Once Upon a Summer (OOC) Superpowers/Open

[Sammuramat]

The backstory isn't bad, I like it. The issue here is that realistically speaking, there is no way to hide such a mutation, and it doesn't come with a power as far as I can tell. You need to be able to hide your abilities without attracting suspicion. I can't elaborate more at the moment but it will be very obvious why once we are a little into the RP.

Yeah, I edited it a moment later, but the idea is that no flesh and organs means that she'd be pretty invulnerable to most kinds of damage. Bone is a lot harder to break than skin, after all. Hmm, for something along a similar line (cause I'm mean and want to make a pretty person ugly!), how about the growth of invulnerable scales on the skin?

[The Anarcho-Syndicalist Commune]

The backstory isn't bad, I like it. The issue here is that realistically speaking, there is no way to hide such a mutation, and it doesn't come with a power as far as I can tell. You need to be able to hide your abilities without attracting suspicion. I can't elaborate more at the moment but it will be very obvious why once we are a little into the RP.

Yeah, I edited it a moment later, but the idea is that no flesh and organs means that she'd be pretty invulnerable to most kinds of damage. Bone is a lot harder to break than skin, after all. Hmm, for something along a similar line (cause I'm mean and want to make a pretty person ugly!), how about the growth of invulnerable scales on the skin?

See, the issues with that kind of deal is that it's fairly obvious that they're hiding something when they start wearing a burka for no apparent reason, and as I said, the last thing you're going to want is to look like you're hiding someting. Maybe invunerable skin, but her skin is now incredibly pale and reflects light, meaning that she can reasonably hide it by staying out of direct sunlight and wearing long sleeves and hat?

[Sammuramat]

Yeah, I edited it a moment later, but the idea is that no flesh and organs means that she'd be pretty invulnerable to most kinds of damage. Bone is a lot harder to break than skin, after all. Hmm, for something along a similar line (cause I'm mean and want to make a pretty person ugly!), how about the growth of invulnerable scales on the skin?

See, the issues with that kind of deal is that it's fairly obvious that they're hiding something when they start wearing a burka for no apparent reason, and as I said, the last thing you're going to want is to look like you're hiding someting. Maybe invunerable skin, but her skin is now incredibly pale and reflects light, meaning that she can reasonably hide it by staying out of direct sunlight and wearing long sleeves and hat?

Sorry, I should have specified. My thinking was that the scales would be in irregular patches across the body. There'd still be regular skin on, say, the face, so it would be possible to hide.

[The Anarcho-Syndicalist Commune]

See, the issues with that kind of deal is that it's fairly obvious that they're hiding something when they start wearing a burka for no apparent reason, and as I said, the last thing you're going to want is to look like you're hiding someting. Maybe invunerable skin, but her skin is now incredibly pale and reflects light, meaning that she can reasonably hide it by staying out of direct sunlight and wearing long sleeves and hat?

Sorry, I should have specified. My thinking was that the scales would be in irregular patches across the body. There'd still be regular skin on, say, the face, so it would be possible to hide.

Gotcha, that sounds good then.

[Sammuramat]

Sorry, I should have specified. My thinking was that the scales would be in irregular patches across the body. There'd still be regular skin on, say, the face, so it would be possible to hide.

Gotcha, that sounds good then.

Sweet, I edited the app. Thank you!

[The Anarcho-Syndicalist Commune]

NS Name: Sammuramat
Character Name: Isabella "Izzy" Jackson
Appearance: Izzy is a tall, willowy white girl with pale blue eyes and always impeccably curled and freshly balayaged honey-brown hair. She wears just enough make up to fool people into thinking she just has natural eyeliner and has never had a spot. There are rumors that she's had to have plastic surgery to have a face so perfect, which she always answers with a perfect and knowing smile. She has the posture of a dancer, and dresses with equal elegance. And then the mutation happened, which... changed things.
Age: 19
Clique: Vacays
Powers, Group and Magnitude: Mutant group, magnitude 1. Irregular patches of invulnerable scales are dotted across her body, particularly at weak points such as the inside of elbows, all over her abdomen, and the back of her neck. The scales are pale grey, hard, rough, reptilian-looking, and as strong as armor.
Bio:
Izzy's parents are so rich that she has never really had to worry about making a living. Her dad's inherited a couple generations worth of wealth, and her mom was briefly an actress. She had a youth where every interest of hers was indulged, and her parents pampered her and her older brother in every way possible. She attends a private college in England, partially to study English literature, and partially because that's where all the best people go, of course. She gets along very well with minor duchesses and counts. She has a notebook where she makes note of the net worths of the boys she's slept with and of their parents. She tutors younger children on how to analyse poetry, not for money, just to fill time. She often goes to horse races with her English friends and they'll pick a horse to bet on, and if it wins, one of them will buy it.

Still, she looks forward each year to vacationing in Ribe. Her family have had property there for years, right on the beach. At college, she's always among people richer or more charismatic or prettier than her. It's nice to go back to Ribe, where she' doesn't have to deal with very many people she considers her betters. She still has plenty of friends, of course, she's charismatic enough for that. She'll happily get drunk and go sailing and spend a lot of money on clothes, and there's no need to feel any insecurity! It's wonderful. And the town sometimes provides wonderful backdrops for her Instagram posts.

Now, Izzy seems rather shallow. You may be wondering... what is her secret depth? What are her special skills? What else is Izzy but a pretty face? She doesn't know, and that scares her, so she isn't going to question it, and she's just going to keep coasting. She's going to live her life staying in fashion and getting her nails done and posing, and she's totally fine with that.

And then one day she doesn't have a face any more.

RP Sample: viewtopic.php?p=35536114#p35536114 (it's my other nation)
APP CODE DO NOT DELETE: OUAS7645

Looks good then, though you might want to edit the end of that backstory. ACCEPTED

[Utceforp]

WIP App

NS Name: Utceforp
Character Name: Noah Martin
Appearance: White, clean-shaven, brown curly hair cut short, slightly-too-small glasses, short and chubby - stands about 5'8 and weighs around 220 lbs. Dresses unfashionably.
Age: 17
Clique: Townies
Powers, Group and Magnitude: Necrotic biokinesis, (Can reanimate, command, and reshape dead flesh.) Elemental, Mag 1 (Currently, the best he can do is make a dead animal twitch or flop around a bit if he touches it.)
Bio:
RP Sample: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=458974&p=35254979#p35254979
APP CODE DO NOT DELETE: OUAS7645

[Endem]

By the way, once our chars will advance in magnitude's we will be able to change some things about our chars powers ( for example Stephen's power, when he advances to Mag 2 I wanted to remove the requirement for him to display someone's thoughts to touch their forehead, instead only of still the thoughts are displayed also in motion and become, more, looking like they are a real thing not just an projection on a wall )

[The Anarcho-Syndicalist Commune]

By the way, once our chars will advance in magnitude's we will be able to change some things about our chars powers ( for example Stephen's power, when he advances to Mag 2 I wanted to remove the requirement for him to display someone's thoughts to touch their forehead, instead only of still the thoughts are displayed also in motion and become, more, looking like they are a real thing not just an projection on a wall )

Well, I'd say either pick having really realistic projections and still touching, or unrealistic projections and no touching, but we'll cross that bridge when we get there.

[Endem]

By the way, once our chars will advance in magnitude's we will be able to change some things about our chars powers ( for example Stephen's power, when he advances to Mag 2 I wanted to remove the requirement for him to display someone's thoughts to touch their forehead, instead only of still the thoughts are displayed also in motion and become, more, looking like they are a real thing not just an projection on a wall )

Well, I'd say either pick having really realistic projections and still touching, or unrealistic projections and no touching, but we'll cross that bridge when we get there.

This is not the question I asked, what about the things outside parenthesis

[The Anarcho-Syndicalist Commune]

Well, I'd say either pick having really realistic projections and still touching, or unrealistic projections and no touching, but we'll cross that bridge when we get there.

This is not the question I asked

What was it then? Powers can grow and shift as they increase in Magnitude, as long as it makes sense.

[Endem]

This is not the question I asked

What was it then? Powers can grow and shift as they increase in Magnitude, as long as it makes sense.

Okay

[Sammuramat]

Okay

Hey Endem! I think it might be interesting to have Izzy and Stephen be somewhat familiar with each other through fashion. What kind of style would he be working with (I understand if it's not the kind a mainstream-loving Instagram girl would like!), and would the people buying them know it's him?

[Endem]

Okay

Hey Endem! I think it might be interesting to have Izzy and Stephen be somewhat familiar with each other through fashion. What kind of style would he be working with (I understand if it's not the kind a mainstream-loving Instagram girl would like!), and would the people buying them know it's him?

1. I purposefully kept it vague what his style is like, but, I think the motives of nature would be prevalent as well as brighter colors
2. Stephen does it under a pseudonym ( Par E. to be exact, I have my reasons for this )

[The Anarcho-Syndicalist Commune]

Right, I've started work on the IC, and I'll be updating the roster later today

[Arkeyana]

Seems interesting, been a while since I've been in a rp such as this.

Might go with creating barriers as a power.

[The Anarcho-Syndicalist Commune]

Made a roster and got to work drafting an IC. I'll hopefully have that up later in the week. Once the OOC thread gets deep enough I'll set up an RP discord as well.

[Aidannadia]

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[The Anarcho-Syndicalist Commune]

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Looks good. Accepted

[The Japanese Americans]

NS Name: The Japanese Americans
Character Name: Lee Lindamood
Appearance:

Lee is a teenage white male. He has dyed aquamarine hair and natural brown eyes, along with stubble and freckles over his face. He is very much a nerd, albeit a tall one, as evidenced by his glasses, the way he carries himself, and his paleness. He normally wears some kind of pants and a jacket. He has a runner's build, even though he doesn't really run.

Height: 6ft
Weight: 186 lbs
Age: 16
Clique: Vacays/Outsiders
Powers, Group and Magnitude: Technopathy, freak, magnitude 1
Technopathy is the control over various kinds of electronics. Magnitude 1, being the weakest, means he can interact with electronics at a distance or when not directly touching it like he was using it normally. When touching it, he can interact with them as if he was using it. When interacting with cameras, he can see through them. He can also sense any electronics devices in a 15 foot sphere around him.
Bio: Lee was born on December 16, 2003 to a lower-middle class family in Southeast Oklahoma. The first few years of his life was fairly normal. He had an older sister, Emma, that disliked him, a stay-at-home mom, Larissa, and a working father, Allen. The first thing that was both a blessing and a curse to him was his autism. He lived a decent, if ignorant, childhood. Then, when he was around 13, his parents got divorced. He and Emma stayed with their mother, who moved up to New York City with them. The sudden transition from a slightly rural life to an extremely urban life was a shock to both of them.

While Lee grew less and less ignorant and Emma became higher and higher in the NYC high school social hierarchy, their mother found an upper-class man, Devin, whom she hit it off with almost immediately. Soon, they started dating. After about half a year, they got engaged. This marked a big change in Lee's family's lifestyle, since the couple decided to move in together. Specifically into Devin's smallish mansion.

This meant that they were now part of the upper class. Emma finished high school, and went to a somewhat famous college. Lee went on his first summer trip to Devin's summer home in Ribe, Maine. Fast forward past his sophomore year and the marraige of Larissa and Devin, Lee went back to Ribe to Devin's summer house. With him being more familiar to the town, he started joining parties more often than last year. Then, one day, he woke up sensing every electronic device around him.

RP Sample: Superhunted
APP CODE DO NOT DELETE: OUAS7645

[Talchyon]

OP - What would you think about someone who had kind of like an impact manipulation? Something that could make thrown objects rip through walls (eventually, not at level 1) or stop punches / car wrecks right in their tracks? Maybe down the line even bouncing?

[The Anarcho-Syndicalist Commune]

WIP App

NS Name: The Japanese Americans
Character Name: Lee Lindamood
Appearance:

Lee is a teenage white male. He has dyed aquamarine hair and natural brown eyes, along with stubble and freckles over his face. He is very much a nerd, albeit a tall one, as evidenced by his glasses, the way he carries himself, and his paleness. He normally wears some kind of pants and a jacket. He has a runner's build, even though he doesn't really run.

Height: 6ft
Weight: 186 lbs
Age: 15
Clique: Vacays/Outsiders
Powers, Group and Magnitude: Time Dilation, freak, magnitude 1
Time Dilation is essentially the time experienced by a person speeding up. Magnitude 1, being the weakest, means he can only experience 0.5 miliseconds as a full second with his conscious effort. When his body reacts on instinct, he will experience 0.25 miliseconds as a full second.
Bio: Lee was born on December 16, 2003 to a lower-middle class family. The first few years of his life was fairly normal. He had an older sister that disliked him, a stay-at-home mom, and a working father. The first thing that was both a blessing and a curse to him was his autism.

RP Sample:
APP CODE DO NOT DELETE: OUAS7645

I know I didn't say it in the OP, but I think I'm gonna say no to time powers such as this. In general I find they take away agency from other players and can be broken as hell. Keep working on the app though!

OP - What would you think about someone who had kind of like an impact manipulation? Something that could make thrown objects rip through walls (eventually, not at level 1) or stop punches / car wrecks right in their tracks? Maybe down the line even bouncing?

Seems like an interesting power, go for it!

[Aidannadia]

So I used to live in a small town, and usually in areas with low population there is a focal point that at least exists within 30-40 minutes away that has more stores and such. So, is Ribe more of the local ‘town’ that people visit to get specialty goods or is it a smaller town that exists 30-40 minutes from the bigger stores?

[The Japanese Americans]

WIP App

NS Name: The Japanese Americans
Character Name: Lee Lindamood
Appearance:

Lee is a teenage white male. He has dyed aquamarine hair and natural brown eyes, along with stubble and freckles over his face. He is very much a nerd, albeit a tall one, as evidenced by his glasses, the way he carries himself, and his paleness. He normally wears some kind of pants and a jacket. He has a runner's build, even though he doesn't really run.

Height: 6ft
Weight: 186 lbs
Age: 15
Clique: Vacays/Outsiders
Powers, Group and Magnitude: Time Dilation, freak, magnitude 1
Time Dilation is essentially the time experienced by a person speeding up. Magnitude 1, being the weakest, means he can only experience 0.5 miliseconds as a full second with his conscious effort. When his body reacts on instinct, he will experience 0.25 miliseconds as a full second.
Bio: Lee was born on December 16, 2003 to a lower-middle class family. The first few years of his life was fairly normal. He had an older sister that disliked him, a stay-at-home mom, and a working father. The first thing that was both a blessing and a curse to him was his autism.

RP Sample:
APP CODE DO NOT DELETE: OUAS7645

I know I didn't say it in the OP, but I think I'm gonna say no to time powers such as this. In general I find they take away agency from other players and can be broken as hell. Keep working on the app though!

What about technopathy then?

[The Anarcho-Syndicalist Commune]

So I used to live in a small town, and usually in areas with low population there is a focal point that at least exists within 30-40 minutes away that has more stores and such. So, is Ribe more of the local ‘town’ that people visit to get specialty goods or is it a smaller town that exists 30-40 minutes from the bigger stores?

Ribe would be sort of an inbetween town, though it's not that big of one. There's a local convenience store/corner shop, diner etc. From my experience in downeast maine, while that small town dichotomy exists, it's broken a lot of the time because of Vacationers, who make it more financially viable to have a small grocery/restaurant business in smaller towns.

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What about technopathy then?

That should be good.