Sunday, May 31, 2009

Jake Fastet, Political Science major on the run

Jake Fastet, pronounced fast, isn't comfortable with labels. Asked to define himself, he would look at you, eyes trembling with social anxiety, but an answer, no. There is no answer because Jake is unable to accept any label or common political identifier, still bearing scars from the last one; when in a fit of piqued youth, he accepted the notion that he was a conservative. His personal mental confusion continues ever onward in hopes of once again reaching that heavenly plateau that we call sanity.

Our hero wasn't always caught up in mystical adventures, and magical lands, he was simply a guy hard at work, and partying hard. Regrettably, he discovered it wasn't enough to work, take a class or two, party every night, and expect to get somewhere in life. He had to go away, and make something of himself.

If these normal banalities weren't enough to put a hustle in Jake's step, there was Angel Del Mara. Having crossed his former best friend, and her posse of inebriated hitmen, Jake is even more determined to get out of Chicago, and hide in a nice quiet college town.

Unfortunately for Jake, college towns aren't known for peace and quiet, but it's the thought that counts. Against his best intention, or because of them, Jake earns the notoriety that comes with unconventional political thought. Before the crowds can pitchfork him to death, he may discover there is more going on than his pathetic attempt at life. There is Vasili and Ozma, both finding themselves in the vicinity of Jake's small college town, and racing to beat the other to him.

Jake's parents and the government under the stairs

History tells us a lot about the rise and fall of nations, but so can B movies.

If nothing else, the government under the stairs typifies random B movie fare.

Rebbecca and Frank Fastet work for the government, but not your typical federal/state/municipal/other agency. They report directly to Washington D.C., several miles below the surface. Underneath D.C., if the onerous presence of overzealous laws, regulations, tax codes, and bullying civil servants, and yes i mean cops, wasn't enough, then you should see what they have downstairs.

How many times have you've seen a movie, or read a book, where some monstrous creation, such as zombies, comes slouching out of some government lab, and heralds the end of the world. Too many times to count, it's a good bet that if the end of the world is nigh, or zombies are walking out of what is suppose to be an abandoned building, then it is safe to say that we've reached the point in our lives where government has too much power.

Their mission statement seems harmless enough, to protect the world from supernatural threats, but, by now, we should know where this leads. If you were wondering why taxes in the U.S. are just as expensive as the taxes politicians bitch about in Europe, then look no further. Two governments equals one European socialist government.

Rebbecca and Frank's job was simple, monitor and report about the life and abilities of their prime subject, Jake Fastet. Unfortunately for them, Jake Fastet will prove to be more trouble than any child is worth. Assuming the role of Jake Fastet's parents, they keep him under observation, waiting for tell tale signs that he may become active, and with mauraderous gang bangers breaking down their door, that may happen sooner than they think.

Saturday, May 30, 2009

Angel Del Mara The Red Queen

Angel started out as the good girl in life, but it didn't pay off. And it never would.

Seeing her brother make money that she could only dream of, she followed in his footsteps into one of the crummiest gangs in Chicago. It wasn't long before her keen intellect, and ruthless determination propelled her to the top of the block. Her brother gone, she was the only one who could lead the gang, and plunge any who crossed her into a shallow grave in the nearby forest preserve.

Hiding dead bodies in forest preserves is never enough, and Angel soon felt that pang of needing a friend. She found one in Jake Fastet, a partnership that would make petty crime stories envious, but it couldn't last. Two paranoids could never get along, it was only a matter of time before it all came crashing down.

And it did, thanks to Jake, his big brother implementing parents, and Lord Vasili. It turns out Jake's folks were more than just parents, they were Leviathan's agents, and recorded everything Jake did and said. So when Angel found out that Jake's parents had her under surveillance, what was she supposed to do. Take it out on Jake of course.

Her first attempt, usually enough, fell short due to the intervention of several gun touting federal agents, and Lord Vasili. Because of her hatred for Jake, she will lose everything, her home, organization, and whisked away by Vasili to a land no one ever expected to really believe in.

Lord Vasili

What happens when you piss off daddy?

Why you get buried in the center of the Earth.

Almost two thousand years Vasili has been imprisoned deep within the Earth's soil. It took a thousand years of beating, but Vasili has finally broken the walls of his cell, long forgotten on heaven and earth, he travels once more to the surface not surprised by the many changes upon the world, because there are more in store.

Vasili is motivated by justice, and self determination, both having been taken from him. His return to Earth signals for the first time his ability to act in his own interest. Ironically, Vasili and Jake share common intentions, they both wish to see a world free from control, except Vasili is more concerned with spiritual harbingers that beat back the forces of progress, where Jake is predominately concerned with government oppression. There is one more problem for Vasili on his suicide run.

God has chosen another Messiah.

Friday, May 29, 2009

I finally picked a death

This is around page 350; basically, it will lead to foreshadow the end. A bone toss to fans of classic B horror movies, my depiction of death will surely please fans of Phantasm, and the person he comes to collect will be shocked to learn death looks like Angus Scrimm.

I had a very hard time picturing how my death would look and act, there are a lot of different humanized deaths out there, from pretty girls to children, and the typical scythe carrying variety. I liked the idea of people being scared because they think that guy guy from Phantasm is real as compared to, Oh Shit I'm dead don't take me. It also borders more closely with our conventional image of death. As you will see, my death is part of the local community during the daytime, and only goes about his supernatural duties at night. There will be a change in appearance as the chapter starts out from death's POV. The chapter expanded widely from what i first had in mind. Which was resolving the death of a minor character, and introducing death to the main story, establishing a bigger scope than most readers may so far assume. The end of this chapter leads into the Last Three Days section. I will be talking more about these last chapters next time. Hopefully, by now you've realized all my posts are backwards. (wink)