Plot expansion

[Caroline]

Hey guys, I've been doing some researching and whatnot and I think we should come up with a fictional country. Because it occurred to me that having all this terrible stuff happening in one city doesn't make sense. I think we should have the main country where all the primary camps are, and several sister/neighboring countries that are less violent, but send all of their waste to _____ country. Or we could make "Wixham" a small country, but we still needs names for the other background ones (maybe like 3-4).

I also thought that instead of making the camps just for gifted people, they would also be places for other misfit freaks to banished.

So tell me what you think? Name ideas? Suggestions? Anything I missed?

[Caroline]

bump.

[Caitlin]

Ooh, I like this idea! :>
Wixham can perhaps be the capital city of the country? I see it (the country itself) being small, but with a large (and constantly growing) population, maybe? I'm not sure. I can see even slight discrimination/fear being global, but instead of sending them to concentration camps like Wixham, they would be used for more dangerous jobs.

But this is definitely a great idea!

[Sam]

So I read this and my incredibly bored stuck-in-Missouri-all-week mind started firing. Appy polly logies for the word avalanche that will follow.

So I was thinking that perhaps Wixham could be the name of the main country where all this is taking place. I'm thinking of Wixham as bein sort of an England sort of looking place (not Scotland or Wales, mind). Wixham City is the capitol. I'm thinking Wixham is a small country (also like England) with a growing population problem. Much of the already small country has become industrial wasteland, concrete jungles, and concentration camps. The neighboring countries are Satori (sah-tor-EE), Ixtapa (IX-tah-pah), and Pellayne (pell-ain). Satori is a high, mountainous country, rich in raw materials like metal and lumber, but very primitive and sparsely populated. Ixtapa is a hot, swampy peninsula that has a moderate population, booming tourist and fish industry, and a decent scientific community (Think Florida, for you Americans). Pellayne is part rolling green hills near the border with Wixham and Ixtapa, but hot, dry desert everywhere else. Haven't thought too much about it yet.

So I'm thinking that all of them have a problem with 'gifted' people, with the exception of Satori, because they're less picky due to a low population, and in their rustic community the talents possessed by certain 'gifted' folks are considered extra-ordinary and put to good use. This has caused some political tension, not helped by the fact that Satori is absolutely massive, and the resources are a true temptation to the other more advanced countries, but fear of an escalating war has so far kept the other three countries from attempting an invasion. The other countries have started sending their 'gifted' to Wixham in as part of a deal. Wixham uses them for scientific research, and the other countries don't have to put up with them. The unspoken part of the deal is that any freaks can be mailed off to Wixham's camps, even the innocent who have nothing wrong other than being elected as 'wrong' by majority vote in their hometown.

That's all that comes to mind this late at night. Also, the word 'Tabor' or 'Taborea' as a name for... something is floating around in my head.

Does anyone like? Anyone at all? Feel free to pick and choose the bits you do like?

[Caroline]

I like your ideas a lot. I think making Wixham a country, and Wixham City the capitol is a great idea. I'm not sure of the other countries names for this setting though, they seem a bit "fantasy". Pellayne is good though. I'm going to rewrite the plot later. /lazy

I'm also going to add several different types of camps. Labor camps, extermination camps, transit camps, you know. I should really make some more characters as well, ones made with the intention of being killed off. xD

[Sam]

Names are more than negotiable, I just BS'd those last-minute

[Caroline]

Yeah. I've got a big to-do list for this site at the moment, just been feeling really out of it lately. >.>