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Even though this RP seems plagued by failure, I really want to do it. As such, I am going to give this one more shot. I would be very pleased if anyone from a previous attempt deemed me worthy of a second chance. Each player is allowed one or two characters with a maximum of twelve characters total.

This RP will take place in Dancing Penguin's Academy for Enhanced Humans. Basically, it's X-men style humans in High School. All characters for this RP should be High School age and have some kind of super-human ability. I don't mind if you blatantly rip off some TV character's powers but I do ask that you avoid repeating the powers of another character already in the RP. Also, please have a weakness or drawback for your character's power. Everyone who participates may have one or two characters. I ask that you post your characters' stats here so that I can make sure they're not too powerful. Here are my characters as examples:

Name: Haley Black
AKA: "FireHawk"
Age: 17 (Junior)
Ability: Pyrokenesis
Weakness/Drawback: Haley's power is extremely effected by strong emotion. She can easily be driven to the point where she will cook anything near her. She is also claustrophobic, due to the fact that she would suffocate very quickly in an enclosed space.
Other Info: Haley's true last name is "Starr," but she hasn't been called that since she was kidnapped by D Corp. over ten years ago. She was adopted into Corby's family.

Name: Corby Black
AKA: "Lord Darkfist"
Age: 18 (Senior)
Ability: Corby can focus darkness into solid objects allowing him to create swords, shields, wings, ect.
Weakness/Drawback: Corby is substantially weakened by natural light.
Other Info: Corby is the leader of a rouge group of students called "Lord Darkfist's Raiders." They sneak out of the DPAEH complex from time to time and cause general mayhem in nearby towns. Haley is Corby's adopted sister.

I will also be using computer-communicating "Codebreaker" as a cameo.

Also, if your a new player and/or a mediocre RPer, feel free to post anyway. I'm not gonna exclude you unless you absolutely horrible.

I would like to do this, as I did this the last time round. I must apologise for my habitual failure to post on the last thread as one of my relatives died.

Here's the back story that your character will have either heard about or experienced first hand:

Last year, a group of seniors formed a group bent on destabilizing the Penguin regime. As their leader went by "Earthtide," they called themselves "Lord Earthtide's Raiders." They did little more than meet in secret for the first part of the year. Then, a junior approached them about joining. Earthtide told one of his followers, a large guy who went by "Razorwire," to "Get that scrawny kid outta my sight." When Razorwire wound up in a tree halfway across the field Earthtide was intrigued. He smiled when the boy introduced himself as "Darkfist."

"You're that 'Black' kid, aren't you?" Darkfist nodded, he was the adopted son of Alfred Black, head CEO of D Corp., the biggest company in in Dancing Penguin. Darkfist joined the raiders and urged them to become more active. They staged several rallies which got progressively more violent, though no serious injuries were caused. This was only the beginning as Darkfist urged the Raiders to strike outside the school. Just when it seemed the group was ready to try such an attack, the unthinkable happened.

A freshman named Emily Smith was found dead. Emily was Earthtide's girlfriend and he was dragged in for questioning. "Lord Earthtide's Raiders" were disbanded by the school. It was determined that Emily was killed by powers identical to Darkfist's, but the Raiders had been meeting at the time of the murder and Darkfist had stayed in that meeting the entire time.

Earthtide returned to the school cursing the Enforcer Squad that couldn't seem to get any leads on the case. He vowed to find the answer himself and joined the Enforcer Squad along with most of the Raiders. Darkfist felt betrayed that his friends would join the regime that they had been fighting. He swore to bring the Penguins' rule down on top of them. This year he searches for a new group of raiders to help him...

Other info about DPAEH:
Dancing Penguin's Academy for Enhanced Humans is a boarding school. It's grounds are surrounded by a chain link fence. The school has always been outside Penguin control.

Important facts about Dancing Penguin:
Dancing Penguin is at a "Semi-Future" tech level. The intelligent species in it include demons and other paranormal whatnot, humans, and talking penguins about shoulder height to your average man. The latter have been in control for as long as anyone can remember. Their oppressive regime has imposed harsh morals on the people. Their police are the Enforcer Squad.

I would like to do this, as I did this the last time round. I must apologise for my habitual failure to post on the last thread as one of my relatives died.
No need to apologise. Family must always come first. You'll have to excuse me if I ask you to re-post your characters, though.

Hopefully, this one will last.

Name: Unknown
Codename: Steel
Description: 6'4", 230 LBS.

Abilities: His body is organic steel (think Colossus - Xman) thereby granting him near-invulnerability and greatly enhanced strength. In his steel form, he does not need to eat or breathe. It is unknown whther he can revert back to human form.

Background: Very little is known about Steel, except that he was abandoned as a child in an orphanage. Shortly after puberty, his powers manifested, prompting the attention of the Gawdly Super Human Affairs department. Steel was removed from the orphanage, and placed in an advanced covert-action training team, where he learned the finer arts of combat, large and small scale. The initial plan was turn him into a bounty-hunter of the highest caliber, but the President of Gawdly, Darius Steele, took a shine to the young man and decided to try and integrate him into a more normal setting...meaning, hanging around with other kids his age with powers.

Steel has ALL sorts of weaknesses...anything mental or magical can potentially take him out. Physically, he is a juggernaut but not unbeatable. A large explosion could knock him out, though it may take a low-yield nuke to kill him. He is young, so his powers have not peaked. Also, given his past and emotional state, he can probably be manipulated easily by someone with nefarious plans. As the story progresses, we will see his thoughts and feelings more, and find out about his past. Eventually, he will probably speak.

IMPORTANT: Steel has never spoken aloud in his life. No one knows why, though doctors have assumed it was due to some tragic event in his life.

Thanks, Gawdly and Dimmimar. Anyone else?... Please?

Tagged.

I gots to run off now but I shall post my character here when I get a chance.

Sorry for letting it die.

...Bump...

Well, this is saddening. I really want to do an RP, but they all seem to die upon my entrance. Well, except this one, it seems it's just stillborn...