[color=fff200][h1][center]Thornwood Asylum For The Criminal Insane [/center][/h1][/color] [img]https://cdn.hauntedrooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Pennhurst-Asylum-Pennsylvania-4.jpg[/img] [i][i]Thornwood Asylum was built by Dr. Odysseus Thornwood in 1896, the asylum was built for housing human criminal patients. The asylum was unassuming to people who did not work there. But underneath the building is a maximum prison housing criminal with meta powers. Varies experiments were performed on the metahumans by Dr.Thornwood, The reason for this experiment was so Thornwood could become a metahuman himself. His plans were stopped by the police. The asylum was closed for forty years, being reopened in 1935 by Thronwood’s son Plato. Plato refurbished the asylum and made the asylum more secure, in part with the American government. For the next nine decades, the asylum was the home of villains whose plans were foiled by various superheroes. During the early 21st century the mysterious Dr. Novis took over management of the asylum from Dr. Diogenes Thornwood. From the early 00’s to the present time Dr.Novis has been using Odysseus Thornwood’s research to further study metahumans. Secretly experimenting on them to see how their powers manifest, and how he could become a metahuman himself. This roleplay will take place with your character inside of the underground facility that houses various metahumans. The first arc will explore your lives as inmates in the facility, and then have them escape the asylum. The story will unravel as we move along with the different arcs I have planned. The facility underneath the asylum is called “ Project Borehole” officially, but to the prisoners: it’s usually known as “The Shithole”. The facility is heavily guarded, with top-of-the-line technology to house the many metahuman prisoners. Escape would seem impossible, but even the strongest chains have a weak point. [/i][/i] [hider=OOC Rules] ⋗ 1 . 1 | The whole point of us being here is to have a good time, have fun writing out our characters and so. Don't try and fuck with others or behave maliciously - I won't have it. My rule is simple. Don't be a cunt. ⋗ 1 . 2 | It goes without saying that Ghost Note and I have a veto on who can and can't participate. If you behave like a cunt, I will tell you to fuck off and that'll be the end of the matter. This is something that won't apply to the majority, but more for those who get off on malicious behaviour. ⋗ 1 . 3 | I enforce a policy of not informing people of every time they should post (unless their character is in the middle of an interaction and can't move further). If you go inactive without a peep, I'm not going to babysit you and you'll get left behind or worse. I can appreciate that life gets in the way of things, just try and keep up. ⋗ 1 . 4| This RP will strictly be on a "first-come, first-serve." Meaning I will not reserve any powers/character roles/etc, and they will go to whoever finishes their character sheet first. If there's a conflict over it, I will decide the outcome. That said, I'm not going to be too hung up on things unless you have two characters that are blatant carbon copies of one another. ⋗ 1 . 6 | Character applications will go into the OOC (where we can work things out) until they are accepted. In other words, the character tab is for accepted characters only. Also, do not "reserve" a spot in the Character Tab unless you were permitted to by me. ⋗ 1 . 7 | Make use of the OOC. Random chatter is fine so long as it's nothing degenerate. [/hider] [hider=IC Rules] ⋗ 2 . 1 | No Powergaming, God-Modding, Metagaming, etc. Use your common sense, or we'll be required to intervene. ⋗ 2 . 2 | If you have not posted in three weeks, then I will DM you asking the reason for your absence. If you have not responded to my DM, then I will give you two weeks to respond or to post something IC. If you have not responded by then, i will have to temporarily take control of your character until your return. ⋗ 2 . 3| I am not a stickler for post length. I'd rather have a meaningful paragraph over an essay full of bland filler shite. But I ask for at least one or two paragraphs as a bare minimum. ⋗ 2 . 4 | Romance/Sex/Whatever is something that happens, I guess. "Fade to black" - 'nuff said? Anything sketchy is going to get you to curb-stomped harder than Microsoft at E3 2013 though. Likewise for any other degeneracy. ⋗ 2 . 5 | If you're also expecting me to hold your hand every step of the way, then you're going to be disappointed. This is going to be an RP that rewards taking initiative and lateral thinking. There is going to be a solid story arc to follow, but you'll be getting leeway on the journey there.) ⋗ 2. 6 | I expect some moderate detail when writing your character sheet. Remember, this RP is going to be fairly grounded where such would be applicable and I want each character to feel like a person in some form or another. Try to give them a believable past, goals, personality, etc. Everything has a purpose. ⋗ 2. 7 | You can create a character of any ethnicity, gender, sexuality, background, etc within reason. If you want to create a character who's an embodiment of some eldritch curse or whatever, that's fair game too - just put some good writing behind it. ⋗ 2. 8 | Please refrain from tacking skills onto characters without any rationale behind them. Try to make everything feel natural to the character. ⋗ 2. 9 | When creating a character, try to be diverse. Look at the character sheets and try to fulfill a role that no one has. No one wants a dozen edgy vampire/werewolf/demon clones. You can be pretty creative within the bounds of the setting. That also means no blatant plagiarism of characters from other media, whether that's DC, Marvel, Image Comics, Parahumans or whatever. I don't mind seeing something that takes broad strokes of inspiration or bears similarities (it is a done-to-death medium) but write something that's yours. ⋗ 2 . 10 |Following abilities are restricted (read: banned, unless you can convince me otherwise): Omni-anything, instant death/mind control powers. Anything related to "power manipulation" such as replication, removal, etc. Reality warping. Indestructible defences. ⋗ 2 . 11 | On the other hand, I'm going to be giving people a relatively free hand for ideas. Supernatural, SciFi themes etc. Want to play a pyrokinetic with a penchant for robbing banks? Go for it. Or a vengeful revenant, cursed for a thousand years? Same again. Just keep in mind that everything has a limitation - your character did end up in prison. ⋗ 2 . 12 | Many powers reflect some aspect of the character, so keep that in mind when creating one. I'm not asking for something super symbolic or otherwise allegorical, but keep in mind. ⋗ 2 . 13 | If your character has hidden motives/misinformation in their CS, I am willing to accommodate that - if you make me aware. I don't want to have someone ass pulling that they're an eldritch god. [/hider] [hider=Character Sheet] [b]Name:[/b] If Applicable [b]Known Aliases:[/b] If Applicable [b]Age:[/b] If known. [b]Appearance:[/b] What does your character look like? Please consider realistic proportions [b]Psyche Profile:[/b] What is your character's mindset/personality, as understood to their jailors? (again, if this deviates from public view I'm happy to work with you in PMs) [b]Background:[/b] Self-explanatory. Not expecting an essay here, and quality always trumps quantity in my view. If there's a private element to it, let me know - can keep it out of public view, then. [b]Skills, Talents and Learning:[/b] Skills, talents, anything your character has learned. Where applicable. [b]Power(s) and Capabilities:[/b] A comprehensive explanation of your character's abilities/powers [b]Power Limits:[/b] Self-explanatory. [b]Known Vulnerabilities:[/b] Weaknesses. Flaws. Gaps in your character's power, perhaps a vulnerability to electricity, or an inability to maintain an altered form in direct sunlight. Maybe your character's power is dependent on a certain talisman? Nothing is free. [b]Motives:[/b] What drives your character? What would they do if they escaped? Any long-term plans? Happy to keep this to PMs if preferred. [b]Recommended Containment Procedures:[/b] Self-explanatory, how you think your character should be contained. I will get the final say on what the actual containment procedures are, but this helps me figure out how to include your character within the parameters of the prison. [b]Notes:[/b]Anything else to throw in.[/hider] Inspired by The Borehole: A Supervillian Prison Break- https://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/186712-the-borehole-a-supervillain-prison-break/ooc?page=2#post-5306377