Here are the character sheets for the cast of “When Your Song is Over and Done.”
One month after the Saviors of Vostel rescued the world from certain devastation, the bard Alain bought a house in a small fishing village called Denmore. It was as far as he could get from Mount Spirag and the site of their last stand.
He was one of the great Saviors, the intrepid band of adventurers who managed to scrawl their names in history by banishing the Betrayer once and for all. But Alain took no great pleasure in his earned bragging rights. He was a performer, yes, but his act was over. The curtain had closed and the stage was swept of roses. There was nothing left to do but live.
No one told him that that would be the hardest part.
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The Playlist So Far (with links!):
Never One Thing - May Erlewine
Pale Blue Eyes - The Velvet Underground
Every Day is Like Sunday - Morrissey
The Stops (BBC Live Version) - Elbow | Or another version if you like
Space Oddity - David Bowie | 2015 Remaster
Everybody Says Don’t - Sondheim (from Anyone Can Whistle)
Love of My Life - Queen
Simply The Best - Tina Turner (Cover by Noah Reid)
Stardust - The New Politics
Tightrope - Electric Light Orchestra
Armageddon It - Def Leppard
Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now - The Smiths
Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts 1-5) - Pink Floyd
Mr. Blue Sky - Electric Light Orchestra
Being Alive - Sondheim (from Company)
Maybe This Time - Cabaret | My Favorite Version
How Soon Is Now? - The Smiths
Fun Fact: “The Stops” is what I put on loop to write this story! Except for the Bowie chapter, where I listened to “Space Oddity” on repeat and gave myself Feelings.
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After the third alarm went off, Babylon decided that they’d had enough.
“Give me the headset.”
The poor agent jumped in his seat and spun around to face them. He certainly was not expecting the head Hero of the Intelligence Division to snipe at him over his shoulder. It’s rare they they interfere at all outside of pointed glares and signed memos from the higher ups about inefficient job performance.
“Y-yes, sir.”
Babylon narrowed their eyes at the honorific and pulled the headset off the agent’s head.
Lower comms agents always got skittish when the hero was nearby. That’s why they tended to watch from the observation deck. However, this mission was too important to remain in the background.
Babylon didn’t even bother adjusting the microphone placement before shooting off orders.
“Jen, get me security on channel 4. Agent Kittering, rotate the cameras in section 2 fifteen degrees to the left and hold until our agent is free from LOF.” A quick survey of the monitors showed no visible activity from their hero in the field.
Finally.
“That should give you enough maneuvering room, Flora. Buzz in for confirmation,” they said into the mic.
“Roger dodger,” Flora Fauna responded, voice crackling over the connection. The line went quiet.
“Kittering, bring them back nice and smooth and bow out of their system.”
Babylon slipped the headset off and let it clatter to the agent’s desk.
“There. Was that so hard?”
The agent didn’t even get to reply before they were out of the room.
Lithium was leaning against the wall on the other side of the door, smirking and drinking a soda from the mess hall.
The bubbly liquid slurped loudly through the thin straw.
She snickered.
“I’ll be sure to mention your stellar team building skills in our next meeting.”
“Jump off a building.”
“Aye aye, cap’n,” she said, and threw Babylon a sloppy salute.
“Christ,” Babylon muttered, and stalked off toward the observation deck.
Great. Just what they needed. Glib comments and incompetence.
It’s gonna be a long day.
Oh baby I’m just a man on the moon
I keep spinning in circles around you
‘Cause I been living where the black meets the blue
And it’s all I ever known how to do
“Man on the Moon” - POWERS
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WIP Intro Post | FF WIP Tag | WIP Page | PowerPoint Intro
Character Tags: Iron Will | Overseer | Lithium | Babylon | Nightmare | Sparkplug
OC Intro Post: Phase 1 | Phase 2
Individual Intros:
Phase 1 (Main Cast): Iron Will | Overseer | Lithium | Babylon | Nightmare
It’s not like he thinks he’s the best thing since automation. Not that automation is the best thing, but, well. He knows. He’s a Level 3 villain who doesn’t even have a designation yet. A guy who hasn’t unpacked his boxes in a place he’s technically lived in for a month. A person who doesn’t feed their carnivorous pets so their captured hero can feel at least a little bit threatened by what he has never been able to do himself.
He just wants to matter.
And now someone he’d never expected has reached out and offered him the chance to be seen, no questions asked. All he needs to do is try.
Who would turn that down?
Who could?
I can't do everything
And I'll get over it
I don't wanna be everything!
I just want to feel
A part of it
“Me the Machine” - Imogen Heap
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WIP Intro Post | FF WIP Tag | WIP Page
Character Tags: Iron Will | Overseer | Lithium | Babylon | Nightmare | Sparkplug
OC Intro Post: Phase 1 | Phase 2
Individual Intros:
Phase 1 (Main Cast): Iron Will | Overseer | Lithium | Babylon | Nightmare
Phase 2 (Supporting Cast): Sparkplug | Battalion
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Oh, goodness, I released the first excerpt for Fish Food and forgot to show you all the cover I made. Woops!
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Without further ado, I present to you the best cover I’ve ever made for anything.
I really like it.
There will be a new cover with every excerpt I post here. I got very carried away when I was making this one and there are like 6 of them chillin’ in my WIP folder. And they’re all visual puns. Get hype.
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WIP Intro Post | FF WIP Tag | Character Page (Coming Soon!) | WIP Page (Coming Soon!)
Character Tags: Iron Will | Overseer | Lithium | Babylon | Nightmare
OC Intro Post: Phase 1 | Phase 2
Individual Intros:
Phase 1 (Main Cast): Iron Will | Overseer | Lithium | Babylon | Nightmare
Phase 2 (Supporting Cast): (Coming Soon!)
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And Will is suddenly hit by a train of thought he’s tried to derail from the moment he learned he was being demoted.
He’s tired. Tired of beating down people who were trying to claw their way up the ladder. Tired of having to say the right thing every time he opens his mouth. Tired of doing what he’s supposed to. Why not break a rule? He already broke himself. What else could the universe throw at him?
Sometimes anyone I see, is hiding in the dark to feed on me
No kind of rhythm and no idea where in the world to go from here
But I've never been dealt a losing hand, just didn't quite know how to play the one I had
Any time I go go go, put the brakes on and take it slow
Now we'll deliver and man I'm wide awake
Feeling the shiver, and if you ask me it's a time to shake
“Middle of Ohio” - Youngblood Hawke
[Tag List and WIP info under the cut:]
WIP Intro Post | FF WIP Tag | WIP Page
Character Tags: Iron Will | Overseer | Lithium | Babylon | Nightmare | Sparkplug
OC Intro Post: Phase 1 | Phase 2
Individual Intros:
Phase 1 (Main Cast): Iron Will | Overseer | Lithium | Babylon | Nightmare
Phase 2 (Supporting Cast): (Coming Soon!)
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