*cracks knuckles* OUCH! Let's get this going.

Animalia: The Mutation

In the near future on Earth, a sudden breakthrough shatters scientists beliefs on D.N.A. Suppressed for years it seems somehow it finally leaked out, a government scientist named Professor Neco has been creating experimental animal-human hybrids. Fearing widespread panic the government officials seek out their only way to stop the spread of the news. Numerous big names in science are silenced by bribes or by more "harsh" methods for those that refuse such material goods. Merely by quick thinking the country avoids another disaster. Behind closed doors the unshaken Professor Neco continues his research. Despite what was originally thought by the silenced scientists, the Professor had still not "perfected" the methods of creating these hybrids. The organisms created that were still in the stage of being an embryo were unstable enough to grow. Desperate for a super-human army, Neco flees the country taking his technology with him and begins his research anew with some test subjects. He takes things to a new level when he abducts youthful people from around the globe to be experimental hybrids. Being one of these teens you are kidnapped under mysterious circumstances and placed into a deep sleep by powerful tranquilizer. Awaking you find yourself hopelessly stuck in a large glass tube, vile orange liquid coursing through it and breathing and other monitoring tubes over your body. As if this wasn't bad enough you soon discover your newly gained animal features and go into a state of shock, wide-eyed with horror. Only after you calm yourself down enough to you realize that others are also in the same state. You seem to all now have the same thing on the mind, Escape!

As far as hybrids go you can basically be any animal out there. Combinations of two animals are fine. Being a hybrid your body has been strengthed enough to more easily withstand explosions, bullets and can easily thwart technology with your new abilities. Abilities from animals can range from Enhanced Vision to Spitting Venom; most abilities will be approved unless I find them overly "powerful" or unfitting. I do not want to see anything fantasy-like! Only real animals please. If you feel the need go look in an encyclopedia, as I'm sure reading would do many of us some good (me included!) I also do not want any people older than say 25 as it would make them unfit for metamorphosis into hybrids. If you have any other questions and are sure I have not mentioned it in this sign-up anywhere or something about something that exist already feel free to pm me. Now let's get to the actual sign-up already! EDIT: Dinosaur and other extinct animal D.N.A. is fine. In dinosaurs case please do not make it so they change your character to an uber-powerful hybrid. In both dinosaurs and extinct animals cases if it is not something widely known then please give us some history on the creature.

Name: (Self-Explanatory)
Gender: (Self-Explanatory)
Age: (13-27)
Animal/s: (The animals who's D.N.A. was combined with your own. Be specific on the species ex. TIMBER WOLF not Wolf)
Appearance Before Mutation: (Self-Explanatory)
Appearance After Mutation: Don't make it immensely the same as the former, not all features are hide-able, but many things are such as retractable claws.
Personality: (Self-Explanatory)
Personality After Mutation: (Optional)
Abilities: (These are by no means unrealistic abilities, elements, magic, etc. But only those of the animal/s which you received D.N.A. ex. heightened senses, venom, underwater breathing, etc.)
History: (Not Optional)
Relationships: (Not necessary to have any at the start.)
Other: [Insert Mindless Other Killing Here] (Or if you pity other, than maybe you can give us some interesting facts about your character!)

Please take the time to create a decent sign-up. Reserves are fine but not necessary, as spots are to an extent unlimited. Now for my sign-up.

Name: Velox Phasma (Goes By Spectre)
Gender: Male
Age: 17
Animals: Arctic Fox and Lion Fish
Appearance Before Mutation: Somewhere around 6'2, so a tad tall, and very slim. Despite his slim appearance he has built a lot of lean muscle past those scrawny legs and arms. His eyes are an piercing hazel color, with mysteriously clouded whites, though he has no eye problems whatsoever. His hair is cut short, with his bangs somewhat diagonally and haphazardly cut, so that the right side of his head has significantly longer bangs than the left. The color of his hair is blonde, and light enough to the point that it seems more white than blonde. His skin is paler than most others he has met, despite the fact that he doesn't usually keep cooped up around the house. It also has a slight, hardly noticeable, gray tint. Very clean face, no face problems of any sort, and it shines quite clearly when exposed to light. He has a singular tattoo on his right arm that depicts a deep blue ghost of sorts, and under it reads "Spectre" in shiny silver color. Velox typically wears black jeans, a plain dark gray t-shirt, and clean white tennis shoes, or when he can black strap sandals.

Appearance After Mutation: Hair has changed to completely white. Has gills on his right and left upper arms now. Also has retractable, or at least ones able to lay flat to make them look inconspicuous, spines on the top of his hands and under each of his finger. The spines under his fingers are to the approximate size of the fingers they are under and are black, with narrow fiery red stripes. The spines that rest upon the top of his hand are white, with thicker deep blue stripes, and randomly sized. His teeth have been slightly enlargened and made to be more pointed and sharp, and his canines lengthed. Has a large bushy tail that is can only fit inside the back of his shirt or otherwise is completely noticeable with its white color. Has new fox ears now that are the same white pure and dirtless white as his new hair, which makes it easy for him to tuck them under his hair where they are virtually unnoticeable besides the small lump in his hair it creates. Has retractable claws on his feet and the bottoms of his feet are covered with black pads. Also has claws on his hands, but is quite inefficient at using them.

Personality: Calm and reserved at most times, being the person that keeps himself to himself. Has a hard time starting new relationships or forgetting faulty ones. Dwells on past mistakes a little too much and tends to slightly live in the past. He is not the person that can easily hold a conversation, so he keeps silent. Though he isn't a great speaker he can be reliable once in a while for a little bit of good advice, and is quite keen on listening to other people's problems. You seem to always feel like you can tell him anything and he will listen no questions asked, to anything and everything you have to say. Also tends to be a little bit on the serious side though he has a hidden sense of humor that may manifest at just the right (or extremely wrong) moments.

Abilities: His speed that was already significantly faster than most has been increased even more by the fox and he oftentimes runs on all fours now, and also his senses heightened to an extremely large extent. He easily adapts to his environment, though he feels particularly at home in cold areas. Now can easily blend into any environment, not be camouflaged, but rather act as if he had always been there. Despite his telltale white hair and tail he is quite stealthy and can easily use this to his advantage. Due to his gills he can stay underwater for as long as he wants without coming up for air. The spikes on his hands contain a nasty sort of venom that first renders the victim unconscious before slowly corrupting the blood and removing the oxygen. In other words the pain causes long painful death, where the patient usually become conscious again before it?s over. The spines are detachable, and can be launced over medium distance, and grow back quite easily.

History: He was born to a middle-class family in the small rural town of Impleo, Wisconsin. The life there was uneventful and little happened to him at all until the age eleven. At this time, his parents divorced and he moved from Wisconsin to Florida to live with his mom. Velox's stubborn father stayed in Impleo, and Velox has had little connection with him from that point. He graduated two years early from high school, being quite a prodigal student, and moved back to Impleo to spend time with his father and also to get some downtime, and money, before college.

Relationships: Being an only child he mainly only has his mother and father. Because of his genius he never really fit in with his peers that were years older than him in high school, so he really doesn't have any, or many, friends.
Other: (Impales other with spikes and watches it slowly die from venom) Has a tendency to scare people out of there wits (or try) for no apparent reason, but the fact that he enjoys it.

and for #2

Name: Aetas Vicissitudo
Gender: Male
Age: 17
Animals: Marten and Bat
Appearance Before Mutation: Somewhere around 6'4, quite tall, and slim but not ridiculously. His eyes are an piercing deep brown color, and he tends to stare which unnerves people as they feel he is staring into their very souls. His hair is cut short haphazardly, and is chestnut brown in color, and tends to stick outward and then curve inward near the bottom portion. His skin is slightly tanned and definitely not pale. Very clean face, no face problems of any sort. Aetas typically wears simply dark navy jeans, a plain brownish t-shirt, and mudded black tennis shoes. He also has a mysterious, though powerless, amulet around his neck. It is on a silver chain and has a diamond-shaped clear crystal, that has a black orb in its center.

Appearance After Mutation: Small Marten ears have appeared that are a chestnut brown, the same color as the fur that fully covers his arms, chest and back. Wearing no shirt is now commonplace. A bushy tail sprouts from his backside, that is the same chestnut brown, bushy and long, and black-tipped. His bat wings sprout from his sides and are slightly darker than his fur. He can fold them quite effectively, but the are conspicuous under a t-shirt or thin sweater. His nose is black tipped and somewhat more round than before. Has retractable claws on his feet and the bottoms of his feet are covered with black pads. Also has claws on his hands, and is quite efficient with them. He has slimmed down drastically, and looks past malnourished, though his ribs don't show and he is nowhere near being fragile.

Personality: Definite Pessimist. Takes the worst parts of everything and announces them to the world. Besides this he is dangerously shy, and can't stand long next to a person without getting the urge to back away. He has never been known to stand up for himself in anyway and takes all his punishments. He generally doesn't release any of his emotions.

Personality After Mutation: Complete turnaround. Has lost all but the slightest hint of shyness, and has a renewed confidence in himself. Easily expresses his thoughts and emotions, and no longer views things pessimistically. Is utterly happy in his mutation.

Abilities: His agility is increased to almost the point that he is just a blur, he can outrun almost anything, modern vehicle or not, and if he really gets going to the same thing while flying; he can only fly clumsily at first. He is extremely efficient at using the claws on his hands and feet, and also his long sharp teeth. Can almost cause a hurricane of slashes against the enemy though it usually takes only one swift strike. Stealthy when need-be, it also helps that he can crawl into amazingly small spaces, and climb most things with proper footholds. Has increased hearing and smell but not too a very large extent. He favors smell specifically. He can swim quite well though he must come up for air, and also is great at climbing trees. He seems to just run right up them. At certain times he may run on all fours, and is usually faster in doing this. Has fair night vision, and echolocation from his batty side.

History: The circumstances of his birth he never disclosed to anyone, and rather wants to keep it that way. He lives in an Orphanage in New York. The keepers of this Orphanage were quite nice people, and his childhood was quite peaceful. He actually was one of the worst orphans, with his pessimism. When he was taken into the orphanage at six, he was mysteriously requested to never be offered for adoption.

Relationships: None at this time, though he likes the orphanage's caretakers to the extent that they could be his mother or father.
Other: [Brutally slashes other to shreds with a hurricane of blows.] Has a talent to easily divulge others' thoughts just by looking into their eyes.