A week ago people started waking up with super powers.  All of these powers were tied to their most intense desires from the day before.  That night they had dreamed about having their powers, the mind's attempt to learn about the new ability it detected, and when they awoke they could do it, though without the emotion to drive it, it was weak.
The day that the first of them started to "awaken" the government started sending out the FBI, NSA and even local SWAT to round them up and take them away, ostensibly for the "protection" of the people.  The ones that didn't want to be rounded up fought back, and the government used that to declare them to be "terrorists".  According to the media narrative, we are genetic experiments done by various anti-America groups.  These "terrorists" started to band together to fight back, but the government merely used that to instill more fear in the people.
There are people who say they are willing to take these "mutants" to safety, but not all of them are trustworthy.  Some of them will simply haul you off to the middle of nowhere and enslave you.
The fact that many, if not most of the people that are getting powers are children means that those with powers can't simply rise up and fight, as the children must be protected.
We will have to use our powers to protect these children, at least until we can get them to safety.

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Appearance:

Name:

Age:

Gender: Boy/Girl/Other, I don't care, I just need to know how you want to be treated.

Skills:  Non-power stuff.

Power:

What gave you your power?:  What desire gave you your power?  Example: Guy with cancer desperately wants to get better so he can see his grandkids again, and gets healing powers.

Personality:  What kind of person are you?

Bio: What did you do for a living, what do you want us to know about your history, etc.
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