Prelude: Century City Unlimited
The locale that this story takes place in is Century City a modern-day Mecca and those of the religious right consider it a veritable rebirth of Babylon. Some take that as a good thing, others not as much.
Century City boarders the Atlantic, and has a few large rivers that carve through its massive acreage, bringing trade and tourism on an hourly basis. Along with the massive shipping and import markets that burden the river-ways, Century City brings millions of dollars to the government via corporate agreements with the world’s largest multi-national conglomerates.
Besides the glimmering stars of industry, the fore-fathers of Century City would be proud to know the municipalities of this fair and wondrous city boast one of the world’s most recognized universities; Century City University.
CCU welcomes students from the four corners of the globe and it's all-star instructors have published or garnered so many publications that the Library of Congress bestowed an unprecedented recognition of this milestone upon the campus with a massive granite sculpture in the form of an open book slowly rotating upon it's axis, welcoming any who desire to learn.
All you currently are aware of is that one of the divisions of Amalgamated Industries, Inc. has been canvassing the campus as well as many affluent sections of Century City. Requesting any male or female, between the ages of 18 and 23, with a good bill of health, to participate in a medical study that offers many generous benefits to those selected. An offer like this does not come often to the student of CCU, and while you may or may not consider yourself an apt candidate, the promise of a two-year fully paid scholarship on top of a cash payment of five thousand dollars to those who are accepted, whet the appetite of the student body.
Take some time to brainstorm, to dream, to imagine you as you might be in this world. It would be familiar to you were you to visit, it is very much the quintessence of the comic book mega-city.
Your journey begins now, player, and it have the potential to be a glorious or a devastating one depending on your choices. However, perhaps I get ahead of myself; let us begin from the beginning, which is an apt location, as the word suggests no better a place to have begun.
For the time being, make your dreams a reality, add flesh, and bone to those synaptic impulses, color, and texture to an otherwise bleak and vanilla-styled life. You have the opportunity those around you would dream of, total and ultimate control of your existence.
Remember age, ethnicity, physical build, and demeanor are valuable and ultimately will determine who you truly are. Design a rough estimate of your interests, your life goals, your likes and dislikes, and understand that the next step will require of you conviction and determination as you play a high-stakes bidding war against others to determine who can best fulfill their base desires.
Post questions, requests, and if you so desire the shrowds of secrecy, contact me directly at dj.chair@gmail.com
9 comments:
Hey, I sent you my character description, I just wanted to know if you got it.
Me as I might be in this world?
University student Dan Robinson is a 5'7" white male, age 20. A sophomore at CCU, he fled his soulless suburban home in the hopes that their might be something more in the big city. Now he's broke, up to his eyeballs in debt, and needs to buy books and get someone else to buy beer. Since starting school, he has realized that he has no real ambition in life beyond not going home. He'd like to get a girl, and maybe graduate. His roommate pointed out the flier for AII's paid study. He's heard stories of other guys who got paid to sleep for a couple weeks, or to take some new cure for the common cold, and he thinks it'll be easy money.
Dan shows up at their office and asks for an application.
Well, I may as well post the description here. Van Rumen, a 19 year old student at CUU studying pre-med. His black hair is cut short and he wears a pair of glasses. The black, or alternatively white, lab coat that he wears has been torn and sewn more times than you can count. Finding himself with a need for cash, and wanting to see some of the latest developments in medicine, Van signs goes to pick up an application.
Just a heads up Dan, when I said "make yourself in this world" I was implying more of a artistic stroke than a literal.
However, if this is what you want that's cool with me. I just don't want there to be any misunderstands from the get go.
Yeah, I figured you didn't mean it literally, but I decided it might be fun. If you'd rather I came up with a different character then I will, but otherwise I'll stick with me.
No! Sounds good to me, I don't want to hinder to much the creative process. Its still so much in its infancy, I fear doing that may strip this game of enjoyment and entertainment.
I'm going to hold off the next step until Soren gets a chance to post something to let me know if he's game. I don't want to rush him, but it sounds like finals are over for him today.
Monday will probably bring the next phase of the prelude. Which will allow me time over the weekend to get a selection of skills together for y'all to vote on.
Sounds like fun. Looking forward to it.
OOC: Sorry it took so long for me to end up here, but now finals are finally over so I should be all set from here on out.
Rhys Renning is a 19 year old sophomore at CCU. He has black hair, left to his neck in the back. He stands about 5'9" typically weaing a cheap white vest that doesn't zip orperly and had been patched up with white duct tape. He likes most of the sciences, and has not yet been able to pick the one he would like to major in yet. He likes to collect model weapons, to the point where he had built an archery target in his yard at home and learned to use a bow.
Due to this collection, Rhys is quite a bit in debt, and two full years of scholarship don't year either. Rhys enters the office, and asks for an application, already looking forward to having money to spend.
well welcome aboard each and everyone of you. there is a good possibility that one more player is going to join.
however, please view the newest post to learn about how to assign yourselves attributes.
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