The Infinites- Infinite Gauntlet -(Supers, Comedy) OOC,Done

[Barapam]

All righty. Old characters and new characters are welcome all the same, yes?

Yipper.

Name: Irina Borisova

(Image)

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Dang! Where did Irina get the money to get a cool costume like that? Because, being the Minnesota Infinites, I'm sure there are guys who's "armor" consists of couch cushions they hang to protect their front and back.

It's not actual armor, but more something like a cosplay costume she made by herself.

[Talchyon]

Yipper.



Dang! Where did Irina get the money to get a cool costume like that? Because, being the Minnesota Infinites, I'm sure there are guys who's "armor" consists of couch cushions they hang to protect their front and back.

It's not actual armor, but more something like a cosplay costume she made by herself.

Still. Dang! That's pretty cool. She's going to be mistaken for a real Infinite if she dresses like that!

[Castelia]

Name: Charles Rapport
Codename: Kul Keed (He's actually called CRap by everyone else)
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RP sample: I refer you to Young Baristas, which contains what is actually my best comedic material to date. I'm hoping to surpass it with The Infinites.

I think actually killing anyone with his rap is too powerful. I'd suggest being able to make people vomit as the height of this. 30 seconds of rap might cause stomach unpleasantness that just gets worse.

As for surpassing previous comedy efforts, I hope you do!

I fixed the power.

[Ameriganastan]

Ok, Ameriganastan. So, it sounds like his invulnerability is more of a curse than an actual help, huh? That I could go with.
One more thing, this dealing with an idea I had. What would you think if this character was both invulnerable and suicidal? That he actively volunteers for missions that he might die by, only to get discouraged that he's still living? I mean, you don't want to overdo feelings of overwhelming depression or anything. But it could be really funny. Would you be up for it with this character?

Sure, why not.

[Talchyon]

Name: Frank Alvin Thatcher
Codename: The Invincible Lump
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Ok. With what we've talked about, The Invincible Lump is ACCEPTED! Welcome to the Infinites!

(And I'm trying to think of a funny story behind what happened as to why he was rejected from the Minnesota Infinites. Maybe Coathangerman left an answering machine message as a prank or something that said, "You have been rejected from the Minnesota Infinites!" Or something like that.)

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Name: Charles Rapport

Codename: Kul Keed (He's actually called CRap by everyone else)

ACCEPTED! Welcome to the Infinites!

[Talchyon]

So, who's up for character-making today?

Oh yeah, and work is being done on getting the IC post ready.

[Barapam]

So, who's up for character-making today?

Oh yeah, and work is being done on getting the IC post ready.

My first character is done. Will add stuff on Irina.

[Ameriganastan]

So, who's up for character-making today?

Oh yeah, and work is being done on getting the IC post ready.

...I made mine already?

[Talchyon]

So, who's up for character-making today?

Oh yeah, and work is being done on getting the IC post ready.

...I made mine already?

Yeah yeah. I wasn't meaning you.

Though, if you want, you're free to make another character.

[Great Confederacy of Commonwealth States]

Alright, for powers:

Should I make someone with sharp edge attraction, or someone with the ability to see the future, but only in the absolute broadest strokes. Like, nothing more than you could guess through cold reading, or through a 10 minute google search.

“In your future I see you... consuming food...”

“You are going to die one day... probably...”

“The weather will improve... and become worse again afterwards...”

[Utceforp]

I keep flip-flopping between my two character ideas. I still can't decide on one.

1. Giant Alien Stone Head Man is a more original and bizarre character, but I'm having a hard time coming up with jokes for him, because I'm less familiar with the Jack Kirby and Kirby/Lee characters and stories I'm using as inspiration.

2. The "edgy nerd Batman parody" I mentioned is less original, with a "desperately wants to appear cool but he's really not" gimmick that is similar to e.g. CRap. Conversely, I feel like I have more ideas for jokes for him, because I feel more familiar with Batman/Rorschach/90s antiheroes/etc. that I'm drawing on

[Barapam]

Talchyon: Finished my apps. Hope you like my idea for Glitch and Irina.

[Talchyon]

Alright, for powers:

Should I make someone with sharp edge attraction, or someone with the ability to see the future, but only in the absolute broadest strokes. Like, nothing more than you could guess through cold reading, or through a 10 minute google search.

“In your future I see you... consuming food...”

“You are going to die one day... probably...”

“The weather will improve... and become worse again afterwards...”

Haha! I like both of these ideas. Another idea for the precog - "Hmm. There's going to be fighting and political instability in the Middle East!"

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I keep flip-flopping between my two character ideas. I still can't decide on one.

1. Giant Alien Stone Head Man is a more original and bizarre character, but I'm having a hard time coming up with jokes for him, because I'm less familiar with the Jack Kirby and Kirby/Lee characters and stories I'm using as inspiration.

2. The "edgy nerd Batman parody" I mentioned is less original, with a "desperately wants to appear cool but he's really not" gimmick that is similar to e.g. CRap. Conversely, I feel like I have more ideas for jokes for him, because I feel more familiar with Batman/Rorschach/90s antiheroes/etc. that I'm drawing on

Maybe going with the Giant alien head would be more original. And whether or not you're familiar with the Jack Kirby heritage, you don't have to draw on them all the time for inspiration. Or maybe just call the name of this Giant Alien Head, "Kirby" in homage.

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Name: Jørn A. Liszt
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AND
Name: Irina Borisova
(they do get paid, right?)
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Both ACCEPTED! (Irina, technically, is re-accepted). Welcome (back) to the Infinites!

As for Glitch being a live-in boyfriend, I might have them dating or something, but no woman ever would willingly be able to tolerate living with Glitch, so, he'd be thrown out before too long. So maybe not that.

Though, Glitch being Glitch, he's going to chase down Jørn so he can give his full interview. I get the feeling Jørn's going to get really tired of taking Glitch's comments.

Should I put Jørn down under the Infinites on the roster page, or make a separate category for him since he's not really a member of the team?

[Barapam]

Ok, got it! Should I change my app then so that Irina and Glitch are merely dating, perhaps on-and-off?

I was thinking Jørn might go together with Jerry.

[Utceforp]

I'm just going to make both apps, and work on whatever one I currently want to use. That way I'll eventually end up with at least one completed app lol.

Name: Leonard Schwert
Codename: Swordman
Age: 23
Sex: Male
Appearance: Pencil-thin, pasty white, short brown hair and glasses. (He removes the glasses in costume.) Looks a bit like a young Steve Ditko, or maybe Neil Cicierega. His costume consists of baggy black cargo pants, black combat boots, a black turtleneck sweater underneath a black duster, black fingerless gloves, and a black cloth mask that covers the upper half of his face.
Bio:
Powers: None, but owns a katana he bought at the mall.
RP sample:

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(Things in parentheses are OOC. The rest of this is IC. A form for your character to answer.)

Describe your abilities: "Self-trained expert in both swordplay and hand-to-hand combatant with knowledge of several different fencing and martial art styles. Master tactician. Stealth and in-filtration expert. Other stuff too, but I'd rather keep that a secret. Can't let the criminals know everything I can do."
Why did you become a superhero: "Orient, Minnesota. The big city. My city. I love my city. Would do anything to protect it. But it's a stinking sewer. A rotten, open sore of corruption and unjustice. Someone had to do something. Had to fight back. Had to remind people that sometimes there's a light in the darkness, and sometimes, just sometimes, that light is the shining edge of a blade."
What are your goals for the future: "To continue to be a metaphorical floodwall protecting this metaphorical city from the metaphorical flood of criminality."
(Why is this character with the Minnesota Infinites. In other words, why do they kind of suck?): That description of his "abilities"? Something of an exaggeration. He weighs about 90 lbs soaking wet, his "self-training" wasn't particularly rigorous, his "knowledge of several different fencing and martial art styles" is restricted to what he learned from their Wikipedia articles when he skimmed them one time, he thinks infiltration is spelled "in-filtration" because "you're sneaking into a building kind of like water going through a filter", and that "other stuff" is pure bluff. He'd never admit it, but he's desperate for other people's approval and only got into superhero work so he'd look cool and "do something with his life".
How would you describe your talents?:
(What about your character's talents make them a D-lister?)
What are your strengths?:
What are your weaknesses?:
(Any other flaws? Maladjusted personality? Social issues? Unmarketable aspects?):
Why should you if given the opportunity be allowed to advance in the Infinites?:
(Why does the press hate or ignore you?):

[Talchyon]

Ok, got it! Should I change my app then so that Irina and Glitch are merely dating, perhaps on-and-off?

I was thinking Jørn might go together with Jerry.

I think that would be a good idea about Irina and Glitch. The app can be changed to reflect that. Also, feel free to decide if they're on again or off again right now...

Utc - I like how the new app is coming along too.

Edit - Barapam, I will add your characters to the roster tomorrow.

[Kasa Tkoth Sphere]

Hope a team of two characters is fine with you. If it isn't, I'll get back to you on something else. List them together if you want, or separately if that makes more sense on the roster. Ask questions, nitpick any of this, do whatever.

Name: Kate Anapin
Codename: "Radarᴋ" ("Small-caps ᴋ, please. I definitely didn't just come up with this on the spot, no, it's... really serious and... important to me." She rolls her eyes.)
Age: 20
Sex: Female
Appearance: Five-foot-six, long brown hair, brown eyes, bad posture. Wears sweatpants and a hoodie with a picture of a giant stylized eye on it. Has a dorky pair of big round spectacles.
Bio: Kate and her brother Robin grew up together on the outskirts of Orient - close enough to a local college for her to actually go there - and they've lived such thoroughly typical, non-superpower-infested lives playing video games and getting mad at each other that they don't really have a good point of comparison. And then she found out she had superpowers, decided 'hey, maybe I could become a superhero with these', and reluctantly let the overhyped Robin join the Infinites with her.
Powers: Kate has the ability to detect and track surface-to-air missiles within a radius of up to sixty kilometers, including over the horizon. This does not extend to any other type of missile, even if it happens to be launched from the ground at an aerial target; it has to have been designed for that purpose. With a bit of luck, she can piece together the missile's type of tracking mechanism as well, not that it helps much.
RP sample: You may recall my old account from Mars Needs Windex or other endeavors.

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Describe your abilities: "So... uh... this is going to sound dumb, but one time while I was on vacation I got this weird pinging noise in my head from a really specific direction. Looked outside, and, uh... missile test, I think? Like, do I have something that lets me track missiles? I think I might."
Why did you become a superhero: "That's a superpower, right? That's not something anyone else can do? ...without electronics? ...I mean, if having a superpower distinguishes superheroes from regular heroes, I just have to figure out how to help people and then I'll be a superhero. Sounds cool."
What are your goals for the future: "Get the superhero thing down, get some recognition, and then finish my math degree so I can move out of this dump and figure out some sort of better thing to be doing."
(Why is this character with the Minnesota Infinites. In other words, why do they kind of suck?): How many surface-to-air missiles are there in Minnesota?
How would you describe your talents?: "There's the missile thing, I guess. I can also beat my brother at pretty much every game both of us play, even when he goes ahead and cheats.

"...oh! Math degree! Good at that stuff. I get plus and minus confused sometimes, but I'm not bad with, uh, any differential equations you need me to solve."
(What about your character's talents make them a D-lister?) Captain Calculator might have a tough time mathematically outwitting her, but literally any random schmuck can beat her to a pulp - or, better yet, just conduct their plans without worrying about her getting to the scene fast enough to intervene.
What are your strengths?: "Hey, didn't we just do this question? No, strengths are different? Okay, fine... uh... I'm probably pretty smart by some weird educational standard. Like, in the sense of general intelligence, learning, something like that.

"...yeah, go ahead and pencil me in as 'big nerd'. I know the look on your face."
What are your weaknesses?: "I don't really know my way around town; I... don't go outside a lot. Oh, and if you need me to move equipment or lift rubble off people or something, you're out of luck."
(Any other flaws? Maladjusted personality? Social issues? Unmarketable aspects?): "Hey, KTS, why isn't she in the military with that power?" There's a lot of way more qualified people who aren't in the military either. She's lazy, prone to binges of various sorts, and has little personal drive beyond "okay, better follow along with all these other idiots", and is very, very far from physically capable enough for any of that disciplined stuff.
Why should you if given the opportunity be allowed to advance in the Infinites?: "I hear that some of these superhero teams hire people who don't actually have... superpowers? I do, so if you're going to promote someone, pick my sort of person. I mean, sure, that excludes my brother, but he probably shouldn't be trusted with a promotion anyway."
(Why does the press hate or ignore you?): She has exercised her powers a grand total of one time and provided proof to zero people. Nobody else on the planet currently believes her beyond "okay, yeah, you might have that power, but who cares?"

Name: Robin Anapin
Codename: "Ace Fruitbat" ("After my favorite game. And because 'ace' is a nice word.")
Age: 14
Sex: Male
Appearance: Five-foot-nine, lanky, just hit puberty and doesn't really know what facial care means yet. Brown hair, brown eyes, wears athletic shorts and t-shirts in freezing weather.
Bio: Despite their constant arguments and her ability to somehow overcome his constant "cheating" in video games (hint: she just had more practice), Robin grew to admire his older sister enough that, when she mentioned the Infinites, he was overcome with a desire to get up to her level by being a really cool superhero - heck, even a sidekick, as long as it was a cool one. The entirety of his life up to this point has involved no unusual circumstances and no moments of profound growth; honestly, he doesn't even realize he has a superpower.
Powers: Robin, in a stunning familial coincidence, has the absurdly specialized supernatural ability to dodge any surface-to-air missile of which he is aware. Put him in an aircraft - even if it's a blimp tethered to the ground - and he can figure out a way to have it evade a SAM. (And, like his sister, only a purpose-built SAM, of course.) However, there is one key distinction from Kate in how his power operates: it is fully metafictional in nature, meaning that he can dodge fictional SAMs equally well. Can't get hit by one in a video game if he knows about it. Can't get hit by one in a story someone else writes about him if the version of himself in the story is aware. Can't get hit by a metaphorical SAM used as a descriptor of an unrelated attack in a Nationstates roleplay if he has reason to believe someone is making that comparison.

Put him and his sister together in a plane, and they're unstoppable. Well, until he crashes it.
RP sample: See other entry.

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Describe your abilities: "I'm fast. Not super fast, but fast enough to lap everyone in the mile run. Everyone says I have good reflexes too. That's its own kind of being fast."
Why did you become a superhero: "To rescue people and go on adventures. Is there another reason?"
What are your goals for the future: "I want to become a really cool superhero. Not one of the dorky underwear guys with the big muscles, no, but the cool kind, the one who sneaks around and knocks out bad guys and leaves his signature everywhere. And gets a load of money."
(Why is this character with the Minnesota Infinites. In other words, why do they kind of suck?): Look, put him in an aircraft and he can dodge SAMs with it, but he can't actually fly the aircraft in any other sense; he's fourteen, what did you expect? The use case here is very, very specific. And, I mean, he talks about his speed and reflexes and video game skill, but that's just one or two standard deviations above the average highschool freshman.
How would you describe your talents?: "I can play keep-up for fifteen minutes straight. Ooh, right, and I can beat Ace Fruitbat 180 without getting hit. Kate still beats me in PVP, though."
(What about your character's talents make them a D-lister?) He's a loud high school kid who doesn't really know what he's doing and, functionally, cannot match anyone else's superpowers. He can probably beat his sister in a fight, but that's about it.
What are your strengths?: "C'mon, I just did that."
What are your weaknesses?: "Pfff. Uhhhh... everyone says I talk too much. Does that count?"
(Any other flaws? Maladjusted personality? Social issues? Unmarketable aspects?): Overconfident (although less than reckless), gets hung up talking to friends rather than doing productive things, doesn't have the greatest reputation among competent adults.
Why should you if given the opportunity be allowed to advance in the Infinites?: "You mean go to a better team? Because then everyone will pay attention to me and I won't be the weird kid anymore."
(Why does the press hate or ignore you?): At this point, he's a normal human being with only mild athletic talent. Not newsworthy, though a track meet he was in back in middle school did go on local TV once.

[Great Confederacy of Commonwealth States]

A work in progress

Name: Gertrude Jenkins
Codename: Solstice of Libra (Libra for short)
Age: 84
Sex: Female
Appearance:

Bio:
Powers: Visions of the future and the past

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Describe your abilities: "Oh, yes, dear. I can see beyond the veil of the Third Dimension to see the realm beyond time! I can see into your past and future, remembering things that were and predicting things that will be! For a slight fee, of course. For you, I see... I see... I see a mother, present at your birth... But she wasn't always present during your childhood... I see some form of education as well... Formal or through experience, I cannot tell... And for your future, I see a sunrise. You will cross a street, but beware! That might be dangerous! I'm sorry, my visions aren't that clear. It's my eyesight, you see."
Why did you become a superhero: "I always see these super heroes on TV, you know. Big fancy capes, flying around the place... I always wonder if they have a nice home to go to, where a good cup of tea is waiting for them. Well, I want to make sure our own Minnesota Infinites have someone to look out for them. Someone to make them a scarf when its cold out, and makes sure they take their meds!"
What are your goals for the future: "If I could pass onto the next world having had some excitement in my life, that would be marvellous"
(Why is this character with the Minnesota Infinites. In other words, why do they kind of suck?): Are you serious? I mean, look at her. 84 years old, blind as a bat without her thick prescription glasses, slow to move, with brittle bones and rheumatic hands. And her power is hardly a power at all. It's not better than guesswork. It's not really her fault. Her power used to be much stronger, her visions clearer, but then her eyesight got worse. And while in the 3rd dimension we can make prescription glasses to fix that, there are no glasses beyond the veil of the now.
How would you describe your talents?: "I can make a good cup of tea. I also knit sweaters and scarves. And nobody beats my potato salad."
(What about your character's talents make them a D-lister?): I refer to the answer above. Let me say again: she is 84 years old.
What are your strengths?:
What are your weaknesses?: "I can't help but feel bad for the bad guys as well. I mean, did they get enough hugs growing up? A loving warm home to return to? Poor lads"
(Any other flaws? Maladjusted personality? Social issues? Unmarketable aspects?): Pushing 84, Gertrude is growing a bit senile, as evidenced by the toad she keeps on her shoulder, which she insists is her husband Harold she accidentally turned into a toad.
Why should you if given the opportunity be allowed to advance in the Infinites?: "Oh, because you guys obviously need the support! Not only can I predict crimes before they happen, generally, I can look into the past to solve crimes! That could be useful! Also, nobody makes a better meatloaf, and there is nothing better after a day of fighting crime than sitting down to a hot cup of cocoa"
(Why does the press hate or ignore you?): They have never in their lives heard of Gertrude.

[Talchyon]

Hope a team of two characters is fine with you. If it isn't, I'll get back to you on something else. List them together if you want, or separately if that makes more sense on the roster. Ask questions, nitpick any of this, do whatever.

Name: Kate Anapin
Codename: "Radarᴋ" ("Small-caps ᴋ, please. I definitely didn't just come up with this on the spot, no, it's... really serious and... important to me." She rolls her eyes.)
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Name: Robin Anapin
Codename: "Ace Fruitbat" ("After my favorite game. And because 'ace' is a nice word.")
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Hey, glad to see you again after Mars needs Windex! These two siblings are quite oddly specific. She can't track and he can't dodge things like punches, kicks, headbashes, gunshots, bites, swordfighting, getting impaled with sharp pointy things, or so on, but only if there just happen to be SAM missiles (I know that's redundant to say both SAM and missile in the same phrase, but go with me)? Which, given this arc, there probably won't be?

But you know what? I find them funny. Now I'm going to have to throw in some time where someone ends up shooting a SAM missile, just so these guys can use their powers. Kate and Robin are ACCEPTED! Welcome to the Infinites!

[Kasa Tkoth Sphere]

Hope a team of two characters is fine with you. If it isn't, I'll get back to you on something else. List them together if you want, or separately if that makes more sense on the roster. Ask questions, nitpick any of this, do whatever.

Name: Kate Anapin
Codename: "Radarᴋ" ("Small-caps ᴋ, please. I definitely didn't just come up with this on the spot, no, it's... really serious and... important to me." She rolls her eyes.)
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Name: Robin Anapin
Codename: "Ace Fruitbat" ("After my favorite game. And because 'ace' is a nice word.")
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Hey, glad to see you again after Mars needs Windex! These two siblings are quite oddly specific. She can't track and he can't dodge things like punches, kicks, headbashes, gunshots, bites, swordfighting, getting impaled with sharp pointy things, or so on, but only if there just happen to be SAM missiles (I know that's redundant to say both SAM and missile in the same phrase, but go with me)? Which, given this arc, there probably won't be?

But you know what? I find them funny. Now I'm going to have to throw in some time where someone ends up shooting a SAM missile, just so these guys can use their powers. Kate and Robin are ACCEPTED! Welcome to the Infinites!

My "idea" when designing them, if I can call it that, was that these two are essentially normal, and they need to figure out the "hero" part of "superhero" perhaps more than the other part. In the sense that you might need a straight-man to set up the jokes, you might need a powerless loser to set up the (also admittedly lame) superpower usage. Or something like that.

[Talchyon]

Hey, glad to see you again after Mars needs Windex! These two siblings are quite oddly specific. She can't track and he can't dodge things like punches, kicks, headbashes, gunshots, bites, swordfighting, getting impaled with sharp pointy things, or so on, but only if there just happen to be SAM missiles (I know that's redundant to say both SAM and missile in the same phrase, but go with me)? Which, given this arc, there probably won't be?

But you know what? I find them funny. Now I'm going to have to throw in some time where someone ends up shooting a SAM missile, just so these guys can use their powers. Kate and Robin are ACCEPTED! Welcome to the Infinites!

My "idea" when designing them, if I can call it that, was that these two are essentially normal, and they need to figure out the "hero" part of "superhero" perhaps more than the other part. In the sense that you might need a straight-man to set up the jokes, you might need a powerless loser to set up the (also admittedly lame) superpower usage. Or something like that.

It's starting to look like the new team of Minnesota Infinites have some powers but none useful, unless you see a SAM missile in space or something.

[Skarten]

My "idea" when designing them, if I can call it that, was that these two are essentially normal, and they need to figure out the "hero" part of "superhero" perhaps more than the other part. In the sense that you might need a straight-man to set up the jokes, you might need a powerless loser to set up the (also admittedly lame) superpower usage. Or something like that.

It's starting to look like the new team of Minnesota Infinites have some powers but none useful, unless you see a SAM missile in space or something.

They'll all fall to Blank State like wheat to a scythe. KHKHKHKHKHKKHKHKHKHKHKHKHKHKHKHKHKHKHKHKH

Also, i just noticed the Character archive says "Blank Slate" instead of Blank State

[Talchyon]

It's starting to look like the new team of Minnesota Infinites have some powers but none useful, unless you see a SAM missile in space or something.

They'll all fall to Blank State like wheat to a scythe. KHKHKHKHKHKKHKHKHKHKHKHKHKHKHKHKHKHKHKHKH

Also, i just noticed the Character archive says "Blank Slate" instead of Blank State

Oops. Must be my eyes. It will be changed. If I remember what I was supposed to be doing, which given this character, I might not.

[Talchyon]

Hey guys -

How are those unfinished apps coming?

[Castelia]

I have an idea for a sports-themed villain I'd like to app. However, I'm not sure about the mileage I can get from this character, since his gimmick is almost a one-trick pony.

I might make an app for him regardless, but just so I can gauge people's thoughts about the character.