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So this was an idea I found in an RPG book back in the day. It basically took a whole bunch of anime concepts and slammed them together into one unique setting. It seemed perfect to bring out here.
In the year 2020, astronomers around the world discovered in horror that a comet had been hiding it's route behind the sun for an unknown number of years, perhaps centuries. A path was charted and the comet was discovered to cross Earth's orbital path.
In the space of a few months, panic and chaos gripped the world as calculations between several specialists conflicted. Some ensured that the Comet would crash into our planet, while others presented proof that it would pass by. There were several upheavals that governments across the globe had to try and put down. Old religions were tested, and new cults were born and died as their members killed themselves before the promised end of the world.
By the end of the year, Christmas was celebrated with a gigantic new star in the sky. The astronomer who discovered the comet named it "Shiva", after the Hindu god whose last dance would mark the end of days.
Shiva missed Earth by hundreds of kilometers; in astronomical terms, a hair's breadth.
Coastal cities suffered from tidal waves, while earthquakes along fault lines created chain earthquakes. Despite these disasters, people confronted them with relief, hope, and happiness, because the alternative would have been much, much worse. Still, the most spectacular gift from Shiva were several weeks of lights in the sky, as ice crystals from it's tail melted as they entered Earth's atmosphere.
The crystal rain showered over several parts of the world, and people were gifted with shimmering rivers and sparkling forests, until whatever substances the comet's tail was made of sank into the worlds ecosystem.
A lot of research went into the Shivan substances. It started as a secret, but word spread of crystal formations popping up all over the world. These crystals had the novel effect of changing color according to the mood around them. The Shivan Shards were psychoactive: that is, they reacted to thought, just as quartz reacts with electricity.
It wasn't until 2022 that it was revealed that the shards were much more then cheap gemstones. A spelunker found a vein of pure Shivan shards deep in a South American cavern. These shards didn't bond with local minerals but grew independently. When smugglers beset the solitary explorer, the fragments he had taken as a keepsake manifesting an enormous 3 headed dog with a strange biomechanical appearance. The hound dispatched the attackers.
The same thing happened in other locations where pure Shivan shards surfaced. Further research concluded that in their pure state, the shards were not only able to resonate with surrounding emotions but synchronize to the unique brain patterns of an individual and create matter responding to his wishes. The age of the Focusers had come.
Shivan Shards are now produced synthetically, and the imprinting process is easy and within reach of people with the right combination of mental strength and monetary funds. The governments closely monitor these shards, but private enterprises won the right to produce their own and hire people to imprint them.
The people who are able to imprint a shard and manifest something out of the synchronization are called Focusers, because what they do is basically focus a deep entrenched wish into the shard, which resonates and makes it real. Imprinting happens only once, and once a shard's been imprinted it can only be used by that individual and only for that thought.
There are 5 types of Focusers, registered and researched by several organizations.
Handlers Focusers who wish for a guardian or companion. They create creatures that fight, obey and protect them. (examples: Pokemon, Digimon)
Riders A Rider doesn't create something to fight for her but rather focuses her shard into a suit of armor around her, increasing her size, strength, defense and several other gifts depending on the Focuser's heart. (example: Iron Man, Mecha)
Wielders They manifest a tool (generally weapons). The tool enhances their skill with it, but it also has its own powers that it imparts upon the Focuser. (example: Keyblades in Kingdom Hearts, Zanpakuto in Bleach)
Breathers Breathers can manifest their wishes upon their own bodies, creating strange powers like metamorphosis or, more commonly, super powered martial artists. (examples: Yu Yu Hakusho, Dragon Ball Z, Naruto)
Weavers Weavers can see the resonance field around them, even those floating around as dust. They later learn how to alter the flow and make even imprinted shards contribute to bringing their improvised wish into reality, as if by magic. (examples: Avatar: The Last Airbender, Sailor Moon)
My idea was to play as a small team of bounty hunters. There will be a kind of guild that the team joins and we accept and solve missions from there. Anyone interested? :D
In the year 2020, astronomers around the world discovered in horror that a comet had been hiding it's route behind the sun for an unknown number of years, perhaps centuries. A path was charted and the comet was discovered to cross Earth's orbital path.
In the space of a few months, panic and chaos gripped the world as calculations between several specialists conflicted. Some ensured that the Comet would crash into our planet, while others presented proof that it would pass by. There were several upheavals that governments across the globe had to try and put down. Old religions were tested, and new cults were born and died as their members killed themselves before the promised end of the world.
By the end of the year, Christmas was celebrated with a gigantic new star in the sky. The astronomer who discovered the comet named it "Shiva", after the Hindu god whose last dance would mark the end of days.
Shiva missed Earth by hundreds of kilometers; in astronomical terms, a hair's breadth.
Coastal cities suffered from tidal waves, while earthquakes along fault lines created chain earthquakes. Despite these disasters, people confronted them with relief, hope, and happiness, because the alternative would have been much, much worse. Still, the most spectacular gift from Shiva were several weeks of lights in the sky, as ice crystals from it's tail melted as they entered Earth's atmosphere.
The crystal rain showered over several parts of the world, and people were gifted with shimmering rivers and sparkling forests, until whatever substances the comet's tail was made of sank into the worlds ecosystem.
A lot of research went into the Shivan substances. It started as a secret, but word spread of crystal formations popping up all over the world. These crystals had the novel effect of changing color according to the mood around them. The Shivan Shards were psychoactive: that is, they reacted to thought, just as quartz reacts with electricity.
It wasn't until 2022 that it was revealed that the shards were much more then cheap gemstones. A spelunker found a vein of pure Shivan shards deep in a South American cavern. These shards didn't bond with local minerals but grew independently. When smugglers beset the solitary explorer, the fragments he had taken as a keepsake manifesting an enormous 3 headed dog with a strange biomechanical appearance. The hound dispatched the attackers.
The same thing happened in other locations where pure Shivan shards surfaced. Further research concluded that in their pure state, the shards were not only able to resonate with surrounding emotions but synchronize to the unique brain patterns of an individual and create matter responding to his wishes. The age of the Focusers had come.
Shivan Shards are now produced synthetically, and the imprinting process is easy and within reach of people with the right combination of mental strength and monetary funds. The governments closely monitor these shards, but private enterprises won the right to produce their own and hire people to imprint them.
The people who are able to imprint a shard and manifest something out of the synchronization are called Focusers, because what they do is basically focus a deep entrenched wish into the shard, which resonates and makes it real. Imprinting happens only once, and once a shard's been imprinted it can only be used by that individual and only for that thought.
There are 5 types of Focusers, registered and researched by several organizations.
Handlers Focusers who wish for a guardian or companion. They create creatures that fight, obey and protect them. (examples: Pokemon, Digimon)
Riders A Rider doesn't create something to fight for her but rather focuses her shard into a suit of armor around her, increasing her size, strength, defense and several other gifts depending on the Focuser's heart. (example: Iron Man, Mecha)
Wielders They manifest a tool (generally weapons). The tool enhances their skill with it, but it also has its own powers that it imparts upon the Focuser. (example: Keyblades in Kingdom Hearts, Zanpakuto in Bleach)
Breathers Breathers can manifest their wishes upon their own bodies, creating strange powers like metamorphosis or, more commonly, super powered martial artists. (examples: Yu Yu Hakusho, Dragon Ball Z, Naruto)
Weavers Weavers can see the resonance field around them, even those floating around as dust. They later learn how to alter the flow and make even imprinted shards contribute to bringing their improvised wish into reality, as if by magic. (examples: Avatar: The Last Airbender, Sailor Moon)
My idea was to play as a small team of bounty hunters. There will be a kind of guild that the team joins and we accept and solve missions from there. Anyone interested? :D