Post by Tiff'blz on Aug 7, 2007 18:53:21 GMT -5
THE TOWN OF CASSIS [/color]
Cassis was a rather large town. It didnt gain as much recognition as a town of that size should, but it was for good reason. This town was not placed on a map of any kind. Being discreet was the main key in the survival of the town. The town of Cassis had a secret: It harbored and safeguarded, and even taught..gifteds.
Now, not all people realized that gifteds existed, and again, it was for a good cause. People being ignorant of the fact kept the town from being the target of vengeful, or terrified people. People tend to get angry at what they do not understand..or what they fear. So being so far away from civilization and recognition, kept the town of Cassis thriving, and the gifteds residing within the town safe.
All of Cassis was centered around one thing: A school. This school was the Cassis Academy for the Gifted. It had a gifted principal, gifted teachers, and above all gifted students. Many students resided at the school in dorms provided for them, ate in the cafeteria, and had classes inside of the school. It became their home..their sanctuary. It had a lake within view that the students visited often. A forest that was used for relaxation and study. A training field to exercise their powers..and many other places for the students to visit, on and off of school property.
Some of the kids, of course, did not get along, and fought. This was not exactly prohibited, but used as a course to get the students to hone their powers positively, by letting them focus their powers in a room called the Danger Room. This had a holographic system that created extremely realistic images that the students used as targets.
Other courses taught different languages, math, science, human relations..everything a normal school would teach. But something happened one day..Someone found out about the school, about the town..about the gifteds...
It was reported immediately to the government, who took action as soon as possible. Agents were recruited to infiltrate the school, to gather information, and to collect 'valuable' gifteds to study and/or use for their own purposes. The agents were mostly altered genetically with animal DNA..not true gifteds..but close enough to get them jobs at the school. The disappearances were noted immediately as some of the students were reported as missing. The principal started to try to find what was happening to her students, and was killed in her search by an agent that found out about her inquiries.
That was when the government decided it was best to launch an attack on the gifteds, now sure that the town of Cassis was a threat to humanity in general. The gifteds put up a tremendous fight, refusing to let their beloved town get ruined by such ignorant people. The government sent the military after them, trying to push them down by force, but the gifteds held as much force in one person than the whole army. They then set out the agents in the school to go after them, knowing that the agents had more of a chance. Indeed they did, injuring and killing many from the inside of Cassis walls before even being recognized as a threat. Still, the gifteds were a force to be reckoned with, and the war raged on for days..that turned into weeks..that turned into months..
Cassis was hardly recognizable any more. The war had turned it into rubble, and some would expect that the people of Cassis would grow angry and weary and turn on each other, like so many people in their position would have. But the bond between them, and the anger against the people attacking them, held them together against all odds..until one day.. almost a year after the war had begun so suddenly and pointlessly...it ended.
The government gave up their fight, realizing that the loss was horrific on their end.. not realizing that the gifteds were realizing the same thing. Many loved ones died..many gifteds did not make it.. Many horrible and tragic losses..for what? A matter of pride? Or one simply of prejudice? Anger? Jealousy? Terror? It is yet unknown why they acted so quickly and harshly to the gifteds that meant no harm, but the fact is that they did, and the gifteds survived in the end, and won the battle.
They made the school into a monument, for people to enter and reminisce on times of the past, when they were happy and at peace. They created a whole different town to go on surviving like they had..even though things could never really be the same..
Some of the people in the fight went into hiding, some went on living their lives like they normally would. Some gifteds refused recognition for how valiantly they fought for their town. Some accepted it and wallowed in newfound glory.
Still, they stayed away from mass populations, keeping to themselves, trying to not be judged for what they were, when they couldnt help being gifted.
They instead took pride in what had set them apart, yet kept them alive during the toughest of times. As proof of their existance, they put the town on the map, naming it Dotado! The town of Gifted!
Cassis was a rather large town. It didnt gain as much recognition as a town of that size should, but it was for good reason. This town was not placed on a map of any kind. Being discreet was the main key in the survival of the town. The town of Cassis had a secret: It harbored and safeguarded, and even taught..gifteds.
Now, not all people realized that gifteds existed, and again, it was for a good cause. People being ignorant of the fact kept the town from being the target of vengeful, or terrified people. People tend to get angry at what they do not understand..or what they fear. So being so far away from civilization and recognition, kept the town of Cassis thriving, and the gifteds residing within the town safe.
All of Cassis was centered around one thing: A school. This school was the Cassis Academy for the Gifted. It had a gifted principal, gifted teachers, and above all gifted students. Many students resided at the school in dorms provided for them, ate in the cafeteria, and had classes inside of the school. It became their home..their sanctuary. It had a lake within view that the students visited often. A forest that was used for relaxation and study. A training field to exercise their powers..and many other places for the students to visit, on and off of school property.
Some of the kids, of course, did not get along, and fought. This was not exactly prohibited, but used as a course to get the students to hone their powers positively, by letting them focus their powers in a room called the Danger Room. This had a holographic system that created extremely realistic images that the students used as targets.
Other courses taught different languages, math, science, human relations..everything a normal school would teach. But something happened one day..Someone found out about the school, about the town..about the gifteds...
It was reported immediately to the government, who took action as soon as possible. Agents were recruited to infiltrate the school, to gather information, and to collect 'valuable' gifteds to study and/or use for their own purposes. The agents were mostly altered genetically with animal DNA..not true gifteds..but close enough to get them jobs at the school. The disappearances were noted immediately as some of the students were reported as missing. The principal started to try to find what was happening to her students, and was killed in her search by an agent that found out about her inquiries.
That was when the government decided it was best to launch an attack on the gifteds, now sure that the town of Cassis was a threat to humanity in general. The gifteds put up a tremendous fight, refusing to let their beloved town get ruined by such ignorant people. The government sent the military after them, trying to push them down by force, but the gifteds held as much force in one person than the whole army. They then set out the agents in the school to go after them, knowing that the agents had more of a chance. Indeed they did, injuring and killing many from the inside of Cassis walls before even being recognized as a threat. Still, the gifteds were a force to be reckoned with, and the war raged on for days..that turned into weeks..that turned into months..
Cassis was hardly recognizable any more. The war had turned it into rubble, and some would expect that the people of Cassis would grow angry and weary and turn on each other, like so many people in their position would have. But the bond between them, and the anger against the people attacking them, held them together against all odds..until one day.. almost a year after the war had begun so suddenly and pointlessly...it ended.
The government gave up their fight, realizing that the loss was horrific on their end.. not realizing that the gifteds were realizing the same thing. Many loved ones died..many gifteds did not make it.. Many horrible and tragic losses..for what? A matter of pride? Or one simply of prejudice? Anger? Jealousy? Terror? It is yet unknown why they acted so quickly and harshly to the gifteds that meant no harm, but the fact is that they did, and the gifteds survived in the end, and won the battle.
They made the school into a monument, for people to enter and reminisce on times of the past, when they were happy and at peace. They created a whole different town to go on surviving like they had..even though things could never really be the same..
Some of the people in the fight went into hiding, some went on living their lives like they normally would. Some gifteds refused recognition for how valiantly they fought for their town. Some accepted it and wallowed in newfound glory.
Still, they stayed away from mass populations, keeping to themselves, trying to not be judged for what they were, when they couldnt help being gifted.
They instead took pride in what had set them apart, yet kept them alive during the toughest of times. As proof of their existance, they put the town on the map, naming it Dotado! The town of Gifted!
