CONCEPT:
What once seemed impossible has suddenly become possible; Atlantis has risen. The city from myth and legend which sank beneath the waves so many eons ago has suddenly appeared in international waters off the coast of the Caribbean, on a land mass roughly the size of Manhattan. So far the rest of the world has not found out about this – but the X-Men have. Mutants from around the Caribbean are being led by voices in their head, telling them that persecution and unity will be waiting for them on Atlantis. All they need to do is go. The X-Men have decided to investigate these people and discover their true intentions. What secrets does Atlantis hold?

IDEA:

So, here is the idea. The city of Atlantis was never just a myth. It was a city, eons ago, that became a mecca for mutants in the old world. Mutants, persecuted for being different, for being monsters, demons, demi-gods, what have you, banded together to form their own nation. For awhile they were prosperous, but the world powers at the time eventually decided to retaliate. Gathering their own forces, they launched war against Atlantis. Seeing no other way to end the bloodshed and quell the fighting, the Atlanteans sunk their beloved city beneath the waves in hopes of escaping any further torment.

With a combination of mutant powers of all types, the population of Atlantis thrived beneath the waters, in their protected city, moving it around from place to place so that they never had to fear being found. For so many years they existed in silence, living off the ocean, farming within their protected city, and simply living a life of contentment, free of persecution.

But, when King Atlan came in to rule, a powerful mutant telepath who could hear the goings on in the surface, he listened in as the plight of mutants became all the more apparent to him. Living his entire life beneath the water, it hurt him to hear mutants crying out in pain and suffering. So, it was his decision to raise Atlantis and summon new followers to him.

INTENTIONS:

So this the basic framework I have. King Atlan has risen Atlantis in order to offer mutants a sanctuary that is outside of the human law. In international waters, Atlantis is a safe haven that allows mutants to be and do what they please, so long as they are citizens of Atlantis. But one of the hidden reasons as to why Atlan raised the city is not only to protect mutants, but because their own population is on the decline. They need more genetic diversity and the only way to do that is by attaining some new citizens (but of course they won’t really be telling that to new citizens).

There will be no high-tech scenarios as it depicted in most every fictional story of Atlantis, but instead all the people are mutants. Every last one is pretty fit, strong mutant but the two strongest are King Atlan and the general of the Atlantean Army, General Paci. The king himself is a powerful telepath who can hear thoughts over a wide range (can’t project thoughts though), and the general has a combination of being a proud warrior, but also has lethal levels of heightened senses.

So that’s about all I can come up with. I’m open to hearing ideas to further flesh this plot out. But I think it’ll be a nice X-Men mission thread, a chance to shake off the rust and have some fun. I imagine the X-Men going there as friends, to investigate, and then being held in order to be used to help the breeding population, Lol. But that’s just me. What do you guys think?

Since we don’t want TOO much going one, we’re only going to have room for the first four or five people who sign up. Sorry, but it causes less confusion with a smaller number.

SIGN-UP LIST:

• Jorge Cervantes
• Ghost
• Saphirus
• Mirror
• Rebecca Grey
• Elke (stowaway)

Hmmm...

Saph would be game for this.

It seems a lot like a site-wide plot level idea. What ends up happening to the city after the plot resolves?

Originally it started as a site wide but since it beared similarities to Utopia, i altered it to be a mission thread. But, depending on how it goes, interest, and how it ends, could possibly make it a fixture on MRO.

I would totally be interested in sneaking Elke, my current X-men hopeful in on this if possible~

Mirror would be up for this

Becca would be all about visiting a sunken city lost to time. Sign her the heck up!

*raises hand* I'm in sounds like a blast! *dibs on not being controlled* Once the plot grows I mean *got to the part where 'first four' was mentioned*

Alright! So sign-ups are closed! Here is the team that will be arriving on the island:

• Jorge Cervantes
• Ghost (Team Leader)
• Saphirus
• Mirror
• Rebecca Grey
• Elke (stowaway)

Depending on how this thread goes there could be more to deal with Atlantis and possibly more threads. CS, we'll talk and figure out something for Sam to do, either in this thread or another. ^_^

I just want to say, Jorge, that this is a really cool idea. I'm glad it got the responses it got, and I'm looking forward to hearing about this plot!

Nice work!

If there are future plots that spin off of this, I'd love to figure out a way for any of my characters to be a part of them. Have fun storming the city!

It's fine CS, we can have our own mission. With Blackjack, and hookers... "X-mission Cafas and CS go to Vegas"