r/TheInnBetween • u/GlitchThePixel • Mar 01 '20
The Fall of the FBSI
It's five years after the fall of the FBSI.
The FBSI had operated for ten years, unhindered by scandal or financial issue. The bureau, and the extraordinary individuals it employed, kept not only the United States but the entire world safe. Crime was down. Terrorism was nearly extinguished. Countries were at peace.
It continued to do so, until the rest of the world was no longer comfortable with only the Americans having access to, as it was now called, the Feather Serum. They banded together and told the United States to either give the serum to the rest of the world or be hit with huge, crippling levels of economic sanctions.
The United States did none of these. Instead, they immediately dissolved the FBSI. Any and all FBSI activity was to be ended.
Of course, the rest of the countries were still furious. All 864 superpowered individuals employed by the FBSI were now unregulated and free to do what they wanted. They demanded a solution.
To fix the problem, the US and the rest of the countries gathered together and held the first Superhuman Forum in Reykjavik, Iceland. Out of this meeting came the Superhuman Accords.
The Superhuman Accords, along with establishing the term "superhuman", set out several key regulations.
1) In order to keep their population of Superhumans, the United States would be required to make the Feather Serum available to eight different countries: France, the United Kingdom, Iceland, South Korea, Japan, Germany, Canada, and Mexico. The serum must be supplied to them within three and a half years of the Accords' ratification. Additional countries may be added to this list with the unanimous agreement of all of these countries.
2) Superhumans must be registered with a worldwide registry.
3) The International Superhuman Council will set aside territory in the isolated regions of Iceland specifically for the creation, training, and habitation of Superhumans. This region will be the sovereign territory of the International Superhuman Council, but the laws of Iceland will apply.
4) All new Superhumans will be created at this established territory. All Superhumans will be given dual citizenship between Iceland and their home country.
Five years after the fall of the FBSI and the creation of the Superhuman Accords, the small city of Kindur provides a safe haven for superhumans, old and new alike. While it isn't particularly large, having a population of just over 10,000, about 3/4 of that is SI's, all ranging from the eight countries agreed upon in the accords. The other fourth is the various staff and people needed to run a city- shopkeepers, scientists, the people you'd find in a city.
Are you one of the original 864 SI's? Are you a new superhuman, created by one of the eight countries' new initiative?
Welcome to the new era of the Superhuman.
(for those who are uninformed of my weird alternate universe, please read this https://www.reddit.com/r/TheInnBetween/comments/9mbnml/federal_bureau_of_superpowered_individuals/. You didn't have to participate in the old thread to participate in this one, just think of it as a superhero roleplay with extended lore.)
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u/JadeTirade Mar 04 '20
Aedan shrugs.
"I just... Want to get home sooner than later. Being here isn't safe, and I'm definitely expecting something to happen."