Anemone
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Post by Anemone on Sept 24, 2007 18:51:58 GMT -5
I thought it'd be fun to start up a superhero rp. Don't know if anyone'll be interested though... Alright, the basics:
This is set in the fictional city of San Rosada, somewhere in California. Unlike their counterparts in such large areas as San Francisco and Sandiego, the heroes of this city haven't really formed a network of crime fighters, so there are plenty of solo heroes and small groups running around town. Of course, there are also plenty of villains to fight them as well. Feel free to be either!
There are, however, rules. 1.) You cannot be invincible. Limit yourself to one or two powers. More if they make sense. 2.) You can't be gods. You can be godlike beings like demigods or sirens or something, but nothing out of actual mythology. 3.) Make your character original, please. It wouldn't do to have Batman or Captain America running around San Rosada.
That's it! I'll post first, and hopefully more will follow. (And yes, I know it's long. Bear with me.)
The Sculptor hovered above the dark alley, his eyes focused on the window across the way. He had been doing so for days now, leaving his position only to find food and rest, certain that the man he was looking for would return to the dingy apartment to retrieve the arms left there. The Sculptor could have simply taken the weapons long ago, but there would have been little to show for it. All he would have would be an armful of guns without a criminal to blame for it.
So he would wait. It wasn't difficult for him to be still for long hours, as his feet certainly wouldn't be sore. It had been three years since he had legs to stand on, and he preferred his powers of levitation over cumbersome prosthetics. It was easier for crime-fighting if all he needed to do was think the command, and he could fly wherever he chose. As a civilian, he could use a wheelchair, and no one would suspect that he was anything other than an ordinary cripple.
But it was different out here in the dark, when the Sculptor emerged. Here, he had no need of legs. Out here, when night set in and the scum of society wandered the shadows, he became something else entirely, something swifter than its prey and feared by its enemies. Here, he was justice.
The Sculptor sighed and adjusted his mask. Sometimes justice was a long way in coming. He peered at the window, hoping, but there was no change in the room beyond.
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Kyalnick
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Post by Kyalnick on Sept 24, 2007 19:03:20 GMT -5
((ooc: Nice, anemone!!! I was looking forward to something like this!! PM me if you have an idea for the plot.))
Cobra shifted uncomfortably in the dark. The man she was watching hadn't moved in a while and like her namesake, Cobra hated being out in the cold dark. Well, if the nasty floating bugger had kept out of my way, I wouldn't be here! She thought nastily, a pair of poisonous fangs extending forwards as she hissed quietly. That's what I get for asking for a hard post, I guess.
At least ten years ago, Cobra had been bitten by a snake while pulling weeds in her mother's garden. She had been only seven then and had shrieked her head off until she'd been whisked to the hospital. Once she was allowed to go home, however, she'd noticed that she'd begun displaying some strange, though really neat, changes. The first thing she noticed was that the two teeth she refered as her "vampire" teeth had taken on more of a point and extended to various degrees whenever she got upset. The last two abilities she didn't notice until she was a freshman in highschool: the ability to move as fast and as deadly as a snake; and morphing into a humanoid form with scales instead of skin, her hair becoming a sort of hood, and slitted eyes. The later, unfortunately, wasn't something she could will away and she had taken to wearing colored contacts or just sunglasses.
The floating man she was watching shifted suddenly and she tensed, wincing as her slight movement caused a few pebbles to shift underneath her weight. What was he doing now?
((ooc: I hope this is all right. This is sooooooo cool!!!))
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Anemone
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Post by Anemone on Sept 24, 2007 19:15:25 GMT -5
(ooc: Great! I love your character and her origin story! It's good to know I'm not the only superhero freak here at TofP.)
The Sculptor glanced at his wristwatch, something he had neglected to remove along with his street clothes. 5:57 A.M flashed at him in green from the back-lit face.
"Great..." he muttered. "Another no-show."
He drifted down to the fire escape where he had stowed his bag and began to search through the pockets for his cell phone. It was almost cruel that someone with such extraordinary abilities was still bound by such earthly things as "work" and a "schedule". After a moment he found the phone and took it out, preparing to tell his boss that he'd be late. Again.
It was then that he heard the almost imperceptible clatter of stones from the darkness below. He tossed the phone and the bag aside and rose into the air again.
"Hello?"
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Kyalnick
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Post by Kyalnick on Sept 28, 2007 11:36:00 GMT -5
((ooc: Trust me, I can be quite a freak when I want to be!!!!! )) Cobra winced when the man whirled around. She was usually more careful than this! Well, she thought as she straightened slowly. If he turns out to be some sort of trouble, he's in our turf right now and the others would hear me. I hope. Gathering herself, she leaped from her position and landed softly in front of him on the fire escape. "What bringsss you all the way out here, missster? Don't you know that thisss isss our turf?" From where she was, she could see that he was easily levitating above the floor, another reason to be cautious around him. "Excuse me?" He asked with a frown. To one side was a cell phone and a bag that he had apparently tossed aside. "Thisss part of town belongsss to usss, the DaySsseekersss. If you were of any decssent gang, you would know that." Cobra drew out the two knives she kept hidden under her sleeves. "Don't try calling for help, either. Your type have no friendsss here, but I'm willing to cut you sssome ssslack. What are you doing here?" ((ooc: Just another note I forgot to mention. Because of Cobra's abilities, she hisses her s's when she's in this form. I hope I did your char right, Anemone.))
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Anemone
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Post by Anemone on Sept 29, 2007 19:13:40 GMT -5
(ooc: Don't worry, you got that specific reaction fine. Just try not to take control of the Sculptor until you know him a bit better, 'cause when things get complicated it could really confuse things. Okay. I'm using too much OOC in the actual post! Bad me. ) The Sculptor eyed the knives warily, his mind racing. He was on gang territory, then. That cleared up a lot of things, namely the weapons stash he had been watching for the past few nights. He wondered why he hadn't seen anyone around on his stakeouts before... But it didn't matter at the moment, now that he had been discovered. The serpentine girl was right. He really did have no friends here. With the other two members of his team on maternity leave, and the last thing he was going to do was call an expectant mother and her worried husband for help. "Look," he began. "I've never heard of the DaySeekers, but I do know a thing or two about gangs. I would put those knives away before you get hurt."
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Kyalnick
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Post by Kyalnick on Oct 1, 2007 18:28:40 GMT -5
((ooc: sorry!!! how should we include bad guys and such. BTW, I forgot to say in the first description of Cobra that she has POISONOUS fangs.))
Cobra raised an eyebrow at that. "Before I hurt myssself, or before I hurt you?" She countered, but she lowered the knives at least. He seemed an honest fellow and she really didn't want to hurt him, but she wouldn't put it past her other friends to do the same. "If you make it quick, I might be able to get you out of here without arousssing sssussspicssion from the othersss. Deal?"
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Post by Tiasalle on Oct 20, 2007 21:35:51 GMT -5
ooc: Hey, guys! This sounds fun! Mind if I join? (Kyal, would it be okay if my char was a part of the DaySeekers or would that entirely ruin your idea? I can modify my entry if that is the case...)
Katt leaned against the wall of the alleyway, her eyebrow raised in confusion. She had just barely joined the DaySeekers and had hoped, as a result of her following her heroine, Cobra, into the night, that she might get a few pointers on how to defend the band's territory. The scene before her had been entirely unexpected. Katt knew she had no chance of moving without the notice of the two conversationalists on the fire escape. For the trillionth time she wished that she could have gained the traits of a black cat, instead of the adorable grey-tabby-tortoiseshell that had ingrained itself into her DNA. Katt rolled her blue-slitted eyes and decided to leave things alone for the night. She turned around to start heading back into the alleyway shadows when a loud bark caught her completely off guard. Katt let out an ear-piercing yeowl, but immediately slapped her hand over her mouth. "Great" she thought, "Yet another stupid tender-foot mistake. Katherine, you're an idiot" She glanced up and flinched when she saw Cobra's eyes reflecting in her direction.
ooc: I hope that was Okay...
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Anemone
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Post by Anemone on Oct 21, 2007 10:40:58 GMT -5
(ooc: Sorry about taking so long! I've been busy.)
The Sculptor narrowed his eyes. "Slip out unnoticed while letting you and your Dayseekers raise an army with your little weapons cache up there? I don't think so. Tell me what you're doing with those guns, and then we'll make a deal."
In his mind, he knew his words only sounded calm and in control. He was playing on a suspicion, that was all. If the weapons were the property of someone else... He tried not to think about it. Best to roll with the punches, expect the unexpected.
(ooc: Welcome Tiasalle!)
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Kyalnick
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Post by Kyalnick on Oct 23, 2007 12:57:28 GMT -5
((ooc: sorry I took so long! School's been a killer. :bleh: Hi, Tia!!!))
Cobra sighed and rubbed her forehead. "All right. You can take your little toyssss and--" She froze as a dog barked and an all too-familiar cat's yowl answerd. Katt again?! The cat/human hybrid was really nice and all, but sometimes Cobra wished she wouldn't try following her so much. Her eyes flicked over to where she saw Katt's body heat and hissed angrily. "You can come out, Katt." When Katt shyly appeared out of the shadows, Cobra waved her reassurance to Sculptor. "Sssshe isss one of the DaySssseakersss. Ssssomeone would have heard that, sssso you had better grab thosssse little toyssss of yoursss and let me take you out of here before the othersss find you."
While the Sculptor was grabbing his stuff, Cobra planted her hands on her hips. "I apprecssiate your eagernesss to be one of usss, Katt, but if you wanted to come along, you had only to asssk. Why did you follow me?"
((ooc: Tia, i hope i did okay. I don't mind your char being one of the DaySeekers...adds to the fun. Welcome back!))
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Post by Tiasalle on Oct 23, 2007 15:39:14 GMT -5
ooc: Thanks!
Katt looked at the floor shamefacedly and sighed as she stepped out of the shadows. Not wishing to bring about the presence of the other DaySeekers, which Cobra obviously did not want to happen, Katt silently approached her heroine with a leap. "I-I'm sorry, Cobra" she mewed, "I hoped that, by following you, I could get a few pointers about night guarding. I planned on revealing myself to you, but when I saw you with this man I figured that I would break your concentration if I showed myself to you at this moment. I did not know he was an ally" Katt paused as she examined the floating man before her, "He is an ally, is he not?"
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Post by Anemone on Oct 23, 2007 17:13:59 GMT -5
The Sculptor grumbled as he gathered together the guns and other weapons together. It wasn't a very large cache, after all, he realized. Still... It wouldn't be a good thing to leave even this small amount in the hands of any gang. He bundled them together and left them up on the roof.
"Alright, snake-girl," he called from his spot high above. "What exactly are the Dayseekers, anyway? I've never heard of them."
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Post by Kyalnick on Oct 24, 2007 18:49:40 GMT -5
Cobra hesitated at Katt's dubiously repeated question. "Well, there'sss no way to tell and I don't think we have a choicssse."
"All right, snake-girl. What exactly are the DaySeekers, anyway? I've never heard of them."
Hissing in annoyance, Cobra glanced up at where Sculptor had suddenly appeared. Turning to Katt, she asked, "You can follow me if you want, but you mussst keep thisss sssecret." With that, she gathered her muscles and jumped up a couple stories, gathered herself again, and landed on the roof next to the floating Sculptor. "Of courssse you haven't heard of usss. Like our namesss, we of the DaySssseekersss rule thisss part of the cssity by night and mossst of the time never come out into the real world of day. Sssome of usss are like myssself and Katt," she gestured to the intent girl besdide her. "Can easssily live in both worldsss with only a few hoursss of sssleep between timesss. One other main feature about usss isss that we all are mutantsss: humansss with featuresss of animalsss. You might sssee it asss and advantage, but there are sssome mutantsss who would do anything to kill usss and your kind. In a nutssshell, we make sssure that your kind of people and oursss don't fall victim to thossse Outsssidersss."
A wolf howled somewhere close by and wouldn't have normally raised attention if Cobra hadn't known who it belonged to. "Time to go, floaty." She leaped down off the roof back onto the fireescape, hoping the two would follow her.
((ooc: I hope I did okay with this, Tia. I know you're a part of the DaySeekers, so I want to know if you agree with their "mission statement" of sorts.))
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Post by Tiasalle on Oct 25, 2007 14:16:20 GMT -5
ooc: Sounds great! Hey, I'm open to anything, particularly since you came up with the DaySeekers, Kyal, it's only fair that you come up with the mission statement, I'll play along so long as it doesn't contradict my own standards (which I highly doubt that they will). Just a side note, however. Katt can't return to a human form yet, which is why she admires Cobra so much.
Katt shuddered at the howl, she hated dogs. With a sigh of relief, she followed Cobra back to the fire escape and allowed her fur, which was standing on end because of the howl, to flatten once more. She knew that she shouldn't, but she hated the owner of the howl, mainly because of her feline instincts. She glanced at Cobra, her blue eyes reflecting green in the distant lamp-light, and wondered what she was thinking...
ooc: I'd write more, but I'm short on time...
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Anemone
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Post by Anemone on Oct 25, 2007 15:33:26 GMT -5
The Sculptor glanced up at the howl, feeling fairly certain that whatever made it wasn't a dog.
"Alright," he said, grabbing his stuff and floating down to follow Cobra. "I don't have much of choice but to trust you, do I? As long as you don't hurt civilians, the gang mentality doesn't put me off too much. You have a name? Somehow I get the gist that you don't like snake-girl."
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Post by Kyalnick on Oct 26, 2007 14:36:55 GMT -5
((ooc: oops! :blush: sorry, Tia! I'll remember next time! BTW I don't have a lot of time here, so this is going to be my shortest yet.))
Hesitating only a few seconds, Cobra replied softly,"It'sss Cobra. Let'sss go." Jumping off the roof back onto the fireescape, Cobra made sure they were following before hopscotching her way down. "I would be able to ssshow you the way out, but I have to ssstall the othersss. Follow the green x'sssss until you come to an alley that leadsss to one of the main roadsss. I'm sure you can find your way from there."
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