The inciting event of my current story involves a large group of teenagers agreeing to train themselves for a reckless, dangerous trip into a cave to retrieve the most powerful energy source known to the world (and the most heavily-guarded). Most of these kids are down-to-earth, realistic-thinking kids that are smart enough NOT to do something like this… and yet they end up doing it. I'm struggling to figure out how these kids end up signing up for a task that is–more or less–voluntary. Any suggestions? (if you need more information, I'd be happy to give.)
This is kind of hard since I don't know much about the characters, but maybe one or two reckless people talked them into/bribed/blackmailed/etc. them into entering the cave? Or possibly the energy source could have some sort of pulling effect that messes with the mind? I'm not great at this sort of thing… hope that helped at all though. It sounds like a very intriguing story!
Thanks for the help, it gave me a great idea!
I'm glad I could help out!
Like I've said, a large group of kids are sent into a cave. Bit of backstory: they learn about a magic force that is killing the universe (this turns out to be fake, but they don't know that). The main villain (supposedly an ally) has to send these kids into a cave. I plan to do this by a threat. However, I don't want the threat to be very obvious to most people, so that only a handful of students actually understand it. Does anyone have any idea on how to conceal a threat inside a mess of details?
We might need a bit more detail on how you plan the threat to play out. Is the threat delivered by the villain as an ally relaying details, or as a villain who's very forward about their evil intentions but doesn't want to be found out as a (fake) ally yet?
It's hard to explain, but an idea's been conceived, so I don't need any more help.
Oh, that's good to hear. Good luck on your writing!
