Iris - A Parahumans RP (OOC)

[Okayanos]

Trigger event itself is fine, but it still leans towards some kind of Trump element being present in her power.

In addition, it’s heavily reliant on Capes that don’t exist in the currently assembled roster- an exploding flier, someone with wind blades, etc. Either use the capes that actually exist, or move the location of her trigger event somewhere else so that it makes sense to have different heroes and villains.

[Talchyon]

Trigger event itself is fine, but it still leans towards some kind of Trump element being present in her power.

In addition, it’s heavily reliant on Capes that don’t exist in the currently assembled roster- an exploding flier, someone with wind blades, etc. Either use the capes that actually exist, or move the location of her trigger event somewhere else so that it makes sense to have different heroes and villains.

Do you have a suggestion or recommendation as to not having any kind of Trump elements in it? I tried to shape this around a blaster, and not canceling anyone's powers, but just defending against them.

I'll move her elsewhere and then move her here.

[Auphelia]

Do you have a suggestion or recommendation as to not having any kind of Trump elements in it? I tried to shape this around a blaster, and not canceling anyone's powers, but just defending against them.

I'll move her elsewhere and then move her here.

Perhaps she finds herself in the middle of a gang fight with guns, she gets scared and triggers from that stress. It has the ambient area based danger of a Shaker, the long ranged, varied threat of a Blaster, maybe a slight Brute element if she gets hurt but she can use blood to create scabs on wounds to heal them. At the very least this has no powers involved.

Would that work?

[Utceforp]

Hey, do the Wards have an adult leader/supervisor/babysitter? Because I have an idea for a second character (A former high school teacher with portal powers) who could fit well in that role.

[Axis Asteroid]

Hey, do the Wards have an adult leader/supervisor/babysitter? Because I have an idea for a second character (A former high school teacher with portal powers) who could fit well in that role.

Since the Wards themselves are minors, they fall under the authority of the adult capes in the local Protectorate, who are in turn led by the cape with the most experience and seniority as the overall head of the branch, such as Armsmaster in the case of Brockton Bay by the start of Worm. When a ward reaches the age of majority, they are "promoted" so to speak to the Protectorate, but they start out from the place as any new trigger who joins the PRT as an adult. Keep in mind a cape has to first establish themselves and rack up a good record in service of the PRT before even getting considered to lead the Protectorate team if that's what you were thinking for your character.

[Okayanos]

Big Chungus is currently the most experienced hero in the Protectorate, so the responsibility would fall to him.

That said, a portal-hopping Protectorate member is more than welcome- it’d add some much-needed mobility to the team, which currently only really has Vulture in terms of Movers.

[The Cyberiad Council]

Big Chungus is currently the most experienced hero in the Protectorate, so the responsibility would fall to him.

That said, a portal-hopping Protectorate member is more than welcome- it’d add some much-needed mobility to the team, which currently only really has Vulture in terms of Movers.

Well, and Call who slings her hubby across town

[Utceforp]

Big Chungus is currently the most experienced hero in the Protectorate, so the responsibility would fall to him.

That said, a portal-hopping Protectorate member is more than welcome- it’d add some much-needed mobility to the team, which currently only really has Vulture in terms of Movers.

Gotcha. I think she'd be a Gate Mover/Shaker (Since she has a range limit on her portals and they can be used offensively as blades.) Now to figure out a trigger event that somehow combines "a problem that is often institutional, abstract, and longer-term" with "environmental or ambient danger, often non-human or only abstractly human."

[The Cyberiad Council]

Big Chungus is currently the most experienced hero in the Protectorate, so the responsibility would fall to him.

That said, a portal-hopping Protectorate member is more than welcome- it’d add some much-needed mobility to the team, which currently only really has Vulture in terms of Movers.

Gotcha. I think she'd be a Gate Mover/Shaker (Since she has a range limit on her portals and they can be used offensively as blades.) Now to figure out a trigger event that somehow combines "a problem that is often institutional, abstract, and longer-term" with "environmental or ambient danger, often non-human or only abstractly human."

Paperwork. Lots of paperwork.

[Okayanos]

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I'm not completely lazy after all. IC's starting up.

[Utceforp]

Almost done, just need to finish writing her trigger event.

Character App

Name: Jane Bouchard
Alias: Janus
Age: 30
Alignment: Hero
Gender: Female

Jane is black, has short straight cropped hair, is about 5'3, and has the build of a gymnast. She likes to wear scarves, long cardigans, and jeans.

Jane's costume consists of a skintight black material, with rectangular metallic green armour plating on her chest, back, shoulders, forearms, waist, and shins. She wears a helmet the same colour as her body armour, which is designed to resemble two highly abstract human faces - one on the front of her head, and another on the back. She has a black symbol resembling a Rubin vase on the armour on her chest.

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BACKGROUND

Nationality: American
Hometown: Portland, Oregon

Personality: Reasonably friendly, and unusually well-adjusted for a Cape. Feels compelled to help other people solve their problems to an extent that can be annoying and patronizing. Somewhat protective of the Wards, and children/teenagers in general. Bookish, and considers herself an intellectual. Not as mature as she pretends to be.

Trigger Event: Jane was a high school history teacher for two years prior to her Trigger Event. During the winter, on a school trip, she was on a school bus with many of her students when a tanker truck going the other way hit a patch of black ice and careened into the side of the bus.

Power: Mover/Shaker 7 (Thinker 1)

Janus can create and maintain connected pairs of two-dimensional rectangular portals (identifiable by their glowing green edges) within a 40 meter radius of herself. She needs to be able to see the two portals when she creates them, but does not need to maintain line of sight to maintain them. Janus's portals are one-sided - the "back" of one of her portals appears as a solid green rectangle that can be freely traversed without being transported. She can freely alter the location and dimensions of her portals, (although two connected portals must remain the same size, obviously.) but the amount of concentration she needs to keep a single pair of portals open is exponentially proportional to the surface area of those portals.

Janus's power also has direct offensive applications, as the edges of her portals can be used as infinitely thin blades. However, due to the Manton effect, her portals cannot be used to cut through living beings. Instead, the edges simply warp around them. She can restrain her opponents if she can get them halfway through one of her portals and then shrinks the portal as much as she possibly can.

Janus received her low Thinker rating when she figured out how to use small pairs of portals as "surveillance drones", moving one half of them around an abandoned warehouse where she knew a villain was hiding, while keeping the other half near her so she could see through them.

Weaknesses: Janus does not have the ability to multitask or coordinate any more effectively than the average person, and if she is distracted, some or all of her portal pairs will immediately collapse. This puts a soft limit on the number of portals she can have active or be moving around at the same time.

Janus is still somewhat adverse to violence, and hesitates to use her power's more aggressive applications.

Equipment and weapons: A first aid kit and a burner phone (Both stored on her costume's belt.)

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Skills: Has received basic hand-to-hand combat training, background in education
Connections: Member of the Portland Protectorate
Goals: Protect Portland from whatever parahuman threats menace it
Theme Song: At your suggestion.

[The Empire of Tau]

Seems like a nice rp. I'll get a app up soon.

[Cappuccina]

Hmm, still constructing my app. Having a difficult time deciding whether to be a villain or a hero.

[Ceannairceach]

Hmm, still constructing my app. Having a difficult time deciding whether to be a villain or a hero.

Could go for both and be a former villain turned probationary Ward.

[Cappuccina]

Hmm, still constructing my app. Having a difficult time deciding whether to be a villain or a hero.

Could go for both and be a former villain turned probationary Ward.

Maybe, that'd be interesting.

[Talchyon]

OP -

I think my app is completed. I moved Danielle's backstory to Cincinnatti and had her move to Portland. I also left the trigger event involving a super-powered battle as is, even though I am not intending to have any Trump powers for Danielle at all. I just couldn't come up with a better fit for her ability and I hope you will be understanding about it, since it's not going to affect the story or Danielle's abilities at all.

-Talc

[Okayanos]

Crimson is accepted.

[Talchyon]

Crimson is accepted.

Question: Is the current IC fight something that the Wards have been permitted to fight at? I didn't know if that had been asked.

[Utceforp]

That IRL thing I mentioned I was busy with? I'm still busy with it, and probably will be for the next day or two. Sorry about that.

[The Cyberiad Council]

Crimson is accepted.

Question: Is the current IC fight something that the Wards have been permitted to fight at? I didn't know if that had been asked.

I assume so, Stinkbug is there, and our OP hasn't said anything

[The Krogan]

Did parahumans exist before 1982 and only came into public knowledge after the golden duded in the sky showed up?

[Ceannairceach]

Did parahumans exist before 1982 and only came into public knowledge after the golden duded in the sky showed up?

No, as far as anyone knows, he was either the first parahuman, or as some theorize even the progenitor of all parahumans in some unknown way. So all trigger events happened after that date.

[Okayanos]

The Golden Man was the first Parahuman. No one had a trigger event before his arrival.

[Auphelia]

The Golden Man was the first Parahuman. No one had a trigger event before his arrival.

Are his powers the same as Scion/Zion's?

[Okayanos]

The Golden Man was the first Parahuman. No one had a trigger event before his arrival.

Are his powers the same as Scion/Zion's?

Many things about him are the same as Scion/Zion