Wyoming. The square state. In actuality, it isn't even rectangular, much less square, since any attempt to project a square on a sphere results in the sides defined by longitudinal lines converging. I suppose a more accurate geometrical description would be a trapezoid...but I digress. Wyoming is the 10th most extensive, but the least populous and the second least densely populated of the 50 United States. Whilst this makes it rather dull for the majority of its 584,153 permanent inhabitants, there are a select few who reside within the state for reasons of necessity; it is the perfect place to hide from...well, just about anyone. The "prestigious" Owl Creek Academy has served as a home to rejects, runaways and even a few rodeo clowns (what do you expect? One of Wyoming's nicknames is the "Cowboy State") over the years but its most exceptional attendees have appeared to be singularly unexceptional. Super powered individuals...meta-humans...freaks, or whatever else you may choose to call them, have attended the educational institution for almost as long as it has existed, concealing their unique abilities.
The school can be found at the end of a winding road that leads through the Owl Creek mountain range, from which the school takes its name, in the central western portion of the state. Despite encroaching upon the Wind River Indian Reservation, tensions with the Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho tribes of Native Americans have been virtually nonexistent as of late. Besides the indigenous American inhabitants of the area, the academy overlooks a small town; Beaver Bay. The town lies on the edge of a lake and is home to a permanent population of 91 people. A frequent source of complaint, the school has earned the ire of the towns inhabitants for decades...the local sheriffs department having been called out more than once over the past few years. A superstitious people, the rare occasions wherein a metahuman has overtly displayed their abilities have been attributed to a plethora of things; black magic, witchcraft and the work of the Devil featuring prominently amongst their accusations.
The most recent incident was during a party held by a group of seniors. It began at the academy but as the night wore on and those in attendance became more intoxicated, it moved from the dormitories to the town. When dawn arrived, students awoke, albeit bleary eyed and hungover, only to discover one of their fellow student's recently deceased bodies. The local law enforcement began an investigation, immediately considering the death suspicious, but they eventually ruled their evidence as inconsequential; assuming that the student had died due to an accidental overdose.
This is where your character comes in, it's the start of another academic year and both new and old students are arriving at Owl Creek Academy. What kind of person will you be? How will you choose to act? You decide...
So let's recap what we've got so far...
• This RP will feature both powered and non-powered students, with the school they attend not being specifically for the former. Accordingly, metahumans are forced to hide their abilities.
• It'll be set in present-day Wyoming; with the school, nearby town of Beaver Bay, and surrounding countryside and lake being accessible.
• Prior to the RP, a student died whilst at a party. Though it was initially regarded as suspicious, the death was written off as an accidental overdose.
• The incident piqued the federal government's interest and they began covert surveillance of Owl Creek Academy, although they will not begin as an antagonistic presence.
• People can RP as new or old students of Owl Creek Acadeny as well as teachers, the majority of which will probably be NPCs whom I will allow people to either apply as or use within their own posts; assuming they adhere to that character's personality and/or abilities.
• Owl Creek Academy is an independent boarding school, incorporating the 7th to 12th grades (12/13-17/18), so students will be allocated dorm rooms, which will most likely dictate the faction, club or, clique they join.
• Combat and the use of powers, at least on a large scale, will be restricted to special events e.g. proms, galas or balls (*giggle*). If students are caught persistently fighting or seeking confrontation, they will be expelled and relegated to the other areas.
Rules
• No godmodding or metagaming
• I am the law...well, me and the CO-OPs
• Abide by the rules of NationStates
• If your character gets expelled, deal with it
• No one-liners, one paragraph per post...at the least
CO-OPs: World Anarchic Union and Britanania
IC thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=342195
Principal: Mr. Richard "Dickie" Nicksen
Vice Principal: Mr. Crowley
Art: Mrs. Paula Piccoso
Biology: Dr. Aleksandr Fleminov
Chemistry: Mrs. Maria Curry
Computer Science: Mr. Marcus Zuckerburg
English Language: Mrs. Noel Webster
[b]English Literature: Mr. "Bill" Shakespeare (I'm not even trying on this one)
Geography: Mrs. Christine Colombia
History: Prof. Harold Otis (Harold Otis...Herodotus, get it? Yeah, I know, I'm reaching a bit)
Mathematics: Mr. Allan Turen
Physical Education: Mr. Jedediah Hut
Physics: Mrs. Isabel Nuttone
Religious Studies: Mrs. Mary Pope
And featuring...
Conan the Librarian
Drama
Chess
Computer
Student Body (Government)
Newspaper
Glee (being from the UK, I have no idea what the f**k this is)
Film/Media Studies
Band
Photography
...any more suggestions?
Teachers
Khalil Faust (Britanania)
Students
Edward Elric (World Anarchic Union)
Julia Van Akkeren Marloes (Kaldiah)
Aleksander Koslov (The New Byzantine II)
Charlotte Noble (Charlia)
Warren Kowalski (Me)
Catherine Elizabeth Loomis (Britanania)
Tamamo No Mae (The Flame Dawn)
Sierra von Ellesmere/Thunarr (Imperialisium)
Daniel Fu (Zaozhuang)
Charles Philippe Bourbon (The Tricolour)
Clyde Allistaire (Aidannadia)
Thomas and Tamsin Davies (Unified Korean Peninsula)
Nate Paladium (Norway Scandinavia)
Any suggestions about things I should include? Bear in mind, this isn't yet complete.