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[Skye]

[center][color=slategray][size=1][font=book antique]?[b]Let go! I have to go back! Kenneth is in there![/b]?

?[b]This is insane! You?ll get killed along with those idiots![/b]?

?[b]Let ? me ? GO![/b]?

Wrenching her arm forcefully from her brother?s firm grip, she bolted, taking off down the street towards a large building. Swarming the building were machines, robots, androids. Her brother yelled, and was about to go after her, when it hit. The sky rained gas bombs ? poison gas bombs. Andrew Larsson?s cry caught in his throat as his eyes glassed over and he fell to the ground with a dull thud.

Jennifer Larsson kept running, and then dove for the cover of the large, run-down mansion. She rolled in through a doorway, and curled up in a ball in a corner as the world exploded around her. Screams of panic, pain, and the thud of bodies hitting the ground filled her ears, and she kept her eyes closed tightly. She swallowed the rising panic in her throat, and lay there, silent.

A heavy silenced descended on the scene, and Jennifer slowly pulled herself out of her corner and stood. She gazed in shock out of the open door she had come in by, and her face paled. She felt bile rise in her throat as she stared at the carnage.

?[b]Oh dear God?[/b]?

?[b]Kelly? Is that you?[/b]?

Jennifer was about to retch when the voice reached her ears, and she turned, her face still pale as a ghost. The boy who stood behind her was nearly a year younger than she, and his face just as pale. ?[b]Kenneth? You?re all right?[/b]?

He stopped as he caught sight of the bodies that lay still outside the house. Jennifer raised a quivering hand to her mouth. She whispered, ?[b]They?re all dead ? all of them. But how did we-?[/b]?

The boy swallowed, apparently fighting not to throw up himself, and their eyes met. They gazed at one another for a long time until giggles and shrieks of laughter broke their concentration. Jennifer looked down the hallway to the courtyard of the house, and spotted a group of kids.

?[b]How did they survive? How did we?[/b]?

The kids had stopped playing, and were now running down the hall. It was a group of three girls and four boys, and one of the girls said, ?[b]The house. It isn?t part of that world.[/b]? She pointed to the street outside of the house. Offering Jennifer a smile, she stood in the doorway. Her image flickered back and forth.

?[b]See?[/b]?

The boy beside Jennifer grabbed her arm, and she steadied him. There were footsteps, and down the hallway came another woman ? her deep black-brown eyes gazed sadly at the group.

?[b]We?re lucky ? we knew. Somehow, we knew ? and they didn?t. Now, we are the only ones left.[/b]?

Gazing back outside, Jennifer examined the scene. The robots who had been trying to tear down the house, were frozen in place. Human bodies littered the asphalt, and the bomb shells lay glinting metallically in the half-light of the clouded sky. Jennifer?s eyes went to a still figure ? her brother.

The girl went to her knees, and began sobbing brokenly before the boy near her did the same. He had seen his sister lying among the bodies, and there was nothing they could do now. They held onto one another.

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Survival of the fittest. Eat or be eaten. Kill ? or be killed. That is the way the world is. That is they way it has always been. Only now, it is truer and more obvious than ever. Only the clever and the brutal will survive. Only those who know, at the deepest level of their consciousness, what to do should a crisis occur, will live.

And those within the house were some of those.

There are places around the world, places called Havens, where the world is separate from itself. Where the seems of the earth have meshed, and then been torn apart. Where what affects the outside world will not affect those inside. They are houses ? sometimes apartment buildings, sometimes mansions, sometimes little cottages. But they are always safe places, and those with intuition know they are safe there.

But to the government, these places should be destroyed. They do not like the idea of a place they cannot control. Inside these houses, the people within are safe. Nothing can hurt them, and the house, by no means, can be destroyed. If the government finds one, they try and try, but they cannot bring the houses down. Nor can they go inside, if there intent is meant to harm.

But what the survivors don?t realize is that the ones who wish to destroy their only safe place are the ones who built them. Now, more than ever, the officials are trying to find a way to demolish these houses. Because, once the inhabitants find out they cannot be harmed, they do not want to leave. And they begin to find out that the house has other powers ? anything is physically and mentally possible.

Including moving things by thinking about it.

And this is a power they think no one but themselves should have.

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Okay, this was based loosely ? okay, not-so-loosely ? around the Matrix. Mostly around one story in the Animatrix, but I have fleshed out the story and twisted it a bit. Now, your characters can be anyone ? and official, an innocent, or someone who has discovered a house. There are only a few left, and they are near each other. You can play someone who is in the house with Jennifer (who I will be playing), like Kenneth (who is her boyfriend). I don?t care who you play.Now for the fun part: sign ups!

[b]Name:[/b]
[b]Age:[/b]
[b]Gender:[/b] [Male or female ? as a robot, you can be an it. Put genderless if that is the case. Most androids are in either male or female likeness, however.]
[b]Appearance:[/b] [I would prefer it if you described your character; no less than a good paragraph. At least six sentences long.]
[b]Role:[/b] [Who are you? Someone in the house? Someone who doesn?t know about the house? Government official, ect.]
[b]Character Excerpt:[/b] [This is like a little post, featuring your character. This should express how s/he would act in a situation. Any situation. Make something up. Go as wild as you want; from cooking dinner to running from the cops to jumping off a ten story building and landing on your feet.]

I?m leaving out biography and personality to give us more flexability. I?ll post my sign up if I get responses. ^_^[/size][/font][/color][/center]

[Citrus]

[FONT=Verdana][SIZE=1][COLOR=Green][B]Name[/B]: Annie Ruth
[B]Age[/B]: 18
[B]Gender[/B]: Female
[B]Appearance[/B]: Annie is a very attractive young lady. She has beautiful brown hair that match perfectly with her blue eyes. Her hair stops abruptly right under her shoulder blades, it looks as if had been cut perfectly. It is more wavy looking than it is straight, giving it the bouncing effect when she walks. Her eyes are maybe another beautiful feature on her face they are very bright blue and shine like diamonds at night, a special feature Annie likes very much. Annie?s hands are very smooth naturally, they feel like and angel?s face touching your hand. On top of that Annie?s skin complexion is very clear, never having any pores being shown. Like most woman Annie?s body figure is shaped like a perfect S, making her even more attractive.

[B]Role[/B]: Government Official

[B]Character Excerpt[/B]: The dark room was lit by only the 28 computers flashing and people running about with folders. Men?s ties flew in the air as they ran across the room, and woman?s skirts waved about wildly as they ran to and fro. Annie?s fingers flew across the keyboard rapidly as she looked up at the screen.

[CENTER]?Sir the bomb has been located on 1593 Maple Crest Drive inside the mall. Second floor, I have dispatched the police and the BS. " [/CENTER]

Everyone came and crowded around Annie?s computer and they saw a small red dot flashing making a beep every time it did so. Everyone threw up their folders and started on getting the police and the Bomb Squad their on time. This was a typical day at the office for Annie, a job she loved. And it did have a good pay.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]

[azn_dude]

[B]Name:[/B] [COLOR=Navy]Kale Himura[/COLOR]

[B]Age:[/B] [COLOR=Navy]16[/COLOR]

[B]Gender:[/B] [COLOR=Navy]Male[/COLOR]

[B]Appearance:[/B] [COLOR=Navy]He has black hair that falls on his face and cold green eyes. He wears a white dress shirt as black trench coat that goes all the way down to his ankles. He stands about 5 feet and 7 inches (pretty short). He wears black baggy pants and wears a necklace. He has a fair/pale skin so he doesn't like to go outside much. He carries around a sword with him on his side for unknown reasons.[/COLOR]

[B]Role:[/B] [COLOR=Navy]Discovered the house[/COLOR]

[B]Character Excerpt:[/B] [COLOR=SeaGreen]Kale and several children discovered the house. It wasn't a cozy spot but it was a place for solitude. It was quiet and that's what Kale liked. After weeks of staying there one side of the house began to collaspe.

"Ahhhh!!!!!!!!" the children screamed.

Kale didn't really care for them but six of them survived and the rest died.

[I]What a pity[/I], Kale thought.

He took off and went to a different section of the house where he and the other six children stayed and played. Kale really didn't make friends but he stayed. He also has a power to use telekinesis. [/COLOR]

[B]OOC: If anything needs to be changed PM me. Thanks. By the way this is Innocent, using my brother's sn.[/B]

[Grunt Salesman]

[B]Name[/B]: Alex Coppers

[B]Age[/B]: 28

[B]Gender[/B]: Male

[B]Appearance[/B]: Alex is tall forboding figure of medium stature. He has wavy brown hair doused with black specks. The neat and precise haircut is short and only goes as low as his neck in the back. His eyes are hazel flecked with gold, and he is of a light complexion. He wears grey pants, with a white shirt under a grey blazer. Alex weighs about 145lbs and is 6'3".

[B]Role[/B]: Government Official.

[B]Character Excerpt[/B]: Ending his roll into a low crouch, Alex fired off three quick shots from his pistol before the return fire had him scrambling. The hastily snapped shots sheared through the plastic and metal of one andriod's face, ripping through and throwing busted componets out the back of its head.

Sliding to a stop behind a ruined pillar just as hundred of rounds shattered the opposite face of it, Alex studied his situation. Several dozen of the machines were about 20 meters away, on the other side of his cover. Six more were rounding a corner off to his right. As soon as they cleared the corner, Alex would be shredded by the flanking fire. He quickly tossed an incendiary grenade just shy of the corner, evaporating the advancing enemies, and made off to safety under cover of the ensuing cloud of phosphorus.

[Skye]

[size=1]Wow, thanks for signing up! I actually like all of your sign ups a lot. ^_^ They are kinda simple, but good. So, if I ever get other sign ups, you are in. I may start this next Tuesday or Wednesday.

Sign ups are still open!

Skye[/size]

[Ezekiel]

[COLOR=#66866D][SIZE=1]Just to let you know that I will be signing up for this, babe, I just need a little time to collect my thoughts so I can write properly ^_^

Awesome idea, hope my sign up will suffice.[/SIZE][/COLOR]

[Seibzeihn]

[color=navy][size=1][b]Name:[/b] Raimi Paeisuis
[b]Age:[/b] 22
[b]Gender:[/b] Male
[b]Appearance: [/b]Raimi is tall, probably standing at an even 6' tall. He's lithe and supple, but not quite so much that he's considered 'thin', with silver-blond hair that falls to his shoulders like a veil. Preferring to wear white, as if to symbolize his faith, Raimi generally dresses in collared shirts, over which he wears a long white overcoat that flows outward at his legs. Across his forehead Raimi has painted a swirling symbol of some sort in black ink, centered above his eyes, which are ice-blue in color. Around his neck, Raimi bears a cross made of silver -- upon closer examination, one can notice that at the center of the cross, there resides an engraved eye and within its pupil, the same symbol that Raimi bears on his forehead. It is thought that Raimi himself created the amulet he wears.
[b]Role: [/b]In the house
[b]Character Excerpt:[/b]

[i]"But what about the men outside, Father?"[/i] chimed one of the young children sitting on the ground before him.

[b]"They cannot harm you, young one," [/b]replied Raimi in his silvery voice.[b] "Within this place, we are completely safe from everything."[/b]

A little girl, no more than five or six, tugged at the hem of Raimi's white overcoat. [i]"From everything?"[/i]

Raimi smiled his quiet smile. [b]"Yes, child. For we are the Chosen Ones -- this power has been given to us, and we must respect it. As must they."[/b] He rose from his seat, towering over the seated children. [b]"But we must remember also, that outside of this house, our gifts will be taken from us. Only within this Sanctum, will our power be free to resonate."[/b]

[i]"Why only here, Father?"[/i] asked one of the other children, a sandy-haired, thin youth.

[b]"Here..."[/b] Raimi appeared to fall into thought for a moment, and it was then that his silver cross detatched itself from its hanging place about his neck and floated before the children, buoyed by some unseen force. It spun in the air, turning circles and rolls, and the children laughed in delight. Their laughter cut off as the cross froze and seemed to grow in size, the great silver eye with the swirling pupil staring past them, gazing into their souls. And from every direction, Raimi's whisper seemed to come...

[b][i]"Here...We are close to God."[/b][/i][/color][/size]

[Skye]

[size=1][b]Name:[/b] Jennifer Larsson
[b]Age:[/b] 21
[b]Gender:[/b] Female
[b]Appearance:[/b] Jennifer is only 5?5?, with the toned body of an athlete ? her muscles are flat and wiry, but her body is round and feminine. Her hair falls in gentle waves of silk, the color of sun-kissed mahogany, about an oval, tanned face, with a long nose, and full lips. Her hair only falls to just past her chest, and is often loose, not hiding captivating ash-grey eyes that are rimmed in charcoal-black. She wears comfortable clothes, usually consisting of a pair of shorts/pants (always jean), a tank top, and tennis shoes.
[b]Role:[/b]In The House
[b]Character Excerpt:[/b] See Plot Line

I?m too lazy to type out a whole new thing. -.- But thanks! I?ll wait for you, Gabe, and Sevotharte, I love![/size]

[Drake06]

Name: Ryu Li
Age: 16
Gender: Male
Appearance: 6'0", 165 lbs. Short black hair and black eyes. His eyes seem to pierce a persons soul whenever they try to look him in the eyes. When he is angry, it is reflected in the way his eyes seem to glint. His face is usually serious, rarely breaking into a smile. Athletic build, lean figure, his muscles stand out and are cut but they don't bulge out. He is a good looking teenager. He wears a gray martial arts outfit during the day and wears a black suit at night.
Role: In the House
Character Excerpt:
"Finally," Ryu thought to himself, "another week of school is over!" He jogged down the street, cars passing by him. Two dogs stare at him from across the street. Ryu continues jogging, not even breaking out a single drop of sweat even though he had been running for an hour already. "Just four more miles until I get home." he thought. He began picking up speed, keeping pace with a white car that was driving by a 20 mph. The wind whipped through his hair. His backpack, filled with 40 pounds of text books, bounced against his back. "I wonder what I'm going to do this weekend?" he said to himself again.
He turned the corner at the end of the block and continued running. He looked around, taking in the scenery, passing the same two dogs he had seen before. "What the hell?!?" he thought, "didn't I pass those dogs a while ago? Oh well." He ran a little faster now, anxious to get home where his parents waited for him. Bam! Something struck his back, nearly knocking him down, and he felt something whip through his hair that wasn't the wind. "What..!" he thought, it felt like eternity but it was really less than a mili-second until he heard the sound of the gun shots that had nearly killed him. He ran on, running for his life. He looked behind him and saw two government agents, 300 yards away, chasing him. "Oh ****!" he yelled as he sped along. Naturally, he ran towards his home, he passed countless spectators, unwilling to help him. He came within sight of his house. "Yes!" he thought, "I'll be safe at home, they can't find me there." He ran to his door and was about to open it, when he noticed something was wrong; there was no sound coming out of the house and some blood was on the porch. Bam! Bullets ripped through his door from inside the house, narrowly missing his head by millimeters. "****!" was all he could say. Torrents of emotions ran through his mind as he turned and blindly ran away, leaving his home, his dead parents. Tears streamed down his face as he blindly sped down the street, dropping his backpack which had saved his life. He tried to fight back the tears that were pouring down his face, finally succeeding after a couple of miles. He cleared his head and tried to think, but couldn't think of anything to do except run. He didn't have a gun to shoot at the agents.
He ran for miles through the winding streets of L.A. The agents were finally catching up to him, he could hear them yelling to eachother now, his strength and endurance was ebbing away. "I have to stop soon," he told himself, "I can feel my adrenaline disappearing." He ran on for another mile until he came upon an abandoned house. Overcome with exhaustion, with the agents only 50 yards away now, he didn't care anymore and walked up to the steps of the door way. "So . . tired" he thought as he slumped down against the door.
The agents came closer and closer, they were now no more than 10 yards away.
"Thought you could escape huh?" they snickered. Ryu just stayed still, paralyzed from exhaustion. "Now you'll pay for making us chase you so far!" They began advancing on him again.
"You young fool," a kind old voice whispered in Ryu's ear. Two arms reached out from the empty doorway and jerked Ryu in just as the agents were reaching for him.
"****," Ryu dimly heard the agents say, "he's in a House. There's no way we can get him out now." They left the steps and disappeared, leaving Ryu to wonder what the hell a House was.

[Engel]

[color=darkslategray][size=1][b]OOC:[/b] Not too late, I trust?

[b]Name:[/b] Kenneth Wahreit
[b]Age:[/b] 20
[b]Gender:[/b] Male

[b]Apperance:[/b] The best place to start would be his head, going top to bottom. His hair is red, and he spikes it up, with a red band with a black dragon on it around his forehead. Kenneth's eyes are a calm blue, that seem to twinlke with a light when he smiles.

Kenneth's body is clothed with simple black pants on his legs, not too loose, not too tight. He wears a black, long sleeved shirt with a sort of symbol, like a circle with a cross made of spear blades, with a snake entwining down the blade.

On his hand, he has a ring with an obsidian stone inside of it that shines in spite of its darkness. He wears open fingered gloves most of the time.

[b]Role:[/b] In The House

[b]Character Excerpt:[/b] Kenneth crouched down, as several shots whizzed over his head, splitting the air. He'd have to fight them hand to hand, not having a gun of his own. Not even time to sigh. He dashed out from behind the table he had crouched to for cover, right fist in the air, left one down.

He collided with a thud on the police officer, sending his fist into the man's jaw, pushing him back a few feet. The others stared, before grabbing whatever blunt object they could find. One had a pipe, the other a chunk of wood. One swung his pallet of wood, and Kenneth jumped into the air, and landed on it, the oversized weapon of bludgen acting as a walkway.

He ran onto the officer's head, smashing his foot down. His gloved hand grabbed the man's shirt, flinging him into the wall right near Kenneth. The last guy fired three shots, one hit Kenneth's leg. He would tend to it later. Kenneth grabbed the man's Glock .327 and slammed it into the cop's nose, breaking the bridge of it.

"Looks like I got away." Kenneth hoslitered the gun into his belt loop.[/color][/size]

[Skye]

[size=1]Wow, Jian-chan, you did wonderful. ^_^ You know I like it. And Drake, you did very well. I'll PM you some suggestions, though. Everyone's in, and Gabe, you can still sign up. ^_^ Sorry for the delay, haven't touched my computer sicne Friday. Watch for this in the Square!

Skye[/size]