Project EXCEED (Sign up/Discussion thread) POSSIBLE REVIVAL!

[Zacewing]

Okay, so this is my first attempt at a steampunk themed RP. It will mostly be a steampunk setting with a little bit of sci-fi elements thrown in. Well, here goes...

Storyline

Since people have remembered, the kingdom of Aurellis has prospered as the world's largest nation due to the power of the Magi, an ancient race that has existed since before us humans.

That all changed 20 years ago, when the Magi revolted against Aurellis, tired of being treated like slaves by the King's inner circle. The war raged for an entire year, with the Aurellian army finally wiping out the last of the Magi.

Aware of their mistakes, the kingdom began searching for a new source of power. That was when steam technology was discovered. Technology advanced rapidly, and life was made much easier for the Aurellian citizens. It was with this change in the kingdom that the government reformed as a Republic. The king was elected as the Republic's first president due to his popularity amongst the citizens.

Shortly after the government reforming, the President obtained ancient artifacts from the Age Of Prosperity, a time before ours in which the Magi thrived. But with technology, there comes people who abuse it. The president hired a large research team and built a strange lab in the wilderness near the capital. This was when Project EXCEED was born.

The government rounded up many children, mostly homeless and orphaned children, and brought them to the lab, performing experiments on them by infusing them with a rare microorganism, giving them special abilities that far surpass those of any normal human or Magi.

One day while performing routine experiments on a test subject, their powers went out of control, destroying the facility along with all of its personnel and apparently the rest of the test subjects, as well, and the project was cancelled. A small handful of the test subjects survived though, and are living somewhat normal lives. That is, until the government finds out some of the subjects are still alive and orders them all to be captured for various false criminal offenses, so they can harvest their microorganisms.

You are one of the few surviving test subjects, on the run from the government in search of some form of safe shelter.

Rules

1. No god-modding. That means no instant kill abilities or anything of the sort.

2. Please keep weaponry realistic to a Victorian era setting. If you're going to use guns, limit it to stuff like muskets and Lancaster pistols. I don't want to see any machine guns or rocket launchers and the like.

3. Please keep controlling other characters and NPC's to a minimum

4. None of the characters will remember the genetic engineering performed on them, and the general populace does not know of Project EXCEEDs existance. So I don't want anybdy blurting out stuff like "LOL WE'RE GENETICALLY ENGINEERED AND THE GOVERNMENT DID IT"

5. PLEASE type proper sentences with proper spelling, grammar, and use of punctuation and capitals. I can't stress this enough. And try to keep your posts fairly lengthy. I don't want any one-line posts.

6. Have fun!

Important Terms, etc.

Project EXCEED - A project that the government initiated to create super soldiers using rare microorganisms to alter human DNA. The project began 14 years ago and ended due to an accident during an experiment that caused the lab's destruction 1 year afterwards.

The Republic of Aurellis - The world's predominant nation. Military powerhouse and the most technologically advanced nation.

President Rothion Aurellis - The president of Aurellis. Was also the King when the nation was a monarchy.

Kharzon - A small, neutral kingdom situated on an island to the west of Aurellis. Is currently refining their steam technology.

Prius - A moderately sized kingdom to the south of Aurellis. Refuses to rely on steam technology.

Tundrasia - Recently discovered frozen wastelands to the north. Currently uninhabitable. Its' name comes from the frequent snowstorms the area experiences.

Specials - A term used by the general populace to refer to the subjects of Project EXCEED.

Character Sheet

Name:
Age:
Height:
Weapons:
Appearance:
Background History:
Personality:
Other:

Special Power: (Your character's signature special power)
Special Abilities: (A list of abilities usable by your characters in battle. You can have a maximum of

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Okay, I think that just about covers it. I'll provide my character's bio as an example.

Name: Vash Aldarez
Age: 19
Height: 6'1"
Weapons: Musket, along with several homemade explosives, and he also carries a shortsword with him for when he runs out of ammunition.
Appearance: Vash stands at 6'1" tall, with medium length brown hair, wearing a red commoner's tunic and blue slacks underneath a brown trenchcoat, which he uses to hide his explosives. He wears brown leather boots and a black blindfold over his eyes.
Background History: Due to the trauma of the lab's destruction, Vash no longer remembers his days as a test subject. He remembers his parents dying in an accident which also caused his blindness, but in reality, his mother died after giving birth to him and his father commited suicide afterwards. When he was 5 years old he was taken from the streets by Republic soldiers and experimented on amongst other children in Project EXCEED. When the lab was destroyed a year after the project began, he tried evacuating a group of the children but some shards of shattered glass hit his eyes, blinding him. He now travels the world, trying to outrun the government and find a cure for his blindness and a way to rid himself of the special powers that he despises.
Personality: Vash, while young, is very mature and wise beyond his years, but he can be quite hot-headed if you get on his nerves. He tends to distance himself from people and thinks of himself as a freak of nature. He doesn't like relying to heavily on his powers due to his hatred for them.
Other: Vash is blind, but the genetic engineering has heightened his senses and given him a sixth sense of sorts, so he can still fight effectively even though he's blind. He was trained by an expert marksman over the years, and he has become quite a skilled marksman. He can also make homemade explosives.

Special Powers: Along with enhanced perception, Vash also has the ability to manipulate different forms of energy to his will as well as weak telepathy.
Special Abilities:
-Molotov Cocktail - Vash throws a homemade explosive at the enemy
-Fire Blast - Vash fires homemade explosive rounds out of his musket
-Particle Beam - Vash manipulates energy in the air to form various beams that he can manipulate at will. The more energy he uses, the more tired Vash gets
-Telekinesis - Vash mentally lifts a small object and throws it at the enemy. He is unable to lift anything heavier than approximately 10kg
-Curve Bullet - Vash fires a bullet from his musket, then uses his telepathy to curve the bullet slightly.
-Energy Rain - Vash leaps into the air, firing several energy projectiles at the ground
-Light Burst - Vash fires off a burst of light energy that blinds/stuns enemies temporarily
-Soul Bullet - Allows Vash to fire energy bullets from his gun instead of real bullets, allowing him to fire rapidly and without using ammunition. Using this makes Vash incredibly tired after the effect wears off.
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[Psychon]

Name: Serhat Shahrivar

Age: 23

Height: 190cm/6'2"

Weapons: Right hand can project a number of weapons made from an anomalous, biometallic substance, weapons are mostly shields, blades and throwing weapons.

Appearance: Somewhat scrawny and underwhelming in overall appearance. Serhat has an olive complexion, black hair, and green eyes. He normally wears a flowing, one-piece, cloth garment held to his body by a rope. Underneath the garment is a pair of worn, heavily-used trousers, an equally worn shirt, and relatively new leather boots. He takes extreme care to keep his right hand hidden, as the genetic alteration has encased it permanently in an organic, yet metallic substance.

Background History: A young man hailing from a nation far off. Human traffickers plucked Serhat from his home at an early age, with the intent to sell him to the highest bidder as a labourer. He was purchased by agents of the republic to be used in their experiments. In particular, a strain which was predicted to radically alter its host was selected. When the strain was administered upon Serhat, beginning to transform his body, changing it from an organically based structure into one of a new, biometallic structure. The metamorphosis was extremely painful, triggering every synapse in his hand while it was consumed by the microorganisms that were injected into him. An accident occurred before the full effects of Serhat's strain could be observed. All memories of his life before the accident were wiped from his mind. His life began anew in a strange land, with a hand made of metal, spending the next decade living as a vagabond with no memories of his country, of his family, or of his torment in captivity.

Personality: A great number of Serhat's actions are governed by a sense of extreme caution, bordering on paranoia. This has only been made worse by a few times when he has been pursued by government officials for reasons he doesn't know. Serhat also is all too aware he is different because of the metal-encased hand he possesses, and is notably shy because of the feeling of being an outcast. When his trust is gained, however, Serhat is known to be vigorously loyal, taking duty to be one of his greatest moral values.

Other: The strain of microorganisms that Serhat was injected with changes its subject gradually over time, but the transformation is sped up by a number of outside factors, such as use of the abilities it grants its user. Serhat rarely used his abilities since the escape, so the transformation has been stagnated over the years.

Special Power: In general, the manipulation of metallic substances, as well as the ability to generate and control a unique biometallic substance from his body. This power will grow stronger in correlation with the amount of Serhat's body that has been transformed.

Special Abilities:
Generation - Can create a biometallic substance with variable properties from his body. Biometal can be freely shaped and changed through other abilities. Overuse of this ability will result in exhaustion.
Absorption - Can absorb biometal or naturally occuring metals in the environment to restore energy lost through use of the other abilities. Ability can also allow Serhat to go without eating if he consumes metal instead of food.
Perception - Can sense the world around him through any metal near him. He can feel, hear, see, or smell by using a piece of metal as a external sensory organ. This ability also allows him to immediately recognize the properties of a piece of metal in his vicinity.
Restoration - Can heal his injuries by essentially replacing lost or damaged tissue with biometal. Grievous injuries that require more metal to heal will take more of Serhat's stamina.
Manipulation - Can move, shape, or otherwise alter the physical properties of metal objects in the vicinity. Requires more energy if the object is farther away, larger, or if there is more than one object.
Alteration - Can change chemical properties of metal objects in the vicinity, such as removing or adding rust, purifying ores or alloys, or changing one metal into other metals. This ability is rarely used in combat.
Creation - Can spontaneously create any metallic substance in his vicinity, but requires much more energy than the Generation ability.
Destruction - The most powerful ability Serhat possesses. Can completely erase any metallic substance in the vicinity that the ability is directed towards. Requires an immense amount of energy to perform this ability.

[Stardale]

Name: Aero Shannox

Age: 19y/o

Height: 6'4"

Weapons: A leather whip wherein there is a sharp endpoint made of aluminum which may cause injury and a pistol in which he uses only when needed. He also carries such amount of needles which may cause either paralysis or simple injury to another.

Appearance: Aero always have his whip buckled on him and it is concealed by a green robe. He is easily recognized by his lime eyes, his bangs, his fit figure and the circlet which he wore from the day of his birth. He always wore an orange shirt and on it his green robe, his shoulders exposed. He also wore a white feather-made scarf on his neck. Finally, he has a small sling bag containing his weapons and other of his necessities.

Background History: A versatile, grown-up orphan he was. While he was ordered by his mistress to purchase vinegar, he was invited by a stranger to be a test subject. However, he declines. Dismayed, the stranger forced him a dose of sleep syrup, which made him unconscious. Before he was brought to the laboratory, he tried to escape from the grasp of his captor, but he failed. He was brought to the laboratory and and the strain was administered upon him, along with some others who passes the same fate as him. He was chained and the strain was administered. The strain gave him weird effects, such as the lime eyes and changed his blood into an unknown type. The effect of blood change caused him a painful, temporary death, until his blood was entirely changed into a new type. After the tragic accident, he lived a new life, unknown of his past.

Personality: He was known to be sensible, articulate, intelligent and sensible. He always let other people speak before he does, as at times, he can be careless of his actions. Once he is being angered with, he won't stop bothering the person until s/he cries.

Other: The new blood type he had after being used in the experiment sometimes causes him to fall on the ground, and sometimes gives him capabilities such as automatic healing, or it gives him strength. Bad thing is that it can cause his fall.

Special Power: The blood change also caused him to have the ability of electrocuting an enemy, although this happens by chance.

Special Abilities:

Strikethroughs: Aero can whip lashes simultaneously until there is a hindrance which comes through.

Whip Shock: Whip, ground, shock!

Recharge: Aero can heal himself completely and restores his lost strength. May take a long time.

Fast Whip: Whips as if he did not.

Whirlwhip: He can whip persons surrounding him and at the same time, unleashes a cloud of needles that can paralyze the person hit.

Extension: Aero uses no weapon other than his hands. It inflicts a simultaneous number of needle stabs. It is followed by a series of punches on the shoulders and a kick on the shin, which may cause shock.

(lol, pardon me if its majorly on whips. I'm limited to it right now.)
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[Zacewing]

Nice bios, guys. I'll start the RP thread after we get a few more entries.

To be honest I wasn't expeccting anybody to sign up. -shot-
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[Akashic]

I'm actually interested in joining this. I'm about halfway done with my character's profile, but I'm going to PM it to you first, Zacewing, if his special ability is all right to use. I'll probably send it to you some time tomorrow when I have time to write. ^_^
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[Zacewing]

Sure thing. I won't have internet access tomorrow so I won't be able to check my PM's until Saturday.
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[Akashic]

Name: Takashi Mitsugi
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Height: 6’0”

Weapons: Throwing knives (carries about a couple dozen with him) and a tantō (short single-edge sword/knife) that he keeps strapped to his waist.

Appearance: Appearance pic
Takashi’s built is rather on the thin side due to the constant traveling after escaping the lab on whatever he could find to survive, and stands at 6’0” in height. His skin is a pale shade of light tan and because of his stressful lifestyle he can seem to appear much older than he really is. His narrow shaped eyes are a shade of light brown that matches with his medium length, sandy colored hair, and his face often expresses seriousness (out of habit when he was younger) despite his very lax personality. He wears a dark gray long sleeve tunic under a black overcoat that hides most of his body and his weapons, and navy blue trousers along with black boots.

Background History: Before Takashi was taken into Project EXCEED, he was born within the Republic into a middle class family as the middle child. He had an elder brother who was several years older than him and a newly born sister when he was eight years old. However, after he had just turned nine, Takashi started to become jealous of his two siblings as his parents paid more attention to the eldest son and their only daughter. It was until one day, Takashi had a breaking point with his family and had broke into a huge argument with his older brother and parents, spouting how they didn’t care about him or loved anymore, and ran away from home.

From then on, he lived in the streets and tried to fend for himself, but deep down inside he wished that his family would come looking for him. Days turned into weeks and there was no sign of his family searches. When he finally returned to his home, he had hoped they would welcome him back, but unfortunately his father showed no remorse for him, and slammed the door shut at his face as punishment for leaving in the first place. Depressed, he returned to the streets to find strangers waiting for him and invited him to live with them. He didn’t care who they were, but as long as he had the feeling of being accepted into a family, Takashi went with them willingly. He was then taken to the lab to become a test subject for Project EXCEED.

After escaping with no memories, he began traveling to distant lands, never staying in one place for too long due to the spirits that stalks him. He also began working as an errand boy, helping deliver machine parts to workshops working on steam engines and technology around the continent, and earning money while doing so.

Personality: Takashi is normally very lax and carefree when seen in public or when he’s alone, though there are times when he can be short-tempered when he’s in a bad mood. He always moves forward with his life, never looking back at his past—believing that he never had one after his amnesia from escaping the lab and he’d rather forget about his family who abandoned him. However, during the night hours he can often be found spacing out almost as if he is in a state of emptiness. Though temporary, these periods of blankness usually means that his aura is ‘scanning’ the area for any other auras of the deceased that his own can sync with (more will be explained in his Special Power section). After this syncing, remnants of the spirits’ personality is often left behind momentarily in Takashi’s, mixing with his own until time passes and he’d be able to return back to his normal, laidback behavior.

However there are times when Takashi’s alone, he can be quite paranoid and easily frightened. When his aura senses a malicious spirit who wishes to take over his body, he can’t help but to always flee from it—unable to keep it at bay physically otherwise.

Other: Even with his ability to project any amount of his aura at will, a small amount of his special energy is constantly being released from his body. This often attracts spirits—good or bad and they often like to stick around him. He can’t see the spirits clearly, but he can feel them, and when they’re close enough, he can only make out their genders and emotions—not exactly able to see their features.

Special Power: Takashi has the ability to project his aura (aka: energy/vibrations/wavelengths) to those around him and is able to sense the auras of others to identify and take in their emotions. He is able to sense restless spirits (or even living things) this way and by syncing his aura with them, the spirits are able to possess his body for a limited amount of time. With concentration and control, he is able to shoot out energy balls that explodes on contact—its power depends on the size—from the palms of his hands.

Special Abilities:
-Transfusion: Takashi syncing his aura with a spirit, allowing them to possess his body.

-Aura Bullet: Small energy balls (range from coins to golf balls size) shoots off from Takashi’s palm.

-Aura Blast: Larger energy balls (range from basketball to cannon ball size—but requires long charge time) shoots off from Takashi’s palm.

-Energy Transfer: By transferring some of his energy to another person, he is able to heal minor wounds. However in turn, he becomes weaker or more tired and cannot heal himself with this technique.


(To get a better idea of how Takashi's special ability works, it's like the Pokemon: Lucario on how it's able to sense Aura)
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[Kytes]

OOOOooooohhh

*shuffles in from the side and sits down*

This will be interesting and worth it.

Now I have two questions.

First, while minor, it does confuse me slightly:

[Zacewing]

[Psychon]

Hope you won't mind if I use a second character.

Name: Rpahat (pronounces it "Arpahat")

Age: 20

Gender: Male

Height: 180cm/5'10"

Weapons: Various explosive weapons. Also carries a massive, blast-resistant shield, along with a large, breech-loading rifle that has a sword bayonet and a massive telescopic sight affixed to it.

Appearance: A young man with fair skin, red-brown hair, and hazel eyes. He is well-built due to the heavy armor he wears. This armor is remarkably thick, designed by Rpahat himself to be extremely resistant to explosions and shrapnel. When not in the armor, he wears long trousers, leather shoes, and a loose shirt with a jacket.

Background History: Rpahat was a young, homeless child from the frigid north. He was taken from the streets by men promising a warm home and a good meal three times every day. Instead, he found himself strapped to a table with a number of men in labcoats around him. He was selected for a specific strain produced by Project EXCEED, one which was estimated to produce as few physical deformities as possible. The microorganisms did just that, and it seemed that nothing happened, no observable increases in strength or intelligence were seen. It wasn't until later that his captors discovered that he was a living ballistics computer, and could inhumanly predict the trajectory of bullets and high-speed projectiles. Interest in the young, northern boy was immediately found. Unfortunately for the project, but perhaps fortunately for the boy, an accident occurred that facilitated his escape.
The young boy would later be found lying on the wayside, unconscious, clutching a piece of paper in his hand, with a trail of blood and footprints behind him. When the young boy awoke in the home of his rescuers, he had no memories of his captivity, or anything before that, not even his own name. He looked into the burned paper he clutched, there was an extremely detailed drawing of a fruit-like object, filled with numerous seeds. The only legible word left on the burned paper was "rpahat". Assuming the one word was his name, however strange it was, he took the name on himself, and matured into a remarkably intelligent young man. When strange men began to pursue him, he built a way to defend himself, a suit of armor. When the pursuers began to grow more violent, he built way to fight back; a gun, and bombs, lots of them.

Personality: Excessively somber, he is a self-labelled realist, one to often take everything with a grain of salt. He also has a quiet interest in the sciences, in particular, physical sciences. One of the few exceptions to his pessimism is his view of technology, thinking of it as a way to better manking.

Other: Although his special power lets him predict the trajectory of bullets or other attacks, his reflexes have not been boosted. This means he needs to move before the attack is started to get out of the way, especially the case with guns.

Special Powers: Sixth sense that allows him to predict motion and force, especially in that of projectiles propelled by explosives. Less effective on more complicated projectiles.

Special Abilities:
Ricochet - Predicting the trajectory of his rifle's bullet, he can fire a bullet which reflects off of one or more surfaces before accurately reaching its victim.
High-Pressure - Loading in an additional measure of gunpowder, he can fire a higher velocity bullet with more penetrating power and range.
Scattershot - Using smaller, more numerous balls akin to miniature grapeshot, he can fire a cloud of bullets instead of a single bullet.
Time Bomb - Bomb which explodes five seconds after it is lit.
Percussion Bomb - Bomb which explodes immediately after hitting a wall, the ground, or anything else it is thrown at.
Wired Bomb - Bomb which is attached to a long wire, explodes when the wire is pulled or tripped over.
Pressure Bomb - Bomb which explodes when it is stepped on.

[Zacewing]

Well, If you think you'll be capable of playing multiple characters, go ahead.

I'll start the RP thread at the end of the week to give people more time to sign up.
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[Dark Cloud Setho]

Hey Zacewing buddy, can I join?
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"Colors are like emptiness. Emptiness is colors. Materia and emptiness are the same. All earthly things are illusions."

[Zacewing]

[Dark Cloud Setho]

Question: Is it possible to have an ability that allows for controlling illusions or no?
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"Colors are like emptiness. Emptiness is colors. Materia and emptiness are the same. All earthly things are illusions."

[Zacewing]

Any ability is allowed so long as you aren't invincible and you can't instant kill everything you touch. >_>
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