Post by Admin on Mar 22, 2016 18:47:02 GMT
the plot in a nutshell
It has only one name:The Calling. It's affected us all somehow. It called our friends, our families, our loved ones, maybe it called you too.
It began 3 months ago, January 9th on the night of the new moon. Children, adults, civilians of all ages disappeared like ghosts in the middle of the night. When morning came, many were found lying in abandoned fields, school yards, and other obscure and places with nothing but the sores on their feet and strange black imprints to remind them where they'd been. Only, no one remembered where they'd been, only that they'd been called.
Some say 'The Calling' is music, a sound so captivating it draws you to its core. Other's say it is like a snare, it's magnetic pull inescapable. But their stories are all the same in the end. The black insignia begins to burn with a heat that would melt the flesh from your bones. But it doesn't. Just when you think you'll be consumed by the pain, or your mind will shatter beneath its tenacity, it fades away. And those survive it will never be the same again. They call themselves the Gifted, and they are no longer welcome here.
It began 3 months ago, January 9th on the night of the new moon. Children, adults, civilians of all ages disappeared like ghosts in the middle of the night. When morning came, many were found lying in abandoned fields, school yards, and other obscure and places with nothing but the sores on their feet and strange black imprints to remind them where they'd been. Only, no one remembered where they'd been, only that they'd been called.
Some say 'The Calling' is music, a sound so captivating it draws you to its core. Other's say it is like a snare, it's magnetic pull inescapable. But their stories are all the same in the end. The black insignia begins to burn with a heat that would melt the flesh from your bones. But it doesn't. Just when you think you'll be consumed by the pain, or your mind will shatter beneath its tenacity, it fades away. And those survive it will never be the same again. They call themselves the Gifted, and they are no longer welcome here.
In just a few short months, the civilians of Mapleridge have had their lives turned upside down. Citizens are disappearing, people are manifesting horrific abilities, and nobody has any answers. What exactly is the Calling? Where does it come from? Who or what is behind it all? Many have tried to find the answers and failed. Be it an extraterrestrial invasion, the pre-apocalypse, or the rapture, the town of Mapleridge is but a step away from hysteria.
Tensions are rising in the city with the appearance of Reapers and Gifted of impure intentions. Those who are discovered to be Gifted are often shunned from society. If they're smart, they keep their abilities hidden from the world. The military has already barred off the town and the don't intend to let anyone in or out until this whole business has been sorted out. Furthermore, a growing community group who call themselves the Seekers have taken it upon themselves to purge the city entirely of Gifted. Their unorthodox methods of dealing with their 'enemies' continue to nudge the town closer and closer to an impending civil war.
