`,` The Normals: Sacrificed Sons `,` --- SIGN-UPS

[Bear]

[Overall RPG Theme Music: Hero by Skillet]

INTRODUCTION
"There it is! The power nucleus!" shouted Vincent, excitedly pointing toward the bluish, pulsating machine in the center of the cavernous room. He and Bear ran over to the structure, examining it quickly with their power gauge.
"This must be it, look at the readings. Vincent, place the explosives!" Bear ordered, sharply. Vincent nodded and began to place the powerful charges at the key intervals around the nucleus. As the din of the fighting in the palace got louder, Vincent paused and looked at Bear, concerned.
"Think the rest of them are ok?" He commented.
"Of course they are. I trained them, after all!" Bear replied with a smirk.
As Vincent finished placing the charges, Bear consulted his map.
"The main support beam for the palace runs through that corridor there. If we follow it, we should come out right at the side entrance. If Kat followed instructions, that's where the ship will be waiting for us." Bear said as he pointed to the small doorway on the east side of the room. "Let's go."
The two of them took off in a swift jog, exiting the room and passing through the much smaller and narrower beam corridor. They could hear the fight intensifying within the palace, which must have meant the last of the incursion team were making their way out. They didn't get too far, however, when they heard a peculiar sounding explosion, followed by lots of shouting. Suddenly, a huge crack appeared in the ceiling above them, and the palace support beam began to fall. Bear had just enough time to reach up and brace the impact of the beam, holding it up but being rendered unable to move. Every muscle in his body bulged as he strained to support the massive beam. He looked over at Vincent, and an odd smile crossed his face.
"What are you standing around for? Get back to the ship." He said to Vincent.
"What the hell are you talking about? You need to come too!" Vincent exclaimed, confused.
"Think about it Vince. If I let go of this beam, the whole place comes crashing down. How am I supposed to get out of here?" Bear replied. Vincent's look of confusion turned to bewilderment and anxiety.
"But boss! How am I supposed to just LEAVE you here? You're the most important member of this group! You CREATED us for God's sake! We NEED you!" He said, his voice growing into an upset shout.
"Not true Vince. I've given you all everything that you need. The most important member of the group is no one person, but the group itself. Remember that. This is an order! Now GO!" Bear replied once more, becoming serious and giving Vincent a stern look. Vincent reluctantly nodded, and proceeded to execute his last order. He took off running down the corridor as fast as he could.
As Bear stood there, muscles bulging, bracing the support beam, he looked up at his timer.
"One more minute til this place blows. He better get them in the air fast." Bear said to himself, gazing upward in final resignation.
Meanwhile, Vincent burst out of the side doors of the palace, spotting the ship hovering just across the lawn. He ran across it, jumping through the hatch as it opened for him. He tumbled onto the ship and made his way to the bridge as quickly as he could. As he entered the control room, he saw the rest of the incursion team standing there, perplexed.
"Where is my husband?!" Kat said firmly, stepping forward. Vincent frowned, and shrugged his shoulders.
"...He ordered me to go without him. The beam fell on him and he couldn't move. I...I didn't want to go but....but..." Vincent froze, collapsing into a chair and burying his face in his hands. As Kat fought to hold back her tears, she broke into a frenzy of orders.
"Alright, we have to get out of here. Kent man the rear guns. Vincent you head down to the infirmary and speak with Dr. Walls. Scent run the shield check. Mop get us in the air NOW!" She belted. The crewmembers scurried to their positions, and within seconds the ship was moving.
"20 seconds..." Bear muttered to himself. His head swiftly turned to the right, as he heard voices and shouting coming down the hallway. Several soldiers burst into the small clearing, pointing their weapons at Bear. He grinned at them, looking at his timer one last time.
"Time's up."
With a shout, Bear brought the beam down with all his might, crashing it violently into the floor. Just as the charges in the nucleus room began to explode, the palace began to cave in on itself everywhere. Explosions rang out all around, sounding like the fourth of july.
The rest of the Normals crew, safely aboard their ship and away, looked back down at the exploding and collapsing building, still in shock at what had just transpired. There was eerie silence throughout the cabins and hallways of the ship. Even communication between the officers on the bridge was short, quiet, and monotone. Nobody aboard the Solomon understood or could fathom what happened. The silence continued for the entire trip back to Earth, some 18 hours....

PLOT
The year is 2057. 20 years after the end of World War III, the last of the affected nations has completed their rebuilding. The United Nations, under the guidance of Director Falczyk Moebius, has maintained almost complete peace since the end of the earth-shattering conflict. It seems as though humankind has finally discovered the key to living in harmony and mutual prosperity.
The Normals, no longer needed for major missions on Earth, had accepted a plea from the Awana people of the planet Zech. Being oppressed by the viciously aggressive Placts, the Awana were on the brink of total extermination. The Normals, led by co-founder and creator Xavier "Bear" Lionheart, were dispatched to the planet to liberate the Awana and bring down the tyrannical Plact government. All went according to plan, until the final minutes of the final phase of the operation, where Bear was lost amid the destruction of the Plact palace and center of Plact government. The Awana could now regain their freedom and prosperity, but the Normals returned home to cope with a terrible loss. Back on Earth, the Normals try to get back to life as it was before the mission, despite the difficult task of selecting a new leader. However, as is the nature of all things, the peace on Earth was too good to be true. When so many people are blessed with such abilities, it is impossible to expect that they will all get along. Sometimes this tension can grow beyond simple disagreement, and can lead to separation or even revolt. Trouble was brewing, and soon the world would once again be plunged into darkness....

EXPLANATION
The Normals are an elite fighting force. The group was created in 2031, in the midst of World War III, by Doctor Falczyk Moebius, who is currently the Director of the United Nations. Then 64, Dr. Moebius had heard rumors of people with special birth abnormalities, or "gifts". These gifts were said to afford them abilities beyond a human's normal capacity. Dr. Moebius stumbled upon Xavier Lionheart at a forbidden Martial Arts tournament in a small Japanese town. At the time, all Martial Arts practice had been strictly forbidden by the NNN (Neo Noose Nationalists) who had conquered Japan and most of East Asia. Anyone found in violation of this edict was punishable by death, so tournaments had to be held in secret. At this particular tournament, Lionheart, a Scotsman, had advanced to the final round. Before the tournament had been completed, however, the NNN forces converged on the tournament, opening fire and beginning to slaughter the participants and spectators. Lionheart, confused and bewildered, found a place to hide amongst some storage boxes. He shielded his eyes and ears as best he could from the screams and sights of everyone dying. After the forces had finished and begun to pull out, he waited for his chance to escape. As he looked around for remaining guards, he heard the click of a gun behind him. Feeling his death approaching him, he clenched his eyes and teeth and braced for it. Suddenly he heard the man behind him begin to exclaim and swear in some foreign language, obviously surprised at something. He turned to face him, and the man was frantically looking around, as if he couldn't see Lionheart at all. Without thinking, Lionheart took advantage of the situation and thrust his palm to the man's forehead, immediately knocking him unconscious. Still not sure what had happened, Lionheart just stood there for several minutes. He was awoken from his daze by a voice behind him.
"So it's true. They do exist." The voice said. Lionheart whirled around to see an older looking man.
"What do you mean?" He said, still confused.
"I'll just say it. You're invisible right now." The voice said directly.
"..." Lionheart could not muster any words.
"It's alright, do not be alarmed. Let me introduce myself. My name is Dr. Falczyk Moebius. You are...Xavier Lionheart, correct?"
"Most people call me Bear." Lionheart said, forgetting for a moment that he was puzzled.
"How do you know who I am?" Bear continued.
"It's a long story, I'll tell you when we are somewhere safe..." Moebius concluded, motioning for the now visible Bear to follow him.

After explaining to Bear that his ability was a genetic anomaly and he would be able to control it in time, the two set out to find others with similar defects. After a year, a total of 18 people had been found and joined the cause. Dr Moebius' vision was to use his group of fighters to undermine the ruthless NNN government, and help the UN forces to regain control and peace on the planet. His mission was ultimately successful, bringing an end to the War finally in 2037. After that, the Normals continued to grow under the guidance of Dr Moebius and Bear, and became a widely popular police force. Bear married fellow original member Kat Byquest, and their son Cam (nicknamed Sonar) also became a member of the Normals. This brings us to the current day, and the beginning of this RPG.

PLAYERS
As players, you will be assuming the role of one of a few kinds of people. As you might have gathered from the lengthy post so far, the focus in this RPG will be the separation of some Normals from the main group, with aspirations that are not so pure and good. Simply put, you are about to have Evil Normals, who are fighting to take over the world for evil purposes. You can play the role of a good Normal, a bad Normal, or a regular human with no Normals-type abilities. Now finally, onto the FORM!

NORMALS
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Name: Your character's real name.
Nickname: What your character is usually called.
Gender: Male or Female please.
Age: Age in earth years.
Allegiance: For lack of better words, are you Good or Evil?
Height and Weight: =P
Physical Appearance: Just a description of your body type, hair color and attributes, eyes, etc. Any pictures you want to post please put the link here.
Outfit: The clothes you wear. If battle outfit differs from regular outfit, specify.
Personality: Describe your personality traits.
Special Ability: What is your special gift?
Weapon of choice: What is your favorite combat weapon?
Character's Theme Music(Optional): Song that best fits your character. Youtube links work best here.
Job: What do you do within the organization?
Relations: Are you related to any other character in the RPG? If so, who and how?
When you joined the Normals: Year is enough. For Evil Normals this is when you joined the original Normals group, not when you split.
Miscellaneous: Anything else that is important.

NON-NORMALS
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Name: Your character's real name.
Gender: Male or Female please.
Age: Age in earth years.
Allegiance: For lack of better words, are you Good or Evil?
Height and Weight: =P
Personality: Describe your personality traits.
Occupation/Job: What do you do?
Relations: Are you related to any other character in the RPG? If so, who and how?
Miscellaneous: Anything else that is important.


Here's my character, for more example:

Name: Cameron Lionheart
Nickname: Sonar
Gender: Male
Age: 21
Allegiance: Good (for now...)
Height and Weight: 6 feet 2 inches tall, 195 pounds
Physical Appearance: From the height he is fairly tall. He has a lean frame, thin but strong. He is well toned and muscular. Hair is a smooth silver throughout, cut very short. Clean shaven, silver eyebrows, solid green eyes.
Outfit: STREET CLOTHES--A form fitting, light blue t-shirt with a religious design on the front. Slim fitting light blue jeans, solid white shoes. BATTLE CLOTHES--Dark blue Under Armour shirt, loose fitting cloth pants, light and plain sneakers.
Personality: Unlike his father, Sonar is far more introverted and reserved. He's a bit insecure, and reluctant to participate in group conversation. Has a short temper and gets angry quickly, but does not express it. Instead he channels his anger into his physical training. He secretly longs for the recognition and notoriety of his father. When offered command of the Normals upon news of Bear's death, he refused.
Special Ability: Ultra-Sensitive hearing. This heightened sense allows him to detect even the slightest movement of any object or sound within his vicinity. This includes the friction between the muscles of a person's body. This ability, coupled with his speed and reaction time, make it almost impossible to catch him off guard.
Weapon of choice: Twin Sai
Character Theme Music: Broken Hearted Soul by Ra
Job: After declining the job of Commander, he resumed his position of Electronics Repair Specialist.
Relations: Only son of Xavier Lionheart and Kat (Byquest) Lionheart, original Normals members.
When you joined the Normals: Guess you might say upon birth, which was in 2036
Miscellaneous: Inherited his father's uncanny skill in making amazing cheesecake.


Phew, I guess that should be it for now. If I've forgotten anything important, please let me know and I can clear it up in another post in this thread. Sorry it's long and perhaps confusing, but I promise this RPG will be fun and exciting and give people alot of freedom!

[Phantom Echo]

omg this is awsome!

Name: Aidan Knoss(pronounced nos)
Nickname: Spike
Gender: Male
Age: 21
Allegiance: Good
Height and Weight: 5'11 166lbs
Physical Appearance: Pale skin,Blue eyes, Blonde spiky hair, long legs, muscular, has good definition, handsome
Outfit: A black button up dress shirt that is open with a white beater underneath. wers dark blue jeans,and black sneakers. Wears the same thing for battle except he is barefotted and weres black swets for pants.
Personality: Funny and goofy, but serious when it is time to be serious. Romantic, and athletic too.
Special Ability: Speed and Thunder Magic Abilities.
Weapon of choice: Two Long Daggers.
Job: Purely Elite and used for fighting. Is also a pilot of the Solomon
Relations: is looking for a girl
When you joined the Normals: 2038
Miscellaneous: i mean thunder magic as in lightning stikes and slahes and blasts. thunder as in ligtning bsically

[Bear]

Mostly fine Phantom, but how can your character be 14 years old and have joined in 2034? The current year is 2057, so please adjust your join date or your age to be accurate with the plot.

[Phantom Echo]

fixed t

[Asilynne]

OMG James welcome back lol I may sign up for this just for you :>

[MToolen]

I concur; a Bear RPG is just too good to pass up.

Name: Matthew Elphase

Nickname: Phase

Gender: Male

Age: 38

Allegiance: Evil

Height and Weight: 5'6"; 175lbs.

Physical Appearance: Graying, thick black hair with a goatee around his mouth; brown eyes; worn, slightly tan skin; very hairy legs, chest, and arms

Outfit: A navy blue t-shirt with dark grey slacks, tortoiseshell Ray-Ban sunglasses, and running shoes; when in combat, also dons SWAT-issue vest

Personality: Phase is very amicable and easy to please in person; however, this proves to be passive-aggressive, as he will get or do what he wants regardless. Keeping a good front is important to Matthew as it allows him freedom in other areas.

Special Ability: By exciting the individual atoms of an object, Phase can travel through them. One common use is walking through doors and walls. This is manipulated only through the hands and requires time to "warm up" the surface or object; therefore, thicker, denser, or bigger objects take more time to pass through.

Weapon of choice: Butterfly knives, held or thrown

Theme Song: "In the Hall of the Mountain King" by Edvard Grieg, from his Peer Gynt Suite

Job: Infiltration; getting somewhere others can't and letting them in

Relations: None as of yet

When you joined the Normals: 2037, largely overshadowed by Cam's infancy

Miscellaneous: Has a soft spot in his heart for Edvard Grieg compositions

EDIT: I believe I get the gist of the storyline; if my character is still too despotic, feel free to let me know.

[Bear]

Just to clear things up for you guys and other who may join: When the RPG begins, we are all still on the "Good" side. My plan is for a rift to occur at some point after the RPG begins, where dissatisfied Normals break off and begin their own agenda. Please be aware of this when you sign up, so that you don't think you're already broken off from the group. The "Allegiance" can also be changed. I added a new part to the form if you guys want to edit your signups to include it

[Ghost]

Name: Bryan Hobson

Nickname: Deadshot (If this isn't alright, let me know)

Gender: Male

Age: 42

Allegiance: Good

Height and Weight: 6'4, 243lbs.

Physical Appearance: Short, neatly trimmed brown/graying hair, folllowed by a rather unkempt brown beard/goatee. Built like an NFL Linebacker and is in amazing physical shape for his age, able to sustain extreme amounts of physical activity in a short time period. Skin is rather light and has brown eyes. (For looks, think maybe an older James Franco with large beard and graying hair)

Outfit: Streets Clothes: Wears a white t-shirt and pair of dark blue jeans, along with a pair of dark black sneakers. Also occasionally wears a pair of sunglasses.
Combat Uniform: Long sleeved black under armour shirt, covered by black kevlar/armor plated vest and various pouches. He also sports black kevlar pants, and a pair of combat boots. Occasionally wears a balaclava/ski mask and always wears his sunglasses.

Personality: Bryan is a nice guy, and can act as a sort of father figure for the others. When in groups he is not afraid to express his opionion, and is extremely passionate for the people he cares the most about. Willing to sacrifice his life for his job and his friends.

Special Ability: Bryan has the ability of superhuman senses and reflexes, helping him out immensly with his combat and his shots. His sense of hearing, smell and sight are inhuman, giving him the upperhand on the enemy. Due to his superhuman reflexes, Bryan processes information and his surrondings almost three times as fast as a normal human, which gives him the illusion of time slowing down while he moves at full speed. Due to his superhuman reflexes, he also has an innate ability to sense things before they happen (Think Spidey Sense)

Weapon of choice: Favorite Weapon is by far his sniper rifle, and is deadly accurate with it. Is proficient in other weapons including Assault Rifles, Shotguns and Pistols. His strength and reflexes make him extremely proficient in CQC (Close Quarters Combat), and is deadly with knives/other various close quarter weaponry

Job: Performs a variety of jobs, including Inflitration, Reconnaissance and Combat related fields

Relations: N/A (Open if anyone wants)

When you joined the Normals: 2035

Miscellaneous: N/A

If anything needs to be changed, Let me know.

[Bear]

Ghost: You need to alter your Special Ability a bit to be something a little more specific and unique. Superhuman reflexes and senses is too general. After that I'll approve you

[Ghost]

Alright, fixed hopefully. If you want I could just make him invulnerable but I don't want to make him too powerful.

[Bear]

I think you missed my point. It needs to be something very specific. Like my character's special ability is limited to an acute sense of hearing. Kat Byquest can metamorph into a wolf. In the original, Bear could become invisible for short periods of time. Your special ability needs to be much less broad than "superhuman reflexes"

[MToolen]

Is my power alright? I just haven't gotten confirmation either way is all.

[Bear]

MToolen - Sorry if I failed to approve you. Yes your ability fits perfectly. You are approved

[MToolen]

Roger wilco.

[asui]

Reserve me a spot? This sounds fun!

[Bear]

Alright guys, since this forum needs an Action RPG, I've decided to reopen The Normals to get some fresh blood in here. Anyone who signed up before is of course still accepted. hop to it!