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Nikolai is moderately short for a boy of his age, with a medium build. He has high stamina and pain tolerance but his physical specifications are otherwise unremarkable. He is a decent self-taught knife fighter, although he will avoid direct physical conflict whenever possible, preferring to use his abilities to deal with opponents remotely and from a position of hiding.

Notes

- Anti-illusion spells would typically not be effective to "see" Nikolai while shifting, because during those periods, he is actually shifted out of the physical plane. However, such spells could potentially counter his "regular" invisibility.


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Nikolai Rykov

Summary: Nikolai Rykov is a nine-year-old thief with psychic abilities. His main power is that, by holding his breath, he can "shift" out of the physical plane. While shifted, he is invisible and intangible, and although he cannot affect the world through physical means, he may use his other powers freely. This state can last for as long as he can hold his breath, with a one-minute cooldown between uses. Nikolai is also capable of "regular" invisibility and telekinesis, and he projects a passive aura that influences others to view him as nonthreatening and inconsequential. Physically, he is a decently skilled knife fighter and unusually hardy for a boy his age, but his physical characteristics are not supernaturally enhanced.



Background

Nikolai Rykov is a nine-year-old boy, the only child of working-class parents from the undercity slums. He was orphaned two years ago when his parents were killed in an industrial accident. Since then, he's lived on the streets as a thief, aided by his growing psychic powers.

Although he has no formal education and is functionally illiterate, he is also keenly observant, resourceful, and good at adapting to unexpected situations.

Powers

Shifting: By holding his breath, Nikolai can "shift" out of the physical plane. While shifted, he is completely invisible. He is also intangible, and he cannot physically interact with or be affected by the world. Thus, for instance, bullets will pass through him without doing him any harm, and he can move freely through walls and other obstructions. However, Nikolai still retains use of his other powers while shifted, most notably telekinesis.

While shifted, Nikolai is capable of enhanced motion, which he describes as similar to movement in a dream. For example, he can run at approximately three to four times his normal peak speed, and he can jump up to a second-story window from ground level. As might be expected, he does not become physically tired from such actions.

Nikolai will shift back into physical reality as soon as he stops holding his breath. His shifting power typically has a one-minute cooldown between uses, although the cooldown is longer when Nikolai is fatigued.

Telekinesis: Although Nikolai's telekinesis is limited in raw power, he is capable of very fine control.

Nikolai is most adept in telekinetically manipulating objects the size of a basketball or smaller. He has moderate difficulty with objects that are of his own size and would only have minimal effect on objects that are the size of a typical adult male.

In combat situations, Nikolai will frequently use telekinesis to disarm opponents and to throw knives at them, which he does with great accuracy. Some other uses that Nikolai has found for his telekinesis: pulling the trigger of a guard's gun, causing him to inadvertently shoot another guard; unscrewing bolts on a catwalk in order to destabilize it; using objects to make noises that mislead pursuers as to his location; stretching of tripwires; and simple lockpicking.

Invisibility: Even while not shifted, Nikolai is capable of psychically projected invisibility. Because this is a psychic effect, he would remain visible to purely electronic vision (including surveillance cameras).

Aura: Nikolai projects a passive mind-affecting aura that influences others to view him as nonthreatening and inconsequential. This aura is always present to some degree, but it intensifies when Nikolai believes himself to be in danger. Nikolai is not aware of this power, nor does he have any control over it.


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Jolteon


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Cait Sith


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OlDirtyNumbers posted...

a velociraptor

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Dante


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Agent Smith


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SHODAN


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Dante


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Dante


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My Immortal posted...

Sorry to come back to complain again, I just really hate Mockingjay.

I also hate how after she killed Coin, everything is assumed to be perfect. Like there would be no more corruption and that Coin was the ONLY corrupt person in District 13.

DeathChicken posted...

It would have made for a better ending if Kat had just eaten her cyanide pill and died after killing Coin, rather than the stupid Peeta shipping ending

Seconding both of these.


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I've never heard of The Odd Couple.

Lite-Brite was awesome, but I haven't seen it since I was, like, six, so I wouldn't fault a sixteen-year-old for not knowing about it.


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Final week. Might as well, if both of you have issues.

How about Sunday evening at 9:30 p.m.? Then you'll have the weekend.


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Reject. The fact that I sometimes show my brother topics/posts from board 8 makes this one easy.


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My Immortal posted...

Also, Katniss voting to have a last Hunger Games was disgusting and made me want to throw the book across the room.

I think she did that, not because she actually wanted a last Hunger Games, but to provide public context for her shooting of Coin. The vote was secret. Nobody knew that she voted for it. So when she shot Coin, the natural assumption would be that she opposed the decision and decided to kill Coin in protest.

At least, that's the only sense I can make of the unspoken communication going on between Kat and Haymitch during the vote ("let's see how well Haymitch understands me" and all that).


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Kenshin


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Jolteon


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Kenshin


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Kenshin


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making the princess jealous huh

realo would be proud


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whoops. new topic up this evening, etc.


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SirDiemsma posted...

any other career changes before the event described above? i see that up until now you've worked for the same guy, which makes it seem like it's been a while in a similar position. i'm guessing career progression isn't exactly instantaneous in the field you're in, but have there been opportunities? plans? any non-work-related lifestyle changes?

nothing much, really. career-wise I've been toying with the idea of moving on -- for personal growth if nothing else -- but inertia is very much a thing.

other than that, I've been playing mahjong with hgr and co. and drawing. and lazily working on plans for 'mercenaries 4' (maybe ayuyu's right, we are stuck in a time loop). it's all pretty unexcting but mostly in a good way, if that makes any sense.


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1 - 9 - Great drawing and composition, although eww lens flare.
2 - 4 - Echoing what others have said: it's not technically up to the level of the other pictures, and the lightning doesn't have enough oomph.
3 - 6.5 - Well drawn (I especially like the black mage), but too densely packed. The whole is less than the sum of its parts.


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Kenshin


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morning bump


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tereziWright posted...

Is anyone gonna nom that doesn't regularly enter this topic?

Likely not many, but we don't need a bunch of noms in the middle of all the excited discussion about the [S] uu: Wake up flash that is probably going to be posted any minute now.


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We don't need this to hit 500 for music noms. Makes more sense to have a separate topic for that anyway.


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