"Really, who are you gonna call?"
The world today is a very strange one... where humans are born with the ability to control fire or ice, respectable rich men buy or build battle suits to fight crime, and aliens occasionally come down to Earth to visit and hardly anyone cares anymore because it's become so common. Yet when questions of the paranormal and supernatural comes up, the majority populace still feels the urge to call anyone who believes in such things crazy. Which is madness in of itself.
So when you've just bought an new home for your entire family and find the house has a terrifying past, or choose to expand your business unknowingly onto ancient burial grounds, what are you to do when the monstrous and vengeful spirits of the dead start tearing your building or even you apart? The police aren't just going to assume you're crazy, the government doesn't have the time or patience to listen to the dangers of the undead, and you can't rely on the vigilante in the bat costume to always pull you out of the fire. So really, who are you gonna call?
The DeLancey Center of Paranormal Investigations & Eliminations (D.C.P.I.E.) was founded to aid in troubling cases like the ones mentioned above, acting as the sole provider for true supernatural dispersion and defense using the safest and most efficient methods available that don't involve the likes of exorcisms and occult magics.
Founded by renowned scientist and inventor Dexter Lee DeLancey, who's family have seen many such a paranormal conflict over many generations themselves, the DCPIE have been in business for just over three years and have more than proven that things normally beyond human comprehension- be them ghosts, demons, ghouls, or anything else- do indeed exist and are "living" among us. And they chose to capitalize on the potential market.
"Home is where the soul is..."
Used as both a base of operations by the DCPIE and as a home to Dexter's family, DeLancey Estate is an large an luxurious mansion paid for and maintained by both the money the family business has earned as supernatural investigators and the numerous patents Dexter has earned as an inventor. Located in a lonely little area of Westchester New York, the building is the site of the family's first encounter with the paranormal... but that's another story entirely.
Aside from Dexter's personal office/study and the 'museum of cursed artifacts', the above ground portion of the building is meant solely for the family's normal (if not fancy) living arrangements, being made up of numerous bedrooms and guestrooms to accommodate them, a large and well-stocked kitchen, and anything else the DeLancey's might ask for.
The real spirit chasing business happens beneath the actual estate and inside the expansive basement, which Dexter has long since converted into both an paranormal research center and a technological workshop to create various supernatural-battling gadgets.
This is also where Dexter keeps one of his greatest inventions and likely the one most influential to his becoming a ghost hunter: a portal to what he calls the Phantom Zone- a astral dimension where science and magic seem to intertwine in strange and unpredictable ways. Dexter apparently either accidentally discovered or created this ghostly realm during an unrelated experiment, but since then he has used it as a storage realm for any demons, spirits, or any other intangible ghouls they may meet.
OOC:
Hey there friends, first off thanks for checking out my thread ^_^
This is the official location thread for the DCPIE/DeLancey family organization and team. Not sure what else I can say about this or that, but lets get to the rules and stuff!
- The DCPIE is a family business devoted to the study, investigation, and containment / elimination of supernatural entities such as ghouls, poltergeists, and demons. The best way I can describe them is: throw the Future Foundation, the Ghostbusters, and the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense and then mix them all together. =P
- Well deal with more "fleshy" things like vampires and werewolves occasionally, but it you wanna hire us to do that it's probably gonna cost extra.
- If you'd like to join as an employee, or want to make a family member, PM either this account or _pariah_ or you can just post it here!
- If you'd like to break into DeLancey estate and steal technology or something, PM me first. I don't want any of that without permission.
- On the other hand, if you'd like to set up a meeting with Dexter about paying for the services of the DCPIE or over something else, you may come knocking on the door whenever.
- I'll be adding some more to the OP over time, don't worry =s
- Oh, and ALL the CVnU rules apply... do I really have to state that?
And for your enjoyment, here is a little song. Have fun! :D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrLSgac3WmM
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