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Jetpack · 2009-09-10T20:16:21Z

Click here for the discussion thread! Click the spoiler for the premise, rules and profile template. We're still accepting new characters until tomorrow! Premise. You belong to an elite group of teen superheroes - yes, I mean superheroes , complete with costumes, names and of course, a secret identity. You go to school like any other kid and you keep your head down low, because if anyone were to find out about you, both you and yours would be in danger. You take to the city at night, fighting crime with powers, weapons, martial arts, advanced robotics and a deadly persistence. You're unaware that every day, in your civilian life, you come face to face with the people who stand by your side in the night. I'd like this to be very character-based, rather than in furthering along the plot. You go to school with all your team, so there will be a lot of wonderful dramatic irony going on all the time. Don't make your actions too obvious, but certainly we can have characters guessing, telling, hiding their identities and those of others, and also a couple of characters who're just toying with the others if you want. Maybe somebody's seen something they shouldn't have? This has a lot of potential for characters if you get into it. Not saying you need to consider yourself a wonderful writer to take part; everyone's welcome. EDIT: I'll allow three villains, if anyone wants them, but there will be no huge battles/showdowns. This is mostly about the everyday lives of the characters rather than their superhero exploits. Profiles. Please, make them detailed! One character only. Real Name: Superhero's Name: Be inventive, but not stupid. Age: Gender: Appearance: As distinct from costume. Costume: Again, creativity. Personality: Will matter a lot to this storybook, so dig deep. If you want to describe two different personalities, because your character behaves differently in costume, go for it. Powers: If any. One only, please, and that mean one element and not all four, you elementals out there. How did they get these powers? Think genetically engineered spiders as opposed to from birth, unless you're an alien from Krypton. ;) Weapons/Skills: Skills = martial arts, and suchlike, by the way. Other: Up for love? Already with someone? Know of any identities already? (Please, not many who do.) Rules. :arrow: Normal YWS rules apply. :arrow: I'd pitch this at around PG-13, but minimal cussing, please, and romance rather than sex if you can help yourself. :arrow: Punctuation. Capitalisation. Okay, I'm not asking for literacy genii, but please try to make your posts readable enough for the rest of us! :arrow: Regular posts, i.e. once every three or four days, if you can. I'm at school too, so I understand any difficulties that may pose, but try to keep up! This spoiler has a list of all the characters. Come back here for reference! Laina - Metal Canary - Chupatoasta (VILLAIN) animal [robot] shapeshifter Faye - Lume - lizzifer weather control. Nick - Mynah - Buggy (VILLAIN) sound manipulation. Hayley - Arch Angel - Forever Threnody elemental Conor - Marrow - Bolt bone manipulation Kara - Electrum - gsppcrocks10 electricity Dalia - Mistique - summergrl13 mind control Java - Flux - AquaMarine wolf/hawk shapeshifter Mel - Falconstrike - Mad_Moo 25524 air manipulation Chris - Smokefall - TexanWriter shadow manipulation Cara - Death - Jetpack immortality Desmond - Ghost - ridersofdamar complicated ^^ Mark - Plague - bonnie babe spreads disease Reserved : none There are 7 girls and 6 boys. I'll add anything else I've forgotten later, when I post my own profile. Thanks for reading all that, and I hope you join! I'll start on Sunday 13th, if we have enough people. Tell me if I've forgotten something. Oh, and the first task for our characters will be to come up with a team name!

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Thu Oct 29, 2009 1:44 am

ridersofdamar says... · Thu Oct 29, 2009 1:44 am

so, is this dead? Cuz I really liked it

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Thu Oct 29, 2009 3:56 am

Buggy says... · Thu Oct 29, 2009 3:56 am

I hope not...

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Thu Oct 29, 2009 7:23 am

AquaMarine says... · Thu Oct 29, 2009 7:23 am

It better not be dead! Pump it up

. But I'm going to be away for the next few days so I might not be able to post. If it does start up again could you carry Java along? I'm going to try and get online, but yeah. That would be helpful. Thanks!

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Thu Oct 29, 2009 2:04 pm

Buggy says... · Thu Oct 29, 2009 2:04 pm

**Earlier, Aquamarine suggested skipping to the meeting between the heroes, which is fine with me. If no one posts soon, I think I'm going to start PMing everyone. Because yes, this thread is that awesome.**

Repost for Mad_Moo: "Yogurt, nice. You know that stuff's made out of live bacterial culture, right?" Nick grinned and opened one of the little cups, grabbing a spoon.

Mel frowned at something in the distance. He turned, brows raising.

"Looks like a fire in the city," he noted.

"I hope they're okay."

"I bet the firemen will get everything under control, don't worry." Nick frowned slightly as he ate his yogurt. "Are you okay? You seem a little distracted."

"Hmm? Oh, no, I'm fine."

"If you say so."

"Indeed the safest road to Hell is the gradual one-- the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts." --The Screwtape Letters by C. S. Lewis

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