Divergence Points

In both Reynaldo and Evelyn’s worlds, the Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency created a project called Inquiry, the goal of which was to study the supernatural for potential applications in homeland defense. The project expanded, and eventually became a splinter group.

In 2020, the Inquiry started several long-term experiments on nonhumans, studying their powers in the hopes of being able to create defenses against them. They kidnapped thousands of nonhumans across the country. The subjects all had one thing in common: they couldn’t pass for human.

The reason for this was that non-passing nonhumans are less likely to have legal identities and tend to have fewer humans who care about them. It was easier for the Inquiry to make them disappear without legal ramifications.

In 2020, Reynaldo was enrolled in a public school, and knew dozens of supernaturally unaware humans.

In 2020, Evelyn was homeschooled, and only knew supernaturally aware humans who were used to working outside of human law.

By the Inquiry’s standards, Evelyn was an acceptable candidate for their research. Reynaldo was not.