Lore 3: Authority

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It all began with a blackout during the election.

And, Gregg Van Der Beek, the Leader of the Leftist Union rose to power and governed the Utopia, a safe haven where you could find almost any resource for bettering the world and the people were so kind and never had ill-intentions against one another.

After Gregg came into power, there was a cold change. You could feel as if winter was here to stay and evil prevail. Soldiers started sweeping the streets of the hobos and nobody knows what happen to them. Eventually, Utopia became hell. There was a deadly stench that stuck through the whole of Utopia, which came from the carcasses.

Bit by bit, those who were in debt, homeless and basically all of the people who could not survive in Gregg’s reign were deported to the Detention Barracks. But there were too many of them that a divide was established. The stench and the sight of The Poor caused those who were in the “Rich” region to be disgusted and The Poor were looked down upon. Law and order was still managed by Gregg’s army. Every noon, mid-noon, sunset, night  and break of dawn, there will be patrols carried out.

There were a few instances where a group of people from The Poor will try to cross to other side but all were shot dead on the spot and of course, their meat was not wasted. The soldiers on duty would bring them back for a feast. But this soon got out of hand because more and more citizens in The Poor divide got angrier and were posing more of a threat to the solders on duty at the divide.

Hence, inevitably, the force field was deployed. However, there were still some who were willing to try their luck. Little did they know that the force field disintegrates anything that passes through unless you have an ID tag like the rich – where it will grant you a safe passage through the force field.

Ever since that fateful day, no one dared to cross the force field. Instead, this gave The Poor motivation to try and take it down and kill Gregg and end all these suffering and barbaric rule. Each day, as more and more people were deported and killed, the campaign to end this all gets stronger.

Reynolds and the leaders and all the rest of The Poor awaits…

Chapter 1: Force Field

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Tommy and Jason, you met way back when you both were thrown into the Poor divide. During the journey, you both exchanged your views and goals to take down the Rich. 

Jason, you are now going to meet Tommy at a secret location and are 15 minutes away from your destination. However, it was the time of the week that the Rich come to collect the 30 humans. You see the ship approaching and everyone around you frantically scrambling around, running for their lives like how chicks would in a chicken farm, being chased by the farmer.

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You have two options:

  1. Escape as best as you can and meet Tommy
  2. Stay and help defend against the Rich and take over the ship

Roll 1 dice for strength and 1 for agility, then add the points you get to each attribute. Both should be above 5 which allows for option 2 to be open for consideration.

 

In any case, both Tommy and and Jason are free to interpret and decide what happens after Jason rolls the dice and determines the outcome option. Use the given information in Lore 1 & 2 to make decisions and judgement based on the goal of meeting with each other and hopefully, devise a plan to hack into the force field.

 

[OOC] – Do let me know if there are anything you are unclear of. This chapter sets out to test the intelligence of the both of you and your creativity in problem solving.

Lore 2: The Difference; The way of life of the poor divide

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ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE POOR DIVIDE

Every morning, the poor wake up to smells beyond bearable to their nose but what is this to them after smelling it for years?

In the poor divide, what is justice? What is choice? What is fairness? What is humility? What is friendship or family ties?… What is life?

However, in this divide, there exist some who do are strong enough to possess great values. Eventually, these are the people who make it to form an underground cult, to lead the poor into an arms race to bring order to the world.

 

In this cult are

Techies:

These are the people you wanna work with when it comes to making anything you can ever imagine as a weapon or a tool to help you with a task or mission. Commission them to make what you have in mind for 8 intelligence and 2 days of lead time. Explore your creativity!

Researchers:

These are the people that never leave the bunker. All their lives, they spend it on their research on making an ultimate bio-weapon and potions and one in particular, that grants immunity to anything possible on this planet. It is still in the making and results aren’t very positive at the moment.

The Preachers

These group of people posses somewhat supernatural powers. They are able to glance into the future and past but only for a very limited time period; 1 min in the past and 5 mins into the future. And because of this power that they have, they also are able to motivate the people to keep them going and fighting for their cause; to take down the force field and overthrow the Rich.

The leaders

They are the ones who managed to escape from the rich because of the strong determination and wits they have. They also know a lot about the Rich and thus, are able to make well-informed decisions. Behind the driving force of this campaign is a man by the name, Reynolds. He seldom have long speeches but each time he delivers one, it was motivational and enough to keep the Poor going.

 

About the Poor Divide:

Transport:

In this humble region, everything is made from high quality eco-friendly recycled materials. The most basic form of transport is a hydraulic legs assisted mechanism that all the Poor wear. This device can then attached to other forms of transport modes such as a super solar powered hover board and a bicycle. The whole unit is auto-regulated in that it uses solar and air resistance to charge and power all devices. The catch is that the moment these devices cross the force field, everything disintegrates, leaving only the footwear so the Rich wouldn’t know of the technology that the Poor divide possess. There are no cars whatsoever, but there are airships armed with weapons so destructive it can wipe out the entire planet. These ships are known to be hidden deep inside the many tunnels in the Poor divide.

Housing:

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The Poor live in semi-sunken houses, the top part harnesses the radiation from the force field and is also solar powered. It is also an escape pod that allows up to 5 people to fit inside it. These houses are all well camouflaged as “attap” houses on the outside. Of course, the occupants sleeping and living area is at the bottom half of the house. You must be wondering how is it that the Poor can be so well equipped and high-tech. This is all thanks to The Researchers efforts.

Vegetation:

All food sources are grown in green houses and secured facilities, that are 100% organic. Similarly, these are powered by solar energy and radiation from the force field. The seeds were smuggled from the Rich each time someone from that side gets banished to the Poor divide.

 

In short, the Poor divide are poor because of the lack of many rights and are subjected to the Riches Authoritarian regime. Every week, the Rich would snatch away 30 people for their cannibalistic desires. In a way, the Rich knows of the smuggling of seeds but close an eye because they want the meat they get to be well nourished before they eat them. How sick!  Those in the Poor divide live in fear everyday but it is because of this fear that drive them forward in their cause to take down the force field and wipe out the Rich.

Lore 1: The Difference

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In this world, in the year 2112, where there is a huge disparity between the rich and poor countries, many of those who live in the impoverished countries suffer very horrible fates.

The current situation in this world is that the rich are too affluent and selfish that they get richer and strip off the poor from basic rights everyday and every minute. In short, its a rich man’s world. However, there are still activist within the rich who still have a heart; fighting for the right cause and fighting for the poor to live and with dignity.

The poor on the other hand, are reduced to being objects. In that they are not even treated like humans, they get taken and thrown into labour camps and into meat grinders to feed that small percentage of rich cannibals.

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Within the poor are also a group of activist who constantly fight an uphill battle with all the bad that’s going on.

And, all that separate the rich and poor is a force field wall. Only the rich can access it with their thumb print.

Your role is to make the world a better place to live in by braving the toughest of situations and finding solutions to end this cannibalistic disaster, either on the poor side or the rich side.

Over the course of the following chapters, you will solve one problem existing in this world each.

Attributes:

Strength – Strength in this story can be ability to influence in a decision making process and or strength to fight off authorities or the cannibals

Agility – How quick you can dodge and escape any threats
Intelligence – Depending on which side you choose; poor: you will possess intelligence far superior than the most intellectual rich person; rich: you will posses knowledge of all the key processes, laws, security codes, launch codes and all other top secret information ( however, you will not posses all these info at once. It will be given to you in due course)

*You are warned that the if your choose the poor side, you will only be able to have +2 str, so do allocate the other 2 attributes accordingly.*

Fulfill your destiny now:

 

  1. Character type (rich/poor)
  2. Name
  3. Gender
  4. How are you going to help alleviate the lives of the impoverished
  5. Choose three values for your character (e.g. responsibility, disciplined etc)
  6. Allocate your attribute points (only 8 pts in total)

 

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