New York, 1985.<br/><br/>The world is a mess.<br/><br/>Eight years after the Keene Act, the only hero of the golden years still active is Doctor Manhattan, and even he no longer fights crime – instead, he works diligently on physics problems, ignoring humanity's minor indiscretions in favor of solving its major issues via science. The Comedian has retired, Silk Spectre II has stopped adventuring, Ozymandias has become Adrian Veidt the businessman, and all other surviving heroes have gone into hiding... until now.<br/><br/>In a fit of what could be called adolescence, Nite Owl II and Silk Spectre II cast aside their inhibitions and donned their costumes for what might have been one last time, until it brought to mind the rush they used to get from helping people in a way only costumed heroes can. The tales of their re-emergence quickly spread across the nation, and within days other heroes had begun to gallivant around once more, aiding the staggered public in this time of useless law enforcement agencies and corruption – and especially in the face of nuclear obliteration.<br/><br/>The government had stagnated, the state of international relations deteriorated, and it occurred to those who were able that there was no longer any point in obeying this, the preeminently incompetent United States of America. The populace had already started losing coherence as an obedient society, and in order to keep it from going overboard, costumed heroes would once again rise in place of the absent police force. They were the last vanguard against catastrophe, the only hope for the future of the world, the light at the end of the tunnel.<br/><br/>They were the Watchmen.<br/><br/>A Chance Dance: Pax/Dancing Asp [Wisti and Kolbrandr] (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=32366.0)<br/>A Foggy Night: Nite Owl/Miss Demise [Trippingsatyr + Sephora] (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=32416.0)