Cassia looked around the museum at the abandoned artifacts. After the Society lost control, everything was going to be returned. She smiled, wondering what everyone's reaction would be to getting their treasures back.
She stopped at something she had never noticed before. They were tucked away behind some other things, but the fancy case they were in advertised their importance. In the case was a red ribbon, a stuffed bunny, a stuffed alligator, and a red, a blue, and a green baseball cap. These items were not a part of life today, but they also were not the antique artifacts that usually graced the ornate, delicately carved cases.
"Can I help you with something?" Cassia turned around to see a young man with red hair. Cassia recognized him immediately as someone who could possibly answer her question.
"Why are these six items in a case much more special than them?"
The guide looked at the items, then back at Cassia. "Before the society fell, I would have told you that these belonged to the great people who allowed themselves to be possibly harmed by testing the tablets." He leaned in closer. "The truth is the society's scientists didn't even create the tablets." With each word Cassia became more and more curious. "The 'scientists' were brainwashed into truly believing that they worked to develop them. They helped recreate them, but they did not develop them. The actual creators were the owners of the baseball caps." The young man hung his head, as if in shame, as he said, "The tablets were created to be the girls' demise."
He walked over to a bench and motioned for Cassia to sit down. Slowly, she did sit. "It all began long ago, before the Society was even an idea, in the city of Townsville."