Custodian

[Slacktivist]

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Custodian
Based off of the universes of "The Secret World" and "The Ables"
First thread and RP on the Superpowers subforum
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To the ancient civilisations, they were known as gods. In 20th century America, they were known as superheroes. Today? Well, nobody knows them, not who they are, or what they do. They're considered fictional.

They call themselves custodians. Odd choice, you might think. Nobody has an appreciation for the English language today, though. A custodian isn't just a janitor. By definition, they look after and hold responsibility for something. The well-being of humankind, in this case.

And I'm sure you can guess where this whole monologue is leading.

If you haven't discovered them by now, we've been tracking you for a good 7 months now. You have what can be referred to as superpowers. 

Whether you use these powers for good or evil, well, we honestly don't give a [expletive deleted]. However, we would advise that you prepare yourself for the storm.

There are powers out there more powerful than you can imagine. Secret societies, pulling the strings and manipulating world events. There's a whole, secret world out there and now, you're a part of it.

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SYNOPSIS

Factions

Custodians - The "superheroes" of the world, led by a Council. With the majority of those with powers under them, they have two safe haven cities populated entirely by powered individuals or assistants to the Custodians in America and Europe. 

The Illuminati - The moral "grey" area of the secret world, the Illuminati, while less powerful than some imagine, still hold a high amount of control on the Western countries. Willing to do good or bad for personal gain. Sex, drugs, and guns is the name of the game here.

Haladites - The unofficial name for organizations of powered individuals using their abilities for personal gain through evil. The grandfathers of organized crime and supervillainy.

Powers

Absorption - One of, if not the most, powerful abilities known. Use the powers of anyone in the vicinity. Extremely rare.

Shapeshifting - Take the shape of another human or humanoid at will. Rare.

Memory blocking - Cause people to forget certain events within recent memory. Only works within a certain distance for the vast majority. Rare.

Telepathy - Reach into the minds of other people. Includes mind-reading and transmitting thoughts to others. Semi-rare.

Telekinesis - Move objects with your mind. Semi-rare.

Flight - Take off into the air with the ability to glide. A cape would be awesome for this. Semi-common.

Power Block - Mute the powers of anyone within an area. Rarity depends on strength of ability.

Teleportation - Transport yourself, and anything touching you, anywhere you can visualize. Common.

Eye beam - Fire a blast of energy from your eyes. Common.

Enhanced mental ability - Perform mental tasks at superhuman speed. Very common.

Strength - Superhuman strength. Does not affect endurance. Common.

Invincibility - You cannot take damage. Semi-common.

Bolts - Fire elemental bolts from the palm of your hands. Common.

Suggest any power you like on the CS, but I have final say on what works. Also, I might just give you a totally different power for fun. Not everyone gets a choice on their power, and you'll have to use teamwork and improvisation a lot of the time.

Key Locations

Freepoint - A Custodian safe haven on the eastern coast of the US.

Goodspeed - The Custodian capital, home to the Council. Located somewhere in Europe, only accessible by teleporters.

Triane - A black, obeliskian skyscraper in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Current stronghold of the Illuminati.

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RULES AND GUIDELINES

- Aside from, y'know, superpowers and such, don't godmod, meta game, be a Mary Sue/perfect character, etc. Standard rules apply.

- Remove any parentheses and asterisks in the character sheet as the code word to be accepted.

- You don't need a costume. At this point in time, a majority of heroes and villains don't wear them.

- Also, completely remove any sections you don't fill out.

- An introduction paragraph for your character will work as well. However, it should be done properly and be of good quality, like any other CS.

- It is recommended that you have only one power. In the world this RP is set in, most people with multiple powers have Multiple Personality Disorder, and none of these "Jekyll-Hydes" have more than two powers. So don't do that.

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CHARACTER SHEET

Name:
Alias(es)/Nickname(s)*:
Power:
Faction*: (If Haladites, name what organisation (if any) you are with)
Age*:
Gender:
Appearance:
Clothing: (This includes costumes, if you want.ł
Personality:
Alignment*: (Y'know, morally. Lawful, neutral, unlawful, then good, neutral, evil. Both neutral is True Neutral.)
Bio*:
Other*:

* - Optional

[Deleted]

Name: Sadine
Alias/Nickname: None yet.
Power: She has the ability to turn any part of herself into metal, and change those parts into whatever; a sharp knife, a needle, a large pike. She can't make her metal parts larger than the mass of the original flesh of course, but it's still a little more resilient than skin and bone.
Faction: idk lmao none yet
Age: 16
Gender: Female
Appearance: She's a tall, fit, and strong young girl. She's a dark bronze. Her hair is naturally curly and cropped short, kinda like: www.short-haircut.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Short-trendy-curly-hairstyles.jpg. Sadine's face is relatively average, round, thick lips, cuts and scars everywhere. Actually most of her body is filled with scars, cuts, and healing bruises.
Clothing: She wears a loose grey T-shirt, black sweatpants, and black sneakers.
Personality: Sadine's brash, stubborn, and not patient at all. She tends to make decisions without much thought or care about the consequences. She's occasionally rebellious, and dislikes following orders; preferring to be independent. She's over confident and loves to fight, often getting into fights unnecessarily. Sadine also gets pissed off real easily, and swears a lot. She isn't an easy person to get along with, but Sadine will defend her rare friends to the death.
Alignment: Chaotic neutral? Who even knows.
Other: old copy and paste from an rp 2 months ago

[Slacktivist]

Accepted.

Name: Lucian Clarke
Alias/Nickname: Luc

Power: Lucian can blast bolts of fire from his hands. A common ability, and not very versatile, but rather useful to him.
Faction: Illuminati

Age: 28
Gender: M

Appearance: 5'11" and Caucasian, with an athletic build. Short, black hair combed to his left and light blue eyes.
Clothing: White/red plaid shirt unbuttoned over a white t-shirt, olive green cargo jacket, jeans, and red sneakers. He also usually wears a black trucker cap.

Personality: TBR
Alignment: Lawful Neutral

[Deleted]

alright i got it

[Wack]

CHARACTER SHEET

Name: Alexander Colton

Alias/Nickname*: None. Others might invent nicknames for him.

Power: Well, since the RP started and you never had a power in mind, I'll just have Teleportation. Time to play it like Jumper.

Faction*: No Faction.

Age*: Sixteen

Gender: Male

Appearance: Alexander is a rather striking figure, with square features, angular features, and a square jaw. All of this, along with his blonde hair and bright blue eyes work together to make him look rather attractive. His hair is spiked up in the front, but is otherwise cut short. He stands at around 6'2, and looks to be rather skinny. He has a pale complexion.
Clothing: Alexander wears average street clothes, normally a jacket, a tshirt, and some jeans. The colors are often more muted and dark, though occasionally a light t-shirt or light pair of jeans might be worn. Typically, he wears some size eleven sneakers. Sometimes he'll have sunglasses, but they normally are just in his jacket pocket for when the sun gets unbearable.

Not much of a costume, Alexander carries a full white mask, [like the kind you could buy at a Halloween store] along with some white gloves. That is really all that he has in the way of a costume, adding in the sunglasses if he feels that hiding his eye color is that important.

Personality: Alexander views his powers as a thing that should serve him first, but has no qualms with helping out those in need. He can be kind, but always seem to have his interests at heart. Maybe it is just the rebellious teen age, or a genuine hate for authority, but he seems to actively go against the law sometimes just to spite it.

Alignment*: Unlawful Neutral. [Certain things may change his alignment over time, this is just his starting one.]

Bio*: N/A

Other*: Post Number 200. [OOC Question: Is it possible for me to update the CS as the RP progresses, to show what he is wearing at the time, and shit like his current alignment.]

[Slacktivist]

Yeah, that works. Also, you forgot to delete the *asterisks*, but accepted.

Also, you guys are way better at this CS stuff than me.

[LNG257]

Marked. I am interested.

[Drago]

Very well then. I shall enjoy this immensely.

Name: Markkus Hubringar

Alias(es)/Nickname(s): Sergio, Lightmaker

Power: They're what he calls 'surges.' He has basic control over lightning (barely enough to light ten candles in a row) but his real issue is these surges. He requires immense stress to release any sort of surge and what the surge will do is up to anybody's guess. A scarier factor about the surges, he doesn't remember actually experiencing one after he's had one. Some elder Custodians have suggested he could someday control this power, but there's no way to be sure. (Basically, he has moderate lightning attacks and a random effect if stressed enough. These surges often are based on one of the four elements, but this is an unprecedented power. I'm perfectly willing to create a table for myself, or just have someone decide what happens when he surges on the spot.)

Faction*: The Custodians

Age*: 25

Gender: Male

Appearance: He's a fairly short man for his age, reaching about 5'6 on his good days. His hair is black and disorganized and his face shows a black stubble with a similar fate. His build is fairly average, not too fat, not too thin, not too muscular, not too weak, save the fact that he has surprisingly small shoulders.

Clothing: He often wears a Technomancer hoodie (you know, this: www.dudeiwantthat.com/style/costumes/technomancer-digital-wizard-hoodie.asp) in order to hide any crackling electricity around his body and black jeans. Each of his pants pockets contain a pocketwatch with a chain, half for 'style' and half to conduct some of his abilities. He also has a pair of bronze goggles with blue lenses. His shoes, though often unnoticed, are an old, polished kind with black leather and thin black laces.
Personality:

Alignment: Chaotic Good. Only abides by laws when he needs to, not always to his own benefit

Bio: Most people reach the status of working for the Custodians in good ways, like being a good Samaritan, or doing the right thing at the right time. Markkus? He was born into the trade of smuggling, delivering suspicious packages across South America, particularly Bolivia. His past is unknown to him, but it was said that he was found beside a broken cradle, where a crater that felt suspiciously cold had mysteriously appeared. His smuggling originally caused strange happenings during deals, but after getting used to these "blackouts" he was fine. After a deal gone wrong with a foreign weapons dealer, Markkus's employer began employing what the called "Hunting Games" where he was prey to a series of his bosses less respectable employees. After one of them used a taser one too many times, his electric power manifested. He shocked the woman who tased him so hard that she fell to the ground, dead. He went electrocuting those who had harmed him, then went to the border to get into America. They believed that he was just a tourist, since for some reason, he looked surprisingly American and Scottish, so he got some new papers and found work at the local Home Depot. Since then, he was able to afford himself a small apartment, two durable pocketwatches, and the long coveted Technomancer Hoodie, among a few other trinkets. He spent his time trying to manifest his power in new ways and trying to forget about the past. When he noticed a particular janitor at his favorite pizzeria stare at him for a long while, a chase ensued and he found a Custodian spy and joined up.

Other: He knows the name of the plastic at the end of his shoelaces. And their true purpose is...sinister.


His aim is decent and he knows how to use knives, so he's not entirely useless without powers...he hopes.

[tarandus]

Name:
Jack Michaels 
Alias(es)/Nickname(s):
None
Power:
Absorption
Faction: None, for now
Age: 25

Gender:
Male
Appearance:
He is 6' 2" and muscular, but still a bit on the large side. He has dark brown hair and green eyes, and pale-ish tan skin.
Clothing:
Wears an old leather biker jacket given to him by his father, and generally some kind of a shirt or t-shirt underneath it. He is either wearing loose jeans or shorts, depending on the weather. Normal shoes.
Personality:
Fun to be around, laugh at everything kind of person. Alignment is prone to change.
Alignment: Chaotic Neutral
Bio: Not much is known by him except for that he was very close to his father, who raised him, and that he uses his powers for personal gain but doesn't try to be evil on purpose.

Other: 

[Slacktivist]

Wait, were you on ROBLOX? If so, who are you? Also, accepted. We can start now. Assuming everyone sees themselves in an apartment building...

EDIT: Was referring to Fallen, not taran. Taran, I can't accept you. The CS isn't worthy of the absorption power, in douchebag terms.

~All~

You stare at the email in front of you. Even if you had known about your powers and the societies beforehand, it was a shock to realise (again) that this was actually happening. Superheroes are real and secret societies control the world. It's a little stressing. You get up, surveying your apartment.

[LNG257]

Is it possible to have two powers at once? I'm thinking of a character that uses Teleportation and Enhanced mental ability, both of which are common, but I'm asking just in case.

[Slacktivist]

Jun 8, 2015 22:11:53 GMT -4 LNG257 said:

Is it possible to have two powers at once? I'm thinking of a character that uses Teleportation and Enhanced mental ability, both of which are common, but I'm asking just in case.

It is possible, however people with two powers tend to have multiple personalities, one for each power.

[tarandus]

Jun 8, 2015 22:10:55 GMT -4 Slacktivist said:

Taran, I can't accept you. The CS isn't worthy of the absorption power, in douchebag terms.

Can I go with a different power? Or should I rewrite my CS and actually put some though into it?

[Deleted]

(man there's way too many guys here lmao

ill start my first post tomorrow)

[Pawzkat]

name :; jude mat angelsin.
alias :; the puppeteer.
age :; twenty-four.
gender :; male.

power :; shadow 'pulling' :; jude doesn't have a shadow. well, that's incorrect. he won't have a shadow unless he chooses too. an interesting ability in which he has not really exploited fully, the specifics of this power is the fact he can 'pull' his shadow from the tangible world he knows and wraps it around his mind. it's an effective mental block, basically. so if anyone with mental powers tries to get a read on him, emotional or thought-wise they are essentially peering into 'shadow'. that's what the feeling is described as, at least. when the shadow isn't wrapped around his mind [ leaving his mind defenseless to mental onslaughts ] jude can animate it to an extent. meaning his shadow can pick up objects and even land blows on people. unfortunately, as you need light for there to be a shadow in the first place, there is no shadow for him to animate at night. normally he will just keep it wrapped around his mind.
alignment :; chaotic
faction :; haladites, technically. usually does as he wishes.

appearance :; a broad-shouldered, brown-haired individual with calculating, cold blue eyes and an impish smirk. stands at about six one in total, and weighs somewhere around one hundred and sixty-something pounds. his hair is short, closed to his scalp. there are calluses on his fingers, from years of hard labor.
clothing :; simple stuff. hoodies, jeans, regular shirts. that sort of stuff. no costume, not yet. no mask.

biography :; (i'm sorry, i would but i'm rather lazy. :>)
other :; secret password here.

[LNG257]

CHARACTER SHEET

Name: Mark Alven
Alias(es)/Nickname(s): None, as of now.
Power: Teleportation and Enhanced mental ability.
Faction: None really(I'd join Haladites, but I don't really know much about them.)
Age: 24
Gender: Male

Appearance: Taller than the average man at 5'9, Mark is broad and filled with muscle. His eyes, a deep-ish green, are always calculating the next move. He keeps his almost-black hair short, and groomed back just a bit so it doesn't fall into his face. The left side of his face is, barely, slightly redder than the other side, really only being visible if one is looking closely. He also has a trio of scars on his right arm, one near the elbow running a semicircle around his arm, another cutting through a mole and ending at the first, and a ways up the arm in a diagonal line is the third.

Clothing: Mark normally wears a gray jacket and tight sweat pants. His shoes, a mix between tight-fitting dress shoes and casual sneakers, are black, as though all the color was leeched out of them, and a small hat, like a fedora but with almost no brim. 

Personality: Having two powers, Mark is unstable at best. But he has one constant: a hate of Custodians and their fighting. When under stress or when very focused on a task he can control all or at least most of his mind as well as both of his powers working in harmony. But in the other moments, he can be studious, filling up his brain with knowledge and reading at an extreme pace when the enhanced mental capability is dominant, emotional and active when his teleportation is dominant.

Alignment: Neutral Evil

Bio: As a child, Mark witnessed a battle of epic proportions between superpowered people. In person. Their fighting destroyed entire city blocks, killed hundreds or thousands of people, and caused millions if not billions of dollars worth in damages. Mark's own parents were killed that night, his father seared to a crisp, his mother crushed under hundreds of pounds of rubble. Mark nearly shared both their fates, but got lucky. The two fought it out, and later when he was older, Mark found out that they had both left it to a stalemate. Neither could kill the other. Since then, Mark has hated Custodians, blaming them for innocent people getting hurt and killed.

Other: Is this good enough?

[Slacktivist]

(Both accepted. You start in your home, wherever in the world it might be. Please specify before your post, i.e. my post)

START

You stare at the email, just a little shocked. Even having known for a little while about your own powers, it's still amazing that all of this is real. You figure that you should probably do something like go outside to think.

Lucian - Apartment in LA

Luc shuts down the computer, deciding that he would take a walk outside to think about things. He tried to conjure a firebolt again. The small fireball levitated above his right palm, casting warmth over his hand.

[LNG257]

Mark took a quick glance at his phone. He had just woken up that morning, and was still sleepy. Blinking and rubbing his eyes, he looks at it again. Still there. The email that changed everything. His ticket. Almost casually teleporting into the closet, he gets dressed in a usual red t-shirt and the sweat pants that were snug, not loose and not tight. Putting on a gray jacket, he looked himself over in the bathroom mirror. Only part of his brain paid attention to it, the rest of it whirling around and thinking on all the different outcomes.

While some logical part of him said that fresh air was really no different from the air he was breathing now, he walked over to the kitchen, quickly chewed through a slice of bread, then teleported out to the lobby of his apartment building and walked out the door.

[Dex]

Name: Jix Nuka
Power: She has incredible balance, she could jump across a tight rope and try to fall off, but keep balance somehow. This allows her to climb walls incredibly well and stand on moving missiles if needed.
Faction*: She is not with any faction.
Age*:27
Gender: Female
Appearance:

Personality: She is reckless, a daredevil and will stop at nothing to have fun. She jumps off running on skyscraper roof tops, she runs down waterfalls and runs up alley walls.
Alignment*: Chaotic Neutral.
Bio*:(Too lazy)

[Pawzkat]

Jude threw one last scrutinizing glance in the direction of the library's computer. As he had no internet at his apartment, he made daily excursions up to the local bookstore to read, and catalog his emails. He now regretted doing so. But then again, he wasn't stupid; he had known what was happening to him, even before this.. this.. notice confirmed it. Of course, he was dazed, and it irked the man that he was still surprised. With a frown, the male shut down the computer without even batting an eye,

[Drago]

(Yes. People used to know me as starwarslego11. It was fun while it lasted, but I moved on a while back since it was overflowing with FNaF spam and too many bad RPs in comparison to the good ones. Anyway...)

Mark gasped in surprise as he read through the email once, twice, and a third time just to be sure. He then slowly and 'casually' turned off his cell phone, throwing change on his table and running out of his native coffee shop. "Somebody knows, and this quickly? I show up in America for less than thirty days and someone else already honestly knows?" he mutters to himself, nervously. Looking at the pedestrians around him, he pulled his hood up and tried to blend in with the crowd, constantly looking behind his shoulder.

[Pawzkat]

Oh golly, we have two Marks. ]

[LNG257]

(Well technically, Fallen's char is named Markkus.)

[WildfireBlaze]

I'll join this.

CHARACTER SHEET

Name: Rachael Talbot
Alias/Nickname: The Speeder
Power: Shape-shifting into land vehicles that she sees. The transformations are stored in her memory so she can use them later on when necessary.
Faction: None
Age: 24
Gender: Female
Appearance: Rachael has shoulder length spiky black hair. Her eyes are blue and she stands at a small 5'4".
Clothing: Rachael usually wears a white hoodie with red strips down the sleeves, which come to her elbow. She also wears a black tank top; light blue jeans; and white sneakers. She also has red leather fingerless gloves on both hands.
Personality: Rachael can be quite rebellious, though she is usually a nice person: loyal to her friends and thinking of others before herself (This may get her killed).
Alignment: True Neutral
Bio: Rachael discovered her power at 18 when she was at a car dealer. She was quite shocked at it as she never expected to have a power like this, even a power at all! She then started to cause trouble with the police, regularly getting into pursuits, but almost always getting away from the police. Her family are fairly rich, owning a large house, but not too large. She was bullied at school for her ambitions as the boys there focused on stereotypes of girls, wanting them to conform to the norm and stay that way and become their maids. This lead to her leaving that school and moving to a new one where the boys there were more accepting of her. She currently has a job in a small fast-food chain restaurant. It does not pay very much, only the minimum wage, so she relies heavily on her parents to provide for her financially.
Other: She has a few weaknesses: She isn't very physically strong and not a very good hand-to-hand combat fighter.

[WildfireBlaze]

(Forgot something for the power:

Larger vehicles drain energy from her, so she has some limits as to what she can shift. Large planes and boats are not part of what she can shift into, though large big-rigs (without the trailer) are part of what she can shift into.)