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Stay Alert
Heightened activity and the bombing means that suspicion is likely to increase. Be careful.
22 July 2082, 0600- Clinic in southern Upper Ring.
Official posters.
Poster Series 2: Red
Poster Series 1: White
Key Players
Transience
A.D., aka Domino: Born 2058 in the Lower Ring to insurgent parents, born out of wedlock and unregistered on the social services system. For all purposes, she didn’t exist. She went to live with a family friend after her parents’ incarceration and spent eight years planning and gathering information, ready to finish what her parents started. She began recruiting at school and soon assumed the position as leader of the rebellion.
L.A., aka Catastrophe: Born 2051 in the Lower Ring. A bright girl who did well in school and was one of the few Lowers who attained a decent education, and keen enough to notice the fallacies in the reports of the then-named Kere-Vergara Science Association, the predecessor of Turritopsis. Her mentor was captured the same time as Domino’s parents for involvement in the rebellion and she began seeking out more information about Turritopsis. Her search eventually led her to both Domino and Dr. Darcy.
M.L., aka Cutthroat: Born 2057 to journalists who were eventually forced into hiding for their investigations into the animal and human rights violations of KVSA. While at school, she became the instigator of numerous anonymous online posts discrediting KVSA, spreading rumours which were unfortunately taken as a conspiracy. It was these, however, that drew the attention of Domino, then recruiting.
S.L., aka Frostbyte: Born 2057 to parents deported from the UR. Grew up with a fair amount of press attention; her mother a disgraced model and her father once an esteemed scientist. She learned quickly how to both manipulate the cameras and slip off unnoticed. She became friends with Domino in school.
T.T, aka Trinity: Born 2061. Her father, an engineer, was among the first to be taken for human trials, with a large remuneration for her and her mother. In what was meant to be his returning car, there was a crash from which no bodies could be recovered, now believed to be staged to prevent questions about his disappearance. Catastrophe tutored her and introduced her to the circle.
L.W., aka Knockout: Born 2064. Lived quietly until she one day found evidence to prove that she had had a twin that was sold to KVSA for a large sum. Running from home, she was stopped by a police officer, who just so happened to be Domino’s guardian.
N.D and M.D.: Domino’s parents and the pioneers of the Lower Ring resistance movement. Middle-class, nondescript civilians, but chance and passion brought them to head the revolution. They were captured for their dissent and left behind a teenage daughter.
The Upper Ring
K.C., aka Dr. Elizabeth Darcy: Born 2030. A highly qualified neurosurgeon and microbiologist, relegated to the UR upon its formation. She was one of the pioneer scientists of KVSA in the 2050s, until human trials began and she realised the extent to which Kere and Vergara were willing to go to attain immortality. She bade her time until she heard rumours of an uprising in the LR. She managed to contact the ringleaders with what she knew, but withdrew her involvement upon their incarceration. When she was found again by Catastrophe, she agreed to aid their mission to end Turritopsis once and for all.
Nicholas Kere and Joelle Vergara: A marine biologist and medical doctor respectively, brilliant young scientists who discovered the secret to immortality, but proceeded to use their wealth, resource, intelligence and network to instigate an operation that would ruin thousands of lives to improve dozens. Their estimated criminal record in the political proceedings of securing Turritopsis’ success is enough to hand them five consecutive life sentences.
This transmission was delivered by our UR contact. The timing is unfortunate, given the undergoing operation, but it seems that they are not yet on high alert. Be careful and stay under the radar. Do not give them any reason to suspect.
Poster Series 3
The Turritopsis headquarters and one of its branch clinics.
The Turritopsis Programme officially launched in 2066, after a series of successful human trials where human subjects were able to respond positively to the various stages of tests. The Turritopsis Programme aims to prolong life and achieve immortality. The programme was inspired by the biologically immortal jellyfish Turritopsis Dohrnii, whereby it is able to reverse the biotic cycle and thus bypass death.
Over the past few decades, researchers have discovered that humans are similarly capable of reversing the biotic cycle through the use of stem cells. Thus the Turritopsis Programme was born, where stem cells are the very core of the programme.
Prior to the human trials, researchers struggled to collect sufficient stem cells from humans for testing. This created a chance for volunteers (aka Donors) to donate their stems cells with a substantial amount of money paid in return. Till now the Turritopsis Programme has been relying on these Donors (the majority of which belong to the Lower Ring) to give up their stem cells in order to sustain the programme. It has been brought to our attention that 70% of Donors fail to survive more than a year after their first extraction, given the vital role stem cells play in the sustaining of body functions. Despite this there has been an increasing number of Donors who have been signing contracts with the programme as they are desperate for money, being under the oppression of the regime, or simply lured by the promise of a sponsored life in the Upper Ring.
Turritopsis dohrnii, the immortal jellyfish, is a species of small, biologically immortal jellyfish found in the Mediterranean Sea and in the waters of Japan. Most jellyfish species have a relatively fixed life-span, which varies by species from hours to many months. The medusa of Turritopsis dohrnii is the only form known to have developed the ability to return to a polyp state. This ability to reverse the biotic cycle (in response to adverse conditions) is probably unique in the animal kingdom, and allows the jellyfish to bypass death, rendering Turritopsis dohrnii potentially biologically immortal.
Staying Off the Radar
Transience uses technology and systems that are now obsolete, media that only the eldest even remember, much less have. This website, Tumblr, is one of them, a remnant from the times laptops still cost hundreds of dollars and pictures of Pluto were still a breakthrough.
The government is careless in their arrogance-they don’t seem to realise that ancient servers still function, and function for an entire rebellion.
Tumblr was chosen for its relative obscurity even in the past: it was popular mostly with youths and less well-used as professional and commercial promotions than other sites like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
How wrong we were to think immortality meant never dying.
Gerard Way
A History of Turritopsis and Transience
2051 Nicholas Kere, a marine biologist, and Joelle Vergara, a medical doctor, theorise the Programme and begin experimentation. Funding is received from private sponsors and a limited commission from the government. The Kere-Vergara Science Association (KVSA) is formed.
2053 Animal protection activists criticise KVSA for causing significant damage to the population of Turritopsis dohrnii. KVSA activities decrease amidst media attention and legal suits.
2058 KVSA reaches a breakthrough: their attempts to reproduce Turritopsis’ transdifferentiation abilities succeeds in a wounded fish. Funding is renewed and mammal testing ensues.
2064 Following six years of tests, human trials begin.
2066 The first completely successful human procedure, performed on sixty- two year old Chloe Beatty, to widespread media lauding. The government publicly endorses the Programme, commercially renamed the Turritopsis Programme. KVSA is similarly renamed the Turritopsis Corporation.
2068 Two years of stock monopoly, five awards for outstanding achievements in science and three hundred and eighty-nine successful patients later, Lowers Megan and Nathan Daniel lead the first public outcry against the enhanced class division caused by the Programme. They are quickly shut down, although several Lowers are given the chance to undergo the Programme to appease the protestors.
2071 Lower Officer Emmet Muller, a friend of the Daniels', brings forward concealed records within the justice department indicating subtly increased rates in disappearances. A Turritopsis scientist, aliased Elizabeth Darcy for safety, sends an encrypted message to the Daniels suggesting a link between the disappearances and the enormous amount of fresh stem cells required for the Programme's procedures. The Daniels restart their protest efforts, but stay under the radar this time.
2072 Turritopsis catches wind of the Daniels' dissent and radically changes their policy. A public statement and press conference is held to 'increase transparency'. Turritopsis puts forth that stem cells are indeed required for the procedures, but every Donor is a volunteer who also receives a substantial payout and permanent relocation to the Upper Ring. Their PR works and Lowers begin voluntarily signing contracts with Turritopsis to become Donors, and are taken to the Upper Ring. The Daniels are discredited.
2073 Dr. Darcy, the Daniels' only contact in the Upper Ring, goes radio silent. The Daniels' home is stealth raided and they are taken away under the official pretext of having volunteered, presumably killed, and leaving behind a fifteen-year-old daughter who was unregistered on the social security system. Aelyn Daniel is taken in by Officer Muller and raised in secret.
2081 Having laid plans for eight years, Aelyn Daniel begins actively recruiting at school. Linn Way, Shana Leon and Misha Lang are among the first to join her campaign. An all-female core group is assembled, with the addition of Lee Awen and Tang Tze Yi. Transience is born with six core members and a smattering of supporters.
2082 Present: Dr. Darcy returns to contact the Daniels' successor, bringing papers giving Transience the potential to plan aggressive raids. Transience begins to rally support among the Lower Ring.
For reference: Transience’s layout of the city. The Sub-Lower Ring (SLR) is only classified as a third section because it is generally where the Upper Ring’s (UR) surveillance is concentrated. The Lower Ring (LR) is left virtually untouched, save the occasional patrols. The Sub- and Lower Rings are divided into twelve sections each, named for each Greek alphabet.
Transience Manifesto
One of our members created this promotional series based on a pop culture trend from 2015.
Work Credits
Avelyn Aw (4) [aka Aelyn Daniel] - Posters, poster analysis and post ideas
Dana Leong (11) [aka Shana Leon]- Posters, poster analysis and post ideas
Lee Wen-yi (16) [aka Lee Awen]- Manifesto and blog management
Tisha Lim (25) [aka Misha Lang]- Posters, poster analysis and post ideas
Lynette Wong (28) [aka Linn Way]- Posters, poster analysis and post ideas
Yap Tze Tong (29) [aka Tang Tze Yi]- Blog design and management
Blog themes: http://yukoki.tumblr.com