Post by Ayla on Apr 1, 2009 11:21:35 GMT -5
Whoosh!
---Plot---
---Plot---
Superheroes. You read the comic books, you watch their movies... You wear capes and run around the house pretending to be them. But what would it be like to actually be them? To have superpowers? To be able to run fast as lightning? To regenerate every time you get hurt? To controls other's thoughts?
Some already know. Those mind readers you see on TV? They used to be real. Then people, greedy as they are, decided to turn it into a business- a way to make money. They started faking it and making television shows about it.
Magicians used to be real, too. Now they're just illusionists.
These people are still here. But they have to hide. What would your reaction be if you saw some one lighting a candle with their fire-tipped finger, or walking right through a wall?
Exactly.
It isn't magic, though. It's science. Mysterious science, but science still. And when there is something to scientific mystery of course there are going to be scientists trying to learn about it. Doing tests, analyzing subjects, picking apart every piece of information they know...
But what if the scientists weren't 'good'? What if, instead of simply trying to find out why these people have powers, they were trying to find out how to give the powers to some one else?
Jacob Benson. In a word, he's evil. (Creepy too, but that's besides the point.) He's the owner of Benson Corporations, one of those companies that make every thing from toilet paper to cars to pickles and ice cream. (Which is actually a rather tasty combination. But I'm getting side-tracked again...)
As owner of Benson Corporations, Jacob has money. Lots of money. And he's using that money to pay a team of scientists to do research for him. Jacob Benson has money and power and a rich lifestyle... But he wants more. And with superpowers, he could be more then just President of the company. He could be President of the WORLD.
But all is not lost. There is a group of people, people with powers. They've found out about Benson's secret operations and are working to stop him. They've tried convincing the police, but of course Benson is a smart one and always makes sure that no evidence is to be found. The Resistance, as they call themselves, have tried all they could, but the police just do not believe them. And why would they? People don't have superpowers, they said. And if the Resistance show their powers to convince to police, then who's to say that the government won't become the new Benson Corporation and do the same thing that's already happening?
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So yeah, that's basically what this role play is about. It is based on the show Heroes, in that there are people with powers and a crazy guy trying to give them to himself... But there's no eclipse.
---Rules---
-No powerplaying or godmodding.
-You can play as any kind of character you want, with or without powers. You could play as a police officer who believes them, or one with powers, or some one from Benson Corporations... Basically whatever you want.
-I am Jacob Benson.
-The Resistance is made up solely of people with powers.
-The Resistance doesn't have any one leader. They make decisions together, and take a vote if needed.
-This page as a list of powers, but you don't have to use one from the list, you could make one up yourself: heroeswiki.com/Powers
-You can have as many characters as you like, as long as you can keep track of them.
-Characters can be any age.
-Don't go too overboard with the romance and violence. If you have an insane pyrokinetic he could burn some one up if you wanted him too, just don't be too graphic with the descriptions.
---Character Sheets---
User: (Your user name or name. Something to tell who is playing as which character.)
Name:
Age:
Gender:
Power:
Class: (As in, are they Resistance, police, Benson, etc.)
Personality: (Just a short description will do.)
Appearance: (A picture or a short description will do.)
History: (Optional.)
Other:
---Characters---
User: Ayla
Name: Jacob Benson
Age: 54
Gender: Male
Power: None at the moment.
Class: President of Benson Corporations
Personality: Evil, of course. Creepy. He manages to stay strangely calm most of the time.
Appearance: (Yup, that's Ben. Had to, he's just too perfect for this character.)
History: ...
Other: His daughter is Kit.
User: Ayla
Name: Katherine Sienna Benson
Age: 25
Gender: Female
Power: Invisibility and teleportation.
Class: Benson
Personality: Sarcastic. A lier. Gets bored and angry easily. Hates losing, and uses an excuse every time she does.
Appearance:
History: It'll be revealed.
Other: Jacob's daughter. Goes by 'Kit'.
User: Ayla
Name: Derek Joshua Adams
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Power: Telepathy (mind reading, sending thoughts and images back and forth) and levitation.
Class: Resistance.
Personality: Doesn't give up easily. Sometimes he worries to much.
Appearance: (Ignore the girl...)
History: Revealed along with Kit's.
Other: ...