Psionic abilities.
A small fraction of the populace has
begun showing signs of psychic abilities. At first thought to be a
hoax or some sort of fluke, but after years of testing it became
apparent that is was a very real thing. So a good chunk of money was
dumped into research, categorization and potential uses for those
with these special talents.
First thing the City decided was that
it was to risky for these gifted individuals to walk around without a
way to pick them out of a crowd. Put into place for this was a tattoo
that is given to anyone with psychic abilities that goes down the
right side of their face in what look like small lines with a few
jagged edges, also known as “The Branding”. Anyone with facial
recognition gear can get a read out of that persons psychic abilities
and their strengths.
Then those of low powered abilities
were assigned to the CWD rather quickly. Which in turn helped
increase the success rate of the work crews a few percentage points.
Thus bagging a few higher ups some nice bonuses and promotions while
keeping the number of psychics loose on the street to a minimum.
Anyone with much higher powers were
moved to a facility deep inside the R&D facilities jointly
operated by the City government and corporate powers. What is done
with them is unknown to the general populace and most are never heard
from again.
What they failed to note was that in a
contained testing and research area a persons psychic abilities
didn't grow in any meaningful way. They stayed at the same level with
no change. However those who are out in society, interacting with a
myriad of people every day slowly get more control of their abilities
and see an increase in them. Something about being out among the
people pushes the growth.
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