In the coastal metropolis of Modern City, Georgia, a ship transporting a cargo of chemicals explodes just off the coast and sinks into the bay. This tragic disaster will give rise to a variety of people developing superhuman abilities. They are Meta-Humans, the first of their kind. But are they friend or foe? Hero... or villain?


Come one and all to the gorgeous epicenter of scientific and economic progress that is Modern City! What started as a simple colonial fishing village has, over the two-and-a-half centuries since it's founding become the greatest metropolitan city in the state of Georgia. Indeed, only the big names such as New York and Las Angeles seem to rival the southeastern coastal city. Within you will find wonders of the modern world. Skyscrapers touching the skies in the downtown district, each one home to a variety businesses and people running them. Need a wholesome place for your children's education? Look no further than Modern City Academy, a multi-structural school campus covering all the basic grades of public education! Graduated from the Academy but seeking a higher education? Modern City University and Modern City Tech welcomes you to apply yourself for a college education!

Modern City itself is run by its 4th-term mayor, family-man Rick Wellington, and let's not forget Ms. Claire Andrews, Modern City's icy, but sharp-eyed Deputy Mayor. But they're at the top of the ladder, perhaps you need someone a little lower down? There's always Police Commissioner Frank Garrick or his little brother Bill, the Chief of Police. No matter what public service you need, Modern City has the right people for the right job!

Feeling like you need a little music or sports to liven up your day? Head on over to Modern Stadium where the MCU Raptors is sure to play their hardest to win that touchdown and earn their Modern City pride! If sports isn't your thing, then you may enjoy a rousing concert or two performed by Modern City's very own Modern Day Kings.


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1. The GM's, or any assigned Co-GM's, word is law.
2. Standard site rules regarding flaming and the like.
3. When choosing a power, follow the rule of thumb that stronger powers should probably have stronger or more severe negative side effects.
4. Also on powers, to have a stronger power would mean having been closer to the chemical explosion and vice versa.
5. I've provided some traits of Modern City courtesy of suggestions by various people in the interest check, but feel free to make more suggestions. I want Modern City to almost be a character in its own right, with lots neat little tidbits and things to make it feel more organic and alive.

Working on mine now.

Name:Jack Williams

Age:23

Gender:Male
Ethnicity:Caucasian

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Personality: Jack is quite a nice guy when he is not using his powers. He is always joking and smiling. Jack is bisexual and will hit on anyone unless he is trying to say someone. He believes He has to save as many people as he can.

Background:Jack was born in Modern City and grew up there. So he has managed to get a rather thick Georgia accent.Jack went to the Modern City University for a degree in genetics. His parents both had similar degrees and so Jack had to get the degree. He was lucky to get a job at Wells Laboratory in the city. He was researching chimera bacteria the day of the explosion. He was walking in the park when the chemicals went through. He was near the middle of the group so he was not mutated as badly. Now he patrols the city as the Living Weapon.

Other:

WIP

Name: Angel Aarandin
Age: 22
Gender: Female
Ethnicity: Caucasian

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Personality: Angel is a kind person who likes to always make friends and does not like to be mean to anyone even if they are mean to her, which is why she can almost always be seen with a smile on her face. People would always describe her as a very down to earth person who would rather just relax with friends then work. After getting her powers she become a little more quiet and started to keep away from people because she feared that they would figure out what she was. She thought that they would judge her if they found out that her body was made out of water.

Background: Angel was raised in Long Beach, California and was raised with a love for the ocean and everything about it. She grew up with a normal childhood consisting of a lot of time at the beach and just going around town with her friends during her time in high school. Around her junior year she decided that she wanted to pursue a career with marine biology and started to look into Modern City Tech as a school for interest which would end up being the school that she would be attending.

On the day of the accident, she had been on the coast taking water samples and testing for contamination ironically. For a full week after she gained her powers she stayed holed up in her room as she struggled to get herself from liquefying every time she tried to walk. All she wants to do is live a normal life and make lots of friends in the process, but that dream seems to be getting farther away as more people with powers start to show up.

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Name: Elliot Sinclair
Age: 22
Gender: Female
Ethnicity: Cherokee

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Eli has trouble sometimes connecting with what she calls present time. When this happens her perception of the world isn't based on what is happening in real time but on what might have happened an hour, a day or a week ago. This usually only happens after prolonged use of her Psychometry ability.

Personality: Eli is a very friendly person who enjoys helping people in need. She is driven by a sense of justice that means she'll go the distance to see that those who commit injustice are brought to their due.

Background: Eli was born on Strange Island in the Okefenokee Swamp in the cabin her parents live in even now. Frank Sinclair her father is a game warden and her mother Elizabeth a herpetologist who specializes in taxonomy and physiology of the reptiles that live in the southeast of the United States.

It was from her parents that Eli learned her dedication to scholastic pursuits and right and wrong.

An excellent student Eli graduated from High School with a 4.0 average and a scholarship.

Shortly after graduation Eli began attending Modern Tech studying oceanology and marine science. It was while working on a project within the bay of Modern City that Eli was exposed to the chemicals of the event that caused the Meta Mutations. Her boat was swamped and she and her lab partner were dumped into the toxic waters.

She survived for five hours even being swept partly out the sea where she was found by a Coast Guard Rescue boat that was searching the area; her lab partner's body was never found.

Close to the epicenter of the event Eli wasn't affected as serverly as others who were as exposed. She is still a student at Modern Tech and has shifted her focus to Marine Genetics and Micro biology.

Other: Eli has always been an athletic girl competing in Gymnastics and Distance running so her physical condition flexibility and endurance are better than average.

She supplemented her scholarship before the accident working as a museum guide where she still works on her free days when not performing her school work.

Name:
Shadow Jones

Age:
21

Gender:
Female

Ethnicity:
Caucasian

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Personality:
Shadow is a very quiet person. She does not talk to very many people. She prefers not to in fact. She is more of an introvert than an extrovert. She likes staying inside and reading rather than going on adventures. She is very smart and extremely clever. She is quick witted and also very mischievous. Just because you prefer to not really talk to anyone doesn't mean that you can't pull pranks. She is a very light hearted person and can be kind when she meets someone she likes. She hates posers and prefers not to associate herself with people who do evil. She may be mischievous, but she knows the boundaries.

Background:
Shadow grew up an orphan and thinking that she was the only one in her family. Most people think that this is the reason why she is so quiet because she is used to being alone. She was found on the doorstep of an orphanage, but unlike every other orphanage story, she was not resting in a box. She was out of a blanket and had no note and was sitting there, just wailing as loud as she could for someone to come and get her. And that is mostly where she grew up.

Shadow was different even before she gained her powers. She would sit and stare at a bug for hours, recording its movements, before going and eating the bug, like other children her age. She wouldn't go out and play like the other kids. She would stay inside and see what would happen if she dropped a glass bottle from the top of the stairs. This is how she got into her mischievous side. Though she had the quiet, scholarly girl, she also had the mischievous, devilly, Loki side of her which always caused her foster parents to bring her back to the orphanage. She didn't know how to control that side, but she knew she wanted to. She suppressed for many years, but her rep had already grown and she was never adopted.

When she was eighteen and legally an adult, she moved out of the orphanage and found her own place. She got her own job, working at a library near the ocean. She loved that spot. In fact, she was one of the closest people to the shoreline when the tanker exploded. She does not remember much after the tanker exploded. She does remember, though, waking up in her bed with a golden glow around her skin. This was when she discovered her abilities and how different she was. She has actually tried to hide her abilities and go back to her normal life, but that hasn't been working out too well for her...

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She has a small white kitten named Moon and a small beagle named Pooch. She tends to have Moon with her wherever she goes because she is such a small kitten that Shadow sometimes just puts her in her purse. She also feels like Moon keeps her normal.

We need more guys. I am gonna add a few more weaknesses to my guy.

A work in progress!

Name: Drust Royle
Age: 21
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: African-American

Appearance: Drust is a tall and lean young man of African descent. Due to this,his skin is dark or rather light in color. He has a sharp nose, large brown eyes, and full lips. Ontop of his head is soft, black hair, edged and cut close. He has a rather short face with semi-angular features and round cheeks. A unique trait of his is his eyebrows, as they are thick and wild. He always has a teardrop pendant around his necklace, tied with a pink, thick, string.



Personality: Not so dependable or trustworthy, Drust, like any other teen was content with living second to second. Though his mind was constantly plagued with the dreads of the future, he was always too complacent to deal with his immediate problems. He does however, carry a very free air about himself. Unrestrained and rather reckless, he's always felt a need to be in the center of the spotlight. A very dangerous trait when living in Modern City, Georgia.

Background: Besides the disappearance of his father, Drust had a rather average life. Living on the fringes of middle class America, he's been well for most of his life. However, around the age of 17, he rebelled against his strict mother and live-in uncle. The two of them was quick to toss him out onto the street. Normally, this would have been a terrifying experience. Which it was for the first two days but something, rather unremarkable happened on the third.

He saw a helpless kitten trapped in a metal trash can on a rainy night, its cries for help drew him from out a glass bus stop he took refuge in. When he reached it, he found himself capable of, without any lectures or hindrances, of saving the kitten. The following weak he spent his time tending for it and despite his best efforts of saving it, watched it die one night.

In his numbness he realized that he had the freedom or was unchained enough to save that kitten. To give it another week of life. Since, he's valued his freedom. And though he sought understanding from his mother and uncle, he respected them from then on.

Years later he found himself strolling along the streets to honor his freedom. One night, he took a cab near the docks, just to appreciate the scenery. But instead he was met with a horrific sight and scary outcome. A explosion that blinded him and sent him to the hospital for several days. It was bad, because though he was warned to not be so close, he took in hand his own freedom, and made a foolish mistake.

When he awoke from the explosion, the vista of his right arm being on fire and his left one, as cold and pale as ice sent him frantically into the streets. A car exploded soon afterwards. When he awoke again he was in the hospital. He spent several days there before being released. He was dodging school the day his powers emerged again. He still has yet to decide what to do with them.

Other: None for now

Interested in this, but I'm about to go to bed. Just wondering if Proximity-based Animal Mimicry would be an acceptable power?

Name:
Jamie "James" Wolfe
Age:
22
Gender:
Male
Ethnicity:
Caucasian

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Personality: James is a happy and laid-back kind of guy. He rarely gets worked up and loves to smile. He has a natural charm about him and is quite friendly. Jamie likes to make jokes to make people smile and is an all around nice guy.

James likes music, and singing, which he seems to be naturally good at. James started playing guitar when he was 13 and hasn't stopped since. He was caught singing in the shower by his sister when he was 16 and she told him his voice was amazing. He didn't believe her but even his friends said he was good at it. Once he gained confidence in his voice he began to write music and such.

James can get easily annoyed by dumb people or people with no common sense. But he's a good guy and just wants to do what is right.

Background: WIP

Other: James is allergic to shellfish, is left handed, and plays the guitar and sings.

Hope this is okay. ^^; If you need me to change anything let me know, okay? And I know the backstory is a bit halfassed but it at least gets the point across hopefully.

• Name: Malcolm Melvinson
• Age: 32
• Gender: Male
• Ethnicity: Hispanic
• Appearance Rough WIP sketch for now. ^^; He's about eight foot tall, has green skin and is practically made of muscle. Due to his deformations being so difficult to hide, he can't really have a secret identity.

• Personality: Despite his monstrous appearance, it's hard to think of a nicer guy than Malcolm. He's a sweet, loving guy who cares deeply for his family, his friends and the people of Modern City, and will try his hardest to protect their happiness and safety. Malcolm can be pretty jovial and has a habit of making bad puns and jokes to lighten the mood, even when things are supposed to be serious. Whilst he's willing to fight those who would ruin the peace of his beloved city, he is vehemently opposed to lethal force; not only will he refuse to use it but he will try his best to stop those who do. Those who would do harm to or even kill others are the thing he hates most in the world, and he will do whatever it takes to make them see the error of their ways... Even if he has to resort to a good old fashioned clobbering to get the point across.
• Background: Once, Malcolm was just your average guy. He grew up, did well at school, married his high school sweetheart and had a beautiful baby girl with her. Other than that, his life was pretty... Normal. Average. Uneventful. And then the accident happened. Unfortunately for Malcolm, he was rather close to the chemical explosion that led to the rise of meta-humans, and... Well, recieving such a high dose of chemicals wrecked havoc on his body. For a full week he was hospitalized as his body painfully warped and mutated, until eventually he was fully transformed into the freakish, green, hunchbacked cyclops he is now. Initially, he intended to hide away, fearing his new appearance was too hideous and that he wasn't even human anymore, but his wife managed to convince him that no matter how he looked, he was still human on the inside and would always be the man she fell in love with. With his spirit reignited, Malcolm decided that he would make the most of his new, freakish body, and try to protect the people and city he loved so dearly, as well as doing his best to prevent those who would abuse their newfound powers from harming others.
• Other: Malcolm's wife Misaki is a doctor who works at Modern City General Hospital, and their eight year old daughter Alicia attends Modern City Academy.

Save me a spot, will you? I'm gonna throw in a CS, but later, after school.

OK, most everyone is looking good so far. Though here a coupe of specific things I need to address:

@DaDrummer676 I don't really think that hair turning red is enough of a weakness. An ant's proportional strength is lifting 50 times its body weight, that would essentially mean you could easily throw cars around, but unless there's some legit negative side effects to counteract this, then I'm afraid I can't accept it yet.

@Renny OK, not gonna lie, loving the Ben Grimm vibe (seeing the word clobberin' seriously made my day), but I would personally tone down the invulnerability a bit since it sounds there's no feasible way to stop him should he ever go on a rampage, which is a bit balanced unless I'm missing something, in which case feel free to correct me.

@SwarthyBard126 Um... does his eye power and enhanced physical prowess somehow not count as "real powers"? 'Cause they seem pretty real to me.

Aside from those points, if you're character sheet is completed and I didn't address you for something above, then consider yourself accepted and post them over onto the character tab.

Oh, right, before I forget, my own character is complete so we all know.

(Scrapped.)

Welp, there goes my character idea, I was even going to do a blood-related (hemorrhaging) side effect too.

This is gonna be fun.

I'm totally interested and my character will be very weird.

OK, most everyone is looking good so far. Though here a coupe of specific things I need to address:

@DaDrummer676 I don't really think that hair turning red is enough of a weakness. An ant's proportional strength is lifting 50 times its body weight, that would essentially mean you could easily throw cars around, but unless there's some legit negative side effects to counteract this, then I'm afraid I can't accept it yet.

@Renny OK, not gonna lie, loving the Ben Grimm vibe (seeing the word clobberin' seriously made my day), but I would personally tone down the invulnerability a bit since it sounds there's no feasible way to stop him should he ever go on a rampage, which is a bit balanced unless I'm missing something, in which case feel free to correct me.

@SwarthyBard126 Um... does his eye power and enhanced physical prowess somehow not count as "real powers"? 'Cause they seem pretty real to me.

Aside from those points, if you're character sheet is completed and I didn't address you for something above, then consider yourself accepted and post them over onto the character tab.

Oh, right, before I forget, my own character is complete so we all know.

@Double That section is for weaknesses and side effects, the hair change was a side effect. I will change his weaknesses though.