"W.I.S.P."- Interest Check

[Sutoratosu]

Hey there, everyone.

now, this awesome Idea poped into my head about an hour ago... and well, I couldn't pass up the chance, so I snagged it before I could forget and started doing some basic work on it... and here we are.

this story has been build off of inspiration from several concepts in multiple books and games, most notably:

"The world ends with you"- the reapers game and psych pin concept

"The Maze Runner" by James Dashner- the"Pandemic", "Experiment for salvation", Near Extinction", and "WICKED" concept

the "Ender's Game" saga by Orson scott card- "The super adaptive virus" and "Invasion force" concepts as well as Philotic bond theory

and "Persona 3"- "Apathy syndrome" concept

here's a prologue that gives a gist of the story:

"I remember the good ol' days... back when the human race wasn't on the fast track to becoming extinct. It started with the rifts, you know... though, thanks to us, the general population has no idea that the "Lost Souls" virus and them are even related, but the Rift's really are where all this shit started from... it was back in 2026... that's what? ten years ago maybe? I can still remember the news reports... giant ass gate ways, eight feet in diameter, popping up in major cities all across the world... at first, no one knew what the hell to think about them; it's not like they were doing any visible harm or anything... well, the key word there being 'Visible'. then about two weeks after they popped up, the LSV started going around... folks started becoming morbidly depressed, losin' the will to go on living... damn man... that was really some messed up shit then. The Suicide rates skyrocketing, people blowin' their brains out and tossing themselves out of roofs left and right... but it looks like that wasn't enough... right after LSV broke out, some strange virus began to go around killing off Crop Plant Species like it was it's job or something... which, as it turns out, was it's job... and as you all know, that's when the suits of the world stop sitting around on their asses, twiddling their thumbs while they all worked separately to try to find the cures... that's when the feds of each country finally got the idea that working together would yield more and far better results than keeping to themselves... that's how WISP was born. We ARE the government of the world now...funny thing is though, that not one of us here is a day past thirty five... it's all young people running the show here..."

"If your done rambling on about the past, then start the debriefing, Remus."

"Whoa, whoa, fine, Shiro... still as Icy a She-Wolf as Ever, I see... Fine. now as you all know, this whole mess that's fallen over the world, LSV, the Crop Virus, the following Famine... it's all the doing of the Rifters. like I said before, those Rifts dat opened up were nothing but fuckin' evil, folks. Listen, I'm not gonna sugar coat it, this world, is gonzo. there's no way it can be saved at this point, the populations getting smaller and smaller each day, and so is the food supply. at this rate, we've only got another very few years before the damn Rifters have taken out the human race and taken over this sweet pad of a world for themselves-"

"Oh, yeah... that's real inspirational, Remus. go ahead and save them the trouble of having to contract LSV in order to become depressed..."

"Shut it, Ethic... I wasn't finished yet. Anyways, where was I... oh. So yeah, this world is done for...we just have to accept that now. but that doesn't mean that humanity is. The test and simulations have finally been finished... and the Project had a 47% success rate when the computer ran through them... a bit lower than I'd like, but, hell, better than 0. you all know why your here, you volunteered to be sent back and kick some serious Rifter ass before they can get their little invasion plot in motion. Don't ask me how the tech works, because I don't understand it myself. There, I handled the basics, now it's your turn Ethic, give em the specifics."

"That was the most in-formal primary debriefing I've witnessed yet... Moving on. You all were given the mission files two days ago, but I intend to ensure that each of you knows what you need to before we go traipsing about in the past trying to trigger butterfly theory. your mission will begin the moment you wake up at the drop off points. You will all be partnered up in twos, your partner's life is your own, so watch their backs, because if they bite the dust, you get to taste it too. Stratos and Myself will with you all in the field and be serving as the Overseers for the operation, any crucial details will be given to you all be either myself or him when they are relevant to the current task. you all have been given a mobile phone outfitted for this task, don't lose it, because if you do, then you'll be cut off from everyone else. Remus and Shiro will serving as the leaders of Mission control back in this time frame, they'll be the ones providing Strat and Myself with intel. Do note that you'll have no prior memories once you enter into the killing zones, which is what we will be addressing the areas of operations as, temporarily suppressing you cognition is a matter of safety, as you all know, Lost Souls Virus is contracted either along lines of emotional attachment, or from direct contact with a Carrier Rifter. the latter of these methods will be a lot more likely where we're going. A persons life is defined by their memories, so no memories, no emotional attachments, no risk of being able to spread the virus to those you care about back home. another thing to note, only your conscious will be sent back, meaning your body stays here; ergo, you can't interact with anyone while your in the field, though this condition will change whenever you receive a message from myself or Stratos consisting of a string of letter's and digits arranged in the shape of the WISP crest, along with a timer. at which points, you'll become temporarily visible and will be able to interact with individuals in the Killing Zones until the time runs out. that's all that you need to know for now... Shiro, since Stratos is down in the prep zone, you'll have to give the objective specifics"

"Fine. Your task is to ultimately prevent the initial outbreak of Lost Souls, doing so will deny the opposition a foot hold in this world with which to further their plans. from the time you wake in the drop points, you'll have fourteen days to complete the operation; fourteen days is exactly how long it was from the first appearance of the gates to the first cases. more will be explained to you once you are on the ground. Remus-"

"yeah, yeah, what ever...There, Debriefing finished... now it's time for you all to report to the prep zones, remember your pairings. Ethic will escort you all there."

now then, to summarize:

on March 18, 2026, the rift gates were first sighted in major cities all over the globes. little was known about them except that despite the mane, one could not actually pass through them in the fashion of a portal, you'd simply step through and emerge on the other side, as if you had just walked around it instead of through it. two weeks later, on April 2, 2026, the first case of the Lost Souls Virus was reported, soon spreading like wild fire. it soon became apparent that it was like no other illness man had ever encountered, as it was transmitted not by contact, but by lines of Emotional attachment. Medical authorities scramble to attempt to find the cure as the suicide rate across the planet skyrockets, their desperation and drive to find a solution, in effect, completely jump-starts the field of Meta-Physics. approximately a month after the first cases of LSV are reported, a highly adaptive viral strain begins to infect and kill various species of edible plants without discrimination. now facing both a pandemic and massive famine, what's left of the governments of the world pool their remaining resources to form the "World Ignition Salvation Project" in order to increase the chance of survival as a species. as the race for the cure increases pace under the new management of "WISP"it is soon discovered that the strange Rift gates were no where near as benign as originally thought. the Gates are in fact links between the Earth and another celestial body, the links through which the first stages of an invasion have been launched.

in this RP, you all will become WISP officers who have volunteered for the "New World Ignition" Project, the goal of which is to send highly trained individuals back into the past in order to invoke the butterfly theory and open an alternate course of history for the human race, one in which there is no longer the threat of Extinction, the intended results of NWIP is for the current course of events in history to result in the end of the human race, yet for mankind to continue on in an alternate reality, this ultimate goal will be denoted throughout the story as "Achieving Stream Theory". PCs will awaken in the year 2026 with no memories as to their lifes prior, nor will they be able to physically interact with any individuals from the time period.

the RP's plot will be split up day by day, most likely organized by two days per single chapter. the individual objectives of each day will vary and change depending on events and Player decisions, though the most common daily objective will be to eliminate all "Rifters" in the area,

(Rifters being the slang term used to reference the Extraterrestial race who entered onto the earth via the Rift Gates. they exist as purely mental energy beings who are not visible to the naked eye, yet become so to those who have received extensive mental training, as the PCs will have)

you all will be paired together in "Partners", with a neural link connecting the two of you together. should your partner die during the mission, the resulting shock from forcefully breaking the link will kill you. death in the field of Operations will result in brain death back in the present.

as for combat, you're main armaments will be small, circular metallic objects known as "Buttons" which will be magnetically attached to your clothing. these "buttons" will be the mediums through which PCs will be able to draw upon various Psycho-Kinetic abilities in combat. they are all engineered to only become responsive in the direct presence of your Genetic signature, ergo, they cannot be exchanged with anyone else. Players will be allowed to choose which Psycho-Kinetic category they'd like their initial ability to fall under to be.

well, that's the basic run down. Any one interested in this?

any questions? any RP sensai's out there ready with a battery of questions at the ready?

Edited July 17, 2014 by Stratos

[Felicity]

I'm sorry man, but before i read any of that, can you please change that Red guys font? It's hell on the eyes >.<

[Sutoratosu]

alright.

that better, dobby?

Edited July 17, 2014 by Stratos

[Tacos]

I think I might do this. Definitely interested. My first rp though so don't get mad at me plz! ;-;

[Felicity]

Much thanks, time to dig in

Ok, This sounds freaking awesome to me right now, although i wonder at the psychokinetic abilities, like will they be the standard Telekinesis, Mind control etc or closer to magic or evenn superpowers( At a stretch)

[Snap Crackle Pop]

Oh heck yes I'd join. I love things of this sort of genre and I am a sucker for time travel :3

[Sutoratosu]

Much thanks, time to dig in

Ok, This sounds freaking awesome to me right now, although i wonder at the psychokinetic abilities, like will they be the standard Telekinesis, Mind control etc or closer to magic or evenn superpowers( At a stretch)

it'll be the standard Telekinesis, Pyrokinesis, ETC. type of abilities. Mind control is too OP, so that won't be present

[Felicity]

it'll be the standard Telekinesis, Pyrokinesis, ETC. type of abilities. Mind control is too OP, so that won't be present

PyroKinesis? MUAHAHAhahaHahHaHAHaHa

[Sutoratosu]

at least, those'll be the type of options for the initial ones. throughout the story it'll be possible to be given additional buttons by Mission Control that grant access to other, more varied abilities.

and please, try not to burn everything to a crisp if you choose Pyro, because it's a shit ton of paper work for the Overseers

Edited July 17, 2014 by Stratos

[Raindrop Valkyrie]

Tacos, you can just pm me, or even just ask most people around here we are willing to help you. I mean it is one of the reasons I am here, so if you are having character troubles or get lost when this does come up just shoot me a PM. Also< looking forward to this, might have to join up lol.

[Notus]

Oh well, I'm guessing I again will have to few free time...

... But to hell with that. I'm in.

[Sutoratosu]

alright, looks like there's a fair amount of interest here. I'll give it another day or so though to see if anyone else wants in

[Raindrop Valkyrie]

(also hadn't read trough it entirely before, that footnote at the bottom is cute.)

It just so happens I have a few. Though I am going to refrain from asking things about the time travel because I personally try to avoid it at all costs, and I trust if you are doing it, you know what you are getting into with that.

THis needs to be asked even if I think I know the answer. Are there other races than Humans available to players? If so, what are they and why are they helping the humans? If not, is there many types of alien races from these portals?

Are ther character classes, or are those kinda decided by which power we choose? (basically is this like Graterras where there are classes and those are your abilities, or more akin to Awakened where your powers define your class?)

What is the Current time in the present, and how far are going back?

How many powers do we start with? What things can be accomplished with these powers? Can Elements (like Water, Earth, Lighting etc...) be controlled along with telekinesis and other things? Are they primarily Offensives or are there ways to get Defensive or even Support powers?

How exactly do the Mind Links between Partners work?

Do we pick our Partners, or will you randomly assign us? (if there is an odd number of interested parties, what will you do with them? Is it possible to link more than 2 minds?)

How are we transported to the past? Are our bodies kept somewhere in the Present time or do we just entirely get back in the past, body and all?

How much interaction with our handlers will there be? Can they talk to us from the Present day using some device, or do we get no guidance from them? (by handlers I mean the people who are going to pull us out eventually and back into the present.)

Do you like the colour Red?

What exactly are our enemies, or do they change day by day?

That is enough for now, going to let you digest those a bit.

[Rosesong]

I love The Maze Runner, so I think you can count me in! It also has a Pacific Rim feel with the neurolinks.

[Raindrop Valkyrie]

inb4 we get a Jagar or however that is spelled and go Kaiju hunting.

[Arkhi]

*Looks as unread The Maze Runner in my cubby*
Not until I finish The Fifth Wave >:I

If Aervana gets no activity, I think I'll join. I'm in three RPs already and don't want to mix up my lore.

[Notus]

By the way, the idea alternate reality thingy makes me remember Steins;Gate "World lines" theory regarding time travel. It's a pretty interesting concept.

[Sutoratosu]

alright, I came prepared!

THis needs to be asked even if I think I know the answer. Are there other races than Humans available to players? If so, what are they and why are they helping the humans? If not, is there many types of alien races from these portals?

like my other ongoing RP, Project Sky Slayer, the only Playable race available will be humans, and like PSS, this is mostly due to the fact that the idea of "Humanity" is going to be a major plot element in the RP.

Are ther character classes, or are those kinda decided by which power we choose? (basically is this like Graterras where there are classes and those are your abilities, or more akin to Awakened where your powers define your class?)

There are no real character Classes in this RP. Like in Flux's "The Awakened", a character's chosen ability will define their overall versatility in combat.

How many powers do we start with? What things can be accomplished with these powers? Can Elements (like Water, Earth, Lighting etc...) be controlled along with telekinesis and other things? Are they primarily Offensives or are there ways to get Defensive or even Support powers?

Players will have a single power to start with which corresponds to a button representative of the Kinetic ability they chose. manipulation of anything consisting of the appropriate element is possible with the abilities, as well as the generation of said elements, so for example, an Electro-Kinetic would be able to do something such as control the flow of electricity through wiring and re-route it to a new location, cause circuits to blow,and detect possible conductors nearby, as well as actually generate and discharge pulses of electricity at will.

Telekinesis will be strictly limited to moving objects (And people) in this RP, so things such as water will not be possible to be moved with it.

all the primary powers available will be possible to be used Offensively, Defensively, and Supporting, though as to how they can be used as such in some cases will require some thinking on the part of the player, because I likely will offer no hints.

note that later abilities may not be as well rounded.

How exactly do the Mind Links between Partners work?

think of the mental links between you and your partner as a Tether binding two Climbers on a cliff face together. it is intended to increase safety measures and decrease the risk of casualties, and as such, you will be able to communicate telepathically with your partner and detect where they are at all times. should your partner fall into imminent mortal danger, YOU WILL KNOW OF IT.

In addition to telepathic communication and presence sensing, you and your partner will be able to "Synchronize" in combat, meaning that you two will, in a sense, become a fused consciousness controlling two bodies in tandem, increasing your survival chance in battle, as it not only increases reaction time, it also increases the power of both your kinetic abilities. in closing, Synching with your partner will be a somewhat difficult task to accomplish at first (As even with the link tying you two together, it'll take some warming up to the other person and trust building). it will require focus, co-ordination, and communication skills both in character and out of character

Do we pick our Partners, or will you randomly assign us? (if there is an odd number of interested parties, what will you do with them? Is it possible to link more than 2 minds?)

I will allow for you all to chose your partner.

for anyone who can not find a willing partner, I myself will generate a Proxy Character controlled by myself which will serve as those person(s) partner(s). said Proxy Character's can be considered PCs of myself.

it is not possible to link more than 2 minds. Why? because To many cooks gets everyone killed by a Rifter as they're all busy arguing about how they're gonna kill the damn Rifter

How are we transported to the past? Are our bodies kept somewhere in the Present time or do we just entirely get back in the past, body and all?

After you've been neurally linked to your partner, both of your conscious minds will be sent back to the year 2026, while you physical bodies will remain safely in the present, at headquarters on life support for the duration of the mission.

upon arriving in the past, due to you all being conscious minds without bodies present to bind you to the physical plain you will exist on a different plain than the actual physical world, you will exist on the same plain that the Rifters do. the plains are exactly the same in appearance, with the exception that in the Meta-Plain, Rifters can be actively fought, as where in the Physical plain, you all are only able to see them, but not inflict harm.

(The plains are a complicated subject and will be talked about in more depth later on)

when the Overseers of the operation, Stratos and Ethic, send you a certain message, it will be an indicator that you have temporarily crossed the boundaries between the two plains and now exist in the physical side, and can interact with people, which is not physically possible otherwise during the operation. whenever you cross over, your "Mental body" will temporarily be translated into a copy of your "Physical Body" with which you can physically interact with peeps and objects and what not (You know what, screw it: i'm just gonna refer to the Physical plain as the "Fore-Ground" and the Meta-Plain as the "Background" ) in the Fore-Ground. there are strict limits on how long your Background body can serve as a template for the copy of your fore-ground body, however, and for safety measures, the timer is present in order to auto-kill the process when it runs out.

How much interaction with our handlers will there be? Can they talk to us from the Present day using some device, or do we get no guidance from them? (by handlers I mean the people who are going to pull us out eventually and back into the present.)

at several points during the mission, agents appointed by Mission Control may appear in the Background with you all. if they do, it is because there is either crucial mission intel that must be given in person, or because there is an item or critical instructions that MC needs to deliver to you all Pronto. the only other times you will see Proxies of MC will be when disciplinary action beyond what the authority possessed by Stratos and Ethic allow is necessary. in such cases, it won't end well for those being taken out of the Background of March 18- April 2 of 2026 and back to the foreground of late autumn of 2036.

any other interaction between MC and the operatives (Players) will go exclusively through the assigned overseers, for the most part, the Overseers will be the one's bearing responsibility for the mission's completion, and will serve as the De Facto guides of the group. they'll be the only two in the beginning who retain any past memories what so ever (Though doing so comes at the cost of their actual emotions for the time being), they'll be the ones giving the briefing Again and handing out critical intel to you all, so fighting with them is a sure fire way to get yourself and your partner killed from stupidity.

as for pulling back to the present day... think about it... why?

What exactly are our enemies, or do they change day by day?

you're enemies, for the most part, will be the Rifters and their Proxy entities. the name of their species,and that of their home world, is unknown, they are energy beings which vaguely resemble the white silhouette of a human being with flares of power drifting off, standing at approximately 7-8 feet in height. Rifters and their Proxies exist in both the Back and Fore ground at once, but can only be harmed in the former, and even then, only with kinetic/mental abilities, guns and swords and the like have no effect. Rifters themselves are highly intelligent and ARE capable of speaking english. it should be noted that they can link their separate consciousnesses to form a hive mind at will, making it far safer to simply pick them off when their in small groups instead of large mobs. Proxy entities are only spotted in the company of a handler Rifter, and their shapes and sizes vary drastically from case to case. Proxy entities will attack on command, and of their own judgement if their handler is being assualted. TRYING TO TAME A PROXY ENTITY IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR A HUMAN.

((IF it seems that I'm a bit pissed off in some of the answers, I'm not. it's just that I've entered into full-Rules mode now, and as such this brings out a bit of a harsher side of myself because, well, it's what I use when drafting RP rules, and as many of you can attest, I don't allow non-sense in my threads, either IC or OOC))

[Shamitako]

...Death link pairs? Emotional virus? Telekinesis and shit? Stratos, have I been in your head? ... Wish I could critique for ya, but that would take hours on here ... And now for me to bug about for ten minutes trying to come up with a way to work my lovely umbrakinesis (I assume that'd be the proper term. Umbra is shadow, right?) a full scientific explanation. Then again, I've already used Kyra thrice... (Character based on me and whom I'm named after... Basically the best character I've ever made, despite my initial fears of her turning into a Sue. So awesome, she kills all RPs she joins owo) Still, I love that power... Eh, meh. I'll see what whoever I dream up tonight thinks... I could use Derin... *Is overwhelmed with ideas* ... Ignoring my random babbling: This is right up my alley

[Raindrop Valkyrie]

I didn't see any evidence of Anger in that, just keeping a firm grasp that you are indeed that host. Good I got the infos I wanted. and also don't worry Kyra, I got the critiquing and analyzing down, and I am pretty efficient at it.

(though I kinda suggest changing the names of Stratos and Ethnic, just to avoid confusion with other RPs. It is something I always follow, and try to not dupe names between RPs in the same place. But that is totally up to you.)

((Also Umbra is Latin For Darkness, but it could be extended to be mean shadow.))

[Shamitako]

Ah, okay, thanks. Also, Strat, were you going to list off different controllabubble elements, or would we pick one out of like anything and have to explain the exact mechanics?

[Raindrop Valkyrie]

I think it is a bit more free-form on the powers, in that we figure out what we want and how to use them. But I am going to let Strat answer that for sure. I am going off of what I have Gleaned so far.

[Shamitako]

That was my assumption as well, but I wanted to make certain. So like you said, I'll wait for Strat owo ... One more thing and then I must sleep: The buttons, I'm slightly confused. Do you have to like hold them down and keep them active? Or is it more like a timed effect, giving a period of power use before wearing off?

[Raindrop Valkyrie]

From my understanding they are activated somehow, I think either by a simple press or through mind activation. I assume it is a press though. (keep in mind we have no need for weapons for the most part as they don't harm the Rifters. so having our hands free isn't needed.)

anything I say could totally be wrong, but I think I got what Start is saying. But he can set straight anythnig I butchered.

((also I know what Umbra means, because it is a word I contantly use in Graterras, and it is a name I once used for a ninja type character I did. Though he was Umbra Wolf.))

[Flux]

This sounds interesting... Some parts are a bit confusing, but that's nothing wrong on your part. Just a lot to wrap my head around at once. I'm already in a lot of RPs and hosting two, but due to the relatively slow movement in most of them at the moment, I think I'll give this a shot. I would also like to ask about the abilities we may have though. Do we have as broad of a selection as in my RP, The Awakened, and Notus's RP, Under the Hill? Or is it more limited? (Which would actually make a lot of sense in this case, considering that the powers seem to be man-made.)