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@The Kid Lantern Mentioned that I was thinking Overlord would start out near JD, but if you'd like for him to 'interrupt' Shayd, sure. Just give me a go-ahead and I'll start writing.

@LHG100

Yeah man you can take on Shayd. Overlord is probably one of the only guys who can really take him on along with...

Oh right, giant monster-man wrecking the city seems like a job for Captain Genome! I guess. Just need to get stuff figured out I guess.

@Rin

Genome was one of the ones I saw in my head going after him since Cap is the super soldier of the game. I left it open ended and mentioned a few heroes had tried taking the behemoth on before he was taken down.

~KL~

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Anybody got an intro post? I left the thing with Shayd open ended so anyone could get in on the fight with him. Just limited to a few hours in-game to take him down.

~KL~

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@Roosan He's a sandbox villain. Doesn't mean there can't be another actual villain played by a player.

~KL~

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@Dblade26 Gilgamesh Sinn is accepted and fits a Lex Luthor type mold I can get into. Bonus points for adding another industrial character. I almost wanna see this guy make superhero enemies then run for mayor.

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@The Kid Lantern

I created a type of monster for Gauntlet to fight. I call them Hush Puppies, they are the spawns of extra-dimensional demons and they get the name 'Hush' from making everywhere they attack go eerily silent. They feed off of insanity, fear and flesh.

Hush Puppy

@Weird Tales

I like the idea, just don't call them hush puppies. Hellhounds, Demon Dogs, anything but Hush Puppies.

~KL~

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@The Kid Lantern
I'd like to make a character to fill the Genius role, should they be evil or heroic?

All the examples are evil but I thought I'd better ask just in case.

@Roosan

It can be either. I listed evil examples cause we have a couple smart people in the game already, but I don't think anybody is on par with Reed Richards or Tony Stark.

@The Kid Lantern Speaking of Alien Race, the race I introduced in my biography is open for use as well. I figure I'd leave it open as to where they went in case you or someone else wanted some story arc.

@FantasyChic

I may do something with the aliens later on. Right now it's more about setting up New Athens like Astro City.

~KL~

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Opening IC post is up. If anybody wants to take a hit from Shayd I left it open ended with the battle ending sometime before 6 pm. Sorry it took so long to get this started, as I mentioned earlier its been a stressful week. Can't wait to get in the thick of things!

EDIT: I've still got some things to go over such as other villains and an alien race @Rin wanted to introduce in the broader universe. I'll try and give everything the once over before it gets too late in the evening but at some point my son's gotta go back to the doctor...

~KL~

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Welcome to New Athens, a city of adventure and intrigue. In New Athens, a hero is made every day and a villain every night. A thriving metropolis, New Athens is a modern city, built in the Appalachian Mountains of the eastern United States. Over the years the city thrived with coal mining being it's main source of revenue however New Athens quickly became a leading industrial city on the eastern 'States with several noteworthy corporations' factories and plants. Westman Chemical Plant, Napier Valley Ammunition Plant, Pepsi Cola Bottling Company, and Wells Helicopter are just a few of the reasons people choose to live and work in the grand city of tomorrow. The Olympian Gazette is widely known for its stories of new superhumans and celebrities, as well as the general local news. Midtown is where most of the action is, as well as the Mercury Mall. Subdivisions, landmarks, and schools include Lee Heights, the Kirby River, Shuster Elementary School, Universal Avenue [one of the longest streets in America], Simon Middle School, Kubert High School, Riverview [ghetto subdivision], Highland Park, Warpath State Park [in the mountains], the Museum of Tomorrow [tech museum], etc. The city sees a number of tourists as well, all trying to get a glimpse of superhumans in action. New Athens has more superhumans than any other major metropolitan city in America with a general population of over three hundred and sixty thousand residents with an estimated fifteen thousand superhumans possibly within city limits. And who are these superhumans?

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Rules:

1.) No back-to-back posting.

2.) PAY ATTENTION TO DETAIL AND SET-UPS!!

3.) Make sense. If we can't make heads or tails of your posts they're likely to get skipped over.

4.) Get permission before using another player's character in your posts if it involves changing the scene or making actions. Everybody will take beatings in this game in battle however, so don't get pissed if you get punched or blasted into a wall by the bad guys! Namely me controlling the badguys...

5.) Problems with the game or players should be sent directly to me through PM's. I don't want a bunch of bickering in the OOC.

6.) Abandoned characters will be used as NPC's or killed off within the context of the story.

7.) “I was waiting for [insert player/character] to make a move” is not how this game is played.

8.) There is no rule #8.

9.) My word is law.

10.) Obey the law.

11.) In the event that I'm offline for any period of time, the Co-GM @Dblade26 will take control and HIS/HER word will then be law.

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New Athens, 1:30 PM...

A dark giant of a man climbed out of the Kirby River. In some woodland area behind the Mercury Mall the behemoth leaped into the air like a villain out of a comic book traveling a great distance. His target was Westman Chemical Co. The first building to crumble under his giant feet was a Westman Credit Union, one of nearly three hundred across the region. Shayd, the Indestructible Man was headed towards the main reactors in the city like establishment on the edge of the city. The corporation had nearly two hundred thousand people employed between a total of three states. To say their home base was huge was a gross understatement. The ebon giant was nearing his target, would any heroes stand in his path?

Highland Park, 6:17 PM...

A dark haired man picked himself up out of the bushes. It was in the spring, his clothes were ripped, and he'd looked like he had seen better days. He dusted the dirt off of his shoulder, and tried throwing his long-ish hair back with a comb through using his hand.

"I should've stayed out of that fight. I wasn't on the scene in wolf form maybe a minute or two before that big black guy sent me flying across town with a backhand..." JD began to think, "I need to get back to the apartment and eat something before the sun goes down. I don't want to tear into any muggers on an empty stomach..."

Walking to the bus stop on foot JD could see the damage across the city from earlier.

"Somebody must've succeeded in taking that guy down. I should probably stick to the street level perps. No sense in fighting a super man and getting tossed across town. My healing factor is exceptional but I doubt I could recover from a broken neck..." JD thought as he got on the bus and traveled to another part of town where his apartment was located. He could hear the sultry voice of the local New Athens DJ over the bus radio...

"...That was the latest song by the Gorillaz. Natalee Nova here on 99.3 Z-Rock. Earlier today the man known as Shayd once again made an attack on Westman Chemical, no known fatalities have been reported thus far but several citizens of New Athens are receiving medical attention at Napier Valley Hospital. If not for the intervention of several superhumans the situation could have been far worse. I don't know about you, New Athens, but I'm glad there are a few good men and women out there who do the right thing with their powers. Can't say I'd be a hero, but I wouldn't be ALL bad.... here's the latest from Blink 182..."

JD got off the bus at his stop and made his way into his third story apartment. He changed his clothes, and put on a pair of sweat pants and a shirt.

"I'm getting tired of tearing through all of my good clothes." he thought looking out of his window at the city outside.

~KL~

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I quit my job so there's been a little anarchy in the household LOL. I do have the opening post plotted out thanks to the Co-GM and @Lord Wraith's input. My kid's been out of school all week with a cold as well so it's been rough finding ample time on the internet. Getting in the pad now to try and get something written up...

~KL~

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Working on an IC post in the titanpad but there's a few villains CS's that need to be moved over here. Put them in hider tags and post them here and I'll go over them and I'll get around to putting them in a couple posts in the Character Tab so long as everything checks out and nothing's too off the wall. Remember the majority of villains will be sandbox unless it's like an arch enemy.

~KL~

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<Snipped quote by The Kid Lantern>

I'm sorry to hear that KL, hope your next job is better and I understand how you feel, I have a crap job too and I'm planning to quit sometime within the next month

@Weird Tales

You should have heard the way the store manager talked to me. It was all I could do not to quit over the phone. What's so hard to understand my mom is disabled and in her seventies and needs bills paid before 5 o' clock? He went on saying "well now somebody who has to work till 4 will have to work over, that's not fair..." I was like dude I've worked over every day since last week and had to work over and that's without people calling in....

~KL~