Tesla's Earthquake Machine

Some of you may have heard of Nikola Tesla's alleged "Earthquake Machine", or oscillator. (If you haven't, click here. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla's_oscillator ).

A small device, weighing only about two pounds. "Small enough to fit in your overcoat pocket", as Tesla said. He attached this device to a pipe in the bottom of his building and turned it on. When nothing happened, he was disappointed. He then left the lab for a few hours. When he returned, the entire structure was shaking and rocking back and forth, and it would soon collapse. The fire department was there, as was the police. Tesla knew immediately what had happened and ran inside. He turned the machine off, and the building settled. When asked what happened, he simply said "it must have been a small earthquake". He told no one of the machine.

This is 112 years later. The United States government has recently re-discovered blueprints for this device. With a little bit of modification, they perfected it. any building it is attached to is rocking on its hinges in a matter of minutes; just enough time to get out. This device could be used to bring down the Pentagon, the White House, the Empire State Building, the Seattle Space Needle, and any other buildings you care to name, in just moments.

In the wrong hands, this device is deadly.

The government is guarding the only existing oscillator carefully.

Or so they think.

In secret, one of the scientists that helped perfect it made another oscillator. This fully-funtional copy is currently locked inside a safe in her house.

If someone found out about it, the conscequences could be catastrophic.

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So there you have it.

Profiles!

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Age:

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Strengths/Weaknesses:

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Other:

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My profile!

Name: Silvia Black

Age: 23

Appearance (Pics please, if you haven't got a picture please make the description as detailed as possible): About 5'4. http://us.123rf.com/400wm/400/400/stepa ... 421719.jpg looks like this, but her hair is long-ish, goes down to her mid-back. She wears it in a messy ponytail most of the time. She wears jeans with t-shirts most of the time, but when she's working she's in her uniform. (And since I have no idea what her uniform looks like right now, we'll leave it at that).

Personality: Friendly, possibly too friendly. She's a little loose-tongued, but she tries her best to keep secrets. She's pretty hard to upset, and has a relatively level head, though she can get over-excited. Shes very serious about her work however, and does her job to the best of her ability.

Strengths/Weaknesses: Has a vast knowledge of mechanics and things of that nature. She could get anything up and running in no time at all. She has a tendency to act on instinct, which can get her into trouble.

Weapons (if any): She carries a can of pepper spray with her everywhere.

Other: Up for love, is the scientist that made the copy of the oscillator.

Hey gasper, I just have one question. Are we scientists or are we regular people who find out about the oscillator? And how do we find out about it?

**I might not reply too often, but I will try, and I DEMAND a spot

Oh, and I'll try to remember that I'm a part of this one.

Oh, and I'm gonna be ebil.**

Teddy:

You can really be either one, anything you want. You can be someone who wants the oscillator for themselves, a scientist who finds out about it AFTER someone who wants the oscillator steals it, you can be a normal person who's dragged into this... yeah, be whatever you want to be I guess. xD

Name: Oscar Nesbit

Age: 24

Appearance: Like this but with dark hair. He's tall, around 6'1, and pretty slim.

Personality: To his colleagues, Oscar is an extremely clever and sarcastic man. He has a few friends in his work place, but no-one that he's especially close to. He's not usually a loud man, preferring to simply offer a comment every now and then. However, he holds a burning desire to prove himself to be stronger and better than everyone else.

Strengths/Weaknesses: He's too arrogant and ambitious. Oscar also has a weakness of cats, he's completely terrified of them. His strengths would be his intelligence and his focus.

Weapons (if any): Nope. He would completely suck in a fight.

Other: He was friends with Sylvia, they worked together. He finds out about the oscillator from her and desperately, desperately wants to steal it.

Here's the DT!

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Name: Daniella Druseu



Age: Twenty Four




Appearance: Link



Personality: When she's not trying to convince you otherwise she is a frightened little girl, she sees things, and they tell her to do things. She hides the fact that she's seeing them, and is an amazing actor. She is positive her delusions will kill her, so she'll do what they say with little question, she also has had the urge to kill thin the past, and she has.



Strengths/Weaknesses: If she thinks that her delusions are mad, or their plans are at risk, she will go into an insane rage, her strength doubles, but she gets tunnel vision, and can be easily stopped. She can't take a hit very well, but she's a sharp shooter.



Weapons (if any): Two pistols inside her jacket, she guards them like she would her children.



Other: If you try to love her then you'll wind up with your ear bitten off, and two bullets inside your ear.

Name: Virginia Blane

Age: 23

Appearance: http://darkmousysgirl123.deviantart.com/art/New-Hair-100582700

Personality: Virginia is outspoken and opinionated. She has a lot of different views than her colleagues, such as God exists and that the big bang theory is completely flawed. She loves to debate with her colleagues, but she always keeps it in good fun because she wants to have a good relationship with her co-workers.

Strengths/Weaknesses: Can I fill this in later?

Weapons (if any): She always keeps a small pistol in the small of her back because of something that happened in her past. She has a permit to carry it anywhere.

Other: Virginia is an intern for the lab and she is up for love.

I'm in!!

Name: Squire Mostum

Age: 23

Appearence: http://evasitoe.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/jada1.jpg but with green eyes.

Personality: Is very smart and clever, open to certain people and rather closed to others. Is easy to make mad if you say the right things but other than that can be pretty level-headed and is incredibly trust worthy. She will stand up for what she believes in!

Strengths/Weaknesses: She's very good with secrets and protection. Her only weakness is a bad knee.

Weapons: Carries a pistol with her when she needs it and often has a butterfly knife in her backpocket.

Other: Up for love and friendship!! And can she be someone who's hired to help find the machine?

Name: Ebony Seal

Age: 17

Appearance: http://www.istockphoto.com/stock-photo- ... beauty.php

Personality: High spirited and very upbeat. Stylish and elegant and talks very diplomatically. Easy to love and makes a great friend.
Strengths/Weaknesses: She is very independent and smart. She also has money but can be a bit selfish and immature.

Weapons (if any): Handy with a pistol, but prefers a Saber because she took lessons in franc.

Other: She has lived in France for most of her life and only came to America in the last two years. Has a slight French accent. She has the knack of being in the wrong place at the wrong time and happened to hear two people disusing this. She wants it, to destroy it, but she still needs to get it.

We can start once we get a couple more people. I know Buggy's joining... I'd like to get about eight people before we start. There's one boy out of the five people here, so if we could get that even, that'd be great.

Meaning you may not make any more girl characters.

Depending on how many people we get between now and whenever I get bored of waiting, I may let you guys make two characters.

Name: Tom Jones

Age: 26

Appearance: http://imagecache2.allposters.com/image ... C55831.jpg Yeah. Just like that, basically. He's 6'2", well muscled, and usually wearing a plain work suit.

Personality: Mr. Tom Jones of the CIA is completely absorbed in his work. His friends (of which he only has a few) tell him it's unhealthy and that he really should give himself some free time every now and then, but he shrugs it off. His expectations for himself and, to a lesser extent, others are high. He has no social life outside of going to dinner every now and again with his friends. Even then he often blows them off whenever his job calls for it. Despite all this he has a good heart and is extremely loyal once he takes on a cause.

Strengths/Weaknesses: Tom Jones is extremely competent, tough, and doesn't complain about things. He's rather hopeless in social situations though.

Weapons (if any): An M9 semiautomatic that he has on him at all times, along with several extra rounds. Trained to use several other weapons and hand-to-hand combat. Also carries handcuffs if that counts.

Other: He's going after the weapon so the U.S. government can have it. He's not sure what they're going to do with it once that happens, but... Oh, and it might take a lot to get through to him, but he's open for love I suppose.

Okay, you guys can make second characters, just please make sure they're boys.

Starting.... now!

Silvia

Silvia pushed her glasses a little further up her nose. She was out to lunch with some of her friends from work. Oscar Nesbit, a tall man who was a bit rude, and Virginia Blane, the intern with a very odd was of thinking. They were sitting outside of a cafe. Oscar and Virginia were arguing, but Silvia hardly heard them. Her mind was elsewhere.

Somebody's bound to find out about it eventually... maybe I should tell someone. Someone I trust. They could help me protect it... She was brought back to the present when she realized that Oscar and Virginia had stopped arguing for the moment.

"So, what do you two want? It's on me," she said with a pleasant smile.

Mr. Jones

Target sighted. A tall muscular man was sitting a few tables away, apparently reading a newspaper. Really he was watching and listening to his latest target. Tom Jones had memorized Miss Silvia Black's dossier as he had with every other target he'd been sent after over the past two years.

A slight smile crossed his face as he thought back on his record. He'd brought in 12 separate people and hadn't had to kill a single person yet. There'd been close shaves, but he always seemed to find a way to get his man without shedding blood. It wasn't likely that it would last, but it was a testament to his skill and training that he'd gone even this long without killing anyone.

That doesn't mean anything though. You take each mission one step at a time; it doesn't matter how flawless your record is. You make one mistake, the whole thing can come falling down. Mr. Jones frowned and turned the page of his newspaper.

Ebony

I got off the plane from France where I had been visiting my family. I had the taxi man drive me to my favorite restaurant. A few were already there, though it wasn't lunch time yet. There was an incredibly muscular man, the type that looked like he belonged to a CSI type organization. There was also another girl, who had a incredibly forced smile on her face. I ordered just a iced coffee, and as I went back to my table I tripped and the coffee landed all over the muscular man.

I took a step back. "Oh, my. I ez so sorry monsieur. I happenz to be still a bit shaky from ze plane." His eyes narrowed as he studied the coffee, thank god it was iced, that was all over his cloths.

He smiled and said in french, "Do not worry, mademoiselle, I was going to throw this suit out anyway." I could see the lie in his eyes, but I did not question him. I heard the girl behind me snickering. I felt like giving her a piece of my mind, but I knew better than to do that.

"By ze way. I has herds of zis thing, et ez called a Telsa earthquake machine. Do youz, per chance, know whatz it might bee."

"No." He lied simply. I could see the lie in his eyes. And the fact he had to lie disturbed me. I felt his hateful glance as I walked out of the shop.