So Tailors is going to be a story about a place where everyone wears the same white shirt. All clothing is white. And special. Each white shirt is linked to a patch on the person and displays certain statistics about them. The statistics are real-time, and are a government mandate to have. Simply not wearing a shirt is highly illegal and results in the death penalty. The shirts have many functions. They display certain facts about a person on the front, including their IQ, Date of birth, marital status, etc. The back shows less-needed facts such as zodiac, personality quotient, hobbies, place of work, and past employment. The shirts are made out of some future material that displays like a screen. Typically, it’s synced with the Patch and displays stats. However, if a crime is committed (with or without knowing it) the shirt becomes black and lists the crime in red letters. At this point someone will usually see it and call the police. Once reset by an officer, the shirt now shows their crime in the past arrests list. It’s EXTREMELY illegal to remove one’s shirt in public (actually not wearing one at all is illegal, but the shirts dont register removal as a crime, and what one does in private is not necessary on the list).
If the person becomes injured or needs immediate medical attention, the shirt turns red and lists the complications in white letters (may or may not include vitals like heart rate, etc.).
Once a person dies, the shirt turns goldenrod with the cause of death in black on the front.
This is all cool and all, but it means there are no secrets in the world. A teenage girl gets pregnant one night and wakes up to notice ‘pregnant’ listed under health conditions. She can’t hid this forever, as its nearly impossible to remove things from the shirts.
It’s illegal to sell or manufacture fabric for clothing. All clothes are government-run. Shirts must be synced with the Patch upon purchasing, which is done in the store.
That’s where the Tailors come in. A tailor is a type of hacker, able to remove and rewire the Patch, then sew it back onto the person like this:
The Tailors are a group of people who deal in these sort of backally ways, letting people hide things and forge things
ill have a post about the plot and characters later
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Holy god this is amazing
ahhh thank you! glad to see someone thinks its cool!!!!!
