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U.A.U. Interest Check [Switched-Up Mutant RP, More Info Inside]

Sounds good. I'm just gonna go ahead and edit my first post so that if anyone else comes, it's just one more person. I'd like to keep this smaller.

And now I'm wondering if my character is gonna need to change powers...lol I think I went too useless.

And matter transmutation works just fine.

U.A.U. Interest Check [Switched-Up Mutant RP, More Info Inside]

That's so hilarious I want you in this. Seriously. That is perfect.

And thanks! I steal all my usernames from my favorite band's lyrics, so I cannot take all the claim to it.

Transcontinental

Aaron barely glanced up from his phone when a red-headed woman sat next to him. This primary focus right now was on distraction.

After a good five minutes on some sort of game, he hastily put his phone up and pulled out his ticket, glancing at the 6:00PM departure time, then the clock on the wall, showing 6:12.

"Damn train..." He thought to himself.

He leaned back in the bench and glanced to his side. The woman next to him was busy reading on a tablet, so he quickly turned forward again and observed the people passing by him. The sooner he arrived, the better. I wondered if should've just taken a plane...

U.A.U. Interest Check [Switched-Up Mutant RP, More Info Inside]

That's fair. It's casual so I'm not going for super useless. Maybe the gov't decided that they needed precision and threw your character down the lower ranks. Going for an underdog story here anyway.

Thanks for responding!

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TRANSCONTINENTAL

"Look," Mr. Cobb said with the sort of condescending tone you'd expect when a man in his 50's talks to a man in his 20's, "I understand you're trying very hard to cope with all all of this, but I'm telling you, you need to finance this money! It doesn't have to be through me. Open up a Roth IRA and pay up front. Then put a sizable majority in an ETF and you'll be twice as rich in ten years."

Aaron just rolled his eyes and glanced around Mr. Cobb's office. The oak paneling and lack of anything from the current millennium more than showed Aaron the man's complete lack of understanding.

"John," Aaron stared, using Mr. Cobb's first name to piss his off especially, "I understand you want the best for my financial future. But $250,000 is more than enough for me to cover my expenses to Los Angeles. I've already saved on a room on the train. They've got a program that lets me share the room for half the cost."

"Which I would be absolutely fine with," said Mr. Cobb, "If you were moving out there to find a STEM job."

Aaron rolled his eyes. ”Here we go again.”

"You know median income in the industry is in the millions, John." Spoke Aaron.

"You also know that for every success story there are a hundred failures?"

Aaron had no counter. The man was right.

"You already don't have a college degree," Mr. Cobb began, "And I know you should go at least pick up an Associate's, but believe me when I say that 2008's crash isn't over. You need a job in STEM."

Aaron hated that acronym. It just implied that if you didn't work in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics, that you were completely worthless. And sure enough, the good old family lawyer John Cobb was a big fan of talking about STEM and it's importance. Funny thing? He didn't even work in STEM.

"Thanks for the concern, but no thanks. The money is in the account in my name, correct?"

"Yes but--"

"And as a legal adult of 23, I have every right to the inheritance my parents left behind when they passed not 2 weeks ago, correct?"

Mr. Cobb sighed. "Yes."

"Then I'll call you if I need you," Aaron said as he stood up. Mr. Cobb rolled his eyes, and the two men shook hands. "I've got a train to catch.”

“My condolences, again.” Mr. Cobb muttered sincerely as Aaron nearly slammed the door on the way out of the office

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"Thanks, man." Aaron said to his taxi driver as he finished paying him. The gruff man nodded and drove off, leaving Aaron and his two suitcases alone at Union Station.

Aaron bent down and took his backpack off. Inside he found his ticket; a one-way ticket to Los Angeles. The trip would take about 3 days; one day and night to Chicago, and another 2 to L.A. Based on his ticket information, the train left in an hour at 6:00PM. It would spend all day tomorrow traveling and arrive at 7:00AM to Chicago. He'd have about 12 hours to kill before making it to the 7:00PM train to finish the journey.

Aaron checked into Union Station and started heading downstairs, through the marketplace, to the actual tracks. He was entering the area for the train when he was stopped by a ticket man after he saw Aaron’s ticket.

"The train out to Chicago is running late, Mr. Wright,” the man said rather quickly; there was a line behind Aaron. "Wait upstairs for another 30 minutes. We'll make an all-call when it arrives."

"Can I at least leave my baggage around here?"

"Sorry sir. You'll have to wait."

Aaron rolled his eyes and made his way back through the shops. On his way upstairs he picked up a coke from the vending machine, and found a seat in the central lobby not too far from the center. It was a bench seat, and one of the last open. He sat to the left of the seat to make room and placed his luggage next to his side of the bench. He set his backpack down and prepared for a good wait. Train stations on a Friday night were busy, and Aaron knew it; his mom and dad used to take him on train rides all the time; using the metro to tour the capital. In fact, when Aaron was 16, the whole family went during spring break to view the capital from inside the White House. It was amazing how tight security was, and……..

"Stop." Aaron thought to himself. "Not here. Not now.

He wiped a single tear from his eye and quickly pulled out his phone, and opened the first app he saw. Some sort of game, it looked like. He drank his coke and numbed his eyes with the images on the screen. All he needed to do was make it on the train with his dignity. All he needed was a distraction.

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Name: Aaron Wright

Age: 23

Appearance:


Brief Backstory: Aaron grew up in the suburbs of D.C. and lived as an only child with his parents. He was adopted by them when they were nearly 60; he skipped college after high school and took care of them until they passed a few days prior to the events of the RP. He was left their will, and is using the savings to move to Los Angeles. In L.A., he as a small apartment waiting for him and some money to help him transition to life there. He has yet to cope with the both of their deaths, which occurred only hours apart.

Interests: Acting, theatre, movies, and other arts. He's also interested in finding someone, since he's been out of school for years and has lost contact with most people.

Personality in three words: Cold, Closed, Lonely.

Goals: To act in or direct films; to find stable income; to find meaning in life.

U.A.U. Interest Check [Switched-Up Mutant RP, More Info Inside]

Yeah, when I say useless I essentially mean "Not directly helpful in field of battle from the POV of the government," to try to make things clearer.

U.A.U. Interest Check [Switched-Up Mutant RP, More Info Inside]

It's totally fine to ask questions. I tend to assume everyone understands what I'm trying to say and I realize that what seems clear to me may not always seem clear to others.

I didn't go into too much detail due to a time constraint I had earlier, but my essential idea was that we would begin the story was our characters being placed in a new U.A.U. (The assumption is that there are multiples of each unit; the U.A.U. prefix is just a type of unit; not a particular one). There would be some training involved (I planned to also play a General or other military leader placed in charge of us in order to move the story; trying to use him not as often as possible).

The reason the Government wasn't using the U.A.U. (Or any of the lower units) is because there wasn't any need to. The S.A.U. and other higher units were doing just fine taking out whatever Russia had in store for them. Sort of like the real life U.S.A. not using troops in Iraq recently but sending advisers. There wasn't (in the RP) a need for everyone to be going. We pick up the story when it's clear that the country needs to start utilizing everyone.

I hope that makes a bit more sense. At first, this U.A.U. would be doing more clean-up work, but then we would delve into actual fighting. Much alike the movie "Glory," if that rings any bells.

For the sake of the story we could figure out our powers before starting and how they would be useful in a situational battle. As an actual citizen of the U.S. and a former bureaucrat I can assure you that a LOT of things wouldn't be run well., and mistakes happen. Although you have a completely valid point.

I hope that makes more sense; I totally get that you're trying to understand what I'm getting at with this RP and I hope this helped in someway. If you have a question feel free to ask.

U.A.U. Interest Check [Switched-Up Mutant RP, More Info Inside]

Well, with the U.A.U. powers, it doesn't have to be completely useless. Just something a big government would think as useless. For example, I'm pretty sure my guy will have shapeshifting, but only into inanimate objects. Clearly, on the surface that is quite pointless, but on a battlefield sometimes would need things and that's when it would play into it.

As for the battles, I was thinking that each person could have a semi-automatic pistol, but most of the fighting would be melee and hand-to-hand. I'm going for a more lighthearted feel to this so hence the name and system.

If you guys have any suggestions let me know! I tend to over-plan sometimes.

[Seeking Females] Looking for a Plot-Driven, Slow Romance RP; Plots Inside; also open to suggestion.

@pyroman Sure thing. I'm EST so it's sort of late here as well. Drop me a PM anytime!