ʕ •ᴥ•ʔ and Minnie Mouse

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Here we are.

Did you have anything in mind?

[Minnie Mouse]

(: I have a few ideas if you'd like to hear them

[[deleted user]]

I'd love to!

[Minnie Mouse]

1 --Everyone has dreams.

Some wish to be singers. Writers. Lawyers. Mothers. Dancers.

Some wish to be in Rio de Janeiro. Others want to live in London. Tokyo. Sydney.

Some wish to be with that gorgeous guy that works in the same office. Others want to be with the cute girl that takes the same train. Others want the guy they’ve secretly liked since the sixth grade. Or the celebrity completely out of their league.

We all have a wide range of dreams, with different people, locations and jobs. But the one thing they all have in common is how badly we want them. Everyone hopes and wishes hard for them to come true.

And for ten remarkable individuals, it did.

Sort of.

See, the universe was sort of at a loose end. It had finished clearing up after the Big Bang, had finished overseeing the construction of the black holes, so it was now a bit bored.

So it decided to listen, to finally give in to the millions of voices that were always talking to it. It listened to the prayers and dreams of everyone.

And then it picked ten dreams and made them come true.

But while granting the wishes, the Universe got a bit distracted. There were four supernovas alighting and it wasn’t fully focused. And so although it did make dreams come true… it didn’t do it for the right people.

Ten remarkable individuals. They live what others consider a beautiful, exciting, glamorous, perfect lifestyle.

And they hate it.

After all, some people’s dreams are another’s nightmare.


2 -- It is the government’s duty to promote the health and wellbeing of its citizens. And they’ve been trying. Pumping funds into hospitals, research centers, clinics. Giving free vaccinations and health advice, having a huge team of doctors and nurses, updating the medical equipment etc.

But now they’ve gone the extra mile.

They have decided to eliminate the pain of heartbreak.

The government has outlawed intimate relationships. Dates. Flirting. They have started monitoring interactions between citizens to ensure neither lust nor love is present.

Instead, they’ve cut straight through to marriage. Using the best technology and research, they’ve started analyzing their citizens and grouping them together, making the best, ever-lasing relationships. These couples are given no choice about their partner - break ups and divorce, as they cause heartache, are illegal. Not that there should be a wish for any; people have been paired together for scientifically-guaranteed eternal love.

At least, it used to be that way.

Now, the system is less based on science and more based on bribes. Love and marriage is auctioned off, the government making couples based on the highest bidder. If you like a girl, you pay for her. Provided you offer enough, she literally becomes yours for the rest of your life.


3-- A world-renown European circus, Le Circe enjoys being in constant demand due to its award-winning acrobats, contortionists, lion tamers and trapeze artists. It travels across continents, performing amazing stunts and routines for sizable fees and favours. Every bow they take is followed by rapturous, delirious applause, every smile and wave they bestow received with shrieks of delight. Le Circe, to put it simply, is the epitome of professionalism, entertainment and awe.

But beneath their veneer of fun and games lurks a rather less family-friendly vibe.

The acrobats and trapeze artists are in constant competition, spreading rumours and stabbing backs in order to stay ahead. The lovely clowns are depressed, their comical staggering courtesy to the booze they constantly swig. The lion tamers take their self-hate out on the animals, constantly attacking them with whips and sedatives. The weight lifters are becoming addicted to the performance-increasing drugs they’re forced to take, slowly growing desperate to get just a little more.

This toxic environment of hate, competition and fear has been masterminded by the Ring Leader, who needs something done and wants the Circus to do it. He needs their unique skill sets, but knows the favour he’s asking for will not be fulfilled by the ethical or dignified.

In short, he needs to get each and every member on his or her knees if he wants this job done.

Welcome to Le Circe.


4 --Nobody remembers what it was like up there.

It’s been too long. We’ve been down here, underground, for generations. My great-great grandparents couldn’t tell you what went on up there even if they wanted to. Because, take it from me - we do not talk about it.

Everyone stays underground - they’ve grown up, lived, and died here. It’s all that will ever will be of our lives. The constant scurry down the tunnels is all that we will contribute to this world, our only mark footsteps on the dusty cement pavement.

Well, that’s the contribution of most of us.

A few - an extremely small, selective few - leave legends behind instead. They are the ones that are crazy, brave, ambitious, curious and bonkers enough to go up.

Their insanity doesn’t show at the beginning. Perhaps they pay a bit more attention to the myths of “skies" and “sunshine", but they take their food rations, interact with their teachers and execute their drills like everyone else. They have the identical, well-practiced polite smile, same gray uniforms and same lack of laughter.

But then, as time goes on, you can start to tell them apart.

They aren’t as patient, quiet and tolerant as before. They don’t conceal their emotions like they’re supposed to, kicking the few bits of furniture we still have when frustrated and angry. They complain about their food, their beds, their schedules, their lifestyles. And they ask uncomfortable questions that none of us can answer.

"What are we doing down here?"

"What’s it like up there?"

"Why did we head down in the first place?"

"What is it that we’re so afraid of?"

And when no one responds to their questions, they, against the begging of their families and friends, decide to go after the answers themselves.

They never come back.

Skeptics, leaders of the community, wave their monumental actions off, telling the others that they had a chronic case of Curiosity. That the rest of us should be careful, keep our heads down, and maintain an air of politeness and disinterest for our own safety.

So we never ask questions. We never interview/interrogate/ speculate with one another. If we catch ourselves wondering we shut it down, looking around fearfully to make sure no one noticed our forbidden thoughts.

Because all of us, no matter how hard we try, are curious. And it’s only a matter of time until we crack.


5 --The government has been experimenting with various ways to make people better, stronger, live longer… and they think the’ve found the answer. But like all experiments, a test subject is needed. In this care, several subjects. A quiet little suburb is chosen as testing grounds for this new serum, not only because of the varying ages and lifestyles of its residents, but also its remote location. Practically nestled in the countryside, this town would keep prying journalist eyes out and secrets in.

Agents are placed in the neighborhood to pose as residents. They are given immunity to the serum, which has been added to the shared water supply. Now all they have to do is sit back and watch as everything changes.

For number 5^ there are two ways it could go:

The serum could give some of the residents special abilities.

OR

The serum could turn some of the residents into zombies.

OR

The serum gives some powers, but turned some into zombies. Two very different effects and the government doesn't understand why.


6-- If you’re ever been told that you fight like a girl, feel very, very flattered. For girls, particularly young, strong, immortal ones, are capable of battling rather well. They can fight life-threatening illnesses, bring down mythological Greek monsters and win wars. How? They take the oath.

“I pledge myself to the Goddess Artemis. I turn my back on the company of men, accept eternal maidenhood, and join the Hunt.”

Any maiden – nymph, mortal, half-blood – that takes the oath instantly joins the Hunters. She becomes a servant of Artemis, travelling with the goddess across the lands and seas to hunt beasts and monsters. As a reward for their servitude, they are granted increased strength, speed, accuracy and immortality.

But it does come with a price.

Artemis is the goddess of maidenhood; she, by definition, abhors romance and marriage with men. Any girl that joins her is forbidden from being with them; they must cast aside all affairs, all feelings and all attachments to stay in the Hunt, to maintain their eternal youth.

Some follow this rule easily, casting aside their relationships without a second thought, remaining fiercely loyal to their goddess. But for other Hunters, it is easier said then done. Doubt, lust, betrayal and mutiny linger in their hearts, causing them to quietly but steadily plot for a way to keep both their lovers and their immortality. The plan they eventually construct is one of true betrayal and true ambition.

They must kill the Goddess herself.

Some are truly willing, truly mad enough, to do it. Others are unsure, their divided loyalties clashing. And there are some that remain fiercely loyal to their mistress, willing to do anything and everything to protect her.

Welcome to The Hunt.

[[deleted user]]

Beautiful creativity you have there. :)

I'm loving plots #2&4&5!

[Minnie Mouse]

(: Thanks but I got those ideas off tumblr >< So I can't take credit for any of them.

Could we #5? :D That's the one I haven't done yet but would really love to!

[[deleted user]]

Ah, well...it's good to know people have beautiful minds. :)

Of course!
I was thinking...that maybe those with a weaker immune system would be those with the powers? Because the body can't fight the serum, it truly breaks into their body and allows them to fully obtain the capacity?

Unlike those with strong bodies, maybe it's their body's resistance that turns them into mindless zombied? Perhaps when the serum is injected and fought against...a new bacteria is formed which eats the humane parts of the brain in order to shut the immune system down to let the serum work, but by doing so, it inevitably kills the human and the body is now powered by the syrum or something?

Just an idea...

[Minnie Mouse]

I love it! So then we're going with some receiving powers and some turning into zombies. Should we start at the beginning, where people are discovering they are getting some powers while other are falling severely ill? Or should we start a little later, where the zombies escape and now it's become a world-wide epidemic where people are turning into zombies as well simply through a simple bite, outnumbering the people with powers. The government could be holing themselves up somewhere, trying to figure out what to do but not having a single clue because they still don't understand how this was caused by the serum.

[[deleted user]]

Hm, both have their pros and cons...
I'm thinking we should start with the epidemic. The government could figure out that only those with powers are able to defeat the zombies and so, despite themselves, still comtinue to inject the serum into people hoping to have more good and than zombies but...yeah..

Epidemic sounds good.

[Minnie Mouse]

Awesome. Okay how many characters should we start off with?

[[deleted user]]

Hum, I've no idea.

Let's see...we could at least each have one or two supernatural people.
And then we could possibly have a normal human each?
And perhaps one recently affected by the serum despite the apocalypse already having broken out?
Do we want to roleplay the government, too?

It all depends, really.