OOC: info!

[grimnotdark]

THE STORY WAS THIS
mutants are a thing, they have been for years. superheroes, supervillains, quirky little boarding schools dedicated to raising mutant kids in safety - these are all also things. unfortunately, the current President of the United States capitalised on a whole decade of highly volatile (and often violent) anti-mutant feeling with an unforgiving pro-human stance. his - and his private army's - view is that mutants are lesser creatures, abominations and barbarians, that are pretty much only good for being enslaved. WHAT A NICE GUY. President Marcus Crassus also happens to be the richest man in America and CEO of Romans, Inc, a giant multinational corporation with its own huge private army that just so happens to be the sole manufacturer of gross emotion-suppressing robot brain implants. YEAH.

now, America is a totalitarian dictatorship under the rule of President Crassus and his army. any free mutant who takes a stand against his rule faces being hunted down and arrested and experimented on or some shit until they agree to take the implant and join Crassus's side. as well as his army of run-of-the-mill normal human soldiers, any mutants who take the implant are assigned in to his own private hitsquad used to track down the renegade mutants still on the loose.

everything is grim and dark and for some reason cities are more like wastelands as Crassus ransacks his way through America on the search for renegade mutants. fullscale riots and clashes between Crassus's soldiers and rebellious mutants happen a lot! there are a bunch of abandoned buildings and cool burnt-out warehouses are everywhere. it's just really grim and dark, you guys.

AU of an AU
this is all loosely based on the What-If Wednesday from xi-rpg circa 2010. cr can be brought forward from the old version but this is essentially an au of that au so clean slates/do-evers are a thing. if you're a newcomer then don't sweat it - all you need to know is on this page. comment below with any questions!

SO WHO'S WHO?
comment below and stuff, go on

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MAX "HOTSPUR" SOUTHEY - superhero, rebel

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"HOTSPUR", superhero mutant (FLYING BRICK)

★ was a pilot in the South African armed forces before he "came out" as mutant!! ★ enjoyed a lot of success as a real saving-a-kitten-from-a-tree kinda hero, very public, shit tons of good press, retired from being an active pilot to instructing military jet pilots because it's SO USEFUL to have your instructor fly alongside you when you're taking your first fighter jet out for a spin! ★ when Shit Hit The Fan in the US he pretty much emigrated over to help fight the good fight and has been helping to move people and pass messages around the country. as well as the usual fighting shit.