Mental Purgatory

This story is a spin-off from story #4, meaning that I could do both stories and build up a universe surrounding this tyrranical society. However, while in the same society, this story takes place after the fall of the empire. This story centers around a scientist who was involved in the genetic engineering plans and is placed on trial. My aim is to model this piece after the Nuremberg Trials and the Nazi’s Eugenic policies, as the victorious Allies charge the leaders of this tyranny with Human Rights Violations.

So I have the location for the piece and the general setting, but another question that arises is the manner of telling it. One way that I’ve considered for this piece is a journal of the scientist’s days in prison. Another option would be to tell the piece through the trial’s notes, with the day’s proceedings shedding light on what is going on.

I thought this would be an interesting story for a number of reasons. First, while it’s set after the dictatorship, it reveals a lot about it as the man recounts his workings in the organization through his trial (I’m thinking something similar to how I imagine Stephen King’s Carrie is conveyed). It also forms a nice parallel to story #4 as it reveals more of what was going on during that story, similar to the way Orson Scott Card’s Ender’s Shadow makes you better understand Ender’s Game.

I’ve played with the ideas of a number  of different character stories in this universe, but I think I’ll close with this one unless I get particularly desperate later on in the month.