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In post-apocalyptic America, a tyrannical government has risen to power. However, there was one isolated village that they left untouched. Which was a really stupid move, actually.

An orphaned boy known only by the name Wyrm is born without arms, making him the outcast of the town. But it's more than just that though - Wyrm secretly harbors an unusual fascination with fire, which leads to him eventually burning down his home village.

Then he's eventually discovered by the Secret Police and arrested, and it just so happens that his roommate is the supposedly dead Dr. Fang. The Doctor makes a deal with Wyrm, saying that he can replace his prosthetic arms in exchange for agreeing to his conditions. Wyrm accepts, and once they're broken out of jail, Fang performs the operation (which was badly needed in Wyrm's case, since his original prosthetics would have actually given him Tetanus and killed him). Then comes those terms of agreement; Fang is actually planning a revolution, and he wants Wyrm's cooperation in La RĂ©sistance - and being the only source of maintenance, Wyrm has no choic other than to accept. He isn't happy about it.

So they later come to meet a former lab rat who was genetically manipulated to have wings...except they don't work for flying. She however, does possess amazing powers, that no less come with major drawbacks. And then they pick up a civilian, a crazy fangirl, and several others. There's a few kinks in the story, but it's so far coming along well.

Still a work in progress, but now comes with a Character sheet!See also Dead Sea Circus, a spinoff of the saga.

Wormhole provides examples of:

  • Animal Motifs: seen occasionally when overlapped with Animal Stereotypes.
    • Wyrm has dragons (loner, hot-tempered, likes fire) and worms (often disregarded and crude, but somehow brings good out of his own bad)
    • Syra has moths, being beautiful and also very very insane. She's also attracted to Wyrm like a moth to a flame.
    • The entire Dead Sea Circus have their own Animal Motifs, being hybridized sea creatures themselves.
  • Anti-Hero: Wyrm. His first action is essentially burning down an orphanage (and by mistake, his whole town), but it turns out he's surprisingly heroic at times.
    • Dr. Fang is this also. He's a revolutionary Determinator hell bent on overturning the malicious government...and has no qualms about manipulating people to accomplish said revolution.
    • Rose Quartz is a Type II, being a Knight in Sour Armor who believes Science Is Badnote  and also a Broken Bird.
    • Syra is a Yandere for Wyrm, who professes that she "has no friends or family". It's clear she has some psychological issues.
  • Author Appeal: Wyrm's red hair is treated as a fetish for many people.
  • Axe-Crazy: Wyrm, whenever he gets his [[{{Pyromaniac "urges"]], complete with Slasher Smile.
    • Syra at one point, after finding out that Wyrm wasn't the hero she thought he'd be, goes into a blind rage and chases after him with a meat cleaver. Naturally, Wyrm never lets her forget this.
  • Body Horror: A'plenty. For one thing, anything involving the experiments and genetic manipulation.
    • What eventually happens to Tom.
  • Break the Cutie: Puzzle, Rose, and Syra. Also, Yui.
    • Also happens to Puzzle, both in the experimentations and when surviving the zeppelin crash.
  • Cloud Cuckoolander: Syra and Dr. Fang.
  • Cute and Psycho: Syra is definitely this trope. She has a brief Heroic BSoD after being disillusioned by Wyrm, then she snaps and goes after him with an axe. She gets better, though.
    • Rose could be this to a far lesser extent.
    • Wyrm himself could count; depending on how cute you think he isnote , but he is definitely a psycho.
  • Dark and Troubled Past: EVERYONE. Except Tom.
    • Wyrm grew up in an Orphanage of Fear where All of the Other Reindeer picked on him for being born without arms. It makes a little more sense why he enjoyed burning down said orphanage so much.
    • Rose was a lab rat, who had to watch Mica suffer and die from the experimentations; not to mention nearly dying herself.
    • Quintel J. Fang's memories actually transcend from the past three generations, in which he had those of his father and grandfather installed into his brain.
    • Puzzle lost his family in a zeppelin crash, and was also one of the experiments alongside Rose.
    • Syra seems to have suffered one, but all we know is that she "has no friends or family".
    • Tom eventually gets in on the party, once the scientists turn him into an Eldritch Abomination
  • Dogged Nice Guy: Gender-flipped; Syra is more or less aware that Wyrm just isn't interested in being romantically involved with anyone, but she nonetheless insists upon making her affections toward him clear.
  • Dude, He's Like, in a Coma!: Syra could not have been happier to have an unconscious Wyrm in her house.
  • Dysfunction Junction: It's a rule of thumb that no character thus far has a fully normal brain.
  • Education Through Pyrotechnics: Actually, this is the best way to teach Wyrm something. When Fang wants to get his attention, he pulls out a lighter and flicks it on.
  • Expy: Believe it or not, Wyrm was inspired by another redhead with goggles and a dry sense of humor. He's basically Matt from Death Note.
  • Goggles Do Nothing: Wyrm and Rose Quartz. The former has these as a result of being an expy of Matt from Death Note. They are actually a subversion as they keep his eyes from burning should he end up caught in his own fires. Rose's are purely aesthetic.
  • Got Volunteered: Poor Wyrm...
  • Great Escape: Wyrm and Fang, after joining forces.
  • Hollywood Fire: Averted.
  • Kill It with Fire: You have no idea...
  • Matchlight Danger Revelation: Or rather, flamethrower-danger, but still counts.
  • Meaningful Name: "Wyrm" is also the name of a type of dragon, given he's solitary, easily provoked and a pyromaniac. Then there's the way people tend to perceive him, (which is generally "lower than dirt"), and the way he even thinks of himself.
    • Puzzle is...well, puzzling. He's also very good at puzzles and strategy, and basically named after the symbol of Autism Awareness.
  • Medical Horror: Probably where most of the gorn comes from.
  • Not in This for Your Revolution
  • A Nuclear Error: Possibly going to happen, but to put things frankly, I don't care, and neither will you.
  • Outrun the Fireball
  • The Ruins I Caused: The opening scene has Wyrm looking back at the town he burned down.
  • Running Gag: Wyrm's pyromania when it isn't being Played for Drama.
    • Wyrm frequently brings up the time Syra came after him with a meat cleaver and tried to kill him, usually either comparing how she's toned it down since or in comparison to someone not as crazy as she is.
  • Shout-Out: Syra really likes installing cameras in people's bathrooms.
  • Shown Their Work: In regards to the way Wyrm's pyromania is portrayed, his symptoms are actually very close to real-life pyromania.
  • Stealth Hi/Bye: Syra is particularly good at this, given how she once popped out of a fireplace...that had just been put out.
  • Surveillance as the Plot Demands: Syra has cameras everywhere.
  • Sword and Gun: Or Machete and Flamethrower, in Wyrm's case.
  • Underestimating Badassery: Frequent mistake made by members of the elitists regarding Wyrm. However, Huvris avoids falling into this.
  • Unreliable Narrator: Wyrm opens up the prologue in his own POV, and it's pretty obvious there are things he's not telling the audience.
  • What Could Have Been: Originally, Wyrm was supposed to be a bifauxnen a la Samus Is a Girl in the story.
  • Younger Than They Look: Rose, mostly due to being genetically manipulated, is fifteen. It doesn't help that she's taller than Wyrm, who is two years her senior.

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