Young Writers Society

Welcome to Aerona City, a city of Superheroes. A city that's scattered.

Plot: We were once famous. Once, a long time ago, everyone knew our names. Everyone called our names as they saw us save yet another life. And everyone loved us. We were very famous, loved and had plenty of everything but now, now we’re just another lot of nobodies. Just another stranger on the street, another person nobody wants to know about, just another old man or woman in a home with a secret. A very great and honourable secret which should not be tossed aside as many a person has done now.

Although, nothing ever stays the same in our lives —Things don’t stay the same for us..... Not in our city, in our world. Things change, sometimes for the better...sometimes for the worse.

A man called Darkeyes took over the city; he started attacking the other Heroes until only eight were left. Three of us were the most famous, the most loved; Chrome Angel, FireFly and SeaWolf. We started to feel the hate, the anger. We were too late, always too late. Darkeyes was always there before us.

We grew old, we retired and moved into Aerona’s Home for the Retired and stayed there... But now something is wrong. Darkeyes has disappeared and in his place is a man called Carl Willows. Mr. Willows is a business man and according to the rumours, he ‘hires out’ superheroes.

There’s just one problem; Carl Willows is planning on destroying the city, and then the world. He’s using our faces from around 35 years ago and selling them off as us. The thing is they’re destroying those we saved, the buildings we helped rebuild, the city we once protected.

We have decided that it’s time to don our old costumes, put those masks back on and bring out the powers. Our city is in danger and we must save it. We’re rusty, we’re old, we’ve got aches and pains, but we still have a Superheroes spirit. We still have that will to protect. We still want to save lives, save the city we used to protect... so, will you join us?

Setting: A city called Aerona and the surrounding area.

Rules:
-Usual YWS/SB rules.
-ALL posts must be readable, co-relate to previous posts and have correct spelling. That means no chat speak.
-1000 characters min. (Check the little box below your text!)
-Swearing; it's allowed just don't overdo it.
-Romance is allowed but no Sex Scenes-Don't be vivid, they're mostly older so no one needs to read about details.
-Don't God-mod. Please, it's not fair.
-Please don't double post unless there have been no new posts for at least 24 hours.
-Please have a timestamp at the top of each post, this includes Name, Place and an Approximate date and time.
-Please PM me and the creator of a character if you plan on killing someone. No one likes it when they're randomly killed.

Spots to claim:

Heroes:
1- Chrome Angel (Miranda Byron) - Claimed by Buggy.
2- FireFly (Ea Reid) - Claimed by RazHuni.
3- SeaWolf (George Vincent) - Claimed by Scarlett (me).
4- Ripple (Ember Reise) - Claimed by Ninja.
5- Rated R Superstar (Fang Allen Wright) - Claimed by Jolene.
6- Jeans (Peter Vincent) - Claimed by and taken over by Vanadis.
7- Quick Change (Oliver Edinburgh) - Claimed by Buggy.
8- FoxFire (Kira Wong) - Claimed by Jemjive.
9- Stranger (Benjamin 'Ben' Denlow) - Claimed by Checkup.
10- Mirage (Damien Green) - Claimed by Bolt.

Villains:
1- Darkeyes (Carl Willows) - Claimed by Jagged.
2- Lightning Mistress (Stacy Baker) - Claimed by Amu.
3- Wisp (Wisteria Commons) - Claimed by Dreamy.
4- Boner (Nicholas Wright ) - Claimed by Bolt.
5- Bird Flu (Dottie Kagey) - Claimed by TalaPaulwic.
6- The cure (Aidan Kagey) - Claimed by gsppcrocks10.
7- Decay (Sylvester Cutler) - Claimed by PhoenixBishop.
8- Gear (Giovanni (Gian) Rosencrantz) - Claimed by Kara.
9- Triplock (Thaddeus McQuinn) -Claimed by Anger.
10- Claimed by Hero.

Deceased Characters:
1- FoxBoy (Han Wong) - Not claimable.

Note: I'm allowing two, and ONLY TWO, younger heroes between 17 and 25. And they are not the ones already named. These spots have now been claimed.

Character Profile:

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[b]Name:[/b]

[b]Alias: (What the public used to know you as)[/b]

[b]Age: (50 to 80, you may be younger if you’re not one of the heroes (if you are a villain, 17 and older please))[/b]

[b]Gender:[/b]

[b]Appearance: (written and a picture)[/b]

[b]Power(s): (Can have up to 5)[/b]

[b]Skills: (other than your powers)[/b]

[b]Personality:[/b]

[b]History:[/b]

[b]Likes/Dislikes:[/b]

[b]Other:[/b]

[b]Up for love: (Yes or no)[/b]

All questions to the DT please. Link to DT: topic66877.html

Name: Ember Reise

Alias:She will be known as Ripple.

Age: 17

Gender: Female

Appearance: Wavy reddish brown hair and green eyes. Thin and tall- she's a little gangly, actually. She usually wears tan cargo shorts that hit the knee and a black tee, with a black hemp bracelet, and high top black converse. She doesn't usually stand completely straight, but she doesn't slouch either.



Her costume is a simple black mask, black boots (no heels) that reach her knee with several straps and buckles, super tight green pants, a thick black belt and a lighter green super tight shirt with elbow length sleeves and black knuckle gloves. There's a black circle on the shirt with circles surrounding it, as if it were a woofer with soundwaves surrounding it. No cape. (She thinks they're cheesy.) She hasn't worn it yet, as she hasn't gone superhero. She will, in time.

Power(s): Can manipulate sound. She usually does this in the way of making sonic booms, hence the "Ripple." But she can make frequencies that will deafen and on occasion kill. She has slight telekinesis as well, but prefers to use her sound powers. As a side effect of this, she doesn't function well if there's no sound or noise. It's why she loves the urban area- never a quiet moment.

Skills: Quick on her feet, resourceful, skateboarding, fast, knows the city.

Personality: Sarcastic, independent, quick witted. Ember doesn't miss a beat, and is a bit of a tomboy. She can't stand damsels in distress, and you can't make her do something she doesn't want to. Ever. She's rather stubborn and violent, and has very little patience, but if you bear with her, she's loyal and a fierce friend.

History: Ember was born to a happy family. Psh, yeah right. Her dad was a drunk, her mom basically taking care of Ember by herself. Eventually, she kicked him out, and then opened a diner. She put Ember to work straightaway, as a waitress, cleaner, everything. It's the only life she knows, and she loves it. Exchanging stories with the people there, and just being a part of something so honest.

When she was twelve, she slowed the sound in the diner after complaining that she wished things would "just slow down a moment." Shortly after, her mother pulled her aside and explained that her father had once had powers like hers, before the alcohol muted them out.

She's grown up to stories of the old stories, and doesn't believe for a second that the heroes have turned, and holds them in high respect. Now she just has to figure out how to fight it herself.

Likes/Dislikes: Likes: cooking, storytelling, movies, music, the city.

Dislikes: silence, washing dishes, cryers, farms, silence, the woods.

Other: Whenever she wears a jacket, it's probable the hood'll be up.

Up for love: (Yes or no) Yes

Name: Carl Willows

Alias: Darkeyes

Age: 70

Gender: Male

Appearance:


Powers:
Manipulation of light, with all that it entails: able to increase/decrease the brightness in a room or the surrounding area, twist lightrays so he appears to be invisible... The possibilies are legion.
Technopathy - can control machines with a thought, as well as access networks and the internet from nearly anywhere.

Skills: Even without taking his powers into account, he's good with machinery and electronics. Can--or used to be able to--fight pretty well, though he'd much rather shoot someone than grapple. A smooth talker, knows how to deal with the general public so they don't turn again him. Good at long-term planning, but can keep an eye on the current events and adjust in consequence.

Personality: Carl likes playing with people; manipulating them, making them do what he wants is one of his favorite past-times, and he's rather good at it, if he may say so himself. He is intelligent, smug and arrogant, sometimes a bit too sure of himself. He's gotten more and more paranoid as the years passed, and his already controlling streak did not improve either. He can hold a grudge forever, and is patient enough to deal with revenge years and years down the line, if it is required. He actually prefers it this way: letting the enemy lower his guard, then striking, fits him much more than heads-on confrontations.

History: An Aerona native, Carl was a very, very bored young man when he joined the army. At first dispatched as communications specialist, he met a certain George Vincent, with who he struck some sort of not-quite-friendship, which mostly came about with the realization that both had their own special little talents. When Carl's came to light, the brass quickly realized the advantages they might give, and sent him off to recon and spying on the other side.

Fun thing was, Carl liked it, and by the time the war over he almost missed it. He dragged his feet all the way back to civilian life, and promptly decide that only living dangerously would do. Thus began a long and succesful career made of careful heists, calculated hits and daring escapes, during which he only ever got caught a few times, and never under his real name. Of course George had had to interfere, and they and their respective teams clashed more than once.

He was the victor, in the end, even it it almost cost him his leg, and he was free to do as he willed of the city. Slowly he eased out of his persona as Darkeyes, came out as Carl Willows, just as succesful but much well-liked. Now there were plans to put into action, and no one to stop them...

Likes/Dislikes: Likes being right, power and machines. Dislikes losing, competition and mouthy brats.

Other: A pretty serious limp, from an old wound to the left leg. Suffers from frequent headaches.

Up for love: Err. If you really want to?

Name: Stacy Baker

Alias: Lightning Mistress

Age: 30

Gender: Female

Appearance: Her hair is often frizzy, she has a good posture and a straight back, she walks with a bit of a limp in her step, when she stands she always has, one hand on her hip. She doesn't believe in heavy makeup, she usually goes natural.

Her costume

Power(s): Lighting manipulation, lighting production, electricity manipulation

Skills: Fast runner, quick decision maker, she doesn't know when to give up (skill and flaw I guess), great at hand and hand combat, terrific aim

Personality: She is cold hearted, and hates everyone. She could easily be persuaded if she thought she was understood. Call her a monster and she'll show you just what she can do. Loses her temper quickly, and doesn't really think things through. Most her skills are two faced.

History: When she was 10, she discovered her powers. She thought it was cool, and wanted to do something to help everyone. But they shunned her, and called her a monster. But she just let the anger build in her, as well as the power. Eventually, after storing so much anger and power what do you expect to happen? She went out of control, and destroyed three city blocks. She loved what she saw, people feared her. She adopted the name Lighting Mistress, and became the villain she is today.

Likes/Dislikes: L: Lightning, electricity, rain, animals, understanding /D: Heroes, cold, rubber, frizz, going out of control

Other: She still goes out of control

Up for love: Sha-YA!

Ninja, Name is their name. Alias is their Hero name. The one the public used to call when they saved people.

Edit: Profile.

Name: George Vincent.

Alias: "SeaWolf"

Age: 70.

Gender: Male.

Appearance: George is tall, about 6'1, with grey-white hair, dark blue eyes and is often seen wearing grey-blue clothing. When he was younger, he wore a grey-blue suit and a black mask.


Powers: Can control the elements/weather, minor telepathy, minor healing and can bend people to his will.

Skills: He's ex-military so he's got the training: guns, knifes, etc. George also learnt martial arts when he was younger. He's suprisingly handy with computers...

Personality: George is often moody, distant, caring, determined, kind, loving and fierce, especially when protecting those he cares about. He can sometimes seem intimating but he does have a kind and loving side. He's also got a nasty temper, but rarely loses it. He's not prone to nasty outburst. When he used to saving the world, he was often very single-minded and driven to catch the bad guys. You could say he's just a little obsessed with the hero thing, but never very neglectful. He likes his details and now that he's kind of old, he's no longer as fast or fit as he used to be. His limp does cause problems, but he tries to ignore it for the most part. He also has a bit of a grudge against a certain Carl Willows...

History: George grew up in Aerona and had a decent childhood. He went off to fight in a war when he was twenty. During the war, he met Carl Willows and together they discovered that they had 'powers'. They helped out, used their powers and won the war...and when they got back, they went their seperate ways. Then Carl started to try and kill George. By now both were in their mid-twenties, and during one particularly nasty fight, they injured each other. George hurt Carl's left leg while Carl hurt Goerge's right. They decided to call a truce, and for a few years there was peace. George found others like him, others with powers and they helped to save the citizens of Aerona and protect the city with him.

Everything was fine and peaceful until Carl started attacking the Superheroes again, and slowly started to get them caught, seriously injured or even killed. He kept this up for about ten years and eventually there were only eight of the original ones left. Heroes George had found and recruited. This made George mad and upon finding that they were no longer needed because there were new heroes in the city, the small band retired and eventually moved into Aerona’s Home for the Retired. For a few decades, Carl, known as Darkeyes to the people, wreaked havoc on the city. The old, retired superheroes just watched. They couldn't do much more than that.

Now George feels there's something wrong. There's been no word of Darkeyes for years and instead, there's been talk of Carl Willows, the businessman. Only George knows who Carl really is, but the others are confused. George has decided to pull out the old costume and mask, dust off the powers and get back out there. He's old and he's rusty, and he's got aches and pains he didn't have before but he's determined to save his city from a madman.

Likes/Dislikes: Likes warm weather, the elements, martial arts, Western movies (you know the ones, with John Wayne, etc?), his city, his wife and saving people. Dislikes war, fighting, death, destruction, being replaced, feeling his age and cold weather.

Other: George has a limp, his right leg has been severely damaged; broken, crushed and almost severed in a bad fight with Darkeyes. George's grandkids have kicked him out of his mansion; to them, he's just a silly old man (just wait until they find out about their powers). Theme song; "Kryptonite" by 3 Doors Down.

Up for love: Not really. He's recently lost his wife.

Spot saver, Firefly!

oh. Save me a hero spot!!

Name: Wisteria Commons

Alias: (What the public used to know you as)Wisp

Age: (50 to 80, you may be younger if you’re not one of the heroes (if you are a villain, 17 and older please)) Around her late teens to early twenties. Nobody really knows for sure.

Gender:Female

Appearance: (written and a picture)While her appearance changes often, she looks like this when she's not using her powers:
She has long white hair, and dark eyes. They look black, but the light can make them turn deep blue or purple-ish.She's rather tall, 5' 8", and has an athletic but slim figure. She likes to wear a lot of eye makeup.

Power(s): (Can have up to 5) Wisp can turn into a nearly invisible cloud of particles. While in this form, she can pass through solid objects and absorb their energy. If she flew through a super hero, she would absorb their powers until she reverted back to her wisp form. If she flew through an electric wire, she would become a living bolt of electricity. If she flew through a tree, she'd become incredibly strong and hard to cut, and the tree would die.She can solidify herself into whatever she wants when she's not a wisp- a rock, a tree, a person.When she's a person, she looks like the appearance I gave above.She can therefore transfer powers. If she were to absorb the powers of invisibility,she could fly through a normal human, and they would have the powers of invisibility for a temporary amount of time.

Skills: (other than your powers) Wisp is incredibly good at getting information out of people. Her methods can be quite brutal. When in her pure human form, she is an adequate fighter. She's a very good spy, as she can look like anyone/thing or just hover in wisp form, mostly invisible.

Personality:Wisp lives for power.She's been known to go on rampages, absorbing as much as she possibly can hold and then letting it loose into the air. It's like a high for her. She simply can't stand the good guys and their laws. She wants to do what she wants when she wants. She really doesn't like people, but if you're powerful, she'll hang around you and pretend to befriend you so she can absorb power from you when you're not looking. She's been called crazy.

History:Nobody really knows where Wisp comes from. She was first seen around the time Dark took over the city, flitting around and wreaking havok for fun. Really, she was being used to power the evil forces. She was forced to absorb as much power as she could safely hold, and then transfer it to the bad guys, making them unstoppable. She ran off shortly afterwards, tired and weak. She's back again now, working for herself, but siding with the bad guys.She doesn't like them, but she likes them far more than everyone else.

Likes/Dislikes: likes: power, makeup, hurting people, herself
dislikes: goodness, heroes... most things.

Other: in wisp form, she looks like a clear, shimmery,hardly visible version of this:
Up for love: (Yes or no) not for serious love, but she'll flirt if she feels like it

Name: Ea Reid

Alias: Firefly

Age: Technically she's 60, but she ages 1/3 the rate normal humans do. In her own years, she's 20.

Gender: Female

Appearance:
This is her birthmark on her back. She claims it's a tattoo.

Her costume.


Power(s): Manipulates fire, is fireproof, creates fire, flies, ages at 1/3 the rate as normal people. [Happy Bolt? Going to quit being a butthead now?]

Skills: She's good at dodging and blocking, and she's fast.

Personality: She's good at acting innocent and sweet, but she's really mischievous and loves fooling people. She loves to roller blade and dance in her free time. Horror movies are her favorite thing ever, and she thinks iPods, iTouches, and iPhones are the greatest invention ever thought of.

History: No one knows who her parents are, not even her. She was found near the peak of a volcano and taken to an orphanage, where she stayed at for twelve years before leaving. The owners had thought she was a goddess or something sent to them, but this three year old-nine year old girl was sick of it and could take care of herself just fine.

Likes/Dislikes: Likes red/orange/yellow, her car [an orange Volkswagen Bug], spicy food, 'interesting' clothing, punk music, cute boys. Dislikes pastel colors, other cars, sweets, normal clothing, soft love music, the fact that dating for her is pointless and menstruation seems to last three lifetimes for her. 'Cause it kinda does.

Other: 52 years ago, for 17 years, [ages 3-mid 8's] she was an adorable little girl who could easily kill a man. What could be cuter? Her favorite thing to do is fly through the air while surrounding herself with a ball of flame, which is how she got her nickname.

Up for love: Uh, hell to the yes!

Name: Nicholas Wright

Alias: Boner

Age: 64

Gender: Male

Appearance:

Power(s): Bone manipulation. Nick can make an exoskeleton for himself to allow him to walk and run as normal. Along with making armor around his body to reflect attacks, and weapons. His body constantly makes his own vitamins to make the excessive bones, but he also has limits to it, and at his age the limit is thinning.

Skills: Nick used to be a surgeon, and so as an extensive medical background. He was also a former army man with a knowledge of guns, close combat and strategy.

Personality: Nick has a very dark sense of humor. He picked it up in the army, where he coined the name Glad, as both ironic due to his dark and anti-cheery personality, and as sort for Gladiator due to his violent and cold killer attitude. The reason he became a surgeon was because “I like guts and blood.” Even in his old age he has kept this dark attitude and heartless attitude. He is rather unpleasant to be around and thinks of himself as the Machiavelli of his time.

History: When he was a child his dad taught him one thing “No Mercy. Mercy is for those who are weak.” His father was a former army man, who was kicked out after he killed one of his soldiers because he thought he was a spy. Upon his father’s death bed he was diagnosed with several mental issues, to which Nick never found out about. So, when he was growing up his father showed him this constantly, by punishing him for blinking on occasion when they were speaking, or accidentally putting his elbows on the table at dinner.

By the time he was eighteen he was angry and took out this anger in the war, where he slowly started to realize just how much his father had taught him, and in his eyes, how much it had helped him. Slowly he took on the mind of his father, insane with out a reason to be insane. When he got out he went to medical school, per his mother’s request and became a surgeon when he was thirty. By the time he was an attending his powers had began to pop up, possibly because of his distaste to using guards when around radiation, though he never bothered to find out.

His powers were not under his control at the time, and so one day at the ER he was operating on a man and he sneezed. The bones shot out of his hands and the man he was working on died. He was fired because they thought he had snapped his patient’s rib cage and used the bones to kill him. He was kicked onto the street, where he took another of his dad’s lessons “We are all animals in the end. Do not feel bad about doing what is needed to survive.” So he took to petty theft and eventual grand theft to survive. Eventually he was enlisted into Darkeye’s service. He made his villain name with out knowledge of slang.

Likes/Dislikes: Um….he likes food, sleep, blood, and a good fight. He hates most other things.

Other:

Up for love: He would probably kill you if you dated him.

Name: Dottie Kagey

Alias: Bird Flu

Age: 19

Gender: Female

Appearance: She has very silky, and smooth, dark green --almost brown-- hair. Her eyes are bright green, and glitter more so then is normal around the glowing red eyes of her birds. Her skin is about average, slightly tan. She has a fair amount of freckles dotting her face. Her cheekbones are well pronounced and create a slight shadow on her face. To go with her hair she puts on dark green lipstick.


Power(s): She can summon birds and control them. All of these birds happen to be bright pink, and have evil glowing red eyes. She can also summon bumblebees and control them.

Skills: She can jump very far, and when she has her birds summoned she can ride them much like roller skates.

Personality: She thinks that life is dull, and wants to have fun. She was once a hero, then realized that destroying stuff is more fun --as well as less work-- then saving it. She's not evil, she's just bored and likes explosions.

History: When she found that she could summon and control birds she played with them much like puppets. She was about six at the time, cut her some slack. When she hit her mid-teens she realized that she could be a hero, and stopped little things small time drug dealers. One day she was going to stop someone from selling weed, before she could stop them they burnt the evidence. She got high off of the smoke, and it was that moment she realized how fun it was for the "bad guys".

From then on she actually stole the drugs and either sold them or smoked them herself.

Likes/Dislikes: She likes pizza, explosions, dope, hitting people, and her precious birds. She dislikes pigs, heroes, and lawyers.

Other: She has a strange obsession with how the drugs she steals are packaged.

Up for love: She sees love as something that restricts freedom to have fun, so sure, but it won't be easy.

I changed my mind, I'm a bad guy now.

Name: Aidan Kagey

Alias: (What the public used to know you as) The Cure (don't judge me, Tala came up with it).

Age: (50 to 80, you may be younger if you’re not one of the heroes (if you are a villain, 17 and older please)) 21

Gender: Male

Appearance: (written and a picture) He's of average height with black hair with red streaks and green eyes. His skin is relatively pale. He's well-built and rather handsome.

Power(s): (Can have up to 5) Can turn himself and others into various kinds of birds.

Skills: (other than your powers) Very agile and swift.

Personality: Very cocky and bossy, especially to his little sister. He's incredibly annoying most of the time, and rather cruel. However, he does know when something's impossible, and when to quit, unlike his sister.

History: Grew up normally, mostly. He was prone to bullying in school, and discovered his powers while trying to escape a gang of them. He's exercised them as he pleased since then.

Likes/Dislikes: Likes: Flying, watching people suffer/scream, bossing his sister around,

Other: Plays the flute when he can get away. He won't let his sister know. Dottie is his little sister.

Up for love: (Yes or no) Sure.

Name: Sylvester Cutler

Alias: Decay

]Age: 77

Gender: Male

Appearance: A frail old man that gets around in a wheel chair. He had thinning white hair and decayed teeth. He has bright blue eyes with bushy white eyebrows over top.



Minus the oxgen tank.

Power(s): 1.Can age anything he touches 2. Is naturally immortal as long as he isn’t killed. 3. Can animate corpses. 4. Can control corpses. 5. Can paralyze a person with a touch

Skills: Is long lived so he has vast knowledge.

Personality: An impatient man that hates to wait for anything. He believes that time is a borrowed luxury even though he is immortal. He likes to consider himself a god that treads the path between life and death. Because of this he considers most people to be bugs to be squashed at his feet. His arrogance makes him try to call for authority and he follows few. He likes to put people down.

History: Decay was once a powerful Villain that walked the earth proclaiming himself as death. He reluctantly followed Darkeyes until his disappearance. While under Darkeyes services he was handicapped by Boner after he insulted him. The two have clashed ever since and never get along. He met a young child by the name of Tamara Peterson. He saw potentiel in her and took her in treating her almost like a daughter. She goes where ever he goes and wheels him around.

Likes- Apples, cloudy days, and death
Dislikes: Oranges, sunny days, life, puppies, happiness, rainbows, smiles, people that are late, waiting his time, love, etc he hates a lot

Other: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y39JCHqDCbc Theme song O'Death

Breif Tamara Profile

Age: 25

aka: Bleed

Appearance: Short brown hair and dark brown eyes.



Powers: Can mentally cause someone pain.

Personality: A cold and distant she talks to no one but her master Decay and she follows his orders without question.


Up for love: No

never mind. I am dropping out sorry.

Name: Giovanni (Gian) Rosencrantz

Alias: Gear

Age: 64

Gender: Male

Appearance: Gear's got a handsome sort of charm to him, even though his hair is almost entirely white. He stands broad shouldered and tall, the image of confidence and charisma despite his age. He's aged pretty gracefully, actually.



Power(s): (Can have up to 5)

1.) He is, in a sense, all knowing. The knowledge is always somewhere in his head - all he has to do is look for it. This has allowed him to retain perfect memory despite his age. He doesn't particularly know what others are thinking unless they're standing really close to him (like same room close), just what they're doing at the moment.

2.) Time manipulation - he can't go back to the past or skip to the future, but he can slow time down/speed it up (a limited amount, of course). Everything and everyone else will slow down as well and he's the only one unaffected. Gear cannot bring others to the same point of unaffected-ness. (So if he pushes a trolley while time was slowed down, the trolley will trickle along in normal time sense - meaning to him, it seems as if the trolley is moving 0.000000000000000001m/s. So he has to actually pull the thing for it to move at his speed). This power was a lot more useful when he was younger and stronger.

3.) He cannot go back to the past, but he can teleport from one place to another. (But only places he has already visited, and within reason - he's not gonna pop up in New York if he's standing in the city.)

Skills: Giovanni can make an excellent cup of tea, but he's likely to burn the house down trying to cook. He used to be a politician and is very savvy with words. He's charismatic when he speaks and is good at persuading people and making friends. He's got a good deal of tactical knowledge. Took fencing and taekwondo when he was younger, so he knows it, but the second is kinda useless at his age. :3 Is second to none at chess.

Personality:

Giovanni is opinionated, but he loves hearing what other people have to say too. Adores playing chess with others and drinking a good cup of tea while he's at it. He's generally easy-going and good-humored. He doesn't speak of his opinions much, instead taking time to listen to others even though he already knows what they think. He likes listening to their voices drone on and on. He can also hold an excellent intellectual conversation when the occasion calls for it.

He's quite formal, always polite and pleasant to talk to. He's the kind of guy who greets you with a smile and a wave but nothing else. Overall he'd be a nice guy if he wasn't hell bent on taking over the world. Affably evil. If one meets him, one is inclined to become his friend despite knowing of his tendencies.

With friends he's even more relaxed and calm. He's the guy who remains serene while the building is burning down, the one who doesn't even run out the door - he strolls around the building, says his goodbyes then leaves. He is never in a hurry, or ruffled. He's patient and is extremely hard to provoke. He's quite an encouraging person, actually.

History:

Giovanni was born to wealthy parents in a quiet suburban town. His younger sister was normal, and they led quite a happy childhood. Gian always knew he had powers, but he never really honed them so they only spazzed before letting him resume a normal life. He had no control over them whatsoever, and wasn't interested in control either. He was an excellent student who eventually graduated valedictorian and won a scholarship to Harvard.

Harvard was something Gian had always aimed for his entire life. He graduated with honors there, then moved on to intern under a politician's wing. No one's really sure what went wrong after that. He became a politician, married (and divorced) several trophy wives and had a tumultuous affair with a certain high-profile fashion designer which rocked the whole world.

Maybe it was after his younger sister's university had a shooting while he was still an up-and-coming politician. The superheroes came to that one only after she died, saving thousands of lives but failing to save her. Gian famously told them that he didn't care how many they saved - what mattered was that they failed to save the one Gian cared about, and many superheroes suffered depression after that incident. The incident also boosted Gian's popularity.

He never quite changed, but grief increased his control over his powers. Gian wanted so desperately to succeed where the heroes didn't, and his knowing everything wrong with the world didn't quite help his case. He eventually began to seek world domination, if only because he believes he can fix everything.

Likes:

Tea, animals (birds especially), his pet goldfish, opinionated people, ambition, ambiance, standard/classical music, intelligent conversations. Is amused by philosophers and children.

Dislikes:

Spicy food, cold food, explosions, arrogant superheroes, senselessness, people with superiority complexes

Other: Theme song: I'm not too sure. oo"

Up for love: (Yes or no) Nope, he's still in love with the aforementioned fashion designer, and she with him. They're together but they're not together. It's complicated.