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Brave New World; (LINKING BACK)
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Topic Started: Feb 25 2009, 03:44 AM (132 Views)
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Feb 25 2009, 03:44 AM
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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 HOME . CANONS . WANTED . TEMPLATE . FACE CLAIM . RULES . ADS
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