[b][u]META WILL BE ON HIATUS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE[/u][/b]

[i]"Back in world war 2, the US government began working on a super soldier program. They called it Project Pantheon. Using new age technology in hopes of getting the edge on Nazi Germany, the US attempted to bind science and magic into people to create a new breed of human. Unfortunately, it did not work out. Only a small handful of the test subjects walked away with any noticeable changes. Many of the failed test subjects died, but a surprising number continued on with their lives as if nothing had happened. 

Unbeknownst to the government, the dropouts, at we called them, would pass these Powered genes onto their children, and then onto you. Have you seen the news? Metas, they're calling them. Powered people running around in suits and costumes like they're living in a comic book."

You sit in a bland room. Taken from your life and placed in this box where your powers are useless. All that you can see is a hanging light, a steel desk, and a government goon sitting across from you.

Your grandparents had told you a story or two about something like this. How the military tried making superheros to fight in the war. People like the ones in the comics. You didn't think any of it was real. Old people told tall tales all the time, this was probably no different. 

And then you discovered your powers. You used them. Maybe to help people, maybe to help yourself, but someone was watching, and now your here. Being held against your will god knows where, being asked to join a crime fighting team. 

You can't tell if this is the greatest day of your life or the worst. 

But, you can't deny that Metas are a thing. You yourself are one. You have seen the news, you've heard the stories. One or two other people in your town are Metas just like you. You don't even know what your goal would be even if you did say yes. You ask.

"We need a response team. We cant send the 5-0 to cuff a man who can shoot fire out of his fingertips. We need special people for special tasks. And we think you're one of them."[/i]

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Welcome to Meta! The world you're about the jump in to was much like our own for a very long time. Up until world war 2, it was nearly identical. When The US government started testing on superpowers, they hoped for the best, but expected the worst. Those heroes that did get powers and make it out alive served their country and then some. Rumors spread about people with fantastic abilities inspired by fiction. Those real world heroes, watered down and trickling through the ears of the public became comics and legends of their own. The government refused to acknowledge the fact that they had done human testing of any sort, much less genetic modification. 

Over the past ten years, Powered people, Metahumans, have been popping up all over the globe. Its unsure of what it causing the meta-gene inside of people to break out and activate, but scientists have theorized that intense stress and emotion are the leading causes to certain people gaining their powers. typically, this comes out in teens and young adults, but fully grown men and women have also experienced this phenomenon as well. 

Now, your country is asking you to take up a suit and defend its people from impossible threats. 

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Rules:
-Respect other players and their characters.

-Do not take control of another player's character. No power/Meta gaming.

-Keep things reasonable. Both in terms of silliness and mature themes. This is a scary world that is still coming to terms with the pfact that powered people exist, nobody knows how to handle them, but this isn't Dial M. A little edge can be fun; we're not BvS.

-That being said, if things are starting to get... intense, please move it to PMs. This RP isn't the place to get frisky.

-When making your character, you don't have to science up your powers if you don't want to! I specifically added the fantasy tag so you could have any kind of powers you want without having to make of some sort of realistic reason as to why they happen. The Meta-Gene works in mysterious ways.

-If you have any problems or questions, don't be afraid to ask me or any appointed Co-GMs!

-And of course, have fun!

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