Deviations: The Outbreak (Superhero Semi-freeform) (Recruiting OPEN - 1/24/13)

[Adonis]

Looks good to me Aiden, go ahead and move ol boy over.

[Kokaine]

Character:

Name: Quentin 'Q' Alexander
Ethnicity: African-American
Sex: Male
Age: 31
Relationship Status: Single
Previous (Or current) Profession: Carpenter and Furniture Maker

Appearance:

Hair: Dark Brown
Eyes: Dark Brown
Skin: Chocolate
Weight: 205 lbs
Height: 6'3"
Other: Quentin is very particular about his appearance. He tends to dress for both comfort and style outside of work, but even his work clothes seem to come off as being somehow neat regardless of how long he's been at it. He generally always sports well trimmed facial hair, though he can be convinced to go without on occasion.

Information:

Personality: Q is a quiet but fun loving man who believes actions always speak louder than words. Intensely private when it comes to personal matters, he can sometimes come across as arrogant or condescending but honestly all it takes is someone sitting down to actually have a conversation with him to find out just how far from the truth that really is. Speaking with him will also reveal that the man is exceptionally well read and educated despite not having gone for a fancy university degree. He believes strongly in family, duty, and honor above all else and is the sort of man who would never ask of another what he is not willing to do himself.

Q does have a relaxed side though, one capable of humor, warmth, and compassion, even some charm under the right circumstances. He flirts when it suits him and definitely enjoys a woman's company but he's not a hound by any means (despite what a few of his friends might say). Content to let others think of him what they will he moves about in comfortable silence and prefers to use his idle time working--whether that's on old homes in need of restoration, building new ones, making furniture, or simply carving a figurine it doesn't matter, he just doesn't like to be idle for too long.

Background: Quentin's childhood was pretty unremarkable over all--or maybe that's just how he sees it. His mother died while giving birth to him, leaving her son behind to be raised by his father who was only 18 at the time. Luckily for him, his father chose to step up and be a man, doing his best to raise his son with the help of his own parents and older sister. As a result, Quentin was surrounded by love and positive influences growing up. Things weren't always pretty but he and his father made due with what they had.

A two sport All-American in high school (basketball and baseball), Q used sports a means to keep his attention on the right sorts of things. Despite earning the attention of a number of college scouts though, Q decided that the four year college thing just wasn't for him. He'd hoped to go into the Air Force but his vision would have kept him from becoming a pilot which was what he had always dreamed of doing. Thankfully Q had a love of working with his hands passed down from his father and grandfather that he was able to turn into a career move and straight out of high school he went to trade school to learn carpentry.

Finding work after he completed his training and earned his certifications wasn't too difficult. Especially as he proved to have a good eye for design and detail work as well. After working like a fiend and saving, and even making some small investments and selling his furniture designs, Q managed to buy himself a plot of land on the outskirts of the city. His best friend just so happens to be an architect and helped him out with some plans and blueprints so for the last 2 years Q has been slowly building his dream house from the ground up. 

Generally a pretty healthy guy, Q gets a flu shot every year like clockwork just as a precaution. He works hard and long and hates to miss work so the flu shot is simply a way to try and head off any lengthy illness. However, this shot seemed to be a little stronger than usual...

Symptoms:
Forcefield Generation (physical shielding) - SL - 1 - The Devi is able to form a small, directional field to repel blunt objects moving under 50mph (field of view).

Hobbies and Interests: Tai Chi, Capoiera, Yoga, furniture making, working on his place, reading, learning, giving massages (he's taking classes), jazz clubs, outdoor activities, sports (he plays in a few adult leagues), baking desserts, trying new foods. Next on his list of things to accomplish--aside from finishing his house and maybe finding a good woman to help him fill it--is learning to fly.

OOC Ons and Offs:
Ons - Strong, intelligent women; curves, long hair, contrasting skin tones (sooo very much), accents, kissing, skin on skin contact...
Offs - Women who play games (and I don't mean the fun kind with blindfolds and handcuffs), liars, cheats, bathroom play, feet, unrealistic proportions, fake tits (at least of the obvious sort), violence...

[Adonis]

Ha, I used his exact image in another game :P

[Kokaine]

LOL. I am actually in the process of changing him anyway :P

[Kokaine]

Apologies for the double post but Quentin is done :)

[Angel Fire]

I am thinking of making a character for this game.  Will it be all right if I can create another woman here?

[Adonis]

Of course!

[Angel Fire]

Sweet!  It may take a day or two... maybe shorter but I'll get her going!

[Angel Fire]

Hi Adonis,  Please let me know if Leila will work for you.  Thankies *Smiles in hope*

Character:

Name: Leila Marabana
Ethnicity: Brazilian/Native American
Sex: Female
Age: 25
Relationship Status: Single
Previous (Or current) Profession: Struggling model

Appearance:

Additional images

Hair: Dark Brown
Eyes: Blue
Skin: Olive color
Weight: somewhere around 130-140 lbs (Fluctuates depending on her eating habits)
Height: 5'7"
Other: Wears gloves on her hands in public, Has a small rose tattoo on her back just above her waist line

Information:

Personality:
She shows the illusion that she is assertive and very outgoing during her photo shoots but privately, that is so far from the truth.  In reality, she is actually a little shy and overwhelmed by the looks that she gets from both men and women when she walks the streets.  The media attention that she got in the beginning trained her to present the illusion but once people get to know her, she lets her real self out... which is caring, concerned about her friends and lovers and genuinely wanting to pay attention to the ones that she can completely trust.

Background:
Born in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Leila was just a modest girl trying to survive in the wild streets of the city.  She was lucky that her parents were not people that were attached to the government as they kept her alone and let her slowly grow up.  When she was 12, there was a lot of turmoil in the city as she was almost sheltered deep inside.  Little did she know that the turmoil would change her life.  She never figured out how or why but she lost her father in (what she was told) a vicious auto accident.  Losing her male figure in her life, Leila started to turn to her mother for support and guidance as she was trying to find her way and be the blossoming woman that she would eventually become.

When she was 15, her mother moved Leila out of the craziness of Brazil and into Northern California as her mother's job required the relocation.  Not having a knowledge of the English language, Leila was frustrated at not being able to understand what everyone was saying.  It was then that her shyness started to come to the forefront until her friend, Marianne, came in and helped her to learn the language.  Leila and Marianne were almost inseparable during their high school years as Leila started to develop an attraction to her saviour.  She was not sure what this attraction meant but to her, she took it in a sexual way as she tried to lead her best friend to her house.  Those intentions led to Leila losing Marianne as her best friend as she told Leila that she was not "that way."  All alone now, Leila finished her high school years and was now, searching for a purpose in her life.

Just a couple of months out of High School, Leila was found by a talent agent that eventually trained her in the world of modeling.  Traveling the world for the next few years, Leila was starting to become worldwide known as she was on TV, magazines and eventually on the internet everywhere in the world.  She was loving the luxurious life but it all came crashing down just two months ago when her agent was involved in a money laundering scandal.  With the loss of her agent, her lifestyle went from the rich and famous down to the struggling artist as she tried any ways to make ends meet.  Making her way into the city, she found out that everyone was starting to get sick with a cold that didn't seem to go away.  Needing money and not wanting to get sick, she decided to take the flu shot that would eventually change her life.  At first, she started to feel better but eventually, she found out that she could charge her iPhone just by touching it.  With other touches of electrical equipment, she found out that she could add life to electronic devices.  She feared that she may accidentally shock herself so she took to wearing gloves to protect anything and anyone from her new found... and possibly uncontrollable abilities.  Right now, she is like she was just outside of high school... a stranger in a strange land and with a power that she wishes that she could eventually control.

Symptoms:
Electricity Manipulation - SL - 1 - The symptom carrier may now absorb static electricity, and discharge it into mechanical devices, thus becoming a walking battery.

Hobbies and Interests:
Photography, reading romance books, spending time outdoors... she has more interests but that would be kissing and telling *Winks*

OOC Ons and Offs:
Please see my Sig for my O/O link.  Also PM me if you have any questions or plot discussions that you wish to partake with me.

[BadForm]

Adonis, here is my replacement for Obediah. Let me know if it's ok.

Character:

Name: Farzan "Peri" Staff
Ethnicity: Mixed: Iranian mother, American father
Sex: Male
Age: 26
Relationship Status: Single, Pansexual
Previous (Or current) Profession: Student (College, PhD, Doctoral research: Methods of Combating Cybercrime)

Appearance:

Hair: Black, thick
Eyes: Brown
Skin: Tan
Weight: 160lbs
Height: 5'7"
Other: Wheelchair user, able to walk extremely short distances with difficulty

Information:

Personality:
Farzan is the type of person who seldom let life get him down. Despite the problems of living with a degenerative muscle illness, he has found great joy in the computer world. He loves surfing the net, playing video games, and especially hacking supposedly uncrackable systems. He doesn't do it with malice of forethought, but rather as a challenge and to improve his skills. He is driven by Risque use of the intellect. As such he is drawn not only to hacking, but also to some wilder kinks that he hopes that one day he will get to experience in reality. What he loves most, is a challenge.

Farzan is not naive about his situation, nor is he a Pollyanna. He does have dark times, and considers that being cursed with his illness must be due to some karmic debt in a past life. Still, overall he remains an optimist. Even the nickname he chose as a hacker is one that represents Persian myths about being denied heaven until they couldn't settle a debt.

He's fun and vibrant personality can be contagious. And he usually has a good word to say about anyone. He tends to look beneath the surface and seek out the good even in people where that might be difficult. He gets on well with his family and friends and colleagues at school. He was raised Islamic, but with a very modern and liberal view of Islam. He is not a preacher, but he uses his faith to encourage his own good works for others.


Background:
Farzan was born to an Iranian immigrant woman who fell in love with an American government employee. This caused some problems for his father, given the unstable relationship between Iran and the USA. However, background checks enter his mother turned up nothing, and his father was able to go on with his relatively low security job.

From birth, it was obvious that Farzan's body was not developing properly. Early on it just seemed like he was uncoordinated and relatively weak. But tests by the doctors showed he had a rare muscle wasting disease. It was predicted that it would continue to cause him to degenerate throughout life and by the time he reached his teens Farzan and was frequently in hospital and using a wheelchair for mobility. However, he never really let this slow him down. Denied access to physical entertainment he turned to computing and rapidly became one of the more skilled computer users in his age group at school. On his own, he also researched methods of hacking and became quite adept. Online, he took the name Peri, from Iranian myth. It showed how he thought of himself as a spirit more than a body.

Farzan's hacking continued to advance in skill and soon he was even able to hack secure systems such as banks and one or two government systems. He used this interest to gain a full scholarship to college and go on to study a PhD in computer science focusing on online security. He still acts for fun, and occasionally a little illegal profit, but mostly having studied the world at large he uses it to do his bit to combat cyber crime.

Given his illness, physical health care has always been essential. He went to get a flu shot and it was after this that he found, while daydreaming one day, that he was able to fade from existence. At least, from physical sight. He only realised this when looking in the mirror he saw his chair and the room and not himself. As soon as he moved he became visible once more. He has no idea why this was, but has seen it continue over the last week or so. Given his own personal myth as Peri, a spirit needing to seek to pay off a debt, part of him wonders if indeed he is not more spirit and body. This belief clashes with his scientific worldview, not given this is our experience also flies in the face of everything scientific he can't find a better explanation.

Symptoms:
Invisibility - SL1=Passive Chameleon


Hobbies and Interests:
Hacking, video games, the Internet, online porn ( well he is a 26 year old virgin male), and all things computer

OOC Ons and Offs:
Ons: passion, vibrancy, things risque but not abusive
Offs: anything abusive

[Adonis]

I apologize for the delay.

Angelfire and BadForm, both are approved and may be moved over and into play at your earliest convenience.

[Kokaine]

Is there something I need to fix with my guy, Adonis?

[Amelita]

Character:

Name: Ethan Thomas
Ethnicity: French/US
Sex: male
Age: 33
Relationship Status: single
Previous (Or current) Profession: Mechanical Engineer, acoustical engineering specialist. Musician.

Appearance:

Hair: brown
Eyes: brown
Skin: lightly tanned
Weight: 170lbs (77kg)
Height: 6'2 (190 cm)
Other: Ethan is a lanky looking guy who doesn't really dress to accent the nice build he actually has. He wears his hair long, long enough to tie back or to let fall loose onto his shoulders, and his beard thick and grown but immaculately groomed.

Information:

Personality: Quiet, confident and reserved. Intelligent and logical thinking, but with a creative edge that has allowed him success in developing design concepts in his line of work. Very musically inclined, and one could go as far as say he's a born musician as he possesses the musical instinct and logical reasoning to figure out pretty much any instrument. His voice isn't spectacular, he's an average singer with a low range baritone voice and nothing noteworthy about that, but has a great ear. This is what drove him towards specializing in the field that he did.

He does have a sneaky sense of humor and fully enjoys company when he's in the mood for it, not a loner by any means. He's of a rather philosophical mindset, likes thinking about things through their core and attempt to unravel their mysteries, and his favorite pastime outside music and his work is puzzles and crosswords of any kind. Dancing is the only activity remotely connected to athleticism in his range of interests, and is naturally just a spin-off from his enjoyment of music. He does like the set rules for motion and conduct during ballroom dancing but hasn't had a chance (or given himself time) to do that much.

Ethan's generally friendly, open minded and empathizes easily with other living things. Flirty when drinking, not even remotely flirty at other times. Always a gentleman, always polite, very difficult to anger or annoy as he'll simply withdraw from a situation that makes him uncomfortable or patiently wait for it to run its course. Once he does get angry, he gets furiously angry. This has not happened often. Mild frustration is far more common. 

Background: Born to a woman who later became Mrs. Thomas as she married a loud and red Irishman, Ethan is the bastard offspring of a wild affair with a Frenchman that was hushed and covered up with utmost care. His mother was single, young, and from a good southern family. There would be no scandal if her parents had any say in it. Two years later of course, they lost all say in the matter as she eloped with her Irish lover. The man adopted Ethan as his own and raised him as a son, even after five daughters were born. The Irishman and the Southern belle did in fact not even tell the boy about his real paternity until he turned twenty five. His coloring, the dark hair and tan skin, the brown eyes, were always said to be a heritage from his grandfather who had a similar appearance. No one ever questioned his dark head in a group of five redhead younger sisters, a redhead father and a blonde mother, but when the siblings knew it became painstakingly obvious. His sisters didn't feel it was of any importance, nor did his parents, but he withdrew from them and took off to figure out what he felt about it himself.

So, with a name of his father and of a small town in France the man may or may not have told the truth about, Ethan travelled to explore his potential roots, as it were. He stayed in France for over three years, during which he finished his education, and found nothing. Well, he did find a sense of calm and artistry he enjoyed, hence the extended stay. After that, he moved to Canada as an opportunity to work on a new concert hall presented itself, and had only just returned to Glenside when disaster hit in the form of a flu shot. He hasn't let his sister know he's back in town, nor does he plan to. A project in Tokyo awaits him in three months and his plans are not to stay in Glenside until then. He just couldn't quite resist stopping on his way through.

(Half)brother to Juliana Thomas


Symptoms:
Telepathy.
SL - 1 - Ability to hear snippets of thoughts randomly.


Hobbies and Interests: As mentioned: Music, puzzles, his work, dancing, oh and he enjoys reading. Poetry, fiction, history, philosophy, whatever really. Good wine.



OOC Ons and Offs: Bisexual, but his male leanings are not something he flaunts or seeks out actively. General O/O's are writer's, but do ask about whatever seems lacking in those.

[Adonis]

Hes fine ame, go ahead and move him over. Kokaine as well.

[RampantDesires]

Do we have any powers that haven't been used?

I am still brainstorming for my new guy.. Or maybe I will make him a her. So much to consider!

So I was making Group lists today and figured I might as well answer this and put it here...

To the best of my knowledge no current characters have the following:

Regeneration
Reflexes
Water Manipulation
Light Manipulation
Shapeshifting: Reptilian/Aphibian
Reptile Manipulation
Avian Manipulation

There might have been characters made with said abilities but they are no longer active or have withdrawn entirely from the game.

Powers that are used a lot (either on purpose or through the fluke of random symptom rolling) are:
Telekinesis - 5
Portal Generation - 3
Shapeshifting: Avian - 3

Other than those the other symptoms only have one or two characters who have them.

That isn't to say that you have to/can't use the symptoms listed above in character creation as far as I know the selection is still wide open.

Edit: It's also worth noting that we're perfectly balanced on males and females with 22 each :)

[AribethAmkiir]

Character:

Name: Rebecca Ransom
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Sex: Female
Age: 18
Relationship Status: Single
Previous (Or current) Profession: Thief/con-artist/hacker

Appearance:

Hair: Black
Eyes: Blue
Skin: White
Weight: 90 lbs
Height: 5’4”
Other: Wears wigs often and dresses in a grunge/goth type style.  She also often wears temporary or Henna tattoos.

Information:

Personality: Rebecca is a survivor.  Her bubbly, adventurous, tough as nails, loyal, smart, and observant traits hide a gentle and delicate interior.  She won’t show when she’s been hurt.  Rebecca believes she is a good judge of character and has the ability to pick the sucker in the crowd.

Background: Rebecca was born to a couple who believed they were too old to have kids.  The youngest daughter of three her sisters are a good seven to ten years older than she is.  With that much difference in age, Becca didn’t really get to know her siblings, as both of them were out of the house by the time she was eleven.  Her father, a good for nothing drunk, was always angry and often took his anger out on the girls or their mother.  Things became worse when she became the only child in the house.  It was fortunate for her that her father did five years in jail from the time she was eleven to sixteen.  The night he was released he came to her room and tried to force himself upon her.  It was only through her mother’s intervention that Rebecca was able to lock herself in the bathroom where she spent the night.  The next day she left her home for good.

Rebecca spent the rest of her high school years moving between locations.  She stayed with her sisters for a brief time though left when she discovered their situations weren’t any better.  She dropped out of school when she was seventeen and lived on the streets for a time surviving by picking wallets, shoplifting, identity theft, forgery, hacking, and finding the biggest, meanest kid on the block and riding their coattails until a better opportunity arose. 

For the last year, Rebecca has run from one problem to the next.  That’s how she found herself in Glenside, population 350,000.  Not exactly the largest city but a good con can be run from anywhere.  It was after one such con had gone wrong that she darted inside of a clinic and, in an attempt to wait out the heat, got in line for the flu vaccine.  She falsified her personal information and paid with a credit card she’d stolen while waiting in line.  Not exactly having health insurance, Rebecca thought it was a good idea to get the immunization, plus it took over an hour, so anyone looking for her had likely moved on by then.  She headed to the long-term hotel room she’d been renting, nuked a slice of leftover pizza, and fell asleep watching TV.  It was a few hours after that when she woke feeling sick to her stomach, her head throbbing, and her shirt damp with sweat.  Wasn’t the flu shot supposed to prevent the flu?  It was a damn waste of money.  The next day, not one to stay home when sick, Rebecca went out like always but found people avoided her more than usual, which made it more difficult to pick a pocket, or steal their jewelry.  After only a few hours, Rebecca dropped in to a pawn shop she hadn’t used before, located several miles away from her hotel room, and sold the crap she’d stolen.  After that she returned to her room and hunkered down for the rest of the day.  It took a few days to get over the flu, though the weird ass dreams bothered her for a few days more.  It didn’t help that she remembered her dreams; like being a rat scurrying around her hotel room looking for food; or a cat running along fences and over rooftops; or a blind ass bat flying through the night sky.  The oddest thing about the dreams was how real they had been. 

It was a week after having the flu that she realized those dreams may have been more than what they seemed.  Sure, it freaked her out when she first turned into a twenty-pound lap dog, but she quickly saw her new “skill’s” advantages and, not one to look a gift horse in the mouth, she didn’t bother to wonder how or why this had happened to her.  Soon enough a rash of home invasions plagued Glenside.  Many weren’t even reported as the items Rebecca took weren’t noticed by the homeowners.  The thefts that were reported left investigators baffled as there were no signs of forced entry at any of the locations and no indication that anyone had been in the home except for the homeowners and their families.  The one connection each theft had was that amongst the missing items was listed a small pet, most often a kitten or puppy.

Symptoms: Mamallian Shapeshifting  SL-1



Hobbies and Interests: Art, computers, boys/men, video games, collects wigs, music, perfecting her skillz, yo!



OOC Ons and Offs: https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=128873.0

[Adonis]

Looks good to me Aribeth. Go ahead and move her over amd say hello in the OOC's!

[persephone325]

Character

Name: Yuriko Ojima
Ethnicity: Japanese
Sex: Female
Age: 21
Relationship Status: Single
Previous (Or current) Profession: Dancer/Psychic on the side

Appearance

Hair: Dark brown
Eyes: Dark
Skin: Fair
Weight: 120lbs
Height: 5' 1"
Other: Pierced ears, tattoo of wings on her back

Information

Personality: Yuriko is a smart and caring girl. But she knows she can use her good looks to get what she wants from certain people. However, she doesn't solely rely on that. Yuriko likes to have intelligent conversations with people, proving that she's more than just a pretty face. Though there are few people who look upon her with disdain due to her job as a dancer. Even more people think her psychic ability is "a load of shit". Yuriko doesn't let it phase her, as she is only getting better in her quest to master her new ability. Each day, her confidence grows slightly better.

Background: Yuriko is the youngest of three children. However, she was also the least liked by her father and eldest sibling. Her parents wanted a daughter after their first born was a son. Their second born was a daughter, and the family was happy. However, Yuriko was unplanned and somewhat unwelcomed.

Her mother and older sister had no trouble giving her love and support. But her brother and father, for whatever reason, really disliked her. Her brother always picked on her, and her father always took his side. He justified it by saying that "siblings fight", and "it's normal". Though some part of Yuriko knew that her father didn't care for her, and never did. Sadly, their torment didn't just stop at verbal abuse. From the time she was sixteen, their abuse turned sexual. She was subjected to this for two long years.

Once Yuriko turned 18, she moved out on her own and got a job. As hesitant as she was, she started working as a dancer at a gentleman's club. The pay was enough for her to live in a small apartment with. She doesn't hate her job, but sometimes it just gets on her nerves. Yuriko has always been an intuitive girl, and very in tune with the emotions of those around her. But after a recent and routine visit to the doctor's office to get a flu shot, Yuriko began hearing strange things. Like conversations, but nobody was actually talking...


Symptoms: Telepathy



Hobbies and Interests: Dancing, singing, loves to write, has a soft spot for animals and loves talking walks in the woods, has recently wanted to learn how to play an instrument



OOC Ons and Offs: Same as player

Not sure if my history lines up with when the vaccines were administered. Maybe I could edit it to say she had some sort of dormant ability inside her, and then the vaccine brought it out later in life?

[Adonis]

Looks good to me Mab, go ahead and move her over!

[Praxis]

Super powers!

Are you still recruiting?

[RampantDesires]

Super powers!

Are you still recruiting?

Absolutely!  You can find all the character creation info and the character sheet in the first post.  If you have any questions don't hesitate to ask :)

[Amelita]

Super powers!

Are you still recruiting?

Yay a Prax! ^^

[Praxis]

Absolutely!  You can find all the character creation info and the character sheet in the first post.  If you have any questions don't hesitate to ask :)

Thank you.  Been doing some reading and this is a really compelling idea.

I'm going to randomize a deviation from your list and get cracking.

I'm in the weeds today at work but I should be out of them by the 'morrow.

*waves to Amelita*

[Caela]

Need to do some more reading, but this looks like an interesting concept...may not be able to resist making a sheet for perusal!

[kckolbe]

Look forward to seeing it, Caela.