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Excellent idea.
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Thanks, Carnage.
Of course, the obnoxiously long first post went up before the thanks though. Never let it be said I don't have my priorities in the right place.
Of course, the obnoxiously long first post went up before the thanks though. Never let it be said I don't have my priorities in the right place.
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Singular Universe: Brave New World Character Application:
Character Name: Jason Lee Scott / The Original Red Power Ranger
Alignment: Hero
Character Speech Color and Font: Red Verdana for Jason / Bold Red Verdana when Morphed
Powers and Abilities: On his own, Jason is an accomplished athlete, weight trainer, and martial artist. He is a natural leader with a wealth of experience from his time with the Power Rangers. Jason also possesses the Tyrannosaurus Power Coin and Power Morpher, which allow him to transform into the Red Power Ranger. In this form, Jason's natural abilities are enhanced to superhuman levels. He gains incredible strength, speed, and durability. Moreover, he gains access to the Power Ranger arsenal -- including the Power Sword, the Blade Blaster, and the Tyrannosaurus Dinozord.
Character Origin/Major Events: Prior to his recruitment by Zordon, Jason Lee Scott was just another "teenager with attitude" living in Angel Grove, California. A talented martial artist, Jason held a regular martial arts class at Ernie's Juice Bar and Gym, where he taught his fellow teenagers the virtues of patience, compassion, and self-respect. He was close friends with Zack Taylor and stood up for disenfranchised teens like Billy Cranston whenever local bullies Bulk and Skull would come sulking around. One day, after one of Jason's classes, Angel Grove was struck by an earthquake. In the chaos, Jason, Zack, and Billy -- along with fellow students Trini Kwan and Kimberly Ann Heart -- were teleported to a faraway command center where they met the galactic sage, Zordon. Zordon gave each of the teenagers their own unique Power Coin and a Power Morpher to go with it, and he recruited them in the battle against Rita Repulsa and her forces of evil.
Despite their initial disbelief, the five teenagers came together to become the Power Rangers. They used their new powers to protect Angel Grove -- and the Earth -- from Rita and her army of monster lieutenants and her minions, known as the Putty Patrol. As Red Ranger, Jason found himself leading the team. He developed a heated rivalry with Rita's top lieutenant, Goldar, which would continue as long as Jason was part of the team. In response to Zordon's team, Rita created the Dragon Power Coin and converted Tommy Oliver -- a new arrival to Angel Grove and one of Jason's competitors in a recent martial arts tournament -- into the evil Green Power Ranger. Eventually, Jason was able to break Rita's spell over Tommy and bring the Green Ranger over to the side of good. However, Tommy's Green Ranger powers began to fade, a fact for which Jason held himself accountable.
For a time, Jason and Tommy vied for supremacy on and off the team, until both boys realized that they could accomplish so much more by working together. Eventually, after Tommy had lost his Green Ranger powers and become the new White Ranger, Jason conceded his leadership of the Power Rangers to his friend. Not long after, Jason, Zack, and Trini were all selected to represent Angel Grove in an international peace conference. Though all three were hesitant to leave, they eventually agreed to go in order to extend their charity to the rest of the world. All three were replaced with new Power Rangers, though they kept their original Power Morphers and Power Coins.
Since that time, Jason has led a quiet life. Rather than returning to Angel Grove, he decided to go his own way. It has been years since he used his Power Morpher, but the rising of ancient evil may yet force Jason out of retirement and back into his role as one of the protectors of the Earth...
Why this character? Despite my older brother's condescending comments, I loved the Power Rangers when I was growing up. They were probably my first true love, even before I discovered superhero comics and the Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man. And of the Power Rangers, Red Rangers were (more often than not) my favorite. Accordingly, Jason is my #2 Ranger of all-time, just behind Andros the Red Space Ranger.
What can you bring to the RPG? Morphin' Time.
Provide a short sample post as your desired character, in three paragraphs or more and featuring at least one line of dialogue:
As he came upon the last hill, Jason leaned forward and pressed hard against the pedals of his bike. He could feel the straining in his thighs, hear the raggedness of his breath. The morning ride had become his routine since moving here; each day, he pushed himself a little farther. It was tough going at first. The mostly abandoned roads snaked along the edge of the forest, rising and falling with the mountains in the backdrop. It made for a good workout. He remembered barely being able to stand the second day. But that was the beauty of progress. He made it a little farther on the third day, farther still on the fourth, and so on. Now, he had conquered these hills -- save for the last one before the home stretch, that is.
The early morning air was cold and sharp. Already, Jason could feel the humidity lingering in the air. By midday, it would be warm, he knew. It might even rain. It rained often here, but Jason didn't mind. There was something relaxing about the rain, something cleansing. He wouldn't complain if it started right then; the sweat was sticking to his forehead, and he was already daydreaming about the warm shower that was waiting for him back home. As Jason crested the last hill, he inhaled deeply and felt the cool air filling his lungs. As far as he was concerned, there was no better wake-up call in the world.
Giving way to gravity on the downhill, Jason relaxed his feet against the pedals and simply coasted, picking up speed as he went. He was so lost in thought that he nearly missed the flash of light; it erupted in the middle of the road in front of his bike, and Jason swerved to avoid it. His tire caught on a piece of broken asphalt. Jason braced himself as his bike careened into the grass on the side of the road. He felt the impact jolt his entire skeleton, and he instinctively raised his hands to cover his face as he rolled. Eventually, the rolling stopped; Jason could feel abrasions on his elbows and knees, but he was mostly unhurt. He turned quickly in the direction of the flash.
"Well, well! It must be my lucky day! To catch a Power Ranger all alone like this."
Jason didn't believe his eyes. "Goldar," he grimaced as he clamored to his feet. The villain sent another blast of light towards him, and it was all Jason could do to roll and avoid the attack. This didn't make any sense! Goldar had been driven off Earth along with Rita, Zedd, and all the rest; Jason remembered hearing about that through Zack the last time they caught up. Jason's hands snapped to his belt, but he only found leather and a brass buckle there.
"No Power Morpher?" Goldar taunted. "Doubly lucky! It will be easier than ever to destroy you now, Ranger!" The beast leapt, and Jason lifted his arms to block...
Jason awoke suddenly in his darkened bedroom. His pillow was damp with sweat. It had just been a dream. Goldar was gone. Still, Jason couldn't help but roll over and click on the light on his nightstand. He pulled out the drawer and checked to see that his Power Morpher was still there, buried behind a stack of books. For whatever reason, he couldn't get back to sleep before he took out the Morpher and left it somewhere in the open. He hadn't used it in years, but it couldn't hurt...
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Stuff is coming, you guys, I swear. I was planning on today being the day I charge out of the gates, but I've been feeling like hell all day and slipping in and out of consciousness, so I think today's pretty much a write-off.
Supes, Hellboy, and Godzilla are on the way, though.
Supes, Hellboy, and Godzilla are on the way, though.
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Red Ranger is approved.
Cap post should be up tomorrow.
And I'm flip flopping on my choice of Loki. Realized I was just playing a villain to give the game another villain, and that's not going to get the best creative output from me.
Instead, I'll give the game the fastest kid alive. (Will finish this along with my Cap post tomorrow)
Singular Universe: Brave New World Character Application:
Character Name: Wally West/Kid Flash
Alignment (Hero, Villain, Walking the Line): Hero
Character Speech Color and Font (actually say what it is, like Blue Comic Sans): Gold Comic Sans for Wally/Bold for Kid Flash
Powers and Abilities: Wally's power is derived from his connection to the "Speed Force", a little understood energy of the Universe. Using this connection, West is able to move at incredible superhuman speed. He can run fast enough to travel over water, up the sides of buildings, and can create vortices while running and with his arms and legs when necessary. Wally is not as fast as the current Flash, Barry Allen, nor can he yet pass through solid objects by vibrating his molecules as Barry can.
The drawback to West's powers is that his metabolism is supercharged, and he requires large amounts of food to keep himself fully charged. Still, the Speed Force protects him from the natural dangers at running at high speeds, though none know how this works.
Character Origin/Major Events: Wally West was the nephew of Iris West. Wally idolized the Flash and wanted to save people and catch bad guys just like he did. He received his chance when visiting the Central City Police Department on a school trip. There, the accident that helped Barry Allen become the Flash happened again to Wally, granting him a connection to the Speed Force. Afterwards, Barry revealed to Wally that he was the Flash, and that he wanted Wally to become his sidekick.
Year Four
Why this character? Wally, along with Dick Grayson, is probably my favorite DC character. Love the kid's outlook and demeanor, and would love to see him side-by-side with heroes like Spider-Man.
What can you bring to the RPG? The Speed Force...and maybe the Teen Titans?
Provide a short sample post as your desired character, in three paragraphs or more and featuring at least one line of dialogue:
I slide past the outstretched arms of the bulky bank robber, and snag the bag of money from his hands as I do. Sure, I could put this guy down easy, but where's the fun in that, right? I'm Kid Flash, and these jokers made the mistake of stepping onto my turf. I need to teach them some semblance of a lesson.
"Sorry, tubby," I chuckle as I toss the bag of cash back into the vault, "you're overdrawn."
"Oh yea?" the burly man smiles slyly as he pulls a syringed form his pocket. "We'll just see about that, won't we?"
The needle pierces a vein in the man's arm, and he screams out in pain. The muscles under his skin ripple as they grow at an unnatural speed. Tears rip through his skin as he grows by two feet and what has to be two hundred pounds of muscle in seconds. The howl of pain turns into a growl of anger as he picks up the vault door and tosses it at me like it's a Frisbee.
Ducking under the door, I build up some speed and through a punch as hard as I can at the creature's chin. Instead of him flying backwards, the usual response to my speed punch, I feel a bone in my hand shatter.
"HOLY CRAP!" I yell out in pain and look up at the hulking creature, who merely smiles. "I am totally not prepared for this kind of anarchy. See ya!"
I race out of the bank and into the streets of Central City. For once, my speed just isn't enough.
Cap post should be up tomorrow.
And I'm flip flopping on my choice of Loki. Realized I was just playing a villain to give the game another villain, and that's not going to get the best creative output from me.
Instead, I'll give the game the fastest kid alive. (Will finish this along with my Cap post tomorrow)
Singular Universe: Brave New World Character Application:
Character Name: Wally West/Kid Flash
Alignment (Hero, Villain, Walking the Line): Hero
Character Speech Color and Font (actually say what it is, like Blue Comic Sans): Gold Comic Sans for Wally/Bold for Kid Flash
Powers and Abilities: Wally's power is derived from his connection to the "Speed Force", a little understood energy of the Universe. Using this connection, West is able to move at incredible superhuman speed. He can run fast enough to travel over water, up the sides of buildings, and can create vortices while running and with his arms and legs when necessary. Wally is not as fast as the current Flash, Barry Allen, nor can he yet pass through solid objects by vibrating his molecules as Barry can.
The drawback to West's powers is that his metabolism is supercharged, and he requires large amounts of food to keep himself fully charged. Still, the Speed Force protects him from the natural dangers at running at high speeds, though none know how this works.
Character Origin/Major Events: Wally West was the nephew of Iris West. Wally idolized the Flash and wanted to save people and catch bad guys just like he did. He received his chance when visiting the Central City Police Department on a school trip. There, the accident that helped Barry Allen become the Flash happened again to Wally, granting him a connection to the Speed Force. Afterwards, Barry revealed to Wally that he was the Flash, and that he wanted Wally to become his sidekick.
Year Four
- Wally is transformed into Kid Flash after recreating the experiment that created the Flash. Barry Allen reveals to Wally that he is the Flash, and takes the boy on as his sidekick.
- Wally acclimates to the life of a superhero quickly, and takes on his first supervillian when the Trickster escapes from the local mental institution, bent on challenging the new speedster. Wally apprehends him solo, and Central City celebrates its new hero.
- While not fighting crime in Central and Keystone, Wally trains with Barry in order to control the Speed Force coursing through his body to a greater degree.
- Flash leaves the Twin Cities in order to fulfill his obligation to the Avengers. While he is away, Captain Cold and Heatwave escape from prison, and Wally is forced to take them on by himself. In a close call, he manages to put the two away, but their cooperation worries the two speedsters.
Why this character? Wally, along with Dick Grayson, is probably my favorite DC character. Love the kid's outlook and demeanor, and would love to see him side-by-side with heroes like Spider-Man.
What can you bring to the RPG? The Speed Force...and maybe the Teen Titans?
Provide a short sample post as your desired character, in three paragraphs or more and featuring at least one line of dialogue:
I slide past the outstretched arms of the bulky bank robber, and snag the bag of money from his hands as I do. Sure, I could put this guy down easy, but where's the fun in that, right? I'm Kid Flash, and these jokers made the mistake of stepping onto my turf. I need to teach them some semblance of a lesson.
"Sorry, tubby," I chuckle as I toss the bag of cash back into the vault, "you're overdrawn."
"Oh yea?" the burly man smiles slyly as he pulls a syringed form his pocket. "We'll just see about that, won't we?"
The needle pierces a vein in the man's arm, and he screams out in pain. The muscles under his skin ripple as they grow at an unnatural speed. Tears rip through his skin as he grows by two feet and what has to be two hundred pounds of muscle in seconds. The howl of pain turns into a growl of anger as he picks up the vault door and tosses it at me like it's a Frisbee.
Ducking under the door, I build up some speed and through a punch as hard as I can at the creature's chin. Instead of him flying backwards, the usual response to my speed punch, I feel a bone in my hand shatter.
"HOLY CRAP!" I yell out in pain and look up at the hulking creature, who merely smiles. "I am totally not prepared for this kind of anarchy. See ya!"
I race out of the bank and into the streets of Central City. For once, my speed just isn't enough.
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KF, huh? Wouldn't seem right to force you to do that without a PC mentor...
Dammit! All y'all are gonna be the death of me. Stop making me want to play all these characters!
Dammit! All y'all are gonna be the death of me. Stop making me want to play all these characters!
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Yes...give in to the temptation
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Singular Universe: Brave New World Character Application:
Character Name: Bartholomew Henry Allen / The Flash
Alignment: Hero
Character Speech Color and Font: Red Trebuchet MS for Barry / Bold Red Trebuchet MS for Flash
Powers and Abilities: Barry derives his powers from the mysterious energy field known as the "Speed Force." This connection allows Barry to move at superhuman -- possibly limitless -- speeds. While running, his perception of time slows down accordingly to allow him to see where he's going. Moreover, the Speed Force protects Barry's body from friction, wind resistance, and the effects of high-speed collisions. In addition to this superhuman durability, Barry's metabolism is supercharged, giving him incredibly quick healing at the cost of a greatly increased daily caloric demand.
Over the years, Barry has learned how to use his speed for more than just running. He can generate powerful vortices by spinning his arms or legs; he can create "speed clones" to give the illusion of being in multiple places at once; and he can vibrate his body at a molecular level to allow him to pass unharmed through solid objects. He has also trained himself to use his speed for mental tasks, such as tactical decision-making or speed-reading.
Character Origin/Major Events: Bartholomew Henry Allen was born to Nora and Henry Allen in the suburbs surrounding Central City, the larger of the so-called Gem Cities on the border of Missouri and Kansas. Barry grew up loving the old Invaders comic books that had been passed down from his grandfather from World War II. He idolized Captain America, the Green Lantern, the Flash, and all the rest. His biggest hero, though, was his father. Henry worked as a detective with the Central City police force and was close with his sergeant, Darryl Frye.
One night, just after he had been tucked into bed, Barry heard a crash and a scream from downstairs. Curious, the young boy hopped out of bed and wandered over to the railing by the stairs. There, he saw a flash of yellow circling his mother. Before he could realize what was happening, the flash was gone, and Nora Allen was lying in a puddle of blood on the ground. The police came and arrested Henry for the murder of his wife. Sergeant Frye -- one of Henry's few supporters -- took in Barry and became his legal guardian. Barry knew his father was innocent, but he couldn't prove it. The incident would inspire him to study forensic science.
After graduating with honors from Central City University, Barry was appointed by Darryl Frye -- now Captain in the CCPD -- to the Crime Lab. There, he worked tirelessly to solve crimes and exonerate innocent victims. While working late one night during a thunderstorm, Barry was struck by a bolt of lightning while trying to clean up a chemical spill. The resulting reaction witnessed the birth of the Speed Force, a quantum energy field which saturated Barry's cells. Barry was amazed to find the next day that he had gained the powers of superspeed. He contacted one of STAR Labs' top scientists, Darwin Elias, for help with his condition. Together, they developed a special suit which could withstand Barry's incredible speed.
Major Events:
When Central City comes under attack from a failed engineer turned janitor turned supervillain called Electro, Barry realizes that his powers may be the only thing capable of stopping the metahuman. In his breathtaking debut, the Scarlet Speedster defeats Electro and becomes the talk of the town.
Sometime thereafter, the new hero gives an exclusive interview with Iris West, a cub reporter with the Central City Picture News. He names himself "The Flash" in honor of the famous WWII speedster. The interview puts Ms. West on the map and launches her career as a lead field reporter.
More threats begin to emerge to challenge the Flash -- among them career criminalturned supervillain Captain Cold, an escaped convict transformed by an experiment into the Sandman, the pyromaniac Heatwave, a mysterious figure in a mechanical battlesuit known as the Beetle, and the mentally unstable thief known as the Trickster. Each of these ultimately find defeat at the hands -- and feet --of the Flash.
The defeated villains are all contacted by a figure known only as the Top, who has a plan to put together a team to defeat the Flash. The Top appoints Captain Cold to lead these new Rogues; together, they discover that their combined powers finally prove a match for the Scarlet Speedster. Their rivalry with the Flash begins.
The Flash is surprised to discover that business mogul, philanthropist, and avid Flash supporter Roscoe Dillon secretly moonlights as the criminal mastermind, Top. After defeating Dillon's chauffeur, David Cannonaka Whirlwind, the Flash brings down Dillon and exposes him to the public. In the absence of the Top, the Rogues disband for a time.
The Flash is visited by another speedster, a man named Eobard Thawne who claims to come from the future. Thawne is the Flash's biggest fan and uses his time's technology to give himself superspeed. He petitions to become the Flash's ally, nicknaming himself Professor Zoom.
Barry and Darwin Elias discover that Thawne's superspeed is dangerously unstable. Every time he runs, Thawne opens wormholes through time and space. They tell Thawne that he must stop, but the fanatic only seeks to prove his worth by running harder and faster.
Elias develops a gun which can strip the Speed Force energy from living tissue. He resolves to use it against Professor Zoom. After convincing Barry to assist in returning Zoom to his own timeline -- by opening yet another wormhole -- Elias pulls the gun on Zoom and removes his powers before sending him back to the future. Barry is shocked by this, and a rift forms between himself and Elias.
Back in the future, the desperate Thawne seeks to restore his powers. Digging through the archives at the Flash Museum, he finds Elias' speed gun. But when he tries to extract the energy from inside, the gun explodes, saturating Thawne's body with Negative Speed Force. The event -- along with the perceived betrayal by the Flash -- causes a rift in Thawne's mind. He resolves himself to destroy the Flash and takes the new name Reverse-Flash.
The Reverse-Flash discovers, to his dismay, that Barry Allen is the generator of the Speed Force; therefore, he cannot kill Barry without also robbing himself of his powers. Instead, he resolves himself to ruin Barry Allen's life. He begins by traveling back in time and murdering Nora Allen, framing Henry Allen in the process. This begins a heated rivalry between Flash and Reverse-Flash.
Captain Cold brings the Rogues back together. They continue to harry the Flash as they seek to find the next "big score." When necessary, they receive upgrades to their tech from the Tinkerer. Unbeknownst to the rest of the Rogues, Cold collects money for his comatose sister, Lisa Snart.
Flash joins the Avengers, thrilled to work alongside his fellow heroes -- particularly the man he grew up idolizing, Captain America. During this time, he also meets the original Flash, Jay Garrick. He receives both men's blessings to continue the Flash legacy.
When Iris' nephew Wally West gains a connection to the Speed Force through a similar accident to the one Barry himself experienced, he takes it upon himself to counsel the new speedster.
Sometime thereafter, the new hero gives an exclusive interview with Iris West, a cub reporter with the Central City Picture News. He names himself "The Flash" in honor of the famous WWII speedster. The interview puts Ms. West on the map and launches her career as a lead field reporter.
More threats begin to emerge to challenge the Flash -- among them career criminalturned supervillain Captain Cold, an escaped convict transformed by an experiment into the Sandman, the pyromaniac Heatwave, a mysterious figure in a mechanical battlesuit known as the Beetle, and the mentally unstable thief known as the Trickster. Each of these ultimately find defeat at the hands -- and feet --of the Flash.
The defeated villains are all contacted by a figure known only as the Top, who has a plan to put together a team to defeat the Flash. The Top appoints Captain Cold to lead these new Rogues; together, they discover that their combined powers finally prove a match for the Scarlet Speedster. Their rivalry with the Flash begins.
The Flash is surprised to discover that business mogul, philanthropist, and avid Flash supporter Roscoe Dillon secretly moonlights as the criminal mastermind, Top. After defeating Dillon's chauffeur, David Cannonaka Whirlwind, the Flash brings down Dillon and exposes him to the public. In the absence of the Top, the Rogues disband for a time.
The Flash is visited by another speedster, a man named Eobard Thawne who claims to come from the future. Thawne is the Flash's biggest fan and uses his time's technology to give himself superspeed. He petitions to become the Flash's ally, nicknaming himself Professor Zoom.
Barry and Darwin Elias discover that Thawne's superspeed is dangerously unstable. Every time he runs, Thawne opens wormholes through time and space. They tell Thawne that he must stop, but the fanatic only seeks to prove his worth by running harder and faster.
Elias develops a gun which can strip the Speed Force energy from living tissue. He resolves to use it against Professor Zoom. After convincing Barry to assist in returning Zoom to his own timeline -- by opening yet another wormhole -- Elias pulls the gun on Zoom and removes his powers before sending him back to the future. Barry is shocked by this, and a rift forms between himself and Elias.
Back in the future, the desperate Thawne seeks to restore his powers. Digging through the archives at the Flash Museum, he finds Elias' speed gun. But when he tries to extract the energy from inside, the gun explodes, saturating Thawne's body with Negative Speed Force. The event -- along with the perceived betrayal by the Flash -- causes a rift in Thawne's mind. He resolves himself to destroy the Flash and takes the new name Reverse-Flash.
The Reverse-Flash discovers, to his dismay, that Barry Allen is the generator of the Speed Force; therefore, he cannot kill Barry without also robbing himself of his powers. Instead, he resolves himself to ruin Barry Allen's life. He begins by traveling back in time and murdering Nora Allen, framing Henry Allen in the process. This begins a heated rivalry between Flash and Reverse-Flash.
Captain Cold brings the Rogues back together. They continue to harry the Flash as they seek to find the next "big score." When necessary, they receive upgrades to their tech from the Tinkerer. Unbeknownst to the rest of the Rogues, Cold collects money for his comatose sister, Lisa Snart.
Flash joins the Avengers, thrilled to work alongside his fellow heroes -- particularly the man he grew up idolizing, Captain America. During this time, he also meets the original Flash, Jay Garrick. He receives both men's blessings to continue the Flash legacy.
When Iris' nephew Wally West gains a connection to the Speed Force through a similar accident to the one Barry himself experienced, he takes it upon himself to counsel the new speedster.
Why this character? Because this game needs a Flash! I love the simplicity of superspeed yet the complexity of abilities that it allows. It's always neat to see the way that different writers utilize Flash's speed in imaginative ways. I was very excited to explore the ways Barry would interact with Marvel characters over in One Universe, so I'm thrilled to shift all that over here. It doesn't hurt that I've got a pretty killer Kid Flash and the possibility of a fantastic Captain Cold out there, either.
What can you bring to the RPG? Nonsensical plot points hand-waved away with an utterance of the words "Speed Force."
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My name is Barry Allen, and I am the fastest man alive.
Sometimes, the best thing about life is how completely unpredictable it can be. Three weeks ago, I was - by all accounts - just an ordinary guy. I rode the bus to work where I performed forensic analysis for the Central City Police Department. A largely unheralded job, outside of a half-dozen wildly inaccurate TV dramas, but that was fine with me. I didn't get into this line of work for the acclaim or the glory. I just wanted to use my talents and passion for science to help people. I like to think that I was even pretty good at it, enough to get hired at my age for a full-time position - though I suppose my father's former connections in the department didn't hurt there.
Anyway, as I was trying to say, outside of visiting a few crime scenes a week, my life was pretty normal by anyone's definition. But I know now how quickly things can change... You see, there was this accident. I don't have time to get into all the details right now, but something changed that night. Something inside me. Someone much smarter than me tells me that my body generates a "quantum energy field." I like to call it the Speed Force. And, well, as I said at the beginning, I'm now the fastest man alive. And when I say that, I'm not talking about running a four minute mile.
More like a four second mile.
Yet somehow, in spite of all that, I still find a way to be running late. Of course, nowadays it's for completely different reasons. It isn't because I overslept my first alarm or because I stood in the shower for twenty-five minutes. It's more because there was a robbery on 5th, then a carjacking across the Van Buren Bridge, then a three-alarm fire in Windsor Heights, then... well, you get the picture. And all of that leads us to the present moment, where--
"Allen! You're late."
"Yes, Director Singh," I acknowledge, "it's just that my--"
"I don't want to hear your excuses, Allen," Director Singh sneers as he continues to walk past me. "The call went out for a double homicide ten minutes ago. How quickly can you get down to the CCU campus?"
I rub the back of my neck. "Uhhh... fairly quickly," I answer evasively.
"Then stop standing around here and do it."
"Right away, sir."I spin on my heel and start making for the door. Just then, James Forrest - our DNA analyst - steps into the station carrying a box of donuts. When he makes eye contact with me, he opens his mouth, but I hold up a hand to stop him. "Can't talk, Forrest..."
"Gotta run."
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Singular Universe: Brave New World Character Application:
Character Name: Thaddeus Bach - Space Ghost
Alignment (Hero, Villain, Walking the Line): Hero
Character Speech Color and Font (actually say what it is, like Blue Comic Sans): Red Franklin Gothic Medium
Powers and Abilities:
Flight
Super strength
Enhanced agility
Enhanced stamina
Teleportation
Belt that grants Invisibility
Power Bands give an assortment of energy powers and abilities
Also, he's an attractive male.
Character Origin/Major Events:
Left for dead on a barren planet, Thaddeus Bach was found by an alien weapons designer who nursed him back to health. Using his new friend's final inventions, Thaddeus chose to seek vengeance against evildoers as Space Ghost.
Why this character?:
Had a major hard on for Space Ghost since I was a kid. His lore has so much potential that is under used.
What can you bring to the RPG?:
I'm just really interested in writing Space Ghost. It answers the question, "What if Batman were in Space?"
Provide a short sample post as your desired character, in three paragraphs or more and featuring at least one line of dialogue:
Earth, Gotham
Foot steps. Four sets including my own. Unique, however, commonplace. I've heard the sound of boots against the streets of cities all across the cosmos and yet, no matter what system I visit - they still sound the same. I'm no stranger to change. It comes with the territory. But sometimes, it can be comforting to be reminded of the familiar. Even something as subtle as this.
"Sacrifice," the female earthling speaks. She tells me her name is Margaret Sawyer. An enforcer of Earth law in the governmental system known as Gotham. She stands at the forefront of the group. She stares at the obscene scene before us - analyzing every detail. A body strung upside down - nailed to the wall in what the Earthlings call a crucifixion. Strange script is carved into the skin. I know 20 dialects across the stars, and yet, to me this language is alien. A moment's time passes and her head turns to face the rest of us. "Far from human, though," she grins.
Another member of the team approaches the crime scene. A cool breeze comes over my skin as he passes. Not wearing my suit is strange to me. It makes me feel exposed. Not until this case had I realized how attached I'd become to that mask. So much so that I have begun to wonder if time and circumstance hasn't caused me to unintentionally fall into my own mythos. Or, is it a psychosis?
"Agreed, Detective Sawyer. This being may have once been human, but he is far from that now." Jason Blood. I'm told he's the authority on all things supernatural on this planet. I've encountered magic before. Interesting that, just like language, science, religion, and law, each system - each planet - has it's own type. A native way of explaining or understanding another layer of our universe.
"What is he now?"
Blood's jaw tightens. "Nothing."
Sawyer frowns. "Can you give a straight answer for once?"
"Ask the right questions and I will give you the answers you want," he retorts.
"Alright, alright, alright, settle down, crew." The fourth member of our party steps forward to mitigate the brewing argument. He's done this before. He recognizes the signs. He calls himself Booster Gold. He tells me he's from the future. Strangely, I trust his word. After what I've seen, I could believe anything these days.
"Jason, if he is presently nothing, and was originally human, what did he used to be then?"
Jason's tone is cold, almost as much as his aura. "A portal," he tells us.
"I think we found our smoking gun, then."
"No. The etchings on his body. This was an incomplete incantation."
"So they failed to summon the Demon Wizard?"
Jason extends his hand to the head-dress, now fused, to the victim's head. The humans tell me it is the skull of a creature known as a ram. I think I find the swirl of the beast's horns the most fascinating.
"Yes. It seems they were interrupted."
The air tightens as the group's frustration becomes palpable. Another bread crumb. Another body. And it feels as if we're no closer to uncovering the perpetrator than we were when Booster first brought us all together.
"Great, the hunt continues. Let's go-"
"Wait," Maggie says. She grabs a device from her belt and shines a light onto the wall behind the body. As the orb illuminates the brick work, something catches my eye. She turns to me with a grin, "You see it too, don't you?" She asks me.
"Yes."
There's something special about her. Her ability to notice the insignificant details in me that no one else ever sees. It's almost as if we resonate on the same wavelength - a shared plane of reality only we occupy. Another reason I feel naked without my suit - without the mask. Insecure, yes. But my history validates the sentiment.
I pull back the arm of my jacket to expose the power band on my left arm. I press the appropriate pattern and shine a beam of highly excited photons at a resonance the beings of this planet have yet to discover. The energy hits the wall, overlapping Maggie's light, to reveal a pattern hidden from plain view. Together we trace the outline until the image becomes revealed to the group.
A skull. Yellow in tinge. Or, at least the wavelength of light appears that way. It's the face of the being our mystery witch has been trying to summon. The Demon Wizard. A name spoken on our plane of existence by only a handful of individuals throughout space and time. A select few of those enlightened enough to know who he is.
"Keldor," Booster breathes his name. He nearly chokes.
"Is he here?"
"No. Not yet."
"How can you be sure."
"If he were here, we would know. He'd make sure of it."
"The witch tried to summon him and failed?"
"No." Jason examines the writings on the body once more - this time more closely. "I was wrong, this was not an attempt at a physical conjuring. This was a conversation."
"So what does that mean?"
"It means Keldor is preparing for the actual ritual. The one that will bring him to this realm."
"What is he waiting for, then?"
"Alignment," Booster says as his jaw contorts to a frown. "There's a cosmic event he needs to come here. I remember it from the universe I watched him destroy before."
"Your world," I utter bluntly.
He nods.
Confused as I may be to the minutae that makes up the living breathing matter of this case, I understand the scaffolding - the skeleton - of this monstrous circumstance that brought us all together.
A Detective from Earth.
A Demon bound to a mortal soul.
A peace keeping adventurer, myself, from beyond the stars.
And a being from another timeline - another reality - who watched it all burn in a hell storm before his eyes a thousand times over as he tried an infinite lifetimes to save it.
Booster says time is like a book. It is relative to the reader which point in the timeline you're viewing. All occurring simultaneously, yet individually to those within it's pages. Most books are already written - it is only our mission in life to play out those tales in what we call a life time. But Booster is a man who has seen the face of the universe. The binding force that keeps everything seen and unseen in balance.
He is an ambitious man. He seeks to find a pen and rewrite his own story. He thinks he can do the impossible. I don't know if I believe him. But I trust him. That's all he asked of me. Each version of me. Versions I've never known.
But as much as I'd like to start at the middle, I have to start at the beginning.
My name is Thaddeus Bach of Eidolon. To the universe, I am known as Space Ghost.
And, allegedly, this is the story of how I helped save the universe.
Character Name: Thaddeus Bach - Space Ghost
Alignment (Hero, Villain, Walking the Line): Hero
Character Speech Color and Font (actually say what it is, like Blue Comic Sans): Red Franklin Gothic Medium
Powers and Abilities:
Flight
Super strength
Enhanced agility
Enhanced stamina
Teleportation
Belt that grants Invisibility
Power Bands give an assortment of energy powers and abilities
Also, he's an attractive male.
Character Origin/Major Events:
Left for dead on a barren planet, Thaddeus Bach was found by an alien weapons designer who nursed him back to health. Using his new friend's final inventions, Thaddeus chose to seek vengeance against evildoers as Space Ghost.
Why this character?:
Had a major hard on for Space Ghost since I was a kid. His lore has so much potential that is under used.
What can you bring to the RPG?:
I'm just really interested in writing Space Ghost. It answers the question, "What if Batman were in Space?"
Provide a short sample post as your desired character, in three paragraphs or more and featuring at least one line of dialogue:
Earth, Gotham
Foot steps. Four sets including my own. Unique, however, commonplace. I've heard the sound of boots against the streets of cities all across the cosmos and yet, no matter what system I visit - they still sound the same. I'm no stranger to change. It comes with the territory. But sometimes, it can be comforting to be reminded of the familiar. Even something as subtle as this.
"Sacrifice," the female earthling speaks. She tells me her name is Margaret Sawyer. An enforcer of Earth law in the governmental system known as Gotham. She stands at the forefront of the group. She stares at the obscene scene before us - analyzing every detail. A body strung upside down - nailed to the wall in what the Earthlings call a crucifixion. Strange script is carved into the skin. I know 20 dialects across the stars, and yet, to me this language is alien. A moment's time passes and her head turns to face the rest of us. "Far from human, though," she grins.
Another member of the team approaches the crime scene. A cool breeze comes over my skin as he passes. Not wearing my suit is strange to me. It makes me feel exposed. Not until this case had I realized how attached I'd become to that mask. So much so that I have begun to wonder if time and circumstance hasn't caused me to unintentionally fall into my own mythos. Or, is it a psychosis?
"Agreed, Detective Sawyer. This being may have once been human, but he is far from that now." Jason Blood. I'm told he's the authority on all things supernatural on this planet. I've encountered magic before. Interesting that, just like language, science, religion, and law, each system - each planet - has it's own type. A native way of explaining or understanding another layer of our universe.
"What is he now?"
Blood's jaw tightens. "Nothing."
Sawyer frowns. "Can you give a straight answer for once?"
"Ask the right questions and I will give you the answers you want," he retorts.
"Alright, alright, alright, settle down, crew." The fourth member of our party steps forward to mitigate the brewing argument. He's done this before. He recognizes the signs. He calls himself Booster Gold. He tells me he's from the future. Strangely, I trust his word. After what I've seen, I could believe anything these days.
"Jason, if he is presently nothing, and was originally human, what did he used to be then?"
Jason's tone is cold, almost as much as his aura. "A portal," he tells us.
"I think we found our smoking gun, then."
"No. The etchings on his body. This was an incomplete incantation."
"So they failed to summon the Demon Wizard?"
Jason extends his hand to the head-dress, now fused, to the victim's head. The humans tell me it is the skull of a creature known as a ram. I think I find the swirl of the beast's horns the most fascinating.
"Yes. It seems they were interrupted."
The air tightens as the group's frustration becomes palpable. Another bread crumb. Another body. And it feels as if we're no closer to uncovering the perpetrator than we were when Booster first brought us all together.
"Great, the hunt continues. Let's go-"
"Wait," Maggie says. She grabs a device from her belt and shines a light onto the wall behind the body. As the orb illuminates the brick work, something catches my eye. She turns to me with a grin, "You see it too, don't you?" She asks me.
"Yes."
There's something special about her. Her ability to notice the insignificant details in me that no one else ever sees. It's almost as if we resonate on the same wavelength - a shared plane of reality only we occupy. Another reason I feel naked without my suit - without the mask. Insecure, yes. But my history validates the sentiment.
I pull back the arm of my jacket to expose the power band on my left arm. I press the appropriate pattern and shine a beam of highly excited photons at a resonance the beings of this planet have yet to discover. The energy hits the wall, overlapping Maggie's light, to reveal a pattern hidden from plain view. Together we trace the outline until the image becomes revealed to the group.
A skull. Yellow in tinge. Or, at least the wavelength of light appears that way. It's the face of the being our mystery witch has been trying to summon. The Demon Wizard. A name spoken on our plane of existence by only a handful of individuals throughout space and time. A select few of those enlightened enough to know who he is.
"Keldor," Booster breathes his name. He nearly chokes.
"Is he here?"
"No. Not yet."
"How can you be sure."
"If he were here, we would know. He'd make sure of it."
"The witch tried to summon him and failed?"
"No." Jason examines the writings on the body once more - this time more closely. "I was wrong, this was not an attempt at a physical conjuring. This was a conversation."
"So what does that mean?"
"It means Keldor is preparing for the actual ritual. The one that will bring him to this realm."
"What is he waiting for, then?"
"Alignment," Booster says as his jaw contorts to a frown. "There's a cosmic event he needs to come here. I remember it from the universe I watched him destroy before."
"Your world," I utter bluntly.
He nods.
Confused as I may be to the minutae that makes up the living breathing matter of this case, I understand the scaffolding - the skeleton - of this monstrous circumstance that brought us all together.
A Detective from Earth.
A Demon bound to a mortal soul.
A peace keeping adventurer, myself, from beyond the stars.
And a being from another timeline - another reality - who watched it all burn in a hell storm before his eyes a thousand times over as he tried an infinite lifetimes to save it.
Booster says time is like a book. It is relative to the reader which point in the timeline you're viewing. All occurring simultaneously, yet individually to those within it's pages. Most books are already written - it is only our mission in life to play out those tales in what we call a life time. But Booster is a man who has seen the face of the universe. The binding force that keeps everything seen and unseen in balance.
He is an ambitious man. He seeks to find a pen and rewrite his own story. He thinks he can do the impossible. I don't know if I believe him. But I trust him. That's all he asked of me. Each version of me. Versions I've never known.
But as much as I'd like to start at the middle, I have to start at the beginning.
My name is Thaddeus Bach of Eidolon. To the universe, I am known as Space Ghost.
And, allegedly, this is the story of how I helped save the universe.
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