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sincere_and_silent
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Intermediate players and up only. Need to have decent grammar and spelling. You absolutely must post a paragraph at a time. It doesn't need to be as long as this intro, but you need at least FIVE full sentences. I need details. "Jimmy sat down." Is not detailed nor is it a full sentence to me. "Jimmy relaxed onto a wooden bench by the wall." is much better. Add even more detail if you can!
If you cannot read the whole plot, don't join. Keep language in check. Some cursing is fine. Characters might die. Characters are welcome to tons of drama, but be sure you aren't taking away from the plot. The plot is primarily driven by you. I have ideas to keep this going, but to make it interesting, you need to provide the story. Any questions, just ask.
Some of us here despise our parents, while others just long for theirs. Our parents are allotted to have two children - one boy, and one girl. If they have one more than the other, the child is sent off to be killed. Though the wealthier families are able to select to terminate the pregnancy based on gender, the less fortunate families must endure the twelve weeks of waiting to determine if they will have to kill the child once it's born.
Many women who find out they are having the wrong sex will convince everyone, often including their spouse, that they lost the baby soon after the ultrasound. They will hide their labor. Sometimes, this does cause early birth, resulting in death. Both for the mother and child.
Most often, though, the women turn to the Healer. She's the one who sanctioned this safe haven for us secret children. She helps them hide their pregnancy and offers them a place to go when in labor. Then, she hides us in here with the older children. The older children care for the younger ones as the Healer tries not to open the door too often. She says each time she opens it, the more likely we are to be found. If we are found, we are dead. As are the Healer, our parents, and any siblings.
But now, things have changed. We've been sold. No, our parents did not accept money for us to be taken away. Instead, they paid for us to be taken away. There has been word for several years about a group of people hidden away in the world that saves Children of Secrets. Us. However, someone has finally confirmed they are real. So our parents have all banded together to get us there.
As I mentioned before, most of them are poor. Their payment is us. In order to get a real life, a real chance in the world, we are to be put to work. It's supposed to be a normal town where we can find jobs and make a living. The one condition being we have to agree to forfeit our chance at having children.
So here we are. About to leave the only thing we have ever known. There are four newborns, 6 toddlers, and a handful of children from five to seventeen. There are a couple adults here too. Ones who have grown here their entire lives. Even they are not safe from the laws.
The door opens, allowing artificial light to fill the darkened room. Books fill the all ready cramped space, along with a few buckets which serve as a latrine. Blankets line the floor. Children sit atop other children. The Healer sticks her head in.
"It's time, my dears," the grey-haired old-lady says in a barely audible whisper. Her hand waves us from our spots inside our prison. A few men can be seen behind her. They must be part of the group escorting us to the safe place.
For most of us, this will be the first time stepping through the doorway since we were born. A few of the older children have been out briefly while retrieving the new babies from the mothers.
The light is bright to our eyes. The men smile warmly at us as we are lead through the front door of the Healer's home, stepping through a bare hallway from our place hidden behind her stairway. Outside, the air is cool and crisp. A feeling none of us know. Crickets chirp. A sound only heard through walls before. The darkness is brighter than how we had expected night to look.
Climbing into a truck, there are two adult women and one adult male all ready there. Clean blankets line the truck with a maze of boxes in front. In case we are stopped, it will hopefully appear there is only cargo. We climb aboard and settle in. This time, we aren't so cramped. The only children on laps are the newborns and toddlers. For the first time in most of our lives, we can stretch our legs and breathe fresh air.
Welcome to our new world.
Bios:
*Physique - You exercise. A lot.
*Literature/Linguistics - You may be fluent in up to 2 additional languages. You may know how to read or speak a few sentences in a 3rd language.
*You are welcome to a 3rd choice of study, but you will not be fluent/proficient in it yet.
Name:
Age:
Siblings with You:
Siblings(') Age:
Your Appearance: (include height, body type, etc in description)
Physical Ailment:
Area of Study:
Other:
If you cannot read the whole plot, don't join. Keep language in check. Some cursing is fine. Characters might die. Characters are welcome to tons of drama, but be sure you aren't taking away from the plot. The plot is primarily driven by you. I have ideas to keep this going, but to make it interesting, you need to provide the story. Any questions, just ask.
Darkness. This is all we have ever known. There are about a few dozen of us here in The Hidden. Our world has always been four walls and a ceiling. We have never seen the sun. Never felt the rain. We are here because we are being punished. Not for anything we chose to do. Afterall, it's not as if you choose to be born.
Some of us here despise our parents, while others just long for theirs. Our parents are allotted to have two children - one boy, and one girl. If they have one more than the other, the child is sent off to be killed. Though the wealthier families are able to select to terminate the pregnancy based on gender, the less fortunate families must endure the twelve weeks of waiting to determine if they will have to kill the child once it's born.
Many women who find out they are having the wrong sex will convince everyone, often including their spouse, that they lost the baby soon after the ultrasound. They will hide their labor. Sometimes, this does cause early birth, resulting in death. Both for the mother and child.
Most often, though, the women turn to the Healer. She's the one who sanctioned this safe haven for us secret children. She helps them hide their pregnancy and offers them a place to go when in labor. Then, she hides us in here with the older children. The older children care for the younger ones as the Healer tries not to open the door too often. She says each time she opens it, the more likely we are to be found. If we are found, we are dead. As are the Healer, our parents, and any siblings.
But now, things have changed. We've been sold. No, our parents did not accept money for us to be taken away. Instead, they paid for us to be taken away. There has been word for several years about a group of people hidden away in the world that saves Children of Secrets. Us. However, someone has finally confirmed they are real. So our parents have all banded together to get us there.
As I mentioned before, most of them are poor. Their payment is us. In order to get a real life, a real chance in the world, we are to be put to work. It's supposed to be a normal town where we can find jobs and make a living. The one condition being we have to agree to forfeit our chance at having children.
So here we are. About to leave the only thing we have ever known. There are four newborns, 6 toddlers, and a handful of children from five to seventeen. There are a couple adults here too. Ones who have grown here their entire lives. Even they are not safe from the laws.
The door opens, allowing artificial light to fill the darkened room. Books fill the all ready cramped space, along with a few buckets which serve as a latrine. Blankets line the floor. Children sit atop other children. The Healer sticks her head in.
"It's time, my dears," the grey-haired old-lady says in a barely audible whisper. Her hand waves us from our spots inside our prison. A few men can be seen behind her. They must be part of the group escorting us to the safe place.
For most of us, this will be the first time stepping through the doorway since we were born. A few of the older children have been out briefly while retrieving the new babies from the mothers.
The light is bright to our eyes. The men smile warmly at us as we are lead through the front door of the Healer's home, stepping through a bare hallway from our place hidden behind her stairway. Outside, the air is cool and crisp. A feeling none of us know. Crickets chirp. A sound only heard through walls before. The darkness is brighter than how we had expected night to look.
Climbing into a truck, there are two adult women and one adult male all ready there. Clean blankets line the truck with a maze of boxes in front. In case we are stopped, it will hopefully appear there is only cargo. We climb aboard and settle in. This time, we aren't so cramped. The only children on laps are the newborns and toddlers. For the first time in most of our lives, we can stretch our legs and breathe fresh air.
Welcome to our new world.
Bios:
*Physique - You exercise. A lot.
*Literature/Linguistics - You may be fluent in up to 2 additional languages. You may know how to read or speak a few sentences in a 3rd language.
*You are welcome to a 3rd choice of study, but you will not be fluent/proficient in it yet.
Name:
Age:
Siblings with You:
Siblings(') Age:
Your Appearance: (include height, body type, etc in description)
Physical Ailment:
Area of Study:
Other:
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