[disclaimer: this is solely fictional, and not my thoughts, views or meant to offend anyone. This is solely a little fictional twist in Earth's history, is all.]
History: It's the 1950's, and people are beginning to experience odd things. People are levitating, liquefying, turning into human magnets, manipulating metals, and even turning off the oxygen for a few seconds.
Research done by a scientist, Dr. Cobalt, proves that this is due to radiation from the third American nuke (fictional twist to IRL history). While it didn't affect Japan's landscape directly, leading to people believing it was a failure, it was more of a backfire, really.
Instead of causing destruction to the world, this weapon of mass destruction was in reality, a beacon of mass healing. The world grew more and more scientific, and countries were uniting over shared interests in the field of biochemistry and these newfound powers.
Geography: For those who don't know there's 7 continents - Asia, Africa, the Americas, Antarctica, Europe and Oceania, in order of size. 196 member nations in the United Nations, population around 8 billion, and-- you know what? Just go check an atlas, or Google earth or something. (I say 196 because there's another fictional country)
Civics: Society similar to real life countries. The 196th UN nation is Cobalt Crescendo, a quaint, cozy island a few hundred kilometers off the Western coast of the United Kingdom, disconnected from other countries. Settlers shortly after world war 2 settled there and called it home. At the time, it was undiscovered. The settlers from all across Europe made it a home, with a government and everything. Dr. Cobalt, who made the astonishing discovery of the powers was one of the settlers, hence the name.
While the rest of the world viewed it as an idyllic city-state, there was more beneath the surface. In 1999, a major incident ensued within the walls of the university Cobalt and his descendants founded, dedicated initially to elemental manipulation and biochemistry, but soon expanded. A radon-wielding girl was said to have passed away and risked the lives of several of her classmates, and the young professor.
But radioactivity was kind of always shunned. Radioactive people were the most contradictory folks in the world. They seemed less healthy in general, but had the most potent powers. They had shorter lifespans, but had the power to take a million lives with a single, powerful sneeze.
Thanks to the young radon girl's incident, this only became further cemented. People with more useful powers were seen as the top tier, while everyone else was lower. Certain metallics, with the sheer number of metals discovered, barely comprehended their own powers.
But this didn't stop it from becoming a renowned university city at all. In fact, it attracted more scientific-tempered students to hone their skills, research, and find out, 'why?'
Present Day:
Society in Cobalt Crescendo was healed at last, but there's always some elemental mishap. Read on here to find out the full story of one such mishap. Warning: It's around 45 chapters and 88000 words. https://editor.reedsy.com/Leag4xy
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