Argo Academy for Gifted Children (DC RP)

Camleen

I'm going to be my own kind of princess
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In no particular order: Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Modern, Magical, Romance, anime, comic books, cartoons, video games..
Picture if you will…
The year is 1985.
Ronald Reagan is your President.
Mikhail Gorbachev becomes leader of Russia.
The 49ers are the Super Bowl Champions.
Live Aid is helping to feed the children of Africa.
New Coke is given to the masses… and then given right back with a ‘no thank you’ note attached.
The country is scared to open their mailed packages, thanks to the Unabomber.
‘Money For Nothing’ is everywhere.
John Hughes just keeps the hits coming on the big screen with The Breakfast Club.


And the Justice Society is about to hang up their capes.

The original and predominant group of adventurers and heroes are starting to show their age. The evil of the world seems to be eternally young and thriving, but those of justice seem to be just slowing down. Starman was the first to retire, passing his Cosmic Staff to the Star Spangled Kid who rebranded herself Stargirl to carry on his legacy. Members of the Justice Society who are mortal recognize this as an inevitability for themselves, and fear for a future where they are simply unable to act on behalf of the good of humanity.

Dr. Fate, the one with the most insight into the possible future, suggests rather than using a spell to keep the heroes from aging they begin training a younger generation to take over for them someday. Not like sidekicks, but those with gifts (both physical and mental) to be shown what it means to be a hero; to know what it means to help humanity whenever and wherever they can.

The seeds of a world changing idea are planted, and others amongst the Justice Society run with it. Unable to really bring children (in their eyes) into battle with the likes of the Joker, Deathstroke and Darkseid’s minions… they would instead bring the prospective heroes to a safe place to train them. To help them learn about life, about their gifts and what it means to be an agent of justice. The Argo Academy is established (thanks to funding from a few members of the Justice Society), and they begin to ‘recruit’ potential students.

These new disciples would be brought to the Academy and live on campus while they learn to better socialize when not in class. They will see the world through the eyes of history’s greatest heroes, and then it would be their turn to create such a legacy.
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So that’s the jist of the idea we came up with (myself and @Ms.Ezra). An RP based around a school based in the DC universe. We’re looking for looooong term players for this, not pop in and out. We’d be looking for 6 to 8 players. Your character can be an OC, or a modified version of a canon character. Sure, there’s going to be lots of action with this story… but also a lot of focus on the slice of life stuff. What these students will be doing when not training or in class.

Ideally, at least 1 or 2 posts a week would be wonderful. And posts with some content! Not just a couple lines to keep things going. Yes, we know things happen. But that’s why we communicate with one another!

If you want to play a hero-ish character, great! Want to play a morally grey character? Surely! A character that perhaps can’t stay on the side of the angels? We have room for those too! But again, keep in mind we want this to be a focus of slice of life, not just constant fighting or moving from one action scene to the next. And also keep in mind your character is in a school full of the greatest heroes in history, so some shenanigans won’t go over well.

We will also allow two characters per player, if that is something wanted.

While the GM and co-GM will be playing the majority of NPCs, we also want to have the roles of the JSA staff open for other players as their secondary character.

Thus far, the claimed characters are:
Dinah Lance - Me (Ashley! @Camleen)
Pamela Isley - @Ms.Ezra
Harleen Quinzel - @~Dark Disney~


Want to join our awesome story? Well please feel free to fill out the CS and post it here in this thread! Oh, and any questions or comments... please let us help you!

Argo Academy CS
Real Name:
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Current Age:
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Real Name: Dinah Laurel Lance
Birthdate: May 4th 1969
Current Age: 16
Codename: Black Canary (Probably just Canary)
Height: 5’4”
Weight: 128lbs.
Eyes: Green
Hair: Blond

Meta-abilities: ‘Canary Cry’. A sonic attack unleashed by her scream. It’s been known to be strong enough to hurl several men away from her at once, and to crack a stone wall.
Weaknesses: For as much fighting prowess she possesses, she is still just a mortal human. With all of the weaknesses that come with it. Her stamina is enhanced (due to her rigorous multi-year training), but she can run out of energy with extra prolonged fights.
Skills:
-Hand to hand combat. Dinah has been trained on and off for years by the Justice Society member ‘Wildcat’. She has also been given light training by her mother and father. She is well versed in a few different styles, including: Boxing, Judo, Wing Chun and Tae Kwon Do.
-Combat intelligence. She has been shown to have proficient awareness and tactical abilities in regards to combat.
-Has the ability to change her voice to different registers. With practice, she’s becoming better at mimicking sounds around her.
-Plays a mean harmonica.

Likes:
-Fighting
-Being right
-Being a vigilante
-Playing the harmonica
-Singing
-Music (The Beatles, Ravi Shankar, Bon Jovi, David Lee Roth, The Smiths, Tears for Fears, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Queen, Culture Club)
-Pizza
Dislikes:
-Bullies
-Shellfish
-Being told she’s wrong
-Bad cover bands
-Rap

Brief Bio: Dinah was born to Larry and Dinah Lance in Gotham City. He was a police officer in Gotham and she was the original Black Canary (sometimes working with the Justice Society). So younger Dinah grew up in the community, for all intents and purposes. Since she was a child she wanted to be a police officer, and then to truly fight crime as a superhero. Some of the Justice Society showed her the ropes, though her mother was against such things. She thinks that a lifestyle like that would be to dangerous for young Dinah. She has become an accomplished fighter, a strong willed force in life.
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Real Name: Pamela Lillian Isley
Birthdate: October 12, 1969
Current Age: 16
Codename: Poison Ivy
Height: 5ft 5in
Weight: 125lbs
Eyes: Green
Hair: Red
Meta-abilities:
Chlorokinesis. Via a connection to a mystical force called The Green she can manipulate plant matter to make them grow and move at her will.

Pheromone Control and Toxikinesis: Her body can produce pheromones to enthrall other humans and even animals to obey her, and also toxins of varying levels of lethality which she can also neutralize at will. The primary means of transmission for either is by touch.

Weaknesses: Powers aside, Pamela is a normal human with the usual vulnerabilities, with the addition of an extreme aversion to fire, and she grows very weak when in total darkness.

Skills: Botany. Her parents taught her from an early age the intricacies of plant life and how to cultivate them. While not an expert like them, she is more knowledgeable than most her age.

Living off the grid with her parents also made it necessary for her to learn and exercise basic wilderness survival skills, and also made her a good climber, swimmer, and swift on foot.

Likes: Plants in general, flowers in particular. Her favorite are Tiger Lillies. Folk Music, Pop Music, Flute Music, Card Games(Poker and Blackjack), Chess, Checkers.
Dislikes: Senseless violence. The Patriarchy. The U.S Military. Seafood. Environmental destruction.

Brief Bio:
Her parents met at the height of the 60’s counter-culture movement at a peace rally, although ironically her father Vincent would be jailed soon after her birth for his part in a plot to poison numerous CEOs and politicians. Her mother Brenda is more of the hippie type, and raised her with those core values in mind, even so far as Vincent taking her last name Isley upon his release from prison and their marriage. The family chose to live off the grid in the more wild parts of Washington state, growing their own food and making money for what they couldn’t by cultivating hallucinogenic mushrooms and marijuana. Pam grew up talking to the plants in her parent’s gardens, but also made friends with the children of other off the grid families in their area, and on trips into town would beg for more books on botany and other related subjects.

Pamela received her powers when she came across a plant in the forest around her family home she’d never seen before, and when attempting to classify it, breathed in its pollen. That pollen temporarily incapacitated her while it transformed her body into a vessel for the power of The Green, the mystical energy force which binds all plant matter in the world(and possibly the universe). Her concerned father was her first victim/patient when he tried to hold and comfort her during the process.



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Real Name: Harleen Quinzel
Birthdate: October 31st 1968
Current Age: 17
Codename: Harley Quinn
Height: 5'6
Weight: 135
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Blonde with died tips
Meta-abilities:
  • Expert gymnast
  • Immunity to various toxins- also able to heal herself of minor scrapes and cuts
  • Utilizes weaponized props
Weaknesses: Regular human so she can still be hurt from fatal or severe wounds.
Skills: Hand to Hand Combat
Guns good with them
And most prop weapons, but loves a bat or hammer
Likes: weapons, psychology, her puddin, dancing, making crazy jokes, being manipulative and sarcastic, cards, working out,acrobatics, cats and watching others
Dislikes: stupidity, those who want her puddin, reality tv, and to much sun
Brief Bio: wip
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Looking good for characters so far!!
 
Real Name: Kon-El/Conner Kent

Birthdate: April 10, 1968 (day he was released from tube)

Current Age: 17

Codename: SuperBoy

Height: 6’ 3”

Weight: 230lbs

Eyes: Blue

Hair: Black

Meta-abilities: Superhuman strength, invulnerability, flight, super hearing

Weaknesses: Kryptonite

Skills: hand to hand combat

Likes: working out, food, gaming, tv, being outside, girls.

Dislikes: tight places, bad people that do harm to good people, cats

Brief Bio: (may change some) Conner is the results of experiments done by Cadimus to engineer themselves a loyal “super” human to help them if they ever needed it. During 1965, a ship from space crash-landed on one of the Cadimus research bases. The passenger inside didn’t survive the voyage but lucky for Cadimus, the body was in great shape to research and study on.

Cadimus was never fully able to tap into the DNA of the species that was in the pod but they did learn a lot from the ship itself. After a few years, they finally were able to fuse the DNA of the “Kryptonian” and Human DNA to form clones. After many failed attempts, they finally managed to get a clone to stay alive.

The clone developed quickly and once it reached the right age of 17, they released him from the tube he was growing in and quickly took to training him. He had no mother or father. He was trained by Cadimus and was being forged into a weapon. The board of Cadimus figured it would be a good idea to send the boy to school to help him learn the world he was now living in. Also to help him develop some social skills as well.

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We got someone up to being a Super boy/man now we got any takers for a Bat? An Arrow?

Bueller?

Bueller?
 
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We got someone up to being a Super boy/man now we got any takers for a Bat? An Arrow?

Bueller?

Bueller?
What? Superboy can't have all three female characters to himself? lol
 
Incredibly interested in this!
 
Oh wonderful! Have any thoughts on a character?
A million. I saw you guys were looking for a bat, though! Is there anyone else you really want/need? And are we allowed more than one character?
 
As of this moment, there are no 'Bat Family' characters, not core wise at least. I mean Pam and Harley, but those are peripheral and all. As for what we ~need~... we're just looking for a good assortment of characters.
And we are allowing 2 characters at present, so long as you can keep up with the posting order and all. You can even NPC some of the Justice Society or teachers if you wished to.
 
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I'm gonna give people another day or so to submit and/or finish their CS's, and then I'll start an OOC and then we can get rolling on our story!

Edit: Our thought is to have a basic starting round of posts. Everyone arriving first day of school. We're going to have a posting order, I'll go first to get things started. And then ya'll just come in as you can. But don't post twice until I post to start a new round!
Just think about what your first post might look like, and i'll start to come up with something between tonight and tomorrow.
@Ms.Ezra, @~Dark Disney~, @MrStoryTeller, @neptune
 
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If no one joins, do we want to double up characters? I can do like Damian Wayne to add a bat family character?
 
If no one joins, do we want to double up characters? I can do like Damian Wayne to add a bat family character?

You certainly can play a Batman if you want as we don't seem to have any takers.
 
If no one joins, do we want to double up characters? I can do like Damian Wayne to add a bat family character?

You certainly can play a Batman if you want as we don't seem to have any takers.
Hmm, I’ll sleep on it. Right now it seems there is only four students with three being female and my male. Up to y’all if you want to keep it that way or I can try to double up with another male.
 
If no one joins, do we want to double up characters? I can do like Damian Wayne to add a bat family character?

You certainly can play a Batman if you want as we don't seem to have any takers.
Hmm, I’ll sleep on it. Right now it seems there is only four students with three being female and my male. Up to y’all if you want to keep it that way or I can try to double up with another male.

If you want to play a Bat Fam Man, I'm totally cool with it. Let's see what ya got!
 
Real Name: Bartholomew "Barry" Allen
Birthdate: August 6, 1968
Current Age: 17
Codename: Kid Flash
Height: 5'6'
Weight: 180 pounds
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Blonde
Speed Force Conduit: After Barry was struck by a bolt of lightning and doused with chemicals, it created the Speed Force - a mysterious cosmic force that pushes time and space itself forward.

Superhuman Speed: Barry is capable of moving at incredible superhuman speeds.

Superhuman Reflexes: Barry's reaction time is augmented to superhuman levels. His great reflexes have allowed him to perform feats such as dodging lightning. His body sends pain messages to his brain at such a velocity that the second he feels something, he will react.

Superhuman Stamina: Barry's body can handle the stress of moving at superhuman speeds for long periods of time without out getting tired or weak.

Superhuman Agility: Barry's agility, balance, and bodily coordination are enhanced to superhuman levels. This allows him to easily maneuver and leap far distances while moving at superhuman speed.

Speed Force Aura: The Flash's body is surrounded by a "friction cushion", a field of kinetic absorbent energy that protects him and anyone who is running with or carried by him from the rigorous effects of using his speed. Including friction, airborne particulate matter, heavy impacts, G-Force and the like.

Superhuman Durability: Thanks to his protective Speed Force aura, Barry is capable of resisting tremendous kinetic impact forces that could easily crush or kill a human, without suffering any serious external or internal injuries.

Accelerated Healing: Barry can heal much faster than any regular human. His arm healed within minutes of it being crushed. He was also able to quickly heal from the "bone crushing pressure" and "antagonizing trauma" of being 2,000 feet below the ocean, which dealt extreme damage to his body.

Aerokinesis: By rotating his arms at super speed or running in a circular motion, Barry can create strong vortexes of wind.

Electrokinesis: Barry is able to generate and manipulate the electrical energy he draws from the Speed Force. The Speed Force lightning's properties and effects are very similar to that of common electricity.

Enhanced Mental Process: By tapping into the Speed Force with his brain, Barry can eliminate the natural bottle-necking of information, that occurs due to the limits of human physiology.

Enhanced Senses: The Speed Force grants Barry enhanced senses that allow him to perceive the world at a rate attuned his reaction speed.

Molecular Acceleration: Barry can vibrate his own molecular structure at varying degrees for a number of purposes, by adjusting to different frequencies. As he does that to a high enough degree he causes things to explode.
Weaknesses: Barry's connection to the Speed Force can be disrupted(possibly severed) by a sufficient extra-dimensional energy burst.
Skills: Barry was an experienced acrobat, took boxing classes, and stalwart science nerd before receiving his powers. His skills in these areas have since heightened.
Likes: High-calorie food, sweets, Rock Music, Heavy Metal Music, building models, roller coasters, reading, crosswords and puzzles of all kinds.
Dislikes: Television(goes too slow for him), cruel or criminal behavior.
Brief Bio:

Born to Henry and Nora Allen, a normal family that was destroyed in one night when he was ten years old. The official police reports state his father, a Vietnam veteran, suffered a violent flashback that resulted in a murder-suicide. Nobody could believe the young Barry that a 'Yellow Blur' killed his mother and a 'Red Streak' rescued him from the same fate. He was adopted by the West family and has since dedicated his life to solving the mystery of what killed his parents that night. He studied hard and trained his body to peak condition to one day become a police detective to investigate the cold case.

Barry received his powers when Star Labs performed a test on its particle accelerator and the machine exploded. While it seemed to have been harmless to the majority of people in Central City, Barry was made into a conduit for the Speed Force that also fuels The Flash. It was through this connection he was found by Jay Garrick and enrolled in The Argo Academy for Gifted Children.

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