[d20 Modern / 4CtF] Windy City Mutants OOC

[Shalimar]

Is there any current legislation on mutants? Containment, registration, Genocide and all that? Does everyone know about them? Persecution?

 

[Krizzel]

Is there any current legislation on mutants? Containment, registration, Genocide and all that? Does everyone know about them? Persecution?

Huh?

Mutants? What mutants?

 

[Shalimar]

If there was an emoticon for crying in frustration that would definitely be me about now. Please smack him for me Kit.

 

[KitanaVorr]

If there was an emoticon for crying in frustration that would definitely be me about now. Please smack him for me Kit.

Sure, in about half an hour, he's going to pull up all innocent-like outside my door. I'll get in the car and then give him a smack upside the head for ya...that suffice?

 

[Shalimar]

Definitely.

 

[Krizzel]

I'm about to post the IC thread, guys

Please don't post until I introduce your character. Also keep in mind you don't have your powers yet - I'll let you know when they start manifesting. So far as anybody knows there is no such thing as mutants. There are no superheroes of any other kind either.

You are all driving the story. You're entirely free to go in any direction you wish, good or bad, right or left, up or down. Just tell me what you want to do and I'll let you know what happens (make sure you don't post results though - I do that - you post attempts and intentions). Everyone is starting off in a different spot (for the most part - Lana and Stacy obviously start together). If you want to steer your paths to meet up with each other, that's fine - I won't stop you. But at the same time, don't feel pressured to meet up with everyone right away.

I want to explore who these characters are, give you a little time to develop them and get their personalities down before we introduce the huge complication into their lives. I want to see who they are before anyting happens to them, because really the meat of a story like this is how they deal with what is about to happen to them. How do they change, what do they become, and so on.

All that said it won't be too long before we get into the mutanty goodness

One last note - I added a fire station, hospitals, and private schools to the city guide. Take a look at it in the IC thread if you're interested in any of those.

 

[Krizzel]

I'm attempting a crude map here...let's see if it works.

NLL XXXXXX
WNNN XXXXX
WWNN XXXXX
OWDD XXXXX
OWDD XXXXX
WWSS XXXXX
WSSSS XXXX
WSCCS XXXX

Cool, it worked decently. I haven't found a map of Chicago I like yet but I'll post a real graphic when I do.

For now, here's the layout in general.

N is north side
L is Lyondale
W is west side
O is Oak Grove
D is downtown
S is south side
C is Calumet Park
X is Lake Michigan

As you can see, the city is butted right up against the south end of the lake (that bottom row is where the lake ends - suburbs actually continue down around the end of it, but that's beyond our scope for now). There is a road, Lake Shore Drive, that runs all along the lakefront (it's really more like a highway, with five lanes in both directions through downtown and much of the other parts too). Directly against the lake are some small beaches and a bike path that you could jog on. There's also a long series of parks through the downtown area just on the west side of Lake Shore Drive, which you could also use for a jogging area.

 

[Krizzel]

You know I should probably also mention that people can live in downtown - I don't know if anyone realized that or not There's all sorts of housing options there, from ritzy to cheap and everything in between.

I need to hear from people in this thread about where you live and where you work/go to school before I start you off.

 

[Jemal]

I'm thinking Oak Grove/Lincoln high.

 

[KitanaVorr]

I'm thinking Oak Grove/Lincoln high.

LOL...hanging out with the twins...why am I not surprised....