Beyond the Horizon

[VerusEbullio]

We are the ones that they wanted. They found something in our genes that gave us a higher potential in the development of Quirks, special powers that started appearing around the world about 200 years ago, but still only 5% are able to develop any kind of Quirk. Some say it's radiation, others are convinced that the government put chemicals into our food and water to activate this gene, but the truth is that we don't know what causes it. They started testing us about 20 years ago. Some people managed to escape and stay in hiding but nothing works. We are all found and shipped away.

Those with the highest percentage of obtaining these power get sent to W.E.S.T., the World Experimental Source Tower. They try and keep what they do a secret to the public, pass this place off as a geology lab. The truth is that they are taking us, no matter the age, and forcing these Quirks out of us via tests. But we will get free, we will see beyond the horizon.

Hello Everyone, just thought I would give a little blurb of an idea I have had for awhile. Let me know down belong if you are interested, or have anything you would like to add. I love building up ideas in a group.

[Gareth]

Hello @VerusEbullio I am interested.

I understand it is a work in progress.

But it also sounds like you are ok with brainstorming.

Ok with you if I can give some feedback and start brainstorming together with you?

[VerusEbullio]

@Gareth Hello, and thank you for the interest.
Yes, this was an idea I thought of well studying for my exams coming up so I got the bones down to see if I could make something from it. I am perfect fine with feedback and brain storming! What did you have in mind?

[Gareth]

Ok I got some vibes or general feelings from some sentences [@VerusEbuyllio].

'We are the ones that they wanted' and 'special powers started appearing around the world 200 years ago.'

^ This made me think that our main characters are being searched for or hunted.
and the two hundred years point made me think that its an old tradition to do this hunting of the 'special ones'.

so putting ^ that together and I thought possibly we might have some demons/non-human freakish things with special powers out there.

and that there might be a league of demon hunters who according to our story teller here ^ are evil.

But these freakish special things are outcasts through seemingly no fault of their own and they are being hunted by things that they are so afraid of that they can't even bring themselves to mention their name. 'we are the ones that "they wanted"'

who are they:?
some aliens?
a more powerful race?
just humans more advanced in technology that they can scare special ones witless?
Or

It just might seem that the they are scientists with a lot of money and advanced field research.
Because of these lines, "but still only 5% are able to develop any type of quirk."

(I know I kind of twisted your sentence there and it was meant to be from the special ones perspective, but I thought a researcher in the field might know that, if scientists are a possibility in this story. ^)

but then there's these other lines where, "some say its radiation, others are convinced the government put chemicals into our water and food to activate this gene, but the truth is we don't know what causes it."

This sounds like the words of a lab rat writing into their journal and hoping their master doesn't see that his lab rat misbehaved.

how would these specials ones react to getting captured I wonder? would they be angry? scared? afraid? happy to have their constant struggle for freedom come to an end permanently?

also it would be interesting to know that if there was a different mutation between different special ones, would it be negative or positive.
(for example: a missing limb or changing skin color could be a negative mutation or a positive mutation respectively.)

But the last few lines about the World Experimental Source Tower is interesting.

"The truth is that they are taking us, no matter the age, and forcing these Quirks out of us via tests. But we will get free, we will see beyond the horizon."

^ Are they afraid of the special ones quirks/powers that they have to remove them? Why would they be afraid? Would it be that some quirks are dangerous? (some knowledge gathering related quirk, or a flame quirk, come to mind as possible dangers to the WEST towers plans.

Or is it purely a persecution standpoint that the special ones did something back in history to piss off their captors. And the Captors grudge has lasted generations if not centuries?

And so the Captors return the favor by assimilating the special ones back in society as common ones. Regular, lame, boring, pathetic individuals that no one could ever like as a friend. Instead of thinking of these common ones as friends it would be like they are invisible the worst kind of suffering, isolation.

[Gareth]

@VerusEbullioAre you still around?

[6slyboy6]

@VerusEbullio So, a superhero RP?

[VerusEbullio]

@Gareth Yes, I'm still here

Basically WEST runs this world, and in the beginning they didn't think of the special ones as a threat. But over the years as these quirk genes were bred together, they became more and more dangerous. For example, what went from able to control a small flame, grew into the ability to manifest fire.

By the time WEST got wind of this they killed off the dangerous ones. I do like the idea of "Its an old tradition to hunt the 'special ones'. My base idea was a governmental experiment's roleplay, thus the World Experimental Source Tower, so having the demon hunters could very much be a thing and be "evil".

The idea of demons and non-human freaks was where I was heading, so I'm glad that's where you went. Thinking in terms of categories, there would be those of animal/demon appearances, and those who look normal and can blend in but are still affected, such as fire or telekinesis.

The special ones never get an explanation "why" and normal people and scared of them, especially the ones that are demon/animal-like. I was thinking of having a group that got captured instead of killed and were used to help WEST better understand how to fight these things, and they would be our main characters.

"They" Would be WEST. The regular people in power, who are scared or angry about these beings being a threat to their way of life.

I can see I had a bit of a tense issue in my writing. It is basically suppose to be from a lab rat of sorts, a member of the group of special ones that got taken into WEST.

AS for reactions to getting captured, I imagine their would be a mixed feeling based off what they left behind. If they had a family that were special ones as well and they were tore from that, then they might be scared and afraid. Or if they were the only ones then they might be happy. Nothing is really know about what goes on inside WEST to the people outside, for all they know the special ones have a great life. But I would leave that on a case to case basis.

I do like the negative and positive mutations. Those with negative mutations might even just give themselves to WEST to escape society.
also it would be interesting to know that if there was a different mutation between different special ones, would it be negative or positive.

[VerusEbullio]

@6slyboy6 In a way yes, and in a way no. The government doesn't want them around and captures them. The main group would actually start out in WEST itself. It's a work in progress :)

[6slyboy6]

@VerusEbullioSounds neato.