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Sentaku: A Naruto RP

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Mobius Academy: The City in the Sky

As soon as Prism mentioned the keycard beneath their seats, cold plastic zipped into Morgan's hand. He was barely paying attention to the commencement speech, and it was more instinct than anything else –– instinct, plus a dash of performance anxiety. What if the powers that be forgot to put the card there? What if it was blank on both sides? What if it was just a huge misunderstanding, and no, he wasn't actually accepted into Mobius, and also he's far too late to apply to pre-med, better go join the circus instead, clown.

Morgan knew well his natural tendency to catastrophize and cut that death-spiral short by flipping over the card.

His read that he was in Class 1A, and that meant he was due to be trained by Kitty Pryde. As in, the X-Men's Kitty Pryde. As in, Shadowcat. Something to stroke his ego and kick him right in the Impostor Syndrome all at once.

Though he had another moment of unease before he swiped it, he was let in. It was not, in fact, the huge misunderstanding he thought it might be. He was not the king of clowns, not today.

Morgan was not the first person to arrive at his dormitory, he noticed. The lights were already on, and people were milling about to find their rooms and roommates. He was, however, the first person to arrive at the dorm room of 'Morgan LeBeau & Janet Star Lucasta'.

He blinked. Co-ed. Right.

Dorm living wasn't a new experience for him. When he spent the summers at Xavier's, he was always placed with a kid his age rather than given a private room like his Mom. It was supposed to be good for his childhood development, a chance to get to know other kids, as if he didn't socialize enough back then. Whoever was this Janet person was could only be an upgrade from the friendly discussions of, 'Your mom nearly killed my mom-slash-dad on x, y, z occasion - is she still evil?' and the much worse, 'Wow, dude, your mom's a MILF!'

Morgan found his luggage at the foot of the bunk-bed, and restrained himself from settling into one. They ought to at least flip a coin for the top. He did, however, begin to unpack, carefully arranging a wardrobe of flannel shirts by shade, smoothing them out where they had been wrinkled in transit with a nip of telekinetic energy. What were powers for, if not to make his life easier?

No posters to put up. No picture-frames, because the only ones he had were in his wallet. Maybe there was some place to get fairy-lights to spruce up the place (also to sap in a pinch, because while electrical energy might tingle, it was still energy) and he had to find the perfect place to sit Karen, his lava lamp...

But he didn't want to make any extreme decorating decisions until he'd met his roommate and they'd come to an agreement. That would just be rude.

Mobius Academy: The City in the Sky

Morgan LeBeau

”Laissez les bons temps rouler.”
Face Claim — Robert Sheehan | Color — 59b6a1

♠ ♥ ♣ ♦

Name

Morgan LeBeau

Superhero Alias

Ruse

Age

Eighteen

Sex

Male

Sexual Orientation

Bisexual

Hero Connection

Morgan is the only child of Rogue and her off-again, on-again life-partner Gambit. When his mother returned to active service with the X-Men, Morgan learned to control his power from his father... as well as a few other tricks.

Appearance

Morgan LeBeau favours his mother in appearance, from his mousy brown hair with streaks of white to his completely mundane green eyes. While he is tall, 6'0" with room to grow, he has a lean build and doesn't put on mass easily. It is fairly obvious to look at him that he is Rogue's son; less so his father's.

As far as fashion sense goes, he doesn't have much of one. His go-to is flannel shirts with the sleeves rolled up and smart slacks. He does have an extravagant tattoo of playing cards on one arm that is completely incongruous to his whole get-up and clearly a one-time mistake.

Personality Traits

• Mild-Mannered
• Perceptive
• Ambitious
• Impulsive
• Self-Centered
• Sly

Secret Origin

It isn't easy being the kid of two active heroes. Morgan doesn't have any other frame of reference, but he reckons it's worse when your parents have hopped over the line into temporary villainy on more than one occasion.

With his parents in a constant, complicated state of married-but-separated-but-together, he spent the summers with his Mom. Some residents of Xavier's never got over Rogue's "youthful indiscretions". Lo and behold, as her spitting image, Morgan ended up in a few sticky situations because of it – usually with other kids his age. Through trial and error, he learned the best way to combat this was to muster up as much southern hospitality as he could and get his own back when they couldn't see him.

As for life in New Orleans? It was usually fine, except for remnants of the Thieves Guild cropping up to ask for favours from their former patriarch, or the ghosts of the Gambit's past. Too many lessons on 'how to manage your powers' and 'how to count cards' were interrupted – prime father-son bonding time right there, ruined the vendetta of the week.

(And then there's the fans. There's not too many of them, thank God, but Morgan could have lived a long and happy life without knowing that there are communities that 'ship' his parents.)

For all that neither of his parents wanted to push him one way or another, there were too many awkward talks for them to be anything but transparent about their respective positions. Dad was in favour of him trying out the hero stuff, at the very least. Mom wanted him to be normal, go to an Ivy League, et cetera. Little did they know, Morgan had already made his decision long ago. It began with a question over breakfast: "Mom, why aren't you ever in the Top 10 lists?"

Family Tree

Mother | Anne-Marie Darkholme (Rogue) | FC: Eliza Dushku
Father | Remy LeBeau (Gambit) | FC: Gaspard Ulliel
^{GIFs to be added soon!}

Abilities

Morgan can absorb energy from his surroundings to bolster his own telekinetic powers. It can be kinetic or potential energy – or, as he found out, whatever nebulous life-force fuels a person – so long as he can make physical contact with the source.

As a base-line, Morgan's telekinesis is on the weaker side. The more he absorbs, the more items he can control at once, the faster and more dangerous his projectiles, and the better his durability and reflexes. It also enables more advanced techniques, like telekinetic flight, though his father's molecular acceleration is still far beyond his current abilities.

Other than his mutation, Morgan has had some martial training in the acrobatic style both of his parents use and is reasonably athletic. Incidentally, he also has excellent sleight-of-hand (and has picked a few pockets in his day); however, he doesn't have a reason to showcase this talent so much.

Mobius Academy: The City in the Sky

I have (mostly) finished a character... after quite a long time of being stuck on some of the sections (secret origins I'm looking at you).

Morgan LeBeau

”Laissez les bons temps rouler.”
Face Claim — Robert Sheehan | Color — 59b6a1

♠ ♥ ♣ ♦

Name

Morgan LeBeau

Superhero Alias

Ruse

Age

Eighteen

Sex

Male

Sexual Orientation

Bisexual

Hero Connection

Morgan is the only child of Rogue and her off-again, on-again life-partner Gambit. When his mother returned to active service with the X-Men, Morgan learned to control his power from his father... as well as a few other tricks.

Appearance

Morgan LeBeau favours his mother in appearance, from his mousy brown hair with streaks of white to his completely mundane green eyes. While he is tall, 6'0" with room to grow, he has a lean build and doesn't put on mass easily. It is fairly obvious to look at him that he is Rogue's son; less so his father's.

As far as fashion sense goes, he doesn't have much of one. His go-to is flannel shirts with the sleeves rolled up and smart slacks. He does have an extravagant tattoo of playing cards on one arm that is completely incongruous to his whole get-up and clearly a one-time mistake.

Personality Traits

• Mild-Mannered
• Perceptive
• Ambitious
• Impulsive
• Self-Centered
• Sly

Secret Origin

It isn't easy being the kid of two active heroes. Morgan doesn't have any other frame of reference, but he reckons it's worse when your parents have hopped over the line into temporary villainy on more than one occasion.

With his parents in a constant, complicated state of married-but-separated-but-together, he spent the summers with his Mom. Some residents of Xavier's never got over Rogue's "youthful indiscretions". Lo and behold, as her spitting image, Morgan ended up in a few sticky situations because of it – usually with other kids his age. Through trial and error, he learned the best way to combat this was to muster up as much southern hospitality as he could and get his own back when they couldn't see him.

As for life in New Orleans? It was usually fine, except for remnants of the Thieves Guild cropping up to ask for favours from their former patriarch, or the ghosts of the Gambit's past. Too many lessons on 'how to manage your powers' and 'how to count cards' were interrupted – prime father-son bonding time right there, ruined the vendetta of the week.

(And then there's the fans. There's not too many of them, thank God, but Morgan could have lived a long and happy life without knowing that there are communities that 'ship' his parents.)

For all that neither of his parents wanted to push him one way or another, there were too many awkward talks for them to be anything but transparent about their respective positions. Dad was in favour of him trying out the hero stuff, at the very least. Mom wanted him to be normal, go to an Ivy League, et cetera. Little did they know, Morgan had already made his decision long ago. It began with a question over breakfast: "Mom, why aren't you ever in the Top 10 lists?"

Family Tree

Mother | Anne-Marie Darkholme (Rogue) | FC: Eliza Dushku
Father | Remy LeBeau (Gambit) | FC: Gaspard Ulliel
^{GIFs to be added soon!}

Abilities

Morgan can absorb energy from his surroundings to bolster his own telekinetic powers. It can be kinetic or potential energy – or, as he found out, whatever nebulous life-force fuels a person – so long as he can make physical contact with the source.

As a base-line, Morgan's telekinesis is on the weaker side. The more he absorbs, the more items he can control at once, the faster and more dangerous his projectiles, and the better his durability and reflexes. It also enables more advanced techniques, like telekinetic flight, though his father's molecular acceleration is still far beyond his current abilities.

Other than his mutation, Morgan has had some martial training in the acrobatic style both of his parents use and is reasonably athletic. Incidentally, he also has excellent sleight-of-hand (and has picked a few pockets in his day); however, he doesn't have a reason to showcase this talent so much.