001: Group Introductions - TEXT

[tarnishedavenger]

[During a lull in the party, Armstrong taps out a quick message to the network. Not that private one, he doesn't trust it. They can answer whenever they like, so long as he gets an answer. The trick would be wording it.]

So, we're all in this for now. You've had your welcome cake, but you can't meet everyone in a party, no matter how hard you try. But, since we've all been encouraged to sign up with Jorgmund, I figured now would be a good time to get some introductions done. Talk about any specialties we might have.

Share information that we feel comfortable sharing. This isn't to pressure anyone or to force out any dark secrets.

[Not where watchful eyes can see, at least.]

Besides, I prefer doing this to making a cute information sharing game.

So, please, make your own threads within this post to keep everything organized.

Comments

[tarnishedavenger]

Sounds like some folks I could name.

Yes, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms. The US made a different group to handle it, though. Somehow, the BATF didn't inspire trust.

It's not just heroes, all superhumans. Civilians, criminals, and crimefighters. The whole thing got kicked off- Well, the history's probably not worth getting into, but the Act's been around since the 80s. I don't see it going away any time soon. Not when it works out as well as it does for the people in Washington.

[walkingballpit]

Yeah, the timeline's more than 30 years off. It didn't work out so well when they had heroes dying in the streets while they allowed supervillains to register and be "reformed".

Then, they let the reformed supervillains be in charge of the heroes and trainees, eventually the pile of dead heroes, teen heroes, and "reformed" supervillains going crazy became too much for people to ignore. I think it might've been when Sentry went rogue that they called it, but I wasn't in a position to remember.

[tarnishedavenger]

Sounds like your America went a little harder on things than mine did. Even in the early days, we didn't enforce it that heavily. All the government had to do was refuse to sanction a hero or provide government assistance until the heroes registered. Some went full vigilante and started tying people to lamp posts more often, some signed up and got themselves police powers and responsibilities out of it.

'Allowing' villains to register is an interesting choice. Any time we arrested someone, we just pulled the mask, got a solid ID, got their powers, and registered them ASAP.

[walkingballpit]

They were freaking idiots with that. You can say it. Registration came with amnesty - or maybe just for some? They definitely let villains be on staff with no real oversight, but some of them were kept on a tight leash. Not sure who made the call.