Tell me about your OCs, please! What you wrote in the tags of that post sounds really intriguing 👀
Oh bless you @lizlensky for the ask (and @residesatshamecentral for the interest!), I’d LOVE to blather about my OCs!! :’) This noir-land story has a big ensemble cast & I won’t bore you with every single one of them (...unless you want me to!), but here’s a couple of the main players. They’re all awful people in their own way – this isn’t a particularly happy story…
But, to preface this, everything takes place in a nebulous time period (post-1945 but pre-1960) in a big city that isn’t quite New York. It’s important to know that this world has these creepy things called ‘face hounds’, essentially dogs with human heads. In this world they’re regarded as animals even though they can speak; these creatures are a rare commodity and very sought-after tools for their intelligence and tenacity.
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^The main character is Cassius (‘Cassie’) Kane, 30-ish-years-old prestigious lawyer, who has acted as defence for nearly all the different organized crime families in the City – he’s so opportunistic that he’s practically neutral in all the in-fighting, and effectively untouchable. He does this in order to be owed as many (criminal) favours as possible, because he as a hidden agenda: secretly plotting bloody revenge for his devastating WWII injury he suffered at the hands of 4 US soldiers, who have since then become senators and other men of high standing. He doesn’t care about anything else but exacting revenge on these 4 men… or does he? *wink wink* Cassie’s a widower (& sees the ghost of this deceased wife, Annie, whenever his life is in danger – as dumb as it sounds, this IS relevant to the story!). Also, he’s uptight as hell, rarely smiles & hates the nickname ‘Cassie’.
^His comrade / enabler / sort-of-love-interest (it’s complicated) – is F. Meyer Goldman, 45-ish-years-old private detective. During the war Meyer was in the Military Police which is how he first met Cassie (while investigating the ‘incident’ that caused his brutal injury); he’s since then left the force and become a super shady private dick, while occasionally acting as an information broker for Cassie. The ‘F.’ stands for ‘Feingold’ – a fact Meyer hides from everyone but Cassie.
^Meyer also employs Cassie’s little brother, Ed, in his detective firm. Ed is engaged to Meyer’s secretary/informant, Kitty, who basically holds ALL the brain cells of the establishment. [All the men are total idiots in this story.]
Meyer is privileged because he owns a face hound – the Goldman family is one of the few face hound breeders in the country, and the oldest. Goldman-bred face hounds are all called ‘Diamond Dogs’ because of their stellar pedigree. [yes, named after that David Bowie album, naturally.]
^Meyer’s beloved companion is called Bowie; he is a red nose pit bull, and he would do anything for his owner. His doglike sense of smell, hearing, reading of body language, etc. can come in very handy because he can actually speak – he can effectively be used as a lie detector. He is usually utilized as an intimidation tactic by Meyer, but sometimes also as a torture device to extract information. Bowie is a fearless fighter, and he loves to bite – he was a very good police dog in Meyer’s previous life [ACAB and so on. there’s a reason Meyer quit the force]
Anyway, that’s only a tiny surface scratch into this long-ass story! It’s got heaps grey morality and organized crime and revenge and all that good noir stuff, plus talking creepy dogs, what’s not to love? I have tons more lore & relevant characters left, so maybe I’ll show the rest of the cast sometime… hehe.
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