---- General Information ----

This is a supernatural story is about two very different groups of people who come into superpowers. One group is from a very rich part of Atlanta, the other from Black Mountain in Harlan County Kentucky. These lifestyles are about as far apart as you can get.

Society has rejected these people out of fear and are openly calling for their heads. The government wants them for more than a couple of reasons. Hate groups are popping up left and right now as people with these special abilities become more and more common. The world has pretty much turned on you, and would be happy to be locked up or killed.

Now when I say hate groups are popping up left and right, I mean groups like the KKK, New Black Panther Party, ISIS, I'd add some other hate groups but these are the assholes I could think of. Nonetheless the notion stands, these hate groups have shifted their focus away from their usual fare and put their focus strictly on us.

There's gonna be a lot of drama, action, and romance if you're into that kinda thing. The world doesn't want you, hate groups want you dead, and who doesn't wanna know how this whole thing started and why this unknown event happened? I'd like the overall tone to be dark and somewhat desperate. That doesn't mean there won't be time to goof off and blow off steam, but this is gonna be far from a party.

---- Area and Character Information ----

To go into a little more detail of the locations that we will be starting in. Buckhead is an affluent uptown district of Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia. To put into perspective, it's the second wealthiest zip code in the south, Palm Beach, Florida is number one. It's been called the Beverly Hills of the South/East. Buckhead is one of the nation's "10 Top Affluent Communities" due to "the most beautiful mansions, best shopping, and finest restaurants in the Southeastern United States". A little Google fodder for you.

Next up we have Harlan of Harlan County, Kentucky where the median income for a household in the county was $18,665 (I made more than that when I was 18.) Taking up just under two square miles (1.8) and a population of less than two thousand (1,750 as of 2010.) I wasn't to find about too many fun google facts about Harlan so I'll toss out a few things I personally know. Those Hills are one of the most beautiful things I have seen. That's both in reality and drug induced hallucinations. There is a certain... song that it sings. It begs you to stay, if you can escape the song. That song will always play in the back of your mind. It's hard living, both in drink and money, that make just as hard of people. They can hunt, fish, survive off the land, when things break, they gotta figure out how to fix it.

So each group will have a very different skill set for example, the mountain group will be much better at survival, hunting, fishing, so forth and so on. Having lived a somewhat isolated life, the mountain folk aren't the best at being sociable and getting along with people they don't know. More than likely, they are gonna hate a big city. Some may like it, others will wanna get as far away as possible.

The other group will be better with people, able to move around society without an issues. They can get what they need done and if we're honest, they are more than likely a little bit smarter. With that said, there's a pretty good chance these people won't be able fix a car or know how to hunt or survive.

As for relationships and knowing each other. Everyone from the Hills are gonna know each other. Not everyone from the other group will know each other. It is possible that people from the two different groups know each other, just highly unlikely. Also everyone from the mountains are gonna know Tille Helton, and what happened to her.

These are just examples of the difference, and is by no means set in stone. There is no reason for a totally useless dumb ass can be from either place, there is also no reason that someone can't be the smartest guy/girl in the room just based on where they live. The main point is these are too completely different sets of people, different skills, different experiences, different tastes, different everything. One thing that I will beat a dead horse about the difference. Mountain folk are poor, poverty stricken poor. The other group is rich as all get out. Go crazy with the riches people. Also as a side note, if you wanna do something different than the rich person character type, we'll figure that out as needed. You won a raffle, or a guest of somebody, worked there, bodyguard, whatever as long as it kinda makes sense I'm not picky.

---- Story Information ----

The story will be broken down into three arcs. The first one is pretty much world building. Getting to know the characters, and meeting the groups and having the groups interact a little before moving on the second arc.

Arc one:
Katahrins
Our story starts out a week after the death of Tillie Helton. Tillie Helton was a beloved member of the county. Tillie was a kind and sweet young girl who few had bad to say about her. What happened to her was shocking to everyone, and a wake up call for The Unwanted that it was time to get as far away from there as they could. Things were further put into high gear as another just gets away with their life

As a group they get together and talk about where to go and how to get there. They come to figure out Knoxville is only two hours away. Where less than a day later the hate group catches up to them. Forcing them leave in a hurry.

Buckhead
Our story starts out two weeks after the events of the Gala. The Gala was turned upside down when powers start popping off without a warning. As a result three people were killed more were hurt. Details are at best a little hazy. These people have it better than Katahrins. These people have been pretty much forced indoors. As they trying to go about their lives things keep falling apart. Only a handful of places in town are even willing to let them into their buildings. Through this segregation they all meet up and in the end they two are forced to leave town and head north.

I know I just kinda, sorta, spilled the beans on the story. There will be plenty of twists and turns still to come. I only laid out the first arc just so everyone is on the same page. There will be at least two, maybe three arcs.

---- How do the powers work?----
These powers come at a cost. By that I mean for example blood, is used for the activation of the power. The more blood involved the larger the effect of the power. For example, a lighting user may only shoot a bolt based on a nick, but if the user was to slit their wrist open, they may be able to rain down lighting.

So while we have this awesome powers, there is a cost to using them. Going back to the idea of using blood, a PC doesn’t HAVE to use their own blood, you might get a gigantic douchebag using your blood to power themselves. Fear can turn enemies into allies and allies into enemies. As with anything there are different routes you can take to learning the use of these powers. A heavy power hitter with an AOE that uses a lot of blood or you can learn to be precise, making every drop count. Maybe a hybrid of both.

Get creative with your power set, not everyone needs to be an offensive powerhouse. Sometimes a wacky/support/defensive power can be the difference between making it out alive or getting killed.

The one part I have yet to mention. All of the PCs with powers, will have a brand of some sort. Think, Pulse l'cie brand from FFXIII or the fayth glyphs from FFX. A brand or a mark or something that identifies you as a power user

---- Who is Tillle Helton? ----

Tille Helton was much beloved teenager. She was the first person in the mountains for her powers to show up. She was raped, beatin, and lynched. As horrific and shocking as it was. No one really said anything against. They were all too scared of she might have done. For the Mountain folk, this was the turning point. This was the one sure fire sign to them that it was die on that mountain, life was hard enough before Tille Helton's murder.




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I know I said it once and I'll say it again. Its gonna get dark around here.

If you have any comments, questions, complaints, so forth and so on. I'll be happy answer to the best that I can. Still need a co gm or two.

^First...

No, but I'd like to ask if a) being able to slow one's perception of time is an acceptable power and b) if we have to use blood as the source for powers? The sheet is a little unclear on it so I thought I'd make sure before working on something else.

@Sodomite

You do not have to use blood as a power source.

I'd like to know more about the power and how you want to use it. I can think of a few ways that could be use but I don't see there being an issue. but like I said in the IC, things that could be OP is more about the writer than the power.

@Sodomite I have been told that using sacrifices other than blood is acceptable, however I can not answer your other question

lol at the same time @AcerRo

@Solaris
Great minds think a like Solaris.

I may or may not reuse Jen Jen, maybe just her ability. We'll see.

@AcerRo
Well, the basic idea is that the character (currently named Tina Morrison but I'm not set yet) can control how fast she perceives time. As in, she can slow down how quickly time seems to be passing for her, allowing her to react with more precision and make sure she's aware of every detail in a situation. As the name suggests, it's a change in the perceived speed of time, not the actual speed of time. It's basically making everything except her thoughts go in slow motion.

Name: Jennifer "JJ" Jureau

Gender: Female

Age: 27

Place of Birth: New York City, New York

Sexuality: Bi-curious at most.

Relationship Status: Single

Occupation: Mathematician

Power: Regenerative healing

Cost of power's use: Instead of making someone else's wounds and injuries disappear altogether, Jen will absorb some of the damage if not all of it.

Appearance: JJ stands at about 5'7 and has a tongue piercing. Character image

Skills: To say she's good with numbers is a big understatement. JJ also has some computer code knowledge. Additionally, on her down time, she enjoys some kickboxing training.

Personality: JJ is a very rational person, mainly due to her specific upbringing at home. She stopped believing in Santa at a very young age, and when her friends were mesmerized by something they didn't quite understand, Jen always ruined the magic by providing the most logical answer she could up come with. Needless to say, she more or less remains the same person today. She's obviously not a woman of faith, and she never was. Jen is as much of a book nerd as she is a social butterfly, although depending on the circumstances, sometimes one trait trumps the other by such a difference, that it leaves those around her feeling somewhat perplexed.

History: Jennifer was born and raised in New York City. She comes from a family of intellectuals--her mother is a neurosurgeon, and her father is an engineer. Being that she's an only child, JJ was heavily influenced by her parents' passion for science from an early age. She had a small group of friends, but she also spent a lot of time behind books. Maybe this side of her stemmed from her environment, or maybe it was genetic. But more than likely, it was a combination of the two.

Jen's "drug of choice", so to speak, was numbers. Her favorite class all throughout elementary, middle, and high school was always math. In high school, she was offered various scholarships for universities, and she accepted them despite the fact that her parents could very easily afford her education. At the ripe age of 25, Jen earned her doctorate degree in Mathematics from NYU. That same year, she moved to Buckehead after she accepted a position at a local research university.

All was going great for Jennifer until that ill-fated Saturday evening. Being that she and her parents made a rather decent donation to the Wildlife Foundation hosting the gala that evening, they were invited to the event as a gesture of gratitude. Her parents still live in New York, thus it was only Jennifer who was in attendance from the small family of three; a decision that she'll forever regret.

@AcerRo
Well, the basic idea is that the character (currently named Tina Morrison but I'm not set yet) can control how fast she perceives time. As in, she can slow down how quickly time seems to be passing for her, allowing her to react with more precision and make sure she's aware of every detail in a situation. As the name suggests, it's a change in the perceived speed of time, not the actual speed of time. It's basically making everything except her thoughts go in slow motion.

Yeah I don't think that would be a problem.

@AcerRo I think I will make a doctor from the richer side of things. I'm not sure what power I want - healing's too much of a cliche, innit? - but I can't decide on a power cost. I was thinking either taking away from the character's whole lifespan (but that seems kind of nebulous) or the gradual decline of their various senses (so like, power use gradually chips away to dull their sense of touch, eyesight, hearing, balance...) Would either of those be okay?

I like the senses much more than time off life. Lets say for the sake argument this rp takes place over five years. Its not but lets just say. Even spamming that power set, would that come anywhere near close to playing a role in the RP? Slowly going blind or deaf, thats a immediately into play.

@Xandrya

I think I like this one more. Accepted.

Me too!

@AcerRo can we use anime images for our character's appearance?

Yeah, I generally don't have an issue with it. As long as your not trying to tell me s picture of a small child is a fully grown adult.

@AcerRo I'll PM character sheet

I'll post mine up later when I get home from school. Electrokinesis isn't taken yet right? If so, I think I should be in the clear.

Heh, unique powers left and right and here I am, getting one of the most cliche out of all of them.

@Solaris
I'm starting on it now.

@Polaris North
Don't worry, my character and power set are most cliche.

I was thinking of making a Buckhead character. That doesn't mean they have to be rich though, right? Just know the right people to be brought to these sort of things.

@NarcissisticPotato
They don't have to be rich, yes that is right. However, remember this is one of the wealthiest place in the US. Either way, they are gonna some money floating or work in the service industry.

Also I'm gonna need a co gm and someone to help me out with the over all story. Any takers?

@AcerRo I volunteer as tribute