--United American Continent, 2031. (stop)
--Incarcerated Citizens per 100,000: 2900. (stop)
--The Samuel Norton Act of 2020 privatized all Prisons in the United States. (stop)
--Canada annexed 2021. American occupation of Mexico 2023. (stop)
--Official formation of the United American Continent, Nov. 2023. (stop)
--Inmates of Prisons deemed Level 5, Max Sec, UD/ED are no longer officially citizens of the UAC. (stop)
--The Norton Act stipulates that corporations may do as they see fit with prisoners who fail to show marked improvement at the Level 5 Max Sec definition. Capital punishment is commonplace. (stop)
--By 2025, Incarceration (either "end-user rehabilitation" or "undesirable/dissident expatriation/deportation") is the biggest business in the Americas. (stop)
--The Moreton Company, Ltd. is arguably the biggest name in 21st C incarceration. Their twelve institutions house more than nine million prisoners. One of their facilities is Level 5, Max Sec, UD/ED designation. (stop)
--Robert Gunton, the warden of Moreton Facility 12, 250 km East of Las Cruces, Cuahuila, UAC, is a wealthy man, single, fifty-four years of age, from a wealthy Southern family. He rose quickly through the ranks at Moreton, and could be Warden at any facility of his choice. He chose Facility 12, known among its inmates as 'The Last Stop,' because as a Level 5 facility, he is afforded much latitude to operate as he pleases. Privately, he is a cruel, sadistic, diabolic individual, but fits the corporate mold at Moreton well, as he is also fastidious, orderly, detail-oriented, and driven to weed out the undesirables of the UAC, sanitizing the nation one at a time. (stop)



You men and women... You are the dregs of society. You are what is rotten and fetid in America today. You are worthless, a burden on everything and everyone around you. You have failed at every conceivable nuance of life. You are all multiple offenders, all serving life sentences. Most of you have re-offended while an inmate. America has nothing left for you. America does not want you. "I served my country," "I am a good mother," "I played college ball for USC," "I have a family," "I go to church..." These things no longer apply to your existence. Your excuses are your own. **single out specific offenders** You are thieves. Murderers. Arsonists. Rapists. Domestic terrorists. Homosexuals. Drug users and pushers. Many of you are Double-Y offenders. There is no chance of rehabilitation for you. (note: Double-Y syndrome is a genetic mutation present in some males. Specifically, it is a deformity of the X/Y chromosome pair, resulting in the YY pattern. This pattern gives the afflicted person a predisposition for antisocial behavior, specifically very brutal crimes, including rape and serial murder of women. -ed.) And now you have come here, to my Facility. Make no mistake -- this is your Last Stop. Here you will live out your worthless, hollow lives, and here you will be summarily executed if you step out of line or so much as fart without say-so. Here there is no visitation. No time off for good behaviour. No parole. No pardon. Your asses belong to me. And do not test me -- or you may discover there is a fate worse than death. **The Warden always ends his 'welcome' by selecting a new inmate -- the worst of the worst -- and reading their rap sheet from his simple, metal lectern and dais -- a process which in some cases may take minutes. At the end of which, the lead guard puts a .556 round into that inmate's skull. If any others step out of line, they too are dealt with.**


...of course, the reality of Facility 12 is that the Warden has his own private Hunger Games happening, live, for his own enjoyment. Sure, lots of people die at Facility 12. Lots more live out their existences. But Facility 12 is also Warden Gunton's personal experiment. Every dossier of hardened criminals who enters Moreton Facility 12 passes the Warden's eye. And many of those selected for transfer to F.12 do so because they fit a particular set of criteria, and when those individuals inevitably cross a line, they end up disappearing. The inmates whisper 'Absolom...' There is no escape. No return. Inmates selected for 'deportation' are transferred, gagged and deprived of sight and sound, in the dead of night. Insertion is by helicopter, with no fewer than six fully armed guards, and two escort gunships.



The island referred to as 'Absolom' is about six miles wide, and at its longest, seven miles long. It is not large, but due to the topography, climate and vegetation, it can take more than two days to travel tip-to-tip. It was once a lightly populated island, and contained two resort complexes on its Eastern shores, and the accompanying villages to house the support staff. The resorts were failed endeavours, as the waters are shark-infested, hostile and rocky. The island is sub-tropical, and covered in dense jungle. There is no electricity on the island. No running water. No services of any kind. There are eight species of venomous spider, four species of deadly snake. There is very little game. Once you arrive, you cannot leave. It is forced survival of the fittest.

It has been proven (by the maybe 75 inhabitants of Absolom) that 'going it alone' is an impossibility. Loners will die of exposure, thirst, snakebite, starvation, rivals hunting them for food or sport, or any combination thereof. The inmates have created two tribes on the island. One is known as the 'Outsiders,' and exists in the ruins of the original workers' housing compound, in the Southwest. These people are the savages, the bestial, feral. They would kill you as soon as look at you. These are cannibals, murderers, sociopaths. Heads full of bad wiring. They have adopted the look of their station. To exist among the Outsiders is to constantly fight for place, and might makes right. Oddly, it is the Outsiders' camp that receives supply drops from Moreton. Medicine, food, supplies. These drops are infrequent, and often the catalyst for warring between the Outsiders, and their neighbours to the North. The current leader of the Outsiders is Norrix Killian.

The other camp is populated by the 'Insiders.' Their camp is located at the North end of the island in an area accessible only via a marsh, or via a rocky, sheer outcropping which is next-to-impossible to scale. The Insiders attempt to make something from nothing. A life from the darkness. They are constantly under siege from the Outsiders, and usually on the verge of extinction. This game of predator and prey amuses the Warden to no end. The leader of the Insiders is Rosary 'Rosa' Hernandez.

Will work on a CS when I'm back from vacation on Sunday.

Working on mine on and off right now! <3

OK, to prompt some hopeful forward momentum, I'll post up the faction leaders' NPC bios here in the OOC tonight. Let's see some more activity here!

My only reason is the flu. Still in the game, just need to be able to make the profile. :P Will have it up as soon as I can.

Name: Olivia Jane DeLuca

Age: 26

Gender: Female

Appearance: Liv is approximately 5'7, with blonde hair and grey eyes. She has a tongue piercing and a couple of tattoos; one on her side going up her back which is a simple design of daisies, and another one on the inside of her wrist of a ladybug.


Background / Hometown: Liv was born and raised in Newark, New Jersey. She was the first child of two, and although she was the older sibling, her parents didn't treat her any different. Their upbringing was relatively normal; she had her friends from school to hang out with everyday during the summer as well as during the weekend throughout the school year. Liv always loved science from a young age, and she'd often go outside to play and explore in order to learn more about the world.

When she was 9 years old, the family was walking back home when a mugger intercepted them. Her father, trying to play the hero, reacted aggressively towards the man and lunged forward to attack him. As a result, her dad was fatally stabbed in the abdomen. The wound caused him to bleed slowly to his death, and Liv, along with her mother and younger brother, witnessed the tragic end to his life.

The loss of a key member of the family torn them apart. Liv's mother started drinking heavily, her younger brother started wetting the bed, and Liv developed a mild form of PTSD. It wasn't until another incident occurred when she was just 16 years old that things got out of hand. She acted purely out of self defense against her and her brother's attacker, but that night she came to the horrifying realization that she actually enjoyed staring into a person's eyes as she drained the life out of them. That was her first kill, and it slowly progressed into a larger number over time. Guys who'd come on to her a little too strong at parties, thugs she'd witness break into people's cars, etc. She couldn't stop herself, and that's why she always carried some sort of weapon on her.

As she got older, Liv started experimenting more with her kills. She would torture her victims before eventually killing them. Of course, that meant that she had to be more sophisticated with her techniques and more careful as well. But one random night, she got carelessly drunk and her victim managed to get away from her. The police arrested her a day later, and that's when life behind bars became her new way of life. Of course, just because she was in prison didn't mean she attempted to stop herself from killing. After her cellmate was found dead one random night, Liv was immediately sent to see the forensic psychiatrist. After a few sessions, she was given the official diagnosis of Antisocial Personality Disorder alongside PTSD. After her sessions were officially completed, Liv was to be placed in solitary confinement, but she outsmarted the guard who was walking her there and killed him with his own baton, beating the life out of him until his face was nothing but a bloody mess.

Liv was sent to a maximum security prison after that. Given her past and more recent attacks against others, life seems to just get worse for her.

Rap Sheet: Multiple counts of murder.

Personality: She's a bit sarcastic at times, and enjoys joking around, but she's quick to anger if provoked and sometimes all it takes is saying the wrong word or doing the wrong thing. Liv absolutely detests people who talk behind others' backs, and she is not afraid to confront them and bring them to justice in her own way. She's honest and prefers not to lie, and her most prominent trait is being able to keep a secret when others confide in her.

Skills: Liv is quite the sprinter. She can run for miles with energy left to spare. She is also bilingual, fluently able to communicate in Portuguese thanks to her high school courses. Lastly, Liv has learned creative ways of overpowering others before ending their lives.

Motivation: Her little brother.

Gear: A small flashlight found after a few guards had to break up a major fight in her wing.

Name: Olivia Jane DeLuca
Background / Hometown: A writer just starting up from New Jersey.

Hey Xandrya -- this looks good. I like Liv's potential psychosis, and the high she gets from killing. Can you be more specific about her psychological diagnosis? (it seems she's the type that would have been head-shrunk inside...) And as far as 'background,' are you a writer just starting out, from NJ? Or is Liv? I want to know Liv's background, and a bit more backstory would be awesome! Including a bit of her history behind bars.

She hasn't been officially diagnosed with anything as she hasn't been to the doctor, but I'll write a more in-depth background for her. I was planning on revealing it as the game went on through flashbacks, but I understand what you mean.

But yes, she's the writer, although we share names because I always implement something about me into my characters. Promise it's not the psychotic thing!

@deegee

NPC Character sheet -- Insiders' Camp leader.

She hasn't been officially diagnosed with anything as she hasn't been to the doctor, but I'll write a more in-depth background for her. I was planning on revealing it as the game went on through flashbacks, but I understand what you mean.

But yes, she's the writer, although we share names because I always implement something about me into my characters. Promise it's not the psychotic thing!

@deegee

Hey Xandrya -- cool. Good to know. I like the fact that -- as far as the typical beasts (men, mostly) you're liable to find on the island, Liv seems a little softer than most. Like, there's a darkness there, but she's also liable to find some of the beauty on the island. I like that. Can't be all blood-splatter and eating eyeballs. But -- I want you to think about the clinical diagnosis. If Liv has got to Absolom, she's been to several prisons already, and grown progressively worse, not better. (Absolom being the end of the line.) Chances are, she's been through the ringer already, and has likely seen a state-mandated shrink.

@deegee

No worries, I'll cover that too then. Just thought the institutions lacked any mental health help.

With that said, yes, she'll be more on the mild side compared to the rest of them. But of course, the number of people she's killed is over the top. Now that I think about it, I imagine her to be someone like Dexter, living a double life. I'll possibly throw in some aspects of torture to make her fit in a bit more.

Wonderful, @Force and Fury! Love it. Jacques will have an uphill battle ahead, but I look forward to seeing him work it all out. Feel free to move him to the Character tab.

Okay, updated my CS.

NPC Character sheet -- Outsiders' Camp leader.

@Xandrya great updates! Still leaves plenty to explore in-character. Feel free to post Liv in the Characters section.

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Hoping to get a few more PC's before I create the IC.

Anybody got questions? Anyone they want to pull into this RP?

Two more might be nice. Truth be told, I'm pretty new here and don't know a lot of people yet.

Yeah -- my online RP experience is mostly based on other sites. I'm new here too. I have a couple of friends here, and they've said they want in @Lady of Lore... but there's been life issues preventing posts.

Still here! Feeling better today, gonna try and fix up my character sheet. <3