Tyler

VIGILANCE: Sanctuary (An Original Superhuman RP)

Every single bit of my interest. Every last fucking drop.

The Corrigan School for Advanced Learning and Development (A DC School RP)

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Speaking of opening up applications.

Hi-Voltage

| NAME: |

Thomas Springsteen

| ALIAS: |

Hi-Voltage, but goes by Volt for short.

| AGE: |

18

| ABILITIES/SKILLS/EQUIPMENT: |

Tommy has the ability to create and manipulate electrical energy. Since the his 'awakening' his body has become a biological 'electrical generator' of sorts. As his body metabolises food it also creates vast quantity's of electrical energy. He can use the energy in his body for a variety of things, most commonly using it to fire bolts of electricity, but also being able to give off EMP's and have low level control over the forces of magnetism.

His supercharged body gives him low levels of super-strength, speed and endurance, and incredibly high reaction times.

Tommy can drain the charge from electrical equipment to replenish his own supply of energy. He can drain outside sources of electricity to replenish his stamina, and can even use it to speed up his recovery from injuries. He can naturally sense if an area is rich in electrical energy or not. The more electricity his body has stored the more powerful he becomes, though after a certain point storing the energy can become quite a strain, and like filling a water balloon with too much water he is in danger of bursting.

For some reason beyond his or Clara's ability to understand he no longer requires sleep. This has proved incredibly useful in keeping up with his double life. Clara has suggested seeking more professional help to explain this phenomenon, but Tommy is hesitant to allow anyone else to discover his secret.

After a battle with the mental manipulator 'Pied Piper' Volt has come to realise he is extraordinarily resistant to psionic attacks. He attributes this to his brains unique electrical impulses.

Before joining Corrigan's he was trainging to become an electrician and proved to be quite extraordinary in the field, though some might say that should be a given.

Tommy has an easy going personality, which leads him to making friends and allies with ease, despite him being a solo act thus far. Being in the hero game for as long as he has helps you become quite a quick thinker. Tommy has become adapt at coming up with off the wall solutions to his problems on the fly.

As Hi-Voltage he has developed a skill in acrobatics and free-running. This, coupled with his natural speed and reflex's, help him avoid any serious damage in fights.

Szymon has taught him to speak some Polish.

As to equipement he has his supersuit, which is composed of a lightweight lyrcra material that allows him a high degree of flexibility, but no real protection.

Szymon has helped him develop a shortwave radio that allows him to listen to the police and emergency services line.

He also has a small in-ear communicator that allows him to keep in contact with Szymon at all time.

| LIMITATIONS AND WEAKNESSES: |

Being doused in water can short out Tommy's powers, and being completely submerged can cause him to loose consciousness'. If he uses more energy than he can generate or drain from his environment then he can die.

His control over magnetism is extremely limited, if only because he finds the concentration necessary is prohibitive. He once managed to budge a bus, but he suffered migraines for days afterwards.

Has never had any formal training in how to fight. He's picked up a few tricks since he started, and knows how to throw a punch, but he's by no means an expert. A master martial artist could probably beat him in a straight up fight, even with Tommy's physical advantages.

| SAMPLE POST: |

He couldn't even remember the route that he'd stumbled through London. Something told him that was a bad sign. His side wasn't hurting any more, instead just numb, and cold, while his fingers and toes tingled unpleasantly, and all he wanted to do was lie down and sleep. Something told him that was a worse sign.

“Volt?” There was a voice in his ear, but he wasn't sure where it was coming from. Was he hallucinating? No, no time to worry about that. He was at his digs now, just one shimmy up a drain pipe from sanctuary. Easy. He'd done it what felt like a million times.

. . . Only he'd never done it with a big ass hole the size of a tennis ball in his side.

No point crying 'bout that now, Tommy-Boy. Just got to do it. Knowing that if he put it off any longer then he'd never do it he staggered towards the wall, grabbed at the pipe and pulled. Fire bloomed in his side, all feelings of numbness nothing more than a blissful memory. He felt like he had to scream, to cry, to wail like a bairn. The urge to let go was intoxicating.

. . . but he didn't. He was slowly clambering up the wall, slow as an old man climbing stairs, teeth clenched against the pain, breath coming in comfortable wheezes, arms feeling like they were lead.

But he didn't let go.

“Volt!” The voice again, more insistent this time. Tommy still couldn't tell who it was. Maybe it was God, telling him his time was up. Yeah, right. Like God would wanna chew the fat wi' you.

He was level with his open window now, bathed in sweat, muscles screaming, fingers cramping. It took what felt like an age to shimmy into his room, collapsing over the sill with all the grace of a bag of tatties. He mighta blacked out as he lay there on the floor, panting like a sick dog. The voice was still in his ear, screaming now, speaking a language he didn't fully recognise. Was that. . . was that Polish?

Szymon. It was Szymon talking over the earpiece. Szymon could help.

“Hello,” Tommy managed to croak out. There was a sigh of relief down the line.

“Volt, you bitch, why didn't you answer? What happened? Are you alright? Where's Obsidian?” Szymon asked questions like a machine gun fires hot lead, not even pausing long enough for Tommy to actually answer. Not that it mattered, Tommy wasn't of a mind to be answering them right now. He just needed one thing from his friend.

“Sy, I need Clara. I'm hurt. Hurt bad.” He managed to rasp out.

“On it.” was the reply. Simple and concise. Szymon was all business in a crisis. He'd know Volt's location through the suit's in-built tracker, he'd get Clara, then she'd come and patch him up. All Tommy had to do was lie there and not die.

That, and think about how he failed. How he'd let Donny Sharpe, Obsidian, get away, how he let Donny win.

Again.

Even with all his power, all his advantages, Tommy still couldn't stop the one man he wanted to stop more than any other. Every time he and Sharpe clashed, he always seemed to be lucky to survive the scrape, while his nemesis got away clean, revelling in the fact that he couldn't be stopped. It was sickening in the extreme. Soul crushing. Spirit sapping. If it wasn't Tommy's responsibility to at least try and stop Sharpe then he knew he would have given it up a long time ago.

He couldn't stop, but he couldn't continue on as he was. Something had to change.

He was starting to black out again when he heard a car stop outside. At his hour that could only mean one thing. Clara was here, here to save his worthless hide. He turned his head in the direction of the door, knowing he had to stay conscious. It was hard though, so very hard. All he wanted to do was sleep, sleep and give up. He began to look around the room from his position on the floor, desperate for anything to grab his attention, anything that he could focus on that would keep him on the moment.

There was nothing.

Then he seen the letter, sitting on his desk. The letter he'd read weeks ago, and casually forgotten about it, sure it had been sent to the wrong person.

It was a letter from Corrigan's.

And it would change his life. . .

| NOTES: |

Appearance

Tommy stands at 6'3", with what appears to be a slight build. This is misleading however, as his body is covered in lean muscle. His shoulder length, dirty blonde hair is a constant wavy mess, due to a mixture of his hi-octane antics and general lack of presentation. He usually has either blonde stubble or a beard, depending if he has bothered to shave or not. His face is not the typical one expected of a hero, all sharp lines and hard angles, his cheek bones a little too high and his chin too narrow to be designated 'friendly'. His smile is infectious however, serving to brighten his demeanour greatly, and his summer blue eyes generate a friendly warmth.

Hi-Voltage's supersuit is composed of a dark blue, form fitting jumpsuit, zipped up the front. He usually leaves the zipper, a decorative lightening bolt, open just below the throat. The suit is decorated with two lighter blue lightening bolts that go from his pectorals, arching over his shoulders, then reaching down to the small of his back. Another bolt wraps around his waist, like a stylised belt. His calf-high military boots and paramilitary gloves are the same shade of blue as the lightening on his suit. His identity is concealed by a pair of aviator style motorcycle goggles with reflecting lenses that he wears over a broad domino mask.

Affiliations

He has a good working relationship with Britain's police force, who seem to embrace him as their 'superpowered' backup, despite him technically being a vigilante. Clara Lord, his ex-girlfriend, is a trainee nurse, and has patched him up on more than one occasion. Szymon Glowski, an IT consultant he once saved from a mugging, provides him with 'cyber' back up, such as hacking, tracking and even setting up a Hi-Voltage fansite. As far as superpowered allies go he has been involved in a few team-ups but seems content to work alone for the most part, making his acceptance of Corrigan's invitations surprising. He and vigilante team Knight and Squire have worked together in the past.

Psyche Profile

Tommy's crusade is fuelled by his guilt at what he allowed to happen to his best friend, Daniel. He feels if he had been there then he could have saved his friend from a tragic end, so now he fights to protect those that he can save.

He hasn't completely bought into the Superhero mind-set, and feels like a fraud wearing a costume, believing it to be a deliberate power trip for some people. However he realises the thought of someone as powerful as he is a troublesome idea for some people, but has come to find that many people's fears are put at ease when he wears a super-suit, perhaps because the idea that heroes should be wearing colourful getups.

Since Daniels death he has had trouble really letting people in, feeling that he will let them down. This is one of the main factors in his and Clara's breakup, and why he has never joined a super-group in the past.

Misc Notes

• Tommy hasn't told his folks about his powers. They think he's currently on a gap year touring Europe. He hates lying to them, but is afraid to broach the subject of him being 'different' with them.
• Tommy has already spent just over a year serving as a vigilante in London, though has recently suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of his nemesis, Obsidian. It's for this reason he has accepted Corrigan's offer of advanced schooling, in the hopes that he's more prepared to handle the villain in their next meeting.
• Tommy enjoys rock music, and he got his name from the AC/DC song. It was between Hi-Voltage and Thunderstruck, which he ultimately decided would be misleading.
• My body is allergic to all liquids, and as such I don't have a favourite beverage. I hope this doesn't count as rule breaking.

I see that a lot of you have a 'relationship' tab on your CS's, so if I get accepted I might try and add something like that.

@BlackSam3091

Let's B!tch. I feel it's a healthy release for our roleplay annoyances 2.0

One of the things I really hate (which has happened to me on occasion) is when you join a roleplay, it looks really good, you fill out the character sheet (and view the raw code so you get it right), it takes you forever, and when you finally post it, the GM accepts. But theeeeeeeeeeeeeeen, they go ahead and accept a load of noob-ass people with incorrect grammar that copied and pasted the sheet WITHOUT VIEWING THE CODE. Just UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGH.

@Wade Wilson

YAAAASSS WADE. YAAASSS. ALL OF THIS.

The Corrigan School for Advanced Learning and Development (A DC School RP)

Alright, so I know we're in a bit of a mess here.

But anyways leading into Christmas, I want to do a rollcall and see who is all here to a) Update the roster and b) See about opening the RP up to new application for after the timeskip.

@Kal-El, I missed your sheet, but I'll give it a look over here in a few minutes.

But yeah, just sound off if you're still here and I'll try and work out how to make the IC proceed.
@FacePunch
@Blue Demon (I know BD mentioned she's busy this week, so if she doesn't reply I'll assume she's still here.)
@Wade Wilson
@Weird Tales
@Tyler
@Heathen
@Natsu
@Natty
@GreenGrenade
@King Kindred
@Avanhelsing
@Nightrunner
@Hillan
@ArtifactCreator
@Divine Darkness
@Vandy

@Lord Wraith

For better or worse, in sickness and in health.

The Corrigan School for Advanced Learning and Development (A DC School RP)

I feel like we probably should have waited for Wraith's approval. He seemed to have everything under control.

The Corrigan School for Advanced Learning and Development (A DC School RP)

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I'm sure if he doesn't plan a disaster we'll find one. We are a terrible group.

@Blue Demon

Oh, honey. Ain't that the truth.

The Corrigan School for Advanced Learning and Development (A DC School RP)

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I do think the session would have moved faster if it hadn't coincided with the holidays. Because in the beginning it moved very rapidly.

@Blue Demon

Oh, I've rather enjoyed the ARC session actually, which I found immensely surprising. I expected to hate it and even considered not having Freddie be a part of it. The lengthiness of it has been quite nice also, as it's allowed me time to digest each of the (many, many) characters contributions properly.

But it's true; we've been in this action-packed combative zone for a while now, and it would be nice to take a rack off and socialise again at the ball. Plus, I'm sure Wraith has something disastrous planned for the dance: pleasantries never seem to run smoothly in his RPs...

The Corrigan School for Advanced Learning and Development (A DC School RP)

I think whatever the outcome, it would be nice to have some sort of clear definition of which team won and which team lost. Even if it's just a timeskip to the end of the session, and Wraith determines it. I think the Winners and Losers mentality amongst the students would be interesting and I'm fine with Freddie being either.

I'm also in favour of a timeskip to the day of the dance, if that's on the table. It'd be a good point to introduce the new characters and a nice change of pace.

Cancelled

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This thread isn't tagged "Fantasy". It's tagged "Post-Apocalyptic, Sci-Fi, Small Group, Advanced, Casual".

My keyboard can handle the stress. It's literally made to be typed on.

As for me whining, I'm pretty sure that's just you(r misunderstanding). Nothing has been going on in this thread besides declarations of interest and a casual conversation between two rationally thinking adults. And Hillian occasionally posting dank gifs.

@Black Alice

You're going to become very irritating, very quickly.

If you're that concerned with the tags and matters of semantics, take heed of the last one in particular: Casual. You're being rather extra right now and I think you'd benefit in taking a rack off. Maybe take a Xanax or something.

Cancelled

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Why not?

If you're going to enter the conversation, I expect you to at least explain your reasoning.

I think you were just looking for something cool to say instead of just "Interested."

@Black Alice

Because it's fantasy. The appeal lies in suspension of realism. This whole interest check has essentially been you whining about a detail of relative insignificance. Perhaps give your keyboard a break and allow people to let Wraith know that they're "Interested".