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You've definitely got my interest. I'm assuming that the characters would be mutants trying to survive? Would they be in a community or traveling wanderers that happen to encounter one another?


Hi! Thanks for the interest. There are a number of people with mutations but I leave it up to everyone whether they want their character to become affected or not. There are communities formed at this point since it has been many years but they are rather small. Nomadic people are common since many choose to become bandits. In other words, it probably will be a traveling wanderers coming together.

I also have intention for a very large bandit group to become powerful and start becoming a problem for people.


This is a plot I tried quite a long time ago and I'd like to give it a second go. Let me know if this piques your interest.

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In 2017, the entire world was pulled into nuclear warfare as World War 3 began. One country bombed another and that's all it took for others to retaliate, creating a back and forth nuclear war that managed to destroy most of humanity. It never officially ended due to the massive loss of life.

Twenty years later, the world is a completely different story. It is rare we see the sun anymore. The sky is usually overcast by clouds as dark as charcoal. Temperatures are cooler than they used to be and it's often a struggle to keep warm. It doesn't rain nor snow as much as it used to either. Growing crops is harder than ever with increased UV radiation due to the thinning of the ozone layer and a frost-free growing season for crops shortened by 10 to 40 days, depending on the region. Skin cancer ran rapid during these years. The population of the Earth has dropped to the thousands. Those who didn't die in the bombings died from disease, starvation or perhaps they were killed by each other.

It is a fight for survival. Laws and morals have been long forgotten. Many have resorted to becoming bandits, killing others for everything they own. These bandits sometimes group together and live nomadically, constantly killing anyone else they can find. Those of us who cling on to some idea of morals, we try to stay away from them as much as we can and fend for ourselves. Those that live sedentary lifestyles either live in random, abandoned places or in small, forted communities that often kill those who try to enter on sight usually due to fear of disease or of spies looking to expose their location. Other people aren't the only ones we have to worry about...

Animals have been mutating faster than the world has ever seen before. The exposure to extreme radiation and chemicals has caused for change in their DNA. They are bigger, faster, and definitely more hungry. There have been cases of flying snakes, eight-foot wolves, and even three-foot wasps. Humans have been mutating too, with cases of men with large eyes with the ability to accomplish night vision and of people with teeth as sharp as razors. People are evolving regressively to be less like humans and more like beasts. There are smaller cases of people just getting small mutations such as a change in strength or speed but with each different mutation, it becomes more and more evident that these mutations are becoming completely unpredictable.

Lucy


"LucyAnswer ThePhone"


Lucy stared at the words on her phone in confusion as she pulled into a parking lot. She glanced with distaste to find the coffee shop just down the street. She couldn't help but wonder if the place had good coffee after all. With a glance toward the dog and then back to in front of her, she finally picked up the phone. She wasn't sure what she was expecting to hear. It was evident to the caller that she had picked up but she made no noise. The park in front of her was a large grassy area with trees, picnic barbecues, a playground and a small pond. The dim sound of children's laughter reached her. It was filled to the brim with people she'd never truly be able to fit in with again. The very thought made her sink into her seat. Was she even considered a human anymore?

Lucy


Lucy had been staying at Kieran's place the last two days, keeping on the down low. She had hung out with the others during that time and could probably say she trusted Sebastian, Luke and Kieran. However, as most people would, she got tired of hiding. She had taken an uber back to her apartment to collect a few things today. After being dropped off at the edge of the building, she let out a sigh of relief. It felt a bit more normal to be here again. The last 48 hours had felt so strange and unreal. She couldn't even bring herself to answer the numerous calls from friends and parents. She stood there, taking it all in for a moment before realizing she had to get in and out fast. Hastily, she made her way inside and up the stairs to her room.

With fumbling hands, she opened the key to her apartment and rushed in. It was a bit on the messy side from when she had just left it, with some dishes still in the sink. She had been so flustered that morning with everything going on but it was sad how little she had known what she had been in for in the hours afterward. Once she made her way into her bedroom, she started grabbing clothes and throwing it in one of her suitcases. She picked up things she needed and gathered what she could before rushing back out with two, overstuffed suitcases and down to the parking garage to pick up her car. After quickly tossing everything in the back seat, she got inside. She wasn't sure where she wanted to go but she wasn't so sure she wanted to keep crashing at Kieran's place. It wasn't really fair to him. Maybe she just needed a quiet place to figure this all out. Perhaps the park would do.

However, it was on her way there that she saw a bunch of bodies scattered in front of a house. Not to mention there was a cruiser that had crashed into a house. She stopped driving to get out and stared in shock, covering her mouth. "Oh my God..." She came over and knelt to check the pulses of each of the policemen. They were all dead. Tears burned in her eyes. Who could do something so horrible? The sound of a barking dog made her look up and stare at house. She inhaled shakingly as she realized there was two parts of a man on the grass. He had been... ripped in half. "Oh God what the fuck..."She got up and opened the door to the house. The scene inside was just as bad. Someone had killed everyone in this house except for the dog, who was stuck on a leash and whining.

"Hey sweetheart."Lucy whispered, scratching the dog behind it's ears. "Poor thing... It's going to be okay... Come with me."
The sound of police sirens rang in the distance and she looked over her shoulder with panic. "Come on sweetie."She began undoing his leash and leading him to the car. It was rather young golden retriever. She wasn't going to just abandon him here. Once back in her car with the dog in the seat next to her, she began to drive away. He laid his head on the seat, whimpering every so often.

It was clear this was someone else with powers doing this. How anyone could abuse their powers to hurt innocent people was beyond Lucy's imagination. It made her so mad she was clutching the steering wheel so hard her fists were turning red and she was shaking. Tears were still spilling from her eyes. She vowed to help stop whoever did this.
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Lucy had stopped dead in her tracks as the gunshot reverberated through the shop with widened and fearful blue eyes. It took a moment to set her gaze on the the man with holding the gun and slowly move it to the man with the bullet hole in his forehead. Her heart was racing so fast, it felt as if it would jolt through her rib cage in that moment. She barely registered a woman’s voice telling her to call the cops. “Uhh… Okay, okay!” She moved backward rapidly, stumbling as she pulled her phone out and began dialing the police. She could hardly catch her breath. She had never felt so much panic in her life. Lucy then realized she should probably get the fuck out of here. The man with the gun was right there and would probably shoot her and others too for witnessing that murder. She turned to run and suddenly halted as a flash of light blinded the room. There was the loud zap of lightning as something struck the armed man. Lucy covered her eyes with her arm, completely blinded for that moment. Once it began to dim down, she stole a glance over her arm at the blackened sidewalk but didn’t dare look at the man.

“Crazy weather we're having. Hahaha…”She drew off with nervous laughter then turned to make a run for it.

Kieran was thrown sideways, flying a good feet up into the air and a few feet away. It took a few moments for Kieran to realize what happened, and when he tried to stand up he felt everything vibrate violently in his body. He tried to stand, his arms swinging as he did. He tried to hoist himself up with his arms. His face twitched and his left knee jerked as a reaction. Kieran almost started to panic, but then thought logically about what happened. He could not move any of the correct parts of his body. There was a zap and a blinding light right before. He must have been......hit by lightning? Well he could produce Black Matter so maybe it wasn't a stretch to say other people could do other things. He did just shoot someone. Someone probably saw something. Kieran took a moment to figure out what moved what, and when he figured it out Kieran jumped up immediately. Kieran saw the woman running away, and took about 3.5 seconds to decide what to do. She had powers.

Kieran made a stupid, split second decision. Kieran hid his gun in the back of his pants and then ran after her. It took a minute but he caught up with her. When he did he slid forward past her, spun, then stood in front of her with his arms crossed and smile on his face.

"Sooooo..I know you won't believe me, but I swear I will not hurt you. I mean....Yeah maybe I'm a tad upset you hit me with your power and don't say you didn't. You were the only one running away. But if you wanna stay alive you need to listen to me."

Lucy inhaled as the man moved in front of her. She could see his features now that everything was not happening so fast. He was a lot taller than her. He had to be at least six feet. She wasn’t so sure she could hold her own against him but at least now she knew she could randomly bring a lightning bolt down from the heavens. His smile and crossed arms made him come off like a smug asshole but at least his gun wasn’t out.

She was a bit confused when he described what happened as a “power” but she supposed it made sense. This was so insane. Lucy took a deep breath and finally looked up at him, “Look I’m really sorry I hit you with the lightning bolt. I did not intend on it, I just got kind of freaked when I walked into that whole mess and it just happened on its own. “Lucy was quite pleased with herself for her steady voice and mature tone. She had thought she was going to start shaking and crying. “I’ll listen but I don’t really want any trouble, okay?” She took a nervous step back, trying to plan an emergency escape if need be.

Kieran took a step forward, then thought about it. This girl was freaking out and he didn't need her running again. Kieran uncrossed his arm and held his hands up in surrender.

"Ok look, I am not trying to scare you but long story short, I have powers too. I need you to understand, my powers are a lot more unstable. I need to learn how to control it, and you have powers and control them better than I can. "

Kieran coughed."So I need you to come with me. I can't say I want to get you to come with me using any means, but I won't. So if you come with me I will pay you."

"Today just keeps getting weirder and weirder..." Sebastian muttered to himself as he peaked out of an alley, carefully listening. First a dude with a gun pays him to torture someone, then he shoots a dude, and now there is a lightning girl. This was a little too interesting for him to pass up, so he decided to follow close behind. Half because of general interest, and half because he thought the guy might be going to kill the lightning girl. He might have been a bit of an odd guy, but he wasn't about to let someone get hurt when he can avoid it. He had wanted to diffuse the situation at the cafe but it seems he only made it more volatile. He just waited as he peaked out from the alley, ready to step in if it seemed like something might happen. He wasn't sure what he could actually do, but it was still worth a try.

“Ah.”Lucy said simply with a slow nod. She wasn’t sure how to react. She didn’t know what she had previously thought but she had not entertained the idea of other people like her. This really felt like some kind of movie or something.“Come with you?”She repeated incredulously, “Come with you where?” She folded her arms now, starting to get a bit annoyed. “Do you realize you just shot someone in a coffee shop? Hard for me to just say ‘oh, sure, I’ll follow you into the oblivion,’ here you know?” Realizing she was starting to get real sassy, she spoke once more, changing her tone, “I don’t think I can teach you how to control them. I don’t even know what’s going on with myself. The lightning bolt was an accident.”

Kieran groaned and wiped his forehead.

"Yes I killed him but did I mention I work for the government? Also he was a criminal, so more than likely I just saved some stupid teenager by killing the man who would have sold them bad drugs!""

Kieran took a step forward, hands still up as if he was surrendering.

"Look I want to take us to a CIA safehouse that's all, nowhere out of the way. But also don't forget, people saw me shoot a guy but they saw you throw a lightning bolt. I think people will be more interested in seeing you than me."

At that moment, Kieran started noticing his surroundings again. Kieran saw people, on the other side of the street, with phones out taking photos and making videos of him and Lucy.

"Ok look, my name is Kieran, and I would really appreciate it if we could make a decision about what we are going to do now."

"You... work for the government."Lucy said slowly with confusion. "Last time I checked, drug dealing didn't warrant a death sentence."At least he seemed eager to show he wasn't going to hurt her since he kept putting his hands up. She wasn't so sure she could trust him though. However, he did have a valid point. She had put on quite the spectacle. She followed his gaze, the sounds of cameras filling the air. They were both in a lot of trouble. She had a feeling no matter what she did, she was going to end up in even more trouble. Regretfully, she finally said, "Okay let's get out of here fast."

"Cool, where are we going?" Sebastian says as he rounds the corner and makes his way over to the duo. He was interested in this whole power thing, but as far as he knew he didn't have a power. But he was confident, and that was enough. "You guys both have powers right? I have one too." He cracked his fingers as he made his way past. He was about to bend the truth a little, but hey if they didn't know. "I have the power of luck. Sounds dumb I know, but I can explain it properly once we get to your little safehouse." The power of luck was a bit of a silly idea, but it seemed like a power he might be able to lie his way through if he needed to. So he smiled and gestured out towards the street. "Lead the way." He didn't quite trust the guy yet, and if she had just agreed to go with him then that could end badly. Call it a spur of the moment decision, but he decided to try and tag along.

Lucy glanced at the newcomer with surprise. Where the hell did he come from? She thought about it for a moment and realized she recalled seeing him in the coffee shop. She didn’t trust any of these people but she decided if they had superpowers too, it was better to be on good terms with everyone. “Oh hi there.”She greeted him, “Nice of you to join us.”

Kieran looked at the new man, a sudden flash of anger passed through his eyes. It took him a moment but he calmed down. Kieran groaned and scratched the back of his head.

"Fine whatever man. Just follow us and don't slow us down."

Kieran grabbed Lucy's hand and patted Sebastian's shoulder and lead them both away, forward the way he was facing and towards the safehouse.

Kieran could have dragged them directly to the house much quicker, but he decided to air on the side of caution. Kieran took alley ways, went behind stores, and never slowed down. Finally, they reached their destination. The CIA safehouse was a large apartment, right above a night club. The apartement looked like an art studio.

"Here we are, home sweet CIA home."

Lucy glanced around the apartment once there. It was actually quite nice. "It's got a nice modern feel to it." She commented. Anxiously, she began pacing around the place. What the hell was she doing with these people? She had really messed up getting involved with that whole coffee shop craziness. She realized then that she hadn't even called out of work and went to, taking out her phone. It only took a second or two for it to set in that it was out of the question. She had to stay in hiding now. There wasn't much to do other than stay on the good side of these people. One had already shown he wasn't afraid to kill.

She turned to the two at some point, stealing a glance toward the kitchen. "You guys hungry? I can make some breakfast. It's the least I can do for hurting you."

Kieran chuckled and walked over to the work desk on the other side of the front door. He set the laptop down and took it out of the bag.

"Yeah sure thanks. I am not sure how much food we have but feel free to do whatever. You're not my prisoner."

Kieran then realized something.

"I will need you to stay out of the attic though."

Kieran turned his head and watched as Sebastian did his own thing. Asshole. This guy talked too much and he could pretty much guess he lied, but it didn't matter anyways. He could just pay him off.

"Starving, I would love something to eat" Sebastian said, his eyes lightning up at the concept of finally getting to eat. It had been close to 30 hours at this point, so he was understandably pretty dam hungry. But, he realized that he had yet to actually introduce himself yet.

"Oh, and my name is Sebastian. What with all the gunshots and lightning and running, I didn't get a chance to introduce myself yet" He draped himself over the couch as he inspected the room. It was much better than his place, so he didn't mind chilling here for now. But the man peaked his interests when he mentioned the attic."An oddly specific thing to mention. But since we are all here, we might as well have get to know each other. So you are a government agent and we have Miss Lightning Rod as well. Some names might be better than any nicknames I could come up with." He smiled and rolled around on the couch for a moment, before sitting up. He was rather interested to hear who these people actually were, especially Mr Government Assassin or whatever he was.

Luke....Braxton had an interesting day. There was no other way to word how the day had transpired. Ever since his acid trip during the "End of the world" with planes raining from the sky, and lightning bolts striking people he didn't think things could get weirder. First super powers, and then today meeting someone else with powers. He had just got back to his apartment, he was glad to have Alan on his side. Of course he didn't really know what he was thinking he was the first person he ran into whose mind he couldn't enter and that's why he was quick to strike up a partnership with him.

Just as he got back he remembered he tossed his scale in the trash, he wouldn't need it if he was selling strictly ounces anyway. He sighed going over to his desk to grab his bong, stuff it with weed, and took a few throat killing hits. "Fuck....-cough- this - cough- shit -cough- is good." Luke said letting the high start to settle in from the rips. Man fuck this I do not feel like smoking by myself right now, and Tamara said we ain't smoking hmm.... He took out his phone to start grazing through some recent contacts of who he didn't mind smoking with and stopped above a name. Yeah that weather lady...Lucy..shit..how about it..she's hot, doesn't even smoke that much, and isn't connected to any of the crazy shit going on in my life. The craziest thing that probably happens to her is she gets the weather wrong sometimes. He pressed her name and texted her asking if she was down for a smoke stating he had a stressful day, and didn't really want to smoke by himself. He wasn't usually willing to give away free weed, but smoking alone got tiresome and today was too much.

Lucy turned toward the fridge to hide the face she was making in response to him telling them not to go to the attic. She didn't even want to know what was up there at this point. She glanced over at the other guy, who had just told them his name."My name is Lucy. Nice to meet you." She told him as she rummaged for something edible. She finally found some pancake mix in the cabinet and began to prepare it as a million thoughts raced through her mind. She was trying to figure out the sensible thing to do in this situation when a text made the phone in her purse vibrate. She took it off her shoulder and glanced at the phone. Now more than ever was she stressed enough to smoke again but she knew that should be the last thing on her mind right now. She doubted this guy wanted her bringing a drug dealer inside his house while there was so much attention on them right now. Though, it would be really nice to have a friend to talk about this.

Heyyy luke. I'm having the weirdest day right now and that sounds so great but I don't know if I can right now. I'll let you know. She texted him then continued making the pancakes. She also cooked up some bacon and set three plates and pushed two plates to the other side of the table. "Food is good." She told them then glanced at Kieran, "So I'm guessing sneaking a friend over or around this apartment would be off limits to you?"

Kieran took a moment to look up from where he was sitting, working on the only slightly damaged laptop. Kieran looked at Lucy. Looking at her, he could feel how uncomfortable she was and how hopeless the situation seemed to her.Then he thought about how normal people would be reacting. She seemed so strong now to him. Strong, both mentally and physically, and how she seemed to glow while trying to stay calm......

"Nah you aren't my prisoner, like I said earlier. Wanna bring a friend over do it. Just don't say this is a safe house."

Kieran coughed then went back to working on the laptop. Then he had an idea.

"Actually if you know a tech guy, invite him over too. I need some info off this laptop and its slightly.....wet."

Luke was impatient, even when he was high and right now TV wasn't really interesting to him. He was about to just forget it when the phone buzzed and read the message on his phone and rolled his eyes. She thinks she had a weird day, I just met a guy who can shoot lightning what the fuck could be weirder..whatever. Luke decided to get those thoughts out of his head as he read what she'd said. He went over to his stash house and grabbed a decent sized amount of nug and wrapped it in a plastic bag. He decided to text her back.

Trust me, I can bet 100 dollars my day has been way stranger then yours. But shit ain't no better way to deal with a crazy ass day then a blunt or two. Trust me..and you already know my shit's A1. Just let me know if I can pull up I'm about to be driving around anyway. Luke shot the text back to her, then went out his car again. He decided his first stop would be the gas station so he could grab some rellos, and a nice cold drink or two. Cottonmouth was annoying, and he was determined not to deal with it. "Man I hope ole girl text me back..she really is cute." He said aloud as he made his way to the gas station, either way once he got high enough hopefully he could just relax and maybe amuse himself by reading some minds.

"Thank you!" Sebastian said, rather excitedly as he scoffed down the pancakes. It only took him about a minute to devour the entire plate, and he let out a big sigh as he leaned back in his chair. Finally getting to eat was the best feeling. He glanced at his two new 'friends' for a moment. Lucy seemed nice enough, she was polite and seemed rather calm considering the situation.He could swear he had seen her before, but couldn't pick where it would have been. She didn't seem the type to hang around people he knew, but he put those thoughts aside for a moment to focus on Mr Government. Ignoring people was rather rude, even for a government hired killer. So, Sebastian decided to do what he did best.

"More friends are joining us? That should be fun" He said as he stood up and made his way to the other side of the room. "But do we have enough space? I don't know I feel like we should move to another room or something. You mentioned an attic didn't you" He looked around and spotted what could have been the entrance. He stood near it with a bit of a cheeky grin. "What do you say, Mr Government?"

Lucy stared at Kieran with surprise. She had not expected him to agree to that. "Well okay. No problem, Sebastian." She replied and began texting Luke the address and told him to come to the back. She ate her food hungrily, realizing how starving she had been. She didn't even glance up when Sebastian started talking until he mentioned the attic. "He's probably got dead bodies up there so I don't think anyone's going to like the smell very much." It was an educated guess considering she had seen him kill before without any guilt and she figured what else would a killer keep in his attic?

"Ayeee she hit me with the addy!!!!" Luke said as he started dancing behind the wheel happy, just as he was pulling out of the gas station. I mean who wouldn't wanna cool it with Luke Braxton, duhhh He eased his former panic brushing it away with his familiar ego. He drove around and ended up parking behind a night club looking up at the apartment above it." Damn...telling the weather..and she can afford this, maybe I got the wrong major. Man fuck that thats why I move good gas." He got out the car pocketing his rellos a pack of tropical mint dutches, and some game greens. He decided to gut open a rello, and take out some marijuana to roll up a blunt before he went inside. He made his way up to the apartment and just opened the door walking in." Ayeee wassup Lucy!!! The best dealer in the A at your services." He shut the door behind him only to see there were two other people in the room he didn't know but he'd just announced he was a dealer.with a blunt in his hand." Shiit..didn't know you had company."He said noting the other people he didn't really want all these heads on his blunt, but he had more then enough weed.

Luke was a little high so he didn't even care, as he took out his lighter and sparked his own blunt taking a drag of his reefer stick as he walked over to the group. " Oh shit! Ya'll got food" He said seeing Kieran's plate and that he hadn't touched it. He took a few hits and passed it to Lucy as he stepped down grabbing a piece of bacon and wolfing it down then biting into the pancakes." Damn these good, ya'll got syrup?!!

Kieran felt the lower part of his back and felt the cold steel of his pistol. Judging from the sound of the man's voice and the echo he could easily kill this man without looking. But...Kieran moved his hand and pushed himself up. Kieran turned around and leaned against the desk.

"Shit bruh we ain't the fuckin 5-0. Name's Kyle Stenson. This is my crib."

Kieran looked at Sebastian.

"Dumbass, show my man the place and get some grams for me."

Kieran turned around, squatted down, and open the safe under the desk. He pulled out a hundred dollar bill, closed the safe, and handed it to Sebastian.

"Let him keep the change, and don't lie to me and say you will then take it bruh. I hate liars."

Kieran patted Sebastian on the back then sat down at the desk and continued to work on the laptop.

For a moment Sebastian was absolutely speechless. First a guy came in talking about weed, which wasn't all that odd for him. Most of the people in his apartment building took a hell of a lot of drugs, but for Mr Government to all of a sudden say that was a little strange.

"Uhh, well... Wait what?" He usually didn't get caught off guard that bad, but every now and then even he got surprised. He made his way over and handed the note to the newcomer. "Here you are Mr Best Dealer in the A sir" He said in a timid voice as he handed him the note. "It's excellent to make your acquaintance" He really didn't know what was going on, but he could almost gather that the Governor had put some kind of act on. It seemed like it might be fun to try out, so he decided to act a little more timid than usual. He made his way back over to his chair and sat down, trying not to think too think too hard about the situation.

Lucy looked up as Luke came into the room and made a sound as she suppressed a laugh. He was a lot more in a good mood than all of the rest of them were. "Heyyy! Sorry I should have mentioned I wasn't at home." She said and passed him the syrup as he started eating. "He's got his priorities straight."She informed the rest of them. She took a couple hits once Luke had passed her the blunt then glared at Kieran, "Hey! No one likes a meanie. You're gonna hurt Sebastian's feelings. For all you know he's a sensitive soul."

Funny enough, Kieran started putting on some bullshit act. She bit her lip as she recalled he had a disliking for drug dealers. She moved over to Kieran and leaned over to whisper in his ear, "If anyone else gets hurt, we're going to have an issue." Normally, Lucy didn't threaten people or ever start fights. Her parents would actually be quite surprised at this whole scenario: Lucy getting high with a bunch of dudes in some random ass apartment. It definitely wasn't a parent's dream come true. However, she knew that the guy had admitted he couldn't control his powers. She technically couldn't to a serious extent but she knew that he knew she could do him some damage and as long as she was around, there weren't going to be more dead bodies.

Luke raised his eyebrows as Kieran began speaking in a way that certainly didn't fit him. He briefly scanned some of his surface thoughts and picked up he was lying. He only wanted to hear anything about being a narc and nothing popped up so that was enough probing for him. Guy's a fucking character, you ain't gotta act black just cuz I pop up, the fuck..whatever....he just slid me a hundo, he can act like Barney for all I care.. I ain't even planned on getting paid just goes shits going my way. Luke didn't care what the guy had to prove as long as he wasn't an under cover cop. He took out the rest of the weed he had on the table, and placed the rellos next to them.

"Ayeee good looks." He said in response to the syrup which he drenched his pancakes in, before going to wolf them down. "Daaaaamn who made these gahh damn these pancakes fucking banging! Taste better then my mama's." He said maybe it was the weed, but even then the food was still good. "But aye its all good, I ain't even tripping I just wanted to get outta my house. He was interested in knowing what Lucy was thinking more then anyone else in the apartment. "But aye listen." He said as he accepted the blunt back from her and took a long ass hit followed by another then coughed a few times. "You wanna talk about weird huh, my day has been fucking strange, like you wouldn't believe." He said taking a couple more hits before passing it back to Lucy. The weed was starting to creep up on him as he started to laugh a bit thinking about how his whole day had went. However some of her surface thoughts caused him to raise an eyebrow. He can't control his powers like I can, what the fuck...ah hell naw..this gotta be the weed...fucking with my head..no fucking way. I mean I came here to get away from this shit

Luke didn't know what to think, but then heard another thought about no more dead bodies and figured he would say something. "So get this right..I'm sitting in my crib chilling ya know, doing homework and shit, I decide Imma quit selling focus on school and shit, but you know whats really got me tripping..I mean ...damn it honestly sounds crazy you wouldn't fucking believe me. But dead ass..for the past two weeks...shits been weird..like I can read people's minds, like this shit crazy ain't it." Luke just laughed even more the whole conversation sounded ridiculous but he wanted to see what Lucy would say about that if anything maybe the weed was fucking with his powers.

Kieran reached over and gently placed a hand on Lucy's arm. He stood up, leaned forward, and whispered into Lucy's ear.

"You certainly are brave. Good. You will need to be. I give you my word, no unnecessary deaths will take place so long as you are in my company. I won't kill this man, specifically, if that is what you are worried about at the moment."

Kieran let go of Lucy and smiled, as sincere as he could. This was...hard for him, having to be social and not put on an act. It would be easier to just lie but there isn't any point really. Lucy was a good person, in his mind.

Kieran sat back down, but when Luke began speaking, he turned his attention to him, swinging around in his chair and looking at him. Reading minds? Shit that is a nightmare for people like himself. What are the odds, more people with powers. Kieran chuckled and clapped once.

"Yo dawg I gotta tell you man that straight up sounds fuckin' crazy. You sure you ain't just too high bro?"

Lucy glanced sideways at Kieran as he spoke. She still did not trust him but he seemed genuine enough with what he said. She turned back to face Luke, walking back over to sit down as he spoke. He had a power too? God, it was like the X-Men were forming. What the hell was going on? She laughed in reply to what he said and asked, "That's crazy. What am I thinking about then?" It wasn't the craziest thing she had witnessed so far.. Being able to change the weather for the past two weeks and bring down lightning where she so pleased was crazy. Nonetheless, if he could really read minds, it would be pretty useful and cool. She realized if he could read minds, then he would know the truth. She sighed and stressfully began twirling a lock of her hair. This was complete insanity.

Luke raised an eyebrow as he saw Kieran come over to Lucy and put a hand on her arm, wondering if they were together, but he didn't get the vibe. No way she'd be banging this weirdo he thought. Then again bruh might be cashed out, the dude he called dumb ass def don't own this shit otherwise he wouldn't let him talk down on him in his own crib. Fuck I hate when I get too high and start thinking about shit.

More people with powers that's a thought he heard from Kieran's mind and rolled his eyes. Don't tell me this motherfucker has powers....he straight up denying the shit and I really wanna believe him.. Luke thought to himself as he decided not to pick at Kieran's head he just had a feeling he didn't want to go snooping around there. "Yeah it fucking sounds crazy but it ain't look my dude. I thought I was fucking crazy, but then I ran into a homie of mine..this dude can fucking shoot electricity out his fucking hands, this dude is fucking Electro, like man shits wild, I thought I was the only mother fucker out here..and..now I'm running into other people..some brazy shit B. "He shook his head and turned his attention back to Lucy. "Hmmm what are you thinking..besides..that maybe we should go out..lemme say." He said jokingly as he peered into his mind to see what she was thinking and frowned." Man what the fuck..you can control the weather..that's it..man I thought I was fucking fye....that shit is dope, this shit is complete insanity ain't it." He said echoing her thoughts unless she was fucking crazy she genuinely was the real life Storm. Damn sexy, a good job, and super powered, that's a bad bitch. "Aye you...over there you looking a little stressed, smoke this blunt with us. " Luke said unknowingly using his powers of mind control on Sebastian implying he wanted to Lucy to pass it to Sebastian after she got done hitting it this rotation.

Sebastian sat and quietly watched the scene unfold in front of him. The guy seemed to be pretty stressed, but when he started talking about superpowers, Sebastian dropped his little act and became rather invested in the conversation. So he had met someone with some kind of electricity power, and he could read minds. Sounded a little crazy, but he had seen someone strike someone with a lightning bolt so he was open to a lot more things today. He couldn't help but laugh as he started talking about Lucy's power though.

"You can actually read minds," He let out a sigh before the man actually addressed him for a moment. He was about to say no when he suddenly felt a strange compulsion to do it. He took the blunt from Lucy and took a drag, coughing a little as he breathed out. It had been a few years since he had touched the stuff so it was a little abrasive to pick it back up. But he couldn't figure out why he would want to smoke the stuff though, he quit it for a reason. He let out a sigh as he offered it to Mr Government "Why don't you join us. After all, you paid for it. So go ahead 'Kyle'" He gave him a bit of an cheeky smile as he held it out to him. His little act was impressive, but how would he go about dealing with this?

Kieran displayed a confidence that many would not share in his situation. He had never smoked before, but he knew ways around this. Kieran reached over and took the blunt from Sebastian. He held it in his hand between his fingers and smiled at Sebastian.

"Thanks bruh. Bout time you be handing me something real huh?"

Kieran put the blunt up to his mouth, and took a hit. He did not let the smoke settle, nor did he sputter no matter how bad the burning in his neck was. It wasn't too bad but it was there. Kieran breathed out his nose, spewing the smoke into Sebastian's face. Then Kieran shared a little chuckle.

"Damn bruh thats some dank shit. You want some more man?"

Kieran offered the blunt back to Lucy.

"Damn."Lucy said simply. He really could read minds after all. She still couldn't make sense of anything, deciding this was a dream or she was on some crazy acid trip somehow. She took the blunt when offered it and took some more hits, coughing a bit in-between. She handed it off to Sebastian. They might as well just enjoy themselves because she was sure as hell they were all doomed. She started laughing for no reason at all. She thought maybe she was laughing at their insane situation but she didn't know. "We're all so fucked oh my God."She told them, laughing hysterically. She took it again when Kieran offered and then gave it back to Luke. "What the hell are we all going to do? The government is going to shove us in a laboratory or something like in the movies."

Luke accepted the blunt with glee and took a couple long hardy draws settling into his high and just laughing. While he had been on edge about Kieran now that his eyes were red and lower he found him hilarious."Hahahahahahahahahahaha," Luke said as as he slapped his knee still laughing." Gaaaah damn bruh you are a motherfucking character, like honestly the funniest motherfucker in the room." He said struggling to catch his breath and stop laughing." I can't lie the act..kinda weird..I mean..you def don't sound like that, ya name probably not Kyle, but whatever B, you do you. Ion got nun against acting ya digg, I fuck with Chris Tucker." He said that didn't really make much sense but whatever. This morning he woke up thinking he was special, and now he'd ran into multiple powers with powers this was crazy.

"I can actually read minds B, guess you got a power too, everyone in this room probably got a fucking super power." Luke laughed even harder as he heard Lucy's thoughts." Ya know haha..the craziest shit...remember that weird ass storm two weeks back...you think this is a trip, I was legit tripping on some acid when that shit happened like I thought I was tripping, then I started hearing voices right after..thought Lucy fucked me up. "Man fuck the Government, they always wanna tell a brother what to do ya know. I say fuck that shit, this ain't X Men ya digg, like if these folks come up at me on some dumb shit or any of us with powers we gotta stick together, and put em in they place, I'm tired of the Feds thinking they can push different people around." Luke got super serious for a moment then chuckled he wasn't talking about oppressed minorities but people with powers. However as Lucy spoke he heard some of her thoughts and froze then shook his head laughing even though he didn't want too, taking another hit as he listened to her head." Girl.....you tripping forreal,so I ain't trying to just stick around in your head but you hit this fool with lightning in broad daylight, and you been on TV changing the weather..so yo ass the reason it was snowing then sunny as hell the next day, and raining the next" He sighed passing the blunt to Sebastian." High key you should take me to your job, and I should jedi mind trick your people's to forget about the shit you did..do something..you ain't lying sooner or later the feds gonna do something about this..about us."

Sebastian gave 'Kyle' a bit of a confused look as he handed the blunt to Lucy. He had expected a much different reaction, after all he didn't seem the type to actually join in. But if he decided to actually relax a little that might make it easier for Sebastian to catch him off guard later. Not that he would try to hurt him, but get him to trip up and maybe even say his real name. But he decided not to focus quite as much on it, and to just relax a little more

Sebastian laughed along with Lucy, it seemed like the plot to some video game or something. But here he was having lied to everyone about having a power. He was pretty safe to be honest, but that did get him thinking. As people people kept talking, he retrieved the coin that he had used earlier today. He thought to himself Heads and flipped the coin. It landed on heads. So he tried it again, this time was tails. And it landed on tails. He kept going through their whole conversation, getting progressively more and more freaked out as he went. Every single flip he had called correctly, he hadn't gotten a single one wrong. So he decided to try something else. He grabbed a piece of paper from his pocket and scrunched it up before closing his eyes. He didn't know where the bin was, but he wanted to see if this worked. He picked a random direction and threw it, opening his eyes as he did. It sailed through the air and landed into the bin that was placed near the kitchen. He sat and looked at his hands for a moment before speaking up.

"Hey, this might sound weird, but I think I have a superpower" He said looking up at the group with a rather excited look on his face. "I think I can like guess stuff or something. Like seeing the future! Or something" He had totally forgotten about his 'lie' earlier today that he conveniently used to go along with them in the first place. He took the blunt from Luke and took another hit, passing it back to Mr Government.

Kieran watched Sebastian as he spoke, and decided that now he was telling the truth. It was the little things, his eye twitch, his mouth quivering. Kieran could also just......well he had a feeling. Plus people were bad liars high. Kieran put his hand up to decline the blunt.

"Thanks man I am good. I actually, now that I think about it you guys need beds and shit. And clothes. Ok well I will be back..........um Lucy. I don't really know how to say this but are you gonna need clothes? Like more clothes? Whatever if you want something specific you need to come with me, if not ill do my best not get something that doesn't fit for you. Luke, Sebastian, make yourself at home."

Kieran stood up, grabbed his wallet and phone from the desk, and walked towards the door.

"Yeah we can try doing that but I dunno if it's pointless now." Lucy told Luke with a sigh. [/color=lightcoral]"I know but it's not my fault! I was just trying to get some coffee and this dude's shooting up a coffee shop!"[/color]She exclaimed and gestured accusingly at Kieran."I don't know what his problem is but he ruined my fucking morning... Just kidding he aiight he let me eat his food so it's all good in the hood." She tiredly looked at Sebastian as he fiddled with a piece of paper and threw it in the bin like kids used to do in high school. Lucy wasn't sure how he got it in with his eyes closed but he seemed to explain it."Didn't you say your power was luck or something? I mean that would make more sense than a psychic being able to chuck paper balls in the garbage."

Lucy stood up and went to the fridge, taking out some nachos. She always got the munchies when she was high. She also noticed she was a lot more talkative. She snacked on a few, looking at Kieran. "So you mean I can't go back to my house and get stuff?"She paused for a moment, realizing the question was dumb. Of course she couldn't. "Crap. Ugh. It's fine for now if you got a really large shirt or something I can sleep in tonight that would be great though. I'll go buy some more tomorrow. I can just sleep on the couch or something I don't care."

Luke just shook his head at Sebastian he was interesting, apparently he lied about having powers to tag along. You don't gotta lie to kick it He found this amusing but based off what he saw he figured he might have a power luck manipulation or whatever seemed to fit what he had going for him "Shit you probably do, how about you just go around and fuck around to see what you can do my dude trust me it's fun. Here take this this will make the whole experience way more fun." Luke offered him a suggestion he genuinely thought his power seemed cool, and right now he wasn't in the market to make super powered enemies of any sort.He reached into his pocket, and tossed out a weed cookie wrapped in a plastic baggie tossing it to Sebastian before turning his attention to Lucy.

"Shit yo never know..nothing ain't never too pointless ya know. But look how bout this Storm, forget about what happened earlier, how about me and you go downtown grab some coffee on me? Shits bound to be fun, we can mess around with our powers high, get hellaaaaa food, and shit who knows maybe even hit the mall." He forget about the last two pieces of bacon on Kieran's plate, and wolfed them down as he saw Lucy munching on some nachos." So whadda say let's go." He offered the super powered weather reporter as he took a few more hits from the blunt then put out the marijuana roach.

Kieran shrugged and walked out the door lazily, but as soon as the door shut behind him and he was down the stairs, Kieran stood up straight, walked normally, and moved with a purpose. What the others didn't know was that he was able to retrieve important bits off the harddrive of the laptop, and actually was able to read a bit before the laptop shorted out and died for real. He read enough to be able to make his next move.

Lucy glanced at Luke. If it had been a different point in time, she'd probably go. However, she knew it was dangerous to be seen by anyone and especially with someone else. They'd be associated with her and then put in danger as well. "Luke it's a super bad idea. Too many eyes on me right now... Sorry." She tiredly made her way over to the couch and laid on it. "I probably sound kinda paranoid but someone just got shot in front of me this morning so I'm wigged out." She glanced over her shoulder, watching Kieran suddenly stand up and leave. "Okay bye then?"

Lucy


It had been a week since Lucy realized that she could do more than forecast the weather in a cute outfit on television and it had been two since things had started to become strange. She could remember it quite well when Vivienne had waltzed up to her on her first day on the job in high heels and a tight black skirt that was shorter than the ones Lucy usually would care for. It only took a glance or two to figure out she wasn't as sweet as strawberry shortcake. However, Lucy had planned on just keeping her mouth shut and playing nice for the sake of keeping this job. Getting a job so soon after getting out of college was not something that happened very often or to many people. She had dressed up a bit herself to give a good impression and even took out the curling iron that had been collecting dust under her bed. Her parents were even tuned in to the news channel for Atlanta despite being positioned in Pennsylvania, eager to see their daughter's first time on TV.

"Uh, Lucy is it?"Vivienne had began, giving her one of the most fake smiles Lucy had ever seen. "Look I know you're new here and all but could you at least wear a dress that's been in style in the last decade? You look like you walked out of a catalog from the 70s right out of a hippie bus. You even have sort of a stoned look on your face if I'm being frankly honest with you. Did you smoke pot before coming here?"

Lucy had heard many horror stories meeting rude people at work and had run into quite a few rude managers over the years but this girl seemed like she just had a bone to pick with her. She really wanted to give her an ear full but decided it wasn't worth it. This girl wasn't relevant. Nonetheless, Lucy smiled and said sweetly, "Thank you, Vivienne. I did not smoke any pot but it's so nice of you to try and help me. Not always easy being the new girl." She soon figured out while waiting for her turn to go on that Vivienne would be reporting the weather whenever Lucy wasn't. Vivienne looked visibly pissed that Lucy hadn't wanted to start with her. Lucy wondered what the hell she was even doing here if these weren't her hours.

So finally, Lucy went up and prepared to go on live. She ended up doing what she thought was a good job until she realized the script she had been referring on the screen across from the set was for last week's weather. She had to stop referring to it at some point and completely rely on the map to predict the weather, making up the rest of the week as she predicted. There was no telling that weather would be exact since she had just made it up on the spot. The Vivienne woman was sitting it, giving her a malicious grin. She had glared and resisted the urge to stick her tongue out at her but luckily she wasn't particularly blamed for the incident. The only thing Lucy could hope was that her prediction would be somewhat close. She already knew today and tomorrow's forecast was completely wrong as she had been reading off last week's weather.

Quite a few people ended up being pissed about her talking about weather that didn't match up with was being shown on the screen behind her. Lucy worried that her reputation was going to suffer enough to eventually be fired. Strangely enough, the entire day's weather ended up being exactly as she said: rain. It had been previously posted on the screen that it would be clear skies. If that wasn't strange enough, the entire week that followed matched her predictions perfectly. The other cast members of the weather team were astonished how she had been so precise.

She was walking to a coffee shop near her apartment as she usually did one morning, red umbrella in hand, gazing up tiredly at the overcast sky. It had been a torrential downpour that Sunday, the rain slamming noisily into the concrete and into the fabric of the umbrella. It was her least favorite thing to wake up at 7am and head out in the rain but this was just crazy. She wished it would stop and for some reason, it did. It was as if the clouds had heard her thoughts. She stopped dead in her tracks, confused beyond belief. The clouds started to clear too, faster than Lucy knew was possible to just happen out of the blue. Her initial reaction was to giggle at herself, wondering how she could entertain the idea that she could decide the weather. She rolled her eyes at herself, thinking about the rain starting again with a smirk. Maybe she was losing her mind. The smirk quickly faded as the clouds started to collect over the sky and rain started to drip down, hitting the ground with a soft pitter-patter and slowly growing back to the violent downpour. She quickly grabbed her umbrella with a yelp, pulling it back over her head.

Lucy wondered if this was a dream. This was way past convenience. There was only one way to find out. It was February and there was no way the temperature could suddenly reach up to 85 degrees and sunny out of no where. However, she willed it and so it did. She had stared up at the sun, squinting as she folded her umbrella and took off her rain coat. It was becoming warmer by the second. She hurried to the news building and began taking some morning readings with the meteorologists, who now let her participate in creating predictions with them due to her astounding accuracy the last week. All she could do was swallow and stare as the temperature was reported to be 85 degrees Fahrenheit.

It took her a day or two to get over the initial shock but it wasn't long before she started reporting impossible weather predictions for the next three days such as sudden snow and sudden heat just for fun and to perhaps get a bit under Vivienne's skin because why not. It was of course met with uproar and threats to her job. However, when it really did happen, it was met with confusion and admiration. The wild weather sensations became a news story in itself. Lucy then decided that if she really could control the weather that she should probably lay down low. The government would go crazy surely if they found out someone could do this. These last few days, Lucy had gone back to reporting more normal weather reports but the attention on her did not seem to die down. Every day felt like an interrogation from the other meteorologists and news reporters. She regretted playing so much with the weather because it was basically impossible to describe the reason.

Today, Lucy dreaded going back to work. It was all becoming so annoying. She walked out of her apartment building in a lace skirt and black tank top along with some wedges. She subconsciously had been trying to change her style up to avoid any further criticism. She turned the corner of the road, making her way to her usual coffee shop. She had been keeping the mornings rather sunny and reasonably warm which kept going against Vivienne's weather predictions which was always fun. Lucy was slowly learning that she was pettier than she thought. She halted in front of the shop. There was a large white poster taped to the darkened windows reading: SPACE FOR RENT.

"Fuck!" She yelled, making a few people around her turn and stare. She apologetically looked over her shoulder, "Sorry."
More hastily than most, she took out her phone and began searching for another coffee shop until one with a decent rating came up. "Populi ex Machina..."She repeated to herself. It was only a five minutes walk so Lucy turned on her heels and began making her way toward it, eager for coffee. Lucy had no idea what she was getting herself into.
I'm in

Lucy Willow

Age:
21
Gender:
Female
Religion:
Agnostic
Sexuality:
Heterosexual
Occupation:
Weather Reporter
Abilities:
- Fast runner
Lucy participated in track up until college, where she stopped in order to focus on her studies. However, she has retained her nimbleness.

- Well-versed in self defense
Being states away from overprotective parents resulted in an extreme push for Lucy to take self-defense classes at her university.

- Sharp intuition and good judgment
Faults:
- Impulsive
In stressful situations, especially to extremes where people she cares about are in danger, Lucy will definitely be impulsive. She also tends to blurt things out once in a while and is not the best secret keeper.

- Stubborn
It is very difficult for Lucy to change her mind once it's set.

- Addicted to coffee

- Super lightweight when it comes to alcohol

- Anxiety
Lucy suffers from anxiety and tends to overthink a lot of situations. She's gets paranoid very often. She's always worrying and can never get a good night's sleep.
Power:
Weather Manipulation - Lucy can manipulate the current weather to her liking, change the temperature and control aspects of the weather and manipulate them more and more to her will as she grows stronger.
Personality:
Lucy is usually spotted with a smile on her face. She's very cheerful although it takes a bit for her to warm up to strangers due to her slight shyness. Despite that, she does not hesitate to be kind to others. She's very empathetic and will even cry over other people's situations to which she has no involvement in. Other than that, she's a very calm person. It takes a lot to piss her off but if someone manages to get to that point, she's not the most forgiving or the most trusting. She is quick to cut people off if she feels they are a negative influence in her life.
History:
Lucy grew up on a farm in Pennsylvania as an only child. Her parents had lost their first son before she was born and thus were very protective of Lucy. She was shielded from a lot of things and had to abide by strict rules. It hadn't bothered her as a young child. Her life at home was very calm and friendly. She had been quite content with being home until she got a little older and desired to go out with friends and boys to which her parents opposed. The heavy protectiveness ended up pushing her to just become a bit of a wild child and sneak out to parties all the time, dabbling with alcohol and marijuana.
However, once Lucy got into the university, she focused more on grades and ended up graduating with a bachelors degree in Meterology. She had always taken an interest in weather, puzzled and fascinated by its miracles. She landed a job as a weather reporter in Atlanta and she's been staying in an apartment ever since, visiting home every so often. Her life has been fairly calm and simple up until the point Lucy starts realizing she can do more than just predict the weather.

My CS! :)


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