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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
Luna Nyx πŸŒ™Basic info πŸͺͺ
~ she/her
~ 17 year old
~ Moon powers
~ very calm, quiet but still extroverted, kind hearted, selfless
~ ENFJ
~ Gemini

Loves 🩡
~ quiet places
~ library
~ garden in the night time
~ places with soft light
~ fashion

Hates πŸ’”
~ strong light (no balance between light and shadow)
~ chaos
~ noisy silence (silence thats not calm but actually uncomfortable)
~ someone disturbing while she's reading
⚠️ spaces with zero light: her phobia, she feels absorbed without escape, light and shadows are her friends but if there is no light, she can't use her powers since her powers work only if her belt can absorb light at the moment

Moon powers πŸŒ™
~ work only when she uses her belt
~ if the belt gets lost, she is powerless
Her main powers that work all the time are during the daytime and nighttime (are also the strongest)

🌞 bends and reflexts light, but can NOT create
🌚 creates tiny light orbs that could be used as a light source, her body shines
⚠️ orbs shatter when distracted

Her belt provides her tiny powers that are connected to the moon phases 🌜
(They are not strong, each has a limit)

🌘 no special power
πŸŒ— lending small light orbs: she can create light orbs anytime in this phase and lend it to other people. The orb stays floating close to the other. Imagine Earth revolving around Sun. So the orb is exactly like Earth, just it's not moving around but stays in place.
~ other people can't change the brightness
~ no need to be scared for the orb to stop following them, it follows like a pet and if there is a problem, Luna can help them
⚠️ to create the orb she uses some of her energy, if not returned or replaced with absorbing different light, she becomes weaker
πŸŒ– changing brightness of the orb: reminder, Luna can do that anytime. But in this phase, she can still do as above: lending orbs but this time, others get access to change the brightness
~ 🀌🫴: make brighter
~ 🫴🀌: reduce brightness
⚠️ same with above about creating orbs with energy
πŸŒ• manipulates light any way she wants: bending, reflecting, changing brightness, making more orbs than normally (she has more power and more control)
πŸŒ” highlight: Luna will be able to highlight any pattern. Like a wall with patterns, she touches that wall and the patterns will glow. Also when she touched any object, that object will glow
πŸŒ“ can make light so bright, that it blinds the other person for a minute. Like the light flashes
πŸŒ’ no special power
πŸŒ‘ be able to turn off light for some time: by this gesture [🫴✊️], the light where she wants turns off untill she opens her palm again

Hi, so Luna is new to Cipher Academy, her powers are related to the Moon. Ofc, she does not dress like that every day, she is just so into fashion that when she found out she has to dress up for her first photoshoot, she just had to get all of her finest pieces for the first impression lmao. Normally she wears more casual stuff πŸ™ƒ
I had so much fun drawing her, I am practicing rendering and I still have no idea how it all works lol plus my main enemy are hair and fingers πŸ₯Ί
If I had not explained something clearly, please let me know and I'd like to know her student number to put it on her student board 🐰
Jan 3, 2026
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Hello, hello!!
Not sure if you know how it works, but I'm here to ensure your character can fit into the Cipher Academy world and be officially accepted!!!
So, first off, banger design, i absolutely love it πŸ‘€βœ¨
Luna feels like such a fun character!

Now then, there are some things I'm not sure about, so since the cipher info posts are pretty old (but you can find all of them in cherrytwelve's collections!) I'll fill ya in :]

First off is a simple thing but just so you know, if she gets to 20 years old before getting to year 7 she will go to a different school for older people at that age. Nothing bad would happen but this would mean shes not in the story after getting to 20

Anyway with the belt! Is the power inside the belt or is it just a way for her to channel her power? This means, if anyone else took the belt would they be able to use it?
And secondly, while the connection to the phases of the moon is very cool, it is also very very close to being multiple powers, since all the effects are so different, and it's in addition to the light manipulation. Again, not sure if you read the info post, but every character has only one power!!

Speaking of the light manipulation (the effect with orbs in the night sounds so cool!!!), every oc must have a unique power, and we do have an oc named "Lum" who has a light manipulation power. This does not mean you have to change the power, just need to make sure its different enough! (for example Lum can make it brighter or darker around them and absorbs light in their body for later use)

Oh! And if you could explain more about the drawbacks and specifics that would be awesome!
Sorry if this is overwhelming, cant wait to fully accept Luna!! :]
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