The World RP 2 Storyline

== Overview ==
The World RP 2's storyline, unlike World RP 1, has been unfolding since its very start.
Even during non-main arc RPs (the Followers of Johare roleplays, side rps like ferry raids, etc.), characters events and locations are all set in motion that contribute to the main story.
This is a comprehensive chronological telling of all events known to the Participants.
In chronological order of the World RP 2 timeline:
* 2018: REPCONN Years (done in 2020)
* 2019: Pre-Arc (done in 2019)
* 2020: Orchid Arc (done in 2020)
== Prologue ==
When our story begins in 2018, two companies, the Orchid Coalition and T.B.C., are in an intense cold war following Brazil's apparent destruction.
The details as to what happened to Brazil are unclear. The Orchid has spies in T.B.C.'s ranks, and T.B.C. is trying to get the upper hand as both companies are in an intense stalemate.
Meanwhile, the borders between California and Nevada are being fiercely contested. In World RP 2, each state is an independent nation. 
And right at the border sits an important city to our story - the town of Sweetwater.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Sweetwater is located in California in 2018, but after California's borders were shrunk, it's located in Nevada in 2020.
 The following map is from a 2020 perspective! For now, Sweetwater is NOT in Nevada, but in California.
== Chapter I - The Sweetwater Massacre ==
Paige's kidnapping
The REPCONN Years series of roleplays start in 2018 in Sweetwater, California.
The Interns, i.e. the World RP participants, were tasked by T.B.C. with infiltrating a promising up-and-coming company called REPCONN to figure out if there was an Orchid spy amidst them.
Working for REPCONN are two extremely important figures to the story: Robert Maxwell and Sarah Djuvar.
Around this time, a series of kidnappings were occurring near REPCONN. Maxwell saw the receptionist Lydia kidnap a little girl named Paige.
Paige, too, is an extremely important figure to this story.
He saw Lydia hand Paige over to a mysterious figure bearing a particular symbol, which Maxwell drew:
Maxwell didn't know who it was. He planned to sneak into Lydia's computer at the reception hall to uncover whom Lydia delivered Paige to.
However, he didn't uncover anything useful on it, and since he suspected the mysterious figure could've worked at REPCONN, he kept quiet about it.
This is when REPCONN Years begins.
The Interns figure out Robert Maxwell may know more than he was letting on. After a while, he budges and confesses that he saw Lydia kidnap Paige.
He explains Lydia took Paige and gave her to someone else bearing an Orchid symbol, which gave him a lead.
=== The Orchid's Vavilov Institute ===
Maxwell explains he has a lead on Paige's location - the Vavilov Institute, which is owned by the Orchid.
The Interns come up with a plan to infiltrate it and recover Paige: they dress up as elevator repairmen and walk through its front doors.
However, their disguise doesn't work. And they're about to meet one of the main antagonists of the World RP 2 saga.
He debuted before (in the first ever World RP 2 roleplay!) - but timeline wise, this is his first appearance.
=== First appearance: Mark Lions ===
An unforgiving Orchid Coalition henchman, Mark Lions, sees through the Interns' disguises.
He threatens the Interns: he says if they ever come back for Paige, he would hurt her and her other kidnapped friends at the Vavilov Institute.
The Interns and Maxwell back down at first, but they don't give up.
=== Chapter I Finale ===
==== Infiltrating the Vavilov Institute ====
Maxwell and the Interns devise a new plan to infiltrate the Institute and rescue Paige.
They use an abandoned sewer system to get under the Vavilov Institute and discover an underground section locked by a vault door.
They discover the Hoopla Sync-collider Room.
One of the Interns disturbs the Sync-collider in the middle, which triggers an alarm. All of them quickly hide before the guards come, except for Uncle Fatty who stays as a sacrifice.
Mark Lions appears and kills Uncle Fatty for disturbing the Sync-collider. He then sends an engineer in named Gregory Kettleman to fix any disturbances.
The Interns come out of their hiding spot and approach him.
Gregory Kettleman reveals he too was kidnapped by the Orchid, and that Mark threatened to kill his son if he didn't complete his work with the Sync-collider.
The Interns tell Gregory about Paige, a little girl who was kidnapped as well. He budges, and agrees to help, knowing it may threaten his son's life.
==== Rescuing Paige ====
The Interns, Gregory and Maxwell all find Paige in one of the rooms. 
She initially refuses to go with them because Mark said her friends, aka the other kidnapped people, would get hurt if she did.
The Interns make a pinky promise with her that they'd come back for her friends, and so, Paige agrees to leave.
They go back to the Hoopla Sync-collider Room to leave. Maxwell and Gregory attempt to hack the door to exit as fast as possible.
==== Paige's Maven doodles ====
Meanwhile, the Interns notice something Paige doodled.
Paige has been having dreams involving a robot called Maven ever since she was taken to the Vavilov Institute. She even drew it in her notebook.
Before Maxwell or Gregory could even take a look at the notebook or hear about her dreams, things take a turn - for the worse.
==== Gregory Kettleman's death ====
Mark Lions appears, and before he could notice, the Interns quickly hide Paige in the case they used to smuggle her out. 
He then grabs Gregory Kettleman, aiming his gun at his head, forcing the Interns to tell him where Paige was.
The Interns refuse - and Mark Lions carries out his threat. Gregory Kettleman is shot in the head and killed by Mark Lions.
The secrets of the Sync-collider die with him, for now.
==== The Sweetwater Massacre ====
The Interns are taken aback, but quickly use the opportunity to jump on Mark and a fierce battle ensues.
Even when outnumbered, Mark is just too strong for the Interns, so Maxwell disturbs the Sync-collider to make it explode, hoping to kill Mark.
The Interns run as fast as possible. Paige was no longer hidden in the case, so she must've slipped out while the battle ensued.
Mark is stuck behind as the Sync-collider explodes. This explosion cascades into a full blown Hoopla mushroom cloud which annihilates a huge chunk of Sweetwater Town. 
The Sweetwater Massacre occurs. 
== Chapter II - Cassidy Waters ==
Aftermath of the Sweetwater Massacre
After the detonation of the Hoopla Sync-collider at the Vavilov Institute, a large chunk of Sweetwater Town was destroyed or partly destroyed. 
Gregory Kettleman's body was burnt beyond recognition.
Mark Lions is presumed dead by authorities.
The Vavilov Institute and the Sync-collider were destroyed.
REPCONN was destroyed.
Other kinds of infrastructure of damage and casualties were also reported.
=== Introduction to the Storybreakers ===
As the Interns were resting in the Hospital, they tune into FNN on the TV, where Caroline Waters is delivering a speech.
Surprisingly, a recent cult named The Storybreakers took the blame for the explosion.
Most of the Storybreakers are people without one (of two) Secondary Balls which all sentient beings have.
The absence of one of them causes visions and hallucinations in their hosts, while the absence of both causes the host's mind to collapse almost immediately - creating feral hosts.
As stated, the Storybreakers lack only one of them, thus having frequent hallucinations and dreams but remaining sane.
The Storybreakers believe these hallucinations aren't just products of the mind, but rather glimpses of an ongoing story they have no control over.
It's unclear how the cult started out, or how they got one of their Secondary Balls removed, but it's known to remove Secondary Balls you must use a T.B.C. Nipple Extender Gun.
The Orchid pushed the narrative that Storybreakers thought they could find T.B.C. Nipple Extender Guns at the Vavilov Institute, and after they broke in, the Hoopla reactor exploded in the fight.
The Interns know this is a false narrative, but it seems to have stuck: Caroline Waters believed it.
Additionally, they pushed the people responsible for the recent kidnappings were the Storybreakers.
=== First appearance: Cass ===
As the Interns realize a lie is being perpetuated that the Storybreakers were responsible for the kidnappings and the explosion, someone enters the hospital room.
She says her name is Rose, and she asks the Interns for help to locating her friend Ryan who's been missing since the explosion.
They agree, and they go to the explosion site, making their way through tons of debris and ruined buildings.
They finally make it to the destroyed Vavilov Institute, and through ruins of concrete and cement, they make their way to the Destroyed Sync-collider Room:
Mark Lions' body was nowhere to be found.
Additionally, Gregory Kettleman's body was there, but was badly burnt and unrecognizable.
And finally, an audio tape left by Ryan was left there too, a bit further away from the body.
However, Ryan was nowhere to be found, so he must've left, or worse, was kidnapped.
Ryan's audiotape confirmed he was there after the explosion, and revealed Rose's most commonly known name Cass, that she (for a reason) tried to kept hidden. However, not much else was known.
Cass says she doesn't believe the news when they say the Storybreakers were responsible, and claims she believes the Orchid is behind it.
However, a fight ensues when Cass realizes the Interns were the ones responsible for the explosion.
They explain it was in self defense from Mark Lions, and that they didn't know the explosion would be so big. However, Cass explains the explosion ruined her and Ryan's plans to infiltrate the Institute. She remains angry.
This argument was cut short by a Dornan the Securitron, who kicks all of them from the premise in an... over-the-top, patriotic way.
=== Cassidy's story and companionship ===
After Dornan calls Cass "Miss Waters", she's confronted by the Interns and she confesses.
She is the daughter of Caroline Waters.
Cass confesses that she believes her father was kidnapped by the Orchid Coalition, and had been trying to get into the Vavilov Institute to find him.
Her mother Caroline didn't believe her, and so, she partnered up with Ryan.
They were supposed to execute their infiltration plan the day after the explosion took place, but Ryan executed it without her on the day before, ie on the day of the explosion.
He couldn't have predicted the explosion, and so, his plan must've fallen through when the Interns and Maxwell triggered the explosion.
This is why Cass knew Ryan was near the explosion site.
She reveals she's mad at Ryan for executing it without her, and mad at the Interns for ruining it because of the explosion.
However, her anger slowly fades as she vents it out with the Interns.
She comes to terms with the fact that Ryan was trying to protect her, and the Interns didn't intend to cause such a massive explosion.
As both the Interns and Cass comfort each other, she makes up her mind.
Cass agrees to help the Interns, and becomes a companion.
+ Whiskey Rose companion perk: drinking whiskey gives you a temporary boost to your CHARISMA.
=== Chapter II Finale - Relocations ===
Since REPCONN and the Vavilov Institute were torn apart by the explosion, both were abandoned.
REPCONN moved North to Carson City.
However... the Interns were most interested in where the Orchid went.
They go to the house of a Vavilov Institute employee, Kevin Smith, with Cass, to retrieve information on where the Vavilov Institute relocated to.
They use Irene Shitdick's apartment to jump into Kevin Smith's house.
Irene was a lovely old lady who let them in and gave them cookies, and two years later got brutally killed by R. Apist.
After prying around in Kevin Smith's house, they find an e-mail which reveals the new location where Vavilov employees went to.
And surprisingly, the Orchid relocated to Carson City as well, near the new REPCONN.
Our chapter ends here, for now.
The Orchid blamed the Massacre on the Storybreakers, and the relocation efforts are being done to a nearby facility to the new REPCONN in Carson City.
Gregory Kettleman is dead, Paige is missing, Mark Lions' fate is still unknown, Cassidy's friend, Ryan, remains nowhere to be seen as well and, according to her, the Orchid has Cassidy's father.
The fate of these characters isn't over.
== The REPCONN Years will continue. ==