Post by Cheryl on Oct 27, 2009 23:24:36 GMT -5
It is a theory of scientists that the human race is shifting from one type of evolution into another. For millenia, humans have been evolving physically: bipedalism, larger brains, skull formation. height. It is those adaptations that have allowed humans to thrive in the natural world and have brought us into the modern age.
But what now? In a world where humans have control over the natural world, what is there to advance, to evolve?
The mind. Scientists believe that the time of humans evolving their physical attributes has come to an end, and now it is the mind from which advancement stems. Tabloids and paranormal magazines display stories and "reports" of people moving objects with their mind, seeing objects miles away, even vaporizing into smoke, then reforming moments later. These are,of course, hoaxes. They are peddling nonsense to make an extra buck.
Yet there is a kernel of truth in every tall tale. Humans have been indeed advancing, slowly, sparingly, but something is undoubtedly changing. Those who know about the evolution call those affected "Posthumans." Shady organizations, government-affiliated and private, good, bad, and everything in-between are trying their best to learn as much about this new path of evolution as possible.
It started off as a hunt for information, a basic need to understand the changing world, and ended with an all out war for power. Factions began. Humans for Posthumans. Humans against Posthumans. But what WERE the Posthumans to begin with? How could they be loved or hated if they were not even understood. Scientists were unwilling to capture a Posthuman against it's will, mostly out of fear, but they took every advantage to obtain every corpse they could get their hands on. They stopped at nothing. Ransacking graves, commandeering bodies from morgues. They broke all the rules. And they researched.
The advancement was found to be a certain genetic mutation. Something, that slowly started to happen over time. When the body could no longer physically advance, the mind took to advancing. The genetic makeup of their nervous system, of their brains. Whatever could possibly improve, it began to happen. Whether it was to increase a sense of smell, touch, taste, site. Or to advance the speed capabilities of a body. Perhaps even the gift of looking into the future. Disappearing into smoke. Whatever the change was, a different set of genetic code accounted for it. The scientists found it utterly impossible to catalog and category the mysteries.
There came a time, when too many bodies were missing. There came a time when too many graves were desecrated. And in the end, factions against humans began to spring up. Posthumans began to retaliate, fighting for their rights. For, they were humans too, were they not? There were debates. Riots. Deaths. The violence against normal humans got so out of hand that some Posthumans broke off from their familiars and fought against them, in attempt to save lives.
With the world in such a shambles, and more Posthumans being born or coming into their powers every day, the prevailing questions is this: Allow the advancement to continue? Or nip this mutation in the bud before it gets any worse?[/size]
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