In the final years of Victorian rule, London was plagued by "Touched".
The so-called "Touched" is actually a group that is mostly female. They suddenly awaken, each with staggering superpowers...
The awakened abilities of this group of people are varied.
Some appear to be soft girls, but stand up and become giants;
Some can change the state of molecules, or are proficient in multiple languages, and some even have the terrorist ability to foresee the future...
Their sudden awakening is terrifying, completely breaking the calm of the current era.
And this mutation originated from a spaceship that appeared inexplicably over London...
As the spacecraft passed, many unknown particles fell.
The particles are scattered by the wind, some fall to the ground and disappear, while others enter the body through the skin.
Those selected by these alien unknown particles become "lucky ones" and acquire superpowers.
Among these people are two heroines , the mysterious widow True and the brilliant young inventor Adair.
Ture acquired superpowers from a suicide attempt by jumping into a river and can predict the future.
In addition, the noble and elegant she also has a good force, is a tough sister who can beat ten...
Adair is smart, quick-witted, and eager to learn. He is a standard sweet scholar.
Her super power is invention, and she can create many inventions beyond the limitation of time by capturing the element of electricity in the air.
The two heroines are aided by a female patron, Bidlow. A rescue station for "Touched" was established.
The rescue station was set up because London society was not friendly to "Touched".
The existence of these superpowers has caused social unrest, and people always seem to be particularly afraid of the unknown.
From dignitaries and nobles to ordinary people, all of them talk about the "Touched" discoloration.
Of course, the alienation of people is only a small problem. What scares "Touched" the most is the evil dark organization hidden in the folk.
Their whereabouts are mysterious, always dressed in black, with facial deformities, searching for "Touched" everywhere, and waiting for an opportunity to capture them for research.
The research method is extremely cruel, directly opening the skull, and all the "Touched" studied have become their servants and tools.
Therefore, Ture and Adair began to search for "Touched" quietly, hoping to help them avoid disaster.
In their process of helping "Touched", the first obstacle was Maladie.
Maladie is also a mutant. Her super power is possessed by demons. She can increase her strength through pain, and the more severe the injury, the more powerful she is.
At the same time, she is also an out-and-out murderous madman, who enjoys killing people, and her crazy appearance is daunting.
Maladie appeared at the opera house and brutally cut off an actor's head in front of everyone.
People fled, screaming in collapse, and helpless cries enveloped the entire opera house.
Maladie enjoys all this, she loves the thrill of killing, but at this moment, a song that heals people's hearts slowly rang out, and all the mutants present couldn't help but stop and indulge.
The singing comes from the mutant Mary, whose voice can only be heard by "Touched". The touching song can make "Touched" calm and happy, but ordinary people can't hear it at all.
This also means that Mary's ability is to identify "Touched".
For a time, all forces were eyeing Mary, hoping to gain her abilities.
And Maladie was the first to succeed, she kidnapped Mary, but not because she wanted her abilities, on the contrary, she hated Mary's singing voice extremely.
Maladie is madly obsessed with religion, she loves God but hates him for turning herself into such a monster, so she just wants to destroy it when she hears the humming voice of God.
In order to rescue Mary, the heroine Ture decided to break into the enemy's interior and cooperated with Mary's former fiancé, the police detective, and waited for an opportunity to rescue Mary.
But the accident happened, another heroine Adair has been kidnapped by Maladie. In a frenzy, she tied Mary and Adair to the two sides of the rope, and let True choose one, and the person who was not chosen would be strangled to death...
Although "Never" is a super drama, there are many pits buried in the drama. For example, the public welfare female philanthropist in the eyes of people is actually the leader of the "Touched" dark organization. It is still unknown what she is conspiring and what kind of dirty purpose she has.
And what are the molecules spilled by the spacecraft? Why were these people chosen?
True was committing suicide when she was selected. What kind of past is she hiding behind her back?
What is the meaning of "Touched"?
It is true that the characters in the play are somewhat similar. They are all mutants. The heroine who can predict the future and the heroine who has strong fighting ability are former best friends, just like Professor X and Magneto.
But I can feel that in the whole play, I also want to express something other than mutants. For example, mutual assistance between women, equality and tolerance among people, etc., the focus is not only on superpowers, but on social phenomena reflected through mutation.
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