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[Ozarck]

Spoiler: Is this Good? (click to show/hide)

Spirit
Name: Inna

Description: she usually appears as a sinuous blue stream of energy, with sparks scattering of her toward the "back" of the stream, as if she is moving forward through a wind. the shape of the stream and it's motion are indicative of her mood / interest / energy level.

Abilities: She is able to acquire, organize, collate, and project information quickly and efficiently. She can provide information on an object by physically entering it and projecting a part of herself out into the view of her human, can read datastreams, providing she has already encountered the interpreter object that handles such streams, can pull electromagnetic signals from the air and project them into sound, sight, or both, again provided she has encountered the decoding object. She can also transmit information to others via what physical interaction she is able to produce (sound waves, electromagnetic signals, light displays.)

Human
Name: Ozzy Ellis

Description: A strong, rough featured working man of early thirties, with calloused hands, scratchy blond beard, and short wavy hair. Has a kind smile, but tends not to display it often. Is usually seen in blue collar generic clothing.

Abilities: Ozzy is a skilled construction worker, carpenter, and architect with a networking hobby. He knows how to pick simple locks - not be cause of a criminal background, but because he and some friends found the concept interesting and experimented. He can also easily find the weak points of low security locations and get in unobtrusively, mostly because he forgets his keys and sometimes has to cross junkyards or abandoned buildings to get where he is going. He simply doesn't let minor obstacles deter him. Ozzy is generally good with people, but mostly the working class. He tends to be distant from white collar and welfare types, and the rich are on another planet.

Backstory:
Ozzy has a wife (Pam) and two daughters, age eleven (Melissa) and eight (Bethany). He earns a comfortable living, and she works part time while the kids are in school and some weekends.

He met the spirit one day on one of his detours through an old building. Inna was inspecting the sprinkler system, and Ozzy eyed her carefully as she floated about near the ceiling. As he began to work a lock, she became alert, darted down, and dashed inside, projecting an image of the interior of the lock, including Ozzy's pick (an old bit of stiff wire). The image was blurry and indistinct, often shifting at first, but as Inna got familiar with the insides of the object, and with Ozzy's feedback, she adapted until the object was represented nearly perfectly.

For some reason, Ozzy is a mystery to Inna, an object to be learned in depth, and he has "vast sums of information," according to her. For Ozzy's part, she reminds him of his daughters, and he tends to ignore minor obstacles like other people's distrust bother him. She, of course, is aware of the distrust of other spirits and humans, and in fact tends to shy away from most. She only represents information to Ozzy, or to others at his request.

Combined Abilities:
Ozzy's body speed up dramatically, and he is able to read any situation perfectly, knowing the exact outcome of any course of action for which information is available. Inna's ability to see information increases so that information from more sources at once can be interpreted and processed at lightning speed. Their ability to project information makes illusion / communication quite effective over large ranges. Special effects: Ozzy takes on the bluish tint of Inna, his eyes glow blue, and he tends to leave an afterimage when he moves, which then follows him, unless he so wills it to move elsewhere. (The after image has limited ability to physically interact?)

[WillowLuman]

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Spirit
Name: Ripley

Description: A very lightly reflective collection of gears, shafts, and belts (and some other mechanical parts), shifting position and size depending on his mood, mostly translucent and transparent, visible primarily where the gears contact each other. Usually, these parts take the shape of what is most likely a large housecat, though Ripley feels little compunction about taking the appearance of something else if he feels like it. However, it's usually either a cat, a strange-looking bird he calls an ornithopter, or a lizard. Though capable of moving through matter like most spirits, Ripley prefers to maintain the illusion of solidity by walking on surfaces, falling if not on anything, and so on. He enjoys perching on his human's shoulder, and has an air of arrogance about him, a nature untouched by the nuisance of time. When he speaks, the air seems to buzz or thrum, just underneath the range of human hearing, and it sounds like it's  being synthesized, along with an undertone of clicking that help to create consonants. More disturbing, perhaps, is his purring, a sound somewhat resembling an very quiet diesel engine.

Abilities: Ripley has multiple abilities, though most might be somewhat predictable. He can create the physical sensation of pressure in things he 'touches', as well as shift extremely light or airy substances touching his body, as though he were almost physical. As well, Ripley can cause distinct and separate mechanisms to link, making one gear turn a gear completely unconnected to it, though it wears off after a while and he has to 'touch' both mechanisms to link them. He can also do the opposite, causing mechanisms that should be connected and functional to just not do anything. Finally, Ripley can induce electrical currents in circuitry and wires, though he cannot actually possess electronics or fully control them. Simply influence, short-circuit, or manipulate.
Human
Name: Serra Conseicao

Description: A young bi-racial woman in her early to mid-twenties, Serra has a more athletic figure than one might expect for someone out of the big city. Her face is quite expressive, though the usual thing its expressing is being tired and suspicious. She's been told multiple times that she'd be quite pretty if she just smiled, and she's replied multiple times that she'd smile if she never had to speak to them again. Usually, she's wearing jeans and a tank top, with a jacket on top if it's cold out. Her shoes tend to be running shoes or tennis shoes; Serra's long since given up on trying to bother with fashion in the typical sense. Usually, Ripley lies across her shoulders, a comforting presence by now. She's taken to wearing gear and cog-shaped hair-pieces to help keep him hidden, since he's typically difficult enough to spot that with those as camouflage, she can take him into public.

Abilities: Studying engineering, computer science, and astronomy in college, working as a professor's assistant and a side-job as a very new auto-shop mechanic. Serra participates in the college intra-mural track team and the varsity swim team, in addition to trying to learn some martial arts, primarily capoeira, as her grandmother would have told her to take. She doesn't have a huge friend pool, being busy studying and becoming even more reclusive since Ripley showed up.

Backstory:
Some spirits are more intrigued by humans than others. Ripley, for example, with his obsession with mechanisms and the concrete, the 'real', found humans fascinating. This probably explained why he would take the risk of living in a city, and the pain of dealing with humans. In fact, his first encounter with Serra involved children throwing rocks at him. They had believed he was a weird cat, as he'd taken to looking like one, and on this particularly sunny day, Serra thought so too. She noticed on her way home from work and chased the brats off, getting a rock to the head for her trouble. She went home, nursing her bruise, to put ice on her head in her crappy 6th story apartment and listen to her roommates bicker about stupid bullshit some more. She liked them, but not when she had a goddamn headache from some stupid bullshit kids.

What she didn't notice was that Ripley had followed her home. He didn't show himself, he just wanted to watch, since he thought she was interesting. It was only a few weeks later, when she was being mugged on her way to the university, that he really revealed himself. The gun refused to fire, first. Then a forklift found one of it's forks inside of the man's chest cavity. The other mugger ran after that, and shortly found himself the victim of a truck with brakes that had blown out at just the wrong moment. Sera was just as terrified, since a yellow belt didn't mean shit against a gun, and then stuff came to life out of nowhere. Ripley climbed onto her shoulder, and three hours later, when Serra could be convinced she wasn't going crazy, she got home. The blood spatter should convince the professors that she had in fact been nearly mugged, she figured. Her roommates were less than enthused, but they found the spirit interesting, once their initial disbelief and rationalizing faded. Ripley, of course, basked in the attention.

Now, he's helped her get a new job and is as insufferable about that as he is about everything else. Nonetheless, Serra's always had a soft spot for cats, and he doesn't actually weigh anything, not really. She only wrecked the apartment's lights once, after all, when Ripley wanted to try something he thought would be 'interesting'. That would be, in fact, the reason he's helping her with her second job...someone has to pay for the repairs, after all.

Combined Abilities:
Usually, Ripley needs to touch something to mess with it. It turns out that that's not the case whilst inhabiting a human body. It also turns out that electronics really, really don't like it. It's theoretically possible that they could be controlled more astutely with Serra's help, but so far, at least, they just go haywire. Leverage, principles of force, and projected movement patterns and interactions also become really easy to see. Plus, you know, the whole tiny pieces of metal flying everywhere from machines starting to rip themselves apart with too many connections.

That day was not a good day.

Interesting!

[scapheap]

And done my sheet. *look at the other sheets* Don't think my chances are good.

[Rolepgeek]

I'm just gonna point out that while still extremely good and useful, precognition doesn't make one able to dodge things too fast or skilled to dodge, necessarily. You're still moving in real time after all, and they can react to that. Same with being blocked. Not to say it'll be easy or possible for most, and bullets can't change course midflight, but just pointing out that absolutes are rarely good ideas to include.

I figure you'll be fine though; at least you've got a sheet.

[WillowLuman]

Though you might want to revise that backstory a bit. It's a bit hard to understand at the moment.

[Ozarck]

how's mine look?

[Harry Baldman]

how's mine look?

It's a bit hard to read on account of lack of formatting.

[Ozarck]

Ah. thanks for the feedback. I'll adjust it.

Edit: adjusted. Would any other formatting adjustments help?

[Spiderking50]

Here is my character sheet:

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Spirit
Name: Noj

Description: Noj is a strange being who appears as a floating conglomerate of purple goo.  This goo is viscous and malleable based on how Noj is feeling. However, it is almost always something strange and unpleasant. Noj doesn't like just floating about, he feels the need to move realistically and thus always employs some mode of locomotion. Noj's favorite shapes include a snail, a flying leech, a floating jellyfish, and a miniature version of Jon.

Abilities: Noj has short range telepathy, but he doesn't talk much. His main power is to reshape things into other things. When Noj is possessing an object it glows purple and is malleable just like Noj. Once Noj stops focusing on them, they revert to their original forms (or melt if Noj isn't careful). Noj loves to combine two things into one thing, it brings him great joy. The things Noj combine, they are significantly less happy. Especially the lizard-cat, the lizard cat is very very unhappy. As is Jon. Jon wants his cat back.
 
Human
Name: Jon Noidonthavealastnamestopasking
Description: John is a 20 year male. He is 5'9'' and muscular. He has short hair that is styled up with gel in the front and is shaved short on the sides. No fadding. THis accentuates his sharp features and kind grey-blue eyes. Jon is always looking for adventure. He loves the outdoors and doing as many things he can. This doesn't mean that Jon doesn't occasionally take a day off, he just sees it as a necessary break so he can continue tomorrow. He's kind, adventurous, and loves his friends. If someone hurts one of his friends, the nice go lucky guy disappears and a vengeful, cunning, manipulative, and somewhat scary guy takes his place.

Abilities:
 Jon has been a rock climber for years, he has survived in the wilderness that long as well, he backpacks and hitch hikes around the US seeing sites, doing odd jobs, and making friends along the way.

Backstory:
Jon ran away from home when he was 10. He stole a tent, some camping supplies, a few books, and $200 from his dad before he left. Jon never talks about his family or the scars across his body. He has been on his own since then, well, at least until he found Noj.

The backstories of the human and the spirit:
Jon had been alone for almost a year. It was the middle of winter, and he was out of food and didn't have any warm clothes. In fact, he didn't have much of anything left. He knew he would die here in his snow covered tent. Then, he heard a noise. A lot of noise, terrifying noises. Twenty feet in front of his tent was what looked like a melting dear. It made horrible noises as it turned to mush. Jon thought he was hallucinating from hunger, but when he touched the dear, it was real! Jon thanked God or whoever had sent him this strange gift. He scooped up as much dear soup in his bowl as he could, and built a tiny fire. It tasted like fur and bones and meat, but at least it was food. As he gulped down as much as he could, he noticed a tiny purple replica of himself mimicking him exactly. Jon froze. The figurine froze. Jon stared. The figurine stare. John put down his bowl. The figurine put down it's purple bowl. Jon said, "I'm Jon" The figurine said "Noj m'I". "Well thanks Noj." said Jon and went back to scooping melted deer out of the frozen dirt.

Combined Abilities:
Noj once possesed Jon when Jon was about to be mauled by a bear. The area around them suddenly twisted. The bear was half inside a tree and it coughing blood. Other trees were suddenly part rock and more than a few rocks sprouted leaves. A bird fell to the ground, its head was replaced by the worm it was eating. Everything had fused with something else and more than a few things had outright melted. Jon picked up a leaf-rock and to this day it still grows as long as Jon remembers to water it. Jon thinks that Noj could combine two living creatures and they survive, if Noj was careful. Noj is almost never careful.

Tell me if I need to change anything.

Here's a summary/explanation:

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Noj is one of those spirits who haven't seen many humans. He changes is appearance but is always the same shade of purple. He uses this to be expressive because whenever he talks it comes out backwards. Here's Noj saying the previous sentence, "sdrawkcab tuo semoc ti sklat eh revenehw esuaceb evisserpxe eb ot siht sesu eH." His power is to slightly weaken molecular bonds, making things slightly malleable. As a draw back, he sometimes softens things too much or forgets to reharden them.

Jon is a run away who only survived because of Noj. After Noj took pity on Jon, they both expected Noj to leave, but this strange boy piqued his ample curiosity. He ended up following Jon, expecting to move on in a day or two, but when twos days passed he decided to watch for another day. It went on like this for weeks, then months, then years, and Jon never really got around to moving on. He's lean and fit from living in the woods and hiking across country. His hair is styled up in a spiky pompadour and the sides of his head are shaved close. He wears a flannel and jeans with the bottoms rolled up. He has a hiking backpack.

The two travel from town to town doing odd jobs and making enough money to get to the next place. They have no ties to anyone or anything except for eachother. This tie comes from just spending so much time alone together and growing to be more like eachother as a result. Now neither really knows what they would do without the other.

[WillowLuman]

May need to think on that power, but could be interesting.
Also, why does Noj trust Jon? Or why did he feel like taking pity on him?

Ah. thanks for the feedback. I'll adjust it.

Edit: adjusted. Would any other formatting adjustments help?

It looks pretty good, but I'm not clear on the abilities. Can you explain them a bit more?

[Twinwolf]

PTW and likely join.

[Ozarck]

Ah. thanks for the feedback. I'll adjust it.

Edit: adjusted. Would any other formatting adjustments help?

It looks pretty good, but I'm not clear on the abilities. Can you explain them a bit more?

The Spirit can basically see the insides of things, decode cell signals and other electromagnetically transmitted information, and project images. She is also capable of interpreting the information in real time, so, like if she picked up a phone line and listened to a modem signal, she could communicate directly with the machine on the other end.

She could map an area in real time, complete with moving objects, heat signatures, and the like. I won't go so far as to say she could do all of those at once, but she can switch between information formats with relative ease. I'm not looking to make her a Mary Sue or anything. then again, she doesn't have directly physical powers, so there's that I wanted to make her ability somewhat flexible. Perhaps she can read emotions, tell when someone is lying, has a greater likelihood of predicting courses of action, that kind of thing

I would say that, if telepathy is a thing, She is quite resistant to probing, but able to communicate via that medium with those sensitive should she chose to do so.

As for when they merge or whatever, I added some physical ability, mostly heightened speed, to suggest input from both sides. Her ability to read information in the surrounding area increases exponentially, such that she could, perhaps, read every raindrop, and he could ... I don't know ... "Bullet time?"

I was kinda thinking they might be more support oriented if this was team based - providing information, coordination, and direction for the others to act on. Does any of this clear anything up?

[Spiderking50]

May need to think on that power, but could be interesting.
Also, why does Noj trust Jon? Or why did he feel like taking pity on him?

Noj was one of those foresty spirits and had never seen a human before. Noj saw this human boy and was reminded of himself. Completely and utterly alone. As they spent more time together (9 years) Noj realized that this human was very similar to himself. Curious and adventurous.  At first Noj didn't intent to stick around with this boy, he meant to save him from starving and move on, but the more time he spent with him, the more he found that they had in common. He thought that if this boy was like him, then maybe the spirits were more like humans than they thought. Noj never communicated this. Noj doesn't talk much as one of his quirks is that everything he says is backwards.

They have spent nine years together, seeing great sites, meeting good people, and depending on each other. At first Noj was tentative, but Jon acted as if he and Noj had known each other all their lives. Jon showed Noj great wonders of nature, showed him good people, protected him from bad, and most importantly, showed him friendship.

[WillowLuman]

Ah. thanks for the feedback. I'll adjust it.

Edit: adjusted. Would any other formatting adjustments help?

It looks pretty good, but I'm not clear on the abilities. Can you explain them a bit more?

The Spirit can basically see the insides of things, decode cell signals and other electromagnetically transmitted information, and project images. She is also capable of interpreting the information in real time, so, like if she picked up a phone line and listened to a modem signal, she could communicate directly with the machine on the other end.

She could map an area in real time, complete with moving objects, heat signatures, and the like. I won't go so far as to say she could do all of those at once, but she can switch between information formats with relative ease. I'm not looking to make her a Mary Sue or anything. then again, she doesn't have directly physical powers, so there's that I wanted to make her ability somewhat flexible. Perhaps she can read emotions, tell when someone is lying, has a greater likelihood of predicting courses of action, that kind of thing

I would say that, if telepathy is a thing, She is quite resistant to probing, but able to communicate via that medium with those sensitive should she chose to do so.

As for when they merge or whatever, I added some physical ability, mostly heightened speed, to suggest input from both sides. Her ability to read information in the surrounding area increases exponentially, such that she could, perhaps, read every raindrop, and he could ... I don't know ... "Bullet time?"

I was kinda thinking they might be more support oriented if this was team based - providing information, coordination, and direction for the others to act on. Does any of this clear anything up?

Still a little unclear, but it somewhat clears up. Telepathy is sort of a thing, though probably not at a distance without specializing in it. Via contact, sure. Note that spirits can learn skills over time, inasmuch as they relate to their domains. So perhaps after many years a spirit could develop distance telepathy after being skilled at reading impulses/information.

May need to think on that power, but could be interesting.
Also, why does Noj trust Jon? Or why did he feel like taking pity on him?

Noj was one of those foresty spirits and had never seen a human before. Noj saw this human boy and was reminded of himself. Completely and utterly alone. As they spent more time together (9 years) Noj realized that this human was very similar to himself. Curious and adventurous.  At first Noj didn't intent to stick around with this boy, he meant to save him from starving and move on, but the more time he spent with him, the more he found that they had in common. He thought that if this boy was like him, then maybe the spirits were more like humans than they thought. Noj never communicated this. Noj doesn't talk much as one of his quirks is that everything he says is backwards.

They have spent nine years together, seeing great sites, meeting good people, and depending on each other. At first Noj was tentative, but Jon acted as if he and Noj had known each other all their lives. Jon showed Noj great wonders of nature, showed him good people, protected him from bad, and most importantly, showed him friendship.

Ah. So they met when Jon had initially run away?

[Spiderking50]

Yes, they met a year after Jon had run away and had been mostly alone in the woods during that time. Jon probably looked (and smelled) nothing like a normal human. Plus he was just kid. It would be a very heartless spirit that let a boy starve/freeze when they could easily save them. Noj is very kind, even if he likes to take strange or unpleasant shapes.