History Roleplay / AmericanParanormalSociety

%%* AnythingThatMoves: White.

* NiceHat: Fedoras are also part of the uniform. Gwen replaces the Fedora in favor of a Deerstalker, though without a [[Franchise/SherlockHolmes pipe]].

%%* PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad: The Angel Diversity Movement of the 1990's.

* {{Hammerspace}}: {{Justified|Trope}} with Nico. He can reach between dimensions.

%%* BiTheWay: Nico and Raj.

An RP on the website Website/NationStates, featuring players from other RPS such as Roleplay/ElfenHigh, Roleplay/AWorldBeyond, and Roleplay/SuperTeensStuff.

[[http://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=129772 Can be found here.]] Run by Nationstatelandsville, a DeadpanSnarker and CloudCuckoolander, and featuring other wackos such as Nightkill, who are characters in of themselves. In fact, one could say that the real people behind this are more cartoonish than the characters.

Founded in 1801 as a recreational group, the New England Paranormal Society (predecessor to the current American Paranormal Society) was a purely recreational group of rich members who hunted monsters of folk lore and the likes for sport. Many major figures joined this secret fraternity, including one Abraham Lincoln. By 1850 though, it had set up branches all around the country, adopting it's current moniker. In 1949, each of the branches were attacked and destroyed by the Soviet equivalent, the Оккультные Investifastions агентства (Okkulʹtnye Investifastions agent·stva), Occult Investigation Agency in English, leading to a series of repercussions that left the country vulnerable to attacks from Soviet-owned monsters. The Society reformed in 1975 with the tasks of protecting both humans and monsters, as well as keeping these creatures hidden from the public view. In the Cold War, it also had the goal of defeating the OIA at every turn. It's USSR counterpart was disbanded in 1988, leaving the Society to focus on it's priorities of supernatural management.The modern APS is a recognized agency of the federal government, though it mainly works of it's own agenda. The Society is the only entirely equal opportunity employer. It will hire ANYTHING that goes through it's courses, passes the final exams, and has been an American citizen for five years, whether they be monsters, aliens, dinosaurs, or just humans. It is housed in four main buildings.

The Lincoln Institution - Located in the quaint little town of Arkham, Massachusetts, this university is where all cadets (aged 18 for the most part) are taught how to work and serve in the Society. A four year term filled with arduous training, intense studying of all fields, and mediocre cafeteria food awaits all who enter these hallowed halls, which have been constructed a top the remains of the original NEPS base.

The Franklin Avenue Building - Seemingly an average warehouse in St. Louis, Missouri, this is actually the base of operations for all of the APS. Teleportation discs, weapons (which range from before the birth of Christ to 200 years ahead of modern technology), robotic assistants, you name it. They're all here. Underground is a resting quarters for visiting agents, an assembly hall, mission assignment rooms, and interrogation rooms for any of those who harbor an illegal monster or break any other law or regulation about the paranormal world. It was invaded and partially destroyed midway through Chapter One. It is rebuilt during the gap between Chapters 3 and 4.


The Lyndon B. Johnson Building - An ordinary building to the naked eye, this is where all decisions concerning the Society's actions are made. Consider it the headquarters of a massive corporation, with the bases being regional offices and warehouses in one. Just with more demons and vampires. Located in New York.

The San Diego Zoo - Oh, it's just a zoo, right? Wrong. Beneath the main zoo is an underground cavern that contains pens for all captured monsters. Some of it's inhabitants consider it a prison, some consider it a haven. They all agree on one thing though. The food is just as bad as the Institution's.

Fort Kennedy - A fortification commissioned by Johnson, another president who was a member of the APS, as a secret location for weapons to be built in case of a war against the USSR. It has since been cloaked by magic, erased from history, and is now the fifth largest APS base. Can be found somewhere in the state of Washington and is the regional base for the Northwest. This is made the replacement headquarters for the APS after the Franklin Avenue Building was seized.

The story is far from simple, with many more villains than heroes. In fact, some of the heroes are villains themselves.

!!This RP contains examples of:

* ActionGirl: Francesca, the oni.
** Gwen, the knight.

* AlwaysChaoticEvil: Subverted. Monsters are treated and tried as individuals. It may seem as though every monster the Brigade encounters is evil, but they are either hunting these creatures specifically or being hunted by them.
** Several species still fall under this trope, most noticeably bat-demons.
*** Anything in the "daemons" category of monsters.

* AnarchyIsChaos: Averted and played completely straight. Depending on the place in [[spoiler: Europe]] you're in, it could be either one.

* AntiHero: Nico and several other members of the Society are Type V's. The Society by nature is a Type IV.
* AnythingThatMoves: White.
* AnyoneCanDie: Raj can die. [[spoiler: So can James.]]
* ArcWords: Chapter 4 has "The day has ended. The night has come." Usually said to Nico, usually after Nico has been referred to as "the Destroyer".
* AuthorAppeal: Some of Nat's personal interests crop up: The final battle against War in Ch. 3 is fought in Area 52 from ''Series/DoctorWho'', for example.
** Santa Claus's North Pole is made entirely of this: He has a cantina based on the famous one from Franchise/StarWars which is inhabited by the likes of an undead Music/FrankSinatra, Music/JohnLennon, and Creator/CharlieChaplin. His house is a mishmash of Tim Taylor's garage from ''Series/HomeImprovement'', the kitchen from Creator/GeorgeLopez, and Ray's bedroom from ''Series/EverybodyLovesRaymond''. This is, of course {{lampshaded}}.
* BadAssLongCoat: Oliver has been wearing a trench-coat since Chapter 2.

*** Green bad-ass trench-coats are now the official uniform of the Sixth Brigade, as of Chapter Four.
* BigBad: Rurik, after many, many false leads.
* BadBoss: Rurik Udovin, just... Rurik Udovin.
* BadSanta
* BadassSanta
* BerserkButton: If you hurt either Raj or Nico, the other will find you. And he will kill you.

* BigBad: Rurik Udovin, mysterious co-founder of the New England Paranormal Society who was wiped from all records and imprisoned below the Sphinx. He's manipulated everything from the very start through his minion, Mc Millan.

** White has taken over this role, and surprisingly, is pretty good at it.
* BilingualBonus: The incantations for summoning the Horsemen.
** The prophecy given by the voice of Clarent is pretty much a spoiler for how Chapters Six and Seven will end. [[TeasingCreator If only someone could translate it.]]
* BitchInSheepsClothing: White started off as this, but that nasty character development got in the way.
** To clarify, she acts like a sweet person to most people. When dealing with the Sixth, she shows her bitchy side. However, when dealing with Gabriel, she shows her softer side and, since his introduction, has largely softened up.
* BiTheWay: Nico and Raj.

* BlackAndWhiteMorality: Gwen, despite all evidence to the contrary, latches onto this.
** Durim seems to, as well.
* BreakingTheFourthWall Nico does this all the time.

* BuffySpeak: More so than one would ever believe. Oliver is probably the worst offender.

* CanonImmigrant: Wayne is an odd example. He was born in Roleplay/SuperTeensStuff, but, as of Chapter Four, he has joined the cast of this RP. He is also quite literally an immigrant, since he simply came over from his world.
* CerebusSyndrome: Completely intentional, mind you.

* ChewToy: Nico has been exiled from R'yleh, faced extreme racism from certain members of the Society, his mentor died, his world was destroyed, his father disowned and depowered him, he got the shit beaten out of him by Deimos and Phobos, and his beloved died. Goddamn, I'm starting to feel a bit guilty about all this...

* CoolSword: Plenty.Including but not limited to: The Blades of R'lyeh, The Blade of Huang, and Gwen's personal sword/fuck-your-shit-upper, Cortana.
** We get a quick look at the Sword in the Stone, Clarent. It comes with OminousLatinChanting (though it isn't really Latin) and everything!
* CuteMonsterGirl: Francesca,an Oni.
* CrapsackWorld
* CrapsaccharineWorld: Heaven, though different from the one in ElfenHigh, certainly inspiration from it in levels of shittiness.
** To be more precise, the angels are far nicer and more casual, particularly Michael, but Jesus is a horrible person and the only souls that are allowed in Heaven are the ones that would benefit it politically.
* CrossOver: An in-universe example. Nico often uses his fourth-wall breaking powers to converse with Wayne, from Roleplay/SuperTeensStuff.
** In order to defeat the Horseman of Apocalypse War, Nico calls upon his allies from all across the multiverse. These allies include Wayne and Valtherzaw from Roleplay/SuperTeensStuff and Crowley and Lewis Jameson from Roleplay/ElfenHigh. HilarityEnsues.
* DarkActionGirl: The Celtic triple goddess Morrigan
** The Roman war goddess Bellonia

* DeadpanSnarker: Oliver. Francesca has her moments as well.
** Wayne.
* DeusExMachina: Pretty much how the Sixth Brigade won all of it's fights against super-powerful beings, be it either with the aid of some other deity or the intervention Nico Mckickyourass.

* {{Expy}}: Wayne, in the most literal sense.

* FallenAngel: Gabriel, Raj's replacement.

* FeminineWomenCanCook: Subverted with Gwen.She is surely very ladylike,but unfortunately,she is also a massive LethalChef
* FiveManBand: Seven, actually.
** TheHero: Oliver.
** TheLancer: James. Nico. Occasionally Roland. Gabriel seems like he might end up being this.
** TheSmartGuy: Oliver. He can still kick ass.
** TheBigGuy: Nico. Francesca.
** TheChick: Raj. Gwen. They can still kick ass too, and are far from the being useless.
** TagalongKid: Raj, unless you piss him off.
** SixthRanger: Raj and his replacement, Gabriel. To a lesser extent, James or Durim. A meta-example would be Gabriel and Raj's RealLife creator, Nightkill.
* FiveTokenBand: God's Angels, after the 90's.

* GrayAndGreyMorality: The group frequently lapses into this when fighting their enemies. In fact, for the most part, it seems the only crimes Rurik and the OIA are guilty of is [[UnfortunateImplications being Russians]].

* HeroicLineage: It's hinted in Chapter 4 that Gwen could be a descendant of Myth/KingArthur himself.

* JesusWasWayCool: HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! No.
* KnightInShiningArmor: Gwen to Francesca, occasionally.

* {{Masquerade}}: Duh.
* MeaningfulName: Nico Hawkeye, a sniper. This could be an example of MeaningfulRename though, depending on which part of Nico's new identity came frost.
* NiceHat: Fedoras are also part of the uniform.
** Gwen replaces the Fedora in favor of a Deerstalker,though without a [[Franchise/SherlockHolmes pipe]]

** Rurik Udovin and David Herring were this until their back-stories were revealed.
*** White. Dear God, White.
* OminousLatinChanting: Subverted and Lampshaded. There is ominous chanting when summoning a Horseman of Apocalypse, and it's supposed to sound like Latin, but it's actually Portuguese. Mc Millan explains that he doesn't speak Latin, but it's kind of weird that the Horsewoman, Pestilence, does the Portuguese thing too.
* OnceAnEpisode: A battle with bat-demons.
** Chapter Four gets a bit more creative and features Super-Duper Bat-Demons.

* OurAngelsAreDifferent: They are shapeshifters who kick significant amounts of ass. Gabriel is a more stereotypical angel physically, though this is most likely a choice or is due to the fact that he is a lesser angel. Also, they're [[PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad incredibly]] [[FiveTokenBand diverse]].
* OurDemonsAreDifferent: They are physically and mentally indistinguishable from angels, being that they are indeed fallen angels. Gabriel may or may not be one.

* OurVampiresAreDifferent: They are the honey badgers of the paranormal kingdom.

* PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad: The Angel Diversity Movement of the 1990's.

** Roland.
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: David Herring.
* {{Retcon}}: Did you know that Nico once killed James? No? Good. Cthulu wants it that way.

* [[spoiler: RetGone: James.]]

* ShoutOut: Many. See AuthorAppeal.
* TeasingCreator: Oh, do I ever love this!
* TemptingFate: Oliver to Durim: "Don't provoke the Lord of the Dark! Who pisses off something with that kind of name?"
* TokenMinority:Gwen is of [[UsefulNotes/{{Wales}} Welsh]] heritage. Oh, and does she revel in it.
** Raj is Indian. Not surprising, considering that Nightkill is himself, [[SarcasmMode Polish]].
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Francesca and Gwen.
* TheAce: SantaClaus. He has a revolver and deer-pegasi.
* TheAlcoholic: Roland.
** Francesca, by virtue of being an oni.
* TheKrampus
* TheMenInBlack: The APS, of course.
* TheMole: James claims to have been one for the Cloak and Dagger, but Oliver doubts that, as the Cloak and Dagger do not behave the way James describes them as having behaved. He betrayed the "CaD" of course, otherwise he wouldn't be alive anymore.
* TheOrder: The defunct Knights of the Round Table were this.
* TheVerse: Roleplay/NightkillsShit.
* TheyCallHimSword: Oliver, the werewolf, is called "the wolf" by so many enemies, it's unbelievable.

*** James is "Robocop".

* WhamEpisode: Chapter Four. Holy shit.
* WhoYouGonnaCall: The APS is a Type 3. Still, they didn't manage to avoid [[BrokenMasquerade breaking the masquerade]].

* WeirdnessMagnet: The Sixth Brigade, specifically Nico.
* WideEyedIdealist: Gwen.Having a KnightInShiningArmour mindset doesn't help her either.
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Nico is the Destroyer. 'Nuff said.
* ZombieApocalypse: Averted. [[spoiler: The souls who escaped from Heaven are integrated into society rather uneasily, but still integrated. They aren't exactly zombies, either.]]

An RP on the website NationStates, featuring players from other RPS such as Roleplay/ElfenHigh, Roleplay/AWorldBeyond, and Roleplay/SuperTeensStuff.

* BadAss: It's a job requirement.
** Santa Claus.

* TheObiWan: During his lifetime, the President of the APS, Grey (Creator/HPLovecraft, a Chthonian, living out a new life), was this to Nico, and to a lesser extent, Oliver.

* HeroicLineage:It's hinted in Chapter 4 that Gwen could be a descendant of KingArthur himself.

** Santa Claus's North Pole is made entirely of this: He has a cantina based on the famous one from Franchise/StarWars which is inhabited by the likes of an undead Music/FrankSinatra, Music/JohnLennon, and Creator/CharlieChaplin. His house is a mishmash of Tim Taylor's garage from HomeImprovement, the kitchen from GeorgeLopez, and Ray's bedroom from ''Series/EverybodyLovesRaymond''. This is, of course {{lampshaded}}.

** Santa Claus's North Pole is made entirely of this: He has a cantina based on the famous one from Franchise/StarWars which is inhabited by the likes of an undead Music/FrankSinatra, Music/JohnLennon, and Creator/CharlieChaplin. His house is a mishmash of Tim Taylor's garage from HomeImprovement, the kitchen from GeorgeLopez, and Ray's bedroom from EverybodyLovesRaymond. This is, of course {{lampshaded}}.