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44,102 | 1,205 | 102 | 1,253 | 386 | Alister grabbing his things having been up all night talking with paulina dragged himself to class. He was tired and groggy and really didn't want to be messed with. On his way to class he stopped by the main office. Alister had resided to turn himself in. He didn't want his powers to be open with an uncontrollable one running around.
As he walked into the gym he looked about with a yawn. Today he decided to dress a little different wearing black skinny jeans and a fitted shirt accompanied by some checkered finger less gloves and a white zippered goodie. Alister cracked his neck and walked in. Around his wrist was the new more powerful inhibitor that not only suppressed his powers but almost all but negated them.
Alister took his seat against the wall next to Liam and sighed. "Hey..." He said yawning afterwards "how's it going?" Alister asked the question while looking at the ceiling refusing to make eye contact. The jacket mostly covered the wrist monitor so it made it a little easier to play off to liam that it wasn't even there. | Jason Blackwell
"When justice is done it brings joy to the righteous but terror to evil doers"-Proverbs 21:15
Appearance:
Black choppy hair that flows. Green eyes. He's 6'2 and well built, but not super bulky. He typically wears something along the lines of a collared t shirt and dark jeans. His muscles are toned, but not gigantic. He's more about power than strength.
Personallity:
A joker and clown at times, but can quickly become serious and observant. He's fairly outgoing and will make friends with just about anyone. He loves to read people; Analyze them physically and emotionally, and draw his own conclusions. He can't stand bullying, or abuse of any kind that he deems unjustified. He revels in bringing pain to those he thinks deserve it, but he's not a black and white thinker. In fact he's a rebel himself. He enjoys breaking rules as long as none gets hurt. He's fiercely loyal and would throw himself under the bus for his friends in a heartbeat.
History:
He grew up in downtown Manhattan for most of his life, however his parents marriage began to fall apart. His dad was always out working and his mother chose to rely on alcohol to fill the hole he left in his absence. Eventually his mother and father came up with the dillusion that starting somewhere fresh could fix things. Despite Jason's protests they ended up moving to Kentucky. While In Kentucky his mother enrolled him in a school for the gifted and talented, which Jason would quickly grow to resent. Due to his accelerated thought processing, he easily scored highly on anything and everything. This quickly made him the target for intense bullying. One day in a physical confrontation with a bully he discovered that when he concentrated, he could appear to slow time.(a result of his high speed processing). With an almost psychotic calmness he simply reached out and snapped each of the boys fingers backwards until the hand was a mangled mess. After he was expelled from the school he dedicated a year to training his body and mind to its peak. He then trained extensively in kick boxing, Brazilian jiu jitsu, and parkour. On Halloween night dressed in a hooded cloak and mask, he went on a spree of vigilante justice viciously assaulting all those who had ever wronged him. At the end of the night he was eventually apprehended by authorities. He faced 25 years in prison. However his defense attorney suggested that there was another place for him that would be better suited for him. The meta human academy.
Classification:
- possesses cognitive acceleration . He can process information at incredible speeds, allowing him to analyze and come to conclusions at an unprecedented rate. His reflexes and reaction time are 5 times that of any other human. When he has to react from his perspective time slows to a crawl. He can process and think at normal speeds giving him more than enough time to plan his every movement. but his movement is also slowed(not super speed)
-His body is trained to near peak performance. He's incredibly strong for his size, while maintaining high levels of agility.
-He's highly proficient in kick boxing, trained by UFC fighter Justine Kish. He also has extensive training in Brazilian jiu jitsu(a grappling martial art mainly involving joint locks, chokes, and other submissions)
-Highly skilled in both parkour and rock climbing. Can scale most buildings as long as there are ledges, handholds, or even cracks. |
44,103 | 1,205 | 103 | 2,470 | 2,686 | Liam Pyne
Looking up at Ashleigh Liam blinked in surprise. Ashleigh never talked to anyone why was she talking to him now? It was rather strange that so many people had decided to start talking to him recently. Managing a smile Liam looked up at Ashleigh and managed a smile. “I’m fine thank you. Last night was...trying to say the least.” Adjusting himself he moved over slightly with a look and turn of his arm indicating there was room next to him. “You’re welcome to sit. Although…” Liam trailed off as he studied the look on Ashleigh’s face. “You know you’re welcome to go, it's Ashleigh right? You look like it's painful to be around people. I don’t mind if you run; trust me.”
As Jason approached Liam tracked the movement. Given that he’d sighted Ashleigh before he’d sighted Liam there was no doubt she was the real reason for his approach. Cocking an eyebrow Liam extended his hand to shake Jason’s “Liam Pyne, pleasure to meet you” It felt like he should stand up and actually engage with them but then again he was exhausted from dealing with the Ghosts all night. Jason seemed like he had a thing for Ashleigh and yet she didn’t seem to notice? Maybe Paulina’s bracelet actually did work; although it seemed rather…selective. Flicking his eyes between Ashleigh and Jason, Liam quirked an eyebrow at Ashleigh but made no comment.
Liam shifted to his right. “Jesus Alister you look like Noah fucked you up last night after I kicked his ass to the curb.” With a grunt Liam moved over a bit more. “Okay seriously what happened to you Alister. I don’t think I’ve ever seen you look quite this bad and that is saying an awful lot since I personally look like hell every morning.” Reaching over Liam picked up Alister’s wrist. “Damn dude and I thought they wanted to inhibit me. And they are keeping that on you at Gym? Was it Paulina’s fault? Or can you rip out people's souls now or something?” Popping his neck Liam wrinkled his nose. “Today is going to be a mess. I think the administration jumbled the classes together this semester. There are a lot of new people; I wasn’t even in classes with you three last semester. I wonder why they mixed things this year.” | Liam Pyne
An idea, like a ghost, must be talked to a little before it will explain itself
Appearance: While not a small person Liam has a slighter build befitting that of someone who exercises when time permits. Standing at 5'9”, largely an academic, Liam’s exercise usually comes in the form of having to help as spirit get some place out of the way. As a result of this sporadic exercise Liam’s build is rather average in terms of muscle. With the constant practice in the gym Liam has grown good at one thing. Liam is an excellent runner and has deccent hand eye coordination. The skills he has picked up are often used to get him out of trouble when he sticks his nose in somewhere it doesn’t belong.
Liam sports short light brown hair and has eyes that range in color from bright blue to a muted green. While Liam is not one to run around outside every day he is not pale with a healthy light skin tone. Most people would call Liam moderately attractive but he is not that far above average in his looks.
Personality: Liam is a genuine gentle soul who often comes off as a shy shut in. Many have taken Liam’s generally non confrontational personality to mean that he is a pushover or any easy target; often this ends in the bully finding out that Liam is not an easy target and Liam having to get stitches. Those who get to know Liam find him to be a rather witty and intelligent individual willing to stand up for those he cares about regardless of harm to himself.
With all of his positive qualities Liam has a dark side stemming from his powers. From an early age Liam's fascination with the occult and the dead has limited his relationships. Often those who get to know him are put off by his power or by the fact that he willingly spends time with those who have passed on. Liam is one of few people who can bring the dead closure, as a result he feels obligated to help. This societal shunning has rendered Liam incredibly wary of others as he feels that those who get close to him will either leave when they find out the extent of his abilities; or will be pushed away by what he feels is his responsibility.
Given a lack of an active social life Liam excels at academics as any time that isn’t spent working on his talents is inevitably spent studying or reading. Liam’s academic proficiency has also lent itself to his shut in personality; however this is assumption about his personality is often made after others find out what his grades are like, not something that Liam actively advertises.
History: Born in a rural small town Liam was a popular exuberant child growing up. Most said Liam had a super human grasp on life and that “this child was going to go far”. On Liam’s 13th birthday he began having troubles at school and with other kids. The light hadn’t gone out in his eyes it had just become more determined than ever before. From that day forward Liam had become an totally different person; often seeking out local spots which were rumored to be haunted or other things of that nature. Over the next three years Liam continued to grow more and more distant from his family and friends.
In the end everything came to a head when Liam was sixteen. While poking around an abandoned barn rumored to be the home of the ghost of an old man Liam happened across a group of older guys who had brought a pair of young girls to the barn for a “night of fun”. Upon realizing what was happening Liam tried to stop them but was beat severely.
What happened next is still unclear but Liam returned with a vengeance in his eyes and an old double barreled shotgun under his arm. Three of the guys went to the hospital that night and one died on the operating table from his wounds. Neither of the girls would make a statement and Liam claimed he couldn’t remember what had happened just that he felt like he wasn’t in control of his own body. Over the next several months Liam would have similarly strange episodes until one day something altogether different found its way into Liam’s body. When the authorities were finally able to rescue Liam’s family Liam had boarded them in his parents room and was preparing to set the house ablaze.
After being taken to a mental institute for rehabilitation it was deemed necessary to attempt something unorthodox. A spiritual medium was brought in to assess Liam and it was deemed necessary to perform an exorcism. The ritual was performed with written approval from the Vatican itself and in the controlled confines of the asylum under the guidance of the medium who was called to asses Liam and the supervision of the psychiatric staff. Properly restrained Liam did not hurt anyone and the presence was expelled with only a few hours of time with the Priest.
When Liam was finally deemed psychologically sound he was sent home for a week before being packed up and shipped off to the academy to be supervised and trained in proper use of his abilities. Over the last two years Liam’s powers have grown steadily allowing him to more safely use them to benefit the denizens of the world Beyond.
Metahuman Classification: Spiritual Vessel (Medium)
Beyond the Veil: Liam can see ghosts when he opens his eyes and ears to the spirit world. This power is fully voluntary unless a spirit is powerful enough to make its presence physically know by crossing the Veil. Often times when Liam is not using his Sight more frustrated powerful ghosts who want his attention will make alterations to his environment (knocking over objects, breaking mirrors, etc.) causing discomfort for those in Liam’s vicinity when he is dealing with a persistent potent spirit. The effects of these spirits seemed to be lessened in the presence of more than two or three people or in the presence of sterile rooms and cutting edge technology.
Voluntary Possession: Liam has the ability to allow a spirit to share his body. In so doing Liam can allow a Spirit to talk to those in the mortal world or to even carry out acts they need to move on from a state of unrest. This ability also allows Liam to make use of a ghosts knowledge and abilities it had in life. This can include: speaking another language, knowledge about a particular subject matter or even physical capabilities such as martial arts, cooking, or music. The only limit is what Liam is physically capable of doing; regardless of the ghosts ability to do a backflip Liam still may not physically be able to do such a thing.
Exorcism: Liam is fully capable of expelling any spirit who has possessed him. After his encounter with an “Outsider” Liam has worked hard to make himself capable of ejecting unruly spirits at will. Often this is done when a spirit wishes to continue making use of Liam’s body beyond what Liam’s agreed upon terms were. This power also extends to others; in the rare case that a spirit has found a way to possess another person Liam is capable of expelling the spirit from another person body.
Liam has yet to have contact with another “Outsider” and as such he has yet to test his ability to expel an “Outsider” either from himself or from another. Liam has done extensive research on what he has termed “Outsiders” and yet much of what they are remain a mystery.
*Warning: Restricted Ability* Forced Possession: In incredibly controlled settings the instructional staff has tested Liam’s ability to expel a Spirit from his own body into the body of another or even into objects. While the tests were successful they left Liam dangerously fatigued and were deemed too dangerous to the subject of the possession as the process often angered or warped the spirit who was transferred in such a way. The notable exception was Spirits who were transferred willingly into a willing host. The Academy has strictly forbade this use of Liam’s powers. On his own Liam is far too afraid to attempt such a use given its ramifications. To this date the Academy has yet to find a need to discipline Liam for such a use of his abilities and as such it is not limited beyond the confines of the Academy.
*Warning: Restricted Ability* Environment/Spirit Manipulation: It is unknown to what extent Liam can manifest Psychokinetic powers; however the Academy keeps these abilities carefully suppressed with a psychic dampener. Liam manifest what appears to be a potent psychokinetic ability when under the duress of a strong possession.This includes the ability to levitate himself and to move objects with his mind. These abilities also appear to extend to influencing or commanding other less potent Spirits. The speculation by the Academies experts is that the powers are some remnant of the Outsider’s possession of Liam. On his own Liam does have very minimal Telekinetic abilities; however they only go as far as being able to move pennies across tables or rattle bottles. Regardless of the apparent low caliber of the abilities the academy has taken precautions to keep any of Liam’s psychic abilities carefully monitored and dampened for safety reasons.
*Warning: Redacted Ability, Eyes only* Traumatic Telepathy:
*test one*
The subject seems to be capable of digging through the minds of those in the room with him to find their deepest fears and most humiliating moments. After no less than five minutes in the room with him our volunteers were relieved and the test was cancelled. The result appears to be minor damage to the psyche of the recipients. Further tests will be required to determine the full extent of this ability.
*test two*
The subject is apparently capable of inflicting delusions and psychosis on those present and uninsulated from his psychic abilities. After a longer exposure of approximately thirty-three minutes volunteers were released from the test and the subject was exercised according to standard procedure. My final recommendation is that the further tests be canceled and that the subject be properly monitored and psychically dampened. The manifest psychic powers appear to not be a part of the subjects ability to communicate and house Spirits; however they appear to be a side effect of undamped powerful possessions. My conclusion on the subject is that these powers are a result of the Subjects possession by a Class 5 or greater non human psychospiritual entity. Caution is advised in any further use or test of the subject’s Telepathic and Psychokinetic abilities.
Pre-existing conditions: Liam is prone to sleepwalking and occasional bouts of insomnia. This can occasionally be disturbing for those who witness it as he may often appear quite cogent or wake when it happens. |
44,104 | 1,205 | 104 | 1,253 | 386 | Alister laughed lightly. "Last night I was up talking with Paulina. After she left I couldn't sleep." He yawned and nodded his head "yeah this year seems crazy. Usually I don't even come to gym I'm always held up in control classes". Alister shrugged and yawned again. Slouching lower on the wall he put his head in his hands and nodded off for a second.
Waking with a jolt after sliding off his arm he perked up for a second looking around. Slouching again he looked at Liam. "As for the serious upgraded inhibitor" he said lazily "the whole red eye thing from yesterday wasn't a joke. It's a seriously massive upgrade to my powers that I have no real control over. " pausing every couple words with tiredness Alister tried to finish what he was saying "so they decided to cut off my powers for now. Also, I think someone was in my room over the break and noticed I have been intruding nonstop."
He looked up at the ceiling. "I can still use the power a little. But now they upped the dials so now, instead of just just taking a little while to read over someone, it takes hours." He let out a small sigh. "So basically I have been reduced to being as human as possible without literally removing my powers". Alister let out a small sigh and slumped even further down staring off in the distance | Jason Blackwell
"When justice is done it brings joy to the righteous but terror to evil doers"-Proverbs 21:15
Appearance:
Black choppy hair that flows. Green eyes. He's 6'2 and well built, but not super bulky. He typically wears something along the lines of a collared t shirt and dark jeans. His muscles are toned, but not gigantic. He's more about power than strength.
Personallity:
A joker and clown at times, but can quickly become serious and observant. He's fairly outgoing and will make friends with just about anyone. He loves to read people; Analyze them physically and emotionally, and draw his own conclusions. He can't stand bullying, or abuse of any kind that he deems unjustified. He revels in bringing pain to those he thinks deserve it, but he's not a black and white thinker. In fact he's a rebel himself. He enjoys breaking rules as long as none gets hurt. He's fiercely loyal and would throw himself under the bus for his friends in a heartbeat.
History:
He grew up in downtown Manhattan for most of his life, however his parents marriage began to fall apart. His dad was always out working and his mother chose to rely on alcohol to fill the hole he left in his absence. Eventually his mother and father came up with the dillusion that starting somewhere fresh could fix things. Despite Jason's protests they ended up moving to Kentucky. While In Kentucky his mother enrolled him in a school for the gifted and talented, which Jason would quickly grow to resent. Due to his accelerated thought processing, he easily scored highly on anything and everything. This quickly made him the target for intense bullying. One day in a physical confrontation with a bully he discovered that when he concentrated, he could appear to slow time.(a result of his high speed processing). With an almost psychotic calmness he simply reached out and snapped each of the boys fingers backwards until the hand was a mangled mess. After he was expelled from the school he dedicated a year to training his body and mind to its peak. He then trained extensively in kick boxing, Brazilian jiu jitsu, and parkour. On Halloween night dressed in a hooded cloak and mask, he went on a spree of vigilante justice viciously assaulting all those who had ever wronged him. At the end of the night he was eventually apprehended by authorities. He faced 25 years in prison. However his defense attorney suggested that there was another place for him that would be better suited for him. The meta human academy.
Classification:
- possesses cognitive acceleration . He can process information at incredible speeds, allowing him to analyze and come to conclusions at an unprecedented rate. His reflexes and reaction time are 5 times that of any other human. When he has to react from his perspective time slows to a crawl. He can process and think at normal speeds giving him more than enough time to plan his every movement. but his movement is also slowed(not super speed)
-His body is trained to near peak performance. He's incredibly strong for his size, while maintaining high levels of agility.
-He's highly proficient in kick boxing, trained by UFC fighter Justine Kish. He also has extensive training in Brazilian jiu jitsu(a grappling martial art mainly involving joint locks, chokes, and other submissions)
-Highly skilled in both parkour and rock climbing. Can scale most buildings as long as there are ledges, handholds, or even cracks. |
44,105 | 1,205 | 105 | 377 | 25,988 | It is painful to be around people Ashleigh said, giving a shrug, looking over her shoulder as Jason looked about, giving him a smile as he started over to them, "But Paulina thinks I should be around people, and if truth be told, I'm a little scared of her" She smiled, giving another shrug so Liam would know it was a joke. "You look like you've been up all night too" Ashleigh had become an expert at hiding the dark shadows from sleepless nights, but she knew the signs. And exhaustion was an emotion she was more then familiar with. It wasn't really an emotion, but it tended to dull other emotions.
She shifted slightly as Jason joined them, giving him a nod and a "Hey" hoping that he wouldn't know she had hovered outside his door for a good ten minutes. She didn't even know why she had. She cleared her throat, and took a seat, a little put off by Alister. At Liam's look, Ashleigh gave yet another shrug, choosing not to say anything.
Ashleigh was never too sure when...when someone seemed interested in her. It had always been hard to tell, and now with the empathy, it was hard to truly know the difference between lust and attraction. And the last time...she didn't want to make the same mistake. Jason seemed sweet enough, and had been ready to defend Paulina against physical violence. But she wasn't going to let herself be put into a vulnerable position again.
Still...
"Perhaps they merely want to see how we do when thrown in with a bunch of others. Maybe there is simply more students in the school. And maybe they think...well, I was limited to my interactions with others last year. Only put with people that wouldn't send me out of control, and then I was slowly introduced into other, more difficult classes. It took a while for Paulina to get the bracelet right. So now here I am. Lets see how I do"
She fell silent, leaning back against the wall and closing her eyes. This brought her into sharp focus of the emotions of those around her, particularly the three guys close to her. Liam's emotions always seemed a little weird. Alister seemed...a little angry to her. And Jason...she gave a soft sigh. "I think they are hoping, and Paulina, that by the end of the semester I won't have to wear the bracelet" She said after a few moments, opening her eyes and looking to Alister, "What they do is for safety. Once they know more,and once you know more about it, I'm sure Paulina will work with you and can lower the inhibitor" | Ashleigh Shephard
"Look, you don't understand, people are complex. Their emotions are even more so. You put that altogether, not being able to stop feeling it, and it would drive you crazy too"
Appearance:
Asheligh stands at 5"6, her black hair extends to her shoulders, her brown eyes are deep and troubled. She has a light skin tone, and a fine complextion. She has a scar under one eye, faded and old. She typically wears dark clothes, almost "Punk" Like.
Personality:
Ashleigh is a troubled individual. She keeps to herself, prefering her own company then the heart ache others can bring. She is a quite, almost soft young woman. She rarely raises her voice, and indeed she rarely voices her opinion, prefering to watch situations as they happen. She rarely lets anyone come close to her, for fear of getting hurt again.
She is however a rather kind individual, willing to put aside her own fears and doubts for others, particularly if she cares about them. If she can be convinced to let someone it, she will be a valuble asset. However, she considers herself weak and suspetable, based on her past.
History:
Ashleigh was born addicted to drugs. Her mother hadn't been aware she was pregnant, until she was 7 months along, and by then it was too dangerous to clean up her act. So Ashleigh was born a drug addict. As both went through care to become clean, her mother vowed to do anythhing she could to stay clean, and give Ashleigh the life she deserved.
Ashleigh however was a troubled individual. Her abilities affected her immensely, and by the time she was 12, she was once more a drug addict, taking whatever she could get her hands on, she didn't care as long as it helped. By 15, she had been in and out of hopsitals, rehabs and other such facilities more times then she'd been in school. By 16, she was in love and had cleaned up her act.
By 17, she was near death, beaten up by the one person she thought she could love forever. This was when her mother had to stop holding on, and having heard about the acadmey, she sent Ashleigh there, for she couldn't deny that Ashleigh didn't have special gifts.
Metahuman Classification:
A living curse That's what Asheligh thinks of her abilties. She wishes she never had them, and constantly seeks ways of dulling their affects on her. But she can never get rid of them. Even drugs lost their effect, once Ashleigh found she could heal herself. A living curse, and one she can't escape from.
Empathy
This is Ashelighs main ability, it's strong, and it causes her pain. The ability to feel others emotions, to constantly feel everything going on around her. She can't control it, can't stop the torrent of emotions. She can control peoples emotions, but she prefers not to.
Telekinesis
This is actually Ashleighs only power she doesn't wish gone. The ability to make things move? She thinks its way cool.
Healing
The ability to heal might be someone elses dream, but for Ashleigh, touching people is hard, that explosion of emotion...she can't take it. The ability to heal comes from the mere fact she can follow emotions to the source of the injury, and then use the bodies own empathic state to heal. While it is effective, it exhausts both the user and the patient, and as such there is a risk for large injuries.
Allergies:
None
Pre-existing conditions:
Addicted to drugs. |
44,106 | 1,205 | 106 | 1,253 | 386 | Alister chuckled a little and smiled looking over to Ashleigh "trust me" he said with a small smile. "I know enough about this power to know I won't be allowed to use it freely." Alister let out a sigh and chuckled again knowing that Ashleigh was unnearved by his emotional demeanor.
"You know" he said slyly. "You don't have to be worried . It's not you I'm angry with" Alister layed out on the floor removing his jacket and placing it on his face, his tattoos now visable. Alister gave out a groan "I am so fucking tired today" he said rapping his head against the ground "thank God nothing has happened yet. | Jason Blackwell
"When justice is done it brings joy to the righteous but terror to evil doers"-Proverbs 21:15
Appearance:
Black choppy hair that flows. Green eyes. He's 6'2 and well built, but not super bulky. He typically wears something along the lines of a collared t shirt and dark jeans. His muscles are toned, but not gigantic. He's more about power than strength.
Personallity:
A joker and clown at times, but can quickly become serious and observant. He's fairly outgoing and will make friends with just about anyone. He loves to read people; Analyze them physically and emotionally, and draw his own conclusions. He can't stand bullying, or abuse of any kind that he deems unjustified. He revels in bringing pain to those he thinks deserve it, but he's not a black and white thinker. In fact he's a rebel himself. He enjoys breaking rules as long as none gets hurt. He's fiercely loyal and would throw himself under the bus for his friends in a heartbeat.
History:
He grew up in downtown Manhattan for most of his life, however his parents marriage began to fall apart. His dad was always out working and his mother chose to rely on alcohol to fill the hole he left in his absence. Eventually his mother and father came up with the dillusion that starting somewhere fresh could fix things. Despite Jason's protests they ended up moving to Kentucky. While In Kentucky his mother enrolled him in a school for the gifted and talented, which Jason would quickly grow to resent. Due to his accelerated thought processing, he easily scored highly on anything and everything. This quickly made him the target for intense bullying. One day in a physical confrontation with a bully he discovered that when he concentrated, he could appear to slow time.(a result of his high speed processing). With an almost psychotic calmness he simply reached out and snapped each of the boys fingers backwards until the hand was a mangled mess. After he was expelled from the school he dedicated a year to training his body and mind to its peak. He then trained extensively in kick boxing, Brazilian jiu jitsu, and parkour. On Halloween night dressed in a hooded cloak and mask, he went on a spree of vigilante justice viciously assaulting all those who had ever wronged him. At the end of the night he was eventually apprehended by authorities. He faced 25 years in prison. However his defense attorney suggested that there was another place for him that would be better suited for him. The meta human academy.
Classification:
- possesses cognitive acceleration . He can process information at incredible speeds, allowing him to analyze and come to conclusions at an unprecedented rate. His reflexes and reaction time are 5 times that of any other human. When he has to react from his perspective time slows to a crawl. He can process and think at normal speeds giving him more than enough time to plan his every movement. but his movement is also slowed(not super speed)
-His body is trained to near peak performance. He's incredibly strong for his size, while maintaining high levels of agility.
-He's highly proficient in kick boxing, trained by UFC fighter Justine Kish. He also has extensive training in Brazilian jiu jitsu(a grappling martial art mainly involving joint locks, chokes, and other submissions)
-Highly skilled in both parkour and rock climbing. Can scale most buildings as long as there are ledges, handholds, or even cracks. |
44,107 | 1,205 | 107 | 2,470 | 2,686 | Jason could feel people gazing on his very soul, his cognitive acceleration gave him some type of 6th sense that he hadn't exactly figured out yet. It seemed nearly everyone in this school could either read him with supernatural ability, or sheer skill, and it annoyed him. He felt like his thoughts might never be private here, and it terrified him. He wouldn't call them nosy however, he did the same thing. he just wasn't used to it being the other way around...
"Nice to meet you as well Liam." Jason replied evenly, pretending not to notice eyes flickering from him to Ashleigh. He could almost hear their questioning, to which Jason had no answer. Damn, its only been a day, and I'm already getting 'the look'. Obviously he had never had much experience with girls, so despite his ability to project confidence, and even casually flirt from time to time, he truly was just making it up as he went along. As to a question of interest? There was a difference between attraction and interest, and He himself wasn't sure, but that didn't mean he didn't want to find out. The only person Jason had trouble reading was himself...
He felt bad for the boy he came to know as Allister, it sounded like he had had a much rougher night than him. "Yeesh man, that sounds kind of miserable." he interjected sympathetically. "I sure hope they haven't begun looking for a way to shut me down." He chuckled nervously. His eyes quickly darted around the room, praying Paulina hadn't overheard, and taken that as a challenge. | Liam Pyne
An idea, like a ghost, must be talked to a little before it will explain itself
Appearance: While not a small person Liam has a slighter build befitting that of someone who exercises when time permits. Standing at 5'9”, largely an academic, Liam’s exercise usually comes in the form of having to help as spirit get some place out of the way. As a result of this sporadic exercise Liam’s build is rather average in terms of muscle. With the constant practice in the gym Liam has grown good at one thing. Liam is an excellent runner and has deccent hand eye coordination. The skills he has picked up are often used to get him out of trouble when he sticks his nose in somewhere it doesn’t belong.
Liam sports short light brown hair and has eyes that range in color from bright blue to a muted green. While Liam is not one to run around outside every day he is not pale with a healthy light skin tone. Most people would call Liam moderately attractive but he is not that far above average in his looks.
Personality: Liam is a genuine gentle soul who often comes off as a shy shut in. Many have taken Liam’s generally non confrontational personality to mean that he is a pushover or any easy target; often this ends in the bully finding out that Liam is not an easy target and Liam having to get stitches. Those who get to know Liam find him to be a rather witty and intelligent individual willing to stand up for those he cares about regardless of harm to himself.
With all of his positive qualities Liam has a dark side stemming from his powers. From an early age Liam's fascination with the occult and the dead has limited his relationships. Often those who get to know him are put off by his power or by the fact that he willingly spends time with those who have passed on. Liam is one of few people who can bring the dead closure, as a result he feels obligated to help. This societal shunning has rendered Liam incredibly wary of others as he feels that those who get close to him will either leave when they find out the extent of his abilities; or will be pushed away by what he feels is his responsibility.
Given a lack of an active social life Liam excels at academics as any time that isn’t spent working on his talents is inevitably spent studying or reading. Liam’s academic proficiency has also lent itself to his shut in personality; however this is assumption about his personality is often made after others find out what his grades are like, not something that Liam actively advertises.
History: Born in a rural small town Liam was a popular exuberant child growing up. Most said Liam had a super human grasp on life and that “this child was going to go far”. On Liam’s 13th birthday he began having troubles at school and with other kids. The light hadn’t gone out in his eyes it had just become more determined than ever before. From that day forward Liam had become an totally different person; often seeking out local spots which were rumored to be haunted or other things of that nature. Over the next three years Liam continued to grow more and more distant from his family and friends.
In the end everything came to a head when Liam was sixteen. While poking around an abandoned barn rumored to be the home of the ghost of an old man Liam happened across a group of older guys who had brought a pair of young girls to the barn for a “night of fun”. Upon realizing what was happening Liam tried to stop them but was beat severely.
What happened next is still unclear but Liam returned with a vengeance in his eyes and an old double barreled shotgun under his arm. Three of the guys went to the hospital that night and one died on the operating table from his wounds. Neither of the girls would make a statement and Liam claimed he couldn’t remember what had happened just that he felt like he wasn’t in control of his own body. Over the next several months Liam would have similarly strange episodes until one day something altogether different found its way into Liam’s body. When the authorities were finally able to rescue Liam’s family Liam had boarded them in his parents room and was preparing to set the house ablaze.
After being taken to a mental institute for rehabilitation it was deemed necessary to attempt something unorthodox. A spiritual medium was brought in to assess Liam and it was deemed necessary to perform an exorcism. The ritual was performed with written approval from the Vatican itself and in the controlled confines of the asylum under the guidance of the medium who was called to asses Liam and the supervision of the psychiatric staff. Properly restrained Liam did not hurt anyone and the presence was expelled with only a few hours of time with the Priest.
When Liam was finally deemed psychologically sound he was sent home for a week before being packed up and shipped off to the academy to be supervised and trained in proper use of his abilities. Over the last two years Liam’s powers have grown steadily allowing him to more safely use them to benefit the denizens of the world Beyond.
Metahuman Classification: Spiritual Vessel (Medium)
Beyond the Veil: Liam can see ghosts when he opens his eyes and ears to the spirit world. This power is fully voluntary unless a spirit is powerful enough to make its presence physically know by crossing the Veil. Often times when Liam is not using his Sight more frustrated powerful ghosts who want his attention will make alterations to his environment (knocking over objects, breaking mirrors, etc.) causing discomfort for those in Liam’s vicinity when he is dealing with a persistent potent spirit. The effects of these spirits seemed to be lessened in the presence of more than two or three people or in the presence of sterile rooms and cutting edge technology.
Voluntary Possession: Liam has the ability to allow a spirit to share his body. In so doing Liam can allow a Spirit to talk to those in the mortal world or to even carry out acts they need to move on from a state of unrest. This ability also allows Liam to make use of a ghosts knowledge and abilities it had in life. This can include: speaking another language, knowledge about a particular subject matter or even physical capabilities such as martial arts, cooking, or music. The only limit is what Liam is physically capable of doing; regardless of the ghosts ability to do a backflip Liam still may not physically be able to do such a thing.
Exorcism: Liam is fully capable of expelling any spirit who has possessed him. After his encounter with an “Outsider” Liam has worked hard to make himself capable of ejecting unruly spirits at will. Often this is done when a spirit wishes to continue making use of Liam’s body beyond what Liam’s agreed upon terms were. This power also extends to others; in the rare case that a spirit has found a way to possess another person Liam is capable of expelling the spirit from another person body.
Liam has yet to have contact with another “Outsider” and as such he has yet to test his ability to expel an “Outsider” either from himself or from another. Liam has done extensive research on what he has termed “Outsiders” and yet much of what they are remain a mystery.
*Warning: Restricted Ability* Forced Possession: In incredibly controlled settings the instructional staff has tested Liam’s ability to expel a Spirit from his own body into the body of another or even into objects. While the tests were successful they left Liam dangerously fatigued and were deemed too dangerous to the subject of the possession as the process often angered or warped the spirit who was transferred in such a way. The notable exception was Spirits who were transferred willingly into a willing host. The Academy has strictly forbade this use of Liam’s powers. On his own Liam is far too afraid to attempt such a use given its ramifications. To this date the Academy has yet to find a need to discipline Liam for such a use of his abilities and as such it is not limited beyond the confines of the Academy.
*Warning: Restricted Ability* Environment/Spirit Manipulation: It is unknown to what extent Liam can manifest Psychokinetic powers; however the Academy keeps these abilities carefully suppressed with a psychic dampener. Liam manifest what appears to be a potent psychokinetic ability when under the duress of a strong possession.This includes the ability to levitate himself and to move objects with his mind. These abilities also appear to extend to influencing or commanding other less potent Spirits. The speculation by the Academies experts is that the powers are some remnant of the Outsider’s possession of Liam. On his own Liam does have very minimal Telekinetic abilities; however they only go as far as being able to move pennies across tables or rattle bottles. Regardless of the apparent low caliber of the abilities the academy has taken precautions to keep any of Liam’s psychic abilities carefully monitored and dampened for safety reasons.
*Warning: Redacted Ability, Eyes only* Traumatic Telepathy:
*test one*
The subject seems to be capable of digging through the minds of those in the room with him to find their deepest fears and most humiliating moments. After no less than five minutes in the room with him our volunteers were relieved and the test was cancelled. The result appears to be minor damage to the psyche of the recipients. Further tests will be required to determine the full extent of this ability.
*test two*
The subject is apparently capable of inflicting delusions and psychosis on those present and uninsulated from his psychic abilities. After a longer exposure of approximately thirty-three minutes volunteers were released from the test and the subject was exercised according to standard procedure. My final recommendation is that the further tests be canceled and that the subject be properly monitored and psychically dampened. The manifest psychic powers appear to not be a part of the subjects ability to communicate and house Spirits; however they appear to be a side effect of undamped powerful possessions. My conclusion on the subject is that these powers are a result of the Subjects possession by a Class 5 or greater non human psychospiritual entity. Caution is advised in any further use or test of the subject’s Telepathic and Psychokinetic abilities.
Pre-existing conditions: Liam is prone to sleepwalking and occasional bouts of insomnia. This can occasionally be disturbing for those who witness it as he may often appear quite cogent or wake when it happens. |
44,108 | 1,205 | 108 | 2,033 | 9,326 | Elaine Soyala
Ugh.
Gym.
The bane of her existence. Physical activity, plus forced interactions with other people and no food to compensate. Apparently they wouldn't let her have food here. Blah blah rules regulations blah blah ugh damn it she wasn't going to be able to get used to this. At least that cold shower had been rather refreshing. Hopefully she wouldn't be forced to actually try exerting herself in whatever they were going to be doing, either. She was tired enough as it was.
Elaine walked into the gym, wearing her usual apathetic frown, dark bags under her eyes indicating she likely didn't get much sleep. She scanned those present, quickly eyeing Liam and deciding that well, she might as well at least go hang around him. She didn't particularly know anyone else, and if she was going to be forced to be social, might as well be with someone she knew somewhat, even a little. She wasn't particularly looking forward to saying hi to the others he was hanging around, though. The fools from yesterday that got into that scuffle.
She walked over quietly, though Liam would likely be able to feel the spirit before he saw her like he had done yesterday, catching only the end of Alister's comment about being tired. Which made the insomniac laugh sarcastically as she made her presence known to the others.
"Wow. Tired. Because one sleepless night is bad. Try getting less than two hours every day and then complain." She grumbled quietly to herself, leaning against the wall and yawning tiredly. At least, she attempted to keep the comment to herself. Being in the irritable mood that she was in, she could have done a better job of being quieter but she didn't seem to particularly care if they heard her. She slowly slumped to the floor, deeming standing too tired.
She cast a tired glance over to Liam when she had settled herself. She half expected him to want to talk about their mutual friend last night, but it seemed he hadn't wanted to. Well, that was fine with her. Less work for her. She spent most of the night trying and failing to sleep, anyways. | Elaine Soyala
"Good? Evil? Please. Such concepts are made up from the self righteous fools who have a holier than thou attitude. Acts of 'good' could bring great harm to others at some point, and acts of 'evil' may benefit another." - A cranky insomniac
Gender:
Female
Age:
17
Appearance:
Standing at a fairly average five foot six, Elaine isn't all that physically impressive, and not exactly on the 'attractive' side. She hardly has any muscles and weighs at barely 125lbs, nearly bordering on underweight no matter how much she eats. She has a skinny, lanky and has a fairly small frame and she constantly looks like she needs to eat more. Many people assume she doesn't eat a lot, when in fact the opposite is true. If anything, she eats far too much. Her canines seem to be longer than most peoples.
She has short cut black hair, and a fairly pale complexion with bright blue eyes. Often, she wears her hair long and untied.
After that, they would probably notice the perpetual scowl and dark bags under her eyes, suggesting the girl gets little sleep for whatever reason. She does, in fact, suffer from chronic insomnia, which may play a part in her perpetual bad mood. There have been attempts to try and fix this, but it seems drugs aren't much of a cure. On her back, seems to have been carved a rather painful looking magic rune right into her flesh.
Personality:
In a few short words? Grumpy, easily annoyed, and generally could honestly care less about you and your problems. Not her fault, really. On average she only gets about two hours of sleep every twenty four hours, at least that's her excuse. She generally keeps to herself most of the time, and only interacts minimally with other people, and any time someone does she will simply stare at them blankly before promptly telling them to get lost in the rudest manner she can possibly muster.
That's not saying she's a bad person. While she does keep to herself and is a bit a rude, jackass that doesn't entirely play well with others, her moral compass is...odd. While she wouldn't go out of her way to help someone since it would be both tiring and annoying, at the same time she'd never go out of her way to seriously harm anyone. If anything, she's out for herself, pure and simple. She comes first, and would only do something if it was in her best interests to do it.
However - she is surprisingly loyal if she gives you her word about something. She'd rather be known as someone who's trustworthy than someone who isn't after all. No one likes traitors. As such, she'll likely always side with those she's known longer rather than not, unless she herself, could benefit greatly from it in some manner. She can often be bribed with an appropriate amount of money, food, or any combination of both. Items of value typically hold no value to her.
Most of the time, she speaks in short sentences, often sounding incredibly tired when she does so. Doesn't like physical activity, as it is tiring, and she doesn't really have a lot of energy to spare. She tends to be surprisingly philosophical sometimes. She spends a lot of sleepless nights thinking about...well, quite a number of things.
History:
There's not much to mention here, really, save perhaps for her families origins if you know anything of the Wendigo though, you'll probably at least have a good idea of what happened. Similar to werewolves, Wendigos used to be human, though once wendigos turn into the monsters they can never usually go back. Elaine is a bit of a special case, in that regard thanks to her father.
Somewhere in Canada, near old Inuit lands, is where Elaine grew up living a fairly normal, if somewhat isolated life. Being so far north, there wasn't really much happening in the small community where she lived, and even then her family was seen as somewhat odd, due to their religious practices. Elaine's family has long watched over a forest to the north, an old, cold place where many old rituals on 'sacred land' took place. Over time, most of these rituals were forgotten, but people still avoided the land because of tradition - and a small bit of fear.
Her family, was one that didn't forget and sought to make sure the land was kept safe and to keep people out.
When Elaine was a child, she wondered into these lands, and got lost. To this day, she will say it was because she heard something calling to her. It's not too much of a stretch to realize what that was. Cold, afraid, alone, and almost starving, she wanted something - anything to eat. Well, it just so happened that this sacred ground was home to a spirit - the Wendigo, and it possessed the child. Her parents searched for her, but it took time. The beast was smarter than most people gave it credit for, but when people started disappearing in town he had to be swift before things got complicated. He knew the family legends well, and had a pretty good idea of what happened.
After some effort, He tracked the beast, and using old rituals and magic, sealed it. He had saved his daughter, but she was never the same after that. The beast had a rather obvious effect on her disposition. She outright refused to let them exorcise it. After countless arguments, being unable to do anything to help her, they sent her to somewhere they thought could help with her condition.
Metahuman Classification:
Possessed Human, Wendigo Spirit.
She is in fact, a wendigo. A human possessed by the Native American spirit of Greed and Gluttony. That's a bit of a bad combination in terms of ones personality. This, while granting her a number of abilities, also has a number of side effects that are less than glamorous. Its something she's had to live with most of her life, but until recently it hasn't been a problem. Theoretically, one could probably exorcise the spirit, but she has no intentions of doing so.
Enhanced Physiology: Simply put, despite her frail looking form, she could probably punch a hole through solid brick without even trying, and is likely at the peak physical condition a human could possibly be in without damaging their muscles. She could easily lift three times her own body weight without even trying, and could lift anywhere from six hundred to seven hundred pounds, and this is without accessing any help from the spirit. The spirit simply being attached to her in this manner grants her this tremendous physical strength. Likewise, her stamina is something that would make most Olympic athletes jealous, and is fairly agile when she wants to be. Her sleepy demeanor tends to make it easy enough to catch people off guard with just these abilities.
Insatiable Hunger, Gluttonous Healing: Sharing a body with a spirit of Greed and Gluttony isn't exactly easy. She is constantly hungry, desiring to eat whenever necessary. This is something that isn't easily suppressed, except by actually eating. Thankfully, despite the spirit being based in cannibalism, she can eat almost anything from metal to meat. Of course, she will admit that human flesh is something she has in fact eaten before on one extreme circumstance, and that it is the best way of going about satiating the hunger. The upside is, that eating actually invigorates her. Meaning, she can eat - and she'll heal almost anything. The effects are even obvious mid combat. The more she eats, the more she heals and healthier she becomes...and the stronger the spirit becomes.
Beastly Senses: Her Sense of hearing and smell, has been boosted greatly and could substitute to using those to see even at night or in dimly lit areas, and is able to hear on frequencies normal humans likely wouldn't be able too. Granted, this also makes it so she could also be overwhelmed easily by sudden loud noises and sense of smell could easily confuse her if she has nothing else to go on.
Partial manifestation: She is able to partially manifest the spirit at will in herself. What does this mean? Well, small increase to physical strength, agility, speed at the cost of some of her self-control. Typically, she gains horrific looking claws on the end of her hands, with a pelt of thick, matted dark colored fur extending up her arms, and canines elongating into sharp points designed for rending and tearing flesh. The claws, are sharp enough to cut through quite a few materials, and the fur turns into a tough, difficult to damage hide that could shrug off blows from even bullets.
Beastly Manifestation (restricted ability, unable to access): This ability, if one could call it that, is completely restricted by complicated magic to keep the spirit itself, more or less suppressed barring any extreme circumstances. This, is well, what one might call it when the beast fully takes over. The creature stands at eight feet tall, covered in coarse, matted black fur. It has long, antler like horns atop its head, which is covered in a bony plate. Its mouth is full of sharp, but uneven teeth, and its ribcage is easily seen on its chest, bony protrusions revealing a hollow, empty stomach. Its physical abilities have yet to be fully tested, but with its size and the physical strength she displays normally, most people don't want to take the chance. The last time it was out, it caused more than a little trouble.
Weaknesses:
Fire - She burns easily. More so than most people, and in fact seems to have a bit of a fear of it. Likely due to the Wendigo spirit.
Silver tends to have an ability to drain her strength a bit. While nothing deadly, it will greatly sap her strength and weaken her and the spirit
Not eating, actually weakens her. Also makes her irritable and more cranky. A combo of which, is not good for most peoples health.
Allergies:
N/A
Pre-existing conditions:
Is a terrible insomniac. Can't sleep on a regular basis to saver her life, and drugs don't seem to be of much help. On a regular basis, she gets around 2 hours every twenty four hours. |
44,109 | 1,205 | 109 | 2,502 | 1,203 | Paulina Benson
"Lies and slander!" Paulina grinned as she skated up to the group, spinning to a stop. "I smell gossip in the air, so who's been naughty?" It was, of course, a joke. She wasn't really expecting any of them to be talking about her.
She'd actually woken up quite refreshed, despite her late night with Alister. Their discussion, along with the gift of his research notes, had been very illuminating. She had had no idea that Ali cared so much about her, but people were full of surprises. "What are we talking about again?" She asked innocently, then blinked as she properly looked at the group. There was one member whom she was definitely not familiar with. "Have we met?" | Paulina Benson
Chaos magic is the idea that a particular set of beliefs serves as an active force in the world. In other words, we choose what and how we believe, and our beliefs are tools that we then use to make things happen... or not. - Sophia Amoruso
Appearance: Paulina is quite tall and slim, standing at 5’9”. Her skin is very fair due to the amount of time she spends indoors, and she frequently changes the colour of her waist-length hair. Because of her deteriorating vision, she wears a pair of corrective glasses that double as sunglasses.
Age: 19
Personality: Paulina is an exceptionally… focused woman. An intellectual at heart, she spends most of her time experimenting with her magic and documenting her findings. She’s also keenly interested in the powers of others, and is gradually building up a research database on all things supernatural, paranatural, magical, and otherwise “weird”.
She’s not very fond of fighting, and as such tends to find more mundane uses for her magic. For example, she has melted runes into the soles of all her shoes that enable her to float a few inches off the ground, letting her “skate” through the air.
History: When Mihkail and Sophia Benson brought their daughter Paulina into the world, she should have had a bright future. Intelligent, curious, gifted with a knack for computer programming and attractive as she grew into her teenage years, she should have had every opportunity open before her. Instead, the only future that she would know was one of darkness. In her early teens, Paulina was diagnosed with Stargardt disease, a genetic condition that caused degeneration of the eyes, with a strong possibility of losing her sight completely as her eyes clouded over. With no cure and any possible treatments still extremely early in their development, Paulina had to accept the fact that she would lose the one thing that many people took for granted; being able to see the world. This fact sent her into a depression, and at night her most fervent wish was to regain what was being slowly taken away from her.
Whether some greater entity heard her wish and took pity on her, or if the strength of her desire was what ignited her power, none may ever know. Whatever the case, there came a day where things… changed, as though something about the world was different in a small, yet crucial way. Paulina felt connected to the world, to reality, in a way that was difficult for her to describe; like the real world was as much at her command as the virtual one. Now, she devotes herself to exploring more about this connection.
Metahuman Classification:
Runic Magic: through the use of hermetic runes, Paulina can create different magical enchantments. These enchantments range from controlling different elements and reactions, to enchanting objects that bear her runes with different qualities, even bringing them to “life”. She is particularly interested in body modification enchantments, and harbors a secret hope that she can cure herself this way.
Because the exact effects she creates must be described by the runes themselves, she must be very specific about what she wants to happen. Additionally, any effects have an energy cost that must come from somewhere, either from herself or some other external source.
If her runes are damaged or disrupted, it can interrupt or end whatever effect she is trying to create, or even cause them to go haywire. Additionally, while Paulina is very flexible in what effects and enchantments she can create, both in terms of combat and utility, she must have a clear understanding of what it is she wants to do and time to prepare her runes.
Allergies: none
Pre-existing conditions: Paulina has been diagnosed with Stargardt disease, a genetic condition that leads to blindness. Currently she is very sensitive to sudden changes in brightness and needs powerful corrective lenses to see clearly. |
44,110 | 1,205 | 110 | 711 | 1,531 | Korie Weiss
Korie walked towards the gym, tying her hair up with a hairband the institution had so helpfully supplied the girls with in the dorm bathroom. She’d woken up that morning with a start, momentarily at a loss as to where she was. When she’d remembered, however, Korie quickly calmed down and dressed for classes, which were just about as uneventful as they were yesterday. Science was the worst of all, as Korie quickly discovered. She'd been allotted into a class she'd taken during Sophomore year, and although Korie didn't exactly remember everything there was to know, she didn't appreciate having to relearn the things she did.
The least they could have done is have advanced placement for those that need it, she thought as she approached the gym.
Entering the gymnasium, Korie was struck by how different it looked with uniformed teenagers filed up instead of a collection of rowdy ones scattered about and eating food. Spotting Liam, Paulina, and Alister with some others, Korie walked over.
”Hey Alistair, Liam, Paulina,” Korie said, greeting the members of the group she knew. ”Hope you don’t mind me inserting myself into the group.” Korie flashed a smile at the three strangers. ”Hi. Korie Weiss, nice to meet you,” she said, waving. | Korie Weiss
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.
—Leonardo da Vinci
Appearance:
At a slim 5’8”, Korie mostly tends towards lean muscle since she’s a long distance runner. Match that with dark brown hair cut short just above her shoulders and piercing grey eyes, Korie’s pretty and she knows it. She prefers simple chic—comfortable with just the right amount of pizazz to pop.
Personality:
Confident and outgoing, Korie has a sharp tongue she doesn’t care to hide. She prefers a few close friends over a group of acquaintances, but does enjoy attention at times. While mostly contemplative and thoughtful, she can be amazingly simple-minded with close friends, blurting out the first thing that comes to mind. For this reason people close to Korie often say that she has no filter, and they love her refreshing honesty. Among strangers, however, Korie comes off as serious and sharp-minded, fun to be around and dangerous to cross. Korie believes in white lies for the greater good, but she doesn’t like to hold back the truth when it comes to those she loves. The best people don’t deserve such disrespect.
Korie used to be one of the people that took their studies very seriously, but ever since she transferred to ECAY she’s been questioning whether or not she should still strive to earn good grades. After all, where would it get her in life now that she’s banned from society? Nonetheless, Korie’s a bright students with great retention. She believes in sucking up to teachers, but doesn’t go out of her way to do so.
History:
As the only child from a well-off family, Korie grew up distanced from her parents but loved nonetheless. Through grade school Korie was a pristine student and also quite popular. She was “friends” with many people, but she only ever considered a select few true friends. She grew apart from these people when she developed her powers as she failed to contain her powers at the beginning, turning into anyone she saw. Soon enough, the government stepped in.
The government cleared up all the suspicion Korie would have roused. All traces of her meta powers were gone, and no one remembered her the first time she escaped. Not even her parents. Isolated from the world, Korie willingly turned herself back into the government under the agreement that, should she follow their orders, her parents would be given back their memories of her. Korie was allotted to attend the ECAY starting at her junior year in high school.
Metahuman Classification:
◼ Shapeshifter | Korie can take on the shape of any living animal she chooses, preferably one she can see. While it takes her a few seconds to assume the form, Korie will have access to any physical abilities the organism has such as flight if she were to turn into a bird.
◼ Restricted ability: Genetic Replication| While her normal shape-shifting skills do not allow her to use the powers of others, Korie does have the potential to do so. In order to replicate someone's genome, Korie must establish physical contact with them. Her cells then scan and copy that individual’s genome, making her genetically identical to them and thereby copying their powers.
Allergies:
In the middle of developing a pollen allergy.
Pre-existing conditions:
None. |
44,111 | 1,205 | 111 | 1,253 | 386 | Alister waved to Korie, his face still under his jacket. "Can't talk..... To tired" he said sounding exhausted "but please do come sit". Alister yawned and continued to lay on the floor . "Hey Liam...when did our wall get so popular ? " he said with kind of a laugh. "It's sort of strange".
Alister was a little put off by all the people that had shown up but one voice was worth hearing and that was paulina's. Having had a serious interest in her and her life since like forever Alister was very interested in everything about her. It was usually a quiet interest, but today he was seriously interested in whether she had gone over his notes. "Paulina?" He said questioningly "so did you go over the book? " the second question was said with a distinctive interested, which comming from the short , tattooed, delinquent boy was weird to hear even for her.
Alister having never showed her anydistinctive interest before last night was a little nervous to say the least. He wasn't sure if it was weird to ask about something, especially something spoken of in private, in front of so many people. Alister smacked his head in frustration feeling as though he made a mistake in what he said. | Jason Blackwell
"When justice is done it brings joy to the righteous but terror to evil doers"-Proverbs 21:15
Appearance:
Black choppy hair that flows. Green eyes. He's 6'2 and well built, but not super bulky. He typically wears something along the lines of a collared t shirt and dark jeans. His muscles are toned, but not gigantic. He's more about power than strength.
Personallity:
A joker and clown at times, but can quickly become serious and observant. He's fairly outgoing and will make friends with just about anyone. He loves to read people; Analyze them physically and emotionally, and draw his own conclusions. He can't stand bullying, or abuse of any kind that he deems unjustified. He revels in bringing pain to those he thinks deserve it, but he's not a black and white thinker. In fact he's a rebel himself. He enjoys breaking rules as long as none gets hurt. He's fiercely loyal and would throw himself under the bus for his friends in a heartbeat.
History:
He grew up in downtown Manhattan for most of his life, however his parents marriage began to fall apart. His dad was always out working and his mother chose to rely on alcohol to fill the hole he left in his absence. Eventually his mother and father came up with the dillusion that starting somewhere fresh could fix things. Despite Jason's protests they ended up moving to Kentucky. While In Kentucky his mother enrolled him in a school for the gifted and talented, which Jason would quickly grow to resent. Due to his accelerated thought processing, he easily scored highly on anything and everything. This quickly made him the target for intense bullying. One day in a physical confrontation with a bully he discovered that when he concentrated, he could appear to slow time.(a result of his high speed processing). With an almost psychotic calmness he simply reached out and snapped each of the boys fingers backwards until the hand was a mangled mess. After he was expelled from the school he dedicated a year to training his body and mind to its peak. He then trained extensively in kick boxing, Brazilian jiu jitsu, and parkour. On Halloween night dressed in a hooded cloak and mask, he went on a spree of vigilante justice viciously assaulting all those who had ever wronged him. At the end of the night he was eventually apprehended by authorities. He faced 25 years in prison. However his defense attorney suggested that there was another place for him that would be better suited for him. The meta human academy.
Classification:
- possesses cognitive acceleration . He can process information at incredible speeds, allowing him to analyze and come to conclusions at an unprecedented rate. His reflexes and reaction time are 5 times that of any other human. When he has to react from his perspective time slows to a crawl. He can process and think at normal speeds giving him more than enough time to plan his every movement. but his movement is also slowed(not super speed)
-His body is trained to near peak performance. He's incredibly strong for his size, while maintaining high levels of agility.
-He's highly proficient in kick boxing, trained by UFC fighter Justine Kish. He also has extensive training in Brazilian jiu jitsu(a grappling martial art mainly involving joint locks, chokes, and other submissions)
-Highly skilled in both parkour and rock climbing. Can scale most buildings as long as there are ledges, handholds, or even cracks. |
44,112 | 1,205 | 112 | 377 | 25,988 | Ashleigh
Ashleigh rubbed her arm, her own nerves getting to her, as well as the emotions of so many people close to her. She shifted from foot to foot for a moment, merely letting herself breath in and out deeply for a few breaths. She unconsciously shifted closer to Paulina, wanting the comfort of her nearby.
Why were there so many people around her? Perhaps going up to Liam had been a mistake. And why were so many of them tired? Had there been a wild orgy or something after the meet and greet? Feeling herself getting worked out, nearly that stage where she might just lose control, Ashleigh reached out for Paulina's hand, taking it and letting herself concentrate more on Paulina's emotions then anyone elses, the contact making this so much easier to do.
"I know you aren't angry at me" She said softly to Alister. She shifted again, "I...I'm sorry everyone, I need to get out for a minute" She gave Paulina's hand a squeeze, letting her friend know she was okay, before she began to slip away, moving through the students coming into the gym, she exited it, trying not to do so at a run.
She had tried so hard not to let herself be overwhelmed. She really was trying. But it was just so hard. She rounded a corner, and slid down the wall, lowering her head into her arms. At this rate she'd be back to being isolated. "Why am I so weak?" She whispered, listening for the bell that was signify class was starting. | Ashleigh Shephard
"Look, you don't understand, people are complex. Their emotions are even more so. You put that altogether, not being able to stop feeling it, and it would drive you crazy too"
Appearance:
Asheligh stands at 5"6, her black hair extends to her shoulders, her brown eyes are deep and troubled. She has a light skin tone, and a fine complextion. She has a scar under one eye, faded and old. She typically wears dark clothes, almost "Punk" Like.
Personality:
Ashleigh is a troubled individual. She keeps to herself, prefering her own company then the heart ache others can bring. She is a quite, almost soft young woman. She rarely raises her voice, and indeed she rarely voices her opinion, prefering to watch situations as they happen. She rarely lets anyone come close to her, for fear of getting hurt again.
She is however a rather kind individual, willing to put aside her own fears and doubts for others, particularly if she cares about them. If she can be convinced to let someone it, she will be a valuble asset. However, she considers herself weak and suspetable, based on her past.
History:
Ashleigh was born addicted to drugs. Her mother hadn't been aware she was pregnant, until she was 7 months along, and by then it was too dangerous to clean up her act. So Ashleigh was born a drug addict. As both went through care to become clean, her mother vowed to do anythhing she could to stay clean, and give Ashleigh the life she deserved.
Ashleigh however was a troubled individual. Her abilities affected her immensely, and by the time she was 12, she was once more a drug addict, taking whatever she could get her hands on, she didn't care as long as it helped. By 15, she had been in and out of hopsitals, rehabs and other such facilities more times then she'd been in school. By 16, she was in love and had cleaned up her act.
By 17, she was near death, beaten up by the one person she thought she could love forever. This was when her mother had to stop holding on, and having heard about the acadmey, she sent Ashleigh there, for she couldn't deny that Ashleigh didn't have special gifts.
Metahuman Classification:
A living curse That's what Asheligh thinks of her abilties. She wishes she never had them, and constantly seeks ways of dulling their affects on her. But she can never get rid of them. Even drugs lost their effect, once Ashleigh found she could heal herself. A living curse, and one she can't escape from.
Empathy
This is Ashelighs main ability, it's strong, and it causes her pain. The ability to feel others emotions, to constantly feel everything going on around her. She can't control it, can't stop the torrent of emotions. She can control peoples emotions, but she prefers not to.
Telekinesis
This is actually Ashleighs only power she doesn't wish gone. The ability to make things move? She thinks its way cool.
Healing
The ability to heal might be someone elses dream, but for Ashleigh, touching people is hard, that explosion of emotion...she can't take it. The ability to heal comes from the mere fact she can follow emotions to the source of the injury, and then use the bodies own empathic state to heal. While it is effective, it exhausts both the user and the patient, and as such there is a risk for large injuries.
Allergies:
None
Pre-existing conditions:
Addicted to drugs. |
44,113 | 1,205 | 113 | 2,502 | 1,203 | Oh shit! Jason almost said aloud when Paulina appeared out of nowhere. She must've heard what I said. Jason thought nervously. He decided to play it cool.
"Oh hey Paulina." Jason said trying to sound casual. Before he could make an attempt to cover for himself another girl came over.Yeesh this Liam guy is a real chic-magnet. Jason made a mental note to ask him his secret later. The girl politely introduced herself, she seemed nice enough.
"Nice to meet you Korie, the names Jason Blackwell." He said. He hasn't told anyone here his last name before, but she introduced herself like that so it seemed fair that he should reveal his. Not that it really mattered anyways. He almost began to read her, but he stopped himself. Sometimes it was nice to leave a little to the imagination. Plus he know he felt odd when the people here read him.
"I...I'm sorry everyone. I need to get out for a minute." Ashleigh said suddenly before quickly exiting the gym. Jason didn't want to overstep bounds but he figured she could use... well something, he wasn't sure what yet but he was gonna find out. Ignoring the thoughts of judgement that would surely be passed on him upon leaving, he went after her out of the gym, not caring if he was late. She didn't seem to notice him approaching as he heard her low whisper.
"Are you really weak?" He asked, making his presence known.
"Or do you just bear a heavier burden?" | Paulina Benson
Chaos magic is the idea that a particular set of beliefs serves as an active force in the world. In other words, we choose what and how we believe, and our beliefs are tools that we then use to make things happen... or not. - Sophia Amoruso
Appearance: Paulina is quite tall and slim, standing at 5’9”. Her skin is very fair due to the amount of time she spends indoors, and she frequently changes the colour of her waist-length hair. Because of her deteriorating vision, she wears a pair of corrective glasses that double as sunglasses.
Age: 19
Personality: Paulina is an exceptionally… focused woman. An intellectual at heart, she spends most of her time experimenting with her magic and documenting her findings. She’s also keenly interested in the powers of others, and is gradually building up a research database on all things supernatural, paranatural, magical, and otherwise “weird”.
She’s not very fond of fighting, and as such tends to find more mundane uses for her magic. For example, she has melted runes into the soles of all her shoes that enable her to float a few inches off the ground, letting her “skate” through the air.
History: When Mihkail and Sophia Benson brought their daughter Paulina into the world, she should have had a bright future. Intelligent, curious, gifted with a knack for computer programming and attractive as she grew into her teenage years, she should have had every opportunity open before her. Instead, the only future that she would know was one of darkness. In her early teens, Paulina was diagnosed with Stargardt disease, a genetic condition that caused degeneration of the eyes, with a strong possibility of losing her sight completely as her eyes clouded over. With no cure and any possible treatments still extremely early in their development, Paulina had to accept the fact that she would lose the one thing that many people took for granted; being able to see the world. This fact sent her into a depression, and at night her most fervent wish was to regain what was being slowly taken away from her.
Whether some greater entity heard her wish and took pity on her, or if the strength of her desire was what ignited her power, none may ever know. Whatever the case, there came a day where things… changed, as though something about the world was different in a small, yet crucial way. Paulina felt connected to the world, to reality, in a way that was difficult for her to describe; like the real world was as much at her command as the virtual one. Now, she devotes herself to exploring more about this connection.
Metahuman Classification:
Runic Magic: through the use of hermetic runes, Paulina can create different magical enchantments. These enchantments range from controlling different elements and reactions, to enchanting objects that bear her runes with different qualities, even bringing them to “life”. She is particularly interested in body modification enchantments, and harbors a secret hope that she can cure herself this way.
Because the exact effects she creates must be described by the runes themselves, she must be very specific about what she wants to happen. Additionally, any effects have an energy cost that must come from somewhere, either from herself or some other external source.
If her runes are damaged or disrupted, it can interrupt or end whatever effect she is trying to create, or even cause them to go haywire. Additionally, while Paulina is very flexible in what effects and enchantments she can create, both in terms of combat and utility, she must have a clear understanding of what it is she wants to do and time to prepare her runes.
Allergies: none
Pre-existing conditions: Paulina has been diagnosed with Stargardt disease, a genetic condition that leads to blindness. Currently she is very sensitive to sudden changes in brightness and needs powerful corrective lenses to see clearly. |
44,114 | 1,205 | 114 | 2,305 | 2,031 | Bright and early, Vedika had woken up, cleaned herself, and had a quick snack. She was all ready to start this semester off on the right foot and show up early (or at least on time) to class. Ready to go, she opened her window and climbed out. She had done this many times before (well, maybe once or twice) so she knew exactly where all the sturdy handhold were...whoops, that gutter wasn't supposed to break. As morning dew and late night condensation dripped onto her, Vedika realized she had no way of going back to her room this way, not that it mattered. She continued to climb down. When she reached the bottom, she made her way around the building to the front and pushed her way through the front door. Unfortunately, she was stopped by the very front doors she was attempting to open: it was locked. Vedika rattled the entrance hoping someone would hear and come unlock it for her. She could attempt to punch her way through, but she was sure the main gate of the school must be reinforced, and even if she could destroy it, it would probably take too much time and energy, besides, the school had let her run around without an inhibitor due to good behavior, behavior that did not involved busting open doors and destroying school property. It wasn't until much later that a security guard found her locked outside, unlocked the door, and wrote a student delinquency report on her, before she was allowed to head to the gym, quite a bit later than she had planned.
On her way there, she saw Ashleigh sitting down in the hall, and Jason hovering over her. "Hey Ashleigh, Jason! You two ready for the first day of the rest of your lives?" She greeted, spouting some inane inspirational BS, and completely failing to read the mood. At least she was energetic. | Vedika Venkatraman"Perfection consists not in doing extraordinary things, but in doing ordinary things extraordinarily well."-Angelique Arnauld
Age: 18
Appearance:Vedika is 5'2" and weighs 130lbs. She has light-brown skin, hazel eyes, and shoulder-length brown hair. Even when not smiling, her face appears cheerful, and when she does smile it's an innocent, dorky sort of smile.
Personality:Vedika is energetic and friendly, always willing to go out of her way to help others. She has an independent spirit that falls just short of rebellion. She goes everywhere at top speed, parkours like a daredevil, and tends to use unorthodox openings as entrances. Though not bad at schoolwork, she tends to prioritize the needs of others, getting involved in other projects, often letting her grades slip, accepting punishments with a grin. She is straightforward and honest to a fault, and can become uncomfortably chummy, often acting unnecessarily like a big sister. Her life goal is simply to be helpful to others, and she pushes herself hard to achieve this. She sees her ability as the ultimate vehicle for her to become uniquely helpful and strives to perfect it.
History:Some call her 'Vivi', sometimes she goes by 'Victory', Vedika Venkatraman is the daughter of an immigrant couple from India, come to America looking to eke out an opportunity. Her mother is a software engineer and her father is a stay-at-home dad taking care of her and her several younger siblings. As the eldest, she learned from her father the responsibilities of taking care of the household. At school, she defended herself, her younger siblings, and her friends from bullies. She was always known to be a scrappy little tomboy, climbing trees, climbing buildings, and getting into scuffles. One time when she was 13, a particularly nasty and racist bully got extremely aggressive and violent. Vedika's power manifested then. He was unable to harm her, and without knowing the other half of her power, she killed him in one punch. Soon the men in suits came and took her away. She doesn't know what they told her parents, maybe they thought she was in a juvenile detention facility. That's when she became a student at the school.
Vajra:Vajra is the philosophical concept of absolute perfection: embodying the lightning, energy, pure in its instance and intensity and capable of destroying all other materials that would cross its path; embodying the diamond, clear, eternal and indestructible. This is what Vedika has chosen to call her ability which centers around the vague concept of the manipulation of 'biological energy', though researchers on the phenomenon have also dubbed it as "Absolute Terror Field", "Hedgehog's Dilemma", "Self-Other Dichotomy", or "Lennard-Jones Potential". It essentially manifests as a form of martial art technique reminiscent of ancient mystical forms of 'chi' or 'chakra' control, granting Vedika an aura that allows her to wield two main abilities, Penetrating Strike, and Absolute Defense, and one secondary ability, Aura Transfer.
Penetrating Strike allows Vedika to transfer a part of her aura through physical contact to disrupt those of others, allowing her to bypass physical defense, allowing her strikes to resonate past barriers and cause internal damage. This does not amplify her damage, it merely causes it to transfer towards the nearest and weakest parts of the body and concentrate there, so her strikes still need to be full-force and actually manage to hit. For example, punches to the torso do mostly organ damage, while punches to the limbs mostly target the joints. Vedika needs to activate the ability consciously for each separate strike and has taught herself never to strike the head with this ability activated for fear of causing severe brain, eye, throat, or inner ear damage.Absolute Defense allows her to solidify her own aura, creating a rejection of all external physical impacts. This ability is not 'always on' and must be activated and maintained with stability and concentration. Vedika must usually adopt a 'stance' to activate this ability.Aura Transfer allows Vedika to transfer these techniques to others through physical contact, usually by placing her palms on the receiver's shoulders. She usually uses this to give others Absolute Defense to protect them from damage. Like Absolute Defense, Vedika usually must adopt a stable stance to use this ability, though the same is not required of her target.It is hypothesized that at some point, Vedika will learn how to 'project' her aura, granting ranged 'energy blasts', though this has not yet been confirmed.
Some believe that the strength of her ability is tied to her strong sense of self coupled with her strong sense of altruism. Stability is necessary for her ability to be at full power, this includes physical, mental, and emotional stability. Because of her ability, Vedika has never learned an actual fighting style, knowing how to throw maybe 3-4 basic types of punches, and even fewer types of kicks because she has never needed to get around someone's defenses. She doesn't really know any blocking techniques either as she has never needed to defend herself.
Allergies: N/A
Pre-existing conditions: N/A |
44,115 | 1,205 | 115 | 377 | 25,988 | Ashleigh didn't look up, a little perplexed why Jason had followed her. that's something Paulina would say She thought to herself, but she'd say I put too much on myself, that I expect too much. She'd say that I was doing well. But she doesn't know about the nightmares. She thinks they're finished. She doesn't know how hard it is, She thinks I'm doing okay.... She looked up as Jason hovered over her, "I bare everyone's burden and no ones. People can't help what they feel. But I can help how I react. And most of the time its a constant battle for control, even with the bracelet. Because I'm scared.
They all think I knew of my powers for years, and maybe I did, but it wasn't consciously. No, the first time I was truly aware of them was when I had the crap beat out of me by someone I loved. Do you know what it was like, to feel that wrathful anger? That hatred, and...justification? I still don't even know what I did wrong.
There was more than my body that was broken, more than my abilities can heal. I'm terrified of them. Paulin's tried to inhibit my powers further, but it just isn't possible. You can't inhibit emotion"
She didn't know why she was letting this all out, to someone she had just met, when she couldn't even say it to Paulina, or Vedika. Maybe it was because they believed she was doing better than they thought. Maybe it was because on some level she didn't want to disappoint them. She had felt Paulina's surprise, and then pride when she had seen her still there last night.
Perhaps she would have said more, if Vedika hadn't come up. Her energetic nature was a stark contrast to the exhaustion she had been around. She gave a sigh, rising in one fluid motion, feeling just that tiny bit better for letting something out, although she was sure she had just sent Jason running from her. "No, but I never will be, so lets just get to class, and hope I don't turn everyone into a blubbering mess" | Ashleigh Shephard
"Look, you don't understand, people are complex. Their emotions are even more so. You put that altogether, not being able to stop feeling it, and it would drive you crazy too"
Appearance:
Asheligh stands at 5"6, her black hair extends to her shoulders, her brown eyes are deep and troubled. She has a light skin tone, and a fine complextion. She has a scar under one eye, faded and old. She typically wears dark clothes, almost "Punk" Like.
Personality:
Ashleigh is a troubled individual. She keeps to herself, prefering her own company then the heart ache others can bring. She is a quite, almost soft young woman. She rarely raises her voice, and indeed she rarely voices her opinion, prefering to watch situations as they happen. She rarely lets anyone come close to her, for fear of getting hurt again.
She is however a rather kind individual, willing to put aside her own fears and doubts for others, particularly if she cares about them. If she can be convinced to let someone it, she will be a valuble asset. However, she considers herself weak and suspetable, based on her past.
History:
Ashleigh was born addicted to drugs. Her mother hadn't been aware she was pregnant, until she was 7 months along, and by then it was too dangerous to clean up her act. So Ashleigh was born a drug addict. As both went through care to become clean, her mother vowed to do anythhing she could to stay clean, and give Ashleigh the life she deserved.
Ashleigh however was a troubled individual. Her abilities affected her immensely, and by the time she was 12, she was once more a drug addict, taking whatever she could get her hands on, she didn't care as long as it helped. By 15, she had been in and out of hopsitals, rehabs and other such facilities more times then she'd been in school. By 16, she was in love and had cleaned up her act.
By 17, she was near death, beaten up by the one person she thought she could love forever. This was when her mother had to stop holding on, and having heard about the acadmey, she sent Ashleigh there, for she couldn't deny that Ashleigh didn't have special gifts.
Metahuman Classification:
A living curse That's what Asheligh thinks of her abilties. She wishes she never had them, and constantly seeks ways of dulling their affects on her. But she can never get rid of them. Even drugs lost their effect, once Ashleigh found she could heal herself. A living curse, and one she can't escape from.
Empathy
This is Ashelighs main ability, it's strong, and it causes her pain. The ability to feel others emotions, to constantly feel everything going on around her. She can't control it, can't stop the torrent of emotions. She can control peoples emotions, but she prefers not to.
Telekinesis
This is actually Ashleighs only power she doesn't wish gone. The ability to make things move? She thinks its way cool.
Healing
The ability to heal might be someone elses dream, but for Ashleigh, touching people is hard, that explosion of emotion...she can't take it. The ability to heal comes from the mere fact she can follow emotions to the source of the injury, and then use the bodies own empathic state to heal. While it is effective, it exhausts both the user and the patient, and as such there is a risk for large injuries.
Allergies:
None
Pre-existing conditions:
Addicted to drugs. |
44,116 | 1,205 | 116 | 2,470 | 2,686 | Liam Pyne
"How must of us had a more difficult night. Did you sign the waiver?" It was blunt but it was alss a teasing challenge to Paulina. "Because as far as I could tell this morning no one has decided to help" Giving Paulina a smug look he dusted himself. Really he hadn't expected anyone to fill the section on his request form but there was always hope. Arty gave him a look that said he was being really rude. Liam’s demeanor changed after that; he really was being kinda mean and it was largely due to the fact that he really didn’t know how to handle himself in a situation with this many people. Even with Ashleigh having fled it was still a lot of people. “Sorry. I’m being kind of an ass. Understandably no one has opted to work with me but then again if you read the waiver it's not exactly appealing.”
The wording of the waiver suggested that it was entirely possible that the experimenting with the powers could kill the participants which was highly unappealing but then again any power experimentation could kill the participants really. The Academy had worded the Waiver really strongly though because ideally the participants would be switching bodies. It was ridiculous to think but the preliminary testing seemed to indicate that it was entirely possible that it would work. Which on its own was kind of surprising…
Looking up at Korie he grinned it was nice to see a face that had no associated potentially negative feelings. “Morning Korie. Sleep okay? And of course you’re welcome. I’m sort of suspicious of the present companies. I suspect their motives are less than pure.”
At Alister’s comment about Their wall Liam just chuckled. “Dude did you get handsome or something cause I’m pretty sure last semester we were not this popular and nothing changed with me so I’m going to blame you for this one.” It was weird because until recently Alister and he had sort of just simultaneously existed near one another until the last few days. “Sorry about the Academy opting to shut you down buddy. Is the new ability at least worth it?”
Liam could see the gym instructor coming in to start things so they needed to wrap stuff up soon. | Liam Pyne
An idea, like a ghost, must be talked to a little before it will explain itself
Appearance: While not a small person Liam has a slighter build befitting that of someone who exercises when time permits. Standing at 5'9”, largely an academic, Liam’s exercise usually comes in the form of having to help as spirit get some place out of the way. As a result of this sporadic exercise Liam’s build is rather average in terms of muscle. With the constant practice in the gym Liam has grown good at one thing. Liam is an excellent runner and has deccent hand eye coordination. The skills he has picked up are often used to get him out of trouble when he sticks his nose in somewhere it doesn’t belong.
Liam sports short light brown hair and has eyes that range in color from bright blue to a muted green. While Liam is not one to run around outside every day he is not pale with a healthy light skin tone. Most people would call Liam moderately attractive but he is not that far above average in his looks.
Personality: Liam is a genuine gentle soul who often comes off as a shy shut in. Many have taken Liam’s generally non confrontational personality to mean that he is a pushover or any easy target; often this ends in the bully finding out that Liam is not an easy target and Liam having to get stitches. Those who get to know Liam find him to be a rather witty and intelligent individual willing to stand up for those he cares about regardless of harm to himself.
With all of his positive qualities Liam has a dark side stemming from his powers. From an early age Liam's fascination with the occult and the dead has limited his relationships. Often those who get to know him are put off by his power or by the fact that he willingly spends time with those who have passed on. Liam is one of few people who can bring the dead closure, as a result he feels obligated to help. This societal shunning has rendered Liam incredibly wary of others as he feels that those who get close to him will either leave when they find out the extent of his abilities; or will be pushed away by what he feels is his responsibility.
Given a lack of an active social life Liam excels at academics as any time that isn’t spent working on his talents is inevitably spent studying or reading. Liam’s academic proficiency has also lent itself to his shut in personality; however this is assumption about his personality is often made after others find out what his grades are like, not something that Liam actively advertises.
History: Born in a rural small town Liam was a popular exuberant child growing up. Most said Liam had a super human grasp on life and that “this child was going to go far”. On Liam’s 13th birthday he began having troubles at school and with other kids. The light hadn’t gone out in his eyes it had just become more determined than ever before. From that day forward Liam had become an totally different person; often seeking out local spots which were rumored to be haunted or other things of that nature. Over the next three years Liam continued to grow more and more distant from his family and friends.
In the end everything came to a head when Liam was sixteen. While poking around an abandoned barn rumored to be the home of the ghost of an old man Liam happened across a group of older guys who had brought a pair of young girls to the barn for a “night of fun”. Upon realizing what was happening Liam tried to stop them but was beat severely.
What happened next is still unclear but Liam returned with a vengeance in his eyes and an old double barreled shotgun under his arm. Three of the guys went to the hospital that night and one died on the operating table from his wounds. Neither of the girls would make a statement and Liam claimed he couldn’t remember what had happened just that he felt like he wasn’t in control of his own body. Over the next several months Liam would have similarly strange episodes until one day something altogether different found its way into Liam’s body. When the authorities were finally able to rescue Liam’s family Liam had boarded them in his parents room and was preparing to set the house ablaze.
After being taken to a mental institute for rehabilitation it was deemed necessary to attempt something unorthodox. A spiritual medium was brought in to assess Liam and it was deemed necessary to perform an exorcism. The ritual was performed with written approval from the Vatican itself and in the controlled confines of the asylum under the guidance of the medium who was called to asses Liam and the supervision of the psychiatric staff. Properly restrained Liam did not hurt anyone and the presence was expelled with only a few hours of time with the Priest.
When Liam was finally deemed psychologically sound he was sent home for a week before being packed up and shipped off to the academy to be supervised and trained in proper use of his abilities. Over the last two years Liam’s powers have grown steadily allowing him to more safely use them to benefit the denizens of the world Beyond.
Metahuman Classification: Spiritual Vessel (Medium)
Beyond the Veil: Liam can see ghosts when he opens his eyes and ears to the spirit world. This power is fully voluntary unless a spirit is powerful enough to make its presence physically know by crossing the Veil. Often times when Liam is not using his Sight more frustrated powerful ghosts who want his attention will make alterations to his environment (knocking over objects, breaking mirrors, etc.) causing discomfort for those in Liam’s vicinity when he is dealing with a persistent potent spirit. The effects of these spirits seemed to be lessened in the presence of more than two or three people or in the presence of sterile rooms and cutting edge technology.
Voluntary Possession: Liam has the ability to allow a spirit to share his body. In so doing Liam can allow a Spirit to talk to those in the mortal world or to even carry out acts they need to move on from a state of unrest. This ability also allows Liam to make use of a ghosts knowledge and abilities it had in life. This can include: speaking another language, knowledge about a particular subject matter or even physical capabilities such as martial arts, cooking, or music. The only limit is what Liam is physically capable of doing; regardless of the ghosts ability to do a backflip Liam still may not physically be able to do such a thing.
Exorcism: Liam is fully capable of expelling any spirit who has possessed him. After his encounter with an “Outsider” Liam has worked hard to make himself capable of ejecting unruly spirits at will. Often this is done when a spirit wishes to continue making use of Liam’s body beyond what Liam’s agreed upon terms were. This power also extends to others; in the rare case that a spirit has found a way to possess another person Liam is capable of expelling the spirit from another person body.
Liam has yet to have contact with another “Outsider” and as such he has yet to test his ability to expel an “Outsider” either from himself or from another. Liam has done extensive research on what he has termed “Outsiders” and yet much of what they are remain a mystery.
*Warning: Restricted Ability* Forced Possession: In incredibly controlled settings the instructional staff has tested Liam’s ability to expel a Spirit from his own body into the body of another or even into objects. While the tests were successful they left Liam dangerously fatigued and were deemed too dangerous to the subject of the possession as the process often angered or warped the spirit who was transferred in such a way. The notable exception was Spirits who were transferred willingly into a willing host. The Academy has strictly forbade this use of Liam’s powers. On his own Liam is far too afraid to attempt such a use given its ramifications. To this date the Academy has yet to find a need to discipline Liam for such a use of his abilities and as such it is not limited beyond the confines of the Academy.
*Warning: Restricted Ability* Environment/Spirit Manipulation: It is unknown to what extent Liam can manifest Psychokinetic powers; however the Academy keeps these abilities carefully suppressed with a psychic dampener. Liam manifest what appears to be a potent psychokinetic ability when under the duress of a strong possession.This includes the ability to levitate himself and to move objects with his mind. These abilities also appear to extend to influencing or commanding other less potent Spirits. The speculation by the Academies experts is that the powers are some remnant of the Outsider’s possession of Liam. On his own Liam does have very minimal Telekinetic abilities; however they only go as far as being able to move pennies across tables or rattle bottles. Regardless of the apparent low caliber of the abilities the academy has taken precautions to keep any of Liam’s psychic abilities carefully monitored and dampened for safety reasons.
*Warning: Redacted Ability, Eyes only* Traumatic Telepathy:
*test one*
The subject seems to be capable of digging through the minds of those in the room with him to find their deepest fears and most humiliating moments. After no less than five minutes in the room with him our volunteers were relieved and the test was cancelled. The result appears to be minor damage to the psyche of the recipients. Further tests will be required to determine the full extent of this ability.
*test two*
The subject is apparently capable of inflicting delusions and psychosis on those present and uninsulated from his psychic abilities. After a longer exposure of approximately thirty-three minutes volunteers were released from the test and the subject was exercised according to standard procedure. My final recommendation is that the further tests be canceled and that the subject be properly monitored and psychically dampened. The manifest psychic powers appear to not be a part of the subjects ability to communicate and house Spirits; however they appear to be a side effect of undamped powerful possessions. My conclusion on the subject is that these powers are a result of the Subjects possession by a Class 5 or greater non human psychospiritual entity. Caution is advised in any further use or test of the subject’s Telepathic and Psychokinetic abilities.
Pre-existing conditions: Liam is prone to sleepwalking and occasional bouts of insomnia. This can occasionally be disturbing for those who witness it as he may often appear quite cogent or wake when it happens. |
44,117 | 1,205 | 117 | 1,253 | 386 | Alister laughed lightly. "Dude it's totally because I'm sexy as fuck" he said using light humor. Alister never found himself attractive to begin with but he thought it would be funny to say he did. Alister heard the gym instructor approaching so he sat up and looked around . With a small yawn he put his jacket back on.
Alister looked over to liam and smiled. "Fuck yea the power is worth this" alister said sounding extatic. He than stood up from the ground and stretched. "Alright guys. He said with a small laugh. "ItS time to get up"
Alister began happily stretching out his body. He proceeded to do a one armed hand stand because, well, fuck it he needed to wake up somehow. Alister was moving around trying to gather energy as he waited for the instructor to start class and for everyone else to get up. | Jason Blackwell
"When justice is done it brings joy to the righteous but terror to evil doers"-Proverbs 21:15
Appearance:
Black choppy hair that flows. Green eyes. He's 6'2 and well built, but not super bulky. He typically wears something along the lines of a collared t shirt and dark jeans. His muscles are toned, but not gigantic. He's more about power than strength.
Personallity:
A joker and clown at times, but can quickly become serious and observant. He's fairly outgoing and will make friends with just about anyone. He loves to read people; Analyze them physically and emotionally, and draw his own conclusions. He can't stand bullying, or abuse of any kind that he deems unjustified. He revels in bringing pain to those he thinks deserve it, but he's not a black and white thinker. In fact he's a rebel himself. He enjoys breaking rules as long as none gets hurt. He's fiercely loyal and would throw himself under the bus for his friends in a heartbeat.
History:
He grew up in downtown Manhattan for most of his life, however his parents marriage began to fall apart. His dad was always out working and his mother chose to rely on alcohol to fill the hole he left in his absence. Eventually his mother and father came up with the dillusion that starting somewhere fresh could fix things. Despite Jason's protests they ended up moving to Kentucky. While In Kentucky his mother enrolled him in a school for the gifted and talented, which Jason would quickly grow to resent. Due to his accelerated thought processing, he easily scored highly on anything and everything. This quickly made him the target for intense bullying. One day in a physical confrontation with a bully he discovered that when he concentrated, he could appear to slow time.(a result of his high speed processing). With an almost psychotic calmness he simply reached out and snapped each of the boys fingers backwards until the hand was a mangled mess. After he was expelled from the school he dedicated a year to training his body and mind to its peak. He then trained extensively in kick boxing, Brazilian jiu jitsu, and parkour. On Halloween night dressed in a hooded cloak and mask, he went on a spree of vigilante justice viciously assaulting all those who had ever wronged him. At the end of the night he was eventually apprehended by authorities. He faced 25 years in prison. However his defense attorney suggested that there was another place for him that would be better suited for him. The meta human academy.
Classification:
- possesses cognitive acceleration . He can process information at incredible speeds, allowing him to analyze and come to conclusions at an unprecedented rate. His reflexes and reaction time are 5 times that of any other human. When he has to react from his perspective time slows to a crawl. He can process and think at normal speeds giving him more than enough time to plan his every movement. but his movement is also slowed(not super speed)
-His body is trained to near peak performance. He's incredibly strong for his size, while maintaining high levels of agility.
-He's highly proficient in kick boxing, trained by UFC fighter Justine Kish. He also has extensive training in Brazilian jiu jitsu(a grappling martial art mainly involving joint locks, chokes, and other submissions)
-Highly skilled in both parkour and rock climbing. Can scale most buildings as long as there are ledges, handholds, or even cracks. |
44,118 | 1,205 | 118 | 2,033 | 9,326 | Elaine Soyala
"No." Elaine replied rather curtly in response to Paulina's question. "Elaine. Don't mind me." A simple introduction that would at least hopefully let them leave her mostly alone. She was too exhausted to seriously put up with any bullshit today. She'd have to figure out how to work in more food before Gym so she wouldn't be so tired, and possibly try sleeping right before if she could. At least perhaps, the only good thing that would come out Gym would be that she could possibly exhaust herself during it, and perhaps actually get some form of sleep, even if it was just passing out from exhaustion.
She mostly just listened to the banter of the other people for now, keeping quiet. At least this would hopefully be over soon, since the Gym instructor was coming it seemed.... | Elaine Soyala
"Good? Evil? Please. Such concepts are made up from the self righteous fools who have a holier than thou attitude. Acts of 'good' could bring great harm to others at some point, and acts of 'evil' may benefit another." - A cranky insomniac
Gender:
Female
Age:
17
Appearance:
Standing at a fairly average five foot six, Elaine isn't all that physically impressive, and not exactly on the 'attractive' side. She hardly has any muscles and weighs at barely 125lbs, nearly bordering on underweight no matter how much she eats. She has a skinny, lanky and has a fairly small frame and she constantly looks like she needs to eat more. Many people assume she doesn't eat a lot, when in fact the opposite is true. If anything, she eats far too much. Her canines seem to be longer than most peoples.
She has short cut black hair, and a fairly pale complexion with bright blue eyes. Often, she wears her hair long and untied.
After that, they would probably notice the perpetual scowl and dark bags under her eyes, suggesting the girl gets little sleep for whatever reason. She does, in fact, suffer from chronic insomnia, which may play a part in her perpetual bad mood. There have been attempts to try and fix this, but it seems drugs aren't much of a cure. On her back, seems to have been carved a rather painful looking magic rune right into her flesh.
Personality:
In a few short words? Grumpy, easily annoyed, and generally could honestly care less about you and your problems. Not her fault, really. On average she only gets about two hours of sleep every twenty four hours, at least that's her excuse. She generally keeps to herself most of the time, and only interacts minimally with other people, and any time someone does she will simply stare at them blankly before promptly telling them to get lost in the rudest manner she can possibly muster.
That's not saying she's a bad person. While she does keep to herself and is a bit a rude, jackass that doesn't entirely play well with others, her moral compass is...odd. While she wouldn't go out of her way to help someone since it would be both tiring and annoying, at the same time she'd never go out of her way to seriously harm anyone. If anything, she's out for herself, pure and simple. She comes first, and would only do something if it was in her best interests to do it.
However - she is surprisingly loyal if she gives you her word about something. She'd rather be known as someone who's trustworthy than someone who isn't after all. No one likes traitors. As such, she'll likely always side with those she's known longer rather than not, unless she herself, could benefit greatly from it in some manner. She can often be bribed with an appropriate amount of money, food, or any combination of both. Items of value typically hold no value to her.
Most of the time, she speaks in short sentences, often sounding incredibly tired when she does so. Doesn't like physical activity, as it is tiring, and she doesn't really have a lot of energy to spare. She tends to be surprisingly philosophical sometimes. She spends a lot of sleepless nights thinking about...well, quite a number of things.
History:
There's not much to mention here, really, save perhaps for her families origins if you know anything of the Wendigo though, you'll probably at least have a good idea of what happened. Similar to werewolves, Wendigos used to be human, though once wendigos turn into the monsters they can never usually go back. Elaine is a bit of a special case, in that regard thanks to her father.
Somewhere in Canada, near old Inuit lands, is where Elaine grew up living a fairly normal, if somewhat isolated life. Being so far north, there wasn't really much happening in the small community where she lived, and even then her family was seen as somewhat odd, due to their religious practices. Elaine's family has long watched over a forest to the north, an old, cold place where many old rituals on 'sacred land' took place. Over time, most of these rituals were forgotten, but people still avoided the land because of tradition - and a small bit of fear.
Her family, was one that didn't forget and sought to make sure the land was kept safe and to keep people out.
When Elaine was a child, she wondered into these lands, and got lost. To this day, she will say it was because she heard something calling to her. It's not too much of a stretch to realize what that was. Cold, afraid, alone, and almost starving, she wanted something - anything to eat. Well, it just so happened that this sacred ground was home to a spirit - the Wendigo, and it possessed the child. Her parents searched for her, but it took time. The beast was smarter than most people gave it credit for, but when people started disappearing in town he had to be swift before things got complicated. He knew the family legends well, and had a pretty good idea of what happened.
After some effort, He tracked the beast, and using old rituals and magic, sealed it. He had saved his daughter, but she was never the same after that. The beast had a rather obvious effect on her disposition. She outright refused to let them exorcise it. After countless arguments, being unable to do anything to help her, they sent her to somewhere they thought could help with her condition.
Metahuman Classification:
Possessed Human, Wendigo Spirit.
She is in fact, a wendigo. A human possessed by the Native American spirit of Greed and Gluttony. That's a bit of a bad combination in terms of ones personality. This, while granting her a number of abilities, also has a number of side effects that are less than glamorous. Its something she's had to live with most of her life, but until recently it hasn't been a problem. Theoretically, one could probably exorcise the spirit, but she has no intentions of doing so.
Enhanced Physiology: Simply put, despite her frail looking form, she could probably punch a hole through solid brick without even trying, and is likely at the peak physical condition a human could possibly be in without damaging their muscles. She could easily lift three times her own body weight without even trying, and could lift anywhere from six hundred to seven hundred pounds, and this is without accessing any help from the spirit. The spirit simply being attached to her in this manner grants her this tremendous physical strength. Likewise, her stamina is something that would make most Olympic athletes jealous, and is fairly agile when she wants to be. Her sleepy demeanor tends to make it easy enough to catch people off guard with just these abilities.
Insatiable Hunger, Gluttonous Healing: Sharing a body with a spirit of Greed and Gluttony isn't exactly easy. She is constantly hungry, desiring to eat whenever necessary. This is something that isn't easily suppressed, except by actually eating. Thankfully, despite the spirit being based in cannibalism, she can eat almost anything from metal to meat. Of course, she will admit that human flesh is something she has in fact eaten before on one extreme circumstance, and that it is the best way of going about satiating the hunger. The upside is, that eating actually invigorates her. Meaning, she can eat - and she'll heal almost anything. The effects are even obvious mid combat. The more she eats, the more she heals and healthier she becomes...and the stronger the spirit becomes.
Beastly Senses: Her Sense of hearing and smell, has been boosted greatly and could substitute to using those to see even at night or in dimly lit areas, and is able to hear on frequencies normal humans likely wouldn't be able too. Granted, this also makes it so she could also be overwhelmed easily by sudden loud noises and sense of smell could easily confuse her if she has nothing else to go on.
Partial manifestation: She is able to partially manifest the spirit at will in herself. What does this mean? Well, small increase to physical strength, agility, speed at the cost of some of her self-control. Typically, she gains horrific looking claws on the end of her hands, with a pelt of thick, matted dark colored fur extending up her arms, and canines elongating into sharp points designed for rending and tearing flesh. The claws, are sharp enough to cut through quite a few materials, and the fur turns into a tough, difficult to damage hide that could shrug off blows from even bullets.
Beastly Manifestation (restricted ability, unable to access): This ability, if one could call it that, is completely restricted by complicated magic to keep the spirit itself, more or less suppressed barring any extreme circumstances. This, is well, what one might call it when the beast fully takes over. The creature stands at eight feet tall, covered in coarse, matted black fur. It has long, antler like horns atop its head, which is covered in a bony plate. Its mouth is full of sharp, but uneven teeth, and its ribcage is easily seen on its chest, bony protrusions revealing a hollow, empty stomach. Its physical abilities have yet to be fully tested, but with its size and the physical strength she displays normally, most people don't want to take the chance. The last time it was out, it caused more than a little trouble.
Weaknesses:
Fire - She burns easily. More so than most people, and in fact seems to have a bit of a fear of it. Likely due to the Wendigo spirit.
Silver tends to have an ability to drain her strength a bit. While nothing deadly, it will greatly sap her strength and weaken her and the spirit
Not eating, actually weakens her. Also makes her irritable and more cranky. A combo of which, is not good for most peoples health.
Allergies:
N/A
Pre-existing conditions:
Is a terrible insomniac. Can't sleep on a regular basis to saver her life, and drugs don't seem to be of much help. On a regular basis, she gets around 2 hours every twenty four hours. |
44,119 | 1,205 | 119 | 2,458 | 534 | Crown came latter than anyone, like usual. He had bags under his eyes and he seemed to be squinting hard. He didn't bring his shades, he learned a expensive lesson past years for bringing them to gym. He was dressed up in his normal sweats, being one of the few who didn't come in shorts and clothes that would allow better movement, he really never liked being "under dressed". His eyes widened a little when he saw Liam and what seemed like a new gang he could make friends with this year. They all seemed tired too, the first day was always the hardest.
"Sup, guys. Hope you weren't all night partying like me!". Crown said in a deeper morning voice. He chuckled to himself, everyone knew nothing actually fun happened in this school. Nothing he thought was actually fun...
He then looked at the girls that were presented in front of them. Maybe because of the slight hangover he was feeling or maybe he was just bored to notice them from yesterday.Come on now Crown. Slacking already, now I'm a whole day behind to getting with them. Well better late then never.
"So, which one of you beautiful ladies would like the honor of being my partner for today? You know for the class." Or maybe for tonight too.. He stood there with a smug smile while rummaging through his bag for a sunscreen bottle. Of course it wasn't actually sunscreen, but it was the easiest way to keep his clay paste for the more "exciting" moments. Maybe today would have some actual power play, the staff would usually give an opportunity to gauge the newer students. Maybe today he could win some ladies hearts, give some chumps a black eye, and or get to show the newbies who runs the show. | Jon "Crown" Barron
"Don't lift with your ego"
Appearance: Crown is just above 5'9" weighing in at 170lbs. He is tanned with black hair and eyes to match. He usually seen wearing his black leather jacket, jeans, and the same old brown boots. To reinforce his "cool guy" look, he always wears his shades and headphones whenever permitted or whenever he can easily get away with it.
Personality: Crown doesn't like large crowds and likes a small amount of friends. He is a bit of a loner, due to him thinking most of the people in the school are a threat. While he doesn't consider himself one, leaving others to notice his arrogance. While having a good sense of humor, he is also very prideful in anything his doing. Taking embarrassment of himself or others who don't deserve it to heart, easily standing up for others no matter the cost to him. His most apparent trait is him having a strong rebellious side and a strong will for his own personal freedom.
Age:18
History:
Jon Crown was born in the small town of Hampton in Utah. His power's were first realized by his parents when he was just three, where he used it to grow his mother a rose out in the middle of the beach. While his parent's were amazed, they knew the fear and hate people would have for their gifted son. They banned him from using his powers and he followed there rules in the open, but always secretly using them and honing his skills. As a child he did amazing feats that saved people's life and lively hood. His most proud feat was creating a whole new forest so that local lumberjacks can continue their jobs in Hampton. While his abilities proved to be magnificent, it came at a great cost. Leaving Thirteen year old Crown in a three month coma.
After this event, Crown began to further his training of his abilities finding out the true strength that was given to him. While his parent's tried to continue to keep him from using them and even punished him whenever they caught him, Crown never gave up his use. Eventually this lead to him causing trouble with them and eventually using his powers to defend himself. While it was an act of self defense, Crown left the robber a bloody and mutilated mess. It didn't take long for investigators to learn of his powers and sentencing him to ECAY.
Metahuman Classification: Potentially Dangerous Elemetlist.
Herbal Clay: If presented the proper amount of plant life, Crown can create a light brown clay that can mold into anything he can imagine. He can also use it medically to bond open wounds to completely create functioning simple organs and limbs, but not life itself. Nothing past a piece of his finger or a makeshift bandage has ever been completed by him. The side effects to himself are predicted to possibly be fatal.
Forest Craft: Trees grow on any surface, easily creating anything from a beautiful Rose bush to a dense forest anywhere he chooses(plants will begin to decay quickly if not placed on a suitable surface). Requires Crown's blood to make contact with a Plant catalyst. More blood creates denser and larger plant life. This power allows him to also manipulate plants.
*Restricted Ability* Thousand Branches: Large sharp wooden spikes erect from his body to either fashion short-range weapons akin to a sword or else use them as long-range projectiles, where the branches growth can be triggered remotely. The branch growth can skewer anything from the inside out. The wooden structure have no effect on Crown's body when the power is at play. This can also form a structure around any body part giving him reach and strength. Each use of this power drains a certain amount of blood drawn from Crown.
*Restricted Ability* Root Control: Bringing out controllable underground roots of varying sizes to fit various situations. He can also use a large scale version, bringing out massive roots over a larger area that tangle around each other. This seems to be the only ability that does not cause Crown to have Anemic fatigue. |
44,120 | 1,205 | 120 | 711 | 1,531 | Korie Weiss
Korie smiled at Jason as he introduced himself, glad to meet new faces in her new school. Clearly Liam had been kidding when he said he wasn’t popular, but Korie was used to that. A black-haired girl quickly excused herself after Korie had arrived, drawing a frown to Korie’s face. Had she scared her off? The boy named Jason quickly followed her, and Korie figured they must know each other.
Laughing at Liam’s side joke about the “present company,” Korie joined Alister as he stood up, eyes widening as he did a handstand with one arm. ”Er, we’re not all expected to do that, are we?” she asked, only half-joking.
At the suggestive remark made by a black-haired boy, Korie traced the people sitting on the floor for potential partners. It seemed like Alister would naturally pair up with Liam, leaving the only other person she knew to be Paulina.
”How about then, Paulina?” Korie asked, looking at said girl with a friendly grin. ”We can be partners if you promise to slow down a little on your skates.” | Korie Weiss
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.
—Leonardo da Vinci
Appearance:
At a slim 5’8”, Korie mostly tends towards lean muscle since she’s a long distance runner. Match that with dark brown hair cut short just above her shoulders and piercing grey eyes, Korie’s pretty and she knows it. She prefers simple chic—comfortable with just the right amount of pizazz to pop.
Personality:
Confident and outgoing, Korie has a sharp tongue she doesn’t care to hide. She prefers a few close friends over a group of acquaintances, but does enjoy attention at times. While mostly contemplative and thoughtful, she can be amazingly simple-minded with close friends, blurting out the first thing that comes to mind. For this reason people close to Korie often say that she has no filter, and they love her refreshing honesty. Among strangers, however, Korie comes off as serious and sharp-minded, fun to be around and dangerous to cross. Korie believes in white lies for the greater good, but she doesn’t like to hold back the truth when it comes to those she loves. The best people don’t deserve such disrespect.
Korie used to be one of the people that took their studies very seriously, but ever since she transferred to ECAY she’s been questioning whether or not she should still strive to earn good grades. After all, where would it get her in life now that she’s banned from society? Nonetheless, Korie’s a bright students with great retention. She believes in sucking up to teachers, but doesn’t go out of her way to do so.
History:
As the only child from a well-off family, Korie grew up distanced from her parents but loved nonetheless. Through grade school Korie was a pristine student and also quite popular. She was “friends” with many people, but she only ever considered a select few true friends. She grew apart from these people when she developed her powers as she failed to contain her powers at the beginning, turning into anyone she saw. Soon enough, the government stepped in.
The government cleared up all the suspicion Korie would have roused. All traces of her meta powers were gone, and no one remembered her the first time she escaped. Not even her parents. Isolated from the world, Korie willingly turned herself back into the government under the agreement that, should she follow their orders, her parents would be given back their memories of her. Korie was allotted to attend the ECAY starting at her junior year in high school.
Metahuman Classification:
◼ Shapeshifter | Korie can take on the shape of any living animal she chooses, preferably one she can see. While it takes her a few seconds to assume the form, Korie will have access to any physical abilities the organism has such as flight if she were to turn into a bird.
◼ Restricted ability: Genetic Replication| While her normal shape-shifting skills do not allow her to use the powers of others, Korie does have the potential to do so. In order to replicate someone's genome, Korie must establish physical contact with them. Her cells then scan and copy that individual’s genome, making her genetically identical to them and thereby copying their powers.
Allergies:
In the middle of developing a pollen allergy.
Pre-existing conditions:
None. |
44,121 | 1,205 | 121 | 1,643 | 630 | Zach entered the gym, and looked around nervously. He wasn't sure exactly what was going to happen. Were they going to need to use their powers in some kind of sport or game? If so, things could get dangerous quickly. He didn't believe The Academy would put them in harms way without need, but he was too new to know for sure.
Zach saw Paulina, and figured that she would have an idea about what they'd be doing. He walked towards her, and saw she was talking with a lot of people. "This looks like a good chance to meet new people." He made his way over to the group, and waved at them, before turning to Paulina, "Hey, do you have any idea what we're gonna do today?" He asked, putting his hands in his pockets. | Zachary Archer
I finally figured out the only reason to be alive is to enjoy it.
Appearance:
Zach has puffy blonde hair, blue eyes, and white skin. He's around 5'6 He weighs around 150 pounds. He wears T-shirts and jeans most of the time, mostly choosing them for comfort over anything else.
Personality:
Hedonism is the primary driver for how Zach attempts to live his life. He wants to do things that will make him as happy as possible, both in the short and long term. At the same time, he relies on his emotions to make many of his decisions, leading to him sometimes coming off as a bit of a hothead. He's quick to jump to action if somebody crosses him, but wouldn't otherwise go after them. He finds the abilities that other people have at this school to be wildly interesting, and wants to learn as much as he can about everyone else.
He’s an affable person, and is always willing to strike up conversation. He has a very low tolerance for rude people though, and will not hesitate to but-heads with anybody who attempts to put him or other people down. He wants to experiment with his own abilities, but wouldn't without a person's permission.
History:
Zach had a pretty normal childhood; grew up in a big city, was above average in school, but not at the top by any means. He was a part of his school's musical programs, and played the trumpet since he was 11. He's the only child to his parents, and has a fairly large extended family. He has a stay at home mom, and a dad that works as a stockbroker.
Around a month ago, he discovered his powers after accidentally linking his sense of feeling with another kids. This freaked out both him and the kid, and after around a minute, the effect went away. He was horrified of this, and really just wanted to move past it, worried about disrupting his life. The other kid didn't see it that way though, and a day later, a man from the government was knocking on his door. Not long after that, he was sent off to go to the Academy.
Metahuman Classification: Sensory Master
Sensory Control: Zach can control the senses of any one person, if they're in his line of sight. When in control, he can make people see what he wants, hear what he wants, etc. He can only influence one sense at a time, and stronger affects are harder to pull off. For instance, he may be able to make somebody feel itchy or ticklish with ease, but it will take a lot of practice and effort to ilicit more defined and complex feelings.
Sensory Sharing: A more accessable ability of his, is his ability to share his senses with others. When he does this, the target and himself share a sense of his choice, during which time they'll see/hear/feel/etc everything that he does, and vice versa.
Sensory Shutdown: Zach could also turn off a person's sense, but in doing so, he would have to turn off his own sense. For example, he could blind somebody if he blinds himself.
Allergies: Dust mites
Pre-existing conditions: None |
44,122 | 1,205 | 122 | 377 | 25,988 | Jason was a little taken aback. He hadn't expected her to be this open, but he was pleased. It was nice to talk to someone on a deeper level. He felt sad for her. In fact he could feel her pain. Jason's empathetic sensory ability was incredible, nothing compared to Ashleigh's, though he could still empathize. He crouched down and looked into her eyes with a very serious gaze.
"I know that feeling very well." He said seriously. "In fact..." He wondered what she would think of him when he told her... But he realized that she had opened up with him so it was only fair that he did the same, despite potential consequences. "You see I've never really fit in anywhere..." He started cautiously. "Because of my abilities I was always able to do better than everyone else in an environment where people were used to being the best. So they hated me for it. Not only did they hate me for it, they punished me for it." He said, his tone slightly leaking resentment. "And then one day I realized I had the power to punish them back." He said, trying to keep his voice even. "So one day I did. I punished every last one of them. I was angry, I was spiteful, and even more than that I was cruel." He said trying not to take pleasure at the thought. Jason was wary of how much he enjoyed stuff like that, and didn't necessarily like it. "So yeah I know all about that part at least. And the justification, and even pleasure?" He whispered. "That was the best, and worst part" He finished in a low voice.
"You have an incredibly heavy burden to bear Ashleigh, it doesn't make you weak for not being able to carry it all on your own yet. I'm fact, I'd wager that you're the strongest of all of us." He said pointing to his temple.
Vedikas sudden interruption startled him causing him to jump slightly.
"Ready as I'll ever be." He said cracking a smile and standing back up.
As they headed back in he whispered "Just knock next time, I have trouble sleeping sometimes as well. you're not the only one haunted by their past." He whispered low enough that only Ashleigh could hear. | Ashleigh Shephard
"Look, you don't understand, people are complex. Their emotions are even more so. You put that altogether, not being able to stop feeling it, and it would drive you crazy too"
Appearance:
Asheligh stands at 5"6, her black hair extends to her shoulders, her brown eyes are deep and troubled. She has a light skin tone, and a fine complextion. She has a scar under one eye, faded and old. She typically wears dark clothes, almost "Punk" Like.
Personality:
Ashleigh is a troubled individual. She keeps to herself, prefering her own company then the heart ache others can bring. She is a quite, almost soft young woman. She rarely raises her voice, and indeed she rarely voices her opinion, prefering to watch situations as they happen. She rarely lets anyone come close to her, for fear of getting hurt again.
She is however a rather kind individual, willing to put aside her own fears and doubts for others, particularly if she cares about them. If she can be convinced to let someone it, she will be a valuble asset. However, she considers herself weak and suspetable, based on her past.
History:
Ashleigh was born addicted to drugs. Her mother hadn't been aware she was pregnant, until she was 7 months along, and by then it was too dangerous to clean up her act. So Ashleigh was born a drug addict. As both went through care to become clean, her mother vowed to do anythhing she could to stay clean, and give Ashleigh the life she deserved.
Ashleigh however was a troubled individual. Her abilities affected her immensely, and by the time she was 12, she was once more a drug addict, taking whatever she could get her hands on, she didn't care as long as it helped. By 15, she had been in and out of hopsitals, rehabs and other such facilities more times then she'd been in school. By 16, she was in love and had cleaned up her act.
By 17, she was near death, beaten up by the one person she thought she could love forever. This was when her mother had to stop holding on, and having heard about the acadmey, she sent Ashleigh there, for she couldn't deny that Ashleigh didn't have special gifts.
Metahuman Classification:
A living curse That's what Asheligh thinks of her abilties. She wishes she never had them, and constantly seeks ways of dulling their affects on her. But she can never get rid of them. Even drugs lost their effect, once Ashleigh found she could heal herself. A living curse, and one she can't escape from.
Empathy
This is Ashelighs main ability, it's strong, and it causes her pain. The ability to feel others emotions, to constantly feel everything going on around her. She can't control it, can't stop the torrent of emotions. She can control peoples emotions, but she prefers not to.
Telekinesis
This is actually Ashleighs only power she doesn't wish gone. The ability to make things move? She thinks its way cool.
Healing
The ability to heal might be someone elses dream, but for Ashleigh, touching people is hard, that explosion of emotion...she can't take it. The ability to heal comes from the mere fact she can follow emotions to the source of the injury, and then use the bodies own empathic state to heal. While it is effective, it exhausts both the user and the patient, and as such there is a risk for large injuries.
Allergies:
None
Pre-existing conditions:
Addicted to drugs. |
44,123 | 1,205 | 123 | 377 | 25,988 | Ashleigh gave a sigh and just nodded at Jason, starting back towards the gym, wanting to just go back to her room. The thought of being around so many people again...she had tried. She wasn't ready. And yet she still made the way back to the gym.
She was motified at Jason's last words. How did he know she had been there, hovering outside? She glanced away, drifting closer to Vedika, wanting the familiarity of a friend. She very nearly turned and ran away again. But she know Paulina would come after her this time. Swallowing, she realised she had no idea what was going on in class, and she drifted towards Paulina, but she grabbed Vedika's hand.
At once, Vedika's emotions came into stark contrast, and Ashleigh let herself just concentrate on her emotions, which made it easier to not run away, but it was still a close call. | Ashleigh Shephard
"Look, you don't understand, people are complex. Their emotions are even more so. You put that altogether, not being able to stop feeling it, and it would drive you crazy too"
Appearance:
Asheligh stands at 5"6, her black hair extends to her shoulders, her brown eyes are deep and troubled. She has a light skin tone, and a fine complextion. She has a scar under one eye, faded and old. She typically wears dark clothes, almost "Punk" Like.
Personality:
Ashleigh is a troubled individual. She keeps to herself, prefering her own company then the heart ache others can bring. She is a quite, almost soft young woman. She rarely raises her voice, and indeed she rarely voices her opinion, prefering to watch situations as they happen. She rarely lets anyone come close to her, for fear of getting hurt again.
She is however a rather kind individual, willing to put aside her own fears and doubts for others, particularly if she cares about them. If she can be convinced to let someone it, she will be a valuble asset. However, she considers herself weak and suspetable, based on her past.
History:
Ashleigh was born addicted to drugs. Her mother hadn't been aware she was pregnant, until she was 7 months along, and by then it was too dangerous to clean up her act. So Ashleigh was born a drug addict. As both went through care to become clean, her mother vowed to do anythhing she could to stay clean, and give Ashleigh the life she deserved.
Ashleigh however was a troubled individual. Her abilities affected her immensely, and by the time she was 12, she was once more a drug addict, taking whatever she could get her hands on, she didn't care as long as it helped. By 15, she had been in and out of hopsitals, rehabs and other such facilities more times then she'd been in school. By 16, she was in love and had cleaned up her act.
By 17, she was near death, beaten up by the one person she thought she could love forever. This was when her mother had to stop holding on, and having heard about the acadmey, she sent Ashleigh there, for she couldn't deny that Ashleigh didn't have special gifts.
Metahuman Classification:
A living curse That's what Asheligh thinks of her abilties. She wishes she never had them, and constantly seeks ways of dulling their affects on her. But she can never get rid of them. Even drugs lost their effect, once Ashleigh found she could heal herself. A living curse, and one she can't escape from.
Empathy
This is Ashelighs main ability, it's strong, and it causes her pain. The ability to feel others emotions, to constantly feel everything going on around her. She can't control it, can't stop the torrent of emotions. She can control peoples emotions, but she prefers not to.
Telekinesis
This is actually Ashleighs only power she doesn't wish gone. The ability to make things move? She thinks its way cool.
Healing
The ability to heal might be someone elses dream, but for Ashleigh, touching people is hard, that explosion of emotion...she can't take it. The ability to heal comes from the mere fact she can follow emotions to the source of the injury, and then use the bodies own empathic state to heal. While it is effective, it exhausts both the user and the patient, and as such there is a risk for large injuries.
Allergies:
None
Pre-existing conditions:
Addicted to drugs. |
44,124 | 1,205 | 124 | 2,502 | 1,203 | Paulina Benson
Paulina's grin widened as Korie arrived. "Why ever would we deny ourselves the pleasure of your company?" she jokingly asked as she quickly embraced the other girl. "The day is already brighter. Ready to have some fun?" And it was true, though not necessarily just because of Korie's arrival. Paulina was happy to see so many people coming together already, and she was looking forward to seeing all the newbies' powers in action.
In response to Alister's question, she winked and smiled as she released Korie. "I'll take a closer look at it today when I get the chance. Thanks again."
When she felt a hand slip into hers, Paulina glanced down, then up the arm of its owner, and gave Ash a reassuring squeeze. It didn't surprise her at all that her friend was having difficulties; she’d probably been in close proximity to more people in the last two days then she had been in the past six months. And while it probably didn’t compare to the actual experience, Paulina likened Ash’s power to being like standing in the middle of a crowded room with everyone talking as loudly as possible. It would wear on anyone. So when Ash announced that she needed to step out, Paulina gave her friend’s hand another reassuring squeeze and quietly said, ”Take as much time as you need.”
It surprised her a little to see one of the newbies, Jason she seemed to recall his name being, follow Ash out, a look of concern on his face, but Paulina decided to let the matter sit. When Ashleigh needed a cool-down period, the last thing that would help was a bunch of people crowding around her and unintentionally making things worse. She did, however, keep an eye on the door.
Turning back to Liam, she smiled almost evilly as she walked up to him, drew a folded piece of paper out of her pocket, and slapped it onto his chest. “Oh, no you don’t, Spooky Boy. You don’t get to tease me like you did yesterday and then leave me on the edge. I demand satisfaction, so you are all mine.” Her lips curved into a flirty, daring smile as she gestured to herself. ”If you think you’re man enough to handle all of this.”
Turning back to Korie from the now flushed Liam, she gave the new girl an apologetic smile. ”Sorry, cutie, but I got an offer yesterday that I just can’t turn down. But, I’ll definitely be watching, and I can save you the next spot on my dance card.” Paulina tilted her head. ”Unless you’d like a one-on-one session later,” she asked in a semi-flirty sort of way.
At the approach of Zach, she gave him a friendly wave. ”It’s pretty simple actually. This is your chance to practice with your powers. If you need a partner to do that, there’s lots to choose from. The faculty always places a few experienced students in with newbies, since we’ve all done this before. Plus, they have a few ways of keeping things from getting out of hand, so as long as you don’t try to purposely hurt somebody, this is your chance to show off and embrace what you can do.”
Spying Ashleigh and Jason’s return, alongside Vedika, Paulina smiled warmly and approached them. ”Hey. Do you think you’ll be okay? If it’s too much, I’m sure we could convince the teacher to let you use a different room.” Glancing at Vivi, she nodded gratefully. ”I gonna be seeing what Liam has in store for me, but I think the two of you partnering up would be a good idea. Vivi’s weird, but you know you can trust her. And I won’t be far away, okay? Vivi, why don’t you take her through your meditiation stuff?” | Paulina Benson
Chaos magic is the idea that a particular set of beliefs serves as an active force in the world. In other words, we choose what and how we believe, and our beliefs are tools that we then use to make things happen... or not. - Sophia Amoruso
Appearance: Paulina is quite tall and slim, standing at 5’9”. Her skin is very fair due to the amount of time she spends indoors, and she frequently changes the colour of her waist-length hair. Because of her deteriorating vision, she wears a pair of corrective glasses that double as sunglasses.
Age: 19
Personality: Paulina is an exceptionally… focused woman. An intellectual at heart, she spends most of her time experimenting with her magic and documenting her findings. She’s also keenly interested in the powers of others, and is gradually building up a research database on all things supernatural, paranatural, magical, and otherwise “weird”.
She’s not very fond of fighting, and as such tends to find more mundane uses for her magic. For example, she has melted runes into the soles of all her shoes that enable her to float a few inches off the ground, letting her “skate” through the air.
History: When Mihkail and Sophia Benson brought their daughter Paulina into the world, she should have had a bright future. Intelligent, curious, gifted with a knack for computer programming and attractive as she grew into her teenage years, she should have had every opportunity open before her. Instead, the only future that she would know was one of darkness. In her early teens, Paulina was diagnosed with Stargardt disease, a genetic condition that caused degeneration of the eyes, with a strong possibility of losing her sight completely as her eyes clouded over. With no cure and any possible treatments still extremely early in their development, Paulina had to accept the fact that she would lose the one thing that many people took for granted; being able to see the world. This fact sent her into a depression, and at night her most fervent wish was to regain what was being slowly taken away from her.
Whether some greater entity heard her wish and took pity on her, or if the strength of her desire was what ignited her power, none may ever know. Whatever the case, there came a day where things… changed, as though something about the world was different in a small, yet crucial way. Paulina felt connected to the world, to reality, in a way that was difficult for her to describe; like the real world was as much at her command as the virtual one. Now, she devotes herself to exploring more about this connection.
Metahuman Classification:
Runic Magic: through the use of hermetic runes, Paulina can create different magical enchantments. These enchantments range from controlling different elements and reactions, to enchanting objects that bear her runes with different qualities, even bringing them to “life”. She is particularly interested in body modification enchantments, and harbors a secret hope that she can cure herself this way.
Because the exact effects she creates must be described by the runes themselves, she must be very specific about what she wants to happen. Additionally, any effects have an energy cost that must come from somewhere, either from herself or some other external source.
If her runes are damaged or disrupted, it can interrupt or end whatever effect she is trying to create, or even cause them to go haywire. Additionally, while Paulina is very flexible in what effects and enchantments she can create, both in terms of combat and utility, she must have a clear understanding of what it is she wants to do and time to prepare her runes.
Allergies: none
Pre-existing conditions: Paulina has been diagnosed with Stargardt disease, a genetic condition that leads to blindness. Currently she is very sensitive to sudden changes in brightness and needs powerful corrective lenses to see clearly. |
44,125 | 1,205 | 125 | 2,470 | 2,686 | Liam Pyne
Looking up at Zach, Liam opened his mouth to respond but given the others he figured he’d let them fill in the details. As much as it felt like he was a vet here it was clear he really wasn’t in comparison to some of the other people. What the heck happened between this semester and last semester? I spent a whole semester left to my own devices and now this? Maybe it wasn’t Alister who’d become more attractive… With a little chuckle Liam nodded along to the explanations were given to Zach. It was pretty rare for them to play games but occasionally the gym instructors did do stuff like that. Occasionally it was fun but occasionally it was a slaughter because those with kinetic abilities dominated.
As Alister stood on his one hand Liam whistled. “Dude when did you become athletically inclined you sneaking bastard.” That was a bit more than Liam was capable of; then again Liam’s skills tended towards things like running and climbing. For a while he’d considered learning some freerunning skills but in the end the climbing had become significantly more important. So had the flexibility but it was funny because all of his skills for getting himself out of trouble had actually aided in getting him into trouble. Liam’s thoughts drifted back to the crawl through the Academy’s air vents. Occasionally they lent themselves to cool stuff. Apparently his build meant he had the necessary musculature and visual acuity to shoot stuff. An old marine Ghost had shown up looking to say one last goodbye to his family. Liam’s price had been a little fun in Gym. They had cleared his requests for firearms and target dummies and it had been the most fun he’d ever had as the Ghost took over and obliterated the targets with efficiency from a lifetime of training. “Come on you damn show off we got work to do.”
Liam had resigned himself to working with Alister until Paulina made a reference to challenging him to a duel and slapped a piece of paper against his chest. No doubt the waiver. Of course that was not enough for her no no no she had to continue by suggesting that he was in some way insufficiently manly to handle being partnered with her. It was of course a social goad but strangely it was being put in the social spotlight of being claimed by Paulina more than anything else which made him blush. The number of ghosts, emotions and personalities whom had traipsed through his body had left him realizing that masculinity and femininity were rather subjective given the personalities that got to joy ride in his body occasionally. That being said… Liam looked down at the paper and looked up giving Korie a raised eyebrow. “Well I guess I’m officially spoken for, for today.”
It was a weird feeling watching Paulina dance through social mores with little pause and barely concealed sexuality. It gave Liam pause as it was difficult to tell when she Meant something and when she was simply teasing. While his ears were still pinkish he met Paulina’s eyes for a long moment.
“Your funeral” | Liam Pyne
An idea, like a ghost, must be talked to a little before it will explain itself
Appearance: While not a small person Liam has a slighter build befitting that of someone who exercises when time permits. Standing at 5'9”, largely an academic, Liam’s exercise usually comes in the form of having to help as spirit get some place out of the way. As a result of this sporadic exercise Liam’s build is rather average in terms of muscle. With the constant practice in the gym Liam has grown good at one thing. Liam is an excellent runner and has deccent hand eye coordination. The skills he has picked up are often used to get him out of trouble when he sticks his nose in somewhere it doesn’t belong.
Liam sports short light brown hair and has eyes that range in color from bright blue to a muted green. While Liam is not one to run around outside every day he is not pale with a healthy light skin tone. Most people would call Liam moderately attractive but he is not that far above average in his looks.
Personality: Liam is a genuine gentle soul who often comes off as a shy shut in. Many have taken Liam’s generally non confrontational personality to mean that he is a pushover or any easy target; often this ends in the bully finding out that Liam is not an easy target and Liam having to get stitches. Those who get to know Liam find him to be a rather witty and intelligent individual willing to stand up for those he cares about regardless of harm to himself.
With all of his positive qualities Liam has a dark side stemming from his powers. From an early age Liam's fascination with the occult and the dead has limited his relationships. Often those who get to know him are put off by his power or by the fact that he willingly spends time with those who have passed on. Liam is one of few people who can bring the dead closure, as a result he feels obligated to help. This societal shunning has rendered Liam incredibly wary of others as he feels that those who get close to him will either leave when they find out the extent of his abilities; or will be pushed away by what he feels is his responsibility.
Given a lack of an active social life Liam excels at academics as any time that isn’t spent working on his talents is inevitably spent studying or reading. Liam’s academic proficiency has also lent itself to his shut in personality; however this is assumption about his personality is often made after others find out what his grades are like, not something that Liam actively advertises.
History: Born in a rural small town Liam was a popular exuberant child growing up. Most said Liam had a super human grasp on life and that “this child was going to go far”. On Liam’s 13th birthday he began having troubles at school and with other kids. The light hadn’t gone out in his eyes it had just become more determined than ever before. From that day forward Liam had become an totally different person; often seeking out local spots which were rumored to be haunted or other things of that nature. Over the next three years Liam continued to grow more and more distant from his family and friends.
In the end everything came to a head when Liam was sixteen. While poking around an abandoned barn rumored to be the home of the ghost of an old man Liam happened across a group of older guys who had brought a pair of young girls to the barn for a “night of fun”. Upon realizing what was happening Liam tried to stop them but was beat severely.
What happened next is still unclear but Liam returned with a vengeance in his eyes and an old double barreled shotgun under his arm. Three of the guys went to the hospital that night and one died on the operating table from his wounds. Neither of the girls would make a statement and Liam claimed he couldn’t remember what had happened just that he felt like he wasn’t in control of his own body. Over the next several months Liam would have similarly strange episodes until one day something altogether different found its way into Liam’s body. When the authorities were finally able to rescue Liam’s family Liam had boarded them in his parents room and was preparing to set the house ablaze.
After being taken to a mental institute for rehabilitation it was deemed necessary to attempt something unorthodox. A spiritual medium was brought in to assess Liam and it was deemed necessary to perform an exorcism. The ritual was performed with written approval from the Vatican itself and in the controlled confines of the asylum under the guidance of the medium who was called to asses Liam and the supervision of the psychiatric staff. Properly restrained Liam did not hurt anyone and the presence was expelled with only a few hours of time with the Priest.
When Liam was finally deemed psychologically sound he was sent home for a week before being packed up and shipped off to the academy to be supervised and trained in proper use of his abilities. Over the last two years Liam’s powers have grown steadily allowing him to more safely use them to benefit the denizens of the world Beyond.
Metahuman Classification: Spiritual Vessel (Medium)
Beyond the Veil: Liam can see ghosts when he opens his eyes and ears to the spirit world. This power is fully voluntary unless a spirit is powerful enough to make its presence physically know by crossing the Veil. Often times when Liam is not using his Sight more frustrated powerful ghosts who want his attention will make alterations to his environment (knocking over objects, breaking mirrors, etc.) causing discomfort for those in Liam’s vicinity when he is dealing with a persistent potent spirit. The effects of these spirits seemed to be lessened in the presence of more than two or three people or in the presence of sterile rooms and cutting edge technology.
Voluntary Possession: Liam has the ability to allow a spirit to share his body. In so doing Liam can allow a Spirit to talk to those in the mortal world or to even carry out acts they need to move on from a state of unrest. This ability also allows Liam to make use of a ghosts knowledge and abilities it had in life. This can include: speaking another language, knowledge about a particular subject matter or even physical capabilities such as martial arts, cooking, or music. The only limit is what Liam is physically capable of doing; regardless of the ghosts ability to do a backflip Liam still may not physically be able to do such a thing.
Exorcism: Liam is fully capable of expelling any spirit who has possessed him. After his encounter with an “Outsider” Liam has worked hard to make himself capable of ejecting unruly spirits at will. Often this is done when a spirit wishes to continue making use of Liam’s body beyond what Liam’s agreed upon terms were. This power also extends to others; in the rare case that a spirit has found a way to possess another person Liam is capable of expelling the spirit from another person body.
Liam has yet to have contact with another “Outsider” and as such he has yet to test his ability to expel an “Outsider” either from himself or from another. Liam has done extensive research on what he has termed “Outsiders” and yet much of what they are remain a mystery.
*Warning: Restricted Ability* Forced Possession: In incredibly controlled settings the instructional staff has tested Liam’s ability to expel a Spirit from his own body into the body of another or even into objects. While the tests were successful they left Liam dangerously fatigued and were deemed too dangerous to the subject of the possession as the process often angered or warped the spirit who was transferred in such a way. The notable exception was Spirits who were transferred willingly into a willing host. The Academy has strictly forbade this use of Liam’s powers. On his own Liam is far too afraid to attempt such a use given its ramifications. To this date the Academy has yet to find a need to discipline Liam for such a use of his abilities and as such it is not limited beyond the confines of the Academy.
*Warning: Restricted Ability* Environment/Spirit Manipulation: It is unknown to what extent Liam can manifest Psychokinetic powers; however the Academy keeps these abilities carefully suppressed with a psychic dampener. Liam manifest what appears to be a potent psychokinetic ability when under the duress of a strong possession.This includes the ability to levitate himself and to move objects with his mind. These abilities also appear to extend to influencing or commanding other less potent Spirits. The speculation by the Academies experts is that the powers are some remnant of the Outsider’s possession of Liam. On his own Liam does have very minimal Telekinetic abilities; however they only go as far as being able to move pennies across tables or rattle bottles. Regardless of the apparent low caliber of the abilities the academy has taken precautions to keep any of Liam’s psychic abilities carefully monitored and dampened for safety reasons.
*Warning: Redacted Ability, Eyes only* Traumatic Telepathy:
*test one*
The subject seems to be capable of digging through the minds of those in the room with him to find their deepest fears and most humiliating moments. After no less than five minutes in the room with him our volunteers were relieved and the test was cancelled. The result appears to be minor damage to the psyche of the recipients. Further tests will be required to determine the full extent of this ability.
*test two*
The subject is apparently capable of inflicting delusions and psychosis on those present and uninsulated from his psychic abilities. After a longer exposure of approximately thirty-three minutes volunteers were released from the test and the subject was exercised according to standard procedure. My final recommendation is that the further tests be canceled and that the subject be properly monitored and psychically dampened. The manifest psychic powers appear to not be a part of the subjects ability to communicate and house Spirits; however they appear to be a side effect of undamped powerful possessions. My conclusion on the subject is that these powers are a result of the Subjects possession by a Class 5 or greater non human psychospiritual entity. Caution is advised in any further use or test of the subject’s Telepathic and Psychokinetic abilities.
Pre-existing conditions: Liam is prone to sleepwalking and occasional bouts of insomnia. This can occasionally be disturbing for those who witness it as he may often appear quite cogent or wake when it happens. |
44,126 | 1,205 | 126 | 711 | 1,531 | Almost everyone seemed to be paired up. Jason was suddenly once more painfully aware of the fact that he was new here. He scanned around trying to figure out who he would ask. Most of the people who had come to know were partnered up so he was basically screwed. Alright I can at least play it cool.
"Alright guys so who wants to be my partner?!" He sound loudly with a wide grin, that served to hide his self consciousness. He hoped someone took him up on his offer, or he'd look like a total dumbass. | Korie Weiss
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.
—Leonardo da Vinci
Appearance:
At a slim 5’8”, Korie mostly tends towards lean muscle since she’s a long distance runner. Match that with dark brown hair cut short just above her shoulders and piercing grey eyes, Korie’s pretty and she knows it. She prefers simple chic—comfortable with just the right amount of pizazz to pop.
Personality:
Confident and outgoing, Korie has a sharp tongue she doesn’t care to hide. She prefers a few close friends over a group of acquaintances, but does enjoy attention at times. While mostly contemplative and thoughtful, she can be amazingly simple-minded with close friends, blurting out the first thing that comes to mind. For this reason people close to Korie often say that she has no filter, and they love her refreshing honesty. Among strangers, however, Korie comes off as serious and sharp-minded, fun to be around and dangerous to cross. Korie believes in white lies for the greater good, but she doesn’t like to hold back the truth when it comes to those she loves. The best people don’t deserve such disrespect.
Korie used to be one of the people that took their studies very seriously, but ever since she transferred to ECAY she’s been questioning whether or not she should still strive to earn good grades. After all, where would it get her in life now that she’s banned from society? Nonetheless, Korie’s a bright students with great retention. She believes in sucking up to teachers, but doesn’t go out of her way to do so.
History:
As the only child from a well-off family, Korie grew up distanced from her parents but loved nonetheless. Through grade school Korie was a pristine student and also quite popular. She was “friends” with many people, but she only ever considered a select few true friends. She grew apart from these people when she developed her powers as she failed to contain her powers at the beginning, turning into anyone she saw. Soon enough, the government stepped in.
The government cleared up all the suspicion Korie would have roused. All traces of her meta powers were gone, and no one remembered her the first time she escaped. Not even her parents. Isolated from the world, Korie willingly turned herself back into the government under the agreement that, should she follow their orders, her parents would be given back their memories of her. Korie was allotted to attend the ECAY starting at her junior year in high school.
Metahuman Classification:
◼ Shapeshifter | Korie can take on the shape of any living animal she chooses, preferably one she can see. While it takes her a few seconds to assume the form, Korie will have access to any physical abilities the organism has such as flight if she were to turn into a bird.
◼ Restricted ability: Genetic Replication| While her normal shape-shifting skills do not allow her to use the powers of others, Korie does have the potential to do so. In order to replicate someone's genome, Korie must establish physical contact with them. Her cells then scan and copy that individual’s genome, making her genetically identical to them and thereby copying their powers.
Allergies:
In the middle of developing a pollen allergy.
Pre-existing conditions:
None. |
44,127 | 1,205 | 127 | 2,458 | 534 | Crown
Crown put a hand full of the brown goop on his face. It didn't seem normal. It slowly just began to disappear between his hand and head. He looked back at the Woman in front of him, he changed his smile to look a little more friendly and put his bottle down. "Guess we are. Im Crown! You picked me, so you're smart and beautiful. A deadly combination.." Crown kicked the bottle to the side near his bag, letting out a small laugh before looking back to her.
"Yah I don't think we are either, but that's just a sunscreen bottle, the inside is something a little more...Organic. My powers align with nature, mostly plants. So Im like, the guy version of Poison Ivy. Im sure yours is pretty cool too, just don't tell me its an emotional one! We have like 100 of those here." | Jon "Crown" Barron
"Don't lift with your ego"
Appearance: Crown is just above 5'9" weighing in at 170lbs. He is tanned with black hair and eyes to match. He usually seen wearing his black leather jacket, jeans, and the same old brown boots. To reinforce his "cool guy" look, he always wears his shades and headphones whenever permitted or whenever he can easily get away with it.
Personality: Crown doesn't like large crowds and likes a small amount of friends. He is a bit of a loner, due to him thinking most of the people in the school are a threat. While he doesn't consider himself one, leaving others to notice his arrogance. While having a good sense of humor, he is also very prideful in anything his doing. Taking embarrassment of himself or others who don't deserve it to heart, easily standing up for others no matter the cost to him. His most apparent trait is him having a strong rebellious side and a strong will for his own personal freedom.
Age:18
History:
Jon Crown was born in the small town of Hampton in Utah. His power's were first realized by his parents when he was just three, where he used it to grow his mother a rose out in the middle of the beach. While his parent's were amazed, they knew the fear and hate people would have for their gifted son. They banned him from using his powers and he followed there rules in the open, but always secretly using them and honing his skills. As a child he did amazing feats that saved people's life and lively hood. His most proud feat was creating a whole new forest so that local lumberjacks can continue their jobs in Hampton. While his abilities proved to be magnificent, it came at a great cost. Leaving Thirteen year old Crown in a three month coma.
After this event, Crown began to further his training of his abilities finding out the true strength that was given to him. While his parent's tried to continue to keep him from using them and even punished him whenever they caught him, Crown never gave up his use. Eventually this lead to him causing trouble with them and eventually using his powers to defend himself. While it was an act of self defense, Crown left the robber a bloody and mutilated mess. It didn't take long for investigators to learn of his powers and sentencing him to ECAY.
Metahuman Classification: Potentially Dangerous Elemetlist.
Herbal Clay: If presented the proper amount of plant life, Crown can create a light brown clay that can mold into anything he can imagine. He can also use it medically to bond open wounds to completely create functioning simple organs and limbs, but not life itself. Nothing past a piece of his finger or a makeshift bandage has ever been completed by him. The side effects to himself are predicted to possibly be fatal.
Forest Craft: Trees grow on any surface, easily creating anything from a beautiful Rose bush to a dense forest anywhere he chooses(plants will begin to decay quickly if not placed on a suitable surface). Requires Crown's blood to make contact with a Plant catalyst. More blood creates denser and larger plant life. This power allows him to also manipulate plants.
*Restricted Ability* Thousand Branches: Large sharp wooden spikes erect from his body to either fashion short-range weapons akin to a sword or else use them as long-range projectiles, where the branches growth can be triggered remotely. The branch growth can skewer anything from the inside out. The wooden structure have no effect on Crown's body when the power is at play. This can also form a structure around any body part giving him reach and strength. Each use of this power drains a certain amount of blood drawn from Crown.
*Restricted Ability* Root Control: Bringing out controllable underground roots of varying sizes to fit various situations. He can also use a large scale version, bringing out massive roots over a larger area that tangle around each other. This seems to be the only ability that does not cause Crown to have Anemic fatigue. |
44,128 | 1,205 | 128 | 1,253 | 386 | I will show off all I want liam" alister shouted with a laugh as he popped back up on his feet. "You can't tell me what to do" alister laughed a little and turned to Paulina nodding in acknowledgement of her response to his question. Than his ears perked up as he heard someone shouting about needing a partner. He smiled and narrowed his eyes evily.
Alister cracked his neck maniacally and grinned looking over at Jason. "If they take off my inhibitor I would love to partner up" alister said with a sly ssmile. The boy was new and Alister was well aware that he would have no clue the extent of Alisters abilities. Alister threw down his jacket. Now wearing a form fitting under armour shirt. Alister smiled with content he knew this would be the prefect chance to test the extent of his new power he already knew that he could control emotions and read someones thoughts. But what about there movements? was that even possible he thought to himself.
Alister turned and looked back to Jason again "so how about it? " he asked the boy curiously. Alister was excited and completely pumped for the response. If he or anyone else said yes than he would have the inhibitor removed for the class period. He really hoped for someone with more experience in his nature like Paulina or Liam, but he would have to do. If alister could read movement than that would make this very easy. | Jason Blackwell
"When justice is done it brings joy to the righteous but terror to evil doers"-Proverbs 21:15
Appearance:
Black choppy hair that flows. Green eyes. He's 6'2 and well built, but not super bulky. He typically wears something along the lines of a collared t shirt and dark jeans. His muscles are toned, but not gigantic. He's more about power than strength.
Personallity:
A joker and clown at times, but can quickly become serious and observant. He's fairly outgoing and will make friends with just about anyone. He loves to read people; Analyze them physically and emotionally, and draw his own conclusions. He can't stand bullying, or abuse of any kind that he deems unjustified. He revels in bringing pain to those he thinks deserve it, but he's not a black and white thinker. In fact he's a rebel himself. He enjoys breaking rules as long as none gets hurt. He's fiercely loyal and would throw himself under the bus for his friends in a heartbeat.
History:
He grew up in downtown Manhattan for most of his life, however his parents marriage began to fall apart. His dad was always out working and his mother chose to rely on alcohol to fill the hole he left in his absence. Eventually his mother and father came up with the dillusion that starting somewhere fresh could fix things. Despite Jason's protests they ended up moving to Kentucky. While In Kentucky his mother enrolled him in a school for the gifted and talented, which Jason would quickly grow to resent. Due to his accelerated thought processing, he easily scored highly on anything and everything. This quickly made him the target for intense bullying. One day in a physical confrontation with a bully he discovered that when he concentrated, he could appear to slow time.(a result of his high speed processing). With an almost psychotic calmness he simply reached out and snapped each of the boys fingers backwards until the hand was a mangled mess. After he was expelled from the school he dedicated a year to training his body and mind to its peak. He then trained extensively in kick boxing, Brazilian jiu jitsu, and parkour. On Halloween night dressed in a hooded cloak and mask, he went on a spree of vigilante justice viciously assaulting all those who had ever wronged him. At the end of the night he was eventually apprehended by authorities. He faced 25 years in prison. However his defense attorney suggested that there was another place for him that would be better suited for him. The meta human academy.
Classification:
- possesses cognitive acceleration . He can process information at incredible speeds, allowing him to analyze and come to conclusions at an unprecedented rate. His reflexes and reaction time are 5 times that of any other human. When he has to react from his perspective time slows to a crawl. He can process and think at normal speeds giving him more than enough time to plan his every movement. but his movement is also slowed(not super speed)
-His body is trained to near peak performance. He's incredibly strong for his size, while maintaining high levels of agility.
-He's highly proficient in kick boxing, trained by UFC fighter Justine Kish. He also has extensive training in Brazilian jiu jitsu(a grappling martial art mainly involving joint locks, chokes, and other submissions)
-Highly skilled in both parkour and rock climbing. Can scale most buildings as long as there are ledges, handholds, or even cracks. |
44,129 | 1,205 | 129 | 2,305 | 2,031 | Ashleigh was mortified at Jason's last words. How did he know she had been there, hovering outside? She glanced away, drifting closer to Vedika, wanting the familiarity of a friend. She very nearly turned and ran away again. But she know Paulina would come after her this time. Swallowing, she realized she had no idea what was going on in class, and she drifted towards Paulina, but she grabbed Vedika's hand.
At once, Vedika's emotions came into stark contrast, and Ashleigh let herself just concentrate on her emotions, which made it easier to not run away, but it was still a close call.
Vedika maybe couldn't empathize completely with Ashleigh, but being relied upon made her feel dependable, and knowing a bit of how Ashleigh's powers worked, Vedika held onto that emotion, hoping to instill Ash with a little confidence and assurance.
Spying Ashleigh and Jason’s return, alongside Vedika, Paulina smiled warmly and approached them. ”Hey. Do you think you’ll be okay? If it’s too much, I’m sure we could convince the teacher to let you use a different room.” Glancing at Vivi, she nodded gratefully. ”I gonna be seeing what Liam has in store for me, but I think the two of you partnering up would be a good idea. Vivi’s weird, but you know you can trust her. And I won’t be far away, okay? Vivi, why don’t you take her through your meditiation stuff?”
"Eh?" Vedika looked slightly befuddled. "S-sure!" Vedika had always been an energetic child, bouncing off the walls and running everywhere. To reign her in, Vedika's father had taught her meditation, though it was more like forced meditation, sitting her down and telling her to keep quiet and still. She wasn't the best at it, as it was incredibly difficult for her to clear her mind and she quickly became restless when sitting too still. However, it was probably good not only for Ashleigh, but for herself as well. Sitting on the floor, Vedika crossed her legs and simply clasped her hands on her knees, none of that thumb to forefinger stuff. She didn't force Ashleigh to join her, it helped to clear her mind if she relieved herself of expectations on the world. Vedika focused on herself, feeling her aura, ever-present. The last few times she had spent training her power, she had noticed what could only be described as her aura 'expanding'. She already knew that she could 'give it' to others temporarily to protect them, or 'inject' a bit of it to harm them, but this was different. In those other cases, it was more moving it from one place to another, displacement, rather than an actual increase in volume. What she felt now was an increase in volume, which was weird. She tried activating her aura, making herself indestructible, but that only caused it to shrink back to its 'default size'. She had to relax before it would start expanding again. She kept experimenting with it, letting it grow and shrink, playing with it like a kid trying to synchronize waves in a bathtub to make a big splash, but not quite getting it right, the waves diminishing every time the kid got out of sync. | Vedika Venkatraman"Perfection consists not in doing extraordinary things, but in doing ordinary things extraordinarily well."-Angelique Arnauld
Age: 18
Appearance:Vedika is 5'2" and weighs 130lbs. She has light-brown skin, hazel eyes, and shoulder-length brown hair. Even when not smiling, her face appears cheerful, and when she does smile it's an innocent, dorky sort of smile.
Personality:Vedika is energetic and friendly, always willing to go out of her way to help others. She has an independent spirit that falls just short of rebellion. She goes everywhere at top speed, parkours like a daredevil, and tends to use unorthodox openings as entrances. Though not bad at schoolwork, she tends to prioritize the needs of others, getting involved in other projects, often letting her grades slip, accepting punishments with a grin. She is straightforward and honest to a fault, and can become uncomfortably chummy, often acting unnecessarily like a big sister. Her life goal is simply to be helpful to others, and she pushes herself hard to achieve this. She sees her ability as the ultimate vehicle for her to become uniquely helpful and strives to perfect it.
History:Some call her 'Vivi', sometimes she goes by 'Victory', Vedika Venkatraman is the daughter of an immigrant couple from India, come to America looking to eke out an opportunity. Her mother is a software engineer and her father is a stay-at-home dad taking care of her and her several younger siblings. As the eldest, she learned from her father the responsibilities of taking care of the household. At school, she defended herself, her younger siblings, and her friends from bullies. She was always known to be a scrappy little tomboy, climbing trees, climbing buildings, and getting into scuffles. One time when she was 13, a particularly nasty and racist bully got extremely aggressive and violent. Vedika's power manifested then. He was unable to harm her, and without knowing the other half of her power, she killed him in one punch. Soon the men in suits came and took her away. She doesn't know what they told her parents, maybe they thought she was in a juvenile detention facility. That's when she became a student at the school.
Vajra:Vajra is the philosophical concept of absolute perfection: embodying the lightning, energy, pure in its instance and intensity and capable of destroying all other materials that would cross its path; embodying the diamond, clear, eternal and indestructible. This is what Vedika has chosen to call her ability which centers around the vague concept of the manipulation of 'biological energy', though researchers on the phenomenon have also dubbed it as "Absolute Terror Field", "Hedgehog's Dilemma", "Self-Other Dichotomy", or "Lennard-Jones Potential". It essentially manifests as a form of martial art technique reminiscent of ancient mystical forms of 'chi' or 'chakra' control, granting Vedika an aura that allows her to wield two main abilities, Penetrating Strike, and Absolute Defense, and one secondary ability, Aura Transfer.
Penetrating Strike allows Vedika to transfer a part of her aura through physical contact to disrupt those of others, allowing her to bypass physical defense, allowing her strikes to resonate past barriers and cause internal damage. This does not amplify her damage, it merely causes it to transfer towards the nearest and weakest parts of the body and concentrate there, so her strikes still need to be full-force and actually manage to hit. For example, punches to the torso do mostly organ damage, while punches to the limbs mostly target the joints. Vedika needs to activate the ability consciously for each separate strike and has taught herself never to strike the head with this ability activated for fear of causing severe brain, eye, throat, or inner ear damage.Absolute Defense allows her to solidify her own aura, creating a rejection of all external physical impacts. This ability is not 'always on' and must be activated and maintained with stability and concentration. Vedika must usually adopt a 'stance' to activate this ability.Aura Transfer allows Vedika to transfer these techniques to others through physical contact, usually by placing her palms on the receiver's shoulders. She usually uses this to give others Absolute Defense to protect them from damage. Like Absolute Defense, Vedika usually must adopt a stable stance to use this ability, though the same is not required of her target.It is hypothesized that at some point, Vedika will learn how to 'project' her aura, granting ranged 'energy blasts', though this has not yet been confirmed.
Some believe that the strength of her ability is tied to her strong sense of self coupled with her strong sense of altruism. Stability is necessary for her ability to be at full power, this includes physical, mental, and emotional stability. Because of her ability, Vedika has never learned an actual fighting style, knowing how to throw maybe 3-4 basic types of punches, and even fewer types of kicks because she has never needed to get around someone's defenses. She doesn't really know any blocking techniques either as she has never needed to defend herself.
Allergies: N/A
Pre-existing conditions: N/A |
44,130 | 1,205 | 130 | 377 | 25,988 | While Ashleigh considered Paulina's concern gratefully, she gave a soft sigh, and hugged Paulina "no, I can't spend my life isolated. I'm Going to have to learn control sooner or later. I'll be okay. I promise" there wasn't much more that she could say to her friend, so she nodded, looking to Vedika.
She hesitated, before sitting beside Vedika. She tried to copy what bed friend was doing, but she was sure she was failing. She was just also so uncomfortable, that she didn't think she would ever be able to get comfortable again. if I had know this would happen today, I'd have taken one of the pills. She knew that if Paulina knew those thoughts, she'd never hear the end of if. She grimaced, and shifted, rolling her shoulders.
She once more tried to copy what Vedika was doing, trying to merely focus on vedika's emotions then anyone else's. For one brief moment, it seemed that she merely let the emotions pass through her, taken then In, and then merely letting them go through, without seeming to affect her. She frowned, wondering how she had done that. Or was it merely what she hadn't done? Frowning over that, she chased that thought round and round her head.
Finally, she said "I don't think I am doing this right, Vivi" | Ashleigh Shephard
"Look, you don't understand, people are complex. Their emotions are even more so. You put that altogether, not being able to stop feeling it, and it would drive you crazy too"
Appearance:
Asheligh stands at 5"6, her black hair extends to her shoulders, her brown eyes are deep and troubled. She has a light skin tone, and a fine complextion. She has a scar under one eye, faded and old. She typically wears dark clothes, almost "Punk" Like.
Personality:
Ashleigh is a troubled individual. She keeps to herself, prefering her own company then the heart ache others can bring. She is a quite, almost soft young woman. She rarely raises her voice, and indeed she rarely voices her opinion, prefering to watch situations as they happen. She rarely lets anyone come close to her, for fear of getting hurt again.
She is however a rather kind individual, willing to put aside her own fears and doubts for others, particularly if she cares about them. If she can be convinced to let someone it, she will be a valuble asset. However, she considers herself weak and suspetable, based on her past.
History:
Ashleigh was born addicted to drugs. Her mother hadn't been aware she was pregnant, until she was 7 months along, and by then it was too dangerous to clean up her act. So Ashleigh was born a drug addict. As both went through care to become clean, her mother vowed to do anythhing she could to stay clean, and give Ashleigh the life she deserved.
Ashleigh however was a troubled individual. Her abilities affected her immensely, and by the time she was 12, she was once more a drug addict, taking whatever she could get her hands on, she didn't care as long as it helped. By 15, she had been in and out of hopsitals, rehabs and other such facilities more times then she'd been in school. By 16, she was in love and had cleaned up her act.
By 17, she was near death, beaten up by the one person she thought she could love forever. This was when her mother had to stop holding on, and having heard about the acadmey, she sent Ashleigh there, for she couldn't deny that Ashleigh didn't have special gifts.
Metahuman Classification:
A living curse That's what Asheligh thinks of her abilties. She wishes she never had them, and constantly seeks ways of dulling their affects on her. But she can never get rid of them. Even drugs lost their effect, once Ashleigh found she could heal herself. A living curse, and one she can't escape from.
Empathy
This is Ashelighs main ability, it's strong, and it causes her pain. The ability to feel others emotions, to constantly feel everything going on around her. She can't control it, can't stop the torrent of emotions. She can control peoples emotions, but she prefers not to.
Telekinesis
This is actually Ashleighs only power she doesn't wish gone. The ability to make things move? She thinks its way cool.
Healing
The ability to heal might be someone elses dream, but for Ashleigh, touching people is hard, that explosion of emotion...she can't take it. The ability to heal comes from the mere fact she can follow emotions to the source of the injury, and then use the bodies own empathic state to heal. While it is effective, it exhausts both the user and the patient, and as such there is a risk for large injuries.
Allergies:
None
Pre-existing conditions:
Addicted to drugs. |
44,131 | 1,205 | 131 | 1,253 | 386 | If they take off my inhibitor I would love to partner up! Jason turned to see where the voice was coming from.
Alister turned and looked back to Jason again "so how about it? " he asked the boy curiously.
Jason watched Allister approaching cockily. Jason returned the boy's curious gaze. He looked excited, and cocky even. Jason assumed that they'd be doing sparring then. Jason had never been afraid of a fight but he was aware that he had likely never fought anyone like he was about to being doing now. He wondered what kind of power validated such confidence.
"Sounds good to me!" Jason said back with a grin. "What exactly did you have in mind for our partner work?" He asked although he had a hunch. | Jason Blackwell
"When justice is done it brings joy to the righteous but terror to evil doers"-Proverbs 21:15
Appearance:
Black choppy hair that flows. Green eyes. He's 6'2 and well built, but not super bulky. He typically wears something along the lines of a collared t shirt and dark jeans. His muscles are toned, but not gigantic. He's more about power than strength.
Personallity:
A joker and clown at times, but can quickly become serious and observant. He's fairly outgoing and will make friends with just about anyone. He loves to read people; Analyze them physically and emotionally, and draw his own conclusions. He can't stand bullying, or abuse of any kind that he deems unjustified. He revels in bringing pain to those he thinks deserve it, but he's not a black and white thinker. In fact he's a rebel himself. He enjoys breaking rules as long as none gets hurt. He's fiercely loyal and would throw himself under the bus for his friends in a heartbeat.
History:
He grew up in downtown Manhattan for most of his life, however his parents marriage began to fall apart. His dad was always out working and his mother chose to rely on alcohol to fill the hole he left in his absence. Eventually his mother and father came up with the dillusion that starting somewhere fresh could fix things. Despite Jason's protests they ended up moving to Kentucky. While In Kentucky his mother enrolled him in a school for the gifted and talented, which Jason would quickly grow to resent. Due to his accelerated thought processing, he easily scored highly on anything and everything. This quickly made him the target for intense bullying. One day in a physical confrontation with a bully he discovered that when he concentrated, he could appear to slow time.(a result of his high speed processing). With an almost psychotic calmness he simply reached out and snapped each of the boys fingers backwards until the hand was a mangled mess. After he was expelled from the school he dedicated a year to training his body and mind to its peak. He then trained extensively in kick boxing, Brazilian jiu jitsu, and parkour. On Halloween night dressed in a hooded cloak and mask, he went on a spree of vigilante justice viciously assaulting all those who had ever wronged him. At the end of the night he was eventually apprehended by authorities. He faced 25 years in prison. However his defense attorney suggested that there was another place for him that would be better suited for him. The meta human academy.
Classification:
- possesses cognitive acceleration . He can process information at incredible speeds, allowing him to analyze and come to conclusions at an unprecedented rate. His reflexes and reaction time are 5 times that of any other human. When he has to react from his perspective time slows to a crawl. He can process and think at normal speeds giving him more than enough time to plan his every movement. but his movement is also slowed(not super speed)
-His body is trained to near peak performance. He's incredibly strong for his size, while maintaining high levels of agility.
-He's highly proficient in kick boxing, trained by UFC fighter Justine Kish. He also has extensive training in Brazilian jiu jitsu(a grappling martial art mainly involving joint locks, chokes, and other submissions)
-Highly skilled in both parkour and rock climbing. Can scale most buildings as long as there are ledges, handholds, or even cracks. |
44,132 | 1,205 | 132 | 1,253 | 386 | With a sly grin Alister cleared his throat. "I was thinking of a small fight." Alister said with confidence. "Considering your accelerated thought processing I figured you have guessed this by now" alister smiled as the gym instructor removed his inhibitor .
Alister grabbed his wrist stretching it out. He than began flipping through the different colors in his eyes insuring they were all properly in place. Once again turning to look at Jason alister smiled excitedly. "So pretty much it will be more of a dodging match." Alister chuckled at the thought of such a type of match. "We can use objects and ourselves to create distractions and try to land a hit." Alister cleared his throat once more . "So essentially it is my brain against yours"
Alister was excited he could now test his full power and finally fain control of the new one. | Jason Blackwell
"When justice is done it brings joy to the righteous but terror to evil doers"-Proverbs 21:15
Appearance:
Black choppy hair that flows. Green eyes. He's 6'2 and well built, but not super bulky. He typically wears something along the lines of a collared t shirt and dark jeans. His muscles are toned, but not gigantic. He's more about power than strength.
Personallity:
A joker and clown at times, but can quickly become serious and observant. He's fairly outgoing and will make friends with just about anyone. He loves to read people; Analyze them physically and emotionally, and draw his own conclusions. He can't stand bullying, or abuse of any kind that he deems unjustified. He revels in bringing pain to those he thinks deserve it, but he's not a black and white thinker. In fact he's a rebel himself. He enjoys breaking rules as long as none gets hurt. He's fiercely loyal and would throw himself under the bus for his friends in a heartbeat.
History:
He grew up in downtown Manhattan for most of his life, however his parents marriage began to fall apart. His dad was always out working and his mother chose to rely on alcohol to fill the hole he left in his absence. Eventually his mother and father came up with the dillusion that starting somewhere fresh could fix things. Despite Jason's protests they ended up moving to Kentucky. While In Kentucky his mother enrolled him in a school for the gifted and talented, which Jason would quickly grow to resent. Due to his accelerated thought processing, he easily scored highly on anything and everything. This quickly made him the target for intense bullying. One day in a physical confrontation with a bully he discovered that when he concentrated, he could appear to slow time.(a result of his high speed processing). With an almost psychotic calmness he simply reached out and snapped each of the boys fingers backwards until the hand was a mangled mess. After he was expelled from the school he dedicated a year to training his body and mind to its peak. He then trained extensively in kick boxing, Brazilian jiu jitsu, and parkour. On Halloween night dressed in a hooded cloak and mask, he went on a spree of vigilante justice viciously assaulting all those who had ever wronged him. At the end of the night he was eventually apprehended by authorities. He faced 25 years in prison. However his defense attorney suggested that there was another place for him that would be better suited for him. The meta human academy.
Classification:
- possesses cognitive acceleration . He can process information at incredible speeds, allowing him to analyze and come to conclusions at an unprecedented rate. His reflexes and reaction time are 5 times that of any other human. When he has to react from his perspective time slows to a crawl. He can process and think at normal speeds giving him more than enough time to plan his every movement. but his movement is also slowed(not super speed)
-His body is trained to near peak performance. He's incredibly strong for his size, while maintaining high levels of agility.
-He's highly proficient in kick boxing, trained by UFC fighter Justine Kish. He also has extensive training in Brazilian jiu jitsu(a grappling martial art mainly involving joint locks, chokes, and other submissions)
-Highly skilled in both parkour and rock climbing. Can scale most buildings as long as there are ledges, handholds, or even cracks. |
44,133 | 1,205 | 133 | 1,253 | 386 | I figured but I didn't wanna be all pretentious about it. Jason said with a grin. He knew how tough this would be. This guy wasn't like the brute from earlier. Jason gandered that much like himself, this guy would be crafty. So he would just have to be craftier.
"Alright let's- wait what the hell are vedika and Ashleigh doing?" He said with a genuinely confused look. The moment Allister's attention flickered, he cleared the gap almost instantaneously before launching a left hook at Allister's jaw. An instant before impact he quickly stopped his left fist and switched to a right jab for the chin. Even though he thought allister wouldn't be prepared, he faked just in case. He knew if he wanted to win he'd have to think 5 steps ahead. | Jason Blackwell
"When justice is done it brings joy to the righteous but terror to evil doers"-Proverbs 21:15
Appearance:
Black choppy hair that flows. Green eyes. He's 6'2 and well built, but not super bulky. He typically wears something along the lines of a collared t shirt and dark jeans. His muscles are toned, but not gigantic. He's more about power than strength.
Personallity:
A joker and clown at times, but can quickly become serious and observant. He's fairly outgoing and will make friends with just about anyone. He loves to read people; Analyze them physically and emotionally, and draw his own conclusions. He can't stand bullying, or abuse of any kind that he deems unjustified. He revels in bringing pain to those he thinks deserve it, but he's not a black and white thinker. In fact he's a rebel himself. He enjoys breaking rules as long as none gets hurt. He's fiercely loyal and would throw himself under the bus for his friends in a heartbeat.
History:
He grew up in downtown Manhattan for most of his life, however his parents marriage began to fall apart. His dad was always out working and his mother chose to rely on alcohol to fill the hole he left in his absence. Eventually his mother and father came up with the dillusion that starting somewhere fresh could fix things. Despite Jason's protests they ended up moving to Kentucky. While In Kentucky his mother enrolled him in a school for the gifted and talented, which Jason would quickly grow to resent. Due to his accelerated thought processing, he easily scored highly on anything and everything. This quickly made him the target for intense bullying. One day in a physical confrontation with a bully he discovered that when he concentrated, he could appear to slow time.(a result of his high speed processing). With an almost psychotic calmness he simply reached out and snapped each of the boys fingers backwards until the hand was a mangled mess. After he was expelled from the school he dedicated a year to training his body and mind to its peak. He then trained extensively in kick boxing, Brazilian jiu jitsu, and parkour. On Halloween night dressed in a hooded cloak and mask, he went on a spree of vigilante justice viciously assaulting all those who had ever wronged him. At the end of the night he was eventually apprehended by authorities. He faced 25 years in prison. However his defense attorney suggested that there was another place for him that would be better suited for him. The meta human academy.
Classification:
- possesses cognitive acceleration . He can process information at incredible speeds, allowing him to analyze and come to conclusions at an unprecedented rate. His reflexes and reaction time are 5 times that of any other human. When he has to react from his perspective time slows to a crawl. He can process and think at normal speeds giving him more than enough time to plan his every movement. but his movement is also slowed(not super speed)
-His body is trained to near peak performance. He's incredibly strong for his size, while maintaining high levels of agility.
-He's highly proficient in kick boxing, trained by UFC fighter Justine Kish. He also has extensive training in Brazilian jiu jitsu(a grappling martial art mainly involving joint locks, chokes, and other submissions)
-Highly skilled in both parkour and rock climbing. Can scale most buildings as long as there are ledges, handholds, or even cracks. |
44,134 | 1,205 | 134 | 1,253 | 386 | Without fail alister never broke eye contact with Jason as his eyes imidietly turned red. He felt the wind come from the stop of his first blow. As the second blow came for him alisters responses were a millisecond too late and the blow hit. As alister was thrown backwards he did a small flip and skid to a stop.
Alister bolted forward and shouted at the boy. "YOU WONT GET A HIT LIKE THAT AGAIN!! " Alister said excitedly. He had never had a congnative challenge like this before. Alister threw a hit towards Jason's face and with a small fake he slid between the boys legs. Bouncing off his hands he pushed his body legs extended towards Jason's back | Jason Blackwell
"When justice is done it brings joy to the righteous but terror to evil doers"-Proverbs 21:15
Appearance:
Black choppy hair that flows. Green eyes. He's 6'2 and well built, but not super bulky. He typically wears something along the lines of a collared t shirt and dark jeans. His muscles are toned, but not gigantic. He's more about power than strength.
Personallity:
A joker and clown at times, but can quickly become serious and observant. He's fairly outgoing and will make friends with just about anyone. He loves to read people; Analyze them physically and emotionally, and draw his own conclusions. He can't stand bullying, or abuse of any kind that he deems unjustified. He revels in bringing pain to those he thinks deserve it, but he's not a black and white thinker. In fact he's a rebel himself. He enjoys breaking rules as long as none gets hurt. He's fiercely loyal and would throw himself under the bus for his friends in a heartbeat.
History:
He grew up in downtown Manhattan for most of his life, however his parents marriage began to fall apart. His dad was always out working and his mother chose to rely on alcohol to fill the hole he left in his absence. Eventually his mother and father came up with the dillusion that starting somewhere fresh could fix things. Despite Jason's protests they ended up moving to Kentucky. While In Kentucky his mother enrolled him in a school for the gifted and talented, which Jason would quickly grow to resent. Due to his accelerated thought processing, he easily scored highly on anything and everything. This quickly made him the target for intense bullying. One day in a physical confrontation with a bully he discovered that when he concentrated, he could appear to slow time.(a result of his high speed processing). With an almost psychotic calmness he simply reached out and snapped each of the boys fingers backwards until the hand was a mangled mess. After he was expelled from the school he dedicated a year to training his body and mind to its peak. He then trained extensively in kick boxing, Brazilian jiu jitsu, and parkour. On Halloween night dressed in a hooded cloak and mask, he went on a spree of vigilante justice viciously assaulting all those who had ever wronged him. At the end of the night he was eventually apprehended by authorities. He faced 25 years in prison. However his defense attorney suggested that there was another place for him that would be better suited for him. The meta human academy.
Classification:
- possesses cognitive acceleration . He can process information at incredible speeds, allowing him to analyze and come to conclusions at an unprecedented rate. His reflexes and reaction time are 5 times that of any other human. When he has to react from his perspective time slows to a crawl. He can process and think at normal speeds giving him more than enough time to plan his every movement. but his movement is also slowed(not super speed)
-His body is trained to near peak performance. He's incredibly strong for his size, while maintaining high levels of agility.
-He's highly proficient in kick boxing, trained by UFC fighter Justine Kish. He also has extensive training in Brazilian jiu jitsu(a grappling martial art mainly involving joint locks, chokes, and other submissions)
-Highly skilled in both parkour and rock climbing. Can scale most buildings as long as there are ledges, handholds, or even cracks. |
44,135 | 1,205 | 135 | 1,253 | 386 | Jason had never felt more alive. It felt good to hit someone after so long, in fact he was getting quite the adrenaline high. Allister made an impressive Arial recovery. And instantly dashed back at Jason with an equally excited response. A second before the boy reached him Jason began to focus. The punch seemed to come towards his face at a snails pace. Jason chuckled mentally and simply moved his head to the side. But he wasn't prepared for what happened next. He thought the boy might fake for another punch however he definitely didn't expect the boy to slide under his legs.
What the hell?! Jason thought, grinning ear to ear. This is gonna be fucking epic. Jason had all the time in the world to react to this maneuver. Unfortunately Jason couldn't move as fast as he could think and he simply didn't have enough time to dodge something like that, especially since he couldn't see what the boy was attempting.
The muscles in his legs flared alarmingly as he pushed himself to the limit to try to leap out of the way. His feet made it about an inch off the ground when Allister's feet connected with his back sending him flying towards the opposing wall. Man, this is gonna suck. Jason thought grimly. However as he approached the wall ever so slowly he quickly calculated an idea.
Jason tucked, and used his momentum to flip frontwards, hitting the wall feet first. He managed to eject off the wall and land on his feet. He quickly spun around to face Allister.
"Holy shit, that was sick!" Jason yelled like a child having a blast playing games with his friends. "I can already tell we're gonna be good friends." He said grinning. Rather than attacking he brought his elbows up to his jaw in a defensive stance, placing one leg slightly forward, waiting for Allister to make a move. | Jason Blackwell
"When justice is done it brings joy to the righteous but terror to evil doers"-Proverbs 21:15
Appearance:
Black choppy hair that flows. Green eyes. He's 6'2 and well built, but not super bulky. He typically wears something along the lines of a collared t shirt and dark jeans. His muscles are toned, but not gigantic. He's more about power than strength.
Personallity:
A joker and clown at times, but can quickly become serious and observant. He's fairly outgoing and will make friends with just about anyone. He loves to read people; Analyze them physically and emotionally, and draw his own conclusions. He can't stand bullying, or abuse of any kind that he deems unjustified. He revels in bringing pain to those he thinks deserve it, but he's not a black and white thinker. In fact he's a rebel himself. He enjoys breaking rules as long as none gets hurt. He's fiercely loyal and would throw himself under the bus for his friends in a heartbeat.
History:
He grew up in downtown Manhattan for most of his life, however his parents marriage began to fall apart. His dad was always out working and his mother chose to rely on alcohol to fill the hole he left in his absence. Eventually his mother and father came up with the dillusion that starting somewhere fresh could fix things. Despite Jason's protests they ended up moving to Kentucky. While In Kentucky his mother enrolled him in a school for the gifted and talented, which Jason would quickly grow to resent. Due to his accelerated thought processing, he easily scored highly on anything and everything. This quickly made him the target for intense bullying. One day in a physical confrontation with a bully he discovered that when he concentrated, he could appear to slow time.(a result of his high speed processing). With an almost psychotic calmness he simply reached out and snapped each of the boys fingers backwards until the hand was a mangled mess. After he was expelled from the school he dedicated a year to training his body and mind to its peak. He then trained extensively in kick boxing, Brazilian jiu jitsu, and parkour. On Halloween night dressed in a hooded cloak and mask, he went on a spree of vigilante justice viciously assaulting all those who had ever wronged him. At the end of the night he was eventually apprehended by authorities. He faced 25 years in prison. However his defense attorney suggested that there was another place for him that would be better suited for him. The meta human academy.
Classification:
- possesses cognitive acceleration . He can process information at incredible speeds, allowing him to analyze and come to conclusions at an unprecedented rate. His reflexes and reaction time are 5 times that of any other human. When he has to react from his perspective time slows to a crawl. He can process and think at normal speeds giving him more than enough time to plan his every movement. but his movement is also slowed(not super speed)
-His body is trained to near peak performance. He's incredibly strong for his size, while maintaining high levels of agility.
-He's highly proficient in kick boxing, trained by UFC fighter Justine Kish. He also has extensive training in Brazilian jiu jitsu(a grappling martial art mainly involving joint locks, chokes, and other submissions)
-Highly skilled in both parkour and rock climbing. Can scale most buildings as long as there are ledges, handholds, or even cracks. |
44,136 | 1,205 | 136 | 1,253 | 386 | Alister gave a quick smirk. It seemed the boy was quite quicker than he had anticipated. Alister looked around the room. It seemed like nothing else was going on at the moment except their little bout. Alister quickly stances himself as he ran in the opposite direction of the boy he was sparring with. Normally this would be unusual or a sigh of retreat but alister knew what he was doing.
As he hit the other wall he bent his leg and used it to push himself forward. Picking up a large amount of speed Alister darted in a zigzagging pattern. He wanted to throw off the other boy but even if he caught this through it would still be amazing. Alister bounded off the ground and dove for the ground landing directly in front of Jason he used his whole body to push himself upward and outward towards the boy.
Pumped full of adrenaline alister looked up to Jason. At any point if he could make direct eye contact he could change Jason's emotions to turn this in his favor. Even being in such a state of adrenaline Alister still knew that would be like cheating so he avoided eye contact.
As he came out of his daze of fascination he opened his eyes looking up anticipating how Jason was going to react to this. | Jason Blackwell
"When justice is done it brings joy to the righteous but terror to evil doers"-Proverbs 21:15
Appearance:
Black choppy hair that flows. Green eyes. He's 6'2 and well built, but not super bulky. He typically wears something along the lines of a collared t shirt and dark jeans. His muscles are toned, but not gigantic. He's more about power than strength.
Personallity:
A joker and clown at times, but can quickly become serious and observant. He's fairly outgoing and will make friends with just about anyone. He loves to read people; Analyze them physically and emotionally, and draw his own conclusions. He can't stand bullying, or abuse of any kind that he deems unjustified. He revels in bringing pain to those he thinks deserve it, but he's not a black and white thinker. In fact he's a rebel himself. He enjoys breaking rules as long as none gets hurt. He's fiercely loyal and would throw himself under the bus for his friends in a heartbeat.
History:
He grew up in downtown Manhattan for most of his life, however his parents marriage began to fall apart. His dad was always out working and his mother chose to rely on alcohol to fill the hole he left in his absence. Eventually his mother and father came up with the dillusion that starting somewhere fresh could fix things. Despite Jason's protests they ended up moving to Kentucky. While In Kentucky his mother enrolled him in a school for the gifted and talented, which Jason would quickly grow to resent. Due to his accelerated thought processing, he easily scored highly on anything and everything. This quickly made him the target for intense bullying. One day in a physical confrontation with a bully he discovered that when he concentrated, he could appear to slow time.(a result of his high speed processing). With an almost psychotic calmness he simply reached out and snapped each of the boys fingers backwards until the hand was a mangled mess. After he was expelled from the school he dedicated a year to training his body and mind to its peak. He then trained extensively in kick boxing, Brazilian jiu jitsu, and parkour. On Halloween night dressed in a hooded cloak and mask, he went on a spree of vigilante justice viciously assaulting all those who had ever wronged him. At the end of the night he was eventually apprehended by authorities. He faced 25 years in prison. However his defense attorney suggested that there was another place for him that would be better suited for him. The meta human academy.
Classification:
- possesses cognitive acceleration . He can process information at incredible speeds, allowing him to analyze and come to conclusions at an unprecedented rate. His reflexes and reaction time are 5 times that of any other human. When he has to react from his perspective time slows to a crawl. He can process and think at normal speeds giving him more than enough time to plan his every movement. but his movement is also slowed(not super speed)
-His body is trained to near peak performance. He's incredibly strong for his size, while maintaining high levels of agility.
-He's highly proficient in kick boxing, trained by UFC fighter Justine Kish. He also has extensive training in Brazilian jiu jitsu(a grappling martial art mainly involving joint locks, chokes, and other submissions)
-Highly skilled in both parkour and rock climbing. Can scale most buildings as long as there are ledges, handholds, or even cracks. |
44,137 | 1,205 | 137 | 1,253 | 386 | Jason gave a confused look when the boy ran away from him. Is that all he's got? Suddenly Allister kicked off of the wall and darted at Jason in a zig zag pattern. Jason merely blinked and time had slowed to a crawl. He watched the boy slowly get closer and closer. Either he's trying to confuse me and catch me off guard, or he's trying to show off. Neither is gonna work. Jason tensed up in anticipation. Allister launched himself at the ground in front of Jason before bouncing off the ground up at Jason.
Too damn flashy. Fighting wasn't about big flashy elaborate moves. It was about using your body effectively. He wondered if this kid had ever had to actually fight for his life.
Jason swiftly stepped out of the way. He watched Allister fly through the air passing through the spot that Jason had been in. When Allister was about chest level with Jason, he swung his fist upwards, right at Allister's gut. | Jason Blackwell
"When justice is done it brings joy to the righteous but terror to evil doers"-Proverbs 21:15
Appearance:
Black choppy hair that flows. Green eyes. He's 6'2 and well built, but not super bulky. He typically wears something along the lines of a collared t shirt and dark jeans. His muscles are toned, but not gigantic. He's more about power than strength.
Personallity:
A joker and clown at times, but can quickly become serious and observant. He's fairly outgoing and will make friends with just about anyone. He loves to read people; Analyze them physically and emotionally, and draw his own conclusions. He can't stand bullying, or abuse of any kind that he deems unjustified. He revels in bringing pain to those he thinks deserve it, but he's not a black and white thinker. In fact he's a rebel himself. He enjoys breaking rules as long as none gets hurt. He's fiercely loyal and would throw himself under the bus for his friends in a heartbeat.
History:
He grew up in downtown Manhattan for most of his life, however his parents marriage began to fall apart. His dad was always out working and his mother chose to rely on alcohol to fill the hole he left in his absence. Eventually his mother and father came up with the dillusion that starting somewhere fresh could fix things. Despite Jason's protests they ended up moving to Kentucky. While In Kentucky his mother enrolled him in a school for the gifted and talented, which Jason would quickly grow to resent. Due to his accelerated thought processing, he easily scored highly on anything and everything. This quickly made him the target for intense bullying. One day in a physical confrontation with a bully he discovered that when he concentrated, he could appear to slow time.(a result of his high speed processing). With an almost psychotic calmness he simply reached out and snapped each of the boys fingers backwards until the hand was a mangled mess. After he was expelled from the school he dedicated a year to training his body and mind to its peak. He then trained extensively in kick boxing, Brazilian jiu jitsu, and parkour. On Halloween night dressed in a hooded cloak and mask, he went on a spree of vigilante justice viciously assaulting all those who had ever wronged him. At the end of the night he was eventually apprehended by authorities. He faced 25 years in prison. However his defense attorney suggested that there was another place for him that would be better suited for him. The meta human academy.
Classification:
- possesses cognitive acceleration . He can process information at incredible speeds, allowing him to analyze and come to conclusions at an unprecedented rate. His reflexes and reaction time are 5 times that of any other human. When he has to react from his perspective time slows to a crawl. He can process and think at normal speeds giving him more than enough time to plan his every movement. but his movement is also slowed(not super speed)
-His body is trained to near peak performance. He's incredibly strong for his size, while maintaining high levels of agility.
-He's highly proficient in kick boxing, trained by UFC fighter Justine Kish. He also has extensive training in Brazilian jiu jitsu(a grappling martial art mainly involving joint locks, chokes, and other submissions)
-Highly skilled in both parkour and rock climbing. Can scale most buildings as long as there are ledges, handholds, or even cracks. |
44,138 | 1,205 | 138 | 2,305 | 2,031 | Finally, she said "I don't think I am doing this right, Vivi"
Vedika opened an eye to look at Ashleigh; Vedika was terrible at not getting distracted during meditation. "I'm honestly not that great at it myself. I would say don't focus on me and what I'm doing, focus on yourself. You know, my mom once asked me if I knew where the center of the universe is. Nobody knows, and it's impossible to know, but we do know where the center of the observable universe is. You know where that is? It's the observer. Earth. Me. You. You are the center of your observable universe. No one else matters. Shut out everything and everyone else, only you exist." Vedika didn't know if that would help but she closed her eyes again, and instead of focusing on her aura, she actually tried to clear her mind and see if Ashleigh would be able to 'learn' from seeing that emptiness. If only Vedika were any good at clearing her mind. | Vedika Venkatraman"Perfection consists not in doing extraordinary things, but in doing ordinary things extraordinarily well."-Angelique Arnauld
Age: 18
Appearance:Vedika is 5'2" and weighs 130lbs. She has light-brown skin, hazel eyes, and shoulder-length brown hair. Even when not smiling, her face appears cheerful, and when she does smile it's an innocent, dorky sort of smile.
Personality:Vedika is energetic and friendly, always willing to go out of her way to help others. She has an independent spirit that falls just short of rebellion. She goes everywhere at top speed, parkours like a daredevil, and tends to use unorthodox openings as entrances. Though not bad at schoolwork, she tends to prioritize the needs of others, getting involved in other projects, often letting her grades slip, accepting punishments with a grin. She is straightforward and honest to a fault, and can become uncomfortably chummy, often acting unnecessarily like a big sister. Her life goal is simply to be helpful to others, and she pushes herself hard to achieve this. She sees her ability as the ultimate vehicle for her to become uniquely helpful and strives to perfect it.
History:Some call her 'Vivi', sometimes she goes by 'Victory', Vedika Venkatraman is the daughter of an immigrant couple from India, come to America looking to eke out an opportunity. Her mother is a software engineer and her father is a stay-at-home dad taking care of her and her several younger siblings. As the eldest, she learned from her father the responsibilities of taking care of the household. At school, she defended herself, her younger siblings, and her friends from bullies. She was always known to be a scrappy little tomboy, climbing trees, climbing buildings, and getting into scuffles. One time when she was 13, a particularly nasty and racist bully got extremely aggressive and violent. Vedika's power manifested then. He was unable to harm her, and without knowing the other half of her power, she killed him in one punch. Soon the men in suits came and took her away. She doesn't know what they told her parents, maybe they thought she was in a juvenile detention facility. That's when she became a student at the school.
Vajra:Vajra is the philosophical concept of absolute perfection: embodying the lightning, energy, pure in its instance and intensity and capable of destroying all other materials that would cross its path; embodying the diamond, clear, eternal and indestructible. This is what Vedika has chosen to call her ability which centers around the vague concept of the manipulation of 'biological energy', though researchers on the phenomenon have also dubbed it as "Absolute Terror Field", "Hedgehog's Dilemma", "Self-Other Dichotomy", or "Lennard-Jones Potential". It essentially manifests as a form of martial art technique reminiscent of ancient mystical forms of 'chi' or 'chakra' control, granting Vedika an aura that allows her to wield two main abilities, Penetrating Strike, and Absolute Defense, and one secondary ability, Aura Transfer.
Penetrating Strike allows Vedika to transfer a part of her aura through physical contact to disrupt those of others, allowing her to bypass physical defense, allowing her strikes to resonate past barriers and cause internal damage. This does not amplify her damage, it merely causes it to transfer towards the nearest and weakest parts of the body and concentrate there, so her strikes still need to be full-force and actually manage to hit. For example, punches to the torso do mostly organ damage, while punches to the limbs mostly target the joints. Vedika needs to activate the ability consciously for each separate strike and has taught herself never to strike the head with this ability activated for fear of causing severe brain, eye, throat, or inner ear damage.Absolute Defense allows her to solidify her own aura, creating a rejection of all external physical impacts. This ability is not 'always on' and must be activated and maintained with stability and concentration. Vedika must usually adopt a 'stance' to activate this ability.Aura Transfer allows Vedika to transfer these techniques to others through physical contact, usually by placing her palms on the receiver's shoulders. She usually uses this to give others Absolute Defense to protect them from damage. Like Absolute Defense, Vedika usually must adopt a stable stance to use this ability, though the same is not required of her target.It is hypothesized that at some point, Vedika will learn how to 'project' her aura, granting ranged 'energy blasts', though this has not yet been confirmed.
Some believe that the strength of her ability is tied to her strong sense of self coupled with her strong sense of altruism. Stability is necessary for her ability to be at full power, this includes physical, mental, and emotional stability. Because of her ability, Vedika has never learned an actual fighting style, knowing how to throw maybe 3-4 basic types of punches, and even fewer types of kicks because she has never needed to get around someone's defenses. She doesn't really know any blocking techniques either as she has never needed to defend herself.
Allergies: N/A
Pre-existing conditions: N/A |
44,139 | 1,205 | 139 | 1,253 | 386 | As alister flew up into the air he snickered. "I had a feeling he wouldn't fall for that one"he said aloud. "which worked out perfectly". Alisters eyes shifter quickly towards Jason's fist as it came towards him.
Alister grabbed the boys fist as he threw his own body towards the ground behind him lifting the other boy off the ground. As the other boys feet came off the ground alister laughed."Gotcha" he said as he swung the boy over his head aiming to slam him inti the ground. | Jason Blackwell
"When justice is done it brings joy to the righteous but terror to evil doers"-Proverbs 21:15
Appearance:
Black choppy hair that flows. Green eyes. He's 6'2 and well built, but not super bulky. He typically wears something along the lines of a collared t shirt and dark jeans. His muscles are toned, but not gigantic. He's more about power than strength.
Personallity:
A joker and clown at times, but can quickly become serious and observant. He's fairly outgoing and will make friends with just about anyone. He loves to read people; Analyze them physically and emotionally, and draw his own conclusions. He can't stand bullying, or abuse of any kind that he deems unjustified. He revels in bringing pain to those he thinks deserve it, but he's not a black and white thinker. In fact he's a rebel himself. He enjoys breaking rules as long as none gets hurt. He's fiercely loyal and would throw himself under the bus for his friends in a heartbeat.
History:
He grew up in downtown Manhattan for most of his life, however his parents marriage began to fall apart. His dad was always out working and his mother chose to rely on alcohol to fill the hole he left in his absence. Eventually his mother and father came up with the dillusion that starting somewhere fresh could fix things. Despite Jason's protests they ended up moving to Kentucky. While In Kentucky his mother enrolled him in a school for the gifted and talented, which Jason would quickly grow to resent. Due to his accelerated thought processing, he easily scored highly on anything and everything. This quickly made him the target for intense bullying. One day in a physical confrontation with a bully he discovered that when he concentrated, he could appear to slow time.(a result of his high speed processing). With an almost psychotic calmness he simply reached out and snapped each of the boys fingers backwards until the hand was a mangled mess. After he was expelled from the school he dedicated a year to training his body and mind to its peak. He then trained extensively in kick boxing, Brazilian jiu jitsu, and parkour. On Halloween night dressed in a hooded cloak and mask, he went on a spree of vigilante justice viciously assaulting all those who had ever wronged him. At the end of the night he was eventually apprehended by authorities. He faced 25 years in prison. However his defense attorney suggested that there was another place for him that would be better suited for him. The meta human academy.
Classification:
- possesses cognitive acceleration . He can process information at incredible speeds, allowing him to analyze and come to conclusions at an unprecedented rate. His reflexes and reaction time are 5 times that of any other human. When he has to react from his perspective time slows to a crawl. He can process and think at normal speeds giving him more than enough time to plan his every movement. but his movement is also slowed(not super speed)
-His body is trained to near peak performance. He's incredibly strong for his size, while maintaining high levels of agility.
-He's highly proficient in kick boxing, trained by UFC fighter Justine Kish. He also has extensive training in Brazilian jiu jitsu(a grappling martial art mainly involving joint locks, chokes, and other submissions)
-Highly skilled in both parkour and rock climbing. Can scale most buildings as long as there are ledges, handholds, or even cracks. |
44,140 | 1,205 | 140 | 1,253 | 386 | What the fuck? Jason watched the boy twist his body and catch his fist.And I thought I was crafty. Jason slowly watched his body rotate up and over in a wide arc. Jason however had all the time in the world to react. It was easy enough to counter. Jason managed to grab the boys wrist with his hand that was being pulled. He landed hard, but feet first. He did the exact same thing to Allister, using his momentum to swing Allister through the air. However instead of a slam he released his grip, sending Allister flying in the opposite direction. This whole move and counter probably looked almost comical to onlookers.
He took a defensive stance once again. "You're gonna have to do better than that." He challenged with a smirk. | Jason Blackwell
"When justice is done it brings joy to the righteous but terror to evil doers"-Proverbs 21:15
Appearance:
Black choppy hair that flows. Green eyes. He's 6'2 and well built, but not super bulky. He typically wears something along the lines of a collared t shirt and dark jeans. His muscles are toned, but not gigantic. He's more about power than strength.
Personallity:
A joker and clown at times, but can quickly become serious and observant. He's fairly outgoing and will make friends with just about anyone. He loves to read people; Analyze them physically and emotionally, and draw his own conclusions. He can't stand bullying, or abuse of any kind that he deems unjustified. He revels in bringing pain to those he thinks deserve it, but he's not a black and white thinker. In fact he's a rebel himself. He enjoys breaking rules as long as none gets hurt. He's fiercely loyal and would throw himself under the bus for his friends in a heartbeat.
History:
He grew up in downtown Manhattan for most of his life, however his parents marriage began to fall apart. His dad was always out working and his mother chose to rely on alcohol to fill the hole he left in his absence. Eventually his mother and father came up with the dillusion that starting somewhere fresh could fix things. Despite Jason's protests they ended up moving to Kentucky. While In Kentucky his mother enrolled him in a school for the gifted and talented, which Jason would quickly grow to resent. Due to his accelerated thought processing, he easily scored highly on anything and everything. This quickly made him the target for intense bullying. One day in a physical confrontation with a bully he discovered that when he concentrated, he could appear to slow time.(a result of his high speed processing). With an almost psychotic calmness he simply reached out and snapped each of the boys fingers backwards until the hand was a mangled mess. After he was expelled from the school he dedicated a year to training his body and mind to its peak. He then trained extensively in kick boxing, Brazilian jiu jitsu, and parkour. On Halloween night dressed in a hooded cloak and mask, he went on a spree of vigilante justice viciously assaulting all those who had ever wronged him. At the end of the night he was eventually apprehended by authorities. He faced 25 years in prison. However his defense attorney suggested that there was another place for him that would be better suited for him. The meta human academy.
Classification:
- possesses cognitive acceleration . He can process information at incredible speeds, allowing him to analyze and come to conclusions at an unprecedented rate. His reflexes and reaction time are 5 times that of any other human. When he has to react from his perspective time slows to a crawl. He can process and think at normal speeds giving him more than enough time to plan his every movement. but his movement is also slowed(not super speed)
-His body is trained to near peak performance. He's incredibly strong for his size, while maintaining high levels of agility.
-He's highly proficient in kick boxing, trained by UFC fighter Justine Kish. He also has extensive training in Brazilian jiu jitsu(a grappling martial art mainly involving joint locks, chokes, and other submissions)
-Highly skilled in both parkour and rock climbing. Can scale most buildings as long as there are ledges, handholds, or even cracks. |
44,141 | 1,205 | 141 | 2,502 | 1,203 | Paulina Benson & Liam Pyne
Smiling at her friends, Paulina turned back to Liam and grinned. “This should be fun. So, how is this going to work?” she asked as she pulled a pack of chalk out of her backpack, setting about with creating a pair of circles on the floor. ”These circles are going to be set-up to monitor both our bodies and record any biological changes, particularly in our brains, so hopefully I will finally be able to see how your spooky stuff works.”
With a gentle movement. Liam smudged her first circle. “It’s too dangerous to attempt a change from that far apart. Physical contact makes transference easier; wouldn’t want to send your soul spiralling into the aether because the switch went wrong. That and it eliminates any sort of possibility that something gets in the way. I know you can’t detect them but there are at least two dozen lesser spirits hanging around right now. Not to mention a pair of class three spirits and of course the class four that is hanging out across the room right now.” Taking the chalk Liam drew the second circle almost touching the first one. Circles and chalk were nothing new in his experience but he prefered salt. It had an unusual effect on spirits; it appeared to be one of the only things in the physical world that would actually affect them.
Looking up at Paulina, Liam quirked an eyebrow. “So I think this goes without saying but if something goes sideways. I warned you.” It was incredibly pessimistic of him but it was unfortunately the truth. “Also. If a boy who looks like he’s been drowned shows up. It would behoove you to tell me at your earliest possible convenience since he will probably cause more than a few problems.” The boy still felt bad about the last go round Paulina and the spirit world had with each other so hopefully Noah didn’t put in an appearance.
Accepting the correction, Paulina continued filling in the indecipherable runes along the edge of the circle. She still wasn’t sure how it was she could understand them. Best she could figure, it was something instinctual, like it was hard-coded into her. ”You’re the expert here, Spooky Boy. I’m along for the ride right now.” She flashed a smile at him while she worked. ”You shouldn’t worry about bad stuff happening, you know. Will you do your best to make sure that we don’t get hurt?”
Distractedly Liam turned back from his contemplation of the left wall of the gym. Really he needed to finish preparations for this evening. “Hmm? Of course I will. It’s just that there will always be an inherent danger to anything we are going to do here. I just hope that my spiritual immunity is tied to my body. Things could go quite badly if a powerful spirit wanders by and decides to go for a joyride.” Stepping over the line she had drawn on the ground he pocketed his hands and gave Arty a nod. The ghost seemed to understand and faded away; it was best to not have the spirits that did like him around incase he needed make use of something equivalent to spiritual pepper spray.
The enchantress’s smile widened slightly. ”And are you planning on doing anything to my body while we’re switched?”
Blinking, Liam’s eyes narrowed at the proposal as he considered the implications of what she was asking. “No, why do you ask?” All of the sudden Liam was far more concerned with his own well being as opposed to Paulina’s for some reason, he couldn’t quite put his finger on it, but the question seemed….suspicious. “Believe it or not I’m generally a pretty uninteresting individual so I don’t plan on taking advantage of the one person who has bothered to help me practice.” The frown lingered as he gave her a long look.
Finishing the circles, Paulina turned to face him fully and laid her hand on Liam’s shoulder. ”Then I trust you, and what will happen, will happen. This is an experiment, half the fun is the uncontrolled variable.” Her teasing smile came back. ”But, if you do suddenly feel the need to “go to the bathroom”,” she leaned closer, whispering in his ear, ”I wouldn’t mind.”
The look on his face was priceless, and she giggled as she gave him back his space. ”You can’t tell me you’ve never thought about it.”
Narrowing his eyes a smile like you would expect to see on an adder or some other poisonous snake crossed his lips. “Why of course I have? Do you take me as something other than a teenage male. That being said I have standards and a certain image to uphold.” With the sly grin still in place he gestured to the circle across from him. “Unless you have any further comments or questions we can get started.” Something in his eyes had changed. The comments had finally kindled a bit of Liam’s impish nature and he was not about to be outdone.
Paulina laughed. ”And Pyne fires back without fear! There is a man underneath all that spookiness!” Turning where her laptop lay open on the floor, she angled the camera so that it would have a clear look at the both of them before giving him a positively salacious look, her eyes flicking briefly to his waist. ”But, I suppose I’ll have proof of that soon enough.”
Standing up, she stepped into the other circle. ”Time for the fun part! Please clearly explain, for the record and in as much detail as you can, what we are about to do.”
Liam cleared his throat and spoke clearly. “In short we are going to switch the vessels of our souls. I will be changing the positions of our souls via physical contact. The actual effect should be that of being in complete control of the the other person's body and complete use of the other senses. What will be happening in detail is the very essence of our existence will be switching what vessel it resides in. Currently there is little to no explanation as to what exactly the spirit is made up of and how those without a body can even interact with the mortal world.” Liam gave her an eyebrow raise. “Ready? Last chance to run.” It was a sincere question as it seemed like Paulina thought it was a game but it wasn’t. Not for Liam.
Pursing her lips, Paulina tilted her head and seemed to actually think about the question. ”Hmm, depends.” She broke out in a grin. ”Do you think you can handle trading in your man-card for a while?” Giggling, she shook her head. ”Liam, relax, will you? While I was first learning how to use my enchantments I almost split my head open on the floor while trying to figure out how to get down from the ceiling. What will happen will happen, so there’s no point in stressing yourself out. Now, what do you need me to do?”
With a calming sigh Liam gently reached out towards Paulina’s face. As he moved he took his emotions and thoughts carefully pooling them and preparing to make use of his powers. Best to give her a good ride. Servants, Soldiers, Minions of the Cold Dark. With a push outwards he called out to the lingering spirits around the gym. Might as well give her something to look at. As the spirits filtered into the room Liam triggered his spirit sight and looked over Paulina’s shoulder. Straight at the small, fire eaten form of Annamarie. Lovely.
Pressing his fingers along the edge of her jaw and his thumbs to her temples Liam drew Paulina’s soul from her vessel and into his body of a brief moment.
Fear, the smell of kerosine lingering in the air and the soft weeping of a young girl. The need to cause fear. Squeeze every last drop of terror from the frail.
Forcing himself out of the memory he realized he needed to move his soul. WIth an effort the next thing he knew he was staring back into his own face feeling his own hands on his new face. Fuck. This is gnarly.
A shiver ran through Paulina’s “body”, and she took a breath. “Whoo, that was...something. Wow.” She blinked, looking into her own blue eyes. “Whoa, this is so weird. I’m talking, but it’s not my voice. Damn, you are deep.” Looking down at “her” self, she studied his hands and feet. “View’s a bit different without the girls in the way.” Patting at Liam’s chest and stomach, she raised his eyebrows in surprise. “Holy shit, Liam, you are ripped. What do you have in here, iron?”
Paulina’s body shifted in obvious discomfort and it was clear Liam’s experience was entirely different than what Paulina was experiencing. “His” ears had colored almost immediately at the realization that something about what Paulina was wearing was not quite right. In fact it was Very not right. At first it had been an interesting experience to be lacking somethings and having a very different distribution of weight. That was until he realized that he could feel an awful lot more things than expected and that he was fairly certain it was not the norm.
Snapping “his” head up suddenly he shot a murderous glare at “Paulina”. “Oh I get it now. Enjoy some of your own medicine.” Paulina’s hand shot out and “Liam” tapped himself on the forehead and triggered his ghost sight in his own body. The motion also covered a wiggle he performed with Paulina’s body to attempt to ease the uncomfortable ropes that crisscrossed beneath her shirt. Hopefully that would give her enough of a distraction for him to pull off a little payback.
It took everything Paulina had not to burst out laughing. “I’m sorry, I just couldn’t resist! It was too good of an opportunity! You have to admit, it’s-” She instinctively jerked back when Liam tapped “her” forehead, and blinked. “Oh, whoa. Wow.” Suddenly the gymnasium had become a lot more crowded. Looking around with wide eyes, “her” mouth hung open, her previous humour forgotten. “Wooow. So this is what you see every day.” Her eyes settled on a little girl that suddenly now stood just outside the chalk circle. She couldn’t have been much more than ten years old, her body covered in horrific burns. “Um, hello.” What did one say to the ghost of a dead girl? “There’s a little burned girl standing beside us.”
Liam gave Paulina a smug look from her own body. “Her name is Annemarie. Be nice. Her parents left her in a burning building while she was asleep. It wasn’t their fault but she is understandably upset about the events of her death.” With another squirm Liam eyed the rest of the gym. “You are in so much trouble, I hope you know that.” Snapping his gaze back to her he gave her a smirk.
“Wow, Paulina, what are you. At least a D? Shall we take a vote?” With the louder comment Liam reached towards the edge of Paulina’s shirt and pulled it up a little with a wicked teasing grin.
Paulina knew exactly what Liam was doing. “So that’s how you want to play this, is it?” His lips curved into a sly smile, and she hooked his thumbs into the waistband of his shorts, pulling it open a little. “Fair’s fair, “big man”,” she called out with a slightly mocking tone. “I’ll show you yours if you show me mine.” | Paulina Benson
Chaos magic is the idea that a particular set of beliefs serves as an active force in the world. In other words, we choose what and how we believe, and our beliefs are tools that we then use to make things happen... or not. - Sophia Amoruso
Appearance: Paulina is quite tall and slim, standing at 5’9”. Her skin is very fair due to the amount of time she spends indoors, and she frequently changes the colour of her waist-length hair. Because of her deteriorating vision, she wears a pair of corrective glasses that double as sunglasses.
Age: 19
Personality: Paulina is an exceptionally… focused woman. An intellectual at heart, she spends most of her time experimenting with her magic and documenting her findings. She’s also keenly interested in the powers of others, and is gradually building up a research database on all things supernatural, paranatural, magical, and otherwise “weird”.
She’s not very fond of fighting, and as such tends to find more mundane uses for her magic. For example, she has melted runes into the soles of all her shoes that enable her to float a few inches off the ground, letting her “skate” through the air.
History: When Mihkail and Sophia Benson brought their daughter Paulina into the world, she should have had a bright future. Intelligent, curious, gifted with a knack for computer programming and attractive as she grew into her teenage years, she should have had every opportunity open before her. Instead, the only future that she would know was one of darkness. In her early teens, Paulina was diagnosed with Stargardt disease, a genetic condition that caused degeneration of the eyes, with a strong possibility of losing her sight completely as her eyes clouded over. With no cure and any possible treatments still extremely early in their development, Paulina had to accept the fact that she would lose the one thing that many people took for granted; being able to see the world. This fact sent her into a depression, and at night her most fervent wish was to regain what was being slowly taken away from her.
Whether some greater entity heard her wish and took pity on her, or if the strength of her desire was what ignited her power, none may ever know. Whatever the case, there came a day where things… changed, as though something about the world was different in a small, yet crucial way. Paulina felt connected to the world, to reality, in a way that was difficult for her to describe; like the real world was as much at her command as the virtual one. Now, she devotes herself to exploring more about this connection.
Metahuman Classification:
Runic Magic: through the use of hermetic runes, Paulina can create different magical enchantments. These enchantments range from controlling different elements and reactions, to enchanting objects that bear her runes with different qualities, even bringing them to “life”. She is particularly interested in body modification enchantments, and harbors a secret hope that she can cure herself this way.
Because the exact effects she creates must be described by the runes themselves, she must be very specific about what she wants to happen. Additionally, any effects have an energy cost that must come from somewhere, either from herself or some other external source.
If her runes are damaged or disrupted, it can interrupt or end whatever effect she is trying to create, or even cause them to go haywire. Additionally, while Paulina is very flexible in what effects and enchantments she can create, both in terms of combat and utility, she must have a clear understanding of what it is she wants to do and time to prepare her runes.
Allergies: none
Pre-existing conditions: Paulina has been diagnosed with Stargardt disease, a genetic condition that leads to blindness. Currently she is very sensitive to sudden changes in brightness and needs powerful corrective lenses to see clearly. |
44,142 | 1,205 | 142 | 1,253 | 386 | Alisters feet smacked the ground as he slid backwards till his skid slowed to a stop. Dust from the floor flew up in the air around him and alister walked towards Jason very calmly. Alister walked with his hand outstretched towards the other boy.
"damn" he said aloud happily "that was one hell of a move. I almost didn't see it coming". Alister smiled and stood in front of jason holding his hand out as if to shake that of the other boy. | Jason Blackwell
"When justice is done it brings joy to the righteous but terror to evil doers"-Proverbs 21:15
Appearance:
Black choppy hair that flows. Green eyes. He's 6'2 and well built, but not super bulky. He typically wears something along the lines of a collared t shirt and dark jeans. His muscles are toned, but not gigantic. He's more about power than strength.
Personallity:
A joker and clown at times, but can quickly become serious and observant. He's fairly outgoing and will make friends with just about anyone. He loves to read people; Analyze them physically and emotionally, and draw his own conclusions. He can't stand bullying, or abuse of any kind that he deems unjustified. He revels in bringing pain to those he thinks deserve it, but he's not a black and white thinker. In fact he's a rebel himself. He enjoys breaking rules as long as none gets hurt. He's fiercely loyal and would throw himself under the bus for his friends in a heartbeat.
History:
He grew up in downtown Manhattan for most of his life, however his parents marriage began to fall apart. His dad was always out working and his mother chose to rely on alcohol to fill the hole he left in his absence. Eventually his mother and father came up with the dillusion that starting somewhere fresh could fix things. Despite Jason's protests they ended up moving to Kentucky. While In Kentucky his mother enrolled him in a school for the gifted and talented, which Jason would quickly grow to resent. Due to his accelerated thought processing, he easily scored highly on anything and everything. This quickly made him the target for intense bullying. One day in a physical confrontation with a bully he discovered that when he concentrated, he could appear to slow time.(a result of his high speed processing). With an almost psychotic calmness he simply reached out and snapped each of the boys fingers backwards until the hand was a mangled mess. After he was expelled from the school he dedicated a year to training his body and mind to its peak. He then trained extensively in kick boxing, Brazilian jiu jitsu, and parkour. On Halloween night dressed in a hooded cloak and mask, he went on a spree of vigilante justice viciously assaulting all those who had ever wronged him. At the end of the night he was eventually apprehended by authorities. He faced 25 years in prison. However his defense attorney suggested that there was another place for him that would be better suited for him. The meta human academy.
Classification:
- possesses cognitive acceleration . He can process information at incredible speeds, allowing him to analyze and come to conclusions at an unprecedented rate. His reflexes and reaction time are 5 times that of any other human. When he has to react from his perspective time slows to a crawl. He can process and think at normal speeds giving him more than enough time to plan his every movement. but his movement is also slowed(not super speed)
-His body is trained to near peak performance. He's incredibly strong for his size, while maintaining high levels of agility.
-He's highly proficient in kick boxing, trained by UFC fighter Justine Kish. He also has extensive training in Brazilian jiu jitsu(a grappling martial art mainly involving joint locks, chokes, and other submissions)
-Highly skilled in both parkour and rock climbing. Can scale most buildings as long as there are ledges, handholds, or even cracks. |
44,143 | 1,205 | 143 | 1,253 | 386 | Jason almost shook the boy's hand. Almost.
"Thank you, I'd shake your hand but I'm pretty sure you've got something up your sleeve." He said with a friendly smile. He didn't want to offend the boy but he also didn't want to fall for a trick. "That was a good sparring sesh though." He stuck his head out to the side, noticing Liam and Paulina.
"Hey Allister. Actually look at Paulina and Liam right now." Jason said raising an eyebrow so high it almost disappeared into his hair. "Like seriously this time." He wasn't exactly sure why they appeared to be checking their own junk out. Paulina was an attractive girl for sure, but apparent self attraction like that was a little odd. His mind began to race for an explanation. Within a second he remembered hearing something about switching bodies. And in about half a second he realized what was going on.
"Hey Liam." He called out to 'Paulina'. "Dude, not saying i'd do any different if I was in your shoes, but keep in mind we're all watching." Jason said with a chuckle. | Jason Blackwell
"When justice is done it brings joy to the righteous but terror to evil doers"-Proverbs 21:15
Appearance:
Black choppy hair that flows. Green eyes. He's 6'2 and well built, but not super bulky. He typically wears something along the lines of a collared t shirt and dark jeans. His muscles are toned, but not gigantic. He's more about power than strength.
Personallity:
A joker and clown at times, but can quickly become serious and observant. He's fairly outgoing and will make friends with just about anyone. He loves to read people; Analyze them physically and emotionally, and draw his own conclusions. He can't stand bullying, or abuse of any kind that he deems unjustified. He revels in bringing pain to those he thinks deserve it, but he's not a black and white thinker. In fact he's a rebel himself. He enjoys breaking rules as long as none gets hurt. He's fiercely loyal and would throw himself under the bus for his friends in a heartbeat.
History:
He grew up in downtown Manhattan for most of his life, however his parents marriage began to fall apart. His dad was always out working and his mother chose to rely on alcohol to fill the hole he left in his absence. Eventually his mother and father came up with the dillusion that starting somewhere fresh could fix things. Despite Jason's protests they ended up moving to Kentucky. While In Kentucky his mother enrolled him in a school for the gifted and talented, which Jason would quickly grow to resent. Due to his accelerated thought processing, he easily scored highly on anything and everything. This quickly made him the target for intense bullying. One day in a physical confrontation with a bully he discovered that when he concentrated, he could appear to slow time.(a result of his high speed processing). With an almost psychotic calmness he simply reached out and snapped each of the boys fingers backwards until the hand was a mangled mess. After he was expelled from the school he dedicated a year to training his body and mind to its peak. He then trained extensively in kick boxing, Brazilian jiu jitsu, and parkour. On Halloween night dressed in a hooded cloak and mask, he went on a spree of vigilante justice viciously assaulting all those who had ever wronged him. At the end of the night he was eventually apprehended by authorities. He faced 25 years in prison. However his defense attorney suggested that there was another place for him that would be better suited for him. The meta human academy.
Classification:
- possesses cognitive acceleration . He can process information at incredible speeds, allowing him to analyze and come to conclusions at an unprecedented rate. His reflexes and reaction time are 5 times that of any other human. When he has to react from his perspective time slows to a crawl. He can process and think at normal speeds giving him more than enough time to plan his every movement. but his movement is also slowed(not super speed)
-His body is trained to near peak performance. He's incredibly strong for his size, while maintaining high levels of agility.
-He's highly proficient in kick boxing, trained by UFC fighter Justine Kish. He also has extensive training in Brazilian jiu jitsu(a grappling martial art mainly involving joint locks, chokes, and other submissions)
-Highly skilled in both parkour and rock climbing. Can scale most buildings as long as there are ledges, handholds, or even cracks. |
44,144 | 1,205 | 144 | 377 | 25,988 | Ashleigh gave a soft sigh and nodded. She shifted, before just giving up finding a comfortable sitting position, she flopped back, stretching out and curling up slightly like a cat, closing her eyes once more. Again, she tried to...calm herself. Drawing in a few deep breaths, she let herself concentrate on that, a deep breath in, and a deep breath out. In. Out. In. Out. In. Out. Over and over again. As she let herself concentrate on that, she seemed to be able to push aside the emotions, to the back of her mind.
She continued on, focusing on the breathing, it seemed to help her, as one by one she began to go through the emotions she was feeling of those around her. She seemed to fall into an oddly...neutral state. One might even think that she was asleep.
However, sexual emotions had always been quite powerful. Opening an eye a slint, she looked to Liam and Paulina, tilting her head at the difference's between them. She closed her eye again with a sigh. "Please, I'd rather not have to subdue everyone in here because you two decided to get all freaky in the middle of gym" Anyone that truly knew Ashleigh, would hear a change in her voice, as if for the moment a weight was lifted. Amusement seemed to play in it, and she did look as if she were content. | Ashleigh Shephard
"Look, you don't understand, people are complex. Their emotions are even more so. You put that altogether, not being able to stop feeling it, and it would drive you crazy too"
Appearance:
Asheligh stands at 5"6, her black hair extends to her shoulders, her brown eyes are deep and troubled. She has a light skin tone, and a fine complextion. She has a scar under one eye, faded and old. She typically wears dark clothes, almost "Punk" Like.
Personality:
Ashleigh is a troubled individual. She keeps to herself, prefering her own company then the heart ache others can bring. She is a quite, almost soft young woman. She rarely raises her voice, and indeed she rarely voices her opinion, prefering to watch situations as they happen. She rarely lets anyone come close to her, for fear of getting hurt again.
She is however a rather kind individual, willing to put aside her own fears and doubts for others, particularly if she cares about them. If she can be convinced to let someone it, she will be a valuble asset. However, she considers herself weak and suspetable, based on her past.
History:
Ashleigh was born addicted to drugs. Her mother hadn't been aware she was pregnant, until she was 7 months along, and by then it was too dangerous to clean up her act. So Ashleigh was born a drug addict. As both went through care to become clean, her mother vowed to do anythhing she could to stay clean, and give Ashleigh the life she deserved.
Ashleigh however was a troubled individual. Her abilities affected her immensely, and by the time she was 12, she was once more a drug addict, taking whatever she could get her hands on, she didn't care as long as it helped. By 15, she had been in and out of hopsitals, rehabs and other such facilities more times then she'd been in school. By 16, she was in love and had cleaned up her act.
By 17, she was near death, beaten up by the one person she thought she could love forever. This was when her mother had to stop holding on, and having heard about the acadmey, she sent Ashleigh there, for she couldn't deny that Ashleigh didn't have special gifts.
Metahuman Classification:
A living curse That's what Asheligh thinks of her abilties. She wishes she never had them, and constantly seeks ways of dulling their affects on her. But she can never get rid of them. Even drugs lost their effect, once Ashleigh found she could heal herself. A living curse, and one she can't escape from.
Empathy
This is Ashelighs main ability, it's strong, and it causes her pain. The ability to feel others emotions, to constantly feel everything going on around her. She can't control it, can't stop the torrent of emotions. She can control peoples emotions, but she prefers not to.
Telekinesis
This is actually Ashleighs only power she doesn't wish gone. The ability to make things move? She thinks its way cool.
Healing
The ability to heal might be someone elses dream, but for Ashleigh, touching people is hard, that explosion of emotion...she can't take it. The ability to heal comes from the mere fact she can follow emotions to the source of the injury, and then use the bodies own empathic state to heal. While it is effective, it exhausts both the user and the patient, and as such there is a risk for large injuries.
Allergies:
None
Pre-existing conditions:
Addicted to drugs. |
44,145 | 1,205 | 145 | 1,253 | 386 | Alister jumped in confusion. "holy shit it actually worked"he said in complete and utter shock as he ran towards the two. "Liam it worked it finally worked". Alister was extatic that his friend had finally managed the body swap it was so amazing to see this happen. He had no idea how to react but all he knew was that he was happy. For the time being as the use of the enhanced eyes wore off alister currently had the cat eyes. Everything was a little off and he felt severe pain from the over use of an unstable power but right now he didn't care. Seeing Liam and paulina as the opposite person was an amazing spectical and he was very excited to get to see it. | Jason Blackwell
"When justice is done it brings joy to the righteous but terror to evil doers"-Proverbs 21:15
Appearance:
Black choppy hair that flows. Green eyes. He's 6'2 and well built, but not super bulky. He typically wears something along the lines of a collared t shirt and dark jeans. His muscles are toned, but not gigantic. He's more about power than strength.
Personallity:
A joker and clown at times, but can quickly become serious and observant. He's fairly outgoing and will make friends with just about anyone. He loves to read people; Analyze them physically and emotionally, and draw his own conclusions. He can't stand bullying, or abuse of any kind that he deems unjustified. He revels in bringing pain to those he thinks deserve it, but he's not a black and white thinker. In fact he's a rebel himself. He enjoys breaking rules as long as none gets hurt. He's fiercely loyal and would throw himself under the bus for his friends in a heartbeat.
History:
He grew up in downtown Manhattan for most of his life, however his parents marriage began to fall apart. His dad was always out working and his mother chose to rely on alcohol to fill the hole he left in his absence. Eventually his mother and father came up with the dillusion that starting somewhere fresh could fix things. Despite Jason's protests they ended up moving to Kentucky. While In Kentucky his mother enrolled him in a school for the gifted and talented, which Jason would quickly grow to resent. Due to his accelerated thought processing, he easily scored highly on anything and everything. This quickly made him the target for intense bullying. One day in a physical confrontation with a bully he discovered that when he concentrated, he could appear to slow time.(a result of his high speed processing). With an almost psychotic calmness he simply reached out and snapped each of the boys fingers backwards until the hand was a mangled mess. After he was expelled from the school he dedicated a year to training his body and mind to its peak. He then trained extensively in kick boxing, Brazilian jiu jitsu, and parkour. On Halloween night dressed in a hooded cloak and mask, he went on a spree of vigilante justice viciously assaulting all those who had ever wronged him. At the end of the night he was eventually apprehended by authorities. He faced 25 years in prison. However his defense attorney suggested that there was another place for him that would be better suited for him. The meta human academy.
Classification:
- possesses cognitive acceleration . He can process information at incredible speeds, allowing him to analyze and come to conclusions at an unprecedented rate. His reflexes and reaction time are 5 times that of any other human. When he has to react from his perspective time slows to a crawl. He can process and think at normal speeds giving him more than enough time to plan his every movement. but his movement is also slowed(not super speed)
-His body is trained to near peak performance. He's incredibly strong for his size, while maintaining high levels of agility.
-He's highly proficient in kick boxing, trained by UFC fighter Justine Kish. He also has extensive training in Brazilian jiu jitsu(a grappling martial art mainly involving joint locks, chokes, and other submissions)
-Highly skilled in both parkour and rock climbing. Can scale most buildings as long as there are ledges, handholds, or even cracks. |
44,146 | 1,205 | 146 | 198 | 332 | Anastashya walked up to the towering building, her heart thudding against her chest. A flood of memories came whoosing back, a million voices in her head. "Take her." "It'll be ok." Screaming. She shook her head and tried to look up at what was right in front of her face, instead of what was in the past.
"New school new chances, right," she murmured to herself. Who am I kidding, she thought.Let's just get this over with. | Name:Anastashya (Ana or Shya for short) Gregorovitch
Quote:‘So many misconceptions surround the notion of heroism. Far too many categorize a hero as a champion of the battlefield, a commander of legions, a master of rare talent or ability. Granted, there have been heroes who fit those descriptions. But many men of great evil as well. Heed me. A hero sacrifices for the greater good. A hero is true to his or her conscience. In short, heroism means doing the right thing, regardless of the consequences. Although any person could fit that description, very few do. Choose this day to be one of them.- The Blind King, A World Without Heroes by Brandon Mull
Age:16
Appearence: Anastashya has peircing grey eyes that seem to miss nothing and bore into your soul, although that's not her... ability as you may call it. She also has long, blonde hair that falls midway down her back, which is seemingly always in a braid. Anastashya is around 5' 8", leaving her occainsionally feeling very small. She is slim, but can lift 160 lbs(not her power). She is imposing, and at times can be slightly frightening. She has various scars cris-crossing her body from when she was little (more on that in the backstory).
Personality: Anastashya is not a very trusting person (more on that in the backstory). Although she is the youngest of the group, she is very mature. She is kind and fairly open,often needing a shoulder to cry on or a human to be nearby, although she-like everyone-has her fair share of secrets.
Never the loudest, Anastashya often will sit in the back of the room, basking in solitude. She never tells a secret she doesn't want to, and often utilizes her pain to get others to back down a bit (more on that in the backstory). When needed, she can be a person you can talk to or trust. She constantly has a mask of indifference, or when needed, a look of pain. In truth, though, she's kind of lost.
At first glance, her youth and soft looks and small stature gives people the impression that she is just a 'cute wittle girl'. However, she is not, and makes that highly evident. She has a decenly sharp tounge, and will use it whenever she pleases.
Backstory/History: When she was 7, Anastashya was taken to a mental institute that most likely had 1-2 liscened doctors of mental health.They electrocuted her and beat her to try and get rid of her powers. All they succeded in doing was erasing her memories of everything before that, making it so that the only thing that she knew was pain.
One of her friends that she trusted deeply had told the institute and her parents about her powers. At the time, she was happy to go to the institute. She wanted to leave Mommy and Daddy, so she could be happy. She knew that something was wrong the instant she got there. After that it was just pain. Nothing else. When she turned 15, and her powers manifested fully, she was sent to the Academy.
Metahuman Classification: Elemental; Air and Water
-Wet Death: This ability fills her attcker's lungs with water, drowning them. She finds it horrifying, yet exhilirating to watch.
-Heal: This ability spreads water throughout the subject's body, literally turning it to water. The molecules repair themselves, and then the excess water evaporates.
-Tornado:Restricted Ability:Tornado creates a tornado. The tornado is extremely destructive, and Anastashya can't control it.
Weaknesses: FIRE. Anastashya is terrified of fire. Also electricity and whips.
Allergies:N/A
Conditions: N/A |
44,147 | 1,205 | 147 | 2,502 | 1,203 | Paulina Benson
Catching the disapproving scowl the gym instructor was giving them, Paulina laughed and let the waistband of Liam’s gym shorts snap closed, holding up his hands. ”Don’t worry, we’ll keep things PG for everybody. Just having a little fun is all.” She stepped out of the chalk circle and knelt down, tracing one of the runes with his finger. “Now, let’s see what we were able to pick up, hmm?” Sending a pulse of energy into the rune, she smiled as a holographic copy of the circle rose up off the floor and rotated to be perpendicular to it. Inside the circle, a life-sized 3D image of Liam’s brain formed, the magic light forming it glowing and dimming in various areas. “Good to know I can still do this in your body. Makes things a lot easier,” she commented, touching one of the floating runes, “So, what happened?”
For several seconds, there was no noticeable change in the image, then suddenly it lit up brightly everywhere at once, fluctuating crazily, and settled back down just as quickly. Paulina frowned, gesturing with her hands to separate the images into two seemingly identical ones, additional circles appearing beside them, each containing three moving, wavy lines. “Huh. That’s interesting.”
Turning from the floating circle, she moved to the one Liam was standing him, shooing him out of it and repeating the entire process, until she was intently studying four brain images, rubbing his chin with his hand. “Really interesting,” she murmured. | Paulina Benson
Chaos magic is the idea that a particular set of beliefs serves as an active force in the world. In other words, we choose what and how we believe, and our beliefs are tools that we then use to make things happen... or not. - Sophia Amoruso
Appearance: Paulina is quite tall and slim, standing at 5’9”. Her skin is very fair due to the amount of time she spends indoors, and she frequently changes the colour of her waist-length hair. Because of her deteriorating vision, she wears a pair of corrective glasses that double as sunglasses.
Age: 19
Personality: Paulina is an exceptionally… focused woman. An intellectual at heart, she spends most of her time experimenting with her magic and documenting her findings. She’s also keenly interested in the powers of others, and is gradually building up a research database on all things supernatural, paranatural, magical, and otherwise “weird”.
She’s not very fond of fighting, and as such tends to find more mundane uses for her magic. For example, she has melted runes into the soles of all her shoes that enable her to float a few inches off the ground, letting her “skate” through the air.
History: When Mihkail and Sophia Benson brought their daughter Paulina into the world, she should have had a bright future. Intelligent, curious, gifted with a knack for computer programming and attractive as she grew into her teenage years, she should have had every opportunity open before her. Instead, the only future that she would know was one of darkness. In her early teens, Paulina was diagnosed with Stargardt disease, a genetic condition that caused degeneration of the eyes, with a strong possibility of losing her sight completely as her eyes clouded over. With no cure and any possible treatments still extremely early in their development, Paulina had to accept the fact that she would lose the one thing that many people took for granted; being able to see the world. This fact sent her into a depression, and at night her most fervent wish was to regain what was being slowly taken away from her.
Whether some greater entity heard her wish and took pity on her, or if the strength of her desire was what ignited her power, none may ever know. Whatever the case, there came a day where things… changed, as though something about the world was different in a small, yet crucial way. Paulina felt connected to the world, to reality, in a way that was difficult for her to describe; like the real world was as much at her command as the virtual one. Now, she devotes herself to exploring more about this connection.
Metahuman Classification:
Runic Magic: through the use of hermetic runes, Paulina can create different magical enchantments. These enchantments range from controlling different elements and reactions, to enchanting objects that bear her runes with different qualities, even bringing them to “life”. She is particularly interested in body modification enchantments, and harbors a secret hope that she can cure herself this way.
Because the exact effects she creates must be described by the runes themselves, she must be very specific about what she wants to happen. Additionally, any effects have an energy cost that must come from somewhere, either from herself or some other external source.
If her runes are damaged or disrupted, it can interrupt or end whatever effect she is trying to create, or even cause them to go haywire. Additionally, while Paulina is very flexible in what effects and enchantments she can create, both in terms of combat and utility, she must have a clear understanding of what it is she wants to do and time to prepare her runes.
Allergies: none
Pre-existing conditions: Paulina has been diagnosed with Stargardt disease, a genetic condition that leads to blindness. Currently she is very sensitive to sudden changes in brightness and needs powerful corrective lenses to see clearly. |
44,148 | 1,205 | 148 | 2,470 | 2,686 | Liam Pyne
Liam chuckled at the comment from Alister. It was true he’d been trying to pull this off for a while and it had actually ended in him possessing a book shelf once. Which had been quite a strange experience and it had required Arty’s help to extricate himself. Giving Alister a sideways look and chuckled only it came out a giggle from Paulina’s body. With a roll of his eyes he turned back around to look at the data that Paulina had pulled up.
“Well I’ll be damned that is a really interesting result. I didn’t realize is superimposed a second neural pattern on the individual.” Liam peered at it from Paulina’s body taking care to support her as he leaned into look at the computer. Her lack of underwear made it a little more difficult to do certain things which no doubt would have been easier with the support.
Standing up gave himself an appraising look. “Its probably time to flip this around.” With that Liam reached up to grab his own face again. Tugging his face down he stood up on his tiptoes and leaned in. “If you really want more of a look at my world then I’ll see you tonight after lights out.” Without any more than that he sent his soul coursing back into his own body before sending hers coursing back into hers.
As he blinked his eyes he looked down at Paulina and shook his head laughing as he took her hands off his face gently. “You know I never thought that would actually work and on top of that I never thought someone would be crazy enough to actually let me try that on them.” Looking around he took in what the others were doing. This had gone quite well and next on the list was trying it from range but it was interesting to know that Paulina kept her powers. | Liam Pyne
An idea, like a ghost, must be talked to a little before it will explain itself
Appearance: While not a small person Liam has a slighter build befitting that of someone who exercises when time permits. Standing at 5'9”, largely an academic, Liam’s exercise usually comes in the form of having to help as spirit get some place out of the way. As a result of this sporadic exercise Liam’s build is rather average in terms of muscle. With the constant practice in the gym Liam has grown good at one thing. Liam is an excellent runner and has deccent hand eye coordination. The skills he has picked up are often used to get him out of trouble when he sticks his nose in somewhere it doesn’t belong.
Liam sports short light brown hair and has eyes that range in color from bright blue to a muted green. While Liam is not one to run around outside every day he is not pale with a healthy light skin tone. Most people would call Liam moderately attractive but he is not that far above average in his looks.
Personality: Liam is a genuine gentle soul who often comes off as a shy shut in. Many have taken Liam’s generally non confrontational personality to mean that he is a pushover or any easy target; often this ends in the bully finding out that Liam is not an easy target and Liam having to get stitches. Those who get to know Liam find him to be a rather witty and intelligent individual willing to stand up for those he cares about regardless of harm to himself.
With all of his positive qualities Liam has a dark side stemming from his powers. From an early age Liam's fascination with the occult and the dead has limited his relationships. Often those who get to know him are put off by his power or by the fact that he willingly spends time with those who have passed on. Liam is one of few people who can bring the dead closure, as a result he feels obligated to help. This societal shunning has rendered Liam incredibly wary of others as he feels that those who get close to him will either leave when they find out the extent of his abilities; or will be pushed away by what he feels is his responsibility.
Given a lack of an active social life Liam excels at academics as any time that isn’t spent working on his talents is inevitably spent studying or reading. Liam’s academic proficiency has also lent itself to his shut in personality; however this is assumption about his personality is often made after others find out what his grades are like, not something that Liam actively advertises.
History: Born in a rural small town Liam was a popular exuberant child growing up. Most said Liam had a super human grasp on life and that “this child was going to go far”. On Liam’s 13th birthday he began having troubles at school and with other kids. The light hadn’t gone out in his eyes it had just become more determined than ever before. From that day forward Liam had become an totally different person; often seeking out local spots which were rumored to be haunted or other things of that nature. Over the next three years Liam continued to grow more and more distant from his family and friends.
In the end everything came to a head when Liam was sixteen. While poking around an abandoned barn rumored to be the home of the ghost of an old man Liam happened across a group of older guys who had brought a pair of young girls to the barn for a “night of fun”. Upon realizing what was happening Liam tried to stop them but was beat severely.
What happened next is still unclear but Liam returned with a vengeance in his eyes and an old double barreled shotgun under his arm. Three of the guys went to the hospital that night and one died on the operating table from his wounds. Neither of the girls would make a statement and Liam claimed he couldn’t remember what had happened just that he felt like he wasn’t in control of his own body. Over the next several months Liam would have similarly strange episodes until one day something altogether different found its way into Liam’s body. When the authorities were finally able to rescue Liam’s family Liam had boarded them in his parents room and was preparing to set the house ablaze.
After being taken to a mental institute for rehabilitation it was deemed necessary to attempt something unorthodox. A spiritual medium was brought in to assess Liam and it was deemed necessary to perform an exorcism. The ritual was performed with written approval from the Vatican itself and in the controlled confines of the asylum under the guidance of the medium who was called to asses Liam and the supervision of the psychiatric staff. Properly restrained Liam did not hurt anyone and the presence was expelled with only a few hours of time with the Priest.
When Liam was finally deemed psychologically sound he was sent home for a week before being packed up and shipped off to the academy to be supervised and trained in proper use of his abilities. Over the last two years Liam’s powers have grown steadily allowing him to more safely use them to benefit the denizens of the world Beyond.
Metahuman Classification: Spiritual Vessel (Medium)
Beyond the Veil: Liam can see ghosts when he opens his eyes and ears to the spirit world. This power is fully voluntary unless a spirit is powerful enough to make its presence physically know by crossing the Veil. Often times when Liam is not using his Sight more frustrated powerful ghosts who want his attention will make alterations to his environment (knocking over objects, breaking mirrors, etc.) causing discomfort for those in Liam’s vicinity when he is dealing with a persistent potent spirit. The effects of these spirits seemed to be lessened in the presence of more than two or three people or in the presence of sterile rooms and cutting edge technology.
Voluntary Possession: Liam has the ability to allow a spirit to share his body. In so doing Liam can allow a Spirit to talk to those in the mortal world or to even carry out acts they need to move on from a state of unrest. This ability also allows Liam to make use of a ghosts knowledge and abilities it had in life. This can include: speaking another language, knowledge about a particular subject matter or even physical capabilities such as martial arts, cooking, or music. The only limit is what Liam is physically capable of doing; regardless of the ghosts ability to do a backflip Liam still may not physically be able to do such a thing.
Exorcism: Liam is fully capable of expelling any spirit who has possessed him. After his encounter with an “Outsider” Liam has worked hard to make himself capable of ejecting unruly spirits at will. Often this is done when a spirit wishes to continue making use of Liam’s body beyond what Liam’s agreed upon terms were. This power also extends to others; in the rare case that a spirit has found a way to possess another person Liam is capable of expelling the spirit from another person body.
Liam has yet to have contact with another “Outsider” and as such he has yet to test his ability to expel an “Outsider” either from himself or from another. Liam has done extensive research on what he has termed “Outsiders” and yet much of what they are remain a mystery.
*Warning: Restricted Ability* Forced Possession: In incredibly controlled settings the instructional staff has tested Liam’s ability to expel a Spirit from his own body into the body of another or even into objects. While the tests were successful they left Liam dangerously fatigued and were deemed too dangerous to the subject of the possession as the process often angered or warped the spirit who was transferred in such a way. The notable exception was Spirits who were transferred willingly into a willing host. The Academy has strictly forbade this use of Liam’s powers. On his own Liam is far too afraid to attempt such a use given its ramifications. To this date the Academy has yet to find a need to discipline Liam for such a use of his abilities and as such it is not limited beyond the confines of the Academy.
*Warning: Restricted Ability* Environment/Spirit Manipulation: It is unknown to what extent Liam can manifest Psychokinetic powers; however the Academy keeps these abilities carefully suppressed with a psychic dampener. Liam manifest what appears to be a potent psychokinetic ability when under the duress of a strong possession.This includes the ability to levitate himself and to move objects with his mind. These abilities also appear to extend to influencing or commanding other less potent Spirits. The speculation by the Academies experts is that the powers are some remnant of the Outsider’s possession of Liam. On his own Liam does have very minimal Telekinetic abilities; however they only go as far as being able to move pennies across tables or rattle bottles. Regardless of the apparent low caliber of the abilities the academy has taken precautions to keep any of Liam’s psychic abilities carefully monitored and dampened for safety reasons.
*Warning: Redacted Ability, Eyes only* Traumatic Telepathy:
*test one*
The subject seems to be capable of digging through the minds of those in the room with him to find their deepest fears and most humiliating moments. After no less than five minutes in the room with him our volunteers were relieved and the test was cancelled. The result appears to be minor damage to the psyche of the recipients. Further tests will be required to determine the full extent of this ability.
*test two*
The subject is apparently capable of inflicting delusions and psychosis on those present and uninsulated from his psychic abilities. After a longer exposure of approximately thirty-three minutes volunteers were released from the test and the subject was exercised according to standard procedure. My final recommendation is that the further tests be canceled and that the subject be properly monitored and psychically dampened. The manifest psychic powers appear to not be a part of the subjects ability to communicate and house Spirits; however they appear to be a side effect of undamped powerful possessions. My conclusion on the subject is that these powers are a result of the Subjects possession by a Class 5 or greater non human psychospiritual entity. Caution is advised in any further use or test of the subject’s Telepathic and Psychokinetic abilities.
Pre-existing conditions: Liam is prone to sleepwalking and occasional bouts of insomnia. This can occasionally be disturbing for those who witness it as he may often appear quite cogent or wake when it happens. |
44,149 | 1,205 | 149 | 2,502 | 1,203 | Paulina Benson
Nodding in agreement, Paulina collapsed the four images into two, one for each circle. "I know, right? And check this out. At the exact same moment that your brain activity goes nuts, mine goes almost completely flat. The areas responsible for autonomic functions act at a reduced, but constant rate, indicating that I am still perfectly alive, while higher brain functions go almost completely dark. Which would correspond with you pulling "me" out of my body and into yours, then putting your "self" into my body." An eager note entered Liam's voice, and the expression on his face looked like she couldn't decide if she was focused or excited. In truth, it was both, given that she was effectively looking at physical, verifiable proof of the existence of the soul. It was one thing to claim that souls were real (not that she'd ever had a reason to doubt Liam), but proving it? That was something else entirely.
When he suggested that it was time to swap back, she dismissed both magic images, nodding happily. "Sure thing! Lets get back into the circles; I don't want to miss any data, and repetition is key." As they stepped inside the chalk lines, and Liam made his offer to see more that night, she gave him a coy smile. "Mmmh, I like the sound of that. I can think of quite a few rigorous experiments that we could try," she whispered, her tone clearly implying what kind of "experiments" she had in mind. Even in the midst of a potential scientific and theological breakthrough, Paulina's mind seldom strayed far from the gutter. That's just the way she was.
Once she was back in her proper body, Paulina swayed slightly, and shook her head. The sudden change in perspective was disorienting, but passed quickly, and in a heartbeat she was calling up the brain images again. "See? There it is again! Your brain activity goes all Jackson Pollock, while I'm practically in a coma, then both are back to normal. That would support a hypothesis that the soul, conscious will, whatever you want to call it, everything that makes you "you", is primarily distributed across the higher brain functions." A thought occurred to her, and suddenly she was nearly bouncing on her feet, rapidly snapping her fingers. "Oooh! Oooh! Idea!" Abruptly, she grabbed Liam's head in both hands, inadvertently giving him a slight shake with each word. "Next field trip! You! Me! Hospital! Eeeh, this is so exciting!" | Paulina Benson
Chaos magic is the idea that a particular set of beliefs serves as an active force in the world. In other words, we choose what and how we believe, and our beliefs are tools that we then use to make things happen... or not. - Sophia Amoruso
Appearance: Paulina is quite tall and slim, standing at 5’9”. Her skin is very fair due to the amount of time she spends indoors, and she frequently changes the colour of her waist-length hair. Because of her deteriorating vision, she wears a pair of corrective glasses that double as sunglasses.
Age: 19
Personality: Paulina is an exceptionally… focused woman. An intellectual at heart, she spends most of her time experimenting with her magic and documenting her findings. She’s also keenly interested in the powers of others, and is gradually building up a research database on all things supernatural, paranatural, magical, and otherwise “weird”.
She’s not very fond of fighting, and as such tends to find more mundane uses for her magic. For example, she has melted runes into the soles of all her shoes that enable her to float a few inches off the ground, letting her “skate” through the air.
History: When Mihkail and Sophia Benson brought their daughter Paulina into the world, she should have had a bright future. Intelligent, curious, gifted with a knack for computer programming and attractive as she grew into her teenage years, she should have had every opportunity open before her. Instead, the only future that she would know was one of darkness. In her early teens, Paulina was diagnosed with Stargardt disease, a genetic condition that caused degeneration of the eyes, with a strong possibility of losing her sight completely as her eyes clouded over. With no cure and any possible treatments still extremely early in their development, Paulina had to accept the fact that she would lose the one thing that many people took for granted; being able to see the world. This fact sent her into a depression, and at night her most fervent wish was to regain what was being slowly taken away from her.
Whether some greater entity heard her wish and took pity on her, or if the strength of her desire was what ignited her power, none may ever know. Whatever the case, there came a day where things… changed, as though something about the world was different in a small, yet crucial way. Paulina felt connected to the world, to reality, in a way that was difficult for her to describe; like the real world was as much at her command as the virtual one. Now, she devotes herself to exploring more about this connection.
Metahuman Classification:
Runic Magic: through the use of hermetic runes, Paulina can create different magical enchantments. These enchantments range from controlling different elements and reactions, to enchanting objects that bear her runes with different qualities, even bringing them to “life”. She is particularly interested in body modification enchantments, and harbors a secret hope that she can cure herself this way.
Because the exact effects she creates must be described by the runes themselves, she must be very specific about what she wants to happen. Additionally, any effects have an energy cost that must come from somewhere, either from herself or some other external source.
If her runes are damaged or disrupted, it can interrupt or end whatever effect she is trying to create, or even cause them to go haywire. Additionally, while Paulina is very flexible in what effects and enchantments she can create, both in terms of combat and utility, she must have a clear understanding of what it is she wants to do and time to prepare her runes.
Allergies: none
Pre-existing conditions: Paulina has been diagnosed with Stargardt disease, a genetic condition that leads to blindness. Currently she is very sensitive to sudden changes in brightness and needs powerful corrective lenses to see clearly. |
44,150 | 1,205 | 150 | 1,253 | 386 | As the gym instructor came to return the inhibitor to Alisters wrist he stood in one spot eyes closed as he massaged his temples. "bad idea" he said allowed to himself. He knew it was kind of a dumb idea to use an unstable power in a power training match. Knowing this was a stupid idea he shook his head and opened his eyes. Suddenly his eyes turned red again and he screamed out in agony.
"Mother fucker" he shouted the curse from his mouth as he screamed in agony. "ahhh make it stop! Make the noise stop" alister screamed as the gum instructor came over to place the inhibitor on his wrist. As he placed it on him alister began to calm down a bit
Within a few moments everything was better. Although the violent outburst had stopped alisters headache did not, so are remained on his knees rubbing his temples."ah. Son of a bitch" he said to himself as he sat cross cross on the ground. Alisters power was still so unstable but he wanted to learn how to control it. The problem he was having is that he needed help but who. Perhaps paulina? Or maybe Liam? Possibly another empath would understand his problem? Alister wasn't sure what the best idea was. All he really knew was that he needed something. | Jason Blackwell
"When justice is done it brings joy to the righteous but terror to evil doers"-Proverbs 21:15
Appearance:
Black choppy hair that flows. Green eyes. He's 6'2 and well built, but not super bulky. He typically wears something along the lines of a collared t shirt and dark jeans. His muscles are toned, but not gigantic. He's more about power than strength.
Personallity:
A joker and clown at times, but can quickly become serious and observant. He's fairly outgoing and will make friends with just about anyone. He loves to read people; Analyze them physically and emotionally, and draw his own conclusions. He can't stand bullying, or abuse of any kind that he deems unjustified. He revels in bringing pain to those he thinks deserve it, but he's not a black and white thinker. In fact he's a rebel himself. He enjoys breaking rules as long as none gets hurt. He's fiercely loyal and would throw himself under the bus for his friends in a heartbeat.
History:
He grew up in downtown Manhattan for most of his life, however his parents marriage began to fall apart. His dad was always out working and his mother chose to rely on alcohol to fill the hole he left in his absence. Eventually his mother and father came up with the dillusion that starting somewhere fresh could fix things. Despite Jason's protests they ended up moving to Kentucky. While In Kentucky his mother enrolled him in a school for the gifted and talented, which Jason would quickly grow to resent. Due to his accelerated thought processing, he easily scored highly on anything and everything. This quickly made him the target for intense bullying. One day in a physical confrontation with a bully he discovered that when he concentrated, he could appear to slow time.(a result of his high speed processing). With an almost psychotic calmness he simply reached out and snapped each of the boys fingers backwards until the hand was a mangled mess. After he was expelled from the school he dedicated a year to training his body and mind to its peak. He then trained extensively in kick boxing, Brazilian jiu jitsu, and parkour. On Halloween night dressed in a hooded cloak and mask, he went on a spree of vigilante justice viciously assaulting all those who had ever wronged him. At the end of the night he was eventually apprehended by authorities. He faced 25 years in prison. However his defense attorney suggested that there was another place for him that would be better suited for him. The meta human academy.
Classification:
- possesses cognitive acceleration . He can process information at incredible speeds, allowing him to analyze and come to conclusions at an unprecedented rate. His reflexes and reaction time are 5 times that of any other human. When he has to react from his perspective time slows to a crawl. He can process and think at normal speeds giving him more than enough time to plan his every movement. but his movement is also slowed(not super speed)
-His body is trained to near peak performance. He's incredibly strong for his size, while maintaining high levels of agility.
-He's highly proficient in kick boxing, trained by UFC fighter Justine Kish. He also has extensive training in Brazilian jiu jitsu(a grappling martial art mainly involving joint locks, chokes, and other submissions)
-Highly skilled in both parkour and rock climbing. Can scale most buildings as long as there are ledges, handholds, or even cracks. |
44,151 | 1,205 | 151 | 377 | 25,988 | Ashleigh rose smoothly when it seemed that the class was coming to an end, and she seemed calmer then she had been for a while, when pain, horrible pain, and she doubled over, clutching her head, as the pain began to overwhelm her. For a brief moment, the other students might feel the pain themselves, a faded version, as Ashleigh let out a shattered, almost childlike cry. For a brief, frightened moment, Ashleigh wondered if her bracelet had stopped working, as she fell to the ground, her knees slamming down, bowing over, clutching her had.
She screamed, and anything that wasn't battoned down fly backwards a few feet, her telekinetic powers lashing out, in an attempt to calm the storm that rose up in her, twirling and twisting, the other students emotions seeping in, the pain becoming even more unbelievable.
She started to cry, bowing over her knees, laying her head on the ground as if that could help contain the splitting pain. And then it seemed to become better, and she stayed where she was, breathing in and out, sobbing. She made to reach for Vivi, but the other girl was too far away, and she let out a wail. She knew this wasn't her, and she lifted her head, swallowing painfully around the lump in her throat, her eyes red, her face pale. She let her eyes roam over the students, landing on Alister.
She knew that if she was going to remain in control, she needed to deal with him. Rising slowly, unsteadily, sniffling, she carefully took a few steps, shaking. Weak, she stumbled towards Alister, falling in front of him, she did something completely dangerous.
She took off her bracelet.
At once, everything became dangerously hightened, the emotions of her fellow students crushing against her, and she let out a gasp, shaking even worse. Alister's pain fell upon her even more powerfully, and a whimper escape her. Reaching out, she touched him, the bare skin to skin contact hightened Alister's emotions, and dimmed the rest, but it was still quite like standing in the middle of a hurricane and expecting to not get blown away.
She drew in a deep breath, in and out. In and out. In and out. When she felt like she could, Ashleigh gripped Alister's wrist tighter, and she drew the pain away, letting it out unconscious, neutralising the emotion so that it dispersed harmlessly into the air.
She clutched at her bracelet, weakly putting it back on, swaying as her vision blackened, and she fell to the rest of the way to the ground, curling up into a ball, she trembled. She had no idea at all why shehad gone over to Alister, other then to save her own hide. | Ashleigh Shephard
"Look, you don't understand, people are complex. Their emotions are even more so. You put that altogether, not being able to stop feeling it, and it would drive you crazy too"
Appearance:
Asheligh stands at 5"6, her black hair extends to her shoulders, her brown eyes are deep and troubled. She has a light skin tone, and a fine complextion. She has a scar under one eye, faded and old. She typically wears dark clothes, almost "Punk" Like.
Personality:
Ashleigh is a troubled individual. She keeps to herself, prefering her own company then the heart ache others can bring. She is a quite, almost soft young woman. She rarely raises her voice, and indeed she rarely voices her opinion, prefering to watch situations as they happen. She rarely lets anyone come close to her, for fear of getting hurt again.
She is however a rather kind individual, willing to put aside her own fears and doubts for others, particularly if she cares about them. If she can be convinced to let someone it, she will be a valuble asset. However, she considers herself weak and suspetable, based on her past.
History:
Ashleigh was born addicted to drugs. Her mother hadn't been aware she was pregnant, until she was 7 months along, and by then it was too dangerous to clean up her act. So Ashleigh was born a drug addict. As both went through care to become clean, her mother vowed to do anythhing she could to stay clean, and give Ashleigh the life she deserved.
Ashleigh however was a troubled individual. Her abilities affected her immensely, and by the time she was 12, she was once more a drug addict, taking whatever she could get her hands on, she didn't care as long as it helped. By 15, she had been in and out of hopsitals, rehabs and other such facilities more times then she'd been in school. By 16, she was in love and had cleaned up her act.
By 17, she was near death, beaten up by the one person she thought she could love forever. This was when her mother had to stop holding on, and having heard about the acadmey, she sent Ashleigh there, for she couldn't deny that Ashleigh didn't have special gifts.
Metahuman Classification:
A living curse That's what Asheligh thinks of her abilties. She wishes she never had them, and constantly seeks ways of dulling their affects on her. But she can never get rid of them. Even drugs lost their effect, once Ashleigh found she could heal herself. A living curse, and one she can't escape from.
Empathy
This is Ashelighs main ability, it's strong, and it causes her pain. The ability to feel others emotions, to constantly feel everything going on around her. She can't control it, can't stop the torrent of emotions. She can control peoples emotions, but she prefers not to.
Telekinesis
This is actually Ashleighs only power she doesn't wish gone. The ability to make things move? She thinks its way cool.
Healing
The ability to heal might be someone elses dream, but for Ashleigh, touching people is hard, that explosion of emotion...she can't take it. The ability to heal comes from the mere fact she can follow emotions to the source of the injury, and then use the bodies own empathic state to heal. While it is effective, it exhausts both the user and the patient, and as such there is a risk for large injuries.
Allergies:
None
Pre-existing conditions:
Addicted to drugs. |
44,152 | 1,205 | 152 | 1,253 | 386 | Alister froze completely when Ashleigh gripped onto him. His eyes fluxuated rapidly changing like pictures in a slot machine. He let out a small scream as she clutched tighter and he in turn clutched to her wrist. His body fed on the impulse as everything negated and his body grew weak.
As everything stopped he collapsed along side ashleigh. He was weak and confused. What came over him? He was completely out of control under the circumstances yet no one else was in control of him either it was as though when he was touched by ashleigh his body became empty and his powers overloaded.
Alister lie collapsed on the ground breathing heavily. "what the hell just happened? " he asked aloud directing his question mostly towards the half unconscious girl next to him | Jason Blackwell
"When justice is done it brings joy to the righteous but terror to evil doers"-Proverbs 21:15
Appearance:
Black choppy hair that flows. Green eyes. He's 6'2 and well built, but not super bulky. He typically wears something along the lines of a collared t shirt and dark jeans. His muscles are toned, but not gigantic. He's more about power than strength.
Personallity:
A joker and clown at times, but can quickly become serious and observant. He's fairly outgoing and will make friends with just about anyone. He loves to read people; Analyze them physically and emotionally, and draw his own conclusions. He can't stand bullying, or abuse of any kind that he deems unjustified. He revels in bringing pain to those he thinks deserve it, but he's not a black and white thinker. In fact he's a rebel himself. He enjoys breaking rules as long as none gets hurt. He's fiercely loyal and would throw himself under the bus for his friends in a heartbeat.
History:
He grew up in downtown Manhattan for most of his life, however his parents marriage began to fall apart. His dad was always out working and his mother chose to rely on alcohol to fill the hole he left in his absence. Eventually his mother and father came up with the dillusion that starting somewhere fresh could fix things. Despite Jason's protests they ended up moving to Kentucky. While In Kentucky his mother enrolled him in a school for the gifted and talented, which Jason would quickly grow to resent. Due to his accelerated thought processing, he easily scored highly on anything and everything. This quickly made him the target for intense bullying. One day in a physical confrontation with a bully he discovered that when he concentrated, he could appear to slow time.(a result of his high speed processing). With an almost psychotic calmness he simply reached out and snapped each of the boys fingers backwards until the hand was a mangled mess. After he was expelled from the school he dedicated a year to training his body and mind to its peak. He then trained extensively in kick boxing, Brazilian jiu jitsu, and parkour. On Halloween night dressed in a hooded cloak and mask, he went on a spree of vigilante justice viciously assaulting all those who had ever wronged him. At the end of the night he was eventually apprehended by authorities. He faced 25 years in prison. However his defense attorney suggested that there was another place for him that would be better suited for him. The meta human academy.
Classification:
- possesses cognitive acceleration . He can process information at incredible speeds, allowing him to analyze and come to conclusions at an unprecedented rate. His reflexes and reaction time are 5 times that of any other human. When he has to react from his perspective time slows to a crawl. He can process and think at normal speeds giving him more than enough time to plan his every movement. but his movement is also slowed(not super speed)
-His body is trained to near peak performance. He's incredibly strong for his size, while maintaining high levels of agility.
-He's highly proficient in kick boxing, trained by UFC fighter Justine Kish. He also has extensive training in Brazilian jiu jitsu(a grappling martial art mainly involving joint locks, chokes, and other submissions)
-Highly skilled in both parkour and rock climbing. Can scale most buildings as long as there are ledges, handholds, or even cracks. |
44,153 | 1,205 | 153 | 377 | 25,988 | I....took away...the pain Asleigh whispered, her voice raw and broken, curling up into a ball even more tightly, shaking badly. She didn't think she would be able to get up, she felt so weak. "I think I killed us both" She closed her eyes, her wrists clasped together, her left holding the bracelet tightly, that she nearly cut off the circulation to her right hand. "Remind me never to touch you again" That had never happened with anyone else, and she knew she never wanted it to happen again.
"I'm sorry..."
She wanted Paulina. She wanted her room. She wanted not to feel. she wanted a damn pill, although the brief moment of having her bracelet off seemed to have healed her of the jonsing. She gave a soft sigh, sniffling.
"This is what I get for trying to help" | Ashleigh Shephard
"Look, you don't understand, people are complex. Their emotions are even more so. You put that altogether, not being able to stop feeling it, and it would drive you crazy too"
Appearance:
Asheligh stands at 5"6, her black hair extends to her shoulders, her brown eyes are deep and troubled. She has a light skin tone, and a fine complextion. She has a scar under one eye, faded and old. She typically wears dark clothes, almost "Punk" Like.
Personality:
Ashleigh is a troubled individual. She keeps to herself, prefering her own company then the heart ache others can bring. She is a quite, almost soft young woman. She rarely raises her voice, and indeed she rarely voices her opinion, prefering to watch situations as they happen. She rarely lets anyone come close to her, for fear of getting hurt again.
She is however a rather kind individual, willing to put aside her own fears and doubts for others, particularly if she cares about them. If she can be convinced to let someone it, she will be a valuble asset. However, she considers herself weak and suspetable, based on her past.
History:
Ashleigh was born addicted to drugs. Her mother hadn't been aware she was pregnant, until she was 7 months along, and by then it was too dangerous to clean up her act. So Ashleigh was born a drug addict. As both went through care to become clean, her mother vowed to do anythhing she could to stay clean, and give Ashleigh the life she deserved.
Ashleigh however was a troubled individual. Her abilities affected her immensely, and by the time she was 12, she was once more a drug addict, taking whatever she could get her hands on, she didn't care as long as it helped. By 15, she had been in and out of hopsitals, rehabs and other such facilities more times then she'd been in school. By 16, she was in love and had cleaned up her act.
By 17, she was near death, beaten up by the one person she thought she could love forever. This was when her mother had to stop holding on, and having heard about the acadmey, she sent Ashleigh there, for she couldn't deny that Ashleigh didn't have special gifts.
Metahuman Classification:
A living curse That's what Asheligh thinks of her abilties. She wishes she never had them, and constantly seeks ways of dulling their affects on her. But she can never get rid of them. Even drugs lost their effect, once Ashleigh found she could heal herself. A living curse, and one she can't escape from.
Empathy
This is Ashelighs main ability, it's strong, and it causes her pain. The ability to feel others emotions, to constantly feel everything going on around her. She can't control it, can't stop the torrent of emotions. She can control peoples emotions, but she prefers not to.
Telekinesis
This is actually Ashleighs only power she doesn't wish gone. The ability to make things move? She thinks its way cool.
Healing
The ability to heal might be someone elses dream, but for Ashleigh, touching people is hard, that explosion of emotion...she can't take it. The ability to heal comes from the mere fact she can follow emotions to the source of the injury, and then use the bodies own empathic state to heal. While it is effective, it exhausts both the user and the patient, and as such there is a risk for large injuries.
Allergies:
None
Pre-existing conditions:
Addicted to drugs. |
44,154 | 1,205 | 154 | 2,502 | 1,203 | Paulina Benson
When Alister began screaming, Paulina jumped from excited to worried. When Ashleigh began screaming, her heart dropped like a stone. She’d barely had a chance to turn to see what was wrong when the telekinetic wave knocked her off her feet. Her head was pounding, but Paulina still got back up, rushing to her friend.
As she gently rolled Ash up into a sitting position and wrapped herself around the girl’s back, holding her to her chest and head resting on Ashleigh’s shoulder, all thoughts of sex or experiments were gone. A mixture of worry, kindness, and a protective, almost motherly love was all that remained; her friend was hurt and needed help, help that Paulina gave without hesitation or restraint.
”Shhh, it’s okay,” she murmured softly, pressing her cheek to Ashleigh’s. Gently prying the girl’s hand free from her wrist, she let her grip Paulina’s own arms as tightly as she wanted. ”You’re okay, baby, you’re okay. I’m here.” Her voice was low, tender and soothing, like that of a mother comforting her child after a bad dream. ”I’m gonna stay right here. Just let it out, it’s okay. Don’t hold it in.” Leaning over slightly, Paulina looked at her friend with nothing but sympathy and understanding. ”Do you want to leave? It’s okay if you want to. We can go up to your room and just sleep.” | Paulina Benson
Chaos magic is the idea that a particular set of beliefs serves as an active force in the world. In other words, we choose what and how we believe, and our beliefs are tools that we then use to make things happen... or not. - Sophia Amoruso
Appearance: Paulina is quite tall and slim, standing at 5’9”. Her skin is very fair due to the amount of time she spends indoors, and she frequently changes the colour of her waist-length hair. Because of her deteriorating vision, she wears a pair of corrective glasses that double as sunglasses.
Age: 19
Personality: Paulina is an exceptionally… focused woman. An intellectual at heart, she spends most of her time experimenting with her magic and documenting her findings. She’s also keenly interested in the powers of others, and is gradually building up a research database on all things supernatural, paranatural, magical, and otherwise “weird”.
She’s not very fond of fighting, and as such tends to find more mundane uses for her magic. For example, she has melted runes into the soles of all her shoes that enable her to float a few inches off the ground, letting her “skate” through the air.
History: When Mihkail and Sophia Benson brought their daughter Paulina into the world, she should have had a bright future. Intelligent, curious, gifted with a knack for computer programming and attractive as she grew into her teenage years, she should have had every opportunity open before her. Instead, the only future that she would know was one of darkness. In her early teens, Paulina was diagnosed with Stargardt disease, a genetic condition that caused degeneration of the eyes, with a strong possibility of losing her sight completely as her eyes clouded over. With no cure and any possible treatments still extremely early in their development, Paulina had to accept the fact that she would lose the one thing that many people took for granted; being able to see the world. This fact sent her into a depression, and at night her most fervent wish was to regain what was being slowly taken away from her.
Whether some greater entity heard her wish and took pity on her, or if the strength of her desire was what ignited her power, none may ever know. Whatever the case, there came a day where things… changed, as though something about the world was different in a small, yet crucial way. Paulina felt connected to the world, to reality, in a way that was difficult for her to describe; like the real world was as much at her command as the virtual one. Now, she devotes herself to exploring more about this connection.
Metahuman Classification:
Runic Magic: through the use of hermetic runes, Paulina can create different magical enchantments. These enchantments range from controlling different elements and reactions, to enchanting objects that bear her runes with different qualities, even bringing them to “life”. She is particularly interested in body modification enchantments, and harbors a secret hope that she can cure herself this way.
Because the exact effects she creates must be described by the runes themselves, she must be very specific about what she wants to happen. Additionally, any effects have an energy cost that must come from somewhere, either from herself or some other external source.
If her runes are damaged or disrupted, it can interrupt or end whatever effect she is trying to create, or even cause them to go haywire. Additionally, while Paulina is very flexible in what effects and enchantments she can create, both in terms of combat and utility, she must have a clear understanding of what it is she wants to do and time to prepare her runes.
Allergies: none
Pre-existing conditions: Paulina has been diagnosed with Stargardt disease, a genetic condition that leads to blindness. Currently she is very sensitive to sudden changes in brightness and needs powerful corrective lenses to see clearly. |
44,155 | 1,205 | 155 | 2,470 | 2,686 | Liam Pyne
Liam was all but taken from his feet by the blast of telekinetic force but his own natural abilities acted as a buffer preventing his from being hurled like a rag doll. Trying to determine what had happened was a rather difficult endeavour as he realized there were at least two people screaming. The bigger problem was that there was a high pitched noise in his ears and it kept reverberating as though the walls of the gym had bounced it again.
Staggering to his feet Liam peered at the gym as he worked his finger in his ear as though to dispelled the ringing. Looking from Ashleigh to Allister and finally Paulina he realized what it was that was ringing in his ears. It had nothing to do with the mortal world and had everything to do with how Ashleigh’s scream had affected the spirit world. Looking around he could see in horror as the ghosts he had called contorted in pain at the echo that was still rippling across the spirit plane.
“Oh you have got to be fucking kidding me.”
Liam’s eyes continued to bulge as spirits that would normally have just been curious at his summons began to contort in anger and pain. The psychic scream of pain and Ashleigh’s conversation of Alister’s pain had sent something bouncing into the spirit realm Liam had never seen before.
Arty was laying on the ground twisted in upon himself and Annemarie was now fully covered in her burns. The hairs on the back of Liam’s neck stood on end and he slowly turned to look at Elaine hoping she had shielded the outsider inside her. He wouldn't have been surprised if it had gone berserk.
“Paulina, Korea, Alister, everybody. Y’all might want to get the hell out of here. The spirits world is getting ready to unleash Armageddon in here.” | Liam Pyne
An idea, like a ghost, must be talked to a little before it will explain itself
Appearance: While not a small person Liam has a slighter build befitting that of someone who exercises when time permits. Standing at 5'9”, largely an academic, Liam’s exercise usually comes in the form of having to help as spirit get some place out of the way. As a result of this sporadic exercise Liam’s build is rather average in terms of muscle. With the constant practice in the gym Liam has grown good at one thing. Liam is an excellent runner and has deccent hand eye coordination. The skills he has picked up are often used to get him out of trouble when he sticks his nose in somewhere it doesn’t belong.
Liam sports short light brown hair and has eyes that range in color from bright blue to a muted green. While Liam is not one to run around outside every day he is not pale with a healthy light skin tone. Most people would call Liam moderately attractive but he is not that far above average in his looks.
Personality: Liam is a genuine gentle soul who often comes off as a shy shut in. Many have taken Liam’s generally non confrontational personality to mean that he is a pushover or any easy target; often this ends in the bully finding out that Liam is not an easy target and Liam having to get stitches. Those who get to know Liam find him to be a rather witty and intelligent individual willing to stand up for those he cares about regardless of harm to himself.
With all of his positive qualities Liam has a dark side stemming from his powers. From an early age Liam's fascination with the occult and the dead has limited his relationships. Often those who get to know him are put off by his power or by the fact that he willingly spends time with those who have passed on. Liam is one of few people who can bring the dead closure, as a result he feels obligated to help. This societal shunning has rendered Liam incredibly wary of others as he feels that those who get close to him will either leave when they find out the extent of his abilities; or will be pushed away by what he feels is his responsibility.
Given a lack of an active social life Liam excels at academics as any time that isn’t spent working on his talents is inevitably spent studying or reading. Liam’s academic proficiency has also lent itself to his shut in personality; however this is assumption about his personality is often made after others find out what his grades are like, not something that Liam actively advertises.
History: Born in a rural small town Liam was a popular exuberant child growing up. Most said Liam had a super human grasp on life and that “this child was going to go far”. On Liam’s 13th birthday he began having troubles at school and with other kids. The light hadn’t gone out in his eyes it had just become more determined than ever before. From that day forward Liam had become an totally different person; often seeking out local spots which were rumored to be haunted or other things of that nature. Over the next three years Liam continued to grow more and more distant from his family and friends.
In the end everything came to a head when Liam was sixteen. While poking around an abandoned barn rumored to be the home of the ghost of an old man Liam happened across a group of older guys who had brought a pair of young girls to the barn for a “night of fun”. Upon realizing what was happening Liam tried to stop them but was beat severely.
What happened next is still unclear but Liam returned with a vengeance in his eyes and an old double barreled shotgun under his arm. Three of the guys went to the hospital that night and one died on the operating table from his wounds. Neither of the girls would make a statement and Liam claimed he couldn’t remember what had happened just that he felt like he wasn’t in control of his own body. Over the next several months Liam would have similarly strange episodes until one day something altogether different found its way into Liam’s body. When the authorities were finally able to rescue Liam’s family Liam had boarded them in his parents room and was preparing to set the house ablaze.
After being taken to a mental institute for rehabilitation it was deemed necessary to attempt something unorthodox. A spiritual medium was brought in to assess Liam and it was deemed necessary to perform an exorcism. The ritual was performed with written approval from the Vatican itself and in the controlled confines of the asylum under the guidance of the medium who was called to asses Liam and the supervision of the psychiatric staff. Properly restrained Liam did not hurt anyone and the presence was expelled with only a few hours of time with the Priest.
When Liam was finally deemed psychologically sound he was sent home for a week before being packed up and shipped off to the academy to be supervised and trained in proper use of his abilities. Over the last two years Liam’s powers have grown steadily allowing him to more safely use them to benefit the denizens of the world Beyond.
Metahuman Classification: Spiritual Vessel (Medium)
Beyond the Veil: Liam can see ghosts when he opens his eyes and ears to the spirit world. This power is fully voluntary unless a spirit is powerful enough to make its presence physically know by crossing the Veil. Often times when Liam is not using his Sight more frustrated powerful ghosts who want his attention will make alterations to his environment (knocking over objects, breaking mirrors, etc.) causing discomfort for those in Liam’s vicinity when he is dealing with a persistent potent spirit. The effects of these spirits seemed to be lessened in the presence of more than two or three people or in the presence of sterile rooms and cutting edge technology.
Voluntary Possession: Liam has the ability to allow a spirit to share his body. In so doing Liam can allow a Spirit to talk to those in the mortal world or to even carry out acts they need to move on from a state of unrest. This ability also allows Liam to make use of a ghosts knowledge and abilities it had in life. This can include: speaking another language, knowledge about a particular subject matter or even physical capabilities such as martial arts, cooking, or music. The only limit is what Liam is physically capable of doing; regardless of the ghosts ability to do a backflip Liam still may not physically be able to do such a thing.
Exorcism: Liam is fully capable of expelling any spirit who has possessed him. After his encounter with an “Outsider” Liam has worked hard to make himself capable of ejecting unruly spirits at will. Often this is done when a spirit wishes to continue making use of Liam’s body beyond what Liam’s agreed upon terms were. This power also extends to others; in the rare case that a spirit has found a way to possess another person Liam is capable of expelling the spirit from another person body.
Liam has yet to have contact with another “Outsider” and as such he has yet to test his ability to expel an “Outsider” either from himself or from another. Liam has done extensive research on what he has termed “Outsiders” and yet much of what they are remain a mystery.
*Warning: Restricted Ability* Forced Possession: In incredibly controlled settings the instructional staff has tested Liam’s ability to expel a Spirit from his own body into the body of another or even into objects. While the tests were successful they left Liam dangerously fatigued and were deemed too dangerous to the subject of the possession as the process often angered or warped the spirit who was transferred in such a way. The notable exception was Spirits who were transferred willingly into a willing host. The Academy has strictly forbade this use of Liam’s powers. On his own Liam is far too afraid to attempt such a use given its ramifications. To this date the Academy has yet to find a need to discipline Liam for such a use of his abilities and as such it is not limited beyond the confines of the Academy.
*Warning: Restricted Ability* Environment/Spirit Manipulation: It is unknown to what extent Liam can manifest Psychokinetic powers; however the Academy keeps these abilities carefully suppressed with a psychic dampener. Liam manifest what appears to be a potent psychokinetic ability when under the duress of a strong possession.This includes the ability to levitate himself and to move objects with his mind. These abilities also appear to extend to influencing or commanding other less potent Spirits. The speculation by the Academies experts is that the powers are some remnant of the Outsider’s possession of Liam. On his own Liam does have very minimal Telekinetic abilities; however they only go as far as being able to move pennies across tables or rattle bottles. Regardless of the apparent low caliber of the abilities the academy has taken precautions to keep any of Liam’s psychic abilities carefully monitored and dampened for safety reasons.
*Warning: Redacted Ability, Eyes only* Traumatic Telepathy:
*test one*
The subject seems to be capable of digging through the minds of those in the room with him to find their deepest fears and most humiliating moments. After no less than five minutes in the room with him our volunteers were relieved and the test was cancelled. The result appears to be minor damage to the psyche of the recipients. Further tests will be required to determine the full extent of this ability.
*test two*
The subject is apparently capable of inflicting delusions and psychosis on those present and uninsulated from his psychic abilities. After a longer exposure of approximately thirty-three minutes volunteers were released from the test and the subject was exercised according to standard procedure. My final recommendation is that the further tests be canceled and that the subject be properly monitored and psychically dampened. The manifest psychic powers appear to not be a part of the subjects ability to communicate and house Spirits; however they appear to be a side effect of undamped powerful possessions. My conclusion on the subject is that these powers are a result of the Subjects possession by a Class 5 or greater non human psychospiritual entity. Caution is advised in any further use or test of the subject’s Telepathic and Psychokinetic abilities.
Pre-existing conditions: Liam is prone to sleepwalking and occasional bouts of insomnia. This can occasionally be disturbing for those who witness it as he may often appear quite cogent or wake when it happens. |
44,156 | 1,205 | 156 | 1,253 | 386 | Suddenly a dull pain resonated through Jason's skull. What the hell?! In a defensive reflex he forced time to come to a stop, and the pain followed suite. Alright I've got all the time in the world, let's figure out what's going on. His eyes flickered from Paulina to Allister. He was frozen in place, and shouting in pain. Wait a second. Jason did a double take. How am I moving my eyes? Whenever Jason would slow time from his perspective his movements would slow, whenever Jason stopped time, he couldn't move. So how was he moving? His eyes quickly became sore and he began to feel drained, and he came out of the state.
It took him a second to recover. When he opened his eyes again Ashleigh was curled into a fetal position on the floor. He almost went over, but Paulina was already comforting her, and he figured she needed a friend much more than him. Everyone seemed a little off. He wondered if anyone else had felt the pain. And he wondered when class would end.
Suddenly the atmosphere changed drastically, and Jason's 6th sense went into overdrive. He could tell something was terribly wrong but he wasn't sure what. So when Liam spoke up Jason took him seriously. It looks like 'the boy who sees dead people' is having trouble with his ghosts or something. He wasn't sure whether to run or do something, but what could he do? He remained tense, ready to react. | Jason Blackwell
"When justice is done it brings joy to the righteous but terror to evil doers"-Proverbs 21:15
Appearance:
Black choppy hair that flows. Green eyes. He's 6'2 and well built, but not super bulky. He typically wears something along the lines of a collared t shirt and dark jeans. His muscles are toned, but not gigantic. He's more about power than strength.
Personallity:
A joker and clown at times, but can quickly become serious and observant. He's fairly outgoing and will make friends with just about anyone. He loves to read people; Analyze them physically and emotionally, and draw his own conclusions. He can't stand bullying, or abuse of any kind that he deems unjustified. He revels in bringing pain to those he thinks deserve it, but he's not a black and white thinker. In fact he's a rebel himself. He enjoys breaking rules as long as none gets hurt. He's fiercely loyal and would throw himself under the bus for his friends in a heartbeat.
History:
He grew up in downtown Manhattan for most of his life, however his parents marriage began to fall apart. His dad was always out working and his mother chose to rely on alcohol to fill the hole he left in his absence. Eventually his mother and father came up with the dillusion that starting somewhere fresh could fix things. Despite Jason's protests they ended up moving to Kentucky. While In Kentucky his mother enrolled him in a school for the gifted and talented, which Jason would quickly grow to resent. Due to his accelerated thought processing, he easily scored highly on anything and everything. This quickly made him the target for intense bullying. One day in a physical confrontation with a bully he discovered that when he concentrated, he could appear to slow time.(a result of his high speed processing). With an almost psychotic calmness he simply reached out and snapped each of the boys fingers backwards until the hand was a mangled mess. After he was expelled from the school he dedicated a year to training his body and mind to its peak. He then trained extensively in kick boxing, Brazilian jiu jitsu, and parkour. On Halloween night dressed in a hooded cloak and mask, he went on a spree of vigilante justice viciously assaulting all those who had ever wronged him. At the end of the night he was eventually apprehended by authorities. He faced 25 years in prison. However his defense attorney suggested that there was another place for him that would be better suited for him. The meta human academy.
Classification:
- possesses cognitive acceleration . He can process information at incredible speeds, allowing him to analyze and come to conclusions at an unprecedented rate. His reflexes and reaction time are 5 times that of any other human. When he has to react from his perspective time slows to a crawl. He can process and think at normal speeds giving him more than enough time to plan his every movement. but his movement is also slowed(not super speed)
-His body is trained to near peak performance. He's incredibly strong for his size, while maintaining high levels of agility.
-He's highly proficient in kick boxing, trained by UFC fighter Justine Kish. He also has extensive training in Brazilian jiu jitsu(a grappling martial art mainly involving joint locks, chokes, and other submissions)
-Highly skilled in both parkour and rock climbing. Can scale most buildings as long as there are ledges, handholds, or even cracks. |
44,157 | 1,205 | 157 | 2,305 | 2,031 | As Vedika continued to meditate, she couldn't help but overhear what was going on with Liam and Paulina. Cracking an eye open, she saw them checking out their swapped bodies. This sent a mild shiver down Vedika's spine; the thought of someone being inside you to that extent was existentially terrifying. As she was thinking this while trying to focus on her aura, a sudden blast of pain hit her, while a psychic wave knocked her onto her side, sprawling to the floor. But unlike the others who continued to experience the pain until Ashleigh put her bracelet back on, Vedika stopped feeling the pain almost as quickly as it hit. In fact, she stopped feeling entirely. Looking around, she saw Ashleigh and Alister, who seemed to be the source of the pain, given how all other bodies seemed to have blown away from them. In a hurry to see if Ashleigh was okay, Vedika scrambled to her feet only to crumple back to the floor in a heap. It didn't hurt, but she was sure she hadn't activated her aura. She tried to get up again, but fell down again.
What Vedika didn't realize was that humans relied on three senses for balance and spatial awareness: the inner ear for actual balance; vision for reference, context, and establishing the horizon; and finally, touch for feeling the actual ground and establishing the position of our limbs relative to our bodies. She had lost the third of these as a result of her "self's" terror at being invaded, first at the thought of Liam and Paulina switching bodies, then triggered by the sudden blast of invasive mental pain from Ashleigh.
Still sprawled on the ground, Vedika watched helplessly as Paulina went to pick up Ash. Vedika tried to get up once more, slowly this time, and finally came to the realization that she had no idea where her limbs were. She had to look at her arms and legs to make sure they were actually still there. Vedika finally settled on a sitting position. Wearing a blank smile, she simply looked around the room, optimistically hoping that the numbness was only temporary.
It wasn't.
"...help..." she said to no one in particular. | Vedika Venkatraman"Perfection consists not in doing extraordinary things, but in doing ordinary things extraordinarily well."-Angelique Arnauld
Age: 18
Appearance:Vedika is 5'2" and weighs 130lbs. She has light-brown skin, hazel eyes, and shoulder-length brown hair. Even when not smiling, her face appears cheerful, and when she does smile it's an innocent, dorky sort of smile.
Personality:Vedika is energetic and friendly, always willing to go out of her way to help others. She has an independent spirit that falls just short of rebellion. She goes everywhere at top speed, parkours like a daredevil, and tends to use unorthodox openings as entrances. Though not bad at schoolwork, she tends to prioritize the needs of others, getting involved in other projects, often letting her grades slip, accepting punishments with a grin. She is straightforward and honest to a fault, and can become uncomfortably chummy, often acting unnecessarily like a big sister. Her life goal is simply to be helpful to others, and she pushes herself hard to achieve this. She sees her ability as the ultimate vehicle for her to become uniquely helpful and strives to perfect it.
History:Some call her 'Vivi', sometimes she goes by 'Victory', Vedika Venkatraman is the daughter of an immigrant couple from India, come to America looking to eke out an opportunity. Her mother is a software engineer and her father is a stay-at-home dad taking care of her and her several younger siblings. As the eldest, she learned from her father the responsibilities of taking care of the household. At school, she defended herself, her younger siblings, and her friends from bullies. She was always known to be a scrappy little tomboy, climbing trees, climbing buildings, and getting into scuffles. One time when she was 13, a particularly nasty and racist bully got extremely aggressive and violent. Vedika's power manifested then. He was unable to harm her, and without knowing the other half of her power, she killed him in one punch. Soon the men in suits came and took her away. She doesn't know what they told her parents, maybe they thought she was in a juvenile detention facility. That's when she became a student at the school.
Vajra:Vajra is the philosophical concept of absolute perfection: embodying the lightning, energy, pure in its instance and intensity and capable of destroying all other materials that would cross its path; embodying the diamond, clear, eternal and indestructible. This is what Vedika has chosen to call her ability which centers around the vague concept of the manipulation of 'biological energy', though researchers on the phenomenon have also dubbed it as "Absolute Terror Field", "Hedgehog's Dilemma", "Self-Other Dichotomy", or "Lennard-Jones Potential". It essentially manifests as a form of martial art technique reminiscent of ancient mystical forms of 'chi' or 'chakra' control, granting Vedika an aura that allows her to wield two main abilities, Penetrating Strike, and Absolute Defense, and one secondary ability, Aura Transfer.
Penetrating Strike allows Vedika to transfer a part of her aura through physical contact to disrupt those of others, allowing her to bypass physical defense, allowing her strikes to resonate past barriers and cause internal damage. This does not amplify her damage, it merely causes it to transfer towards the nearest and weakest parts of the body and concentrate there, so her strikes still need to be full-force and actually manage to hit. For example, punches to the torso do mostly organ damage, while punches to the limbs mostly target the joints. Vedika needs to activate the ability consciously for each separate strike and has taught herself never to strike the head with this ability activated for fear of causing severe brain, eye, throat, or inner ear damage.Absolute Defense allows her to solidify her own aura, creating a rejection of all external physical impacts. This ability is not 'always on' and must be activated and maintained with stability and concentration. Vedika must usually adopt a 'stance' to activate this ability.Aura Transfer allows Vedika to transfer these techniques to others through physical contact, usually by placing her palms on the receiver's shoulders. She usually uses this to give others Absolute Defense to protect them from damage. Like Absolute Defense, Vedika usually must adopt a stable stance to use this ability, though the same is not required of her target.It is hypothesized that at some point, Vedika will learn how to 'project' her aura, granting ranged 'energy blasts', though this has not yet been confirmed.
Some believe that the strength of her ability is tied to her strong sense of self coupled with her strong sense of altruism. Stability is necessary for her ability to be at full power, this includes physical, mental, and emotional stability. Because of her ability, Vedika has never learned an actual fighting style, knowing how to throw maybe 3-4 basic types of punches, and even fewer types of kicks because she has never needed to get around someone's defenses. She doesn't really know any blocking techniques either as she has never needed to defend herself.
Allergies: N/A
Pre-existing conditions: N/A |
44,158 | 1,205 | 158 | 377 | 25,988 | Paulina's encasing warmth, both physical and emotional, comforted and spread over Ashleigh, and she moved into both, reached out to wrap her arms tightly around her friend, she let Paulina's emotions swamp her. She gave a soft sigh, and might have fallen asleep right there, leaning against Paulina, but Liam's words sent a shiver down her spine. She opened her eyes, her gaze going to Vivi, who seemed to be struggling, looking about in horror, Ashleigh saw the destruction she had caused, She saw that she had knocked many people over, had sent things flying. She had apparently affected the spiritual world, and now it looked like she had broken a friend.
"Vivi..."
Concern radiated strongly through Ashleigh, perhaps effecting Paulina at such closeness, and she managed to wriggle away. Not trusting her own legs, Ashleigh staarted to crawl towards Vivi, knowing it was her fault this had happened. If she had just had better control, it wouldn't have happened. She had n idea what had happened. The pain had just seemed so overwhelming...her body had reacted out of instinct. Maybe...Maybe Alister and herself resonated against one another? It didn't make sense to Ashleigh.
"Vivi...I'm sorry"
She reached out to touch her friend, but at the last second, she pulled away, looking down at her hand shamedly. She had done this, and she didn't think she could fix it. Only make it worse. She bowed her head, her arms shaking, "I'm sorry, I didnt mean to do it..." The words please don't hit me nearly escaped her mouth, although she knew Vivi nor Paulina would ever strike her. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry" | Ashleigh Shephard
"Look, you don't understand, people are complex. Their emotions are even more so. You put that altogether, not being able to stop feeling it, and it would drive you crazy too"
Appearance:
Asheligh stands at 5"6, her black hair extends to her shoulders, her brown eyes are deep and troubled. She has a light skin tone, and a fine complextion. She has a scar under one eye, faded and old. She typically wears dark clothes, almost "Punk" Like.
Personality:
Ashleigh is a troubled individual. She keeps to herself, prefering her own company then the heart ache others can bring. She is a quite, almost soft young woman. She rarely raises her voice, and indeed she rarely voices her opinion, prefering to watch situations as they happen. She rarely lets anyone come close to her, for fear of getting hurt again.
She is however a rather kind individual, willing to put aside her own fears and doubts for others, particularly if she cares about them. If she can be convinced to let someone it, she will be a valuble asset. However, she considers herself weak and suspetable, based on her past.
History:
Ashleigh was born addicted to drugs. Her mother hadn't been aware she was pregnant, until she was 7 months along, and by then it was too dangerous to clean up her act. So Ashleigh was born a drug addict. As both went through care to become clean, her mother vowed to do anythhing she could to stay clean, and give Ashleigh the life she deserved.
Ashleigh however was a troubled individual. Her abilities affected her immensely, and by the time she was 12, she was once more a drug addict, taking whatever she could get her hands on, she didn't care as long as it helped. By 15, she had been in and out of hopsitals, rehabs and other such facilities more times then she'd been in school. By 16, she was in love and had cleaned up her act.
By 17, she was near death, beaten up by the one person she thought she could love forever. This was when her mother had to stop holding on, and having heard about the acadmey, she sent Ashleigh there, for she couldn't deny that Ashleigh didn't have special gifts.
Metahuman Classification:
A living curse That's what Asheligh thinks of her abilties. She wishes she never had them, and constantly seeks ways of dulling their affects on her. But she can never get rid of them. Even drugs lost their effect, once Ashleigh found she could heal herself. A living curse, and one she can't escape from.
Empathy
This is Ashelighs main ability, it's strong, and it causes her pain. The ability to feel others emotions, to constantly feel everything going on around her. She can't control it, can't stop the torrent of emotions. She can control peoples emotions, but she prefers not to.
Telekinesis
This is actually Ashleighs only power she doesn't wish gone. The ability to make things move? She thinks its way cool.
Healing
The ability to heal might be someone elses dream, but for Ashleigh, touching people is hard, that explosion of emotion...she can't take it. The ability to heal comes from the mere fact she can follow emotions to the source of the injury, and then use the bodies own empathic state to heal. While it is effective, it exhausts both the user and the patient, and as such there is a risk for large injuries.
Allergies:
None
Pre-existing conditions:
Addicted to drugs. |
44,159 | 1,205 | 159 | 1,253 | 386 | Alister broke from his trance returning to consciousness. He caughed hacking out some blood. His mouth tasted like iron and he no longer recalled the experience of before. His mind was blank and all he remembered was linking arms with ashleigh than nothing but darkness. He looked around in shock at the mess that was made.
No words could escape his mouth so he just lie there broken bent over facing the floor. What could have happened. He was so confused he knew, but a the same time he knew nothing at all. | Jason Blackwell
"When justice is done it brings joy to the righteous but terror to evil doers"-Proverbs 21:15
Appearance:
Black choppy hair that flows. Green eyes. He's 6'2 and well built, but not super bulky. He typically wears something along the lines of a collared t shirt and dark jeans. His muscles are toned, but not gigantic. He's more about power than strength.
Personallity:
A joker and clown at times, but can quickly become serious and observant. He's fairly outgoing and will make friends with just about anyone. He loves to read people; Analyze them physically and emotionally, and draw his own conclusions. He can't stand bullying, or abuse of any kind that he deems unjustified. He revels in bringing pain to those he thinks deserve it, but he's not a black and white thinker. In fact he's a rebel himself. He enjoys breaking rules as long as none gets hurt. He's fiercely loyal and would throw himself under the bus for his friends in a heartbeat.
History:
He grew up in downtown Manhattan for most of his life, however his parents marriage began to fall apart. His dad was always out working and his mother chose to rely on alcohol to fill the hole he left in his absence. Eventually his mother and father came up with the dillusion that starting somewhere fresh could fix things. Despite Jason's protests they ended up moving to Kentucky. While In Kentucky his mother enrolled him in a school for the gifted and talented, which Jason would quickly grow to resent. Due to his accelerated thought processing, he easily scored highly on anything and everything. This quickly made him the target for intense bullying. One day in a physical confrontation with a bully he discovered that when he concentrated, he could appear to slow time.(a result of his high speed processing). With an almost psychotic calmness he simply reached out and snapped each of the boys fingers backwards until the hand was a mangled mess. After he was expelled from the school he dedicated a year to training his body and mind to its peak. He then trained extensively in kick boxing, Brazilian jiu jitsu, and parkour. On Halloween night dressed in a hooded cloak and mask, he went on a spree of vigilante justice viciously assaulting all those who had ever wronged him. At the end of the night he was eventually apprehended by authorities. He faced 25 years in prison. However his defense attorney suggested that there was another place for him that would be better suited for him. The meta human academy.
Classification:
- possesses cognitive acceleration . He can process information at incredible speeds, allowing him to analyze and come to conclusions at an unprecedented rate. His reflexes and reaction time are 5 times that of any other human. When he has to react from his perspective time slows to a crawl. He can process and think at normal speeds giving him more than enough time to plan his every movement. but his movement is also slowed(not super speed)
-His body is trained to near peak performance. He's incredibly strong for his size, while maintaining high levels of agility.
-He's highly proficient in kick boxing, trained by UFC fighter Justine Kish. He also has extensive training in Brazilian jiu jitsu(a grappling martial art mainly involving joint locks, chokes, and other submissions)
-Highly skilled in both parkour and rock climbing. Can scale most buildings as long as there are ledges, handholds, or even cracks. |
44,160 | 1,205 | 160 | 2,502 | 1,203 | Paulina Benson
”Hey, hey, it’s okay.” Paulina again enfolded Ashleigh in her embrace, drawing her head to her breast as she stroked the distressed empath’s hair. ”It isn’t your fault, Ash. You didn’t do anything wrong. We’ll figure out what happened, I promise you.” Cupping Ashleigh’s cheek with her hand, she gently forced the girl to look up at her. ”Look at me. None of this,” she gestured at the other students, ”None of this is your fault, okay? Come on, let’s get you out of here. You’re staying with me tonight, and no isn’t an answer this time.”
It took some effort, as Paulina was far from the physically strongest in the room, but she managed to lift Ashleigh into a bridal carry. She’d also have to actually walk for once, as the weight of both of them would be too much for the enchantments in her shoes. Nor did she care that Ashleigh would be able to feel the ropes crisscrossing her body. Those were all little details in comparison to the present situation. ”Jason, get Vedika. Go with Mr. Gregman, he’ll take you and Alister to the infirmary. Everybody else, get out of here. Class is over. Liam,” she looked over her shoulder at the boy, for once her eyes bearing no trace of humour, ”You can handle this.”
As she headed out of the gym, Paulina bent and gently kissed Ashleigh’s head, murmuring ”It’s not your fault, you’re okay,” over and over. | Paulina Benson
Chaos magic is the idea that a particular set of beliefs serves as an active force in the world. In other words, we choose what and how we believe, and our beliefs are tools that we then use to make things happen... or not. - Sophia Amoruso
Appearance: Paulina is quite tall and slim, standing at 5’9”. Her skin is very fair due to the amount of time she spends indoors, and she frequently changes the colour of her waist-length hair. Because of her deteriorating vision, she wears a pair of corrective glasses that double as sunglasses.
Age: 19
Personality: Paulina is an exceptionally… focused woman. An intellectual at heart, she spends most of her time experimenting with her magic and documenting her findings. She’s also keenly interested in the powers of others, and is gradually building up a research database on all things supernatural, paranatural, magical, and otherwise “weird”.
She’s not very fond of fighting, and as such tends to find more mundane uses for her magic. For example, she has melted runes into the soles of all her shoes that enable her to float a few inches off the ground, letting her “skate” through the air.
History: When Mihkail and Sophia Benson brought their daughter Paulina into the world, she should have had a bright future. Intelligent, curious, gifted with a knack for computer programming and attractive as she grew into her teenage years, she should have had every opportunity open before her. Instead, the only future that she would know was one of darkness. In her early teens, Paulina was diagnosed with Stargardt disease, a genetic condition that caused degeneration of the eyes, with a strong possibility of losing her sight completely as her eyes clouded over. With no cure and any possible treatments still extremely early in their development, Paulina had to accept the fact that she would lose the one thing that many people took for granted; being able to see the world. This fact sent her into a depression, and at night her most fervent wish was to regain what was being slowly taken away from her.
Whether some greater entity heard her wish and took pity on her, or if the strength of her desire was what ignited her power, none may ever know. Whatever the case, there came a day where things… changed, as though something about the world was different in a small, yet crucial way. Paulina felt connected to the world, to reality, in a way that was difficult for her to describe; like the real world was as much at her command as the virtual one. Now, she devotes herself to exploring more about this connection.
Metahuman Classification:
Runic Magic: through the use of hermetic runes, Paulina can create different magical enchantments. These enchantments range from controlling different elements and reactions, to enchanting objects that bear her runes with different qualities, even bringing them to “life”. She is particularly interested in body modification enchantments, and harbors a secret hope that she can cure herself this way.
Because the exact effects she creates must be described by the runes themselves, she must be very specific about what she wants to happen. Additionally, any effects have an energy cost that must come from somewhere, either from herself or some other external source.
If her runes are damaged or disrupted, it can interrupt or end whatever effect she is trying to create, or even cause them to go haywire. Additionally, while Paulina is very flexible in what effects and enchantments she can create, both in terms of combat and utility, she must have a clear understanding of what it is she wants to do and time to prepare her runes.
Allergies: none
Pre-existing conditions: Paulina has been diagnosed with Stargardt disease, a genetic condition that leads to blindness. Currently she is very sensitive to sudden changes in brightness and needs powerful corrective lenses to see clearly. |
44,161 | 1,205 | 161 | 2,502 | 1,203 | ”Jason, get Vedika. Go with Mr. Gregman, he’ll take you and Alister to the infirmary.
"Got it." Jason replied to Paulina. "C'mon kiddo. Jason said to vedika as he bent down and scooped her up with ease. "Let's go Allister." Jason said as he stood up. He shared a nod with the gym instructor as he led them out of the gym. They began down a long hallway. Man, that went to shit really quickly. It appeared something had happened to Allister due to heavy use of his powers. Then Ashleigh managed to help him, however somewhere along the way some psychic force had knocked everything around and caused everyone a bit of pain. Then The ghosts had gotten pissy as well, a shitty end to what had been a fun time. He looked down at vedika. "So what the heck happened to you miss pacifist?" He said jokingly. | Paulina Benson
Chaos magic is the idea that a particular set of beliefs serves as an active force in the world. In other words, we choose what and how we believe, and our beliefs are tools that we then use to make things happen... or not. - Sophia Amoruso
Appearance: Paulina is quite tall and slim, standing at 5’9”. Her skin is very fair due to the amount of time she spends indoors, and she frequently changes the colour of her waist-length hair. Because of her deteriorating vision, she wears a pair of corrective glasses that double as sunglasses.
Age: 19
Personality: Paulina is an exceptionally… focused woman. An intellectual at heart, she spends most of her time experimenting with her magic and documenting her findings. She’s also keenly interested in the powers of others, and is gradually building up a research database on all things supernatural, paranatural, magical, and otherwise “weird”.
She’s not very fond of fighting, and as such tends to find more mundane uses for her magic. For example, she has melted runes into the soles of all her shoes that enable her to float a few inches off the ground, letting her “skate” through the air.
History: When Mihkail and Sophia Benson brought their daughter Paulina into the world, she should have had a bright future. Intelligent, curious, gifted with a knack for computer programming and attractive as she grew into her teenage years, she should have had every opportunity open before her. Instead, the only future that she would know was one of darkness. In her early teens, Paulina was diagnosed with Stargardt disease, a genetic condition that caused degeneration of the eyes, with a strong possibility of losing her sight completely as her eyes clouded over. With no cure and any possible treatments still extremely early in their development, Paulina had to accept the fact that she would lose the one thing that many people took for granted; being able to see the world. This fact sent her into a depression, and at night her most fervent wish was to regain what was being slowly taken away from her.
Whether some greater entity heard her wish and took pity on her, or if the strength of her desire was what ignited her power, none may ever know. Whatever the case, there came a day where things… changed, as though something about the world was different in a small, yet crucial way. Paulina felt connected to the world, to reality, in a way that was difficult for her to describe; like the real world was as much at her command as the virtual one. Now, she devotes herself to exploring more about this connection.
Metahuman Classification:
Runic Magic: through the use of hermetic runes, Paulina can create different magical enchantments. These enchantments range from controlling different elements and reactions, to enchanting objects that bear her runes with different qualities, even bringing them to “life”. She is particularly interested in body modification enchantments, and harbors a secret hope that she can cure herself this way.
Because the exact effects she creates must be described by the runes themselves, she must be very specific about what she wants to happen. Additionally, any effects have an energy cost that must come from somewhere, either from herself or some other external source.
If her runes are damaged or disrupted, it can interrupt or end whatever effect she is trying to create, or even cause them to go haywire. Additionally, while Paulina is very flexible in what effects and enchantments she can create, both in terms of combat and utility, she must have a clear understanding of what it is she wants to do and time to prepare her runes.
Allergies: none
Pre-existing conditions: Paulina has been diagnosed with Stargardt disease, a genetic condition that leads to blindness. Currently she is very sensitive to sudden changes in brightness and needs powerful corrective lenses to see clearly. |
44,162 | 1,205 | 162 | 377 | 25,988 | Ashleigh let herself be comforted, leaning against Paulina, she knew that while she was small, she would still be heavy for the other girl. Yet she couldn't make herself stand. She closed her eyes, letting Paulina lift her, holding tightly to her. She decided not to argue, knowing she wouldn't win, about staying in Paulina's room.
Her arms slowly dropped away from around Paulina, the contact against Paulina encasing her, making it easier to ignore everyone elses. Her...nerves felt shot. And yet..."I...I took it off..." And she hadn't lost control. Well. She hadn't gone bat crap crazy, at least. "Its...it doesn't dull my effect on others, enough..." She didn't seem able to form complete sentances, her voice oddly slurred with exhaustion.
She snuggled against Paulina, not even sure where the other girl was taking her, and finding that she was beyond caring. She knew that Paulina would want to ask a million and one questions, but she just wasn't up for that. | Ashleigh Shephard
"Look, you don't understand, people are complex. Their emotions are even more so. You put that altogether, not being able to stop feeling it, and it would drive you crazy too"
Appearance:
Asheligh stands at 5"6, her black hair extends to her shoulders, her brown eyes are deep and troubled. She has a light skin tone, and a fine complextion. She has a scar under one eye, faded and old. She typically wears dark clothes, almost "Punk" Like.
Personality:
Ashleigh is a troubled individual. She keeps to herself, prefering her own company then the heart ache others can bring. She is a quite, almost soft young woman. She rarely raises her voice, and indeed she rarely voices her opinion, prefering to watch situations as they happen. She rarely lets anyone come close to her, for fear of getting hurt again.
She is however a rather kind individual, willing to put aside her own fears and doubts for others, particularly if she cares about them. If she can be convinced to let someone it, she will be a valuble asset. However, she considers herself weak and suspetable, based on her past.
History:
Ashleigh was born addicted to drugs. Her mother hadn't been aware she was pregnant, until she was 7 months along, and by then it was too dangerous to clean up her act. So Ashleigh was born a drug addict. As both went through care to become clean, her mother vowed to do anythhing she could to stay clean, and give Ashleigh the life she deserved.
Ashleigh however was a troubled individual. Her abilities affected her immensely, and by the time she was 12, she was once more a drug addict, taking whatever she could get her hands on, she didn't care as long as it helped. By 15, she had been in and out of hopsitals, rehabs and other such facilities more times then she'd been in school. By 16, she was in love and had cleaned up her act.
By 17, she was near death, beaten up by the one person she thought she could love forever. This was when her mother had to stop holding on, and having heard about the acadmey, she sent Ashleigh there, for she couldn't deny that Ashleigh didn't have special gifts.
Metahuman Classification:
A living curse That's what Asheligh thinks of her abilties. She wishes she never had them, and constantly seeks ways of dulling their affects on her. But she can never get rid of them. Even drugs lost their effect, once Ashleigh found she could heal herself. A living curse, and one she can't escape from.
Empathy
This is Ashelighs main ability, it's strong, and it causes her pain. The ability to feel others emotions, to constantly feel everything going on around her. She can't control it, can't stop the torrent of emotions. She can control peoples emotions, but she prefers not to.
Telekinesis
This is actually Ashleighs only power she doesn't wish gone. The ability to make things move? She thinks its way cool.
Healing
The ability to heal might be someone elses dream, but for Ashleigh, touching people is hard, that explosion of emotion...she can't take it. The ability to heal comes from the mere fact she can follow emotions to the source of the injury, and then use the bodies own empathic state to heal. While it is effective, it exhausts both the user and the patient, and as such there is a risk for large injuries.
Allergies:
None
Pre-existing conditions:
Addicted to drugs. |
44,163 | 1,205 | 163 | 2,305 | 2,031 | Ashleigh opened her eyes, her gaze going to Vivi, who seemed to be struggling, looking about in horror, Ashleigh saw the destruction she had caused, She saw that she had knocked many people over, had sent things flying. She had apparently affected the spiritual world, and now it looked like she had broken a friend.
"Vivi..."
Concern radiated strongly through Ashleigh, perhaps effecting Paulina at such closeness, and she managed to wriggle away. Not trusting her own legs, Ashleigh staarted to crawl towards Vivi, knowing it was her fault this had happened. If she had just had better control, it wouldn't have happened. She had n idea what had happened. The pain had just seemed so overwhelming...her body had reacted out of instinct. Maybe...Maybe Alister and herself resonated against one another? It didn't make sense to Ashleigh.
"Vivi...I'm sorry"
She reached out to touch her friend, but at the last second, she pulled away, looking down at her hand shamedly. She had done this, and she didn't think she could fix it. Only make it worse. She bowed her head, her arms shaking, "I'm sorry, I didnt mean to do it..." The words please don't hit me nearly escaped her mouth, although she knew Vivi nor Paulina would ever strike her. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry"
"Hehe..." Vedika chuckled, "Hey its not your fault. It doesn't even hurt...at all..." she said with a note of curiosity. "I just feel numb. I'm sure it'll pass in a minute. Just hard to stand when ya can't feel the floor, ya know?" Vedika was rambling, trying to convince herself as much as Ashleigh. Vedika reached to gently touch fingers with Ash to let her know that she didn't find Ash dangerous in the slightest, before Paulina came and scooped Ashleigh up. Ever the trooper, Vedika made another attempt to stand, much slower this time, but Paulina had commanded Jason to come.
"C'mon kiddo. Jason said to vedika as he bent down and scooped her up with ease. "Let's go Allister." Jason said as he stood up. He shared a nod with the gym instructor as he led them out of the gym.
He looked down at vedika. "So what the heck happened to you miss pacifist?" He said jokingly.
"Dunno," Vedika chuckled, grinning, unsure if her lack of confidence was visible, "I just can't feel anything. Kinda like how my force field protects me from physical harm, only this time it's just...no pain...no nothing." | Vedika Venkatraman"Perfection consists not in doing extraordinary things, but in doing ordinary things extraordinarily well."-Angelique Arnauld
Age: 18
Appearance:Vedika is 5'2" and weighs 130lbs. She has light-brown skin, hazel eyes, and shoulder-length brown hair. Even when not smiling, her face appears cheerful, and when she does smile it's an innocent, dorky sort of smile.
Personality:Vedika is energetic and friendly, always willing to go out of her way to help others. She has an independent spirit that falls just short of rebellion. She goes everywhere at top speed, parkours like a daredevil, and tends to use unorthodox openings as entrances. Though not bad at schoolwork, she tends to prioritize the needs of others, getting involved in other projects, often letting her grades slip, accepting punishments with a grin. She is straightforward and honest to a fault, and can become uncomfortably chummy, often acting unnecessarily like a big sister. Her life goal is simply to be helpful to others, and she pushes herself hard to achieve this. She sees her ability as the ultimate vehicle for her to become uniquely helpful and strives to perfect it.
History:Some call her 'Vivi', sometimes she goes by 'Victory', Vedika Venkatraman is the daughter of an immigrant couple from India, come to America looking to eke out an opportunity. Her mother is a software engineer and her father is a stay-at-home dad taking care of her and her several younger siblings. As the eldest, she learned from her father the responsibilities of taking care of the household. At school, she defended herself, her younger siblings, and her friends from bullies. She was always known to be a scrappy little tomboy, climbing trees, climbing buildings, and getting into scuffles. One time when she was 13, a particularly nasty and racist bully got extremely aggressive and violent. Vedika's power manifested then. He was unable to harm her, and without knowing the other half of her power, she killed him in one punch. Soon the men in suits came and took her away. She doesn't know what they told her parents, maybe they thought she was in a juvenile detention facility. That's when she became a student at the school.
Vajra:Vajra is the philosophical concept of absolute perfection: embodying the lightning, energy, pure in its instance and intensity and capable of destroying all other materials that would cross its path; embodying the diamond, clear, eternal and indestructible. This is what Vedika has chosen to call her ability which centers around the vague concept of the manipulation of 'biological energy', though researchers on the phenomenon have also dubbed it as "Absolute Terror Field", "Hedgehog's Dilemma", "Self-Other Dichotomy", or "Lennard-Jones Potential". It essentially manifests as a form of martial art technique reminiscent of ancient mystical forms of 'chi' or 'chakra' control, granting Vedika an aura that allows her to wield two main abilities, Penetrating Strike, and Absolute Defense, and one secondary ability, Aura Transfer.
Penetrating Strike allows Vedika to transfer a part of her aura through physical contact to disrupt those of others, allowing her to bypass physical defense, allowing her strikes to resonate past barriers and cause internal damage. This does not amplify her damage, it merely causes it to transfer towards the nearest and weakest parts of the body and concentrate there, so her strikes still need to be full-force and actually manage to hit. For example, punches to the torso do mostly organ damage, while punches to the limbs mostly target the joints. Vedika needs to activate the ability consciously for each separate strike and has taught herself never to strike the head with this ability activated for fear of causing severe brain, eye, throat, or inner ear damage.Absolute Defense allows her to solidify her own aura, creating a rejection of all external physical impacts. This ability is not 'always on' and must be activated and maintained with stability and concentration. Vedika must usually adopt a 'stance' to activate this ability.Aura Transfer allows Vedika to transfer these techniques to others through physical contact, usually by placing her palms on the receiver's shoulders. She usually uses this to give others Absolute Defense to protect them from damage. Like Absolute Defense, Vedika usually must adopt a stable stance to use this ability, though the same is not required of her target.It is hypothesized that at some point, Vedika will learn how to 'project' her aura, granting ranged 'energy blasts', though this has not yet been confirmed.
Some believe that the strength of her ability is tied to her strong sense of self coupled with her strong sense of altruism. Stability is necessary for her ability to be at full power, this includes physical, mental, and emotional stability. Because of her ability, Vedika has never learned an actual fighting style, knowing how to throw maybe 3-4 basic types of punches, and even fewer types of kicks because she has never needed to get around someone's defenses. She doesn't really know any blocking techniques either as she has never needed to defend herself.
Allergies: N/A
Pre-existing conditions: N/A |
44,164 | 1,205 | 164 | 2,305 | 2,031 | "Dunno," Vedika chuckled, grinning, unsure if her lack of confidence was visible, "I just can't feel anything. Kinda like how my force field protects me from physical harm, only this time it's just...no pain...no nothing."
"Yeesh, sounds like Ashleigh did a number on you." Jason chuckled. In the short time span in between him talking and vedika replying(which Jason had made an eternity) he was able to figure out what had happened. Ashleighs use of her powers had taken an extreme psychological toll on her, after she took some braclet off of course. That Braclet must be her inhibitor.
They soon reached the infirmary. Jason carried vedika through a narrow doorway and was motioned into another room by a gym instructor. The Room seemed to radiate sub-zero temperatures, it was too cold. "Christ it's fucking cold in here." Jason said to vedika, receiving a scowl of disapproval from the gym instructor. Jason set her on the bed in the center of the room. | Vedika Venkatraman"Perfection consists not in doing extraordinary things, but in doing ordinary things extraordinarily well."-Angelique Arnauld
Age: 18
Appearance:Vedika is 5'2" and weighs 130lbs. She has light-brown skin, hazel eyes, and shoulder-length brown hair. Even when not smiling, her face appears cheerful, and when she does smile it's an innocent, dorky sort of smile.
Personality:Vedika is energetic and friendly, always willing to go out of her way to help others. She has an independent spirit that falls just short of rebellion. She goes everywhere at top speed, parkours like a daredevil, and tends to use unorthodox openings as entrances. Though not bad at schoolwork, she tends to prioritize the needs of others, getting involved in other projects, often letting her grades slip, accepting punishments with a grin. She is straightforward and honest to a fault, and can become uncomfortably chummy, often acting unnecessarily like a big sister. Her life goal is simply to be helpful to others, and she pushes herself hard to achieve this. She sees her ability as the ultimate vehicle for her to become uniquely helpful and strives to perfect it.
History:Some call her 'Vivi', sometimes she goes by 'Victory', Vedika Venkatraman is the daughter of an immigrant couple from India, come to America looking to eke out an opportunity. Her mother is a software engineer and her father is a stay-at-home dad taking care of her and her several younger siblings. As the eldest, she learned from her father the responsibilities of taking care of the household. At school, she defended herself, her younger siblings, and her friends from bullies. She was always known to be a scrappy little tomboy, climbing trees, climbing buildings, and getting into scuffles. One time when she was 13, a particularly nasty and racist bully got extremely aggressive and violent. Vedika's power manifested then. He was unable to harm her, and without knowing the other half of her power, she killed him in one punch. Soon the men in suits came and took her away. She doesn't know what they told her parents, maybe they thought she was in a juvenile detention facility. That's when she became a student at the school.
Vajra:Vajra is the philosophical concept of absolute perfection: embodying the lightning, energy, pure in its instance and intensity and capable of destroying all other materials that would cross its path; embodying the diamond, clear, eternal and indestructible. This is what Vedika has chosen to call her ability which centers around the vague concept of the manipulation of 'biological energy', though researchers on the phenomenon have also dubbed it as "Absolute Terror Field", "Hedgehog's Dilemma", "Self-Other Dichotomy", or "Lennard-Jones Potential". It essentially manifests as a form of martial art technique reminiscent of ancient mystical forms of 'chi' or 'chakra' control, granting Vedika an aura that allows her to wield two main abilities, Penetrating Strike, and Absolute Defense, and one secondary ability, Aura Transfer.
Penetrating Strike allows Vedika to transfer a part of her aura through physical contact to disrupt those of others, allowing her to bypass physical defense, allowing her strikes to resonate past barriers and cause internal damage. This does not amplify her damage, it merely causes it to transfer towards the nearest and weakest parts of the body and concentrate there, so her strikes still need to be full-force and actually manage to hit. For example, punches to the torso do mostly organ damage, while punches to the limbs mostly target the joints. Vedika needs to activate the ability consciously for each separate strike and has taught herself never to strike the head with this ability activated for fear of causing severe brain, eye, throat, or inner ear damage.Absolute Defense allows her to solidify her own aura, creating a rejection of all external physical impacts. This ability is not 'always on' and must be activated and maintained with stability and concentration. Vedika must usually adopt a 'stance' to activate this ability.Aura Transfer allows Vedika to transfer these techniques to others through physical contact, usually by placing her palms on the receiver's shoulders. She usually uses this to give others Absolute Defense to protect them from damage. Like Absolute Defense, Vedika usually must adopt a stable stance to use this ability, though the same is not required of her target.It is hypothesized that at some point, Vedika will learn how to 'project' her aura, granting ranged 'energy blasts', though this has not yet been confirmed.
Some believe that the strength of her ability is tied to her strong sense of self coupled with her strong sense of altruism. Stability is necessary for her ability to be at full power, this includes physical, mental, and emotional stability. Because of her ability, Vedika has never learned an actual fighting style, knowing how to throw maybe 3-4 basic types of punches, and even fewer types of kicks because she has never needed to get around someone's defenses. She doesn't really know any blocking techniques either as she has never needed to defend herself.
Allergies: N/A
Pre-existing conditions: N/A |
44,165 | 1,205 | 165 | 1,253 | 386 | Alister sat down in the hallway. He didn't want to enter the infirmary. He had never gone for injuries before. What he really wanted to do was find ashleigh. He felt as though he needed to talk to her about what happened.
He knew right now she was far to scared to get around. With a sigh he disided to enter the infirmary. The room he was in negated all use of power as to make it easier to maintain control over students while applying bandages. Alister walked in a bit annoyed. He knew that he would be fine. Unfortunately for safety purposes they felt the need to do this anyways | Jason Blackwell
"When justice is done it brings joy to the righteous but terror to evil doers"-Proverbs 21:15
Appearance:
Black choppy hair that flows. Green eyes. He's 6'2 and well built, but not super bulky. He typically wears something along the lines of a collared t shirt and dark jeans. His muscles are toned, but not gigantic. He's more about power than strength.
Personallity:
A joker and clown at times, but can quickly become serious and observant. He's fairly outgoing and will make friends with just about anyone. He loves to read people; Analyze them physically and emotionally, and draw his own conclusions. He can't stand bullying, or abuse of any kind that he deems unjustified. He revels in bringing pain to those he thinks deserve it, but he's not a black and white thinker. In fact he's a rebel himself. He enjoys breaking rules as long as none gets hurt. He's fiercely loyal and would throw himself under the bus for his friends in a heartbeat.
History:
He grew up in downtown Manhattan for most of his life, however his parents marriage began to fall apart. His dad was always out working and his mother chose to rely on alcohol to fill the hole he left in his absence. Eventually his mother and father came up with the dillusion that starting somewhere fresh could fix things. Despite Jason's protests they ended up moving to Kentucky. While In Kentucky his mother enrolled him in a school for the gifted and talented, which Jason would quickly grow to resent. Due to his accelerated thought processing, he easily scored highly on anything and everything. This quickly made him the target for intense bullying. One day in a physical confrontation with a bully he discovered that when he concentrated, he could appear to slow time.(a result of his high speed processing). With an almost psychotic calmness he simply reached out and snapped each of the boys fingers backwards until the hand was a mangled mess. After he was expelled from the school he dedicated a year to training his body and mind to its peak. He then trained extensively in kick boxing, Brazilian jiu jitsu, and parkour. On Halloween night dressed in a hooded cloak and mask, he went on a spree of vigilante justice viciously assaulting all those who had ever wronged him. At the end of the night he was eventually apprehended by authorities. He faced 25 years in prison. However his defense attorney suggested that there was another place for him that would be better suited for him. The meta human academy.
Classification:
- possesses cognitive acceleration . He can process information at incredible speeds, allowing him to analyze and come to conclusions at an unprecedented rate. His reflexes and reaction time are 5 times that of any other human. When he has to react from his perspective time slows to a crawl. He can process and think at normal speeds giving him more than enough time to plan his every movement. but his movement is also slowed(not super speed)
-His body is trained to near peak performance. He's incredibly strong for his size, while maintaining high levels of agility.
-He's highly proficient in kick boxing, trained by UFC fighter Justine Kish. He also has extensive training in Brazilian jiu jitsu(a grappling martial art mainly involving joint locks, chokes, and other submissions)
-Highly skilled in both parkour and rock climbing. Can scale most buildings as long as there are ledges, handholds, or even cracks. |
44,166 | 1,205 | 166 | 2,470 | 2,686 | Liam Pyne
After he’d said it Liam turned to the brewing storm in the Spirit world. Closing his eyes Liam drained away all of his emotions. Arty had already fled but there were other things he could do. Annmarie was already recovering even as the ringing in Liam’s ears was beginning to subside. The little firebug made eye contact with Liam even as he reached out with fingers of blue green energy surrounding them and gripped her tiny little form and subsumed her. The class three spirit wasn’t a problem to get ahold of but he was really after her powers in the spirit world.
Annmarie was a pyrokinetic spirit which meant that he could make use of the powers while he had consumed her . It wasn’t helpful in the mortal realm but occasionally spirits had powers that were confined to use in the spirit realm which made them occasionally quite valuable. With an expenditure of will Liam conjured a blue green spirit fire in a ring around him and fed it with his emotions until it was a roaring bonfire. The class one spirits fled in a howl of fury as he used the crackling wall of spirit fire to force them from the gym. Waiting until the others had made their way of the gym Liam turned on Nathan who was holding his ground with a handful of class two spirits.
“Last chance to run Nathan.”
The drowned boy bared its teeth at Liam as he walked forward pulling the fire into a cloak around him.
You are a monster and liar. You don’t help spirits you abuse them. Annmarie, me and Arty we’re just your puppets you asshole.
The words cut like knives as Liam had given up so much just to help the spirits around. At the words Liam lost his composure and the fire suddenly roared and Liam’s eyes widened as it manifested in the gym physically. It didn’t do anything to the gym but the inferno surged forward at the target of his anger, biting and snapping the flames ate the class two spirits whole.
Staring in horror at the flames around him Liam watched as the class two spirits were ripped apart by a fire that was no longer under his control. Nathan’s face showed fear as the fire turned on him with a howl of hatred and a malignance. Nathan turned to flee but the the fire grabbed at his ankle and pulled him towards the inferno in front of Liam. The scream that escaped the drowned boys lips was what finally galvanized Liam to hurl Annmarie from his body and with that the flames died in a howl and Liam was left listening to the haunting echos of a laugh he hadn’t heard in years.
Tears dripped down his face as he sprinted out of the gym. Fear and exhaustion caused him to put his head down and run. He had no idea where he was going but the laughter chased him as he ran. Out the front of the academy and headed for the gates. It was back and he had no idea how it had managed to find him. This was bad. It meant that everyone was in danger. | Liam Pyne
An idea, like a ghost, must be talked to a little before it will explain itself
Appearance: While not a small person Liam has a slighter build befitting that of someone who exercises when time permits. Standing at 5'9”, largely an academic, Liam’s exercise usually comes in the form of having to help as spirit get some place out of the way. As a result of this sporadic exercise Liam’s build is rather average in terms of muscle. With the constant practice in the gym Liam has grown good at one thing. Liam is an excellent runner and has deccent hand eye coordination. The skills he has picked up are often used to get him out of trouble when he sticks his nose in somewhere it doesn’t belong.
Liam sports short light brown hair and has eyes that range in color from bright blue to a muted green. While Liam is not one to run around outside every day he is not pale with a healthy light skin tone. Most people would call Liam moderately attractive but he is not that far above average in his looks.
Personality: Liam is a genuine gentle soul who often comes off as a shy shut in. Many have taken Liam’s generally non confrontational personality to mean that he is a pushover or any easy target; often this ends in the bully finding out that Liam is not an easy target and Liam having to get stitches. Those who get to know Liam find him to be a rather witty and intelligent individual willing to stand up for those he cares about regardless of harm to himself.
With all of his positive qualities Liam has a dark side stemming from his powers. From an early age Liam's fascination with the occult and the dead has limited his relationships. Often those who get to know him are put off by his power or by the fact that he willingly spends time with those who have passed on. Liam is one of few people who can bring the dead closure, as a result he feels obligated to help. This societal shunning has rendered Liam incredibly wary of others as he feels that those who get close to him will either leave when they find out the extent of his abilities; or will be pushed away by what he feels is his responsibility.
Given a lack of an active social life Liam excels at academics as any time that isn’t spent working on his talents is inevitably spent studying or reading. Liam’s academic proficiency has also lent itself to his shut in personality; however this is assumption about his personality is often made after others find out what his grades are like, not something that Liam actively advertises.
History: Born in a rural small town Liam was a popular exuberant child growing up. Most said Liam had a super human grasp on life and that “this child was going to go far”. On Liam’s 13th birthday he began having troubles at school and with other kids. The light hadn’t gone out in his eyes it had just become more determined than ever before. From that day forward Liam had become an totally different person; often seeking out local spots which were rumored to be haunted or other things of that nature. Over the next three years Liam continued to grow more and more distant from his family and friends.
In the end everything came to a head when Liam was sixteen. While poking around an abandoned barn rumored to be the home of the ghost of an old man Liam happened across a group of older guys who had brought a pair of young girls to the barn for a “night of fun”. Upon realizing what was happening Liam tried to stop them but was beat severely.
What happened next is still unclear but Liam returned with a vengeance in his eyes and an old double barreled shotgun under his arm. Three of the guys went to the hospital that night and one died on the operating table from his wounds. Neither of the girls would make a statement and Liam claimed he couldn’t remember what had happened just that he felt like he wasn’t in control of his own body. Over the next several months Liam would have similarly strange episodes until one day something altogether different found its way into Liam’s body. When the authorities were finally able to rescue Liam’s family Liam had boarded them in his parents room and was preparing to set the house ablaze.
After being taken to a mental institute for rehabilitation it was deemed necessary to attempt something unorthodox. A spiritual medium was brought in to assess Liam and it was deemed necessary to perform an exorcism. The ritual was performed with written approval from the Vatican itself and in the controlled confines of the asylum under the guidance of the medium who was called to asses Liam and the supervision of the psychiatric staff. Properly restrained Liam did not hurt anyone and the presence was expelled with only a few hours of time with the Priest.
When Liam was finally deemed psychologically sound he was sent home for a week before being packed up and shipped off to the academy to be supervised and trained in proper use of his abilities. Over the last two years Liam’s powers have grown steadily allowing him to more safely use them to benefit the denizens of the world Beyond.
Metahuman Classification: Spiritual Vessel (Medium)
Beyond the Veil: Liam can see ghosts when he opens his eyes and ears to the spirit world. This power is fully voluntary unless a spirit is powerful enough to make its presence physically know by crossing the Veil. Often times when Liam is not using his Sight more frustrated powerful ghosts who want his attention will make alterations to his environment (knocking over objects, breaking mirrors, etc.) causing discomfort for those in Liam’s vicinity when he is dealing with a persistent potent spirit. The effects of these spirits seemed to be lessened in the presence of more than two or three people or in the presence of sterile rooms and cutting edge technology.
Voluntary Possession: Liam has the ability to allow a spirit to share his body. In so doing Liam can allow a Spirit to talk to those in the mortal world or to even carry out acts they need to move on from a state of unrest. This ability also allows Liam to make use of a ghosts knowledge and abilities it had in life. This can include: speaking another language, knowledge about a particular subject matter or even physical capabilities such as martial arts, cooking, or music. The only limit is what Liam is physically capable of doing; regardless of the ghosts ability to do a backflip Liam still may not physically be able to do such a thing.
Exorcism: Liam is fully capable of expelling any spirit who has possessed him. After his encounter with an “Outsider” Liam has worked hard to make himself capable of ejecting unruly spirits at will. Often this is done when a spirit wishes to continue making use of Liam’s body beyond what Liam’s agreed upon terms were. This power also extends to others; in the rare case that a spirit has found a way to possess another person Liam is capable of expelling the spirit from another person body.
Liam has yet to have contact with another “Outsider” and as such he has yet to test his ability to expel an “Outsider” either from himself or from another. Liam has done extensive research on what he has termed “Outsiders” and yet much of what they are remain a mystery.
*Warning: Restricted Ability* Forced Possession: In incredibly controlled settings the instructional staff has tested Liam’s ability to expel a Spirit from his own body into the body of another or even into objects. While the tests were successful they left Liam dangerously fatigued and were deemed too dangerous to the subject of the possession as the process often angered or warped the spirit who was transferred in such a way. The notable exception was Spirits who were transferred willingly into a willing host. The Academy has strictly forbade this use of Liam’s powers. On his own Liam is far too afraid to attempt such a use given its ramifications. To this date the Academy has yet to find a need to discipline Liam for such a use of his abilities and as such it is not limited beyond the confines of the Academy.
*Warning: Restricted Ability* Environment/Spirit Manipulation: It is unknown to what extent Liam can manifest Psychokinetic powers; however the Academy keeps these abilities carefully suppressed with a psychic dampener. Liam manifest what appears to be a potent psychokinetic ability when under the duress of a strong possession.This includes the ability to levitate himself and to move objects with his mind. These abilities also appear to extend to influencing or commanding other less potent Spirits. The speculation by the Academies experts is that the powers are some remnant of the Outsider’s possession of Liam. On his own Liam does have very minimal Telekinetic abilities; however they only go as far as being able to move pennies across tables or rattle bottles. Regardless of the apparent low caliber of the abilities the academy has taken precautions to keep any of Liam’s psychic abilities carefully monitored and dampened for safety reasons.
*Warning: Redacted Ability, Eyes only* Traumatic Telepathy:
*test one*
The subject seems to be capable of digging through the minds of those in the room with him to find their deepest fears and most humiliating moments. After no less than five minutes in the room with him our volunteers were relieved and the test was cancelled. The result appears to be minor damage to the psyche of the recipients. Further tests will be required to determine the full extent of this ability.
*test two*
The subject is apparently capable of inflicting delusions and psychosis on those present and uninsulated from his psychic abilities. After a longer exposure of approximately thirty-three minutes volunteers were released from the test and the subject was exercised according to standard procedure. My final recommendation is that the further tests be canceled and that the subject be properly monitored and psychically dampened. The manifest psychic powers appear to not be a part of the subjects ability to communicate and house Spirits; however they appear to be a side effect of undamped powerful possessions. My conclusion on the subject is that these powers are a result of the Subjects possession by a Class 5 or greater non human psychospiritual entity. Caution is advised in any further use or test of the subject’s Telepathic and Psychokinetic abilities.
Pre-existing conditions: Liam is prone to sleepwalking and occasional bouts of insomnia. This can occasionally be disturbing for those who witness it as he may often appear quite cogent or wake when it happens. |
44,167 | 1,205 | 167 | 377 | 25,988 | Ashleigh driffted in and out of a daze as Paulina carried her, not caring where the other girl was taking her, what they would be doing. The movement of Paulina walking, the comfort of her presence, was enough to send Ashleigh into a daze. for a brief moment, it was just Paulina, just herself. The other students emotions seemed faint, far away, and Ashleigh let out a soft, lingering sigh.
The spark of fear from liam fired her for a moment, but she seem relaxed again, muttering "Liam is scared....It's my fault, whatever I did with Aliaster...." She lost track of what she was saying, and rested her head against Paulina's shoulder. "Aliaster....must talk to..."
Ashliegh figured that Paulina might keep people away from her, for the rest of the day at least, But Ashleigh felt like that might be the worst thing possible. She needed to figure out just what she had done....
but first, a nap seemed in order. She was soon asleep against Paulina. | Ashleigh Shephard
"Look, you don't understand, people are complex. Their emotions are even more so. You put that altogether, not being able to stop feeling it, and it would drive you crazy too"
Appearance:
Asheligh stands at 5"6, her black hair extends to her shoulders, her brown eyes are deep and troubled. She has a light skin tone, and a fine complextion. She has a scar under one eye, faded and old. She typically wears dark clothes, almost "Punk" Like.
Personality:
Ashleigh is a troubled individual. She keeps to herself, prefering her own company then the heart ache others can bring. She is a quite, almost soft young woman. She rarely raises her voice, and indeed she rarely voices her opinion, prefering to watch situations as they happen. She rarely lets anyone come close to her, for fear of getting hurt again.
She is however a rather kind individual, willing to put aside her own fears and doubts for others, particularly if she cares about them. If she can be convinced to let someone it, she will be a valuble asset. However, she considers herself weak and suspetable, based on her past.
History:
Ashleigh was born addicted to drugs. Her mother hadn't been aware she was pregnant, until she was 7 months along, and by then it was too dangerous to clean up her act. So Ashleigh was born a drug addict. As both went through care to become clean, her mother vowed to do anythhing she could to stay clean, and give Ashleigh the life she deserved.
Ashleigh however was a troubled individual. Her abilities affected her immensely, and by the time she was 12, she was once more a drug addict, taking whatever she could get her hands on, she didn't care as long as it helped. By 15, she had been in and out of hopsitals, rehabs and other such facilities more times then she'd been in school. By 16, she was in love and had cleaned up her act.
By 17, she was near death, beaten up by the one person she thought she could love forever. This was when her mother had to stop holding on, and having heard about the acadmey, she sent Ashleigh there, for she couldn't deny that Ashleigh didn't have special gifts.
Metahuman Classification:
A living curse That's what Asheligh thinks of her abilties. She wishes she never had them, and constantly seeks ways of dulling their affects on her. But she can never get rid of them. Even drugs lost their effect, once Ashleigh found she could heal herself. A living curse, and one she can't escape from.
Empathy
This is Ashelighs main ability, it's strong, and it causes her pain. The ability to feel others emotions, to constantly feel everything going on around her. She can't control it, can't stop the torrent of emotions. She can control peoples emotions, but she prefers not to.
Telekinesis
This is actually Ashleighs only power she doesn't wish gone. The ability to make things move? She thinks its way cool.
Healing
The ability to heal might be someone elses dream, but for Ashleigh, touching people is hard, that explosion of emotion...she can't take it. The ability to heal comes from the mere fact she can follow emotions to the source of the injury, and then use the bodies own empathic state to heal. While it is effective, it exhausts both the user and the patient, and as such there is a risk for large injuries.
Allergies:
None
Pre-existing conditions:
Addicted to drugs. |
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"Yeesh, sounds like Ashleigh did a number on you." Jason chuckled. In the short time span in between him talking and vedika replying(which Jason had made an eternity) he was able to figure out what had happened. Ashleighs use of her powers had taken an extreme psychological toll on her, after she took some braclet off of course. That Braclet must be her inhibitor.
They soon reached the infirmary. Jason carried vedika through a narrow doorway and was motioned into another room by a gym instructor. The Room seemed to radiate sub-zero temperatures, it was too cold. "Christ it's fucking cold in here." Jason said to vedika, receiving a scowl of disapproval from the gym instructor. Jason set her on the bed in the center of the room.
"It's...not Ashleigh's fault," Vedika tried to say with more conviction than she had, "I was just experimenting with my powers when this happened. Just a coincidence."
As Jason placed her down on the bed, Vedika, who had calmed down considerably, tried testing her body, fidgeting, pushing and moving her limbs to see just exactly what she could or couldn't feel. In her earlier panic, she had lost track of herself, but now she noticed that if she focused, she was able to move with an acceptable degree of coordination. Maybe with a little training she could walk and run normally in a short amount of time, although she hoped this nambness wouldn't last long enough to necessitate that. At least she could still feel how cold it was.
"Maybe it's cold because they're keeping that fire boy here too?" Vedika wondered. | Vedika Venkatraman"Perfection consists not in doing extraordinary things, but in doing ordinary things extraordinarily well."-Angelique Arnauld
Age: 18
Appearance:Vedika is 5'2" and weighs 130lbs. She has light-brown skin, hazel eyes, and shoulder-length brown hair. Even when not smiling, her face appears cheerful, and when she does smile it's an innocent, dorky sort of smile.
Personality:Vedika is energetic and friendly, always willing to go out of her way to help others. She has an independent spirit that falls just short of rebellion. She goes everywhere at top speed, parkours like a daredevil, and tends to use unorthodox openings as entrances. Though not bad at schoolwork, she tends to prioritize the needs of others, getting involved in other projects, often letting her grades slip, accepting punishments with a grin. She is straightforward and honest to a fault, and can become uncomfortably chummy, often acting unnecessarily like a big sister. Her life goal is simply to be helpful to others, and she pushes herself hard to achieve this. She sees her ability as the ultimate vehicle for her to become uniquely helpful and strives to perfect it.
History:Some call her 'Vivi', sometimes she goes by 'Victory', Vedika Venkatraman is the daughter of an immigrant couple from India, come to America looking to eke out an opportunity. Her mother is a software engineer and her father is a stay-at-home dad taking care of her and her several younger siblings. As the eldest, she learned from her father the responsibilities of taking care of the household. At school, she defended herself, her younger siblings, and her friends from bullies. She was always known to be a scrappy little tomboy, climbing trees, climbing buildings, and getting into scuffles. One time when she was 13, a particularly nasty and racist bully got extremely aggressive and violent. Vedika's power manifested then. He was unable to harm her, and without knowing the other half of her power, she killed him in one punch. Soon the men in suits came and took her away. She doesn't know what they told her parents, maybe they thought she was in a juvenile detention facility. That's when she became a student at the school.
Vajra:Vajra is the philosophical concept of absolute perfection: embodying the lightning, energy, pure in its instance and intensity and capable of destroying all other materials that would cross its path; embodying the diamond, clear, eternal and indestructible. This is what Vedika has chosen to call her ability which centers around the vague concept of the manipulation of 'biological energy', though researchers on the phenomenon have also dubbed it as "Absolute Terror Field", "Hedgehog's Dilemma", "Self-Other Dichotomy", or "Lennard-Jones Potential". It essentially manifests as a form of martial art technique reminiscent of ancient mystical forms of 'chi' or 'chakra' control, granting Vedika an aura that allows her to wield two main abilities, Penetrating Strike, and Absolute Defense, and one secondary ability, Aura Transfer.
Penetrating Strike allows Vedika to transfer a part of her aura through physical contact to disrupt those of others, allowing her to bypass physical defense, allowing her strikes to resonate past barriers and cause internal damage. This does not amplify her damage, it merely causes it to transfer towards the nearest and weakest parts of the body and concentrate there, so her strikes still need to be full-force and actually manage to hit. For example, punches to the torso do mostly organ damage, while punches to the limbs mostly target the joints. Vedika needs to activate the ability consciously for each separate strike and has taught herself never to strike the head with this ability activated for fear of causing severe brain, eye, throat, or inner ear damage.Absolute Defense allows her to solidify her own aura, creating a rejection of all external physical impacts. This ability is not 'always on' and must be activated and maintained with stability and concentration. Vedika must usually adopt a 'stance' to activate this ability.Aura Transfer allows Vedika to transfer these techniques to others through physical contact, usually by placing her palms on the receiver's shoulders. She usually uses this to give others Absolute Defense to protect them from damage. Like Absolute Defense, Vedika usually must adopt a stable stance to use this ability, though the same is not required of her target.It is hypothesized that at some point, Vedika will learn how to 'project' her aura, granting ranged 'energy blasts', though this has not yet been confirmed.
Some believe that the strength of her ability is tied to her strong sense of self coupled with her strong sense of altruism. Stability is necessary for her ability to be at full power, this includes physical, mental, and emotional stability. Because of her ability, Vedika has never learned an actual fighting style, knowing how to throw maybe 3-4 basic types of punches, and even fewer types of kicks because she has never needed to get around someone's defenses. She doesn't really know any blocking techniques either as she has never needed to defend herself.
Allergies: N/A
Pre-existing conditions: N/A |
44,169 | 1,205 | 169 | 1,253 | 386 | Maybe it's cold because they're keeping that fire boy here too? Vedika wondered aloud.
"Maybe, serves him right." Jason said in a voice colder than the room around him. Jason shifted his glance towards the door. Where's Allister? A wave of guilt came over Jason as he realized he had forgotten about him. Jason was about to go find him when he suddenly came through the door. The guilt now turned into relief.
"Hey Allister are you alright? You don't look so good." Jason asked him | Jason Blackwell
"When justice is done it brings joy to the righteous but terror to evil doers"-Proverbs 21:15
Appearance:
Black choppy hair that flows. Green eyes. He's 6'2 and well built, but not super bulky. He typically wears something along the lines of a collared t shirt and dark jeans. His muscles are toned, but not gigantic. He's more about power than strength.
Personallity:
A joker and clown at times, but can quickly become serious and observant. He's fairly outgoing and will make friends with just about anyone. He loves to read people; Analyze them physically and emotionally, and draw his own conclusions. He can't stand bullying, or abuse of any kind that he deems unjustified. He revels in bringing pain to those he thinks deserve it, but he's not a black and white thinker. In fact he's a rebel himself. He enjoys breaking rules as long as none gets hurt. He's fiercely loyal and would throw himself under the bus for his friends in a heartbeat.
History:
He grew up in downtown Manhattan for most of his life, however his parents marriage began to fall apart. His dad was always out working and his mother chose to rely on alcohol to fill the hole he left in his absence. Eventually his mother and father came up with the dillusion that starting somewhere fresh could fix things. Despite Jason's protests they ended up moving to Kentucky. While In Kentucky his mother enrolled him in a school for the gifted and talented, which Jason would quickly grow to resent. Due to his accelerated thought processing, he easily scored highly on anything and everything. This quickly made him the target for intense bullying. One day in a physical confrontation with a bully he discovered that when he concentrated, he could appear to slow time.(a result of his high speed processing). With an almost psychotic calmness he simply reached out and snapped each of the boys fingers backwards until the hand was a mangled mess. After he was expelled from the school he dedicated a year to training his body and mind to its peak. He then trained extensively in kick boxing, Brazilian jiu jitsu, and parkour. On Halloween night dressed in a hooded cloak and mask, he went on a spree of vigilante justice viciously assaulting all those who had ever wronged him. At the end of the night he was eventually apprehended by authorities. He faced 25 years in prison. However his defense attorney suggested that there was another place for him that would be better suited for him. The meta human academy.
Classification:
- possesses cognitive acceleration . He can process information at incredible speeds, allowing him to analyze and come to conclusions at an unprecedented rate. His reflexes and reaction time are 5 times that of any other human. When he has to react from his perspective time slows to a crawl. He can process and think at normal speeds giving him more than enough time to plan his every movement. but his movement is also slowed(not super speed)
-His body is trained to near peak performance. He's incredibly strong for his size, while maintaining high levels of agility.
-He's highly proficient in kick boxing, trained by UFC fighter Justine Kish. He also has extensive training in Brazilian jiu jitsu(a grappling martial art mainly involving joint locks, chokes, and other submissions)
-Highly skilled in both parkour and rock climbing. Can scale most buildings as long as there are ledges, handholds, or even cracks. |
44,170 | 1,205 | 170 | 1,253 | 386 | Alister shrugged his shoulders. "I've been through worse" he said reassuringly .right now his consern was not himself. Alister knew a lot just happened and a lot more was about to go wrong. The shit was officially hitting the fan.
Alister looked at Jason with a very serious intent in his eyes. "I need you to stay here with vedika. Something bad is about to happen and I need to find Liam"Alisters words we're more serious than Jason has probably heard since they met. With that he was out the door.
Alister went running through the halls and out of the school thing to chase down liam. Alister used the thoughts as a guide. "damnit where are you"he said before finally catching up. "liam what the hell happened in the gym and don't lie to me. You know damn well I will know" | Jason Blackwell
"When justice is done it brings joy to the righteous but terror to evil doers"-Proverbs 21:15
Appearance:
Black choppy hair that flows. Green eyes. He's 6'2 and well built, but not super bulky. He typically wears something along the lines of a collared t shirt and dark jeans. His muscles are toned, but not gigantic. He's more about power than strength.
Personallity:
A joker and clown at times, but can quickly become serious and observant. He's fairly outgoing and will make friends with just about anyone. He loves to read people; Analyze them physically and emotionally, and draw his own conclusions. He can't stand bullying, or abuse of any kind that he deems unjustified. He revels in bringing pain to those he thinks deserve it, but he's not a black and white thinker. In fact he's a rebel himself. He enjoys breaking rules as long as none gets hurt. He's fiercely loyal and would throw himself under the bus for his friends in a heartbeat.
History:
He grew up in downtown Manhattan for most of his life, however his parents marriage began to fall apart. His dad was always out working and his mother chose to rely on alcohol to fill the hole he left in his absence. Eventually his mother and father came up with the dillusion that starting somewhere fresh could fix things. Despite Jason's protests they ended up moving to Kentucky. While In Kentucky his mother enrolled him in a school for the gifted and talented, which Jason would quickly grow to resent. Due to his accelerated thought processing, he easily scored highly on anything and everything. This quickly made him the target for intense bullying. One day in a physical confrontation with a bully he discovered that when he concentrated, he could appear to slow time.(a result of his high speed processing). With an almost psychotic calmness he simply reached out and snapped each of the boys fingers backwards until the hand was a mangled mess. After he was expelled from the school he dedicated a year to training his body and mind to its peak. He then trained extensively in kick boxing, Brazilian jiu jitsu, and parkour. On Halloween night dressed in a hooded cloak and mask, he went on a spree of vigilante justice viciously assaulting all those who had ever wronged him. At the end of the night he was eventually apprehended by authorities. He faced 25 years in prison. However his defense attorney suggested that there was another place for him that would be better suited for him. The meta human academy.
Classification:
- possesses cognitive acceleration . He can process information at incredible speeds, allowing him to analyze and come to conclusions at an unprecedented rate. His reflexes and reaction time are 5 times that of any other human. When he has to react from his perspective time slows to a crawl. He can process and think at normal speeds giving him more than enough time to plan his every movement. but his movement is also slowed(not super speed)
-His body is trained to near peak performance. He's incredibly strong for his size, while maintaining high levels of agility.
-He's highly proficient in kick boxing, trained by UFC fighter Justine Kish. He also has extensive training in Brazilian jiu jitsu(a grappling martial art mainly involving joint locks, chokes, and other submissions)
-Highly skilled in both parkour and rock climbing. Can scale most buildings as long as there are ledges, handholds, or even cracks. |
44,171 | 1,205 | 171 | 2,470 | 2,686 | Liam Pyne Liam let go of the bars of the gate in front of the Academy and turned around. The look on his face could have curdled milk. With a heavy sigh Liam slid down the bars in front of the school and patted the ground next to himself. "You're going to want to sit down."
With that Liam leaned his head back on the bars and looked up at the early evening sky. No doubt that had cancelled the rest of classes today due to the events of the gym class today.
"For some reason Ashleigh's pain affected the spirit world. I don't know what you two did but it was like when you call a fax machine line. It pissed all the spirits off and it caught the end of my summons for other spirits. " Liam traimed of again still contemplating the sky before he turned to look at Alister.
"Do you believe in Demons?" Liam didn't bother waiting for a response. "I do. Elaine confirms my suspicion about class four and five spirits. They do exist and they are no longer or maybe never were human. One of them heard that cry of pain. And it's on its way. I don't know how long we have but we need to act fast because this place is going to turn into a spiritual war zone when this thing arrives. Which is why I need to go hunting tonight. There is a particular class three spirit who needs to be put to rest. I was planning on taking Paulina but now I don't know if she'll show. If you can find anyone who is willing to help let me know. I'm going to make dinner at the kitchen down the hall from us. Bring them there." With thathe Liam stood up and dusted himself off.
He hadn't lied at all. But it was certainly not the whole story. He'd just kept things from Alister. Things he wasn't ready to confront yet. | Liam Pyne
An idea, like a ghost, must be talked to a little before it will explain itself
Appearance: While not a small person Liam has a slighter build befitting that of someone who exercises when time permits. Standing at 5'9”, largely an academic, Liam’s exercise usually comes in the form of having to help as spirit get some place out of the way. As a result of this sporadic exercise Liam’s build is rather average in terms of muscle. With the constant practice in the gym Liam has grown good at one thing. Liam is an excellent runner and has deccent hand eye coordination. The skills he has picked up are often used to get him out of trouble when he sticks his nose in somewhere it doesn’t belong.
Liam sports short light brown hair and has eyes that range in color from bright blue to a muted green. While Liam is not one to run around outside every day he is not pale with a healthy light skin tone. Most people would call Liam moderately attractive but he is not that far above average in his looks.
Personality: Liam is a genuine gentle soul who often comes off as a shy shut in. Many have taken Liam’s generally non confrontational personality to mean that he is a pushover or any easy target; often this ends in the bully finding out that Liam is not an easy target and Liam having to get stitches. Those who get to know Liam find him to be a rather witty and intelligent individual willing to stand up for those he cares about regardless of harm to himself.
With all of his positive qualities Liam has a dark side stemming from his powers. From an early age Liam's fascination with the occult and the dead has limited his relationships. Often those who get to know him are put off by his power or by the fact that he willingly spends time with those who have passed on. Liam is one of few people who can bring the dead closure, as a result he feels obligated to help. This societal shunning has rendered Liam incredibly wary of others as he feels that those who get close to him will either leave when they find out the extent of his abilities; or will be pushed away by what he feels is his responsibility.
Given a lack of an active social life Liam excels at academics as any time that isn’t spent working on his talents is inevitably spent studying or reading. Liam’s academic proficiency has also lent itself to his shut in personality; however this is assumption about his personality is often made after others find out what his grades are like, not something that Liam actively advertises.
History: Born in a rural small town Liam was a popular exuberant child growing up. Most said Liam had a super human grasp on life and that “this child was going to go far”. On Liam’s 13th birthday he began having troubles at school and with other kids. The light hadn’t gone out in his eyes it had just become more determined than ever before. From that day forward Liam had become an totally different person; often seeking out local spots which were rumored to be haunted or other things of that nature. Over the next three years Liam continued to grow more and more distant from his family and friends.
In the end everything came to a head when Liam was sixteen. While poking around an abandoned barn rumored to be the home of the ghost of an old man Liam happened across a group of older guys who had brought a pair of young girls to the barn for a “night of fun”. Upon realizing what was happening Liam tried to stop them but was beat severely.
What happened next is still unclear but Liam returned with a vengeance in his eyes and an old double barreled shotgun under his arm. Three of the guys went to the hospital that night and one died on the operating table from his wounds. Neither of the girls would make a statement and Liam claimed he couldn’t remember what had happened just that he felt like he wasn’t in control of his own body. Over the next several months Liam would have similarly strange episodes until one day something altogether different found its way into Liam’s body. When the authorities were finally able to rescue Liam’s family Liam had boarded them in his parents room and was preparing to set the house ablaze.
After being taken to a mental institute for rehabilitation it was deemed necessary to attempt something unorthodox. A spiritual medium was brought in to assess Liam and it was deemed necessary to perform an exorcism. The ritual was performed with written approval from the Vatican itself and in the controlled confines of the asylum under the guidance of the medium who was called to asses Liam and the supervision of the psychiatric staff. Properly restrained Liam did not hurt anyone and the presence was expelled with only a few hours of time with the Priest.
When Liam was finally deemed psychologically sound he was sent home for a week before being packed up and shipped off to the academy to be supervised and trained in proper use of his abilities. Over the last two years Liam’s powers have grown steadily allowing him to more safely use them to benefit the denizens of the world Beyond.
Metahuman Classification: Spiritual Vessel (Medium)
Beyond the Veil: Liam can see ghosts when he opens his eyes and ears to the spirit world. This power is fully voluntary unless a spirit is powerful enough to make its presence physically know by crossing the Veil. Often times when Liam is not using his Sight more frustrated powerful ghosts who want his attention will make alterations to his environment (knocking over objects, breaking mirrors, etc.) causing discomfort for those in Liam’s vicinity when he is dealing with a persistent potent spirit. The effects of these spirits seemed to be lessened in the presence of more than two or three people or in the presence of sterile rooms and cutting edge technology.
Voluntary Possession: Liam has the ability to allow a spirit to share his body. In so doing Liam can allow a Spirit to talk to those in the mortal world or to even carry out acts they need to move on from a state of unrest. This ability also allows Liam to make use of a ghosts knowledge and abilities it had in life. This can include: speaking another language, knowledge about a particular subject matter or even physical capabilities such as martial arts, cooking, or music. The only limit is what Liam is physically capable of doing; regardless of the ghosts ability to do a backflip Liam still may not physically be able to do such a thing.
Exorcism: Liam is fully capable of expelling any spirit who has possessed him. After his encounter with an “Outsider” Liam has worked hard to make himself capable of ejecting unruly spirits at will. Often this is done when a spirit wishes to continue making use of Liam’s body beyond what Liam’s agreed upon terms were. This power also extends to others; in the rare case that a spirit has found a way to possess another person Liam is capable of expelling the spirit from another person body.
Liam has yet to have contact with another “Outsider” and as such he has yet to test his ability to expel an “Outsider” either from himself or from another. Liam has done extensive research on what he has termed “Outsiders” and yet much of what they are remain a mystery.
*Warning: Restricted Ability* Forced Possession: In incredibly controlled settings the instructional staff has tested Liam’s ability to expel a Spirit from his own body into the body of another or even into objects. While the tests were successful they left Liam dangerously fatigued and were deemed too dangerous to the subject of the possession as the process often angered or warped the spirit who was transferred in such a way. The notable exception was Spirits who were transferred willingly into a willing host. The Academy has strictly forbade this use of Liam’s powers. On his own Liam is far too afraid to attempt such a use given its ramifications. To this date the Academy has yet to find a need to discipline Liam for such a use of his abilities and as such it is not limited beyond the confines of the Academy.
*Warning: Restricted Ability* Environment/Spirit Manipulation: It is unknown to what extent Liam can manifest Psychokinetic powers; however the Academy keeps these abilities carefully suppressed with a psychic dampener. Liam manifest what appears to be a potent psychokinetic ability when under the duress of a strong possession.This includes the ability to levitate himself and to move objects with his mind. These abilities also appear to extend to influencing or commanding other less potent Spirits. The speculation by the Academies experts is that the powers are some remnant of the Outsider’s possession of Liam. On his own Liam does have very minimal Telekinetic abilities; however they only go as far as being able to move pennies across tables or rattle bottles. Regardless of the apparent low caliber of the abilities the academy has taken precautions to keep any of Liam’s psychic abilities carefully monitored and dampened for safety reasons.
*Warning: Redacted Ability, Eyes only* Traumatic Telepathy:
*test one*
The subject seems to be capable of digging through the minds of those in the room with him to find their deepest fears and most humiliating moments. After no less than five minutes in the room with him our volunteers were relieved and the test was cancelled. The result appears to be minor damage to the psyche of the recipients. Further tests will be required to determine the full extent of this ability.
*test two*
The subject is apparently capable of inflicting delusions and psychosis on those present and uninsulated from his psychic abilities. After a longer exposure of approximately thirty-three minutes volunteers were released from the test and the subject was exercised according to standard procedure. My final recommendation is that the further tests be canceled and that the subject be properly monitored and psychically dampened. The manifest psychic powers appear to not be a part of the subjects ability to communicate and house Spirits; however they appear to be a side effect of undamped powerful possessions. My conclusion on the subject is that these powers are a result of the Subjects possession by a Class 5 or greater non human psychospiritual entity. Caution is advised in any further use or test of the subject’s Telepathic and Psychokinetic abilities.
Pre-existing conditions: Liam is prone to sleepwalking and occasional bouts of insomnia. This can occasionally be disturbing for those who witness it as he may often appear quite cogent or wake when it happens. |
44,172 | 1,205 | 172 | 1,253 | 386 | Alister sat calmly and listened to what he said. He nodded in response to the question about demons as Liam continued to speak. Alister was shocked to know that what had knocked him momentarily unconscious had also disrupted something further beyond the living realms. In slight shock alister gave a final nod and went off to contact the others.
Alister returned to his firm and passed into the air vent. He knew if he reached the office he could reach the secondary pa system. The secondary pa could contact students directly to their dorms. He slowly snuck through and reached the office. The whole place was empty, likely due to recent events.
Finally reaching the pa system Alister spoke softly. Ashleigh Paulina Jason Vedica and whoever else this may concern. This is Alister. Meet myself and Liam for dinner in the kitchen down the hall. Room 34-A. It's an urgent matter please be present ASAP. Thank you" the message repeated two more tomes to ensure that the students had heard than me was off back to liam.
Alister jumped back into the vents and made his way to the kitchen in question dropping on through the ceiling. "and now we wait" Alistersaid with a smile taking a seat against the wall | Jason Blackwell
"When justice is done it brings joy to the righteous but terror to evil doers"-Proverbs 21:15
Appearance:
Black choppy hair that flows. Green eyes. He's 6'2 and well built, but not super bulky. He typically wears something along the lines of a collared t shirt and dark jeans. His muscles are toned, but not gigantic. He's more about power than strength.
Personallity:
A joker and clown at times, but can quickly become serious and observant. He's fairly outgoing and will make friends with just about anyone. He loves to read people; Analyze them physically and emotionally, and draw his own conclusions. He can't stand bullying, or abuse of any kind that he deems unjustified. He revels in bringing pain to those he thinks deserve it, but he's not a black and white thinker. In fact he's a rebel himself. He enjoys breaking rules as long as none gets hurt. He's fiercely loyal and would throw himself under the bus for his friends in a heartbeat.
History:
He grew up in downtown Manhattan for most of his life, however his parents marriage began to fall apart. His dad was always out working and his mother chose to rely on alcohol to fill the hole he left in his absence. Eventually his mother and father came up with the dillusion that starting somewhere fresh could fix things. Despite Jason's protests they ended up moving to Kentucky. While In Kentucky his mother enrolled him in a school for the gifted and talented, which Jason would quickly grow to resent. Due to his accelerated thought processing, he easily scored highly on anything and everything. This quickly made him the target for intense bullying. One day in a physical confrontation with a bully he discovered that when he concentrated, he could appear to slow time.(a result of his high speed processing). With an almost psychotic calmness he simply reached out and snapped each of the boys fingers backwards until the hand was a mangled mess. After he was expelled from the school he dedicated a year to training his body and mind to its peak. He then trained extensively in kick boxing, Brazilian jiu jitsu, and parkour. On Halloween night dressed in a hooded cloak and mask, he went on a spree of vigilante justice viciously assaulting all those who had ever wronged him. At the end of the night he was eventually apprehended by authorities. He faced 25 years in prison. However his defense attorney suggested that there was another place for him that would be better suited for him. The meta human academy.
Classification:
- possesses cognitive acceleration . He can process information at incredible speeds, allowing him to analyze and come to conclusions at an unprecedented rate. His reflexes and reaction time are 5 times that of any other human. When he has to react from his perspective time slows to a crawl. He can process and think at normal speeds giving him more than enough time to plan his every movement. but his movement is also slowed(not super speed)
-His body is trained to near peak performance. He's incredibly strong for his size, while maintaining high levels of agility.
-He's highly proficient in kick boxing, trained by UFC fighter Justine Kish. He also has extensive training in Brazilian jiu jitsu(a grappling martial art mainly involving joint locks, chokes, and other submissions)
-Highly skilled in both parkour and rock climbing. Can scale most buildings as long as there are ledges, handholds, or even cracks. |
44,173 | 1,205 | 173 | 2,305 | 2,031 | As soon as Allister had ducked out Jason took a seat next to vedika. Damn what a hellish day. Is every day going to be like this at the academy? Jason wondered. He glanced over at vedika who seemed to be surprisingly calm for someone who had lost control over her limbs. Oddly enough she didn't seem to be under any kind of fatigue, and had no visible injuries. Maybe I can figure out what's wrong. In an instant Jason's mind was racing at near light speed, attempting to make connections and peice the puzzle together. No physical injury or fatigue, source of injury Ashleigh. Ashleigh's powers, mainly mental rather than physical. Psychological and mental manipulation. Minimal physical force was exerted, can't be cause of injury. Jason thoughts had begun to slur into short, and incomplete sentences. He quickly deduced that there had been damage done by Ashleigh that couldn't be seen by most people, something not physical. Bingo.
"Vedika, this is gonna sound weird but your injury isn't physical." Jason started cautiously. "I think whatever Ashleigh accidentally did to us, affected you differently. I think it's caused your subconscious to do this to you." He finished, praying he didn't sound like a nut. | Vedika Venkatraman"Perfection consists not in doing extraordinary things, but in doing ordinary things extraordinarily well."-Angelique Arnauld
Age: 18
Appearance:Vedika is 5'2" and weighs 130lbs. She has light-brown skin, hazel eyes, and shoulder-length brown hair. Even when not smiling, her face appears cheerful, and when she does smile it's an innocent, dorky sort of smile.
Personality:Vedika is energetic and friendly, always willing to go out of her way to help others. She has an independent spirit that falls just short of rebellion. She goes everywhere at top speed, parkours like a daredevil, and tends to use unorthodox openings as entrances. Though not bad at schoolwork, she tends to prioritize the needs of others, getting involved in other projects, often letting her grades slip, accepting punishments with a grin. She is straightforward and honest to a fault, and can become uncomfortably chummy, often acting unnecessarily like a big sister. Her life goal is simply to be helpful to others, and she pushes herself hard to achieve this. She sees her ability as the ultimate vehicle for her to become uniquely helpful and strives to perfect it.
History:Some call her 'Vivi', sometimes she goes by 'Victory', Vedika Venkatraman is the daughter of an immigrant couple from India, come to America looking to eke out an opportunity. Her mother is a software engineer and her father is a stay-at-home dad taking care of her and her several younger siblings. As the eldest, she learned from her father the responsibilities of taking care of the household. At school, she defended herself, her younger siblings, and her friends from bullies. She was always known to be a scrappy little tomboy, climbing trees, climbing buildings, and getting into scuffles. One time when she was 13, a particularly nasty and racist bully got extremely aggressive and violent. Vedika's power manifested then. He was unable to harm her, and without knowing the other half of her power, she killed him in one punch. Soon the men in suits came and took her away. She doesn't know what they told her parents, maybe they thought she was in a juvenile detention facility. That's when she became a student at the school.
Vajra:Vajra is the philosophical concept of absolute perfection: embodying the lightning, energy, pure in its instance and intensity and capable of destroying all other materials that would cross its path; embodying the diamond, clear, eternal and indestructible. This is what Vedika has chosen to call her ability which centers around the vague concept of the manipulation of 'biological energy', though researchers on the phenomenon have also dubbed it as "Absolute Terror Field", "Hedgehog's Dilemma", "Self-Other Dichotomy", or "Lennard-Jones Potential". It essentially manifests as a form of martial art technique reminiscent of ancient mystical forms of 'chi' or 'chakra' control, granting Vedika an aura that allows her to wield two main abilities, Penetrating Strike, and Absolute Defense, and one secondary ability, Aura Transfer.
Penetrating Strike allows Vedika to transfer a part of her aura through physical contact to disrupt those of others, allowing her to bypass physical defense, allowing her strikes to resonate past barriers and cause internal damage. This does not amplify her damage, it merely causes it to transfer towards the nearest and weakest parts of the body and concentrate there, so her strikes still need to be full-force and actually manage to hit. For example, punches to the torso do mostly organ damage, while punches to the limbs mostly target the joints. Vedika needs to activate the ability consciously for each separate strike and has taught herself never to strike the head with this ability activated for fear of causing severe brain, eye, throat, or inner ear damage.Absolute Defense allows her to solidify her own aura, creating a rejection of all external physical impacts. This ability is not 'always on' and must be activated and maintained with stability and concentration. Vedika must usually adopt a 'stance' to activate this ability.Aura Transfer allows Vedika to transfer these techniques to others through physical contact, usually by placing her palms on the receiver's shoulders. She usually uses this to give others Absolute Defense to protect them from damage. Like Absolute Defense, Vedika usually must adopt a stable stance to use this ability, though the same is not required of her target.It is hypothesized that at some point, Vedika will learn how to 'project' her aura, granting ranged 'energy blasts', though this has not yet been confirmed.
Some believe that the strength of her ability is tied to her strong sense of self coupled with her strong sense of altruism. Stability is necessary for her ability to be at full power, this includes physical, mental, and emotional stability. Because of her ability, Vedika has never learned an actual fighting style, knowing how to throw maybe 3-4 basic types of punches, and even fewer types of kicks because she has never needed to get around someone's defenses. She doesn't really know any blocking techniques either as she has never needed to defend herself.
Allergies: N/A
Pre-existing conditions: N/A |
44,174 | 1,205 | 174 | 377 | 25,988 | Ashleigh
Ashleigh stirred as Aliaster's voice came over the speakers. She gave a small whining sound, and looked up at Paulina. There was no way Ashleigh was going to miss this meeting. She had done something, she wasn't sure what, but she was definetely going to figure out what she had done and how. She shifted, trying break free of Paulina's grip, figuring she wouldn't let her go.
"Please, lets go to this meeting. I need to know what I did, please" She begged Paulina, looking up at her, almost begging, and perhaps Paulina might feel a little bit of pleading slip through the skin to skin contact. She needed to know what she had done to the spirit world, so she wouldn't mess it up again, and cause Liam pain and suffering.
"I need to know if it was because I took the bracelet off, or how I diffused Alaister's pain. Please, Paulina. Let me go kitchen" colour had seemed to return to her cheeks, and her voice appeared slightly stronger, perhaps an improvement brought on by the skin to skin contact, the positive emotions of Paulina herself. Ashleigh didn't know.
She just knew she needed to be there. | Ashleigh Shephard
"Look, you don't understand, people are complex. Their emotions are even more so. You put that altogether, not being able to stop feeling it, and it would drive you crazy too"
Appearance:
Asheligh stands at 5"6, her black hair extends to her shoulders, her brown eyes are deep and troubled. She has a light skin tone, and a fine complextion. She has a scar under one eye, faded and old. She typically wears dark clothes, almost "Punk" Like.
Personality:
Ashleigh is a troubled individual. She keeps to herself, prefering her own company then the heart ache others can bring. She is a quite, almost soft young woman. She rarely raises her voice, and indeed she rarely voices her opinion, prefering to watch situations as they happen. She rarely lets anyone come close to her, for fear of getting hurt again.
She is however a rather kind individual, willing to put aside her own fears and doubts for others, particularly if she cares about them. If she can be convinced to let someone it, she will be a valuble asset. However, she considers herself weak and suspetable, based on her past.
History:
Ashleigh was born addicted to drugs. Her mother hadn't been aware she was pregnant, until she was 7 months along, and by then it was too dangerous to clean up her act. So Ashleigh was born a drug addict. As both went through care to become clean, her mother vowed to do anythhing she could to stay clean, and give Ashleigh the life she deserved.
Ashleigh however was a troubled individual. Her abilities affected her immensely, and by the time she was 12, she was once more a drug addict, taking whatever she could get her hands on, she didn't care as long as it helped. By 15, she had been in and out of hopsitals, rehabs and other such facilities more times then she'd been in school. By 16, she was in love and had cleaned up her act.
By 17, she was near death, beaten up by the one person she thought she could love forever. This was when her mother had to stop holding on, and having heard about the acadmey, she sent Ashleigh there, for she couldn't deny that Ashleigh didn't have special gifts.
Metahuman Classification:
A living curse That's what Asheligh thinks of her abilties. She wishes she never had them, and constantly seeks ways of dulling their affects on her. But she can never get rid of them. Even drugs lost their effect, once Ashleigh found she could heal herself. A living curse, and one she can't escape from.
Empathy
This is Ashelighs main ability, it's strong, and it causes her pain. The ability to feel others emotions, to constantly feel everything going on around her. She can't control it, can't stop the torrent of emotions. She can control peoples emotions, but she prefers not to.
Telekinesis
This is actually Ashleighs only power she doesn't wish gone. The ability to make things move? She thinks its way cool.
Healing
The ability to heal might be someone elses dream, but for Ashleigh, touching people is hard, that explosion of emotion...she can't take it. The ability to heal comes from the mere fact she can follow emotions to the source of the injury, and then use the bodies own empathic state to heal. While it is effective, it exhausts both the user and the patient, and as such there is a risk for large injuries.
Allergies:
None
Pre-existing conditions:
Addicted to drugs. |
44,175 | 1,205 | 175 | 2,502 | 1,203 | Paulina Benson
It took some time, but eventually Paulina was able to make it to her room. She knew from prior experience that whenever her friend was taxed too much, the best thing was for her to just sleep it off. The entire way, Paulina kept talking in the same low, soothing voice.
”I… I took it off…”
”I know, I saw you. It was a very brave thing to do.”
"Its...it doesn't dull my effect on others, enough..."
”It’s okay, we’ll make it stronger, I promise. Nobody got hurt, everything will be fine. You just rest.” Using her elbow to open the door, Paulina slipped into her dorm room and gently laid her friend on her bed. ”We can talk about it when you're feeling up to it, okay?”
"Liam is scared....It's my fault, whatever I did with Alister...."
Crawling onto the bed and laying down beside Ashleigh, Paulina smiled and tucked the empath’s head against her chest, softly brushing her hair with her fingers. ”No, Ash, it wasn't your fault. It was just an accident, we'll figure it out. Besides, Liam’s a big boy, I'm sure he can handle whatever is going on. First you need to recover, alright? Then we'll get everything sorted out. “
Internally, Paulina was already trying to puzzle through what happened. Something had set her sensitive friend off, something sudden that had caught her by surprise. The telekinetic wave had obviously been an instinctive attempt to defend herself from whatever “it” was. Right after that was when Liam told everybody to leave, which meant that Ashleigh’s “push” must have also disturbed the ghosts that she had seen while she had been in Liam’s body.
"Alister....must talk to..."
”Shh. We'll talk to him after you've rested a bit,” she murmured. The triggerpoint, however, had been Alister. He'd been the one who had shouted first. Whatever had happened to him, Ashleigh must have felt it. So the question then was, what had set Alister off? She hadn't been paying much attention to what he had been doing in the class, so it was difficult to say. Whatever the case, they were definitely going to have to have another talk.
It could happen later, however. Right now, she had higher prior-
”Ashleigh, Paulina, Jason, Vedica, and whoever else this may concern. This is Alister. Meet myself and Liam for dinner in the kitchen down the hall. Room 34-A. It's an urgent matter please be present ASAP. Thank you"
Glancing up at the ceiling, Paulina frowned. What the hell is he doing? Did he sneak into the office? He should be resting as well! At this rate, he was going to hurt himself even further, however he managed to do it the first time. And what do him and Liam want to talk about?
”Paulina…”
Blinking, she looked down at Ashleigh, the girl's face looking surprisingly concerned. "Please, let's go to this meeting. I need to know what I did, please. I need to know if it was because I took the bracelet off, or how I diffused Alister's pain. Please, Paulina. Let me go kitchen."
The request made Paulina’s frown deepen. ”Are you sure? That class took a lot out of you. I'm sure we could figure out some way of participating remotely.” The scientist in Paulina very much did want to go, if only for the opportunity to question Alister about what had happened. But she was a friend first and foremost; magical science would always be secondary to that. | Paulina Benson
Chaos magic is the idea that a particular set of beliefs serves as an active force in the world. In other words, we choose what and how we believe, and our beliefs are tools that we then use to make things happen... or not. - Sophia Amoruso
Appearance: Paulina is quite tall and slim, standing at 5’9”. Her skin is very fair due to the amount of time she spends indoors, and she frequently changes the colour of her waist-length hair. Because of her deteriorating vision, she wears a pair of corrective glasses that double as sunglasses.
Age: 19
Personality: Paulina is an exceptionally… focused woman. An intellectual at heart, she spends most of her time experimenting with her magic and documenting her findings. She’s also keenly interested in the powers of others, and is gradually building up a research database on all things supernatural, paranatural, magical, and otherwise “weird”.
She’s not very fond of fighting, and as such tends to find more mundane uses for her magic. For example, she has melted runes into the soles of all her shoes that enable her to float a few inches off the ground, letting her “skate” through the air.
History: When Mihkail and Sophia Benson brought their daughter Paulina into the world, she should have had a bright future. Intelligent, curious, gifted with a knack for computer programming and attractive as she grew into her teenage years, she should have had every opportunity open before her. Instead, the only future that she would know was one of darkness. In her early teens, Paulina was diagnosed with Stargardt disease, a genetic condition that caused degeneration of the eyes, with a strong possibility of losing her sight completely as her eyes clouded over. With no cure and any possible treatments still extremely early in their development, Paulina had to accept the fact that she would lose the one thing that many people took for granted; being able to see the world. This fact sent her into a depression, and at night her most fervent wish was to regain what was being slowly taken away from her.
Whether some greater entity heard her wish and took pity on her, or if the strength of her desire was what ignited her power, none may ever know. Whatever the case, there came a day where things… changed, as though something about the world was different in a small, yet crucial way. Paulina felt connected to the world, to reality, in a way that was difficult for her to describe; like the real world was as much at her command as the virtual one. Now, she devotes herself to exploring more about this connection.
Metahuman Classification:
Runic Magic: through the use of hermetic runes, Paulina can create different magical enchantments. These enchantments range from controlling different elements and reactions, to enchanting objects that bear her runes with different qualities, even bringing them to “life”. She is particularly interested in body modification enchantments, and harbors a secret hope that she can cure herself this way.
Because the exact effects she creates must be described by the runes themselves, she must be very specific about what she wants to happen. Additionally, any effects have an energy cost that must come from somewhere, either from herself or some other external source.
If her runes are damaged or disrupted, it can interrupt or end whatever effect she is trying to create, or even cause them to go haywire. Additionally, while Paulina is very flexible in what effects and enchantments she can create, both in terms of combat and utility, she must have a clear understanding of what it is she wants to do and time to prepare her runes.
Allergies: none
Pre-existing conditions: Paulina has been diagnosed with Stargardt disease, a genetic condition that leads to blindness. Currently she is very sensitive to sudden changes in brightness and needs powerful corrective lenses to see clearly. |
44,176 | 1,205 | 176 | 377 | 25,988 | Ashleigh knew that Paulina meant well. She shook her head and said "No, you know as well as I that I need to be there in person. My nerves maybe shot, but I can withstand their emotions so long as I don't touch them. And they don't go bat crap crazy" Although she wasn't too sure about that, she knew she was better being there. "Doing it at a distant might be better for me, but it won't help to figure out what happened. Maybe if I'm close to Aliaster, to Liam, we can figure it out" She looked up at Paulina and gave a sigh.
Shifting, she stood up shakily, but appeared to hold herself up. She didn't sway, thankfully. But she shook. "You can't increase the bracelet anymore. As it is, it afects my body's ability to heal itself. It makes me jones, Paulina. Just enough that I contemplating taking a pill or two. I'm weak. You can't make it any stronger. I need it" She was well aware that that was a type of addiction, but she didn't care. She knew that she was lucky to have her healing ability, that without it, she'd be somewhere in a pit of despire, full of drugs and doing goodness knew what.
Ashleigh ran a hand through her hair, weary. "I can do this, Paulina. Really. If I even look like freaking, you can drag me out. But I need to do this" She looked to Paulina, "Please, help me. My legs are shaking" | Ashleigh Shephard
"Look, you don't understand, people are complex. Their emotions are even more so. You put that altogether, not being able to stop feeling it, and it would drive you crazy too"
Appearance:
Asheligh stands at 5"6, her black hair extends to her shoulders, her brown eyes are deep and troubled. She has a light skin tone, and a fine complextion. She has a scar under one eye, faded and old. She typically wears dark clothes, almost "Punk" Like.
Personality:
Ashleigh is a troubled individual. She keeps to herself, prefering her own company then the heart ache others can bring. She is a quite, almost soft young woman. She rarely raises her voice, and indeed she rarely voices her opinion, prefering to watch situations as they happen. She rarely lets anyone come close to her, for fear of getting hurt again.
She is however a rather kind individual, willing to put aside her own fears and doubts for others, particularly if she cares about them. If she can be convinced to let someone it, she will be a valuble asset. However, she considers herself weak and suspetable, based on her past.
History:
Ashleigh was born addicted to drugs. Her mother hadn't been aware she was pregnant, until she was 7 months along, and by then it was too dangerous to clean up her act. So Ashleigh was born a drug addict. As both went through care to become clean, her mother vowed to do anythhing she could to stay clean, and give Ashleigh the life she deserved.
Ashleigh however was a troubled individual. Her abilities affected her immensely, and by the time she was 12, she was once more a drug addict, taking whatever she could get her hands on, she didn't care as long as it helped. By 15, she had been in and out of hopsitals, rehabs and other such facilities more times then she'd been in school. By 16, she was in love and had cleaned up her act.
By 17, she was near death, beaten up by the one person she thought she could love forever. This was when her mother had to stop holding on, and having heard about the acadmey, she sent Ashleigh there, for she couldn't deny that Ashleigh didn't have special gifts.
Metahuman Classification:
A living curse That's what Asheligh thinks of her abilties. She wishes she never had them, and constantly seeks ways of dulling their affects on her. But she can never get rid of them. Even drugs lost their effect, once Ashleigh found she could heal herself. A living curse, and one she can't escape from.
Empathy
This is Ashelighs main ability, it's strong, and it causes her pain. The ability to feel others emotions, to constantly feel everything going on around her. She can't control it, can't stop the torrent of emotions. She can control peoples emotions, but she prefers not to.
Telekinesis
This is actually Ashleighs only power she doesn't wish gone. The ability to make things move? She thinks its way cool.
Healing
The ability to heal might be someone elses dream, but for Ashleigh, touching people is hard, that explosion of emotion...she can't take it. The ability to heal comes from the mere fact she can follow emotions to the source of the injury, and then use the bodies own empathic state to heal. While it is effective, it exhausts both the user and the patient, and as such there is a risk for large injuries.
Allergies:
None
Pre-existing conditions:
Addicted to drugs. |
44,177 | 1,205 | 177 | 2,305 | 2,031 | "Vedika, this is gonna sound weird but your injury isn't physical." Jason started cautiously. "I think whatever Ashleigh accidentally did to us, affected you differently. I think it's caused your subconscious to do this to you." He finished, praying he didn't sound like a nut.
Vedika narrowed her eyes a bit. "I said it wasn't Ash!" Vedika defended, more vehemently than she had intended, "It might have been that other boy."
Vedika didn't realize the contradiction in saying that it might be Alister but not Ashleigh. She had nothing concrete to base her statement on, only a desire to not want Ashleigh to suffer the guilt. Thinking back she remembered feeling something off just moments prior to Alister screaming and the explosion. It had to do with Liam and Paulina, but she wasn't sure what.
"But you're probably right in that it's not physical," Vedika acquiesced. "What do you suggest?"
Because they were in the infirmary and not their dorm rooms, Vedika and Jason wouldn't hear Alister's PA announcement. | Vedika Venkatraman"Perfection consists not in doing extraordinary things, but in doing ordinary things extraordinarily well."-Angelique Arnauld
Age: 18
Appearance:Vedika is 5'2" and weighs 130lbs. She has light-brown skin, hazel eyes, and shoulder-length brown hair. Even when not smiling, her face appears cheerful, and when she does smile it's an innocent, dorky sort of smile.
Personality:Vedika is energetic and friendly, always willing to go out of her way to help others. She has an independent spirit that falls just short of rebellion. She goes everywhere at top speed, parkours like a daredevil, and tends to use unorthodox openings as entrances. Though not bad at schoolwork, she tends to prioritize the needs of others, getting involved in other projects, often letting her grades slip, accepting punishments with a grin. She is straightforward and honest to a fault, and can become uncomfortably chummy, often acting unnecessarily like a big sister. Her life goal is simply to be helpful to others, and she pushes herself hard to achieve this. She sees her ability as the ultimate vehicle for her to become uniquely helpful and strives to perfect it.
History:Some call her 'Vivi', sometimes she goes by 'Victory', Vedika Venkatraman is the daughter of an immigrant couple from India, come to America looking to eke out an opportunity. Her mother is a software engineer and her father is a stay-at-home dad taking care of her and her several younger siblings. As the eldest, she learned from her father the responsibilities of taking care of the household. At school, she defended herself, her younger siblings, and her friends from bullies. She was always known to be a scrappy little tomboy, climbing trees, climbing buildings, and getting into scuffles. One time when she was 13, a particularly nasty and racist bully got extremely aggressive and violent. Vedika's power manifested then. He was unable to harm her, and without knowing the other half of her power, she killed him in one punch. Soon the men in suits came and took her away. She doesn't know what they told her parents, maybe they thought she was in a juvenile detention facility. That's when she became a student at the school.
Vajra:Vajra is the philosophical concept of absolute perfection: embodying the lightning, energy, pure in its instance and intensity and capable of destroying all other materials that would cross its path; embodying the diamond, clear, eternal and indestructible. This is what Vedika has chosen to call her ability which centers around the vague concept of the manipulation of 'biological energy', though researchers on the phenomenon have also dubbed it as "Absolute Terror Field", "Hedgehog's Dilemma", "Self-Other Dichotomy", or "Lennard-Jones Potential". It essentially manifests as a form of martial art technique reminiscent of ancient mystical forms of 'chi' or 'chakra' control, granting Vedika an aura that allows her to wield two main abilities, Penetrating Strike, and Absolute Defense, and one secondary ability, Aura Transfer.
Penetrating Strike allows Vedika to transfer a part of her aura through physical contact to disrupt those of others, allowing her to bypass physical defense, allowing her strikes to resonate past barriers and cause internal damage. This does not amplify her damage, it merely causes it to transfer towards the nearest and weakest parts of the body and concentrate there, so her strikes still need to be full-force and actually manage to hit. For example, punches to the torso do mostly organ damage, while punches to the limbs mostly target the joints. Vedika needs to activate the ability consciously for each separate strike and has taught herself never to strike the head with this ability activated for fear of causing severe brain, eye, throat, or inner ear damage.Absolute Defense allows her to solidify her own aura, creating a rejection of all external physical impacts. This ability is not 'always on' and must be activated and maintained with stability and concentration. Vedika must usually adopt a 'stance' to activate this ability.Aura Transfer allows Vedika to transfer these techniques to others through physical contact, usually by placing her palms on the receiver's shoulders. She usually uses this to give others Absolute Defense to protect them from damage. Like Absolute Defense, Vedika usually must adopt a stable stance to use this ability, though the same is not required of her target.It is hypothesized that at some point, Vedika will learn how to 'project' her aura, granting ranged 'energy blasts', though this has not yet been confirmed.
Some believe that the strength of her ability is tied to her strong sense of self coupled with her strong sense of altruism. Stability is necessary for her ability to be at full power, this includes physical, mental, and emotional stability. Because of her ability, Vedika has never learned an actual fighting style, knowing how to throw maybe 3-4 basic types of punches, and even fewer types of kicks because she has never needed to get around someone's defenses. She doesn't really know any blocking techniques either as she has never needed to defend herself.
Allergies: N/A
Pre-existing conditions: N/A |
44,178 | 1,205 | 178 | 2,502 | 1,203 | Paulina Benson
In a heartbeat, Paulina was up and half-hugging, half-supporting Ashleigh. ”You are not weak, Ash,” she murmured into her ear, ”You’re one of the strongest people I know.” Drawing away a little to look at her face, Paulina smiled warmly and proudly. ”Certainly stronger than me.”
It was true. While Paulina couldn’t know what it was like to be in her friend’s shoes, to feel all the varied and constantly changing emotions of everyone around, she likened it to being in a crowded room with everyone shouting at the top of their lungs at once. In comparison, going blind didn’t seem too bad. The fact that Ashleigh even got out of bed each day was amazing, and it was that strength and bravery that inspired her to keep trying with her own project. And it was that reason why, if Ashleigh were to ever ask her of anything, and Paulina thought it would help, she couldn’t say no.
She shifted around so that she was under Ashleigh’s arm, ready to support as much weight as her friend needed. ”If you’re sure that you want to do this, then okay. I’ll be right beside you if it becomes too much.” Smiling warmly, Paulina kissed her friend on the cheek. ”And Ash? I am really proud of you, for trying to help Alister,” she said, making no effort to hide that pride and admiration.
The pair slowly made their way towards the kitchen, waving at the pair of boys who were waiting for them as Paulina helped Ashleigh into a chair. ”Well, we’re here boys. I think I can guess most of what happened, but let’s hear it from you.” | Paulina Benson
Chaos magic is the idea that a particular set of beliefs serves as an active force in the world. In other words, we choose what and how we believe, and our beliefs are tools that we then use to make things happen... or not. - Sophia Amoruso
Appearance: Paulina is quite tall and slim, standing at 5’9”. Her skin is very fair due to the amount of time she spends indoors, and she frequently changes the colour of her waist-length hair. Because of her deteriorating vision, she wears a pair of corrective glasses that double as sunglasses.
Age: 19
Personality: Paulina is an exceptionally… focused woman. An intellectual at heart, she spends most of her time experimenting with her magic and documenting her findings. She’s also keenly interested in the powers of others, and is gradually building up a research database on all things supernatural, paranatural, magical, and otherwise “weird”.
She’s not very fond of fighting, and as such tends to find more mundane uses for her magic. For example, she has melted runes into the soles of all her shoes that enable her to float a few inches off the ground, letting her “skate” through the air.
History: When Mihkail and Sophia Benson brought their daughter Paulina into the world, she should have had a bright future. Intelligent, curious, gifted with a knack for computer programming and attractive as she grew into her teenage years, she should have had every opportunity open before her. Instead, the only future that she would know was one of darkness. In her early teens, Paulina was diagnosed with Stargardt disease, a genetic condition that caused degeneration of the eyes, with a strong possibility of losing her sight completely as her eyes clouded over. With no cure and any possible treatments still extremely early in their development, Paulina had to accept the fact that she would lose the one thing that many people took for granted; being able to see the world. This fact sent her into a depression, and at night her most fervent wish was to regain what was being slowly taken away from her.
Whether some greater entity heard her wish and took pity on her, or if the strength of her desire was what ignited her power, none may ever know. Whatever the case, there came a day where things… changed, as though something about the world was different in a small, yet crucial way. Paulina felt connected to the world, to reality, in a way that was difficult for her to describe; like the real world was as much at her command as the virtual one. Now, she devotes herself to exploring more about this connection.
Metahuman Classification:
Runic Magic: through the use of hermetic runes, Paulina can create different magical enchantments. These enchantments range from controlling different elements and reactions, to enchanting objects that bear her runes with different qualities, even bringing them to “life”. She is particularly interested in body modification enchantments, and harbors a secret hope that she can cure herself this way.
Because the exact effects she creates must be described by the runes themselves, she must be very specific about what she wants to happen. Additionally, any effects have an energy cost that must come from somewhere, either from herself or some other external source.
If her runes are damaged or disrupted, it can interrupt or end whatever effect she is trying to create, or even cause them to go haywire. Additionally, while Paulina is very flexible in what effects and enchantments she can create, both in terms of combat and utility, she must have a clear understanding of what it is she wants to do and time to prepare her runes.
Allergies: none
Pre-existing conditions: Paulina has been diagnosed with Stargardt disease, a genetic condition that leads to blindness. Currently she is very sensitive to sudden changes in brightness and needs powerful corrective lenses to see clearly. |
44,179 | 1,205 | 179 | 2,305 | 2,031 | "Calm down vedika, I'm not blaming her." Jason started defensively. But then he realized that even he thought it sounded like he was blaming her. He had started talking objectively rather than subjectively. Yeah that came out wrong. "At least, I didn't mean to..." He replied guiltily. "Look what I meant to say is it had to do with ash, her mental powers. I can't tell you how to fix this, because I'm not entirely sure what's going on with you. Jason harshly racked his brain for a solution, he had never seen anything like this. Then a light went off somewhere in Jason's head.
"Hey I got it! Try meditating like you were earlier. 'Search your feelings luke'." He laughed. "Sorry about that but seriously, maybe then you can see what's wrong and fix it yourself." He finished | Vedika Venkatraman"Perfection consists not in doing extraordinary things, but in doing ordinary things extraordinarily well."-Angelique Arnauld
Age: 18
Appearance:Vedika is 5'2" and weighs 130lbs. She has light-brown skin, hazel eyes, and shoulder-length brown hair. Even when not smiling, her face appears cheerful, and when she does smile it's an innocent, dorky sort of smile.
Personality:Vedika is energetic and friendly, always willing to go out of her way to help others. She has an independent spirit that falls just short of rebellion. She goes everywhere at top speed, parkours like a daredevil, and tends to use unorthodox openings as entrances. Though not bad at schoolwork, she tends to prioritize the needs of others, getting involved in other projects, often letting her grades slip, accepting punishments with a grin. She is straightforward and honest to a fault, and can become uncomfortably chummy, often acting unnecessarily like a big sister. Her life goal is simply to be helpful to others, and she pushes herself hard to achieve this. She sees her ability as the ultimate vehicle for her to become uniquely helpful and strives to perfect it.
History:Some call her 'Vivi', sometimes she goes by 'Victory', Vedika Venkatraman is the daughter of an immigrant couple from India, come to America looking to eke out an opportunity. Her mother is a software engineer and her father is a stay-at-home dad taking care of her and her several younger siblings. As the eldest, she learned from her father the responsibilities of taking care of the household. At school, she defended herself, her younger siblings, and her friends from bullies. She was always known to be a scrappy little tomboy, climbing trees, climbing buildings, and getting into scuffles. One time when she was 13, a particularly nasty and racist bully got extremely aggressive and violent. Vedika's power manifested then. He was unable to harm her, and without knowing the other half of her power, she killed him in one punch. Soon the men in suits came and took her away. She doesn't know what they told her parents, maybe they thought she was in a juvenile detention facility. That's when she became a student at the school.
Vajra:Vajra is the philosophical concept of absolute perfection: embodying the lightning, energy, pure in its instance and intensity and capable of destroying all other materials that would cross its path; embodying the diamond, clear, eternal and indestructible. This is what Vedika has chosen to call her ability which centers around the vague concept of the manipulation of 'biological energy', though researchers on the phenomenon have also dubbed it as "Absolute Terror Field", "Hedgehog's Dilemma", "Self-Other Dichotomy", or "Lennard-Jones Potential". It essentially manifests as a form of martial art technique reminiscent of ancient mystical forms of 'chi' or 'chakra' control, granting Vedika an aura that allows her to wield two main abilities, Penetrating Strike, and Absolute Defense, and one secondary ability, Aura Transfer.
Penetrating Strike allows Vedika to transfer a part of her aura through physical contact to disrupt those of others, allowing her to bypass physical defense, allowing her strikes to resonate past barriers and cause internal damage. This does not amplify her damage, it merely causes it to transfer towards the nearest and weakest parts of the body and concentrate there, so her strikes still need to be full-force and actually manage to hit. For example, punches to the torso do mostly organ damage, while punches to the limbs mostly target the joints. Vedika needs to activate the ability consciously for each separate strike and has taught herself never to strike the head with this ability activated for fear of causing severe brain, eye, throat, or inner ear damage.Absolute Defense allows her to solidify her own aura, creating a rejection of all external physical impacts. This ability is not 'always on' and must be activated and maintained with stability and concentration. Vedika must usually adopt a 'stance' to activate this ability.Aura Transfer allows Vedika to transfer these techniques to others through physical contact, usually by placing her palms on the receiver's shoulders. She usually uses this to give others Absolute Defense to protect them from damage. Like Absolute Defense, Vedika usually must adopt a stable stance to use this ability, though the same is not required of her target.It is hypothesized that at some point, Vedika will learn how to 'project' her aura, granting ranged 'energy blasts', though this has not yet been confirmed.
Some believe that the strength of her ability is tied to her strong sense of self coupled with her strong sense of altruism. Stability is necessary for her ability to be at full power, this includes physical, mental, and emotional stability. Because of her ability, Vedika has never learned an actual fighting style, knowing how to throw maybe 3-4 basic types of punches, and even fewer types of kicks because she has never needed to get around someone's defenses. She doesn't really know any blocking techniques either as she has never needed to defend herself.
Allergies: N/A
Pre-existing conditions: N/A |
44,180 | 1,205 | 180 | 2,470 | 2,686 | Liam Pyne
Liam set dinner on the table in front of the small gathered group. “Are you the only ones who are coming.” The young man’s earlier mildly pleased demeanor was gone and in its place was worry lines and a tired expression. Dinner had turned out to be mildly therapeutic as it had allowed him to put away his fears and focus on something mundane. The dinner ended up being a whole lot simpler than he normally cooked: Beef stroganov and steamed vegetables. Settling into the chair across from the two girls he set a mug on the table in front of him. Liam would get to the food eventually but for now he simply ran his finger around the lip of the black ceramic mug; the front of which featured a papyrus motify. It was an image from the egyptian book of the dead, when he was younger he’d been obsessed with egyptian ancient history.
“Might as well start eating. I was hoping perhaps we’d see more but if it's just the four of us this might be easier to explain.” Looking over Paulina’s shoulder he pursed his lips. Arty ghosted by behind her a very determined look on his face. Hopefully he was alright after this afternoon but the spirits around the Academy had been incredibly sour all day. Taking a long sip from the mug he continued to peer down the hallway lost in thought. Mostly it was about the afternoon but occasionally his thoughts wandered towards his family and everything that had led up to this. Keeping his face carefully schooled he did his best to try and do the same with his emotions. It had been incredibly apparent just how sensitive Ashleigh was to others feelings and it was the least he could do to help her out. | Liam Pyne
An idea, like a ghost, must be talked to a little before it will explain itself
Appearance: While not a small person Liam has a slighter build befitting that of someone who exercises when time permits. Standing at 5'9”, largely an academic, Liam’s exercise usually comes in the form of having to help as spirit get some place out of the way. As a result of this sporadic exercise Liam’s build is rather average in terms of muscle. With the constant practice in the gym Liam has grown good at one thing. Liam is an excellent runner and has deccent hand eye coordination. The skills he has picked up are often used to get him out of trouble when he sticks his nose in somewhere it doesn’t belong.
Liam sports short light brown hair and has eyes that range in color from bright blue to a muted green. While Liam is not one to run around outside every day he is not pale with a healthy light skin tone. Most people would call Liam moderately attractive but he is not that far above average in his looks.
Personality: Liam is a genuine gentle soul who often comes off as a shy shut in. Many have taken Liam’s generally non confrontational personality to mean that he is a pushover or any easy target; often this ends in the bully finding out that Liam is not an easy target and Liam having to get stitches. Those who get to know Liam find him to be a rather witty and intelligent individual willing to stand up for those he cares about regardless of harm to himself.
With all of his positive qualities Liam has a dark side stemming from his powers. From an early age Liam's fascination with the occult and the dead has limited his relationships. Often those who get to know him are put off by his power or by the fact that he willingly spends time with those who have passed on. Liam is one of few people who can bring the dead closure, as a result he feels obligated to help. This societal shunning has rendered Liam incredibly wary of others as he feels that those who get close to him will either leave when they find out the extent of his abilities; or will be pushed away by what he feels is his responsibility.
Given a lack of an active social life Liam excels at academics as any time that isn’t spent working on his talents is inevitably spent studying or reading. Liam’s academic proficiency has also lent itself to his shut in personality; however this is assumption about his personality is often made after others find out what his grades are like, not something that Liam actively advertises.
History: Born in a rural small town Liam was a popular exuberant child growing up. Most said Liam had a super human grasp on life and that “this child was going to go far”. On Liam’s 13th birthday he began having troubles at school and with other kids. The light hadn’t gone out in his eyes it had just become more determined than ever before. From that day forward Liam had become an totally different person; often seeking out local spots which were rumored to be haunted or other things of that nature. Over the next three years Liam continued to grow more and more distant from his family and friends.
In the end everything came to a head when Liam was sixteen. While poking around an abandoned barn rumored to be the home of the ghost of an old man Liam happened across a group of older guys who had brought a pair of young girls to the barn for a “night of fun”. Upon realizing what was happening Liam tried to stop them but was beat severely.
What happened next is still unclear but Liam returned with a vengeance in his eyes and an old double barreled shotgun under his arm. Three of the guys went to the hospital that night and one died on the operating table from his wounds. Neither of the girls would make a statement and Liam claimed he couldn’t remember what had happened just that he felt like he wasn’t in control of his own body. Over the next several months Liam would have similarly strange episodes until one day something altogether different found its way into Liam’s body. When the authorities were finally able to rescue Liam’s family Liam had boarded them in his parents room and was preparing to set the house ablaze.
After being taken to a mental institute for rehabilitation it was deemed necessary to attempt something unorthodox. A spiritual medium was brought in to assess Liam and it was deemed necessary to perform an exorcism. The ritual was performed with written approval from the Vatican itself and in the controlled confines of the asylum under the guidance of the medium who was called to asses Liam and the supervision of the psychiatric staff. Properly restrained Liam did not hurt anyone and the presence was expelled with only a few hours of time with the Priest.
When Liam was finally deemed psychologically sound he was sent home for a week before being packed up and shipped off to the academy to be supervised and trained in proper use of his abilities. Over the last two years Liam’s powers have grown steadily allowing him to more safely use them to benefit the denizens of the world Beyond.
Metahuman Classification: Spiritual Vessel (Medium)
Beyond the Veil: Liam can see ghosts when he opens his eyes and ears to the spirit world. This power is fully voluntary unless a spirit is powerful enough to make its presence physically know by crossing the Veil. Often times when Liam is not using his Sight more frustrated powerful ghosts who want his attention will make alterations to his environment (knocking over objects, breaking mirrors, etc.) causing discomfort for those in Liam’s vicinity when he is dealing with a persistent potent spirit. The effects of these spirits seemed to be lessened in the presence of more than two or three people or in the presence of sterile rooms and cutting edge technology.
Voluntary Possession: Liam has the ability to allow a spirit to share his body. In so doing Liam can allow a Spirit to talk to those in the mortal world or to even carry out acts they need to move on from a state of unrest. This ability also allows Liam to make use of a ghosts knowledge and abilities it had in life. This can include: speaking another language, knowledge about a particular subject matter or even physical capabilities such as martial arts, cooking, or music. The only limit is what Liam is physically capable of doing; regardless of the ghosts ability to do a backflip Liam still may not physically be able to do such a thing.
Exorcism: Liam is fully capable of expelling any spirit who has possessed him. After his encounter with an “Outsider” Liam has worked hard to make himself capable of ejecting unruly spirits at will. Often this is done when a spirit wishes to continue making use of Liam’s body beyond what Liam’s agreed upon terms were. This power also extends to others; in the rare case that a spirit has found a way to possess another person Liam is capable of expelling the spirit from another person body.
Liam has yet to have contact with another “Outsider” and as such he has yet to test his ability to expel an “Outsider” either from himself or from another. Liam has done extensive research on what he has termed “Outsiders” and yet much of what they are remain a mystery.
*Warning: Restricted Ability* Forced Possession: In incredibly controlled settings the instructional staff has tested Liam’s ability to expel a Spirit from his own body into the body of another or even into objects. While the tests were successful they left Liam dangerously fatigued and were deemed too dangerous to the subject of the possession as the process often angered or warped the spirit who was transferred in such a way. The notable exception was Spirits who were transferred willingly into a willing host. The Academy has strictly forbade this use of Liam’s powers. On his own Liam is far too afraid to attempt such a use given its ramifications. To this date the Academy has yet to find a need to discipline Liam for such a use of his abilities and as such it is not limited beyond the confines of the Academy.
*Warning: Restricted Ability* Environment/Spirit Manipulation: It is unknown to what extent Liam can manifest Psychokinetic powers; however the Academy keeps these abilities carefully suppressed with a psychic dampener. Liam manifest what appears to be a potent psychokinetic ability when under the duress of a strong possession.This includes the ability to levitate himself and to move objects with his mind. These abilities also appear to extend to influencing or commanding other less potent Spirits. The speculation by the Academies experts is that the powers are some remnant of the Outsider’s possession of Liam. On his own Liam does have very minimal Telekinetic abilities; however they only go as far as being able to move pennies across tables or rattle bottles. Regardless of the apparent low caliber of the abilities the academy has taken precautions to keep any of Liam’s psychic abilities carefully monitored and dampened for safety reasons.
*Warning: Redacted Ability, Eyes only* Traumatic Telepathy:
*test one*
The subject seems to be capable of digging through the minds of those in the room with him to find their deepest fears and most humiliating moments. After no less than five minutes in the room with him our volunteers were relieved and the test was cancelled. The result appears to be minor damage to the psyche of the recipients. Further tests will be required to determine the full extent of this ability.
*test two*
The subject is apparently capable of inflicting delusions and psychosis on those present and uninsulated from his psychic abilities. After a longer exposure of approximately thirty-three minutes volunteers were released from the test and the subject was exercised according to standard procedure. My final recommendation is that the further tests be canceled and that the subject be properly monitored and psychically dampened. The manifest psychic powers appear to not be a part of the subjects ability to communicate and house Spirits; however they appear to be a side effect of undamped powerful possessions. My conclusion on the subject is that these powers are a result of the Subjects possession by a Class 5 or greater non human psychospiritual entity. Caution is advised in any further use or test of the subject’s Telepathic and Psychokinetic abilities.
Pre-existing conditions: Liam is prone to sleepwalking and occasional bouts of insomnia. This can occasionally be disturbing for those who witness it as he may often appear quite cogent or wake when it happens. |
44,181 | 1,205 | 181 | 1,253 | 386 | Alister sat there waiting for Liam to explain his story. He looked over to ashleigh but lowered his head unsure what to say. Than his eyes turned to Paulina. he knew somehow that she would have blamed him.
This whole situation had been weird but he didn't really know what to say. He was nervous and worried about everyone's emotions, but being an empath himself he knew how to hide his emotions. Alister started eating and sort of just sat there waiting for someone to talk. He wasn't sure what the girls wanted to know. Not to mention he himself didn't really know what it was that Liam had to say. | Jason Blackwell
"When justice is done it brings joy to the righteous but terror to evil doers"-Proverbs 21:15
Appearance:
Black choppy hair that flows. Green eyes. He's 6'2 and well built, but not super bulky. He typically wears something along the lines of a collared t shirt and dark jeans. His muscles are toned, but not gigantic. He's more about power than strength.
Personallity:
A joker and clown at times, but can quickly become serious and observant. He's fairly outgoing and will make friends with just about anyone. He loves to read people; Analyze them physically and emotionally, and draw his own conclusions. He can't stand bullying, or abuse of any kind that he deems unjustified. He revels in bringing pain to those he thinks deserve it, but he's not a black and white thinker. In fact he's a rebel himself. He enjoys breaking rules as long as none gets hurt. He's fiercely loyal and would throw himself under the bus for his friends in a heartbeat.
History:
He grew up in downtown Manhattan for most of his life, however his parents marriage began to fall apart. His dad was always out working and his mother chose to rely on alcohol to fill the hole he left in his absence. Eventually his mother and father came up with the dillusion that starting somewhere fresh could fix things. Despite Jason's protests they ended up moving to Kentucky. While In Kentucky his mother enrolled him in a school for the gifted and talented, which Jason would quickly grow to resent. Due to his accelerated thought processing, he easily scored highly on anything and everything. This quickly made him the target for intense bullying. One day in a physical confrontation with a bully he discovered that when he concentrated, he could appear to slow time.(a result of his high speed processing). With an almost psychotic calmness he simply reached out and snapped each of the boys fingers backwards until the hand was a mangled mess. After he was expelled from the school he dedicated a year to training his body and mind to its peak. He then trained extensively in kick boxing, Brazilian jiu jitsu, and parkour. On Halloween night dressed in a hooded cloak and mask, he went on a spree of vigilante justice viciously assaulting all those who had ever wronged him. At the end of the night he was eventually apprehended by authorities. He faced 25 years in prison. However his defense attorney suggested that there was another place for him that would be better suited for him. The meta human academy.
Classification:
- possesses cognitive acceleration . He can process information at incredible speeds, allowing him to analyze and come to conclusions at an unprecedented rate. His reflexes and reaction time are 5 times that of any other human. When he has to react from his perspective time slows to a crawl. He can process and think at normal speeds giving him more than enough time to plan his every movement. but his movement is also slowed(not super speed)
-His body is trained to near peak performance. He's incredibly strong for his size, while maintaining high levels of agility.
-He's highly proficient in kick boxing, trained by UFC fighter Justine Kish. He also has extensive training in Brazilian jiu jitsu(a grappling martial art mainly involving joint locks, chokes, and other submissions)
-Highly skilled in both parkour and rock climbing. Can scale most buildings as long as there are ledges, handholds, or even cracks. |
44,182 | 1,205 | 182 | 377 | 25,988 | And that's your fault. You keep on trying to get me out, and now look, I'm stuck helping people Ashleigh said, yet her tone was joking, and she leaned quite companionable against Paulina as she helped her out. She was more then grateful for the chair when they get there, and she sat there a moment, resting her elbows on the table and her head in her hands, breathing in and out slowly. She sighed heavily, leaning back after a moment,glancing at them all.
"I can feel you trying not to feel, Liam. You don't need to dull yourself for my sake. I'm okay" She said, deciding she might as well start this meeting, as it seemed that no one else was going to. She looked over to Aliaster, but he certainly seemed much better off then she herself did. Just what were the differences to their abilities? She tilted her head, thoughtful. She figured she was stronger, given that it was whatever she did that caused all this...
"I don't know what I did. All I sought to do was sooth away the pain so it wouldn't effect me. Touch works better with my abilities, in focusing on one person. It makes my abilities stronger as well. I don't know whether it was because we share some similar abilities or what, but...It was like...like we were just bouncing the pain back and forth like a game of pong, or tennis. And that just made everything worse." She was frustrated, because she couldn't figure out just what happened, no matter how many times she played it through her head. She shifted nervously, closing her eyes. that's not mine. She wasn't sure of much, but she knew her own emotions.
She drew in a deep breathh, not particulary hungry. Eating would just take too much energy right then. "How do you not lose control, Aliaster? How does it not become too much for you? My bracelet's pretty damn strong, and every day its a constant struggle to not send things flying like I did in the gym. To not send people crazy with emotions that aren't theirs" She shifted back in the chair, pulling her knees up, balancing on the chair and wrapping her arms around them.
"I don't want to screw things up anymore then I already have, and I can't have the bracelet changed, for reasons I don't want to say. What did I do, Liam?" She asked softly, desperately, wanting to know. She'd spoken more then she had meant to, but once she had gotten started, she just couldn't stop. Yet she remained steady, at least for the time beaing. | Ashleigh Shephard
"Look, you don't understand, people are complex. Their emotions are even more so. You put that altogether, not being able to stop feeling it, and it would drive you crazy too"
Appearance:
Asheligh stands at 5"6, her black hair extends to her shoulders, her brown eyes are deep and troubled. She has a light skin tone, and a fine complextion. She has a scar under one eye, faded and old. She typically wears dark clothes, almost "Punk" Like.
Personality:
Ashleigh is a troubled individual. She keeps to herself, prefering her own company then the heart ache others can bring. She is a quite, almost soft young woman. She rarely raises her voice, and indeed she rarely voices her opinion, prefering to watch situations as they happen. She rarely lets anyone come close to her, for fear of getting hurt again.
She is however a rather kind individual, willing to put aside her own fears and doubts for others, particularly if she cares about them. If she can be convinced to let someone it, she will be a valuble asset. However, she considers herself weak and suspetable, based on her past.
History:
Ashleigh was born addicted to drugs. Her mother hadn't been aware she was pregnant, until she was 7 months along, and by then it was too dangerous to clean up her act. So Ashleigh was born a drug addict. As both went through care to become clean, her mother vowed to do anythhing she could to stay clean, and give Ashleigh the life she deserved.
Ashleigh however was a troubled individual. Her abilities affected her immensely, and by the time she was 12, she was once more a drug addict, taking whatever she could get her hands on, she didn't care as long as it helped. By 15, she had been in and out of hopsitals, rehabs and other such facilities more times then she'd been in school. By 16, she was in love and had cleaned up her act.
By 17, she was near death, beaten up by the one person she thought she could love forever. This was when her mother had to stop holding on, and having heard about the acadmey, she sent Ashleigh there, for she couldn't deny that Ashleigh didn't have special gifts.
Metahuman Classification:
A living curse That's what Asheligh thinks of her abilties. She wishes she never had them, and constantly seeks ways of dulling their affects on her. But she can never get rid of them. Even drugs lost their effect, once Ashleigh found she could heal herself. A living curse, and one she can't escape from.
Empathy
This is Ashelighs main ability, it's strong, and it causes her pain. The ability to feel others emotions, to constantly feel everything going on around her. She can't control it, can't stop the torrent of emotions. She can control peoples emotions, but she prefers not to.
Telekinesis
This is actually Ashleighs only power she doesn't wish gone. The ability to make things move? She thinks its way cool.
Healing
The ability to heal might be someone elses dream, but for Ashleigh, touching people is hard, that explosion of emotion...she can't take it. The ability to heal comes from the mere fact she can follow emotions to the source of the injury, and then use the bodies own empathic state to heal. While it is effective, it exhausts both the user and the patient, and as such there is a risk for large injuries.
Allergies:
None
Pre-existing conditions:
Addicted to drugs. |
44,183 | 1,205 | 183 | 2,305 | 2,031 | "Calm down vedika, I'm not blaming her." Jason started defensively. But then he realized that even he thought it sounded like he was blaming her. He had started talking objectively rather than subjectively. Yeah that came out wrong. "At least, I didn't mean to..." He replied guiltily. "Look what I meant to say is it had to do with ash, her mental powers. I can't tell you how to fix this, because I'm not entirely sure what's going on with you. Jason harshly racked his brain for a solution, he had never seen anything like this. Then a light went off somewhere in Jason's head.
"Hey I got it! Try meditating like you were earlier. 'Search your feelings luke'." He laughed. "Sorry about that but seriously, maybe then you can see what's wrong and fix it yourself." He finished
Vedika accepted Jason's attempts to mitigate blame on Ashleigh. "It's worth a shot," Vedika said slowly getting into a sitting position. Vedika was surprised to notice that Jason was right, something was weird. Her aura felt much smaller, tighter. "It feels like a knot," she said vaguely. She tried to expand her aura like she did during training, only this time, it was to expand it just to the limits of her body rather than outside of it. It was hard, and required more concentration, but doable. She felt a tingling sensation as feeling returned, but a sudden, disgusting, under-the-skin sensation came all over her body, forcing her aura to retract again. Though her face was stoic and her eyes closed, a wince appeared momentarily and she experienced a minor gag reflex.
What was that sensation? she thought to herself, her mind wandered back to Liam and Paulina again. "I could feel for a second, but something forced me back," Vedika said, probably being not at all helpful to Jason's attempts to investigate. | Vedika Venkatraman"Perfection consists not in doing extraordinary things, but in doing ordinary things extraordinarily well."-Angelique Arnauld
Age: 18
Appearance:Vedika is 5'2" and weighs 130lbs. She has light-brown skin, hazel eyes, and shoulder-length brown hair. Even when not smiling, her face appears cheerful, and when she does smile it's an innocent, dorky sort of smile.
Personality:Vedika is energetic and friendly, always willing to go out of her way to help others. She has an independent spirit that falls just short of rebellion. She goes everywhere at top speed, parkours like a daredevil, and tends to use unorthodox openings as entrances. Though not bad at schoolwork, she tends to prioritize the needs of others, getting involved in other projects, often letting her grades slip, accepting punishments with a grin. She is straightforward and honest to a fault, and can become uncomfortably chummy, often acting unnecessarily like a big sister. Her life goal is simply to be helpful to others, and she pushes herself hard to achieve this. She sees her ability as the ultimate vehicle for her to become uniquely helpful and strives to perfect it.
History:Some call her 'Vivi', sometimes she goes by 'Victory', Vedika Venkatraman is the daughter of an immigrant couple from India, come to America looking to eke out an opportunity. Her mother is a software engineer and her father is a stay-at-home dad taking care of her and her several younger siblings. As the eldest, she learned from her father the responsibilities of taking care of the household. At school, she defended herself, her younger siblings, and her friends from bullies. She was always known to be a scrappy little tomboy, climbing trees, climbing buildings, and getting into scuffles. One time when she was 13, a particularly nasty and racist bully got extremely aggressive and violent. Vedika's power manifested then. He was unable to harm her, and without knowing the other half of her power, she killed him in one punch. Soon the men in suits came and took her away. She doesn't know what they told her parents, maybe they thought she was in a juvenile detention facility. That's when she became a student at the school.
Vajra:Vajra is the philosophical concept of absolute perfection: embodying the lightning, energy, pure in its instance and intensity and capable of destroying all other materials that would cross its path; embodying the diamond, clear, eternal and indestructible. This is what Vedika has chosen to call her ability which centers around the vague concept of the manipulation of 'biological energy', though researchers on the phenomenon have also dubbed it as "Absolute Terror Field", "Hedgehog's Dilemma", "Self-Other Dichotomy", or "Lennard-Jones Potential". It essentially manifests as a form of martial art technique reminiscent of ancient mystical forms of 'chi' or 'chakra' control, granting Vedika an aura that allows her to wield two main abilities, Penetrating Strike, and Absolute Defense, and one secondary ability, Aura Transfer.
Penetrating Strike allows Vedika to transfer a part of her aura through physical contact to disrupt those of others, allowing her to bypass physical defense, allowing her strikes to resonate past barriers and cause internal damage. This does not amplify her damage, it merely causes it to transfer towards the nearest and weakest parts of the body and concentrate there, so her strikes still need to be full-force and actually manage to hit. For example, punches to the torso do mostly organ damage, while punches to the limbs mostly target the joints. Vedika needs to activate the ability consciously for each separate strike and has taught herself never to strike the head with this ability activated for fear of causing severe brain, eye, throat, or inner ear damage.Absolute Defense allows her to solidify her own aura, creating a rejection of all external physical impacts. This ability is not 'always on' and must be activated and maintained with stability and concentration. Vedika must usually adopt a 'stance' to activate this ability.Aura Transfer allows Vedika to transfer these techniques to others through physical contact, usually by placing her palms on the receiver's shoulders. She usually uses this to give others Absolute Defense to protect them from damage. Like Absolute Defense, Vedika usually must adopt a stable stance to use this ability, though the same is not required of her target.It is hypothesized that at some point, Vedika will learn how to 'project' her aura, granting ranged 'energy blasts', though this has not yet been confirmed.
Some believe that the strength of her ability is tied to her strong sense of self coupled with her strong sense of altruism. Stability is necessary for her ability to be at full power, this includes physical, mental, and emotional stability. Because of her ability, Vedika has never learned an actual fighting style, knowing how to throw maybe 3-4 basic types of punches, and even fewer types of kicks because she has never needed to get around someone's defenses. She doesn't really know any blocking techniques either as she has never needed to defend herself.
Allergies: N/A
Pre-existing conditions: N/A |
44,184 | 1,205 | 184 | 2,305 | 2,031 | <Snipped quote by Hitman5455>
Vedika accepted Jason's attempts to mitigate blame on Ashleigh. "It's worth a shot," Vedika said slowly getting into a sitting position. Vedika was surprised to notice that Jason was right, something was weird. Her aura felt much smaller, tighter. "It feels like a knot," she said vaguely. She tried to expand her aura like she did during training, only this time, it was to expand it just to the limits of her body rather than outside of it. It was hard, and required more concentration, but doable. She felt a tingling sensation as feeling returned, but a sudden, disgusting, under-the-skin sensation came all over her body, forcing her aura to retract again. Though her face was stoic and her eyes closed, a wince appeared momentarily and she experienced a minor gag reflex.
What was that sensation? she thought to herself, her mind wandered back to Liam and Paulina again. "I could feel for a second, but something forced me back," Vedika said, probably being not at all helpful to Jason's attempts to investigate.
Damn this is gonna be harder than I thought. Jason pushed his mind to the limit, however all the time in the world wasn't making it any easier to figure out. It has to be some kind of defense mechanism. Going back to the root of the problem, it had seemed that Ashleigh hasn't directly done anything, but rather had tried to dissipate whatever negative energy or pain, had plagued Allister. Her subconscious is attempting to, or at least was attempting to protect her from whatever Had been released from Allister. So she's gotta stop the defensive mechanism, possibly by tricking or suggesting, directly to her subconscious. And the only way to do that is... A light once again flashed within Jason's mind.
"Vedika, I got it!" Jason said with excitement. "I know this is gonna sound strange, but you're going to have to let me hypnotize you." Jason knew how crazy it sounded, most people weren't aware of the fact that hypnosis was actually very possible, and not just Hollywood crap. | Vedika Venkatraman"Perfection consists not in doing extraordinary things, but in doing ordinary things extraordinarily well."-Angelique Arnauld
Age: 18
Appearance:Vedika is 5'2" and weighs 130lbs. She has light-brown skin, hazel eyes, and shoulder-length brown hair. Even when not smiling, her face appears cheerful, and when she does smile it's an innocent, dorky sort of smile.
Personality:Vedika is energetic and friendly, always willing to go out of her way to help others. She has an independent spirit that falls just short of rebellion. She goes everywhere at top speed, parkours like a daredevil, and tends to use unorthodox openings as entrances. Though not bad at schoolwork, she tends to prioritize the needs of others, getting involved in other projects, often letting her grades slip, accepting punishments with a grin. She is straightforward and honest to a fault, and can become uncomfortably chummy, often acting unnecessarily like a big sister. Her life goal is simply to be helpful to others, and she pushes herself hard to achieve this. She sees her ability as the ultimate vehicle for her to become uniquely helpful and strives to perfect it.
History:Some call her 'Vivi', sometimes she goes by 'Victory', Vedika Venkatraman is the daughter of an immigrant couple from India, come to America looking to eke out an opportunity. Her mother is a software engineer and her father is a stay-at-home dad taking care of her and her several younger siblings. As the eldest, she learned from her father the responsibilities of taking care of the household. At school, she defended herself, her younger siblings, and her friends from bullies. She was always known to be a scrappy little tomboy, climbing trees, climbing buildings, and getting into scuffles. One time when she was 13, a particularly nasty and racist bully got extremely aggressive and violent. Vedika's power manifested then. He was unable to harm her, and without knowing the other half of her power, she killed him in one punch. Soon the men in suits came and took her away. She doesn't know what they told her parents, maybe they thought she was in a juvenile detention facility. That's when she became a student at the school.
Vajra:Vajra is the philosophical concept of absolute perfection: embodying the lightning, energy, pure in its instance and intensity and capable of destroying all other materials that would cross its path; embodying the diamond, clear, eternal and indestructible. This is what Vedika has chosen to call her ability which centers around the vague concept of the manipulation of 'biological energy', though researchers on the phenomenon have also dubbed it as "Absolute Terror Field", "Hedgehog's Dilemma", "Self-Other Dichotomy", or "Lennard-Jones Potential". It essentially manifests as a form of martial art technique reminiscent of ancient mystical forms of 'chi' or 'chakra' control, granting Vedika an aura that allows her to wield two main abilities, Penetrating Strike, and Absolute Defense, and one secondary ability, Aura Transfer.
Penetrating Strike allows Vedika to transfer a part of her aura through physical contact to disrupt those of others, allowing her to bypass physical defense, allowing her strikes to resonate past barriers and cause internal damage. This does not amplify her damage, it merely causes it to transfer towards the nearest and weakest parts of the body and concentrate there, so her strikes still need to be full-force and actually manage to hit. For example, punches to the torso do mostly organ damage, while punches to the limbs mostly target the joints. Vedika needs to activate the ability consciously for each separate strike and has taught herself never to strike the head with this ability activated for fear of causing severe brain, eye, throat, or inner ear damage.Absolute Defense allows her to solidify her own aura, creating a rejection of all external physical impacts. This ability is not 'always on' and must be activated and maintained with stability and concentration. Vedika must usually adopt a 'stance' to activate this ability.Aura Transfer allows Vedika to transfer these techniques to others through physical contact, usually by placing her palms on the receiver's shoulders. She usually uses this to give others Absolute Defense to protect them from damage. Like Absolute Defense, Vedika usually must adopt a stable stance to use this ability, though the same is not required of her target.It is hypothesized that at some point, Vedika will learn how to 'project' her aura, granting ranged 'energy blasts', though this has not yet been confirmed.
Some believe that the strength of her ability is tied to her strong sense of self coupled with her strong sense of altruism. Stability is necessary for her ability to be at full power, this includes physical, mental, and emotional stability. Because of her ability, Vedika has never learned an actual fighting style, knowing how to throw maybe 3-4 basic types of punches, and even fewer types of kicks because she has never needed to get around someone's defenses. She doesn't really know any blocking techniques either as she has never needed to defend herself.
Allergies: N/A
Pre-existing conditions: N/A |
44,185 | 1,205 | 185 | 1,253 | 386 | Alister cracker his neck and smiled looking at ashleigh happily. "all it really takes is control and focus. For me it's a little easier but if you want I can help" Alisters motives and words we're sincere and he allowed his emotions to show it. He wanted to help Ashleigh out. All he does is hide in the shadows and now he had a real chance to show he was helpful to people other than liam and paulina, who we're the only people who really talked to him before this year.
"Ashleigh I really can help you." alister said with a smile reaching across the table to touch her shoulder. "whenever you need some advice or want help just let me know" Alister smiled and sat back in his seat.
Looking over to Liam he narrowed his eyes a little and his voice grew much more stern than the light tone he had with Ashleigh. "Liam what happened in that Gym after we all left . What happened? Was it Noah? What the fuck did he say to you that through you off so bad I could feel your fear from the damn infirmary? alister staired at Liam with a hard yet concerned look. Truthfully he wanted to know because he wanted to help, but he needed to get the point across that this is important and a matter of urgency. The fear and distraught that he saw in Liam was no joking matter. Something serious was coming and none of them we're ready for it.
Alister turned back to his food and let out a sigh as he began to eat in silence for a small moment. The night was getting cold and he was getting irritated that they had not done anything to fix what was wrong. Alisters emotions lost control as he slammed his hands onto the table "damnit liam what the hell happened back there. Tell me the whole story or so help me I will pull it out of you!!!! " Alister screamed in fury before realizing what he had just done. Alisters body relaxed and he slowly sat down feeling sad about his misdirected anger. "I'm sorry everyone. Especially to you ashleigh. I must have just flooded your mind for a moment there. I apologize.... It's just that.... I'm just so angry"
Alister was so tired of waiting all this time. Even though he was able to conceal his own emotions pretty well he was very much afraid deep down inside he, like everyone else knew nothing and wanted only answers. Sitting quietly he waited for somebody to say something. | Jason Blackwell
"When justice is done it brings joy to the righteous but terror to evil doers"-Proverbs 21:15
Appearance:
Black choppy hair that flows. Green eyes. He's 6'2 and well built, but not super bulky. He typically wears something along the lines of a collared t shirt and dark jeans. His muscles are toned, but not gigantic. He's more about power than strength.
Personallity:
A joker and clown at times, but can quickly become serious and observant. He's fairly outgoing and will make friends with just about anyone. He loves to read people; Analyze them physically and emotionally, and draw his own conclusions. He can't stand bullying, or abuse of any kind that he deems unjustified. He revels in bringing pain to those he thinks deserve it, but he's not a black and white thinker. In fact he's a rebel himself. He enjoys breaking rules as long as none gets hurt. He's fiercely loyal and would throw himself under the bus for his friends in a heartbeat.
History:
He grew up in downtown Manhattan for most of his life, however his parents marriage began to fall apart. His dad was always out working and his mother chose to rely on alcohol to fill the hole he left in his absence. Eventually his mother and father came up with the dillusion that starting somewhere fresh could fix things. Despite Jason's protests they ended up moving to Kentucky. While In Kentucky his mother enrolled him in a school for the gifted and talented, which Jason would quickly grow to resent. Due to his accelerated thought processing, he easily scored highly on anything and everything. This quickly made him the target for intense bullying. One day in a physical confrontation with a bully he discovered that when he concentrated, he could appear to slow time.(a result of his high speed processing). With an almost psychotic calmness he simply reached out and snapped each of the boys fingers backwards until the hand was a mangled mess. After he was expelled from the school he dedicated a year to training his body and mind to its peak. He then trained extensively in kick boxing, Brazilian jiu jitsu, and parkour. On Halloween night dressed in a hooded cloak and mask, he went on a spree of vigilante justice viciously assaulting all those who had ever wronged him. At the end of the night he was eventually apprehended by authorities. He faced 25 years in prison. However his defense attorney suggested that there was another place for him that would be better suited for him. The meta human academy.
Classification:
- possesses cognitive acceleration . He can process information at incredible speeds, allowing him to analyze and come to conclusions at an unprecedented rate. His reflexes and reaction time are 5 times that of any other human. When he has to react from his perspective time slows to a crawl. He can process and think at normal speeds giving him more than enough time to plan his every movement. but his movement is also slowed(not super speed)
-His body is trained to near peak performance. He's incredibly strong for his size, while maintaining high levels of agility.
-He's highly proficient in kick boxing, trained by UFC fighter Justine Kish. He also has extensive training in Brazilian jiu jitsu(a grappling martial art mainly involving joint locks, chokes, and other submissions)
-Highly skilled in both parkour and rock climbing. Can scale most buildings as long as there are ledges, handholds, or even cracks. |
44,186 | 1,205 | 186 | 377 | 25,988 | Ashleigh flinched at the violatile emotions, almost falling off the chair. She went pale, so much so that she almost went transulcant. She shook, swallowing and closed her eyes tight. Not now. Not again. Not here.She huddled on the chair, reaching straight for Paulina, to touch her, to wash Paulina's emotions over her own, over Alister's fury. Her free hand she clenched, digging her fingernails into her palm, Drawing blood, the cuts healed over within seconds, yet a couple of drops still fell to the floor. Her breathing was fast, as she drew it in and out, trying desperately to focus on that.
"It's...okay" She managed to get out, although it wasn't, an inner war raging inside of her. And then, for the briefest of moments, she seemed to regain a sembalance of control. And then it fell apart again, and she shuddered. She was losing control. She could feel it, slipping through her fingers like water.
She was going to lose control. Going to hurt people again. Going to do whatever she'd done earlier that day to the spirit realm. She couldn't let that happen. She couldn't screw up anymore then she already had, but she just couldn't control it. She was weak. She was so weak. Paulina said she was strong, but this showed just how weak she was. She curled tighter against herself, making herself, almost, into a ball. She didn't want to be weak. She didn't want to hurt people.
So why couldn't she gain control of this inner turmoil? It was like opposing forces, trying to rip her apart. Trying to make her explode forth a spew of damaging emotions. "NO!" The cry ripped through her throat, exploding out, but there were no emotions accompanied with it. She wasn't sure what happened. It was almost....like...the emotions just disappeared. All at once, she was okay.
She let out a slow, long breath, and uncurled, still shaking slightly. She looked away from everyone, ashamed. | Ashleigh Shephard
"Look, you don't understand, people are complex. Their emotions are even more so. You put that altogether, not being able to stop feeling it, and it would drive you crazy too"
Appearance:
Asheligh stands at 5"6, her black hair extends to her shoulders, her brown eyes are deep and troubled. She has a light skin tone, and a fine complextion. She has a scar under one eye, faded and old. She typically wears dark clothes, almost "Punk" Like.
Personality:
Ashleigh is a troubled individual. She keeps to herself, prefering her own company then the heart ache others can bring. She is a quite, almost soft young woman. She rarely raises her voice, and indeed she rarely voices her opinion, prefering to watch situations as they happen. She rarely lets anyone come close to her, for fear of getting hurt again.
She is however a rather kind individual, willing to put aside her own fears and doubts for others, particularly if she cares about them. If she can be convinced to let someone it, she will be a valuble asset. However, she considers herself weak and suspetable, based on her past.
History:
Ashleigh was born addicted to drugs. Her mother hadn't been aware she was pregnant, until she was 7 months along, and by then it was too dangerous to clean up her act. So Ashleigh was born a drug addict. As both went through care to become clean, her mother vowed to do anythhing she could to stay clean, and give Ashleigh the life she deserved.
Ashleigh however was a troubled individual. Her abilities affected her immensely, and by the time she was 12, she was once more a drug addict, taking whatever she could get her hands on, she didn't care as long as it helped. By 15, she had been in and out of hopsitals, rehabs and other such facilities more times then she'd been in school. By 16, she was in love and had cleaned up her act.
By 17, she was near death, beaten up by the one person she thought she could love forever. This was when her mother had to stop holding on, and having heard about the acadmey, she sent Ashleigh there, for she couldn't deny that Ashleigh didn't have special gifts.
Metahuman Classification:
A living curse That's what Asheligh thinks of her abilties. She wishes she never had them, and constantly seeks ways of dulling their affects on her. But she can never get rid of them. Even drugs lost their effect, once Ashleigh found she could heal herself. A living curse, and one she can't escape from.
Empathy
This is Ashelighs main ability, it's strong, and it causes her pain. The ability to feel others emotions, to constantly feel everything going on around her. She can't control it, can't stop the torrent of emotions. She can control peoples emotions, but she prefers not to.
Telekinesis
This is actually Ashleighs only power she doesn't wish gone. The ability to make things move? She thinks its way cool.
Healing
The ability to heal might be someone elses dream, but for Ashleigh, touching people is hard, that explosion of emotion...she can't take it. The ability to heal comes from the mere fact she can follow emotions to the source of the injury, and then use the bodies own empathic state to heal. While it is effective, it exhausts both the user and the patient, and as such there is a risk for large injuries.
Allergies:
None
Pre-existing conditions:
Addicted to drugs. |
44,187 | 1,205 | 187 | 2,470 | 2,686 | Liam Pyne
Looking up from his picked over plate Liam considered the question for a long moment. It wasn't like she done it on purpose although it seemed to confirm a few suspicions he had regarding the spirit world. It was now quite clear that it was keyed into emotions. Perhaps it was even where the emotions someone left behind when they died ended up. That would certainly make a lot of sense but it still left other questions. With Alister’s outburst Liam gave him a rather dead look, anything Alister could bring against him was nothing more than the lap of waves against a shore in comparison to the tsunami was Liam was concerned by.
“I suspect what happened was more akin to an echo. I get the feeling that Alister amplified an emotion and then when you took it and dumped it, the pain somehow ended up in the spirit world. Normally I don't think that would really have mattered but unfortunately while Paulina and I were body swapping I gave off the spiritual equivalent of a flare in the middle of a dark night. So when the pain was sent into the spirit world it hit A lot of ghosts...”
Trailing off Liam went back to picking at his food well aware that Alister, Ashleigh and probably even Paulina could probably tell that he wasn’t saying something it didn't matter. Looking at Ashleigh after her yelp the young man frowned for a long moment before he closed his eyes and emptied himself as though he was preparing for a possession. Reaching across the table he offered his hand to her. Pushing all of his emotions into a tiny little ball he veiled them carefully so that they felt like the sun behind a cloud in the barren waste of his internal state. As emotionless as he could get he offered the quite to Ashleigh with his hand. It was clear she was using Paulina to overwrite her emotions every time she touched Paulina.
“It wasn’t Noah that is the problem. There are other things in the spirit world beyond just human spirits and remnant emotions. I’ve been calling them Outsiders for years. I have idea what they actually are but they are old and powerful.” With a calming sigh Liam continued “I’ve been possessed by one of them, it styled itself as a demon and it certainly acted like one. I almost burned my family alive because of it. Its why I wear a psychic inhibitor and why I’m here. The problem is I think after what happened today the Outsider has found us and I’m concerned because it appears capable of destroying other spirits. I don’t want to drag you three into it but I don’t think there is any way to extricate you. We set off a massive bomb in the spirit world and it sent up one hell of a flare; which is why I think we may be dealing with a class five spirit very soon.”
With that Liam fell silent and let them take in what he had said. Tonight was going to be rough for everyone. | Liam Pyne
An idea, like a ghost, must be talked to a little before it will explain itself
Appearance: While not a small person Liam has a slighter build befitting that of someone who exercises when time permits. Standing at 5'9”, largely an academic, Liam’s exercise usually comes in the form of having to help as spirit get some place out of the way. As a result of this sporadic exercise Liam’s build is rather average in terms of muscle. With the constant practice in the gym Liam has grown good at one thing. Liam is an excellent runner and has deccent hand eye coordination. The skills he has picked up are often used to get him out of trouble when he sticks his nose in somewhere it doesn’t belong.
Liam sports short light brown hair and has eyes that range in color from bright blue to a muted green. While Liam is not one to run around outside every day he is not pale with a healthy light skin tone. Most people would call Liam moderately attractive but he is not that far above average in his looks.
Personality: Liam is a genuine gentle soul who often comes off as a shy shut in. Many have taken Liam’s generally non confrontational personality to mean that he is a pushover or any easy target; often this ends in the bully finding out that Liam is not an easy target and Liam having to get stitches. Those who get to know Liam find him to be a rather witty and intelligent individual willing to stand up for those he cares about regardless of harm to himself.
With all of his positive qualities Liam has a dark side stemming from his powers. From an early age Liam's fascination with the occult and the dead has limited his relationships. Often those who get to know him are put off by his power or by the fact that he willingly spends time with those who have passed on. Liam is one of few people who can bring the dead closure, as a result he feels obligated to help. This societal shunning has rendered Liam incredibly wary of others as he feels that those who get close to him will either leave when they find out the extent of his abilities; or will be pushed away by what he feels is his responsibility.
Given a lack of an active social life Liam excels at academics as any time that isn’t spent working on his talents is inevitably spent studying or reading. Liam’s academic proficiency has also lent itself to his shut in personality; however this is assumption about his personality is often made after others find out what his grades are like, not something that Liam actively advertises.
History: Born in a rural small town Liam was a popular exuberant child growing up. Most said Liam had a super human grasp on life and that “this child was going to go far”. On Liam’s 13th birthday he began having troubles at school and with other kids. The light hadn’t gone out in his eyes it had just become more determined than ever before. From that day forward Liam had become an totally different person; often seeking out local spots which were rumored to be haunted or other things of that nature. Over the next three years Liam continued to grow more and more distant from his family and friends.
In the end everything came to a head when Liam was sixteen. While poking around an abandoned barn rumored to be the home of the ghost of an old man Liam happened across a group of older guys who had brought a pair of young girls to the barn for a “night of fun”. Upon realizing what was happening Liam tried to stop them but was beat severely.
What happened next is still unclear but Liam returned with a vengeance in his eyes and an old double barreled shotgun under his arm. Three of the guys went to the hospital that night and one died on the operating table from his wounds. Neither of the girls would make a statement and Liam claimed he couldn’t remember what had happened just that he felt like he wasn’t in control of his own body. Over the next several months Liam would have similarly strange episodes until one day something altogether different found its way into Liam’s body. When the authorities were finally able to rescue Liam’s family Liam had boarded them in his parents room and was preparing to set the house ablaze.
After being taken to a mental institute for rehabilitation it was deemed necessary to attempt something unorthodox. A spiritual medium was brought in to assess Liam and it was deemed necessary to perform an exorcism. The ritual was performed with written approval from the Vatican itself and in the controlled confines of the asylum under the guidance of the medium who was called to asses Liam and the supervision of the psychiatric staff. Properly restrained Liam did not hurt anyone and the presence was expelled with only a few hours of time with the Priest.
When Liam was finally deemed psychologically sound he was sent home for a week before being packed up and shipped off to the academy to be supervised and trained in proper use of his abilities. Over the last two years Liam’s powers have grown steadily allowing him to more safely use them to benefit the denizens of the world Beyond.
Metahuman Classification: Spiritual Vessel (Medium)
Beyond the Veil: Liam can see ghosts when he opens his eyes and ears to the spirit world. This power is fully voluntary unless a spirit is powerful enough to make its presence physically know by crossing the Veil. Often times when Liam is not using his Sight more frustrated powerful ghosts who want his attention will make alterations to his environment (knocking over objects, breaking mirrors, etc.) causing discomfort for those in Liam’s vicinity when he is dealing with a persistent potent spirit. The effects of these spirits seemed to be lessened in the presence of more than two or three people or in the presence of sterile rooms and cutting edge technology.
Voluntary Possession: Liam has the ability to allow a spirit to share his body. In so doing Liam can allow a Spirit to talk to those in the mortal world or to even carry out acts they need to move on from a state of unrest. This ability also allows Liam to make use of a ghosts knowledge and abilities it had in life. This can include: speaking another language, knowledge about a particular subject matter or even physical capabilities such as martial arts, cooking, or music. The only limit is what Liam is physically capable of doing; regardless of the ghosts ability to do a backflip Liam still may not physically be able to do such a thing.
Exorcism: Liam is fully capable of expelling any spirit who has possessed him. After his encounter with an “Outsider” Liam has worked hard to make himself capable of ejecting unruly spirits at will. Often this is done when a spirit wishes to continue making use of Liam’s body beyond what Liam’s agreed upon terms were. This power also extends to others; in the rare case that a spirit has found a way to possess another person Liam is capable of expelling the spirit from another person body.
Liam has yet to have contact with another “Outsider” and as such he has yet to test his ability to expel an “Outsider” either from himself or from another. Liam has done extensive research on what he has termed “Outsiders” and yet much of what they are remain a mystery.
*Warning: Restricted Ability* Forced Possession: In incredibly controlled settings the instructional staff has tested Liam’s ability to expel a Spirit from his own body into the body of another or even into objects. While the tests were successful they left Liam dangerously fatigued and were deemed too dangerous to the subject of the possession as the process often angered or warped the spirit who was transferred in such a way. The notable exception was Spirits who were transferred willingly into a willing host. The Academy has strictly forbade this use of Liam’s powers. On his own Liam is far too afraid to attempt such a use given its ramifications. To this date the Academy has yet to find a need to discipline Liam for such a use of his abilities and as such it is not limited beyond the confines of the Academy.
*Warning: Restricted Ability* Environment/Spirit Manipulation: It is unknown to what extent Liam can manifest Psychokinetic powers; however the Academy keeps these abilities carefully suppressed with a psychic dampener. Liam manifest what appears to be a potent psychokinetic ability when under the duress of a strong possession.This includes the ability to levitate himself and to move objects with his mind. These abilities also appear to extend to influencing or commanding other less potent Spirits. The speculation by the Academies experts is that the powers are some remnant of the Outsider’s possession of Liam. On his own Liam does have very minimal Telekinetic abilities; however they only go as far as being able to move pennies across tables or rattle bottles. Regardless of the apparent low caliber of the abilities the academy has taken precautions to keep any of Liam’s psychic abilities carefully monitored and dampened for safety reasons.
*Warning: Redacted Ability, Eyes only* Traumatic Telepathy:
*test one*
The subject seems to be capable of digging through the minds of those in the room with him to find their deepest fears and most humiliating moments. After no less than five minutes in the room with him our volunteers were relieved and the test was cancelled. The result appears to be minor damage to the psyche of the recipients. Further tests will be required to determine the full extent of this ability.
*test two*
The subject is apparently capable of inflicting delusions and psychosis on those present and uninsulated from his psychic abilities. After a longer exposure of approximately thirty-three minutes volunteers were released from the test and the subject was exercised according to standard procedure. My final recommendation is that the further tests be canceled and that the subject be properly monitored and psychically dampened. The manifest psychic powers appear to not be a part of the subjects ability to communicate and house Spirits; however they appear to be a side effect of undamped powerful possessions. My conclusion on the subject is that these powers are a result of the Subjects possession by a Class 5 or greater non human psychospiritual entity. Caution is advised in any further use or test of the subject’s Telepathic and Psychokinetic abilities.
Pre-existing conditions: Liam is prone to sleepwalking and occasional bouts of insomnia. This can occasionally be disturbing for those who witness it as he may often appear quite cogent or wake when it happens. |
44,188 | 1,205 | 188 | 2,502 | 1,203 | Paulina Benson
The sharp glare that Paulina sent Alister's way said volumes of how she felt about his outburst, and she laid a protective arm around Ashleigh's shoulder. That arm tightened in response to her friend's increasing distress, and when she made her own sudden exclamation Paulina shifted her chair over and pulled the girl's head to her shoulder, stroking her hair reassuringly. ”Shh, you’re okay. You’re alright,” she murmured, before turning her attention back to Liam.
His revelation about the Outsiders was of particular interest to her. The name itself implied that they possessed a quality suggesting that they came from "elsewhere" for lack of a better term; that whatever they were, they were quite alien to everything else. The fact that they could possess people was particularly concerning. However, there was one point that she needed clarified. "Everything you said up until the Outsiders bit, I kinda figured was the case. An accident that snowballed. Okay, moving on. Quick question about these Outsider thingies: can they possess anyone, or do you think it happened just because of your powers?" She'd file away the comment about his family for another time. | Paulina Benson
Chaos magic is the idea that a particular set of beliefs serves as an active force in the world. In other words, we choose what and how we believe, and our beliefs are tools that we then use to make things happen... or not. - Sophia Amoruso
Appearance: Paulina is quite tall and slim, standing at 5’9”. Her skin is very fair due to the amount of time she spends indoors, and she frequently changes the colour of her waist-length hair. Because of her deteriorating vision, she wears a pair of corrective glasses that double as sunglasses.
Age: 19
Personality: Paulina is an exceptionally… focused woman. An intellectual at heart, she spends most of her time experimenting with her magic and documenting her findings. She’s also keenly interested in the powers of others, and is gradually building up a research database on all things supernatural, paranatural, magical, and otherwise “weird”.
She’s not very fond of fighting, and as such tends to find more mundane uses for her magic. For example, she has melted runes into the soles of all her shoes that enable her to float a few inches off the ground, letting her “skate” through the air.
History: When Mihkail and Sophia Benson brought their daughter Paulina into the world, she should have had a bright future. Intelligent, curious, gifted with a knack for computer programming and attractive as she grew into her teenage years, she should have had every opportunity open before her. Instead, the only future that she would know was one of darkness. In her early teens, Paulina was diagnosed with Stargardt disease, a genetic condition that caused degeneration of the eyes, with a strong possibility of losing her sight completely as her eyes clouded over. With no cure and any possible treatments still extremely early in their development, Paulina had to accept the fact that she would lose the one thing that many people took for granted; being able to see the world. This fact sent her into a depression, and at night her most fervent wish was to regain what was being slowly taken away from her.
Whether some greater entity heard her wish and took pity on her, or if the strength of her desire was what ignited her power, none may ever know. Whatever the case, there came a day where things… changed, as though something about the world was different in a small, yet crucial way. Paulina felt connected to the world, to reality, in a way that was difficult for her to describe; like the real world was as much at her command as the virtual one. Now, she devotes herself to exploring more about this connection.
Metahuman Classification:
Runic Magic: through the use of hermetic runes, Paulina can create different magical enchantments. These enchantments range from controlling different elements and reactions, to enchanting objects that bear her runes with different qualities, even bringing them to “life”. She is particularly interested in body modification enchantments, and harbors a secret hope that she can cure herself this way.
Because the exact effects she creates must be described by the runes themselves, she must be very specific about what she wants to happen. Additionally, any effects have an energy cost that must come from somewhere, either from herself or some other external source.
If her runes are damaged or disrupted, it can interrupt or end whatever effect she is trying to create, or even cause them to go haywire. Additionally, while Paulina is very flexible in what effects and enchantments she can create, both in terms of combat and utility, she must have a clear understanding of what it is she wants to do and time to prepare her runes.
Allergies: none
Pre-existing conditions: Paulina has been diagnosed with Stargardt disease, a genetic condition that leads to blindness. Currently she is very sensitive to sudden changes in brightness and needs powerful corrective lenses to see clearly. |
44,189 | 1,205 | 189 | 2,305 | 2,031 | "Vedika, I got it!" Jason said with excitement. "I know this is gonna sound strange, but you're going to have to let me hypnotize you." Jason knew how crazy it sounded, most people weren't aware of the fact that hypnosis was actually very possible, and not just Hollywood crap.
"Haha, funny..." Vedika said, suddenly very uncomfortable and trying to pass it off as humor. The thought of relinquishing control of her body made her squeamish. "Anyways, I feel better already." Vedika made to get off the bed, trying to hide the intense focus that was necessary to move normally when her whole body was numb. She felt that she was maybe able to pass off as 'cured', and to exude confidence, said, "See? Nothing to it. All better." Vedika had absolutely no desire to be hypnotized. She looked at Jason, somehow sure she had failed to trick him. | Vedika Venkatraman"Perfection consists not in doing extraordinary things, but in doing ordinary things extraordinarily well."-Angelique Arnauld
Age: 18
Appearance:Vedika is 5'2" and weighs 130lbs. She has light-brown skin, hazel eyes, and shoulder-length brown hair. Even when not smiling, her face appears cheerful, and when she does smile it's an innocent, dorky sort of smile.
Personality:Vedika is energetic and friendly, always willing to go out of her way to help others. She has an independent spirit that falls just short of rebellion. She goes everywhere at top speed, parkours like a daredevil, and tends to use unorthodox openings as entrances. Though not bad at schoolwork, she tends to prioritize the needs of others, getting involved in other projects, often letting her grades slip, accepting punishments with a grin. She is straightforward and honest to a fault, and can become uncomfortably chummy, often acting unnecessarily like a big sister. Her life goal is simply to be helpful to others, and she pushes herself hard to achieve this. She sees her ability as the ultimate vehicle for her to become uniquely helpful and strives to perfect it.
History:Some call her 'Vivi', sometimes she goes by 'Victory', Vedika Venkatraman is the daughter of an immigrant couple from India, come to America looking to eke out an opportunity. Her mother is a software engineer and her father is a stay-at-home dad taking care of her and her several younger siblings. As the eldest, she learned from her father the responsibilities of taking care of the household. At school, she defended herself, her younger siblings, and her friends from bullies. She was always known to be a scrappy little tomboy, climbing trees, climbing buildings, and getting into scuffles. One time when she was 13, a particularly nasty and racist bully got extremely aggressive and violent. Vedika's power manifested then. He was unable to harm her, and without knowing the other half of her power, she killed him in one punch. Soon the men in suits came and took her away. She doesn't know what they told her parents, maybe they thought she was in a juvenile detention facility. That's when she became a student at the school.
Vajra:Vajra is the philosophical concept of absolute perfection: embodying the lightning, energy, pure in its instance and intensity and capable of destroying all other materials that would cross its path; embodying the diamond, clear, eternal and indestructible. This is what Vedika has chosen to call her ability which centers around the vague concept of the manipulation of 'biological energy', though researchers on the phenomenon have also dubbed it as "Absolute Terror Field", "Hedgehog's Dilemma", "Self-Other Dichotomy", or "Lennard-Jones Potential". It essentially manifests as a form of martial art technique reminiscent of ancient mystical forms of 'chi' or 'chakra' control, granting Vedika an aura that allows her to wield two main abilities, Penetrating Strike, and Absolute Defense, and one secondary ability, Aura Transfer.
Penetrating Strike allows Vedika to transfer a part of her aura through physical contact to disrupt those of others, allowing her to bypass physical defense, allowing her strikes to resonate past barriers and cause internal damage. This does not amplify her damage, it merely causes it to transfer towards the nearest and weakest parts of the body and concentrate there, so her strikes still need to be full-force and actually manage to hit. For example, punches to the torso do mostly organ damage, while punches to the limbs mostly target the joints. Vedika needs to activate the ability consciously for each separate strike and has taught herself never to strike the head with this ability activated for fear of causing severe brain, eye, throat, or inner ear damage.Absolute Defense allows her to solidify her own aura, creating a rejection of all external physical impacts. This ability is not 'always on' and must be activated and maintained with stability and concentration. Vedika must usually adopt a 'stance' to activate this ability.Aura Transfer allows Vedika to transfer these techniques to others through physical contact, usually by placing her palms on the receiver's shoulders. She usually uses this to give others Absolute Defense to protect them from damage. Like Absolute Defense, Vedika usually must adopt a stable stance to use this ability, though the same is not required of her target.It is hypothesized that at some point, Vedika will learn how to 'project' her aura, granting ranged 'energy blasts', though this has not yet been confirmed.
Some believe that the strength of her ability is tied to her strong sense of self coupled with her strong sense of altruism. Stability is necessary for her ability to be at full power, this includes physical, mental, and emotional stability. Because of her ability, Vedika has never learned an actual fighting style, knowing how to throw maybe 3-4 basic types of punches, and even fewer types of kicks because she has never needed to get around someone's defenses. She doesn't really know any blocking techniques either as she has never needed to defend herself.
Allergies: N/A
Pre-existing conditions: N/A |
44,190 | 1,205 | 190 | 2,305 | 2,031 | Yikes that sounded just as creepy as I thought it would. Jason mentally kicked himself. Her all to obvious attempts to pretend she was cured told Jason all he needed to know. But on the other hand, it's probably better if he let her take care of this herself. After all Jason could only do so much, he simply wasn't vedika.
"Alright then, glad you're better." Jason said with false belief. He wanted to find out what had happened in the gym. "I'm gonna go after Allister, this whole mess has me curious out of my mind." Without another word Jason darted out into the hallway. Allister obviously was long gone. Allister must have headed to the gym, that's where Liam was. When he burst through the gym doors only the instructor from earlier was inside.
"Excuse me." Jason started "Have you seen Allister and Liam?
"No, they left ages ago, without cleaning up the mess you all made!" The burly man said angrily. "Just get outta here, someone called for you and the injured girl, said something about meeting em at the kitchens."
"Thanks!" Jason said as he jogged back towards the exit. "Sorry about the mess!" He added as he exited. It didn't take him long to get back to the infirmary. Vedika obviously hasn't gone anywhere despite her apparent 'curedness' "Hey vedika, apparently me and you are supposed to be at the kitchens. Do you need me to carry you? he asked with a raised eyebrow. He didn't want to be a jerk, and leave her behind, or make her try to keep up with him in her current state. | Vedika Venkatraman"Perfection consists not in doing extraordinary things, but in doing ordinary things extraordinarily well."-Angelique Arnauld
Age: 18
Appearance:Vedika is 5'2" and weighs 130lbs. She has light-brown skin, hazel eyes, and shoulder-length brown hair. Even when not smiling, her face appears cheerful, and when she does smile it's an innocent, dorky sort of smile.
Personality:Vedika is energetic and friendly, always willing to go out of her way to help others. She has an independent spirit that falls just short of rebellion. She goes everywhere at top speed, parkours like a daredevil, and tends to use unorthodox openings as entrances. Though not bad at schoolwork, she tends to prioritize the needs of others, getting involved in other projects, often letting her grades slip, accepting punishments with a grin. She is straightforward and honest to a fault, and can become uncomfortably chummy, often acting unnecessarily like a big sister. Her life goal is simply to be helpful to others, and she pushes herself hard to achieve this. She sees her ability as the ultimate vehicle for her to become uniquely helpful and strives to perfect it.
History:Some call her 'Vivi', sometimes she goes by 'Victory', Vedika Venkatraman is the daughter of an immigrant couple from India, come to America looking to eke out an opportunity. Her mother is a software engineer and her father is a stay-at-home dad taking care of her and her several younger siblings. As the eldest, she learned from her father the responsibilities of taking care of the household. At school, she defended herself, her younger siblings, and her friends from bullies. She was always known to be a scrappy little tomboy, climbing trees, climbing buildings, and getting into scuffles. One time when she was 13, a particularly nasty and racist bully got extremely aggressive and violent. Vedika's power manifested then. He was unable to harm her, and without knowing the other half of her power, she killed him in one punch. Soon the men in suits came and took her away. She doesn't know what they told her parents, maybe they thought she was in a juvenile detention facility. That's when she became a student at the school.
Vajra:Vajra is the philosophical concept of absolute perfection: embodying the lightning, energy, pure in its instance and intensity and capable of destroying all other materials that would cross its path; embodying the diamond, clear, eternal and indestructible. This is what Vedika has chosen to call her ability which centers around the vague concept of the manipulation of 'biological energy', though researchers on the phenomenon have also dubbed it as "Absolute Terror Field", "Hedgehog's Dilemma", "Self-Other Dichotomy", or "Lennard-Jones Potential". It essentially manifests as a form of martial art technique reminiscent of ancient mystical forms of 'chi' or 'chakra' control, granting Vedika an aura that allows her to wield two main abilities, Penetrating Strike, and Absolute Defense, and one secondary ability, Aura Transfer.
Penetrating Strike allows Vedika to transfer a part of her aura through physical contact to disrupt those of others, allowing her to bypass physical defense, allowing her strikes to resonate past barriers and cause internal damage. This does not amplify her damage, it merely causes it to transfer towards the nearest and weakest parts of the body and concentrate there, so her strikes still need to be full-force and actually manage to hit. For example, punches to the torso do mostly organ damage, while punches to the limbs mostly target the joints. Vedika needs to activate the ability consciously for each separate strike and has taught herself never to strike the head with this ability activated for fear of causing severe brain, eye, throat, or inner ear damage.Absolute Defense allows her to solidify her own aura, creating a rejection of all external physical impacts. This ability is not 'always on' and must be activated and maintained with stability and concentration. Vedika must usually adopt a 'stance' to activate this ability.Aura Transfer allows Vedika to transfer these techniques to others through physical contact, usually by placing her palms on the receiver's shoulders. She usually uses this to give others Absolute Defense to protect them from damage. Like Absolute Defense, Vedika usually must adopt a stable stance to use this ability, though the same is not required of her target.It is hypothesized that at some point, Vedika will learn how to 'project' her aura, granting ranged 'energy blasts', though this has not yet been confirmed.
Some believe that the strength of her ability is tied to her strong sense of self coupled with her strong sense of altruism. Stability is necessary for her ability to be at full power, this includes physical, mental, and emotional stability. Because of her ability, Vedika has never learned an actual fighting style, knowing how to throw maybe 3-4 basic types of punches, and even fewer types of kicks because she has never needed to get around someone's defenses. She doesn't really know any blocking techniques either as she has never needed to defend herself.
Allergies: N/A
Pre-existing conditions: N/A |
44,191 | 1,205 | 191 | 2,470 | 2,686 | Liam Pyne
Liam made eye contact with Paulina. “I honestly don't know. I'd imagine that the answer is anyone. Although that being said I should think it would require some sort of stressor or situation that causes the person to give up and allow the Outsider inside.” The implications about Liam's past were blatant but he didn't address them. “To be fair I really don't know much about Outsiders other than that they appear to be an order of magnitude more power than the average spirits. They also appear to be able to influence the physical world more substantially and they usually play by certain rules.”
Liam finally stood and picked up his dishes. He'd barely noticed Ashleigh and Alister’s exchange. It was a minor thing in comparison to the things they had to deal with. “I need to start preparing for war. There are spirits here that will side with the Outsider out of fear or malice. We need to remove it's pawns otherwise we won't be able to fight back effectively.” With a heavy sigh Liam leaned over the sink and just stared into the pool of dirty dish water. What had he done? | Liam Pyne
An idea, like a ghost, must be talked to a little before it will explain itself
Appearance: While not a small person Liam has a slighter build befitting that of someone who exercises when time permits. Standing at 5'9”, largely an academic, Liam’s exercise usually comes in the form of having to help as spirit get some place out of the way. As a result of this sporadic exercise Liam’s build is rather average in terms of muscle. With the constant practice in the gym Liam has grown good at one thing. Liam is an excellent runner and has deccent hand eye coordination. The skills he has picked up are often used to get him out of trouble when he sticks his nose in somewhere it doesn’t belong.
Liam sports short light brown hair and has eyes that range in color from bright blue to a muted green. While Liam is not one to run around outside every day he is not pale with a healthy light skin tone. Most people would call Liam moderately attractive but he is not that far above average in his looks.
Personality: Liam is a genuine gentle soul who often comes off as a shy shut in. Many have taken Liam’s generally non confrontational personality to mean that he is a pushover or any easy target; often this ends in the bully finding out that Liam is not an easy target and Liam having to get stitches. Those who get to know Liam find him to be a rather witty and intelligent individual willing to stand up for those he cares about regardless of harm to himself.
With all of his positive qualities Liam has a dark side stemming from his powers. From an early age Liam's fascination with the occult and the dead has limited his relationships. Often those who get to know him are put off by his power or by the fact that he willingly spends time with those who have passed on. Liam is one of few people who can bring the dead closure, as a result he feels obligated to help. This societal shunning has rendered Liam incredibly wary of others as he feels that those who get close to him will either leave when they find out the extent of his abilities; or will be pushed away by what he feels is his responsibility.
Given a lack of an active social life Liam excels at academics as any time that isn’t spent working on his talents is inevitably spent studying or reading. Liam’s academic proficiency has also lent itself to his shut in personality; however this is assumption about his personality is often made after others find out what his grades are like, not something that Liam actively advertises.
History: Born in a rural small town Liam was a popular exuberant child growing up. Most said Liam had a super human grasp on life and that “this child was going to go far”. On Liam’s 13th birthday he began having troubles at school and with other kids. The light hadn’t gone out in his eyes it had just become more determined than ever before. From that day forward Liam had become an totally different person; often seeking out local spots which were rumored to be haunted or other things of that nature. Over the next three years Liam continued to grow more and more distant from his family and friends.
In the end everything came to a head when Liam was sixteen. While poking around an abandoned barn rumored to be the home of the ghost of an old man Liam happened across a group of older guys who had brought a pair of young girls to the barn for a “night of fun”. Upon realizing what was happening Liam tried to stop them but was beat severely.
What happened next is still unclear but Liam returned with a vengeance in his eyes and an old double barreled shotgun under his arm. Three of the guys went to the hospital that night and one died on the operating table from his wounds. Neither of the girls would make a statement and Liam claimed he couldn’t remember what had happened just that he felt like he wasn’t in control of his own body. Over the next several months Liam would have similarly strange episodes until one day something altogether different found its way into Liam’s body. When the authorities were finally able to rescue Liam’s family Liam had boarded them in his parents room and was preparing to set the house ablaze.
After being taken to a mental institute for rehabilitation it was deemed necessary to attempt something unorthodox. A spiritual medium was brought in to assess Liam and it was deemed necessary to perform an exorcism. The ritual was performed with written approval from the Vatican itself and in the controlled confines of the asylum under the guidance of the medium who was called to asses Liam and the supervision of the psychiatric staff. Properly restrained Liam did not hurt anyone and the presence was expelled with only a few hours of time with the Priest.
When Liam was finally deemed psychologically sound he was sent home for a week before being packed up and shipped off to the academy to be supervised and trained in proper use of his abilities. Over the last two years Liam’s powers have grown steadily allowing him to more safely use them to benefit the denizens of the world Beyond.
Metahuman Classification: Spiritual Vessel (Medium)
Beyond the Veil: Liam can see ghosts when he opens his eyes and ears to the spirit world. This power is fully voluntary unless a spirit is powerful enough to make its presence physically know by crossing the Veil. Often times when Liam is not using his Sight more frustrated powerful ghosts who want his attention will make alterations to his environment (knocking over objects, breaking mirrors, etc.) causing discomfort for those in Liam’s vicinity when he is dealing with a persistent potent spirit. The effects of these spirits seemed to be lessened in the presence of more than two or three people or in the presence of sterile rooms and cutting edge technology.
Voluntary Possession: Liam has the ability to allow a spirit to share his body. In so doing Liam can allow a Spirit to talk to those in the mortal world or to even carry out acts they need to move on from a state of unrest. This ability also allows Liam to make use of a ghosts knowledge and abilities it had in life. This can include: speaking another language, knowledge about a particular subject matter or even physical capabilities such as martial arts, cooking, or music. The only limit is what Liam is physically capable of doing; regardless of the ghosts ability to do a backflip Liam still may not physically be able to do such a thing.
Exorcism: Liam is fully capable of expelling any spirit who has possessed him. After his encounter with an “Outsider” Liam has worked hard to make himself capable of ejecting unruly spirits at will. Often this is done when a spirit wishes to continue making use of Liam’s body beyond what Liam’s agreed upon terms were. This power also extends to others; in the rare case that a spirit has found a way to possess another person Liam is capable of expelling the spirit from another person body.
Liam has yet to have contact with another “Outsider” and as such he has yet to test his ability to expel an “Outsider” either from himself or from another. Liam has done extensive research on what he has termed “Outsiders” and yet much of what they are remain a mystery.
*Warning: Restricted Ability* Forced Possession: In incredibly controlled settings the instructional staff has tested Liam’s ability to expel a Spirit from his own body into the body of another or even into objects. While the tests were successful they left Liam dangerously fatigued and were deemed too dangerous to the subject of the possession as the process often angered or warped the spirit who was transferred in such a way. The notable exception was Spirits who were transferred willingly into a willing host. The Academy has strictly forbade this use of Liam’s powers. On his own Liam is far too afraid to attempt such a use given its ramifications. To this date the Academy has yet to find a need to discipline Liam for such a use of his abilities and as such it is not limited beyond the confines of the Academy.
*Warning: Restricted Ability* Environment/Spirit Manipulation: It is unknown to what extent Liam can manifest Psychokinetic powers; however the Academy keeps these abilities carefully suppressed with a psychic dampener. Liam manifest what appears to be a potent psychokinetic ability when under the duress of a strong possession.This includes the ability to levitate himself and to move objects with his mind. These abilities also appear to extend to influencing or commanding other less potent Spirits. The speculation by the Academies experts is that the powers are some remnant of the Outsider’s possession of Liam. On his own Liam does have very minimal Telekinetic abilities; however they only go as far as being able to move pennies across tables or rattle bottles. Regardless of the apparent low caliber of the abilities the academy has taken precautions to keep any of Liam’s psychic abilities carefully monitored and dampened for safety reasons.
*Warning: Redacted Ability, Eyes only* Traumatic Telepathy:
*test one*
The subject seems to be capable of digging through the minds of those in the room with him to find their deepest fears and most humiliating moments. After no less than five minutes in the room with him our volunteers were relieved and the test was cancelled. The result appears to be minor damage to the psyche of the recipients. Further tests will be required to determine the full extent of this ability.
*test two*
The subject is apparently capable of inflicting delusions and psychosis on those present and uninsulated from his psychic abilities. After a longer exposure of approximately thirty-three minutes volunteers were released from the test and the subject was exercised according to standard procedure. My final recommendation is that the further tests be canceled and that the subject be properly monitored and psychically dampened. The manifest psychic powers appear to not be a part of the subjects ability to communicate and house Spirits; however they appear to be a side effect of undamped powerful possessions. My conclusion on the subject is that these powers are a result of the Subjects possession by a Class 5 or greater non human psychospiritual entity. Caution is advised in any further use or test of the subject’s Telepathic and Psychokinetic abilities.
Pre-existing conditions: Liam is prone to sleepwalking and occasional bouts of insomnia. This can occasionally be disturbing for those who witness it as he may often appear quite cogent or wake when it happens. |
44,192 | 1,205 | 192 | 2,305 | 2,031 | "Alright then, glad you're better." Jason said with false belief. He wanted to find out what had happened in the gym. "I'm gonna go after Allister, this whole mess has me curious out of my mind." Without another word Jason darted out into the hallway. Allister obviously was long gone. Allister must have headed to the gym, that's where Liam was. When he burst through the gym doors only the instructor from earlier was inside.
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It didn't take him long to get back to the infirmary. Vedika obviously hasn't gone anywhere despite her apparent 'curedness' "Hey vedika, apparently me and you are supposed to be at the kitchens. Do you need me to carry you? he asked with a raised eyebrow. He didn't want to be a jerk, and leave her behind, or make her try to keep up with him in her current state.
When Jason returned, Vedika was already on her feet. In the time he was gone, she had been trying to get herself used to this new sensation, or lack thereof. She had even walked around the infirmary a bit. As terrifying as this all should have been, Vedika was a little excited. She was experiencing a heightened state of awareness due to needing all her other senses to make up for her lack of touch, and this state gave her a bit of a rush. But like a caffeine rush or an adrenaline rush, she wouldn't be able to maintain this state for an extended period of time because her mind would get tired. Vedika was not aware of this however, and did a bit of shadow boxing to demonstrate just how much she had gotten used to her situation. "As much as I'd like to be carried, I don't think that will be necessary," she grinned at Jason, "lead the way!" | Vedika Venkatraman"Perfection consists not in doing extraordinary things, but in doing ordinary things extraordinarily well."-Angelique Arnauld
Age: 18
Appearance:Vedika is 5'2" and weighs 130lbs. She has light-brown skin, hazel eyes, and shoulder-length brown hair. Even when not smiling, her face appears cheerful, and when she does smile it's an innocent, dorky sort of smile.
Personality:Vedika is energetic and friendly, always willing to go out of her way to help others. She has an independent spirit that falls just short of rebellion. She goes everywhere at top speed, parkours like a daredevil, and tends to use unorthodox openings as entrances. Though not bad at schoolwork, she tends to prioritize the needs of others, getting involved in other projects, often letting her grades slip, accepting punishments with a grin. She is straightforward and honest to a fault, and can become uncomfortably chummy, often acting unnecessarily like a big sister. Her life goal is simply to be helpful to others, and she pushes herself hard to achieve this. She sees her ability as the ultimate vehicle for her to become uniquely helpful and strives to perfect it.
History:Some call her 'Vivi', sometimes she goes by 'Victory', Vedika Venkatraman is the daughter of an immigrant couple from India, come to America looking to eke out an opportunity. Her mother is a software engineer and her father is a stay-at-home dad taking care of her and her several younger siblings. As the eldest, she learned from her father the responsibilities of taking care of the household. At school, she defended herself, her younger siblings, and her friends from bullies. She was always known to be a scrappy little tomboy, climbing trees, climbing buildings, and getting into scuffles. One time when she was 13, a particularly nasty and racist bully got extremely aggressive and violent. Vedika's power manifested then. He was unable to harm her, and without knowing the other half of her power, she killed him in one punch. Soon the men in suits came and took her away. She doesn't know what they told her parents, maybe they thought she was in a juvenile detention facility. That's when she became a student at the school.
Vajra:Vajra is the philosophical concept of absolute perfection: embodying the lightning, energy, pure in its instance and intensity and capable of destroying all other materials that would cross its path; embodying the diamond, clear, eternal and indestructible. This is what Vedika has chosen to call her ability which centers around the vague concept of the manipulation of 'biological energy', though researchers on the phenomenon have also dubbed it as "Absolute Terror Field", "Hedgehog's Dilemma", "Self-Other Dichotomy", or "Lennard-Jones Potential". It essentially manifests as a form of martial art technique reminiscent of ancient mystical forms of 'chi' or 'chakra' control, granting Vedika an aura that allows her to wield two main abilities, Penetrating Strike, and Absolute Defense, and one secondary ability, Aura Transfer.
Penetrating Strike allows Vedika to transfer a part of her aura through physical contact to disrupt those of others, allowing her to bypass physical defense, allowing her strikes to resonate past barriers and cause internal damage. This does not amplify her damage, it merely causes it to transfer towards the nearest and weakest parts of the body and concentrate there, so her strikes still need to be full-force and actually manage to hit. For example, punches to the torso do mostly organ damage, while punches to the limbs mostly target the joints. Vedika needs to activate the ability consciously for each separate strike and has taught herself never to strike the head with this ability activated for fear of causing severe brain, eye, throat, or inner ear damage.Absolute Defense allows her to solidify her own aura, creating a rejection of all external physical impacts. This ability is not 'always on' and must be activated and maintained with stability and concentration. Vedika must usually adopt a 'stance' to activate this ability.Aura Transfer allows Vedika to transfer these techniques to others through physical contact, usually by placing her palms on the receiver's shoulders. She usually uses this to give others Absolute Defense to protect them from damage. Like Absolute Defense, Vedika usually must adopt a stable stance to use this ability, though the same is not required of her target.It is hypothesized that at some point, Vedika will learn how to 'project' her aura, granting ranged 'energy blasts', though this has not yet been confirmed.
Some believe that the strength of her ability is tied to her strong sense of self coupled with her strong sense of altruism. Stability is necessary for her ability to be at full power, this includes physical, mental, and emotional stability. Because of her ability, Vedika has never learned an actual fighting style, knowing how to throw maybe 3-4 basic types of punches, and even fewer types of kicks because she has never needed to get around someone's defenses. She doesn't really know any blocking techniques either as she has never needed to defend herself.
Allergies: N/A
Pre-existing conditions: N/A |
44,193 | 1,205 | 193 | 377 | 25,988 | Allowing Paulina's emotions to wash over her, Ashleigh listened to what was being said. None of it made her feel better. She swallowed. So it was her fault. it didn't matter that it was indirect, it had been her fault. "So in other words I can't neutralise emotions without screwing up the spiritaul world and ticking off a bunch of ghosts. Which makes me a ticking timebomb to explode, tick off the ghosts, screw up the spirit realm and utterly mess things up? Wonderful" She was furious and she moved away from paulina, so she wouldn't infect the girl with her anger.
She shook her head, clenching her hands into fists, this time she didn't break her skin with her nails. She knew she was being irrational. And that the anger was just building and building. She was tired of messing things up. Of not being strong enough. "I'm sorry. I should get myself worked up. But why? Why did...what I did trigger it?" She asked, sounding defeated, and looking away from them all.
"And will I be able to...affect this outsider?" | Ashleigh Shephard
"Look, you don't understand, people are complex. Their emotions are even more so. You put that altogether, not being able to stop feeling it, and it would drive you crazy too"
Appearance:
Asheligh stands at 5"6, her black hair extends to her shoulders, her brown eyes are deep and troubled. She has a light skin tone, and a fine complextion. She has a scar under one eye, faded and old. She typically wears dark clothes, almost "Punk" Like.
Personality:
Ashleigh is a troubled individual. She keeps to herself, prefering her own company then the heart ache others can bring. She is a quite, almost soft young woman. She rarely raises her voice, and indeed she rarely voices her opinion, prefering to watch situations as they happen. She rarely lets anyone come close to her, for fear of getting hurt again.
She is however a rather kind individual, willing to put aside her own fears and doubts for others, particularly if she cares about them. If she can be convinced to let someone it, she will be a valuble asset. However, she considers herself weak and suspetable, based on her past.
History:
Ashleigh was born addicted to drugs. Her mother hadn't been aware she was pregnant, until she was 7 months along, and by then it was too dangerous to clean up her act. So Ashleigh was born a drug addict. As both went through care to become clean, her mother vowed to do anythhing she could to stay clean, and give Ashleigh the life she deserved.
Ashleigh however was a troubled individual. Her abilities affected her immensely, and by the time she was 12, she was once more a drug addict, taking whatever she could get her hands on, she didn't care as long as it helped. By 15, she had been in and out of hopsitals, rehabs and other such facilities more times then she'd been in school. By 16, she was in love and had cleaned up her act.
By 17, she was near death, beaten up by the one person she thought she could love forever. This was when her mother had to stop holding on, and having heard about the acadmey, she sent Ashleigh there, for she couldn't deny that Ashleigh didn't have special gifts.
Metahuman Classification:
A living curse That's what Asheligh thinks of her abilties. She wishes she never had them, and constantly seeks ways of dulling their affects on her. But she can never get rid of them. Even drugs lost their effect, once Ashleigh found she could heal herself. A living curse, and one she can't escape from.
Empathy
This is Ashelighs main ability, it's strong, and it causes her pain. The ability to feel others emotions, to constantly feel everything going on around her. She can't control it, can't stop the torrent of emotions. She can control peoples emotions, but she prefers not to.
Telekinesis
This is actually Ashleighs only power she doesn't wish gone. The ability to make things move? She thinks its way cool.
Healing
The ability to heal might be someone elses dream, but for Ashleigh, touching people is hard, that explosion of emotion...she can't take it. The ability to heal comes from the mere fact she can follow emotions to the source of the injury, and then use the bodies own empathic state to heal. While it is effective, it exhausts both the user and the patient, and as such there is a risk for large injuries.
Allergies:
None
Pre-existing conditions:
Addicted to drugs. |
44,194 | 1,205 | 194 | 2,305 | 2,031 | Jason chuckled."Alright then lots get outta here." Jason said excitedly. He was glad to leave the infamy again, the room was freezing. He wondered why doctors offices were always so cold. As they walked to the kitchens Jason wondered about the events that had occurred. This whole incident seems to have taken a toll on everyone. I think I'm gonna sneak out tonight, get some fresh air. Jason began to wonder if forcing all these kids with powers and abilities into one school was such a good idea. Sure it made for a better social environment, but it seemed that their abilities didn't always mix well. They were relatively close to the kitchens, he turned to vedika.
"So What's your take in this Vedika? What exactly do you think happened back there?" He asked while glancing around the room. | Vedika Venkatraman"Perfection consists not in doing extraordinary things, but in doing ordinary things extraordinarily well."-Angelique Arnauld
Age: 18
Appearance:Vedika is 5'2" and weighs 130lbs. She has light-brown skin, hazel eyes, and shoulder-length brown hair. Even when not smiling, her face appears cheerful, and when she does smile it's an innocent, dorky sort of smile.
Personality:Vedika is energetic and friendly, always willing to go out of her way to help others. She has an independent spirit that falls just short of rebellion. She goes everywhere at top speed, parkours like a daredevil, and tends to use unorthodox openings as entrances. Though not bad at schoolwork, she tends to prioritize the needs of others, getting involved in other projects, often letting her grades slip, accepting punishments with a grin. She is straightforward and honest to a fault, and can become uncomfortably chummy, often acting unnecessarily like a big sister. Her life goal is simply to be helpful to others, and she pushes herself hard to achieve this. She sees her ability as the ultimate vehicle for her to become uniquely helpful and strives to perfect it.
History:Some call her 'Vivi', sometimes she goes by 'Victory', Vedika Venkatraman is the daughter of an immigrant couple from India, come to America looking to eke out an opportunity. Her mother is a software engineer and her father is a stay-at-home dad taking care of her and her several younger siblings. As the eldest, she learned from her father the responsibilities of taking care of the household. At school, she defended herself, her younger siblings, and her friends from bullies. She was always known to be a scrappy little tomboy, climbing trees, climbing buildings, and getting into scuffles. One time when she was 13, a particularly nasty and racist bully got extremely aggressive and violent. Vedika's power manifested then. He was unable to harm her, and without knowing the other half of her power, she killed him in one punch. Soon the men in suits came and took her away. She doesn't know what they told her parents, maybe they thought she was in a juvenile detention facility. That's when she became a student at the school.
Vajra:Vajra is the philosophical concept of absolute perfection: embodying the lightning, energy, pure in its instance and intensity and capable of destroying all other materials that would cross its path; embodying the diamond, clear, eternal and indestructible. This is what Vedika has chosen to call her ability which centers around the vague concept of the manipulation of 'biological energy', though researchers on the phenomenon have also dubbed it as "Absolute Terror Field", "Hedgehog's Dilemma", "Self-Other Dichotomy", or "Lennard-Jones Potential". It essentially manifests as a form of martial art technique reminiscent of ancient mystical forms of 'chi' or 'chakra' control, granting Vedika an aura that allows her to wield two main abilities, Penetrating Strike, and Absolute Defense, and one secondary ability, Aura Transfer.
Penetrating Strike allows Vedika to transfer a part of her aura through physical contact to disrupt those of others, allowing her to bypass physical defense, allowing her strikes to resonate past barriers and cause internal damage. This does not amplify her damage, it merely causes it to transfer towards the nearest and weakest parts of the body and concentrate there, so her strikes still need to be full-force and actually manage to hit. For example, punches to the torso do mostly organ damage, while punches to the limbs mostly target the joints. Vedika needs to activate the ability consciously for each separate strike and has taught herself never to strike the head with this ability activated for fear of causing severe brain, eye, throat, or inner ear damage.Absolute Defense allows her to solidify her own aura, creating a rejection of all external physical impacts. This ability is not 'always on' and must be activated and maintained with stability and concentration. Vedika must usually adopt a 'stance' to activate this ability.Aura Transfer allows Vedika to transfer these techniques to others through physical contact, usually by placing her palms on the receiver's shoulders. She usually uses this to give others Absolute Defense to protect them from damage. Like Absolute Defense, Vedika usually must adopt a stable stance to use this ability, though the same is not required of her target.It is hypothesized that at some point, Vedika will learn how to 'project' her aura, granting ranged 'energy blasts', though this has not yet been confirmed.
Some believe that the strength of her ability is tied to her strong sense of self coupled with her strong sense of altruism. Stability is necessary for her ability to be at full power, this includes physical, mental, and emotional stability. Because of her ability, Vedika has never learned an actual fighting style, knowing how to throw maybe 3-4 basic types of punches, and even fewer types of kicks because she has never needed to get around someone's defenses. She doesn't really know any blocking techniques either as she has never needed to defend herself.
Allergies: N/A
Pre-existing conditions: N/A |
44,195 | 1,205 | 195 | 2,470 | 2,686 | Liam Pyne
Liam shook his head at the first statement. “No I don’t think that is the case I think you can’t neutralize Alister’s without it rebounding like that again. Again, I really don’t know I’ve never seen something like that happen before so frankly I think that you probably fine for neutralizing emotions but I’d stay away from Alister’s emotions in the future.” As she stood up and moved Liam frowned again it was clear this whole thing was tearing Ashleigh up. Picking up his chair he walked it around the table and set it in front of Ashleigh and pulled her chair around. “Sit down.”
Gently tugging Ash down into the chair he very delicately took her hands. “Stop blaming yourself. There is no one who could have possibly known what would happen. If you hadn’t help lod only knows what would have happened to Alister. You did the right thing and luckily I’m here and we can figure this out. I don’t know if you can affect the Outsider and I’m not sure that any of you should try. This thing is dangerous and I can’t reasonably let the three of you put yourself in harm’s way.”
Letting go of Ashleigh’s hands Liam looked from Alister to Paulina. No one else had shown up which was to be expected. Why had these three shown up though? Guilt? Curiosity? Did it really matter? They had no idea what they were trying to put themselves in front of and he couldn’t reasonably let them do it. But who ask could help? This thing had turned him on his family without a second thought. How was he suppose to fight it all on his own. Maybe they could affect the Outsider but how dangerous would it be for them to even try? Liam waited still sitting across from Ashleigh as he mulled over the thoughts quietly. | Liam Pyne
An idea, like a ghost, must be talked to a little before it will explain itself
Appearance: While not a small person Liam has a slighter build befitting that of someone who exercises when time permits. Standing at 5'9”, largely an academic, Liam’s exercise usually comes in the form of having to help as spirit get some place out of the way. As a result of this sporadic exercise Liam’s build is rather average in terms of muscle. With the constant practice in the gym Liam has grown good at one thing. Liam is an excellent runner and has deccent hand eye coordination. The skills he has picked up are often used to get him out of trouble when he sticks his nose in somewhere it doesn’t belong.
Liam sports short light brown hair and has eyes that range in color from bright blue to a muted green. While Liam is not one to run around outside every day he is not pale with a healthy light skin tone. Most people would call Liam moderately attractive but he is not that far above average in his looks.
Personality: Liam is a genuine gentle soul who often comes off as a shy shut in. Many have taken Liam’s generally non confrontational personality to mean that he is a pushover or any easy target; often this ends in the bully finding out that Liam is not an easy target and Liam having to get stitches. Those who get to know Liam find him to be a rather witty and intelligent individual willing to stand up for those he cares about regardless of harm to himself.
With all of his positive qualities Liam has a dark side stemming from his powers. From an early age Liam's fascination with the occult and the dead has limited his relationships. Often those who get to know him are put off by his power or by the fact that he willingly spends time with those who have passed on. Liam is one of few people who can bring the dead closure, as a result he feels obligated to help. This societal shunning has rendered Liam incredibly wary of others as he feels that those who get close to him will either leave when they find out the extent of his abilities; or will be pushed away by what he feels is his responsibility.
Given a lack of an active social life Liam excels at academics as any time that isn’t spent working on his talents is inevitably spent studying or reading. Liam’s academic proficiency has also lent itself to his shut in personality; however this is assumption about his personality is often made after others find out what his grades are like, not something that Liam actively advertises.
History: Born in a rural small town Liam was a popular exuberant child growing up. Most said Liam had a super human grasp on life and that “this child was going to go far”. On Liam’s 13th birthday he began having troubles at school and with other kids. The light hadn’t gone out in his eyes it had just become more determined than ever before. From that day forward Liam had become an totally different person; often seeking out local spots which were rumored to be haunted or other things of that nature. Over the next three years Liam continued to grow more and more distant from his family and friends.
In the end everything came to a head when Liam was sixteen. While poking around an abandoned barn rumored to be the home of the ghost of an old man Liam happened across a group of older guys who had brought a pair of young girls to the barn for a “night of fun”. Upon realizing what was happening Liam tried to stop them but was beat severely.
What happened next is still unclear but Liam returned with a vengeance in his eyes and an old double barreled shotgun under his arm. Three of the guys went to the hospital that night and one died on the operating table from his wounds. Neither of the girls would make a statement and Liam claimed he couldn’t remember what had happened just that he felt like he wasn’t in control of his own body. Over the next several months Liam would have similarly strange episodes until one day something altogether different found its way into Liam’s body. When the authorities were finally able to rescue Liam’s family Liam had boarded them in his parents room and was preparing to set the house ablaze.
After being taken to a mental institute for rehabilitation it was deemed necessary to attempt something unorthodox. A spiritual medium was brought in to assess Liam and it was deemed necessary to perform an exorcism. The ritual was performed with written approval from the Vatican itself and in the controlled confines of the asylum under the guidance of the medium who was called to asses Liam and the supervision of the psychiatric staff. Properly restrained Liam did not hurt anyone and the presence was expelled with only a few hours of time with the Priest.
When Liam was finally deemed psychologically sound he was sent home for a week before being packed up and shipped off to the academy to be supervised and trained in proper use of his abilities. Over the last two years Liam’s powers have grown steadily allowing him to more safely use them to benefit the denizens of the world Beyond.
Metahuman Classification: Spiritual Vessel (Medium)
Beyond the Veil: Liam can see ghosts when he opens his eyes and ears to the spirit world. This power is fully voluntary unless a spirit is powerful enough to make its presence physically know by crossing the Veil. Often times when Liam is not using his Sight more frustrated powerful ghosts who want his attention will make alterations to his environment (knocking over objects, breaking mirrors, etc.) causing discomfort for those in Liam’s vicinity when he is dealing with a persistent potent spirit. The effects of these spirits seemed to be lessened in the presence of more than two or three people or in the presence of sterile rooms and cutting edge technology.
Voluntary Possession: Liam has the ability to allow a spirit to share his body. In so doing Liam can allow a Spirit to talk to those in the mortal world or to even carry out acts they need to move on from a state of unrest. This ability also allows Liam to make use of a ghosts knowledge and abilities it had in life. This can include: speaking another language, knowledge about a particular subject matter or even physical capabilities such as martial arts, cooking, or music. The only limit is what Liam is physically capable of doing; regardless of the ghosts ability to do a backflip Liam still may not physically be able to do such a thing.
Exorcism: Liam is fully capable of expelling any spirit who has possessed him. After his encounter with an “Outsider” Liam has worked hard to make himself capable of ejecting unruly spirits at will. Often this is done when a spirit wishes to continue making use of Liam’s body beyond what Liam’s agreed upon terms were. This power also extends to others; in the rare case that a spirit has found a way to possess another person Liam is capable of expelling the spirit from another person body.
Liam has yet to have contact with another “Outsider” and as such he has yet to test his ability to expel an “Outsider” either from himself or from another. Liam has done extensive research on what he has termed “Outsiders” and yet much of what they are remain a mystery.
*Warning: Restricted Ability* Forced Possession: In incredibly controlled settings the instructional staff has tested Liam’s ability to expel a Spirit from his own body into the body of another or even into objects. While the tests were successful they left Liam dangerously fatigued and were deemed too dangerous to the subject of the possession as the process often angered or warped the spirit who was transferred in such a way. The notable exception was Spirits who were transferred willingly into a willing host. The Academy has strictly forbade this use of Liam’s powers. On his own Liam is far too afraid to attempt such a use given its ramifications. To this date the Academy has yet to find a need to discipline Liam for such a use of his abilities and as such it is not limited beyond the confines of the Academy.
*Warning: Restricted Ability* Environment/Spirit Manipulation: It is unknown to what extent Liam can manifest Psychokinetic powers; however the Academy keeps these abilities carefully suppressed with a psychic dampener. Liam manifest what appears to be a potent psychokinetic ability when under the duress of a strong possession.This includes the ability to levitate himself and to move objects with his mind. These abilities also appear to extend to influencing or commanding other less potent Spirits. The speculation by the Academies experts is that the powers are some remnant of the Outsider’s possession of Liam. On his own Liam does have very minimal Telekinetic abilities; however they only go as far as being able to move pennies across tables or rattle bottles. Regardless of the apparent low caliber of the abilities the academy has taken precautions to keep any of Liam’s psychic abilities carefully monitored and dampened for safety reasons.
*Warning: Redacted Ability, Eyes only* Traumatic Telepathy:
*test one*
The subject seems to be capable of digging through the minds of those in the room with him to find their deepest fears and most humiliating moments. After no less than five minutes in the room with him our volunteers were relieved and the test was cancelled. The result appears to be minor damage to the psyche of the recipients. Further tests will be required to determine the full extent of this ability.
*test two*
The subject is apparently capable of inflicting delusions and psychosis on those present and uninsulated from his psychic abilities. After a longer exposure of approximately thirty-three minutes volunteers were released from the test and the subject was exercised according to standard procedure. My final recommendation is that the further tests be canceled and that the subject be properly monitored and psychically dampened. The manifest psychic powers appear to not be a part of the subjects ability to communicate and house Spirits; however they appear to be a side effect of undamped powerful possessions. My conclusion on the subject is that these powers are a result of the Subjects possession by a Class 5 or greater non human psychospiritual entity. Caution is advised in any further use or test of the subject’s Telepathic and Psychokinetic abilities.
Pre-existing conditions: Liam is prone to sleepwalking and occasional bouts of insomnia. This can occasionally be disturbing for those who witness it as he may often appear quite cogent or wake when it happens. |
44,196 | 1,205 | 196 | 377 | 25,988 | Ashleigh reached out, and smacked Liam across the head. "Stop trying to figure out how to send us away so we won't get hurt" She said, "Thats why we're here, isn't it? To learn how we can put ourselves in harms way and survive. We all had a hand in this, whether or not it would have happened, we fueled it, from what you've said" The sudden change from self blaming to this was almost a whiplash like motion for Ashleigh, "if you think any of us will let you face this alone, then you're delusional"
She looked around at the others, as if daring them to say something else, colour flooding her cheeks as she spoke, "Jeez, Liam, I live in a dangerous state all the time. May as well be useful, and maybe learn a little bit of control" She said, her tone now soft again.
She lay a hand on the bracelet, not to assure herself that it was still there, but rather in an almost testing way. "We're here" She seemed to be quite steady, and she let out a slow breath, for the moment it seemed like she wouldn't lose control. | Ashleigh Shephard
"Look, you don't understand, people are complex. Their emotions are even more so. You put that altogether, not being able to stop feeling it, and it would drive you crazy too"
Appearance:
Asheligh stands at 5"6, her black hair extends to her shoulders, her brown eyes are deep and troubled. She has a light skin tone, and a fine complextion. She has a scar under one eye, faded and old. She typically wears dark clothes, almost "Punk" Like.
Personality:
Ashleigh is a troubled individual. She keeps to herself, prefering her own company then the heart ache others can bring. She is a quite, almost soft young woman. She rarely raises her voice, and indeed she rarely voices her opinion, prefering to watch situations as they happen. She rarely lets anyone come close to her, for fear of getting hurt again.
She is however a rather kind individual, willing to put aside her own fears and doubts for others, particularly if she cares about them. If she can be convinced to let someone it, she will be a valuble asset. However, she considers herself weak and suspetable, based on her past.
History:
Ashleigh was born addicted to drugs. Her mother hadn't been aware she was pregnant, until she was 7 months along, and by then it was too dangerous to clean up her act. So Ashleigh was born a drug addict. As both went through care to become clean, her mother vowed to do anythhing she could to stay clean, and give Ashleigh the life she deserved.
Ashleigh however was a troubled individual. Her abilities affected her immensely, and by the time she was 12, she was once more a drug addict, taking whatever she could get her hands on, she didn't care as long as it helped. By 15, she had been in and out of hopsitals, rehabs and other such facilities more times then she'd been in school. By 16, she was in love and had cleaned up her act.
By 17, she was near death, beaten up by the one person she thought she could love forever. This was when her mother had to stop holding on, and having heard about the acadmey, she sent Ashleigh there, for she couldn't deny that Ashleigh didn't have special gifts.
Metahuman Classification:
A living curse That's what Asheligh thinks of her abilties. She wishes she never had them, and constantly seeks ways of dulling their affects on her. But she can never get rid of them. Even drugs lost their effect, once Ashleigh found she could heal herself. A living curse, and one she can't escape from.
Empathy
This is Ashelighs main ability, it's strong, and it causes her pain. The ability to feel others emotions, to constantly feel everything going on around her. She can't control it, can't stop the torrent of emotions. She can control peoples emotions, but she prefers not to.
Telekinesis
This is actually Ashleighs only power she doesn't wish gone. The ability to make things move? She thinks its way cool.
Healing
The ability to heal might be someone elses dream, but for Ashleigh, touching people is hard, that explosion of emotion...she can't take it. The ability to heal comes from the mere fact she can follow emotions to the source of the injury, and then use the bodies own empathic state to heal. While it is effective, it exhausts both the user and the patient, and as such there is a risk for large injuries.
Allergies:
None
Pre-existing conditions:
Addicted to drugs. |
44,197 | 1,205 | 197 | 2,305 | 2,031 | "So What's your take in this Vedika? What exactly do you think happened back there?" He asked while glancing around the room.
Vedika blinked at him in mild confusion. "Something exploded," she said without putting much thought into it, "Maybe that boy with Ashleigh explodes or something." Vedika knew that Ash had telekinetic powers on top of her ability to feel and project emotions, but until she knew the truth, she would do her best to deny Ashleigh's guilt, to herself and to Jason.
Vedika walked into the kitchen with Jason, where the meeting was taking place, and from the looks of things, about to wrap up. "Hi," she said, smiling, "sorry we're late." | Vedika Venkatraman"Perfection consists not in doing extraordinary things, but in doing ordinary things extraordinarily well."-Angelique Arnauld
Age: 18
Appearance:Vedika is 5'2" and weighs 130lbs. She has light-brown skin, hazel eyes, and shoulder-length brown hair. Even when not smiling, her face appears cheerful, and when she does smile it's an innocent, dorky sort of smile.
Personality:Vedika is energetic and friendly, always willing to go out of her way to help others. She has an independent spirit that falls just short of rebellion. She goes everywhere at top speed, parkours like a daredevil, and tends to use unorthodox openings as entrances. Though not bad at schoolwork, she tends to prioritize the needs of others, getting involved in other projects, often letting her grades slip, accepting punishments with a grin. She is straightforward and honest to a fault, and can become uncomfortably chummy, often acting unnecessarily like a big sister. Her life goal is simply to be helpful to others, and she pushes herself hard to achieve this. She sees her ability as the ultimate vehicle for her to become uniquely helpful and strives to perfect it.
History:Some call her 'Vivi', sometimes she goes by 'Victory', Vedika Venkatraman is the daughter of an immigrant couple from India, come to America looking to eke out an opportunity. Her mother is a software engineer and her father is a stay-at-home dad taking care of her and her several younger siblings. As the eldest, she learned from her father the responsibilities of taking care of the household. At school, she defended herself, her younger siblings, and her friends from bullies. She was always known to be a scrappy little tomboy, climbing trees, climbing buildings, and getting into scuffles. One time when she was 13, a particularly nasty and racist bully got extremely aggressive and violent. Vedika's power manifested then. He was unable to harm her, and without knowing the other half of her power, she killed him in one punch. Soon the men in suits came and took her away. She doesn't know what they told her parents, maybe they thought she was in a juvenile detention facility. That's when she became a student at the school.
Vajra:Vajra is the philosophical concept of absolute perfection: embodying the lightning, energy, pure in its instance and intensity and capable of destroying all other materials that would cross its path; embodying the diamond, clear, eternal and indestructible. This is what Vedika has chosen to call her ability which centers around the vague concept of the manipulation of 'biological energy', though researchers on the phenomenon have also dubbed it as "Absolute Terror Field", "Hedgehog's Dilemma", "Self-Other Dichotomy", or "Lennard-Jones Potential". It essentially manifests as a form of martial art technique reminiscent of ancient mystical forms of 'chi' or 'chakra' control, granting Vedika an aura that allows her to wield two main abilities, Penetrating Strike, and Absolute Defense, and one secondary ability, Aura Transfer.
Penetrating Strike allows Vedika to transfer a part of her aura through physical contact to disrupt those of others, allowing her to bypass physical defense, allowing her strikes to resonate past barriers and cause internal damage. This does not amplify her damage, it merely causes it to transfer towards the nearest and weakest parts of the body and concentrate there, so her strikes still need to be full-force and actually manage to hit. For example, punches to the torso do mostly organ damage, while punches to the limbs mostly target the joints. Vedika needs to activate the ability consciously for each separate strike and has taught herself never to strike the head with this ability activated for fear of causing severe brain, eye, throat, or inner ear damage.Absolute Defense allows her to solidify her own aura, creating a rejection of all external physical impacts. This ability is not 'always on' and must be activated and maintained with stability and concentration. Vedika must usually adopt a 'stance' to activate this ability.Aura Transfer allows Vedika to transfer these techniques to others through physical contact, usually by placing her palms on the receiver's shoulders. She usually uses this to give others Absolute Defense to protect them from damage. Like Absolute Defense, Vedika usually must adopt a stable stance to use this ability, though the same is not required of her target.It is hypothesized that at some point, Vedika will learn how to 'project' her aura, granting ranged 'energy blasts', though this has not yet been confirmed.
Some believe that the strength of her ability is tied to her strong sense of self coupled with her strong sense of altruism. Stability is necessary for her ability to be at full power, this includes physical, mental, and emotional stability. Because of her ability, Vedika has never learned an actual fighting style, knowing how to throw maybe 3-4 basic types of punches, and even fewer types of kicks because she has never needed to get around someone's defenses. She doesn't really know any blocking techniques either as she has never needed to defend herself.
Allergies: N/A
Pre-existing conditions: N/A |
44,198 | 1,206 | 0 | 1,319 | 1,803 | The night was crisp with the chilled air that signaled the snow from the tops of the mountains. To some this would be a warning of storms and fall that was to come, but to the small village of Norn it was just a reminder that even in their summer the nights were crisp and summer would not last. The fields were in full flourish, and a regular target for an easy meal from the local wildlife. So Norn residents had taken up putting up sentries. To discourage the thieving beasts and if any were to try, well the meat was always welcomed. The fields amd their yields were precious things to the Northern tribe. For grain, and corn kept longer than meat or fish and was far more steady a source. Not to say they did not have bad years, but those were discounted as bad luck or the work of evil spirits. Displeasure of the Earth. So for that year the offerings would triple in hopes of appeasing the angered being so their crops would flourish the next growing season.
However, this was not the only reason the sentries had been posted. For this was the first year the village had called to do such a thing. Something that had taken much thought from the Shaman and the Chief. The village was not so close together and along with the great fields of grains and corn, were the more private gardens of roots and herbs. The private huts that house each families' meat well off the ground. Though some preferred to dig cellars, large holes covered with stone or wood. The houses themselves were mostly wooden, with dirt flooring though older houses had taken stone and many had woven reed mats across them. Roofs were of thatch, wood or the rare tiles. But the latter was rare for clay had more and better uses than being put upon a roof. The roads were dirt, some stones packed into them closer to the center of the village. For flat stones, when not needed for a house, were agreed that they would do better to be added to the village's streets, for the mud of winter made things difficult and frozen mud had made more than one set of boots ruined. And so the large wooden platform- the speaker's stage- where Shaman, Chief or another would speak to large gatherings was set near the center of the village. To it's side was a large fire pit. A communal fire that was used during feast days, to burn sacrifice, or when game was too large to store away all the meat. The stones about it were blackened with the hear of large bonfires and ashes lingered within the pit.
Still the leaders of the tribe were worried and they were not alone. For hunters had returned with strange reports of odd tracks and missing kills. Things that could be explained away as a beast or animal of the forest. But one had returned held up between two friends, his blood flowing from a cut in his scalp. His arms covered in scratches from something's claws, and bite marks upon his same arms and one upon his throat. He babbled about a evil spirit in wolf shape, and spoke his story only to the chief and shaman. He had been hunting, as was obvious. But when he had taken aim at a wolf who was feasting upon a rabbit, the arrow had been led astray! For no wolf would know he was there no matter how crafty, and his arrow would not have missed! When the wolf turned upon him, he shot again and this time the arrow had struck a tree that the wolf had dodged about. A evil spirit for sure! He did not get a third shot before the beast was upon him, a large slamming of their power upon his head and he had fallen to be savaged. The two other hunters agreed they had heard snarls and raging of a wolf and when they had come, they had seen the wolf like figure disappearing. A creature possessed by a evil spirit, though they had no more than a glimpse of the fur and rustle of leaves as it passed. They had went off hunting for the spirit several times after that, but never did they see it. So the two hunters, and their wounded friend grumble and spit. Making wards against bad luck and never entering the woods at night. The Shaman had thought upon this and had said his piece in the fact that he would think longer upon it. He would also seek out what spirit they angered, or who might have been sent against them. "Though-" He said. "I do believe it is of the North. For the Wolves of the North are most deadly and should it have descended from the plains of ice then it will be even more so."
So his warning was headed and the chief did not look askew at foreigners. For they were not of the great glacier that laid to the East in the valley between the mountains. So now he looks upon this clear, summer day and wonders what the world will bring. And if that spirit has left for good. His problems as chief were many, and many were petty. This was neither part of the many, nor was it petty. The man sighed and went to whittling his new knife hilt upon his door's stoop while he waited for breakfast. Many of the other villagers were either leaving to fish or hunt, or waiting for the sun to break the haze of morning to begin their days. A raven looked down at the man from the roof, and squawked. A reminder of Fate and Change, or so thought the man. Who would walk into the stream of Fate or fight it's currents today? | <Reserved> |
44,199 | 1,206 | 1 | 1,228 | 2,368 | Cassandra stepped out into the twilight, her eyes dark without the sun to bring out their blue. She found her father already preparing to work his plot for the day and her frowned deepened as he caught her eye. She knew he didn't want her hunting at the moment--there were whispers about Norn regarding the dangerous omens in the forest. Hunters more cowardly than she--or more the wiser--had at least slowed in their hunting; however, Cassandra enjoyed being out in the forest on these limited summer days and took much pride in her ability to feed herself and others. She would not waste the day. So as her father opened his mouth to speak, she bounded away toward the forest and left him to watch her with a furrowed brow.
The few arrows in her quiver rattled together as she walked through Norn, her steps light and quick even with the leather boots on her feet. A leather pouch of water hung at her waist next to a hunting knife. She held the hunting bow and its string in her left hand; it was imperfect but she had made it herself and she knew how to align the awkward shot. A frown still sat upon her face, but it occasionally twitched into a polite smile as she passed the rare villager and exchanged a greeting. As she passed the village center, a raven's cry broke the quiet and she paused in her steps to squint where the rooftops met the sky.
Cassandra hummed and picked up her pace again, brow furrowing. She was dressed just warm enough to tolerate the cool morning air until the sun would warm the Earth: trousers and a simple tunic over a loose sleeved shirt. Her dark hair was tied back into a tight ponytail to keep it out of her pale face. She wore a glove on her right hand to protect her skin against the bowstring--though her hands were hard anyway, raised a hard worker like both her parents. She tensed against the cold air as she arrived at the edge of town, slowly coming to a stop as she gazed at the forest ahead. For all her talk against superstition, she could see and feel the change in the forest. So there she stood for a few moments, preparing herself for the hunt. | Cassandra Lanik | 21 | Northern
Appearance: Cassandra stands at average height for a young woman and has lean figure. She walks tall with her shoulders back and chin up, but her gaze tends to wander away when speaking to others. She has a long face dotted with small freckles and thin lips. Her eyes are a dull blue in color, but round and alert. Thick eyebrows sit above her gaze and their dark brown color matches her long hair. She's overall rather plain in appearance and rarely smiles. As for clothes, she likes to dress plainly but practically. Skirts and dresses are fine, but it's not uncommon to catch her in trousers as well.
Personality: Despite her seemingly rebellious nature, Cassandra puts the needs of the village before her own. While quiet, she's not afraid of conflict. No one would describe her as friendly or warm due to this, but when she isn't confrontational, she's polite and respectful. She's ambitious but humble in her work and has grown to be mostly independent within the village, but of course trusts and depends on the society around her. Cassandra is observant and patient in dealing with others and--on the flip side--her reserved nature can make her difficult to read.
Skills:
- Tracking. Cassandra can follow an animal's trail well and has a light foot that allows her to get close as well.
- Archery. She had always been interested in it. Her mother was more encouraging than her father, but she was never strictly discouraged and has grown to be a fine shot. She is best with longbows.
- Bow & arrow crafting. She is good, but she is not the best. She is learning under a master in the village.
- Trap making. A more recent and less developed skill. Shooting a bow is fine and good, but she's grown to appreciate simpler ways to catch food.
Fears:
- The "other." Attributed partly to the way she was raised in a secluded village, Cassandra is weary of strangers.
- Marriage. She would like to marry, of course, but the prospect of actually being married scares her and she tends to be closed off to romance because of it.
Likes:
- Archery & Hunting, of course.
- Warm, sunny weather.
- Her family and the village
Equipment:
- A couple bows & arrows.
- Knives, some for bow and arrow making and some for hunting.
- Rocks. She prefers to trade for arrowheads from the blacksmith, but she's not against making her own if she finds the right sort of material.
Biography: Her parents are prominent within the village: her father is the most innovative in advancing the quality of farming, but it is a slow process and one her siblings will likely take over because she lacks interest. Cassandra finds it more practical to rely on hunting and gathering and has grown with the technology suitable for it emerging to practice it. Ever since she could hold a bow, she has been practicing with it and it shows. As she grew, her mother had been encouraging and her father tolerant of it.
As a young teenager, she began an apprenticeship under the bowmaker. It was difficult for her at first and she learned slowly, but it furthered her knowledge about archery and hunting. Now that she's an adult, she still lives with her parents but is growing independent through her craft and trading the food she catches. |
44,200 | 1,206 | 2 | 1,078 | 1,927 | Ander's leather boots thud through the familiar, soft earth found in the forests of Norn. His yellow eyes flickered from tree to tree, making sure he had gotten his bearings right- and indeed he had for the village of Norn entered his sights. He was glad for it too, as he had felt eyes watching- no, stalking him on his merry way with the faint smell of iron accompanying him on his trek. On his back lay differing furs, some he caught in different parts of Dissansel, and others he had just caught in the same forests- though he did quicken the pace of his hunt due to gut feeling.
His entrance to the village was relatively auspicious, with the tinge of wariness the Northerners were known for. They all eyed him for a moment but quickly shifted their gaze after a moment, it was likely because of his rather ornate and showy garb, and it clearly being out of place. He even caught a few words being exchanged, of his more 'dubious titles. "Golden-Eyed Fox." Well atleast they hadn't tried to attack him on sight, as he had became a relatively known trader. After exchanging pleasantries with some people whom had greeted him, primarily people he traded favourably with (as he cared little if he was making too much of a loss, he needed enough to just get by), he made his way towards the local tavern. After a short chat and coin he was escorted to his room.
As soon as he was settled he made his way back downstairs and decided to grab something to eat and drink. Well, his true purpose was to 'overhear' some of the local discussion and hearsay going on in Norn, and for a place like this, there were plenty.
"The Hunters, they 'ave been toning it down on their hunts- 'least I think so."
"Well yeh, don't ya already know of the demon disguised as a werewolf?"
"What, that sounds mighty exaggerated."
"Hey that's what I've been hearin'."
Sure enough, most of the tall-tales in taverns like these tend to be embellished with how much it gets retold, and the two men did smell and sound fairly inebriated but as they say, 'Legends are often exaggerated, but rooted in truths.' Now Andel had a fair idea of the general drab atmosphere cusping at the edge of the village.
Andel took another sip from his mead and a spoonful of potato and an unknown meat into his mouth. After a few more moments, and the two individuals he was listening to had talked about their harvest instead he had got up to inquire more. After reaching the front of their tables and their prudent stares bore into him he spoke,
"Greetings, may I ask about that 'Demon Wolf' you two were talking about." his eyes bore deeply into theirs placated by his smirk. He whistled at the barmaid and held up two fingers, "You wouldn't mind, would you?"
(tagging for talking to npcs) | Name:
Ander Kiefermann
Kin:
Unknown
Magic:
Speed
Age:
23
Appearance:
Ander is of above average height, with his androgynous appearance being the most striking thing about him, with many mistaking him as a female. The next being his striking glare being the next almost seeming as if he's looking right through you. He has a perpetual mischievous aura about him, with his expression following suit. His attire usually consists of darkish blue with golden embroidery, and when travelling he wears a long, tattered cloak.
Personality:
Ander is a mystery, of sorts. His demeanor is often playful, and sarcastic, usually at the expense of the person conversing with him. With his countenance never seeming to break from mischievous smirk or eerie blankness. He takes some pride on being a good judge of character, being able to read body language and their gestures to a fair degree- though he has been wrong on occasion, making him a bit more hardheaded in changing his mind once it's been made up.
Skills:
Swordsmanship - He has a natural aptitude for the way of the word, being self taught in his travels. He had developed a strange style, centered around the use of his speed his strikes look almost as if he was dancing.
Silver tongue - Preferring to use words over force, he can talk his way out of a situation a majority of the time- usually being able to come out unscathed or with an acquaintance.
Fleet of foot - Alongside his notable nimbleness, he can traverse lands easily.
Fears:
Incompetence - He fears that his own shortcomings and broods on them quite alot, even if it doesn't seem like it.
Being tied down - Someone taking away his freedom to move and meander about is a strong fear of his, despite having the skills to prevent anyone from doing so.
Unable to find his 'purpose' - He really doesn't remember his past, so his motivations are skewed, was he a good person or bad, why did he love travelling, and many more brew up in his minds during his travels.
Likes:
- Wandering without a purpose.
- Taking in the scenery and environment to it's fullest, so to a certain extent- silence.
- Pleasant conversation.
- Playing/practicing with his wind flute
Equiptment:
- A longsword, engraved with a wolfs-head, embroidered with golden string. The scabbard is similar in design.
- Windflute
Biography:
It is hard to pinpoint and infer where Ander came from, even he himself has trouble doing so due to his memories being hazy and almost blank during the first few years of his life. All he can remember is that he has always been travelling with a sword on his hip. To feed himself he had learnt the very basics of hunting, fishing and gathering. Otherwise he is somewhat of a traveler and helps individuals out for little to no reward- usually the small reward being used for his provisions to travel. He honestly does not have much purpose or meaning to his travels (despite very much liking it), setting out to 'find' it.
His swordsmanship was honed throughout the years of travel as he had a natural aptitude for it- it also helped that he sometimes met unsavory bandits or individuals. He either learned from the few individuals whom had mastered the sword, or practiced his peculiar style by himself. Now he had built a reputation of himself as the 'Azure Wanderer' or in other places as the 'Golden-Eyed Trickster.'
Other: |
44,201 | 1,206 | 3 | 2,592 | 356 | Kiyanna stirred from her meager sleep and pushed the coarse straw away from her form. The people of Norn did not enjoy her presence. She was afforded little in the way of comfort. She had been lied to and told that the rooms of the nearby inn were completely taken, and told that the only place to sleep was in a nearby animal pen. Knowing that she would get no better, Kiyanna had taken the offer. The nights in the north were far colder than the nights in the south, and being inside something, even something as disgraceful as an animal pen, was better than attempting to sleep outside and likely freezing to death. Kiyanna had no dreams from her sleep. This was actually a blessing, as most dreams were merely her mind forcing her to relive the night that her home had been taken from her by the bandits. Shaking her head to wake up faster, Kiyanna dug around in the straw nearby and smiled when her hands found purchase on her spear and shield. Digging them out of the straw, Kiyanna checked over her equipment and brushed any clinging material from them. Standing up and stretching Kiyanna cracked her neck, then her back. Securing her gear to her person, Kiyanna left the animal pen and walked into the village proper.
There was little light to go by, and even fewer people present. Kiyanna walked to the center of town for a brief moment. The cry of a raven broke the silence, and Kiyanna looked up briefly to try in vain to spot the raven against the dark sky. Taking a deep breath of the cool air, Kiyanna thought of what she might seek to do today. Her coin was running low, and she had few rations left in her own supplies. Work needed to be found, and soon. She noticed another woman nearby, though said nothing to her. She looked like a hunter, and the unstrung bow she carried with her further assisted this look. Kiyanna didn't talk to her, though. She knew that she was of the north, and would likely not want to speak to someone from the south. However, the sight of the huntress did give Kiyanna an idea of what she could do today. Hunting was not an unknown to her, and it had saved her some rations on her travels. With that in mind, Kiyanna began to walk.
Kiyanna would pass the huntress with the unstrung bow, though she would say nothing. Unless she was interrupted by something or someone Kiyanna would walk out of the village and into the wilderness. Kiyanna took careful, quiet steps and began to search for tracks. She'd follow what she could, though her luck in finding anything fresh was going to be rather slim compared to someone who was an experienced hunter. This would be her occupation for the day, though she was ill prepared for it compared to some others. While she was hunting, Kiyanna frequently thought of why she left home. At the time, it was an easy choice to make, as her father had been slain and her home burned to the ground. She had nothing there, and it seemed only natural to take what she could and set off into the world, but it was also times like this that made Kiyanna regret her choice to come this far north. She wasn't welcomed here, but she knew that she didn't have the supplies to make it down to the more hospitable homelands of the south.
Still, she was here now, it was best to make the most of it. A fresh track caught her eye and snapped her out of her haze. She began to follow the tracks, hoping they would lead to a living animal. | Name: Kiyanna Tharssan
Kin: Southern.
Magic: It's not really a magic, but Kiyanna is able to tap into a great rage in times of great stress. When Kiyanna rages, her combat ability increases dramatically, though this only lasts a short while and leaves her exhausted.
Age: 24
Appearance: Kiyanna stands at a surprising five feet and five inches. Kiyanna's raven hair is kept cut short and neatly combed. This is typically not seen done by a woman, but her training as a soldier has alienated her from the trials and tribulations of beauty. Kiyanna's skin is surprisingly pale, though she attributes this to proper use of her shield. Kiyanna's body is fairly muscular, though not excessively so. She still holds an overall feminine shape, but it is obvious that she is a soldier from a glance. Kiyanna is usually found wearing her armor, more than anything. She claims that the gear feels better to her than any normal clothing ever has. Kiyanna's armor consists of a metal spartan-type helmet along with a cuirass and greaves. Beneath these greaves Kiyanna wears a pair of tough leather boots, along with a white tunic, skirt and undergarments. A firm belt keeps everything in place around her waist.
Personality: Kiyanna is quite serious, having been put through tough training. She rarely makes jokes, and frequently doesn’t understand when a joke is being made. Kiyanna is quick to take action on things, and frequently does things herself when she needs them done. Kiyanna’s social skills are fairly mundane, and she frequently doesn’t contribute much to a conversation. Kiyanna holds high expectations for the people she asks favors of, as was done to her. Kiyanna was expected to excel, and she expects others to do the same.
Skills: Hoplite training. (Sword, spear, and shield uses.) Javelin throwing. Formation fighting.
Fears: Dishonor. Theft of her armor or belongings. Betrayal.
Likes: Strategy, training, maintaining her weapons and armor.
Equipment: Cuirass, greaves, helmet. (All described in appearance) Large round shield (metal backed by hickory.) Spear, short sword, six javelins.
Biography: Kiyanna was never meant to be born. Her father, himself a soldier, wanted a son to train and to take up his heirlooms. Outcast by her father and with no mother to provide guidance, Kiyanna swore that she would throw her fathers arrogance in her face. She began to train herself however she could. Most of this training was done near a river around their home using large stones she pulled from the mud as weights. At random, a soldier came to the river to bathe himself and discovered Kiyanna. He admired her courage, and gave her training in the techniques that he had been taught. This soldier was one of only three guards that the town had to keep it safe. When reports of a band of bandits reached the town, the guards mobilized towards where they were last seen in order to join a small militia that had formed to stop them. This was a fatal mistake.
A few nights later, a group of four bandits set upon the town, having broken off from the main group. They set homes ablaze and pillaged as they pleased, since all were defenseless before them. Kiyanna knew that she had to do something. Stealing into her fathers treasury, she donned the armor that he had stored there and took up his old weapons. She chased after the bandits, eager to prove herself worthy. She found one of the bandits attempting to kick in the door to what the town knew as the nursery. Dropping her spear, Kiyanna pulled a javelin from the brace at her waist and hurled it. The javelin found it's mark in the bandits shoulder, and Kiyanna quickly followed up with a powerful thrust from her spear into the bandit's lower back. Pulling the javelin free from the bandit's shoulder Kiyanna turned to search for the rest. Kiyanna saw her home in flames, and was horrified at the revelation before her. The other bandits had seen her leaving from her home wearing her fathers armor, and must have assumed it was an armory. Finding nothing inside but her aging father, they had set it aflame. Kiyanna felt tears well to her eyes and a deep scream resonated from her mouth. She felt a rage like nothing before flood her veins, and charged the stunned bandits. She impaled one on her spear, catching his ribcage and shattering it. With the spear caught in the wound, Kiyanna dropped it and slammed the edge of her shield into another bandits face. This shattered his skull, slaying him. Drawing her sword, Kiyanna brought it to bear against the last bandit and cut his arm clean off. He fled into the night, and Kiyanna fell to her knees, exhausted.
After a few moments, she passed out. By the time she woke, it was day. Her home was nothing but ash, and she had no future here. Taking a small pack of supplied, Kiyanna began to roam as a mercenary. Her travels eventually brought her north to the village of Norn. She was treated with suspicion at best, but she knew that work could be found there.
((I've had a chat with L. Runic already, they accepted this.)) |
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