This morning at exactly 3:00 AM five notorious villains broke out of Revelation; A Supermax Prison for villains. Authorities believe that the escaped villains had outside help, as Supermax is nearly impossible to break into or out of. The Genesis Syndicate were notified as soon as the prison alarm system was triggered, and Captain Vitality, a senior member of the Syndicate stated that the Syndicate would do anything in it's power to "bring those fuck faces to justice."
Local law enforcement encourages citizens of Genesis City to call out tip line, if anything suspicious is witnessed.
Remember; If it looks shifty, it probably is. Call 1-800-SHIFTY to report any concerns involving the escaped villains.
Here is a list of the escaped villains, complete with their powers and photos.
Slot One - Reserved by Salty
Slot Two - Reserved by Beowulf
Slot Three
Slot Four
Slot Five
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Glossary
Common Terms (That Will Either Make You Seem Cool or Like a Dick)
Habits /nothing like nuns/
- Slang term for regular humans with no super powers or physical alterations that would classify them as remarkable.
Remarks /kinda sounds like they failed a test/
- Short for remarkable and used to describe beings who have super powers.
Ughs /not fashionable footwear/
- A popular yet derogatory term used to describe Remarks that are physically altered to the point that they barely look like humans.
Cat(s) /meow/
- Members of the Syndicate, a league of superheroes who combat crime in the city.
Fish /glub glub/
- A remark who has decided to use their powers for their own personal gain instead of evil or joining the Syndicate. Fish is short for selfish.
The Rev /*shudders*/
- Slang for the supermax prison built for villains.
Formal Terms (That Make You Seem Like a Cop or a Narc)
S.O /the govt is so unoriginal/
- Stands for Standard Organism and refers to regular people with no powers.
R.O /row row row your boat/
- Stands for Remarkable Organism and refers to people with powers who look like humans.
A.O /eeyy oohh listen what I say oohh/
- Stands for Abnormal Organism and refers to people with powers who don't look like humans.
R.B /rub me >.>/
- Stands for Rogue Bot and refers to robots who rebelled against their inventors.
Syndicates /sin-dick-cats/
- Members of the Syndicate, a league of superheroes who combat crime in the city.
Revelation /*shudders*/
- A supermax prison built for villains.
City and Citizen Information
Genesis City is the home of over 1 million people with 20% of those people being remarkable. Unfortunately, not all of those remarks are good, and about 12% of that 20% are evil. That leaves us with 8% percent good, but then take away all the fish, who either have shitty powers or don't want to become crime fighters and that leaves us with a whopping, 6.2% for the remarks that are good and want to fight crime. That 6.2% forms the Syndicate, a league of superheroes who use their powers to fight the many villains in Genesis City and the occasional 'robots made by good people to serve people but became self aware and went rogue.'
The Syndicate was established in 2010, fifteen years after Genesis was created and seven notable people were elected to be the front runners of the Syndicate. The Syndicate HQ lies in the center of the city, right next to City Hall and cannot be reached by unauthorized vehicles. To enter the HQ you must submit form A-b 2.3 to City Hall and then take a background check and then--Or you can say fuck it and climb the fence and risk being tased by a Secret Service officer.
Aside from the superhero HQ, Genesis is like any other city that has a high level of meta-humans. There are stores all over the place and a complicated subway system that a tourist would get lost in. The only thing truly different about the city is the extreme lack of standalone houses and a surprisingly low poverty rate due to Project Tiara, that Syndicate member, Princess started. Project Tiara is a project that provides affordable housing for poor people and sets them up in minimum wage jobs all over the city. It's adorable. And also considered charity so Princess gets a big ass tax break every year.
Another way Genesis differs from other cities is that it has it's own prison on the outskirts of town. Revelation prison is a supermax that was built solely to house villains that couldn't be placed in a normal prison. It's a terrible place where all of the convicts are placed in solitude and fed through a slot. The guards are either remarks or habits equipped with heavy artillery.
Once you get sent to Revelation, you never come out.
Unless you break out.
The political system in Genesis is reportedly democratic, however all of the mayors of Genesis have been descendants of Malachi Gold, the founder of Genesis City. Even odder though, all of the mayors are named after the founder and the current one is Malachi the Fifth. Malachi is an all around friendly guy who makes dad jokes and thinks memes are hilarious. He always wears colorful suits and is married to an 80 year old woman named Barb which is super gross but whatever, we don't kink shame here.
Superhuman Lore
Superhumans become super either by inheriting dominant mutated genes or getting powers from scientific experiments or experiencing extreme trauma that activates a dormant mutated gene.
The Syndicate
And now, your first look at the members of the Syndicate, as told by Dr. Sterling. Pardon the cursing and clear bias, but these people did ruin her life.
Captain Vitality
Name: UNKNOWN
Alias: Captain Vitality
Power: Energy Manipulation
Age: UNKNOWN
"Our biggest threat. Captain Vitality used to be a villain who absorbed the energy of others so that he could remain young. For a long time, the Syndicate pursued him and the only reason they were able to catch him was because the only thing more powerful than his lust for youth was his...Well...Lust. In fact his alias used to be Lust Lord. Anyway, he was caught but instead of sending him to prison, the Syndicate cut him a deal: Either work for them or rot in prison as an ugly old man forever. He chose the former of course and became the 'leader' of the Syndicate."
Princess
Name: UNKNOWN
Alias: Princess
Power: Enhanced Strength
Age: Late teens - Early 20s
"A girl who speaks with the royal 'we' and you would only call annoying as shit, if she couldn't crush your head between her palms. Princess has the strength of ten men and she is the face of the Syndicate. She isn't really the brains of the operation, but she does have the most fans. Princess is in no way actual royalty, but you wouldn't know it by the way she carries herself and acts around her fans (aka "the unwashed masses"). She is the biggest, most passive aggressive, sneaky bitch in the whole world."
Sleight
Name: Louisa Mills
Alias: Sleight
Power: Illusion Manipulation
Age: Early 20s
"Sleight is a master illusionist but started out as a fish before she came to join the Syndicate. She is actually a petty thief turned vigilante turned Syndicate member. Her power is obviously, to create illusions to disguise herself and the world around her. I don't know this for sure, but I'm pretty sure she uses her illusions to disguise herself, so there's no guarantee she's actually a skinny blonde...Or a girl."
The Scream
Name: UNKNOWN
Alias: The Scream
Power: Sound Manipulation
Age: Late 20s - Mid 30s
"Ironically, he never speaks to anyone but in the field he can yell loud enough to cause an earthquake. Maybe it's because he never spoke, but he was the nicest member of the seven. Most of his fans are middle aged housewives."
Razor Sphere
Name: UNKOWN
Alias: Razor
Power: Spherical Form
Age: Mid 20s
"The Scream's little brother and a true shit head. He's reckless, rude and the kind of stupid that thinks he's a genius. His power is turning into a human sized ball of death equipped with sharp blades (if he's holding knives) and moving about as fast sonic the hedgehog. Also he's a freaking psycho, so he knows his way around a knife fight. He has a large following of teenage girls."
Doug
Name: UNKNOWN BUT PROBABLY DOUG
Alias: Doug
Power: Psychic Persuasion
Age: Early 30s
"This guy might look like a free loading, no tax paying degenerate, but he's a truly evil son of a bitch. To outsiders, he's this martial arts expert habit who trained hard enough to rise in the ranks of the Syndicate, but on the inside he's a remarkable too. But he's the worst kind. His power is psychic persuasion. The Syndicate uses him to 'interrogate' people and he always seems way too eager to proceed. Oh, what makes him so horrible? He makes the 'participant' 'interrogate' themselves. Also, Doug is the second most popular Syndicate member because he's 'down to earth' and 'relatable'."
Cassandra
Name: UNKNOWN MAYBE IT'S CASSANDRA?
Alias: Cassandra
Power: UNKNOWN
Age: Late 30's - Mid 40's
"The head bitch in charge. She's blind as a bat, but don't underestimate her, she's crazy smart and the true leader of the Syndicate. I've only seen her once and was unable to study her so I don't know her abilities. She does not go into the field and therefore has no fans, as everyone thinks Captain Vitality is the leader."
Rules
Try your hardest not to be a meanie weenie in the OOC.
Try to be UNIQUE with character creation.
This is to be a FUNNY rp. It's not gonna be gut busting laughter all the time though, and there will be some sad moments but mostly funny moments. Think...A Series of Unfortunate Events meets Avengers.
I reserve the right to reject you.
Please do not be upset when I review your character and seem harsh.
On the subject of character creation though; You have three tries to correct your character. Meaning if I say "Sinister Bob needs more depth to his character" and you add one line to your already too short personality section, then that's one attempt lost and so on. After all three attempts are up, you have the choice of either scrapping the character and submitting a new one or getting pissed and leaving.
BANNED POWERS LIST: (Don't even try to use them, cause they're banned) Immortality, Death Manipulation, Life Manipulation, Time Manipulation, I got's every power fustercluck (this list subject to additions).
Posting Requirements: Third Person, Past Tense and at least eight sentences per post. Don't post an entire novel though in an IC post but don't give me a three line blurb either. Also! We're doing things different here, so there will be no waiting for the IC to appear because it's already been made! So as soon as I accept you, you can post! :)
Try to not have the same power as another player.
Character Sheet
Name: [the name of your character]
Alias: [Everyone should have one]
Race: [Any organism that I mentioned in the Glossary is fine]
Age: [17+]
Years in Prison: [How long were your rotting in Revelation?]
Appearance: [so anime is okay as long as it's not too cartoony, I'd like to stick to a more realistic anime, that doesn't look like a cartoon. But prefer ideally realistic art style not real people. Also include with a picture or description, what they were for their supersuit.]
Crimes: [You don't have to list every single one, but give a brief rundown]
Personality:
[Give me at least five adjectives and a short description of how your character fits into those adjectives. This description can include any instances.
Here is an example;
Vindictive: Princess hates being one upped or slighted and she has the memory of an elephant. When she believes that someone has wronged her, she resolves to get them back. One time when she was at a gala, her friend accidentally stepped on her dress, tearing the entire back off and revealing Princess' backside to the entire room. The next day Princess 'accidentally' put nair in her friend's shampoo and then the next month at another gala, she 'accidentally' yanked her friend's wig off revealing her patchy bald head.]
Institution Review: [Now in one to two sentences in the pov of a prison guard, describe your character.]
Weapons: [Could be just about anything]
Powers: [2 powers max. and they should be somewhat related. Provide a brief explanation for each]
Skills: [these are not powers, but skills. Where your character is trained in, and this may be physical as well it may be mental. Three major skills, three minor skills]
Weaknesses: [If you're a fire manipulator, you're weak against water etc. I need at least three.]
Negative Traits: [whether this is physical or mental, I want two negative traits that balance out your character. These are not power weaknesses.]
History: [Here is where you tell me about your character's childhood, adulthood, trials tribulations and most importantly, how and why they got caught.]
Theme Song: [optional, but I do like them, and would prefer them]
Misc: [anything I forgot]