Curfew begins at seven o'clock in New York.

That's when the doors close, like a wave rippling down the street, and you can hear it if you cared to listen as each one is locked and bolted and chained - click, click, click, click, click, like that, like the echoing call of a deathswatch beetle across the city as people claim their shelter and wait for the day to arrive and hope that the night will be kind.

The night is not usually kind, because it is never without that spectre of death that probes with cold fingers at the windowpanes and thresholds, waiting for a slip up and watching with hungry eyes. Maybe it will be a word out of place, or maybe it will be a minute's tardiness, or maybe it will be simply a presence when a presence is not required, but death can be patient until that comes. If this is chaos, then it is an orderly chaos, with death and tragedy doled out in equal measure to everyone who comes looking.

And when it comes, everyone averts their eyes and continues locking their doors, and if words are spoken, they are only to assert that those fates must be reserved for those who deserve them, those who open their curtains to death's call, and that someone who follows the rules will surely avert such a fortune.

They're wrong, of course, but don't tell them that. Everyone likes to imagine themselves the hero of the story.

There are only two types of people in New York now. Cowards and liars.

No heroes here.

Please put your character's name in the subject line of the PM! I'd like a more or less even split of girls and guys, between the ages of fourteen and twenty one, ish. Please remember not everyone has powers or training, and that these are kids raised under the regime of HYDRA! You may submit up to three characters, but please no copycats of canons or Mary/Gary Sues! I really look forward to reading them all. Here is the form:

Name:

Nickname:

Age:

Gender:

Nationality/Ethnicity:

Hometown:

Job:

Appearance (I expect this to be highly detailed):

Clothing Style:

Personality (also highly detailed):

Personal history:

Top three defining moments of their past:

Family and friends: (names, personalities, relationships)

Romance:

Do they have powers? What are they and how did they get them?:

Skills:

Weaknesses:

Fears:

Color associated with the Character:

Symbol for Character (an object or concept that represents the OC as a whole):

Theme song:

Hobbies:

Likes:

Dislikes:

Quirks:

Opinions on -

HYDRA

The Resistance

The Avengers

Other: