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✪ A modern, superhero roleplay. ✪
✪ INTRODUCTION One of the younger cities of Florida, it has become large and prosperous, with a population of 11 million, thanks to the likes of Goldstar, Captain T, and the sheer amount of aspiring and established crimefighters that make their rounds here. This is Justice City, where the chief exports are paragons of heroism and exemplars of villainy that do battle on the daily. A bit violent, perhaps, but it makes for good headlines, and even better profits.
In this era of heroism, one has to make a buck. Fighting crime costs money - hospital bills, reimbursements for property damage, equipment, proper training, damages of reputation, lawsuits. Good thing heroism pays; provided you're a 'Corper', a derogatory term for a Corporate-Sponsored hero (some, as it were, prefer the old school days of non-profit vigilantism). Heroes who are adverse to pauper-lifestyles look for corporations to sponsor them - in return for a hefty paycheque, state-of-the-art equipment and PR representatives, heroes serve as the public image of corporations, symbols of the company's dedication to social responsibility.
While the adoring masses flash their new-age cellphone cameras to capture the pizzazz of sponsored heroes, villainy and the grittier aspects of the corporate underbelly still rear their ugly heads in Justice City, which makes heroism not just an entrepreneurial endeavor, but also crucial to the city's safety. Hero Schools exist to mold the talented and uniquely gifted heroes of the future.
Perhaps the world's finest Hero institution, and one of several major hero schools located in the United States of America. The school's primary selling point is to offer aspiring heroes the education and training needed to enter the world of professional heroism - from a societal standpoint, however, it also carries the responsibility of steering uniquely capable individuals away from unsavory exploitation, and ensuring that the more volatile of powered beings are able to safely function in society. To that end, this school - similar to many a hero school - finds itself torn between its two primary objectives; producing the newest crop of professional heroes, as well as instilling responsibility and ethics amongst the talented students.
Harkwell Academy for Future Heros has classes centered around social responsibilities, combat, ordinary school curriculum necessary for life in society, and media presentation. Some of the greatest PR masters and retired media moguls find a calling here, helping mold students into marketable heroes - providing gimmicks, hero names and outfit concepts.
Students deemed applicable are grouped together into teams for hands-on experience - sometimes being held on call as auxiliary hero teams for lesser missions. Trial by fire is not uncommon for the more advanced students, a necessity given the nature of the calling.
As a beacon of heroes, the school is a prime target for acts of villainy and terrorism. As such, in addition to the veritable army of powered students and teachers, the entire school is composed of a jet-black metal alloy, capable of resisting the heaviest of munitions. Security is top-of-the-line, with state-of-the-art technology supplementing trained protectors.
✪ LOCATIONS
The Five Boroughs: Taking a page out of New York City's book, Justice City is organized into five boroughs (county-level entities) each with their own distinct culture and history, as well as sets of government powers, albeit with each borough government inferior to the city wide government.
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Analogous to New York's Manhattan, New Rome is the densely populated mecca of Justice City, and its center for all things commercial, financial and administrative. Corporations, banks and embassies establish headquarters here, forming a veritable forestry of skyscrapers. Culture is as if privatized here, disseminated in the form of immaculate Chinatowns, Little Italy's and Mexicotown's, containing only the finest of each culture's wares and cuisines.
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☆ New Prosperity Bank - Said to contain the world's largest amount of holdings.
☆ Sacred Trust Hospital - The world's largest hospital, home to some of each field's finest doctors and surgeons.
☆ Numerous embassies/corporation headquarters
☆ Pagoda Mall - The world's largest mall.
☆ The Justice Times - Largest newspaper publisher in Justice City! -
It would be a little on the nose and questionable to name the district of Justice City with the highest amount of crime and poverty 'Hell's Side'. Nonetheless, it's been done - after all, we live in 'Justice City'. With that said, rejuvenation projects have been underway for the better part of a decade, and strides have been made towards the borough's underlying infrastructures.
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☆ St. Hubert's (largest prison of Justice City, specially designed to contain 'supers')
☆ The Sanctuarium (asylum of questionable nature)
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A suburban dream, and the most heavily populated of the Boroughs, being filled with residential areas and mixed use (residential + commercial) areas.
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Identified by its healthy, prosperous flourish, without the overly abundant sheen of commercialization. Culturally, and socially diverse, Kingsville is known as a beacon of artistry, with museums, art shows and concert halls abound, and locally-owned stores upon the boardwalks.
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☆ Mulholland Park - Largest park in Justice City, popular rallying point.
☆ Harkwell Academy for Future Heros
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A storied borough filled with character and culture. Racially diverse, with all sorts of cultures making their mark on their neighborhoods both demographically and architecturally. Second to New Rome in its cultural and commercial prominence.
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