It's not all that hard to get in with the story, there are some arguably key components to know about, such as what erasers are (despite them later being replaced) and things of that nature. Personally speaking I didn't enjoy the MR series -or the Lake House, which is what sort of kicked off the whole shebang- as much as Patterson's other works such as the Alex cross series, Toys, or Zoo as I felt it veered off course as it continued on, but this RP holds my interest. Am I to place a character submission in the OOC or straight into the CS section? 

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Also, i'd like to add that not everyone was simply spliced with animal DNA, if I recall there were some test subjects that were experimented on in other manners which gave them different abilities, such as Subject Omega.