Re: AMP

by Amp November 25th 2011, 2:48 am

Real Name: Ethan Maelstrom
Name: Amp
Alignment: Hero
Age: 18
Gender: M
Race: Caucasian
Hair: Jet black with blue-lavender streaks & tips (org. colour strawberry blonde), and black eyebrows
Eyes: Acid green
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 169 lbs

Costume Description/Image:
Amp - He’s adorned with an all-black body suit with violet ankle boots and short gloves with a single thick violet band and a thin band going up his legs below the knee and his arms below the elbow. The wears violet shorts with another set of bands on the thigh. His logo (A violet ring with a smaller ring inside) appears in the center of his chest and on his sound amplifying headphones on either ear. The logo also appears in black on the middle square of his matching violet steel belt. The said headset wraps in front of his face and forms an eye mask with whited out protective lenses. To further disguise himself from the public, he also wears ink black lipstick. On occasion it's purple, or black with a liquid violet accent. His exposed scalp shows dark shaven hair up to the top of his head where his onyx hair is alternatively styled with violet streaks and tips
Ethan Maelstrom – His style is alternative and of his own. His first layer is a vertically striped black & white wife-beater. His second layer is a black hoodie over top with the lower half sliced off up to just below his chest. And just below his waist he wears black work boots with skinny jeans, usually black, but on some occasions they’ll be white, grey, or yellow. He rarely wears purple in public as to not associate himself with his alter ego.

Personality: Ethan`s quiet and pretty anti-social. He keeps only to his select best friends and himself. But when he`s Amp he`s whole new person; the ultimate weight of keeping his city safe fills him with the strength he needs to go to all lengths to protect his home. He also enjoys the suits – they`re fucking sexy. When it comes to love he`s very careful with choosing who to trust – a perfect example being his rival ex-boyfriend Cereba.

History: Ethan and his boyfriend Sean Hayek (son to Omar Hayek (CEO of Hayek Medical)) were best friends all throughout high school before they went to University together and decided to take their friendship further. They included each other in just about every part of their lives – they would go skiing every winter, they went on vacations; they even each got their own tattoos together at a discount because Sean was friends with the tattoo artist, Seb LaSelle.
On occasion Sean visited Ethan during his band practices and would sometimes give suggestions for songs or musical metaphors they took into consideration. Sean played along because he truly felt that Ethan’s band The Pulse wasn’t good enough to make it into the music industry. This was one of the reasons why Sean got so mad when Ethan told him he was going to drop out to work further with his band. Sean told him his band wasn’t good enough and that he would end up a homeless loser if he dropped out. Ethan dumped Sean on the spot letting him know the last thing he was going to do in this city was get his next tattoo without him of the band’s logo the next morning to show how over him he was and leave with his band mates immediately after.
Little did Ethan know that Sean was working on a way to get back at him by collaborating on a plan with Seb who he’s had an affair with for several months. The plan was for Seb to play cool about the situation and offer his services for even less considering what Ethan’s been through. Before Sean was to go to the parlour and wait in the back for the plan to unfurl, Sean stopped by a Hayek Medical supplier using his father’s pass card and looked for chemicals to add to the ink to be used for Ethan’s tattoo so that he could suffer in such an ironic way. Sean grabbed bottles of thick bluish gel with an unfamiliar health label. Shrugging it off, he continued to the parlour, supplied Seb with the gel, and waited for Ethan to be poisoned.
Seb told Ethan what Sean told him to say and Ethan agreeably lied on his back on the table to get his band logo tattoo on his chest. Before Ethan could add a final note about the colour fading scheme of the tattoo, Seb supplied him a swift elbow to the chin knocking him out. When Ethan came to, he found his ankles and wrists restrained to either corner of the table. He saw a villainous look in Seb’s eye that made him seem alive for the first time. Attempting to struggle out of the straps he catches a glimpse of Sean’s sky blue eye watching from behind the back room curtain. Ethan rages in restrain in white hot anger cursing Sean’s name hearing light sniffling as Seb applies power to his needle and begins to boldly scar Ethan’s skin with his requested image of the band logo: a thick circular band encasing a smaller one within. Ethan’s cries were more of infuriation and sorrow then of pain. The tattoo took several hours to fully complete, but once the bloody mess was finished and the final ring had made its shape, the ink glowed and disappeared into the body. Seb was confused at the sight before him, but it didn’t stop him from finishing what he started while Ethan was still restrained. Ethan’s right ankle snapped free of the leather restrain and kicked Seb in the face. With newfound strength Ethan broke free of the straps and ripped off the curtain of the back room to show Sean caught by surprise. Sean began to apologize to Ethan and came in for a hug but when Ethan only meant to push him a few inches, his initial intention to get him away sparked his emotions and Sean was pushed into the air and into the farthest wall at the end of the hallway by a violet ring of light. Ethan simply stared at his former boyfriend recovering from the ground and suddenly ran off.
He left the city right away, but he catches feelings that Sean and Seb are looking for him and trying to kill him.

Powers: At will, Ethan can amplify the energy molecules surrounding him into concentrated solid rings of light and project them towards enemies. He can also pick up on sounds miles away and fly.

Power Grid:

INT: 4
STR: 2
SPE: 4
DUR: 2
EP: 6
FGH: 2

Colour: Violet

Character Image/Description: If description please be very detailed on it.

Roleplay Sample:
He woke up at 8:10 am. He had school at 8:30. Ethan shot up out of bed and took a second official look at the red digits displayed on his alarm clock, ironically with the alarm turned off. Realizing how much he’d slept in and how screwed he would be if he were to miss class he slipped on his pants and a shirt and ran out the door with his bag – he had no time for socks… or underwear. He had to get to school as soon as he possibly could – this he knew. So what was the most convenient means of transportation? Flight!
He had to step in the alley between his apartment and the next one. He quickly opened his backpack and made a quick change into his Amp suit. Once he had applied his mask to finish the ensemble he looked to the clouded sky, prepared his knees, and with a ground-ward force from his hands Ethan was pushed into the air and Amp began to fly his way to the university. As he carried on above the city to the campus he looked below at the streets to see any suspicious activity. It seemed like it was going to be just an ordinary day. He turned up the frequency of his head set to further amplify his hearing. He almost thought someone was being mugged, but it turned out to be two siblings just fighting over who gets paid most for chores.
The university was in sight and Amp began to tilt down to behind the track field in the trees to change back into his every day clothes. Once the thought of changing had crossed his mind he was struck in the side. Then things went black. When Amp had awakened, he found himself in the field of trees. He looked at his side and noticed a gash with blood spilling down his suit. “Fuck, that’s gonna stain!” He took a step forward wincing in pain. He decided this was Cereba, better known to him as his ex-boyfriend Sean Hayek. He knew where he would be at this moment – it looked like post-secondary education was gonna have to wait for an hour or two.
*****
“What is it with you and feet?!” Sean shouted into the telephone. “No, you can’t! … I love you too, baby, but that kinda stuff weird me out… Well you can do whatever you want to him if you ever catch him… What I mean is that last time-”
The ceiling of Sean’s luxurious sitting room was punctured with a loud crash while debris and dust clouded Sean’s sight, the chandelier rocking back and forth. “What the fuck?!” Sean tried to clear some smoke with his hand. Once he saw Amp’s trademark purple, he was filled with mixed emotions of anger and awkwardness. “What are you doing here? You know you’re gonna replace that.”
“When I’m through they’re gonna have to replace your whole face!” Amp threatened pointing a gloved finger at his nose.
“Do you really wanna do this now?” Sean asked, “I was busy.”
“Ya I know! I have the flesh wound to prove it!” Amp lifted up his shirt so that Sean could get a better look at the surrounding discoloration.
“Oh my God, what happened?!” demanded Sean with a hint of his original sympathy. “Let me get a nurse, I’m sure there’s one working today-”
“What do you mean? You – you hit me with – with something!”
“No I didn’t,” Sean scoffed.
Amp cocked an eyebrow. “You didn’t? While I was flying?”
Sean shook his head. “You are a hero, Ethan. There are bound to be a few random assholes out there who wouldn’t seeing you crash into the ground.”
“That’s what happened too,” laughed Amp with fake amusement. “It wasn’t the Creep, was it?”
“No, I’ve been talking to him for a few hours.” Sean’s sentence took a pregnant pause when he saw the phrase Of course you have form on Ethan’s black lips shaking his head. Sean went to take a better look at his wound. “And this just happened?” Amp nodded. “Well, I don’t know what to tell you Ethan. Maybe you’re being hunted.”
“Maybe.”
“… Did you actually think it was me?”
“Well, I figured it might have been because you’re the only person I know with a grudge against me,” Amp explained, “So I figured it was just you being the typical asshole.”
“Oh, that’s nice,” Sean snapped.
“Yeah, well…” Amp dropped his arms at his side giving up the argument. He faced one of the many large windows awaiting Sean’s rebuttal but Sean stayed silent and began to walk away before he turned around one last time.
“Get that shit bandaged or something.” Amp looked to Sean, then back to the window nodding once more. “And if you could fix the hole yo- ugh, never mind.” Sean limply waved his hand while walking into another hallway. “I’m sure one of the ladies will clean it later, just… just leave, Ethan.”
“Sean, I don’t-”
“Fucking-” he turned aside to control his temper. “Go, Ethan.” Sean shouted turning around to face him.
Shaking his head he turned to continue his previous path wiping his face with the back of his hand. Without saying anything Amp looked to the sky through the pierced ceiling and began to slowly ascend. As he flew into afternoon city sky he moved with a doubt about him. No one ever wishes for bad things to happen. When they do, that’s what they need a hero for. But when the bad thing is someone you love, what kind of hero is there for that? And more importantly, where is the hero that can turn back time when you realize you’ve completely missed you’re Intro course? And since Ethan’s following lecture began 4 hours from then, Amp thought it wouldn’t hurt it spark one.
It brought him back to high school, the taste of the burning paper before you taste the weed itself. He would take the long way home with Sean, each smoking a spliff from their combined stash hand in hand. The only difference between back then and at that very moment were the amount of colours Sean showed Ethan and the absence of Ethan’s incredible fear of heights. He sat at the edge of a tall building facing the river while packing away his bud, papers, and grinder within his compartment belt. He exhaled because he needed to and sighed too at the thought of it all. Back then, and what just happened. How close they used to be, and how they never kept secrets, and now it was as if they’re turned into someone new. It killed Ethan to know that they weren’t meant to be while so much of his heart was still with Sean. He felt like love was hopeless, especially for a hero. There’s always that chance of someone sneaking away with your identity and you can’t get it back. The only other option would be a hero, but how many gay heroes can there be if it’s still 1 in 10? From behind the stairwell Amp heard a sudden shuffling of rocks. He quickly rose to his feet and prepared himself. He should have heard them coming from miles away. Someone’s stealthy. Or something?

by Amp November 27th 2011, 7:35 pm

and im open to suggestions. its kinda just sitting here lol

by Guest November 27th 2011, 7:53 pm

Can you first get rid of the purple text? I cannot read that without my eyes hurting.

by **Bliss** November 27th 2011, 9:16 pm

Hearing sounds miles away will be a little tricky to put into rp. The energy ring ability will be lessened by however strong you want the hearing to be. Sounds could either be fine things like pin drops or full conversations, or they could be abrupt things such as traffic or explosions.

The other things seem well in place.

by **Bliss** November 27th 2011, 9:24 pm

The hearing will be about 3 EP, so I would recommend making your grid look like this:

INT 4
STR 1
SPD 3
DUR 2
EP1 6 (Energy Rings)
EP2 2 (Hearing)
FS 2

by **Da Boss** November 29th 2011, 12:52 pm

I think hearing should be only 1 or 2 EP

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