of Dorians pranks were frowned upon, but someone had to livin' up the place, and a few of those pranks were just great pogger moments. Now its Junior year and its time to see what more they could learn about heroism and combat!

Personality

Dorian tries to be the life of the party. Alongside his best friend Danni, he never wants to let a moment die, trying to keep up the momentum and live life to the fullest. Ofcourse, all of that is pretty easy when your father has the ability to create things on a whim and your uncles command death and life respectively. Dorians never needed to consider any consequences because as far as he has been concerned there never were any. It's this sort of mindset that has lead to his more reckless behavior and allowed him to become quite the devious Prankster. After all within his first year at AA, Dorian spent a massive amount of time out in the field. Not caring for the physical education portion of his lectures, he decided to toss bird feed into the field and blow a whistle every day to call upon some pigeons. After a months of preparation when it came to the annual track meet, the coach blew the whistle only to have an insurmountable amount of pigeons flock down towards the fields and create utter chaos.

Dorian isn't all pranks and chaos however. He cares deeply for his friends and would do anything he can to help them. After all if he's learned anything from bith TV and real life, it's that the bonds you form along the way are what end up mattering the most in the end. He values loyalty and comradery amongst all else, and believes that friends shouldn't keep things from each other because it's the easiest way to allow a wedge to tear them apart. Though he's very doubtful that anything could ever tear him and his bestie apart.

Traits

• Signature Attack (Disrupt Person) - Dorian makes this attack with an edge.
• Surprising Power (Possession) - Dorian ignores rank and origins when selecting this power.
• Signature Attack (Possession) - Dorian makes this attack with an edge.

Tags

• Heroic
• Hounded
• Mentor (Ser Nemo)
• Obligation (School)
• Signature Weapon (Sword?)
• Sorcerous
• X-Gene
• Young

Powers

Possession:

• Phase Self: Dorian can become as intangible as a ghost.
  • Prerequisites: None
  • Action: Standard
  • Duration: Concentration
  • Effect: Dorian and his clothing become intangible and can move through anything as if it wasn't there. Nothing can physically affect him, nor can he affect anything that is not phasing with him.
• Phase Walk: Dorian can walk on air.
  • Prerequisites: Phase Self, Rank 2
  • Duration: Concentration
  • Focus: 5
  • Effect: When phasing, Dorian can move in any direction and through anything a their run speed, as can anyone or anything phasing along with him.
• Quick Phase: Dorian can become as intangible as a ghost in an instant.
  • Prerequisites: Phase Self, Rank 2
  • Action: Reaction
  • Trigger: The character is attacked.
  • cost: 5 focus
  • Duration: Concentration
  • Effect: The character and their clothing instantly become intangible.
• Partial Phase: Dorian can me a portion of himself tangible or intangible.
  • Prerequisites: Phase Self, Rank 2
  • Action: Standard
  • Duration: Concentration
  • Cost: 5 Focus
  • Effect: Dorian can make any portion of his body and clothing tangible or intangible.
• Disrupt Person: Dorian can hurt someone with his phasing powers.
  • Prerequisites: Phase Self, Rank 3
  • Action: Standard
  • Duration: instant
  • Cost: 10 Focus
  • Effect: Dorian makes a close attack. On a success, the attack does normal damage, ignoring any Health Damage Reduction. On a Fantastic Success, the attack deals double damage, ignoring any Health Damage Reduction and the target is stunned for one round.
• Disrupt Electronics: Dorian can scramble electronics by moving through them.
  • Prerequisites: Phase Self, Rank 2
  • Action: Standard
  • Duration: instant
  • Cost: 5 Focus
  • Effect: Dorian can scramble electronics when he moves through them while phasing, causing them to shut down or crash. In the case of Tech Reliant powers, they are unusable for one round while they reboot.

Magic (Demonic Set):

• Possession: Dorian takes over someone else's body.
  • Homebrewed Power , Changed Agility defense to a contested check.
  • Prerequisites: Cursed, Rank 5.
  • Action: Standard
  • Duration: Concentration
  • Cost: 20 Focus
  • Effect: On the first possession attempt, Dorian makes an Ego check with trouble against an Ego check of the target with trouble. On a success, Dorian takes over the the target's body completely. On a failure, further attempts of possession do not give the target trouble.
    Dorian's Ego Defense is the target number for any checks to end the possession.
    If Dorian attempts to harm someone with the possessed body, the target gets to make an Ego check to end the possession. If the target has the Heroic tag, they gain an edge.
    If Dorian attempts to harm the possessed body, the target gets an edge on the check. If they have the Heroic tag, they get a double edge.

Telekinetic:

• Telekinetic Manipulation: Dorian can handle physical things with his mind.
  • Prerequisites: None
  • Action: Standard
  • Duration: Concentration
  • range: Varies
  • Effect: Dorian can manipulate objects in line of sight with his mind. His maximum range is 5 spaces x rank. If someone would prevent Dorian from taking control of an object, Dorian makes a Logic check against their Agility defense.
• Telekinetic Attack: Dorian can punch or choke somebody with his mind.
  • Prerequisites: Telekinetic Manipulation, Rank 2
  • Action: Standard
  • Duration: Concentration
  • Range: Varies
  • Cost: 5 focus
  • Effect: Dorian makes a Logic attack against the Melee defense of a target within 5 spaces times rank. If is is a success, it inflicts regular damage. On a Fantastic Success, the damage is doubled instead, and the target is stunned for one round.

Testing well everything!

Leah

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Jotunn

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Ability Scores

Melee 4	Agility 1	Resilience 3	Vigilance 1	Ego 1	Logic 0

Defense Scores

Melee 14	Agility 11	Resilience 13	Vigilance 11	Ego 11	Logic 10

Damage

Melee d6 x 4 + 4	Agility d6 x 2 + 1	Ego d6 x 2 + 1	Logic d6 x 2 + 0

Extra Info

Rank 2	Health (30 x Resilience) 90	Focus (30 x Vigilence) 60	Karma 2	Damage Reduction 2

Biography

Full Name: Leah Rose Jordan
Pronouns: She/Her
Age: 16
Height: 5'9"
Weight: 198lbs
Gender: Female
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Brown and slightly curly... And weirdly coarse.
Distinguishing Features: She has multiple scars in random places all over her arms, back and chest. Most of them are old.
Origin: Mutant
Team:
Base: Avengers Academy
Alignment: Chaotic good
Hobbies: Boxing, traveling and reading

History

Mayra Pavon was born in southern Arizona as the child of a very bad man. Her life was relatively simple for most of her early childhood, except for her father being away on business trips a lot. Mayra's mother was a high school teacher, and her father was allegedly an account and lawyer for a large corporation. In hindsight, how he managed to do both seemed unbelievable, but neither was true. By the time Mayra reached the age of 12, her father had told her about his secret life, and her mutant genetics. He ran a test on her in his secret lab years ago, and planned for that day. Carlos Pavon told his daughter than he, too, was a mutant who went by the name Imperator. He was gifted with superhuman intellect, and had found a way to build things no other person could by applying this power to the field of engineering.

Imperator was a high-profile mercenary who worked for people he did not disclose to Mayra, and wanted to bring her under his wing. His reasons were varied, but one of them was to teach her to control her new abilities. Mayra wasn't given a choice, and so for the next two years, she was trained extensively in close-quarters combat by a man who could outthink her every move five minutes in advance. It was painful, being knocked on her ass every time she attempted to make a single swing on him, and it put a massive strain on her relationship with both Imperator and her mother, who believed she was simply away with her father on business trips. She never fully understood why things had to be this way, and she eventually rebelled against him in an act of rage.

One day when she was home, she confessed everything to her mother. Mayra told her everything, about her being a mutant, about the so-called training, even about Imperator's workshop. Unsurprisingly, she didn't believe most of that, but it didn't matter in the end, because Carlos Pavon came home just in time. When his wife questioned him, he didn't even react before he shot her. The whole house fell in on them. Imperator was a superhuman genius, but in his own hubris he failed to account for the possibility that Mayra's training had been more productive than he realized. There is nothing left of that house but a veritable mountain of stone and rubble.

She ran, and ran, and ran.

The rest is somewhat blurry in her mind, but she walked through the Arizona deserts for hours on her own, before eventually flying away on a rock when she came down from the emotional rollercoaster of watching her mother bleed out, and possibly burying her father alive. Mayra eventually found the Avenger's Academy, and used the opportunity to live a different life than what was destined for her. All she hopes now is that no one uncovers her history, or digs into legal records to see if her name is Leah or Mayra.

Personality

Leah has always been somewhat tough to read. She often prefers to just deal with problems the hard way and not make any attempt to convey how the feels. Letting people in or opening up is hard for Leah, because she feels weak and insecure when others have to go out of their way to tend to her. Leah regularly puts on a brave face and treats herself like she's invincible. Not out of arrogance, but out of a desire to be as little of a burden to those around her as possible, and because she has unresolved, bitter feelings towards his past that she doesn't want others to know about. None of that means she doesn't care about others, though. In fact, Leah can be viscerally protective of others who are in a position where they can't protect themselves. The victimized, the weak, and wounded are people she feels great sympathy for.

Beneath that stony exterior is a girl who feels conflicted towards herself. Deep down, Leah knows she can't deny where she came from, but refuses to acknowledge this and buries any trace of her home. Leah craves the act of living her own idea of being untouchable, she wants to be the strongest person in the world and build the highest walls because she's afraid of what could come back to haunt her. At the same time, Leah wants to be close to her friends, as much as possible, so she can be a part of their lives and be there for them when they may or may not need help. Even if she won't admit it to anyone, Leah is stuck between her insecurities and her own compassion for others. This can sometimes lead to self-destructive tendencies in which she exhausts herself to help people, but refuses to let them do anything in return.

Traits

• Abrasive: Leah rubs people the wrong way. She has trouble on Ego checks when persuading someone to help her, but an edge on Ego checks when trying to intimidate someone.
• Battle Ready: Leah is always mentally ready for battle, getting an extra 30 focus.
• Quick Learner: If Leah fails an action check, they gain an edge on the check if they try the same action gain on her next turn.

Tags

• Heroic
• Hounded
• Linguist: Spanish
• Mentor (?)
• Obligation (School)
• Supernatural
• Young

Powers

Basic Powers:

• Brawling: Leah is hard to hit.
  • Prerequisites: None
  • Duration: Permanent
  • Effect: Leah can use her Melee defense score against Agility attacks too.
• Mighty 1: Leah is superhumanly strong.
  • Prerequisites: None
  • Duration: Permanent
  • Effect: Leah is treated as one size bigger for lifting, carrying, and throwing things. She also adds +1 to her Melee damage multiplier, and she gains a +1 bonus to Melee checks other than attacks.
• Mighty 2: Leah could lift a bus.
  • Prerequisites: Mighty 1, Rank 2
  • Duration: Permanent
  • Effect: Leah is treated as two sizes bigger for lifting, carrying, and throwing things. She also adds +2 to her Melee damage multiplier, and she gains a +2 bonus to Melee checks other than attacks.
• Sturdy 1: Leah has protection from physical damage.
  • Prerequisites: None
  • Duration: Permanent
  • Effect: Leah's body is so sturdy that she has Health Damage Reduction 1.
• Sturdy s: Leah has protection from physical damage.
  • Prerequisites: Sturdy 1, Rank 2
  • Duration: Permanent
  • Effect: Leah's body is so sturdy that she has Health Damage Reduction 2.

Super Strength:

• Clobber: Leah's pummels her foe with enough force to knock them flat.
  • Prerequisites: None
  • Action: Standard
  • Duration: Instant
  • Effect: Leah makes a close attack. If the attack is a success, the enemy takes regular damage. On a fantastic success, the enemy takes double damage and is knocked prone.
• Smash: SMASH!
  • Prerequisites: Clobber, Rank 2
  • Action: Standard
  • Duration: Instant
  • Cost: 5 or more focus
  • Effect: Leah makes a close attack with an edge. For this attack, add +1 to Leah's Melee damage bonus for every 2 points of focus she spends. On a success, an affect target takes that total damage. On a fantastic success, an affected target takes double that total damage and is stunned for one round.

Elemental Control (Earth):

• Special Effects triggered by a fantastic success -
  • Earth: Target moves at half speed for one round.

• Elemental Burst (Earth): Leah fires off a boulder.
  • Prerequisites: None
  • Action: Standard
  • Duration: Instant
  • Range: 10 Spaces
  • Effect: Leah makes a ranged attack against an enemy in line of sight. If the attack is a success, it inflicts regular damage. On a fantastic success, the enemy takes double damage instead and the elemental type's special effect.
• Elemental Barrier (Earth): Leah raises a wall of earth.
  • Prerequisites: Elemental Burst, Rank 2
  • Action: Standard
  • Duration: Concentration
  • Cost: 5
  • Effect: Leah forms a wall of earth within her line of sight and up to 10 spaces away per rank. This covers up to 2 spaces across (vertically/horizontally) per rank. Leah makes an Agility check and compares the results against the Agility defense of any target in the affected spaces. On a success, Leah chooses which side of the barrier the target winds up on. On a failure, the target chooses. On a Fantastic success, the target suffers the element's special effect too.
    Attacks against the barrier are against Leah's Ego defense. Any attacks against it that do 10 points of damage or less are instantly absorbed, and the barrier continues. If an attack does more than 10 points of damage, it destroys the barrier. Either way, the attack leaves those behind the barrier unharmed.
• Elemental Grab (Earth): Leah snares an enemy in earth.
  • Prerequisites: Elemental Burst, Rank 2
  • Action: Standard
  • Duration: Concentration
  • Range: Varies
  • Cost: 5
  • Effect: Leah makes an Ego attack against a target's Melee defense within 5 spaces times Leah's rank. If the attack is a success Leah grabs the target with Earth. On a fantastic success, the target is pinned and suffers the element's special effect. Breaking free requires a successful Melee check against target number 20.

Avengers Academy: Junior Year 💥

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Location: Outside -> Mad's dorm
Skills: N/A

“An open invitation ta bot'er you? T'e world must be endin’!” Danni gasped, fanning his face. “Doncha worry too much. I'll only abuse it a little bit. Can't keep me away once you open t'e door t'ough so look out!” Danni laughed as they settled in the dirt, spreading out and watching Leah fiddle with her little stones.

“‘onestly, I'm not sure why deat’ is such a big deal for people. It's not like it's t'e end, ya know? Benji was a ghost for… over a decade, maybe? But t'en Papa, Pops, and Maxie regenerated ‘is corpse and body slammed ‘im back in and now we're a big ‘appy family. It's not like it ‘as ta be permanent. Or ya can just vibe a a cool ghosty.” Danni scrambled to sit up as the sunflower grew, eyes wide as saucers. He looked between Leah and the plant a few times before gently brushing his fingers across the petals. His chest felt heavy looking at the flower.

“Tellement joli. Je suis un peu jaloux.” Danni whispered before he beamed at Leah. “T'ats so cool! I t'ought you only did stuff wit’ rocks, t'ough. You ‘oldin’ back ta keep t'e ot'er teams from knowin’ all your tricks? But ya said you don't care, so why would ya ‘ide stuff if ya didn't care? Or maybe you said t'at so t'at nobody would t'ink ta look further past what ya told everyone! No, no you're confused ‘bout t'is too so I guess you really didn't, don't care about it. Yeesh, t'e team is not gunna like t'at. Do you really only care ‘bout t'e contest for Princess and Beanie? Not ‘bout showin’ t'e world ‘ow great ya are?”

”Slow down like, a lot for a second, damn.” Leah stared at the flower and then at her runes. ”Agatha gave me these the day before she packed up. Haven’t had many chances to think about them, and I barely understand how they work.” I’m barely understanding a few things.

”I looked stuff up on my phone over the break. Can’t really get them to do much, and usually when I do, they don’t do anything for a long while after. I didn’t know that would work.”

“Oh, Aggie gave t'em ta you! She musta known ya ‘ad at least a little spark of magic in ya. Makes sense, makes sense.” Danni nodded thoughtfully. “T'en t'ey probably ‘ave a long cooldown ‘cause you aren't trained in magic. ‘Ave you talked ta Mads? She ‘elped me wit’ my dragon egg from Aggie and knows a whole ton ‘bout magic! She'll get ya all started up!” Danni offered.

”I told her, yeah. But everyone else is busy too. Including her..”

“Pssssh, nah we'll grab ‘er right after we all talk ‘bout t'e teams ‘cause she won't ‘ave any plans yet. I gotcha, no worries! We'll go on a little library adventure together today.” Danni decided. “So ‘ow you plannin’ ta talk ta Princess and Beaniab'bout not carin’ ‘bout t'e contest? Bot’ of t'em are pretty intense abou’bout it ya know.”

”If they’re doing it, I’m doing it,” Leah answered. ”That simple. I’ve given it everything I’ve got so far, it’s no big deal to keep doing that.”

“Oooookay! T'at sounds good!” Danni said after a long pause. He popped to his feet again, dusting himself off. “Well, ya wanna go grab Mads? Idk if Vicky's comin’ out right away ‘cause Couls asked ‘er ta stay behind but we don’t wanna get left out of discussions and if we box ‘er in right off t'e bat, we got ‘er all ta ourselves!”

”Sure, I guess. If she’s not busy.”

Danni stared at Leah like she'd grown a third head. “Okay, okay. What is wit’ t'is…” Danni waved all of Leah. “I don't know ‘ow ta put t'is but like, smallness? Timidness? T'at t'in’ you do when ot'er people ‘ave ta be involved in stuff. It feels like you're trying not ta take up space or somet'in’. T'is whole “if she's not busy” stuff is wierd AF. So sure, let's say she is busy when we got find ‘er. Are you just gunna leave?”

”Leave and do what?” She asked. "People have stuff to do, Danni. I mean, shit, it’s not that important.”

“Leah, you know like you can make plans for the future right? Like, let's say Mads ‘as a super awesome magic ritual t'in'y she ‘as ta do. People, and you are included in t'at, can t'en ask if she ‘as some time tomorrow or like, set a date and time ta meet up about it, but it kinda sounds like you don't do that? Like if someone is busy, t’ats all t’ere is ta it.” Danni put out there. “Like yeah physically, you're big and strong and stuff. But like, you kinda seem ta go outta your way ta be smaller t’an t’at? You know people will make time for your interests right? Like, people enjoy your presence and are ‘appy ta do stuff wit’ you if you ask. You know t’at, right?”

Well, that felt fucking weird to hear.

”It’s not that important,” She said, again. ”I’ll ask.” She didn’t see what the big deal was. Leah and Madalyne didn’t talk much, she had other shit to do besides being around Leah. But… Okay.

Another long pause.“Oooookay, we'll we're gunna go ask right now!” Danni went to lock arms with Leah, like he did with any of gaining friends, and found her already a solid step away. “No touchy, gotcha, gotcha. Just follow me t'en!”

”Yeah. Sure. And don’t do that again.”

Testing well everything!

Danni

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HotShot

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Ability Scores

Melee 0	Agility 4	Resilience 2	Vigilance 2	Ego 4	Logic -1

Defense Scores

Melee 10	Agility 14	Resilience 12	Vigilance 12	Ego 14	Logic 9

Damage

Melee d6 x 2 + 0	Agility d6 x 4 + 4	Ego d6 x 2 + 4	Logic d6 x 2 -1

Extra Info

Rank 2	Health (30 x Resilience) 60	Focus (30 x Vigilance) 60	Karma 2	Damage Reduction N/A

Biography

Full Name: Daniel Kingston
Pronouns: He/Him
Age: 17
Height: 5'8"
Weight: 140
Gender: Male
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Brown - Dyes it black
Distinguishing Features: N/A
Origin: Mutant
Team: Excelsior
Base: Avengers Academy
Alignment: Chaotic good
Hobbies: Cooking, Dancing, Gossiping

History

The adopted son of James and Casper Kingston, Danny was never a child without love. Although born in Genosha, his earliest memories are of New Orleans after James and Casper moved there following the collapse of Genosha. Pops worked at an auto shop, the strong order of oil caked into Danny’s early memories, and baby Danny was always dazzled and amazed at the outfits his Pape put on and the glitter, shimmer, and glamor of his shows. He remembers sometimes when Papa would be him because Pops had a guest at home and he always terrorized the backstage areas if they had one, wearing Papa’s feather boas and shoes even if they were too big. And when Pops would come pick him up, the half hearted scolding was seconds before the fond sigh, the quiet click of the camera, and a kiss on the forehead.

Although he was an only child, and he made sure to milk that he was with, Dorian was such a constant presence in his life, he felt like a sibling rather than just a friend. They’d watch Saturday morning cartoons, playing superheroes as their favorite show, She-ra and the Princess of Power, played in the background. When Danny whined at his parents to put him in dance classes so he could be a performer like Papa, his first solo performance was danced to the theme song and he demanded Dorian be there.

Of course, Danny was an impulsive wreck, moving through interests like clothes. One week it was painting, the next it was roller skating, and the cycle continued until he stumbled into cooking. The truth of the matter was, his family wasn’t known for their cooking skills. Pops had picked some up to feed the family and Papa wasn’t allowed in the kitchen unsupervised after the cupcake incident but sometimes Danny was craving a specific food and when he was, everything else was terrible and deserved to be trashed because it wasn’t the food so he decided he learn how to do it himself. As is expected when a 10 year old decides to cook without consulting his parents, the end result was an absolute mess but Danny had a blast through the entire process, even when half of it ended up on the wall. He was then also promptly banned from being in the kitchen unsupervised but got that lifted as he grew into the art.

Before his mutation presented itself, he planned to become a chef with his own shows and restaurants. He started his own Filterella, KingstonsKitchen, and grew it into a Snikt! and has a decent following that he likes to randomly pop on live with. He also posts random updates about his day under #shitIdo for easy filtering because he likes to and he finds it fun to include more people in his life (hear about how awesome and pretty he is).

Although he knew his family was wary about the x-men, he was always a little jealous when Dorian talked about his time there. He got to go to a hero school and Danny was stuck in normal New Orleans. They’d had dreams of being superheroes together when they were kids but between Danny’s struggle to stick with his interests, Pop’s general disapproval of superheroes, and a million flashier, easier things to get into, the interest faded until F-Day. His powers presented before Dorian’s and the old dream of theirs seemed realistic again. Sure he teased Dorian about getting powers first and sure he had to twist Pop’s arm to get him to agree (James barely lasted a day of tears and the cold shoulder before he relented) but with their approval, Dorian and Danny headed to Avenger’s Academy, bright eyed and bushy tailed, together.

Yes, it was hard and yes, it was a culture shock and yes, he called his parents sobbing to come pick him up because he missed home more times than he could count on one hand, but now, he's fully committed to rocking this Superhero thing. Superheroics are super interesting, the normal classes are bearable, and getting to set things on fire and looking fly as fuck doing it was right up his alley. Kicking butt in the Contest of Champions and taking top spot would just be the perfect thing to take home to Pops and show him this was exactly where Danny was supposed to be.

Personality

A difficult one to stay mad at for long, Danni is a highly energetic, fun loving, touchy feely golden retriever. He makes friends as easily as he breathes, and he attaches quickly and deeply with little more than a few days' time. He bounces rather than walks, sings rather than talks, and finds something to enjoy in every situation. He can make sunshine out of rain clouds and always has a shoulder to lean on, a hand to hold, and a conversation to ease away the sting of all the unpleasantness life brings. He's silly and ditzy, seemingly directionless at times, but he cares deeply for those around him.

Of course, he isn't all fun and games. Danni's emotional state can fluctuate wildly, especially when he feels like he isn't being included or appreciated. He is used to being able to command all the attention at home, doted on left and right by his parents and family, but handles rejection, real or perceived, very poorly. He's the waterworks kind of kid, rather than the feet stomping, ground pounding kind, and he'll start sniffling if he even gets an inkling someone might tell him no. He is demanding of people's time, rarely pausing to consider that maybe not everyone likes a gangly teenager in their lap yapping away at a mile an hour, and rarely respects people's personal boundaries, always pushing, pushing, pushing until something snaps.

Traits

• Signature Attack: Elemental Blast (Hotshot) - Danni has spent two years training his control over his Hotshot, giving him an edge when making an attack with it.
• Clueless - Danni's difficulty to focus on any one thing often leaves him vulnerable. He has trouble on Vigilance checks to spot hidden or invisible things. Enemies have an edge of Agility checks to sneak near or past him.
• Quick Learner - If Danni fails an action check, he has an edge on the check if he tries the same action again on his next turn.

Tags

• Hounded
• Heroic
• Linguist: French
• Mental health condition (ADHD, PTSD)
• Mentor (Ser Nemo)
• Obligation: School
• X-Gene
• Young

Powers

Basic Powers:

• Flight I: Danni soars into the sky.
  • Prerequisites: None
  • Duration: Permanent
  • Effect: Danni can fly. His combat flight speed is equal to his rank times his Run Speed. outside of combat, they can move at three times his Flight Speed.
• Accuracy 1: Danni is an ace with ranged attacks.
  • Prerequisites: None
  • Duration: Permanent
  • effect: Danni adds +1 to his Agility damage multiplier, and they gain a +1 bonus to Agility checks other than attacks.
• Accuracy 2: Danni is a sharpshooter.
  • Prerequisites: None
  • Duration: Permanent
  • effect: Danni adds +2 to his Agility damage multiplier, and they gain a +2 bonus to Agility checks other than attacks.

Elemental Control (Fire):

• Special Effects triggered by a fantastic success -
  • Fire: Sets target ablaze, dealing 5 Health at the end of each of the target's turn.

• Elemental Burst (Fire): Danni Hotshots an enemy.
  • Prerequisites: None
  • Action: Standard
  • Duration: Instant
  • Range: 10 Spaces
  • Effect: Danni makes a ranged attack against an enemy in line of sight. If the attack is a success, it inflicts regular damage. On a fantastic success, the enemy takes double damage instead and the elemental type's special effect.
• Elemental Blast (Fire): Danni hurls a fireball.
  • Prerequisites: Elemental Burst, Rank 2
  • Action: Standard
  • Duration: Instant
  • Range: 10 Spaces
  • Cost: 5 or more focus
  • Effect: Danni makes a ranged attack with an edge against an enemy in line of sight. For this attack, add +1 to the character's Agility damage bonus for every 2 points of focus they spend. On a success, an affect target takes that total damage. on a fantastic success, an affected target takes double that total damage and suffers the elemental type's special effect.
• Elemental Barrier (Fire): Danni conjures a wall of fire.
  • Prerequisites: Elemental Blast, Rank 2
  • Action: Standard
  • Duration: Concentration
  • Cost: 5
  • Effect: Danni forms a wall of fire within his line of sight and up to 10 spaces away per rank. This covers up to 2 spaces across (vertically/horizontally) per rank. Danni makes an Agility check and compares the results against the Agility defense of any target in the affected spaces. On a success, Danni chooses which side of the barrier the target winds up on. On a failure, the target chooses. On a Fantastic success, the target suffers the element's special effect too.
    Attacks against the barrier are against Danni's Ego defense. Any attacks against it that do 10 points of damage or less are instantly absorbed, and the barrier continues. If an attack does more than 10 points of damage, it destroys the barrier. Either way, the attack leaves those behind the barrier unharmed.[e
• Elemental Protection 1 (Fire): Danni envelopes himself in fire.
  • Prerequisites: Elemental Barrier, Rank 2
  • Action: Standard or Reaction
  • Trigger: The character is attacked or otherwise in danger.
  • Duration: Concentration
  • Cost: 5 Focus
  • Effect: Danni protects himself with fire. Any attacks against him that do 10 points of damage or less are instantly absorbed, and the protection continues. If an attack does more than 10 points of damage, it destroys the protection. Either way, Danni remains unharmed.
• Elemental Prison (Fire): Danni envelopes enemies in a dome of fire.
  • Prerequisites: Elemental Barrier, Rank 2
  • Action: Standard
  • Duration: Concentration
  • Cost: same as Danni's Elemental Protection power.
  • Effect: Danni picks a point within their line of site and traps any chosen targets within up to 5 spaces times his rank in a fiery prison. The character makes an Ego check against the targets' Agility defense inside the spaces. On each success, Danni traps the target inside the perimeter. On a fantastic success, targets suffer full damage and the element's special effects too.
    Attacks against the barrier are against Danni's Ego defense. Any attacks against the prison are absorbed as if against Danni's Elemental Protection power. If an attack does more damage than Danni's Elemental Protection power can absorb, it destroys the prison but no one inside is harmed.

Avengers Academy: Junior Year 💥

Danny Kingston

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Location: Headmaster's Office
Skills: N/A

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“Wait, are we all skippin’ over Zeld's ventriloquism act ‘ere or am I ‘allucinatin’? I really t'in’ t'at's not somet'in’ we should just ignore?” Danni waved at the corner where her voice came from. “Did ya just not wanna show up but sent like, a super tiny mic and/or camera combo ‘ere? T'ats's kinda rude. ‘Ow am I supposed ta give ya your friendship bracelet? I'll come bot'er you at your dorm wit’ it t'en!” He gave Zelda's tiny camera a thumbs up.

“But yeah, like tots babe! We can chat later. I need all t'e deets!” Danni nodded at Mads just as Leah blew up. Talk about needing therapy, sheesh! “If we wanna delay t'e whole team decidin’ t'in’, we can but Imma fight ta t'e death for Princess, Dee, and me on one ‘cause it's everyt’in’ we've been dreamin’ about for two years now and we don't get ta dangle t'at out in front of my face and t'en snatch it away wit'out me screamin’ and kickin’. Just fair warnin’!” Danni blew Beanie a kiss and whirled on the newest person to join, Zari.

“Just our bonding bracelets! ‘Ere I ‘ave one for you and one for Mr. Eyeball. You know for t'e whole we survived a supervillian t’in’.” Danni found himself quickly corrected, t’at they did apparently die but they still lived and then they were put in water for too long? Yeah, it made you look wrinkly but what did pruney skin have to do with time travel?

“Yeesh, y'all are real serious about t'is. Can't we like, eat candy and roll in t'e grass and ‘ave fun and just be glad we're alive? Oh, Couls I didn't make you a bracelet but you weren't t'ere so should I not make you one? But I kinda want ta, you know? I t'ink I will so email, text, or send a wierd letter on school paper tellin’ me what color ya want. I get a sunflower vibe from you.” Danni peered at Coulson hard before shrugging. “But yeah, I'm wit’ Princess ‘ere. We talk ta t'e shrink-and man, are t'ey gunna regret askin’ me ta talk. T'ey're gunna charge t'e school ta shut me up once I'm done wit’ t'em, ha!-we celebrate we ‘ave a chance ta keep rockin’ ‘ow great we are, and we fuckin’ slay t'e championship so everyone sees villians ain't got not'in’ on us. Now, y'all ‘it me up when we wanna talk teams. Leah left wit'out ‘er bracelet!” Danni paused, grabbing Vicky's bracelet off the ground and popped it on her shoulder.

“Sooooorry, you’re stuck wit’ me! I'm non-refundable! And t’at goes for all of you!” Danni cackled and bolted after Leah. “Leaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! Wait up! You forgot your bracelet!” Danni jogged after her, popping up next to her.

“Special delivery for one rocky woman!” Danni proudly held out the bracelet. “Man, I t'ink ya ‘ave me beat on dramatic exits for t'e week. You can't keep t'e tiara from me for long, but I'll let ya keep it for now. What's up wit’ t'at t'ough? Ya left before t'ey even talk ‘bout how we actually got pruney in t'e tanks, we didn't come out flawless Like I remembered, and apparently everyone went fuckin’ wild over it? And like, I know I care ‘bout my looks but a little pruniness after serving a serial killer? Not worth complainin’ ‘bout in my book. I know ya don't really like me much, but ya can go off wit’ me sis. Let some of t'at pressure out!”