Small Spark

Small Spark (formerly named Unnamed.doc in its early drafts) is a planned story in one of the Spiritverse 's many timelines. Originally having its concept in 2019, it has been brought back into development by Al since the Spiritverse's revival in August 2022, and is currently being planned alongside its prequel World's Delight and the only few Paletteverse stories.

About / Plot Synopsis
It's the year 2042, and the Earth is in a weird state of dystopia. Most nations are governed by so-called "Elemental Guardians," and with each nation's land overtaken by one element or three of the basic five. The current higher rulers of the Earth, assigned to watch over the planet in Gaia's absence, are Kosmos and Kadiliman. They were once two lowly immortals, but has since been blessed by the Principal of Aether to rise up to the top.

The first perspective of this new future is from a young twelve-year old named Ube. The young child resides in a camp with several other children of his age, all of which are of an unknown humanoid species. Everyone is fine and contempt, but suddenly half of the cast decides to explore what is beyond the humble camp. They do so, learn new things about the world, and end up knowing more than they should.

Ube and his camp, as he himself would come to know, were supposed to be an experimental new evolution of humanity, where they would depend and sustain themselves on elemental magic alone. Ube is pretty much considered to be a higher class than his peers, considering Kadiliman's DNA was used to create him. He's not the only one who has a familial relation to the current higher ruling duo, as another young kid by the name of Espen is actually the younger sibling of Kosmos, and was close with them just before they ascended.

The second perspective of this story is from Espen's own. He is described to have been an eager explorer, but according to him, the current state of the outside killed that eagerness, now afraid of the outside and only goes out momentarily to do important errands. Currently residing in a small home with a few friends who are immortal teenagers like him, they all decided to go out and get some fresh air, and see how the world has been for the past fifteen years, much to Espen's dismay. As they explore, they realize a lot has changed, obviously, but find hope that everything will be better than what is now presented to them.

Espen and his crew were once called The House of Speakers, a group of world peace activists who all come together to discuss how to bring peace to humanity despite all their differences, but the new order of elemental divide has since demotivated them from their goal.

Or so such thing is as it seems on the surface.

And thus the fate of the world is decided once more, this time with these two individuals.

Plot A Cast / "The Camp"

 * Ube Halaya  (he/him) - An entity of the Aether element. The young, cheerful and curious protagonist. Has yet to understand the world around him.
 *  Queso Fresco  (he/him) - An entity of the Aether/Air element. A young man with a positive outlook in life and willingness to protect the people close to him, especially Ube.
 *  Peach Tea  (he/him) - An entity of the Earth/Food element. A pacifist whose main interest is desserts and baking.
 *  Matcha Tea  (he/him) - An entity of the Earth/Food element. Is the almost opposite of his brother, Peach, as he's the one who would willingly get into fights, but it's mostly for the sake of protecting him. Is more interested in teas than desserts, unlike his brother. Despite all of this, they get along well.
 *  Berry Vine  (he/him) - An entity of the Earth element. The joyful prankster of the camp.
 *  Snow Cone  (he/him) - An entity of the Water element. The shy and moody of the camp, and as such he has a hard time making friends. The only close friend of his at the moment is Buko.
 *  Buko Pie  (she/her) - An entity of the Water/Earth element. A quiet and patient person. Has become friends with Snow because of how much she was able to cheer him up.
 *  Comet Tail  (he/him, they/them) - An entity of the Aether/Earth element. A child with many interests at hand, especially after finding out about a whole pile of old comic books just sitting there. He's a passionate kid when it comes to his interests.
 *  Cookie Chip  (she/her) - An entity of the Food element.
 *  Velvet Cake  (he/him) - An entity of the Food element. A talkative child who is interested in the latest stories at hand.
 *  Rye Mug  (she/her) - An entity of the Air/Earth element.
 * Lunar Clip (they/them) - An entity of the Aether element.
 * Solar Eagle (she/her, they/them) - An entity of the Aether/Fire element.
 * Farce Mentha (they/them)


 *  Lovely Ember  (she/her) - An entity of the Fire element.
 *  Jewel Dust  (she/her, they/them) - An entity of the Earth element.
 *  Trefoil Breeze  (they/them) - An entity of the Air element.
 *  Shovel Swash  (they/them) - An entity of the Water element.

Plot B Cast / The House of Speakers

 *  Espe n  (he/him) - The Speaker of Hope. A protagonist trying to get back the feeling of excitement he had when exploring somewhere new, but it just seems so sad now.
 *  Tok i  (any/all pronouns) - The Speaker of Good. One of Espen's companions in his journey for a brief moment.
 *  Von  (any/all pronouns) - The Speaker of Brevity.
 *  Volke r  (he/him) - The Speaker of Unity.
 *  Soleil  (they/them) - The Speaker of Harmony.
 *  Iddo  (he/him, they/them) - The Speaker of Peace.
 *  Logan  (he/him) - The Speaker of Logic.
 *  Novak  (they/them) - The Speaker of Beginnings.
 *  Aoi  (they/them) - The Speaker of Flight.
 *  Ithel  (he/him, they/them) - The Speaker of Complexity.

Trivia

 * All of the characters associated with The Camp were originally from a concept story where humanity was long gone, leading to a weird humanoid species to reside in their place. The timeline setting was indefinite until now.
 * A lot of characters from said concept were removed, due to them being either extraneous, had poorly aged concepts, or simply did not fit with the current concept anymore.
 * A lot of the characters names were also changed, mainly to fit with the current setting.
 * Ube's second name was originally Sorbetes, but it was changed to Halaya.
 * Similarly, Queso's was Helado, before it was changed to Fresco.
 * Peach Tea was originally named Sakura Mochi, but Al didn't want confusion between him and Sakura Yoshida, so they changed it. His brother, Matcha's name stayed the same, but his second name didn't.
 * Berry's second name before it was Vine was originally Nass, an anagram of the word 'sans,' as his character was based off the Undertale character of the same name.
 * Snow Cone was originally Sno Vinter.
 * Buko's second name was originally Salad, before it was changed to Pie.
 * Comet's second name was Husk instead of Tail. The phrase "comet husk" is an anagram of "Homestuck."
 * Similarly, Farce's second name was originally Mint before it was extended to Mentha. The phrase "farce mint" is an anagram of "Minecraft"
 * Cookie Chip was initially named Oro Cree, a modified version of the phrase "Oreo cream." It was changed because of the obvious product placement.
 * Velvet's second name Cake was originally spelled as Keyk, being a more Filipino spelling of the word.
 * Rye was originally named Pivier, being a mash of the words пиво of Russian and Bier of German, both words meaning 'beer.' It was changed to Rye for simplicity.
 * Lunar Clip and Solar Eagle were originally named Blak Nait and Mid Dei, modified spelling of the words "black night" and "midday" respectively.
 * Lovely Ember, Jewel Dust, Trefoil Breeze, and Shovel Swash were initially named Har Kessie, Meg Latsyrc, Bub Rocksham, and Ace Dapse respectively.
 * Har Kessie was derived from the words "heart" and "kissing."
 * Meg Latsyrc is "crystal gem" in inverse. Ironic considering her symbol is a diamond.
 * Bub Rocksham was derived from "club" and "shamrock."
 * Dapse is an anagram of "spade."
 * Despite Queso's full name being a reference to an actual existing type of cheese, he was initially more based on cheddar cheese, and now is more on Shropshire Blue cheese.
 * All of the House of Speakers, mainly with Espen, were originally joke characters, but has since been given serious stories and personalities to go with them.
 * Though being the sequel to World's Delight, Al plans to publish and finish this story before the other, as a major part of this story's plot contains a twist, and World's Delight's conflict just happens to explain why the twist ever happened.