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You have stumbled upon the NSA Headquarters of the city of Metropolis. The building looks as ordinary as it could be. There's nothing about it that would make you look at it again. And yet this is a place of great importance for this is also the location of the S.H.R.A. The Super Hero Relocation Agency, an agency which deploys young children with proper caretakers. You frown as you look at the letter in your hand and then back at the building. Skimming the letter quickly you decide it's the right place and walk towards the building.

As you push open the door, you end up in white room. White floortiles and white walls. It is strongly illuminated by the light falling in through the windows. There's a single desk standing in the middle in front of what appears to be another doorway. The woman behind the desk looks up. She does not smile as she examines you closer and asks: "Please state your name and business." Seemingly satisfied with your answer she nods and gives you a small smile. "You were expected." She rummages a bit in the desk and gives you a visitor pass. "Just continue through this door. There's someone waiting for you in the other room."

Passing through the door, you end up in long, winding hallway at the end of which is a stairway. Following it downstairs, you end up in a dimly lit, huge hall. As you stare in awe, you notice dozens of doors leading out of this hallway. There are guards standing next to almost every door. They look up with a look of excitement on their face as you come in, but it quickly fades as they spot the visitor badge on your jacket and they slump back into their original positions. Nobody comes forward to help you and you take a hesitant step forwards.

Then a door in the backwall swings open and another figure steps out. This one seems a lot more awake than the guards around you and is apparently a lot more important to you seeing how they have suddenly jumped back into position at the sound of the opening door. The figure approaches you. A man dressed in a tidy black suit. He gives you a brisk handshake. "Welcome to the NSA HQ! I am Charles. Follow me this way please." And he promptly turns and goes down into a doorway on your right. As you hasten to keep up with his quick pace he explains a few things to you.

"The NSA headquarters has a very high level of security and is therefore relatively safe. As you might have noticed by now, the corridors are all built as a maze. This is why it is of great importance that you do not wander of by your own. Nor that you let your charge wander around here on their own. Even though we have excellent security, there is no telling how well we would hold up in case of a Villain attack, which is why you will be staying here quite shortly. There are secret grounds which are absolutely safe and where you can visit later together with your charge."

He makes another turn and another and another until you are completely disoriented. When you finally stop at yet another doorway he motions you in. "Make yourself comfortable. Someone will pick you up soon." He turns to leave but stops. "Oh yeah, you might want to read this." He takes out a rather thick file from his pocket and shoves it into your hands before he quickly exits. Looking down at the file you wonder how it's possible that the file actually fit in his pocket.

Shrugging it off, you let yourself fall into a couch. Looking around, you watch the small room. There's isn't much in it. Just this couch, accompanied by two sidetables. Seeing how there isn't much else to do, you decide to open the file and read what's in it.

14.Dec.05 - End of the year bash! Page 177. Available to lurkers/stalkers AND guardians! YAY!
13.Dec.05 - Page 171+ for some NPC madness. Heh.
08.Dec.05 - Set up the lurker system basics! mrgreen Raffle Link is HERE. Clicky, clicky, clicky!
05.Dec.05 - W00t. Updated Malcolm's art. Glad I've improved so much in six months. x3 Also filled out the NPC Guide and the Location Guide in post 06.
02.Dec.05 - Revamp almost complete. Important stuff written done. Filling up to do later.
23.Nov.05 - Revamp!
22.Nov.05 - Revamp!
21.Nov.05 - New Thread.

Children are picked up by the government around age 10, when their powers first manifest. Understand that this is an extremely traumatising event for such a child and naturally, they will not adapt easily.

Government representatives will be sent out to the parents and the environment of the child to secure everything and cover everything up.

Upon discovery of their child's power, parents can have several reactions. Of course they are frightened and worried. BUt it isn't unusual for parents to want to disown their children. Whatever the reaction is. In the end, they always agree that training provided by the government would be the best course of action.

Once a child has been picked up, it is naturally quite traumatised. Discovering s/he's a mutant, possibly hurting others and then being whisked away to a government building by the men in black is quite frightning. Upon arrival in the building, their possible injuries are taken care of and the designated guardian is contacted. Depending on your original location, it may take several minutes to several hours to arrive. In case of a long distance, a plane is arranged by the Agency.

When the guardian arrives to pick up the child, they will get to meet for the first time. Keep in mind the child is just ten years old, is frightened and quite likely in shock. So please RP accordingly.

Upon arriving, the guardian will be told that s/he is relocated to a new condo in a secure location. All personal belongings will have been transferred to the new house upon arrival together with the items of the child. You'll be given a creditcard to cover all possible expenses.

You will be located in a neighbourhood along with another child. You won't know who this child is until you meet them in an organised meeting or until one lets something slip. You can't visit the other children unless you've been given a teleporter plate at the meeting. This house is constantly monitored, although nothing is visible to you or the child.

The first thing to do is to settle in and get to know your child a bit. Get to know each other somewhat before you start training. If you want, you can call Charles for any kind of equipment or materials you need. There just so happens to be a huge training hall underneath the ground. THe access to it is in the shed in the garden. In there you have most equipment you will ever need. Although there won't be weapons or armour.

It is vital that your child keeps their powers and their Hero status an absolute secret. If word ever spreads, Villains will know where to find your child and can actively seek it out, either to kill them or to convince them to join their sides.

Regular humans will most likely rebel to having a Super in the neighbourhood, which may result into terrible chaos and lots of victims and so on and on into a downwards spiral of negativity.

To maintain this secret identity, it is important for the Super to keep up appearances. This includes going to school and having a job and generally doing what is expected of them. At times this is very tough and causes a lot of stress with double work, but there is no way around it. It must be done to avoid suspicion.

When the worst happens and an identity is discovered, not all is lost. Depending on the number of people, government agents can move out and adapt the memories of those that discovered, bribe the media and generally a lot more covering up. However, when an identity is revealed on something such as national television, there will be no choice for the Super but to retreat and leave society behind and step permanently in their Super status.

There are several ways your child can turn out and these are the three most common ways of them:

BEING GOOD (Hero)
Being a Hero doesn't necessairly mean that a person is 'good', one could be absolutely annoying or aggressive or have other negative character traits. The thing that defines 'being good' is the side they fight on. The 'good' side, is the side of the government and against the Supers.

As a Super or Hero or Superhero, it is expected that you fight crime, both the regular humans and the superhuman Villains. It is expected that you help out the police, both with solving of cases as well as direct confrontations. Supers should have received very harsh training by the government, not only in the training of their powers, but training in morals, values and ethics as well. It is therefore expected that a Super does not kill, but instead try to capture Villains alive, so they can be interrogated and stripped of their powers.

BEING EVIL (Villain)
Being a Villain does not necessairily mean that one needs to be 'evil'. Of course those that seek to destroy the world can enjoy flowers or animals or any of the kind. It's just not a good thing to show to your minions. Heh.

If your child is going to become a Villain later on, it's important that this isn't just a sudden turning when they are all grown up. They should have sought out a Villain to gain advice and/or become their apprentice or have deserted their guardian at a young age to do the same.

If a Villain wants to reach something, it is vital they seek partnership with the other Villains of the Dark Alliance. After that, s/he can start actively plotting and planning to take over the world. In this stage, plot interaction is highly encouraged.

BEING NEUTRAL (Civilian)
Of course it is also possible for your child to want to have absolutely nothing to do with everything that's going on around them. In that case, s/he should just live normally in society. S/he will not be involved in the upcoming war, at least not by the Agency.

Being a regular civilian means that your child should have a certain degree of control about their powers and are able tocope with it. A civilian would be able to keep themselves standing in a regular battle. However, in a direct confrontation
with either a trained Super or a Villain, there is a very great chance they will not survive simply because they lack the experience needed.

Under Construction

If you are living in this world, there are several things that you can't get away with with not knowing. These events or persons have had such a major impact that everyone must know them. Although the younger children might not have actively experienced some of the events, these events are serious enough for detailed information to have been passed down. Both in school as outside of it, by parents, friends or aquintances.

If anything is unclear, or you feel the information is incomplete, feel free to ask questions, either in the thread or by PMing the mule.

Issue #1 - Flashcharge

Issue #2 - Bermuda

Issue #3 - Novara

Issue #4 - The Neuron City Incident

Issue #5 - Mutants

Issue #6 - Supers and Villains

Issue #7 - Solarduct

Issue #8 - The National Supers Agency (NSA)

Roleplaying is required for your child to grow. I am not a complete a** and won't harrass you about playing every day, but I do expect to see some sort of activity. Whether it is actual RPing or just talking in the main thread.

RPing is done in the guild, although the main thread is also used for pick-ups. When RPing you can do so by PM, by a messenger program, in your journal, in this thread or by creating threads in the guild.

Plot interaction is encouraged! Not only do I have a metaplot in mind, you are welcome to influence this yourself. Feel you can create a new Villain involving a rabbit, radiation and the ruins of Neuron City? PM me.!

Plot interaction is highly encouraged. So if you wish to arrange a training session with Flashcharge or an encounter with a Villain, you can PM the mule and we'll work it out.

Know that when you're fighting Villains, the outcome will be pre-determined.

Once every while I will post a prompt in your journal. It is up to you whether you want to reply or not. If you do, so will I and we will continue from there. If not, no harm done. If you are active, I will reward you and be active in return.

We do most of the roleplaying in the guild.

GUILD

You're free to create your own threads in the guild, but make sure you lable them accordingly.

[PRP] - Private RP, only accessible to those I invite.
[RP] - Open RP, accessible to anyone.
[OOC] - Out of Character talk
[J] - Journal

1. Do not steal the art or modify it.

2. Do not fight, flame, troll , harrass others or you will be thrown out.

3. Just follow the ToS and Guidelines of Gaia and use your mind.

4. Don't whine for a child or to be on staff.

I must approve of your concept and powers first! I'm really sorry to say that some powers simply will not be acceptible. But fear not. I shall let you know and in that case you can either revise it or decide to cancel your order.

When the slots open, there will only be one slot each time. So it is a first come, first serve thing.

Powers are unique! This means that you can not pick a power that is already in possesion of another child UNLESS I have written permission from the player.
Powers that are used by NPCs do not count.

ADULT CUSTOM
STATUS: CLOSED
PRICE: 20k

Instead of starting as a child, you will get an already fully grown Super or Villain which you then can use to either fight crime or spread it.

NORMAL CUSTOM
STATUS: CLOSED
PRICE: 100k or NM Headband

With normal customs you can decide the powers a child will be getting. There are certain rare or popular powers that are only available through customs. These include:

Elemental Powers
Fire/Water/Earth/Wind
Telekinesis
Telepathy

You can also decide on the gender and the basic looks. (Hair/Skin color/Clothing type) If you already have a history planned and/or story ideas you can tell me and I might incorporate them into the design.

So when you send me the power you need, you will need to tell me how you plan on developing this power and a possible power branchout. This does not have to be in detail, but an overall view should be enough. I might ask you more details if some things are not clear to me.

HERO CUSTOM
STATUS: CLOSED
PRICE: 250k

Hero customs are slightly different. Instead of an original character, you can specify which already existing hero or villain you want. Take for instance Spiderman.

You will be getting a child with the looks of Peter Parker and he will grow up to be looking just like him. The costume may be the same or may be altered if so desired by you. The history of the child can also be decided by you. So if you'd want Peter to develope his Spidey powers in a different way then that of a radioactive spider bite, feel free to do so.