Name: Undecided (Some names I like are: Ghosts of the past, Souls of reckoning, Ghosts of reckoning, The spirits inside of us, Steam Angels, Leapers: {insert name2 here}, Storm of memories.) Please reply with any name suggestions!
In a post-apocalyptic future, all cities and nations have been wiped out by the 4th Great War, and the sudden explosion which was named “The Great Flash”. Only a few history books remain, yet, each of the three remaining nations have different opinions of what really happened during the war. Rio Black, after carelessly getting involved in the investigation on the Flash, finds out that death and ruins wasn’t the only thing left behind by the explosion. Now he must embark in a journey to find the truth behind the Great Flash, and stop the three nations from wiping out what remains of humanity.Tags and themes: Steam-punk
- Action
- Adventure
- Drama
- Sci-fi (Mixed with fantasy)
- Shounen
- Military
Setting: A post-apocalyptic world, where radioactivity has mutated many life-forms.
*Classroom scene. Camera behind teacher*Teacher 1:
Rio, would you please read the third sentence in page 302?*Stands up as he begins*Rio:
From the moment an individual gains the gift of memories, and the capability to make choices, a great responsibility lies in their hands. Through darkness and light, a single choice and action can change the course of history, our present, and affect the future as a whole.*Students begin to speak loudly, the teacher is barely heard*Teacher1:
Silence!*Students keep talking. A few remain silent.*
*Close-up of Rio sighing and sitting in his chair. An expression of tiredness can be seen.*
*Bell rings. Rio, along with the rest of the classmates, leaves the room.*Student1:
Hey are you up for some games tonight?Rio:
Not today Milo, I’m not in the mood.*Milo smirks in sight of the comment*Milo:
Well, that’s new, coming from you…*Single scene of Rio walking to his house. The city is partially in ruins, a lot of smoke and pollution can be seen. He walks along a path, where the whole city can be seen, along with multiple factories, and a sky-ship station.*Rio:
I’m home!*Camera behind Rio. Top of the door. The bag-pack can be seen resting on the floor next to him. Dark lightening.*Rio:
Right, there’s no one here… there hasn’t been anyone for the past six years…*Rio lays on the wall, on the same corridor. He lets himself fall into a sitting position on the floor, while holding a computer-like object.*
Rio (thinking to himself): Every day is the same… I’m not even sure I can call this place home anymore, not without Dane here.
*Scenery shifts to night. Rio leaves the house for a walk. ***Background change: Rio makes his way to a mountain path that leads to a barren valley; there is a chicken-wire fence with a sign that states “Not trespassing!”***A loud sound is heard followed by a cry of pain, Rio rushes inside to see what happened, and finds a crashed motorcycle-like vehicle, a sword laying on the ground, and a badly-hurt male1.*
*Another motorcycle can be seen at the distance, it stops next to the one that crashed. Male2 is wielding a big sword. **Male2 approaches Male1 with the intention to kill him, sword in hand*
*Rio runs towards Male1, to help him to his feet.*Rio:
Stop! (Second bubble *Rio thinks to himself*
“What am I doing… I’m not a hero.”) {<--Maybe a close-up of his face, with dark lightening, would be better?}
Male2: *yells in an unknown language*
*An expression of fright can be seen in Rio’s face*Rio:
I don’t know what you’re saying! *Male1 suddenly grabs Rio’s hand, and quickly stands up, pulling Rio downwards.*Male1:
Quickly, take this someplace safe! *Hands Rio a glowing vial.* Run!*An expression, hybrid between fright and confusion can be seen in Rio’s face as he backs away.*
*Male2 yells in a strange language one more time as he charges towards Male1*
*Without looking back, Rio runs towards the village. The sound of clashing metals is heard.* Rio (thinking to himself):
What is this? Who are those guys?! {Maybe take the dialogue away from this scene.}
**Background change: Slope road that leads to the village, mountain at one side, cliff with city-light scenery on the other.** *Rio trips, and falls on top of the vial. An expression of fright can be seen in his face*
Rio:
The vial!?*Stands up. His shirt is now wet with the glowing liquid that was once inside the vial. He has a few cuts in his hands. The liquid is half-frozen and cold*Rio (thinking to himself):
I gotta get out of here!*Runs towards his house. Leaves the broken glass and spilled liquid behind.*
**Next day***Rio wakes up. Camera on roof, looking down towards the bed, where Rio is waking up.*Rio (thinking to himself):
What a strange dream…**Background change: Walking towards school. Scenic, cliff-side road.****Background change: In front of school. Milo bumps into Rio**Milo:
Good morning sunshine!*Rio ignores him… he seems phased out*Milo:
Rio?Rio (still looking sleepy):
Oh its you..Milo:
Who else would it be, I am the only person that talks to you other than Mia.*They walk inside. Front door.**Sitting in the classroom*Milo:
Are you ok? You look like you had a bad case of nightmares...Rio:
Yeah… I had a pre- *doesn´t finish sentence***Close-up of half of his face. He looks outside of the window, Male2 is standing outside, staring at him.***Rio looks at his hands, the cuts from the night before can be seen.*Rio (looking frightened and in a rush):
Listen. Yesterday I went on a walk to Alagan Valley. I know that we aren´t supposed to go there, but I heard a noise and suddenly these men – (doesn’t finish the sentence.)
*Male2 isn’t outside anymore*Milo:
You did what?! You know its extremely forbidden to- Rio:
I know but some guy was hurt, and he gave me a vial. Then this other guy showed up with a huge sword, so I ran.*Milo has a look of confusion*Rio:
I fell down and the vial broke! (Next bubble
“Now he’s outside!”)
Milo:
Rio, you don’t make sense. There’s no one out there. Rio:
I saw him through the-*The window breaks, and Male2 jumps in wielding a big sword.*Male2:
*yells in a strange language as he pushes one of the kids aside*Rio (Surprised, as well as scared.):
Look man, I broke the vial. (Next bubble “I’m sorry!”*Male2 points the sword towards Rio.*
Male2 (angry): Leaper!
*Milo steps away*Milo: Rio?!
**Scene change: Rio tries to escape by running down the stairs, but a big crowd is coming up, blocking the way.***Rio turns around, and runs up the opposite stairs, which lead to the roof***Scene change: School roof. Rio is trapped in the school’s roof.***Male2 rushes out.*Male2:
*Yells something in an unknown language*Rio (frightened):
I don’t understand, why does this happened to me?! I should have left!*Male2 charges towards Rio and grabs his hand. *
*Male2 thrusts the sword into the ground as he says something in an unknown language*
*Rio pulls his arm away with all his might, and makes a run for it*
*Rio jumps off of the roof, trying to make it to the next building.***Scene change: Rio falling down. He isn’t that far away from the next building**Rio:
Is this how it ends? My life… I wish I could have said goodbye... I'm sorry Mia, Milo...*He makes a last stretch towards the edge, but doesn’t reach.*
*Rio’s body disappears (replaced by little dots) and reappears closer to the edge of the next building, he grabs on to it.*
*Rio (with a look of astonishment) looks back at Male2, who is raging, and has a look of confusion.*
*Milo appears on the roof of the building, and offers his hand to Rio*Milo:
Hurry!*Rio grabs on to him, and climbs up*Rio:
Run!*Male2 jumps, and barely reaches the roof of the second building. **They go down the stairs, bumping into an old man*Old Man1:
Hey, watch it!*Background change: Alley. Both, Rio and Milo hide behind a square trashcan**Male2 keeps walking, and doesn’t notice them. A couple of tears can be seen coming from Rio´s right eye.* **Camera: Half of Rio´s face, enough for the tear to be seen, and his hand covering his mouth to prevent sounds from coming out, and to see the man walk right past them.***Both kids stand up, and run towards the road, which is surrounded by a small Kiosk market on either side. A lot of people are walking around.*Rio:
He wants to kill me, I know it!Milo:
Lets go to the sky-port. Mia should be arriving soon, plus it should it packed with guards.*Still walking through the market. Long distance camera: the sky-port can be seen in the distance.*Rio:
He called me a leaper… any idea what it is?Milo:
No, but I don’t think it is a good thing.*They arrive at the entrance of the sky-port. Some guards check them, making sure they aren´t hiding any weapons.*
*They go through an elevator that takes them to the top floor*Milo:
You look that way, I’ll look this way.*From Rio’s side, a young girl with red hair is struggling with her bags*Rio:
Found her… Mia:
Rio, Milo! (next bubble “Give me a hand with the bags!”)*Milo throws a bag over his shoulder, so does Rio. Mia is left with a small purse.*Mia (gliggling):
Ain’t I lucky to have such manly men to help me out?Milo:
How was the trip?Rio:
The trip? A psycho is following me around, and you ask about her trip?!Mia:
What are you talking about?Rio:
Some guy is following around, with a huge sword. (next bubble: I almost died)Mia:
Wait, start from the beginning.*Rio tells the story of how he broke the vial*Mia:
My dad works at the lab, maybe he can tell us about the liquid.*They leave the sky-port, and make their way to the laboratory.**As they walk through the market* Rio:
Wait, I’ll go get the shirt, maybe it hasn’t dried up.*Scene of Rio looking for the shirt in his dirty room**Rio runs out, to meet with the others at the market. Male2 can be seen in the background, stalking them.*Rio:
Alright lets go.*They arrive at the lab**Mia knocks on a door that leads to the main room.*Mia:
Dad?*A door opens, and a man wearing a lab-gown comes out. He rushes to hug his daughter.*Scientist1:
Mia so nice to see you!Mia:
I was only away for one week!Rio:
Hi Mr. Hamilton!Milo:
Hi Mr. Hamilton, how’s the research going?Mr.H:
It’s going great, tha-Mia:
Dad we came because there’s something we want you to check out.*Rio extends his hand, holding the shirt where the liquid spilled.*Rio:
I got handed a vial containing this strange liquid yesterday.*Mr.H eyes open wide as he examines it*Mr.H:
Who gave you the vial?!Rio (with a look of confusion, obviously lying.):
Some strange man just randomly gave it to me.Mr.H:
Follow me, let’s go somewhere more private.*They leave the corridor, and walks towards another room. Mr.Hamilton’s office. He locks the door.*Mr.H:
I know you’re lying Rio Black. (next bubble
“No one could have given you this –randomly-.”)
Rio’s eyes open wide, knowing he had been discovered. Mr.H:
This is residue from the Great Flash, twenty-three years ago. *Scenes from the explosion are showing.* Mr.H:
There wasn’t only one flash, there were multiple. Washington, Kyoto, Berlin, Ottawa, those were the place affected by the flash. It had a radius of one-thousand meters. *Scene of the radius of the explosion above a city.* Mr.H:
The people that were in the center of the electromagnetic explosion were killed, and the ones that survived got affected by the radiation… *Close-up of Mr.Hamilton’s face.* Mr.H:
Not even schools are allowed to teach this, so keep this in extreme secrecy! *Scene of woman being held in labs, and several scientists performing tests on them.* Mr.H:
Some of the people that survived, mostly women, were affected by the radiation. Mr.H:
Mutations didn’t appear until it was too late to stop them, ethics didn’t permit us to do it…*Scene of a baby in the womb, and another being born.* Mr.H:
The next generation of children, the sons and daughters of those women that survived the explosion… those were the ones that actually mutated. *Scene of Mr.H along with the others.* Mr.H:
The law of particle travel states that a single particle can travel faster than a set. Mr.H:
The electromagnetic explosion severed the bond between particles, which is the reason of why the victims in the center didn’t survive. Mr.H:
Those who were far enough, produced an offspring that could control this particle mutation. *Scene of some children, in the military, saluting their superior.* Mr.H:
Some are still being held in labs; others are used by the military of any of the three nations, others are lucky enough to live disguised as normal people. *Rio’s eyes open wide as he Mr.Hamilton says the next sentence.* Rio:
Particle travel or leaping, that is how the mutation is called.
*A few screams are heard outside the room*Mr.H (sighs):
What now…*Close up of Mr.H’s face: an expression of fright and confusion, as if he had seen death itself.* *As he opens the door, he reveals a massacre. Bodies of multiple scientists are laying on the floor, dead. Blood is spilled as puddles across the floor, and a single shadow of a tall man holding a sword can be seen on the wall.* END OF CHAPTER 1
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