destructionmods (destructionmods) wrote in destructionisle, @ 2018-04-29 18:29:00 |
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Apri/May 2018 - Game-Wide Plot Part Three
In the days following the Government press release on what is now referred to as the Mutant Bombing, legislators push for internment of all mutants, regardless of age, race, gender, or ability. Officials maintain that this is the only way to keep the country safe from the credible threat of a violent mutant takeover. Many humans become afraid, convinced by the propaganda and scare tactics inundating the media. While several branches of the Mutant Rights Movement reman vocal and active, doing their best to dispell the myths of danger, more and more people now support taking mutants into custody and removing them from not only the public, but the mainland US. Plans for multiple sites similar to Destruction Island are proposed and widely supported. The government makes these plans and the public dissent clear to Destruction Island residents: their entire 'race' is going to be punished for the wrongdoing of one.
By late in the last week of April, two videos are anonymously leaked to Island residents as well as media outlets. The first video shows scores of mutants helping with the rescue and recovery effort. The second is of government agents setting the bomb. The videos go viral, making local through international news, the hot topic for morning lifestyle shows to major news outlets, to satirical late night shows.
In less than 48 hours, the sentiment in America changes drastically. No longer is the public supporting government regulations on Mutants, they were demanding the government to completely vacate Destruction Island and other similar projects. The Mutant Rights Movement and other pro-mutant supporters suggest that the island be turned over to the current residents and reformed into a utopia of sorts, along with the freedom to return to the mainland without persecution. They suggest that the Island, and others like it, become a place for mutants to call their own, to help other mutants without government interference, and to be exactly like any other state in the union. The government fails to respond immediately, taking the time to weigh options.