cape and cowl 2020: planning post

[2020mod]

C&C 2020 Someone call for a dystopian future au? Sometime around 2014 (THIS IS NEW, GUYS, WE'RE JUST SLIDING THE SHIT HITTING THE FAN FORWARD A FEW YEARS OKAY), the government in the City decided that they'd had enough of these superhero antics. There was a nationwide crackdown on metas, requiring registration upon penalty of incarceration. The network was shut down, and many residents were scattered to the winds. There are a few that stayed in touch, however. That's where you come in. For some of you, this might be from before your time. Not to fear! Since it's a highly flexible splinter universe, there's pretty much no such thing as canon. Retcons abound, either as allowances for contradictory canon information (except for the premise, of course), or even just if the player wants to change something around! So, use this post as a free-for all. New characters get new projected histories, dropped characters can be said to have come back, and old characters can be reexamined or given more story. On Sunday, an open post will be put up in capeandcowl2020 proper, so use this time to work out information and pimp this out to players who're eligible but may not see this (you can also ahead and start your own posts in that comm)! Remember, any character that has been played in main game is automatically good to go, and you are welcome to make use of the musebox whenever the mood strikes you! musebox • rules • character list

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As her friends scattered to the far corners of the world, Nepeta found herself alone for the first time in a while. Unwilling to register and even more unwilling to believe that her friends wouldn't return to the city where this whole mess began, she did exactly what everyone had been telling her for years not to: she started living in the park.

No matter how skilled a government agent was, they couldn't hope to compete with Nepeta in her wild element. Those who were unlucky enough to actually catch up with her at some point found themselves on the receiving end of her pheromone powers, driven to suicide as despair overwhelmed them before they could even reach for a disabler. She's something of an urban legend now, the kind of monster that teenagers wander the park looking far after a few drinks too many; sometimes when she's feeling particularly playful she'll drop from a tree branch just to hear them shriek.

Nepeta has no connections and no real way of reaching out to find anyone beyond watching who comes and goes in the park, but doing nothing never sat well with her and she fights back against the repression in her own little ways. At night she takes chances and skulks the alleyways of the City, beating down government agents and giving the imports they chase a chance at escaping to safety. During the day she remains sequestered away, save for when she dons a veil and long-sleeved clothing to attend anti-import rallies and other similar discussion outlets. She uses her abilities to stir up sympathy in the crowd and speakers, resulting in chaos and hopefully some reconsideration by people.

She takes a lot of chances, but she doesn't mind. It's the right thing to do - and a little part of her hopes that her friends will take notice and find her someday.