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You Are A Super
« on: January 02, 2013, 02:30:38 pm »

You are a Super: One of the few that have been blessed (Cursed?) with powers. Powers beyond the regular's reach: Flying, Controlling Minds, that sort of thing. Now you sit here, in your dirty apartment. A quick glance tells you that its 2:AM and that you should really clean up. A dirty mattress sits in on corner, a ugly black coffee table squatting besides it. You had opened a window, and a cold breeze is blowing in. You have an icebox, but thats about it for cooking utensils besides a blackened pot and some tarnished cutlery. You stare out the window to clear your mind: The past few days have been hard on you and your family. You remember the events, bright as day:

What is your name?

What is your power?

What is your origin, and other background?

Are you a savior, or a scourge?

Yes. A super game. Like we don't have enough, am i right?
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Re: You Are A Super
« Reply #1 on: January 02, 2013, 03:32:39 pm »

Name: Glen Smith.
Power: Power leeching or something to that effect. Tl;dr: Taking powers. The other guy might keep them.
Origin: I was born this way.
I'm not sure yet. I try to do right, but "right" is hard to determine and harder to do...
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Re: You Are A Super
« Reply #2 on: January 02, 2013, 03:46:19 pm »

Just so you know, i have a character set up if nobody really responds or agrees on one.
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Re: You Are A Super
« Reply #3 on: January 02, 2013, 03:48:21 pm »

What is your name? Amy Understudy

What is your power? Control of shadows

What is your origin, and other background? Gained power when a demon try to possess her, after a blurry half hour she had somehow devoured the demon and gain it powers of shadows.

Are you a savior, or a scourge? Savior
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« Reply #4 on: January 02, 2013, 11:58:41 pm »

You remember. You had been jogging when you had found a small wooden idol at the side of the road, in the shape of some bestial man-wolf, hunched as if ready to pounce. You picked it up without thinking, and promptly forgot about it. You reached home when you put your hand in your pocket, only to find it was filled with some kind of black sticky substance that was leaking out of the wolf, which seemed to have grown more menacing; you could have sworn it's eyes glowed. You suddenly felt as if some plague was flowing through your veins, rotting your being, your very soul. You died that day. You woke up on the carpet, covered in that sticky goo and unable to move. Some kind of ethereal smoke was floating in the air and moving towards you. Suddenly it darted towards your open mouth, and went inside. The goo shifted into a pile besides you as you stood up, looking very much the puppet. "Now now, looks like little Glen Understudy is resisting!" chuckled a voice besides your own, echoing in your mind. "Who-What are you?" you had said weakly, struggling to find your voice. "A puppeteer, a puppet, a builder and a destroyer". You suddenly experienced a cruel yanking sensation, and you were thrown out of your body. You could do nothing but follow as what used to be your body walked out the door and hailed a cab. You finally, after your credit card was drained, managed to get it in a mostly secluded park when you decided to try and get your body back. You darted forward and entered it's mind, surprising the demon enough that you got a tendril into it's mental armor. You writhed and twisted and tried to pry the wall apart while dodging the demon's attacks. You finally had a hole in the armor, and stabbed into it's vulnerable consciousness, absorbing part of it. You stabbed repeatedly until finally there was nothing left. Still somehow calm, you sat down on the park bench, and wiped off your now mud-stained pants. You had told no-one, and found your powers individually at your home. You had gained the ability to manipulate shadows, forming it into armor or weapons. The fight with the demon revealed your latent psychic powers, telepathy and the ability to absorb memorys and even the entire person's soul, rendering them a pale, inert husk. You shudder at the memory of how you found that out. You had pondered your powers, and finally decided that evil powers, do not make evil people. Still, its going to be hard to get started, you need to design a costume and everything...

What do you do? You have 200 dollars in the bank, and 40 in the wallet.

Yes, story sucks. Yes, i did a bump in the guise of an backstory.

HOLY CRAP AMALGAMATION OF STORYS AND POWERS AND HOLY CRAPZ
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Re: You Are A Super
« Reply #5 on: January 03, 2013, 12:03:51 am »

Scary.

So...we control shadows, and absorb peoples' souls?
Does this latter make us sorta like a soul-eating Alex Mercer?
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« Reply #6 on: January 03, 2013, 12:05:47 am »

Preeeety much, yeah. Difference is, I'm imagining this person who has evil powers, but genuinely tries to help. Also, DON'T MENTION THE SOUL INCIDENT. He is mentally scarred, and forever will be. By the way, do you think my writing skills are good? I'm trying to hone them.
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Re: You Are A Super
« Reply #7 on: January 03, 2013, 02:01:06 am »

Lets wait a sec before we make our costume, and see how our powers work.

Trial 1- The Telepathy Trial:
Stage 1: Test to see how well you can sense other beings with your telepathy. Not at all? Barely? Or like a radar in your head?
Stage 2: Attempt to find out what your power defines as a 'mind'. Does it have to be human-like, or can it interact with 'lesser minds' like insects?
Stage 2.5: If your telepathy works on insects, attempt to absorb an insect's memories, and destroy it. Gauge how hard this is, just in case we ever have to utilize this on human beings.
Stage 3: See how far you can talk to someone telepathically. This will freak them out, but it's all in the name of testing.

Trial 2- The Shadow Trial:
Stage 1: Attempt to gauge power's ability by forming limbs; do you have control over them? Can you grab things with your shadow power? Or is it only limited to production of items? Are we talking Green Lantern ring or Shadow Forge?
Stage 2: Construct non-combat shadow objects, and place them away from body. See how long they last when: Paying close attention, paying a little attention, paying no attention. Repeat with objects on or connected to the body.
Stage 3: Attempt to damage a shadow object. Determine elasticity, resistance to chipping, etc.

SCIENCE.
Also: You steal men's souls and make them your slaves! Perhaps the same could be said of all religions.
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« Reply #8 on: January 03, 2013, 04:06:12 am »

Costume note: Purple or black since with our shadows anything else would be odd. No heels. A mask a proper one, not a round the eyes only thing. Spandex since it the only thing in our price range that breath.
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« Reply #9 on: January 03, 2013, 04:52:24 am »

Costume note: Purple or black since with our shadows anything else would be odd. No heels. A mask a proper one, not a round the eyes only thing. Spandex since it the only thing in our price range that breath.
Cloth is also in our price range. Our mask should probably be a remodeled goalie mask. Like the kind Jason Voorhees would use. Add some paper mache, and some black lenses. Bam. All black mask. Probably nab a hoodie too. We can do armor with out shadows.
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« Reply #10 on: January 03, 2013, 05:30:02 am »

Keep forgetting cloth and goalie mask sound good but can't help think we need it a little less horror movie.
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« Reply #11 on: January 03, 2013, 08:58:37 am »

Costume note: Purple or black since with our shadows anything else would be odd. No heels. A mask a proper one, not a round the eyes only thing. Spandex since it the only thing in our price range that breath.
Skip the spandex. Go for something more practical, like sweatpants and a hooded sweatshirt. And a mask.
(That around-the-eyes mask is called a domino mask, by the way.

Keep forgetting cloth and goalie mask sound good but can't help think we need it a little less horror movie.
Agreed. Cloth is good.
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Re: You Are A Super
« Reply #12 on: January 03, 2013, 02:36:53 pm »

Yeah, i have no paint skills, if anyone else has any feel free to draw up the costume. Also, a domino mask is not going to hide your identity if you want it to. quote from Green Lantern:"Hal, just because i can't see your cheekbones does not mean i don't know you" or something to that extent.
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« Reply #13 on: January 03, 2013, 02:40:34 pm »

1 baklava +1 hoodie+1 sweatpants+2 sneakers+2 socks+2 gloves=Cheap but effective costume. Color, paint, and underwear to taste.
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« Reply #14 on: January 03, 2013, 02:47:54 pm »

Yeah, i have no paint skills, if anyone else has any feel free to draw up the costume. Also, a domino mask is not going to hide your identity if you want it to. quote from Green Lantern:"Hal, just because i can't see your cheekbones does not mean i don't know you" or something to that extent.
That why I said
A mask a proper one, not a round the eyes only thing.
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