Re: Straight Jackets and Aviator Goggles OoC

[Eternity]

Room for possibly one more, or a temporary character? (Villain, story-line motivator, comic relief?)

[Gunneh]

Of course :DD I need someone for my side

[Sighlent]

OMG Elric I actually love your character!

Spiderbait lol.

[Dio the Awesome]

Oh, Anaris, you need to update my profile, I did decide on a Main ability.

[Bird of Hermes]

It's called an eidetic memory, just to let you know. Sounds better too.

[Sighlent]

So....uh what's going on with this? O.o

[Guest]

I dunno but it needs to start >.<

[Dio the Awesome]

Be patient dudes. I'm also anxious to start, but remember Christmas is looming, and people have real life commitments, like family. I also won't be too active in the coming weeks.

[Guest]

Thank you Dio.

Also, Elric, I need you to be on Gunneh's team. I've got too many members on WARP.

Thank you.

I'm updating the profiles today and I'll get started on my intro post as well.


EDIT:: I'll post your character up once he is updated Elric.

[Guest]

Sorry, not playing a Maverick. I'll just leave.

[Guest]

Thats fine.

We have two people waiting on open spots anyway.

[Bird of Hermes]

Sorry, not playing a Maverick. I'll just leave.

What's so bad about that? We haven't even fleshed out much about them. You can't possibly hate them already.

[Guest]

We're trying to decide on how to start. Hopefully either Gunneh or I can get something up tonight.

[Dio the Awesome]

Yay.

So as it stands, we have a 4v3, have you messaged one of the people on the wait list yet?

[Guest]

I have. I'm waiting on their replies.

[Praxibetel Ix]

I was one of the people on the waiting list. Anaris: I got your PM. I would love to participate. I've been on the road all day and I'm posting this from my phone. I'll post my character as soon as I get back home in about 3 hours.

[Sighlent]

Yay for getting started. I can't tell you guys how often I check this thread lol. I'm so looking forward to kicking some ass and taking some names in this one. But yeah...I don't get the problem with the Mavericks. Hell if it comes to it I'll switch sides I don't particularly care.

Just let me know Anaris ok?

[Guest]

http://www.footstepsofghosts.com/advanced-role-playing-f14/straight-jackets-and-aviator-goggles-t1933.htm

IC!

@Prax :: the spot is yours!

[Praxibetel Ix]

Full Name Michael DeBell
Hero Name The Archangel
Age 28
Gender Male
Team Mavericks

Appearance



[Hero]

MAIN ability Natural physical prowess and athletic skill

SECONDARY ability Michael is an amateur inventor. He is constantly tinkering with the things around him, and the majority of his skill in combat stems from his creations. His most important invention is his steam-powered wings. He wears a large black trench coat that conceals the wings while not in use as well as all of his gadgets. He usually carries smoke and poison gas grenades (hence the gas mask as part of his costume) as well as a smaller firearm.

[Praxibetel Ix]

I just posted my character and I am reading to try to catch up on the story so far. Correct me if I'm wrong but Anaris (Time Volt) and Nic (Sandstorm) work together and they don't know about each others secret identities?

[Gunneh]

That's correct I'm not sure if you'll be able to join or not, to be honest, but we'll put you in there for consideration

[Praxibetel Ix]

@Prax :: the spot is yours!

I got a PM from Anaris because your 8th dropped out. She said that it was first-come first-serve and you can see where she said I'm in; however, if I am mistaken or something changes, just let me know.

[Gunneh]

Ah lol Well nevermind then lol

[Dio the Awesome]

I have a few questions.

A) Will there be a posting order, or should we be left to our own judgment?
2) What are the rules of engagement? (Combat)
Three) Where do the members of Maverick meet?
$) Is it acceptable to have an Apprentice? I had an awesome idea for it, but I didn't think to check it over. He will be a non-combatant.

[Guest]

@Dio
A) No specific posting order. Just try to keep up and organized. XD
2) Rules of engagement...Talk to Gunneh about this one. He is better with this stuff than I am.
$)You can as long as he is non-combatant.

[Kestrel]

OK, although I'm still rather curious to see about where you guys are planning to fly this (but hey you'd have until January since I doubt December's gonna get a single IC-post out of me), the concept does intrigue me. Although admittedly that's because I'm big on superheroes and would like to explore some steam-punk setting. But mostly, because I'd like to develop a specific character of mine a bit more before using him in a solo-project.

I see that you guys have the 8 slots filled, so I'm actual going to propose a rather... Different kind of character. More on this under the second paragraph of other. I'm always one for challenging concepts, 's in my nature I s'pose. If it is too much, I'll either wait, adapt or withdraw as seen fit.

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Full Name Leith Berkshire
Hero Name"Raiju"
Age24
Gender Male
Team -
Appearance
[Secret Identity]
Because you guys seem to love pictures; I drew something! I actually also drew something with a jacket and a pair of goggles but can't upload it.
[Hero]
Read: [Lion]. Because drawing a full-body of a feline without examples to use is a bitch. Might put something up later.
MAIN ability Although not having been born with a natural super-power, it is not hard to tell this man was rather blessed with his genes. By sufficiently training his body, Leith almost became a modern-age equivalent to Hercules. That is not to say he can run through walls or lift trucks, but if you throw a punch at him, he will catch it and break your hand. If he throws a punch at you and you try to catch it, he will break your hand. It is that simple. On top of that, Leith has great stamina and this man is also rather agile for his size. This prowess makes an excellent endurance runner.

Summary:
A natural affinity for strength, stamina and agility.

SECONDARY ability And this is where it got interesting. You see, Leith got hit. By lightning. But allow me to fill you in: Leith was a bouncer by profession, you know, the guy who stands in front of the club and will allow you to experience a two-second full-flight when you start trouble, completely free of charge. This means Leith had to work hours from the late evening till early morning. Think 7 PM - 3AM. Now in one particular instance, where the circumstances drowned any sight of wherever the hell Leith was. Now not because he's such an animal lover, but more instinctively, Leith hit the brakes as soon as he heard the cry of a cat and and the sound of a collision a split second after. He stepped into the pouring rain to investigate, but there was no cat nor corpse to be found on his bumper. Yet through the water and the darkness, he could clearly see two oval eyes staring at him. Lured in by curiosity, Leith approached the gaze. The cat meowed. But every step he took, the critter sounded as if he was further away. This was bizarre, surely nobody had slipped something in his water, right? But while the thought of having been drugged became more and more of a logical explanation for this bizarre feline's existence, the rainstorm had found company in thunderclouds. Time to go back, the man decided, but the moment he turned his back on the cat, thunder struck with its mighty hammer.

Now some of you might very well be aware of the sayings about spirits gathering in thunderstorms, but for those of you who are not: they do. As did the ghost of a lion, which, coincidentally was channeled straight into Leith's body by the strike of lightning. Hence the latter did not become one of the former. With two souls bound to his body, Leith's material mass became unstable. Hence, Leith no longer has a single solid form. At will he may shift shapes into a huge, muscular, blue lion that can stare you right in the face without lifting its head. Its that big. It is an incredible runner and jumps rom rooftop to rooftop in massive leaps. Naturally the lion form is also very powerful and has solid fangs and claws at its disposition. The size of the lion form is this big because the spirit was charged by the lightning, meaning that it got an immense amount of energy channeled into it. Hence the size and color, but also the near-constant static energy revolving around its entire body. Although Leith cannot control it, in fact Leith has no control at all while in his feline shape, touching him in lion form will give you a punk-hairstyle and may cause serious damage if you're in contact for too long.

The man with the strings of the body depends on the majority of whose shape it has taken. Although Leith may control it if he exchanges a hand for a claw, when his body goes over 50% Simba, he has to turn it over. While he is still attached to the body, he will simply be a witness. And vice versa for the lion when Leith is in control. They can, however, communicate in thoughts because the language of such is universal. However, a beast's understanding is far inferior to that of a human... Regardless its impulses and instinctive nature are very strong and can easily connect to a human's roots, which in turn emphasizes with its wilder side.

Lastly, because the brain only focuses on what it knows, having an acknowledgment of spirits, Leith can see ghosts and on occasion contact them. Although the latter is not very highly recommended.

Summary:
Can shape (parts of) his body into a feline creature which gives Leith:
- Natural affinities of a lion.
- Enhanced strength/stamina/agility.
- A static coat.
May contact spirit-world.

Other Leith doesn't exactly have a costume or such. He simply changes his head if he goes hybrid. Although speech becomes surprisingly hard with a lion's mouth... He hasn't really given himself an alias either, but is rather referred to by others as Raiju because... Well he's a large beast with a loud roar and an affinity for thunder.

I'm not exactly looking to make Leith a heroic type. He'd mostly be in it for the money, not because he is so high on justice or likes the government so much. And as you guys seem to have two filled teams already, I don't think that doing some mercenary work against the -overly heroic- would bother Leith. He's not going to be an assassin or thief, or simply commit crimes and such, because frankly that doesn't suit him. But he'd do good as a bodyguard.

Leith refers to the lion as Simba, but it has no actual name. The relationship largely builds on the concepts of loneliness vs. solitude and instinct/desire/impulses vs. a more civilized approach. It'd be easier to elaborate upon IC than to summarize it.

[Bird of Hermes]

I was thinking of changing the power of my character's mechanical eye. That's why I haven't posted yet.

I just don't know what to change it to or to just ditch it entirely.

[Guest]

@ Kestrel :: Seeing as how I always like interesting characters, I'll allow you to join. ^_^

@ Hermes :: Well, thats up to you. >_<

For everyone else ::
sorry this isn't moving faster.
Holidays and all have thrown off my posting.

[Bird of Hermes]

@ Hermes :: Well, thats up to you. >_<

I am usually not this indecisive, but I thought that it was too similar to her main power.

Anyway, I was thinking that her eye could be able to see in heat vision, x-ray vision, analyze the inter-workings of mechanical devices and see far distances when it's open.

[Bird of Hermes]

I made the necessary changes on her character sheet and changed her "hero" name to Firestorm. Like?

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