Post by vara on Jul 7, 2009 0:03:30 GMT -5
[/center]THE PRIMROSE CHASE
In the year 1982, the Juniper Corporation (a large pharmaceutical firm) developed and administered a cure to an unknown virus that had been making it's way through the world since the seventies. The virus may have killed thousands of people, but this cure, and it's subsequent vaccination, did something else entirely.
For years, the cure was a 'miracle' and all seemed well. These cured people went on to have families, but what none of them knew was that the cure had altered their genetic make-up - an unknown result of clumsy manufacturing. It didn't change the cured, it changed their offspring.
The sons and daughters of the cured were augmented with strange, almost supernatural abilities. Abilities to read minds, set things on fire with a mere thought, altering the weather on a whim.
By the late nineties, the government had caught on. The Juniper Corporation then become more than just a pharmaceutical company, they became the people responsible for tracking these augmented youths down, locking them away and possibly stripping their DNA of anything abnormal.
In response to these sometimes violent reactions, many augmented youths banned together to create the Vervain Underground. Starting small, they're now a large organizations with branches all over the world. They find other augmented youths, keep them safe, and hide from the Juniper Corporation agents on their tail.
AND IT BEGINS NOW
In 2006, the Juniper Corporation finally found a way to remove these abilities. All they had to do was expose the augmented with a strand of the original virus. The abilities would gradually disappear, but the virus was still intact. Some children would get sick, others died.
Within months of this discovery, a new group was formed. Some of the augmented youths weren't happy with Vervain's peace-loving agenda and decided revenge was the way to go. The Thistle Guild is still small, but far from powerless.
A silent war is waging, and the casualties are increasing by the month. The Juniper Corporation's CEO is now apart of that list and the public is pointing fingers at the augmented running rampant in their town. The Vervain Underground is under scrutiny, thanks to the government's Ronin List of known augments. The Thistle Guild has to deal with more publicity than they're comfortable with, and a traitor in their midst...
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