LAville University

Part I

Era/Year/Age/Epoch/Eon: Set in our times. The modern world.

Location:

The story takes place in a city called LAville. Partly because I like the name, and partly because its just a city that has a university in it. The name of the city isn't all that important, but the fact that it is a city that is not separated that far from the real world.

IE Tis just an average town, could be the town right next to you. Always knew they were weird over there.

The city has lush mountainscapes around it on one side, and a nice beach on the other side. It looks like a paradise, with all those lovely summer days where you can just frolic around on the sand, or grass if you prefer it.

The main action takes place in at LAville University, a university that seems like any other, till you realise what you can study there. At this university people can study degrees in battle magic, or degrees focusing on a certain type of power, like the study of teleknesis. There are also the other more standard type of degrees, like medicine, communication, engineering or phsysics, but they are generally frowned upon by most of the students, claming them to be outdated and rather pointless.

This is a university that encourages "gifted" students to come and study further, whether it be in their specific area of giftedness or just a generic degree. This is a place where "gifted" people can develop their skills,a nd lead out their lives without fear of humiliation. In this place your more likely going to be picked on if your not "gifted"

Genre: I guess its a combination of action, fantasy and real life. There is a chance for romance to also be thrown into that mix, because a story isn't all that interesting without some sexual tension and banter going on.

Source: Original, but I got the idea from an RPG of old, called "School".

Characters:

Mr Smyth, an NPC that will be reffered to, but never really do anything.

Part II

In this cruel and unforgiving world we live in, life is hell. People are afraid to show who they truly are, even around their friends. People have to hide who they may truly be from those closest to them, for fear of being ridiculed and known of as different. I know of people who ended throwing themselves off cliffs because they knew they didn’t fit into this rigid society, and saw ending their lives as the only solution. Too many of my friends are now gone, and society has a major problem on its hands.

But, imagine a world where people didn’t have to hide their identities. A world where people could learn, laugh and live out their live in peace and happiness, not caring whether they were of different race, gender, or whether they were “gifted”. Life would be great. Of course this would never happen, not even in dreams. But, one town has taken a major step in the right direction. That’s right, there is a town called LAville that allows “gifted” people to study and not be afraid of being singled out or hunted down like animals. At the LAville university people from all walks of life co exist with eachother, just getting on with life. There are a range of interesting things to study, and courses that people will never have even heard of. This is a truly unique and inviting place.

The best thing about this place is that students are invited to live on campus at a rather cheap rate, and they get fed, which on a student’s budget, comes in handy. There are programs where people with “gifts” can train their skills some more and get tutored by other people with “gifts.” On some days it’s not unusual to see people throwing balls of fire at each other, or somebody trying to make an impromptu storm appear in the sky. People are encouraged to grow in many ways at this place.

One important thing to note about this wonderful place is that all the people seem to get along. There are never any clashes of personalities or bickering among the students, and people never separate into clichés or gangs. There are no wars between students and teachers, and nobody on the campus ever needs to walk around at night with fear of having their eyeballs gouged out by an Egyptian monk with an anger problem.

So come, stay, and study at our wonderful university. LAville University is a place that encourages study, acceptance and most importantly fun for all people. We look forward to seeing your lovely face set on fire by one of our unexperienced first year “practical chemistry” students.

Okay. So that’s the general gist of the story line. It is set in a university where “gifted” people can study without fear of being hunted down and shot. It’s loosely based around the old “School” RPG that some older members may remember. This is a character driven RPG which means that there is no main “quest” that goes on. Its more about the daily lives of students who are “gifted” rather than hunting down a bad guy. (By” Gifted” I mean they could be labelled mutants, or be super powered beings, or be able to do things that most people cant. Like one guy in particular might be able to send flames out through his backside, which, besides hurting a lot, may have a practical purpose. )

Dramas will happen, people will fight, gangs will form, somebody will inevitably GODplay and all the other characters will have to join together to take them down, and then get DJ to ban them from the RPGs section. There are many storylines that can take place. I’m leaving it fairly open, but please don’t turn this into a “He’s got the magical gem, we must hunt him down and kill him or he will take over the world, then start cracking jokes about going to Uranus, and we’ll all die… etc” story. This is a story about people interacting with other people.

In The school there are certain Cliches

The Gifted students.
There are many people in this world that we live in. Some have certain gifts, like the ability to run fast, or the steady hand to perform heart surgery, once trained. Others have more unusual gifts, these people are often thought of as freaks, or mutants, or the spawn of Satan and such. I have heard of an academy for highschool students for such as these, but that was far in the past, and it had something to do with the letter X, yet I don’t know how.

However, there is a place in these days of ours, where gifted students can come and study, and not be afraid of being beheaded, splayed, or detonated. This is LAville University.

In the gifted are of the school, the students arrange eachother into four separate houses, or groups if you like. These groups are based around the general elements, with the students gifted in fire based abilities being grouped into that particular house. The students live with those that are like themselves in so called, frat houses, and often have competitions between these houses. They are as such.

The Fire house - The Sparkies.

All those that are gifted with abilities that are loosely based around fire go into this group. The sparkies are known to be a hotheaded group that are very passionate about what they do and who they are. They often get into fights around the campus with other gifted students, but even more with Normal students. It’s the normals that the fire house openly hates. They don’t even try to hide the hate; they just let it out to fester like an open wound. People who can throw fire, or breath it, or turn into fire balls are often revered in this house, but even those that can fade into smoke, or used their fingers as lighters are put into the house, even if they don’t have the highest standing. A group of people that aren’t to be taken lightly.

The Water house. - The Waves.

The waves are known to be an easy going group of students who like to chill and go with the flow. They don’t openly hate anybody; they just treat all those that aren’t of their group with a certain amount of pity, because nobody is as cool as the waves. Known for their vanity, even if they do have exceptional looks, these people tend to value others on how they look, and therefore, automatically inferior to themselves. There are exceptions to this case however. People who have water based abilities are grouped into this house, whether that be the ability to cause thunderous rain, or cry tears of death. An easygoing, yet vain group of people.

The Earth House. - The Boulders.

Known for their love of sport, and sport, and sport, the boulders are a group of people that are pretty stable in demeanour. They only openly hate one group of people, and those are the free thinkers of the wind house. They don’t really hate the normals, just pity them because they don’t have the advantages that the boulders do in sport. The boulders are very institutionalised, and they have ranks of order that are very strict, and it is very rare that somebody speaks out of turn. They all know who runs the show. Generally the one with the smallest brain, yet the biggest muscles. They love order, and are afraid of individual thought. You’ll often find a lot of mathematicians coming out of this house, that’s if they can get time off the field to study.

The wind house. - The hawks.

The hawks are known for their mystery. They don’t generally hang around with eachother, preferring their own company to those of others. They try to stay out of the wars, preferring to further their own studies, or just be left in peace. The smallest house by far, the hawks have a secretive way of behaving, and yet most of them have a certain sense of peace, purpose and power. It’s their creed. They are great in their fields of study that require a lot of individual thought, like communication and history, and these people aren’t afraid to be heard. Yet the ways they do it are so sneaky. People who are able to control the wind are thrown into this house, and even those that are just able to fade away, or get their powers from the sky. The hawks like their privacy, and are not afraid to peck out the eyes of any enemy.

The gifted students get grouped into those houses when they first show up at the university, and rarely emerge out of their groups, unless forced to by a certain class.

The Normal students.

There are a few groups of normal students. There are those that are just glad to be at university to study, those that hate gifted students, and those that don’t give a damn.

The normal normals. - The plains.

These are students that just came to study, even if it was the wrong university. They don’t really stand out much, and they only live together to ensure their safety. People tend to leave them be most of the time, but they do keep a lot of fire extinguishers handy.

The ones that hate gifted students. - The terrors.

These guys just hate all gifted students. They don’t even like the hawks, who stay of their way. They are reminiscent of the jocks that may live at other universities and colleges. The head of this house is Mr Smyth, and most of these guys refer to him as a demigod, if not their eternal leader. A bunch of hateful harries that need a good smack on the bottom.

The "I don’t give a damns" students. - The potheads.

Not much to say about these guys, apart from the fact that they like to smoke drugs. They don’t care either way. They make up most of the arts students, and a lot of the biology and hydroponic students.

Part III

Rules.

The normal rules apply here, so there is to be no God playing. Dont create a character without having it approved by the mods, otherwise not only the mods, but myself as well, will take pleasure in pulling out your pubic hairs one by one.

I'm a relaxed, easygoing guy, but if you screw up my RPG then I will hunt you down, stab you with a butter knife, chew on your insides until I get bored and keep the remnants of your carcass on my wall as a trophy.

I'm leaving this to peoples discression. (Which will inevitably lead to the stories destruction, but when it does go up in flames I hope it burns bright.)

(Note- The last time we played this RPG, a lot of fun was had by all. We may have to resubmit our characters of old, but this could be a lot of fun again. I"m creating a new character should this be re - approved. I also plan to create a bit more of a story arc to start our characters off in, and then let all the stories drift off from there.

Also, there were some GOd players last time that destroyed the RP. I hope to hang new God players up by their genitals, be they male or female.

That is all. )

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