Special Branch: The Living Dead
POSTED BY: NEEDY
UPDATED: Thursday, January 18, 2007 15:39
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OOC: Just let me know when someone steps on the Epsilon. I've been waiting patiently for months to resolve Rosie's fate. 
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Happy Thanksgiving!
I am working on a post..well several posts actually. One is a backstory on the Carsons, one of a new character i am thinking of bringing in, one for truth and shadow, and of course one of ghost. Expect one or two, maybe even more, of these tonight with the others following on sunday.
April
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Carson Hovecraft had once been a grand and upstanding business. Founded in the early days of the colony, by one of the colony’s founding fathers, John Elliot Carson, it had been known as an icon of the community. For three generations it stayed this way, until the war. The owner of the company at that time was Jacob Carson.
Jacob was a good man, and a great businessman, he had a lovely wife, Karena, and two sons, James and John. He ran the business fairly and well, and from the outside it looked like he had the perfect life and perfect family. Like any family, however, life was not all perfect.
Amberlyn was Jacob’s first wife, and high school sweetheart. They had married very young. And for awhile they had been happy. They had a son James, followed three years later by twin daughters Amy and Faith. Unfortunately the girls both died soon after their births and the marriage crumbled. It was during this time when Jacob met his second wife, and while nothing happened while he was married, their relationship grew quickly after the divorce was finalized.
They married only a month after the divorce, and nine months later welcomed another son, John. While Amberlyn held no grudges against her ex husband, young James was not as forgiving. Even at the young age of six, James blamed Jacob for the death of his sisters and mother. While John adored his older brother, James thought of the younger boy as a replacement, as just another reason for his family not being together, and later the reason his mother was now dead.
Years later when the war came and Jacob left to join the war, he left the business in the care of his wife and sons. He didn’t know that in the few months following his departure that a sickness would sweep through the colony, and take the life of Karena, didn’t know the effect the war would have on his business, and didn’t know what would happen when his then sixteen year old son took over the business.
If Jacob learned any of this, no one would ever know.
The next time anyone saw Jacob he was in a coffin.
James, at sixteen, was not a businessman, he hadn’t wanted anything to do with the business, until he learned that his ten year old brother did. He didn’t want custody of his younger brother, until he learned his father’s will stated that in order to keep the business he must care for his brother until the boy was sixteen. To James the whole affair was nothing but a nuisance, but he’d do it for no other reason than to keep his brother from getting the business, and to make the younger boys life as miserable as he could.
James had grown up into a cruel teen, and the power he held over his brother only made him crueler. John went from a life of happiness and love, to a life of tyranny and servitude under the iron fist of his half brother. James led a life of parties and women. It was John, who did his best to keep the business afloat, but John was still young, too young to do what was needed, and James didn’t care. The war and the sickness that had passed through the colony had wreaked havoc on the economy. The once grand business soon fell into disrepair. There were many war orphans, and the leaders of the colony decided to help out those who would care for these orphans. It was during this time James learned that he was entitled to money from the colony for “caring” for John…that he could get money for “caring” for other orphans.
Two weeks later the first “Carson” child came to the home. That first child died mysteriously at age 3 two weeks after being with James. Three years after this first adoption, James married one of foster children…his first wife just fourteen at the time of the marriage and had been living in the home for two years, she died mysteriously six months later. His second marriage, only a year after the first, began and ended much the same way. Many other children passed through the walls of the Carson home. Some like John were lucky, escaping the home either by running away, growing old enough to leave, or on occasion being taken away by the social workers. Others we
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These adults were strange ones. Maybe they weren’t adults? They looked like adults, they sounded like adults…but they had given her food and didn’t yell at her or hit her, and Mr. Safe said he wanted her to talk and look him in the eyes. Ghost looked up at Mr. Safe as he piloted the ship. This whole experience had been very confusing for the six year old, and she wanted Truth and Shadow. She missed them terribly.
Ghost smiled as she remembered that Mr. Safe said he and the other not adults were going to get Truth and Shadow from the Carson’s, a frown crossed her face for a moment as another thought popped into her head. What if they were taking her back and going to leave her at the Carson’s. Mr. Carson was going to be angry with her for going away for so long. Silently she took herself closer to Mr. Safe and tugged on his shirt.
“Mr. Safe no leave Ghost wite?” She asked quietly, still not used to talking to anyone really.
“No little one, you and your siblings will be coming with us.” Safe said smiling down at the little girl who smiled up at him. Then sensing she had something else to say he waited.
“Mr. Safe…I gotta use the potty.”
Spider McClellan was a street rat through and through, living in an abandoned building, and pick-pocketing or robbing strangers for cash. She knew the streets better than most of the adults who had lived there, and she knew of everyone who lived in the town. So when the transport came through filled with strangers, she couldn’t resist the challenge. She didn’t expect to see the brat with them, and that fact was what got her caught.
Ok so trying to rob a group of strangers who had connections to the underground wasn’t her best idea. Not paying attention was not smart either. She should have checked to see if there were others onboard first. Even with all these mistakes it was going well until she heard a young girl yell.
“’Pider!”
Quickly she turned to see three blasters trained on her, and feel a small figure attach itself to her legs. Looking down she groaned, it had to be her, for some reason the little brat adored her.
“Well well well, if it ain’t Truth’s little pet. What’s a matter brat, Mr. Carson finally get sick of you and sell you?” Spider smirked then flinched as the brat wrapped her arms around her legs tighter.
OOC: So these posts should have me caught up...I think...anyway, enjoy and sorry if it's a bit rambly i wrote a lot of this late at night.
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Spider McClellan was a street rat through and through, living in an abandoned building, and pick-pocketing or robbing strangers for cash. She knew the streets better than most of the adults who had lived there, and she knew of everyone who lived in the town. So when the transport came through filled with strangers, she couldn’t resist the challenge. She didn’t expect to see the brat with them, and that fact was what got her caught.
Ok so trying to rob a group of strangers who had connections to the underground wasn’t her best idea. Not paying attention was not smart either. She should have checked to see if there were others onboard first. Even with all these mistakes it was going well until she heard a young girl yell.
“’Pider!”
Quickly she turned to see three blasters trained on her, and feel a small figure attach itself to her legs. Looking down she groaned, it had to be her, for some reason the little brat adored her.
“Well well well, if it ain’t Truth’s little pet. What’s a matter brat, Mr. Carson finally get sick of you and sell you?” Spider smirked then flinched as the brat wrapped her arms around her legs tighter.
"Safe, tell me this isn't one of the 'innocents' we're here to save? Cause if the cost of doing good works is being robbed blind then I say we just mind our own business. That is after we institute a drastic pest control program." SR muttered over the barrel of his gun.
"Patience SR let's not do anything irreversable just yet." chided Seryn
Safe spoke next "Young lady, if you fail to respect a persons property that person will not be so inclined to look favorably on you. Now if those persons should happen to have guns, and be short on time they might be so inclined as simply shake you loose your mortal coil and be about their business."
Spider's blood ran cold. "You could just let me go." she suggested, knowing that it was hopeless.
"I see a better chance of hitting a air pocket out there in the black." scoffed SR
"You could hand me over to the local constable." She knew that she could bear a week or two in the pokey. The deputy might abuse and misuse her, but she would be alive.
"The local constable is corrupt otherwise that young girl that has applied herself so intractably to your legs wouldn't be stowing away on strange ships." repied Safe
"You could go to the feds." Federal prision and hard labor were something she had no interest in, but atleast she would stay alive.
"Like that will ever happen." Growled SR. Death by protracted turture awaited SR if the feds ever got their hands on him.
"Gentlemen I have a proposal." interceded Seryn, who then turned her attention to Spider. "Child the way I see it you are not going to talk your way out of this. Right now we have business that really can't wait, however you can. So I think that we'll keep you under lock and key for a bit until we get our other business out of the way and then maybe we'll find us a nice patch of wilderness to maroon you in."
"A desert would be nice." suggested Safe
"No, island in middle of a great big ocean and we tatoo 'thief' on her forehead." countered SR
"How about dropping her into a ice cold mountain lake, hypothermia makes one contemplate one's sins while shivering to death." riposted Safe. He didn't really want to kill the girl, but there was no reason she needed to know that.
"No!!!!!!!!!!!" Screamed Ghost. Her grip on Spider's legs was so tight that Spider couldn't feel her feet.
"Boys!" Seryn shout cut short this overly morbid conversational angle. "We can decide what to do later. Ghost honey let go of her and we will go and find your brother and sister."
Scorpion Regent
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OOC: Where do I start? Needy, Awesome stuff! April, love the backstory! SR, the back and forth patter made me laugh out loud. WYSB, I'm not excluding you, just jump in anytime. I'm still relatively new at writing and feel a little overwhelmed at times trying to write for large groups of people, and then trying to find the characters motivation. Am I wrong in picturing Wisp as Lucas Wolenczak from Seaquest, only edgier? Soul and Seryn, I can't read enough of your stuff.
And is anyone else grinning maniacally at TRM's surprise awaiting us? Ok, maybe it's just me..
I'll write a bit this weekend, clean up the Carson storyline, April permitting of course
, and then we can get off planet for a pause and refresh. I'm itchin' to explore Soul's story, flesh out Wisp's story and see where Needy and TRM are headed with theirs.
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"Got a headful of lightning
And a heart full of rain
And I know that I said
I'd never do it again
Oh and I love you sweet baby but I always take the long way home."
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OOC: Where do I start? Needy, Awesome stuff! April, love the backstory! SR, the back and forth patter made me laugh out loud. WYSB, I'm not excluding you, just jump in anytime. I'm still relatively new at writing and feel a little overwhelmed at times trying to write for large groups of people, and then trying to find the characters motivation. Am I wrong in picturing Wisp as Lucas Wolenczak from Seaquest, only edgier? Soul and Seryn, I can't read enough of your stuff.
And is anyone else grinning maniacally at TRM's surprise awaiting us? Ok, maybe it's just me..
I'll write a bit this weekend, clean up the Carson storyline, April permitting of course
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"Got a headful of lightning
And a heart full of rain
And I know that I said
I'd never do it again
Oh and I love you sweet baby but I always take the long way home."
OOC: There's a surprise? Will there be cake and cookies too?!
I'm glad to please. It's not always easy for me to write dialogue for other characters. I want to apologise for writing anything out of character. I fear that I may have taken too many liberties with Seryn's character. I know that people have stepped on my toes in the past so I want to be double careful not to do it to others. However I know that I have made a bad habit of writing statement/speech monologues that leave everything hanging. So I have taken the plunge and started to speak for others. I'm glad someone appreciates it.Scorpion Regent
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"How about dropping her into a ice cold mountain lake, hypothermia makes one contemplate one's sins while shivering to death." riposted Safe. He didn't really want to kill the girl, but there was no reason she needed to know that.
"No!!!!!!!!!!!" Screamed Ghost. Her grip on Spider's legs was so tight that Spider couldn't feel her feet.
"Boys!" Seryn shout cut short this overly morbid conversational angle. "We can decide what to do later. Ghost honey let go of her and we will go and find your brother and sister."
Ghost looked at Seryn her grip on Spider's legs loosening a bit. She was very happy she had found someone she knew, and she didn't want the adults to hurt her. She didn't want anyone else she knew to go away.
Spider had looked up when the woman had yelled. Seryn's words registering quickly. The kid was here alone? Truth rarely let the brat out of his sight. She might not always get along with the idiot boy but she didn't want anything to happen to him, or Shadow. "Wait, the brat's here alone!? Kid where's Truth?"
OOC: okay so not my best work but i'm about to leave for work. Anyway Safe when you wrap up the storyline Truth and Spider have a complicated relationship. Basically they are 15 year old teenagers. They antagonize each other, but in some ways respect each other. They act like they hate each other but deep down they like each other. Does that make sense?
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“On second thought...” Safe pauses. “I think we should bring her along. I don’t want to leave her here and chance that Vixen will talk to her. Wisp has his has full with that girl as it is, she doesn’t need like minded accomplices.”
Turning to SR, “I’m never one to turn down well armed help, plus an extra pair of eyes to watch over our new friend here would be appreciated. But let’s start our ‘meeting’ with the Carsons off civil like ok?”
SR sighs and reluctantly holsters his guns. Glaring at Spider, he grabs her upper arm in a vice like grip. “Let’s go street rat.”
Safe turns to Seryn, “I don’t want to come on to the Carsons all mob like, but if you want to come along… Wisp and Citizen will show Jack and them around the Epsilon. I’m sure I heard that he wanted to get cleaned up anyway. Plus, he knows his way around that ship. He’ll have her warmed up and ready to go for when we get back.”
“Besides,” Safe smiled down at Ghost, “I think she likes you best.”
OOC: April, that makes sense just fine. You will write Ghost finding Truth and Shadow right?
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"Got a headful of lightning
And a heart full of rain
And I know that I said
I'd never do it again
Oh and I love you sweet baby but I always take the long way home."
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OOC: okay so not my best work but i'm about to leave for work. Anyway Safe when you wrap up the storyline Truth and Spider have a complicated relationship. Basically they are 15 year old teenagers. They antagonize each other, but in some ways respect each other. They act like they hate each other but deep down they like each other. Does that make sense?
OOC: Hey you don't have to worry about it making sense, they're teenagers. In about a year or two they will realize that they actually love each other, but willl be too insecure to admit and will be spend whole months in fear and loathing because they can't be bothered to say the simple words, "You want to get some coffee?"
Scorpion Regent
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