[Other OPEN] Capes [M] [OOC]

[Groc]

I've been working on this since yesterday, instead of sleeping. Let me know if I missed anything?

Master Key

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Name: Edward Pierce

Age: 24

Sex: Male

Alignment: Villain

Appearance: Edward is of average height at 5' 5", but is scrawny and frail, weighing just shy of 100 lbs. He is naturally light-skinned, but lack of exposure renders his skin positively pale. His arms are notably slender and gangly, with long bony fingers that some find creepy, leading to a habit of keeping his hands in his pockets. Even his face is thin, with a large, sharp nose and a pointed chin, the only roundness being his beady gray eyes. He used to have straight black hair to his shoulders, but he recently cut it short and let it get unkempt.

In his civilian clothes, Edward is usually seen wearing a simple gray t-shirt and tattered blue jeans, with a black blazer over top. Since cutting his hair, he tends to wear a blue knit cap, unless it gets hot. In colder weather, he wears a green hoodie over his shirt, but under his jacket. Warm or cold, rain or shine, he wears black goth boots.

His cape costume, in comparison, is neither as plain or as baggy. It consists primarily of a white bodysuit, with his shield and spearhead emblem on the chest, with red gloves and boots. A white balaclava covers his head, leaving only his eyes exposed. Gold shield shaped protective pads adorn the knees and elbows of his suit.

Personality: Edward is meek and mild, a loner who never had the courage or strength to make himself known. He is uncomfortable around others, and prefers to follow rather than lead. He openly admits he's a coward, and knows when to walk away from a situation (and more importantly, when to run away from a situation). He has no delusions of grandeur, and doesn't try to be Supervillain Number One, he just does what he does best, and tries to enjoy himself in the process. After all, as a villain, he gets a modicum of fear and respect, and it comes much easier than being a hero.

Power(s): Edward's power is known as Defense Break. With effort, he can bypass any form of defense, from armor to force fields to even locks and seals. Under normal circumstances, shields and armor simply offer no protection against his (admittedly weak) attacks, but by making physical contact he can weaken or even outright destroy such defenses. Likewise, his power allows him to pick conventional locks in an instant, and even electronic locks, biometric scanners, or passwords can be hacked, fooled, or guessed in no time. His powers classify him as a Trump.

History and Trigger Event: No one thought Edward would grow up and be a cape. Honestly, no one thought he'd grow up at all. He was a sickly child, spending more time in a hospital than his own home. He spent most of his childhood teetering on the brink of death, but he stubbornly refused to die. Eventually he developed a stronger immune system, and he only looked deathly pale and half starved. Even afterwards he wasn't one to go outside, preferring to stay inside where it was safe.

As he grew older, he decided he wanted to work with computers, building hardware and designing software. Too bad he wasn't any good at it. So instead he spent his spare time solving puzzles and playing video games. He was concerned that school would be hell for someone like him, but even the cruelest bullies thought he was too easy a target, or too frail to take a hit. Instead, he found only pity from other kids, who didn't want to associate with him, but held no ill will toward him either. It was here he learned the world wasn't fair, and that he was below notice or even contempt.

Unfortunately, things took a turn for the worse before they ever got better. Capes may have dominated the crime industry, but that didn't stop the occasional mundane crimes from occurring, such as the carjacking that led to Edward's triggering. He was in the passenger seat when a man with a gun pulled his father from the car at a red light. The thief was fleeing from a robbery, and it was just bad luck that the thief chose Edward's car. As the thief went speeding down the highway, a gun pointed at his hostage, Edward attempted to wrest control of the wheel from the thief. Unfortunately, Edward's luck was really bad that day, and he inadvertently forced the car to crash into the fuel pumps at a gas station. He was trapped in the car, but his powers triggered and allowed him to escape before the gunman came to or an errant spark lit the fuel.

It's been years since that day, and Edward has tried everything he could think of to find a used for his powers. Playing the hero wasn't his style, and it didn't work out how he wanted. He's found a career as a criminal for hire, honing his skills and applying his powers to become a rather infamous thief and infiltrator. Without powers he was beneath society's notice or care, and he had no reason to help them, so he took what he needed from them, and found self-respect in the process.​

 

[(Drakath)]

Name: Kiro Irakuza
Cape Alias: Drakath (The Speed Demon)
Age: 15
Sex: Male
Alignment: Rogue

Appearance: Darkish skinned and 5 feet 9 inches tall. With a young looking face, and fragile body that's light on muscle, he has straightened super dark red hair that appears as a nearly black, very dark brown that is just like his eyes. There's also a streak of dark red dye in front that drapes slightly over his left eye.

In costume he wears a matte black, lightly armored bodysuit with red accents throughout. Going from top to bottom, a hood that featured a beaked tip, and a ninja-like lower face mask that paired with his signature black and red masquerade, that creates the slightest of cyborg voice filters just enough to keep his identity from being revealed by his voice. The thin, sharp, intricately designed mask, which split and curved into a tall point at the sides, and a short point along the bridge of his nose, covered the rest of his face, leaving the left side open but still covering the brow to allow for his hair to hide a holographic projection of his vitals, speed, and other important statistics. An absract flame forms in the black and red of his left-shoulder cloak, accompanied by a flat, suit hugging metal pad to attach the half cape to the outfit. Below, the decorated metal portions atop the suit appeared to blend with it whilst having a slight red tint and trim. The torso appeared to be covered in several thin, black metal pieces that protect his vital organs. He wears a pair of metal vambraces and greaves, coupled with metal gauntlets and knee/elbow pads. Removing the masquerade will cause the suit to very quickly fold up into hexagonal segments that were compacted to form the missing left side of the mask and reveal his current out of costume outfit.

Out of costume he is generally seen wearing black or dark colors. Normally jeans any shirt and his favorite black designer hoodie, as he feels most comfortable wearing it, and even when he's not, he still almost always wears a hoodie and jeans... Wearing his masquerade will cause the the left side to quickly expand, unfolding across his body in hexagonal segments before locking into place and becoming his costume, recplacing his current outfit. It looks much like how Mystique changes appearances.

Personality: Maturity is sometimes hard to find in Kiro, though he can get serious when it counts, as he is very rash and fun loving. It often gets him into trouble. He goes about life in a very carefree manner, until he gets into an undesirable situation that is. He often procrastinates with things he doesn't want to do to have fun. Kiro also isn't the nicest person at times, occasionally teasing for his own amusement. A slightly selfish and self-centered nature stops him from doing vigilante work, often using his speed to avoid the situation entirely. His inate cleverness, combined with his intuition, comes with an affinity for puns, which is as useless as it is annoying, however entertaining he finds it to be.

Powers: A Mover that has a potential full-body top speed of Mach 1, however this speed is very hard to maintain for more that a second without passing out, though it can be surpassed by isolating his speed to a specific part of his body, most often his brain which is why, he dubbed the action "acceleration" because it reminded him of a mechanic in an anime he'd seen a few years back. Along with the intuitive reflexes of a thinker and the ability to pull off various things with enough creativity. Like,breaking things by vibrating at a specific speed/frequency. Though it seems like he may have multiple powers, it's actually just immense control over his superspeed. However, despite his control over his power, too much strain will still incapacitate him. (as his body can only generate a specific amount of energy to dedicate to his speed, conservation laws and such)

History and Trigger Event: Growing up in Fallcliff, at the cliffside and waterside edge of New Rome, Kiro always looked up to Capes. He saw them as these amazing creatures, better than normal people in every way. Even as he aged and gained a more realistic view of them, he still strived to be one someday, even attempting to force a trigger event but to no avail. However, one fateful night, his took advantage of a few favors and his best friend's serious connections to test drive one of the fastest cars available at the time in a race. Being the rash fool that he was, Kiro pushed the vehicle to its limits, ignoring the warnings from the supervisor. Whilst fulfilling his need for speed, the car lost control as he was quickly thrown from the vehicle, triggering him near instantly. As everything was in slow motion, through what he assumed was adrenaline, he managed to land feet first and impossibly avoid the incoming wreck.

A few months later, a deal between the company that sets up Kiro's public events and a mysterious 3rd party associate came to a close. With it, Kiro received a one of a kind specially tailored masquerade from a La Fenice cape who turned out to be his best friend, explaining his connections, and a Tinker from Kiro's partner company that specializes in creating costumes for Rogue capes, in order to easily access his "supersuit." He remembers his friend explaining that it was originally intended to completely change the wearers physical appearance, like that of a powerful Stranger. Fortunately the project was too ambitious and was deemed a failure, and so, after "acquiring" the failed prototype, he modified it's function to perform, as he explained, something about "adjusting the density to match the change in size." And with its expirimental nature, it required frequent adjustments and recalibrations due to the mask being unstable and potentially lethal if not properly maintained.

Ever since that moment Kiro has enjoyed his powers by living his life as a Rogue named Drakath, a name he was already known as on the internet from an RPG and decided to stick with, during the weekends, while still living a normal life on the weekdays. Though he considers becoming a Ward, he is still debating it as he doesn't think he could deal with more school and constant supervision. It would also take away from the time he spends screwing around with his powers as "The Speed Demon," a title he picked up from publicity stunts, car promos, ect. Most of all, it would pit him against his best friend, who he somewhat owed his Parahuman-ness to. Truthfully, the pay is the only reason it's still on the table, as it would certainly be a more stable and steady source of income than his delivery service. If there were something to sweeten the pot however...

 

[gimmepie]

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Overall he's fine. I think perhaps the extremely powerful defense on top of the ability to bypass protection is a bit much though. I'd lose the defense and just keep the penetration for the sake of being fair to the other players.

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I love the concept, but there's a few little things to clear up. Firstly, what exactly does your character do as a Rogue? Being a rogue isn't doing paid vigilante work, it's using your powers for business. For example, in the actual story of Worm a designer uses her power for promotional stunts and a precognitive sells her predictions for a high price. So what doe he do with his power?

The other thing is that you've gone a bit far with the power. Speed to the point of being imperceptible to most is a bit much. Could you give us a speed limit? I'm assuming the name is because he's Japanese so if you fix up those few things he should be fine.

 

[(Drakath)]

I originally had the vigilante thing just as something he does out of the good in his heart occasionally, not full-time, but I've dropped the idea as it blurs the line between Rogue and Hero a bit. (btw edited the SU)

 

[Ice1]

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I like that he's very corporate with his powers. That's what being a rogue is all about! I've got two questions about him, though. Why is his cape-name Drakath, and how does his suit appearing and disappearing work?

 

[(Drakath)]

I like that he's very corporate with his powers. That's what being a rogue is all about! I've got two questions about him, though. Why is his cape-name Drakath, and how does his suit appearing and disappearing work?

I've given his Cape-name a light background, he's also been given the advertising alias of "The Speed Demon," along with an explanation of how the mask/suit process looks and works.

 

[Ice1]

I've given his Cape-name a light background, he's also been given the advertising alias of "The Speed Demon," along with an explanation of how the mask/suit process looks and works.

The explanation is great! My only issue at the moment is with the costume still, as it kinda creates two questions: why doesn't everyone have high-tech appearing costumes, and how did a 15 year old get his hands on one? Kinda minor really, but I think you're good to go if that part is omitted!

 

[(Drakath)]

The explanation is great! My only issue at the moment is with the costume still, as it kinda creates two questions: why doesn't everyone have high-tech appearing costumes, and how did a 15 year old get his hands on one? Kinda minor really, but I think you're good to go if that part is omitted!

I've become a bit attached to the idea so, I've been trying to justify why only he has one.

How's this idea?
He has it because of the same reason he had access to the car in his Trigger Event and the mask wasn't intended for the whole costume purpose, and is therefore an unstable modification of a prototype for a canceled project. That being so, the creator is discouraged from openly distributing it, as it is a work in progress which requires frequent maintenance and is dangerous if left unserviced.

 

[Ice1]

I've become a bit attached to the idea so, I've been trying to justify why only he has one.

How's this idea?
He has it because of the same reason he had access to the car in his Trigger Event and the mask wasn't intended for the whole costume purpose, and is therefore an unstable modification of a prototype for a canceled project. That being so, the creator is discouraged from openly distributing it, as it is a work in progress which requires frequent maintenance and is dangerous if left unserviced.

What if the company Drakath works with when doing publicity has a tinker orientated on costuming. He designs and maintains race and sporting uniforms, and made this one for Drakath. It's one of a kind, and needs to be maintained. Therefor it's explained why a fifteen year old owns one, and also why not everyone has one.

 

[(Drakath)]

What if the company Drakath works with when doing publicity has a tinker orientated on costuming. He designs and maintains race and sporting uniforms, and made this one for Drakath. It's one of a kind, and needs to be maintained. Therefor it's explained why a fifteen year old owns one, and also why not everyone has one.

I've tried my best and combined the two into one idea in the SU? (so tired)

 

[Desert Stream~]

I really like the idea of being pressured to join the PRT causing her to trigger. Very cool character. Were her parents Heroes/PRT members?

Anyway, my issue here is mostly with her as a rogue. She can be a rogue, that's not the issue. However, what does she do for a living? Does she use her power to make (legal) money (the general thing Rogues do) or is she just a Rogue because she refuses to be either hero or villain? If she's not actively using her power publicly/commercially... why would she even need costume? How would anyone even know she was a cape? If she's prepared to kill if need be, has she before?

"Were her parents Heroes/PRT members?"
Her parents were both PRT members, but not heroes.

"Anyway, my issue here is mostly with her as a rogue. She can be a rogue, that's not the issue. However, what does she do for a living?"
She still works in the repair shop, after the damages were fixed.

"Does she use her power to make (legal) money (the general thing Rogues do) or is she just a Rogue because she refuses to be either hero or villain?"
Mostly the latter tbh.

"If she's not actively using her power publicly/commercially... why would she even need costume? How would anyone even know she was a cape?"
Ah yes, forgot to elaborate on this part.
People knew she was a cape because her friend who was a tinker had ties to the Protectorate through his family, and he told his family about her. The Protectorate eventually gained knowledge of her.
Her costume assists her in combat, which she gets into frequently, as she's not very good at negotiating and lives in a bad neighborhood. It also helps her get around undetected because it muffles sound.

" If she's prepared to kill if need be, has she before?"
She's never killed, but she has hospitalized a few people.

Hope that answers everything :D

 

[Foxrally]

My first non-css SU, I am ashamed

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Name: Jeanne Coutelas
Cape Alias: Medic Extraordinaire
Age: 25
Sex: F
Alignment: Hero
Appearance:

"Tu regardes quoi, toi?"

Jeanne stands at a slightly taller than average height of 5'8, with white skin and amber eyes to match her blonde hair, and an elegant figure courtesy of her Belgian heritage. She keeps her hair extremely long - almost knee-length when unfurled - but neatly tied into four braids, reducing it to about neck-length. The braids are held together by red bands, which she can take off in case she needs to use her hair as an extra hand.

When out of combat, Jeanne mostly wears colourful dresses and comfortable shoes, with a doctor's labcoat usually on top, bearing the PRT logo and her badge as head of the organization's medical unit. Despite not needing glasses anymore since her trigger, Jeanne still insists on wearing glasses as a fashion choice. On the field, she dons a grey, lightly armoured combat medic suit, covered in reflective red accents to make herself as visible as possible to any injured allies. On her head, she wears a clear pair of bulletproof goggles and a white bandanna with a red cross in the center. A small, nearly unnoticeable backpack is merged with her suit, containing a whistle, a first aid kid and ammo for her pistol.

In situations where she needs to defend herself on the field - which is pretty much all the time - Jeanne carries a standard issue pistol at her side. She often boasts about being a good shot (a talent artificially created by her power) but still prefers to avoid using the gun. She also has a slightly curved, deployable screen shield strapped to her arm, which can extend to about the size of a door and retract to the size of an A4 book. The shield can be detached and anchored to the ground to provide cover Medic and her patient, or be used as a makeshift stretcher. Finally, the one piece of equipment she never leaves without are her syringes. Due to the sterility of her blood (and hence that of any of her patients) she can use one as many times as she wants. One syringe has about ten uses before becoming too blunt for easy penetration, and she carries around a dozen on the pouch strapped to her belt.

Personality:

"Some people like me. Some people don't like me. But let me tell you one thing, cherie: everyone needs me."

Jeanne often comes off to others as a bossy, overly fussy control freak. Her usually snappy tone of voice combined with her hygiene and health obsession sometimes make her a very frustrating person to be with, especially if you're a working under her. She is however a very responsible and organised person, and what she lacks in charisma as a leader she makes up for in management skills.

Jeanne hates to be in situations where she feels out of control, and as such plans heavily before taking on any task (her personal take on 'prevent rather than cure'). She has a keen eye for details and potential outcomes, making her an effective strategist when in or out of combat. While she isn't exactly arrogant, Jeanne isn't afraid to boast about her medical genius and power (both of which she will go into great detail about if queried.) With friends and patients, she often feigns nonchalance and pretends not to be impressed (whether it is a patient recovering or someone talking about their achievements), but those close to her can easily see through the façade.

Oh, and she drinks a lot of coffee. Like, a lot.

Power(s):

"Olson, you are looking at literally the healthiest person in the world. So when I say, 'don't eat that, idiot', you listen. Compris?"

Jeanne has the ability to consciously control all of her any parts of body, regardless of if there are nerves or muscles in that area, and is classified as a Changer and Master. This means anything which is part of her, from her nails to her hair to her inner organs, she can control, down to a cellular level. This means she is practically immune to all forms of disease (mental and physical), radiation, mutation, cancer or genetic defects, as she can instantly command her body to get rid of the pathogens or negative effects. Other bodily injuries, such as cuts, bruises or broken bones heal faster than normal, but not at a speed that would be considered useful in combat. Her powers also gives her other abilities, such as speeding up/slowing down her metabolism (meaning she can practically eat anything and never get fat), supercharging hair growth, or increasing her oxygen intake per breath to increase her stamina or hold breaths longer.

However, the greatest use of Jeanne's power is her ability to cure others with her abilities. By injecting (or otherwise inserting) some of her blood into a patient, she can automatically detect their blood type, find and eliminate any pathogens present in their bloodstream, and focus their healing on a body part, all remotely. The blood cells can also be used to numb certain nerves, essentially turning Jeanne into a walking bottle of morphine while in combat. While would take a lot of blood for her to begin feeling dizzy or anemic, there is still a limit to her ability to heal, and she takes care not to draw too much of it per patient.

History and Trigger Event:

Jeanne was born to a young, low-income French couple in southern Belgium, as their first and only child. Despite not having a particularly privileged childhood, Jeanne was taken care of and pampered as much as her parents could afford - a debt which she still tries to pay back today. As she got older, she began understanding the importance of education, and much of the family's expenditure shifted to giving Jeanne as much academic assistance as she could. She graduated high school with excellent grades, proving to be exceptionally talented in the fields of biology and chemistry.

Jeanne's grades landed her a full bursary at a top medical college in the US, The Anastia Fielding Medical College in Faircliff. Taking the entire summer to learn as much academic-level English as she could, she then set off to study Hematology at the age of 18. Soon Jeanne learned that University life can be quite stressful- and that was without the looming threat of losing the one thing which kept her in AFM, her scholarship.

Jeanne's trigger happened during her third year of study. She had been preparing all month for an extremely crucial exam, one which would practically make or break her grade for the course. Yet on the morning of the exam, her alarm never went off - her phone had turned off from the night before. She awoke in a panic, almost half an hour after the exam itself had started. By the time she got to where she needed to be, the examination hall was locked - she had missed it.

The realisation that this meant she would fail the semester, and thus lose her scholarship, be forced to leave the college, and let her parents down on top of all was enough to send Jeanne into a panic attack that day, which had the (at the time unnoticeable) effect of triggering her abilities. She wouldn't know about the power for months, until one incident where she had been watching a movie with a friend, and accidentally taken a bite out of a nut-flavored cookie (with her being allergic to nuts at the time). Much to her surprise and relief, her symptoms never appeared. Curious, she decided to have herself checked by a doctor (one that wasn't herself.) It was through them that she learned of her status as a parahuman, which eventually took her to the doors of the PRT.

While it was clear her powers were of little use in fighting situations, it was clear to the protectorate that a parahuman with healing capabilities would work wonders in the protectorate's medical unit, which was already understaffed enough. After a year of working as a Hematologist and field medic, Jeanne was promoted to head of the medical unit, a position which she has now been holding for three years.

 

[gimmepie]

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A Speedster delivery service may well be my favourite thing ever. Welcome aboard!
Just keep in mind that your character's friend in La Fenice should not be particularly high ranked in the organisation.

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My main problem here, is that your character doesn't make sense as a rogue. She goes out in costume but doesn't want to be a hero or villain. Sounds rogue-like. But... she's not really using her power to make a living. So really, why would she need the costume at all? It sounds like she'd really just be living like a normal person since she has no reason to use her powers.

Then you add that she considers combat, goes out in costume and gets into fights that have gotten people hospitalized because of her rough neighbourhood. Going out in costume would attract fights, not deter them. So it sounds like she's a wannabe hero/vigilante there.

You've given me two conflicting sides here. You're welcome to try and fix it up yourself but if you'd like some more help, why don't you PM me and we can talk it out?

Edit: Fox is accepted.

 

[Desert Stream~]

A Speedster delivery service may well be my favourite thing ever. Welcome aboard!
Just keep in mind that your character's friend in La Fenice should not be particularly high ranked in the organisation.



My main problem here, is that your character doesn't make sense as a rogue. She goes out in costume but doesn't want to be a hero or villain. Sounds rogue-like. But... she's not really using her power to make a living. So really, why would she need the costume at all? It sounds like she'd really just be living like a normal person since she has no reason to use her powers.

Then you add that she considers combat, goes out in costume and gets into fights that have gotten people hospitalized because of her rough neighbourhood. Going out in costume would attract fights, not deter them. So it sounds like she's a wannabe hero/vigilante there.

You've given me two conflicting sides here. You're welcome to try and fix it up yourself but if you'd like some more help, why don't you PM me and we can talk it out?

Ok, I'll PM you in a bit. Maybe Vigilante would have been a better classification :/

 

[(Drakath)]

A Speedster delivery service may well be my favourite thing ever. Welcome aboard!
Just keep in mind that your character's friend in La Fenice should not be particularly high ranked in the organization.

You've given me two conflicting sides here.

I hadn't planned on ranking him too high. I was going to elaborate on the friend at some point IC, maybe while the two are working on Drakath's mask.

I just got, what I think is, a great idea. Imagine a Hero/Villain who's powers had a mental side effect that causes him/her to switch alignment at after too much use. Sorta like split personalities or something. Just an interesting thought I figured I'd throw out there.

 

[Songbird]

I am now fully clothed.

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Jinx^♂ 17

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James Jamie J.J. Jameson | Trump/Shaker | Hero^(?)​

Appearance

James is a tired kid. He always looks like he's seen some shit; has dark circles under his downturned blue eyes; and his black hair's a semi-short and shaggy mess that gets in his face. He combs it. It just stays messy. Standing a lanky and pale 1.8m, the only reason James has some semblance of physical fitness in his bony limbs is to avoid injuries when things go wrong. And things go wrong pretty often. He usually doesn't wear much more than jeans and a T-shirt, or maybe a hoodie once in a while. As Jinx, though, he puts on an elaborate clown costume with deflated pants, and carefully-placed rips and tears throughout, complete with a white clown mask with a flower on one eye and a tear below the other.

Personality

Be not fooled by this misfortunate young man's jaded eyes, nor the various scars and bruises that seem to change position weekly. It's hard to enjoy life when you live one of a black cat walking under a ladder inside with an open umbrella while all the mirrors around you break spontaneously. Unluckiness is his life, and his most used word is a defeated sigh. But James manages. For the very few things that go well—the occasional visit from his therapist where nothing breaks; for the rare smile he gets from people while trying to solve a problem (that he likely caused); or the restful sleep he gets once in a blue moon—it makes him feel a lot less like a piece of shit. So he wants to keep helping people, even if the world only falls to pieces around him.

Powers

Jinx is, to put it in the simplest terms, is the personification of bad luck and inconvenience. Nothing ever seems to go right for him, and especially not for anyone around him. The scope of its strength ranges from minor inconveniences to chunks of buildings falling apart. Even capes in the vicinity are affected to different degrees, so it's impossible to determine exactly what he's capable of, or whether or not he can control it in any way. Only its area of effect has been determined, topping out somewhere around a fifty meter radius. Additionally, though (rightly) nobody is willing to test and find out for real, not a single death has been recorded when Jinx was present in an area.

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so basically he has death from final destination following him around, but instead of it killing people it just fucks with them

History & Trigger

This is the story of a man who couldn't catch a break from the moment he was born. Janelle Jameson, determined to carry her baby to term after being abandoned by the father, suffered a pregnancy rife with complications that required frequent visits to the hospital; but the baby remained healthy, so she pushed through it all, and couldn't help but struggle deciding on a name in the last few months. At first it seemed all would go well when she went into labor, though it was nothing short of a grueling 30-hour process with only her own mother for support. Her dad still wasn't approving of her decision.

Unfortunately, despite the baby being born alive and well, Janelle died of severe blood loss shortly afterwards. She never got to hold her son in her own two hands, and he never got to feel his mother's warmth. His birth was only christened by the falling of Janelle's IV stand in her mother's grief, spilling blood across the white tile floor.

His new grandmother wanted to give him a chance regardless, naming him with the small variety of options left in a notepad on the counter. However, bringing him home, his new grandfather was enraged at the loss of his only child, internalizing his anger and going on drinking binges just so he didn't take it out on James. Something often broke in the house no matter the conditions as long as James was inside fueling his grandfather's fury. When he could finally understand speech, he started recognizing all of the blame being put on him for Mom's death, and his cries were accompanied by a local blackout. Not only that, but his grandfather wasn't the only reason things started falling apart anymore. By the time he turned five, most of the house had broken in some way at least once, and James had snapped enough bones to fill out his hospital punch card.

Understandably his grandfather was fed up, and didn't want his liver to get any worse than it already was. He did his damned near best to convince his wife to put James up for adoption at six years old, finally sending his terrible luck off with him. James was forced to hop between various orphanages and foster homes for the next four years, traveling across North America as caretakers discovered the horror he brought and desperately moved him to places that weren't yet aware. He then landed in Fallcliff, where he (by the grace of a saintly owner) managed to stay a full six months with an unending series of unfortunate events.

It was around this time that Gregory Marron caught wind of him, later describing him as "a black hole of all good fortune." Heroes and villains alike experienced malfunctioning abilities throughout the city, apparently at random, until Marron discovered that James was the only person consistently on the scene. Something had to be done about him, but they couldn't classify him a high enough threat with a 0% fatality rate. Instead, the Monitor dispatched an agent to convince Jameson to enlist in the local Wards division. It was easy enough; a permanent residence, a salary, and an explanation for why bad luck followed him like a lost puppy.

As he grew up, James Jamie JJ Jameson—then given the name of Jinx by colleagues—was given a few chances to figure out his powers for himself. Sadly, every attempt at refining or suppressing his aura of misfortune resulted in situations going from bad to worse, if anything happened at all. He also had frequent visits from a psychologist to ensure he was still mentally intact.

Jinx was even allowed to work a mission to further figure out the specifics of his abilities, acting as sidekick to a butterfly-clad hero who has chosen to remain anonymous for this character sheet. It only really worked out because nobody was able to properly do anything with him around. By the end of it, both hero and villain were thoroughly embarrassed by various circumstances like tripping over power cords and powers backfiring, and the conflict ended quietly after a series of violent explosions.

Despite something that was only ambiguously a success, it quickly became a recurring theme that death was an impossibility around the poor young man, giving him some semblance of peace in a life where he couldn't catch a break. Instead of entering battles, James' later work consisted of evacuating citizens to safety. Even when everything that could go wrong did, and often horribly, there was something to be said about his ability to come out of it with everyone alive and (mostly) well.

Taking residence in one of the PRT's storage areas deep inside the cliff, Jinx is the first and only cape regarded as a Null-class threat.

 

[gimmepie]

Ok, I'll PM you in a bit. Maybe Vigilante would have been a better classification :/

Looks alright to me!
Just wait and see if Ben's got any issues.

Edit: He says you're all good.

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I really like it, but I'm not sure about the triggering at birth bit, still. Again, I'll defer to Ben on that.

 

[Esper]

This looks like fun.

Spoiler:

Name: Agnes Holiday

Cape Alias: Ditto

Age: 28

Sex: Female

Alignment: Hero

Appearance: A tall woman, bony with pale skin, sunken eyes under a wrinkled brow, crowned with a mop of short black hair. She hunches when she walks, crosses her arms when she speaks, and avoids eye contact whenever possible.

In normal times she wears jeans or slacks turtlenecks, leather gloves, boots, and whatever else allows her to cover up so that she won't accidentally use her powers. She wears no makeup or accessories. As a hero she wears a black, blue, and white neoprene suit (similar to a wetsuit) with removable gloves and boots. She also carries an elastic band on her arm like a key ring of objects she can touch to activate her power.

Personality: Serious, earnest, honest to a fault. She is an overachiever, driven to succeed, but her timidity and fear of failure often keeps her from engaging with others socially and so she is standoffish and quiet.

Her inhibitions begin to fall away when her adrenaline surges. Using her powers, confronting villains, or anything exciting can make her crack a smile, or a joke, but she will begin to feel embarrassed afterword.

Power: Agnes can turn into any object that she touches for a short period of time. She can balance, move (if the object is capable of movement), and otherwise retain control over herself. However, she cannot change her overall size without extreme effort and cannot change her mass. This means that if she touches a bottle she normally becomes a 5½-foot bottle and if she touches an airplane she becomes a 5½-foot airplane. It is a voluntary power, but if she is too distracted, from pain, emotion, hunger, etc., she may inadvertently change.

History and Trigger Event: As a child, Agnes always followed in her sister's footsteps. Her sister, Valentine, was more like a twin even though she was a year older. They spent all their time together. Though they did not look much alike, Agnes styled her hair to match her sister's, copied her mannerisms, and asked for the same clothes her sister wore.

When Agnes was 11 an Endbringer attack on the city of San Francisco resulted in the deaths of her family and she was transformed by the trauma. It was just as she was returning home from school. The house suddenly exploded. Agnes was thrown away, but unharmed. She had turned to hardened metal, transformed into the shape of the key she had been holding in her hand at the moment of the explosion.

In the aftermath a PRT officer, Bastian "The Hound" Holiday, found and rescued her from under a collapsed building. Eventually he adopted her into his family. Agnes grew up wanting nothing more than to become a Hero like her adoptive father so that she could stop the Endbringers and find some kind of closure over the loss of her family. She trained to control her powers and eventually became a Ward. After celebrating her 18th birthday she was accepted as a full Hero.

Unknown to Agnes, her sister Valentine had also survived the attack which killed their parents. Valentine had been found by Dr. Anabel Heller – "The Hellbeast" – and a member of a drug cartel who hid and molded Valentine into one of the cartel's enforcers. Valentine had also transformed as a result of the attack, gaining enhanced senses as she searched through the rubble to find, without success, her missing family.

They both took to their jobs well, but just after graduating from Ward status and becoming a full Hero Agnes was with a group of Heroes in a raid on a drug manufacturing den. Among those arrested was her sister Valentine. Agnes was conflicted, but she believed the best thing for her sister was to go to prison and be rehabilitated. But Valentine took badly to captivity and because she could not turn off her power of enhanced senses and had become dependent on the Hellbeast's drugs she snapped, blinded and deafened herself, and refused to speak with anyone. Valentine took the news badly and blamed herself.

It's been ten years since then and Agnes does not give up hope that she will once again have the chance to walk free with her sister. She visits the prison in Fallcliff regularly to speak with Valentine who sits lifeless in a glass cell, staring at Agnes with eyes that no longer see. Her father, now semi-retired and working a desk job, tells Agnes to let things go, but she doesn't know if she can.

 

[(Drakath)]

How do people traverse the cliff to get from one half of the city to the other?

 

[Ice1]

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Great SU! Love the power. You're accepted, but I would like to know what city she's from, and when she moved to Fallcliff. I'm also curious where her sister's locked up. As an added note, there's no minimum age to becoming a ward, so you might want to omit that piece. If she was 11 when she triggered she would be allowed to join immediately, although maybe not every 11-year old would be up for that, haha.

How do people traverse the cliff to get from one half of the city to the other?

There is very steep roads traversing the cliff, that are quite impractical, a bunch of car lifts that make traffic a nightmare, and there's a road that leads from the industrial district to New Moreton-On-Cliff, that goes around the cliff. Mainly, though, people traverse the cliff with personal lifts if they're walking, or take the public transport. Trains and trams circle around inside the cliff until they reach the top. Buses also have their own car lifts that exempt them from the usual traffic congestion.