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Asclepius Initiative




2025, the year it went to hell. No one living knows exactly where the Chimera Parasites came from. Whether from space by a meteor, frozen in Antarctica and was freed when the ice containing it melted, or maybe even a government bioweapon got wrong. Only they showed up in India, and from there, They spread to the rest of the world like cancer. Infecting and transforming their hosts into cannibalistic mutants. At first, the infested was limited to zombie-like beings, and there was still a sense of order as governments tried to contain the infected and find any way to counteract the Chimera Parasites. Nothing worked, as the world was desperate for a cure.

Two months after the appearance of the parasites and before the world collapsed. A special organization created by the United Nations called the Asclepius Initiative. An organization meant to study the Chimera Parasite and find a cure, and contain the infected. Asclepius set up bases around the world, and for a time, there was hope. But as if by command, the parasites started to change their hosts further. While the "zombie' form remained the default type, the parasites changed their hosts into new and more powerful forms that caught the world and Asclepius off guard. Ranging from mutant forms that were barely human to large monsters that were the size of a small building. Unable to handle these new kinds of infected, the world would collapse despite the best efforts from Asclepius.

Now, five years later, those still living are often found in fortified settlements and despite the fall of the world. Asclepius is still around but in a scattered and reduced state. Still, the remaining members of Asclepius are committed to finding a cure and saving humanity from the Chimera Parasites. One such Asclepius base located in Germany, while surviving would come across something that could be cure for Chimera Parasites and save humanity.

So begins a journey that will take them across the world and the fate of humanity lies with them. Whether or not they can succeed is solely in their hands.

Rules:
1. Expected to follow standard site rules
2. No godmodding or powergaming or etc...
3. No OP characters
4. A max of two characters
5. Minimum of one paragraph


Overview

Hello and welcome to the rp. The year is 2030 and in this rp, you will be playing as members of the Asclepius Initiative who live in a Asclepius base in Germany. Where they have been working to survive while trying to find a cure to the Chimera Parasites and save what is left of humanity.



Chimera Parasites

A Chimera Parasite is a black beetle looking parasite about the size of a apple. While easy to kill by most standards, its speed and often attacking in number usual causes a person to be overwhelm though it only takes one parasite to infest a person. By climbing on their back and attaching themselves to the spine. Specifically the top of the thoracic part of the spine. From there they quickly take control of the host and are able to mutant the host to the specific deigns of the parasite. Which while most parasites have a default desire by turning their host into a mutant cannibal akin to a zombie. It has been identified that their are stains or different variants of the Chimera Parasite that make their hosts mutant into specific forms.

Variants that have been identified so far.

Default: The zombie, the default form of the infested. While looking like the undead or just wrong. The Chimera zombie is worse than zombies we know of in human lore. For while they main method of attack is their hands and teeth like traditional zombies. They can climb, open doors and are otherwise more dangerous than expected.

Variant 1:

Variant 2:

Variant 3:


I will think about it and I may do something else but that is the first idea at least.
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Hello again!

I think that's a wonderful idea, if you decide to join. :)

Sounds like someone with a lot of trauma to work through, which makes for great character growth.


Yeah and I have ideas about what he went through. For his magic, maybe something that allows him to channel the power of certain ancestors in his bloodline. If allowed and since his is half Mäiosian that means that some of the ancestors he is channeling are human and he struggles to connect to them.
I may not join but, I think I got a idea for a character. A half Mäiosian who is from a Free Wind citadel who more or less escaped from his citadel and his past by being apart of the exchange program and would be a Astra. But what exactly his magic is I am still thinking.
Hunters: New Blood




The supernatural, vampires, werewolves, ghosts, and more. Everyone knows about them in some way, and most consider them myths and legends, nothing more. For how could these beings exist in modern times without anyone knowing they exist? Let alone having actually seen or met one and having people actually believe it. There has to be a logical explanation for the sightings and is all made up.

Well, for one family, the Russells, mainly their children. They will discover not just that the supernatural exists but their family's role in it after they learn that their parents have gone missing. Gathering in their parents' home at the request of their uncle after being questioned by the police and soon discover their parents' legacy and embark on a quest to not only save their parents but take up their mantle of being hunters of the supernatural. Awakening what powers lie in their blood and traveling America to hunt those that seek harm to humanity and to save it from those that seek to dominate them.

It will not be an easy task, and the road will be a long one. But they say that a family that fights together stays together. So starts their mission, and time will tell if they will prove to be up to the task. For both new and old threats are on the horizon and one, in particular, has plans for the Russells.

Rules:
1. Expected to follow standard site rules
2. No godmodding or powergaming or etc...
3. No OP characters
4. A max of one characters
5. Minimum of one paragraph


Overview

Hello and welcome to the rp. The rp is set in 2010, and the rp is about a family of former hunters that are forced into action after the family's parents go missing. After learning about it and being questioned by the police about it. The family's uncle asks them to come to their parents' house to discuss things. There they will learn about their family's secret, that they are hunters of the supernatural. But not just any hunters but ones gifted with abilities to give them an edge against the supernatural. Soon they discover the reason for their parents' going missing and not only start to rescue them but, in the process, become hunters in their own right and start hunting down hostile supernaturals and protect humanity from those supernaturals that seek to either harm or dominate humans. Traveling America while doing so.

Now while there will be an overarching plot and story arcs for it. There will be a monster of the week style arcs in between the story arcs. Which I will be open to suggestions if anyone happens to have an idea they want to do.

So with the focus being on a family of hunters, that means there will be limited slots. I am thinking at the moment about 3 main family chars and 2 cousins. However, due to story reasons. The cousins would have been brought up with the main family after said aunt and uncle were killed in mysterious circumstances. So a big household growing up and the cousins would be older than the main family kids. As for ages, the children should be. Generally, somewhere in their twenties, no one above thirty. Also, the kids grew up in Columbus, Nebraska, and this is where their parents' home is located.

Also, the main family parents would be Richard and Joan, and the cousins from Richard's older sister, Emily, and her husband, Owen. There is a third, Russell, the younger brother of Richard and Emily. Victor, who has kids but is divorced and said kids are busy being hunters in Europe. Victor is a retired hunter who had little contact with Richard and his family due to a falling out they had after a hunt years ago.

For the ages of the chars, the main family should be 20-25, cousins 26-29 for reference.

Abilities

For what abilities the Russells family has, here is it. Enhanced strength, enhanced agility/speed/reflexes, enhanced durability, enhanced healing, resistance to foreign influence, and innate fighting skills. Now, how strong these abilities are, here it is.

For how strong a Russells is? One can lift an adult human up easily and throw them. They can hold their own against Vampires and others of similar range.

How durable? They can handle being hit by a car with minor injuries and are resistant to blunt-force trauma. They are, however, not bulletproof or resistant to bladed weapons though they can take hits that would hinder normal humans.

How fast? About beyond the speed/agility and reflexes of a normal human, and can move at great speeds but cannot outrun a car. An example of how fast the reflexed and speed, a Russell can step on a bear trap and react fast enough and be fast enough not to get caught in it.

How good is their healing? One can heal all minor injuries in an instant, and it takes more time to heal the more severe the injury. The healing has its limits and can not regrow severed limbs. Bearing the most extreme of injuries like a bullet to the brain, decapitation, or severed limbs. The body will heal itself at a fast rate, and it just takes time. Also, enhanced healing does nothing with disease resistance, so the Russells are still affected by normal diseases.

Resistance to foreign influence? Meaning that a Russell is resistant to mind control, suggestion, and other mind-altering effects and drugs. Their resistance is very high though it is possible for a powerful drug or user to influence or controls a Russell. It is rare that this happens.

Innate fighting skills? Each Russell has innate fighting skills in both armed and unarmed combat. But though the skills are innate, they require little training to get used to and can rely on instincts to fight. Though in regards to armed combat, weapons such as swords or maces and other melee weapons is what a Russell can use instinctively. This does not extend to range weapons such as firearms though it has not stopped others like the Russells from using guns in their hunts.

But the Russells' main family made efforts to stop their children and Emily's children from getting their abilities so they could be normal and live a normal life. A method only a few know of, and thus their abilities are dormant. But they will be activated soon into the rp.

So that is it and if anyone has any questions, just say something. Also, I am looking for a co-op so if you are interested. Again just say something. Plus, I will be reserving a cousin spot so I will be accepting 1 more cousin spot.

Desmond Wathen
The Eye of the Beholder Inn


"Okay Valgo I see," Desmond trying not to seen intimidated by Valgo and tried to talk calmly. "So a barrel of pitch, a block of wax and a big good axe." Desmond pondered a bit before replying back to Valgo. "It should not be a problem for me to get those items for you though it may take a bit of time to get all of them here. Depending how the weather is since we just had a week long blizzard."

Desmond leaned back in his chair and took a sip of his drink before continuing and leaning back in. "Do not worry about being swindled, I am a man of my word and I do not enjoy backstabbing my customers. My parents taught me better and I know better then to cheat my clients. It is bad for business and I am not in the camp of making enemies on my first real day here." At least I know how to fight if that happens, Desmond thought uneagerly.

Now for the hard part, Desmond thought. "Now about payment..." His voice starting to sound a bit nervous. "Yes, get more coin since the amount you have on the table would not be enough. So I will get your items and you will get me more coin?" Desmond offered his right hand to Valgo and expected to get a bear hug in the form of the hand shake and preparing for the sudden pain. "Do we have a deal?" He smiled and hoped that this could be a fruitful venture and maybe make a friendly acquaintance out of it. "And if you do not have the coin by the time the items arrive, I am should we can work something out."

Interacting - @Dark Light
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I don't mind since we're still in the early stages and Callum has yet to interact with anyone, but you'd have to go back and edit your post as well.


That is fine with me.
I am still here, but might change or edit my char if you do not mind. Like him just owning the observatory to give him some more freedom and some other edits.
Elijah Tower

The Cozy Bakery
Downtown North District
Interacts: Loni@Fernstone, Elena@Qia, Quill@PatientBean


Finally, the monster was dead and Elijah's gambit bore fruit. He watched while keeping the spear steady as the creature died but, with one last word. “This is just… the beginning…” Once whatever it had collapsed and it turned into something generic looking. Did he pull the spear from its dead body and capped it and it turned into a pen and Elijah stored in on his person.

Then he turned to the group and watched as Quill applied first aid to the wounded mother and as ask her questions and later Elena saying what she knew. He spoke his piece to Quill, "I was just here to get some food... I do not know why this monster attacked this place. Especially, during the day, all I know is that it was impersonating a man named James and the owner seemed to know James and I mean the real one." Elijah looking back at the doppelganger's body and then at the group. "I am guessing the real James is dead and this thing took his place but why I do not know."

This monster, Elijah thought, feels like he should know what it is but it is escaping him. A shapeshifting paranormal that can impersonate humans... it sounds familiar to him but, he has not way of knowing unless he remembers or finds a book on the subject. Which he does not have access to one. Either way, it is dead and the spear claims another kill in its long history. But thinking on what the monster said, maybe the spear will have more kills in the future. An unease thought if more was coming.

But, Elijah snapped back to reality and as he remembered that another life hangs in the balance. The injured mother and after Elena spoke, he knelt down to Loni prepared to move her. "We should get her out of here now before she bleeds out and I think there is a clinic nearby that can help. I can take her there if anyone wants to come along with me to make sure she lives than come with." Elijah looks at Quill, "I know our answers may not be the best but, she needs help now and that is all I know. So unless you need more... I will be getting her help now."
Elijah Tower

The Cozy Bakery
Downtown North District
Interacts: "James"@Fernstone


His gambit failed, and it appears that he made the wrong move. True, he is still alive and unharmed. But the doppelganger was smarter than he thought, and Elijah failed to land another hit on it and end the thing. Even worse in its mocking nature, it decided to slit the throat of one of the Blinds. There was nothing he could do to stop it, and he had failed to end this fight before someone died. Even if mind controlled, he could have saved her, but it is too late now.

Elijah could feel the anger rising in him and he tightly gripped the spear but still managed to keep control. While anger could help him in this case, it could also make him commit another mistake and one that could led to more deaths. Thus, he stove to keep it in check.

So Elijah watched as the doppelganger tried to slip into the shadows only to fail, and he could tell that the doppelganger was getting weaker. Weak enough that he could finish it off and end it here and now. The first hit from the spear must have done a number on it if one hit could make it like this. Elijah just needs to get close enough, and another hit should kill it.

He had a plan in mind, and while risky, it was one the doppelganger would not expect. No more attacks from behind, this time. Elijah had a different plan, and in a second, he turned invisible.

The next time he appeared, he would be in front of Elena and he plunge the spear directly into the doppelganger's body. He became visible as he did, hoping that this time he would hit and end this fight before more loss of life. It was time to see if Elijah's gamble was the right one this time.
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