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I think I'll come back to this relatively soon...but then again, knowing me, I probably won't.

I guess the main point of this is to say: damn, I was gone for over a year from this place. I spent a good bit of inconsistent time on Iwaku, but I kinda missed my roots and the place I originally called home.

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Miles Bergeron




Olympus District

One night after the explosion

Lesson number 2 of being a Hero on the Rise: always have an exit strategy. You’re not invincible or immortal. Hell, maybe you are--but drowning probably would still probably hurt like a bitch. In that case, you need a plan B. Not the one that comes after plan A, but the one that comes after Becky made a couple bad decisions one night. Abort the hell outta there. Better to fight another day than burn out on your first leg of the journey, and unfortunately, you’re not cool enough yet to become a legend by dying heroically

Essentially, this is for those times when you forget Lesson number 1. A lesson everyone should know, but especially those ambitious ones.

Those ambitious ones always seem to make a point of finding a way to fuck themselves when they don’t follow the first two Lessons of the Essentials of being a Hero on the Rise.

And Miles found himself falling right to that point. That “Oh, fuck.” point as he fell. In the echo of his initial scram from their fall, he heard a high whine. It was Mr. Ozukai, his cry mixing with the howl of the wind as they whipped down. And in that instant, dripping away as he neared the ground with alarming velocity, Miles couldn’t resist it. He let out a short laugh. It was enough to nerve him once more.

“FITZ!” It wasn’t a cry, it bordered on a direct command. And Miles sunk a demand into his tone that was heeded with gusto. A glow engulfed him, quickly spreading outward and refining to the form of large torso and arms. The glow of the quasi magical construct illuminated the air as Miles turned Fitz’s torso toward the ground, jutting the arms out. It was almost the extent of what he could do in this situation, but he had to try. With a surge, he formed a small shell of energy that encased the Fitz’s torso and Mr. Ozukai.

Not an instant soon as it slammed to the ground. A small crack appeared on the ground where the shell hit. The shell itself shattered almost instantly, dissipating into nothingness. Miles felt Fitz slam to the ground and felt the wind leave him. Mr. Ozukai landed with a thud on top of Fitz’s form, rolling off the side. Fitz’s form flickered and vanished, Miles plopping to the ground in its absence.

Everything hurt. Even his hair. Miles wasn’t even sure how that was possible. But he was in pain nonetheless. Bringing out such a large part of Fitz with no preparation was dangerous, and he could feel the migraine coming, and he couldn’t decide whether the physical or mental pain would be worse. However, he could decide that it was a good time to call it a night.

The backstreet he landed on had only a small number of stores lit, his glazing eyes found themselves resting on a few of them. The few people on the street had already begun wondering over to him and Mr. Ozukai.

’Great start Miles….you’re regular superstar,’ he thought, as the plight of unconsciousness threatened to overtake him.
The takeaway from all of this: don’t hold conversations on the actual edge of the building. Get the hell off while you can. Take the win and run.
Hey all, I'm visiting family for the weekend. I meant to say something a couple days ago but I got knocked with a throat infection and the medicine wonked my entire schedule. Either way, I've been chipping away at a Miles post.

But, can we get a head-count of those still active?
@Stein in regards to personality, what exactly did you mean? Glimpses into behaviour through backstory? Tonal shifts in the bio? I haven't written a 'personality' section in a long time and I've come to rely on showing off my character IC as soon as I can. If it's just a simple touch-up of her history then that will be easy but if it's something more focused I may take a bit more time.

Otherwise, Applications are done and I've re-written the motivation to be more concise. I'll re-link the touched-up CS when the personality is cleared up.


Dammit Roman, why are you asking sober me to explain things inebriated me said? Egh, gimme a sec...

Honestly, it was just one of those things that stood out to me. But you could do all of those, even just a sentence that shows her on a typical day of her life. It's a touch-up more than anything wrong in the foundation.
@Stein He probably would eventually realize that it keeps him from getting close to anyone. For now he doesn't have any close relationships, but I think he'll eventually realize that he finds it really hard to connect with people who aren't as intelligent as him and there'll be a whole deal about that in his head.


Oh that should definitely be interesting
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Hey, hey, hey. I do indeed. Also, Janelle likes bugs, so if these two ever meet, she will possibly fangirl. Yepyepyepyepyep. :) Also, now I'm imagining her carrying an ant farm around with her while vigilante-ing.

@SteinHow do you want Miles to grow? Huh huh huh?


Oh and I actually want Miles to grow tremendously in this time. He's 15 years old, so what's driving him a lot is his still slightly tinted view of the world. There's an innocence in him still and this innocence is what's glamorized the life of the vigilante and made it so appealing to the soul of a boy who just wants to be something. He'll hit his point where he sees the inherent risk with the vigilante life and have to make a choice on whether he really has it in him to proceed. If he says yes, he'll see this life not as something glamorous or glorious, but because at this point someone has to do it and he can already see that he's well-qualified. And there will still be that taste of a dreamer in him throughout his journey that keeps him so optimistic.
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Sure. Would you like the additional information worked in to the existing sections, or in their separate bits?

My only issue is with the motivation. She'll be becoming a vigilante just to understand her powers and through them her body, but for joining the Mavericks... I don't want to spoil anything. Is that ok? I can clarify on skype if needs be.


Worked into the existing sections if you can, except for the Applications, just make that its own little section in your powers area. It doesn't have to be a full comprehensive breakdown, just maybe a general idea.

And ah okay, that's actually completely fine. I trust you and that's an addendum in the rules, I believe.
@Stein
I feel like Andrew’s where I want him to be at just this moment. He’s in limbo right now, both appreciative of what he’s got while feeling like he’s settling rather than satisfied. But since he doesn’t know for sure what he wants, he’s afraid to risk what he has by taking any other road than the one he’s already on. Since he doesn’t know how any changes will affect what he’s got. I guess he’s trying to keep the status quo.

The problem being that he probably can’t be a university groundskeeper forever, and Janelle will be moving on with her life in a year or three and so will everyone else in the crowd he pals around with now.

And, I think, right now, he needs a boost to become a bit more confident in himself and his ability to weather life’s challenges. He’s learned some, of course, with his heart, but that’s a very specific challenge that has limited his life for quite some time and I think that’s the point he needs to step past. Since he’s used to thinking ‘if I can’t do that, then I won’t, no harm, no foul,’ instead of trying to find alternative solutions. I’m imagining the superhero thing as being the point where he decides to put his foot down and keep trying, because it feels like that’s the sort of thing you should do when you’ve grown up in a city the Mavericks protected and happen to have powers.

I don’t know where that’ll take him, as I’m not sure if he could realistically take up crime fighting or if he’d even think it’s for him if he does get through the first few rough patches. But at the end of the day, I’m hoping it’ll leave him with a better understanding of what’s been holding him back, greater confidence, probably a few moral issues to figure out, good friends, and the opportunity to at least be a behind the scenes supporter. But he definitely needs something to shake him out of his complacency. Where things go from there, I’m still working out. :P


Goddammit Nemaisare, I LOVE a content rich character, and yours is fucking decadent.

I can send a small child hurtling through his bedroom window, that should get 'im moving. I've done it irl in a RP before
@Stein just gunna wing it yolo Personally I'd like to see Amir becoming a vigilante, as despite striving to help people regularly, he hasn't had much experience yet. In turn, i'd like his "relationship" with Cthulhu to develop a bit more, with them beginning to talk a lot more in a similar way to Jaime and his scarab, although in this case a lot more arguments about right and wrong. Cthulhu will always be nagging at him, especially during combat etc, and I'd like to have Amir even being tempted by it at points and maybe in the future actually succumbing to temptation


I'd definitely see Cthulu as more negative and malicious than the Scarab haha. I'd also imagine that he might have a hard time connecting with people and what-not, due to Cthulu.
@Lord WraithSweet, I'll probably have something up tomorrow or the next day.

@Stein I honestly want Eric to grow into someone comparable to Reed Richards. I want him to just become insanely innovative and start pushing science in directions that don't really exist in this universe yet. But I want him to kind of come out of his shell through crime fighting also. If that makes sense. He'll get more confident in himself as a person outside of science through it.


I really like that! I take it he might be the logical mind in the group, something definitely necessary. Is he going to have any of the Reed detriments? I know his marriage to science has put him at odds with the people around him in certain situations.
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