Your Mission Welcome to Academy City...well, seeing as you are an Esper, you likely have lived in Academy City for a good portion of your life, I guess the better thing to say would be welcome to the underbelly of Academy City. Granted, I doubt that you would need a welcome. After all, you all are nothing more than lab rats who do our odd jobs for us. Now, then. Let me introduce myself so I can finally get straight down to business. I am Kihara Yuiitsu, your employer. Ahh, does that name, Kihara, sound familiar? That's good. Seeing as you're part of the dark side, I'm sure you've heard the name dropped a couple of times in your line of work. That should help us to get straight to the point. As you have seen from your own experiences in the Dark Side of Academy City, scientific progress is not something that Academy City attains through what one would call ethical methodology. In fact, we tend to find that ethics and morality restrain the human pursuit of knowledge. But that's where the term Kihara comes in. Kihara is the name given to people like me who forgo all pretenses of ethics and humanity for the sake of acquiring knowledge through experimentation. In a sense, though, we are like a family. Even if most Kiharas share a bloodline, though, it's hard to say that there is a sense of camaraderie between us. In the end, the only real tie between the Kiharas is the desire to pursue science. As a result, all of the Kiharas reside here in Academy City where the technology and knowledge gap between here and the rest of the world is...about thirty years. We don't like to talk to the outside world about that. So, here is where the problem lies. As a result of the tension between Academy City and Russia that escalated into the start of World War III two days ago, the illusion that the Academy City's monopoly on scientific development may not last has begun to ripple throughout. As such, we have Kiharas making preparations for exodus from the city. The job is quite simple in concept. You are to eliminate these rogue Kiharas before they can complete their flights from Academy City. Will you take this job? Background Setting Academy City is a landlocked, sovereign city-state surrounded by walls within the boundaries of the Tokyo Metropolitan Employment Area. The city consists of a large number of schools that range from kindergarten to university level where students will learn while simultaneously undergoing the power curriculum program. In fact, 80% of the 2.3 million people who live in the boundaries of Academy City are students. While there are some rare exceptions such as Tsuchimikado Maika, most students in the city do undergo the Power Curriculum Program. Academy City is subdivided into 23 "School Districts", each with its own specific purpose as shown below. Map & Important Locations
Esper (能力者 Nōryokusha, lit. "Ability User")
Dark Side Academy City's Dark Side is refers to the criminal underworld of Academy City. Reaching to the very top of the city's administration, as stated, it is often engaged in criminal enterprises, such as human experimentation, espionage, and assassinations. Much of the science side story lines is concerned with the characters struggle against the Dark Side of Academy City. The name refers to the contrasting image of what the Academy City wants to portray, a technologically advanced city filled with students wanting to become Espers. (The Dark Side is highly varied though each denizen of the dark side is twisted in their own special way. I originally was going to give more details but I realized that there are a lot of details to the Dark Side. As such, I have to let you guys shoot in the dark a bit for backstories. Don't worry, I'll guide you and point out any contradictions so you can fine tune it.) Background Events
Sign-up Template: Name: (Should be a Japanese name due to Academy City being located in Tokyo and the fact that there were only ever two foreigners out of the entire cast of Espers in the canon so far. I will be pretty ironclad on this rule.) Age: (between 13 and 21) Gender: Appearance: Backstory: (All your characters are going to be characters who for some reason or another have ended up becoming a part of the dark underbelly of Academy City. Please do give a believable reason as to how your PC ended up there. For example, Musujime Awaki is being blackmailed with her comrades' lives or Tsuchimikado who was a double agent.) Personality: Ability Name: (Esper Abilities in this verse tend to have some eccentric names such as Agitate Halation, Move Point, AIM Stalker, or Violence Doughnut. Have a little fun with this and try to be creative.) Ability: (This is the part I am going to evaluate the most. Due to the nature of the verse, I will need to evaluate the ability to make sure it falls consistent with the verse itself and will give you feedback so we can refine it into something that works in the RP. Once the ability is refined enough, I will give it a Level from 0-5. Do not expect to get a Level 5, however, as there are only seven level 5s within the canon of the verse and I really do not want to alter that. Do remember that just because your characters ability may not be high leveled, it does not also mean that it will not have its uses.) Extra Skills: (Aside from your PC's ability, let me know if there are any extra skills such as hacking or First Aid, for example) Final Note While this RP has a clear-cut objective, feel free to have your character move to wherever you would like. Explore the city a bit. Whilecertain forcesmay come if they feel your character is getting too side-tracked from the mission, I will find ways to make it so you that you have an opportunity to escape them. Part of what I want in this RP is for the players to come to understand the setting their characters are running around in as well as the people who live there and their lives. Academy City may only be one city but it is a huge city with many many entities which drive it in the direction it moves. While I may not be able to have events for every location, I'll make damn sure that your characters have something to do or a new character to interact with. As usual, if you have any questions or confusions, don't hesitate to ask. I may be new to hosting an RP, but I'll try and make sure that this is a fun RP for you all.