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Pokémon Dubstep (ft. Lindsey Stirling)
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elcome Adventurer to EPOCH! A Pokemon Sandbox Rp set in the original region of Nue. Everything you need to know will be in the Guidebook and PokeDex 101!
EPOCH uses the Manga and is built on the Original ideas suggested by our members.
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RULES
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Sex; When you get under the clothes, fade to black.
Violence; Do not go into extreme nauseating detail.
Cursing; This is so fucking allowed, but don't go overboard.
Suggestive Content; In avatars, signatures and templates can attract the wrong kind of attention. So be careful.
Cosmic Entity; It is uncertain of exactly the extent of Linette's abilities are. Former users of the same sort of phenomenon either are or can transform into an Cosmic Entity, a being who possesses powers so great they can affect entire worlds (or in some cases, entire universes.)
Linette, from her understanding, has the ability to rearrange the physical universe; Stars and planetary objects, as well as the ability to manipulate other peoples very existences and destinies. By physically reaching inside of herself she can touch/move the stars around within her. She is not sure what will happen if someone else tries reach in and touch the stars but with such heavy repercussions she's very wary of letting anyone touch her in that state. "I'll rearrange your stars." is not to be taken lightly however, she will never make good on her promise due to what happened in France.
Case 1 INCIDENT: France, Académie Royale de Musique The elite Parisian Ballet school. Linette is competitive by nature, her ballet talent a natural born gift. It was when she got into the Ballet school her powers started to come out. She worked diligently and hard making her way up to Prima Ballerina and was about to become a star when a new girl arrived, carrying with her the talent to steal the title from Linette. This girl was her Rival and Linette did everything to practice and try and beat this competition out and keep her title, but it got down to who was picked for lead in the upcoming production. Linette's fears and anxiety compounded with her competitive side and her powers caused her to 'fix the situation'.
Linette, without understanding her abilities subconsciously and literally either wrote this girl out of existence and she just disappeared or had an accident happen on stage where the girl fell off of it down into the orchestra pit and ruined her chances.
No one of the ballet school knew what happened at first. No one could fathom what went wrong but Linette knew, she figured it out and when her powers started to show the Ballet school had to let her go because they thought her ability was the source of her talent and that wasn't fair to the 'normal people' who were powerless and had raw talent to be undermined by a cheater.
- Mother was a talented tap dancer father was a composer both retired
- They own a dog called Prescot aka Prissy for short
- Sent to Académie Royale de Musique
- Started out as Chorus girl working her way up to Prima Ballerina
- Competition/Rival joins Académie Royale
- Linette's powers begin to slowly manifest in her hands at night. Thinking that it's a sign/omen telling her she's destined to be a star.
- Names her ability Heaven.
- Rivalry continues for nearly one full year before Production casting is held.
- Anxiety and fear cause Linette's powers the night before or during try outs to manifest and Rival is eliminated from Production.
- Linette gets production Lead.
- Linette's powers are discovered in the Académie Royale and she is thrown out for having false talent and labeled a Cheater/Fake
- Arrives to Academy of the Gifted
- Realizes there is no dance department and falls back on her music hobby violin
- Meets Lucas Courtwater the very attractive school pianist and TA
- Meets Jerry Burton flirtatious jokester and side kick to Lucas.
- Practices together with Lucas when possible in Music room while making her place known in school as the Queen
- Practices Dance privately well after school hours in the upper gym and sometimes on the theater stage because it's her passion
- Begins latent crush on Lucas and Jerry
- Realizes there is more to the two then meets the eye and withdraws feelings
- Armelle arrives into the Academy
- Finds Armelle is not only French, but also talented in Music, is in Lucas's art course and not to mention blond and blue eyed, making her extremely pretty and very nice
- Despite Armelle being a Nun Linette's school fan club begins to recede in lieu of Armelle.
- Develops a one sided loathing Rivalry with Armelle but concedes while trying to save face not wanting to relive another France incident
RELATIONSHIPS
ARMELLE (RIVAL)
LUCAS COURTWATER (Friend/latent Crush) JERRY BURTON (Friend/latent Crush)
HISTORY TEACHER VALTEIA aka Vincent Valentine (Acquaintance/Looker)
A blessed human being, William has the power to control and channel divine energies, becoming a conduit of sacred will against evil. While most religions would like to claim that he is a being blessed by "God" or something related, he finds that he serves a general force of good and light - whether his power is truly sourced by a divine entity, he will learn eventually. Naturally attuned to the sacred elements, he radiates and is enveloped by a holy aura, invisible to most but noticeable to those who are attuned to such things. Naturally strong against evil beings, William's power is very biased in its use, and can technically be taken away, though his behavior and personality make it very incredible that he would be punished so. While it is easy for evil beings and demonic-related beings to sense him, he is unable to sense them unless he focuses. His power is completely and absolutely based upon his willpower - if he is determined and unrelenting, his power will be incredibly potent, but the reverse holds true. On a side note, while William has a very good grasp and skill with his powers, he doesn't understand them completely, their holy nature evading mortal understanding.
The first usage of the power is to heal and protect, by mending wounds and forming barriers. His healing works as much other healing powers, as he focuses and prays for the healing, divine light glowing from his hands as it mends wounds, removing illness, and restores energy - as with other healing powers, the more he asks for divine intervention, the more energy he spends. While this power is effective on most, it will do nothing for demonic-based beings, except make them uncomfortable. His barriers are formed through constant concentration, but are all but impregnable, his prayer defending against any influence, attack, or ill-will that might come at him. His barriers, however, cannot keep truly good people out, as they are not viewed as a threat by the divine power which he wields.
When angered, William can channel his divine will to attack, releasing holy energy in order to smite those who oppose the forces of good. This energy manifests as shining light, but is not necessarily susceptible to the physical and scientific concepts of the world. The light attacks can be manifested as Will chooses, and he can wield them in whatever way he desires - forming spears of divine light, bathing his opponents in it, and so on. The attacks are powerful, and deal more damage the more evil the target is - they burn the soul and cleanse it, purging it away. These attacks, however mighty, have no real damaging effect on those who are good, except for the brightness factor.
Other things that fall under his field are blessings, sanctification, purification, and prayers for divine interventions/miracles.
William showed signs of his power very early on in his life - according to the story his mother tells, they were visited by an angel and everything. His parents were quickly awed and amazed by the divine qualities of their son, feeling a little blessed themselves. They were very soon contacted by the church, who had incredible interest (as one would expect) in William. At a very young age, William was sent, albeit somewhat reluctantly by his parents, to a special church-school, where he was raised by monks in isolation.
While he learned a lot about his powers, and his parents were given quite some money by the church (enough to now have a very large and rich company, Rosenbach Co.), William's many years in the church and convents were, ironically, hellish for him. The isolation killed William - the monks were nice enough, but they were overseers, nothing more. He was always alone - no one to talk to, no one to spend time with, no one to seek comfort with. The monks always told him to find comfort in God, but such responses made William sadder. It was only through his sheer force of will and the scarce contact with his parents that the blessed child didn't grow up differently. It was in this environment where many of his mannerisms and personality developed.
After some time, he was allowed back into the world, but by that point the damage had been done - the child was very hateful towards his own loneliness. William would rather die than be alone like that again, having no sense of kinship, friendship, nothing to hang onto. Yet, back in the world, he had many benefits - the wealth of his family and the support of an organization as powerful as the church, it was almost expected of him to get spoiled quickly, but such didn't happen. Instead, William only sought friendship, often hiding his backgrounds so he wouldn't be isolated further.
William's life has had many ups and downs, what with his divine mission, and the death of one of his closest friends (which he blames himself for), marking some highlights. But desiring a normal life, even if only partially, he managed to get to the school after some persuading his parents.
Substance Mimicry; The power of Substance Mimicry has been in the Chimere blood line for as far back as they can trace. Silas, Adam and Rasmus Chimere were the three brothers that, to what they believe, originally discovered the power. They were outside, rough-housing, when suddenly, Rasmus fell down and hit his hand on a sharp rock. Instead of slicing his hand open though, he gained a sediment based shell and that immediately made the other boys hit their hands to see if it would happen. And on contact, the other two promptly developed a shell, queuing for all 3 of them to freak out and run home. It was strange though how none of the women in the family seemed to hold the power. Everyone went ahead and assumed that the trait was only passed down the blood line through sons, and that's where the pride and insisted need of having a son came into play. Through-out family records, it shows that there were definitely no girls that inherited the substance Mimicry trait, and it also shows that it was a powerful trait, following down the blood, linked to every boy.
If the Chimere man is accomplished enough with his powers, he can create several types of special shells. One of these special shells is a light based shell, where they're so in harmony with their powers, they can pick up and utilize photons around them. The other is a thickened state. Where the shell runs deeper, actually becoming part of them until it fades out and peels off. There have been very few Chimeres that can achieve this feat, and Varial his self has discovered that he can run his shell so deep, it affects his voice, making it sound like he's talking through the material.
While the fight was not originally Varial's, the fight was passed onto him by a family feud that has resulted in the death of hundreds, as well as the near annihilation of the Chimere family, leaving him the last of his line, making it a very personal issue of his, one he takes great pride in resolving. The Black Blood Feud originated between the Bezaleel family and the Chimere family 1,000 years ago. The Bezaleels threatened the peace of the Danish super power community with their shadow manipulation powers, Using their own power of Substance Mimicry, the talented family Chimere rose up against them with heavy smith long swords, bows and their own powers. Defending the super power population, many of the Chimere family lost their lives, and several arts of their ability were lost as well. But they pushed back the Bezaleels and have been battling them since then. Each one, keeping the other families numbers diminished.
Warrior's code A warrior will not hesitate to put his life on the line for an innocent.
A warrior will not hesitate to put his life on the line for a family member.
A warrior will not hesitate to charge into a battle, despite the risks.
A warrior will not hesitate to kill those threatening peace and will always walk the path of justice.
A warrior will shy away from no challenge
A warrior will never harm an innocent life.
A warrior faces all of his fears, and will accomplish his goal despite those fears
A warrior always finishes what was started.
Varial was raised by this code and follows it strictly. It is a code that can be traced back to the beginning of their blood line. Chimeres are well known in the Denmark super power community for being strong and having a strong sense of the warrior about them. This lead immediately to their family believing that the blood of a warrior runs through their veins.
Varial's history
Varial grew up in Dragor, Denmark. A small town not very well developed or touched by recent technology. He grew up without his father who was dedicated in the military, considering it one of the ultimate ways to protect his wife and child. His father had come home from a battle, but only a couple of days later, two vigilantes came by and killed him in his own home. Varial was only nine years old when he witnessed his father be murdered by the vigilante. His mother had died as well, protecting Varial from the men. She was able to kill one of them, but bled out before help could get to her, as well as before she could catch the other... When interrogated by the police, Varial came into contact with their metal cuffs, developing a metal case and used that as leverage to escape the police. He wound up at the school not a while later. His father’s friend, from Copenhagen found him covered in metal and decided that it was for the better to hand him over to the school after hearing what happened to his parents. He then spread word to the campus, making sure that it made it to all of the staff, that the boy is being hunted.
POINTS SINCE IC BEGAN
- Many people have discovered that he is 7' 2, earning many comments on his height
-Several people have discovered that he is a gentle giant.
-Linette discovered that his mother was a fine-arts major and that he loves to dance, and fascinates in playing the cello.
-Linette is the only one that knows the details of the warrior's code
-Has made several friends, as well as, according to rumor, put Daxton in his place
-His closest friend was Linette, and have since grown apart since his accident
-He left to finish off the last Bezaleel and succeeded, but at the lost of his arm
-He has recovered from the accident, but is still suffering emotionally from the turmoil that he put Linette into.
-He still suffers from flashbacks of the fight against the vigilantes
-He takes night classes and has a job in computer repair, at night time
-He has a mild form of Insomnia, making him a night-owl, but he occasionally roams at day time
-Some have learned that he greatly dis-likes bright lights
-Some have learned that he fascinates in the night sky. He believes that the moon, clouds, stars and cold night air make some of the greatest memories for him.
RELATIONSHIPS
Arthur: Like a counselor. Settled the drama after the murder of the vigilante on campus.
Armelle: Friend. He's grown even friendlier towards her after the accident of her gaining his power.
Linette: Massive crush. He's spent a lot of time around her for the past couple of weeks, but has grown distanced from her since the loss of his arm.