I can remember the moment my life changed forever...
It happened about a week after my 19th birthday. My father was doing a TED talks on the narrow minded pessimism of how people were seeing the future. That he saw the old clinging to past mindsets while the young were left fighting for scraps of knowledge in poorly funded schools. I remember sitting behind the curtain, looking over and in that darkened room of seated audience I couldn’t tell if my dad was getting through to them.
Me? I heard the message loud and clear.
My name is Franklin Richards. My father is Reed Richards, professor at Empire State University, quite possibly one of the smartest men on the planet. He met my mom while they were both attending school. My mom Susan becoming an actress on Boardway. The world we all live in is on the verge of some kind of breakdown or revolution. The X-gene has become a new breakthrough leading to fear and speculation. I should know, my X-gene kicked in years ago leaving me some kind of human rubber band. My parents know and are fine with it. My dad’s even been using a sample of my blood to better understand the genetic makeup.
Still, that night I was completely inspired. I was leaving for college soon, my parents had a trust fund for me that was more than able to pay it off. Problem was I didn’t want to go, yeah I mean I’m pretty smart sure. I just don’t want to go do the same thing everyone else did. I want to do something that’ll revolutionize the world now. I took the money, and started doing research.
I was shocked at the amount of the young, really smart people out there who had powers or the means to create powers like me. Soon after a couple trips all over the world I have the plans in place. In a pretty sweet place at the top of the Baxter Building in New York City. The groundwork for the future is in place. Its about protecting the present, while seeing the future ahead.
Welcome, to The Future Foundation.
((The idea for the RP is essentially set in an alternate reality Marvel where superheroes aren't a known thing at the moment. SHIELD is around led by a now retired Steve Rogers, but there's no Avengers, X-Men, or Fantastic Four. Characters can be either OCs or canonical with any details changeable to fit the character involvement working better such as making Tony Stark younger. Character should have their powers whatever they are before the RP starts.))
