OOC: http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=97425.0 (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=97425.0)<br/><br/>Pacific City, located on an island just off the coast of Oregon, had always had a troubled history.  Founded by a group of super-humans in the mid-19th century in an attempt to escape from government influence, it was forcibly brought back under government rule less than twenty years later in a bloody campaign that would leave more than a hundred dead.  By the turn of the 19th century it had transformed into a primarily normal-human city, though still with a unusually high number of super-humans per capita.  By the year 2010, despite countless near disasters, its population had increased to just over five million people.<br/><br/>The Pacific City Police Department - Superhuman Bureau, was responsible for all crimes involving super-humans, as well as any situations that might prove an unacceptable risk to normal-human police officers.   Its members were selected from those deemed trustworthy.  However, despite being under the control and oversight of the Police Department, members of the Superhuman Bureau were not considered police officers.  Rather they were classified as civilian contractors.<br/><br/>--<br/><br/>Jennifer Welow, also known as "Candle Light", stood at the head of the large auditorium that held only a handful of individuals.  She was dressed in a well tailored business suit, her curly black hair reaching to just past her shoulders.  On the wall behind her, projected from a computer resting on the podium, were the words "Welcome to the Superhuman Bureau!"<br/><br/>"You are all here because you have been chosen to serve as a member of the PCPD's Superhuman Bureau."  Jennifer began, her voice carrying to all ends of the auditorium despite a lack of a microphone.  "This is a position of great trust.  Those in this room will be your team, your allies.  They will watch your back, and you will watch theirs."  She paused, letting that sink in, before continuing.  "I would like each of you to introduce yourself, you."  She pointed at one person at random.  "Please begin."