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Tenebris and the Void Acolytes


Lord Tenebris is the leader of the Anlite [an-lahyt] alien race that discovered immortality three million years ago. They use technology to permanently change their form from matter to a hybrid anti-matter that (rather than annihilate both sides into energy) converts matter to energy that the antimatter uses to sustain itself.

They need a continual supply of matter, and for millions of years, they have slowly devoured stars. Lord Tenebris sends its acolytes to scout out suitable stars. Depending on the size, stars take anywhere from 1000 to 10,000 years to disappear.

Sol, our sun, is next on their agenda.

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(Rated PG-13.) Welcome to a gritty, modern, magical realism & sci-fi story full of flawed characters and opposing views. Petty criminal behaviour is encouraged. Minor profanity is allowed. We will be split into three teams as the fate of our sun is decided. This focuses on character interaction and development, plot twists, and choices.

SETTING
Chicago, US., Year 2016

What’s Chicago like?
Chicago Map

In this alternate reality, all is the same save for the birth of metahumans — people gifted with strange and otherworldly powers. Science has determined that metahumans are, in fact, they’re own species (Homo Novus). The political powers have been slow in creating new legislation for superpowers. With no direction, there is a rise 'metacrimes' (criminal behaviour by those with superpowers). Media has pushed the general public to be fearful of metahumans. For the most part, the two groups are delicately tense with one another.

The Anlite view metahumans as the only intelligence on the planet, and will soon approach them with a proposal in regards to taking the sun.

There will be three ideologies amongst the metahumans:
  • Those who believe in the Gaia Legend
  • Those who believe in Power
  • Those who believe in the Anlite

1) Legend says that the Earth is alive; its ancient name is Gaia. With access to billions of years of knowledge hidden in galactic databases, Gaia knows how to defeat the Anlite.

Those who wish to commune with Gaia must have three keys. Two are physical, one is energetic. Clues about these keys will be revealed.

2) Great power is needed in dire times. There is a metahuman that will receive a weapon of mass destruction to wipe out the Anlite, but it will require the energy of most, if not all, metahumans (pyro or stellar capabilities are most effective). The machine will amplify all the power it's given threefold, but will leave a permanent Weak Status on all metahumans that participate.

Those in this ideology would prefer taking power from another metahuman rather than sacrifice themselves.

3) The Anlite offer immortality to all metahumans that do not wish to die with the consumption of Sol. The procedure is painless, and being a hybrid of anti-matter has its own perks. Never worry about being hurt by matter (shot, burned, cut) ever again. Overcome all sickness, ailments, and status effects. Be welcomed into a family of knowledgeable beings. All you have to do is swear absolute obedience to Lord Tenebris. To reject their offer is to die.

WEAK STATUS
Power and movement speed is halved.
Example: At your peak, you could throw a wall of fire. Now you are reduced to throwing a fireball. If you’re an excellent runner, now you become winded with ease.

Roleplay Specifics


This roleplay will focus on character interaction and development. To have an active part, it’s recommended you play as a metahuman. Plot ideas are encouraged. If you want something to happen or have a sweet idea, PM the GM. Our goal is to have lots of delicious conflict bouncing between the three ideologies, plus other parties.

We have space for 6-8 skilful and dedicated writers, maximum two in the Anlite ideology, and the remainder evenly spread between the Legend and Power ideologies.

There is a unique opening for 1-2 players who would like to play as metahuman police. This will be their occupation (and may affect their ideology). They will be the main tie between metahumans and regular people, and the Law breathing down on all metahumans’ necks. Their role will become more prevalent later in the story.

Rules:
  • Be willing to post twice a week within High Casual standards, minimum 300 words per post.
  • For repeated posting between two players (like a fight), keep it in the PMs and post in the IC as a single, joint megapost.
  • To play in either Legend or Power, there is a risk you’ll receive a Weak Status, and you’ll need to play accordingly.
  • Listen to the GM.
  • Have fun and try something new.~


Apply with a CS below, and I’ll review it. I may ask for a writing sample.

CHARACTER SKELLIE

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Tell me if shit's too OP or grimdark. I know that backstory is not exactly PG-13, but I promise not to bring anything THAT horrible into the game proper. Also, I can try to help to work out plot and already have some questions:
1) How long ago did Metahumans first manifested in the world?
2) Is nature of their powers understood or at least actively researched? Do they manifest because of the proximity to Anlites?
3) Are there major worldwide organizations concerned with metahuman affairs? Political bodies WERE slow with creating them, yes, but have they managed that by the events of the game? If not, have Metahumans themselves bothered with creating some organs of control or at least do the ol' superhero league-style thing? Metahuman police is mentioned, but not quite elaborated upon.
4) What is the situation with the Human-Anlite relationship? Do Anlite just... NOT NOTICE any living creature other than Metahumans? Like, are they invisible to them? If not, how were the negotiations, if any were held? Were there cases of military actions? Why were there problems with just trying to get Anlits to not kill our star and instead go to that really close and uninhabited, nice and large and SO VERY DELICIOUS Sirius A or B? Is the race actively malevolent or are they just COMPLETELY ALIEN to human mindset, have transcended morality and mortality and as such can't really be reasoned with?

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Hi @Eyeruption
Love the character. You'll have to choose an ideology, at least soon, but I'll have fun winning you over to a side with my NPC's.

I think you saw this coming. If I say, engulf Better in fire, he'll soon come to resist it. If I throw electricity into the mix, he'll permanently resist both. What if I tossed in anti-matter? Nuclear bombs? There is no end for your adaptive regeneration, and that makes you a god.

I believe a fair compromise would be to allow you one resist that changes depending on the damage you take. If I throw fire at you, you'll slowly become impervious. But if I change to electricity, as you adapt to resist it, you will lose your immunity to fire. Keep the overall physical strength, though.

So you can also spit acid, have a powerful tail, you see in the dark, shrug off a flashbang, and view in 360 degrees. They aren't resistances, more like body augmentations. Keep the tail and 'quick recovery after being disabled', but I'm going to ask you to either drop 'see in the dark and view in 360 degrees' or 'spit acid'. Try to keep bonuses like this infrequent throughout the story. Or you'll become OP again. ;)

Needing food and being ugly aren't true weaknesses. Dig deeper for some more. If I cut off Better's hand, how long does it take to grow back? How much adaptation takes place? Does this cause great fatigue?

You need a specific weakness that makes you permanently vulnerable to a certain type of attack. You can choose what this will be, but cerebral attacks would be a recommendation.

I think that's everything. Give it another shot, and ask me if you have any more questions. I'll take another look when you're ready. :)

1) How long ago did Metahumans first manifested in the world?
2) Is nature of their powers understood or at least actively researched?
3) Are there major worldwide organizations concerned with metahuman affairs?
4) What is the situation with the Human-Anlite relationship?


1) 7 years ago, metahumans were publicly acknowledged, however there have been accounts of powers seen in previous years. Science is under the impression it's just a mutation in the DNA — a very intense mutation. If we consider my philosophy that the Earth has awareness, it would feel some form of destruction (Anlite) headed its way and create some way to defend itself, through superhumans.

2) The delay in the new law and legislation has been due to the extensive research done on metahumans. Governments have been absolutely gun-ho on creating anti-metahuman weapons to 'protect the people'. And yes, these have been secret experiments/research that hasn't been entirely ethical. This will be brought to light later.

3) Governments are on the cusp of it. It's going to be mentioned in the first IC post. These organisations will be using all this brand-new anti-metahuman gear. Metahumans do not have an official group that exerts force on other metahumans. It has to be government-approved to have any standing. However, I'm sure there's some group out there puppeting from the shadows. There are also human secret societies getting rid of any great metahuman threats discreetly. That kind of stuff can't be public knowledge, though.

4) Anlite can see regular humans, but because they lack the genetic mutation that metahumans have, Anlite don't see them as intelligent. It's like they lack an extra sense, or second brain, that all metahumans have -- making metahumans more evolved. It's like the difference between a mouse and a monkey. Mice communicate, have social structures and a way of life. But it's the monkeys who use tools, display complex emotion, have fore-thought and planning, and so on.

Anlite went through an evolution period where they developed paranormal abilities, and that marked a time of growth, prosperity, and true intelligence for them. So they may be biassed in that regard, in that all life without that particular evolution is retarded.

The Anlite are also selfish, meticulous and enjoy power. So they won't deviate from their course, and won't feel bad about squishing several billion 'ants' under their figurative boot.
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I may use characters I had in an RP that never took off.

But, I want to "try out" a character I had in mind. What do you feel about power replication - specifically copying one kind of power?
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Ethnicity: N/A, previously Jewish.


> Ethnicity section.

> Puts down a religion.
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Power replication offers a nice variety. As long as it doesn't enhance the copied power's base stats, I'd love to see it in action.




To give CS applications an idea of the amount of power I'm looking for, I've posted my character. I'm looking for realistic, logical powers that put you at a good advantage, but they should be specialised.

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@Mr Allen J
oh well sooooorrrryyyyyy, i'll edit it to Semiiiiiitiiiiic mister political correctness
one way or another get yo damn facts right and check yo privilege
"Jewish" is a word that can denote both ethnicity and belief and nationality and i'll be fucking damned if my guy and his family weren't Jewish by ethnicity and belief.

@Estylwen
> What if I tossed in anti-matter? Nuclear bombs? There is no end for your adaptive regeneration, and that makes you a god.
Yes, I love having powers that have a big development potential. But me being a god wholly depends on your good sensibilities.
His regeneration has limits on which I will elaborate a bit later and, of course, he can't regenerate if he is killed outright by the attack - and it'd be sensible to judge that an atom bomb or antimatter explosion would just outright annihilate Better and leave him a very much unalive smear on the ground - in one superhero fiction I've read, a regenerator kinda like Better was defeated by flash-freezing him and keeping him frozen in a block of ice. In order to adapt, he first needs to survive - and if he survives an atomic explosion or some extremely massive damage, it will still leave him in a sorry, horrible and slowly healing state in which he is easy to contain and finish off or imprison. Next, a singular exposition to a threat, even if it was so brutal, won't make him completely or even nearly immune to it - to become truly "adapted" to such a rare and unusual thing as a nuclear explosion and all that it entails, Better would probably have to...
Somehow carefully expose himself to bigger and bigger amounts of radiation or regular basis, casually subject himself to EXTREME levels of heat and suffer through drastic and sudden pressure changes to simulate the blast's effect on his system, I guess. So basically him developing new adaptations and the time those take to grow is mostly up to you - and also I personally have no idea about how he can adapt to, say, aforementioned antimatter attacks, except for maybe just GROWING in volume so that antimatter won't destroy him entirely. Similarly, he is never *immune* to bullets, fire or electricity. Small arms won't do jack at this point, yes, but they also don't just ricochet off like you're shooting Incredible Hulk - sustained fire can chew through his limbs or dense flesh and damage some vitals, and a precision shot in his eye will blind it for some time. Explosives, napalm, bigger guns - they all are still pretty effective at stopping Better's advances or even incapacitating him, even if such measures probably won't kill him unless the guy is shot apart until nothing remains or stuffed into a container full of white phosphorus and lit up. Similarly with electricity - he is impervious to small jolts that can make a weak heart skip a beat or even stop, yes, and he won't be KILLED by a powerful current in a thick cable - but it will seriously char him and overload his nervous system and leave him p much disabled for some time.
Plus, considering the toughness of this fuckin animal, you can hinder him in much more serious or intricate ways than what others can handle.

Another variant, btw - I can make him a bit younger on his timeline and not as "evolved" and instead see his progress and adaptations take place in-game. Though that takes out a lot of his hexapodal, bestial, sentient monster charm.

Also sorry for the wall of text. I understand the concerns. It's just that for me, the ability that makes me only resistant to one thing at a time and completely nonresistant to all others kinda defeats the purpose of this power. I'd like to argue to at least get a set of slowly improving resistances against all that I encounter and adapt to rather than ability to no-sell any single thing and be vulnerable against everything else.
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@Mr Allen J
oh well sooooorrrryyyyyy, i'll edit it to Semiiiiiitiiiiic mister political correctness
one way or another get yo damn facts right and check yo privilege
"Jewish" is a word that can denote both ethnicity and belief and nationality and i'll be fucking damned if my guy and his family weren't Jewish by ethnicity and belief.


But, it really doesn't explain anything since anyone can become Jewish. It's almost like you're saying the second you pick up that religion, your ethnic identity is overridden. lol

If you said something like Hebrew or Israeli, that'd be more accurate than putting just Jewish down. lol
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@Estylwen Also, I came up with another character, he's a member of the Power Ideology, and he's supposed to be the "destined" one that takes all the power from all the Metahumans, and go super saiyan.
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Your argument makes some sense but so does mine. Guy was jewish by ethnicity, jewish by belief, I put down jewish in ethnicity. Sorry for so horribly insulting your sensibilities by not being as well-versed in semantics as you are, hope that doesn't prevent you from playing or really upsets you.

And if we were REALLY to fucking argue over a minor thing like that, a person that is not jewish by blood can't even "pick up" the jewish religion. Those people who do jewish things despite their non-Jewish nationality are called "Gers" and are never considered actually "Jewish" by religion or it's commandments, their ethnicity or otherwise even if they uphold the religion, since only actual genetic jews are the chosen people by their holy book. If a fucking indian gets a circumcision and studies Talmud he's still a Ger and not a jew or jewish, unless of course he had a Cohen in his mother's bloodline or any other genetical jew in father's. "Jewish" ethnicity, belief and in a big part even nationality are strongly and even inseparably intervined.

And to your other point - "Hebrew" is not specific enough seeing as it is a collective term for SEVERAL ethnic/cultural groups living in the same region and "Israeli" denotes nationality specifically.
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@Eyeruption I'm not arguing anything. At all.

I'm just trying to point something out that could be could be clarified since, as I said, it's a religion (Though, in your defense, a lot of people do consider it a religion, and identify in different ways lol - that still doesn't take into account a lot of different things though).

But, we also have to account that Judaism consists of many, many, many, different ethnicities, and I'm curious about which one he actually is.

I studied Sociology, I know my stuff.
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@Mr Allen J
Sociology is one thing. Biology, another. Torah and Talmud, the third.

Here's the deal. JUDAISM as a religion and philosophy can be practiced by anyone. This doesn't make a person that is not JEWISH by descent a jew. Who are JEWISH ethnically, by Torah and by blood? Twelve Tribes who made an agreement with Maker when he lifted a mountain over their heads and asked those twelve tribes to be His People. Those are JEWISH people. Membership in these exclusive Chosen People Club is passed on only hereditary, through maternal(AND maybe paternal too, don't remember clearly) side if the jew in question is Cohen, through paternal if any other.

Next. ONLY a person that is JEWISH ETHNICALLY can ever be JEWISH in religious sense of the word. Only THESE CHOSEN TRIBES have ability and right to serve the Maker as written in Torah and further explained in all Talmud and only they are rewarded and punished properly for good and ill conduct.

ALL OTHER people of different ethnicities, no matter how much effort they make, how many prayers they spoke or how good they know Torah are NEVER JEWISH - they are "Gers" or "virtuous foreigners/outsiders" who merely('merely' is not a most fitting word due to it's particular subtext but I don't have a better one) practice Judaism.

As such a "jewish" ethnicity is a completely viable term seeing as only people of jewish descent genetically can ever be called that.

To put it all in other terms:
"There is only one Jewish ethnicity, despite the fact that people of many ethnicities may practice Judaism. Practicing Judaism and being Jewish are different things and a person of non-Jewish descent that practices Judaism can't ever be called Jewish. As such the word "Jewish" only ever relates to proper genetical jews. Religion of JUDAISM might be practiced by many ethnicities, but there is only one JEWISH ethnicity that"
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oh well sooooorrrryyyyyy, i'll edit it to Semiiiiiitiiiiic mister political correctness
one way or another get yo damn facts right and check yo privilege
"Jewish" is a word that can denote both ethnicity and belief and nationality and i'll be fucking damned if my guy and his family weren't Jewish by ethnicity and belief.

I understand the concerns. It's just that for me, the ability that makes me only resistant to one thing at a time and completely nonresistant to all others kinda defeats the purpose of this power. I'd like to argue to at least get a set of slowly improving resistances against all that I encounter and adapt to rather than ability to no-sell any single thing and be vulnerable against everything else.


Your power is still OP and not suited for this roleplay. And your attitude to Mr Allen J is disappointing. Please leave my thread.




He's a member of the Power Ideology, and he's supposed to be the "destined" one that takes all the power from all the Metahumans, and go super saiyan.


Unfortunately no one metahuman takes in all the stolen power, it's stored in a machine that acts as the weapon of mass destruction. This way everyone's fighting over who has control of the machine, or who's powers are going into it. However, you can have the Blessing of potentially being the one to guard and unleash the machine. I'll have someone knock on your door.
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Welp, sorry for upsetting you with my attitude. Just got rustled by the incorrect jew-related comment. Might've been too energetic and furious about it. I've got a little problem with things of that subject due to my own heritage. Have a good game, sorry for op power.
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I'm still working on my character sheet.
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You're kind, Mr Allen J. Hopefully a few more people come play.
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You're kind, Mr Allen J. Hopefully a few more people come play.


Did you put up an interest check? lol
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Yeps.

Huh. 2-4 years ago aliens were a smoking-hot topic. Now you can hear the tumbleweed rolling through Tenebris. :P
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