Heroes (No Longer Accepting Applicants)

[Jake the Sage]

[align=center] You are, or are becoming, a member of a group named "Heroes". While you are with them you are sent on missions to save people, stop villains, and any other good deed that needs a super hero touch.

But things are changing quickly from the run-of-the-mill bank robber! An evil presense is emerging and it will challenge everyone to show what it means to be a real hero.[/align]

 

Application (Please PM to me!)

Character Name:

Creator: Your Username

Age:

Gender:

[spoiler=Subtype:]

Armored Hero: A gadgeteer whose powers are derived from a suit of powered armor.

Blaster: A hero whose main power is a distance attack, usually an "energy blast".

Tank: A character with a superhuman degree of strength and endurance and usually an oversized muscular body.

Elementalist: A hero who controls some natural element or part of the natural world.

Gadgeteer: A hero who invents special equipment that often imitates superpowers.

Healer: A hero who is able to quickly recover from serious injury. Mage: A hero who is trained in the use of magic.

Marksman: A hero who uses projectile weapons, typically guns, bows and arrows or throwing blades.

Martial Artist: A hero whose physical abilities are mostly human rather than superhuman but whose hand-to-hand combat skills are phenomenal. Some of these characters are actually superhuman, while others are human beings who are extremely skilled and athletic.

Mecha: A hero who controls a giant robot.

Mentalist: A hero who possesses psionic abilities, such as telekinesis, telepathy and extra-sensory perception.

Possessed: A hero who harbors an entity inside of him/herself.

Shapeshifter: A hero who can manipulate his/her own body to suit his/her needs, such as stretching, or disguise . Other such shapeshifters can transform into animals, or inorganic materials .

Size changer: A hero who can alter his/her size .

Slasher: A hero whose main power is some form of hand-to-hand cutting weapon—either devices such as knives/swords or natural, such as claws.

Speedster: A hero possessing superhuman speed and reflexes.

Mastermind/Super Genius: A hero possessing superhuman intelligence or intellect.

 

 

• You can have at most 3 Subtypes
  

[spoiler=Super Powers:]

Energy Sourcing

Ability to draw power from large or small but abundant sources of energy, such as turning kinetic energy into physical blasts or converting solar energy into other forms; sometimes based on proximity to source, sometimes stored for future use.

Chi

Many characters in martial arts superhuman capabilities by learning to harness chi or some form of life energy. This type of method generally provides extraordinary strength, speed, durability and reflexes. Also often used for superhuman awareness, energy blasts, elemental powers and sometimes invulnerability.

Magical Powers

Ability to use magical forces to varying degrees; often used to simulate other powers, such as mind control and elemental attacks.

Technopathy

Technopathy is the ability to manipulate technology. Manifested as a special form of electrical/telekinetic manipulation, a special form of "morphing" which allows physical interaction with machines, or even a special form of ESP that allows for mental interface with computer data.

Telekinesis

Telekinesis is the ability to manipulate and control objects with the mind, often in ways not visible to the naked eye.

Power Mimicry

This is the ability to copy another's powers or skills.

Power Sensing

This is the ability to sense or recognize superhuman powers.

Accelerated Healing

Ability to heal rapidly from any injury; the rate of recovery varies from character to character

Acid Generation

Ability to generate acid; can be manifested through touch or as a spray.

Animal Mimicry

This is the ability to take on the abilities of certain animals.

Body Part Substitution

This is the unnatural ability to replace one's limbs or other body parts with those of another.

Bone Manipulation

This is the ability to manipulate the bones in one's own body. This includes, but is not limited to, the generation of new bone mass, projecting bones out from the skin or rearranging one's own bones.

Duplication

This is the, now common, ability to create physical duplicates of oneself.

Temporal Duplication

This is the rare ability to bring past and future versions of oneself back to the present.

Echolocation

Ability to determine location of items in the environment by use of reflected sound waves, whether generated by the character or ambient sound; also known as sonar or radar sense.

Invisibility

Invisibility is the common ability to render the user unseen to the naked eye.

Kinetic Absorption

This is an ability that allows the person to absorb forms of kinetic energy into oneself and convert it into physical strength.

Matter Ingestion

This is a nasty ability to consume any sort of matter without any ill effects on the user.

Merge

Merge is an unusual ability to temporarily merge two beings into a single being, which results in a completely new and stronger being.

Pheromone Manipulation

This is an ability to generate and control pheromones which may have various effects.

Poison Generation

An ability to assault others with one or more varieties of toxins, with widely disparate effects.

Prehensile/Animated Hair

The ability to animate and lengthen one's hair.

Self-Detonation/Explosion

Ability to explode one's body mass and reform.

Sonic Scream

Ability to generate vocal sounds of a higher amplitude than a normal human.

Superhuman Breath

Ability to inhale/exhale with superhumanly powerful lungs. This can range from exhaling on par with a giant fan's wind current to inhalation on par with the power of a gravitational vortex.

Superhuman Durability

Ability to have a higher resistance to one or more forms of damage before being injured.

Superhuman Reflexes

Ability to react faster than a normal human.

Superhuman Senses

Ability to see, smell, taste, feel and/or hear more than a normal human.

Superhuman Strength

Ability to have a level of physical strength much higher than that possible by any human.

Superhuman Vision

Ability to see better than normally possible.

Night Vision

Ability to see clearly in darkness.

X-Ray Vision

Ability to see through solid matter.

Telescopic/Microscopic Vision

Ability to magnify vision to various levels.

Wall Crawling

Ability to crawl on vertical and horizontal surfaces.

Water Breathing

Ability to respirate through water in lieu of a gaseous medium. Not to be confused with an ability to go without breathing or to be able to breathe an alternate air supply.

Innate Capability

Ability to naturally have skills and/or knowledge typically earned through learning.

Ecological Empathy

The ability to sense the overall well-being and conditions of one's immediate environment and natural setting stemming from a psychic sensitivity to nature.

Superhuman Intelligence

Ability to have intelligence far above that of a genius level.

Superhuman Tracking

Ability to track an individual or object through supernatural means; sometimes referred to as "pathfinding."

ESP

The abilities of extra-sensory perception (ESP) and communication.

Astral Projection

Ability to separate and control one's astral body.

Cross-Dimensional Awareness

Ability to detect actions and events in other dimensions. This is occasionally used in comics as an awareness of the fourth wall between the characters and the artist or audience.

Empathy

Ability to read or sense the emotions and/or control the emotions or feelings of others.

Mediumship

Ability to see and communicate with the dead (i.e., ghosts).

Precognition

Ability to perceive the future. It may be expressed in vague dreams while asleep, other times it can be clear and can occur at will. It may also be used as a form of "danger sense" to show the user that they are being threatened and from what direction it is coming from.

Psychometry

Ability to relate details about the past or future condition of an object or location, usually by being in close contact with it.

Telepathy

Ability to read the thoughts of, or to mentally communicate with others.

Psionic Blast

Ability to overload another's mind causing pain, memory loss, lack of consciousness, vegetative state or death after having created a psionic link into that individual's mind.

Psychic Weapons

Ability to create a weapon of psychic energy that can harm mentally and not physically.

Darkness/Shadow Manipulation

Ability to create or manipulate darkness, often by mentally accessing a dimension of dark energy and manipulating it.

Density Control

Ability to increase or decrease the natural density of an object and/or one's self.

Elemental Transmutation

The ability to alter chemical elements, changing them from one substance to another by rearranging the atomic structure. May be limited to self-transmutation.

Gravity Manipulation

Ability to manipulate or generate gravitons, or other types of gravitational interactions.

Intangibility/Phasing

Ability to phase through solid matter without harm.

Light Manipulation

Ability to control, generate or absorb light particles.

Magnetism Manipulation

Ability to control and/or generate magnetic fields.

Mass Manipulation

Ability to increase or decrease mass in an object.

Radiation Manipulation

Ability to generate, manipulate or have immunity to toxic radiation.

Sound Manipulation

Ability to manipulate sound.

Classical Elements

Ability to control or manipulate the elements.

Air/Wind Manipulation

Ability to control, generate, or absorb air or wind.

Cold/Ice Manipulation

Ability to reduce the kinetic energy of atoms and thus reduce temperature, can be used to control, generate, or absorb ice.

Earth Manipulation

Ability to control earth; sand, stone, rock, lava, dirt, or other minerals.

Plant Manipulation

Ability to control, manipulate or animate all forms of plant life.

Electric Manipulation

Ability to control, generate or absorb electric fields.

Fire/Heat Manipulation

Ability to control the kinetic energy of atoms to generate, control or absorb fire.

Water/Moisture Manipulation

Ability to control, generate or absorb water.

Weather Manipulation

Ability to control or mentally affect the weather. This includes the ability to generate various natural phenomena (rain, tornadoes, lightning, ocean currents, etc.) or control the intensity of the weather.

Energy Manipulation

These powers deal with energy generation, conversion and manipulation. In addition to generic energy, versions of these powers exist that deal with such things as light, sound, electricity, and nuclear energy.

Concussion Beams

Ability to generate or transform various forms of energy into a "solid" or concussive beam of energy.

Energy Blasts

Ability to expel various forms of energy from the body.

Energy Constructs

Ability to create complex shapes (such as giant boxing gloves or cages) or even functional machinery (such as fire extinguishers or laser rifles) out of solid energy.

Energy Conversion

Ability to absorb one form of energy and convert it into another form of energy.

Force Field Generation

Ability to project powerful fields of manipulated energy.

Electrical Transportation

Ability to travel through electrical conduits (such as power lines, or telephone lines). Can enter through devices such as televisions, electrical poles or computers.

Summoning

Ability to summon objects for assistance.

Superhuman Speed

Ability to move at speeds much faster than a normal human.

Teleportation

Ability to move from one place to another without occupying the space in between.

Flight

Ability to lift off the ground, to ride air currents or to fly self-propelled through the air.

Illusion

Ability to alter or deceive the perceptions of another. Can be sensory, a light or sound-based effect, or an alteration of mental perceptions.

Shapeshifting

Ability to change appearance or body structure.

Types of shapeshifting include:

•Animal Morphing: Ability to take on animal forms. May be able to take on the abilities of the altered form.

•Elasticity: Ability to stretch, deform, expand or contract one's body into any form they can imagine.

•Inorganic: Ability to transform completely into an inorganic substance while retaining organic properties.

•Liquification: Ability to turn partially or completely into a liquid.

•Size Shifting: Ability to increase or decrease one's size.

•Sublimation: Ability to transform into a gaseous, mist, or fog-like form.

•Transformation: Ability to transform into substance touched.

[spoiler=Super Powers That are [u]NOT[/u] allowed (So don't even ask!)]

• Power Bestowal
  
• Power Negation
  
• Biological Manipulation
  
• Full Invulnerability
  
• Kinetic Absorption
  
• Matter Ingestion
  
• Reactive Adaptation/Evolution
  
• Astral Trapping
  
• Memory Manipulation
  
• Mind Control
  
• Molecular Manipulation
  
• Possession
  
• Animation
  
• Probability Manipulation
  
• Omnipresence
  
• Omni-Linguism
  
• Omniscience
  
• Time Manipulation
  
• Time Travel
  
• Reactive Adaptation/Evolution
  
• Memory Manipulation
  
• Resurrection
  
• Reality Warping
  
• Immortality!!!
  

 

[spoiler=Powers that are "[u]limited[/u]"]

• Energy Sourcing (nothing more than a small star)
  
• Magical Powers
  
• Telekinesis (max lift-truck/parts of bridges)
  
• Accelerated Healing (max injury-cut to the bone)
  
• Duplication (max dup-20)
  
• Superhuman Intelligence
  
• Precognition (max foresight-two days)
  
• Telepathy
  
• Temporal Duplication
  
• Gravity Manipulation
  
• Intangibility/Phasing
  
• Force Field Generation (max limit-5 force fields at full power)
  
• Dimensional Transportation
  
• Summoning (max summon-15 weak/10 medium/5 large/1 as strong as you)
  
• Superhuman Speed (max speed-no faster than light)
  
• Teleportation
  
• Illusion (max time-3 minutes)
  
• Shapeshifting
  

 

Attacks:

Bio: NO LESS THAN 4 SENTANCES!

Fighting Style: How he/she/it fights someone

 

Rules:

• Absolutely NO GODMODING! (I shouldn't even have to put this)
  
• Keep everything at most PG-13
  
• When you post, make sure it is NOT random
  
• Must post often (at least 2 days/times a week)
  

[Aashar]

Name:Aashar Akram

Age:17

Gender:Male

Subtype:

Super Powers:Can Control time, and apper any weapon in his hand.

Attacks:Guns of Fury, Swords of death, Guns of a dragon, and Sword of a Dragon.

Bio:Was a Paki born in the mean streets in new york a cool guy but something happened in his past.

Fighting Style:Twe Kon Doe.

[Silent Detective]

Name: Cali Rossion

Age:16

Gender: Female

Subtype: ( whats that)

Super Power: Can bend anything

Attacks: Metal bend Earth Rock Water Whip Earth Wall Air Slash alot of others

Bio: A Strong Female girl. She has black long hair but keeps it in a pony tail.

Fighting Style: Don't Care

[Jake the Sage]

OK. I was a little too vague when I first posted. let me clear everything up.

 

Here is a better explination of what this RPG is all about. You are the newest member of the "Heroes"; a group of super powered people trying to help out humanity as best as possible. You will be fighting super villains, anti-heroes (super heroes willing to kill, etc.), natural disasters, and the common crook(s).

 

Better idea of what I need . . .

Name: the name of your character (duh). this can include a last name, but it's not required.

 

Age: how old your character is (again . . . duh). Generally I would prefer if the characters where between 15-35.

 

Subtype:

Armored Hero: A gadgeteer whose powers are derived from a suit of powered armor.

Blaster: A hero whose main power is a distance attack, usually an "energy blast".

Brick/Tank: A character with a superhuman degree of strength and endurance and usually an oversized, muscular body

Elementalist: A hero who controls some natural element or part of the natural world.

Gadgeteer: A hero who invents special equipment that often imitates superpowers.

Healers: A hero who is able to quickly recover from serious injury.

Mage: A hero who is trained in the use of magic.

Marksman: A hero who uses projectile weapons, typically guns, bows and arrows or throwing blades.

Martial Artist: A hero whose physical abilities are mostly human rather than superhuman but whose hand-to-hand combat skills are phenomenal. Some of these characters are actually superhuman, while others are human beings who are extremely skilled and athletic.

Mecha/Robot Pilot: A hero who controls a giant robot, a subtype common in Japanese superhero and science fiction media.

Mentalist: A hero who possesses psionic abilities, such as telekinesis, telepathy and extra-sensory perception.

Possessed: A hero that harbors an entity inside of him/herself.

Shapeshifter: A hero who can manipulate his/her own body to suit his/her needs, such as stretching, or disguise. Other such shapeshifters can transform into animals as a means of combat.

Size changer: A shapeshifter who can alter his/her size.

Slasher: A hero whose main power is some form of hand-to-hand cutting weapon, such as knives or swords, or natural such as claws.

Speedster: A hero possessing superhuman speed and reflexes.

 

Super Powers: you can have at least four super powers (for a list of the super powers follow this thread http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_comic_book_superpowers).

 

Attacks: Basically how you attack (like the Kamehameha)

 

Bio: A short history on your character

 

Fighting Style: How does he/she fight in a battle?

 

NEW! Weakness: what your character is vulnerable to and such. (I promise not to take advantage of this knowledge)

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Name:Aashar Akram

Age:17

Gender:Male

Subtype:

Super Powers:Can Control time' date=' and apper any weapon in his hand.

Attacks:Guns of Fury, Swords of death, Guns of a dragon, and Sword of a Dragon.

Bio:Was a Paki born in the mean streets in new york a cool guy but something happened in his past.

Fighting Style:Twe Kon Doe.

[/quote']

 

Ok. I gave you a list of subtypes so please fill that in. also fill in the new weakness. I generally don't think I'd allow someone to use something as powerful as time control, but if you could make it stoppable then I might let you keep it. Try and dwindle down the types of weapons you can make to one catagory, like any gun or sword.

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Name: Cali Rossion

Age:16

Gender: Female

Subtype: ( whats that)

Super Power: Can bend anything

Attacks: Metal bend Earth Rock Water Whip Earth Wall Air Slash alot of others

Bio: A Strong Female girl. She has black long hair but keeps it in a pony tail.

Fighting Style: Don't Care

 

So far I like the character (^_^). Could you give a little more on the bio? Also try to redo the fighting style and give me a weakness.

[Silent Detective]

to add to mine cali's

weakness is can lighting bolt thingy

 

and power

air wind maunpution or whatever it is

by the way the all have the ending whatever it is

cold and ice

Earth

water and moisture

and

subtype

elementalist

[Christian-Exodia]

Name:Cody Renaldi

Age:15

Gender:Male

Subtype:Speedster

Super power:If he has 7 chaos emeralds,He turns into super Cody

Attacks:Wind ball,Water blast,Sonic Blast[with super power],& Final wing

Bio:Cody grew up in Arizona & was a tough,rugged kid,he got quickness after a nuclear explosin,his worst fear is being murdered.

Fighting style:Brazillin Ju-jitsu

Weakness:Fire

[Jake the Sage]

That makes three people who are wanting to join. Cali is so far the only one who is officially joined. for everyone else please keep contacting me.

[Christian-Exodia]

Change my age to 15

[Jake the Sage]

Change my age to 15

 

I can do that. So if you really want to join that'll be ur offical age. Just PM me your stats.

[Desu the Blue Nerd]

Character Name: HyomaZeros

Age: 16

Gender: Male

Subtype: Blaster

Super Powers: Energy blasts

Attacks: Powerful Energy blasts from hands.

Bio: Hyoma had always been alone. He never trusted anybody but he will at all costs protect them. He hopes in one day gaining everybody elses respect and trust. He is a loner and prefers it. He always claims that friends will just get in his way so he has never tried to get close to anybody. He also doesn't want to be close to anybody because he doesn't want to hurt them himself with his own powers. He usually wears a robe with a hood.

Fighting Style: Uses a street fighting style.

Weakness: Close range fighting.

[Aashar]

Ok what about for a period of time like 10 mintues. and i get to apper any weapon i think of but have to give up half my energy. Holds a sword and a gun. How about that?

[Desu the Blue Nerd]

I'm sorry I know I wasn't accepted yet but aashar that could easily lead to godmodding. We don't want that do we?

[Axle C.]

Hm...looks interesting...

 

Character Name: Axle Comuteza

Age: 17

Gender: Male

Subtype: Elementalist

Super Powers: Can control all type of plants and harden them to stone or steel, can create poison in any kind of form, but he has to have a source, which is why he carries around poison flowers, and can control air

Attacks: Plant Armor, Stone Armor, Plant Whips, Wind Wolves, Poison Spikes, Wind Body, and more

Bio: Axle was raised with one brother, and two parents that always abused him. His brother was five years older and always protected Axle from bullies and his parents, who would constantly hit the two. After awhile, his parents tried to kill him, yet his brother ended up killing his parents. His brother and him began to live alone until he turned 14, where his brother was brutaly murdered infront of him. Axle became cold and mean and ended up killing the ones who killed his brother, getting himself arrested. After he was released a year later.

Appearence: Axle has long red hair that goes down to his neck and part of it covers his left eye. He wears a midnight black sleevless shirt with a blood red X across it. Axle wears black gloves that don't cover his fingers. The gloves have metal spikes where the knuckles are. He wears long black leather pants with a belt hanging down from his waist to half way to his knee. Axle wears black boots with two spikes on the tips of each boot. His muscles are about the same as a regular 17 year old. He wears a black bandana on his head.

Fighting Style: Dim Mak

Weakness: Fire

[Davok]

Mark IV

Age: 5 (from time he was created)

Gender: Neither (he's a robot)

Subtype: Armored Hero, Blaster, Gadgeteer

Super Powers: Flight (Jet Pack, can go to maximum Mach IV) Micro Waves (Can go up to 180 degrees celsius) Gamma Beams (heats up to 200 degrees, can only activate once a day) Energy Beams, Superhuman Strength (Can lift up to 2000 tonnes)

Attacks: Exhaust Blast (Fires his jet pack on pursuer, having the enemy engulfed by the flames) Energy Beams (Fires either Micro, Gamma or Omega Waves) Laser Vision (do I really have to explain this?) Seismic Punch (Hits opponent with full force)

Bio: Mark IV was the 4th Robot in the military project SIGMA. After SIGMA shut down after Mark IV's younger brother, Mark V, destroyed a military facility in Manhattan, SIGMA was shut down. Mark IV's older brothers (Marks I, II, and III) were shut down but Mark IV managed to escape, to help humans and prove that there can be good that can be brought from SIGMA.

Fighting Style: Stands calmly and then attacks relentlessly.

Weakness: Water, Magnets, and Gold

 

Also, can we make our own super villains for our characters to face?

[Guest Welche]

Character Name Strandale McAflee

Age: 15

Gender: Male

Subtype: Fireralist

Super Powers: Creat Fire and launch fire balls

Attacks: Fire burn, Fire Ball, Fire of the Earth.

Bio: To hot to handle

Fighting Style: Sets things on fire.

[Xandrew]

You are one of the few people who possess super powers. With trouble brewing quickly' date=' can you be the worlds savior?[hr']

All I need for you to join is the following:

Character Name Drew Ben Toro

Age: 18

Gender: Male

Subtype: Christian/Neo

Super Powers: Element Control

Attacks: Divine Lighting Strike, Light Barrier, Ground Piercer, Flame-Cannon, Tidal Bubble Burst, Tornado-Palm Thrust.

Bio: A Young Warrior, from The Great Holy Church of the Land of No-en, that is wise in the word of God and has two brothers. Drew was raised in a Christian home, also was pronounced as "The Neo". The Neo is of The Power of God manifested in the one who will bring peace against the Evil forces that corrupt the World. At His birth he was blessed with a great scratch like scar on his right arm, with it he can rebuild his body if injured. But If he ever dies the Fallen Angel known as Aoz will take over and massacrer any and all who sin until Drew is all healed up and awakes. So he continues to help those that are in sin and speaks of the "Good News" from God.

Fighting Style: Neo-OA, aehrtin-PA, aertwun-IA, dinwen-NA, and efiran-KA

Weakness: To Murder any human, for it is not his place to murder. Sometimes he fells responsible for some deaths after Aoz takes over.

[Aashar]

No i never god mod Trust me.

[Christian-Exodia]

But I have a few times

[Desu the Blue Nerd]

Yes you have cody. *Recalls the cyberspace RP.* Anyway with time control and being able to appear with any weapon you ca have vitory in less than 3 seconds.

[King of All]

Name:Zack

Age:18

Gender: Male

Subtype:Slasher

Superpowers: Super human strength, Super human speed

Attacks: Bashful Revenge, Sword dash, Counter and Sword swipe

Bio: Zack was only 11 when he found out that he inherited his mother's and father's powers. When he found that out he wanted to find out the most he could about them and how to use them, but before he could master these powers his parents had died due to a fatal SWIPE that Zack accidentally swiped at his parent's but before he could stop it it had killed them.After that he decided never to use his powers again while he lived on the street but the word got out of a bunch of evil-doers near where he stayed and he knew that he had to use his powers to get rid of them and save himself and everyone he could to stay alive.7 Years passed of him training with his powers and sword, and now the crooks have started to attack ,and he knew he was ready for them, he could destroy them save his parents memory to pass on their moves that passed on to him to his son (if he ever gets one).

Fighting style: Sword slashing and high risk high reward

[Enrise]

I guess I shall join.

 

Character Name: Rokujo Mokuro

Age: 16

Gender: Male

Subtype: Possesed

Super Powers: Right Hand of the Darkness Flame, and Left Hand of the Lightness Flame. When his possesed inner self takes over Rokujo, both his flames turn into PURE DARK Flames.

Attacks:

Non-Possesed:

Darkness Finger

Lightness Finger

Darkness Fist

Lightness Fist

Dark Skull Crush

Light Heart Crush

Cleansing Finger

Tainting Finger

 

Possesed:

Pure Dark Finger

Pure Dark Fist

Pure Dark Skull Crush

Pure Dark Heart Crush

Pure Dark Death Finger

Pure Dark Blade

 

Bio: He was a child that nobody liked for no reason. He hated his life, because when he saw his hands on fire, the right hand with a darkness flame, and the left with a lightness flame. Since then, everybody stayed away, his parents abandoned him. Soon, he was showed a brutal death by a gang of punks who killed a cat, then his possesed spirit went loose, and he killed the gang with his Pure Dark Flames.

Fighting Style: He mainly uses his hands for battle, but he also uses his hands for his legs, and use the speed for his advantage.

Weakness: His powers tires him out quickly, but when he is possesed, when the body takes too much strain, blood is forced out of the mouth.

[Aashar]

Ok i don't Godmod.

[Silent Detective]

when r we going to start

[Aashar]

Don't knowz.

[Aashar]

I hope we start.