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It’s been a hard few years since the Second Calamity in Rayvale. The city—once a gleaming symbol of progress—now lies in ruins. Skyscrapers that used to pierce the clouds stand as hollowed-out husks, their shattered glass and twisted metal a grim reminder of what we lost. Innocent lives were snuffed out that day, and even more fell in the chaos that followed.

And us? The Gifted—those born or woke up with powers we never asked for? Of course, we were blamed. Fear is a powerful thing, and when people are scared, they look for someone to blame. In the pandemonium, we did what we could. We got some of our people out, scattering them into the shadows, hiding them where the government couldn’t find them. But it cost us.

Fractured and hunted, we splintered into small groups just to survive. Tactical teams formed to scavenge food, steal supplies, and—when we could—free those who’d been collared. What’s a collared? Government tech designed to suppress powers, to turn us into nothing more than ghosts of who we are and servants to their will. Even our small victories felt hollow.

The government isn’t resting. They’ve reorganized, rebuilt their armies, and equipped them with new technology specifically designed to capture us. Worse still, they’ve learned how to turn us against each other. Our people—our brothers and sisters—brainwashed into weapons for their regime. Some of them are made into sleepers, hiding among us, waiting for orders to strike.

Trust has become a fragile, dangerous thing. Paranoia runs deep in the shadows where we live.

But hiding? That’s no way to live. Scraping by on scraps, clinging to hope like a frayed rope—it’s not enough. It was never enough. If we’re going to survive, we have to do more than just endure.

We have to fight back.

That’s why we formed this new cell. A team of tactical specialists, united by purpose. Named Beacon’s Edge. We’re determined to bring the Gifted back together, to stand against the government’s oppression, and to reclaim the future they tried to steal from us.

And we’re hoping you’re ready to join us.

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If you are, we’ll need some information. Yeah, yeah, I know. Formalities. But it’s important.

First: What’s your name? Full government name, if you don’t mind. Don’t worry—we’ll use your fancy nickname for everything else.

Second: How old are you? We don’t take kids. It’s a hard rule.

Third: Are you a normie or one of us? If you’re Gifted, what’s your power?

Fourth: Why are you fighting? Are you a strategist, infiltrator, or the muscle?

And finally: Are you ready to risk it all to build a better future?

This isn’t an easy life. But if you’re still listening to this, something tells me you’re ready to fight for what’s right. We need you.

What do you say?
 
First: My name is Orion Callahan, though my parents disowned me, so the Callahan part can go fuck off for all I care. Don't even try to tie me to them or tell them where I am. It's dangerous for me and I can make it dangerous for you. Just... don't.

Second: I'm 25... definitely not a kid.

Third: I'm not a normie... I wish I was at times, but other times I am super glad that I have abilities. My ability is
Hydrokinesis – Using my gifted mind, I can manipulate water. Whether it’s to get a drink from a fountain without pushing the button or causing an ocean, stream, lake, or creek to raise up, I can do it all. I was forced to train with this power to refine it so that it could be used to drown the enemy when needed such as sinking battleships much to my dismay and irritation.

Fourth: Why are you fighting? Are you a strategist, infiltrator, or the muscle? I am fighting because I barely escaped that life of hell... of being collared. I was freed thanks to my sister and some friends she made and I don't want anyone to go through what I went through ever again. I'd say I am the infiltrator, though I can be muscle too if needed.

And finally: Are you ready to risk it all to build a better future? Absolutely, yes. I am doing it for my sister and those I befriended. I already risked my life while collared and yeah... I'll keep doing it as long as it's needed or until the breath leaves my body.

This isn’t an easy life. But if you’re still listening to this, something tells me you’re ready to fight for what’s right. We need you.

What do you say? I say let's go already!

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First: My name is Schuyler Callahan. I am Orion's twin.

Second: I'm 25.

Third: I am also not a normie.


Psychokinesis: She has the ability to throw items around, move items from one place to another, and influence objects to land in a specific area when the object is falling. More specifically, Schuyler can move almost anything ranging from a feather to a small car without having to put her hands on it. If something is falling towards her or being shot towards her, Schuyler can almost always change the trajectory so it misses her.

Catapsi: Catapsi allows a trained psychic mind to broadcast passive telepathic static across wide distances. This telepathic static makes it impossible to read auras in the area of effect and as such it is impossible to determine relative levels of power through psychic, magical, or technological means. In addition, those affected by the Catapsi field find their sense of right and wrong diminished or removed entirely, their inhibitions shattered, and their mind highly susceptible to lies and half-truths so long as they originate from the source of the field. Even those with highly structured minds normally immune to psychic interference or those with no conventional mind at all, such as androids, are not safe from the field's effects, though someone of sufficient skill can exclude whomever he or she wishes. This is her dominate power and with more training, she could no doubt do more damage than she can do currently.

Fourth: Why are you fighting? Are you a strategist, infiltrator, or the muscle? I am fighting on behalf of my brother who is the most important person in my life. I am also fighting for those that can't fight on their own. I am more of a strategist than a muscle, though I can be an infiltrator if needed.

And finally: Are you ready to risk it all to build a better future? Yes.

This isn’t an easy life. But if you’re still listening to this, something tells me you’re ready to fight for what’s right. We need you.

What do you say? Let's do it!
 
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Name: Ash Vesper
Alias: Cumulus
Gender: Agender (they/them)
Age: 22
Role: Gifted - Infiltrator
Power:
  • Wind Manipulation - Cumulus can control the air around them. This usually manifests as a group of breezes that follow them and respond to their will. They have to ‘tame’ any new winds they want to add to their collection, though significant mental turmoil can make this process faster. They primarily use the breezes as a kind of floating platform to ferry themself around, but they can also send the breezes to crash into or float other things.
  • Wind Form - Cumulus can turn into the wind, dispersing their physical form into a collection of breezes for a few moments at a time. Repeated use of this ability drains their energy reserves, exhausting them.
Reason: Escaping wasn’t easy. Cumulus lost more than a few friends in the chaos, and though they still value their own life above all others they’ve found that they can’t keep turning a blind eye to the suffering of their peers. Maybe it was easier, when everyone was stuck in the same way as them, but now that they’re out and other people aren’t, the injustice grates more and more every day.
 
CLASSIFIED GOVERNMENT DOCUMENT - ACCESS LEVEL 3 REQUIRED

Division 16: Gifted Unchained Individual Detection Experts

CLASSIFIED GOVERNMENT DOCUMENT - ACCESS LEVEL 3 REQUIRED


GUIDE Personnel Dossier: ATELIER, EMILY
Codename: HUNTER

File Date: 2024-07-14

Full Name: Emily Kleinn Atelier
D.O.B. 1988-02-18
Race: Caucasian
Ethnicity: Mixed
Languages: English, German

Height: 167.1cm
Weight: 54.3kg [N.B: Weight is not accurately representative of agent phenotype due to absence of right leg below knee.]
Blood Type: A+

Hair Color | Type: Brown | 2A
Eye Color: Light Brown
Vision: 20/80 [20/20 with corrective lenses, contact lenses are preferred]
Laterality: Right

Gifted Abilities: None*

*Emily Atelier has been noted to have a statistically significant level of ability to identify Gifted individuals within a range of appx. 15 meters. This ability was first noted officially in July of 2017, though Ms. Atelier self-reports as having been experiencing it for some time prior to that.

Under testing conditions, Ms. Atelier has both returned "false positive" results as well as missing identifications for known Gifted individuals unknown to her. As such, it has been determined that this ability does not qualify as a Gifted ability at this time and may be more closely related to Ms. Atelier's close work with Gifted individuals through GUIDE.

Ms. Atelier is under observation in case this indicator is representative of latent Gifted tendencies, but as no further developments have been reported in the past 10 years, the issue is officially considered resolved.

BIOGRAPHY:

Ms. Atelier's childhood was unremarkable. She graduated high school in the top 10% of her class but not the top 2%. From there, she attended state university and received a degree in environmental sciences with a focus on water management.

She brought herself to the attention of the government in 2014 while dealing with a water contamination issue that stemmed from an unchained Gifted personnel. Ms. Atelier worked with the military team present to detect signifiers of the individual in question, leading to his arrest. Due to some self-reported statements at the time, the government took significant interest in Ms. Atelier and strongly encouraged her to join.

Her work with the government began shortly thereafter. Her experiences with the water toxicity issue caused in 2014 made her amenable to working to locate unchained persons and remand them into government custody. She became an official member of the GUIDE division in 2015, and has been invaluable in the location and retrieval of many Gifted individuals over the years.

Ms. Atelier was, regrettably, present during the Second Calamity. While attempting to track and detain unknown individuals that may have been present, she suffered severe injuries and significant burn damage that would lead to the amputation of her right leg below the knee, as well as a persistent lung condition.

Following her recovery, associates remark that she has been more withdrawn. She is currently under observation to ensure that her deportment is only a result of PTSD and that there are no inadvisable tendencies present.

END DOSSIER -- CLASSIFIED INFORMATION CONCLUDED -- END DOSSIER







Okay, so you just brought that along with you. Wow. Ah... so, for the record: What’s your name? Full government name, if you don’t mind. Don’t worry—we’ll use your fancy nickname for everything else.

Emily Kleinn Atelier. Please don't use the nickname.


How old are you? We don’t take kids. It’s a hard rule.

Thirty-six. Nearly thirty-seven.

Are you a normie or one of us? If you’re Gifted, what’s your power?

The documentation says I'm a normie. Truthfully? I don't know. I've had suspicions for a while. I've always been able to tell when there are Gifted around. Sometimes I feel like if I pushed it, I could talk to them. Without speaking, I mean. I can... get a feel for how they're likely to react. It's not mind-reading. Just... emotions, maybe.

I threw that test, by the way. In 2017.

So... Gifted detection, empathy, maybe telepathy?

Something like that. Unofficially, of course.

Why are you fighting?

...

... Her name was Sofia. She was a kid, when I brought her in. Eleven years old. I saw her later. After they'd... worked on her ability.

...

...I don't want to talk about it.

Are you a strategist, infiltrator, or the muscle?

I doubt I'm the muscle. Probably a strategist. My instinct is infiltrator, but they know who I am.

Are you ready to risk it all to build a better future?

I'm here, aren't I? I didn't exactly leave the government with permission.

What do you say?

I want in.






Personal Equipment Notes:

A. Nebulizer
Contains medication to aid with breathing due to lung damage sustained during "Second Calamity" event.

B. Leg, Prosthetic
Medical replacement for right leg following amputation just below the knee.

C. Cane, Metal
Standard medical issue walking assistance.
 
Name: Caleb Dross
Alias: C.D.
Gender: Male (he/him)
Age: 20
Role: Gifted - Scorched Earth Muscle
Power:
  • Destructive Direction - C.D. can generate and channel destructive energy. It typically manifests in lightning or fire, loud bursts of energy that are harshly expelled from his hands, eyes, or mouth. The only problem is that once this energy is released, C.D. has no control over it. Fires rage and lightning cracks, lashing out at whoever it pleases. This indiscriminate damage is actually the origin of C.D.'s alias, as much as he tries to hide it.
  • Situational Siphon - When hit with external energy that is similar enough to his own, C.D. can absorb it. This replenishes his internal stores of energy, allowing him to rain more destruction upon his enemies (and occasionally allies). There is a limit to how much energy he can store at one time, however. If C.D. crosses that threshold, all of his energy is released at once in a massive burst where the only one safe is C.D. himself.
  • Harmless Body - C.D. is partially immune to the damage of the energy he releases. Specifically, he suffers no negative effects that would typically come of having fire or lightning touching your skin while he's channeling said elements. Once it's no longer under his control, he's as susceptible to it as anyone else.
Reason: Being Gifted is a gamble, and while some may win the lottery with abilities that can be concealed or can be immensely beneficial, others draw the short end of the stick. Powers that are flashy, loud, and destructive. Powers that garner you some of the blame for the Second Calamity. Powers that are almost addicting to use, that even the playing field when the numbers are not in your favor. And when a certain group spends enough time vilifying you and your kind to anyone who will listen, sometimes it's more fun to let them be right and show them just how dangerous you can be.
 
Alright guys, I'm still working on this. I ended up getting real sick and decided bed rest was the way to go. My hope is that I can have this ready to go this weekend to start. My apologies again, and thank you for your patience.
 
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