We Protect. We love. We care. We are the good guys. Right?

[HeartStrings]

Welcome to CARE - the Compassionate Assisted Residence for the Exceptional. All of our residents here are, obviously, Exceptional. Which means they have been gifted with magnificent abilities beyond that of the typical persons. Some can fly, others amazing speed or strength and all else imaginable. They are: Exceptional. These people started cropping up by pure happenstance some 100 years ago and as of yet our greatest minds still can't figure why they came to be. What we do know however is that despite the magnificent nature of their abilities, they are also incredibly dangerous. To both others and themselves. And so, 78 years ago CARE was built. CARE is as wonderful as its residents. It effectively a small hamlet fit to hold approximately 150 residents (currently at half capacity) complete with everything a person could want or need. A 5000ft wall and ceiling encompass, allowing for the added benefit of complete security.

Luckily due to our top-of-the-line atmosphere simulator the residents are none the wiser. A beautiful landscape and clear blue skies everyday. It's truly like heaven. CARE receives new residents on quarterly basis, who during the in between are kept in family-sized facilities. It is there they have their minds 'cleared' and their needs, wants and abilities assessed for the ideal fresh start on arrival. They have no memories of the lives before so, it is up to us to ensure that their new ones here at CARE are full of nothing but security, love and of course, care.

This is where you come in. As a new member of our already outstanding faculty, I expect nothing but the absolute best in fulfilling your role here.

Oh, and one more thing: Everything you see, hear, touch or even smell here is 100% confidential. Remember that, and I hope you enjoy your time with us.

The Premise

So, in my one day of being here, I've seen a trend of superpowers vs the system type roleplays and though that instead play the guys with the powers, it'd be interesting to play the parts of the 'system' so to speak. Kind of like playing the 'bad guys' as it were.

Thus, I came up with CARE. Its a community built and designed to be as Utopic as possible, but in many ways its also a prison to institutionalize and keep stock of all the super-powered people. In the rest of the world being Exceptional is effectively illegal. Anyone found to have some sort of power is arrested, has their mind wiped and is sorted into a occupation and lifestyle based off their personality. Most Exceptionals are brought in as children or even babies, though some manage to stay hidden until adulthood.

CARE primarily just houses the residents and governs their lives, however its also the key point of research for exceptionality. Conducting all manner of experiments--to the harmless and benign to the downright gruesome. Despite how awful things it get, its believed to be for the greater good. The ends justify the means type of thing. Ultimately the goal of the research is to either 1. make exceptionality attainable for all or 2. make those who are exceptional normal/cure the exceptionals.

We'd be playing as the staff in charge of the operation. However their will be some slots open to play an exceptional to allow for direct interaction. For the most part the staff truly believe they are doing the right things, however when the residents begin to revolt things start to go sour, fast.

The Rules

Most of these are moreso guidelines than hard rules. If theres anything you think is unfair, please let me know~!
1. Obligatory no godmodding or power-playing.
2. Please be active. Let us know if you'll be away. I will conduct votes to remove players who ghost for an extended period.
3. I value diversity, so all characters will be approval-based to minimize the 'cloning effect'.
4. I will be very picky about Exceptional Characters.
5. Roleplay will start when we have at least one character for each starred role, but more will be added as things go. (New hires lol)
6. Residents call their respective Guide "Mom" regardless of gender. So yes, you can play a male guide.
7. I am not the end all be all. I'm all about fairness so most things will be on a vote.

The Roles

*The Director - "Dad":

Darnell Keller/HeartStrings

Name: Darnell Keller
Role: The Director - "Dad"
Age: 37
Gender: Male

Appearance

Background: Darnell is the youngest of 5 and only son to the Minister of Exceptional Affairs. He inherited his fathers ice demeanor and his mothers headstrong attitude. So, naturally he followed in his parents footsteps, earning a PHD in Exceptional Biology at the age of 26. Thanks to his connections he quickly made a place for himself in the field. Recently even being promoted to become the new "Dad" at CARE.

*Security Personnel - "Police":
*Guides - "Moms":
*A Doctor:
Nurses:
*A Scientist:
Scientist Assistants:
*Exceptional Residents:

Interested

Character Sheet

I've purposely left no Personality section, as I prefer them to be revealed during play. Please let me know if this is an issue~!
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[Congee]

I'll bite. Police role sound good.

[Cultural Titan]

Interesting. I do have a few mostly insubstantial questions...

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Is the ceiling Flat? A dome would probably be more structurally sound, but in the case of a dome is the 5o00ft. height the top of the wall or the top of the dome?

Did we sign an NDA? does the NDA also specify that we cannot speak about having signed an NDA?

Does Care have a way to deal with common human desires to travel and deal with new environments? Is this a common problem that requires brainwashing on a regular basis for those adventurous individuals?

Are any of the residents really old? I imagine some have been here for the 78 years since they would never have the ability to leave or do they get purged at a certain age resulting in the facility only being at half capacity?

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In the event that you don't like the above kind of questioning you should probably tell me to get lost now because it never ends, but assuming it does not bother you I'll be thinking of a character.

[HeartStrings]

@Cultural Titan

No please, the more questions the merrier!

It is flat. The facility is enormously large so that it would be considerably unlikely for a resident to actually find one of the walls or the ceiling. The residents don't know, or at least shouldn't know, that they're confined.

Yes. Also yes.

They have some basic traveling opportunities, a beach, forest to camp in and an artificial ski hill (feel free to suggest any others :p) but nothing that could really be considered foreign. When they arrive at care they remember nothing of the world so the Guides are meant to repeatedly remind residents that this is the only place that exists, theres no where else to go. So, brainwashing effectively.

There would be a few elderly residents but not many. Exceptional people are very rare and CARE residents aren't allowed to reproduce except under very specific circumstances (IE. studying exceptionality's affect on pregnancy etc.) There are other facilities around the world similar to CARE, though CARE is the largest and oldest, and as such new captures are spread pretty thin.

Man that required some thinking haha, I hope it all makes sense! If not let me know and I'll try and clarify... "Clear as mud" as they say and all. :P

[Meep]

I might be interested :)

So we as the personel would know about the outside world?

[Makrinagon]

I'm definitely interested!

Question though: I'd want to be a scientist for sure. Does anyone object to a character who cannot hear? I have an idea for a character that's been floating around in my head for a while and them being deaf is part of that.

[HeartStrings]

@Meep Yes, we would. Personnel would all be regular people who received education in Exceptionality, some would even live part-time there. CARE itself is not a secret, just what happens there.

@MakrinagonNo, absolutely not! In fact that sounds very interesting :) Would your character know sign language or have some kind of interpreter?

[alexfangtalon]

This sounds really cool. I as well have a question.

Alright, here goes. Say someone has a family member that is born Exceptional. Would this person not be allowed to potentially work for CARE?

Or, if someone's family member's Exceptionalness was hidden and the person studied Exceptional people leading to them working for CARE then the Exceptionalness was discovered and they were brought to CARE, what would then be done in regards to the one working for CARE? Are people who hide someone that is Exceptional arrested? If not would they be fired from CARE?

Apologies for this being all over the place. If ya couldn't tell, which I'm pretty sure it's obvious, I have a specific character background thing in mind. If you decide that this route for a character is a no go I am actually completely fine with it. I have another character setup in mind as well that has nothing to do with the gobbledegook above. Just felt the need to go ahead and ask before thinking more on either character idea.

[Tortoise]

The best villains are the ones who don't know they're the villains.

I'm interested

[Mr Rage]

I'm interested! I was thinking scientist, but it looks like we have a claimant already for that, so I'll pull the Doctor card.

Dr. Rage

Kaeryn Rage:
Role: Doctor
Age: 26
Gender: Female

Appearance

Background: Kaeryn is exceptional... well not that kind of exceptional. She is a genius when it comes to all things medical. Before she joined CARE she was at the forefront of DNA genomic therapies. However, the firm that she worked for closed up shop after allegations of... less than humane test methods. Whether any of that was any of Dr. Rage's doing, well nobody will ever know, as the details of the allegation were sealed when the medical research firm settled the dispute and closed up shop, selling off its assets and research findings to anyone who might have an interest in such things. Despite this ominous black spot on the lungs of her career, Care accepted her with open arms, ready and willing to give her a fresh start doing good for the world, a greater good.

[HeartStrings]

@Congee@Mr Rage@Jeyma@alexfangtalon@Makrinagon@Meep@Congee

Just want to let everyone know that this RP is still going to happen, however I want to work out some very important kinks in regard to its story. If anyone has any questions, suggestions or information that they think could help; please let me know! I will be keeping everyone updated on any changes made in the meantime :)

[Mr Rage]

I am curious as to what the technology level is going to be like. It seems like there are some pretty sophisticated containment and brainwashing tech going on, probably surveillance, too.

[alexfangtalon]

I am curious as to what the technology level is going to be like. It seems like there are some pretty sophisticated containment and brainwashing tech going on, probably surveillance, too.

@Mr Rage

I have absolutely no idea why but reading this made me think of Westworld.

[HeartStrings]

@Mr Rage The year I'm placing this in will be the mid 2300s the specific year is flexible, but in that time frame. Enough time for pollution/radiation to have an effect on genetics to create Exceptionals in the first place. And enough time for enough bad stuff to happen for the public to become frightened of them and vote to create CARE and similar organizations.

Right now I'm debating to have it based in a future version of a currently existing country or have a whole new system altogether.

[Tortoise]

Right now I'm debating to have it based in a future version of a currently existing country or have a whole new system altogether.

@HeartStrings

One possible idea: if there are still multiple countries (instead of a one-nation Earth, like a lot of sci-fi) then perhaps a few countries don't have CARE. Even the knowledge that CARE is not universal could be chaotic. Imagine if the Exceptionals found out- they might try to escape to the non-CARE nations, like 1800's U.S. slaves fleeing to the north.
(They'd have to find out that they're captive in the first place, granted)

[HeartStrings]

@Jeyma I definitely don't want to have a one-nation Earth, that's really played out never mind the unlikelihood of it. Just whether it'd still be the same countries we have now. If not: What's changed. I like the idea of some countries have CARE programs and others not. Some countries might be better with partial or even full freedoms, while other countries could be worse by having horrific research departments or culling their Exceptionals.

I didn't fully think a lot of aspects of this world out before posting it. Just had an idea and jumped at writing down. I realised that shortly after posting and I don't like having things half-baked. Its a huge game killer. Though, in a way it could be a blessing in disguise as it were since the world building will be a lot more collaborative now :)

[Mr Rage]

Well there is a lot of time between now and then that real nations could ebb and flow through. At the current geopolitical rate, you are likely to see a unified European government of some sort, either the USA would have gone total isolation, fractured into smaller nations, or formed a continental government like Europe, but with Mexico and Canada. The south American continent would probably remain a collection of smaller nations, perhaps operating as a coalition or republic when at the global table. Asia is likely to be all under China and Russian rule. Africa will still be the extreme range it currently exists in. They will have the poorest of the poor and the richest of the rich. Much of Africa could have been either outright destroyed by anarctic war,while what remains usable is developed by rich foriegn developers. The middle East will likely be a glass field.

A structure like this would make for enough freedom to do what you want, while still leaving enough geographic history to make it feel more real.

CARE could be an artificial island somewhere that is contracted by a nation or two to provide the services they offer, therefore primarily removing them from the geopolitical landscape.

[Cultural Titan]

While Europe may need unification in order to stay relevant on a world stage, not all signs point to this being successful. It would be equally likely and possibly equally interesting to have them fall from the stage into obscurity and or infighting. Not that either result would really have anything to do with us.

America.... well, you could run it as still the top dog and have it be far from its founding ideas either in principle or practice.

You seem to have ruled out India entirely and give Russia too much credit.

Anyway before I get into everything a great way to shake up the power structure of the world would be with a good old world war. Well, two of them. World wars seem to come in two's if you count the Punic wars that were not just a single siege and conflicts between Greece and Persia. Sticking to a historical model would mean that an underdog wins the first war and starts to become a greater power and then they also win the second war, cementing their global dominance. Or you know, known world dominance in the earlier cases. And you could really do whatever you wanted with that as it would involve too many variables to reasonably account for.

[Mr Rage]

For the record, I am still interested in this...

[Shoryu]

oh wow, I haven't looked at this one in a 'while', got 'real' busy with mid-terms, was just curious though.

Well there is a lot of time between now and then that real nations could ebb and flow through. At the current geopolitical rate, you are likely to see a unified European government of some sort, either the USA would have gone total isolation, fractured into smaller nations, or formed a continental government like Europe, but with Mexico and Canada. The south American continent would probably remain a collection of smaller nations, perhaps operating as a coalition or republic when at the global table. Asia is likely to be all under China and Russian rule. Africa will still be the extreme range it currently exists in. They will have the poorest of the poor and the richest of the rich. Much of Africa could have been either outright destroyed by anarctic war,while what remains usable is developed by rich foriegn developers. The middle East will likely be a glass field.

A structure like this would make for enough freedom to do what you want, while still leaving enough geographic history to make it feel more real.

@Mr Rage

Was this being based on real world politics and national statuses?... Cause as it stands irl the European Union is more unstable than ever as a rising number of people start to view it as a tyrannical control scheme trying to 'force' the independence out of smaller nations and deny them the ability to 'be' independent if they don't bend knee... Though it 'was' pretty funny seeing Germany threaten poland if they don't let mass unchecked immigration in... Then poland beat them at 'their own' moral grandstanding game and demanded reparations for the world wars that germany would never pay. There's more and more people looking to break it up entirely instead of follow along with unity, and that's not even considering the rising likelyhood of centuries long-past repeating history that nobody is interested in speaking of, when the muslim holy empire[or whatever it's actual name was back then] was eagerly invading absolutely everything they could reach in that part of the world.

Though yeah, America's in pretty deep these days too, though with roughly three centuries of time, that's plenty of time to drift entirely into a completely 'de-white manned' Socialist Dictatorship that runs on african black magic [yes, I have heard of the movement to abolish 'white science' and replace it with black magic] like some people are pushing for, or turn the current decline in value of freedoms and human rights into a galvanizing revolution that may bring back older values stronger than ever... As to where either could lead, hoo, only the imagination could tell... Open 'police force of the world' instead of only alleged? Walled off Fortress of freedom?... Re-enacting Wolfenstein the new order, but with transgender feminazis in charge? or maybe it'd turn into a true Orwellian horror show like some parts of europe are closing in on. >3>

Sorry for the rambling, just spotted those comments when I finally looked back and I just can't resist applying my 2-cents :D