The Othergrounds - Superpower OOC (Always Open)

Accepted, and I'm going to add all the new characters to the OP now.

And Nick, could there possibly be a short-ish relationship between Charles and Nick here? While Charles has only been in the Othergrounds for a few days... There could be a relationship between them.

Now, I'm going to start POSTING. Very slow posting, but still posting.

Now guys, put all the characters you will in now. Because after this act...

.... I WILL NOT BE ACCEPTING NO MORE CHARACTERS.

Well, from you guys.

Oh yeah, sure. If you mean friends, of course. If I made a post it would probably be Nick getting kicked in for the first time. He wouldnt know what he was doing or where he was going. If you mean like... love relationship, I would have to decline. I dont swing that way, and I dont think I would feel comfortable writing it.

... I MEAN FRIENDS, DAMMIT.

Charles is a straight shooter.

I would like to transfer Emily to here.

Haha, I'm just messing with you Lone.

But yeah, as Nick will be just getting sent in. So when he sees Charles he will want to know what the hell is going on.

Oh, will Nick be allowed to know more about meta humans in general because of Charles this time around? Or is that a no?

TheⓍperator wrote:: Oh, will Nick be allowed to know more about meta humans in general because of Charles this time around? Or is that a no?

idk. Charles was just sent to the Othergrounds about three days before the events of the story. He won't know any further information about Meta-humans other than the... obvi.

I'm fine with not being able to put in new characters. After Capri, I don't need to add any more.

Mr Allen J wrote:

TheⓍperator wrote:: Oh, will Nick be allowed to know more about meta humans in general because of Charles this time around? Or is that a no?

idk. Charles was just sent to the Othergrounds about three days before the events of the story. He won't know any further information about Meta-humans other than the... obvi.

Shoot. I did it again. I meant Caden because Nick is JUST being sent in.

Sure. Caden will still be canon.

Frillerfang will probably live in the lake, just like Dragonfly lives in the sewer. She's not going to be familiar with land when she wakes up.

Alright. Cool.

I'm going to start prepping a post to introduce Nick then. He's going to be a bit better at guitar than he was before, so he'll probably be using that more often now than he was in Black Fall. Maybe sitting on a table practicing.

It'll be up... soonish, or after you post. Whenever that will be.

I could see Dragonfly butting heads with Frillerfang over lake dominance. Dragonfly's bigger by about two feet, but Frillerfang is heavier. THe only reason I could see that happening is because Dragonfly uses the lakes as hunting grounds for carp and other fish.

Of course, upon finding out it's not a predator Dragonfly would apologize, but they have very similar abilities (powerful bite forces, Dragonfly's as at home in the water as he is on land, rough skin, vision in the dark, spikeys on their limbs (barbs on Capri's fin, claws on Dragonfly's hands and feet), ability to breath under water, great strength). The only differences being that Capri has loose skin and Dragonfly has acid.

I see them being great friends. The Shark and the Crocodile.

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Capri is one of the more powerful characters I make, especially after the Omicron burst, which makes her the strongest fighter among all my animal-metas, for the most part. Regardless, I can see her getting along quite well with Dragonfly. At any rate, she was both Animal/Plant and Energy class at the same time. Her Omicron burst was meant to explain how she was Energy class, it has to deal with her strongest offensive ability, which is kind of like Dragonfly spitting his acid.

Basic Information

Name: Capri Gerald
Nickname/Alias: Frillerfang
Gender: Female
Age: 16
Height: 20’6” (15’5” long tail)
Weight: 500.2lbs.

Appearance

Hair Color: None (No Hair)
Eye Color: Black
Ethnicity: Caucasian

Physical Appearance: Capri Gerald hardly looks as though she were once human, her mutations so extensive that they have completely changed her form. In addition, since having her Omicron burst, her appearance has dramatically changed even more so, with only a few semblances to her original mutated form. Having grown even more so in length, Capri strongly resembles a frilled shark crossed with an eel, as well as several other things, besides. Her entire body is extremely flexible and slippery, but very muscular, regardless. Her fins no longer resemble those of a normal fish, with thin membranes, and have become flipper-like, much like cartilaginous fishes. Capri has almost completely lost the hind fins that used to be her legs, which have now become small and triangular, their bone structure altered, and having become pelvic fins, like those of a thresher shark in shape. The pectoral fins that used to be Capri’s arms have also changed shape, growing larger, also cartilaginous like the rest of her fins. The bones in it are no longer visible, and the membrane attaches further down Capri’s body, almost reaching her pelvic fins. While they remain fins, they have now obtained a shape and set of joints that in nature is similar to that of an albatross, although on a much larger scale. The joints of Capri’s wing-fins can lock up while swimming to remain perfectly straight, like sharks, but can be folded like birds, the membrane of the fins being flexible, and even capable of rippling like a stingray. The original useless thumbs have developed two fingers along with them and a more useful shape, although they are still not as useful as a human hand, and are tipped with sharp claws. The fins on Capri’s back have been replaced by two pointed and curved dorsal fins, just like an average shark, although these are smaller-sized, compared to the extremely large pectoral fins, perhaps no larger than the small pelvic fins. Her extremely long tail, beginning past her anal and secondary dorsal fin, has thin, cartilaginous flaps on both sides that can be completely flattened at will, just like an eel’s in shape. The caudal fin, while just like a shark’s in shape, is fused partially to the eel-flaps, and is small, due to the tail having a tapering shape. In relation to Capri’s body the size of a pipefish’s tail on a larger scale, the tail has an elongated upper fin that is dramatically longer than the lower one, like a thresher shark. This tail tip is highly flexible, and can be used as a weapon to stun things. The edges of Capri’s fins have sharp edges that make touching them dangerous, as they can leave cuts.

Capri’s face retains long jaws with an arrow shape to them, as well as powerful muscles for both opening and closing, indicating a strong bite. Capri’s teeth have once more changed shape. The first row of teeth have lost their needle-like appearance. They have become thicker, longer, and serrated, with a threatening shape comparable to a Bowie knife. Although her under-bite is no longer present, and her snout is more shark-like, the teeth of her lower jaw still visibly jut out. Behind this first set of dangerous teeth are at least 300 rows of smaller teeth, which, while still resembling a frilled shark’s, have changed somewhat in shape to have a more dangerous purpose than snagging soft-bodied squid. Having grown thicker, also, the teeth are now oblique in shape, pointing inward with small serrations. The long barb-like protrusions on each tooth now have an oblique angle as well, contributing to the overall bent triangular shape. Because of the shape of Capri’s teeth, her bite is lethal, and ripping free can be all but impossible without sustaining severe injury. On her lower jaw, between the teeth is a section of tissue similar to that of snakes, from which a forked tongue can protrude, allowing a sense of smell on land. Capri has four nostrils on the tip of her nose, like a fish. Her eyes, while retaining a large shape that was initially round, have brow-like ridges above them, that give them a slanted look, and form an intimidating expression that is not fish-like. These eyes are pure black, and reflect white most of the time, giving them an eerie, dead-eye appearance. Capri has six gill slits at the base of her skull with long flaps, giving them a frilly appearance. The first flap goes beneath the skull entirely. Along the bottom part of Capri’s body, beneath the skin, are muscles like those of a snake that allow slithering movement on land.

Capri’s skin is extremely rough like sandpaper when stroked from the tail towards the head, but from the skull back, her skin is very smooth and sleek. Her original coloration has changed, however. The lower part of Capri’s body is a silvery-white color, or silvery-grey, depending on the light. The upper portion of Capri’s body is an intense dark blue-purple color. These two colors fade into one another, although the color of the belly does not extend past the pectoral fins. Capri’s skin has a bright, metallic sheen to it. There are dark, duller patches of skin that are nearly black just beneath her eyes, which reduce glare from light. The dot-like bioluminescent lures running down her back have been replaced with thin, stripe-like markings that pulse with color, starting from the base of the skull and running down to the end of her tail. These streaks are practically the same color as the surrounding skin, and the light colors they produce are alternating shades of magenta and green.

Personality

Innate Personality: Capri Gerald has very little to think about in her life that would relate to a normal person. Due to her mutations prior to her Omicron Burst, she was largely confined to bodies of water, although she was and still is capable of breathing air, just as easily as water. Due to much of her time having been spent living in the oceans, rivers, and lakes, she is used to the consumption of raw, sometimes live fish, and as a result, she does not seem disturbed by the fact of eating undercooked meat, in fact, she seems to prefer it, much to the disgust of others. Having been an urban legend in the town she came from, affectionately named ‘Frillerfang’ due to her mutations, she naturally has a deep hatred for the subject of fishing for the sake of sport. This is due to the many failed attempts at catching her to prove her existence to the world, through various means, all of which were not successful. Being a kind of fish herself, in many ways, Capri feels sympathy for aquatic creatures while others may be apathetic, sometimes making her seem strange. The fact that she held contact with her parents for the years she wandered the river basin is the only reason she was able to come to the school, and having only recently discovered her Omicron Burst, she is unused to many of the things on land.

Outward Personality: Capri generally seems to have something wrong with her on a mental level. By no means is she less intelligent than the normal human, in fact, she is actually smarter than average. However, despite this, she has very poor social skills, both naturally, and because her terrifying appearance frightens people into thinking she is a monster. Because of this, she doesn’t understand most forms of humor, and typically takes most compliments as insults, instead. Unable to identify sarcasm as easily as others, but aware of the concept, she sometimes believes people are sarcastic, and becomes offended, even if they are being serious. As a kind of fish herself, Capri has opinions on what is done in the oceans, rivers, and streams around the world, although she specially focuses on where she lives. Capri does not oppose fishing if it is for food, but greatly objects to fishing for sport that involves making the fish into a trophy, or catch-and-release, seeing reeling in fish just to kill it so its carcass can hang on a wall, or so you can set it free with a wounded lip or throat that makes it hard to eat, as a form of torture and injustice. Capri felt this way even before she mutated, but her new form reinforces the opinion, as many people who sought to catch her and turn her into a trophy disgusted her, though not all Frillerfang Fanatics wished to do this, as they merely wanted to prove her existence, and wouldn’t want to kill what could be the only member of its species. Because of this, Capri often kept the legend of Frillerfang alive by appearing before anglers who were less hostile to her, typically in the middle of the night. Because few people believe in her existence, but meta-humans were known to inhabit the world, this led to her becoming part of the Sparrowdale Academy. Because she was a special resident who would struggle to live in the school grounds anywhere else, she often took residence at the very bottom of the lake. Although she was friendly, this still made people stay far away from the lake after-hours if they decided to sneak out, because Capri was for the most part nocturnal, and looked like a monster.

Hobbies/Interests: Capri has a great interest in spying on people from below the surface of the lake. Because of the way she is, she can rarely go on land, and activity onshore is interesting to observe.

History/Bio: Capri grew up being raised by loving parents, who encouraged her to do great things, and also established a strong set of moral guidelines for her to follow. Growing up, Capri had a special focus on animals, and because her grandfather was a rather generous hunter, she often ate so much lean deer meat that fat-rich beef tasted wrong. Because a large number of her family members were largely country people who lived in the middle of nowhere down south, and she frequently visited them with her parents, Capri talks using a genuinely thick southern accent and dialect, and also takes extreme pride when she confuses people. This she enjoyed doing, and would always happily recall being taught how to do things most people found gross, such as gutting animals like squirrels, or eating swamp cabbage or alligator tail, or some other animal.

When she began to mutate, and apparently turn into a fish, her parents immediately took measures to protect her. They released her into the rivers of their local town, and then reported their child missing, as though she had been kidnapped while playing outside. The only people who were aware of what really happened was Capri’s loyal family, who talked about it amongst themselves, but effectively pretended that they believed someone had kidnapped her and murdered her. As the investigation was closed years ago with no culprit, Capri is legally dead. However, because she still held contact with her parents, and the legend of Frillerfang aroused suspicion in certain individuals, it was not long before they received a letter, and sent her to a special school where she could live without the fear of being discovered. Regardless, Capri’s social life was badly affected by her powers, as she could not move effectively on land. During the raid on the academy, Capri viciously fought back, and achieved an Omicron burst, escaping, and then passing out on the bottom of the lake where none of her attackers could reach her. She has only recently woken up, now having the ability to move on land.

Favorite color:

Abilities

Power Class: Animal, Energy

Power: Capri is essentially a gigantic super fish. Although her body is similar in appearance to a Frilled Shark, she has none of the weaknesses that the creature possesses. Designed to swim quickly underwater, Capri has the ability to lock the knee and elbow joints in her fins so that they remain straight, without cutting off blood flow. Capable of making fast turns in the water, or even floating in a single spot and swimming backwards, Capri is highly maneuverable in an aquatic environment. Able to move at a top speed of 50 miles per hour underwater, and going up to 60 mph. in a short burst, she exceeds even the fastest swimmers (Olympic swimmers on average can go a little over four miles per hour). As a result, it is practically impossible to fight her if you are swimming, or are too close to the edge of the water. With extremely muscular jaws that exceed the power of a normal Frilled Shark, and more strongly deliver bite force equivalent to about 3000lbs per square inch at full force, and powerful teeth that are harder than iron, much like a rat’s, Capri’s bite can effectively rip apart steel mesh cages used to capture her. Her enormous, powerful teeth make trying to rip free from her bite extremely risky, without an enormous, gaping, near-fatal wound resulting. A single blow from Capri’s tail can kill a normal human being, and the edges of her fins are tipped with sharp barbs that can cut through skin with ease. Her skin is remarkably thick, almost more like a honey badger’s than a regular fish, and as a result, sharp objects such as knives, swords, spears, teeth, and claws are rendered useless against her. Her skin is also like a shark’s in texture, being rough like sandpaper, and capable of scraping human skin if stroked the wrong way. Powerful night vision that allows Capri to see in almost absolute darkness, or through the murkiest water makes her a truly terrifying foe to battle at night, and her eyes cannot be harmed by thrashing prey, due to the milky-looking eyelids that protect them in a fight. The power to detect magnetic poles allows her to navigate north and south without needing a compass, and her powerful nose allows her to detect a single drop of blood per a million gallons of water. The same ability that allows Capri to navigate also allows her to detect electric fields that creatures naturally give off. These abilities are the standard powers of an average shark. With the ability to breathe underwater, Capri can sometimes defeat foes by holding them under long enough for them to drown, and resistance to extreme pressure makes her capable of surviving in abyssal trenches, hypothetically. Thanks to her Omicron burst, she can now slither on land like a snake, allowing her to leave the water more often, although she is still somewhat slow on land. Her newly shaped pectoral fins allow her to glide for short distances, allowing temporary bursts of speed that can make her capable of dodging attacks, as well as making herself less bulky for moving around on land, though she cannot actually fly. When water is readily available, Capri is capable of filling a special pouch that runs down her length with it, and then heating it to an extremely high temperature of 220 degrees Fahrenheit, bringing it past its boiling point, and rendering it scalding hot. She is then able to spit this water from her mouth without being burned by it, her skin having special properties that resist high aquatic temperatures. She gains about three shots each time she fills her pouch, and it takes about an hour each time she re-fuels in order to raise the temperature to the proper heat.

Weaknesses: Despite being extremely strong, Capri has many weaknesses. Due to her sensitivity to electricity and magnetic fields, magnets and rare earth elements can often confuse or repel her, and she is by no means immune to electric attacks. Because of her typical element being water, she is also highly vulnerable to attacks linked to fire; despite being able to spray scalding water, it only makes her immune to boiling fluids, not actual flames. Because she largely has only her rudimentary fingers, she cannot hold or carry anything that is too much for them to handle. Her greatest weakness, however, is that, like many species of shark, people can instill tonic immobility by placing their hands on the sides of her snout, usually directly in front of her eyes. When this occurs, she will go still and will typically stay that way for about one minute, or longer, if they don’t remove their hands. This gives a small window of opportunity for people to attack her, although she is a lot less responsive than a true shark, which goes still for up to fifteen minutes. Unlike a shark in tonic immobility, Capri luckily cannot be killed by being held upside down in such a state, as she still has the ability to breathe. Her final weakness, is that she must stay moist at all times. Otherwise, she will dry out, and become extremely ill, her skin growing tight and brittle, cracking painfully and bleeding.

Burst Potential: None (Formerly Omicron)

Wow! That's one hell of a tail! Lol.

See, if it were me, I would've used such a large tail to make a weakness. I would've made a good portion of the tail be made to store water (like o the underside, so it's still has room for a lot of muscle), which is like her life support system OUT of the water (it would circulate and pick up more oxygen so she could stay out of the water as long as she wanted). But that way, if she began shooting boiling water, she would have to be careful about how much she used, as using too much could begin to make her lack oxygen.

I would also recommend making her a bit heavier. She's twenty feet long and weights only 350? I would make her at least four hundred. But that's just me.

I used your suggestions, but because Capri has no trouble breathing either air or water, I said that she becomes very ill if she dries out, like her skin gets brittle and cracks and bleeds. A lot of other things, besides.

I suggest making her slower on land, and cutting the ability to fly.

Alright, she moves rather slowly on land, and she's restricted to gliding again, not true flight.

Very well, she is accepted now.

Alright, then. That's the last character I introduce in this RP.

Jehovah's Thickness Posts : 582 Join date : 2012-12-02

I DO need more characters to kill off in various morbid ways, because even I would feel a little remorse about killing off Livvy. Can I get a "Diablous ex machina"?

Diablous ex machina!

Hey Shade, Dragonfly ditched his pants a few acts ago when his arm was broken by a boss in a boss battle (Zizz, super powered bird man. I was waiting for Nicole to fall in love with him). He used some sticks and shredded his pants to make a makeshift splint.

His pants wouldn't exactly change color with his skin after all, so I decided to throw them out. Dont worry though, Livvy wouldn't be scarred for life. His junk isn't hangin' out like a normal person's would. Male reptiles retract that into the base of their tail.

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Basic Information

Name: Emily
Nickname/Alias: Makes them up as she goes.
Gender: Female
Age: It has been three years since Emily emerged as a meta-human. She knows that she was in her teens prior to the incident, but not exactly how old she was.
Height: 5'5"
Weight: 132 lbs

Appearance

Hair Color: Jet black
Eye Color: Grey
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Physical Appearance: Emily has the look of a wealthy goth girl, that ended up on the streets. Her greasy unkempt hair that flows just past her shoulders appears to have been professionally cut. Her pale flawless skin clashes with the dirt and grime upon it. There is slightly smudged makeup around her eyes, and on her lips; which augments her typically solemn expression. Her long polished black nails have flecks missing from them. Emily's figure is slender and perfectly toned. Overall her contradictory appearance makes her stick out like a sore thumb in most places.

Personality

Hobbies/Interests: Emily loves to roleplay, is fascinated by new technology, and is fond of metal music.
Skills/Talents: Very good at improvising characters and acting them out.
Goals: To find out who she is, and what happened to her family.
Favorite color: (Favorite color here)
Prized Possession: A locket with her name on it, and a picture of her family inside.

Relationships

Family: The people in the picture she carries; her mother, father, brother, and sister. She has no memory of any other relatives.
Friends: She doesn't remember having any friends.
Enemies: Everyone is a potential enemy in her eyes.
Lovers: She doesn't even remember the emotion of love, let alone anyone that she ever loved.
Marital Status: Single

Accepted.

Jehovah's Thickness Posts : 582 Join date : 2012-12-02

TheⓍperator wrote:: Hey Shade, Dragonfly ditched his pants a few acts ago when his arm was broken by a boss in a boss battle (Zizz, super powered bird man. I was waiting for Nicole to fall in love with him). He used some sticks and shredded his pants to make a makeshift splint.

His pants wouldn't exactly change color with his skin after all, so I decided to throw them out. Dont worry though, Livvy wouldn't be scarred for life. His junk isn't hangin' out like a normal person's would. Male reptiles retract that into the base of their tail.

(DOUBLE POST! COMBO!)

...what if I told you my character's power was to cause continuity errors?

I shall fix that now. Thanks.

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