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The Gifted: Interest Check


Our world has changed. Our civilization has changed more in the last five years than it has in over a century. Extreme advances in the fields of engineering and medicine have drove humanity forward in an increasingly more optimistic world. The survivors of the war became the heralds of the future - Professor Alto Ganze's expertise in the field of biological engineering and his ownership of notable technology giants paved the way for the massive boom of medical technology and even directly aided in the crafting of some of 2020's finest gadgets. With the help of a range of technopaths and other Metas, technology blasted forward at a speed that none could really keep up with.

Needless to say, this new world is more connected to the system than it's ever been before. Of course, for others it's not so bright. After the Aperture disaster, the Government began working by themselves when it came to Metas. For a mercenary who simply desires to make a living from jobs that require a more violent touch, the government cracked-down hard. In this skewed world, you either live by the government's rules or you don't expose your powers whatsoever. Of course, criminal gangs still pay for Metas who can offer them aid but the life of a mercenary is no longer cost-effective. That's primarily why most became more professional and joined the corporate aspect of things. There's quite a bit of money to be made in private security these days and a Meta is always hired, no matter what their background states. Corporate Metas can also land massive contracting jobs out in the Far East as well where the pay is usually high.

There does exist, however, a group of people who have had enough of the government. A group of people who have had enough of the Reformists and their aimless peace talks. A group of people who are not afraid to use violence to achieve their own political aims. Although it is exceptionally hard to even get near them, the Underground Movement has been running for quite a number of years. It's chain of command is unblemished because it's basically impossible for the government to get anyone into the group without their intents being immediately detected. Don't get me wrong, most members of the group simply don't believe that humanity and Metas can ever get along and all of this is going to descend down into war. Some of the more fundamental members of the group, however, take a direct hand in trying to bring this war about.

The Reformist Council is a group of people all built around the ideas of integrating Metas into normal human society in a wholly peaceful way. Their ideals can sometimes seem unrealistic with the current climate of Meta-acceptance but that has yet to stop them. However, to Metas, the Reformists are so much more. They're the people who stand up to Meta discrimination and make sure to protect the Meta population. However, there does exist a shade in this group of people who are willing to destroy everything in the pursuit of justice. These people are just as dangerous as any Underground Movement Fundamentalist.

Hello everyone! First of all, I believe I should mention that I am not the sole GM of this, as much as my nice little ribbon dictates. Decisions made for The Gifted are purely democratic (unless it's something about the plot because I'll work with a limited number of people for that). My purpose is primarily as Admin for the RP because I'll be doing the organisation work but please note that most of the old-timers have an equal level of authority.

Anyways, what we're aiming for in this RP is player freedom. When we were designing the plot, we wanted to have something that the Players could choose to follow and their choices affected the outcome. This will work on a reward-punishment sort of system where we'll judge if your actions have deemed you worthy of a reward in the plot or some form of punishment. Please note that these rewards and punishments are not a way to drag you into world-events; they just serve to create a world where your actions make a difference. By all means, engage in as many side-plots as necessary and I may even post a few on here just to get the creative juices flowing.

Just to explain the groups, you still have the choice of what type of Meta your character is (Merc, Hero, Corp, none) but now you also have the choice of a faction to align yourself with. Like everything, you can choose to have no alliances to factions. I've set these factions up so that even if your character is "bad", they can still join the Reformists and become a member with darker intents. Even if your character is "good", they can join the Underground Movement by simply disagreeing with the Reformists. You're not locked into a certain faction, to put it simply. Also please note that if you find your character not fitting into a particular group, you can simply create your own (with some permission once you've explained them).

This is a RP and what we're going for is people having fun. If something limits that then please, please, please say it to me or someone else. If you find your character not being interacted with then just mention it in the OOC and someone will pick up on it! Good luck and have fun!










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Interested!

Working on my character now.
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Checking in
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Interested!

I loved the old one pure and chaste from afar, so I'm glad to have a chance to be in this one from the beginning.
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I'll be here, if I get to use my old character again
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@RoflsMazoy
Then let's do work! I'm using my old one so I don't care if you do like wise.

@c3p-0h
Thank you.

@GeliophobHyena and @TheWizardLizard
Can't wait to see what your cs will look like.
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Hey, how canon are the events of the last rp?
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An open question. It's been a week or two since I've heard from Tate. Safe to say he won't be joining us. Seeing as his characters were a driving a force in the story I'd say none of them. Best to start clean from the end of the first arc and scrap all that had happened in the second.
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An open question. It's been a week or two since I've heard from Tate. Safe to say he won't be joining us. Seeing as his characters were a driving a force in the story I'd say none of them. Best to start clean from the end of the first arc and scrap all that had happened in the second.


Well I was wondering how you were going to do it.

If you'll allow me, I'll try this again.
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I don't see a way to make any of this work without Tate or Bee. Easiest to scrap it and start a new. I'd like to run this like Tate did and let everyone kinda guide where this goes. I don't really have a set plan at the moment. So all input is welcome.

By all means join in. I'd love to have as many of the old crew as we can. Plus with the new people this should be really good.
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Name: Alex Trebons
Alias(s): Paladin, The Paladin
Age: 24
Affiliations: Heroes.
Factions: Independent.
Description: Alex is an unassuming, somewhat scholarly looking young man. He works in a museum and looks the part, with somewhat messy brown hair, thick glasses, and a generally mousy demeanor. He bears himself in a way that seems to take a foot off his height and most of the broadness from his shoulders - he is, in general, a man nobody would think twice about.

The Paladin persona, however, is nothing of the sort. The Paladin is a towering figure, clad from head to toe in steel armor that looks straight out of the Middle Ages. He tries to present himself as a larger-than-life ideal heroic figure, with varying success - to some, he may seem an angel, a mighty savior descended from on high to deliver the innocent. To others more accustomed to the world of the Gifted, he... may just seem like a dorky, old-fashioned weirdo.

What's certain about him is that there seems to be no darkness in the man whatsoever. He is a tireless optimist, an incorrigible idealist, and an absolute puppy dog of a human being. He has yet to affiliate himself with the politics of his world, preferring to help out where he can as a 'small steps' sort of hero.

Powers: Alex possesses, in addition to increased durability, strength and speed (think Captain America rather than Hulk or Thor), primarily photokinetic abilities - he has the power to manipulate and control light, even being able to create 'hard light' tools and objects. He mainly uses this to make glowing swords or shields out of pure light, being a stickler for his theme. He is also capable of producing light, being able to make his body 'glow' - this, however, tends to tire him out very quickly, leading to his powers being much less effective in a no-light environment.

A side-effect of his light generation is that his body also tends to produce an immense amount of heat while he does so. He is able to survive this, being largely resistant to the effects of heat (though very vulnerable to cold temperatures), but anything else touching him when he gets warmed up may as well have touched the inside of an oven.

Skills: He's not the most talented Gifted around, though he's put a lot of hours into practicing with his hard light weapons and so has become a capable combatant with those. Otherwise, he has little in the way of relevant talents - he's a History Major, in case that ever comes up. Oh, he's also a decent cook, should that matter.
Equipment: His suit of armor is the only notable piece of equipment he owns - it's made of a lightweight alloy he doesn't fully understand that possesses both physical durability as well as confusing, sciency photon-storage properties. The upshot of all this is that it's a full body suit of armor that he can move around in, provides reasonable protection, and glows when he pours light into it. The armor is his most prized possession, and he treasures it highly.
Ranking: Upper B Rank.

(Optional) Brief History: Alex was a normal boy with superpowers trying to get by in a world getting weirder every day. For most of his life, he hid what he was, hoping only that he wouldn't be noticed. That changed one night two years ago, when he met an older, technologically gifted Meta who was impressed by his character and convinced him to take a more active role in the world. Thus, The Paladin was born, with the help of a suit of armor crafted for him by his mentor, and the new knight began his daylight patrol of city streets and dark alleyways, seeking to spread light and hope wherever he was able.

I hope that's good and balanced and fits and everything! I know I cut it together sort of quick, so I'll listen to any problems with it.

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Even given his strength and durability, I'd like to see his movements be a little clunky and restrictive. Having never put on amour of this sort on, I can only imagine that it would be hard to move in and not give that great of range of motion.

Also, you should totally go nine shades of Don Quixote on a mission to civilize. All kinds of a knights errant. I think it would be cool but that's your character and Provence not mine.

Other than the first one, accepted.
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Do you think we'd be able to do the Underground movement thing without Bee with us? I feel like that'd be a good place to start off.
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Yeah I think we can pull that off. Well just need characters to control the factions. I always thought we should have stuck with that story line verses the tree baby and space horse shit they tried.

I'm gonna be using Eli again but I can make a character to take over one or the other if need be. I don't make too many characters to avoid what happened last time. Two or three people have the majority of the characters and when something happens with we're all stuck.
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@AcerRo If you'll have me, then I'm coming back and if you need some main players for the UGM, then I'll definitely be bringing back a certain haemokinetic psychopath. Might also bring back Jackson, not quite sure yet.
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@AcerRo If you'll have me, then I'm coming back and if you need some main players for the UGM, then I'll definitely be bringing back a certain haemokinetic psychopath. Might also bring back Jackson, not quite sure yet.

Couldn't be happier to have you back.
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Well interest noted, hope you don't mind a bit of new blood XP. In the mean time ill get working on a cs
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Not one bit. We can always use some new blood. I can't wait to see the CS
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Well fuck you P-man. I'll have to tag along. Changing chars probably tho.
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Definitely interested, if there is still room for one more... *^_^*
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