Post by ERIN on Apr 23, 2009 18:04:12 GMT -5
GOTHAM CITY, NORTH AMERICA[/b]
2009
BLAME; (noun) : to assert that something or someone caused a bad event; to place blame upon.
THE YEAR IS TWO THOUSAND AND NINE AND, AS A RESULT OF THE RISING LEVEL OF CRIME,
THOSE THAT CALL THEMSELVES VIGILANTES OR HEROES ARE BEING PERSECUTED AND HELD
RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL THE WRONGS THAT ARE CURRENTLY OCCURRING. THE AMERICAN
GOVERNMENT HAS DECLARED THAT HEROES AND VIGILANTES HAVE NO PLACE IN SOCIETY,
THAT THEY ARE AS MUCH A STAIN ON CIVILISATION AS CRIMINALS ARE, AND SO AN ACT WAS
PASSED WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT TO SEE THE DOWNFALL OF VIGILANTES, AND ALSO THE
DOWNFALL OF CRIME. OF COURSE, THIS SET OFF A CHAIN REACTION AND TROUBLE BREWS...
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES SET UP AN ELITE TRAINING COURSE FOR THOSE
WHO DEEMED THEMSELVES RIGHTEOUS AND DRIVEN ENOUGH TO SEE HEROES AND CRIMINALS
STAMPED OUT. LAWYERS AND OTHER LIKE-MINDED PEOPLE WERE DRAFTED IN, AS WELL AS
AVERAGE EVERY DAY INDIVIDUALS, IN ORDER TO START THE COURSE ROLLING AND GET
RESULTS. TAUGHT TO BLEND IN WITH THE CROWD AND LOOK FOR ANYTHING UNUSUAL OR
OTHERWISE DEEMED SUSPICIOUS, AGENTS SLOWLY INFILTRATED AMERICA'S LARGEST
CITIES AND TOOK DOWN WHATEVER VIGILANTES THEY COULD, ULTIMATELY INCREASING
CRIME BUT FIRMLY BELIEVING THAT THE VIGILANTES WERE CAUSING CRIME AND
WORKING HAND-IN-HAND WITH THE CRIMINALS OF THE CITIES. UNFORTUNATELY, THEY
UNDERESTIMATED A LOT OF THEIR CAPTURED VIGILANTES AND THEY ESCAPED, FLEEING
TO WHAT HAS BEEN REGARDED AS THE LAST VIGILANTE STRONGHOLD IN THE U.S:
GOTHAM CITY, WHICH IS ALSO THE GOVERNMENT'S NEXT TARGET.
IN GOTHAM CITY, UNDISCOVERED VIGILANTES AND MONITORED FUGITIVES WORK TO
AVOID THE EVER-WATCHFUL, SCRUTINISING GAZE OF THE GOVERNMENT AND ITS
OFFICIALS. AS AGENTS STALK THE STREETS AND CRIME CONTINUES TO RISE, GANGS
AND CRIMINALS RENDEZVOUS IN THE DARKEST PARTS OF GOTHAM IN ORDER TO
COMPLETELY DOMINATE THE CITY NOW THAT THE SO-CALLED SUPERHEROES ARE
BEING TRACKED AND HUNTING DOWN LIKE ANIMALS. CIVILIANS OF GOTHAM
ARE LOOKING FOR ANSWERS; WHILST THEY ARE DIVIDED ON THEIR VIEWS OF
HEROES, THEY'RE WELL AWARE THAT WITHOUT THEM, GOTHAM WOULD BE
A MUCH MORE DANGEROUS PLACE--BUT, AS ALWAYS, THE VOICES OF THE
PUBLIC GO UNHEARD. AS BOTH FUGITIVES AND VIGILANTES STRUGGLE TO
KEEP THE CITY SAFE UNDER MOUNTING PRESSURE, CRIMINALS BEGIN
TO CRAWL OUT OF THE WOODWORK AND NOW THE SAFETY OF GOTHAM IS
IN QUESTION. UNFORTUNATELY, ALL THE AGENTS CARE ABOUT IS CATCHING
AND CONFINING VIGILANTES IN THE NAME OF STATISTICS AND PROTECTION.
HOWEVER, THE CRIME RATE IS RISING AND SOON THE AGENTS AND THE
GOVERNMENT WON'T HAVE ANYONE LEFT TO BLAME BUT THEMSELVES...
you used to be so in control, now you just
BANG AND BLAME.
AN ALTERNATE UNIVERSE DC/MARVEL RPG RUN BY ERIN & ELLIS
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