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Cipher Academy Welcomes All!!

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 πŸ™‡β€β™€οΈ 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 πŸ’• - 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!! βœ¨πŸ˜ŽπŸŒˆπŸŽΆπŸ“πŸŒΈ (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!! πŸŽΆπŸŒΌπŸ˜ŽπŸŽ¨πŸ“βœ¨πŸ€—πŸŒΈπŸ€πŸ’πŸŒΈπŸ€ 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? πŸ€πŸ™‡β€β™€οΈπŸ“

Challenge creator
cherrytwelve
Cipher Academy, DeuceThere's no "open universe"(?) on Artfol without me joining, lemme tell ya -

So when I saw the Cipher Academy, I HAD to make a new character! 😀
My first thought was to make a healer with a fatal drawback but there already is a healing person so I had to go with my second option:

GAMBLING :D

So meet Deuce, his superpower is absolute gambling! And you may wonder "but Ricky... how the hell is gambling a superpower?". And fear not, child, I shall explain:

Deuce can't just gamble for money (or the thrill of it). He can literally gamble for anything. Money, Love, Time, a portion of French fries, ANYTHING!

However, I use the term "gambling" for anything luck-based so even throwing a coin counts as that already. So here's a brief example: Deuce finds himself in battle but OH NO, there's no weapon for him! :0
So he'll say out a bet ("if the coin lands with heads facing up, I'll get a weapon"). He flips a coin. It shows heads. BAM! A weapon gets summoned out of nowhere!

What are the downsides? ....He can't influence what happens if he looses. Like....anything could happen. In the example, if the coin wouldn't have shown heads, he might freeze for a minute or something giving him a clear disadvantage!
...however, the higher his bet, the higher the risk of fatal consequences

This doesn't apply when he is gambling with another person. When he's playing poker with others for example, his opponents get to choose his faith and he HAS to obey!

Besides that, Deuce is quite the nice guy. A hothead, probably will take any bet, can often be found vibing to loud Electro Swing music, has a secret passion for swing dancing <3

Would go back to the roaring 20s if he could :'D

(Btw, I drew the school uniform badly because I just wanted to get things done at this point. There will be a better drawing soon, hopefully.
The other drawing was just meant to get his design on a piece of paper but I kinda went overboard-
And yes, he occasionally uses a yellow tie as a headband because it suits his eyes :'D
He does be fancy like that)

EDIT:
I struggled a bit deciding for an age but I think Deuce is around 17 years old and in his 6th year <3
(He TECHNICALLY went to Cipher Academy for 7 years already but failed 1 year)
Jun 14, 2022
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Comments
Not me imagining Deuce teaching Meylo swing dancing-
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FORGET HEALER!! THIS IS PROBABLY THE COOLEST ABILITY EVER WHA-!?!???!? πŸ’•πŸ’–πŸŒΈπŸ“πŸ­πŸ’•πŸ“πŸ­πŸ’•πŸ“πŸ­πŸ’•πŸ“βœ¨πŸ’•πŸ“πŸ’•πŸ­πŸ’•πŸ“πŸ’•πŸ­πŸ’•πŸ“βœ¨πŸ­πŸ’•πŸ“πŸ“πŸ’•πŸ’•πŸ­ I love love LOVE(!!) new, creative abilities and this is no doubt one of the coolest yet!! I've seen people talking about "probablity manipulation" but a power based on gambling takes that to a whole new level + you even included such an awesome drawback as "of it doesn't go well for him, it might go awful" which is a perfect balance to such a powerful ability!! πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ’•πŸ’•πŸ’•πŸ’•πŸ’•πŸ’•πŸ’• I honestly love everything about Deuce, from his power to his looks and his likes!!?! Electro Swing is something I haven't listened to in a while so now I really wanna go listen to some of my faves sjdhdj Deuce is freaking amazing and we'll love to have him in Cipher! WELCOME TO CIPHER ACADEMY!! πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰
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In love with how Deuce’s hair streak matches the colour of the diamond ace-

I love how risky his power is!! There’s so much story potential to be had with it hehe
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Rickyy he's so cool!! The double color eyes look awesome, and the 8-ball necklace? Fantastic, i love him already πŸ˜©πŸ’š
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this is a really fun design and power!!! theres definitely a lot of interesting things that could happen mid battle with something so luck based.
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this is so cool Ricky!! πŸ’œ
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Don't know why but I want to draw him playing the Uno with other students πŸ™‡

So first !
His design is absolutely amazing, his hair is amazing πŸ˜­πŸ’—

Secondly, his power...Gambling ?
That's genius πŸ₯²βœ¨βœ¨βœ¨

He is beautiful πŸ™‡

Oh also !
is this his first year at cipher academy?
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