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January 4, 2012 at 8:35 pm #14278
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I’m sorry if this introduction bit isn’t perfect, I’m not very good at making these.

You don’t have to have read any of the comic books, but having at least watched the films will help because you’ll understand a bit about how the X-men universe works.

For those of you who have done neither, here’s a short summary:
There are people in this universe who have mutations in something called the X-gene, this causes them to develop extremely diverse supernatural powers. Such as having complete control over fire or ice or metals, telekinesis, accelerated healing abilities, or even things that are oddly random/specific like being able to “take the potential energy stored in an object and convert it to kinetic energy thus “charging” that item with explosive results”. These people are called mutants, and are mostly ostracised and hated by humans. Some mutants seek mutant supremacy and the extermination of all humans, the central figure of this movement is a mutant named Magneto. Others seek coexistence and peace with humans, their central figure is Professor Charles Xavier. He started an institute to educate mutants and as a place for young mutants who have nowhere else to go to seek refuge.

You are a mutant, and are either a student or a teacher (also living) at the Xavier institute. Do not choose any of the canon characters, make your own original characters. You are, however, free to make your character’s powers like or similar to any of the canon characters. Try not to make your powers too overpowered, or make your characters too invincible.

As a starting plot to get things going, there have been a series of mutant killings spotted all over the US, nobody knows who is doing this, and there doesn’t seem to be enough effort to find out. One of the victims is a close friend or relative of one of the students (whoever wants to be this student, just say so in your character sheet) and will rally his fellow students (and possibly a teacher or two?) to create a secret team to find and bring to justice the mutant-murderer.

Character sheet:
Name:
Age:
Student or Teacher:
Appearance:
Personality:
Powers:
Any extra information (such as origin story):

(I am too lazy to proofread this, so please excuse any grammatical errors on my part.)

January 4, 2012 at 10:07 pm #14560
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Character sheet:
Name: Elizabeth Gowman
Age: 16
Student or Teacher: Student
Appearance: Pretty ordinary, she’s got long brown hair which she tends to hide behind and big chocolate brown eyes.
Personality: She’s quite outgoing, always the first to introduce herself to new people which ends up meaning that she has many aquantances but not many close friends, doesn’t let this get her down and she tries to be bubbly and upbeat as much as she can.
Powers: Chronopausation, she can pause time enabling her to do some really awesome things (pranks included) She’s not that great yet, only managing to pause for a few minutes at a time before tiring out but she’s improving quickly and steadily.
Any extra information (such as origin story): Used to live in a nice family, Mum, Dad and Sister but since her power was discovered she has been disowned.

January 5, 2012 at 9:25 pm #16578
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OOC: Heyhey! I won’t be on too much until the weekend, but sounds interesting :P Also it’s started by one of my favorite people :D

Character sheet:
Name:Sammy George
Age:17
Student or Teacher: Student
Appearance: Long red hair she never puts up. Pale faced, tall and skinny, Sammy often worries about her appearance and therefore wears a decent amount of makeup.
Personality:She has a feisty personality often snapping at people who annoy her or ask stupid questions. Those who can see through this though know that she will stop at no lengths to protect her friends and fight for a cause.
Powers: Fire. Cliche, I know :P
Any extra information (such as origin story): Her mother died in childbirth, and she’s been living with her dad in an RV ever since she can remember. Because of this, camping has practically been bred into her. Despite this constant traveling, she still managed to get a basic education and found friends at every school she went to. Both she and her father were unaware of her powers until early preteen years, her and her father both though she was good just at making fires.

January 7, 2012 at 3:31 am #19290
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Character sheet:
Name: Liam Connelly
Age: 18
Student or Teacher: Student
Appearance: Black hair, olive skin, hazel eyes and thick eyelashes, a bit of a big nose, lanky. Kind of like a giraffe ¬_¬
Personality: He’s very very shy and has a stutter. When he makes a friend, he’ll try and keep them for as long as possible so he won’t have to make any new ones.
Powers: Cellular regeneration. (Chop off a limb, and back it grows ;D)
Any extra information (such as origin story): Comes from a traveller background and is used to being surrounded by a large community of people, even if he’s scared to speak to half of them. He discovered his power in a cooking experiment gone bad, when he managed to chop off his own thumb with a butcher’s knife. He joined the institute at 14 with full support from his family.

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January 7, 2012 at 9:38 pm #20901
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Character sheet:
Name: Nick “Onyx” Evans
Age: 24
Student or Teacher: Teacher
Appearance:Thick black hair with a small white streak, short beard, brown eyes, medium build.
Personality: Quite calm, he’s not easily angered. Tries to be friends with his students.
Powers: Is able to make onyx-coloured solid energy constructs. The strength, size and intricacy of which depend on his concentration. If he’s angry, his constructs would be weak. (Sort of like Green Lantern, but it’s an actual mutant ability one of the X-men has =P)
Any extra information (such as origin story): Was located by Professor Xavier using Cerebro, he had not yet come out as a mutant to his friends or family, upon graduating from university Professor Xavier offered him the teaching job at the institute, which he gladly took.

January 7, 2012 at 10:03 pm #21019
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Nick had gotten up really early, having barely slept. How could he? He was about to start teaching his first class of mutants today. He had settled into his room a few weeks ago, and between trying to make it feel like home and getting his lesson plan ready, he barely had a moment to relax.

He sat himself on his chair and dug his fingers through his hair, the heightened feelings of excitement and anxiety were unsettling for him. He knew they limited his powers greatly, and although he would probably not need them today anyway, Nick wanted to be the kind of mutant that was always at the top of his game. He glanced at his alarm clock, combed his hair, went out the door and made for the classroom.

January 7, 2012 at 10:27 pm #21102
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Liam sat quietly at the back of his physics class, slumped forward over his desk. He wasn’t fond of science, it was way too technical and it held very little interest for him. The teacher was new and seemed a little antsy in front of this class, though it was obvious he knew his subject well. No surprise really, the professor always picked the best teachers he could for his institute.

When the bell rang, Liam was slow in packing away his things, wanting to avoid the busy corridors and potential projectiles thrown by his classmates. He’d never done well in a crowd.

January 7, 2012 at 10:34 pm #21129
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Lizzie was bored, it really was a shame her powers didn’t work in fast forwarding time as well as just pausing it. She sighed and forced herself to concentrate, and it worked, for a few seconds, she hadn’t even realised she’d lost concentration this time and was absent-mindedly doodling on the side of her paper. It seemed like an age before the clock finally ticked to the end of the lesson and Lizzie rushed out of the classroom as quickly as possible.

January 7, 2012 at 10:43 pm #21168
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Well, that wasn’t so bad, Nick thought to himself as the he heard the bell ring. He noticed one student was still lingering in the classroom, and decided he’d take the opportunity to get to know one of his students. He went up to him “Liam, was it? Hope I didn’t bore you too much.” He said with a smile, trying to sound as casual as possible.

January 7, 2012 at 10:47 pm #21185
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OOC: Kay, so should I change the age of my character so they’re all in the same year group?

January 7, 2012 at 10:53 pm #21211
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Liam made a quiet noise of surprise and dropped all his text books on the floor. “O-oops.” He mumbled shakily, dropping to the ground to collect them up again. “Y-y-yes. Liam. It w-w-wa-w-” he paused, struggling to say what we wanted. “You didn’t.” Liam amended.

January 7, 2012 at 11:04 pm #21252
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Lizzie rushed into the physics classroom in her usual haze of bustling-ness, she didn’t notice that there were still people in there until AFTER she’d barged in.

“Oh my goodness, Sorry! I didn’t see you were still in here!” She gushed, words tumbling out of her mouth quicker than she could say the last one so it came out more like: ohmyudnesssorryIdidn’seeyouwerestillinhere

January 7, 2012 at 11:34 pm #21335
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Nick wasn’t expecting he’d made the student this uncomfortable just by talking to him. He was just about to have another go at small talk when another student stumbled in. He looked over to her, struggling to remember her name “Oh, no trouble at all. I’m sorry, what was your name again?”

January 7, 2012 at 11:38 pm #21346
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“Elizabeth Gowman, sir, but basically everyone calls me Lizzie, I won’t respond if you call me Elizabeth because it’s not me, ya know?” She babbled again in her crazy fast way of talking, she nodded to Liam, he was a couple of years older than her but she knew him by sight, “Hey Liam!” She waved.

January 7, 2012 at 11:40 pm #21353
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OOC: You’re still accepting right?

Name: Elina Whitehall
Age: 17
Student or Teacher: Student
Appearance: http://awoiaf.westeros.org/images/f/f3/Sheria_Seastar.jpg
Personality: Nice, shy, hardworking, smart
Powers: She can change into any animal she has ever touched.
Any extra information: Elina never knew he parents as she was brought to an orphanage with a wolf and a letter with a thousand dollars in it and a plea that the wolf be ceapt with the child. When her mutant powers began to show she was instantly sent to the Xavier Institute. She has lived here ever since she stills own the wolf. (The Wolf: http://foro.cemzoo.com/picture.php?albumid=11133&pictureid=190320 )

January 7, 2012 at 11:42 pm #21356
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Sammy walked leisurely to her next class. She was the first of her friends to have to the new teacher and was expected to give a full report when they met up for lunch. As she turned the corner, she almost ran into a little group of people blocking the entrance to the classroom. Sammy was about to ask for them to move, when she noticed that one of the people in the group was the new teacher. “Hello sir, my name is Sammy George.” She stuck out her hand to shake his.

January 7, 2012 at 11:44 pm #21360
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“H-h-h-h- alright, L-lizzie?” Liam whispered back, looking down at his shoes. He knew most of the students at the institute by face and name, though he didn’t socialise much.

January 8, 2012 at 12:03 am #21376
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“Right, Lizzie, plea-” Nick was cut off by a red-headed girl who introduced herself as Sammy. He shook her hand “Hey Sammy, awesome to meet you.” Awesome to meet you? Who the hell says that? I’m too nervous, a few students shouldn’t make Onyx nervous. he cursed himself under his breath. “So, what are all your abilities?” He asked out of genuine interest.

January 8, 2012 at 12:07 am #21381
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“I can pause time, watch!” Lizzie paused time, ran through the doorway and into the classroom, grabbed one of the model atoms from the desk, sprinted back and placed it in his hands before releasing time again, “Neat, huh?” She grinned.

January 8, 2012 at 12:09 am #21387
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Elisa who had been up till now sitting quietly behind her desk doodling slightly said “I can turn into any animal I have ever touched.”

January 8, 2012 at 12:11 am #21389
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Sammy laughed under her breath. There was no way this guy had ever taught anyone before. Still, he seemed nice. “Hey that’s a cool power,” Sammy said to Lizzie. Sammy held out her palm and made a good sized flame flicker right above it for a couple of seconds, enjoying the warmth.

January 8, 2012 at 12:16 am #21394
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Lizzie turned to Eliza, “I imagine you visit lots of zoo’s then,” She laughed, and faced Sammy, “Classic,” She commented simply, “I want to spend time with you in Winter, juuuuust saying.”

January 8, 2012 at 12:19 am #21397
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“In winter you definitely want to be with me because I usually have a circle of fire going around my group of friends.” Sammy laughed, waving away a bit of smoke left from her flame. “What animals have you touched then?” She asked Elisa.

January 8, 2012 at 12:19 am #21399
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Liam had stepped back from the group, growing increasingly uncomfortable. He felt obliged to answer the teacher, however. “I c-can’t show you m-my p-p-p- mutation.” He mumbled. “It’s c-called cellular regeneration.”

January 8, 2012 at 12:20 am #21400
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Elisa smiled “Yes I do enjoy the occasional visit.”

January 8, 2012 at 12:22 am #21409
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“What’s that when it’s at home?” Lizzie asked Liam, she wasn’t smart enough to know big and fancy words, “Remind me to be in your group of friends this winter then Sammy!”

January 8, 2012 at 12:22 am #21410
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Nick was grinning from ear to ear, he was impressed by how unique their mutations were, and immediately started thinking about how useful they’d be in a fight. He created a hand-like construct that picked up the atom-model and put it back on the desk, and then a miniature fire extinguisher that put out the flame on Sammy’s hand. Still grinning, especially at the thought of how cool his little display must’ve looked, he looked to Liam and noticed his unease. “Cellular regeneration? I hope you haven’t had to make use of that too much.” he said, in what now seemed a futile attempt to ease him into the conversation.

January 8, 2012 at 12:23 am #21411
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“So if I say.. burnt of your arm, you could grow it back?” Sammy asked playfully, rubbing her fingers together to create a wisp of smoke.

January 8, 2012 at 12:25 am #21415
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Elisa turned to Sam “Oh… all sorts lions, lepords, wolves, swans. Anything you can get at a zoo mostly but I aint too keen on touching bugs they are horrible to change into and back. Birds are the most fun.”

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January 8, 2012 at 12:28 am #21421
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“O-oh.” Liam looked a bit sad. Hardly any of the students he spoke to knew the technical term for his power. “B-b-bas-ically, I ch-chop off a body part, and it’ll g-gr-gr reform.” He explained. He looked sheepishly at the teacher. “I t-try to keep out of t-trouble, sir.” Liam looked horrified at Sammy’s suggestion. “N-no! It still hurts.”

January 8, 2012 at 12:32 am #21427
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“Right, so I won’t suggest we chop you up to see it happen then? Shame,” She grinned, hoping he understood the sarcasm, she didn’t know him well enough to tell.

January 8, 2012 at 12:43 am #21443
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“Uh, n-no thank you.” Liam tried for a smile, but he knew he looked awkward. It didn’t help that he held himself like a newborn giraffe surrounded by a pack of lions. His mum kept dragging him off to his Aunt Lea while he was back home, hoping to get some remedy for his crippling shyness.

January 8, 2012 at 12:44 am #21446
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“Nobody’s getting burnt or chopped up.” Nick said. “At least not one the first day” He added, smiling.
“So, Professor Xavier told me I’m supposed to help you practice controlling your powers and keeping a level-head in dangerous situations. If any of you have a free period, you can join me in the grounds for a little training session. Maybe afterwards we’ll play a game of volleyball or something.” He said, hoping they wouldn’t all say no.

January 8, 2012 at 12:49 am #21454
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Elisa looked around and then with a small voice said. “I think that would be nice.” She dident have many friends except animals like her wolf.

January 8, 2012 at 12:52 am #21459
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Lizzie wasn’t bothered that he was a teacher, she was that sort of person, “That sounds awesome Professor, thanks!”

January 8, 2012 at 12:54 am #21468
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“I was joking! Chill,” Sammy smiled at Liam, who looked so obviously awkward. “Hey so what are we going to do today?” Do we get to start or are we just going to sit around and chat?” Sammy asked, hoping to get some action in.

January 8, 2012 at 1:07 am #21509
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“I-I suppose I could maybe-” Liam said hesitantly. It seemed like a good opportunity to evolve, and practice his power, but he had no idea what that might involve.

January 8, 2012 at 1:10 am #21517
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“Well, I was going to have a Physics lesson with you now but we could do this instead?” She asked the Professor eagerly, it was much more interesting than anything involving things you couldn’t even see let alone touch like in Physics!

OOC: I’m off now, byeeeeeeee <3

January 8, 2012 at 1:13 am #21525
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OOC: Bye! xoxoxouxo

January 8, 2012 at 1:13 am #21526
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OOC: Yup me too good night all

January 8, 2012 at 1:14 am #21529
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“How would Liam practice his power?” Sammy asked the teacher. “Wouldn’t that be like torture?”

January 8, 2012 at 1:25 am #21550
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Nick started walking with the students. “Maybe Liam could work on his hand-to-hand combat.” he responded to Sammy. “How does that sound?” He asked Liam. The boy seemed to have some social anxiety, Nick hoped he’d loosen up once he got to know everyone.

January 8, 2012 at 1:26 am #21554
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“Great so, can we start?” Sammy asked impatiently. She loved the feeling of fire swirling around her.

January 8, 2012 at 1:53 am #21603
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“I never had any tr-t-tra experience f-fighting before. ‘m too a-awkward. Limbs a-a-all over t-the place.” Liam said. He was worried he’d be awful and the girls would laugh at him.

January 8, 2012 at 2:18 am #21649
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“Well that’s sort of what you’re here for.” Sammy rolled her eyes insensitively. “Tell you what, I’ll be your fighting partner if we even do anything today. I usually just use my fire, so I can’t really fight either,” she said, trying her best to sound nice.

January 8, 2012 at 1:28 pm #22266
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“I think we could all do with some fighting practice, I mean, I tend not to fight myself but it’s probably something I should learn, right?” She turned to the professor for confirmation, “It’s probably not very healthy for us to solely rely on our powers is it?”

January 8, 2012 at 4:33 pm #22454
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Liam nodded slowly. He was hesitant to agree to partnering Sammy, who seemed just as likely to set his face on fire than help him out with training.

January 8, 2012 at 6:03 pm #22601
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“Seems like that’s decided then!” Said Lizzie, heading out into the grounds rather than into the Physics classroom before the Professor could change him mind and make them learn science instead.

January 8, 2012 at 6:07 pm #22614
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Elisa turned to Elizabeth “I guess I will be your partner then.” She smiled shyly.

January 8, 2012 at 6:13 pm #22635
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“Yeah, sure,” Smiled Lizzie, “Want to use powers?”

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