I would also like to put my interest out in the open as this seems like a intriguing concept you have cooking so far.
What the others who have put out their interests have been saying, I have a older character in mind as well but we can do both. For the supernatural event, maybe not one big collective event but several separated ones that involves multiple characters.
This looks and sounds like a promising premise so I will be putting down my interest. When I have later today I'll start making a character! If we have any questions about the lore in Minazawa, is it okay to ask?
Didn't want to intrude on several other posters superpowers due to my own negligence, so I had to redesign my character a few time but here he is as my late entry! Hopefully he's a good competitor for everyone's characters and good luck for everyone.
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► Gender - Male ► Sexuality - 'Bisexual' ► Nicknames - 'Alex' ► Occupation - Psychology Student in Masters Program ► Qualifications - Bachelors in Psychology , Several hundreds of hours from Internshipping , Has a Creative spark , Sociable Enough , Pretty Dedicated with the hours invested , Kinda Empathetic? ► Residence - San Diego , California
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► Scars - A small childhood scar on his forehead from some stitches ► Tattoos - Nothing here... ► Piercings - Nothing to see here either... ► Style - Depending on the occasion, Alex has the wardrobe to suit the situation, being quite a quaint amount of clothes that he has. His possessions are influenced by an almost minimalist or practical nature, being articles of clothing that would do nicely as either casual attire or business casual with the right combination of clothing. The end result is pretty much the same for him, as he is a very well dressed individual with an understanding of what works with what and what looks good on him. If there is any constant feature in his outfits, it probably his jackets or coats that he has on him whenever he goes for any outings.
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► Smoking, bad habit of his ► His Jackets, mostly leather and coats ► Bodies of Water like Oceans and Lakes ► Likes eating different cuisines ► Talking to new people ► Playing volleyball when free ► Drawing on occasion
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► Drama and Overexageration ► People who always complain ► Trouble befalling on his friends ► Thinking too much about nonsense ► His own inadequacies
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► Infamous for starting a electronic cigarette and general smoking trend at parties ► A Socialite and Chameleon, was nominated as part of Prom Court ► Part of the Associated Student Body Council for all four years, held the Secretary position for his class ► Involved with the drama class and had major roles in the last two years of the School's productions ► Honorable mention in Delton City's 2011 and 2012 art contest for his time lapse videos on model drawing ► Only Guy on the Varsity Cheerleading team and Assistant Coach to Varsity Volleyball since there were no men teams
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► For Alex, he honestly doesn't have a personal goal other than finding a solid standing for himself in life, being a personal worry of his that plagued him since he could remember. There was never much of a plan for his future after High School so he mostly wandered aimlessly for a few years until he devoted himself to something as a last minute choice. If a person were to account for Alex's own subconscious or fleeting thoughts and feelings, the end goal he would have is to find peace with himself and the world around him, but in what way?
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► Wandered after high school for a few years taking a several odd jobs, getting both practical and working experience
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► Surprisingly a good homemaker in this day and age, he'd make for a excellent house husband
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► He has had several relationships with girls during high school to disguise his sexuality, all coming from his side to end things
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► Never dated a guy, but it doesn't need validation for himself to know how he truly feels about this topic
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life at ritman high
For Alex, Ritman High is a bittersweet memory that was built up for a variety of personal reasons but that sentiment was mostly kept to himself. When anyone asked, he gave an appeasing answer and turned the tables back against them to see how their high school experiences were.
In his time at Ritman High, he was an interesting and popular student as both his peers and teachers would say, being a familiar face that people knew and talked to. This likability mostly came from his easy going and 'go with the flow' kind of attitude that made it easy for other people to talk to him as it seemingly didn't matter even if they were a upperclassmen or a underclassmen. He was likened to being a font of unrelenting cheerfulness that many people saw him as quite the bubbly and playful individual, often being described as someone who was 'intense' or 'aloof'. While not meaning much from Alex, he accepted it as something that he simply wore on his sleeve and that attitude itself made many people believe that he always lived in the moment, never seeming to care much for what happened afterward.
As such, he had sporadic achievements around school without much focus and a whimsical nature that people knew he wouldn't commit to something long time, that was simply Alex. What he gave in return for people around him though was a true appreciation for the moment, most people didn't mind him because of that part of him as it was something seemingly older than someone like him should have. A person with wisdom beyond their years as people would say, even if they got themselves into trouble or had fun outings, he was always be the one responsible. It was something reliable about him that people saw and appreciated him for, leading him to always being at the fun end of a joke about everyone being his family.
In truth, many people didn't know who Alex really was, most people didn't even have much of a clue about his life in general as he kept these private matters to himself. More correctly, he didn't open himself up to allow such personal things to be seen by other people, preferring to focus on other people and their problems rather than his own. As for Alex, he didn't have a tragic or difficult life, if anything at most it would be a complicated situation but how everything was received and interpreted on his end was quite poor that lead to this issues forming.
This was a problem even before his time during Ritman High, being a person who could intuitively feel as someone who was left out, he sought to fix it himself. This turbulent time for him went mostly unnoticed because he never want anyone to worry about it, learning to acquire quite the poker face by looking at the people around him to see what they were doing that he wasn't. For his shortcomings and inadequacies, he incorporated elements of other people's personality into himself as a mask for himself to grow into and to be accepted. To this day, if anyone one were to notice a crack in the mask he puts on display for anyone, he'd quickly seal it up and ease any concerns that they may have as that was, again, how he simply worked.
The concept of what makes culture and beauty is a vague topic that is different depending on the person you ask and can entirely change depending on the society that is in question. There are some thing, however, that are universal within the world that can be said without being bound to things such as language, culture, or individual tastes, but that's perhaps that's a subjective opinion. It does, however, have a ring of truth as human interactions within the world are complex structures that are not easily navigated through.
That is the ability which Alex possesses, being the ability to manipulate and create these phenomenons from the world around them. His ability to create objects that are beautiful usually are things such as gemstones, crystals, and light which are the main area of his focus. For something that already exists in the world with its own existence in place already, it is impossible for him to force his certain aspects of his ability onto them. He can, however, influence them as a investment of a long time process to imbue his desired concepts into them such as 'beauty' which can be found in the end result if there is no resistance. One could compare this ability to being something like reverse empathy where his emotions and intentions are the ones that are revealed to other people.
For a more definite grasp on the mental capabilities of his powers, he's able of imbuing his words and actions with a kind of intensity and weight that is something akin to a mind manipulating ability on others. In truth, this is more of a side effect of him using his ability that invokes a response from such immense feelings coming from Alex or whatever he is doing. The control he has over their reactions is nonexistent as it is ultimately up to them with how they reacting, his ability may have them a few steps closer to his desired result but it cannot force them if they don't willingly want to. As a ability which only causes a response, the effects that his ability can manifest can greatly range but it is guaranteed to grab someone's attention like a magical enchantment from a fairy tale if someone is caught off guard. Its like a dream that befalls upon a person that enraptures for a moment them before disappearing upon entering the waking world once again.
With an ability with a more esoteric and abstract applications, its evolution as Alex develops his abilities can only branch out to who knows.
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► As such an understated power, the energy required to use Alex's ability is almost nonexistent, being something that is always active for him as a natural instinct. Alex's ability is in its strongest environment when dealing with social engagements or, simply put, more mundane matters in everyday life. It is an ability that is exceptional at persuasion, being capable of putting significant weight to words that people wouldn't doubt to be a lie or a significance to them that people wouldn't challenge. Due to its nature, it is a deceivingly powerful ability that can also flare up with its user's emotions, becoming stronger if the effects align with Alex's own emotions.
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► Due to the nature of Alex's powers, since it is a ability that is always on for him, any changes of his mood are extremely prone to affecting his powers in unpredictable ways. However, that is the least of his worries as his powers are dreadfully incompatible with combat which requires deliberate and tangible use of force when it is called for, possessing literally no inherent offensive capabilities for him to use. It will require him to be creative to get around the shortcomings of his powers as even defensive application of his powers are difficult to imagine or even use even if thought of.
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psyche
Personally, Alex has always seen himself as an introvert but repeatedly the idea has been rejected by people as he's seen as 'the popular one' or as 'someone who knew everyone'. This might of been a shallow observation from others, but Alex never had really close friends that he's let into his own life. Mostly having presented himself as a cheerful person who went along with anything lead many people finding him simply easy to talk to and befriend.
However, there is truly a difference between being truly a kind and compassionate individual or being kindhearted so that other people would like you. As for himself, he's always gauged himself to fall in the latter category as a phony, keeping himself under wraps as the outside world never managed to pierce through the veil he always placed up. That never meant he didn't truly interact with people genuinely but he's like a baby chick who never broke out of their shell, having never found a solid anchor for himself to establish on. As such, he always enjoyed the presence of others who he finds as better people than him, supporting them and wishing them the best over his own self.
If he was to conduct his own test about his personality, he'd fall under the archetype of the Mediator, being quite the accurate description for him yet not without a few discrepancies. Same with the star sign of his birth being Cancer, it is also another aspect of him that he resonates with parts of the description yet does not fully describe him. Together with the two of them, he'd agree that he would be a prime example as he places his own emotional baggage onto the back burner while prioritizing others, being a behavior that he aptly does which align with the two classifications. In a sense, the protective and cautious aspect of his personality takes to the forefront, while his emotional side is truly evident in the care he provides for his friends that may surprise people.
However, the mask that he placed on in high school didn't simply end when graduating, like any habit you'd continue with them until yourself or something pushes a change to say otherwise. In fact after Ritman High, with his maturity and wisdom gained, he's ability to fit into the mask that he design is like a natural instinct for him. Anything that is going on in the back of his mind builds up there until he eventually implodes in one way or another, whether it be today or next week, that is simply how his personality is and always been. If one were to gauge between his high school and graduated self, with age one could look back and say there was always a distance and feeling of distance that now has a stronger presence of melancholy if you caught Alex off his guard. Sometimes if you catch him at the end of his fuse, his emotional side may violently crack its way through the mask that he placed in front of him, but that's when a person should notice that it's really a red flag.
@Mag Lev Hi Hi! Was wondering if applications were still available to come through, since this is something I'd be interested to join in. If so, I was wondering if playing a Technomancer would be viable, while I don't have any real Shadowrun experience (since I feel the vibes here) but pretty eager to play such a role if you'd allow it~
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