Silvan Haven

Story to Remember

Glad to see that their efforts were appreciated.

Story to Remember

Busy with college for the most part.

Story to Remember

Extremely advanced magitech do-gooder society with representatives almost literally everywhere. Basically the generic good guys for any situation you might need.

Story to Remember

Expanding Horizons literally has no multiverse. However the original design of the setting was somewhat flawed and I wouldn't mind tossing most of it out the window.

As long as I get to keep my group count me in.

A Certain Variegated Pseudepigraphum [Toaru/Raildex RPG]

Hope you don't mind the double post.

Laurence Harken

"Won't you be my neighbor?"

Name: Laurence Harken

Nickname/Alias: Calmer

Age: 24

Gender: Male

Appearance: Laurence would best be described as "fit." He works out in a general sense, without much of an emphasis on one area over another. His love of sweets prevents him from hitting "sculpted" but he can wear skinny jeans with the best of them. The twenty four year old's wardrobe could best be described as "charmingly fashionable." It's not exactly what one would normally consider cutting edge high fashion but he makes it work. Lots of warm colors, warm sweaters and warm smiles.

Biography: As with many people around the world, Laurence was drawn to Academy City by the Power Curriculum Program. However unlike most it wasn't what it could give him that fascinated the young adult at the time. It was how it worked. Specifically the psychological sections. How was it that triggering certain reactions in a person's mind could give them the ability to warp reality around them? So after graduating highschool at eighteen he moved to Academy City, enrolling in one of their psychology degrees. Paying through a combination of scholarship money, some help from his middle class parents and a lot of personal hard work. Oh and a significant amount of student loans.

Part in order to help pay for his school and living expenses and partly to see what he could find out about it Laurence joined the PCP shortly after arriving at Academy City. It was an odd experience to say the least. Most everyone else in the program was good bit younger than him and the amount of poking and prodding he went through wasn't what he would consider to be at all pleasant. It payed off in the end though. He got his ESPER powers and a tidy sum to help keep him afloat during his time in Academy city.

There was something he noticed while interacting with other members of the program however. Thousands of kids were being given almost random superpowers. It had an extremely distinct chance of messing them up. Not so much driving them insane or retarding their development. But you give a twelve year old mind control powers and the results will tend to follow a certain theme. That's to say nothing about the kids who given a chance a greatness but were never able to develop their powers. Laurence couldn't help but feel for them. His empathy soon changing his study path from something oriented towards research to one more focused on therapy and that of young ESPERs in particular.

In the six years since then Laurence has gotten his Masters Degree and is about to move onto his Doctorate. To aid with ever increasing amounts of money needed he currently works at a clinic designed specifically for treating ESPERs. Kids dealing with the thousand and one problems of childhood that have only been amplified by superpowers. His training and potent personal powers has resulted in him being called on by Anti-Skill from time to time. Not quite at the level of a formal consultant but there are several officers within the organization who know and respect his ability to talk down or contain criminals capable of blowing out walls with their minds.

What those officers don't know is that he basically does the same thing in his off time. Wandering the streets of Academy City in attempts to stop events from reaching the point where they require police intervention. Or dealing with it early if such action is needed.

Personality: A sweet guy. Always ready with a friendly word and bits of advice he's picked up over the years. Would probably make you chocolate muffins if you were sick. Laurence also has a strong sense of right and wrong. It's what drives him to wander the streets at night when he could be studying or sleeping.

Esper Power: Guardian Light- Level 4
Laurence recently broke through to level 4, a product of both his not insignificant amount of time working on his abilities and a better understanding than most about the mechanics behind their function. Guardian Light in particular allows him to create and control shapes of pure light. While at first he was limited to simple barriers the complexity and strength of his constructs have risen with time and effort. At Level 4 he is capable of making semi-detailed objects, nothing as complex as a piece of machinery but he can manage a suit of cool looking armor easily enough.

The constructs are powered by Laurence's will. The more effort he puts in the stronger the construct. However using it is physically draining with the creation, manipulation and possible destruction of his objects resulting in mental and physical feedback and stress. In addition while he always has some idea of the position and movement of his constructs he gains no external awareness from them. He needs to be able to see them to move them around an environment properly.

Skills: After six years in Academy City Laurence can speak fluent, if accented, Japanese. In that time he has expanded his basic knowledge of cooking into a genuinely enjoyable repertoire of recipes. In order to avoid gaining too much weight from said food Laurence has taken up a variety of forms of exercise. Most pertinent to the question at hand are his free running and MMA training regimes. And as previously mentioned he has extensive training in the realm of psychology, mostly mixed between the mechanics of the Power Curriculum Program and child/teenage therapy.

Ambition: Learn more about the Power Curriculum Program and how it works. Help the many young ESPERs of Academy City with formative years at least as confusing as those of the rest of the planet. Get his annoyingly expensive Doctorate.

Extra: Laurence has acquired a collection of anti psychic equipment both through his work at the clinic and with Anti-Skill. He usually works a piece into his wardrobe just in case.

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And it turns out that Krayzikk hid a YouTube link in that image/text at the top of the profile.

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That profile required a soundtrack to be properly appreciated.

Heroes of Beacon - the Next Chapter

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Gallia-Civil War-Beryl Harken

It seems that things had come to a head before they even arrived. Beryl was honestly surprised that there had been no visible fighting in the streets as overflew over the town. Destruction on that scale required serious combat to happen, it looked like somebody had dropped a cargo hold full of firebombs on the place.

Their reception on the ground wasn't any better. The guards were positively twitchy to say the least. VGGB was an expected team of reinforcements on a vehicle that should have been recognized and accompanied by a Hunter the guards should have known on sight. In fact, Beryl didn't think she'd heard Andrew even talking to any sort of Air Control on their way down. All in all she was not impressed by the team's current employer.

One hand rested on her belt next to Stream's hilt as she cast her senses out. Eyes and ears scanned the team's surroundings like radar dishes while her sixth sense reached pit for any sources of water nearby. Specifically the blood of those in the surrounding area. The young Huntress couldn't exactly see people that way, not without specifically concentrating on a person, but even just knowing the locations and general movements of people would let her pick out suspicious behavior.

The impressive beauty of the compound was a secondary detail. Something that was noted but not focused on. She had seen her fair share of gorgeous manor houses over the years. Mistral was full of them and she had often accompanied Father on his attempts to scrounge up donations for the orphanage. She'd also seen plenty of what the people in those manors were like.

Why couldn't they have done something simple, like clearing a forest full of Grimm. Or making Jericho smile. Either task would have made for a worthy mission.

Heroes of Beacon - the Next Chapter

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Airship-Civil War-Beryl Harken

A pale hand reached back into the basket as Beryl listened to the pilot's answers to the group's comments. She froze as the questing hand found nothing but crumbs, a bit of frantic patting the inside of the basket confirmed the lack of sugary goodness. As Andrew finished speaking the young faunus shot a death glare at the absolute hog who had managed to inhale at least half a dozen doughnuts and twice that many cookies in less than a minute.

Had she even tasted the divine gift that was sweet confectioneries as they vanished down the black hole that was Gratia's gullet? In fact she wasn't even sure the rest of the team had managed to snag any before they consumed by the human Hoover. That just wouldn't do. She'd have to make something for everyone on the team aside from Gratia when they got back.

A little bit of Beryl's disgruntlement slipped its way into her voice as she spoke up again. "It's going to be hard to tell who's friend and foe in a situation like that. Hopefully we don't end up needing to depose the mayor. That wouldn't look very good on the old resume." She turned to the newest member of the team, who as of yet, hadn't said much. "What do you think, Silver?"

Heroes of Beacon - the Next Chapter

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Vale-Civil War-Beryl Harken

Beryl was already half in the aforementioned basket of confectioneries by the time that Andrew looked back at them. Her head popped up and swiveled around to face him as he continued speaking, half a doughnut sticking out of her mouth.

"Wph gth th lmphls..." A quick swallow. "What's causing the unrest? What's got the locals all stirred up enough that outside help needs to be called in? I'll do what needs doing to keep order but if this guy is re-instituting Faunus slavery we're going to have some problems."

Possibly ones that would require excessive levels of bleach and several new coats of paint. Chances of such an occurance were low of course, something like that would have been flagged and never gotten through to the Beacon mission list. Still when the local contact describes your employer as "ruthless" and his town is suffering from civil disorder bad enough to require an armed response it payed to be careful.