nextgen_mod (nextgen_mod) wrote in nextgen_ooc,
@ 2009-05-08 23:27:00

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Application Post
So, you want to apply to marvel_nextgen? Great!

A few things first.

Alternate Universe and Time displaced kids are welcome. As are totally original characters. Not every mutant or Avenger is going to have parents that were mutants or Avengers. So feel free to use your imagination!

While we gladly accept applications for X-Men and Avengers, we encourage applications for Eternals, Defenders, Inhumans, Asgardians, and other characters off the beaten path.

We also welcome Canon kids. IE Franklin Richards, Luna Maximoff and older versions of any super kid. Like say, Power Pack, Valeria Richards, Kevin Masterson, Ahura Boltagon and the like. Also adult versions of any Canon Teenagers are welcome. As are canon characters and villains in their adult incarnations. (Ie: Julian Keller, Kate Bishop, Tommy Shepherd, Billy Kaplan, Nico Minoru...)

We're taking advantage of the wonderful sliding timeline policy of Marvel, so if your character's birth date/age doesn't quite work out, it can easily be modified.

Please give us at least 24 hours to look at your application. We will email you when the app is approved. Once it's accepted, you can jump right in. If we have any problems or questions with any applications we'll contact you for clarification.

In some situations a sample with another player may be required.

The game focuses on the next generation of heroes and the kids are the ones out being the superheroes. The adults for the most part are starting to retire and passing the torch to the kids, so if you are looking to play an adult, be advised that in this game they are mostly support roles and plot devices.

The process:
The first step is to fill out an application.(Please check with the team admin to see if there is room on the team you want to join)
Your application will be reviewed by the mods.
In the case that you are applying for a character on a team, the application will be reviewed by the team members.
If your character is related to another character in the game, the relatives will also get to review the app.
A mod will notify you if it has been accepted, declined or if more information is needed.
The mods may ask you to clarify certain things (concept, powers, purpose) in your app. This is nothing personal, it is just the mods and team members trying to better understand the app.

Some basic rules:

1. If you are apping a sibling/parent of a character in the game, the player(s) of those characters get approval/veto rights on the app. We require you to discuss the character idea with the other players before apping the character you want to play. If you don't know who is playing a certain character please ask a mod. The list of characters and their relatives is here

2. If you are apping a cousin or other distant relative to a character/characters already in game, the player(s) of the character gets to review the app and provide feedback.

If you can't contact a player, feel free to contact the mods and we'll answer any questions you have!

3. Please do not give names, gender or ages to siblings of canon-pairing characters. This is to allow greater flexibility for people interested in picking up a sibling or parent. A vague reference like "Character X has three other siblings." is fine.

It is okay to give names, gender and ages to siblings of characters who have non-canon parents.

4. Apping Characters just to "hook up with someone" - Please do it somewhere else. This is a game for people who are interested in more than just hooking their character up with another character. While it is natural for characters to start dating and otherwise participate in physical relationships, it should not be the main purpose of the character and it is not the main focus of the game.

We accept applications for heroes, villains, parents and other adults.

We will accept applications for Original NPCs (Next generation of - Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, Masters of Evil, Serpent Societly, MLF, etc) seen here.

Notes:
Xavier's is not publicly known as a place for mutants. There is an underground in place to direct mutants to Xavier's.

Avengers are listed in the phone book and publicly known. Characters can directly contact them.

List of used PBs http://marvelnextgen.wetpaint.com/page/PBs

NextGen Application (Canon and OC)

Player (nickname, handle)/ LJ:
Email:
AIM (if you have one):
Character Name:
Character LJ (if applicable):
Physical description (face, build, weight):
Age:
Birthday:
PB: (If using one.)
Abilities:
Weaknesses and flaws:
Character location/Home:
Alignment (villain, hero etc):
Relatives (living/dead?):
Backstory:
How do you plan to introduce the character to the game?:
What are you planning to do with this character?
What do you want to see happen with this character?:

Sample post:

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strongbox
2009-08-12 02:02 pm UTC (link)

Player (nickname, handle)/ LJ: Jeff
Email: Chasejyd@blarg.net
AIM (if you have one): dajyd
Character Name: Jordan Bochs/Diamant
Character LJ (if applicable):
Physical description (face, build, weight): Tall, stocky and muscular. Short, dark hair.
Age: 17
PB: (If using one.) Jody Latham
Abilities:
Warped Copycat:
Jordan was originally supposed to have powers somewhat similar to Mimic, copying the abilities of other mutants. The alteration to Jean-Marie's powers and genetic structure while he was in early development 'broke' the power. For most of his life, exposure to mutants severely taxed his weakened system. With the infusion from Lilian Crawley, his genetic structure has strengthened, and now he has something similar to his proper powers, but in a very altered state. He now copies the powers of mutants around him unconsciously, but at an /extremely/ weakened, and somewhat altered state. He cannot do so at an intentionally higher level without meeting very specific conditions. There are a number of permutations to this, and examples of how this works follow:

1. Diamond Child: The blood transfusion from a matching donor has permanently altered Jordan's genetic structure. Where Lil possesses an invulnerable bio-aura, Jordan's muscle, bone and organ tissue has become as hard and dense as diamond.
*Invulnerability: Jordan is almost completely immune to direct physical harm, much like his adoptive mother but in a different fashion. He can only be cut by substances like diamond, adamantium or Nemesis' sword. Even then, unless there is considerable super strength behind it, its rarely more than a scratch. He can be thrown around, and conceivably could have his brains rattled enough to be concussed, but in general can take an absurd amount of punishment and keep coming back for more. Heat, cold, etc. can cause him pain, but he takes little actual physical harm. He does still need to breathe, eat (in fact, he has to eat huge amounts of food regularly to keep his enhanced body in top condition), drink and sleep, and does feel some degree of pain. He also does tire, but does so at an extremely slow rate, able to continue acting some twenty times longer than a very physically fit human under similar conditions.
*Super Strength: In addition to weighing somewhere in excess of 700 pounds, Jordan's extraordinarily dense body has given him considerable super strength, in a range akin to Colossus or Ben Grimm, similarly super-dense altered beings. He can bench press just over 70 tons, an amount slowly increasing as he ages and matures.

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strongbox
2009-08-12 02:03 pm UTC (link)

2. Weakened Copying/Uncles: Constant exposure to Jean-Paul, who enjoys being a doting uncle, despite hiding his relationship from Jean-Marie gives a prime example of how the weakened version of his powers works. Rather than true super speed, flight, etc., Jordan has semi-permanently gained extraordinary athletic ability. He can run, jump, etc. at near peak human levels, super strength aside. He has an amazing, but still human reaction time and reflexes.
Likewise, due to long term exposure to his adoptive father, Madison Jeffries, Jordan has a knack for tinerking and machinery. Even if he hadn't shown his father's head for mechanics and electronics, he'd have picked up a good deal off this. He still has to go through the steps, cannot telekinese anything, etc., but he has an amazing talent when working with mechanical and electronic devices, and can push the boundaries of super-science within these fields, such as the ability needed to produce wonders like the Box armor.
If he were to spend several months without contact, these abilities would fade, but as he has been around these mutants very frequently for several years, it takes little contact now to maintain them, to the point they are nearly innate abilities.

3. When around other mutants, he begins to copy altered and extremely weak versions of their powers, perhaps about 5% as effective at best. Around a Namor/super Atlantean, for example, he might begin being able to hold his breath for longer periods or swim a little better. Exposure to Cyclops might lead to slightly improved nightvision and his eyes may turn red.
These abilities tend to fade almost as soon as contact ends unless he's around the mutants for an extended period of time. The longer and more constantly he's around a mutant's genetic signature, the longer the abilities tend to last, though it would take years of almost constant contact in order to make anything else a part of his regular powerset.

4. Should he come into a situation where he takes in bodily fluids from another mutant, such as blood exposure through a cut, or a very deep kiss, he can duplicate a warped version of their powers akin to roughly one-quarter of their ability. These are never exact copies - more like weaker abilities suggested by the original.
Examples might include - contact with Wolverine's blood through a cut on his arm might give him extreme empathy with predatory animals, or boost a single sense to extraordinary levels. A deep kiss with Dazzler might let him reflect sound or light based attacks back at an attacker. Such copying tends to last about an hour before the abilities fade. This is also a very difficult circumstance to come into during combat situations in particular, and not something he makes an effort to do, both because of the obvious awkwardness of the ability, and its unpredictable nature.

5. A blood transfusion /from a mutant with his blood type/, which is extremely rare, and found only among homo-superior will permanently alter his powerset in a drastic fashion, adding to the abilities he gained through this process with Lilian Crawley. If the transfusion is from any other blood type, he will reject the transfusion, probably grow rather ill, and only gain the benefits of #4. This is the only way he can truly copy new powers on a significant scale, and even among mutants, only one in every few thousand shares his blood type, and no baseline humans do.

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