1. Kyra (Rydia) - weather manipulation
2. Shinji Nakano (Lumi) - fire manipulation
3. Kyle Ayers (Auxiira) - ice manipulation
4. Darby Evans (Elinor Brynn) - electricity
5. Drew Whitewood (Lylas) - earth manipulation; plants/nature string
6. Viola Windom (SharraeWilson) - telekinetic; telekinesis, shield and x-ray vision
7. Elliott Jesdale (thelostone) - human transformation; people into living dolls
7. Tortwag
8. Nalia (ReisePiecey) - nightmare manipulation/ dream walking
9. Murphy Graves (kayfortnight) - healing
10. SSgt Jean du Plessis (TheWanderingWizard) - teleportation/ telefragging
11. Jasper Byrd (IronSpark) - illusions/ conjuration
12. Gerald Thompson (15253) - inanimate matter manipulation
13. Alex Frazier (Verser) - demonic physiology
14. Ynisse Wytrine (CorruptedRoseJen) - glass generation/ manipulation
15. chibibo
In a world not unlike our own...
Five weeks ago a great big storm, the likes of which had never been seen before, touched down in a little place called the United Kingdom. The clouds were dark purple and green lightning streaked from the sky. Nobody knows where it came from or the full scope of the damage it might have done.
Hundreds of people who were at the epicenter of the blast were killed by an unfamiliar kind of radiation. The further from the source they were, the slower they died but the next day more people got sick and more the day after and the day after that. Whole cities were wiped out.
The United Kingdom was put into lock down with no planes or ships entering or leaving the island and members of the army and law enforcement were stationed in every town to try and hold the peace.
By the second week, less people were dying and a lesser level of the radiation was filling the hospitals up with sick people. The wounded ranged from very serious to minor radiation burns on their skin but the wounded all shared one thing in common: not long after catching the radiation sickness, they caught something else as well. A superpower.
It manifested differently in different people but panic gradually changed to amazement and then back to panic as the people realised their new powers were out of their control. The government leaped to manage the situation and to impose restrictions on these new super humans until they could work out what they were going to do. Buildings were designated as detention centers and as the sick people became well enough to leave the hospitals, they were taken to one of these centers where they would be taught how to control their powers and how to limit the use of them.
They were told the program would be for three weeks and then they could go home, so long as they showed a proper ability to control their powers.
The Story
There will be two groups of characters in this storybook. The first are those who have had their powers for two or three weeks and left the hospitals a week or two ago to come to one of these detention centers. They're either eager to learn how to use their powers, or scared, or frustrated by the government's handling of the situation.
The second group of people are those who have only recently discovered their superpowers this week and who didn't suffer any radiation wounds or go to the hospital so they have not been taken to a detention center. These people are being rounded up by the army and the law enforcement officers and they are being taken to the detention centers by force, but your characters have so far evaded being caught. You've also been watching the news and you know the government have no intention of letting any of the super humans leave the detention centers.
What happens next is up to you. Maybe those on the outside will try to help those on the inside, or maybe they'll get caught. Maybe those on the inside will start hearing the stories these newest super humans are telling and they'll decide on their own to break out.
There's a catch though. As if all of this wasn't enough to deal with, being super is less super than it seems...
The magic
The magic is increasingly addictive and it makes you feel powerful and amazing while you're using it. Your pain senses are damped down and it's like everything is in technicolour. However, when you stop using your magic, suddenly you're tired and even breathing feels harder than it was.
It sounds like this would be enough to make people not want to use their magic, but some of them are past the point of being able to stop. They crave it and every time they give in to that craving it gets a little bit worse.
Superpowers
One each and feel free to be creative, but nothing too crazy. Think x-men: super speed, fire, ice, telepathy, super healing. You can have anything except weather manipulation - that one's mine.
Radiation
The burns our characters suffered would have been light level - those who suffered worse are either dead or still hospitalised. They would have looked like this and left scars as they healed:
Character Template
Not mandatory but available if you'd like a guide:
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[b]Name:[/b]
[b]Nicknames: [/b]
[b]Age: [/b]
[b]Group:[/b] (Choose detention center/ newly super)
[b]Power:[/b]
[b]Appearance:[/b]
[b]Personality:[/b]
[b]Strengths:[/b]
[b]Weaknesses:[/b] (Character flaws as well as any limitations on their power)
[b]Brief History:[/b]
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