tonguetoxicity | Nara's world information (Reply)

CONTENT WARNING: Talk of human trafficking, slavery, political messes, witch hunts

World information: Magic was a subject of debate in itself, causing various kinds of witch hunts of various types, led by the Church and various purist organizations in various parts of the world, often citing religious, power abuse, as well as fear mongering. This has occurred historically since the fall of the Roman empire, the last great civilization with magic usage. There were surges of approval to disapproval, depending on what the status of various countries at the time. The Black Death, for example, had a back lash of individuals that were practicing magic.

However, in the more modern age, after the various uses on both sides during both world wars, there was a greater movement to make magic something not to be ashamed of, but a tool like any other. With that, alongside the formation of the United Nations, there was the formation of the global organization known as the Circle. While there was some debate on the matter, the Circle was made to promote, educate, and protect people with magic, as well as inform the general populace of what various magic users are capable of.

The Circle-also known sometimes as the magic circle-is known for licensing mages so they may practice without having to take repeated tests from crossing national borders, advocating against body part and slavery with intention to use for magical purposes. With their help, and with funding from various parties around the globe, both from shapeshifters, mages, witches, people of various magic disciples, as well as famous advocates including movie stars, they ensured that magic is an every day thing, and nothing to worry about-just another disciple and enhancement to the global community.

They're currently scrambling in the wake of the Magic Surge-an event where mage-scientists basically ripped open a hole between this world and another, causing the usual amount of magic concentration in the atmosphere to surge over a thousand percent in a twenty four hour time period-has led to some backfire, with debates internationally over magic regulation and ethical scientific magic use.

There's also the debate whether part animal people should be given whole human rights, if they need to be "tagged", in case of infection (though being able to SPREAD the magic that comes with shape shifting is extremely rare), whether they are a health concern...the list goes on.

This changes what the Clans USED to be. For the most part, they were a social slash neighborhood watch, for people to A: meet up with other people that were like them, B: make some business and social interactions and C: check and see if there hasn't been anyone screwing up when it comes to outing them as a reality. This includes ensuring that children of orphaned or abusive parents are taken into the fold and know what they are, as most are unable to shift until during or post puberty.

Now with shapeshifters of the regular animal variety being outed due to being unable to keep human shape, the Clans have banded together to protect one another to keep their rights as people, and ensure they keep their children. They've hired lawyers (for those that weren't shapeshifters themselves), advocates, and experts of a variety of disciples to ensure that they'll win the legal battles internationally. There's also a sliding scale of donations that are expected of Clan members now, so that Clan members in less fortunate situations, whether they are from the same country or not, will be able to get the help they need in case they are discriminated against as a Shapeshifter.

Currently, it's not publicly known that the mystical shapeshifters are known-phoenixes, unicorns, dragons, being the majority of this minority group. Right now, it's a political mess, so there's the debate among these shapeshifters-who have, in the past, had to work to counter against human trafficking and slavery, and still have the fear-are debating whether they come out in a show of solidarity, or whether they keep themselves as a secret awhile longer. Nara's family in particular, which is a multi billionaire cooperation, could potentially lose a LOT of business- they might suffer from discrimination in the forms of losing clients, losing their magic teleportation licence which is the backbone for their import/export business, as well become prime material not only for body harvesting, kidnapping, and slavery. There have been points of the past for the Tsukiko family where family members have been taken away from foreigners as pets, as well war meat during various wars in Japan.

To sum up the entire political situation: everything is on fire, people are trying to flare it up and put it out, a lot of people are scared, and Nara's family in particular is at a moment of indecision of "Do we do the right thing or look out for our own butts".