Silence (Book)

== Disambiguation ==
Silence is the tentative title for a book set after the culmination of the events in Gems, and focuses on the suspicion of the lead characters arising from the web of connections between government, unknown entities, and the public.
== Summary ==
The book is a shift in tone from the events of Gems, coming down from an action focused tone to one that is more reminiscent of a spy-crime thriller. Various plot points (particularly climax events) are as follows: Eli must choose which countries to align with; Stacey has to choose to murder Ava or not; Thomas will have to become an antihero or not; Stanley's girlfriend is revealed to never have died, changing his whole motivation.
As of September 2023, the plot only consists of hard hitting story beats, with the focus being on setting up the impossible choices that will finish out each major character's arc (the arcs that were started in the own stories and continued through Gems, etc.)
Another plot point is an idea resembling the baby genocide in the Gospels; in this case, certain nations have allied to track and kill a baby called "the nuclear baby," which is a baby that has manifested the fire of God trait. This power is manifested so strongly in the baby that he/she is a defacto nuclear bomb that could wipe out entire nations (in fact a connected idea is what this would occur when the baby defecates). Since the government can't track the trait down to one baby, they choose to kill hundreds and thousands of babies, leading to major unrest. The plot would explore the main allied characters--Eli, Stacey, Thames, maybe Thomas, Amy--wondering what to do with the baby when they find it. This could also be a variation of Stacey having to choose to murder Ava or not, and she rather has to kill this baby.
== Regarding Character Arcs ==
Stacey Monners has the most detailed character arc as the writing of this page, and is the only one with a presentable challenge that could occur in Silence.
Characters such as Eli and Thomas have more detail to them, but lack an A to B arc in detail. These, as well as other two dimensional characters, will have to be fleshed out before the plot and direction of Silence becomes clear.
== Less Possible Plot Ideas ==
Rather than a baby being the nuclear baby, Ava may manifest this trait. One concern is that this sounds similar to the plot of the movie Firestarter. The fire of god is meant to reference God being a "consuming fire," basically giving the person the ability to destroy impurities--but in reality it would destroy literally everything. It is not referring to the life or spirit of God, which is the Mouth of God trait, an ability belonging to Eliza Hamaad.
A good candidate for the fire of God would be the ENFJ or ENTJ types. Were Ava to manifest the Fire of God trait, the book may feature a flashback showing that Commander Cheveyuk also had this trait. For more information on this, see this book page.