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((Mature - this is post-revolution, yes, but there are factional squabbles and the army still exists. There is violence. And there's bound to be romance.))

--The Story--

The year is 2012, though the Gregorian Calendar is not in use by many.

On December 20, 2011, revolution came to Earth.

Countries around the world fell within five weeks as revolts in the name of the Army of the Proletariat erupted in Russia, China, Japan, South Korea, the United States, Canada and England. The armies and revolutions spread, bringing chaos and anarchy with them. On January 17, 2012, the Army of the Proletariat declared victory. Armies of the world had been annihilated. Governments had been overthrown. In bloody massacres, cities had been left dead and wounded.

All seemed to return to order. The cleanup began. The question then arose as to who would lead. Alaric Corten, the organizer of the Grand Revolution, stood forward and was elected. This was, however, only a temporary interlude.

Corten's dissidants banded together in secret, planning to assassinate him and place William Frederick Tarns in power. However, there was a mole in the group, and Corten was informed. He declared them all criminals, to be executed for treason. This was the beginning of the Second Revolution.

More destruction came. Bloody battles were fought. Many were killed. Even after Corten and Tarns killed each other in battle, the fight for control went on. Civilians who supported the "wrong" side or who did not take a side were killed. However, the revolution dwindled, and the fighting became smaller. The two sides began to split apart, and subdivided into smaller factions, each taking cities and attempting to advance and take more, to try and bring leadership to the world. This was accentuated by the resurgence of Loyalists for each country, wishing to restore their respctive governments.

So now it stands at May 22, 2012. The Army of the Proletariat is no more. This is the city once known as Vancouver, in what was once British Columbia, in Canada. The city was under control of a faction known as the Restorers, but now there is dispute. The Order of God has attacked in the name of the God of the religion once known as Christianity, and the fighting is all over the city. The Loyalists are also here, attacking each side. No one is gaining ground, and they all seem to be losing.

This is today. The Revolution is over, and now the world is in disorder.

--The factions--

LOYALIST
Base of operations: The mall.

Areas Controlled: The electric transportation system, giving them control of all the stations on it, the waterfront, the former sports stadiums, the science centre, and many towers in the city.

Advantages: Can go almost anywhere undetected due to transport system

Disadvantages: Anyone can use the transport system and easily attack their base.

Arms: Military issue M4A1 automatics for everyone as well as extras, good supply of pistols, several Claymore mines, four SPAS-12 shotguns and a single rocket launcher.

PROLETARIAT
Base of operations: A small hospital

Areas controlled: The hospital and most of the surrounding area, which consists of many stores, including coffeeshops, bookstores, and eateries, as well as a small park and a postmodern structure with most of the outer walls being windows.

Advantages: Medical advantage, hospital equipment and knowledge make it easier for them to heal wounds.

Disadvantages: Lack of transport, tower is easy to attack and most of the windows have been shot out, a good shot can knock out hospital windows as well.

Arms: Mostly sniper rifles, mix of Kalishnikov automatics, a single .38 rifle, two 12-gauge shotguns.

ORDER OF GOD
Base of operations: The area that was once the slums

Areas controlled: Base only

Advantages: Concentrated, several powerful arms.

Disadvantages: Invaders, prone to attack from Proletariats and Loyalists working in temporary truces, not many good places to hide. Also tend to be very religious minded and willing to die, thus more likelihood of capture rather than death.

Arms: Mostly rely on Ruger .38 and Colt .45 pistols, have a small supply of M16A2 automatics, as well as two Weatherbee .460 shotguns and an anti-tank rifle.

It was a quiet neighborhood now. No one really came to the outskirts of the city any more. Those who could left after the fighting started. The unfortunate ones who were stranded in the city took refuge in their homes. A light haze descended upon the damp streets. Only a few figures could be seen moving. One, a man walking quikly down the street. Another, a hooded figure talking to some one through an open door. The third, a woman sweeping a small patch of sidewalk.

The woman's gaze snapped to the right. She could make out foot steps down the street. A hooded man slowly became visable in the distance. He was walking with a limp, his arm wrapped around a large package, the other resting on something inside his coat.

Alora could sense something wasn't right about that man. She quickly made her way into the shop. In a drawer next to the register was an M-9 pistol her husband gave her. She stuck it her belt, underneath the apron so it wouldn't be visable, and returned to tidying up the shelves. Outside, the hooded man hobbled closer toward the shop, his blood shot eyes fixed upon the door.

((oh, is the limping man the spy? sweatdrop ))

Gaia Username: Jessra Kaji
Name: Kaonna aka Kaji
Age: 17
Gender: female
Affiliation: Neutral
Appearance: Kaonna is short, only 5'3" but she is strong. Her sharpened green eyes stand out, yet they have a certain softened quality about them. She isn't pale, yet she isn't tan, just somewhere in between. She wears baggy black pants and matching black boots. She has on a sleeveless tight black shirt and gloves with the fingers cut off that reach up to her elbows. Her only nice-looking possession is her mother's necklace. Her long hair hangs over her back and her bangs cover her eyes. Her hair is dark brown, with big chunky pink streaks throughout.
Weapons: She carries no weapon, only her bag
Short Bio: Kaonna was abandoned by her parents at the age of 13 and left to her aunt. Her aunt abused her and forced her to work non-stop. The whole time Kaonna knew where her parents were and at 15, left her aunt for them. Once they were reunited, a year later, all hell broke loose and her parents disappeared, this time for good. All she had left was her mother's necklace, her most prized treasure. Alone, and on the streets, Kaji, as she would soon be called, found her way to a hideout, where she helps those who need it, and fights those who deserve it. She has chosen no side but her own. She fights for what she believes in and for those who can not.

Nick walked up to the hooded man. There was a click, and his Ruger .38 was at the man's head. His free hand grabbed the man's gun arm and pinned it against his back, yanking it up and forcing him to drop the gun.

"Now, we can do this peacefully, or I can take you in for deep interrogation. I heard every word, and as of now you should consider yourself a prisoner. I can have my soldiers here in a short time if you do not cooperate."

He looked past the strange man at Alora. "Your name is Alora, right? I'm sorry we must meet in such an odd situation. I originally came for supplies, but instead I met...this man."

Gaia Username: ginseku
Name: Ginseku Shirokiba, but he goes by the name "The Black Ghost" and is known as such by his enemies and other soldiers
Age: 16
Gender: male
Affiliation(Loyalist/Proletariat/Order of God/Neutral): Neutral

Appearance(can be a picture or worded): In my signature

Weapons: A beautiful katana with a black handle, scabbard and handguard(back mounted), about 50 kunai cleverly concealed among parts of his body, two chainstrings of 100 shuriken beneath his shirt and a smaller string on the outside of his body on both hips like a wallet chain with 50 on each string, and a semi-automatic buster handgun(similar to Vash's handgun from Trigun, only its clip wraps around the wrist of the owner like a handguard from a fencing sword and it holds about 125 bullets. And it has a silencer. The clip isnt spring loaded its magnetic propulsion technology that presses the bottom forward regardless the shape of the clip.)He also has 3 extra clips for his buster, as well as his special ultimate destruction clip that he only uses as a last resort, which consists of 50 megadeath bullets with nitroglycerin spritz's insteads of gunpowder(to make the shots 10X as effective as normal bullets) which explode on impact, 35 magma shots which consist of a special type of biochemical acid which spreads out about 3 feet if hit against a wall and decomposes that space on the wall(depending if its natural matter, unlike manmade plastic) or if it scores a direct hit it injects itself into the bloodstream and decomposes the carbon in the body, literally disentigrating them within 5 minutes unless they remove the chemical quickly, and 40 ice blasts which are made of another chemical which reacts to oxygen immediately by causing temperature drops in the area surrounding the liquid at a rate of -30 degrees every ten seconds.(The ultimate destruction clip was homemade by Ginseku himself thats why it seems unrealistic. And he only has that one clip)

Short Bio: Ginseku was a simple traveling shinobi philosopher before the revolution began. Then people began killing, and throwing the world into chaos. He watched from the shadows, wondering if the world would find its sense of balance by nature or if it was doomed to be forever stuck in disorder. When the parties split, he saw it as his human duty to restore balance to the world. Siding with no party but his own, he went out immobilzing and killing soldiers if need be to prevent them from being able to fight anymore, so that they could not tip the scale of order anymore. He will attack everyone he meets that is on a side. He is well trained in aikido and ninjitsu, as well as in the ways of gunslinging. he can blow away about 30 bottles in less than three second with a regular handgun. And he can score a headshot from 500 meters with his buster.