[PbtA] Caught in the Web (Masks: ANG)

[Acathala]

Originally Posted by daikaiju

Oh boy, my favorite part of the application process: the wall of blank secret text posts!

We’re all talking about you, bud.

[daikaiju]

Oh boy, I'm so popular!

[Tacobob]

COMPLETE


Hero Name: Badger. Sometimes it's -The Badger-

Real Name (if different): Emily Paige Sykes

Pronouns:She/Her

Playbook:The Bull

Abilities:superhumanly tough, incredibly strong, and uniquely skilled at fighting

Description/Personality: Emily is basically a 15 year old humanoid badger girl. She can usually be seen wearing a hoodie of sort, along with jeans and sneakers. After school, she can be seen carrying her guitar and equipment to a nearby concert 'hall'. She does not not know how became a badger. She never met her parents. She lives in a small studio apartment. Someone is paying for that, her school, her clothes and other things. She does not know who it is. She assumed it's her parents who feel bad for abandoning her. Along with going to school, she sometimes performs gigs at a small concert mini hall called the “Tune Inn”. She is a decent guitar player and singer. Her writing needs work. She also is known to haunt the local used book stores and record stores. She also makes sure to train at the local youth center, and found out her own natural abilities work rather well with her skill set. There's also a very good chance her trainer either was a superhero or still is. Maybe he or she is in this very group!

Backstory Questions:

What has the Spiderweb taken from you?: She believes the Spiderweb has removed all sense of normality in her world. Things used to be far simpler back then, or at least that's what she had read about. Things are so much darker now, and those who were slight bastards were, the rich are full on bastards now. They need to gobble away things. Like regular neighborhoods. Gobble Gobble, now it's all McMansions. Cool indy shops. Gobble Gobble. Now it's all the same four stores. All overpriced with no character. People in high places just don't care about the rest below. Regular folk are just something to step on to get more money!

Why do you care about the neighborhood?
She loves the tightness of her neighborhood. There are still people looking out for each other. Emily also likes the small independent shops and the small concert hall (Tune Inn) that she sometimes performs at
Who most connects you to the neighborhood? Along with the before said tightness, people are there ready to fight off those who wish to do it harm.

Who Changed You? Emily is not sure who really changed her. At least where her appearance and skills came from. She always remembers herself being a humanoid badger. Thankfully, she could thank a few people for changing her outlook in life, from her music teacher in school, to her friendly neighbors who always are more than happy to share things with the weird badger girl.

How Did You Escape From Them? Another mystery, Was she a creature created in a lab? Was she part of some crazy test lab in the National Institute of Mental Health that used badgers instead of rats? She may have escaped from something, but she is not sure. She knows her name was attached to her clothes when she was found. Her memories are really bad in places. She knows someone saved her at one time. She does not know who. She was told her name, she does not know who told her as she could not read at the time. She keeps the small shred of cloth that bears her name in her pocket at all time.

Who Outside of The Team Tries To Take Care Of You? Another mystery. She has a decent place to stay in and her basic needs are met by a mysterious benefactor. She always assumed it was her birth parents, who were embarrassed they gave birth to a mutant Mustelidae. For most of her life she lived in an foster home until she was recently given an place of her own. Her neighbor, and elderly woman named Michelle Baron is the nearest person that she would consider a 'Grandmother' who keeps an eye out for her, and sometimes cooks her meals. Emily knows all of Michelle's family and they treat her like their very own.

Why Do You Want To Be A Hero? She believes she can be both a hero on stage and on the streets, and look out for those who have always been kind to her. She has special skills and they should be used for the path of righteous.

What do you want to explore with this character?* I like this trope. This silly character who would stand out anywhere in the real world, but here, she's just another random kid in the background who just happens to be a badger. I want to explore how she tries her very best to help her community, either trying her best to be a superhero, entertainer or even someone who may volunteer at the soup kitchen. She tries her best to stay positive in a dark world and I want to see her interact with some of these very interesting characters.




Her very own music, sung by her!
"I'm The Badger".
https://jmp.sh/4lHh0ogI

[Iron Signet]

@daikaiju, @BlackDragon0: Actually, we're all talking about both of you.

And by "we", I'm also including me, because I'm going to add more secret text to the bottom of this post.

[Dunderklumpen]

Some small changes to my character, @NP. Sonny's mother now has a name, for example.

[NoizePollution]

Since the question has come up a few times, if I asked you additional questions in your private sections you can add them to your app in your background questions section to keep that information on the page for later if you'd like to have it available for reference. If you answered in private text and want to leave it that way, also fine.

[Ghrimm]

[Kaigen]

I added my answers to my main application, but I don't want to be left out of the wall of obvious secret text posts, so I'm going to pretend I'm sending a message here







Or am I?

[NoizePollution]

Originally Posted by BlackDragon0

I count 10 red completes! Dom Dom dooooomm!

Correct. The 72-hour clock is now in place. No new apps will be accepted after Thursday morning, though I doubt that is going to be a problem.

Everyone will still have until the 27th to make any changes or adjust anything in response to feedback.

I intend to make another pass on Wednesday evening just to shore up any remaining inquiries or provide feedback for people who have marked themselves complete in the meantime.

This is looking like it will have a very interesting cast of characters. There is a lot of potential in this bunch and I'm gonna have my work cut out for me.

[Iron Signet]

Edited my answer to a question because I thought of something I liked better, and edited the contents of the questions into my main application for convenience.

[A7ice]

[Remorazz]

Updated, hopefully in time!

[MFCHOOM]

[Acathala]

I believe I’ve made the requested changes.

[Iron Signet]