[MM2e] Salton City Needs Heroes! - OOC [CLOSED]

[Shayuri]

Alright...here's what I'm coming up with so far:

Japanese (possibly not -from- Japan though) girl with photokinetic and telekinetic powers who was once the flamboyant and perversely popular thief "Kitsune." She got nabbed finally, did some time and was released, and is using this show as an attempt to make a new name for herself. I was thinking she might anger the producers by constantly cutting deals with corporations on the side to feature their products on the show.

Powers:
- Can Turn Invisible (possibly with some limits).
- Can create areas of light and darkness.
- Can sculpt ambient light into detailed and realistic illusions. In conjunction with a minor telekinesis power to vibrate air or manipulate small objects, these illusions can make noise and even appear to have substance.
- Can focus ambient light into blinding flashes, or even lasers.

Or!

Kadru, from India (though again, she could easily be British Indian or similar), a mentalist with empathic and telepathic abilities, as well as some enhanced physical powers. Kadru made the cut from behind the scenes connections as well as a promise (perhaps backed up by her powers) to act as a sort of "force multiplier for drama." Kadru has no criminal record, but is not really a 'hero' either...instead using her abilities to further her position in the corporate ladder and secure worldly wealth and power.

Powers:
- Extraordinarily agile and limber.
- Mind reading, mental communication, and the power to influence dreams.
- Can use telepathy to manipulate emotions.
- Knowledgeable in and fond of, poisons.

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Both characters are intelligent, relatively "straight" sorts to contrast a bit with the zaniness of some of the other concepts.

Kitsune has a big contrast between her ebullient and borderline stereotypical 'performing' personality and the much more cynical, cutting personality she evokes when not explicitly in front of the camera. Either way, she has an impish love of making others look foolish.

Kadru is quiet and imperturbable and sinister in almost every way. Even relatively innocent things she says tend to be phrased in terms and tones that make them sound ominous and full of vague menace. More calculating than Kitsune, less concerned about her image.
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I'll try to decide on one tonight when I get some stats going and see how they work.

Any suggestions or ideas are welcome!

 

[Blackrat]

Oh, I don't know. . . I think I'd kind of like to see that, too.

...

Not because I actually have any thoughts on my own, but I can see The Viking's now. While being filmed from a safe distance, the Viking tries to ride the Johkalups* (or however you spell that) in an inner tube, clutching a Swedish bikini model under each arm, and screaming incomprehensibly at the camera as to why he should be on the show. Incomprehensible because

a) The cameraman is far away
b) The roar of the crashing ice and water
c) He talks funny


*Jökulhlaup apparently

Good point. Do both then.




Don't forget, The production team would add some campy/crappy/dramatic music in the background. While adding in a Monty Python-esque subtitle onto the scene.

Mynd yü, møøse bytes kan bi pretti nasti?

Ow. Gods, you guys are killing me. But that would be so very perfect for Sven-Erik's audition tape. Yes, his real name is Sven-Erik Erikssen.

I originally thought that his powers would be a freak accident involving an Icecream-stand and a terrorist attack, but I figured a more serious one, and one that I like better, last night.

[sblock=History]He is an actual Viking... Centuries ago his ship sunk during a storm near Iceland. Sven, who was magically infused with the power of Ice did technically survive. He was frozen inside the glacier.

Ten years ago a group of Norvegian scientist found the incredibly well preserved body in the glacier and when they thawed it the surprice was great when it started to move.

In the ten years since, Sven has had ample time to get used to modern day. It has been hard to hew the barbaric manners off of him and he still gets the urge pillage and burn from time to time. But one thing that he has become to enjoy in the modern times is Icecream.

Initially Sven was celebrated as the greatest archeological find of Norway ever and he became quite a popularity, but times change and the interest has moved on. Sven has tried since to do his best in the superhero business but his natural tendencies get in the way more than would be desirable. After an incident involving a burnt local store after he went in to stop a few kids shoplifting, the Norwegian Board of Superhuman Activities banned him from crimefighting.

This gave Sven the opportunity to do what he really wanted. To become an Icecream Truck Driver. He had been doing this for about a year when the Publicity Board of Norway asked him to join the Reality TV Show in US. In thruth, they just wanted him off of Norway, but if they could boost the TV ratings in the mean time, all the better....

And that's when they got the idea for the auditioning tape...[/sblock]

[sblock=Stuff about Sven]Although Sven isn't very smart, nor too lucky, he seems to be very lucky with the women. It must have something to do with his flowing blonde hair, rugged handomeness and tall, strong build. The american audience also seems to find his accent very sexy, even if they rarely understand at all what he is saying.

Sven is a simple man with simple desires. He usually takes what he wants and asks later. Well, actually he doesn't ask even then.

Sven is goodhearted and has a strong sense of honour. He always tries to do what's right but usually this ends in him smashing everything anyways.[/sblock]

[sblock=Questions]1. What do you think is your best ability/talent? How would you to use that ability/talent to change the world?
2. Who or what do you consider to be your worst fear? Why?
3. If you had the chance to save the world or yourself then which would you save if you can not save them both? Why?
4. What is the one thing you want to do, which you are unable to do? What would you do if you had the ability to do that?
5. What was your childhood like? Did you grow up powered? Dream of being a hero? Or were you just a normal, every day kid?
6. Why do you want to appear on Television?
7. How do you see the future of the world when you are old. Is there hope for the world?
8. What would you like to see in this Season of - Needs Heroes!? Anything you wouldn't want to happen?
9. What would you say to those people that accuse you of being vigilantes, and say that the police and government should be the only ones that fight crime?
10. If you had one wish what would it be for and why?
11. Who is someone that inspires you? Who is your personal hero?

[sblock=Sven's Answers]
1. Øh, Ieg ys veri strøng. Ieg alsø mak gøød iscrem. Iscrem mak piøple hapi. Hapi piøple mak gøød wørld.

2. Ragnarok ys bad. When Ieg ys bøi, pryest tell sø.

3. Ieg nej understand. Whye kan Ieg nøt sav bøth?

4. Ieg want pyllag og brun Yreland. That what Ieg mak when Ieg fell frøm bøøt. Lyf ys easyr then.

5. Øh, Ieg ys normal bøi. Yü knøw, fyght with brøders, wrestle bøars, wrestle gyrls. Then fyght with Pycts, fyght with Uí Néill, wrestle Midgardsormen. But Ieg børn øn gøød day. Pryest tell sø. Ieg get veri strøng. Og Ieg mak is.

6. Ieg get meni beut.. bau.. betia.. pretti wøman. Og møni. Og Kyng tell mi tø.

7. Ieg nej knøw. When Ieg bøi, Ieg thynk future nej lyk thys. Ieg Friis meni yers. Wørld cheinge løt.

8. Ieg wysh meni b... b... b... pretti wøman. Og mjöd. Og fyght Yrysh... Thei enemi. Pryest tell sø when Ieg ys bøi. Nej want fyght wøman. Ys wrøng fyght wøman. Pryest tell sø tøø.

9. Ieg fordib... ford... nej alløwed tø fyght cryminals. Kyng tell sø. Kyng sais Ieg kan fyght cryminals in ameryca.

10. Ieg ønli wysh tø gø bak tø myn tym. Lyf ys easyr there

11. Øh. Myn far ys myn hirø. Og myn brør. Them greyt Vykings. Them kyll mani yrish yn myn tym.
[/sblock]Damn... Want subtitles? [/sblock]

 

[Blackrat]

Mynd yü, møøse bytes kan bi pretti nasti?

You know, now I have to write Sven's lines somewhat like that...

 

[Angel Tarragon]

Character Background & Design Development To Date

Michelle Anette Fox was born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada on June 6, 1991. Her parents, Robert and Angela moved their ten-year-old daughter, her three brothers, Jack, Karac and Kelly and her sister Stephanny to Vancouver, British Columbia after his dad, a sergeant in the Canadian Army Signal Corps, retired. It was during these years that her abilities began to manifest. She never caught a cold and whenever wounded, it would heal unnaturally fast. Michelle decided she could put this to use by becoming a stunt double for actresses.

In 2003 she got a break and after she auditioned for a bit part in a movie. Shortly after completing the work she was kidnapped. After a year and a day she was released from her captors but not without the memories of what they had done her. Somehow they must have known about her healing ability otherwise she never would have survived the ordeal. Surgeons altered her by lacing her skeleton with an unknown material and giving her a set of three claws that pop out from between her fingers on each hand. The whole thing took its toll on her mind too. She is mentally scarred because of this and before it she had a keen sense of control of her emotions. Now she is prone to wild mood swings and when threatened becomes extremely violent.

She tried to continue her work as an actress but her personality conflicts came up way too often. She went back to being a stunt double for a while and then fell out of the scene. For the last couple of years she has been in a series of cage fights living off the money she gets after beating her opponents mercilessly.

A month ago she was approached by a scout and let her in on a secret; there was a cast of individuals with unique talents coming together to form the basis of a

 

[Relique du Madde]

Blackrat -
Sounds good, but it begs one question: Does he push an Icecream cart or drive an ice cream truck?

Shayuri-
I don't have anything really to say except that both have good qualities. Nadru could become a "plant" while Kitsune could help create some very bizarre (and beneficial) situations ('Everyone duck! There's a sniper on the loose!' 'But WE'RE the snipers!' 'CRAP!' ).

Reveille-
Wolverinette Michelle's background sounds fine. I'm thinking that someone on the production crew has some ulterior motives.... (especially since she reportedly gave Russel Crowe a broken nose and threw Scarlett Johansson out a window).


ANYWAYS oddly, it's starting to sound like a lot of Governments are using Salton City as a dumping place for their undesired supers. I wonder what the Mayor did to diserve that...

 

[Blackrat]

Blackrat -
Sounds good, but it begs one question: Does he push an Icecream cart or drive an ice cream truck?

Drive Truck Ofcourse! Sven has flown a Dragon and rode Jörmungandr's Serpent (well at least according to his own drunken boasting)... A puny truck is nothing compared to those. Well, if you don't count that one time when he... And the accident with that lightpost... and the time... etc...

ANYWAYS oddy, it's starting to sound like a lot of Governments are using Salton City as a dumping place for their undesired supers. I wonder what the Mayor did to diserve that...

Well, the TV producers can be pretty convincing. At least with those big goons behind them and that big case of money...

 

[Mathew_Freeman]

Spring-Heeled Jack is an original faerie. That doesn't make him nice. Heh.

1. What do you think is your best ability/talent? How would you to use that ability/talent to change the world?
2. Who or what do you consider to be your worst fear? Why?
3. If you had the chance to save the world or yourself then which would you save if you can not save them both? Why?
4. What is the one thing you want to do, which you are unable to do? What would you do if you had the ability to do that?
5. What was your childhood like? Did you grow up powered? Dream of being a hero? Or were you just a normal, every day kid?
6. Why do you want to appear on Television?

1. Oi'm the fastest damn thing on two legs, me. They say a good rumour can go halfway round t'world before the truth gets it's shoes on, roight? Yeah, well, I'll be waiting for it when it arrives, y'see. Change the world? Dunno - but I reckon as how I won't be dull to watch.
2. Now then, asking a faeries about his fears is a little like asking a publican about rising taxes. You won't like the answer, and it might not make much sense anyway. Safe to say there are a few old friends I wouldn't be wantin' to see again, if ye catch me drift.
3. Frankly, I'd save meself. This big old world can look after itself - after all, it's survived so far, ain't it?
4. I, uh, well, I can't turn invisible these days. Used to be able to, back in the day, but that one seems to have gone the way o' the dodo. I'm not sure I should mention what I'd do if I could turn invisible, what with this bein' a family show n'all.
5. *snorts with laughter* Normal? Normal compared to what, exactly? Oi'm Spring-Heeled Jack, y'know, and I have never been normal.
6. For the fame! For the glory! For the money! For the whiskey! For the girls!

SHJ (as I'm sure the producers will attempt to title him) is the original creature, and he's been around a fair while. Let's take Spring Heeled Jack - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia as actual fact, rather than folklore. It mentions leaping, but I'd like to add super-speed into the mix to go with it (after all, if he can run fast he can jump, too). The horrific appearance and the claws can probably go - I see my version looking more like Sean Bean.

 

[Blackrat]

A couple more questions, for our effort to get them to 10.

7. How do you see the future of the world when you are old. Is there hope for the world?
8. What would you like to see in this Season of - Needs Heroes!? Anything you wouldn't want to happen?

What, ofcourse the producers are going to ask something like this. How else would they know how to make the Supers Frustrated...

 

[Mathew_Freeman]

ANYWAYS oddly, it's starting to sound like a lot of Governments are using Salton City as a dumping place for their undesired supers. I wonder what the Mayor did to diserve that...

I think the Irish Government would be more than happy to get a drunken, lecherous faerie out of their country.

 

[Relique du Madde]

Tallarn-
I could see it now..

GOP Rep: "I thought you said you were a republican."
SJH: "I said I'm a PUBlican, ye blarney fool!"
GOP Rep: "Yes, a republican."
SJH: "PUBLICAN! NOW WHERE'S MY ALE?"
GOP Rep: "You can't drink on this commercial."
SHJ: "Can't drink on a publican party commercial?!? No wonder why ya lost! Blast that! I'm out of here.."

What, ofcourse the producers are going to ask something like this. How else would they know how to make the Supers Frustrated...

Why else do you think I worded my questions like I did?


Reveille-
Not sure if you saw my response to your BG... Here