#subjectzerorp

[sootspriting]

I’m in a plotty mood, so I’m gonna toss out some plot ideas! Feel free to message me here or on discord (phosphenes#7777) if any of them grab your attention. Faces and genders are pretty much entirely open to interpretation.  ( ° ∀ ° )ﾉﾞ

001.

ANGSTY BEST FRIENDS TO LOVERS

Okay, so I have a character idea who will be suffering from “angsty teen vs the world” sydrom a few years late (early 20s) and will need a lot of emotional support in these Dark Times™. Basically, I’m looking for a best friend for her who will also be dealing with some angst of her own for the two of them to relate to each other with. I really have no ideas further than that, but I’m open to pretty much anything!! DM me if you have more ideas to expand on that!

002.

EX-LOVERS FORCED TOGETHER AGAIN

Okay, so if you’ve ever plotted with me, you probably know that this is one of my alltime favourite tropes, and I’m a predictable bitch back on her old bullshit. Anyway, I’d really like to write some staff members who were involved, once upon a time (maybe in school?), and have done everything in their power to avoid each other up until this point. One of them joins staff or s/t without realizing that the other already works there, and they just can’t stop running into each other. Powers & drama ensue. Yada yada. All that good stuff. Maybe a secret child? Y’all never know. c:

003.

SIBLINGS (MAYBE TWINS?) WITH A TORTURED RELATIONSHIP AND/OR AN UMBRELLA ACADEMY/HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE INSPIRED SIBLING DYNAMIC

Welcome to my other brand of bullshit. I just love writing siblings with fucked up dynamics, and if anyone also wants to brainstorm something like this, then I’m SUPER down! Maybe twins with opposing powers and opposing feelings toward the use of them? Siblings who have grown up resenting each other for whatever reason? Idk, but I’m here for all of it.

[moonslaura]

A SPECTRE looms over Excelsior.

The presence of The Society has been felt at Excelsior Academy since its founding, carved into tree trunks and scribbled in smudged ink beneath fading photographs kept the school’s archives. SPECTRE was founded by students, who in turn graduated and and kept their illustrious connections fostered while at the Academy. SPECTRE reached beyond the halls of Excelsior and climbed, like vicious weeds, entangling themselves with the affluent, the powerful, and the consequential until they couldn’t be distinguished from them. 

Inside Excelsior, they are Legacies, bright filaments in the student body that burn too hot to the touch. 

Outside of Excelsior: they are untouchables.

Logistics: SPECTRE (SPecial Executive for Counterintelligence, Terrorism, Revenge and Extortion, an inside joke, turned strangely prophetic) is more colloquially referred to as “The Society” -- is comprised predominantly of Legacy students, or otherwise the wildly talented and hedonistically bold. Invitations are required and initiation is primarily a dangerous stunt performed by the pledge. From there, the group typically engages in mayhem -- be it indulgent partying or something of a considerably dangerous nature.

Their reputation on campus varies -- a nightmare to the administration, certainly, and probably discussed with equal levels of eye-rolling and awe by fellow students. They’re all mad, bad, and dangerous to know.

A word to the cautious: Once you’re in, you’re in -- there is no getting out.

Once graduated, many members (who adoringly refer to one another as “Spooks”) keep their connections. It is good to have friends in high places, apparently. That being said, a level of respect is afforded to particularly legendary alumni, despite the group’s general disdain for authority (really, most of them were born with silver spoons in their mouths).

In terms of group hierarchy, the Society fairly flat in terms of organization, many students join during their undergraduate years. Current members are responsible for identifying incoming legacies and selecting students for initiation. Currently, the Society at Excelsior Academy is headed by three graduate students, one Henri Carrow (face and power tbd, but fingahs crossed for Charles Melton mb) and two other diehards that I would love to see about. Nonetheless, respect is often afforded to those who speak the loudest and carry a big stick. There is no room for wallflowers here.

TLDR:  The Life and Death Brigade plus superpowers. Looking for members both past and present and would certainly love to hash out dynamics beyond the walls of the school. Gender and ages are all certainly open, and I’d love to discuss things so feel free to jump @ me on Discord (sav#5929).

UPDATE 2/26: Both of the other leadership roles have been filled BUT PLS JOIN THIS ABSOLUTE MESS XOXOX.

[subjectzerorp]

EXCELSIOR ACADEMY

School

Excelsior Academy was established as a haven for powered youth, but it was a convenient prison without bars, a way to target and contain individuals flagged as potential assets—or alternatively, those whose abilities may present a threat to themselves or others. Espers were tracked down and recruited, the Academy their only real option, a place where they could learn control and eventually reintegrate into society.

At least that’s what they were told.

Excelsior boasts a rigorous curriculum, almost militant in its emphasis on combat readiness in addition to its diverse academic programs. Students may choose to major in any field, but courses in control, combat theory and application, as well as weapons training are also required under the guise of preparedness in a potentially hostile world. Many graduates, however, are funneled into covert military programs, acting as soldiers without guns, their powers honed for lethal action.

Campus

Overlooking the town of Gothic, Colorado, Excelsior is a sprawling campus built in the traditional collegiate gothic style. Modern steel and plaster support stone and brick exteriors, but the lower levels are clinically industrial, brutalist concrete that house their private research labs and training facilities. Wide, flagstone walkways traverse the grounds, ample in courtyards, sporting fields and a greenhouse to the north.

Errol Library greets you at the entrance, branching off to administrative wings to the west. Seabrook to the east is home to the Natural, Formal, and Applied Sciences, and Briggs Hall houses the Arts and Humanities department just adjacent. The Social Sciences department sits to the south end in Glassell Hall. The Burrow serves as the refectory for all students with expansive dining halls and provides private dining for the faculty.

War Games

The lesser known aspects of Excelsior are its school sanctioned War Games where the academy’s real legacies are written. Students compete against one another in challenges and obstacles as either factions or individually, and the victors are granted not only bragging rights but the privileges of the best dorms, academic leverage, and often more prestigious postgraduate opportunities.

They reinforce faction rivalries, as these privileges and honors are often collective. Factions rise and fall together, but some would call it a rigged system, winners being allotted minute advantages in the challenges that follow.

The sanctioned games are always observed and monitored by faulty through video surveillance. Excessive violence is frowned upon, and the use of lethal force is punishable offense.

Every Man For Himself: The most infamous of the war games is a battle-royal style tournament that only rewards the last man standing. Students must survive the high-altitude Colorado wilderness quartered off with obstacles and engage in combat armed with limited tools. Each participant carries a token, and the removal of said token constitutes elimination. The tournament may span the course of days or upwards of weeks depending on how quickly the numbers fall.

Rumble: While not strictly endorsed by the Academy, underground fights are common occurrences among the student population. Excelsior’s competitive atmosphere and close quarters environment make for a proverbial powderkeg, breeding animosities among rival factions. These fights have become more and more organized, and bets and tier lists are topics of common gossip spread by word of mouth.

Various other challenges include reconnaissance missions, global offensive scenarios, relays, or king-of-the-hill style objectives.

Recruitment Methods

At the beginning of the Excelsior’s inception, young, “true born” metahumans were often hunted down and funneled into government-funded programs involving brainwashing and experimentation, guaranteeing complete loyalty. Others were created in those very labs, their meta-gene induced through genetic alteration.

On the record, these programs never existed.

Off the record, the government was informed that they had been phased out in the late seventies.

In truth, much of the old ways persist, and their remnants make up the current research teams tasked with developing serums to enhance metahuman abilities.

Recruitment efforts are aimed at graduating high-school students through college fairs and the like or are more targeted in extenuating, volatile cases. The academy’s recruitment division tracks and identifies known espers regardless of age, however. In fact, the age ranges at the academy can vary drastically due to the nature of older espers going unnoticed, either by their own volition or the inherent subtlety of their powers.

[h-lycandy]

sandy ever / ghostly / boy on the run until he wasn’t

[valphonse-elric]

Juniper R. Cadwallader

vox. portal creation

template by @braithwaites , lyrics from “blue ridge mountain” by hurray for the riff raff

[mollyrps]

silas rosales // adoptive muscle memory

“look what i can do.”

[bllyrvsso]

                                  𝙳 𝙰 𝙽 𝚃 𝙴   𝙱 𝙴 𝙲 𝙺 𝙴 𝚃 𝚃                                 empathic masochism

                            "𝚒𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚐𝚊𝚣𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚋𝚢𝚜𝚜,                               𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚋𝚢𝚜𝚜 𝚐𝚊𝚣𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚕𝚜𝚘 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞."

  stray  //  recently found  //  doesn’t really wanna be here  //  thinks he’s cursed and not gifted  //  learned pain is something you adjust to  //  doesn’t think he has anything in common with the others  //  possibly jon bernthal

[gardenvarietyheroics]

i already have like three characters planned and here i am debating a fourth and FIFTH, who am i

no4 is loosely inspired by raven from teen titans (more the cartoon than the og comics or the more recent show)

no5 would be a parallel to roy or riza from fma and i am... emotionally compromised just thinking about it...

EDIT: AND A SIXTH !! amy adams as face w some definite louise banks-inspired stuff going on because i’m self-indulgent as SHIT

[konrps]

𝚏𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚒𝚝, 𝚘𝚛 𝚊𝚌𝚌𝚎𝚙𝚝 𝚒𝚝. 𝚏𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝚒𝚝, 𝚘𝚛 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚕 𝚒𝚝.

FOR THE VILLAINS OF THEIR OWN STORY. 

[harlcysquinn]

CATRIONA NICOLE ADLER.

p h e r o m o n e m a n i p u l a t i o n

   i sold my soul to a three-piece

excelsior academy student // stray // mafia owned // former sex worker // lacks control but has a lot of untapped potential // the route of self-discovery // track marks // 50 shades of bruises // hazy memories // lipstick stains // the sensation of drowning without water // unwanted attraction // accidental inducement // the thin line between love and lies // smoke & mirrors // the feeling of being unclean

   and he told me i was holy

the addictive + the exdysiast + the fallen angel + the lost soul + the vixen

[sootspriting]

When there's nothing left to burn you have to set yourself on fire

                                 ( b u r n  t h e  w i t c h )

Ch: Greer Thomas / Student / Telepathic Illusions

[moonslaura]

putting feelers out for a life and death brigade inspired secret society with slight raven cycle vibes. a formal request will follow when i’m done finagling over names and slogans 👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀

club would be open to both graduate and undergraduate students, a preference towards legacies, those with a disinterest in The Rules, and a fondness for a little bit of chaos on a wednesday night. currently, i’m likely sticking my prickly son henri carrow (power tbd) as one of a triumvirate of lads clinging onto their glory years before they have to get serious and jobs or whatever. please feel free to ping me here if you want In or reach out on discord (sav#5929). 

[subjectzerorp]

POWERS MASTERLIST

On Subject Zero, we’ll be maintaining that every power is exclusive to one character. Therefore, reserving the power for your character is essential! But don’t worry– a lot of the powers we’ve listed below have overlap in terms of what they entail. We’re sure you’ll be able to find a fit for the budding character you have in mind. ( ◡‿◡ *)

PHYSICAL OR SENSORY POWERS

Regenerative Healing

Eidetic Muscle Memory

Power Reflection

Cloaking, Absolute Concealment, Invisibility, Camouflage, Detection Immunity, Social Cloaking

Amalgamation, Phase-Morphing, Intangibility

Wall Clinging

Invulnerability, Steel Skin, Diamond Skin

Immobility, Anchoring, Personal Gravity, Quantum Trapping, Inertia Manipulation

Flash Step

Stability Manipulation, Vibration Emission

Seismic Energy

Body Temperature Manipulation, Microwave Emission, Molecular Acceleration, Heat Transferral, Heat Vision

Poison Emission, Poison Secretion, Miasma, Acid Generation, Pain Inducement, Paralytic Powers

Deoxygenation, Smoke Breath

Pheromones, Emotional Manipulation, Persuasion, Social Magnetism

Sonic Scream, Canary Cry, Echolocation, Sound Manipulation, Siren Song

Self-Sustenance

Toxic Immunity

Thermal Inertia

Enhanced Dexterity, Awareness, Sight, Senses, Accuracy, Durability

Dimensional Vision, Aura Vision, Infrared Perception, Night Vision, Telescopic Vision, X-Ray Vision

Electronic Manipulation, Technokinesis

Life Force Absorption, Vitality Absorption

Shape-Shifting, Identity Cloning, Animal Shifting

Malleable Anatomy, Elasticity

Energy Negation

ELEMENTAL POWERS

Self Ignition, Fire Manipulation, Flame Breath, Incineration

Water Manipulation, Fog Generation, Water Breathing, Icy Breath, Icy Vision

Cold Manipulation, Ice Manipulation

Wind Breath, Air Manipulation

Plant Manipulation, Plant Growth, Natural Manipulation

Insect Manipulation, Fish Manipulation, Avian Manipulation

Weather Manipulation, Cloud Manipulation, Storm Manipulation

ESP AND MENTAL POWERS

Accelerated Probability, Future Vision, Event Prediction, Parallel Processing, Pattern Sensing

Intuitive Aptitude, Intuitive Intellect, Adaptive Learning

Omnilingualism, Lingual Intuition, Linguistic Assimilation

Chronoskimming

Telepathy, Pathfinding, Psychic Awareness

Telepathic Illusions

Eidetic Memory, Rapid Recollection, Photographic Deduction, Enhanced Reading

Adaptive Personality

Astral Projection, Mental Projection

Empathy

Spiritual Affinity

Psychometry, Precognition, Retrocognition, Clairvoyance

Numeromancy

Lie Detection

Hypnosis, Brainwashing, Mind Control, Memory Control, Mental Manipulation, Persuasion, Belief Inducement

Emotional Manipulation, Addictive Contentment, Emotional Augmentation, Emotion Removal, Fear Inducement

Possession, Psionic Possession

Psychic Construct

Dream Manipulation, Dream Walking, Nightmare Control, Sleep Control

Sedative

Paralysis

Mind Exchange

PHYSICS OR REALITY MANIPULATION

Animation

Disintegration

Melting

Dehydration

Petrification, Medusa

Deoxygenation

Healing

Force Fields

Activation/Deactivation

Access and Occlusion

Dimensional Storage, Spatial Manipulation, Dimensional Manipulation

Replication

Gravity Manipulation, Gravity Field Manipulation, Inertia Manipulation, Friction Manipulation, Density Manipulation, Mass Manipulation

Telekinesis

Light Manipulation, Color Manipulation

Darkness Manipulation, Shadow Bending

Inanimate Transmutation

Pressure Manipulation

Magnetism Manipulation

Probability Manipulation

Sound Manipulation

Illusion Manipulation, Holographic Projection

Pause Time, Temporal Looping, Temporal Rewind, Flash Forward

Spatial Manipulation

Age Manipulation

Reanimation

Summoning

TRANSPORTATION AND TRAVEL

Dimensional Folding

Lightning Teleportation, Circuitry Travel

Portal Creation, Rift Creation, Wormhole Creation

Super Speed

Teleportation

Levitation, Wings, Gliding

[candybarrel]

TAKE YOUR HEART / joon ever

[valphonse-elric]

blue ridge mountain: a playlist 

template/psd by @aqualvng

[cordyceps-brain]

colby masters // tired soul. guilty thoughts. shifting gaze. coffee stains. distant thunder. half truths. scattered and uncertain memories. comfort in the dark. shadows like bruises beneath sad eyes. voice hoarse with lack of use. worn library card tucked away in an empty wallet. screams dampened in a pillow. pulling away from a warm touch.