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PostPosted: Sat Jun 06, 2020 6:03 pm
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The main storyline is located in this first post. Posts afterwards help guide backstory for each character-type.

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JANUARY 2X00 PUBLIC NEWS ❱❱ SKY ASUNDER
          There is a tear in the sky above Hokkaido, Japan. Creatures of another world enter through the Emerald Gate. Hokkaido is lost and many lose their lives. Panic spreads throughout the globe as nations unite to form the Unknown Dimensional Agency with the very best biologists, chemists, geologists, astrologists, physicists and many other fields of science. While the military does everything they can, these scientists are charged to create a defense against the creatures traveling out of the gate and unstable energy interfering with modern technology.


FEBRUARY 2X01 PUBLIC NEWS ❱❱ MAGE HUNT
          Containment seemed impossible until a break through was made with a special child the scientists called a Mage. The unknown energies surrounding the gate were evident in the child's aura. It was able to suspend the alien elements coming through. The child was called Alpha and taken in by U.D.A. Their experiments lead to barrier technology creating three mage walls around Mt. Fuji. During this time, more Mages were discovered. A select age group of children were "afflicted," by the gate's energies in Japan. By official order, every child was to be surrendered to the government for training and research.


MARCH 2X02 PUBLIC NEWS ❱❱ ATOMIC PRISON
          Protests began as children were taken from their families The public was left in the dark about mage abilities. No one liked the secrecy, not even the government. However, it all changed when a child went atomic in Tokyo killing 20,000 people in an instance. U.D.A explained that in times of extreme stress, Mages lose the ability to control their energy which is why they need to be contained from the outside world. The public demanded Mages be imprisoned and contained. With their wish granted, the populace returned to living in blissful ignorance while every Mage in Japan became a prisoner in a facility.


APRIL 2X10 UDA NEWS ❱❱ TRANSFER STUDENTS
          All Mages were taken to facilities to learn how to control their powers. Many lost their lives to experiments, field tests and their own inability to control themselves. Through many failed experiments U.D.A learned human connection is required for Mage abilities to flourish. But not to just any human. Scientists have discovered humans in the same age group containing dormant crystalline energy (manastone). Mages can draw off these stones to enhance their abilities. Empyreans can do the same. These humans are called "Vessels," and act like batteries at first. As the bond to the mage grows, the Vessel's manastone is thawed into constant flowing energy granting the Vessel magical capabilities and turning them into a Mage. One scientist has deemed this the power of "Love." A small town called Shiri has been chosen as a control experiment where Mages are allowed to attend public school under cover as regular children.


AUGUST 2X10 UDA NEWS ❱❱ PARTNER TRAINING
          At school, vessels were naturally drawn to Mages. Friendships and relationships formed quickly over the first few months. UDA upgraded their blood hound technology in order to identify which humans had manastones after an Empyrean murdered a vessel in Shiri. Ginma Masaaki, Haruno Mika, Saito Eris and Kabuto Ikki were able to kill an Empyrean for the first time by shattering its crystalline core, which scientists believe to be the "heart," of the creature. Now, a group of Vessel candidates have been paired with Mages for training. These Vessels have earned their place as a romantic interest, dear friend, trustworthy student or a potential agent. They now live in the UDA dormitory and attend training at the facility. Mages and Vessels are still sworn to secrecy, still attend school and are labeled as interns in the public's eye.


SEPTEMBER 2X10 UDA TRAINING EXPERIMENT ❱❱ GATE BREACH
          To Be Announced...
 
PostPosted: Sat Jun 06, 2020 6:05 pm
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JANUARY 2X00 CHARACTER AWAKENING ❱❱ SKY ASUNDER
          As a child, when the sky was torn asunder by emerald lightning and the storm of energy swirled the sky over Hokkaido, something changed the child's soul. The child wouldn't have began to understand the feeling surging through their body nor the longing in their innocent heart. However, a small amount of power would come to bare in the most curious and stressful ways...


FEBRUARY 2X01 CHARACTER EVENT ❱❱ MAGE HUNT
          With little memory of what was going on in the world, the child would experience a change of lifestyle. Whether it was a terrifying kidnapping, traumatizing murder or heartless surrender, the agents of UDA would come for the child. Perhaps the child would be hidden for awhile. But within the next month, UDA would come... They come for all.


MARCH 2X02 PRISON EVENT ❱❱ ATOMIC PRISON
          Caged and hidden from the world as a child, UDA wasted no time experimenting on them. Confirmation of mage abilities was needed and the strength of those abilities to be studied. The child may have made friends among other mages and agents, but they disappeared one by one. If the child was lucky, a kind and loving scientist may have taken them as their charge, but the majority were cruel... Expressions of love were few and far between. One semblance of hope would always visit the children in the dreams to give them a sense of peace; a silver haired child called Alpha. It was true that the so-called school was more like a containment facility to train mages to be emotionless drones. However, as the children continued sheltered lives and their powers failing to grow they were allowed more privileges and connections to the outside world with items normal children enjoyed such as video games, art, music, movies, gardens, etc.


APRIL 2X10 UDA NEWS ❱❱ TRANSFER STUDENTS
          Ten years have passed and a new experiment starts! A small town called Shiri has been chosen for the Mages to attend public school under cover as regular children. A select few are to be under the guise of "Transfer Students," while other Mages are to remain imprisoned in facilities. However, there have been issues at the main facility where Alpha is contained. Ghostlike apparitions are said to be haunting mages warning them of the events to come. . . However, the teens have their mission; make friends, get stronger and hopefully fall in love.


AUGUST 2X10 UDA NEWS ❱❱ PARTNER TRAINING
          UDA is taking on interns from Shiri Academy. Students who have passed the screening process are now training side-by-side with agents and mages to resolve the threat the gate poses. Only students containing manastones have been accepted to work with the Mages, in hopes to develop abilities and further the arsenal against the looming Empyrean threat. Vessels and Mages will undergo special training with their partner as well as individual lab and field training. Exercises and training are meant to test the bonds of the Vessel-Mage relationship. Some will break and some will grow. As a Mage you have requested a specific partner or have been assigned one through screening.
 

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PostPosted: Sat Jun 06, 2020 6:06 pm
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JANUARY 2X00 CHARACTER EVENT ❱❱ SKY ASUNDER
          As a child, when the sky was torn asunder by emerald lightning and the storm swirled over Hokkaido, something fell from the sky. A shard that changed the child's heart. The child wouldn't have began to understand the longing and empty feeling in their soul. It may have caused them to be withdrawn from all others, feeling little no connection or overly friendly in attempts to fill the hole. What was going on over Hokkaido may have caused fear around them, but as a child little memory would exist. To them, this is the way the sky has always been!


FEBRUARY 2X01 CHARACTER EVENT ❱❱ MAGE HUNT
          As a child with little memory of what was going on in the world, they may have some recollection of children disappearing in their neighborhood, their family harboring a mage or even committing hate crimes against families who had a mage. Perhaps they even witnessed a mage using powers which could have been amazing or traumatizing!


MARCH 2X02 PRISON EVENT ❱❱ ATOMIC PRISON
          What happened in Tokyo would instill the child's disposition towards mages to hate or to feel compassion. Friends, family, teachers or neighbors could have been supportive of the mages or hateful. Events as horrific as children being hung, mage homes being burned or mothers who lost their children being shunned. A child with an innocent heart could feel compassion for those outcast by society or be the first to lash out in anger against them.


APRIL 2X10 SCHOOL NEWS ❱❱ TRANSFER STUDENTS
          In the small town of Shiri, there's all kind of buzz about the new dormitory and the transfer students coming in for the new school year. There's so many rumors going around town about the dorm's funding and purpose. Local news states its a dorm for children whose parents work for UDA in Hokkaido, which is why they are often visited by UDA agents or take trips to the facilities. Whatever the reason, at least one of those kids seems interesting whether the teen is happy to admit it or not...


AUGUST 2X10 UDA NEWS ❱❱ PARTNER TRAINING
          UDA is taking on interns from Shiri Academy. Students who have passed the screening process are now training side-by-side with agents and mages to resolve the threat the gate poses. Only students containing manastones have been accepted to work with the Mages, in hopes to develop abilities and further the arsenal against the looming Empyrean threat. Vessels and Mages will undergo special training with their partner as well as individual lab and field training. Exercises and training are meant to test the bonds of the Vessel-Mage relationship. Some will break and some will grow. As a Vessel you have joined the training for a specific Mage you've grown close to over the last few months or have been assigned a stranger through the application process.
 
PostPosted: Sat Jun 06, 2020 6:07 pm
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JANUARY 2X00 CHARACTER EVENT ❱❱ SKY ASUNDER
          The moment the sky was torn apart, the political powers of Earth began pulling their best, brightest and most adaptive. From tactical outfits to fight the gate creatures to nuclear scientists to study the new form of energy, adults were snatched up from all corners of the world to investigate the gate and protect the people. It would be extremely rare for anyone on the front lines to survive, but those who have now pledge their life to UDA and unveiling the mysteries beyond the gate.


FEBRUARY 2X01 CHARACTER EVENT ❱❱ MAGE HUNT
          Another wave of recruitment was done for UDA personnel, but with a heavy focus on security and doctors as they began pulling in mages to facilities. Tearing children away from families, welcoming children to the facility and experimenting on them. Many agents were horrified by their own actions while some rose above the chaos and became a beacon of hope in this time of madness. Quite a few were consumed by their work, driving them to obsessive and merciless means in search for an answer or end.


MARCH 2X02 PRISON EVENT ❱❱ ATOMIC PRISON
          What happened in Tokyo would forever be burned into the agent's minds. Those who were soft-hearted and allowed Mages to escape would never forgive themselves. Others would struggle with their perception of the Mages in attempts to continue to view them as human. They were just children, but they were children of the sky. Tainted by the magic of the emerald gate, could the agents truly believe they were human? Especially after all the disturbing stories spread through the agency of Mages murdering their families and slaughtering innocents. Atomic Tokyo could have been avoided. It was a necessary evil to cage the Mages and figure out why they had the same energy as Empyreans. Experiments and training went beyond human limitations until a discovery of love was made by a scientist. Changing the very essence of the UDA facility and granting Mages more freedom in their prisons. They were being humanized once again. While some agents agreed, others did not...


APRIL 2X10 SCHOOL NEWS ❱❱ TRANSFER STUDENTS
          Setting up and prepping the Mages to attend school at the small town of Shiri had been a mission in the works for five years- since the discovery of love empowering the Mages. Strings were pulled and lies were made as the dorms and stories came to be. Several agents have been elected to follow the Mages in the field, posing as teachers, parents and shop owners while others continue to observe from afar to further their knowledge.


AUGUST 2X10 UDA NEWS ❱❱ PARTNER TRAINING
          UDA is taking on interns from Shiri Academy. Students who have passed the screening process are now training side-by-side with agents and mages to resolve the threat the gate poses. Only students containing manastones have been accepted to work with the Mages, in hopes to develop abilities and further the arsenal against the looming Empyrean threat. Vessels and Mages will undergo special training with their partner as well as individual lab and field training. Exercises and training are meant to test the bonds of the Vessel-Mage relationship. Some will break and some will grow. As an Agent you are leading the training to push for research results, relationship advancements and breaking physical barriers.
 

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PostPosted: Sat Jun 06, 2020 6:25 pm
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Empyreans live on the other side of the gate, attempting to break through to conquer Earth. Not many humans have seen an Empyrean. However, many agents have experimented or battled against Empyreans. Mages who have proven trustworthy have been sent on mission to battle isolated gate leaks. However, Empyreans have an uncanny ability to escape. None have been killed or captured. All these events happen very close to the gate. Its not unlikely that a citizen of Shiri would have memories of encountering an Empyrean...

Empyrean Biology
The UDA have scraped for samples, unable to take a dead or alive specimen in for research. Information about the organic composition of these creatures varies from specimen to specimen. While some can be identified in relation to existing organisms on Earth, other genetics leave scientists baffled. However, UDA has surmised this much; no matter the architecture of the alien all extremities require nourishment and connection to the main body. Once severed, the flesh is rendered useless. Biologists still ponder what type of sustenance these creatures require to survive. With the discovery of mana shards in recent events they can now speculate...

JANUARY 2X00 CHARACTER EVENT ❱❱ SKY ASUNDER
          The first wave of Empyreans were weak, but destructive. They made a nice mess of things.


FEBRUARY 2X01 CHARACTER EVENT ❱❱ MAGE HUNT
          This planet... the sentients here adapted with mana. This has never happened. What are these humans? They've caged our gate. Its up to the Empyreans who bested the barrier to find out what happened.


MARCH 2X02 PRISON EVENT ❱❱ ATOMIC PRISON
          Mages... Mages... that's what they call them. Children... our children. We must claim them. Can't communicate through the barrier.


APRIL 2X10 SCHOOL NEWS ❱❱ TRANSFER STUDENTS
          Devour. Adapt. Devour. Adapt. Devour. Adapt. Empyreans must grow smarter. The gate awaits us. Want mages. Want manastones.


AUGUST 2X10 UDA NEWS ❱❱ PARTNER TRAINING
          Empyrean... you're almost human.


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Thus far, two things happened to the generation afflicted by the gate opening. One, a new energy source was released within their body and flows through their veins fluidly. We refer to it as "Mana." Second, the energy source crystallized within their body and holds a large source of dormant mana. While Mages have come to be known because of their apparent abilities, Vessels who carry these crystalline shards are just being discovered.



24 JUN 2X10 ❱❱ U D A Research Logs
          1.12 Shards carry dormant gate energy requiring extremely powerful equipment to detect. Humans carrying the shard possess no special capabilities until interacting with a Mage or Empyrean. Those with Mana can draw energy from the shard, supercharging their abilities and generate more power. Vessels with a strong connection to a Mage or Empyrean can unlock the shard's power and access their mana to perform spells. It is theorized that Empyreans harvest these Shards to sustain, change and educate themselves about our planet.



XX No Record 2X10 ❱❱ Devoured Shards
          This has not happened in-story. Be the first to explore. Open to adjustments until established in-story. Mages and Empyreans have the ability to absorb Shards that have been extracted from a Vessel's body. The shards are melted by the manaflow, entering their consumer's pool and empowering it. Not only does the devourer's abilities change, but also their flow. An individual who has absorbed/devoured shards can not draw power from a living vessel. A yearning for partnership is replaced with an insatiable hunger for more shards. . . A black taint will begin to infect the Mage and with every shard consumed, the Mage will slowly change into Empyrean, abandoning their humanity.

          Vessels can not absorb shards like Mages can, but they can eat them. Devouring a shard in such a way will cage the memories and power into the Vessel's own soul. The theme to the soul's existence will uncannily change the Vessel's personality and mix memories. The soul's voice and thoughts will echo in the Vessel's mind for all eternity. They are tainted, losing themselves in a mix of emotions they can't control. Only uniting with a tainted Mage will silence them. Their desire for companionship is perverted to find a soul as muddled as theirs.



XX No Record 2X10 ❱❱ Weaponized Shards
          Be the first; UDA agent requirement. If Mage's can harness and weaponize a shard's capabilities, couldn't UDA create a device to the do the same? Take on this adventure with your fellow agents to find out.


XX No Record 2X10 ❱❱ Preserved Shards
          Be the first; Vessel requirement. Is there a way to safeguard the shards? Can't they be protected by hardening their crystalline form so no harm befalls them? Maybe! Explore this option and enlist what help you can.


XX No Record 2X10 ❱❱ Released Shards
          Be the first; Mage requirement. Is it wrong to thing these shards possess caged souls which want to be set free? Maybe releasing the memories and energies stored within can alter the world in some shape or form? Who knows, maybe you should find out.


 

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