We Are Our Avatars VI (Open)

Ahem. Welcome to We Are Our Avatars VI, or WAOAVI for short. My name is Saltyk, and I will be acting as the Game Master for this thread. That means that I am more or less the man to blame for everything here. Unlike most previous WAOA threads, this one will be taking place in a world of my own creation. Though, I did have help from my Co-GMs, who I will introduce shortly. I hope you enjoy this experience, and will do my best to make this a fun game.

Anyone who needs help can feel free to PM me. This is my profile. Feel free to use it to reach me, if you need to. You can also access my profile by clicking on my name by any post I ever make.

My Co-GMs will be Nailik and Zepherus14.
Nailik's profile: Click here
Zepherus14's profile: Click here

Please note that we have a TVTropes page. It's not got everything, but still: Read at your own Risk!

We also have a WAOA User Group. Click Here to go to our page. Please join up and use this as much as possible for conversation and miscellaneous things like that.

Enough of that. Let's get on with the rules.

You play your Avatar. You have that character's powers, personality, etc. You can play an Original Character (OC), but please try to find a picture that fits them.

You have to contribute to the plot in some way.
Either by adding to a conversation, fighting, or getting past obstacles (picking locks, hijacking cars etc).

You control your character ONLY.
You can't use other players' characters. UNLESS: the character is plot-necessary, but the player is unable to post (must act in character. If you are in this position, it would help if you asked another player beforehand to take over your character).
This also includes other player's NPC characters. This is especially important of the NPCs of this thread. Don't even assume how unnamed civilians will react.

No Over-Powered Characters
-Characters can't instant-kill other characters (killing should be pre-decided)
-Characters should be weakened if they attack too often
-Characters shouldn't have too many different combat moves.
And please try to explain powers simply. You may be a genius on your character's universe, but other players mightn't have even HEARD of them before.

No excessive posts
Just saying
"Dave opened the door and turned on his torch. He looked around and saw the desk, with the plans on it."
is good enough. We don't need a few paragraphs about his thoughts and feelings, and an accurate description of the room and plans.
Still you should describe the actions your character takes. Just saying that they introduce themselves or that they killed someone, tells no one what has happened. Show, don't tell.

Character Limit
Please no more than three characters. This will assist you in keeping your posts quick, and will make it easier for everyone to keep track of the characters.
Note: Exceptions can be made if you want to run a Sub-Plot, but a GM should be informed of this.

Keep the Fanservice to a minimum
As this tends to be frowned upon by most players, you should refrain from needlessly sexualizing your character. Nor do we need all the details of any sexual activities that they may undertake.

Posts MUST Make Sense
-If it isn't from your character's universe, they don't know what it is.
-If you break this rule, the nonsensical post is retconned.

GMs word is law
This means that anything the Co-GMs or I say goes. If you have a dispute with a fellow player, please ask or PM me or one of my Co-GMs. If a conversation is required, we will take it up in the Group Chat to avoid filling the thread with unfortunate banter and such.
-If a judgement is required, the current GM will resolve it. His ruling is final.
-I can veto my Co-GMs, but if both of them agree, they can veto me.

Please be aware that your actions will have consequences. If your character decides to randomly kill a person that will be found out and they will have to pay for that. But, if they act noble that can also have benefits.

There are things to be said for exploring.

This is just a few simple things for those new to WAOA. However, I'd say that even the veterans may wish to read this as well.

Things you should know
-OOC means Out Of Character. Use this if you want to ask a question or make a suggestion.
-Use @[player name]: to address a player. A simple way to inform them of something in a Out of Character statement.
-OP means over-powered.
-Use italics for thoughts. [*i]text[*/i] without the *
-If a player missed a few pages, please give them a summary (a few lines explaining what you did since their last post).
-If you have to leave, either kill your character or put them On A Bus (give a valid reason for them to leave, ie they fell into a temporary wormhole).

EXPECT SPOILERS

This RP is probably going to contain at least minor spoilers from character universes, like references to who can live or die in Mass Effect or what happens in the most recent Bourne book or film. Please don't react negatively: it might affect the character in a big way, and you could end up confused as to why the character is acting 'out of character' from your perspective.

Grouping
From time to time, we get in major and large group battles. At those times, the person controlling the battle will ask for who is getting involved. Once everyone confirms, they will assign those people into two or more groups, and begin the battle calling for that Group's reactions. Once those players have replied, the person controlling the battle will react to all of their posts and move on the the next group. This continues until the conflict is resolved.

Participants are not to post a reaction until it is the turn of the group they are in.

General Advice
-Your character should stay in character. Batman shouldn't start a standup routine.
-This has sort of been covered already, but your character should not know things that they have not been told. They shouldn't recognize characters from other universes, or have knowledge of events that have not happened in front of them, or things they have not been told.
-This thread tends to move fast. So if you post and come back an hour later, during the busy times, multiple pages may have passed. If you need a summary, feel free to ask.
-If you need to leave for extended periods of time, please inform others so they know not to expect a reply from you.
-The most memorable characters don't have to have dark pasts, or epic powers. They just have to feel like real people that players can relate to. Even a comical character with a charming heart of gold, can be great fun.
-Keep in mind where you are. You shouldn't find a weapons cache of nuclear arms in a medieval castle.