OOC! Discuss all things pertaining to the game here.<br/><br/><div align="center">(https://i.imgur.com/6b61Ax4.jpg)</div><br/><em>Welcome to Denai Academy! The entire faculty would like to greet you, the esteemed members joining this magnificent academy, with open arms. As a result of the recent political change, Denai Academy is now accepting the super-powered individuals, commonly known as Abnormals! However, we, the faculty, of this esteemed school do not like the connotation of this name and as such we will not be allowing this word on campus. Several changes responding to this change will take place but more will be said during orientation on the first day of class. We would like to once again welcome you to... </em><br/><div style="text-align: right;">-Excerpt from the academy's brochure</div><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;">About the Game</span></span></strong><br/><br/>This game revolves around students having super powers interacting with those without. The game has a modern setting, set in Japan, and the academy itself will be located near a rather large city which will allow the students to be able to go out of school premises during their free time. The city<strong>Denai</strong>is<span class="bbc_u">a half hour walk by foot but there will also be a bus system running every hour</span>. The city is fictional (at least it should be.)<br/><br/>The academy itself was originally just for normal people without powers (Normals) and the people with powers (Abnormals) had their own specialized schools. After a massive change in the National Diet, a new progressive leader was chosen to lead the country. The new leader abolished these specialized schools and Abnormals were spread out to the normal schools, all of this in an attempt to get rid of the alienating nature of the Normals towards Abnormals.<br/><br/>Denai Academy is obviously one of the many schools undergoing these changes. One important change is that instead of there being one headmaster for the entire student body, there are two. One responsible for the Normals and the other responsible for the Abnormals. This division of power makes sure that there will not be any prejudice towards Abnormals.<br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Origin of the Powers</span></strong><br/><br/>The origin of these powers has been a piece of knowledge that has been sought after ever since the Renaissance and the encouragement of science and free-thinking was at its highest. Today, scientists have been able to theorize that the powers came from a meteor shower that had occurred over 700 years ago. This caused a mutation to happen in the DNA of some individuals who were exposed to residue from the meteors themselves. It is theorized that while the meteor shower could be seen from many places, only the area where the meteor shower passed closest to had this strange effect, thought to be East Asia. The meteor residue itself did not directly affect humans but rather their progeny, the effect on the progeny of these individuals was not found in records for about a century after the event. Scientists theorize that: 1) the mutation was rare and therefore not seen by many, 2) the mutation did not advance right away and took time for there to be a noticeable effect, such as the powers that are seen today, or 3) the powers were hidden out of fear of being killed. Whatever the reason was, scientists can at least agree on the fact that the mutation has been steadily advancing in its' effect over time. Still, as scientists uncover more about the origin and knowledge of the powers, more questions keep getting raised.<br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Current Situation</span></strong><br/><br/>News channels reported prejudice towards Abnormals every other week, protests concerning inequality towards Abnormals occur and online, rumors of secret human experiments on Abnormals are spread. This is a difficult age for Abnormals as they represent a minority but there are too many of them to not get noticed. The initial hate stemmed from multiple acts of violence from criminal Abnormals, causing the fear that government and life as they knew could be toppled if the Abnormals banded together. As a result, specialized schools were created and heavily moderated. Curfews for Abnormals were set in some cities and Abnormals had their own neighborhoods that were heavily moderated. Jobs were assigned to Abnormals that did not go to school that aligned with the powers they had. Every citizen was given a card that would function as a bank card, ID, public transportation card and a multitude of other uses. Abnormals had red cards while the Normals had green cards. Every citizen was required to have this card on their person at all times.<br/><br/>Then the political change occurred and within a year, noticeable signs of improvements in the conditions of the Abnormals were seen. However, the hate still remained in some Normals, even to the point that some theorize that the new Prime Minister and National Diet overthrew the old leaders which caused this change.<br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">About the Specialized Institutions</span></strong><br/><br/>While the Normals went to normal schools, Abnormals went to specialized institutions where they were strictly moderated. Their powers were categorized by threat level and those with a higher threat level were separated from the rest of the group. The threat level goes from 1 to 3 with 1 being the least and 3 being the most.<br/><br/>Threat level 1: the power the individual has is of no harm and there is no risk of this individual using their powers to rebel.<br/>Threat level 2: the power the individual has can do some harm and there is some risk that if this individual groups up with others, they might rebel. This individual is thus granted less freedom in campus and any club activity that they do is strictly monitored even more so than normal.<br/>Threat level 3: the power the individual has can dangerously harm the facility and its faculty. This individual is accompanied by two guards and is not allowed to participate in club activities. The individual is accompanied to and from the facility by a highly trained guard.<br/><br/>Teachers at the facility were Normals, and every classroom had two guards posted during lecture. Cameras were everywhere and all students were monitored at all times. Other than that, they were taught the same things Normals were. Some teachers had less patience towards Abnormals than others, but other than that, it was the same.<br/><br/><span class="bbc_u"><strong>RULES:</strong></span><br/>I. First and foremost, be respectful to your fellow writers.<br/>II. If you are unable to post for an extended period of time or lose interest with the game, please inform everyone via the OOC or a PM to me.<br/>III. No drama in the OOC over anything, drama IC = good, drama OOC = very bad<br/>IV. If you are writing with someone or write a post that involves another person, please read the most recent posts of that person as to avoid missing a critical detail that would cause an issue OOC (and IC for that matter)<br/>V. No godmodding<br/>VI. Don't skip a person's turn to post unless they've given explicit permission to do so<strong><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;">IN THE OOC.</span></strong><br/>VII. Follow all of Elliquiy's guidelines and rules.<br/><br/>NOTE: I am hesitant about laying down a time limit for posting. Everyone knows (I hope) and respects (I really hope) that REAL LIFE IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN ROLEPLAY. There might be a time where you are unable to post and it's out of your hands and there's nothing you can do about it. I respect that and everyone here respects that. However, as I've stated previously, if such a situation occurs, please do me, your fellow writers and yourself the privilege of letting everyone know when something like this happens in the OOC or at least send me a PM so I can let everyone know that they can move on.<br/><br/>However, you might be in the middle of a scene! What happens then?! Well, sorry to say, but that scene would have to be dropped and resolved OOC between the parties involved. If you're with a group of people, your character could've quickly left in a hurry and as such the first person to post after skipping your turn would have to note this and come up with a reason as to why your character left (or you could make a short post since this is one of the only reasons I will allow a really short post)<br/><br/>This is to keep the game rolling and avoid becoming stagnant.<br/><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span class="bbc_u"><strong>Threads: </strong></span></span><br/>Recruitment Thread (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=257696.0)<br/>Character Thread (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=257738.0)<br/>Student Council (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=257885.0)<br/>Classroom Building (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=257886.0)<br/>Auditorium/Gymnasium (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=257851.0)<br/>School Grounds (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=257884.0)<br/>Outside the School (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=258957.0)<br/>Dormitories (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=258958.0)<br/><br/>Other Info:<br/>School Uniform (http://i.imgur.com/wIf46Qx.jpg)