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Cipher Academy Welcomes All!!

Cipher Academy is a secret school/organization entrusted by the government with the task to teach, train and guide teens with supernatural abilities. To the general public, this school is nothing more than a boarding school, but inside they're helping the next generation of shadow helpers to grow strong! Cipher Academy: - Beginner students are the ones who've been in the school for up to 3 years. They are heavily monitored and require a mandatory student buddy (an advanced student who'll help them) - Intermediate students have been in the school from 4 to 6 years. They have more freedom to use their abilities and no longer need a student buddy - Advanced students have been in the school from 7 to 9 years. They start training to work in the outside world with other shadow helpers (superhumans who secretly work to help and save others). They are responsible for a beginner student as means to help them become more responsible (You can visit my Cipher Academy Collection for more info) Rules of the Challenge: - Create a new OC to enter Cipher Academy - Your OC needs a supernatural ability, such as super strength, mind reading, talk to animals, etc. - Check the post "Why Your OC Might Need Adjustments" in my "Cipher Info" collection before submiting your OC 🙇‍♀️ There I explain the 3 main points a Cipher OC needs to check to be accepted. As a resume: human, power, drawbacks. - Before creating your OC pls check to see if no one has a similar power yet. If there's a lot of entries by the time you join (like more than 20) I can accept similar powers but pls try to be unique 💕 - Your OC's power needs a drawback, like "power can only work if they say a magic word", "power can only work if both hands are free" or "power can only work if they're always hot", etc. - Your OC can be female, male or non-binary. The uniform is the same for everyone (in case you can't see it clearly, those are pants) and you can mix and match longer and shorter options; also you can give them different shoes, but they need to be as comfy and resistant as these bc they'll be using them to train - Accessories like gloves, earings, bags, etc. are allowed and your OC can wear them with the uniform, so long as it's nothing that changes the appearence of the actual clothes - There's no deadline but if a bunch of people seem interested in this I'll create new challenges for you to draw you Cipher OC in!! ✨😎🌈🎶🍓🌸 (Correction: THANK YOU FOR ALL THE LUV!! There's more Cipher challenges on the way!!) - Check my "Cipher Info" collection for any in-world doubts you might have! I compiled a bunch of FAQ there for everyone Have fun, everyone!! 🎶🌼😎🎨🍓✨🤗🌸🍀💐🌸🍀 I've been really into superhero books recently so I hope someone'll find this as fun as I do skdbsmdm IMPORTANT: I'll need to check your OC before you can post stuff for other Cipher challenges. That's because your OC might not fit the lore in some aspect so I need to review everyone's entries first, ok? 🍀🙇‍♀️🍓

Challenge creator
cherrytwelve
Alcestis SaraphinaAlcestis Saraphina is a 13 year old 1st year student at the Cipher academy!

When using her power, Alcestis’ eyes will glow intensely red, turning whatever she’s looking at within her line of sight into stone for up to 5 minutes. Such a powerful ability comes with its ghastly side effect. Alcestis will cry tears of blood uncontrollably like a gargoyle from a horror movie and will blind herself for the next 20 seconds.

Her power will always recoil to some degree, based on the target’s size and how emotionally charged she is the moment she uses her ability.

Fortunately, none of the drawbacks seems to harm Alcestis physically in the long term, as confirmed by Cipher Academy’s medical staff. It’s still recommended she gets a good night’s sleep everyday to utilize her power to its fullest.

This power comes with a catch, however. Any physical or visual obstruction between her and her target, such as smoke, dust, clear glass or mirrors, will either cause her ability to diminish exponentially in power or miss entirely. This means Alcestis couldn’t cheat by using binoculars or anything similar to that nature to extend her power’s range. This is compensated by her very impressive eyesight. Alcestis could see objects 3 times further away than the average human, tripling her power’s effective range, making it convenient for her to sit in the back of class.

Alcestis is a restrained, anxious soul. Her life has changed drastically after the discovery of her powers and has caused quite a lot of former friends to distance from her.

Her transfer to Cipher academy is anything but easy. She holds a lot of fears including meeting other students, her first impression, and most importantly her insecurity over her powers. After she panicked and used her power on a boy that accidentally bumped and spilled milk on her uniform, Alcestis spends nearly every bit of her free time holed up (Or haunting, as her classmates like to term) in the school library, where her lonely hobby of mythology and fairy tales grants her a much needed comfort zone from ever needing to meet the terrified expressions others make when they see her… for the time being…

The good thing is her mandatory student buddy is understanding and managed to gain the fragile trust of the wary Alcestis. She is currently following his suggestions of trying to accept herself and to accept wary stares with grace. With time and progress, Alcestis is actively working towards a calmer, prouder self as she finds her place within the Cipher academy community. The journey won’t be easy, and just like how her cool student buddy, I too will choose to believe in Alcestis’ growth and development!

thank you cherrytwelve for giving me the opportunity to create this character! I had so much fun creating her and it was a pleasure doing your challenge!
Jun 1, 2022
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Comments
ALCESTIS IS SUCH A PURE SOUL I JUST WANNA HUG HER!!! 😭😭✨💖🌻🌈🌺✨🌺🌻🌈🌺✨💖🌈💖✨💖🌈✨💖🌈💖 I love her design! Her hair has such an interesting shape and it frames her face in a perfectly ghostly way!! Also her powers?? 👀💖🍓🍀✨ PETRIFICATION?? I WOULD'VE NEVER THOUGHT OF THAT OMG THAT'S AMAZING!! I don't think this is a power that shows up much in pop culture so I love how you thought of that!! 💐🌼🌻🌺 + the crying blood bit makes so much sense(!!) and ties so perfectly with Alcestis's power and vibe as part of a drawback!! Also the fact that the power won't work if something is between her and her target is so clever! OOHHHH I LOVE LOVE LOVE!! 🌼💖🍀🌼💖🌼🍀 Poor child, had a bunch of bad experiences with her power :'( Here's to wishing her a happier future ahead!! 🍀🍀🍀🌈 WELCOME TO CIPHER ACADEMY!! 🎉🎉🎉
The story behind her and her power is so interesting :0
Ahh the details of Alcestis’ petrification power are so interesting!! I love her personality too qnfqbhdqjjshw
She’s so cute 😍 I love her design