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Candles on the Water

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Imagine you have just awoken. You hear the silence of the morning. You get up and stretch and do your morning stuff. Maybe even earlier though, you realize just how silent it is. You begin to get worried. Then after a frantic search, you realize that you are alone. Your family is gone. There is a reason for this though and your parents knew it was coming. Your parents are secret agents. They have mysterious abilities that enable them to travel through time. The past, however, is catching up to them. Early on, 24 people who somehow held this power formed a group. It was to destroy an ancient power that was bent on destroying the world. In the mix, 12 of them betrayed the others and are now, as we speak, helping the power. The other 12, your parents, are being hunted into extinction. With them gone, the whole world will be slowly, and obliviously, demolished. You are being left alone, helpless. Not as helpless as they might think though. You have inherited your parent's power. It lies inside of you, buried, waiting to be used, unleashed. Later in the day, after calling the police, you get a call back from one of them. She is not a policeman. She is a general. She is one of the 12 who remained good. She has sired no children. And she knows your potential. She has the addresses and locations of the 11 children, 5 girls, 6 boys, who's parents were abducted. She is coming to find you and bring you back into a group and hopefully train you to go back in time and destroy the evil. Or in the least, stall it.

You each have something in common with each other. You have never seen or heard about your Grandparents. You are only children You have known each other since little children but are not related. You don't know how you know each other but you just do. One of your parents belonged to this group. Your other parent knew nothing. You each share the same birthday and are each 12 years old. It seems to be a RECURRING NUMBER. You have sort of an empathy link with each other but you don't know how it came to be or why. Your fates though, have just been forced together by a women who calls herself Melpomene. You have been introduced to something you have never thought possible. Time travel and changes in history. You now know where your mother or father went when he/she left you with a babysitter and went to a last minute "cocktail party."

Little problem. The 12 traitors will know when something's up. They have clever disguises. Trust no one but each other. And guess what? Like your own parents, the traitors have also sired children. 12 of them though. You are at a disadvantage. Watch out for them. They are like you in more ways then you could even imagine.

Two gadgets will be presented to you. And they are a huge book called the History of the World. In it are the dates of every disaster, natural or not, the death toll, the coordinates and the main problem. Each one of them have been caused by the traitorous 12 or the ancient power. What you need to find out is how they caused it and how to stop them from doing it. You have also received a backpack to carry it in so it will be with you always. It makes the book seem light. It also lightens anything else you choose to put in it. It never gets in the way.

Your mission.
•To rescue your parents
•To save the world
No pressure.

Put together a profile like this:
Name:
(Don't need age. You're all 12)
Appearance: (Pictures are always welcome)
History: (anything odd happened to you that you can't explain?)
Special ability: (no magic besides time travel. This is hardly a fairy tale)
Weakness: (Come on. You have to have one.)
Anything else you care to add.

Sample profile:
Name: Melpomene
Age: 20
Appearance: Dark brown hair. Hazel eyes. Tall willowy figure. Your typical secret agent complete with the overcoat and homburg.
History: Escaped the abduction. The most determined of all of them to destroy the power. Her best friend, Calliope, turned bad.
Special Ability: Extreme endurance skills.
Weakness: Anything to do with her friend.

No godmodding, sex scenes, perfect characters, killing off other people's characters unless granted permission to do so, or anything else on that list of 'don't dos.' No loopholes either.

Read this through pretty thoroughly because it's confusing. It helps a lot. Work with the other people too. As I said, this can be pretty confusing. ONLY ONE CHARACTER PER PERSON PLEASE. Make a compromise with them or whatever. I'M WATCHING YOU! (joking) Any questions, feel free to PM or just write it here. I need to wait for 11 people to start. Tell your friends or whatever.
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Name: Ballow

Appearance:
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History: Normal, though once he thought he saw some distortion in the air after he saw his parent leave. He then told himself that it was his imagination.

Special ability: Amazing speed and agility

Weakness: Heavy weights will crush him.

Other: Well . . up for puppy love. ^^
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Name: Kate Laney

Appearance: http://Puniko.deviantart.com/art/School-Girl-14677980

History: She has always been slightly suspicious of how her parents act around her with certain subjects, but she has never once thought of time travel.

Special ability: Is extremely flexible and is best at gymnastics. She is also very strong, but most people doubt her.

Weakness: Blood (she hates being near it)
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Name: Abigayle

Appearance:Has long, curly,black hair that she hates and usually keeps it pulled back. She is 5.1 and has blue eyes.

History: She is very suspicious of her parents. She hardly ever sees them but when she does she usually ignores them. One time when her parents were away she saw an email from a so called 'long lost relative', when she told her parents they told her it was nothing and never spoke of it again. Therefore making her even more suspicious.

Special ability: She is very good at getting her way and lies come to her very easily. She also can easily tell who she should trust and who she shouldn't.

Weakness: She has a very bad temper
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Name: Emily

History: Emily always thought her parents were a tad bit strange, but she never would have guessed time travel.

Strengths: She is great with children, and she can act as a doctor/nurse any time.

Weaknesses: Faints when out in the sun for even a little while, and she doesn't know how to swim.


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Name: Johnathan Bentley
Appearance: Taller than most twelve year olds, John has occasionally been mistaken for someone in their mid-teens. He refuses to have his brown hair cut regularly, and so it is at shoulder length when stretched out. Often getting into fights, John has some minor cuts and bruises on his body. His eyes are blue, and he has more freckles than most people.
History: John was always an avid fan of anything fantasy-related, particularly Tolkien. Basing his talents around his favourite heroes, John joined a fencing club for children when he was nine, and became good enough to challenge many of the less skilful adults.
John was oblivious of his parent's strange behaviour most of the time-he had few friends, and so didn't know what normal parents were like. He did begin to grow suspicious after a while, though.
Special Ability: John is incredibly brave and, as twelve year olds go, an expert swordsman. He is optimistic and believes nothing is impossible if you try hard enough.
Weaknesses: John is a bit out of touch with reality, and has had little experience in terms of interacting with others.
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Okay. So we're doing good.Great job guys. We have 2 boys and 3 girls.

Kate
Johnathen
Ballow
Emily
Abigayle

Waiting for 6 more people...
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Name: Zire

Appearance: Green eyes, black hair, tall, slim.

History: Was not surprised when he got to know the truth as he always suspected his parents had some power.

Special Ability: Knows a lot about human behavior, and slightly above average IQ. Thus can manipulate humans to a specific amount. As he has a weak body he has learned to fight with many weapons.

Weakness: shy and not very strong.
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Name: Jake

Appearance: Jake is lanky and kind of tall with spiky brown hair and blonde highlights. He has bright green eyes and a smile that just screams trouble. His clothes are generally too big for him. He's cute, and the friendly looking type of kid that you know is the ringleader of a bunch of troublemakers. Think your crazy little brother.

History: Never suspected a thing, since he's about as odd as his parents were. His parents were never around much, but it didn't bother him since he had enough imagination to keep himself busy. The only thing that ever struck him as odd was that his mom insisted on Tae Kwon Do lessons, but he never minded because it was by far the best way to release energy. He was surrounded by friends all his life, because of his electric personality and knack for 'fun' ideas.

Special Ability: Creativity. This, combined with a fair amount of daredevil and troublemaking, helps him come up with plans. Whether they're good or not is strictly opinion, because sometimes he's just begging for a little trouble. As far as physical strengths: he's more of the fast, monkey type.

Weakness: Immaturity, he's relentlessly optimistic and funloving, which makes him sometimes ignorant of other's views and feelings. Not particularly strong.




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Name: Kari

Appearance: Kari is especially unremarkable. She has mousy-brown hair which flops over her face, even when tied up and grey eyes. If you could see her face properly you might notice she is a little paler than others, but she tends to stay out of the way of people. She has a habbit of watching people closely and is very good at not being noticed. She always wears combats and a T-shirt over a long t-shirt.

History: She had always thought she was boring and that was why people never noticed her or talked to her. That was the reason she came up with. She never suspected her parents, although they were a little odd, she didn't know any different.

Special ability: To blend in. She can't be invisible but she can stay below peoples radar.

Weakness: Shy and unsure how to deal with other people. Can sometimes be a little rash and stubborn. Also, she can't read... ever!
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Okay, here's a count.

Ballow
Kate
Abigayle
Emily
Johnathen
Zire
Jake
Kari

4 guys, 4 girls. Not bad. We can only have 1 more girl and 2 more boys. I can't even imagine what we'll do if we run over. That would be awkward. First come first serve I guess. We could have extras. That would be cool. Like in a play. Yeah, so I blabbing.

On a random note... do you guys have any good song suggestions?
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Anything by Green Day, Evanescence or Avril Lavign. :wink:
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Apologize by OneRepublic

Thinking of You by Katy Perry

All Around Me by Flyleaf

And everything Paramore.

These are all my personal favorites. :)
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Spaceman, Human, Bones and Mr Brightside by The Killers.
Viva la Vida and Fix You by Coldplay.
Bohemian Rhapsody, The Invisible Man, We Will Rock You and Don't Stop Me Now by Queen.
Yellow Submarine and Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds by the Beatles.
More or less everything done by David Bowie.
Under Pressure by Queen and David Bowie.
Imagine by John Lennon.
Wild World by Cat Stevens.
Scatman's World and Everybody Jam by Scatman John.
Living on a Prayer by Bon Jovi.
Anything sung by Katherine Jenkins.
Pachelbelle's Canon (any version).
Ride of the Valkyries by Wagner.
Dmitri Shostakovich's Jazz Waltz
The Star Wars Theme Tune/Imperial March.
The Indiana Jones Theme Tune.
The Jurassic Park Theme Tune.
The Pokemon Theme Tune-in German!!!
Every song in The Muppets: Treasure Island!!!

I'll understand if you ignore half of those suggestions.
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Name: Elianna (goes by Eli)

Appearance: The girl not the horse

History: She, like many of the other children, was always very suspicious of her parents, who were hardly home. During the time they were home, however, they always talked in low voices when they thought Elianna wasn't around. Ever since she could remember she's been teased about her odd connection with animals and was always being beat up for being a 'freak'. Her parents made her take a medical emercency class for two years and she just graduated it before their so called 'cocktail party'.

Special ability: Has an odd connection with animals and if she sees anyone hurt she immediately jumps in

Weakness: Can't stand to see animals injured before her eyes, sometimes helping people can be her downfall
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