Stalag X: Genosha {sign-ups}

[RikiTikiTavi]

His heart pounded in his chest, beating faster by the second. His breath, rapid and rasping, hung in the cool morning air. His fingers clutched at every leaf they brushed away as he ran through the canopy of trees at top speed. Branches whipped past his face, scraping at his skin.
He had been running for almost an hour now. One heartwrenching, horrific......free hour. Free.....a word he had almost forgotten.
"This way," a voice boomed in the distance. "The hounds have his scent."
His body went still at the sound of the voice. His very blood seemed to turn to ice as the sound of that voice trembled through every muscle. For a moment it seemed he would meet his end on that very spot, frozen in place. He had some strength left in him, though.
His legs started pumping again and his pace quickened as much as it could. His sore and aching legs bore him through the jungle as quickly as they could. His breathing grew heavier with every step. Behind him he could hear a growing bustle of voices and the sniffing and barking of hounds. They were closing on him. He had to make it to civilization before they could find him though. He must. Someone had to get out. To let the world know what was happening here.
His thoughts grew crystal clear on this for one shining moment of purpose. In that moment he tasted his last breath of freedom. As he brushed aside one last branch and stepped into the light of a clearing all he managed to see was a brown blur.
Abruptly he was knocked backwards off his feet, landing half in and half out of the clearing. The branches were cleared from in front of his face only enough for him to see the barrel of a gun pointed at his face.
"Thought you could run out on my watch did ya? Fat chance mutie!" an ugly grim voice spat at him.
In a moment there was a click and then a loud ringing boom and then nothing. Silence.........blackness.

The island of Genosha has long been known as a tropical vacationer's paradise. Lush jungles, deep rivers, tall mountains, and beautiful beaches. It is a place that all but seems to run itself. New buildings are built with ease, power is always available and no one seems to have to work much at all for any of it.
Genosha is an island with a dark and secret legacy, though. Since the discovery of mutants, Genosha has become something long thought dead; a slave nation. Using a rare technology that allows them to negate any mutant ability they have turned the mutants of their island into a slave labor force. They are fashioned into thick collars too strong to be broken by human strength, Escape is all but impossible but for the few who manage it, they are hunted tirelessly till they are caught and executed. Not to mention that a prisoner is killed at random every three hours while any prisoner is unaccounted for.
This is the situation you find yourself in. Whether you were born into slavery as a mutant on Genosha, or you were a mutant tourist who took a wrong turn, or you were captured abroad by mutant hunters and sold to Genosha. You find yourself in a slave camp somewhere in the wilds of Genosha, a restraining collar around your neck preventing use of any of your powers (save when they allow their use to work), being worked to the bone so the people of Genosha can live in effortless bliss. This is your fate. What will you do with the cards you've been dealt?


Basically you are a mutant captured and serving as slave labor in Genosha. Work as a snitch to earn yourself favor with the guards, plan to escape, or just deal with the harsh reality you are presented. It's your choice.
Couple of quick ground rules. No existing characters allowed; original characters only. No uber powers allowed; thing more along the lines of enhanced instead of super when you think of your powers. No repeat powers; similar powers maybe with permission from me and the person who posted a similar power first.



Given name: name you were given at birth
Real name: the name that says who you really are
Age: duh
Gender:
Appearance:
Mutant ability: read the rules above first
History: brief history of your character and how they got here.
Other: seems to be mandatory for rpg sign-ups so here it is

PM me any questions you may have.

[Ultimate Charizard]

Sounds like fun, been thinking of an X-men/Marvel kinda thing for a while.

Given name: Gavin Wynder
Real name: Wraith
Age: 21
Gender: Male
Appearance: Tall, fairly athletic looking with brown hair and Blue eyes. Used to wear jeans and a black T-shirt but they are torn and tattered after living in the barracks of the slave yard.
Mutant ability: Can transform into a werecat creature like a large humanoid Panther. Strength and senses are increased but the main boost is his pure agility and reflexes.
History: Wasnt born into slavery but was captured at a young age on the island and kidnapped from his human parents. Doesnt know much of the outside life but did get to watch alot of tv thanks to a sympathetic guard when he was young. As such he quotes tv lines and makes things overdramatic for no apparent reason.
Other: MAULS OTHER

[Psychic_Suzanne]

Save me a spot (haven't got the time now).
And my power will be non-aging.

[Bulbasaur4]

^^ Sounds neat!


Given name: Karyia Aukio
Real Name: Wolf
Age: 19
Gender: Female
Appearance: She stands slightly tall, about 5'8 with a slender yet tough and solid build. Karyia has fierce frosty blue eyes which are slitted, like a wolf's. Her hair is long and silverish-black, or actually black but yet when sunlight reflects upon it, her hair glistens silver. Her complexion is tan, showing she comes from a place where everyone stays in the sun. Her tan however glistens slightly golden, not overly tan. She wears tight black shorts, which are ripped upon the lower parts of them, some times being a bit revealing upon her legs but she doesn't seem to notice anymore. Upon her upper half she wears a white shirt which clings to body slightly tight and is slightly see through because of the thing material and of being worn so much, but she wears a tattered black fitted bra underneath so it doesn't seem so bad. She has a charcoal-black tattoo upon her right upper bicept, which forms a ring which some what resembles barbed wire, except they are contorted to sort of look like wolven bodies. (strange... yes. ^^) In extremely small print below that, are the numbers "XI01"
Her abnormal attributes is that she has small, black wolven ears which protrude through her hair, along with her fierce wolven eyes.

Mutant ability: She's extremely aerobically fit, with extremely high endurance. Her main point however, is that she has extremely powerful legs and her bite is leathal. ^^ Her hearing is also her highest attribute of all her senses... but she can conjure some ice abilities as well, since he wolven traits come from the north. ^^
History: She was lucky... or perhaps she wasn't. She was born out of slavery, but was constantly hunted since she was young. Because of her powerful endurance she managed to illude them while she was young. However, she often had close calls and had to fight the hunters who tried to capture her. She's killed several... in the area she was born and lived in (far away from Genosha) However, finally she's been captured, but she was so fierce and virtually uncapable of being trained into an obedient slave, they lost hope in her. However... Genosha took word of this, and paid a handsome fee for her. So she has just recently been shipped to Genosha... but even for the power they have, she's quite fierce and disobedient in their eyes. Many of the other 'mutants' who are slaves gaze at her in fear or disgust... treating her almost like a real animal. However... she's quiet smart and extremely witty if anyone gets or tries to know her...
Other: SHe's hard to get to know, and acts tough at first... but eventually if some one gives her time she'll come around. ^^ Likes to bite a lot...

[Craig]

Given name:Craig Symonds
Real name: Ankh
Age: 19
Gender: Male
Appearance: always wears black. Typically a long-sleeved shirt and jeans. Is 6'1 and a light build, has scruffy slightly shaggy black hair. Wears a pendant of an Ankh around his neck.
Mutant Ability: He can create wood from any part of his body, but easiest from his hands. Much like Iceman he has great control over the shape of the wood.; typically taking the form of thick vine like branches. In times of great need (or insanity) his entire body will erupt with thousands of branches, sometimes wrapping around him causing him to look like an "Ent" from the lord of the rings (Although this will probably happen like once.. cause he can't control his "making himself an ent" form 8) )
History: Discovered his mutant power at the age of 11 when he was pretending to be Tarzan, he told his parents right away, but only them. He was forced by his parents to never reveal who he was, in high school he had his friends and revealed his power, word spread. Soon everyone was asking him in classes "Are you a mutant?" or "What is your power?!" He tried to ignore it, but was forced to switch schools in his senior year. His parents decided to take him on a vacation after graduating high school, and well.. he was captured.
Other: n/a

[EVme15]

Given name: Kayla Rehmia
Real name: Thunder
Age: 20
Gender: Female
Appearance: She's about 5'5 tall, with a very thin build. Her hair is a soft amber color, braided down to her waist and usually only a little messy. She has soft features that would have made her very beautiful, if life hadn't thrown slavery at her. Everything about her is graceful- the way she talks, walks around, even holds her head up high regardless of what Genosha has done. Her dark-blue t-shirt and blue jeans have been kept somewhat neat over the years, but haven't completely escaped the reality of her harsh life. Everything about her seems completely normal, a little tattered here or there albeit, except for one feature. Her eyes are a shocking bright yellow color, a reminder that beneath eveything she is still not one to tolerate everything that she has been forced through.
Mutant ability: She can create and manipulate lighting (and electricity)
History: She was born on Genosha, and has lived there her entire life. She discovered her mutant powers at a surprisingly young age, which is partially why she isn't as "broken-in" as most of the other life-longs appear to be. She gets along remarkable well with some of the staff, but everyone is still completely wary that she's a mutant.
Other: She's very sympathetic to humans and mutants alike, which earns her fast enemies with both sides. However, her smypathies don't affect her veiws that what is going on in Genosha is wrong.

[RikiTikiTavi]

Given name: Kobold (his first name is long forgotten)
Real name: Monster
Age: 37
Gender: male
Appearance: 6'5", long tattered black hair with a few streaks of grey, worn and chiseled and rugged looking face, tight athletic body sculpted from decades of back breaking labor. Wears a white tank top filled with scratches and stains from years of use and a black pair of prisoners pants with a prisoners jacket tied around his waste, his body is littered with scars of all sorts.
Mutant ability: 1.5 times faster than an average man and his hands can melt nearly anything they touch
History: One of the few mutants in the slave camp that was born into slavery as his mother was a mutant and captured while he was still in the womb. He grew up in the slave camp he is still in now. When he was a teen he was extremely rebellious and made numerous attempts at escape. He nearly succeeded several times. It is because of his attempts at escape that the current policies came into effect. The last time he escaped the camp, when he was 19, he was savagely beaten and to dissuade him from escaping again three other prisoners were executed in front of him. From then on the slavers started enforcing execution for escape attempts. He also contributed to another popular policy of the slavers; Mutant fight night in the camp. During a work detail one of the newer prisoners picked a fight with him to establish dominance and they fought rather brutally to the death. The guards, amused by the scene, decided to hold a fight night once a week between the more aggressive prisoners for entertainment. Aside from supervised work details it is the only time the restraining collars come off. Mostly he keeps to himself nowadays. His past is well known to anyone who'd been around the camp for awhile. He is one of the more influencial prisoners now and most are smart enough not to cross him. Despite his hatred for the guards he does carry some favor with them now for the fights he participates in every week so he is among the best connected prisoners in the camp. He doesn't take well to others.
Other: He is a natural born fighter.

[Bamm]

Well, I'll try...


Given Name: Noriso Gakome
-Real Name: Screen(Don't know if this is original or not. Not an X-men fan.)Also, Young'n. ^_^
-Age: 16
-Gender: M
-Appearance: Is about 5'9", also has brown, sunken, and tired eyes. He has short, dirty black hair. He always wears his khaki shorts that were once his father's and a worn white shirt. He has few muscles for him to work. He has(of course) a restraining collar around his neck. (I'm not a descriptive type person)
Mutant Ability: Can create any type of illusion. Can also SEE through any illusion.
-History: Doesn't remember much. Was another that was born into slavery. His parents are gone and no one thinks he's worth anything. He's always had to do things himself without any help, but has a strong respect for his elders. He is also a strong competitor in the Fight Night Brawls.
-Other: "I'm strong like a bull, baby!"---Parrot from Scary Movie 2

[RikiTikiTavi]

Bamm: just one thing......all the mutants are wearing restraining collars that prevent them from using any of their mutant abilities. The collars only come off for work details and fight night and then really only for mutants whose powers would help the work along or make for an interesting fight. Make that little adjustment to your signup and you're in.


Just a couple more sign-ups and I'll get this puppy rolling. Bring your friends everyone.

[Green Lanturn]

ok..

Given Name:Tank Akimoni

Real Name: Panzer

Age:33

Gender:M

Appearance:Hes 6 foot tall. He has black buzz cut hair(often revealing the scars on his head) and a goatee(which he trims whenever he gets the chance which is rarely. His face is a little tired from all the work. He wears a prisoners jacket to which he rippid off the sleeves, and that has several rips in it too. Under that is just a regular sleeveless t-shirt. He has regular tattered black prisoner pants, faded over the long year. His once bright blue eyes are now a dull blue. He also wears some gloves,without the finger parts, and they too are withering over the years. His shoes are worn and faded. He has a tatoo on his arm of a tank(hence name,mutant name, and ability). His body is a large masculine build that has grown a little chubby around the gut section, though his arms retain their masculinity.
Mutant Ability:To make anything explosive on contact(think Gambit from X-men evolution).

History:He learned to control his powers young, unfortunately. He blew up a soda can in his hands, much to the dismay of his parents. When he was 6, he was awaekened suddenly and when he realized, there were chaines on his arms and a collar on his neck. He was brought to a camp and has worked there ever since that day. He has attempted several times to escape and has received severe punishments, which account for the multiple scars on his body and head. He has seen several executions and has delayed any escape attempts since then. He has participated in several fights, but does not fight regularly for the damage he can cause with his power, not to mention the mess. The guards fear him nowadays, so hes mainly put on lots of work detail.

Other:His natural fighting ability makes him a prone topic among the guards, but nowadays they refuse to let him fight. He now tries to use his working and behavior to persuade the guards his way.

~Tank

[crimson_flygon]

Given name: Naomi Siphon
Real name: Marionette
Age: 15 (if that isn't to young, please say it's okay! ^^)
Gender: female
Apearance: She is short for her age, around 4'8 and is very skinny and frail looking which often makes people underestimate her strength. She has vibrant golden eyes. Her hair is the color of sand, and is short and hastily cut in differant lengths. The longest parts go a little past her ears and the shortest are only inches from her head, making her hair stick out in differant places. Her skin is fairly pale despite all the time she spends in the sun. She wears a baggy faded red sphagetti strap shirt that is tied tight in place by straps in the back, keeping the top slightly lower than her shoulders and the bottom above her belly button. It is so worn and faded that it doesn't even look red any more, but white with random patches of various shades of worn pink. Her pants are light brown, and are tightly tied by a strap similar to the ones on her shirt but in the front. They are very loose like her shirt, and she usually wears them with the legs tied at her knees, but changes the lentghs if she needs to.
Mutant ability: She can generate a "force feild" like wall around herself and things near her. It is nearly transperante but it seems to have a pink glass like tint to it. She can hold it for some time, but it is harder to maintain if it sustains damage from attacks. She can also create it in the form of a 'disc' or boomerang-like shape and throw it at things. She can also astro project herself (leave her body as a "spirit") and travel across the astro plain (which allows her to move very far in less time) and enter the dreams of people who are asleep. Of course the drawback to this is that she is not able to talk to people in any way (unless in their dreams) and she can not touch or move things. (but she can go through walls ect.) and her body remains completley unprotected while she does this.
History: She was born into slavery and has been in it since. She had to begin working as a slave at the age of 5, doing more menial jobs but under very strict rule. Alot of the other slaves pick on her because of her age and size. She looks up to some of the other slaves and they are legendary in her eyes. She trys to be optimistic to keep from the hard fact that she is a slave, her over optimism can sometimes be annoying but it always gives her hope. She doesn't even know that there is a world where there is no slavery because that is all she knows, slavery and cruelty. But her fiery spirit and will to never give up keeps her going.
Other: n/a