The Serum

[Castiel]

THE SERUM
sign up and OOC is not up yet, this will be used until further notice.
i know it looks long, but it's just because of the added explanation of groups, list of optional roles, and the form.

Rated PG-16 for blood and all that fun stuff.
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Eh, me and my friends tried this RPG on another forum. Thought I'd revamp it and change it up a bit, and try it here!


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[ THE PLOT ]

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Some people just aren't satisfied with the world. Some people believe they are *destined* to change life as we know it. And some people have that power to do so. Charles Moseby falls under all of these categories. As a child, he had a wild imagination, and was in a rich family. When he wanted something: he got it. His wish to live in a world where people are so much more than they are stayed true through his whole life. When his father passed, he got everything his father owned. With that, he got his money... and his chance.

Charles contacted a scientist, Dr. Jacob Campbell. Dr. Campbell had a similar wish. He was researching and trying to create a serum that would give people powers, like in the movies and television. He was very close, though his (illegal, mind you) experiments had proven his attempts seemingly worthless. With some extra funding provided by Charles, Dr. Campbell had found the answer. ...Or so he thought.
The serum was said to be a vaccination for HIV. Many were skeptical, but 95% of the population bought it.

Dr. Campbell should have done some more testing before allowing the serum to be released. Though the quick release was influenced by Charles, excited and antsy to change the world. The selection of how the serum affected people, observers concluded, was completely random.

A few people died in their sleep the next night. But more than half the population turned into disfigured, discolored, angry monsters. They have ridiculous strength, and don't seem to age. They are driven by gluttony and rage. They aren't interested in human flesh like the stereotypical zombies-- they just like to kill, like it's a drug for them. Though it's not uncommon to find them eating their victims. They are called Monsters. The uninfected and Infected found the Monster's weakness to be the back of the head, or directly in the heart.

Other people are completely unaffected-- not including the ones who did not decide to get the "vaccination." People who remained normal are at a refuge in the mountains of Colorado called The Sanctuary, were killed, or are surviving on their own somehow.

And the rest of the population, less than ten percent, were actually granted with abilities.
People with abilities were named The Infected, as they were still seen as monsters from the majority of the rest of the uninfected population.

In The Sanctuary, a group had formed together. They call themselves PATI, a group named for "People Against The Infected." So creative! They believe if they capture The Infected, they could create a powerful army that could destroy the Monsters, to rebuild their world.

The Infected are making their own groups, however. Some think they are freaks, but some believe they are something like a God.
There are the Psys: four intelligent people given mental abilities. There is second group, who had not titled themselves, made up of three people with element-based powers. These two groups are searching for people to join them. But of course, there are people in between. Civilians. They are a group of people with different abilities, trying to make it on their own. They are trying to find a place to build their own type of refuge for people like them, unaware of PATI's plans.

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[ THE RULES ]

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1) Follow the forum rules, of course.
2) Stay active. Just as a warning, if you go a few weeks without posting and did not give me any notice, I'll probably give your character over to PATI or kill them off.
3) No godmodding/bunnying without permission.

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[ THE GROUPS / CHARACTERS ]
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You may be a part of one group at first, and switch to another group. Infected may not join PATI(unless captured). You can start off alone at first, but you will need to join either the Civilians, Psys, or the Elemental Trio.
(if you like, you may choose to play two characters from different groups, if in a week or two, there are still open spots and you are interested.)

PATI:​

A small group of uninfected people, wanting the world back. Live in The Sanctuary of the mountains in Colorado.
The Leader: Strong-willed, desperate for the way things used to be. Keeps The Sanctuary in order.
The Watchers (2 or 3): Perceptive and sneaky. Occasionally follows The Infected, but does not attack. They make reports and send them back to The Leader. Also helps to gather any supplies. *TWO ARE TAKEN*
The Soldier: Strongly dislikes The Infected and the Monsters. Very skilled weapon wise. Trains anyone who is interested in fighting in The Sanctuary, and leads attacks against Monsters, and sometimes The Infected-- if they have to.
The Strategist: The main plan-maker; sometimes aids in the war tactics with The Soldier, though does not fight.

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THE PSYS:
(list of possible powers for the starting members of the group) Four people with mental-based abilities. Believe they are like Gods. Enjoy tormenting Monsters and the uninfected.

TAKEN POWERS:
Telekinesis: The leader of the four. Can move objects with their mind.

RECOMMENDED BUT NOT REQUIRED POWERS:
Illusion: Can create illusions, obviously
Persuasion: Uses voice to command people.
Manipulation: Can manipulate memories and sometimes thoughts.
(IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN JOINING THE PSYS AND NONE OF THESE INTEREST YOU, YOU MAY ASK ME TO HAVE A DIFFERENT MENTAL-BASED ABILITY AND I WILL SEE IF IT FITS.)

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ELEMENTAL TRIO:

Three people with elemental powers. Not cruel like The Psys. (I only ask to make your element of choice to match up with your personality.)
TAKEN ELEMENTS:
Water (the "leader", although they're more of a work-together type of group)
Air/Wind

OPTIONAL ELEMENTS:
Fire
Earth

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CIVILIANS:
Small group of four to six people. Mixed abilities. (You can choose just about anything except for any of the above, just make sure you have a solid weakness and character or I may ask you to change it.)

RESERVED POWERS:
MOLECULAR MANIPULATION (AKA "PHASING") - me
TIME MANIPULATION - MancerNecro

**YOU MAY NOT HAVE**
- More than one ability
- The ability to take and absorb others abilities
- Omnipotence

If I find your power is too strong, I will ask you to change it.
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THE FORM:

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NAME:
GENDER:
AGE: make it suitable.
GROUP: corresponds with your power.
POWER: describe it if it was not above. please remember you cannot have a listed power and not be in a group. if you want persuasion, for example, you would be in the psys. i should also say that any power not listed in a group, you will be in the civilians or alone until you join a group.
JOB: for PATI members only.
APPEARANCE: clothes + physical.
FIGHTING: weapon, if you so choose to have one. their fighting style.
WEAKNESS(ES): for people with powers only. what's your kryptonite?
PERSONALITY: 2 paragraphs or more.
HISTORY: two paragraphs or more. their life before and up to the vaccination, if they have a power: how they discovered their power

 

[Castiel]

I figured I would let people post the SU's here until further notice.

Keep in mind if I find your power is too strong I will ask you to change it.

Anything with a line through it is taken so far. (Currently, I am running 3 positions and 2 friends of mine have reserved telekinesis+water control.) I will accept one more watcher, as Tuxedo Clank stated below he would like to be one.

Here I will list my characters/SU's.

Gillian Anne Thompson - in progress.

Spoiler:

NAME: Gillian Anne Thompson
GENDER: Female
AGE: 22
GROUP: Civilians
POWER: Molecular Manipulation: She can mess with her molecular structure, giving her the ability to walk through walls and such. She's been trying to work on messing with the structure of other things, little things to start with, but that hasn't really been working out for her.
JOB: n/a

APPEARANCE: Gillian's parents were both Irish and Scottish. She inherited the tall gene of her family, standing at 5'9', which she doesn't favor too much, as she stands out among her friends and some of her peers. Her physique is average, and she weighs in at approximately 140 pounds. Her skin is very fair; people would sometimes joke to her about the color resembling snow. Coming down around her oval-shaped face are waves of reddish-copper colored hair, with a sidebang swooping across her forehead. Her wide, round eyes are a very light shade of gray, searching for the light in life. Her features like her nose and mouth aren't very defined, kind of soft.

She usually sports a green khaki jacket. As for her shirt, it's usually a t-shirt or quarter sleeve, alternating between several neutral colors when she gets the chance to change. For pants, she wears dark-wash jeans that are frayed and worn at the bottom from this past month of running and whatnot. Her shoes are once-white--now colored from mud, dirt, etc.-- Adidas sneakers she picked up at a store a few days after her town had gone under attack. Gillian carries a slate blue messenger bag, old and dirtied after years of use and abuse, not bothering to get a new bag. Inside the bag are what she believes is a necessity. A small pocketwatch-like thing hangs off a silver chain around her neck.

FIGHTING: Gillian isn't much of a fighter. She tries to avoid confrontation if it's possible. The only real fighting she does is to kill the Monsters if she can't get away from them. She isn't very skilled at defending herself, she just attempts to find somewhere she can phase out, leaving the attacker behind. When Gillian has to fight, she tries to stun them, so she can get out. When she thinks she is entering a dangerous situation, she looks for an escape route. She does, however, carry around a sawed-off shotgun that she took off a dead body on the street, solely for protection. Pleasant, right?

WEAKNESS(ES):
She cannot escape through very thick walls or certain materials. Airplanes and tall buildings are impossible for her, seeing as she's not invincible and would not survive the fall.

PERSONALITY: Gillian isn't exactly what one would describe as kindhearted, but she does try to help people. She's pretty stubborn. That being said, she tends to wrap herself up in things and try to take control of them, which can get annoying. As her parents worked a lot, Gillian and her older brother were left to taking care of their younger siblings. She developed a kind of liking to leadership and control. She doesn't make a bad leader. She's an idealist and an optimist, with a blind hope that maybe, just maybe this is all a dream of hers.


HISTORY: As the second-eldest child, Gillian grew up on a farm with 1 sister and 3 brothers.

Thomas Jacob Lockhart - in progress

Spoiler:

NAME: Thomas "Tom" Jacob Lockhart - However, all of PATI/The Sanctuary know him as just "Lockhart"
GENDER: Male
AGE: 43
GROUP: PATI
POWER: n/a
JOB: The Leader
APPEARANCE: Lockhart is tall, at 6'4''. Of Greek descent, his skin is rather tanned. He has a very muscular build, weighing a bit under 210 pounds. Many would describe him as being a tough looking man. His hair is very dark brown, flat on the top and curling at the front, with the same color eyes to match. On his left cheek, there is a rather recent scar from a run-in with a Monster. With a square jaw and hard features, Lockhart looks slightly intimidating.

Before the attack, he dressed to impress. Nowadays, he cares less. He usually wears brown workboots or loafers for shoes, though mostly it's the former. For pants he wears a dark, loose-fitting jeans. Shirts are usually long-sleeved, as the weather is cold, or a plain t-shirt with his black blazer over it. Lockhart still wears his wedding band, in memory of his late wife, Karen.

FIGHTING: Generally, Lockhart doesn't do much fighting. In planned attacks, he would most likely watch from afar. Though, don't underestimate him. He trains frequently with those who are fighters or people selected to go out and collect supplies. For weapons, he prefers pistols. He is not as skilled with his fists, but he is very muscular and strong.
WEAKNESS(ES):
PERSONALITY: Before it was like he'd stepped into Apocalypse Now, Lockhart was generally a good guy.
HISTORY: two paragraphs or more. their life before the vaccination, if they have a power: how they got the power

Alyson Marie Lockhart - in progress

Spoiler:

NAME: Alyson Marie Lockhart
GENDER: Female
AGE: 17
GROUP: PATI
POWER: n/a
JOB: Watcher
APPEARANCE: Her height of 5'5'' makes her a great candidate of being a watcher. She's light and thin at 100 pounds. She keeps her brown hair long, usually pulled back in a hairtie. Alyson resembles her birth mother, with her light blue eyes and fair skin. She's kind of elvish in a sense, with her slanted, thin eyes and pointed nose. All Alyson knows of her heritage is her roots go back to Sweden and Poland.
FIGHTING: Alyson, despite her job, likes to fight. She can get a bit provocative and reckless, and needs the other watchers there to stop her. She's very flexible, and quick. Concealed in her usual outfit are small daggers and knives. Knife and hand combat are what she's best at. She prefers head-on attacks, but most of the time she has to follow the orders of PATI's strategist.
WEAKNESS(ES):
PERSONALITY: Although seventeen, her state of mentality seems much younger. She's not immature, but she's much like a bubbly, happy-go-lucky child in a twisted sense. Alyson never got along well with her adoptive mother Karen, and recovered from her death quicker than her adoptive father, whom she got along with just fine.
HISTORY:

 

[Tuxedo Clank]

I would be interested in one of the watchers. If they would be allowed a sniper rifle of course.
One other thing, could anyone in the PATI be allowed a power but concealed?

 

[Castiel]

Cool. They would be allowed a sniper rifle, but they're not really fighters. I mean, they are, but they're more like... stalkers. That's a great way to put it XDD They're rather sneaky like that. But, yes, sniper rifles = totally allowed.

As for the power/PATI thing: you know, I was actually kind of thinking that. I'm kind of partial to it at the moment, but I think it'd make for an interesting part of the plot. Did you have any ideas in mind?

 

[Tuxedo Clank]

Obviously they wouldn't be fighters. Sniper Rifles are all about the distance. They also have scopes which can help spying, less chance of getting found out by the 'zombies'.

It might be interesting to have a member of the PATI having a power but being friends with the leader before hand or possibly saving the leader. Another idea could be a struggle to hide the ability. If they were a Watcher then the ability might help them stay unseen, something that wouldn't be noticed in the PATI. Something that wasn't aggressive or maybe just passive. e.g. Invisibility or Superhearing.

 

[Castiel]

Ah, yeah, I was just clarifying. For some reason I keep thinking I'm missing information :\

Anyways, yeah. That plan works. You'll probably be the only one I'll accept, for powers in PATI, though.

Gah, I wish the OOC thread was up. Curse me for not knowing those were moderated, too. D;

 

[Tuxedo Clank]

It wasn't your fault. At least you tried to make an OOC topic. Some people don't even bother.

 

[Castiel]

Form is now up. I suppose I'll be using this as a SU thread until mine is posted.

 

[MancerNecro]

I want to take a Civilian slot with Time Manipulation as an ability. I'll post the SU now and you can judge if the power is overpowered or not. Good job on the RP here, Castiel!

NAME: Eliza Beth
NICKNAME: Ellie or Elizabeth or Queen (After Queen Elizabeth)
GENDER: Female
AGE: 21
GROUP: Civilian

POWER: Time Manipulation
Eliza is able to reverse, stop or speed up time at her own will. However, she is unable to erase or create time. All the effects of her time manipulation are temporary, much like Miranda's Innocence from D Gray Man. Just that Eliza can also speed up time to aid her.

APPEARANCE:
Eliza is tall, standing at 170cm. She has long hair that goes down to her shoulders. Her hair is blonde. She has bluish eyes and therefore, prefers wearing blue or black shirts/tops. She likes wearing tight jeans that show the thinness of her legs. She wears white pearls on her earrings. Also, Eliza has a pair of blue spectacles, but she does not wear them all the time. She only wears them for times where she has to read as she doesn't like how she looks with it.

FIGHTING: Eliza does not use any weapons
WEAKNESS: Powers don't work when Eliza is exposed to a timetelling device like a watch or a clock. With the device there, she is unable to concentrate on manipulating time.

PERSONALITY:
Eliza is a quiet, shy girl. However, she still tries to make herself as beautiful as possible. She does not like reading like other shy girls, instead, she has a very vulgar hobby, that is, to have s** with other guys. Around guys, she is not so shy, and one can be said that she is a pervert of sorts.

Eliza is not so easily angered and doesn't speak a lot, unless she's alone with a guy and stuff. That's where she will show her weaker side and try to entice the man. However, ever since the vaccination incident, she does that less often than normal, instead focusing on finding a safer method of survival.

During a fight, Eliza will mostly try not to get involved in the main brunt of the battle, preferring to hang back and help her partners with her powers while they dish out the damage. It is also mostly during this time that most guys show their "coolness" so Eliza stares at guys at lot too, during this timeframe, preferring to run to the guys' aid before the girls'.

HISTORY:
Eliza was born to Mac Beth. (Yeah, their family has some weird name issues) Her family was living in California. Her father was a doctor and her mother was a nurse in the same hospital. Eliza was on good terms with her parents and that probably explains why she is shy around other people, other than guys, of course. When the time came for everyone to take the vaccine, she willingly took it along with her parents, believing it to be an advancement in science and wanting to help her parents in any way possible.

After they took the vaccine, Eliza saw her parents turn into monsters in front of her very eyes. She was surprised and scared by it. However, as her parents were only in the beginning stages of the evolution, they fought against the primal instincts of the monster within them and told her to run as far as she could so that she would be safe. Her mother gave her an amulet before Eliza left.

When Eliza left, she was wandering alone until the group called the "Civilians" found her. She joined their ranks in order to survive and find a way to reverse the transformations, although she did not reveal the latter to the group.

When Eliza discovered her powers, she tried to discover the full limitations of her powers. She had almost killed herself trying to permanently reverse time, but, luckily for her, she had only been unconscious for 2 days following that experiment. After she had found out the full limitations of her powers, she tried slowly to find new ways to help her buddies (guys).

EDIT: Added the details + put them in spoiler tags.

EDIT 2: Damn, the spoiler tags keep coming out wrong so I am not putting it in them.

 

[Castiel]

Time Manipulation is fine. (And thank you for the compliment :p) Obviously I'm going to wait because you're not done but just one question
is Beth her last name?

 

[MancerNecro]

Yes. Completing the SU now. I had to help my parents on an urgent issue earlier.

 

[Castiel]

MancerNecro: Before I accept you could you add a bit more to the personality? And add more to two other things: fighting -- how would she react in a fight? How does she fight? History: what happened when she discovered her power?

Also, whee, my first character is up. And I have made some edits to the Psys+Elementals, giving anyone who is interested more options.

 

[Kittenofthenight]

Finally done..

Spoiler:

NAME: Terra Ganielle Daniels
GENDER: Female
AGE: 21
GROUP: Psys
POWER: Telekinsis
JOB: N/A
APPEARANCE: Terra, has a small average frame, with her standing at only five foot three inches.
Her chocolate brown bangs frame her heart shape face, while her hair falls down to midback.
Her forest green-brown eyes, while alot of the time hidden by her bangs, can startle you with their intensity.
Terra usually dresses in long form fitting dark jeans. For a shirt style she normally goes with the layered look, going with a dark long sleeved shirt,
and a lighter, but still kind of dark, T-shirt.
FIGHTING: N/A for weapon. Her fighting style, can be raw and wild, but at the same time, has a stragety to it.
When she has to go out and fight, she tends to put everything on the back burner until she can deal with it, later.
During a fight, she tries to follow the plans as well as she can. But when those planes fail, her emotions get the best of her.
WEAKNESS(ES): She is physically weak, and she cant maniuplate an object unless she can see it.
PERSONALITY: To the Psys she is cold, ruthless. and distant, but has a way of showing that she cares about them.
She can be strangely Optimistic, though no one thinks she would be. Though naturally introverted, she still talks to the other psys. Internally, she's Self-conscious, though she makes herself appear confident.
When she has down time, she likes to just curl up by the fireplace and read, Or she is at her piano, writing music.
Her greatest fear is abandonment, even though logically she knows that wont ever happen. She is wary of people until she gets to know them.
She strongly hates monsters and humans, blaming them for her parents. She doesn't show her emotions, only in the rare times she looses control.
HISTORY: During her childhood, she was forced to stay at home, because she got sick, alot. This didn't stop her from, being a bright and curious child.
Since she couldn't go to school, due to her frequent illnesses, she was home-schooled, and eventually graduated with honors.
By the time she was sixteen, the spare bedroom in her family's house filled with books. A year later, she took up piano, for a new challenge.
At twenty, the vaccine started and her parents took her to get it,
hoping it would stop her from getting sick. It did, amazingly with no side affects, or thats what they thought. When Terra was twenty-one, her family was
attacked by zombies. Hearing the crash, from something downstairs, Terra rushed down the steps. Only to find one of the standing over her mother, and
one holding her father by the neck. Feeling an unexplainable amount of rage, she starred hard at the monsters, and suddenly the monsters flew across the room,
and out the window. Rushing to her parents, she realized she was to late. From there she left her family's house, and eventually found the other psys.

 

[Eonsoul]

Could i reserve a spot for the Elemental Trio (Wind/Air)?

 

[Castiel]

Kit: Accepted.
Eonsoul: Yes!

 

[MancerNecro]

Editted the SU, its in the same post as before.

 

[Eonsoul]

Finally I'm done...

NAME: Tyler Hensley

GENDER: Male

AGE: 18

GROUP: Elemental Trio

POWER: Tyler is able to channel wind into whatever shape he wants but cannot channel and control something massive like a tornado, for instance.

APPEARANCE: Standing at 155 cm, he is rather short compared to other people his age and has a wiry body frame due to Hyponatremia as well a somewhat pale skin tone,. He has brown eyes, and short crow-black hair. He wears a brown leather jacket with a navy blue shirt underneath as well as black cargo pants.

FIGHTING: He has a crude metal/wood tri-pronged glaive he made a while ago, that he channels wind through it to make currents that allow him to make it go where he wants (good for hit-and-run attacks) or channel the wind in a circular motion around the glaive to make a pseudo-shield.

WEAKNESS(ES): Being a rather fragile person, he's horrible at hand to hand combat. He also has a unusual allergy to salt, which the enemy could use to his advantage.He also cannot create a force of wind on a epic scale, such a typhoon or a tornado.

PERSONALITY: He is very whimsical, ready to abandon his ties to the Elemental Trio but can be fiercely loyal if people gains his trust. He tries not to disclose any information on himself as he fears they will use it against him. He is afraid to face reality and tries to coop up in some corner of his mind and hope the problem at hand just leaves him alone.

He however, loves to play pranks on people, much to many people annoyance. He claims that it 'lightens up the tension'. He does have a tendency to add 'bloody' as a adjective when he is annoyed though.He also has a allergy to salt

HISTORY: From young, he suffered from hyponatremia due to his most unusual allergy to salt, Forced to take medication every day to keep his hyponatremia in check. He never had a really good social life, what with not being able to play conventional sports like basketball and soccer without tiring out quickly.

When the vaccination came out, he accepted it, thinking that it was just another drug to add to his list of medications. When his parents took it along with him, the two quickly transformed before his eyes and feasting their eyes on something killable, they charged after him and Tyler barely escaped with his life.Depressed,he went to a nearby lake to throw some stones, only for then to travel much farther than the norm when he wanted to.Realizing his elemental prowess for wind, he constructed his glaive from scrap materials laying about and soon joined the Elemental Trio.

P.S Is the Elemental Trio going to call themselves that or is that just a title?
Edit:Nvm, read the plot again
P.S.S Sorry for taking my time to post…. =P

 

[Castiel]

blaaah, school + personal issues are wearing me ouuuuut.

@MancerNecro: accepted, though if you could add *exactly* how she discovered her powers (for instance, wishing to go back in time and it happens, etc. etc.) it would be great ;D
@EonSoul: i'd like you to add a bit more to appearance and a tad more in history(same thing with what i said for mancernecro). also, for weaknesses, while that counts and you can add that into personality, i mean something more along the lines of a limitation to his power. i'll accept you then :)

 

[Eonsoul]

Edited, in same post as before. tell me if theres anything need changing

 

[Castiel]

Everything looks good now, you're accepted :)