I've been away from RPing for a while now, but I've had an idea bumping around in my head that I figured I'd share and see if there was any interest. It's sort of a mixture of the suit from the new Blue Beetle movie and Power Rangers, wherein a group of seniors at Angel Grove High bond with different colored Scarabs. Beyond the references to Angel Grove and the Scarabs, this would be a completely original continuity that we develop as we write. Here's the trailer if you haven't seen it to get an idea how the suits work:
To keep the story from getting as convoluted as in my past RPs, I want to keep the initial plot fairly simple: My character spent the Summer before Senior Year visiting his archeologist father in Egypt, who had recently uncovered a hidden chamber in a tomb and unwittingly awakened a small swarm of alien robot Scarabs who had been locked away millennia ago. They used their cloaking abilities to become invisible and stow away in my character's luggage when he leaves to return to Angel Grove, and upon getting home and opening his suitcase, the Red Scarab jumps out and bonds to him. It tries to take over his body and command him to find hosts for the other Scarabs, but he is able to overpower the AI and maintain control of himself.
After learning to navigate the alien software of the suit, he is able to hack into the other Scarabs to reprogram their AI systems as well, except for the Black Scarab, which manages to escape. It later finds a host that will become the first major villain and begins breeding organic-cybernetic hybrid monsters. Knowing he needs to find willing hosts for the other Scarabs to fight off the growing armies of monsters, he invites his friends (your characters) over to his mansion and reveals the truth to them. Just then, the Black Ranger and the monsters swarm the mansion, and your characters bond with the other Scarabs to fight them off.
Feel free to pick any colors you all want, except for Red (my character) and Black (the villain). The suits all look like the Blue Beetle one in the movie, just imagine your chosen color instead of blue. The powers are similar to the movie suit as well. I'll leave it there for now, we can flesh it out more if there is interest.
To keep the story from getting as convoluted as in my past RPs, I want to keep the initial plot fairly simple: My character spent the Summer before Senior Year visiting his archeologist father in Egypt, who had recently uncovered a hidden chamber in a tomb and unwittingly awakened a small swarm of alien robot Scarabs who had been locked away millennia ago. They used their cloaking abilities to become invisible and stow away in my character's luggage when he leaves to return to Angel Grove, and upon getting home and opening his suitcase, the Red Scarab jumps out and bonds to him. It tries to take over his body and command him to find hosts for the other Scarabs, but he is able to overpower the AI and maintain control of himself.
After learning to navigate the alien software of the suit, he is able to hack into the other Scarabs to reprogram their AI systems as well, except for the Black Scarab, which manages to escape. It later finds a host that will become the first major villain and begins breeding organic-cybernetic hybrid monsters. Knowing he needs to find willing hosts for the other Scarabs to fight off the growing armies of monsters, he invites his friends (your characters) over to his mansion and reveals the truth to them. Just then, the Black Ranger and the monsters swarm the mansion, and your characters bond with the other Scarabs to fight them off.
Feel free to pick any colors you all want, except for Red (my character) and Black (the villain). The suits all look like the Blue Beetle one in the movie, just imagine your chosen color instead of blue. The powers are similar to the movie suit as well. I'll leave it there for now, we can flesh it out more if there is interest.
