Origin Story is a game about teenagers dealing with changes to their body that they didn't ask for, and don't understand; who feel different to their peers, and live in a world that doesn't want them; and who must define the identity they want to be known by.

Players play as teenagers living in the city of Citropolis, on an online support forum for young people with super powers. Supers, known as people with The Spark, are seen by many as dangerous and destabilising members of society – many Sparked people keep their powers secret, or live a double life. Teens often hide their sparks, ashamed, and find no support for dealing with a very different puberty.

SparkInYou.org is a place for Sparked youth to find community and understanding. A space where they can unapologetically be themselves… and decide what that means to them. The game will focus on cooperation and community, with most of the plot being highly personal - characters working on the unique Struggles that brought them to the forum.

Origin Story will be a text based game, consisting of Uptime on the Origin Story Discord, which represents the time your character spends on the forum, and Downtime, where you will submit a turnsheet telling the GM team what your character gets up to between sessions, and receive a write up from the GMs about how that turned out! In Origin Story, each downtime will represent one month for the characters, and you will have one major action representing your key focus during that time.

Out of character, the sessions will run fortnightly, starting on Tuesday 27th July. Sessions will begin at 7:00pm and run for 3 hours. The table below shows when each session will occur:

• If it's your first time playing an OURPGSoc Society Game, we recommend reading the New to Roleplaying section.

• Otherwise, you can head on over to the Creating a Character page, which will walk you through creating a player character for the game.

• Alternatively, you can find out more about the setting by heading to the pages on Citropolis or The Spark.

• Finally, Style and Tone will give you an overview of the aesthetic and themes of Origin Story.