Turning the Cards of Fate
#20 in Adventure! Complete!
In a world where people are born with their names in a book for telling what they will do with their lives, the government runs a tight ship. At every birth, someone is there with a bastardized version of the Future Picture. Once a name is decided upon, the agent finds out what they will do with their lives. If the child will kill anyone, they are put down. If they will have a serious addiction, they are killed. If they betray the country, they are killed. If they become a minor criminal, they are taken from their parents and placed in a special jail that will keep them alive until they turn 21, and get a new name. A set of fraternal twins are born, one will become a doctor with healing hands, the other will have sticky ones. What happens when the twins are confused for each other, and the older ones locked away, while the younger remains with his parents? How will destiny be changed if they aren't given a chance? How will the older twin's life be altered when he is given a chance later in life to help bring the world back to a more relaxed government, instead of a tightly monitored hell? Will he, a healer, be able to destroy the government before it takes anymore lives, or is he playing into someone's hands without even knowing it?
