OOC Discussion

[Aldur]

[QUOTE="mayhem TR4NQU1L17Y]Shoot! I feel like a dummy. I thought the announcement happened in the OoC and wound up posting in the updates. x - x

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That makes two of us.

 

[Swoob]

YES IT IS COMING I AM VERTY APOLOGIZE I WAS RLY BUSY THE LAST FEW DAYS

 

[welian]

I'm also updating the Characters tab. The profiles instructions are no longer hidden under an accordion! Which... makes for a lot of scrolling. Oh well. I'm still working on things.

 

[sorrow made you]

That makes two of us.

Been there, done that.

 

[Necessity4Fun]

*is sitting at a chair with the back turned to you*


@welian The deal is this: You post and I post and neither of us gets kicked from this RP


*turns chair and is petting a white cat*


So, what do you say? Do we have a deal?


*very serious mafia face*

 

[Bag o Fruit]

Oh man, oh golly gee, this is it


You do not want to mess with that face, Welian.


I have seen that face. It is most serious and also most mafia! Ö

 

[sorrow made you]

For once, I've been incredibly active. I think I'm safe. 8D

 

[Necessity4Fun]

[QUOTE="Bag o Fruit]Oh man, oh golly gee, this is it
You do not want to mess with that face, Welian.


I have seen that face. It is most serious and also most mafia! Ö

[/QUOTE]
I make one reference, one. - -'


What are you talking about Sam Sam? I'm a very cute and harmless kitten =^-^=


*Whispers at welian* PoOOOoost~


*is quickly back at innocent kitty pose* :3

 

[Bag o Fruit]

Most people can't do the kitty pose with their back feet all folded up, but Nessy...

 

[welian]

@mayhem TR4NQU1L17Y plz 2 accept my friend request on Discord

 

[Gus]

Ok. Blaze is relegated to the background. In my minds eye, he is doing his own thing, sweeping up after students, occasionally saving the city in a split second, unnoticed by anyone except the bad guy he takes down (who has no idea what hit him.) Perhaps sometime I will write a short story about a day in his life, but for now moving on to a character who will hopefully fit in better with less potential for disruption. Lucas is an idea I developed for a champions campaign almost two decades ago, but never got around to play testing. Would appreciate any feedback, and hope to join the fray soon. Rough draft follows...

 

[Gus]

MARSOLET, LUCAS

• General
• Biography
• Relationships
• Superpowers

• 









  Full Name	Lucas Maxwell Marsolet
  Codename	”Volt”
  Gender	Male
  Age	17
  Rank	C
  Role	Student
  Subject	N/A

  








  Race	Caucasian (French Canadian descent)
  Eyes	Blue
  Hair	Black
  Height	5'7"
  Build	Scrawny, but wiry... (get it?)
  Limiter	Active Level 3

• Heroism Meter








  Less Heroic	Points	More Heroic	Total	Description
  Flighty	▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮​	Courageous	04	Lucas was raised to do the right thing, its just that up to now that mostly involved nothing heavier than slacktivism on Facebook.
  Selfish	▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮​	Altruistic	03	Like most adolescents, Lucas is a little self focused.
  Chaotic	▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮​	Orderly	08	Getting sucked into an outlet and spat out again halfway across the globe is NOT fun; getting control of this is top priority.
  Cruel	▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮​	Kind	05	Lucas has a temper, but tries desperately to keep it in check for fear of what might happen if he ever loses control.
  Reactionary	▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮​	Proactive	07	Lucas is not one to start something, but if a fight seems inevitable, he prefers to strike first.

  
  
  Personality
  
  
  
Fatalistic: Being swept up in a government program to teach him how to run his life because of how he was born is just the latest chapter in the continuing saga of Lucas's biography: “Sure, why not that too?”
  
  
  Tightly wound: Studying martial arts has been good for Lucas. Kind of. So far. Sparring and solo practice help with burning off steam, and the rigid discipline is helpful in keeping his natural tendency toward outrage in check. The trouble is, it's kind of like having a tiger by the ears. As long as he hangs on, he stays in control. And that's good. Lately though, he has been wondering what will happen if he lets go. He has enough training now to do some real damage if he ever cuts loose. And goodness only knows what adding powers to that mix might do! So... no cutting loose. Ever.
  
  
  Naive: For all that he has had some hard knocks in his life so far, Lucas still believes deep down in his gut that people are basically kind, life will turn outto be fair in the long run, and everything that happens, happens for a good reason. Things will work out. Eventually. They just have to. Don't they?
  
  
  Decent: Parallel with the naivete is a deep sense that there is something off kilter about the world. Injustice is everywhere, and that is just not how things should be. It isn't. What is WRONG with people? What, exactly, to do about the way things are currently is not something he has ever really grappled with, but damn it, somebody ought to do something about all this!
  
  
  
History

  
  
  Lucas Marsoletwas a late bloomer, as supers go.The upside of that is that he got to have a mostly normal childhood, but on the other hand, it means he is getting a late start getting his powers under control. The worst of it is, he was just beginning to come to terms with his mother's death and the loss of his home in the fire that killed her. It has been almost two years. He has a place to stay, and part time work that he finds meaningful. School is back on track, and college is looking possible again. He might even go to school in Paris. It was to investigate this possibility that he finagled a small portion of his inheritance from the lawyer to visit Paris over the summer. And now this. His life as he knew it is over. Again.It is entirely possible that his mutant gene had been active for some time, but had simply not manifested. No, apparently that needed a close encounter with a high tension line. The next thing he knew, he was lying face down on the wrong side of the safety fence in a power substation in Denmark, naked, with all his body hair singed and smoking. No more Paris. No more school. Well, not normal school anyway. Now it's all being collared like a dog, marked as a freak, and reporting to other freaks five days a week. That, or take his chances with getting lost in the power grid again.
• 

  
  
  Mr. Bellmont

  
  
  Lucas's French tutor is as close to a father as Lucas has ever known. His mother had never explained what had become of his biological father, but from as far back as he could remember, Mr. Bellmont had come over to the house three evenings per week for two hours of language study and cultural lessons. His mother always said it was important that he understand his father's culture, and that she could not help him with that, being thoroughly assimilated herself.
  
  
  Muriel Isagawa

  
  
  When Lucas had nowhere else to go, his JKD instructor gave him a position as live in student at her studio. He is responsible for doing laundry, cooking morning meals and evening meals, making tea, and keeping the practice area clean. He also teaches introductory classes three nights per week, and in return he gets private lessons, food, and a place to sleep.
  
  
  
• 








  Ability	Points	Total	Description
  Health:	▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮​	02	The ability to resist illness and recover quickly from injuries, overall health.
  Strength	▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮​	01	Physical strength, the ability to strike hard, lift heavy objects, and so on.
  Toughness	▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮​	03	Endurance and stamina, the ability to take a hit and still keep going.
  Agility	▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮​	05	Speed, dexterity, nimbleness - agility is the ability to move quickly.
  Intelligence	▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮​	03	Not book smarts, but the ability to perceive and retain lots of information.
  Willpower	▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮​	02	Strength of mind, the ability to stay focused and determined.

  
  
  Primary Power
  
  
  Lucas can convert his entire body mass into electrons (~2.2 TC) for brief periods of time. In this state, he can pass through any conductor and reconstitute himself on the other side, often hundreds of miles away, if the conductor is part of the electrical grid. He has little control over this, and if his limiter is disengaged while he is touching a hot wire, may be drawn involuntarily into the electrical grid, to pop out who knows where. None of his clothes or equipment come with him during this process, which means his limiter will also be left behind, which is a very-bad-thingtm as far as Lucas is concerned. He sleeps with his limiter on, and is very reluctant to ever turn it off. After a few unfortunate incidents, he was assigned a level 3 limiter in spite of testing out solidly in the middle of the C level of power. The working theory among AEGIS physicists is that he needs a level 3 to ensure he stays corporeal because it is not just his power that needs to be suppressed, but also the ubiquitous electrical power in the urban environment. Theoretically, in the wilderness, a level 1 limiter would do, unless there was a thunderstorm.
  
  
  Secondary powers

  
  
  Lucas is effectively immune to damage by electrical shock. His powers first manifested when he came into contact with a long distance transmission line at a nominal 320 KV. He has since been struck by lightning (~300MV) twice, and allegedly was involved in a brief brown out of the entire state of Maryland. Allegedly.
  
  
  Weaknesses

  
  
  In addition to food, Lucas needs a dozen or so kilowatt hours of electrical power each day. If he can find a 220 outlet that can handle 40 amps of current, he can meet this need in just an hour and a half, but usually he needs to plug in overnight, as well as 3 or 4 hours more during the day. Without this, he will get quickly fatigued and eventually lose consciousness. At that point he ends up being drawn into the power grid in spite of his limiter, with the usual consequences, plus a migraine that lasts about a week. Water is no longer part of his diet, as it has an unfortunate tendency to dissolve his flesh, releasing large electrostatic discharges which can damage his surroundings. Rain is extraordinarily painful for him, and for anyone near him. Total immersion could theoretically be lethal to him, as well as a potential catastrophe akin to about a million lightning bolts striking the same spot all at once. Or maybe not. The AEGIS scientists are divided in opinion about this, but at least agree that experimentation along these lines is a bad idea. Strong magnetic fields, especially oscillating fields such as those near electric generators and motors can cause him to become disoriented and nauseated. Lastly, sensitive electronics, such as cell phones and computers tend to misbehave in his presence and stop working permanently if he touches them. There are some in AEGIS who think this weakness could be developed into a useful power with a little practice, but for the time being it is just annoying.
  
  
  

 

[lazee]

Hmm...should I repost my CS since it has since been buried?

 

[welian]

[QUOTE="Lazy Rocktime]Hmm...should I repost my CS since it has since been buried?

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You should send a PM as detailed in the latest update post.

 

[yoikes]

i have no idea what to write :< but maybe i prob should start interacting with Emma and Marianne

 

[sorrow made you]

You can do eet.

 

[yoikes]

i shall do eet

 

[Suzuki Mine]

What I've been listening to while working on my future Student's profile~


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[/sits and waits patiently for the opportunity to get to five posts with Praxi]

 

[lazee]

So that was my post, everyone. Next week, the National Exams will commence and I must retreat into a hiatus to focus on the tests. Keep my seat warm while I knock'em dead. See you on the other side, slick.

 

[yoikes]

[QUOTE="Lazy Rocktime]So that was my post, everyone. Next week, the National Exams will commence and I must retreat into a hiatus to focus on the tests. Keep my seat warm while I knock'em dead. See you on the other side, slick.

[/QUOTE]
UN, eh? so it's already that time of the year... Good luck!!

 

[Rolling]

Shockingly, I'm still alive after vanishing for a month or so. Howdy.

 

[Aldur]

[QUOTE="Cheshire Smile]Shockingly, I'm still alive after vanishing for a month or so. Howdy.

[/QUOTE]
I missed you.

 

[Rolling]

I missed you.

Your regularly scheduled dosage of stupid may resume.

 

[The Outcast]

hi

 

[MISTER UN. 0W3N]

Welp... RIP notifications for this place. xD


... I think I'll be posting Manu again around Sat-Sun just so he can realize that he may not have students this semester. :U