Splice

The basic idea - 

A few years back, gene splicing with other species was approved for the public, at it's own risk, and quickly became the newest trend to sweep the globe. Business owners were doing it, the rich, even celebrities, rather than plastic surgery, they spliced their DNA with that of another species to change, take on traits of the species or become something else entirely, ranging from cat ears (particularly popular) to looking like a hyena that can walk upright.

It was risky, and I didn't understand much of it, but at the same time I did see the allure. It was something out of a sci-fi novel and the desire to become something more than ordinary was every human's desire deep down, this procedure finally gave them a way to do it, if they had the money or practically surrendered their body for research in exchange for it.

I was always attracted to my boss.

She was the branch manager at the programming company I was employed by. The job was mundane and I would often struggle to stay awake during each shift no matter how much caffine pumped through my bloodstream, but watching her (closely, at that. I'm a sick man.) walk through the office always seemed to give me a little more pep. She didn't really ever look like she needed surgery, she was shapely and beautiful as it was and men would die at her feet, but... She announced she would be out for a few days. 

When she returned...

It was definitely still her, I could tell as she paraded her new looks around the office, she cut her hair in a flattering style to match her canine ears, her skin was naturally darker and she had a tail that flicked back and forth behind her short skirt. She was certainly proud and, despite my reluctance to be open minded about splicing, I was even more enraptured than normal...

It seemed that with her new looks also came enhanced senses, like that of a dog. She could smell coffee before it started brewing, a few employees got busted for hiding liquor in their thermos and she heard every snide remark I would make, her hearing was in fact so sharp that I was sure she could hear my thoughts if she really wanted to... Though, I was sure I would be fired if she could...

- This is an idea. Not set in stone. Various plots will happen with this, the core concept would remain the same.

If you have role played with me or know almost anything about me, you know that I don't always like to be good to my characters. If I am ever nice to them, it's rare that I let them stay happy long. Why? 

Because that's life. 

This role play is meant to extend beyond humanity's perversion and fascination with the sexually taboo, while also exploring it. This is a role play that I wanted to do as the characters living in a mirror of our failures, our shortcomings and our imperfections and our quest for what we view as beautiful or perfect.

Also, though, I wanted to, later in the story, explore how humanity's limitless perversion of nature and desire to push things they shouldn't have touched in the first place will, eventually, be it's undoing.

I got the idea when I saw the two images and make a connection of how similar they looked, and then immediately recalled the future in Batman Beyond, where "splicing" is a thing and turns people into beasts, hybrids of human and animal. This idea is going to be a little more precise and controlled than that, but that's where the basic idea was derived.

However, the science was thought to be exact. It wasn't. Eventually, not in all "Splicers", but in some, the more modification the higher the risk, their genetic coding, not meant to be infused with that of another animal, eventually begins to break down. They get sick, weak, and eventually go feral and begin to attack. This will open the doors for protestors, discrimination and fear of splicers from normal people. I love dark themes and drama, I love things going wrong and while there's plenty of room for sex (which could get weird, who knows?), there's more I want to do with this.