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[INDENT][COLOR=GRAY][INDENT][B][SUP][SUB][H3]G M   N E W S   &   A N N O U N C E M E N T S:[/H3][/SUB][/SUP][/B][/INDENT][hr][/COLOR]
[INDENT][INDENT][color=silver][b]◼   2018-10-11:[/b][/color] [I]Please note that the Relationship Template will be updated once a cast has been established but anyone who wants to can move ahead with it. It will be updated to include specific characters, colours and images however for ease of use at a later date. Additionally, NPC cast list is currently still in development and will be finished before the start of the IC.[/I][/INDENT][/INDENT]
[COLOR=GRAY][INDENT][B][SUP][SUB][H3]P R E M I S E:[/H3][/SUB][/SUP][/B][/INDENT][hr][/COLOR][center][COLOR=SILVER][h3][suP][suP][suP][i]"He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying."[/i][/suP][/suP][/suP][/h3][/COLOR][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT][RIGHT][SUP][color=GRAY][B][I]~Friedrich Nietzsche[/i][/B][/color][/SUP][/RIGHT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/center]
[INDENT][INDENT]Situated along the Eastern Coast of the United States between Hampton and Portsmouth, Crestwood Hollow is a small New Hampshire city originally founded in the 1652, shortly before the infamous Witch Trials. Settled in the fertile Orlaith Valley, the city is home to a large rural area, boasting a very fruitful agricultural industry, with the city's largest export being the Golden Delicious Apple. Beyond the valley lies densely populated forests of oak, maple and cherry trees. This contributes to several lumber mills in the area that provide a secondary industry to the city. A quiet city, Crestwood Hollow has rarely seen a spike in crime although rates have been on a steady rise of recent months. Nothing however has been serious enough to prompt an immediate response from the city's police department or mayoral office.

With summer coming to an end, school is around the corner for many of Crestwood Hollow's youth. The majority of these students will be attending Mather Memorial High School, the largest secondary school in the city which collects the graduates from several elementary schools. Mather Memorial is known for several pioneering programs as it strives to encourage students to involve themselves with the world around them instead of the screen in front of them. Among these programs is a controversial program tailored specifically to Hyperhumans, people born with a mutation that has granted them special abilities. Enrolment in the program is on a volunteer basis and the creation of it has caused a large amount of controversy amongst the community out of fears that it would encourage the use of Hyperhuman abilities due to the focus on helping young Hyperhumans find their path in life and role in society.

Since the emergence of Hyperhumans in the eighties, there has been widespread fear-mongering and propaganda against Hyperhumans leading to the outlawing of the use of all Hyperhuman abilities. Laws were passed that prohibited Hyperhumans from positions of authority on suspicion of using their abilities to gain an advantage. Athletes and other competition driven professions were heavily screened. Due to the mutation involved in the creation of the Hype-Gene, Hyperhumans are by the presence of HZE ions. These ions are more prominent when Hyperhuman abilities are active and can be measured to determine how recently said abilities were used. Due to this, the policing and suppression of Hyperhuman abilities are possible. 

The Hyperhuman Social Conscience Program starting this fall at Mather Memorial will be taught by recent staff addition, Jonas Lehrer. A former heavily accredited university professor, Jonas has taught at such prestigious institutes as the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Columbia University. Jonas has brought his keen mind and generous ambition to Mather Memorial aiming to help the students find their focus in life, developing a social conscience and setting them on a path to a career they'll succeed in. 

Only time will tell if he truly has their best interests at heart.[/INDENT][/INDENT]
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[INDENT][INDENT][color=silver][b]◼   W E E K   0 0 1:[/b][/color] [I]The world of Crestwood shows Hyperhuamns as being possibly one of the most oppressed races in history, they're unable to hold positions of authority nor able to use their gifts without fear of punishment. How does this affect your character and their relationship with society both as a whole and within the confines of a highschool social heirarchy? How has discovering that they are a Hyperhuman changed their worldview?[/I]

[color=silver][b]◼   W E E K   0 0 2:[/b][/color] [I]With the IC right around the corner, what are your hopes for the plot? What sort of conflicts are you hoping to face, whether external, internal or otherwise? Do you have any plans for your characters, any particular path you want to grow and develop on?[/I]

[color=silver][b]◼   W E E K   0 0 3:[/b][/color] [I]If your character was to get 'Freaky Friday'd in the IC, which other character would you want to end up body swapped with? What is your reasoning?[/I][/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT]