Snek
Boop the snoot, you get the shoot
In an alternate reality of 2017 Earth, the world has been ravaged by the erratic appearance of Rifts, small rips in the fabric of reality that, more often than not, have destructive effects on the surrounding area. The source of this destructive phenomenon is unknown, only that in 2012, the first Rift appeared over the Atlantic Ocean, a massive portal that ushered in the first wave of Rifts across the globe. Global politics and trade are slowly dying as each country fends for itself against this new supernatural threat.
However, another side effect of the Rifts has been observed. In a tiny fraction of the world's population (an estimated 5,000 individuals), the warping of reality results in the formation of incredible new abilities, fantastic powers to combat the otherwordly creatures threatening the globe. Aside from the special containment units and task forces now employed by most countries, these newly-enhanced people are the main line of defense against the Rifts. And it is a small group of these superhumans that our story shall follow.
~~~
The suited man typed furiously at the desk, the light of the monitor illuminating his strained expression in the room's darkness as his fingers drummed rhythmically across the keyboard. He had to make sure that the event was set, or else he'd have to wait months and try again when their eyes were turned away once more. The world couldn't wait any longer for these new Chosen, the world had already suffered enough. The task forces were a weak solution, and only a temporary one at that, and legislation on superhumans wasn't going anywhere fast, not with everyone blaming them for the Rifts. No, there was certainly no more time. Whether the world was ready for them or not, the Chosen were the only advantage the world had. Finally, humans would have the upper hand. He just had to finish the event post and link it across every social media site possible.
The man wiped sweat off his brow, making sure the links worked, and then began the distribution. Every media platform, every blog, every news station in Chicago would suddenly and inexplicably release a mysterious post, asking people to come to Grant Park on Friday at high noon. Those worthy, the ad said, would be Chosen and become superhuman. As proof, attached at the bottom of the post was a GIF of just the man's hand with the dark room in the background, a psychedelic orb of energy swirling above his palm. There was no name attached.
The man rose from his chair. The deed was done. His thumb pressed on a remote in his hand, activating the thermal device in the computer and melting the internal hardware to slag. The police would track the hack to this room soon, and he couldn't have them snooping into the rest of his secrets. As the man closed the door and left the building, he looked up to the night sky. His hand rose to the sky, multicolored energy pooling in his raised palm before splitting into several thin rivers of plasma through the air. Each stream flowed in a different direction, extending a few feet away from him before fading into transparency and eventually complete invisibility. After a few minutes of standing there, looking around to make sure no one was watching the process, the remainder of the energy pooled in his hand flowed away on the ley-lines he had constructed until his palm was empty.
"Find my Chosen...guide them to me tomorrow...guide them to their destiny..." muttered the well-dressed man, his knees wobbling before finally collapsing on the sidewalk. He let out a long breath before his eyes fell closed. Out in the city night, the myriad of invisible leylines stretched wide across the streets, weaving around walls and through buildings until they found their targets. When the leylines found their targets, they latched themselves onto their hosts' essence and whispered a single phrase in their minds.
"Chosen..."
~~~
Character sheets like this, copy and paste, then fill out. Make sure to delete the instructions in parentheses before submitting. You don't start with powers yet, there's a small prologue before you get your (randomly-generated) powers. What will you get? The suspense is killing me! Don't worry if you don't like the powers you get, there will be opportunities to re-roll the metaphorical dice throughout the RP. Be creative and be unique with your character. Oh, and thanks for your interest
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(Insert appearance picture at the top)
Name: (This is alternate Earth, but still Earth. Realistic names please.)
Age/Gender: (Like ASL, but without the L. We're all in Chicago to start. You can't possibly screw this up by accident.)
(The following is my homebrew version of a statistics system. You'll pick three stats as proficient by marking with a (+), meaning your character is talented in that area, and three of them as deficient by marking with a (-), indicating your character's weakness in that area. No numbers necessary. The rest of them should be blank, which means capability of average person. I filled in the stats below as an example, as well as little brief descriptions of what each stat is and when you'll have to roll for it. Or rather, when I'll roll my dice for you.)
Strength - (-) - (Used for feats requiring physical force or dominance. Good for combat or manipulating one's environment.)
Dexterity - (Used for controlling one's body in precise ways, like aiming or performing acrobatics. Good for precision in combat, and mobility both in and out of combat.)
Willpower - (Used for resisting physical restraints like pain, fatigue, etc.)
Prudence - (+) - (Basically mental defense. Helps you anticipate threats, and makes you harder to trick.)
Reason - (-) - (Helps you learn and deduce new facts from existing ones. Good stat for puzzle-solving and decision making.)
Empathy - (-) - (Helps you understand feelings of others. Good for reading body language and interacting with people.)
Creativity - (+) - (Helps with personal intuition and artistic endeavors. Good for using Chosen powers effectively, among other miscellaneous things like brainstorming or bluffing.)
Subtlety - (+) - (Helps avoid drawing attention. Good for things like sneaking, blending into crowds, or otherwise being a sneaky bastard >;P)
Bio: (Include basic backstory and personality, separated into two bodies of text to make my life easier. Please, please please make this brief, I don't want to read any more than a paragraph for background. Just basic context as to who they are and why they're in Chicago, and personality should be even less than a paragraph. A few adjectives would be sufficient (for instance, Paranoid, Skittish, Intuitive, Defensive). Your character can have parts of their backstory be secret for the purpose of character interaction, but you have to give me a motivation. If this part says something like "to be revealed", you WILL be denied.)
Extra: (This is where you can put other little quirks, hobbies, or any other extra information about your character. Things that aren't related to statistics but might be relevant somewhere along the line, like their biggest fear or some little tick they have or other "uniquenesses".)
((EDIT: If I like your application, it means you're accepted. Congratulations!))
However, another side effect of the Rifts has been observed. In a tiny fraction of the world's population (an estimated 5,000 individuals), the warping of reality results in the formation of incredible new abilities, fantastic powers to combat the otherwordly creatures threatening the globe. Aside from the special containment units and task forces now employed by most countries, these newly-enhanced people are the main line of defense against the Rifts. And it is a small group of these superhumans that our story shall follow.
~~~
The suited man typed furiously at the desk, the light of the monitor illuminating his strained expression in the room's darkness as his fingers drummed rhythmically across the keyboard. He had to make sure that the event was set, or else he'd have to wait months and try again when their eyes were turned away once more. The world couldn't wait any longer for these new Chosen, the world had already suffered enough. The task forces were a weak solution, and only a temporary one at that, and legislation on superhumans wasn't going anywhere fast, not with everyone blaming them for the Rifts. No, there was certainly no more time. Whether the world was ready for them or not, the Chosen were the only advantage the world had. Finally, humans would have the upper hand. He just had to finish the event post and link it across every social media site possible.
The man wiped sweat off his brow, making sure the links worked, and then began the distribution. Every media platform, every blog, every news station in Chicago would suddenly and inexplicably release a mysterious post, asking people to come to Grant Park on Friday at high noon. Those worthy, the ad said, would be Chosen and become superhuman. As proof, attached at the bottom of the post was a GIF of just the man's hand with the dark room in the background, a psychedelic orb of energy swirling above his palm. There was no name attached.
The man rose from his chair. The deed was done. His thumb pressed on a remote in his hand, activating the thermal device in the computer and melting the internal hardware to slag. The police would track the hack to this room soon, and he couldn't have them snooping into the rest of his secrets. As the man closed the door and left the building, he looked up to the night sky. His hand rose to the sky, multicolored energy pooling in his raised palm before splitting into several thin rivers of plasma through the air. Each stream flowed in a different direction, extending a few feet away from him before fading into transparency and eventually complete invisibility. After a few minutes of standing there, looking around to make sure no one was watching the process, the remainder of the energy pooled in his hand flowed away on the ley-lines he had constructed until his palm was empty.
"Find my Chosen...guide them to me tomorrow...guide them to their destiny..." muttered the well-dressed man, his knees wobbling before finally collapsing on the sidewalk. He let out a long breath before his eyes fell closed. Out in the city night, the myriad of invisible leylines stretched wide across the streets, weaving around walls and through buildings until they found their targets. When the leylines found their targets, they latched themselves onto their hosts' essence and whispered a single phrase in their minds.
"Chosen..."
~~~
Character sheets like this, copy and paste, then fill out. Make sure to delete the instructions in parentheses before submitting. You don't start with powers yet, there's a small prologue before you get your (randomly-generated) powers. What will you get? The suspense is killing me! Don't worry if you don't like the powers you get, there will be opportunities to re-roll the metaphorical dice throughout the RP. Be creative and be unique with your character. Oh, and thanks for your interest
~~
(Insert appearance picture at the top)
Name: (This is alternate Earth, but still Earth. Realistic names please.)
Age/Gender: (Like ASL, but without the L. We're all in Chicago to start. You can't possibly screw this up by accident.)
(The following is my homebrew version of a statistics system. You'll pick three stats as proficient by marking with a (+), meaning your character is talented in that area, and three of them as deficient by marking with a (-), indicating your character's weakness in that area. No numbers necessary. The rest of them should be blank, which means capability of average person. I filled in the stats below as an example, as well as little brief descriptions of what each stat is and when you'll have to roll for it. Or rather, when I'll roll my dice for you.)
Strength - (-) - (Used for feats requiring physical force or dominance. Good for combat or manipulating one's environment.)
Dexterity - (Used for controlling one's body in precise ways, like aiming or performing acrobatics. Good for precision in combat, and mobility both in and out of combat.)
Willpower - (Used for resisting physical restraints like pain, fatigue, etc.)
Prudence - (+) - (Basically mental defense. Helps you anticipate threats, and makes you harder to trick.)
Reason - (-) - (Helps you learn and deduce new facts from existing ones. Good stat for puzzle-solving and decision making.)
Empathy - (-) - (Helps you understand feelings of others. Good for reading body language and interacting with people.)
Creativity - (+) - (Helps with personal intuition and artistic endeavors. Good for using Chosen powers effectively, among other miscellaneous things like brainstorming or bluffing.)
Subtlety - (+) - (Helps avoid drawing attention. Good for things like sneaking, blending into crowds, or otherwise being a sneaky bastard >;P)
Bio: (Include basic backstory and personality, separated into two bodies of text to make my life easier. Please, please please make this brief, I don't want to read any more than a paragraph for background. Just basic context as to who they are and why they're in Chicago, and personality should be even less than a paragraph. A few adjectives would be sufficient (for instance, Paranoid, Skittish, Intuitive, Defensive). Your character can have parts of their backstory be secret for the purpose of character interaction, but you have to give me a motivation. If this part says something like "to be revealed", you WILL be denied.)
Extra: (This is where you can put other little quirks, hobbies, or any other extra information about your character. Things that aren't related to statistics but might be relevant somewhere along the line, like their biggest fear or some little tick they have or other "uniquenesses".)
((EDIT: If I like your application, it means you're accepted. Congratulations!))
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Though yeah, - in subtlety...
