So, small idea I've had for a while. Basically, we are a bunch of High School kids (17, 18) who survived one of the biggest disasters in American history and are now on the run for the government - think, trekking through the countryside, sleeping in the back of trains, taking refuge in abandoned buildings. Would be mostly about the characters and how they function in this enviroment, how their relationships develop and how they work together, so I'd like some really interesting and diverse characters. There would also be the overrall plot of - survive, expose the government, return to normal life, but I think that would be secondary to character development.
Midcreek, a typical, peaceful town in California, has just been wiped off the map in a catastrophic gas explosion. To the knowledge of all media sources, all 3,421 residents of the town, mystifyingly, are now deceased.
[i]In the December of 2013, several Midcreek locals learnt of a political conspiracy that could potentially see the inprisonment of the President as well as several of those working under him. The group who had learnt this information did not share their data and continued to research in to the conspiracy, agreeing to only reveal their findings to the public when they were completely sure that they were correct. However, their research was never complete, as in early March, 2014, the government caught wind of their snooping. The President did not know what to do. He knew that only residents of Midcreek knew of the conspiracy, but he didn't know how many. The conclusion he came to? Kill them all. It was lucky for him that there was a large gas power station by the center of town.
It was the day of the High School Prom when it happened. The explosion went off and quickly obliterated the town center, including the High School and all the students and teachers inside. The government took all the precautions to make the flames spread to every corner of the town. If anyone survived, soldiers sent by the government would throw them back in to the flames. There was not, according to government records, a single survivor. 3,421 dead. Any residents who had recently left town were hunted down and researched - and if they looked a threat, they were assassinated. Any who had left some time ago were left to live, as they did not pose any threat. It was one of the largest disasters in American history. It was a huge talking point. The government were criticised, the gas company was criticised, everyone was criticised.
Ultimately, however, it seemed that the President's plan had failed, and there were survivors. Several, from the local High School, who, for whatever reason, had not turned up to the Prom and had instead had the luck to run in to a classmate that would save their life. These students, together, fled. Some attempted to find their family - they were killed. Some split off from the group after escaping the town - they were killed. Some attempted to get in to contact with anyone they knew out of town - they were killed. The half-a-dozen-or-so who did stick in the group ultimately survived, but only on constant run from the government, who would surely learn of their existence any time soon. Their lives would never be the same again, or so it seemed.[/i]
(Btw, the President in question wouldn't be Obama, it would be a bit weird making up conspiracy theories about the actual President, so we'd just have a fictional one.)
(And yes, I know it's very farfetched to have like 3,000 people die in modern day America, but I wanted to make it a really big deal.)
Would want around 6 or 7 involved. Would want it to be on the more high-casual side of casual, so good grammar & spelling, pretty good sized posts, etc. The question is, however, is anyone interested?
Midcreek, a typical, peaceful town in California, has just been wiped off the map in a catastrophic gas explosion. To the knowledge of all media sources, all 3,421 residents of the town, mystifyingly, are now deceased.
[i]In the December of 2013, several Midcreek locals learnt of a political conspiracy that could potentially see the inprisonment of the President as well as several of those working under him. The group who had learnt this information did not share their data and continued to research in to the conspiracy, agreeing to only reveal their findings to the public when they were completely sure that they were correct. However, their research was never complete, as in early March, 2014, the government caught wind of their snooping. The President did not know what to do. He knew that only residents of Midcreek knew of the conspiracy, but he didn't know how many. The conclusion he came to? Kill them all. It was lucky for him that there was a large gas power station by the center of town.
It was the day of the High School Prom when it happened. The explosion went off and quickly obliterated the town center, including the High School and all the students and teachers inside. The government took all the precautions to make the flames spread to every corner of the town. If anyone survived, soldiers sent by the government would throw them back in to the flames. There was not, according to government records, a single survivor. 3,421 dead. Any residents who had recently left town were hunted down and researched - and if they looked a threat, they were assassinated. Any who had left some time ago were left to live, as they did not pose any threat. It was one of the largest disasters in American history. It was a huge talking point. The government were criticised, the gas company was criticised, everyone was criticised.
Ultimately, however, it seemed that the President's plan had failed, and there were survivors. Several, from the local High School, who, for whatever reason, had not turned up to the Prom and had instead had the luck to run in to a classmate that would save their life. These students, together, fled. Some attempted to find their family - they were killed. Some split off from the group after escaping the town - they were killed. Some attempted to get in to contact with anyone they knew out of town - they were killed. The half-a-dozen-or-so who did stick in the group ultimately survived, but only on constant run from the government, who would surely learn of their existence any time soon. Their lives would never be the same again, or so it seemed.[/i]
(Btw, the President in question wouldn't be Obama, it would be a bit weird making up conspiracy theories about the actual President, so we'd just have a fictional one.)
(And yes, I know it's very farfetched to have like 3,000 people die in modern day America, but I wanted to make it a really big deal.)
Would want around 6 or 7 involved. Would want it to be on the more high-casual side of casual, so good grammar & spelling, pretty good sized posts, etc. The question is, however, is anyone interested?
