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Malfunction -- The RP Where Having Superpowers Sucks (New Thread! Now with added friendship!)

Vincent

and Margaret

Vincent smiled more whole heartedly at the girl. He understood her need to be close to someone in this troubled time. He felt the same way. The only difference between Vincent and anyone else he had met so far was the fact that he had his sister with him. Granted, she wasn't just there for moral support. She was in the same situation as him. The two siblings were in a larger than life-sized pickle and neither were all that happy about it. He could admit that being in here was better than being out there. Vincent also knew that he was likely to be the only homeless kid in the room.

"I guess this is our room now." He offered. Vincent wondered if she had gotten hit in the head by one of the guards on the way here or if the girl had been born with a bad memory. "Are you okay?" He asked, watching her face intently. He frowned and furrowed his eyebrows in concern.

His attention shifted to the newcomers in the room. Vincent especially watched the bleeding man who climbed onto the top bunk across from his sister. He noticed the girl who came in as well. Upon hearing her question, Vincent took a deep breath in before standing up and taking his shirt off. He shook out the wrinkles in it before handing it to the girl who requested it.

"Sure. Here," he said with a smile. Vincent suddenly felt self-conscious standing shirtless in front of three girls. It wasn't as if he had anything to be embarrassed about, though.

Margaret, of course, made it worse by letting out a soft whistle. She had noticed Vincent standing up and becoming embarrassed about his shirtlessness. She thought it would be funny and was immediately rewarded when Vincent turned to give her a red-faced “dad stare.”

“Lookin’ good.” Margaret cooed sarcastically, “Wouldn’t you agree, ladies?” She addressed the girls who had been talking to Vincent.

“Stoppit,” Vincent said, crossing his arms. “What happened to your shirt?” He asked in an attempt to shift the conversation to something other than his exposed torso.

Malfunction -- The RP Where Having Superpowers Sucks (New Thread! Now with added friendship!)

@JunkMail My only concern would be that Henry might be too OP for the govt. to handle. He probably would have been killed on the spot unless there was some sort of way that he could control his size (like Bruce Banner/ Hulk). I like the ability, I'm just not sure about how he would function like that all the time...

Malfunction -- The RP Where Having Superpowers Sucks (New Thread! Now with added friendship!)

@Jotunn Draugr Yup! Welcome aboard!

I'll have my IC post up today. :) And I don't have classes tomorrow! (tiny but just as turnt party)

Malfunction -- The RP Where Having Superpowers Sucks (New Thread! Now with added friendship!)

@Jotunn Draugr Xiu's physical reactiveness is still on the table. Your CS looks good to me so far.

Malfunction -- The RP Where Having Superpowers Sucks (New Thread! Now with added friendship!)

There could be a fence, but I still like the idea of having a technological force field. Like an invisible fence for dogs, just worse.
Also, I don't know if I'll be able to put up an IC post today. Sorry. :(

Malfunction -- The RP Where Having Superpowers Sucks (New Thread! Now with added friendship!)

What if instead of collars, there is a chip inserted into the back of the neck (along the spinal cord). It's inconspicuous enough and can still be lethal if necessary. If it's inserted in the right place, the chip could also be capable of (temporary) full-body paralysis if the mal gets close enough to the border. The paralysis would also prevent suicide attempts made by mals.

Malfunction -- The RP Where Having Superpowers Sucks (New Thread! Now with added friendship!)

Vincent

Vincent's eyes narrowed a bit. He had spent a great deal of time thinking about that very same question while he was trying to find civilization. At the time, leaving the family felt like such a terrifying thing. It was the only home he and his sister had ever known. Vincent struggled with coming up with a reason for being kicked out during his time outside. However, now that he knew what happens to people like him and Margaret, he could see why the bunkers were not going to be home for long. Vincent realized that they were different and dangerous. It scared him to think what his father would have done if he knew about malfunctions. Chills ran up vincent's spine.

"Long story short, my folks didn't like things that were different." Vincent sighed. He looked at his hands, which were resting palms up on his lap.

He could imagine Margaret's mom standing there, looking ashamed. His jaw tensed at the thought of what was happening to her, or what had happened to her if she were dead by now. To Vincent, any woman his dad had a kid with was known as mom. There was little to no sense of monogamy in the concrete maze. The Andersen children were expected to love each other regardless of blood ties and Vincent was no exception. He understood that she was not his mother, but he loved her anyways. He hated the idea that one of his mothers could be in danger for helping him. It was his fault, and it enraged him.

"It wasn't that bad," Vincent lied, "I wasn't alone." He looked up. again, at Maggie's feet.

Vincent nodded, remembering Marlowe's name. Upon looking over the small girl again, he decided that the name suited her. He gave a tired, and vaguely charming smile before letting his expression clear. Vincent flushed a little at the realization that he hadn't even given Marlowe his name.

"My name is Vincent. It's nice to meet you, Marlowe." He said, extending his right hand in an offer for a handshake. In reply to the girl's second question, he added, "This is my sister, Margaret. We," he paused again, trying to find the right word to describe their situation, "were urged to leave together."

Vincent gave an awkward smile to the girl who got closer to the two of them. He nodded at her to say 'hi' without having to actually say anything.

Margaret

Margaret was surprised by the boy's answer. Her expression faded from pure surprise to her usual cunning smile. She grinned somewhat manically at the question posed to her. Maggie moved so that she was facing the new speaker before coming up with a reply.

"Moving pigs is my specialty, but sometimes I can cook 'em too." She joked about her powers, which was a first for her. Neither the patriarch of the Andersen clan, nor Vincent were willing audiences when it came to that type of comedy routine. Maggie giggled at her own joke, though no one else would find it as amusing as she did.

Maggie noticed that the boy was shaking and she stopped laughing. Her eyebrows narrowed in an expression of concern. She recognized his posture. It was the same posture she had taken when locked up in her room at night with the flickering lights and flying objects. Maggie saw the frightened kid inside the speaker and it brought out a bit of her own fear.

"Are you-" she broke herself off before deciding to be relatable instead of concerned. "I'm scared too." Maggie simply stated. Her voice was hushed. She suddenly appeared to be what she really was; a small girl in a situation that forced her to be the optimistic one.

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I get out of class at 10 (but then I also commute to school so I get home at 10:30). I have breaks tho, so it's okay.
I'm trying to get my degree as soon as possible. If that means late classes then so be it! (I'm a night owl so it's not bad the morning classes are THE WORST.)

I look forward to your post. :) I just finished Vincent's part, now moving on to write for Maggie....

EDIT: I am so tired, sorry for my garbage post. will write tomorrow. (tired smile)
Wish me luck on my exam tomorrow!

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Goodness, me!
I go to class and come back to stuff! :P
I like the idea of having character names at the beginning of each post, just to keep character names straight, I'm not sure about the images (though it could be an individual choice seeing as it's not messing with the RP itself) or who's interacting with who. At a certain point in the RP, the use of character names will be commonplace regardless of who's writing (just no manipulating the other characters (but you already knew that)). If you want to direct posts with interaction logs for now, that will be fine. Hopefully we'll be able to write with all of the characters together later on where there won't be as much of a need for that.

Once the plot kicks up, all our characters will have something to say/do. Of course, I am aware of the fact that people can be very busy. I myself am taking 16 credit hours in college (which is full time (omg it hurts just typing it)) so I can't be here all the time. I set a personal minimum of one post per day, but other may have different schedules. Once the plot picks up, I hope that we can all get a post up on a daily or tri-weekly basis. I know this sounds unreasonable, but I think we can talk out schedule errors in the OOC. I will definitely be letting you all know if and when I cannot post, and can only ask that you all would do the same. I promise not to be draconian about this, as I know that life happens.

On a lighter note! If we choose to have our characters "graduate" from TEF-149 and leave the facility to do some saving of lives or whatever, the bomb collars could come out then. Kind of like in Battle Royale (or Suicide Squad??? Idk I haven't seen it) where the bomb collars are activated if and when the malfunctions don't behave. Other than that, I can take the collars out of daily life and put it under special circumstances or procedure. Which brings an idea to my fried brain: bomb collars could also be used during an emergency, say some kid destroys half of the building via acid or fire or chemicals (etc.) and the mals have to be taken somewhere else. The bomb collars would prevent them from running off in those cases. Or the collars could be used during some sort of "outside time" where there aren't necessarily enough guards to supervise the little beasties.

Anyways, that's my two cents about the whole thing. I'll have my daily post up soon. :3
Sorry for the wait.

Malfunction -- The RP Where Having Superpowers Sucks (New Thread! Now with added friendship!)

Lol, right. I always forget that the octo in October does not mean eight. :/ Ah, english. It's greek and latin roots or nothing at all...
How do you all feel about a system of TEF149-(group number from 1 to 9)(ability category (T for transportation, K for kinetic, P for personal/physical, E for energy, El for elemental, etc.))(randomly assigned 3-digit number)? That can also be information we include in the CS's.

I also don't know how we're gonna do bomb collars... Any ideas?