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Brave New World; (LINKING BACK)
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I HAVE SEEN MANY THINGS IN A LIFE TIME ALONE
NO ONE KNOWS WHY IT HAPPENED OR HOW IT BEGAN BUT IN THE LATTER
HALF OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY MANKIND BEGAN TO EVOLVE. PEOPLE
WITH EXTRAORDINARY POWERS BEGAN TO SURFACE WITH INCREASING
FREQUENCY ALL OVER THE WORLD. MOST OF THEM TRIED TO HIDE THEIR
GIFTS AND GET ON WITH THEIR LIVES WHILE THEIR GOVERNMENTS TRIED
TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO CONTAIN THEM. IN THE END MOST OF THE NATIONS
CAME TO THE SAME CONCLUSION: THEY NEEDED TO TAKE CONTROL. IN 1972,
THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT CREATED 'THE AGENCY.' IT'S MISSION: TO
LOCATE AND RETRIEVE SUPER POWERED INDIVIDUALS THROUGHOUT AMERICA.
THEIR GOAL WAS TO TRAIN THEM AND USE THEM TO FURTHER AMERICAN
INTERESTS AROUND THE WORLD. THE AGENCY BECAME BOTH A HAVEN AND
A PRISON FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH POWERS. ON ONE HAND, THEY WERE GIVEN
A PLACE WHERE THEY COULD BE THEMSELVES AND SURROUND THEMSELVES
WITH PEOPLE JUST LIKE THEM. ON THE OTHER, THEY DIDN'T REALLY HAVE ANY
CHOICE IN THE MATTER. PEOPLE WITH POWERS WERE ONLY GIVEN ONE OPTION.
COME WILLINGLY OR SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES. CHILDREN WERE REMOVED
FROM THEIR FAMILIES AS SOON AS THEY BEGAN TO SHOW THEIR POWERS AND
RAISED BY THE AGENCY. ADULTS WERE ESSENTIALLY DRAFTED INTO SERVICE.
NO ONE COULD LEAVE AND NO ONE COULD QUESTION ANYTHING. BUT IT WORKED.
THOSE WITH SUPER POWERS BECAME AN ASSET TO THE GOVERNMENT AND BY
2012 THEY HAD TAKEN CHARGE OF THEMSELVES. THEY BECAME A FAMILY AND
THEY WORKED AS A FAMILY. AFTER ALL, EVERYONE WANTS A PLACE TO BELONG.

AND THESE LINES ARE DRAWN ACROSS THE SAND
BUT THINGS COULDN'T STAY PERFECT FOREVER. SOME PEOPLE OF THOSE WITH
POWERS RESENTED BEING FORCED TO WORK FOR THE GOVERNMENT. THEY DID
NOT WANT TO LEAVE THEIR FAMILIES BEHIND AND THEY DID NOT LIKE THAT THE
AGENCY WOULD USE ANY LEVERAGE THEY COULD TO KEEP THEM UNDER THEIR
THUMB. SO THEY STARTED TO DISAPPEAR INTO THE WOOD WORK. ESCAPEES
WOULD TAKE OFF AND TRY MAKE IT ON THEIR OWN WHILE HIDING OUT FORM THE
AGENCY MEMBERS TRACKING THEM WITH THE INTENT OF BRINGING THEM BACK.
MOST JUST WANT TO BE LEFT ALONE BUT SOME ARE SEEKING REVENGE. THERE
IS A GROUP KNOWN AS THE INHUMANS WHO WANT TO TAKE THE AGENCY DOWN.
LIKE THE AGENCY THEY ARE TRYING TO RECRUIT MEMBERS TO THEIR SIDE. THEIR
GREATEST ASSETS ARE THE UNIDENTIFIED PEOPLE LIVING WITH POWERS ALL OVER
THE COUNTRY. THEY COULD BE EASILY SWAYED AND THEY ARE ALL TARGETS. THIS
IS SEATTLE IN 2016. IT'S A BORDERLINE WAR ZONE, CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF A
LITERAL CLASH OF THE TITANS. ON ONE SIDE, THE AGENCY. ON THE OTHER, THOSE
WHO OPPOSE IT. CIVILIANS AND NEUTRAL ESCAPEES AND FREE SUPER HUMANS
ALIKE ARE BOUND TO GET DRAGGED INTO THE CONFLICT AND WHO KNOWS HOW IT
WILL END. ONE THING IS FOR SURE. NOTHING WILL BE THE SAME AFTER IT'S ALL OVER.


YOU ARE PLANNED AND YOU ARE DAMNED IN THIS

BRAVE NEW WORLD
A LITERATE ORIGINAL SUPER POWERS GAME
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