User blog:ImpSyndrome/Beacon: Fission

The following passages were scribbled into pages of a journal found on a street in Vale after MD Event 02. They appear to be written by the same author...

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[Day 6: The teachers have started locking down the buildings and transporting supplies through the basement tunnels. They're going more than a little overboard over this dumb outbreak. A couple kids get the runs, and they have to shut everything down for a whole week? Seriously, what are they thinking? We've all got better things to do.]

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[Day 14: Sunny called our dorm today, asking if all members of our team were accounted for. Kind of odd, considering we're STILL on lockdown. I told her we're all here, but she still though it was necessary to remind us that we could be expelled for neglecting Ozpin's "quarantine". I'm starting to think that there's more to be worried about than some disease.]

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[Day 18: Mickey finally broke the quarantine, like he kept saying he would. Didn't get three steps before Port clobbered him and pulled him back into the building. I know the dude's srs bznss, but he didn't even skip a beat...This is getting freaky...]

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[Day 20: Saw something outside the window. Looked almost EXACTLY like Mickey, but now way was it him; he's been isolated since Port KO'd him for breaking quarantine. Looked like he was glowing or something, and he sure wasn't Grimm, but those eyes were freaky. Gave me the willies...I'm sure as heck not going out there.] ...

[Day 25: Adam's missing. Must've snuck out in the middle of the night. Probably went into the tunnels to look for Sasha, he kept going on about how worried he was about her. Asked the teachers, but they said they haven't seen him. Liars, they know EVERYTHING that goes on in this place...]

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[Day 27: adams dead that thing that looks like mickey was carrying his body away WHATS GOING ON OUT THERE WHY WONT THEY TELL US ANYTHING]

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[Day 29: theres two of them now the new one looks like adam its killing us one by one and MULTIPLYING no wonder the teachers wont talk to us]

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[Day 31: a teacher killed mickeys copycat it turned into sludge and absorbed him theres a hunter copycat now and NO ONE KNOWS WHERE IT IS were all going to die]

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Welcome to Beacon: Fission. Set in Vale, this scenario mimics the concept of Metroid Fusion: parasitic entities, popularly dubbed "the Copycats", have descended upon the world of Remnant, possessing able-bodied humanoids, with an obvious preference for Hunters, and using their forms for propagation. The most frightening part is that these creatures have an uncanny knack for rendering all trademark Hunter abilities - including Aura and Semblance - almost entirely useless. Obviously, this presents a threat even greater and more immediate than the creatures of Grimm, considering that humanity seems utterly helpless before its onslaught.

...That is, until YOU show up.

Your situation is unique: for one reason or another, the Copycats are unable to use you as a host, rendering you safe from their influence. What's more, a unique property of your Aura renders you able to absorb free-floating Copycat parasites, actually RESTORING it. Knowing that you stand a chance against this new menace, it's become your mission to investigate the outbreak in Vale, infiltrate Beacon, and find a way to neutralize the Copycats before humanity is utterly wiped out.

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This isn't your ordinary AU scenario. It's not meant to be the basis for a roleplaying story; rather, it's meant to serve as an inspiration for deciding how a character will grow over the progression of their story, kind of like how Samus acquires multiple suit upgrades to aid her survivability in the Metroid games. So, my challenge to anyone interested: tell us how YOUR OC would survive the initial attack, HOW they'd approach the mission of purging Beacon, and HOW they'd eventually become capable of confronting the source of the problem. I'll be providing an example in blog form in the near future. Look forward to it!

((Also, if you're curious about what "MD Event 02" is, I may or may not eventually reveal that information as Camo's approach to the scenario unfolds.))