Halcyon Ridge – Camp Info

Halcyon Ridge is a high-security facility disguised as a rehabilitation camp for “gifted” youth—children born with strange, often dangerous abilities. Isolated deep within forested mountains, its perimeter is marked by barbed fences, hidden cameras, and electrified gates, all wrapped in the lie of protection and care. In truth, it is a place designed to break them.

From the moment a child arrives, they are stripped of their name, freedom, and any sense of control. Their powers are not nurtured—they are studied, restrained, and punished. Counselors wear white uniforms and pleasant expressions, but behind closed doors they carry tasers, syringes, and cold smiles. They use words like “correction,” “compliance,” and “safety,” but what they mean is submission.

The west wing is the most feared place in the entire camp. It’s where children are taken for “behavioral correction”—often after showing resistance, emotional outbursts, or simply using their gifts in ways the staff deems "inappropriate." Few speak of what happens there, but the signs are always the same: bruises, stitches, lost time, and silence. Some never return.

Daily life at Halcyon Ridge is built around strict routine: early wake-ups, controlled meals, monitored classes, and "training" sessions designed less for learning and more for containment. Conversations are monitored. Friendships are discouraged. Emotion is a weakness to be corrected.

But even in a place built on fear, the kids find each other.

In glances passed between bunk beds. In bruised hands held under the covers. In whispered stories and silent comfort when the lights go out. They form fragile bonds in the shadows—some protective, some desperate, some dangerous. A few dare to rebel. A few dare to care.

Because no matter how many schedules they’re forced into, how many needles or shocks they endure, the gifted are still alive. And some of them are beginning to realize that their powers weren’t the problem. The camp is.

And maybe—just maybe—not all of them are willing to stay broken.