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I'll definitely try and write up a decent intro post. I'll make it as innocuous as possible to the events that's happened.
I do apologize for my complete lack of presence. It seems RL conspired to wait until I'd drawn up all my CS's then drop everything on me.
Looking over the IC, I don't know if I show simply drop out or try and work Bishop into the story. You guys seem to have made a lot of headway and I don't wanna come in and force myself into the party....
Looking over the IC, I don't know if I show simply drop out or try and work Bishop into the story. You guys seem to have made a lot of headway and I don't wanna come in and force myself into the party....
YoshiSkittlez said
Also...trying to think of ways to incorporate Domino into some of the characters lives (like a pre-history thing). Like I know Deadpool and Logan would have come across Domino at some point or another, so maybe it would be a good idea for us to PM one another and try to figure out a brief history between our characters? If not, just let me know. Thanks.
I'm totally up for a Deadpool/Domino cross-over, altho it might be a ways down the line, I'm still going through the intro arc.
I think I'll work my way to the group in my first IC before I just jump into any collabs, just something shortish (for Adv anyway) of Bishop getting on the island, making his way to the aftermath of the battle and arriving at the hotel.
Hey, sorry for my lack of posting and late CS but here it is for consideration anyway.
Name: Lucas Bishop
Age: 32
Alias: Bishop
Appearance:
Abilities: Bishop is a mutant and has the ability to absorb various forms of energy including but not limited to psychic (not immune to telepathic attacks) and magical. He can also store energy has absorbed to be used later. He can use this stored energy to boost his own systems like healing, stamina and strength for a short time. This power is passive, allowing him to absorb energy at all times.
He can also channel the absorbed/stored energy into biokinetic blasts or redirect the absorbed energy back at the target (and damages them, even if they are immune to their own powers).
He is also a well-trained tactician and an exceptional marksman.
Weaknesses: Bishop cannot absorb kinetic energy from inertial objects (for example, hitting a wall)
He is partially vulnerable to non-energy based attacks e.g. projectile firearms and melee weapons.
Origin: Lucas Bishop was born as a mutant several decades after the Sentinels Initiative went national and the Mutant Registration Act was extended to include the detention of all mutants in several different states, all guarded by huge Sentinel robots designed to eliminate any mutant dissonance. Born to a “normal” human couple, as a mutant, he was taken to the camps as a child and was branded with a large M over his right eye, along with his sister Shard, another mutant with the power to absorb light particles. Several years after their internment, they met with a small resistance group who had a daring, suicidal plan: go back in time and undo the events of the past. Bishop volunteered to travel back and stop the event that lead to the current Mutant Reg. Act: the execution of Nick Fury and the riots of mutants and pro-mutant humans that led to the Acts rush through Congress.
The plan was to travel back to the year that Fury was executed and find the infamous “The Iron Man”, a man who tried to save Fury and failed. Bishop knew the risks he was taking, along with everyone else. In order to allow Bishop to travel back, they would need a large power source to boost the powers of a mutant who was able to create gateways to other places. It was theorised that a large enough jolt could spark a portal to the past. That “jolt” however would kill the mutant and set off a chain reaction that would engulf everything in 5 mile radius. Timing was everything. Bishop and his crew, including his sister, fought their way out of the camp and to a nearby Sentinel repair facility. There, they hooked the mutant up to a spare Sentinel nuclear power source while holding off the other Sentinels. They all knew that if they succeeded, truly succeeded, that none of them would be dead or may have even existed, such is the price of time travel. But they knew what the alternative was. The mutant Gateway successfully opened the portal and Bishop stepped back in time to the year 2013, months after Fury was dismissed from S.H.I.E.L.D. and the Sentinel Initiative became public. It was now his mission to find “The Iron Man” and fix the future.
Sample: Bishop kicked at the small rock towards the fence that stretched for what seemed like miles. Across the fence, a tiny dot of red followed the rock as it twirled and came to a rest before it was popped into a cloud of dust. The large Sentinel slowly turned towards Bishop and stared at him. Well, as much as an emotionless robotic killing machine could stare. It was more likely cross checking his facial features in the Mutant Database to find what level mutant little Bishop was. Not that he knew any of this, he was just a child.
Shard came over and softly placed her on her brother’s shoulder, “Come on Bish, don’t bother the Sents, you know what might happen.”
Bishop looked up at her big sister, his eyes glowing with a strange look, “Shard, I wanna go outside.”
Shard tilted her head at her little brother, “Bish, you ARE outside, you can go play with the others if you like.”
Bishop turned back towards the fence, his tone determined, too determined for a child of his age, “No Shard, I wanna go outside.” Bish pointed towards the fence and the distance city in view of their camp.
Shard sighed, dropped to her knees, and turned her brother towards her, “Lucas, you know you can’t go out there, the Sentinels…”
Bishop shook his head, “One day Shard, the Sentinels won’t be there. I’ll make them go away, then EVERYONE can go outside.”
Shard chuckled, “Sure kid, one day, you’ll save all the mutants and the world. For now, go see if you can save Grandma from her chores.”
Bishop nodded and ran off back to their hut, shouting back at Shard, “You’ll see, Shard!”
Shard turned back to the fence, looking up at the ominous Sentinel ‘staring’ down at Shard, both still as statues, “Sure we will little brother. One day…”
Name: Lucas Bishop
Age: 32
Alias: Bishop
Appearance:
Abilities: Bishop is a mutant and has the ability to absorb various forms of energy including but not limited to psychic (not immune to telepathic attacks) and magical. He can also store energy has absorbed to be used later. He can use this stored energy to boost his own systems like healing, stamina and strength for a short time. This power is passive, allowing him to absorb energy at all times.
He can also channel the absorbed/stored energy into biokinetic blasts or redirect the absorbed energy back at the target (and damages them, even if they are immune to their own powers).
He is also a well-trained tactician and an exceptional marksman.
Weaknesses: Bishop cannot absorb kinetic energy from inertial objects (for example, hitting a wall)
He is partially vulnerable to non-energy based attacks e.g. projectile firearms and melee weapons.
Origin: Lucas Bishop was born as a mutant several decades after the Sentinels Initiative went national and the Mutant Registration Act was extended to include the detention of all mutants in several different states, all guarded by huge Sentinel robots designed to eliminate any mutant dissonance. Born to a “normal” human couple, as a mutant, he was taken to the camps as a child and was branded with a large M over his right eye, along with his sister Shard, another mutant with the power to absorb light particles. Several years after their internment, they met with a small resistance group who had a daring, suicidal plan: go back in time and undo the events of the past. Bishop volunteered to travel back and stop the event that lead to the current Mutant Reg. Act: the execution of Nick Fury and the riots of mutants and pro-mutant humans that led to the Acts rush through Congress.
The plan was to travel back to the year that Fury was executed and find the infamous “The Iron Man”, a man who tried to save Fury and failed. Bishop knew the risks he was taking, along with everyone else. In order to allow Bishop to travel back, they would need a large power source to boost the powers of a mutant who was able to create gateways to other places. It was theorised that a large enough jolt could spark a portal to the past. That “jolt” however would kill the mutant and set off a chain reaction that would engulf everything in 5 mile radius. Timing was everything. Bishop and his crew, including his sister, fought their way out of the camp and to a nearby Sentinel repair facility. There, they hooked the mutant up to a spare Sentinel nuclear power source while holding off the other Sentinels. They all knew that if they succeeded, truly succeeded, that none of them would be dead or may have even existed, such is the price of time travel. But they knew what the alternative was. The mutant Gateway successfully opened the portal and Bishop stepped back in time to the year 2013, months after Fury was dismissed from S.H.I.E.L.D. and the Sentinel Initiative became public. It was now his mission to find “The Iron Man” and fix the future.
Sample: Bishop kicked at the small rock towards the fence that stretched for what seemed like miles. Across the fence, a tiny dot of red followed the rock as it twirled and came to a rest before it was popped into a cloud of dust. The large Sentinel slowly turned towards Bishop and stared at him. Well, as much as an emotionless robotic killing machine could stare. It was more likely cross checking his facial features in the Mutant Database to find what level mutant little Bishop was. Not that he knew any of this, he was just a child.
Shard came over and softly placed her on her brother’s shoulder, “Come on Bish, don’t bother the Sents, you know what might happen.”
Bishop looked up at her big sister, his eyes glowing with a strange look, “Shard, I wanna go outside.”
Shard tilted her head at her little brother, “Bish, you ARE outside, you can go play with the others if you like.”
Bishop turned back towards the fence, his tone determined, too determined for a child of his age, “No Shard, I wanna go outside.” Bish pointed towards the fence and the distance city in view of their camp.
Shard sighed, dropped to her knees, and turned her brother towards her, “Lucas, you know you can’t go out there, the Sentinels…”
Bishop shook his head, “One day Shard, the Sentinels won’t be there. I’ll make them go away, then EVERYONE can go outside.”
Shard chuckled, “Sure kid, one day, you’ll save all the mutants and the world. For now, go see if you can save Grandma from her chores.”
Bishop nodded and ran off back to their hut, shouting back at Shard, “You’ll see, Shard!”
Shard turned back to the fence, looking up at the ominous Sentinel ‘staring’ down at Shard, both still as statues, “Sure we will little brother. One day…”
Holy crap, the 1st IC post was only a few hours ago, how is there 5 already??
Ruby said
Sounds fine to me.Although I'm a casual fan of Physics, I thought time travel (theoretically speaking) isn't possible?
Awesome, I'll start drawing up a CS.
It depends entirely on your definition of "time travel" and the direction you wish to go in (forward or backward)
Ruby said
"Using technology available to him in the future, Bishop constructs a time travel device. A device that, despite the technology of his future, can only provide a one-way trip to the past."
Solved. The bigger issue, and why we wince about time travel, is what happened to result in Bishop's future? Xavier's already dead. So it can't simply be that. Maybe...for some unknown reason, this team failed? Or, even better, maybe this team couldn't get to Fury in time to prevent HIS death? That'd work better for me, and will solve for me, the storyteller, how the team learns of Fury's detained location.
Please, let's NOT get started on temporal mechanics.
I'm too much into time travel (hence why I like Bishop) and could probably write up an essay for you on how both the successful and the failed future exist at the same time. 
As for the story, sure, you can use Bishop as a McGuffin. The original Bishop did grow up on the old stories of the "Legendary Team" of the X-Men. I cna't see why we can't tweak it a bit to include a team of both X-Men and Avengers, and of course, Bishop wouldn't be privy to every single event of the past, mostly just the large scale events (and even then, just brief summaries) and the main reason why he would be in a mutant concentration camp:the death of Fury.
Zacharius said
I believe the potential issue was time travel as a plot point (something Ruby and I are both a bit iffy on, but by no means is it banned) rather than the character not fitting in.
The main point to take from this discussion is no matter what Ruby and I may offer as an opinion, it will be 'very' obvious if we're banning a character, which as you can see, we haven't.
Of course. I'm not suggesting that you're outright banning characters and if there's a problem with the issue of time-travel then we can work something out. Perhaps a one way trip style travel? Another mutant power?
I'm open to suggestions on how to solve the issue rather than being simply told it's an issue. :)
And here I was thinking that I had a nice twisty character to play. One from a future of Sentinels in America in a Sentinels based RP.
But silly me.......
But silly me.......
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