sunnivaixchel

I've gained a new "obsession".

Well, not really an obsession, yet.

Steampunk.

"Steampunk is a subgenre of fantasy and speculative fiction that came into prominence in the 1980s and early 1990s."
-Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steampunk


My brain has so many ideas about this. Is it too retarded that I discovered it on www.meez.com with their steampunk style under "themes"?

Let me get the ideas out.


Dystopia

Scientist rebels called "steamers" because almost everything they create runs on steam power (they're basically steampunkers)

Underground movement of steamers against the totaltarian government.


Characters:


Silva: PI. supposed to be loyal to the government but overlooks most steamer doings unless he deems it dangerous to the common people (i.e. bombs, weapons, etc, etc, etc...). Early thirties. Old fashioned.

Ysuso: shy steamer girl. is connected to the underground movement. they use her to deliver goods back and forth to different bases because she's so quiet and unobtrusive, nobody suspects anything of her.

Mechanoia: Ysuso's alter-ego. a brash, strong-willed superheroine. has no "powers" but is very smart and uses gadgets (steam-powered jet pack) and is a strong, skilled fighter in hand-to-hand combat.

Kylo(working name): kinda crazy steamer. lives in a clock tower. is the main scientist in the movement, is brilliant but "eccentric". Is the only person who knows that Ysuso is Mechanoia and designs most of her gadgets. Calls Ysuso "Soosy".

Shiano: Wild leader of the rebels, but is good in the leadership role, and knows when to cool it. Kinda likes Ysuso, a little.

Sorcha: A girl who works in a shoe shop that is underground in more ways than one. She's friends with Ysuso, and is wild after Shiano.

&*&*&*&

Silva saves a shy, young steamer girl. Her name is Ysuso. He sees the tattoo on her arm that means she’s part of the rebel movement, but lets her go anyway. After he deals with a criminal named Jenson, he is cornered in by a gang, taken by surprise, and they have the advantage. He is saved by a girl (who is strangely familiar), she is an expert in hand to hand combat and flies around using a steam powered jet pack. Silva recognizes her. She is the elusive “Mechanoia”, a super heroine who the GOVERNMENT has been after for a while, who is very closely connected to the movement. He thanks her, and she gives him some tips as to where some “rogue” rebels are hiding out, then she leaves.

 

Vague ideas:

 

Introduce Kylo, prolly by meeting Silva.

 

Silva finds out that Ysuso is Mechanoia.

 

Romance <3 (Silva likes Ysuso but thinks he’s too old for her)

 

An upper-class girl (Amorantha) is kidnapped.

&*&*&*&

 

“Stop right there, fellas. This young lady doesn’t owe you anything” Silva walked up calmly behind the young woman, who had fallen away from her tormentors, and was propping herself up with long skinny arms, her grey eyes wide with fear, her pale, pink lips slightly parted, her head tilted back, looking at Silva, the terror beginning to fade from her eyes. The thugs backed up, wary.

            “Watchoo gonna do? It’s, like, 5 to 1” the pudgy one leered. Silva shrugged indifferently.

            “Well, yes, but I have this” he pulled a small remote out of one of the pockets on his trench coat. It only had one button. The thugs began to back away, and the girl cowered. They all recognized that remote.

            “And if you’re not gone by the time I count to three, the five of you are going to spend the rest of your lives in a correctional facility. One, two…..” the thugs were gone in a heartbeat. Silva calmly put the remote back in his coat, looking down at the girl.

            “Are you all right?” he asked gently. She didn’t answer, staring at the pocket in which he had put the remote. He smiled.

            “Oh, that. Don’t worry” he lowered his voice, “It’s not even real” she smiled slightly, allowing him to pull her to her feet.

            “Thank you” she said in a soft voice, looking up at him. She was a steamer, by the looks of her. Grease smudged hands, tall, drab, lace-up boots that went all the way up to her knees, the trademark steamer apron, also smudged with grease and oil. Her hair, which was ruby red, was pulled back in a common steamer style, four ponytails on the back of her head, and of course, the little grease smudge on her cheek. She didn’t look any older than nineteen. He smiled at her.

            “So exactly what are you doing out this late? I’m not always going to be here to save you, little lady” she smiled back, nervously.

            “I was……um……take something back to…..a friend…..and I…..um…..” she looked flustered. He held up one hand.

            “I get it. It’s none of my business” he noticed the scrapes on her elbows, “Hey, those look bad” she immediately tensed up.

            “No, I’m fine, I just grazed it” she murmured. He shook his head, grabbing her by the arm, looking at the scrapes.

            “Those could get infected, and unless you’re a-” he stopped when her sleeve fell back, revealing a black tattoo in the shape of a gear on her shoulder.

&*&*&*&


Mehh, that's all I got down so far. its really epic, I don't know where to start. Any comments? Anybody know anything about steampunk? Know anybody who knows anything about steampunk?