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Figured we should have a "Who became who" thread so there's less confusion over the storyline:
Format is:
for forumgoers/Legendary/Infamous
Forum Name/Global Nick (if different/applicable) -- Character Name (Level{as of 1-19-2007} Powersets Archetype, degree of persona overlay, if any)
For "known" Virtuites:
Character Name (powersets archetype, MRP'er/RP'er/Casual/Gamer/PVP'er etc. Other info as known)
Foxboy -- Lady Nogitsune (50 Ninja/Dark Mastermind, Casual RP'er, Player Persona dominant in most things, but Character influence on speech and mannerisms subject to change as player adapts)
RevDark and His Lovely Wife -- Marcus Mac Hine (10 Warshade, Casual RP'er, Comparmentalized psyche between Cindy, Shayne, Marcus and Misonon)
Peggy Schroeck on Bob's Looney Toons account -- Mistress Stiletto (2 Claws/Regen Scrapper Newbie, no personality effects beyond her own, normal persona)
Logan Darklighter/Atlantea -- Lora'Lai (Mid 30's Peacebringer, Casual to strong RP'er)
Firvulag/Hexane -- Hexane (36 Ninja/Dark Mastermind, Casual RP'er)
Render -- Badb (28 MA/Regen Scrapper, Casual RP leaning towards Strong RP)
ECSNorway -- Kagetsuki Misao (10 ninja/dark Stalker, Moderate Casual RP)
Hunterminator -- Yukiyo (25 Fire/Fire Blaster, Casual to slightly serious RP depending on situation, No mental changes, but Yukiyo's mannerisms and habits are deeply entrenched in the subconscious mind and require conscious effort to prevent)
Valles -- Brightsky (14 (to be kind to the character) Inv/EM Tanker, Moderate Casual RP)
Morganni -- Alexis [???]
Ebony -- Frankie Fallout (22 Fire/Energy blaster, Light Casual RP)
Sweno -- Clank Patrol (46 Bots/FF Mastermind Light to moderate Casual RP)
Drenivian -- Shizuru (44 Mind/Sonic Controller, Moderate Casual RP)
Acyl -- Noonlighter (18 Energy/Fire Brute, Moderate Casual RP)
xXMasterBlasterXx (50 Fire/Fire Blaster, Casual Powergamer, Random costume. No personality overlay, though player seems drunk with newfound power. Short-lived reign of terror ended by Acyl, who he is now incredibly scared of.)
CrimsonKMR/Corrupted Flame -- Corrupted Flame (50 dark/fire brute)
GM_Emily (53 "PPD Lieutenant" Elite Boss/Hero Built as a Heroic PPD/Devices Mastermind with signature GM(Game Master) powers)
Ghost Widow (54, or +4 to highest "player" AV/Signature Villain Mind/Psi/Soul Dominator, Unknown Cryptic Dev completely subsumed by GW's canon personality)
Mairzy Doats (13 Thugs/FF mm, unknown personal info)
00b3r l33t (10 rad/thermal corruptor, Powergamer)
Lazy Dragon (12 ninja/ninja Stalker)
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''

-- James Nicoll

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ECSNorway -- Kagetsuki Misao (10? ninja?/ninja Stalker, Moderate Casual RP)

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Ninja/Dark, actually, with a strong Naruto flavor to the backstory that carries over possibly more than the amount of RP I've been able to get with her so far would normally justify.
Personality integration -seems- smooth... for now... --
"I give you the beautiful... the talented... the tirelessly atomic-powered...
R!
DOROTHY!
WAYNERIGHT!
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Sucrose Octanitrate.
Proof positive that with sufficient motivation, you can make anything explode.

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Hunterminator -- Yukiyo (?? Fire/Fire Blaster, Moderate Casual RP)

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Hunterminator -- Yukiyo (Lvl 25 Fire/Fire Blaster, Casual to slightly serious RP depending on situation, No mental changes, but Yukiyo's mannerisms and habits are deeply entrenched in the subconsious mind and require concious effort to prevent)

Acyl -- Noonlighter (18 Energy/Fire Brute, Moderate RP, Strong overlay, at violent odds with the player's own personality. Player is becoming increasingly violent and cruel - which terrifies him. Player is attempting to fight the change.)
For the guy Noonlighter beats up in the one story chunk I posted:-
xXMasterBlasterXx (50 Fire/Fire Blaster, Casual Powergamer, Random costume. No personality overlay, though player seems drunk with newfound power. Short-lived reign of terror ended by Acyl, who he is now incredibly scared of.)
If I ever get round to writing more, our hapless blaster friend will appear again.
-- Acyl

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Peggy Schroeck on Bob's Looney Toons account -- Stiletto (1 Claws/Regen? Scrapper/Stalker? Newbie, no personality effects beyond her own, normal persona)

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Scrapper. She's a hero. If I get a chance to log in tonight I'll activate her and get the correct power set.
And may I note that for some reason Peggy seems to have a fascination with the "Bone" trim pieces when designing costumes. This worries me.
-- Bob
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Visit beautiful Boston, proud successor to Seattle as
"City Most Scared Of Its Own Shadow

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Ebony -- Frankie Fallout (?? Fire/Energy blaster, Light Casual RP)

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Level 22, but frankly, it's not popping. I think I'm gonna drop out of this. Feel free to ignore Frankie, or maybe he's lost in Kansas or something.Ebony the Black Dragon
Senior Editor, Living Room Games
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Ebony the Black Dragon
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"Good night, and may the Good Lord take a Viking to you."

Badb is MA/Regen Scrapper, and was level 28 or 29 at the time. In my second post, she uses a power that she could not possibly have at that level, but it's a plot point, not an oversight. And, uh, sorry it was so long. Got carried away.

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If I get a chance to log in tonight I'll activate her and get the correct power set.

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Okay, I just ducked in and took a look. Here's the proper info:
Mistress Stiletto
L2 Claws/Regen Scrapper
Has Pocket D VIP Pass, Jump Pack and as yet unspecified choice of Sands of Mu or Undead-Killing Axe
And this brings up an interesting question... How many of the Changed have Pocket D VIP Passes in their power list? Has anyone tried using it? Stiletto's is currently inactive, because she's not high enough level to use it -- I think you need to be 3rd or 4th? -- but the rest of the Changed certainly are...
-- Bob
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Visit beautiful Boston, proud successor to Seattle as
"City Most Scared Of Its Own Shadow

Clank Patrol (46 Bots/FF Mastermind Light to moderate Casual RP)
And I need to put in some time and post more than 5 lines for character story. -Terry
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-Terry
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"so listen up boy, or pornography starring your mother will be the second worst thing to happen to you today"
TF2: Spy

I was going to address that soon, as Nogi has it. She also has a Warburg Nuke in her tray at that point...
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''

-- James Nicoll

Going into more detail on Brightsky's powers, both as a resource and to submit them for approval:
Her fundamental ability is a mutation which lets her nervous system set up some kind of quantum resonance effect that alters the way certain masses of boson behave within its area. IE, she can make gravity sit up and do tricks, without needing to worry about the energy actually involved, but only within about a millimeter or two of her skin.
This distance used to be greater, and during her stint as a blaster was further increased by a set of redirecting gauntlets, but the injury that knocked her back to Level One caused minor brain damage and threw off her control a bit. Acyl has suggested that the way concept characters work vs. 'generic builds' might override that, but, while the power boost is attractive, I'm a little leery of its being, mm, too easy.
Her other real advantage is that she's got an intimate knowledge of the history and practice of the superheroing - her paternal grandparents were two of the founding members of the Dawn Patrol, her father followed in their footsteps, and her mother was the latest member of a line of heroines predating Statesman himself. She knows this stuff the way a kid who grew up camping in the back of his paleontologist dad's Range Rover in the Gobi would know dinosaurs. Sure, she doesn't have that rocket science degree, but she's certainly qualified to pass the tools for a surprising number of disciplines.
I haven't really yet decided whether or not she calls Statesman 'Uncle Marcus', but her background is such that it wouldn't be surprising.
Naturally she knows how to fight. Not, it is true, so well as the archetypical 'Martial Arts' scrapper, but well enough to realize exactly how useful the ability to fall sideways, or have different parts of her body weigh different things at exact moments, can really be.
Her glasses are neither black, nor white - they're mirrored (in game, too, even, except the game doesn't offer mirrored wraparounds, so.) They're also the chassis and heads-up-display for a nano-miniaturized combat computer of truly noteworthy ability; abilities include radar, infrared, low-light and ultrasonic scanning, threat marking, navigational displays, and probably several other tricks I'm too zonked to think of at the moment.
When she's pushing herself to create a defensive shell, the, um, event horizon of her personal gravatic playground is intense enough to turn any molecule that wanders into it into a figurative Klein Bottle, which is why she glows in the dark. It doesn't actually make the air denser or increase the amount of heat it holds, just... *vague hand wave* makes it act wierd, and when she's concentrating on a specific part of her body (like making her boot 'fall' onto a particular thug's face), it gets even wierder... essentially, imagine that a thin layer of air around her is turning into a gas-discharge lamp.
And, oh, yeah, she can fly. Quickly, or slowly, or anywhere on a graduated scale between the two, and also evade at speed.
One last thing to consider: aside from falling, the game does not model the effects of inertia on damage. Her combat style most definitely does.
Ja, -n

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"I'm terribly sorry, but I have to kill you quite horribly now."

Shizuru's a Mind/Sonic controller, just for referance.
Dur, lvl 44When engaging, nothing beats a full frontal.
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In the epic rage of furious thunder
legends create their tales
when the twilight calls and the dark lord falls
our glory will prevail

Lady Nogitsune is an honest-to-Amaterasu Nogitsune, or POWERFUL dark fox spirit currently inhabiting a Paragon Protector based off of her previous host, Kyoko Yamashira/QB Kitsune. As a mystical being, she has access to a LOT of magical lore.
Her powers will have a lot of the standard effects, but look like she has more powers due to varying "graphics."
Most of her Dark Miasma powers can be described as Sakura Blizzards as well as the "Standard" graphics. Darkest Night is just as effective as a cloud of swirling cherry blossoms as a cloud of murk. Enough flying floral detritus can slow motion just as well as syrupy stygian energy. Her Fearsome Stare can cause either pure terror or paralyzing sexual inadequacy, as can Petrifying Gaze. Her Ghost Widow patron powers produce a traditional "foxfire ball" effect. Shadow Fall includes both standard "blend into shadows" stealth as well as an area-effect "henge" into a sort of "don't notice me, I'm just a normal person" effect.
Her minions are kunoichi. In-game, their normal appearance is explained away as disguising themselves to appease Lord Recluse's whim about Ninja mms. When they drop their disguises IRL, they appear totally different, which will confuse the GIFTers in that battle.
Nogi's Genin appear as teen "Naruto"-style kunoichi: Anime Japanese ethnicity [I.E., chromatic hair, and too voluptuous for the normal Japanese phenotype] with mostly practical, and slightly sexy, gear for their outfits. Their names are Uzumaki, Shima, and Hebi, with appropriate visual cues in their costumes. Spirals, Stripes, and Snakes, respectively.
Nogi's Jounin appear as more traditional kunoichi: early-to-mid 20's Anime Japanese women in Ninja Scroll or Dead or Alive-inspired outfits. Their names are Akai and Kuroi, wearing red and black, respectively.
Nogi's Oni, Kareshi, appears as a graceful, willowy Japanese woman in a flowing fire-patterned kimono wearing a fox mask. She is the most glad to be rid of the disguises, as she was HIDEOUS as an Oni.
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''

-- James Nicoll

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She also has a Warburg Nuke in her tray at that point...

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Not having ever seen one, let alone seen on in action, is it appropriate to cower in a corner and whimper at the sound of it?
-- Bob
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Visit beautiful Boston, proud successor to Seattle as
"City Most Scared Of Its Own Shadow

This one of the Things that I'd be afraid to use IRL. Who knows whether or not the game effects are due to "Supers Physics?"
In game, it is a massive rad debuff and DOT. It one-shots minions and puts a hurting on AVs. The real reason it's used in the LRSF is because of the rad debuff.
It's not an "I Win" button, but it is an "I'm ahead on points, buddy" button.
Too bad if Nogi lets slip that she has one, the US Gov't will likely think "briefcase tactical nuke" and overreact appropriately.
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''

-- James Nicoll

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Too bad if Nogi lets slip that she has one, the US Gov't will likely think "briefcase tactical nuke" and overreact appropriately.

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... so will most of the other players. --
"I give you the beautiful... the talented... the tirelessly atomic-powered...
R!
DOROTHY!
WAYNERIGHT!
--
Sucrose Octanitrate.
Proof positive that with sufficient motivation, you can make anything explode.

I just couldn't leave well enough alone.
Notes:
Badb is lousy at keeping track of time. The third part of Badb's story occurs a week or two after, um... 'Origin Day'
Move-related stress has caused me to forget who suggested Ghost Widow would lie low for a couple of weeks to let the l33t kids 'get it out of their systems' before demonstrating real villainy, and wondered whether Badb would run to San Fransisco to fight her. Sorry I can't credit you by name, and hell, yes!
'Jim Carlson' is named after a former boss of mine, but there's no other resemblence. Even if he did threaten to fire me twice. (I eventually quit.)
I completely forgot to have Jim threaten to strap Badb into a high-energy particle accelerator and see if she could survive that, but that's ok. Neil Gaiman already did that in Eternals.
Bumping the thread? Check.

jpub/Paradoxe - Australis (late 20's PB, no squid form, casual RP), real persona dominant.

You can assume that the above happened, but I'm not interested in writing much of anything.--
Christopher Angel, aka JPublic
The Works of Christopher Angel
"Camaraderie, adventure, and steel on steel. The stuff of legend! Right, Boo?"

in re a discussion Valles and I had on the 26th in channel:
www.85b.org
International clothing sizes and a calculator for the appropriate item of apparel's sizes.
Yes. Our TG'ed friends are going clothes shopping.
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''

-- James Nicoll