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[b][i]Welcome to New Athens, a city of adventure and intrigue. In New Athens, a hero is made every day and a villain every night. A thriving metropolis, New Athens is a modern city, built in the Appalachian Mountains of the eastern United States. Over the years the city thrived with coal mining being it's main source of revenue however New Athens quickly became a leading industrial city on the eastern 'States with several noteworthy corporations' factories and plants. Westman Chemical Plant, Napier Valley Ammunition Plant, Pepsi Cola Bottling Company, and Wells Helicopter are just a few of the reasons people choose to live and work in the grand city of tomorrow. The Olympian Gazette is widely known for its stories of new superhumans and celebrities, as well as the general local news. Midtown is where most of the action is, as well as the Mercury Mall. Subdivisions, landmarks, and schools include Lee Heights, the Kirby River, Shuster Elementary School, Universal Avenue [one of the longest streets in America], Simon Middle School, Kubert High School, Riverview [ghetto subdivision], Highland Park, Warpath State Park [in the mountains], the Museum of Tomorrow [tech museum], etc. The city sees a number of tourists as well, all trying to get a glimpse of superhumans in action. New Athens has more superhumans than any other major metropolitan city in America with a general population of over three hundred and sixty thousand residents with an estimated fifteen thousand superhumans possibly within city limits. And who are these superhumans? [/i][/b]


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Rules:

1.) No back-to-back posting.

2.) PAY ATTENTION TO DETAIL AND SET-UPS!!

3.) Make sense. If we can't make heads or tails of your posts they're likely to get skipped over.

4.) Get permission before using another player's character in your posts if it involves changing the scene or making actions. Everybody will take beatings in this game in battle however, so don't get pissed if you get punched or blasted into a wall by the bad guys! Namely me controlling the badguys...

5.) Problems with the game or players should be sent directly to me through PM's. I don't want a bunch of bickering in the OOC.

6.) Abandoned characters will be used as NPC's or killed off within the context of the story.

7.) “I was waiting for [insert player/character] to make a move” is not how this game is played.

8.) There is no rule #8.

9.) My word is law.

10.) Obey the law.

11.) In the event that I'm offline for any period of time, the  Co-GM [@Dblade26] will take control and HIS/HER word will then be law.

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[b]New Athens, 1:30 PM...[/b]

A dark giant of a man climbed out of the Kirby River. In some woodland area behind the Mercury Mall the behemoth leaped into the air like a villain out of a comic book traveling a great distance. His target was Westman Chemical Co. The first building to crumble under his giant feet was a Westman Credit Union, one of nearly three hundred across the region. Shayd, the Indestructible Man was headed towards the main reactors in the city like establishment on the edge of the city. The corporation had nearly two hundred thousand people employed between a total of three states. To say their home base was huge was a gross understatement. The ebon giant was nearing his target, would any heroes stand in his path?

[b]Highland Park, 6:17 PM...[/b]

A dark haired man picked himself up out of the bushes. It was in the spring, his clothes were ripped, and he'd looked like he had seen better days. He dusted the dirt off of his shoulder, and tried throwing his long-ish hair back with a comb through using his hand. 

"I should've stayed out of that fight. I wasn't on the scene in wolf form maybe a minute or two before that big black guy sent me flying across town with a backhand..." JD began to think, "I need to get back to the apartment and eat something before the sun goes down. I don't want to tear into any muggers on an empty stomach..."

Walking to the bus stop on foot JD could see the damage across the city from earlier. 

"Somebody must've succeeded in taking that guy down. I should probably stick to the street level perps. No sense in fighting a super man and getting tossed across town. My healing factor is exceptional but I doubt I could recover from a broken neck..." JD thought as he got on the bus and traveled to another part of town where his apartment was located. He could hear the sultry voice of the local New Athens DJ over the bus radio...

[i]"...That was the latest song by the Gorillaz. Natalee Nova here on 99.3 Z-Rock. Earlier today the man known as Shayd once again made an attack on Westman Chemical, no known fatalities have been reported thus far but several citizens of New Athens are receiving medical attention at Napier Valley Hospital. If not for the intervention of several superhumans the situation could have been far worse. I don't know about you, New Athens, but I'm glad there are a few good men and women out there who do the right thing with their powers. Can't say I'd be a hero, but I wouldn't be ALL bad.... here's the latest from Blink 182..."[/i]

JD got off the bus at his stop and made his way into his third story apartment. He changed his clothes, and put on a pair of sweat pants and a shirt.

"I'm getting tired of tearing through all of my good clothes." he thought looking out of his window at the city outside. 

~KL~