Amelia, Destiny, Liara, and Reina are too weird for their town. Maybe it's the time or the setting, but they're just not main character material. They would be background players added for diversity in most old sitcoms.
But when a literal Mary Sue comes to town, and sweeps the whole region into a frenzy of tropes and cliches, only these four seem to be immune to her musical numbers, wild scene changes, and dramatic over-reactions.
Since the self-named members of the Band exist outside traditional narratives, they might be the most interesting people to modern audiences. Whether because they're queer, fat, aro, ethnically diverse or clinically depressed, they wouldn't be focused on in the past, but only they can save their small town from the ravages of an uncaring plot.
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What if the movies and commercials were right and the world was full of improbable happenings. What if life imitated art?
The Mary Sue stories are about a group of people for whom the world rearranges itself. The Mary Sues are dragged along a set series of plots by unknown forces, but those forces are also beholden to them.
The real story is that there are some people below the notice of stories. Odd, different, or seemingly unimportant, these four must grapple with the changes the Mary-Sues will wreak on their comfortably mundane small town.
In a world divided into four groups, there is a role for everyone.
Every group has their own realm found in each corner of the country they share.
The top right corner has the largest population. There lives the people of the Mystery Realm (M.R.) They're the police force, detectives and prosecutors. They're the only realm which carries weapons of any kind. However, they don't kill. While they do value law and order, they don't like violence and tend to avoid it.
The bottom left corner has the second largest population. The people there are born with unique powers. They're called the Supernatural Realm (S.R.) They tend to be optimistic and stubborn. They value relationships and would do anything to keep the people they love safe.
The top left and bottom right corners are tied in regards to population, however, that is the only thing they share in common. These two realms couldn't be more different.
In the top left corner is the society of the Technologically Enhanced Realm (T.E.R.) The people here develop technology the other realms could only dream of. They don't socialize with others and tend to keep to themselves. They understand complex equations and theories, however, they have a hard time understanding human emotion.
Finally, in the bottom right corner lives the peaceful and happy people of the Primitive Harmony Realm (P.H.R.) The people here lead a simple life and believe in nature and its gifts. Because of that, they were blessed with healing abilities and elemental gifts. Additionally, the herbs they grow are just as magical as the people themselves. Their carefree and charismatic tendencies cause them to always believe the best in people, even when they shouldn't.
For years everyone stuck to their roles and never tried to become anything else-until one day, everything changed...