Gods Among Us V4.0 [Superhero] (OOC|OPEN)

[The Flutterlands]

I'll get something up Thursday when I have more free time. I'll work on post bit by bit over the next couple of days...

[Primordial Luxa]

Only have to write up Flutter and Shadow's City posts then will post.

[Dyelli Beybi]

Gods Among Us
Character Application

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Character Description

Given Name: Leopold "Lios" Caerwyn
Alternate Identities: "Lios"
Hero, Villian or Neutral: Neutral
Gender: Male
Age: 16
Species: Human?
Apperance: Leopold is somewhat tall, standing at around 1M78 but looks somewhat feminine from afar due to his notable slim figure.
His main facial features stand in his odd eye color due to one being a deep blue and the other being brown, along with his scruffy dirty blond hair and some scars along his left cheek.

Usually, he avoids standing out and wears mostly casual clothing, although with a notable dubious sense of fashion, he wears a tracksuit for the most part, and when this one isn't available, he wears black hiking pants along with a brown T-shirt, said T-shirt has a lot of parts that have been vaguely repaired through amateur level sewing.
Characters Biggest Strength: Leopold knows where to hit to make it hurt the most, and his stamina is definitely very high for someone his age.
Characters Biggest Weakness: Despite his extensive training, he is rather weak in terms of raw strength, notably being unable to lift any more than half his weight.

Motivations and Desires

Primary Goal: He really just wants to fit in.
Secondary Goal: Getting social skills.
Fears:The flash forward to his own death that he gets every once in a while when sleeping also makes him cower. Tapping into his past lives can also show the deaths of those people as well, which is just as frightening to him.

Powers

Primary Source of Powers: Mostly Soul based, his equipment is soul bound, but his martial knowledge must be kept up by training at all times.

• Magic redirection:
  Effects: Essentially what this does is that a natural field of around 2 meters wide in diameter covers Leo's body. Once magic comes in contact with it, it randomly makes the spell behave chaotically while also dimming its power greatly. However, with enough training, Leo will eventually be able to make his field behave somewhat like a mirror of sorts, and send the spell back.
  
  Weaknesses: First, Leo doesn't know that it is even active, and barely understands that it is a power in and of its own.
  The field will deactivate itself if Leo does so much as ingest one drop of alcohol or consciousness altering drug. Medical or not. It should also be noted that the field also deactivates when he sleeps or is knocked out.
• Extensive inter-lives training:
  Effects: Due to a rare hereditary trait, Leo is able to tap into his soul's past incarnations, however, as he hasn't yet found a way to make that knowledge grow at all, he finds himself able to tap into three types of different knowledge, the first and more potent one, giving him naturally enhanced reflexes is that of an old meta assassin from the middle ages, the second is that of an arcane blacksmith. The third, while somewhat untapped yet, is that of a martial artist, a kenpo practitioner.
  Weaknesses: Due to his power not being fully tapped into yet, Leo has some trouble keeping his stamina up when focusing on his technical knowledge, also due to this, he may get random crippling visions of his past lives that can put him out of commission in an instant.
  Equipment:
  Unknown shortsword: A sword of unknown manufacture that Leo has on his person at all times, each and every test that have been taken have revealed it to be almost unbreakable but has only been made dull at most, similarly to its sheath. The blade itself extends up to 60 centimeters while being around 75 centimeters in total, and is reminiscent of a Merovingian seax. However, further tests are unavailable as Leo vehemently refuses to be separated from it. While looking almost untouched, it's been theorized that the sword is rather ancient due to its design.
  The sword itself doesn't have any other properties, aside from cosmetic ones when he taps into his past lives. While it doesn't have a link as noticeable as the coins, the sword will cause intense distress if put away from Leo for any extended period of time, and can eventually hurt him physically as the link will progressively erode to a point that Leo's soul will shatter and kill him.
  
  Unknown coins: Coins and other currencies of unknown origin, to the naked eye, those coins have no effect. However, when thrown by Leo, they become quite lethal. Many of them have different effects, however thus far, he has only been able to synthesize two types. A fire burst, and what seems to be a trap that locks the target in place for a few seconds. They are soul bound, and will only ever react to his touch. Additionally, they may only be made by his hand only.
  The bag containing the coins had, at some point, many different coins and other types of projectiles, however throughout time and many uses, the general variety has gone down to two. Those are, until Leo somehow finds a way to tap further into his knowledge, the only ones he will be able to make.

Background

Occupation: Certified weird guy, student.
Training and Education: Passed middle-School and two years of high-school. The rest of his knowledge rest in his past lives, which, depending on who lived when, is usually inadequate.
Things any characters might know about them: Actually nothing, as he felt social media or anything of the sort was useless for quite some time.
Group Affiliations: None.
History and Bibliography: Leopold's early life is relatively normal, compared to a lot of super powered people.
He mostly stood on the sidelines, both in school and in life, earning zero relationships whatsoever. Then again, he didn't need such things, he was very well on his own.
If lacking a bit of social skills, making him brutally honest with people, with little to no filter on what he may say.

The sole thing that could differentiate his life from another regular teen's life were his constant flashbacks to past lives, and his constant need to train.
And lastly, his death. Or rather, his deaths. Indeed, Leo has been able to foretell his own varied demises throughout time, even his future one to a frightening degree. So much so that it cripples him even in his everyday life.
And it got to such a point that he very barely survived mentally, facing a problem his parents could hardly deal with since they hadn't had such issues, despite having the same power, they sent him to the academy, to maybe learn how to live with it, or even fight against it.

Summary: Anti-mage teen with past lives.

I finished, Bio is rubbish, but eh. It'll do.
I just hope that it's fine now. I don't think I fucked anything else up.

Boom.
Should be fine now, right?

Hi Serah, sorry for being slow. Can you please explain what the flame burst and trap coins do and how they work?

[Serah]

Boom.
Should be fine now, right?

Hi Serah, sorry for being slow. Can you please explain what the flame burst and trap coins do and how they work?

It's fine.

Anyway:

The flame burst essentially works as a second long flame that gets up to about 30 centimeters high, it's more show and serves more practical purposes than it serves a combat purpose.
It'll serve to burn things such as wood suddenly (Assuming it's dry and just branches), or light up a torch for instance.

The trap coin is the one you want to look at in that regard. What it does once it hits a wall, ceiling or floor, is that it forms a small glyph that traps any living thing that passes through it into shackles that dissipate after thirty seconds.
The glyph itself will remain in place for about an hour before it loses power and turns to ashes. It doesn't block the target's powers or does anything beyond restraining them, after being trapped they can move around a bit.
If Leo touches the shackles, they disappear.

Of course, this mostly serves as a deterrent, as the trap is very much visible to the naked eye, but should one not expect it, they could get quite disadvantaged.

[Shadowwell]

So, PL, I assume i have some leeway with my next posts concerning the super-Mooks?

[Primordial Luxa]

So, PL, I assume i have some leeway with my next posts concerning the super-Mooks?

Yes. You have a large deal of control, the Italians are as much yours as mine at this point until more people take an interest.

[Monopoliania]

Heya Primordial. I'm planning to make a Super for this game, after I read into this a bit.

[Dyelli Beybi]

Hi Serah, sorry for being slow. Can you please explain what the flame burst and trap coins do and how they work?

It's fine.

Anyway:

The flame burst essentially works as a second long flame that gets up to about 30 centimeters high, it's more show and serves more practical purposes than it serves a combat purpose.
It'll serve to burn things such as wood suddenly (Assuming it's dry and just branches), or light up a torch for instance.

The trap coin is the one you want to look at in that regard. What it does once it hits a wall, ceiling or floor, is that it forms a small glyph that traps any living thing that passes through it into shackles that dissipate after thirty seconds.
The glyph itself will remain in place for about an hour before it loses power and turns to ashes. It doesn't block the target's powers or does anything beyond restraining them, after being trapped they can move around a bit.
If Leo touches the shackles, they disappear.

Of course, this mostly serves as a deterrent, as the trap is very much visible to the naked eye, but should one not expect it, they could get quite disadvantaged.

Personally, I think the app looks fine. Usual caveat - if you want to develop more past lives/coin skills please clear them with PL first.

PL has asked me to approve/not approve this character. I'm going to say approved. I would hold off on posting in the thread though until PL has had a chance to look through the app as well and has indicated a place to bring the char in.

[Serah]

It's fine.

Anyway:

The flame burst essentially works as a second long flame that gets up to about 30 centimeters high, it's more show and serves more practical purposes than it serves a combat purpose.
It'll serve to burn things such as wood suddenly (Assuming it's dry and just branches), or light up a torch for instance.

The trap coin is the one you want to look at in that regard. What it does once it hits a wall, ceiling or floor, is that it forms a small glyph that traps any living thing that passes through it into shackles that dissipate after thirty seconds.
The glyph itself will remain in place for about an hour before it loses power and turns to ashes. It doesn't block the target's powers or does anything beyond restraining them, after being trapped they can move around a bit.
If Leo touches the shackles, they disappear.

Of course, this mostly serves as a deterrent, as the trap is very much visible to the naked eye, but should one not expect it, they could get quite disadvantaged.

Personally, I think the app looks fine. Usual caveat - if you want to develop more past lives/coin skills please clear them with PL first.

PL has asked me to approve/not approve this character. I'm going to say approved. I would hold off on posting in the thread though until PL has had a chance to look through the app as well and has indicated a place to bring the char in.

Got it.
And I'll conform to the rules with the powers accordingly.

[Shadowwell]

Heya Primordial. I'm planning to make a Super for this game, after I read into this a bit.

Just for clarification, i know this guy from another rp site.

[Personal Freedom]

I'll see if I can a post up tomorrow.

[Bakra]

Shit's gonna get reeeeal.

PL, if it's easier on you I can RP as Hardheart. Also what is the post order in relation to the others? Should I post or wait?

[The Flutterlands]

Going to be a post up tomorrow in the late afternoon...

[Primordial Luxa]

Shit's gonna get reeeeal.

PL, if it's easier on you I can RP as Hardheart. Also what is the post order in relation to the others? Should I post or wait?

Feel free to post for both your characters. Don't worry about talking with yourself too much.
Drake should escape though.

Personally, I think the app looks fine. Usual caveat - if you want to develop more past lives/coin skills please clear them with PL first.

PL has asked me to approve/not approve this character. I'm going to say approved. I would hold off on posting in the thread though until PL has had a chance to look through the app as well and has indicated a place to bring the char in.

Got it.
And I'll conform to the rules with the powers accordingly.

I'm still saying no. And as much as I try I cannot think of a way to make this character balanced. It comes off in everyway like an overpowered, min maxed character that makes no sense outside of WAAC.

The Magic redirection is too potent. You want this character to be untouchable? Fine, but remember that the OP's will determine what "chaotic" mean and will determine how the magic acts.
Leo not knowing the power is active is not a weakness. Its a strength. It means he never has to concentrate on using it. No effort on the part of the character to use it.
The Alcohol bit makes no sense. Why does it negate? It seems some mindlessly arbitrary.

The inter-lives training come off as an attempt to a 16 year old more knowledgeable that he should be for his age.
Reflexes are a physical trait honed over time. Reflexes are not knowledge. This is why a young child can not catch the ball the first time its ever thrown to him, regardless of his mental reaction time.
The assassin will know how to sneak from a middle ages sense - otherwise he's useless in modern times whenever he encounters things apart from the middle ages.
As for the blacksmith? Good luck. This is one part knowledge and four parts physical.
No martial arts. This is just becoming anime.

Unknown shortsword, this seems like an obvious attempt to sneak in a magical weapon. Even though you haven't claimed it to be magic your'e leaving all the doors open to claim so. All the traits must be explained in the app, even ones the character doesn't know about.

The coins are just...no.

But the biggest problem. The one that drives me up a way is that this makes no sense to have together. NUMB is about electrical manipulation either tech or nervous systems. Filia is related to shadows and elements associated with them. Brookes is a magicians specializing in knowledge. These are simple concepts and the powers from them make sense. It's way to scatter shot, narrow the concept. You need to focus on one element instead of ninja-assassin-blacksmith-soul-powered-magic-negating reflex god with vague powerful artifacts.

Heya Primordial. I'm planning to make a Super for this game, after I read into this a bit.

Looking forward to it.

[Serah]

Got it.
And I'll conform to the rules with the powers accordingly.

I'm still saying no. And as much as I try I cannot think of a way to make this character balanced. It comes off in everyway like an overpowered, min maxed character that makes no sense outside of WAAC.

The Magic redirection is too potent. You want this character to be untouchable? Fine, but remember that the OP's will determine what "chaotic" mean and will determine how the magic acts.
Leo not knowing the power is active is not a weakness. Its a strength. It means he never has to concentrate on using it. No effort on the part of the character to use it.
The Alcohol bit makes no sense. Why does it negate? It seems some mindlessly arbitrary.

The inter-lives training come off as an attempt to a 16 year old more knowledgeable that he should be for his age.
Reflexes are a physical trait honed over time. Reflexes are not knowledge. This is why a young child can not catch the ball the first time its ever thrown to him, regardless of his mental reaction time.
The assassin will know how to sneak from a middle ages sense - otherwise he's useless in modern times whenever he encounters things apart from the middle ages.
As for the blacksmith? Good luck. This is one part knowledge and four parts physical.
No martial arts. This is just becoming anime.

Unknown shortsword, this seems like an obvious attempt to sneak in a magical weapon. Even though you haven't claimed it to be magic your'e leaving all the doors open to claim so. All the traits must be explained in the app, even ones the character doesn't know about.

The coins are just...no.

But the biggest problem. The one that drives me up a way is that this makes no sense to have together. NUMB is about electrical manipulation either tech or nervous systems. Filia is related to shadows and elements associated with them. Brookes is a magicians specializing in knowledge. These are simple concepts and the powers from them make sense. It's way to scatter shot, narrow the concept. You need to focus on one element instead of ninja-assassin-blacksmith-soul-powered-magic-negating reflex god with vague powerful artifacts.

I have trouble seeing what is wrong with it.

He's far from overpowered, and I don't see how redirecting would be too potent. It could hit an ally just as much as it could hit the person that sent it.
Keep in mind that it's just magic, a headshot from any gun can down him just as much as it could Mateo.

If he doesn't know about the power, how can he know that alcohol negates it by posing problems with his concentration?
Like any 16 year old, alcohol is that new hip thing he has limited access to, as soon as someone will offer him some or if he somehow ends up with some, there's a high likeliness he'll drink it. Also I don't see how something 'mindlessly arbitrary' wouldn't work as a weakness. Also, do take in mind that if he does get medicated (Which will happen), his field will be negated just as well.
You could say that the weakness Heamet has for instance, (The influenza the more he uses his power) is just as arbitrary, yet it works and is something that keeps him from becoming a Dr. Manhattan type character, because it progressively kills him. The guy never showed any signs of being sick with a 100 years old disease, yet he does once he uses his power. Hardly makes any sense now does it?

The inter lives training is not just an attempt at making a 16 year old more intelligent than he is supposed to be.
It's the whole gig. He naturally has more 'knowledge' than his peers because he has three adult people inside of his mind that have lived through things before him and know how certain things work.
Also keep in mind that this knowledge is extremely limited, since those adults are all long dead and their knowledge is usually vastly outdated. It's mostly practical knowledge.

The reflexes also came with the knowledge, but can you really make any sense of it at all when someone naturally contracts the meta gene? Why did Mateo get the gene? Why did Michael get the gene but his father (I have no idea if that's true) didn't?
Do you have any idea how past lives work? Do you personally have any experience with it?

I'm not trying to give you sass here or seem insolent, I'm just trying to understand why, because your argument just seem to be angry at this point.

What makes you think I'm going to use the assassin for his assassinating skills? I'm going to use him for his sword technique, and maybe if the situation presents itself to assassinate someone.

Did I ever say that it would be simple to forge coins? Leo lacks strength, still managed with what he can do, however limited, which is why he can only do two types of coins of relative strength.

'No martial arts', why? Is there anything specific that you don't like about martial artists? Mateo could be considered a master in Savate, does that make him too anime?

And what makes you think that the shortsword was supposed to be magical? I can tell you right now, it's not. And even if it was, it wouldn't work properly due to the simple fact that Leo would botch whatever magical signature in it simply by holding it. In short, no. It's not supposed to be magical, nor mystical, or anything. It's your regular unusual sword that somehow cannot be broken through normal means. Beyond that, nothing else.

'The coins are just... no.' Again, why? Do you have any experience on how past lives work? Do you know of any patterns? Does the soul choose in which body to reincarnate and choose what the person will become in advance?

'ninja-assassin-blacksmith-soul-powered-magic-negating reflex god with vague powerful artifacts' I'm flattered, but no. This isn't what you think it's going to be. And it's not magic negating, it's redirecting, and once again, powerful artifacts is relative.

What I'm seeing from this is that you seem to be getting tired of me, and also the fact that you imagine that I'm going to make the character all powerful.
So far, I've gone through around two or three godmodding issues in my time here. It's not perfect, but I at least try to make it so that my characters aren't those all powerful powerhouses, one, because it's boring, two, because I saw what it could bring in a previous RP, and three, because I've gone way too far in that regard in my past.

You may not think I can pull it off, but I'm just asking you to trust me for once. Just once.

[Primordial Luxa]

I'm still saying no. And as much as I try I cannot think of a way to make this character balanced. It comes off in everyway like an overpowered, min maxed character that makes no sense outside of WAAC.

The Magic redirection is too potent. You want this character to be untouchable? Fine, but remember that the OP's will determine what "chaotic" mean and will determine how the magic acts.
Leo not knowing the power is active is not a weakness. Its a strength. It means he never has to concentrate on using it. No effort on the part of the character to use it.
The Alcohol bit makes no sense. Why does it negate? It seems some mindlessly arbitrary.

The inter-lives training come off as an attempt to a 16 year old more knowledgeable that he should be for his age.
Reflexes are a physical trait honed over time. Reflexes are not knowledge. This is why a young child can not catch the ball the first time its ever thrown to him, regardless of his mental reaction time.
The assassin will know how to sneak from a middle ages sense - otherwise he's useless in modern times whenever he encounters things apart from the middle ages.
As for the blacksmith? Good luck. This is one part knowledge and four parts physical.
No martial arts. This is just becoming anime.

Unknown shortsword, this seems like an obvious attempt to sneak in a magical weapon. Even though you haven't claimed it to be magic your'e leaving all the doors open to claim so. All the traits must be explained in the app, even ones the character doesn't know about.

The coins are just...no.

But the biggest problem. The one that drives me up a way is that this makes no sense to have together. NUMB is about electrical manipulation either tech or nervous systems. Filia is related to shadows and elements associated with them. Brookes is a magicians specializing in knowledge. These are simple concepts and the powers from them make sense. It's way to scatter shot, narrow the concept. You need to focus on one element instead of ninja-assassin-blacksmith-soul-powered-magic-negating reflex god with vague powerful artifacts.

I have trouble seeing what is wrong with it.

He's far from overpowered, and I don't see how redirecting would be too potent. It could hit an ally just as much as it could hit the person that sent it.
Keep in mind that it's just magic, a headshot from any gun can down him just as much as it could Mateo.

If he doesn't know about the power, how can he know that alcohol negates it by posing problems with his concentration?
Like any 16 year old, alcohol is that new hip thing he has limited access to, as soon as someone will offer him some or if he somehow ends up with some, there's a high likeliness he'll drink it. Also I don't see how something 'mindlessly arbitrary' wouldn't work as a weakness. Also, do take in mind that if he does get medicated (Which will happen), his field will be negated just as well.
You could say that the weakness Heamet has for instance, (The influenza the more he uses his power) is just as arbitrary, yet it works and is something that keeps him from becoming a Dr. Manhattan type character, because it progressively kills him. The guy never showed any signs of being sick with a 100 years old disease, yet he does once he uses his power. Hardly makes any sense now does it?

The inter lives training is not just an attempt at making a 16 year old more intelligent than he is supposed to be.
It's the whole gig. He naturally has more 'knowledge' than his peers because he has three adult people inside of his mind that have lived through things before him and know how certain things work.
Also keep in mind that this knowledge is extremely limited, since those adults are all long dead and their knowledge is usually vastly outdated. It's mostly practical knowledge.

The reflexes also came with the knowledge, but can you really make any sense of it at all when someone naturally contracts the meta gene? Why did Mateo get the gene? Why did Michael get the gene but his father (I have no idea if that's true) didn't?
Do you have any idea how past lives work? Do you personally have any experience with it?

I'm not trying to give you sass here or seem insolent, I'm just trying to understand why, because your argument just seem to be angry at this point.

What makes you think I'm going to use the assassin for his assassinating skills? I'm going to use him for his sword technique, and maybe if the situation presents itself to assassinate someone.

Did I ever say that it would be simple to forge coins? Leo lacks strength, still managed with what he can do, however limited, which is why he can only do two types of coins of relative strength.

'No martial arts', why? Is there anything specific that you don't like about martial artists? Mateo could be considered a master in Savate, does that make him too anime?

And what makes you think that the shortsword was supposed to be magical? I can tell you right now, it's not. And even if it was, it wouldn't work properly due to the simple fact that Leo would botch whatever magical signature in it simply by holding it. In short, no. It's not supposed to be magical, nor mystical, or anything. It's your regular unusual sword that somehow cannot be broken through normal means. Beyond that, nothing else.

'The coins are just... no.' Again, why? Do you have any experience on how past lives work? Do you know of any patterns? Does the soul choose in which body to reincarnate and choose what the person will become in advance?

'ninja-assassin-blacksmith-soul-powered-magic-negating reflex god with vague powerful artifacts' I'm flattered, but no. This isn't what you think it's going to be. And it's not magic negating, it's redirecting, and once again, powerful artifacts is relative.

What I'm seeing from this is that you seem to be getting tired of me, and also the fact that you imagine that I'm going to make the character all powerful.
So far, I've gone through around two or three godmodding issues in my time here. It's not perfect, but I at least try to make it so that my characters aren't those all powerful powerhouses, one, because it's boring, two, because I saw what it could bring in a previous RP, and three, because I've gone way too far in that regard in my past.

You may not think I can pull it off, but I'm just asking you to trust me for once. Just once.

I'm sorry Serah but this is still not going to do it. I said no, which means no, it does not mean convince me.

Your a great writer and it is obvious from your last bits that you understand the issues that some of us see with your characters and your play style. I like you and the story and depth you add to our group but I'm not going to allow this character.

I and others have trusted you in the past. The fact you are in this RP means that I still trust you a great deal because no one I do not trust will be allowed into our group. But just because I trust you in some regards doesn't mean I trust you with everything. My trust is not easy to gain or lose, but it is not impossible either. You're right that I don't trust you fully with character but that is not the main reason I am rejecting this character, it is the scattered nature of it that disturbs me. You can work on the trust by simply playing Mateo, Heamat, Gallahad, and others.

You have several great characters that I encourage you to work with, stick with them for the time being and don't worry about making more. At this point you don't need to, there will be an opportunity to make characters in the future I don't think now is not the best time. Removing you or anyone from the RP is not in my mind but I think you need to step back and just play the game for a while so that I can see you have taken what we have talked about previously to heart.

[The Flutterlands]

Was the conversation with Nevermore before or after they escaped? I need context...

[Primordial Luxa]

Was the conversation with Nevermore before or after they escaped? I need context...

At the beginning of the post?
I wrote it before they escaped because it happened before they escaped.
The post in entirely in chronological order.

[The Flutterlands]

Was the conversation with Nevermore before or after they escaped? I need context...

At the beginning of the post?
I wrote it before they escaped because it happened before they escaped.
The post in entirely in chronological order.

Then why did Pitch Black just sit there like an idiot? It doesn't feel right or makes sense. Should have done done something to send Pitch away or something...

[Primordial Luxa]

At the beginning of the post?
I wrote it before they escaped because it happened before they escaped.
The post in entirely in chronological order.

Then why did Pitch Black just sit there like an idiot? It doesn't feel right or makes sense. Should have done done something to send Pitch away or something...

Because as I explained the scene is ending. Pitch may have acted, but not as fast, the speech may have happened while pitch was entering. I don't know all I know is that I explained that my next post would be rushed and a bit godmodding because the scene dragged far too long. Time isn't perfect in this the events of one post may happen before of concurrent with another's.

[The Flutterlands]

Who's turn is it to post?

[Serah]

Who's turn is it to post?

Possibly me.

[Primordial Luxa]

Who's turn is it to post?

Granis, Serah, and Chamera in the Academy.

I also owe Atria a post.

[The Republic of Atria]

Who's turn is it to post?

Granis, Serah, and Chamera in the Academy.

I also owe Atria a post.

Take time.

Am in hurricane ATM. Whalestron came back and we can get back to our thing.

[Serah]

Who's turn is it to post?

Granis, Serah, and Chamera in the Academy.

I also owe Atria a post.

Just posted in the academy, now we just need Granis and Charm.