The Brays

Layne was born with enhanced senses, keen athletic skills and the ability to heal fast. Her parents disappeared when she was three years old and she was raised on a farm by her grandparents. She spent her life suppressing her abilities to appear normal as her grandparents wished to protect her.

Then when she was nineteen years old, she left the farm to study at university in Melbourne and suddenly, everything changed. A guy at university seemed to have the same abilities as Layne and the disappearance of her parents takes on a very sinister tone. Layne finds out she is a hybrid and one that may face being eliminated.

Layne transforms from naïve country girl to a powerful woman in a race to protect her family, the man she loves and herself.

 

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The Brays – the idea

I worked in the Melbourne CBD for many years, catching a crowded train for over two hours per day, as well as moving through crowded Melbourne streets. On many trips I was very aware of the odours of other commuters around me, at times I found these odours over-powering and difficult to ignore. It made me think about other members of the public and I wondered if everyone could detect the same odours that I could. Did some people have more enhanced senses than others? If you had super sensitive senses, how would you manage to move about in a crowded public place?

Along with enhanced senses, there is so much diversity with people regarding their strength, speed, intelligence, and even the thickness of their hair and strength of toenails and fingernails. Is there a perfect standard, like we create a standard for showing dogs or horses? What would a human standard look like and what is considered the perfect person?

I pictured a whole race of people who did have enhanced senses and powers, and religiously protected their own people. The Brays began to take shape.