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Young Justice Renegades: A Team Worth Dying For

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I just can't wait for the prank war to ensue, but when the Scarab feels magic being used on it it goes into full kill mode.

@Sep

It's all fun and games until one of them tries to beat the other senseless.

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"Oh hey Johnny. I made you this protective charm you can wear to help keep you saf-"

scarab senses magic

scarab begins choking Conor

"No okay then."

In honesty with us both being the street kids, and from what I've read of the sheets I was wondering if we had both been on the team for a little bit if we could be the 'good friends but they're too cool to really acknowledge it'.

@Sep

Scarab would probably replace choking with an energy cannon to the face.

You know, because it doesn't half ass anything.

"Feel my Scarab Gun, filthy mage!"

Johnny inside thinking "Wow. Scarab really sucks at insults."

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Vincent Gideon Jacobs

C H A R A C T E R C O N C E P T P R O P O S A L

A L I A S

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^{_{V I N C E N T G I D E O N J A C O B S ♦ M A L E ♦ 2 0 ♦ C E N T R A L C I T Y}}

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^{"All roads could lead to Rome...but I'd rather they lead to the bedroom."}

A snarky, pain-in-the-ass, happy-go-lucky, turbulent mess of a young man, Vincent is extraordinarily gifted and extraordinarily un-practiced. Aware of his abilities, he's been using them to make his life easy for the past few years, since leaving his drunk of a father, but he's only really scraped the surface of what he's capable of; his biggest enemy is his reluctance to try, in case of failure - and besides, what he can do currently is fine enough to maintain his lifestyle, and with his city being The Flash's home haunt, any fancy showing-off might bring the wrong kind of attention from beings he is woefully under-equipped to deal with.

Vincent liked - or convinced himself he liked - his footloose-and-fancy-free life, and Julian's recent intrusion has been poorly received; Julian's clever architecture design to keep Vincent confused enough to be unable to turn his bedroom door into the main security gate is another particularly irking bugbear. Vincent finds himself at-odds with Julian's objectives, but there is enough of a moral streak in him - or enough spite for his father, who made a point of ensuring Vincent knew he would never amount - to keep him around, regardless of the countermeasures against him. Julian sees potential in Vincent, potential Vincent himself refuses to acknowledge; but silently, he is deeply appreciative of having someone believe in him.

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Vincent is a reality warper. By which I mean, if you take 'The Space-Time Continuum' as a concept, Vincent takes the 'Space' half of said continuum, and turns it into putty in his hands.

Euclidean geometry means very little to Vincent. Pick a point in space; pick another point in space. Do what you want with the space in-between. Shorten it, and fast-step your way 2 miles down the road; lengthen it, and get your daily steps in while you walk from the kettle to the fridge to fetch the milk for your coffee. Darts championship at the local bar? Bend that space in front of the dart, and it'll never not have been on its way to bullseye. Balloon out your pocket space when you really need to shoplift that third case of beer for the kegger house party you're crashing tonight.

Naturally, this is incredibly powerful, and Vincent is practically a physical god walking the Earth...or at least he would be, if he took the time to practice with his powers and experiment with what's possible. Unfortunately, this would require effort, and leave him open to failing an attempt at something, so he has avoided this at all costs. Right now, his powers are limited to spaces he can see, or is extremely familiar with; he can bend, stretch, and shorten space, and alter the space within his pockets and some bags, but isn't capable of much else right now; and he is unable - and unwilling - to mess around with biological matter.

It's Julian's hope that the Renegades might force Vincent to push his limits; it's Vincent's hope that he'll be able to get away with as little as possible.

C H A R A C T E R M O T I V A T I O N S & G O A L S:

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I've been gasping for OC for a while, and this is close enough. Honestly, enough of my friends are here for me to want to get involved purely on the basis of writing with you guys again, but also I wanted to try and get a little sillier and a little looser and try not to take myself or my writing so seriously, in hopes that it may open the door to just writing more and chopping it up, rather than agonizing over the perfect, most believable, most interesting story-arc, and then never writing it because my plotting is always so much better than my prose.

I figure the answer to that is to throw plotting out the window, and just have some fun with it.

C H A R A C T E R N O T E S:

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Effectively homeless without the Renegades; his powers did give him access to hotel rooms and empty holiday homes after he ran, but though he'd rather stay on the streets than return to his father, he's still not sure the Renegades life is for him, even if Julian is comping room and board.

Julian has set Vincent some pretty rigorous schedules to explore the nature and capacity of his powers. Vincent isn't very good at sticking to them; Julian isn't very good at pinning Vincent down for 'encouragement'. The two have a mutual respect, but find each other equally frustrating at times.

Vincent is one of the only reluctant members of the Renegades, and has no real experience 'in-the-field', so to speak. His abilities give him a natural edge, but half of his prescribed regime is basic combat drills.

R E L A T I O N S H I P S:

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Short summary of your characters thoughts, feelings and regards for the rest of the cast. Optional and can be added to whenever.

I could use an alias if anyone has any good ideas.

@Roman

Homeless squad rise up!

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Yeah I'm cool with that. I like how we've inadvertently created someone who can help get rid of the scarab if necessary.

@Sep

annoyed scarab noises

If it gets bad enough, Johnny will volunteer. Just don't touch the face. He needs to look good for when he photobomb's Cece's shots :p

Young Justice Renegades: A Team Worth Dying For

@metanoia feel like, should you allow it, our two characters would get along. Both been living rough.

@Sep

I can't help but feel the Scarab might object (because magic), but Johnny doesn't give a fuck. So I'm down!

Another Coast City hero!

@Lord Wraith

I was a third ways through Johnny's sheet when I noticed Cece was from there too but I like that they represent two sides of the city.

Bonus points that their hair is more golden than Air Bud.

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The Blue Beetle

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JOHNNY DASH AKA THE BLUE BEETLE

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^{_{JONATHAN AXEL DONOVAN ♦ MALE ♦ 19 ♦ HETEROSEXUAL ♦ COAST CITY, CALIFORNIA}}

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^{"Don't you know? I'm dashing!"}

Johnny has been fighting the system for all of his life. First when his parents died in a car crash when he was thirteen and then the several foster homes, orphanages, and temporary placements. He knew he didn’t belong anywhere. Those families that were his foster fams, they weren't bad but he just knew he wasn’t a good fit. Any other kids and it would’ve been heaven.

But Johnny Dash was different. Or at least he felt like he was different. Whichever it was, he stuck to his guns and more or less lived on the streets well into his late teens. With only his need for speed carrying him across Coast City, Johnny’s main mode of transportation was a skateboard he took off a kid at a skatepark when he was fifteen. They didn’t need it, especially after Johnny drove a fist into the kid’s face.The skateboard became an identity of sorts. It’s how he was given the name Johnny Dash. But he’d soon be given another name.

On a night that Johnny has always defined as “the biggest bummer” of his life (at least in the immediate time after it), Johnny’s always nosey, always impulsive eyes caught what looked like a meteor crash into the same empty pool where he first “won” his board a few years back. The reason he was attracted to this meteor was because before it crashed, it had a distinctive blue shade to it. Odd for a meteor that usually shows themselves to be more reddish or orangeish.

When he investigated it and got too close than he should have, Johnny got close and saw something tha tlooked like a beetle at the center of it. Only, it moved and as he went to turn away, it latched itself onto his back. And boy did it hurt like a bitch.

It dug itself deep into his spine, ripping past his favorite Nirvana T and that’s when his nightmare began.

Johnny had no idea what the fuck this thing was, but something about it latching onto his spine made one thing clear: it was a mistake to seek it out. And this became evident in the days spent on the scarab’s end as it tried to convert Johnny into falling in line. But that failed because of how stubborn Johnny Dash was. His life of fighting the system paid off in a big way because he and the scarab came to an agreement. Johnny wouldn’t try to remove the piece of shit from his back and the Scarab would allow him full control over most of its systems (albeit with an intense reluctance).

So as Coast City’s Blue Beetle, Johnny Dash continued exactly what he had been doing: fighting the system and being badass in a totally rad set of armor.

It took only one night for him to admit how much he liked being the Blue Beetle.

A B I L I T I E S:

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Separate from the Beetle Scarab, Johnny has street-level smarts. He's fast on his feet, thus the nickname Johnny Dash (among other reasons). He can hold his own in a fight, though since getting the Scarab, the need for that isn't as frequent. Johnny is a literal hit-or-miss fighter with most of his shots connecting, but he isn't trained by any master as he is self-taught, so either some of his hits land sloppily or they don't land at all. He has something of a close-to-peak body type, too, which may extend his ability to take hits. Armor or no armor, it's worth mentioning.

When the Blue Beetle armor is active, not only does it vastly improve Johnny’s fighting capabilities by locking him inside a dense, yet light, armor that protects him from most physical attacks, but due to its shapeshifting capabilities and the Scarab’s sentient nature, it’s like having a two-for-one special, though the two don’t always act as a one due to, well, their colliding personalities and what is the best use of its abilities.

Artificial Intelligence — Johnny doesn’t exactly know its origins nor does he even care to know (he’s lying but it’s Johnny), but one thing he knows beyond a shadow of a doubt is the Scarab has its own thoughts, often polluting Johnny’s head with it. It speaks to him and can act on its own, though with limitations. It doesn’t voluntarily take control over Johnny, but when the two clash, it will be petty as fuck and make a statement. This usually happens when Johnny pisses it off or hurts it pride.

It’s no wonder the two found each other. Both are stubborn and both can be little babies.

Because it bonded with Johnny’s thoughts and emotions, the Scarab speaks to him in the voice of Vegeta from Dragon Ball Z. Kinda makes the pride thing have more hilarity to it.
Tracking Systems — The Scarab allows for Johnny to be able to track anything that produces energy of any sort (though magical seems to be the one it has difficulty nailing down). It can also track anyone Johnny met within a ten mile radius. When outside it, it can still track traces of their signal, though it becomes extremely difficult after the fact.
Scarab Sight — Scarab Sight allows Johnny to scan those in front of him for any signs of bodily harm, injury, or abnormal conditions such as sickness.
Armor Reconfiguration — While, in theory, Johnny can have access to unlimited tools and useful weapons that may help him fight, his constant bickering and disagreements with the Scarab has limited his access to the energy cannon, wings, and a sword. Another, though it is often followed by annoyed sighs, is Johnny’s preferred mode of transportation. Under his feet, the armor exoskeleton extends and creates a flat surface that is very remininscent of a hoverboard. Even though he has the ability to fly, Johnny’s skater nature takes over and will opt for hoverboarding instead. Ripping the airwaves is the way to go, man!

Weaknesses
Scarab-Host Bickering — Because of their conflicting personalities and their own pride, the potential for maximum potential of the Blue Beetle is hindered until they can fully become a two-in-one package deal.
Anything Magic Related — Magical energy, creatures, and anything to do with it lies beyond the Scarab’s skillset (much to its frustration). It cannot completely read the nature of magic nor those that wield it. Additionally, the Blue Beetle armor seems to be vulnerable to magic energy.
Magnetic Anything — Simply put, whether its pulses or fields, whenever it is in range of the Scarab’s, all of its tracking abilities are completely blocked out until the magnetic source is dealt with or Johnny moves out of range.

C H A R A C T E R M O T I V A T I O N S & G O A L S:

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Johnny Dash fights for the little guy. He fights for those who might be oppressed or just might be something of an oddball. But more importantly, he really likes to punch criminals in the face.

Johnny has witnessed a lot of crap on the street and maybe that has led him on a self-righteous path. Maybe it fuels him to do everything he can to make at least one person feel safe. Before the scarab, he did that by trashing an officer’s car because they were abusing their power and protesting against all of his blue friend’s in the process. But now he is in the position of doing some real damage. He can make those who deserve to suffer feel the wrath of The Blue Beetle.

But no amount of small victories will make him feel fulfilled. Plus, he’s bored of crushing petty criminals. Give him some real villains. Like a superpowered beast or a Karen with an axe to grind.

Okay, maybe not a karen. They’re nearly impossible to defeat unless you’re a manager or something.

Goals wise, Johnny doesn't have any. He doesn't have a direction that will take him out of the eternal loop of beating up Violent Criminal #1-10. His whole life he never had any direction but whatever his board took him in. The same can be said for the scarab. Even though he has it, there isn't any specific endgame for him, so that's something he either needs to be bluntly given or be guided by someone who might be able to show him a path for him.

As the writer, I'd love to explore just how far he could go and how much he could be pushed to better himself. Lord knows Johnny Dash could use a little reality checking here and there.

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While Johnny doesn't have any direct connection with an established hero, what he does have is a skateboard. Not related, but it's worth mentioning that he loved his board. He never leaves home without it.

Well, by home, that's really just whatever bridge or park he might be sleeping under. Or abandoned building he camps out at. Technically, he is homeless but he isn't one for a stickler of the truth.

Johnny is known for his impulses and thick skull. He is also known for his selective validation when it comes to authority. Team leaders should expect difficulties.

R E L A T I O N S H I P S:

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Short summary of your characters thoughts, feelings and regards for the rest of the cast. Optional and can be added to whenever.

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In all seriousness, I figured the characters would be recruited in correlation to which app is accepted first

@Ever Faithful

Swipe right to be a badass hero
Swipe left if you're a loser

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@metanoia I need some accidental murder over here, please.

@Lord Wraith

Certainly. LEt me see what I can do with this here toaster I found in the dumster...

Sum up your week in roleplaying in just 3 words

Waiting for updates

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Think I've settled on a concept

A skater/punk blue beetleborg boy.