Riverwood Academy for the Different

[Penguin]

Deep within the middle of no where in a classified area of the United States lies an academy unknown to most of the world. Its students are nothing like you can ever imagine. They possess qualities no other students in the world will ever possess. TV shows, comics, and movies all portray the idea of having superhuman abilities as a gift. Those who have them are regarded as "heroes" and "villains." In real life, regardless of what damsel in distress you help or what mayor you save, you're a villain. Traces of the X21 gene began surfacing in 1970. Dozens of unexplained occurrences began appearing in the news. Children everywhere were seen doing things no one could exactly explain. The government soon got to the bottom of it. All news being reported on any of these happenings were to be destroyed, all newspapers, any TV reportings... Everything. They didn't understand why certain children could do these extravagant things. They didn't want to understand and they sure didn't want the country to know about these freaks of nature. These children were dangerous. In the sneakiest of ways, most of these kids were annihilated. They made their deaths look like accidents and no one questioned a thing. Those who weren't were taken into labs and experimented on inhumanely to find more about these strange abilities. It was eventually concluded these mutants were not classified as humans and leaving them alive and in public could endanger the human species. It was for the good of society that a secret military force called the X force would be made to quickly find and dispose of these mutants before anyone could find out about their abilities. A select few people felt differently about these mutants. They felt that it was not their fault they had these abilities and could be taught to conceal them and control them. Thus, a secret academy was created in 1990 in an unnamed location in the woodland area. Their goal was to find people with these abilities before the X force did and bring them to their school for protection and to teach them to control and conceal their abilities so that they could safely live their lives in public. They found that the gene was inactive until a mutant's mid-teens at the least. Currently, in 2015, the ages of the students have ranged from 14-24. A student's normal education continues here along with the ability training however a student will remain longer if he or she cannot master his or her ability. Many remain in the school as faculty to ensure a safe life. Those who master their ability and the ability to conceal it are allowed to live on the outside, knowing very well if it was to be used at the wrong place and time that the X force would detect it and come to annihilate them. However, there are always those who feel they shouldn't have to hide anything... There have been some students lately who feel wronged by the treatment of the government and even this school. They feel that they should be allowed to embrace who they are and use their powers freely and that if society were to know of their existence, they might even be accepted. These ideas tend to spiral down a dark path for some students. ABILITIES: These range from mind-oriented abilities to even elemental abilities. What seemed impossible can be possible. Telekinesis, mind-reading, telepathy, even shape-shifting... All suddenly possible. Elemental abilities such as manipulating the fire, the light or the wind are also possible. However, most people need to have the essence at hand to use it and it is not easy to control at all. There have been rare instances of people sprouting wings from their back or other animal-like qualities but these people are often quickly terminated due to being easy to notice. No one knows why this is all possible. The government permitted very limited research as to maintain very little interest in the mutants. The goal is eradication, after all. FORM: Name: Nickname: Gender: Age(Most people don't know they have the mutant gene until their teen years. However if you insist on being that one really young kid I won't mind): Brief Personality: Ability: Limits to Ability: Age admitted into Riverwood: Background: Appearance: Other: Anyone find this interesting ? :)

[Primal Conundrum]

Could be interesting. What sort of age range were you thinking of? I tend to avoid RPs where the cast is kids who have crazy skills beyond their years.

[Penguin]

I was leaning toward mid-late teens and perhaps older can fit in spots. I didn't intend on allowing crazy skills especially since when you first arrive you don't really know how to control your power very well

[Primal Conundrum]

Idea that I had was basically a telekinetic who's powers caused a quite strong atomic wind. So basically, she's POTENTIALLY incredibly powerful, but if she exerts too much force, it starts tearing at her flesh as though she was standing in a sandstorm. The more force she uses, the harder it rips at her. So in theory, she could perform biblical feats with this ability, but it would strip her to her bones and kill her in moments, so she has an extremely good reason to hold back. She'd probably have some bandages on at all times, and carry more with her, just as a result of periodically over-exerting her power in day-to-day tasks. Lifting things up to what she could roughly lift via muscle power would cause at most superficial wounds, like sandpaper dragged over the skin, but as things got heavier than a normal person could lift it would quickly escalate to "falling on barnacles", "getting hit by a shotgun blast in slow motion", and eventually "standing in front of an industrial sand blaster". Wouldn't fit too well if you were going for a more light-hearted tone, so if that's the case I'll just dodge out. I'd picture her as probably being one of the older members of this group, possibly a survivor of the early days of these abilities beginning to show. Might even have a position like a teacher's aid or something, I kinda picture her in her early twenties.

[Penguin]

I like your idea for her! She would fit fine :)

[Pie Flavor]

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[DaDrummer676]

Also interested! Looking forward to seeing this turn into an rp.

[SheriffLlama]

Definitely interested! I've got an idea for a character

[Penguin]

Thanks for the interest ! I'll add in a form and some more information. With some more interest, I shall create a thread

[Rina]

@Penguin was telling me about this. I'll join!

[Chairman Stein]

Interested. I don't normally do character RPs but this has caught my attention.

[pyre101]

Interested, but do you have some idea of a plot? Or would this be more of a open world? I ask this not to be rude or offend anyone, but I have been running into some trouble with current RPs with these problems.

[Konami]

I will be keeping an eye on this. An ironic turn of phrase, considering the character I thought up while reading through the OP.

[Penguin]

Interested, but do you have some idea of a plot? Or would this be more of a open world? I ask this not to be rude or offend anyone, but I have been running into some trouble with current RPs with these problems.

@pyre101

Yeah I do have a plot in my mind. I don't intend on just a nice little school rpg that's for sure. There's going to be trouble. The whole idea of being taught to hide your powers and go out in the world and not use them is bound to make people tense.

[pyre101]

That is nice to know. Then, I will start to think of a suitable character.

[Primal Conundrum]

I might be co-GMing an RP actually, so I may have to withdraw from this. I'll keep you posted, but I have a limited amount of time for RP and if I help with that I won't be able to participate here :s

[Potter]

I'm interested in joining. :) Also; Penguin is allowing me to reserve pyrokinesis. Just saying. :o

[Mogwar]

Would it be possible to play an X-Force agent, freshly trained and not having seen any action? Thinking of making a promising young agent Who quickly finds he doesn't have the stomach for slaughtering people who haven't actually wronged anyone.

[MarshiestMallow]

Definitely interested in this!

[Nuttynad]

This seem really interesting :3 It's gonna be my first time trying out a casual roleplay though :D Must the teens have really incredible skills or are there some that their powers seem to be weak?