Cryptiic

The Soap Factory

"Tekeli-li." (I will be free).

-Subject File: SGTH-009863-

Name: Tekeli-li
Age: Unknown.
Species: Shoggoth/Human.
Sexuality: Trust me on this, you really don't want to know.

Appearance: Tekeli-li is an amorphous shapeshifting blob of black protoplasmic ooze currently weighting approximately 75 lbs. It is capable of generating copies and permutations of any organs or chemicals it has previously been directly exposed to, anywhere within its body. It usually tends to extend several protoplasmic tentacles and human eyes throughout its form to interact with the world around it. It doesn't currently appear to have access to a particularly large quantity of genetic material or body mass.

Containment measures: Tekeli-li is kept in a high-tech glass tank, roughly the half of the size of one of the standard cages.

Current Arsenal:

Shoggoth protoplasmic cells.

Human eyes.

Human blood cells.

Human brain cells.

Human digestive fluids.

Human muscle tissue.

Human skin tissue.

Human nervous tissue.

Human bones and cartilage.

Human respiratory system.

Human reproductive system (male).

Weaknesses:
Cannot change body mass other than by consuming organic material.
Cannot generate chemicals unless all necessary base elements are present.
Cannot make organs unless they are derived from something already ingested.
Killing it with fire. (For now).

Additional capabilities:
Can learn to create copies of new organs and tissues by ingesting them.
Can access memories from organic processing units it consumes (brains).
Redundant brain cell analogs are spread evenly throughout body, and function independently of one another.
Capable of reproduction via mitosis.
Capable of re-absorbing material shedded via mitosis.
Does not produce waste material.
Ridiculously difficult to kill.

Origin: Tekeli-li appears to be the result of some sort of attempt at splicing a human with the shoggoth equivalent of genetic material. Depending on perspective, it either went terribly right or horribly wrong.

Personality: Tekeli-li is a very curious and contemplative creature at the core, and is always eager to unravel mysteries or learn new things. It is currently incapable of sustaining human speech, the only word it is capable of saying being its name. It is usually a rather quiet creature, only speaking out or making noise when something truly unusual happens. Instead, it will generally prefer to interact with nearby captives with non-verbal means of communication (which it is unnervingly good at, thanks to its unique physiology). It is mostly unable to remember much regarding its life before awaking in the tank, but vaguely recalls the taste of napalm and sound of gunfire in a white walled facility. It is relatively certain that it was initially human, although not absolutely sure. It also appears to have limited subconscious access to shoggoth genetic memory, allowing it to, amongst other things, understand certain languages which humans were never meant to know.

Additional notes

I hope you won't mind, but I took a few liberties concerning the character sheet template, given that some of the fields didn't really apply in this case. You might also want to consider getting something a bit more subtle for your rule confirmation check, it takes like three seconds to figure it out once other people have posted applications... XD

Lock This

Actually, it's surprisingly easy to do so... It has only really been one and a half day since the beginning of the roleplay, in character. Catching up with current events only took me around two or three hours. And you could always just retroactively insert your character into the events, possibly forming an alternate group if needed. Or simply have them arrive late for some reason or another... Unless you meant for other reasons not related to the roleplay, that is.

The Soap Factory (Interest Check)

*Jumps up and down excitedly...*
:D :D :D

Bureau of Paranormal Investigations

Maybe someone should contact Tachyon and Luminance..
Their profile pages seems to be active...

Academy 218 - Superhuman School (Always open)

PS: I edited my post a little bit, I hope you won't mind...
I decided to let Matthias stew a little bit... >:D

Academy 218 - Superhuman School (Always open)

:: Saila Eman-Tsal ::

Simply observing the room actually proved to be quite interesting. Although most of the students looked more or less ordinary, there were a few who exhibited certain rather unusual characteristics. The most noticeable of which was probably the large humanoid lizard, who had just returned wearing a fairly impressive looking suit of armour. He was currently in the middle of one of the small groups which had formed throughout the room, casually chatting with some of the other students. Within the same group were also two unusually dressed students, one wearing a long, very concealing looking outfit, and the other equipped with some sort of rugged, sturdy looking gas mask. The one in the concealing cloak was also sitting in what appeared to be a reinforced wheelchair. In another group, there was a girl seemingly covered in miscellaneous metals, and a harsh looking boy, who, probably using some sort of biologically derived power, had just sprouted a inhuman pair of vicious fighting claws. There was also a dishevelled one armed man speaking with the teacher, and a girl who, upon closer inspection, turned out to be missing an eye. Ouch.

Saila would have continued the silent inspection of the room's many occupants, but noticed another student approaching. Well, technically, noticed wasn't really the best term... "Sensing" would have been slightly more accurate. Probably a young man, from the feel of it. Ignoring his attention out of common courtesy, Saila waited until he actually arrived before turning towards him and pretending to notice him for the first time. People often tended to be a bit unnerved when you reacted to their presence before it actually became known, experience had told.

"Oh, hey, I'm Matthias." he introduced himself, in what was probably an attempt at sounding casual. "You?"

The boy was tall, lanky, and slightly clumsy looking. Black haired and pale skinned, he wore a simple silver-white body suit, very similar to the one Saila had previously put on. Its skin-tight fabric did nothing to hide his skinny and un-muscular frame, clinging unflatteringly to his bony features. He had a sharp, almost piercing gaze, and his features, while rather plain, could be considered to be moderately attractive. He was currently donning an uncomfortable looking smile, awkwardly trying his best to look natural.

"You can call me Saila Eman-Tsal." Saila responded, before amusedly adding with a smirk. "Or just Saila or Eman. I've been told the whole thing can be quite a mouthful."

The androgynous teen spoke with a smooth, fairly neutral tone of voice; cool, but not exactly unwelcoming either. The words were said with a slight, yet clearly perceptible British accent, with distinct traces of something else as well. French or Middle Eastern perhaps? Maybe Hispanic? The name sounded a bit Arabic, but the olive skin tone seemed like it could go either way, really. There was a short, uncomfortable silence between the two before the boy spoke again.

"That's a cool suit!"

Saila looked down at the suit which was provided earlier. It looked a lot like the one Matthias was wearing, only this one was coloured dark grey instead of whitish silver. The armour plating was shaded a slightly darker variation of the overall colour, but it otherwise remained very bland and unadorned. The mutant figured that it was probably made of some sort of high-tech Kevlar weave developed by one of the so called "super brains", given the material's unusually light and flexible properties. It would be interesting to see if it was as durable as the regular variety. While it wasn't quite as form fitting as say, latex, it was only marginally thicker than an average diving suit, and revealed a bit more than was strictly comfortable. The plating helped provide it with a more tactical look, however.

"Yeah, I suppose so. I'll probably modify mine in the future though." Saila sat up, legs nonchalantly crossing in the process. "It could probably use a bit more armour plating..."

Saila raised an arm up for a moment, thoughtfully examining the fabric. Maybe a little additional material on the forearms and shins, to start with...

Academy 218 - Superhuman School (Always open)

tl;dr

The Soap Factory (Interest Check)

Tentacles: A song about tentacles.
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Academy 218 - Superhuman School (Always open)

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Academy 218 - Superhuman School (Always open)

*Insert generic innuendo here...*