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Forty years ago, Heidi Alderson started Alderson Academy, a school with two faces. As far as the families of the students and the public were aware, the school was nothing more than one more private boarding school. The only notable difference was that, as opposed to accept application letters, the school would recruit their students. In forty years, the school gained an impressive reputation. They recruited children from all over the world, brought in on student visas.
Heidi was a wealthy woman- a multibillionaire to be precise, with her money safely invested in multiple chain companies across the USA, Canada and Europe- and when school let out in the summer, or during their month-long holiday in January, the students' trip back to their families, and then back to the school was paid for in full. The children were allowed to keep in contact with their parents through letters, phone calls, the world-wide web, or all three. Tuition was paid for by sponsors, accumulated before the recruiting letters were sent out, and through fundraisers that happen year-round. It was free, it was upscale, it was tipping the lines of unrealistic.
The population of the school, however, never exceeded three-hundred students. And, to these three-hundred students, the school held an entirely different meaning. You see, each and every one of these students was special. They were mutants. Are mutants.
The 'powers' (so to speak) gained by these mutations manifest at the start of puberty for most, with a few very rare exceptions. They vary drastically, and at first, often seem very difficult to control. Some are easily hidden, and others are far too physical.
A Bit About The School
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Our Story Begins...
A day from today marks the 80th birthday of our very own Heidi Alderson. A team of fourteen students and four teachers (all of whom constitute as our temporary decorating committee) have been setting up and cooking food for the past week. The other 130-or-so (it's a smaller year) students have been going about their business as usual. After finishing ahead-of-schedule, the four teachers decided to take the students back to the grand old city for ice cream-- an added celebration and a thank-you for their hard work.
Meanwhile, a plot is being hatched. Mutations are blocked via a concoction of chemicals, temporarily disabling mutations and creating a fog around the minds of the students and remaining teachers, rendering them incapable of defence. The school is invaded, the students are taken captive, the teachers disposed of. The missing decorating committee has not been overlooked.
On the way back, one car narrowly escapes a traffic-jam by taking an alternate route. The driver of this car, a certain Professor Brazil Heyton-Liu, is a telepath, mentored directly by Miss Alderson. His mind's hazy, and somehow, he was oblivious to driving his carpool right into the hands of the baddies. This crew is kept together, and Brazil is the only teacher to be kept alive-- he's a key player in unwillingly tracking down the escapees.
Just before Brazil's telepathy was disabled completely, he squeezed out a warning to the other three teachers to stay away from the school.
Rules
~ All regular YWS rules apply.
~ No godmodding, folks. People do not appreciate when their character is completely taken over. Keep everyone's character in-character, and please don't make them do anything they wouldn't normally do. If you want to initiate a big scene with another person's character, shoot them a PM and plan it out, first.
~ Keep your cussing to a minimum. It's allowed, most certainly, but try to keep it mild. F-bombs are massively frowned upon.
~ Romance is so, so totally okay. Sex scenes, on the other hand, are not allowed.
~ Please don't randomly walk around killing characters. It's not very nice. Always PM the player of said character asking permission before this happens.
~ Mary/Gary-Sues are also mostly frowned upon. Chances are, you're playing a student. Which means that they can't be insanely powered and simultaneously insanely good at wielding said power. Also, there is no such thing as “the most powerful kid in the school.” Personality flaws are also rather welcome things.
~ The character spots are first come, first serve for the most part. Anyone and everyone is welcome until the slots are no more.
~ Please mind the SB mods (which is mostly just me as far as this singular SB goes, I suppose). If I shoot you a PM asking you to tweak something about your profile/a post, please don't be too discouraged. It doesn't happen very often, but it does happen on occasion, and at some point, it happens to everyone. Heck, it happens to me, still! The chances of this happening are, as I mentioned, probably very slim.
~ Make sure that you read all the profiles before the SB starts, and all of the posts, once it does, before posting. Just so that you know where everyone is, and what's going on. And don't be afraid to shoot me a PM if you need a little guidance along the way. c:
~ The posts must be a bare minimum of two seven-lined paragraphs. No one-liners.
~ Correct grammar, punctuation and other such writing nonsense, please.
~ All out-of-character (OOC) posts are to go in the DT. Profiles go here, in the SB proper.
~ All regular YWS rules apply.
~ No godmodding, folks. People do not appreciate when their character is completely taken over. Keep everyone's character in-character, and please don't make them do anything they wouldn't normally do. If you want to initiate a big scene with another person's character, shoot them a PM and plan it out, first.
~ Keep your cussing to a minimum. It's allowed, most certainly, but try to keep it mild. F-bombs are massively frowned upon.
~ Romance is so, so totally okay. Sex scenes, on the other hand, are not allowed.
~ Please don't randomly walk around killing characters. It's not very nice. Always PM the player of said character asking permission before this happens.
~ Mary/Gary-Sues are also mostly frowned upon. Chances are, you're playing a student. Which means that they can't be insanely powered and simultaneously insanely good at wielding said power. Also, there is no such thing as “the most powerful kid in the school.” Personality flaws are also rather welcome things.
~ The character spots are first come, first serve for the most part. Anyone and everyone is welcome until the slots are no more.
~ Please mind the SB mods (which is mostly just me as far as this singular SB goes, I suppose). If I shoot you a PM asking you to tweak something about your profile/a post, please don't be too discouraged. It doesn't happen very often, but it does happen on occasion, and at some point, it happens to everyone. Heck, it happens to me, still! The chances of this happening are, as I mentioned, probably very slim.
~ Make sure that you read all the profiles before the SB starts, and all of the posts, once it does, before posting. Just so that you know where everyone is, and what's going on. And don't be afraid to shoot me a PM if you need a little guidance along the way. c:
~ The posts must be a bare minimum of two seven-lined paragraphs. No one-liners.
~ Correct grammar, punctuation and other such writing nonsense, please.
~ All out-of-character (OOC) posts are to go in the DT. Profiles go here, in the SB proper.
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