Post by josie on Mar 30, 2009 17:39:56 GMT -8
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"WHAT YOU'RE SIGNING ON FOR IS A STORM AT SEA."
The year is 2023. The place, Chicago, Illinois. It used to be a place where commerce could thrive, where people could raise their children with good moral values and live without locks on their doors. Now, the Osfris Crime Family has moved into town, and everything good and wholesome has gone out the window. They deal in guns, drugs, embezzlement, and most of all, murder. They're the biggest crime family this side of Vegas. They are the Mob. Things have gone from great to good to bad to worse. People are getting knifed in the alleys in broad daylight. Drugs are being pumped onto the street like they're candy and anyone who so much as dares to cut a slice of the pie for themselves...well, the Osfris Family has ways to deal with that kind of treachery. Cement shoes comes to mind, folks.
Sadly, the cops are too afraid to touch the Family. Either they're too afraid or they've been paid off to look the other way. In the biz, we call thems "dirty cops". Accepting bribes on the side and basically tattooing "OSFRIS BITCH" on their foreheads, cops are no longer the enforcers of good and righteousness. Now, they're just thugs looking to pad their wallets. Good men and women have tried to take them down; the former DA died doing just that. But someone managed to catch the DA going home from work, and well, he was never found.
What we need are...HEROES.
Like, SUPERHEROES.
And, lo and behold, our prayers were answered.
WITH THE MASKS.
Superheroes, a.k.a. MASKS, have been popping up all over Chicago. It's a big city with a lot of crime in it, and someone's got to clean up the mess. The cops are useless, and now, ordinary (or not-so-ordinary) citizens have decided to take up the Mantle of Justice and fight crime. They're crimefighters, you might say. And after just a few years, they're doing a damn good job. The Osfris Family's drug cartels have been broken up. They've lost their monopoly on the city as these heroes inspire more and more citizens to get involved in the fight for their town. The People are taking the power back, and the Osfris Crime Family doesn't like that much.
Long story short: they pressure and pay the cops to shoot MASKS on sight.
And to add wood to the growing fire, the Chicago Tribune has decided to answer the call of the Public. "WE WANT MORE MASKS! WE WANT MORE MASKS!" People are HUNGRY for news about the local superheroes, and the newspaper is more than happy to deliver. Enter the editor-in-chief who comes up with a brilliant idea: 'Let's expose their secret identities!' So he assembles a crack team of reporters to do just that: find out who the Masks are, expose them, and sit back and watch as paper sales go through the roof!
Yeah, not the smartest idea.
So you've got the Mob pissed off cuz there are a bunch of Superheroes running around, getting in their way. The cops are paid to shoot Masks on sight. Meanwhile, the Tribune has gotten a pretty bad idea into their noggin.
Things. Do. Not. Look. Good.
WELCOME TO THE PAGEANT OF THE BIZARRE.
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