[CENTER][h1][b][color=#89767D]M I S F I T S[/color][/b][/h1][hr] [img]https://i.imgur.com/6vljT0r.png[/img][h2][sup][sub][color=96B476]T R E M O R[/color] [color=#89767D]♦[/color] [color=87979E]V I R T U E[/color] [color=#89767D]♦[/color] [color=873946]A N A R K Y[/color] [color=#89767D]♦[/color] [color=7D529A]B U N K E R[/color][/sub][/sup][/h2][img]IMG[/img][/CENTER][INDENT][B][SUP][SUB][H3][color=#89767D]C H A R A C T E R C O N C E P T[/color][/H3][/SUB][/SUP][/B][/INDENT][hr] [CENTER][sup][color=#89767D]"We are the forgotten."[/color][/sup][/CENTER][INDENT][INDENT][i]The American Dream. The idea that anyone can achieve success through hard work and determination in the United States of America. No barriers. No restraints. However, somewhere along the way, it died and became a trap to lure the desperate. While they may still obtain their freedom, they are forever stuck in the bottom while those in the top remain untouched. In recent years, there had been movements and groups that tried to challenge the system and demand meaningful change. But like everything that tends to happen, they were either crushed or forgotten by the majority of the population. That was until now. Non-stop protests across racism, police brutality, and other problems plaguing America. While people are protesting for change, four individuals know what's going to happen next. There would be no meaningful change from the government unless they did something about it. They decide to stand their ground and force change as the American Dream is slowly decaying. They have been affected by both the dream and the system. Those working in government have forgotten them. Those in their ivory towers have forgotten them. And the heroes of tomorrow have forgotten them. They are [b]Misfits[/b]. [indent][color=96B476]Tremor:[/color] Being a second-generation Indian American, Roshanna Chatterji spent her life trying to achieve the dream. That was until a drunk driver forever changed her life. Her mother died on the scene while her father lost feeling on his legs. The driver turned out to be the offspring of a well-known businesswoman, who was able to sweep the incident under the table while the Chatterjis had to deal with the medical bills. Her father became addicted and overdosed on painkillers. Roshanna left shortly after the funeral. [color=87979E]Virtue:[/color] Holly Ann Fields witnessed her father getting beaten to death by police officers after being mistaken for a robbery suspect. The officers involved in the murder got away, but the police department was forced to pay the Ann-Fields in a settlement. That caused some in the department to start harassing them for years. Getting tired of it, Holly exposed them in a post that went viral and painted a massive target on her back. Being a small-town police department, they were able to send her a clear message. Fearing for her and her family's life, Holly fled to protect them. [color=873946]Anarky:[/color] A Gothamite that grew up on the East Side of Gotham City, Lonnie Machin lived in an abusive household where his parents treated him like garbage. They were struggling to pay rent, so his father began working for the Beretti crime family. And his mother started stealing for the people that she was cleaning for. Eventually, both of them were caught and sent to prison for the crime of surviving in a fucked up place like Gotham. Lonnie was put in a statehouse and faced more abuse until he was kicked when he became eighteen. [color=7D529A]Bunker:[/color] Miguel Barragan was unaware of being an undocumented citizen until he tried to apply for a driver's license. He tried to remain under the radar for most of his senior year until he came home to an empty house one day. His parents and baby sister were picked up by immigration agents. Fortunately, he was able to stay in a friend's house while he earned his high school diploma. Yet, the constant fear that someone was going to take him away caused him to leave. He had been on the move for a year now.[/indent] [hider=Spoilers for One Universe: WOH]Each one of them got a cryptic message to meet at the abandoned Angel's Hand. It turned out to be a trap where they were forced to breathe in a mysterious gas. When they awakened in a jail cell, a masked individual approached them and then introduced herself as [b]Drew Fisher[/b]. She revealed that the gas, nicknamed Q-Juice, was designed to either give or active metahuman abilities. With her newfound powers, Holly learned that Drew is the leader of Channel M, a hacker collective across the West Coast. With that knowledge, she agrees to save her friend after being taken by the Coral City Police. Upon arriving at the scene, they were introduced to Katharsis and Officer Whitt. Whitt nearly killed both Loonie and Katharsis before Holly activated her powers even further. While they were leaving, she learned that it was Katharsis' idea to use Q-Juice. And after Roshanna used her powers to escape, Katharsis explained that she was hired by Drew to improve Channel M overall. It was where they learned of Q-Juice and its potential; however, Drew rejected to stealing it. So, Katharsis stole it behind her back. And despite that, Drew helped finalize the plan with using Angel's Hand. That was also when they learned that both of them read their files. Miguel and Roshanna left the room in disgust and angry over this violation of privacy while Holly remained to tell Lonnie everything. It has been two weeks since that night. With an increased police presence in Coral City, the group is still figuring out their next step. At the same time, Commissioner Frederick Foley plans to reveal his strategy to deal with the new metahuman threat to City Hall.[/hider][/i][/indent][/indent] [INDENT][B][SUP][SUB][H3][color=#89767D]C H A R A C T E R M O T I V A T I O N S & G O A L S[/color][/H3][/SUB][/SUP][/B][/INDENT][hr][INDENT][INDENT][i]With the move to One Universe, I still wish to continue with this group of misfits. Plus, it would give me a chance to explore Anyway, I want to focus on and explore real America. Not the one made up by propagandists and fantasized by older generations. And each of the four main characters has been affected by the flaws of the United States (Tremor: Healthcare and Big Pharma; Virtue: Police Brutality and Corruption; Anarky: Poverty and the System; and, Bunker: Undocumented and Immigration). If you're one of those people that hates politics in media ([b]especially in video games and comics[/b]), you aren't going to enjoy this. Yet, not every post is going to be political. I want to explain how these met up with each other and formed The Misfits. Explore how they go on with their lives in a post-Cold War/9-11 world. And I want to develop The Misfits into a respectable group that bow to neither the authorities nor the government. Hopefully, our characters can interact with each other and explore the fundamental differences between them. And as a reminder, this group is based on [url=https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/The_Movement_(Prime_Earth)]The Movement[/url]. I just changed the name (because it was too on the nose) and removed/added some characters. I hope that's fine.[/i][/indent][/indent] [INDENT][B][SUP][SUB][H3][color=#89767D]C H A R A C T E R N O T E S[/color][/H3][/SUB][/SUP][/B][/INDENT][hr][INDENT][INDENT][i]Coral City, California: A city with a corrupt police department and a corrupt city hall. Channel M: A hacker collective that plans on exposing corruption across the United States of America, starting with California.[/i][/indent][/indent] [INDENT][B][SUP][SUB][H3][color=#89767D]S A M P L E P O S T[/color][/H3][/SUB][/SUP][/B][/INDENT][hr][INDENT][INDENT][i][hider=CORAL CITY: THE CITY WITH HEART][hr][color=181818][sup][h1] [center][img]https://66.media.tumblr.com/b94a82801cb044f58701e07c231d7fcd/tumblr_mla1jsWVAG1qidxi4o1_500.gif[/img][/center] [b] [center][color=89767D]𝗠𝗜𝗦𝗙𝗜𝗧𝗦[/color][/center][/b] [/h1][/sup][/color][indent][sub][COLOR=89767D][I]ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA[/I][/COLOR][/sub][/indent][indent][sup][right][COLOR=89767D][b]0.00 // CORAL CITY: THE CITY WITH HEART[/b][/color][/right][/sup][/indent][hr] [indent][indent][indent][color=dcdcdc]For the first time in months, Lonnie Machin was able to rest properly without something awakening him in the dead of night. And it was dawn, which gave him time to prepare for the sun. Something that he wasn't used to. Living in Gotham City made him appropriate the cooler temperatures and the unnecessary amount of skyscrapers. But anywhere was better than Gotham. Hell, the Greyhound bus that Lonnie had been on for two days was the safest he had been in a long time. There were only a few other people on board and the driver was paying attention to the freeway. Still, being a Gothamite made him rightfully paranoid of strangers. Otherwise, he would have been gunned down in an alley. By the time that the sun was up, the bus had reached its destination: Coral City, California. Lonnie had no clue where he was going when bought that ticket. But again, [b]anywhere was better than Gotham[/b]. When the bus stopped for the final time, he knew that it was time to depart. The passengers started doing the same thing and several noticed his attire. He didn't have to turn around to feel some of them making faces at him. One of them was brave enough to comment on the ACAB patch stitched on the vest. [color=white]"Disgusting."[/color] Lonnie was unfazed by it, grabbed his duffle bag, and left the bus. Inside the bus station, he took a free map of Coral City and started searching for a motel. There was still enough money to stay at a decent motel for a week. It should be enough time to find work and start earning some cash. On his way out, Lonnie felt someone bumping into him and reaching into his back pocket. He immediately turned around and saw that no one was behind him, but he checked his pockets to be safe. That was when he found a small piece of paper and something messy written on it: [indent][i]Trying to run away from the system that threw you aside? Go to Angel's Hand, if you want to [b]take a stand[/b].[/i][/indent] Lonnie was more curious than afraid. So, he got the map and searched for the name. He eventually found out it was a bar located near the coast. He wanted answers and the only way to get them was head to the bar. And that's what he did, not knowing what the future was in store.[/color][/indent][/indent][/indent] [hr][/hider][/i][/indent][/indent] [hider=Post Catalog][INDENT][B][SUP][SUB][H3][color=#89767D]P O S T C A T A L O G[/color][/H3][/SUB][/SUP][/B][/INDENT][hr][INDENT][INDENT][i]A list linking to your IC posts as they're created. This can be used for a reference guide to your character or to summarize completed arcs and stories.[/i][/indent][/indent][/hider] [hr]