Estylwen

Baybridge™: Era of the Old/New Gods™ [COMPLETED]

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Rhea Harlow

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Strongriver Plaza, Hedgemount

Air whistled past Rhea’s skin as she soared over the Baybridge rooftops. Mid-leap as she was with the sprawl of concrete and alleys below her. The afternoon sun shone bright, and the air was crisp. Rhea adjusted her feet as she landed on the next rooftop, barely throwing off her stride as she continued to freerun. Her body glimmered with small bolts of light that left a faint trail in her wake.

It was rare to find someone watching the rooftops here, but Rhea kept her eyes open. There, on Jenny’s Jewellers, a lady with a set of binoculars scanned the buildings. Rhea changed course and fire-poled down an emergency ladder, navigating around the jewellers from the street. In the eyes of bustling people, Rhea dropped the electrical lights on her body and blended in with ease.

Several blocks down, Rhea returned to the roof and checked her watch. Ah, right on time. The nightclub she had a delivery for was roughly five blocks away. She could make it there in a minute and a half. Adjusting her ballcap, Rhea broke into an empowered sprint. Her gloved hands caught the cusp of the next ledge, and she launched herself over.

“Aegis, what’s your status?” Her earpiece buzzed.

She slowed down, pressing a button. “I’m on schedule.”

“Great. There're no more jobs due, so when this is delivered you’re home free.”

“Affirmative, Hallmark. See you tomorrow.”

Rhea smiled. Going home early was a rare occasion. It couldn’t have better timing since the Harvest Festival was tonight. Having only heard the stories, Rhea wanted nothing more than to experience it herself. She would, of course, need to stop by the public gym to borrow their showers.

The nightclub’s parking lot was devoid of any visitor cars, or people, for that matter. Nighttime was many hours off; their busy streak. That made things less complicated for Rhea. She hung on the wall before landing on a crate in the business’s alley. The back door leading to the parking lot appeared a little worse for wear. Rhea gave the dented door a grimace, knocking out a precise rhythm on the metal.

Baybridge™: Era of the Old/New Gods™ [COMPLETED]

Rhea Harlow

Basic Information

Name:

Rhea Harlow [pronounced: ray-ah]

Nickname/Alias/Etc:

Aegis

Gender:

Female

Age:

24

Height:

5’6 ft.

Weight:

132 lbs.

Home District:

Old Raygate

Appearance

Hair Color:

Dark auburn

Eye Color:

Gray-blue

Ethnicity:

Caucasian

Physical Appearance:

Rhea has easy-maintenance hair. A mop crop, messy with many layers and tapered to end at the jaw-line. It’s parted to the side with light bangs curling across the forehead. Her face is symmetrical and smooth with high cheekbones and bright, curious eyes. She deceivingly appears to be around 18 years old, given her youthful look. Not a single scar or wrinkle can be seen on her skin. Sure, she has a few freckles here and there, but she is mainly blemish-free. Her build has the look of someone who runs quite a bit. Her muscles are moderately defined (as in she has the muscle to do small bicep flexes). Her frame is slender and hardly an hour-glass. There's no extra fat anywhere on her body, which has caused Rhea to consider drowning in ice cream to gain some weighty breasts.

Attire:

Since Rhea doesn't have her own shower, her hair is typically hidden under a dark gray ballcap with gold accents. She wears dark-coloured, breathable track clothes with running shoes. It's more of a decoration piece, but Rhea does have a neck scarf on her in the off-chance she needs extra anonymity. Scuffed, leather fingerless gloves protect her hands from grabbing sharp concrete. A shoulder bag slung across her chest holds many batteries, a baton and a cell phone.

On lazy days to herself, Rhea loves wearing sweatpants and tank tops under loose, lacy sweaters. The sweaters need washing after one wear, so Rhea finds herself at the coin laundromat frequently.

Personality

Outward Personality:

Calm, civilised, and good-natured. Rhea prefers to keep most of her dealings brief and to the point. She isn't one for small-talk, but enjoys sharing conspiracies. Due to her line of work, Rhea has limited the amount of people in her life. This has caused her to be somewhat attention-starved, but she's had the time to reflect and refine herself in the solitude.

Sitting down at a cafe for a coffee isn't Rhea's style; she becomes easily bored. It would be far more in her interest to peruse places she’s not allowed to be. Not that she would intentionally break or steal anything, but she’s curious about the going-ons. It baffles her how many loose mouths are out there to eavesdrop on.

Rhea will use whatever means she can to remove herself from a fight when it’s just her in trouble, as her Empowerment makes for a damn good chase. Her powers are non-violent, and so too are her preferences. Having said that, it’s against her nature to leave someone in danger, or turn a blind eye to suffering, and so in these instances, she will fight something fierce.

Innate Personality:

Rhea is brave. She has fear for certain things but knows how to overcome it and keep moving. She does not allow evil or darkness to scare her. Despite her courage, Rhea is also cautious. Stealth is her preferred means of going about intense situations, and she tests the water with her foot before jumping in.

Having spent some time alone, Rhea prides herself in being a thinker. She considers the global events going on around her, reads up on breakthroughs in technology, and studies space. Surface topics like celebrities, who-said-what, or latest trends exhaust her. This contributes to her being easily bored.

Rhea is charitable and soft-hearted. She gives change to beggars and sneaks into hospitals with the express intent of healing a few patients. There is so much hate and suffering, however, that Rhea simply does what she can then disconnects from it all in her safe house.

Born with a strong curiosity, Rhea has the passion for knowledge. This curiosity, more often than not, gets her in trouble as it puts her in places she shouldn’t be. Rhea is also stubborn and does not easily change her mind once it’s been set.

Skills/Talents:

Having spent 2 and a half years learning at a training centre, Rhea completed the basic and intermediate courses in parkour and self-defense. She mastered a moderate level of discipline on her body movement, becoming a confident tracuer. As opposed to hand-to-hand, Rhea honestly prefers the edge a collapsible baton offers and took extra classes on it.

Healing comes naturally to her as she’s honed the ability her entire life. Rhea knows how to tackle most trouble areas and has great pride in what she can fix.

As more of a side-project, Rhea littered a patch of dirt by her safe house with peat moss and seeds. She quickly discovered her green thumb and quite enjoys digging her hands in the dirt. It’s a jungle of a garden, and Rhea barely touched it with her powers.

Playing lots of Hide and Go Seek as a child had its uses, and grew into a knack for spooking people from behind. Rhea knows how to move with the least amount of sound and in a quick fashion. Her being sneaky is a skill that’s frequently used.

Goals/Motivation

Rhea wishes to see long-standing peace, equality and prosperity around her. Eventually, when there is less demand for package running, Rhea will open her own healing clinic (however, she's worried she may tire of it.)

History/Bio:

"We want nothing to do with you. Go live your life elsewhere." Were the last words exchanged between Rhea and her parents.

After years of hiding her White Lightning, she was discovered. Her family, being without powers and rather anti-metahuman, called someone immediately to take Rhea away to Academy 218. Hurt and confused, Rhea did poorly in her grades for the first couple years. She was often found sneaking into the restricted areas after hours, or outside academy grounds.

In her third year, she befriended a junior named Aislin Rose. The two became inseparable quickly, spending their time after class together. Rhea learned Aislin's philosophy of 'letting that shit go', and discovered the benefits of thinking for herself. This created a positive change in her life, and by the time she graduated Academy 218, Rhea turned her grades around.

A small company approached Rhea a month after her graduation, offering a means of employment with her particular skill set. They alluded that the business was rather risky, but she would be very well paid. Intrigued, Rhea spent two-ish more years learning at a training facility near the coast, gaining skills in parkour and self-defense.

When Rhea finally discovered she would be a courier for illegal and highly sensitive goods, she was livid. If someone had told her up front what the deal was, she'd have never gone for it. The company made a compromise with her: she wouldn’t run for the truly corrupt clients, and they created a 'safe list’ just for her.

Sure, it put a dent in how much money she made at the end of the month, but Rhea was soon thrilled with her job. Running on rooftops, blending into crowds, and learning the secret door knock - there was never a dull moment. Rhea ran packages for almost all the big, semi-okay organisations (like White Spider, Allegiance, RAVEN and DOVE.)

Her company relocated her to Baybridge three months ago, but Rhea has quickly become familiar with the city layout. She currently lives at a safe house in Old Raygate, an abandoned train container near a power plant. It’s outfitted by her company to look like nothing on the outside but have the comforts of home on the inside.

Relationships

Family:

Hider

Gregory Harlow — Father
Maddison White — Mother
Jake Harlow — Brother

Rhea hasn’t been in communication with her family for many, many years.

Dynamics:

[Will fill in once Rhea has made friends/enemies]

Abilities

Power Class:

Elemental

Power:

White Lightning Manipulation

The light properties of electricity can be harnessed by Rhea to enhance, heal, and increase vitality in herself and others. She needs to be in close proximity (10 ft), to interact with and sense electrical fields. Using say, batteries as an external source, Rhea can sap power from them without physical contact (one typically lasts 18-32 hours). Black manipulation or powers of a natural darkness can be tangibly harmed with White, and vis versa.

Electrical Empowerment

The ability to gain strength from electricity. Speed, endurance and strength are all given a boost. This allows Rhea to be very agile for a moderate amount of time. It also lessens her need for sleep and slows the ageing process. Rhea’s empowerment could be compared to a speed moderately faster than an Olympic runner, taking greater jumps, packing more of a punch, and able to keep up the pace for hours. Empowerment’s appearance is like taking a wool sweater off in the dark — fine, white static ripples across the body.

Electrical Healing

By giving the body a small jolt, electrons stimulate the cells to replicate and repair at incredible speeds. This can heal broken bones, deep tears in the skin, and brain damage. Also acts as a defibrillator to restart the heart. Healing can take anywhere from 2 minutes (minor cuts) to 25 minutes (repairing broken bones).

Electrical Manipulation

The skill to move and direct electricity at will. Rhea can absorb the energy stored in say, a battery, and unleash it as a bolt of lightning. Rhea can freely move curents across her skin, channel it into a ball in har hand, and generate blinding white bolts. She tends to be statically charged a lot.

Life-Force Augmentation

The ability to give energy/electricity to any living thing and increase its vitality and health. This is an excellent way to overcome all flus, headaches, soreness, and to balance emotions. The power can electrically reset the body so all cells are working in tandem with the brain, reversing a lot of diseases like cancer. Has the appearance of micro-gravity water, a shimmering, transparent energy.

Limits:

Lightning can only be thrown in a straight line. Individuals with severe enough wounds may still die as they’re being treated. Cannot bring people back from the dead. Requires outside sources for electrical empowerment as the body’s electrical current can’t sustain the power needed for longer than a few minutes.

Weaknesses/Drawbacks:

Rhea can’t hurt a single thing. Her power doesn’t have the ability to burn or cause harm. At most, it causes tingles and minor shocks, maybe a lack of feeling in the skin.

Without an external source, Rhea has to use her own electricity and that can be very taxing. It’s the quickest way to become fatigued. Minor cuts and scrapes are no problem, but after repairing a severe injury Rhea would feel light-headed and sluggish. She can only maintain an electrical current with one person at a time.

Other:

Her shoulder strap bag is the same item used to transport illegal packages.

Theme:

Tenebris

Yeps.

Huh. 2-4 years ago aliens were a smoking-hot topic. Now you can hear the tumbleweed rolling through Tenebris. :P

Baybridge™: Era of the Old/New Gods™ [COMPLETED]

@Mr Allen J
Edits are done. It looks much better nao. :3

Tenebris

You're kind, Mr Allen J. Hopefully a few more people come play.

Baybridge™: Era of the Old/New Gods™ [COMPLETED]

She's complete~ Let me know if you need any changes, or have any questions.

Rhea Harlow

Basic Information

Name:

Rhea Harlow [pronounced: ray-ah]

Nickname/Alias/Etc:

Aegis

Gender:

Female

Age:

24

Height:

5’6 ft.

Weight:

132 lbs.

Home District:

Old Raygate

Appearance

Hair Color:

Dark auburn

Eye Color:

Gray-blue

Ethnicity:

Caucasian

Physical Appearance:

Rhea has easy-maintenance hair. A mop crop, messy with many layers and tapered to end at the jaw-line. It’s parted to the side with light bangs curling across the forehead. Her face is symmetrical and smooth with high cheekbones and bright, curious eyes. She deceivingly appears to be around 18 years old, given her youthful look. Not a single scar or wrinkle can be seen on her skin. Sure, she has a few freckles here and there, but she is mainly blemish-free. Her build has the look of someone who runs quite a bit. Her muscles are moderately defined (as in she has the muscle to do small bicep flexes). Her frame is slender and hardly an hour-glass. There's no extra fat anywhere on her body, which has caused Rhea to consider drowning in ice cream to gain some weighty breasts.

Attire:

Since Rhea doesn't have her own shower, her hair is typically hidden under a dark gray ballcap with gold accents. She wears dark-coloured, breathable track clothes with running shoes. It's more of a decoration piece, but Rhea does have a neck scarf on her in the off-chance she needs extra anonymity. Scuffed, leather fingerless gloves protect her hands from grabbing sharp concrete. A shoulder bag slung across her chest holds many batteries, a baton and a cell phone.

On lazy days to herself, Rhea loves wearing sweatpants and tank tops under loose, lacy sweaters. The sweaters need washing after one wear, so Rhea finds herself at the coin laundromat frequently.

Personality

Outward Personality:

Calm, civilised, and good-natured. Rhea prefers to keep most of her dealings brief and to the point. She isn't one for small-talk, but enjoys sharing conspiracies. Due to her line of work, Rhea has limited the amount of people in her life. This has caused her to be somewhat attention-starved, but she's had the time to reflect and refine herself in the solitude.

Sitting down at a cafe for a coffee isn't Rhea's style; she becomes easily bored. It would be far more in her interest to peruse places she’s not allowed to be. Not that she would intentionally break or steal anything, but she’s curious about the going-ons. It baffles her how many loose mouths are out there to eavesdrop on.

Rhea will use whatever means she can to remove herself from a fight when it’s just her in trouble, as her Empowerment makes for a damn good chase. Her powers are non-violent, and so too are her preferences. Having said that, it’s against her nature to leave someone in danger, or turn a blind eye to suffering, and so in these instances, she will fight something fierce.

Innate Personality:

Rhea is brave. She has fear for certain things but knows how to overcome it and keep moving. She does not allow evil or darkness to scare her. Despite her courage, Rhea is also cautious. Stealth is her preferred means of going about intense situations, and she tests the water with her foot before jumping in.

Having spent some time alone, Rhea prides herself in being a thinker. She considers the global events going on around her, reads up on breakthroughs in technology, and studies space. Surface topics like celebrities, who-said-what, or latest trends exhaust her. This contributes to her being easily bored.

Rhea is charitable and soft-hearted. She gives change to beggars and sneaks into hospitals with the express intent of healing a few patients. There is so much hate and suffering, however, that Rhea simply does what she can then disconnects from it all in her safe house.

Born with a strong curiosity, Rhea has the passion for knowledge. This curiosity, more often than not, gets her in trouble as it puts her in places she shouldn’t be. Rhea is also stubborn and does not easily change her mind once it’s been set.

Skills/Talents:

Having spent 2 and a half years learning at a training centre, Rhea completed the basic and intermediate courses in parkour and self-defense. She mastered a moderate level of discipline on her body movement, becoming a confident tracuer. As opposed to hand-to-hand, Rhea honestly prefers the edge a collapsible baton offers and took extra classes on it.

Healing comes naturally to her as she’s honed the ability her entire life. Rhea knows how to tackle most trouble areas and has great pride in what she can fix.

As more of a side-project, Rhea littered a patch of dirt by her safe house with peat moss and seeds. She quickly discovered her green thumb and quite enjoys digging her hands in the dirt. It’s a jungle of a garden, and Rhea barely touched it with her powers.

Playing lots of Hide and Go Seek as a child had its uses, and grew into a knack for spooking people from behind. Rhea knows how to move with the least amount of sound and in a quick fashion. Her being sneaky is a skill that’s frequently used.

Goals/Motivation

Rhea wishes to see long-standing peace, equality and prosperity around her. Eventually, when there is less demand for package running, Rhea will open her own healing clinic (however, she's worried she may tire of it.)

History/Bio:

"We want nothing to do with you. Go live your life elsewhere." Were the last words exchanged between Rhea and her parents.

After years of hiding her White Lightning, she was discovered. Her family, being without powers and rather anti-metahuman, called someone immediately to take Rhea away to Academy 218. Hurt and confused, Rhea did poorly in her grades for the first couple years. She was often found sneaking into the restricted areas after hours, or outside academy grounds.

In her third year, she befriended a junior named Aislin Rose. The two became inseparable quickly, spending their time after class together. Rhea learned Aislin's philosophy of 'letting that shit go', and discovered the benefits of thinking for herself. This created a positive change in her life, and by the time she graduated Academy 218, Rhea turned her grades around.

A small company approached Rhea a month after her graduation, offering a means of employment with her particular skill set. They alluded that the business was rather risky, but she would be very well paid. Intrigued, Rhea spent two-ish more years learning at a training facility near the coast, gaining skills in parkour and self-defense.

When Rhea finally discovered she would be a courier for illegal and highly sensitive goods, she was livid. If someone had told her up front what the deal was, she'd have never gone for it. The company made a compromise with her: she wouldn’t run for the truly corrupt clients, and they created a 'safe list’ just for her.

Sure, it put a dent in how much money she made at the end of the month, but Rhea was soon thrilled with her job. Running on rooftops, blending into crowds, and learning the secret door knock - there was never a dull moment. Rhea ran packages for almost all the big, semi-okay organisations (like White Spider, Allegiance, RAVEN and DOVE.)

Her company relocated her to Baybridge three months ago, but Rhea has quickly become familiar with the city layout. She currently lives at a safe house in Old Raygate, an abandoned train container near a power plant. It’s outfitted by her company to look like nothing on the outside but have the comforts of home on the inside.

Relationships

Family:

Hider

Gregory Harlow — Father
Maddison White — Mother
Jake Harlow — Brother

Rhea hasn’t been in communication with her family for many, many years.

Dynamics:

[Will fill in once Rhea has made friends/enemies]

Abilities

Power Class:

Elemental

Power:

White Lightning Manipulation

The light properties of electricity can be harnessed by Rhea to enhance, heal, and increase vitality in herself and others. She needs to be in close proximity (10 ft), to interact with and sense electrical fields. Using say, batteries as an external source, Rhea can sap power from them without physical contact (one typically lasts 18-32 hours). Black manipulation or powers of a natural darkness can be tangibly harmed with White, and vis versa.

Electrical Empowerment

The ability to gain strength from electricity. Speed, endurance and strength are all given a boost. This allows Rhea to be very agile for a moderate amount of time. It also lessens her need for sleep and slows the ageing process. Rhea’s empowerment could be compared to a speed moderately faster than an Olympic runner, taking greater jumps, packing more of a punch, and able to keep up the pace for hours. Empowerment’s appearance is like taking a wool sweater off in the dark — fine, white static ripples across the body.

Electrical Healing

By giving the body a small jolt, electrons stimulate the cells to replicate and repair at incredible speeds. This can heal broken bones, deep tears in the skin, and brain damage. Also acts as a defibrillator to restart the heart. Healing can take anywhere from 2 minutes (minor cuts) to 25 minutes (repairing broken bones).

Electrical Manipulation

The skill to move and direct electricity at will. Rhea can absorb the energy stored in say, a battery, and unleash it as a bolt of lightning. Rhea can freely move curents across her skin, channel it into a ball in har hand, and generate blinding white bolts. She tends to be statically charged a lot.

Life-Force Augmentation

The ability to give energy/electricity to any living thing and increase its vitality and health. This is an excellent way to overcome all flus, headaches, soreness, and to balance emotions. The power can electrically reset the body so all cells are working in tandem with the brain, reversing a lot of diseases like cancer.

Limits:

Lightning can only be thrown in a straight line. Individuals with severe enough wounds may still die as they’re being treated. Cannot bring people back from the dead. Requires outside sources for electrical empowerment as the body’s electrical current can’t sustain the power needed for longer than a few minutes.

Weaknesses/Drawbacks:

Rhea can’t hurt a single thing. Her power doesn’t have the ability to burn or cause harm. At most, it causes tingles and minor shocks, maybe a lack of feeling in the skin.

Without an external source, Rhea has to use her own electricity and that can be very taxing. It’s the quickest way to become fatigued. Minor cuts and scrapes are no problem, but after repairing a severe injury Rhea would feel light-headed and sluggish. She can only maintain an electrical current with one person at a time.

Other:

Her shoulder strap bag is the same item used to transport illegal packages.

Theme:

Baybridge™: Era of the Old/New Gods™ [COMPLETED]

*cough*

Anyway, wanted to chime in that my CS is 80% done. <3 I'm under the impression we don't have a lot of healers in this RP yet.

Tenebris

oh well sooooorrrryyyyyy, i'll edit it to Semiiiiiitiiiiic mister political correctness
one way or another get yo damn facts right and check yo privilege
"Jewish" is a word that can denote both ethnicity and belief and nationality and i'll be fucking damned if my guy and his family weren't Jewish by ethnicity and belief.

I understand the concerns. It's just that for me, the ability that makes me only resistant to one thing at a time and completely nonresistant to all others kinda defeats the purpose of this power. I'd like to argue to at least get a set of slowly improving resistances against all that I encounter and adapt to rather than ability to no-sell any single thing and be vulnerable against everything else.

@Eyeruption

Your power is still OP and not suited for this roleplay. And your attitude to Mr Allen J is disappointing. Please leave my thread.

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He's a member of the Power Ideology, and he's supposed to be the "destined" one that takes all the power from all the Metahumans, and go super saiyan.

@Mr Allen J

Unfortunately no one metahuman takes in all the stolen power, it's stored in a machine that acts as the weapon of mass destruction. This way everyone's fighting over who has control of the machine, or who's powers are going into it. However, you can have the Blessing of potentially being the one to guard and unleash the machine. I'll have someone knock on your door.

Tenebris

Power replication offers a nice variety. As long as it doesn't enhance the copied power's base stats, I'd love to see it in action.

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To give CS applications an idea of the amount of power I'm looking for, I've posted my character. I'm looking for realistic, logical powers that put you at a good advantage, but they should be specialised.

Valerie Ash

Valerie Ash | 22 | Female

Ideology: Legend

Nickname/Alias: [TBA]

Occupation: Thievery

APPEARANCE

Height: 5’5 ft.

Weight: 125 lbs.

Hair Colour: Ash brown.

Eye Color: Cool, dark hazel.

Ethnicity: Caucasian

Physical Appearance: Pale skin, sharp, tense eyes. Her symmetrical face is framed with a feathered pixie cut — short in the back, longer in the front — with bangs sweeping in from the side. Her thin fingers can often be found hovering at her mouth, cuts near the nail. Mainly void of marks, Valerie has a few freckles scattered across her face and arms. A small beauty mark can be seen at the side of her lips. In certain light, the crow’s feet at the edge of her eyes becomes more prominent.

Preferred Attire: On any given day, Valerie wears a dark graphic T-shirt under a leather jacket, black leggings and leather boots. It’s an easy wardrobe to put together, and she doesn’t have to iron a single thing. When the weather is hot, she opts for jean shorts and printed tank tops.

PERSONALITY

Outward personality: Deals with most situations in a cool, detached manner. She mainly keeps interactions at arm's-length. Smiles a lot about roguish ideas. Valerie typically doesn’t go out of her way for anyone and would prefer to be debt/favor-free. She does not, however, remain idle if someone is in danger. Valerie likes to think of herself as non-confrontational, but when shit hits the fan Valerie stands her ground fiercely.

Innate Traits:
-- Confident
-- Observant
-- Mischievous
-- Deceptive
-- Daring
-- Dreamer

Fears/Weakness: Fears pain and has no resistance to prolonged exposure to it. Also is very uncomfortable with being subject to medical attention. She can’t stand needles. Valerie fears anything that would inhibit her power. She dislikes heights and airplanes.

Being naturally lazy, Valerie tends to take shortcuts and doesn’t enjoy hard work. Having expectations to do something by someone is a situation she avoids with great care. She is aimless and has no concrete plans for her life, however, she does enjoy armchair philosophy. She has varying degrees of gullibility.

Hobbies/Interests:
-- Listening to music
-- Taking walks
-- Painting
-- Working out
-- Stalking the streets late at night
-- Pondering ideas
-- Practising abilities

Talents:
-- Thieving
-- Smooth talking
-- Animation

SUPERPOWER

Power: Animation -- "The power to give crude life to inanimate objects. Not to be confused with Creation as the lives of animations are tied to the user and not their own." ~SuperpowerWiki

Valerie is able to create a mental link with objects, allowing her to give them energy and a program to follow. She requires a visual contact first prior to linking up. Inanimate objects can be imbued with a variety of programs to follow, but are limited in how much they can move. Cloth is a bendable, fluidic material and can be animated with ease. A thick, wooden wall is difficult to animate. The best Valerie can do is shatter pieces of it with effort.

She can animate several small objects at a time. Rocks can be animated to throw themselves in any direction, but cannot hover on the spot. Their trajectory can change, but if they stop their momentum, they fall. Valerie can puppet them to ‘jump’ back up, but no animation can defy the laws of gravity.

Valerie can open any lock with ease, provided she can see it. TVs turn on and window panes move to the side without her physically doing so. A plastic Barbie doll can walk all natural-like on a table (which is surreal to watch). Valerie can make the flame of a candle grow and have it shoot off in a direction until it eventually sputters out (as anything attached to its source would). Valerie can hit a bullseye with a dart every single time with Animation.

Ability Drawbacks:

Anything organic or with a form of awareness, like humans, animals and plants, cannot be animated. Large objects, or rigid materials like steel, require lots of energy to puppet. Like trying to lift a 250 lbs weight, sometimes the animation is too difficult to follow through.

BACKGROUND

History: Valerie grew up in a broken family. Her superpower manifested in her teens, adding tension to her social circles. It was terrible; she moved away at the age of 17. On her own in Chicago, she took a part-time job while she finished school. There were demands on her from friends, teachers and her boss. She felt she had to comply in order to fit in (being the only ‘metahuman’ around *sneer*), and never said no. Valerie hardly had a moment to herself before someone expected something of her. Months passed by, and eventually she shut down. She quit her job, shut out her friends, and did extra schooling on the side so she could graduate early.

This was around the time she figured out how easy it was to steal what she needed with Animation. At first it was dinner, snacks for the week, maybe a new toothbrush. But soon she found herself taking clothes, carts of food and luxury items. She would never need a J-O-B ever again with this new form of ‘income’, and she happily furnished her apartment with the spoils of her labour.

To not go stir-crazy, Valerie got into the habit of touring Chicago at the break of day, and late into the night. Her confidence of the streets grew, and any unwanted attention gained was thrown back in the alley-dwellers’ faces. There were a couple times she ran into the law while pocketing fine wares after closing hours, leaving community hours and fines on her record.

Currently, Valerie takes life day by day.

Other: Always has a bag of gadgets on her that are easy to animate. Lives in a spacious apartment in Near South Side. She takes great pleasure in her thievery game. However, this has made the cops moderately familiar with her.

Tenebris

Hi @Eyeruption
Love the character. You'll have to choose an ideology, at least soon, but I'll have fun winning you over to a side with my NPC's.

I think you saw this coming. If I say, engulf Better in fire, he'll soon come to resist it. If I throw electricity into the mix, he'll permanently resist both. What if I tossed in anti-matter? Nuclear bombs? There is no end for your adaptive regeneration, and that makes you a god.

I believe a fair compromise would be to allow you one resist that changes depending on the damage you take. If I throw fire at you, you'll slowly become impervious. But if I change to electricity, as you adapt to resist it, you will lose your immunity to fire. Keep the overall physical strength, though.

So you can also spit acid, have a powerful tail, you see in the dark, shrug off a flashbang, and view in 360 degrees. They aren't resistances, more like body augmentations. Keep the tail and 'quick recovery after being disabled', but I'm going to ask you to either drop 'see in the dark and view in 360 degrees' or 'spit acid'. Try to keep bonuses like this infrequent throughout the story. Or you'll become OP again. ;)

Needing food and being ugly aren't true weaknesses. Dig deeper for some more. If I cut off Better's hand, how long does it take to grow back? How much adaptation takes place? Does this cause great fatigue?

You need a specific weakness that makes you permanently vulnerable to a certain type of attack. You can choose what this will be, but cerebral attacks would be a recommendation.

I think that's everything. Give it another shot, and ask me if you have any more questions. I'll take another look when you're ready. :)

1) How long ago did Metahumans first manifested in the world?
2) Is nature of their powers understood or at least actively researched?
3) Are there major worldwide organizations concerned with metahuman affairs?
4) What is the situation with the Human-Anlite relationship?

@Eyeruption

1) 7 years ago, metahumans were publicly acknowledged, however there have been accounts of powers seen in previous years. Science is under the impression it's just a mutation in the DNA — a very intense mutation. If we consider my philosophy that the Earth has awareness, it would feel some form of destruction (Anlite) headed its way and create some way to defend itself, through superhumans.

2) The delay in the new law and legislation has been due to the extensive research done on metahumans. Governments have been absolutely gun-ho on creating anti-metahuman weapons to 'protect the people'. And yes, these have been secret experiments/research that hasn't been entirely ethical. This will be brought to light later.

3) Governments are on the cusp of it. It's going to be mentioned in the first IC post. These organisations will be using all this brand-new anti-metahuman gear. Metahumans do not have an official group that exerts force on other metahumans. It has to be government-approved to have any standing. However, I'm sure there's some group out there puppeting from the shadows. There are also human secret societies getting rid of any great metahuman threats discreetly. That kind of stuff can't be public knowledge, though.

4) Anlite can see regular humans, but because they lack the genetic mutation that metahumans have, Anlite don't see them as intelligent. It's like they lack an extra sense, or second brain, that all metahumans have -- making metahumans more evolved. It's like the difference between a mouse and a monkey. Mice communicate, have social structures and a way of life. But it's the monkeys who use tools, display complex emotion, have fore-thought and planning, and so on.

Anlite went through an evolution period where they developed paranormal abilities, and that marked a time of growth, prosperity, and true intelligence for them. So they may be biassed in that regard, in that all life without that particular evolution is retarded.

The Anlite are also selfish, meticulous and enjoy power. So they won't deviate from their course, and won't feel bad about squishing several billion 'ants' under their figurative boot.