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Community College isn't usually full of thrills and danger. The student body is the typical unassuming mix of high school underachievers, working class kids with a dream, and older people going back to class after years in the workplace. BCC, like the ox it has for a mascot, is a hardworking but unassuming campus. Most of the 62 students who signed up for Sociology 171: Witchcraft & Superstition were expecting a marginally interesting humanities credit.
This semester is not going to go as planned. As per the syllabus, the third day of class involved a discussion of Covens & Supremes. To demonstrate the power of superstition, the professor had the class read aloud an incantation which, supposedly, will awaken any latent Supreme.
Then the lights all went out. A few students screamed or shouted, and one or two people ran for the doors. The lights switched back on a few moments later and the the professor calmed everyone down, explaining that it was nothing more than a demonstration illustrating the power of superstition and suggestion. Most people laughed, went to sleep that night, and forgot about it.
Most people, but not all. A few people had very strange dreams that night, and every night since. The days are little better. In the two weeks since that class, there have been a lot of strange incidents around town: A student's car burst into flames and he was badly burned before he could escape, a wild deer walked into the food court at peak lunch time, and several exams have been cancelled by fire alarms which were manually triggered despite security cameras showing empty halls.
But things are about to get even weirder. The awakening Witches' dreams are getting more vivid and more powerful, and they're starting to sense each others' presence. As the new Supreme comes into their power, Briarwood may get its first full-fledged Coven in decades... unless everything goes terribly wrong.
Briarwood Community College
September 2017
Community College isn't usually full of thrills and danger. The student body is the typical unassuming mix of high school underachievers, working class kids with a dream, and older people going back to class after years in the workplace. BCC, like the ox it has for a mascot, is a hardworking but unassuming campus. Most of the 62 students who signed up for Sociology 171: Witchcraft & Superstition were expecting a marginally interesting humanities credit.
This semester is not going to go as planned. As per the syllabus, the third day of class involved a discussion of Covens & Supremes. To demonstrate the power of superstition, the professor had the class read aloud an incantation which, supposedly, will awaken any latent Supreme.
Then the lights all went out. A few students screamed or shouted, and one or two people ran for the doors. The lights switched back on a few moments later and the the professor calmed everyone down, explaining that it was nothing more than a demonstration illustrating the power of superstition and suggestion. Most people laughed, went to sleep that night, and forgot about it.
Most people, but not all. A few people had very strange dreams that night, and every night since. The days are little better. In the two weeks since that class, there have been a lot of strange incidents around town: A student's car burst into flames and he was badly burned before he could escape, a wild deer walked into the food court at peak lunch time, and several exams have been cancelled by fire alarms which were manually triggered despite security cameras showing empty halls.
But things are about to get even weirder. The awakening Witches' dreams are getting more vivid and more powerful, and they're starting to sense each others' presence. As the new Supreme comes into their power, Briarwood may get its first full-fledged Coven in decades... unless everything goes terribly wrong.
Hopefully, if you've read this far, you're interested and down for things to go terribly wrong. Giving a bunch of unqualified kids supernatural abilities can really only end poorly, as a myriad of horror movies go to show. I'm looking for 2-4 other adult writers to build this small coven with and guide them through discovering the Supreme, learning to use magic, and dodging the increasingly suspicious authorities.
The only future event that's really set in stone is the Coven coming together to discover who the Supreme is. I don't have a specific idea for how this will happen, so I'm more than open to suggestions. After the Supreme rises, the action opens up. Does the sudden rise in unusual crime and unexplained incidents get law enforcement on our Coven's tail? Do a posse of witch hunters, or even a rival Coven, show up? Or does the Coven start to tear itself apart from the inside as the witches turn on each other? There's opportunity for plenty of story arcs, and I'd love for them to be consensus-driven.
So... yeah! If I can find at least 2 other interested people, we can refine this idea and move forward. I'm new around here and just getting back into RPing after a looooong absence, so please ask questions and put your ideas on the table!
The only future event that's really set in stone is the Coven coming together to discover who the Supreme is. I don't have a specific idea for how this will happen, so I'm more than open to suggestions. After the Supreme rises, the action opens up. Does the sudden rise in unusual crime and unexplained incidents get law enforcement on our Coven's tail? Do a posse of witch hunters, or even a rival Coven, show up? Or does the Coven start to tear itself apart from the inside as the witches turn on each other? There's opportunity for plenty of story arcs, and I'd love for them to be consensus-driven.
So... yeah! If I can find at least 2 other interested people, we can refine this idea and move forward. I'm new around here and just getting back into RPing after a looooong absence, so please ask questions and put your ideas on the table!
