My Superhero Academy (Superhero Highschool RP)

Accepted.

That said, maybe it's the cynic in me, but I would personally think the judge would be much more likely to just not give a shit and give your character the harshest sentence possible because of FUCK THE HOMELESS and whatnot. I'm not criticizing it or anything, it's fine, but I guess dealing with the GOP's shit for the last year has made me just a bit bitter.

edited 21st Feb '18 5:11:43 PM by kkhohoho

• Real Name: Stanley Daniels
• Superhero Name: Blade Master
• Age: 16 (Junior)
• Appearance: Base Appearance◊ Costume
• Personality: Stanley is a Gentleman and a Snarker. He will open doors, stand against bullies, and the like, but he's also the guy who will mercilessly lampshade and snark about things happening around him. He seems to be a weird mesh of the best parts of Superman and Deadpool in this regard. He also has a bit of arrogance, thinking that he is easily the "best swordsman", and generally overestimating his abilities, as opposed to underestimating his opponents.
• Powers:
  • Enhanced Fighting Prowess: This basically is a general statistic buff to certain attributes, which allow him to excel in combat. This increases his speed, reaction time, strength, durability, and stamina to the point of a basic Metahuman. This also extends to his everyday life, although he says his main power comes from his sword.
  • Nigh-Perfect Sword Mastery: NPSM for short, This is the manifestation of loads and loads of training. Stanley can fight in a variety of different styles, with a variety of different swords, knives, and the like. He can also perform moves that require other gear (which he possesses) and his EFP to pull off.
• Gear:
  • Judgement: An odd mix between a short sword and a katana, with a long handle and little side blades the come off the hilt. This is Stanley's go-to weapon, as well as his most durable and powerful. Made out of (Put this RP's resident Phlebtonium metal here), Judgement is incapable of dulling and nigh-invulnerable.
  • Roc's Dagger: His go-to for standard knife combat, Roc's Dagger is said to be forged by a forgotten forge of the gods, and this is the last remnant of the forge's great machinations. It is also nigh-invulnerable, and there is apparently a lockpick on the bottom of its hilt.
  • Volt Gloves: These gloves are amazing conductors, and because of this, they can use and channel electricity for a short time after gaining a charge. Often used for hand-to-hand combat or amplifying attacks.
• Backstory:
  • Stanley Daniels was born to a maker of swords and a Badass Normal heroine, who very much enjoyed their company. Thusly, he was the second of 6 children, all born about 3 years separated from one another. He has an older brother, an older sister, as well as a younger sister and 2 younger brothers.
  • As he grew older, he felt like he could never escape the shadow of his older brother. He was consistently getting better grades, he was in sports and had more friends. While he liked his life and wasn't a loser by any means, (not to mention being the younger brother of someone popular doesn't hurt too much) he still wanted to be his own person, not just "James Daniels' kid brother."
  • It wasn't long before he discovered his strength, speed, and other things were heightened to a pretty decent amount, almost to that of a Metahuman. It wasn't overpowering, and it didn't define him, but it was... noticeable. His mother pulled him aside and said that he got that from her side of the family, that it was a trait they all had. She recommended that he train with his father and become a hero, not only to put this gene to good use but also so he can become his own man.
  • He took up her offer, and after a bit of coaxing, his father trained him in the ways of the sword. It took a few years, and he also learned other disciplines of fighting, such as knife fighting ad boxing, but he was mostly training with every sword style they could think of. He sometimes trained with different masters, and as he spent less time training with his father, his mother decided to pull some strings with the hero organization she was a part of and get some (Phlebtonium) for his father to make a special sword out of. Make he did. His father considered it his greatest work and passed it on to his son in pride. They decided that at the end of the school year, Stan would transfer to Saint Academy to learn how to become a Hero. With that, his life was forever changed. As the summer ended, he said a solemn but hopeful goodbye to his family and promised he'd see them again.
• Miscellaneous:
  • Stanley has a picture of his family hanging up in his room, with a little note on it: "My motivation, my goal. I will see them again."
  • Stanley has occasionally worked with his mother covertly after his training was completed. Thus, he has a little more experience than the average student.
  • Stanley has an IQ of 135, which is smart enough to be considered Genius without it actually being a Superpower. He's one of the few normal geniuses left, as most are either average of super geniuses.
  • Stanley is heterosexual, but he has stated that He wouldn't mind a male companion, but he notes that it would be a mostly platonic or romantic relationship, and not really sexual.
  • The Volt Gloves were a gift from his mother, albeit more of a hand-me-down as she was receiving an upgraded version of them.
  • He has more swords than just Judgement, but most of them are at home. He did manage to bring in a couple to hang up on his wall. those are a large broadsword, a katana, a rapier, and a pair of ballistic knives.

edited 22nd Feb '18 10:59:44 AM by DefRevenge24601

Accepted.

Real Name: Blake Ray

Age: 16, Sophomore Year

Appearance: Tom is by no means athletic in a strength sense, but he has a very agile body. His frame is scrawny, and his legs are the most muscular thing on his body. He’s Caucasian, with short dirty blonde hair, and mutton chops, which he grew out to look cool. He usually wears an army jacket he got from his dad, and denim jeans. He wears light gym shoes to let him run faster.

Personality: Blake is usually a calm person, but can get irritated by people who have a “trolling” attitude. he has a sense of humor about him, and though he may not be hilarious, he tries to keep things level by using comedy. He’s a romantic type, but he isn’t very confident in his pursuits.

Powers: Shrinking and lightening. No, not lightning, lightening, as in weighing less. The shortest he can shrink is .1 in., and the least he can weigh is .2 lbs. His weight and height correspond correspond to each other, AKA he can’t weigh 100 lbs at one inch. He can technically also grow and weigh more, but only to the extent of his natural body.

Gear: A katana named “Invisible Touch”, and a set of clothes that shrinks with him.

Backstory: Blake’s father, Dr. Franklin Ray, studied a strange strain of Martian bacteria in his free time. This bacteria had the odd ability to decrease its own size and weight. While Dr. Ray was at work, Blake accidentally found the Petri dish that hosted the bacteria, and accidentally let the dish fall and break. While attempting to clean the broken glass, he cut his hand, and allowed the bacteria access into his body. It multiplied, and the size of his entire body was manipulated by this bacteria. After looking into this new power, he was able to gain some control over the strain of bacteria, even going so far as to use some to put in a specific set of shrinking clothes. His most miraculous effort with the bacteria was forging it in the molten metal of a katana. This katana would become his main weapon, Invisible Touch.

He joined the school knowing that he has a gift, and realizing that a place like this would fit him better than a regular high school experience. He’d also just like to see if he can find a place where he belongs here.

Miscellaneous: Likes long walks on the beach.

edited 20th Mar '18 5:28:09 AM by TacoBadger

Mostly fine, but there are a few things missing. Why did he join the school?

He joined the school knowing that he has a gift, and realizing that a place like this would fit him better than a regular high school experience. He’d also just like to see if he can find a place where he belongs here.

Bump

Sorry. Accepted. Just make sure to add that last bit about joining the Academy to your Sign-up sheet, alright?

Sign-up for Taco Badger redacted. Will send him PM shortly.

• Name: Jeffrey "Jeff" Smith (His middle name is Dahmer, but DO NOT mention that. Ever.)
• Age: 15-ish
• Appearance: Jeff is The Nondescript. It's one of his superpowers. He is, in appearance, utterly unmemorable in every way. He's a teenaged caucasian male, but that's pretty much it when it comes to memorable physical features. He has average-length average hair in an average haircut with average eyes and an average nose. He even has an average voice, though he expresses a lot more emotion with it than The Nondescript usually does. He's so nondescript, in fact, that people who've known him for years sometimes have a hard time recognizing him and facial recognition technology often comes up with either no match or about fifty million matches from all the average looking John Does clogging the system.
• Costume: A ragged, ratty tee shirt, denim jacket, and jeans with a few dozen band patches, functional patches, and pins. Pretty much in a state of perpetual disrepair due to personal preference.
• Personality: He prefers his own company, though that's mostly due to the fact that he was never properly socialized as a kid, having been raised in isolation by a Conspiracy Theorist and a Big Bad Wannabe. He is most definitely a Sir Swears-a-Lot, with a bit of Deadpan Snarker and some Cloudcuckoolander-ish tendencies due to having been raised by a Conspiracy Theorist. He also doesn't like people telling him what he can and can't do, but is generally okay with it if he understands why he can or can't do something. Despite all this, he tries to be a nice guy, but generally only receives a "C+" in that area.
• Powers: Jeff has a totally random-ass assortment of powers, which are compatible, but do not revolve around any sort of "theme" whatsoever. It is worth noting that Jeff does not have full control over his superpowers, and they often act up, especially when he's upset. His Playing with Fire abilities are especially prone to this.
  • Pyrokinesis: Jeff can create and manipulate large amounts of fire and can make said fire ridiculously hot. This is the power he has the least control over, and pretty much the only trick he can pull off with any amount of reliability is the Finger-Snap Lighter. In addition, he also has a ridiculously high extreme temperature tolerance (yes, both hot and cold, oddly enough), to the point where he could go swimming in a volcano (or in a pool filled with liquid nitrogen) and come out perfectly fine. He also is immune to the adverse effects of inhaling smoke, which, oddly enough, extends to smoked substances.
  • Ridiculously Average Appearance: In case you didn't read the appearance section, Jeff is ridiculously, supernaturally average-looking. So average-looking that people who've known him well for years couldn't describe him if they weren't looking at him and even the most advanced face recognition technology is confused by him. This is one of those powers that should be noticeable, no normal human being is anywhere near that average, but isn't unless you think very, very hard about it (which most people don't). This only affects parts of his body, not his clothing. If he wore a bright orange shirt with words in Black Speech scrawled on it and no pants, people would still remember a guy wearing a bright orange shirt with words in Black Speech scrawled on it and no pants. They just wouldn't remember his eye color, hair color, height, or and facial features. He views this power as a Blessed with Suck scenario.
  • Night Vision: Jeff can see just as well in any level of darkness as he can in normal light. This includes absolute darkness, where any amount of natural night vision could not reasonably function. He can still tell how dark it is. This does not allow him to see any better than a normal human in light that's too bright to see in.
  • Fast Healing and Regeneration: Jeff heals faster than a normal human would, though not nearly fast enough for it to be considered anywhere near a Healing Factor, it is fast enough that he could be up and standing a few days after taking a wound that would knock out a normal human for a few weeks. Far more useful, however, is his ability to heal from anything without even a scar. So long as he's alive, he can, as I said, heal from anything (and not in a Harmful Healing way, either. If his nose breaks, it's going to look like nothing ever happened to it by next month at the latest, even if nobody sets it). Amputations, gunshots, burns, infections, diseases, brain damage, cancer, anything. If he can survive it, he can heal from it and look like nothing ever happened to him pretty much as soon as it's fully healed, though he'll still suffer the effects of it until then.
  • Dream Manipulation: Jeff is a lucid dreamer, and has a bunch of weird and poorly understood powers related to that. He can observe or even appear in other peoples' dreams, has some control over dreams, and can Dream of Things to Come, Times Gone By, and Stuff that's Happening Now. He also sometimes has rather jarring and disturbing dreams of Eldritch Abominations. The exact amount of control he has over dreams varies. He can pretty much do anything in his own dreams, and can choose to go into other peoples' dreams, but only has only some control over them. He can't choose when he has a dream of the real world (during any time), and isn't really there (nobody sees him or can otherwise sense him), but can summon a few things or move around while in these dreams, although they aren't any more there than he is and are even less real because they're generated by his mind. He has absolutely no control over the Eldritch Abomination dreams. Those were just how much he is capable of, not what he actually can do. As he has very little control over his powers, he generally can't do nearly as much as he is technically able to do, and often accidentally enters other peoples' dreams. If he is killed in his dreams, he either wakes up or moves on to another dream. If he kills someone in their dreams, they wake up.
  • Enhanced Strength and Agility: Jeff is more strong and dexterous than a person of his age and physique should be. It should be noted that this is not a set amount of stength or dexterity, instead it simply adds to what he already has. It also should be noted that it doesn't add very much. Although stronger and more agile than an average human, he is far from Olympic-athlete level strength or dexterity.
  • Finding Stuff in Pockets: If Jeff owns something (bought it, was given it, found it, or stole it), he can have it appear in any one of his pockets at will. It has to be small enough to fit in his pocket with little effort (no giant swords or textbooks), he has to own it (as stated above, but this also means he can't summon something that was sold, given away, or stolen from him), and must appear in one of his pockets, not anyone else's. Also, if he is skilled enough in the use of this power, he can cause stuff to disappear from his pockets. This effectively makes whatever he caused to disappear cease to exist, and items that disappear in this way can only return to existence by use of this power. He is not nearly skilled enough to use this power in this way, and currently has very little control over this power. Something he owns often just appears in his pockets whether he wants it to or not, which often got him in trouble at schools he used to attend, when a cigarette (he sometimes smokes, although he is completely immune to all of the affects that would have on a normal person, including the sedative effects, cancer, and addiction), pocket knife, or piece of candy would just appear in his pocket at exactly the wrong time.
  • Notable Non-Superpower Skills; Due to his less-than pleasant upbringing, Jeff has amassed a few very useful but very unconventional skills that are worth noting on his "Powers" section, even though they aren't supernatural.
    • Good With Knives: Due to his mother's obsession with serial killers, Jeff was trained to use a knife ever since he could pick them up. Although the training stopped after his mother was arrested, he still had ample opportunity to use and refine his skill with them, and is still frighteningly good with everything from pocket knives to machetes to daggers to cleavers. This doesn't just extend to combat skill. If it's a knife or something close to a knife, he either knows how to use it or will figure it out pretty quickly.
    • Survival Skills: Even before he ran away, Jeff was taken on some extreme and often horrible camping trips by his Crazy Survivalist Conspiracy Theorist father. Over the course of those camping trips, he learned stuff like how to track, hunt, fish, find food, build shelter, navigate, and all that other wonderful stuff. His skills were only made better by living all alone in the wilderness of the Deep South for three years.
• Gear: Varies, but Jeff usually has a knife, a wallet with about 15-50 dollars in it, and some spare change on his person. He sometimes has more than one knife.
• Backstory: As you can probably guess, Jeff has a Dark and Troubled Past (at least up until about two years ago. He actually has three parents: His mother, a crazed Big Bad Wannabe who was obsessed with (non-super) Serial Killers, his father was a Crazy Survivalist Conspiracy Theorist who believed practically everyone and everything was out to get him and subscribed to a few hundred, often contradicting conspiracy theories, and his third parent was a Humanoid Abomination from a Lovecraftian Acid-Trip Dimension who chose to reproduce with his other parents for some bizarre, probably incomprehensible reason, possibly as part of some sort of experiment, and left soon after, never to return. His mother and father didn't love each other, but were Friends with Benefits who lived in the same house due to convenience and liked each other in a platonic way. The "convenience" mentioned above was because they lived in a run-down cabin in the middle of nowhere in Louisiana, miles and miles from the nearest convenience store. Predictably, they were horrible parents who had absolutely no concept of Children Are Innocent and put him through Training from Hell on an almost daily basis, along with crazed rants about The Government and/or The Reptilians in the case of his father. He always had his powers, although only some of them are from his Humanoid Abomination parent. The others are innate abilities The Powers That Be randomly decided to bestow upon him. When he was about 5 (his parents didn't care about days, weeks, months or years, so he still doesn't know exactly how old he is), his mother was arrested on triple homicide charges (yes, she was guilty) and sentenced to life in prison. With his mother gone, his father went even more crazy (if that's even possible), and he ran away when he was about 7. He lived a nomadic lifestyle in the woods with absolutely no human contact until he was about 10 years old, when he was found by police just outside a Pennsylvania forest while trying to steal from a wrecked car. He went through foster family after foster family for about three years (he went through schools even faster. His families were usually at least marginally tolerant of his powers acting up) before he was fostered and promptly adopted by the Smith family all the way over in Seattle at about age 13. Since then, life was actually treating him pretty well for a change, but he accidentally burned down three schools and got expelled from two more before his (adoptive) parents finally convinced him to go to Saint Academy. He has two adoptive siblings: a sister who's about his age and a brother who's two years younger. He still sometimes writes to his biological mother, who currently is in a maximum-security cell in a prison in Florida, and biological father, who currently resides in a psychiatric hospital in Kansas.

I'd prefer if you went through the "we have a new student" routine, although you can Retcon his attendance all along if you want.

edited 23rd Mar '18 12:33:49 PM by SomethingRandom113

I mean, the “we have a new student” routine is likely unnecessary. We’re only on the second day of class.

edited 20th Mar '18 4:35:17 PM by PossiblyQuiteInsane

Oh. Cool.

edited 20th Mar '18 5:52:41 PM by SomethingRandom113

Finally took a look at this. Anyway, here's what stuck out to me the most: Too many powers. Even if he doesn't have full control over them, it's still far too many abilities for an RP. Pick one, have him be fairly proficient with it, and stick with it.

I'd prefer to start all over if it's all the same to you. I get these character ideas and once I get them I can't exactly condense them like that, but I do have a secondary character. I figured you'd say that, even though his powers (with the exception of Pyrokinesis aren't really that strong. Here's my second character concept:

• Real Name: Andrew Hansen
• Superhero Name: None yet. He can't think of one that isn't incredibly cheesy or hammy.
• Age: 15
• Height: 6'0"
• Weight: 168 lbs
• Appearance: Andrew is a redheaded, blue-eyed half-Asian, half-Caucasian male, exactly six feet tall but a bit scrawny for his height, although all of his excess weight seems to be muscle. Due to his condition, he has black veins all over his body, especially on his face, back, chest, upper arms, and legs above the knee. He also is perpetually feverish (although it doesn't effect him like it should), has a faster average heart rate than a normal human, and cannot stay still.
• Costume: A battered leather vest, aviator shades, a black tee shirt with a biohazard symbol on it (because the lawyers insisted), battered jeans, and no shoes. He also has to wear a lower face mask any time he's not eating or bathing/showing.
• Personality: Before Andrew was infected, he was shy, quiet, and slow to anger. The Virus was quick to fix that. By all rights, he should be a brain-fried rage zombie, but he isn't. However, he's begun to live up to the Fiery Redhead stereotype. He's still shy, but not nearly as much, and mostly because he knows that people are afraid of him. He's more confident in general, talks more, and, more negatively, is very ''bad-tempered. However, he was and always will be a very smart and rather nerdy individual, although his grades are getting worse because his disease makes it harder to focus.
• Powers: Andrew technically doesn't have any superpowers, he's just infected with a virus of supernatural origin that didn't fry his brain and reduce him to a state of mindless, perpetual frothing-at-the-mouth rage like it should have. However, due to the virus's supernatural origins, it has several positive effects.
  • Enhanced Strength, Speed, and Endurance: Andrew can run faster and for longer amounts of time than a normal human should, and can be ready for a fight when a normal human should have collapsed from exhaustion hours ago. He can also hit harder and has better reflexes than most humans and has an extremely high pain tolerance that allows him to keep coming after suffering pretty much any wound that isn't fatal. He also only need only two hours of sleep each night, which is good, since that's pretty much all he'll get considering how long it takes for him to get to sleep without mdication.
  • Infected Sense: Due to the supernatural nature of his disease, Andrew can sense other people infected by his disease via some sort of sixth sense (the longer they've been infected, the more accurate it is) and he registers as just another infected to them. Due to the nature of the virus, non-sentient infected generally ignore each other, except to gang up on non-infected, which means that not only can he tell if other people are infected, but they won't attack him like they'll attack a normal person.
• Weaknesses and Medical Needs: Even though R-ZV08, the supernatural virus Andrew is infected with grants him amazing abilities, it also makes him have many special needs, which are part of the reason why he went to Saint Academy, since most schools aren't prepared to deal with them.
  • Contagious: Andrew is infected with a disease that usually turns those who have it into mindless, bloodthirsty rage junkies. This disease is transmitted via bodily fluid contact, usually through the blood or saliva. Thus he can't take shared baths, share food or drinks, or even go swimming. Not to mention that he can't do full on-the-lips kissing (although kissing on the cheek, forehead, or hands are usually okay, if a bit risky) and Can't Have Sex, Ever. Unfortunately, communal showers are generally considered "okay" for him, though he avoids them anyways, for obvious reasons.
  • Medical Needs: Although he could technically survive without them, there are certain things Andrew needs to stay mentally and physically healthy which most people don't. He needs to eat twice as much food as a normal human (this is the main reason infected rarely live more than two years post-infection, those that have succumbed usually eat less than a normal human because they're too busy attacking anything that moves and isn't infected). In addition, he has to have a medical checkup every two weeks and has to see a psychiatrist every two weeks just to make sure he doesn't have any psychotic breakdowns (which, if they happened, would inevitably result in a massacre, an outbreak, or both). In addition, he has special papers which explain his condition and are necessary for him to be allowed to go to school despite his perpetual fever (although most public schools won't allow him to attend anyways) and allow him to use public transportation despite his condition (although, until a recent landmark lawsuit, most public transportation companies refused to allow infected, papers or no papers, on board anyways). In addition, he has to take a cold bath or dump ice water on his head once and a while if the fever gets too bad.
  • Negative Effects of The Virus: Despite all of the awesome things the virus does to his body, it is still a disease with many (albeit minor) negative effects. Although his endurance allows him to mostly ignore it, it still makes him feel hot, cold, or lightheaded at all the wrong times. It also makes it almost impossible for him to stay still and very hard to concentrate, which effects his sleep (although he only needs two hours of sleep, which kind of means that part evens out). His heart rate is faster than that of a normal human, although that has little effect on him other than the parts already explained above, and the "fight or flight response" might as well just be called the "fight response" when referring to him. Although, unlike other infected, his mental faculties remain intact, he is still ill-tempered and sometimes doesn't think of the consequences of his actions. The black veins, however, don't negatively effect anything except his appearance.
• Gear: Other than his costume, Andrew has a double-bladed battle axe.
• Backstory: Andrew is one of only 15 people (only 11 of which are currently living) who were infected with R-ZV08, but retained their mental faculties (this is out of an estimated 30,000 people who were infected with R-ZV08 since it was discovered in 1964, meaning that the odds of retaining your mental faculties if you're infected with R-ZV08 are at most 1 out of 2,000). These people are called "Saners", though who coined the term or why it spread, considering how stupid it sounds, is unknown. Andrew was born in a small town in rural Wisconsin to a Scottish-American father and a Japanese-American mother. He has an older sister (three years older, to be precise), and a younger brother (about two years younger). He led a relatively normal life until about 3 years ago, when he mysteriously disappeared near a forest while on vacation in the UK, only to turn up two weeks later, infected but alive and mentally intact. He doesn't remember the two weeks he spent in the woods very well, nor does he want to. He had his 15 minutes of fame due to being one of only 11 living saners, as well as the youngest saner ever to be infected, was expelled from his school, and had to go to an alternative school for about a year, before he thought he might as well put his abilities to use and decided to enroll in Saint Academy.
• Some Facts About R-ZV08: R-ZV08 was discovered in Britain in 1964 after a rather nasty outbreak in a rural English town. The first saner was a 47-year-old World War 2 veteran who happened to live in said town. The outbreak was only stopped after about 50 second-rate supers were called in. Since then, it has had several relatively-small but devastating outbreaks all over western Europe. Although the last of said outbreaks was in 2003, there are still a few non-saner infected around, and R-ZV08 has captured the public imagination, due to its similarity to zombie movies. It is, as I said before, transmitted via contact between bodily fluids (typically the infected's saliva and the victim's blood). Symptoms include blackened veins, especially on the face, back, and chest, enhanced strength, speed, and endurance, fever, high heart rate, a seeming immunity to pain and nonlethal injury, an inability to keep still or stay focused, and an all-consuming, mindless rage. Saners seem to be mostly immune to that last effect. The virus is deemed partially supernatural, due to the fact that it enhances speed, strength, and endurance more than mere adrenaline can account for, and the fact that once a person is infected, the virus stays with them for life (the first saner was still infected when he died of old age in 2009). The most famous living saner is the 33-year-old British Well-Intentioned Extremist Anti-Heroine Pandemic, although "Saner" is a bit of a misnomer, since she isn't particularly sane.

edited 30th Mar '18 12:10:14 PM by SomethingRandom113

Mostly fine. Just one problem. Even if he isn't spreading around a virus, it still sounds like he should be in quarantine or at least have something that protects everyone else from his saliva or whatever, or if he falls in the drink. Maybe a hazmat suit?

Good point, but hazmat suit sounds a bit extreme. Maybe one of those paper face-mask thingies doctors wear and careful supervision by faculty members?

Sounds a bit flimsy. As in literally flimsy. I don't think paper's really gonna be enough to make sure something like zombie-inducing saliva is properly contained. Maybe a special helmet?

The helmet sounds reasonable, but a bit of a pain, maybe some kind of mask for the lower face? I'm, thinking secure, but light. Might need to be taken off during meals or baths/showers, but could easily be worn the rest of the day with relatively little inconvenience and risk.

It should also be noted that sweat is not nearly as contagious as other body fluids for some reason. Although there is a chance you could catch R-ZV08, it's ridiculously low. Why? So the penalties only slightly outweigh the benefits instead of vastly outweighing them (that's out-of-character, obviously, the in-universe explanation is unknown).

edited 29th Mar '18 5:57:14 PM by RAlexa21th

That's fine I guess. Accepted.

Hey! Is this still open for applications?

Yup. In fact, now's a good as time as any to jump in.

Cool!

• Real Name: Lee Koto
• Superhero Name: Rubber Man? Springback? Snaps? He's still working on it...
• Age: 16
• Appearance: This'll do.◊ For his costume, Lee submitted this◊ to get made. Details explained below.
• Personality: Lee tends to be a pretty aloof kid. He's quiet and keeps to himself, definitely not one for conversation. He's blunt and selfish and rarely thinks about how others feel, making him a bit of a jerk. Lee has been trying to be better, though, especially since being accepted into Saint Academy. While he still comes off as insensitive, he's become more aware of his actions, and strives to stifle the unsavory side of himself. It takes a while to get through his barriers - he reacts negatively to people out of reflex - but he's really a big nerd who just never grew out of his middle school phase.
• Powers: Lee's power is his Spring-Loaded Joints. That's not what it's actually called, but it's the best descriptor he's been able to come up with. From his shoulders to his toes, Lee has full control of the various joints in his body, able to move and contort them beyond a normal human's limit. Of course, that isn't his main power. After bending them, Lee can maneuver his joints with amazing speed and power. Think of it like a rubberband: the more you pull it, the quicker and harder it'll snap when you let go. Lee's power works the same way! A simple punch will come out strong, but if Lee were to bend his arm further back, his joints would 'snap' even harder! Using his power too much at once will cause his joints to lock up, though, keeping him from using that part of his body until he can recover.
• Gear: Lee has very minimal gear, but what he does have is integral to him.
  • Gloves, Boots, Headband: Three important pieces of his costume, all made of a special lightweight metal. The gloves and boots are a bit clunky, but do not hinder his movement in the slightest. As Lee isn't physically strong or sturdy, the metallic accessories help with both offense and defense.
  • Wirebelt: When in costume, Lee wears a thick belt around his waist with two short spikes at either side. This is actually a special device to enhance his mobility. A long metal wire is coiled up inside the belt, attached to each spike, which can be thrown out. Due to Lee's power, he can launch both spike and wire at incredible speeds. A button on the back of the belt reels the wire back in - essentially, Lee's Wirebelt is a more manual grappling hook (just without the hook).
• Backstory: Lee's lived a pretty lonely childhood. His mother was always out hero-ing, and he never knew his father, so most days went by with no supervision. There were babysitters, sure, but they weren't the same as having parents. The lack of his mom started to wear him down, and over the years he became ever so bitter about everything. This especially hit hard during middle school, as he finally understood his powers. Before then, everyone thought he was just a flexible kid. But one day, an upperclassman started to pick on him. A single punch was all it took to knock the bully out. Since then, Lee had been steadily working on his potential, growing used to how his power worked each day. It also helped to turn his outlook around; before, he was an angry loner, with no friends and not caring to make any. But since he actually had something to make of his life, he resolved to try and better himself as a person as well. Turns out old habits are hard to bite, though, as it's been years and he's made little progress with lightening up. Maybe Saint Academy will help mellow him out? That's what he's hoping, anyways.
• Miscellaneous: Has a fondness for junk food, fluffy animals, and sappy love stories.

edited 15th Apr '18 12:36:55 PM by TruthHurts22

Accepted. Anyway, I'd give you a recap, but I'm not sure if there's a need for one just now. We're about to be starting a Tournament Arc in a bit, and that's going to be a pretty good place to jump on. Though if you still want one, I'd be more than happy to oblige.

Also, I strongly suggest joining the Discord. A lot of pre-planning and OOC discussion goes on there, to the point where it might as well be a requirement. If you need any help getting in, just let me know. Other than that, welcome to the RP.

The new season of MHA has me hankering for some superhero RP hijinks, is it still a good time to jump in here?