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 Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2011 6:33 pm
The Final Conclusion
In the year 2311, the world is much as it is now, in the modern day, though its inhabitants have changed. Technology has not advanced very much in many fields, and in fact the science of war and various other disciplines have regressed significantly. This is due to the metagene having finally activated in the rest of humanity. Every living 'human' on the face of the planet today is either Homo Sapiens Mutandis, Homo Sapiens Magus, Homo Mermanus, or Homo Deius. In layman's terms, "Mutants," "Magi," "Animaline," or "Gods," with the two uncategorizable Homo Sapiens Superior and Homo Infernus scattered here and there (Old Mutants and Zealots, to the layman.)
Some mutations are more powerful, some less so, but there is no single living being that traces its ancestry back to a member of the species Homo Sapiens that is not in some way 'talented' the way the few "Superhero" teams were back in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Given that there are Zealots with the power to manipulate the very laws of time and space to their whims, crime is logically low, and various things from power to transportation are provided by the specifically-talented, but there are no floating cities, no great leaps in civilization, and aside from a near-nonexistent rate of violence there are no obvious changes to day-to-day life. The few exceptions are outlined in the third post.
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Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2011 7:08 pm
OOC InformationK then. This is the only post that will be out-of-character in this first page. First off, there are no rules here. That is, I will not impose arbitrary sanctions on you beyond "Do what makes sense to you as a person, not as a roleplayer." Roleplayers, myself among them, are overly-dramatic and tedious. People, myself among them, are filled with common sense (or at least have some grasp on what the term means) and can use it to good effect. The point of this roleplay is that superpowers have become commonplace and therefore are no longer very special. Particularly powerful specimens may be called on by the community to perform some vital service, but you won't be fighting crime or getting into massive fights. There are Magi that deal with those sorts of things when they break out, and if you aren't lucky you might get one of the more homicidal ones like Mordo IV.
now, for the species and limitations.
1. Homo Sapiens Mutandis - Unlike the Old Mutants (Homo Sapiens Superior, the species chronicled in the X-Men comics and similar), RP-setting Mutants cannot have mutations that break the laws of physics, so no energy-powers or anything of the like. Strictly physical, or originating from the body. If you can control ferrous metals you'd damned well be carting around an electromagnet in your chest. Mutants can breed with other Mutants, Magi, or Old Mutants.
2. Homo Sapiens Magus - Theoretically the least-restrictive of the six species, Magi are normal humans in the physical and mental senses, and are genetically identical to normal humans. Their abnormality lies in an innate talent for magic, which is a real force in this roleplay. They can jigger about with physics, space, and time however they like. Polymorphing, teleportation, resurrecting the dead, and manipulating other people's minds are impossible (for the first two) or taboo and punishable by death (for the latter two). While 'theoretically' the least restricted, Magi are closely watched by their brethren, and death will swiftly follow should a Magus break any rule, no matter how small. Can breed with Mutants, Old Mutants, and Magi.
3. Homo Mermanus - Despite the name, Homo Mermanus refers to an entire species of animal-like humanoids that have animalistic characteristics or abilities while retaining a humanoid shape. Note that this species only gains the proportional physical traits of their animal half, and they gain all the physical traits in full, good or ill, save for stature. There is no such thing as an invertebrate-half Animaline. Merfolk are by far the most common, but changes do not always breed true and even between two Animaline of identical kind there is a significant chance of a different creature-half being born to them. Animaline breed only with other Animaline.
4. Homo Deius - Like the New Gods in the DC Universe, Homo Deius are the most powerful of beings, capable of altering reality at a whim and completely unrestricted in the powers available to them. Lesser Gods make due with a single focused powerset, with the greater deities having progressively-greater powersets. The greatest God alive, Ao, is a God of the Metagene. Gods are the most restricted and least-available class, to be handed out only to roleplayers that I have a long history with and that I trust implicitly NOT to godmod. Gods breed only with other Gods.
5. Homo Sapiens Superior - Old Mutants, the originals and the first race to appear on Earth distinct from Humanity. They are restricted to energy-manipulating powers, psionics, and the like. In other words, you Old Mutant must be some sort of pseudoscientific-power individual. They can break the laws of physics, and in fact must do so unless they are mentalists. they can breed with Mutants, Magi, and other Old Mutants.
6. Homo Infernus - Not necessarily damned to Hell as their special name implies, Homo Infernus is the default designation for humanoids born without a metagene and which prove incapable of learning arcane arts. They are sent to the house of a Homo Deius and made into an acolyte there. they draw their mystic abilities from the patronage of the deity. Ao does not accept Zealots. Being consigned to the Zealotry is the closest thing to a social taboo that still exists among the citizens of Earth today, and Zealots ritually castrate or otherwise sterilize themselves so that they may not beget offspring. Those that refuse often have a dozen or so nonzealots perform an Ad Hoc operation for them. For obvious reasons, therefore, Zealots cannot breed at all.
Nations still exist, though their meanings are different. The word 'Nation' in the RP setting more closely resembles the word 'Tribe' as used in the real world. For example, a Magus is punished for violating the laws of the Nation of Magi, and an Animaline would be punished for violating Mer Nation bylaws. Basic legal strictures from this era have carried over, with the below changes and exceptions:
1. Genosha, Mediterranean Sea (Mutant Nation) - In addition to normal legal strictures, Mutants are forbidden to use their powers in any way that would limit or remove hte powers of another Mutant. Antimutants (Homo Sapiens Mutandis Antithera, a rare mutation that causes the recipient to feel the compulsive need to feast on Mutant and Old Mutant bone marrow) are executed at birth.
2. Shangrila, Tibet (Nation of Magi) - Magi are forbidden to resurrect the dead or attempt to influence the mind or actions of another living being. Doing so, except where physical restraint is required to apprehend a lawbreaker, is punishable by summary execution.
3. New Atlantis, Pacific Ocean (Mer Nation) - Strictures against killing other Animaline for food do not apply to Animaline, but killing for a nondietary purpose, or failing to eat the entire kill, is punishable by being publicly skinned.
4. Avalon, Norway (Asgard) - Gods follow mortal laws because they make sense. There is very little else that can actually persuade them to follow the laws if they do not wish to do so.
5. Muir, Ireland (Old Nation) - Using one's powers to cancel another being's powers is punishable by incarceration and possible Zealotry. 'Hallers' (old Mutants whose mutation is a natural antimutation) are executed at birth.
Profile skeleton:
[size=9][color=steelblue][b]Name:[/b]
[b]Species:[/b]
[b]Mutations/Spellcasting Focus/Animal/Deific Domain (delete all nonapplicable):[/b]
[b]Location of Residence:[/b] (defaults to the capital city of your Nation, with Orion acting as a hub)
[b]Age:[/b] (Mutants, Old Mutants, and Zealots max out at 85-100 years unless mutated otherwise, Magi max out at 400 unless they master circular aging, Animaline average their animal-half's maximum age and 85 to get their maximum age, and Gods have no limit)
[b]Picture Link:[/b] (If you don't know how to link to a pic you don't belong here)[/color][/size]
As a final note, when you're roleplaying, keep in mind what kind of things would be taken care of by people using their powers for mundane utility. Power, heating, A/C, anything you can imagine (except the Internet, that's still digital) is likely maintained by some sort of power somewhere.
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Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2011 7:24 pm
Variations
The world is much unchanged from the early 21st Century, save for a few specialized cities detailed below.
Genosha - The Mutant Nation capital, Genosha has various districts tailored for various body types. There is an aquatic district below the harbor, an aerial district built in the southern part of the city (not suspended in the air, but more vertical than other portions of town), underground districts, and various other types, including a single massive crystal in the central grassland area for those who are naturally incorporeal. The Earth God Doin maintains the Underground Quarter, a massive area beneath the Citadel Quarter where the entire population of the island can evacuate in times of trouble.
Shangrila - Capital of the Nation of Magi, Shangrila is not subject to the whims of time and magic cannot be used to alter the structure of the city unless one of the Council approves.
New Atlantis - A massive artificial island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, as big as North and South America put together (courtesy of Doin, an Earth God), New Atlantis is a ring-shaped island with every biome in the world contained within. The central circle contains the original Atlantis, where the Water God En takes his residence. En serves as an interim ruler for when the latest Altemes inevitably dies.
Avalon - The de facto headquarters of most Gods, Avalon is the remains of the asteroid of the same name, increased in size by Doin of the Earth until the entire multihundred population of Gods can remain inside. Since every God can alter gravity and the other basic laws of physics subject to their own self, verticality and perspective are completely abandoned in this place. Zealots have smaller areas carved out for them, but these are still the size of small office buildings. There are no more than 1000 Gods planetside at any given time, and all but two or three are within Avalon the entire length of their stay. By choice, and to spare the other races the impact they normally have on life outside Avalon's walls, all Gods save three have their homes within Avalon's dome.
Muir - Inhabitable only because Old Mutants have so little care for their own racial unity, seeing themselves as only a different division of normal Mutants, Muir has a ward around it that rebuilds any changes to the island every day at midday.
Orion - Formerly New York City, Orion is the home of Ao and the other three most powerful beings on the planet, to wit: Elias Hale, Sorceror Supreme; Proteus, most powerful living Mutant or Old Mutant; and Altemes XXXVII, Liege of New and Old Atlantis. Altemes is the latest in a long line of liegelords to occupy the seat, whereas Proteus, Ao, and Hale have all occupied their thrones for at least the past three hundred years. Orion is where all species are tried for their crimes, and usually executed. Likewise, appeals for a change of mutation, either due to personal preference or because of physical inconvenience, are granted here.
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Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2011 7:54 pm
ProfilesMutantsMagiNPC Name: Elias Hale
Spellcasting Focus: Thaumomancy (Study of the manipulation of Magic itself and ways to manipulate the magical ability of other Magi)
Location of Residence: Orion
Age: 319
Picture Link: [X] NPC Name: Ao
Deific Domain: Metagenetics
Location of Residence: Orion
Age: ??? (At least 350)
Picture Link: [X]
Other: 'Lord Ao' accepts no Zealots and those Zealots who attempt to learn from him receive no divine magic. He has used his own domain over Metagenetics to alter his own Metagene so that he is functionally immortal and omnipotent. NPC Name: Proteus
Mutations: Able to manipulate and rearrange electrons
Location of Residence: Orion
Age: 302
Picture Link: [X]
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Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2011 8:00 pm
I declare this roleplay open and this post reserved for the names of those that I trust (below in blue) and those I don't (in red). I don't really expect to see most of the red-names in here, but consider it a good warning in case you ever meet them: These people are right assholes and should be AVOIDED.
AninOnin, for being an incredibly good-natured and literate roleplayer
LovetoCauseMayhem, for length of association and Anin's reasons
Wire_Colossus, for being forgiving despite my ill temper, and for being a good roleplayer with (apparently) a mind overflowing with creative ideas
BLADE SWIFTKNIFE, for being the biggest d**k I have seen yet on this site, less the person directly below.
Kojima_Shiro (or whatever he's calling himself now), for being all that BLADE was plus not having the grace to set it in proper grammar or use the excuse that the Guild was inactive
Laura Vandemar, Sergeant Perks, Corporal Maladict, possibly up to a dozen mule accounts, for orchestrating a massive deception-troll on almost threescore trusting Guildmates and spamming the Guild with their nonsense and trollfaggery until we all quit in disgust. They appear to have quit Gaia altogether, but watch out.
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Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 8:24 pm
((Let's get the party started. :]))
"...clean up your looks with all the lies in the books, to make a citizen out of you."
A heel tapped rhythmically against a clean wooden floor. Shoulders swayed as a head bobbed up and down.
"Because they sleep with a gun, and keep an eye on you son, so they can watch all the things you do."
A lighter clicked open. The flame flickered, grew brighter. Fingers began snapping.
"Because the drugs never work. They gonna give you a smirk, 'cause they got methods of keeping you clean. They're gonna rip off your heads - your aspirations to shreds - another cog in the murder machine! They said now,"
Suddenly the flame from the lighter had grown to a stream of fire, and she spun, sending it around her as a halo of fire as she started jamming out, juggling balls of fire as a spiral surrounded her.
"Teenagers scare the living s**t outta me! They could care less as long as someone'll bleed! So drop in your clothes, I'll strike a violent pose! Maybe they'll leave you alone, but not me!"
"ALL TOGETHER NOW-!"
"LUCIFA!"
The shout from another room was ignored as she continued to rock out, the flames knocking over a lamp and setting the lampshade on fire.
"Oh my God, Lucifa! Not that bloody ******** song again!"
Her heels scratched the wooden flooring, and she sang along at the top of her lungs, grinning as the flames from the lampshade caught the carpet beneath the coffee table.
"The boys and girls in the clique, the awful names that they stick, you never gonna fit in much, kid. But if you're troubled and hurt, what you've got under your shirt, will make them pay for the things that they did. They say that teenagers scare, the living s**t outta-!"
The song abruptly stopped, and Lucifa whirled get her face sprayed with a well-placed jet of water, another jet going to the carpet that was on fire. Lucifa scowled.
"ANTHY-!"
"Don't call me that," her big sister snapped. "You almost set the house on fire, you stupid girl. What are you doing, listening to such a juvenile song? Get over yourself. This stupid planet is polluting you."
Lucifa scowled.
"You're such a fiend, Anthy! How DARE you ruin my fun!"
Anthrax rolled her eyes, turning off the faucet.
"Good," she replied. "I don't care that I ruined your fun. I'm glad I ruined your fun. It positively made my DAY to know I ruined your fun." She sneered at Lucifa as the younger woman scowled at her. "Now come on. You're leaving. Right now. And I as well."
Refusing to listen to any of Lucifa's whining, Anthrax booted her sister out the door, and locked it behind them.
Still ignoring her little sister, Anthrax herded her into the city.
((I was listening to the song and had to do it. :]))
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Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2011 4:02 am
Ao looked up from the case He was hearing. The troubles of the mortal before His Throne seemed small once again to the ripples He had just felt. Within the part of His mind that was unique to Him and other Gods, He felt a message from En of the Water and Tyr of the Flame. They, too, had felt the ripples and questioned whether Ao knew of the two inhumans already, since they were living in His city, after all. Ao waved a hand to grant the mortal's request and then left His Throne for the palatial underground chambers where He lived, sitting down on a much simpler chair and turning His attention towards En and Tyr. "But of course, My Brothers. I knew the moment they arrived planetside, but what of it? They are small, and no being in this universe is a true threat to one of Us, save a few that even then would not stand to Our combined might. Sit back and observe, Brothers. It is what We evolved to do. Let the mortals solve this problem, if they may."
Ao sat back and nodded as Tyr and En withdrew Their consciousnesses from His own, leaving Him to turn His attention to the otherworlders and the Old Mutant they were about to bump into.
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David Haller XIV picked himself up off the ground and smiled at the two women he had bumped into. Despite the density of Orion's streets - nothing like its pre-Evolution level, but still fairly difficult to navigate - collisions happened less often than might be expected. Most pedestrians kept to one side of the street or another, or sometimes just floated above the crowd or dove through the cement. Or teleported. David did that himself more often than not, shortening the distance between two points until a single step could take him hundreds of miles, but he'd decided to walk today. Fortunate indeed, for his one footsore trip cross-town to bump him into two such beautiful women as themselves. Lucky, too, that his Omnisense was acting up, else he would likely know already what these young women could do. Even fifty years' experience was no match for mental cataracts. "Deepest apologies, ladies. Might I offer you a drink to make up for my rudeness?"
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Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2011 7:45 am
In the park, a massive dragon like creature took to flight on massive feathered wings. from below it looked like some kind of predatory bird like an eagle crossed with a crocodile, but it's unique feether pattern gave away what it started out as. A pidgeon. The creature had a 70ft wingspan, and seemed to not only flap it's wings, but also seemed to be jet propelled in that it flew with little effort high above the buildings. It took to the skies only to fly to the roof of the tallest stable building and land. A human figure climbed down off the beasts back.
"Excellent test flight...Your methane jets seem to be functioning properly. Wings are powerful, feathers are in good condition. Talons sharp...and and beak equally so. All in all, You're in perfect condition. Stay up here for now. We likely gave those below quite a scare. Not often that people see a Sky Lord in flight."And the figure chuckled as he coined the name for this new species.
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Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2011 12:18 pm
Ao noted the appearance of a new species in the Xavier Memorial Park and very nearly rolled His eyes. The long-named God was experimenting again. Almost four hundred years and He still didn't stop, but Ao didn't bother interfering because Their domains overlapped so closely. Genetics and the Metagene were separate domains, true, and the domain of the Metagene was presently the more powerful since all sentients planet-side (less two currently walking down the street a few blocks to the south) were metas, but they were still too close for Ao to want very much to bother with him.
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Along the street a few civilians glanced at the dragon-thing for a moment before going back to their business. Very few looked at it and none of them showed any interest or concern. A child manifesting his mutations for the first time, obviously, or something equally benign. The parents would get him under control, or one of the Lords of Orion of the parents failed.
Nothing special.
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Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2011 12:58 pm
Daniel looked around before placing his hand on the giant creautres beak and slowly pet the creature. "Things seem to have calmed abit let's go down to greet the public..." and he smiled before leaping onto the creature's back. It leaped off the building and dived with it's wings folded up, and just about 30 feet from the ground it opened it's wings and soared back up with surprising speed. Then the massive creature slowly banked left and the soared into the sky, heading towards another location. "To avalon..."
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Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2011 1:30 pm
Ao noted the direction the creature was flying, and the presence of the long-named God on its back, wondering as He contacted Avalon why the God hadn't bothered just levitating. One God of Evolution was powerful, but he would still be as nothing before the mass might of the Host of Gods, should he prove violent. Ao personally thought it a slim chance, but there was always the possibility that the long-named one had lost what little mind he hung on to while among the mortals.
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Avalon received Lord Ao's message and the High Lord of Avalon, Reos the God of Gods, second only to Ao in station among Their Race, stepped out onto a promontory in the fallen asteroid to meet the newcomer. He would not easily be visible, since the rock itself soared more than a hundred miles high and at least thrice as big around before it sunk below the surface, but Reos could simply teleport Himself to the long-absent God's destination. And, if need be, eradicate Him. Reos was, after all, supreme among the Gods (less His son Ao, who could depower even Reos Himself) with good reason. A single thought would remove the products of any God's divinity, no matter their power. Only Doin, Ao, and En were immune to this stricture, as the first and third had built Avalon and raised Atlantis, respectively, and fully half the mortals on the face of the planet would die from cancerous demutation sickness if Ao were to be stripped of divinity. It would be possible to depower the lot of Them, certainly, but They simply had Their hands in too many important things to take Them down a peg. And, to be fair, only En was truly an insufferable little Tit, since Doin kept to Himself and Ao was more isolationist than even the most old-fashioned of Old Mutants.
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Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2011 1:43 pm
((Whit, I'm sorry, but that white is REALLY hard to see. D: ))
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Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2011 1:50 pm
Anthrax blinked at this male who had just so rudely bumped into them, and scowled just a little bit. Lucifa, however, recovered much more quickly.
"Oh, how flattering!" She exclaimed, her mind whirling with excitement. He smells so fresh. She smiled flirtatiously at the man. "What a gentleman you are! I would love to-"
"Sir, I admit you are quite chivalrous," Anthrax cut in, making Lucifa shoot her a look. Anthrax smiled, her sunglasses dark. "But it isn't even five o'clock yet. My sister and I are very peculiar about our drink. Perhaps something else as equally enjoyable?"
Lucifa was about to snap at her sister that nothing was equally enjoyable than drink, but then a thought occurred to her and she stopped herself.
Oh. How lovely.
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Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2011 1:55 pm
Daniel then used someof his natural ability as a god to make the trip faster. Daniel used his power over evolution to make his mount evolve into a pint sized version of itself, small enough to be a pet. When the procees completed itself Daniel floated down towards avalon and once his feet touched down, his former mount landed on his shoulder, no bigger than a falcon, though much the same creature it had been before. He walked slowly, heading inside to hopefully see a few familiar faces. It had been a long time since he'd came back to avalon. "Good to home, but I'll only be here for a short while...need the opinions of the others."
((I hope this is allowed, if not I'll edit.))
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Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2011 2:02 pm
((Also, where are all the profiles besides the NPC ones?))
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