For you fans of Dracula Daily who need more public domain literature in your life without the 6-month slowburn, @nsomniacsdream and @somethingusefulfromflorida would like to welcome you to Hellsite's Only Book Club
Starting in March, each month we'll be reading a different novel (available for free online as PDFs), and posting about them as we make our way through. Every day we'll meet new and interesting characters and learn all about their peculiar 19th-to-early-20th century habits before they go on life changing adventures!
First on the docket will be HG Wells' 1895 classic The Time Machine. We'll break the story down into 31 chunks and post a summary of events each day. We invite you to follow along and join in the discussion. Whether you're looking for an in depth analysis or you just want to riff on it like your own personal Mystery Science Library 3000, Hellsite's Only Book Club is where you can post your 2 cents.
We'll post the outline this week so you know how far to read each day. It'll be just like 12th grade English class, but without the judgement and standardization of the American education system. There'a no barrier to entry, the point is simply to have fun and read old books like they're brand new.
OKAY because I realized I FINALLY have to do this...
Here are the character facts for the HOBC crew!
Overall CW due to themes of religious trauma and abuse, injury, death, ETC. Just... sort of overall dead dove: do not eat because they are a fucked up bunch.
Name: Calvin Conner Rogue
Age: 23
DOB: 05/17/2000
Favorite color: Black (actually jade green)
Magic color (if any): Jade green
Any other skills: Survival skills (hunting, creating shelters, etc.), great swimmer
Backstory: When he was just 14, his house was burnt down, leading to the death of his mother. In an attempt to save his younger brother, he ended up burning his entire right arm. Despite this, we went on to live a semi-functional life, traveling in and out of foster care before, when turning 20, he finally got a house and got Mark to live in it, along with three other roommates. Three years after buying the house and three years of seemingly paranormal activity, a white clad stranger appeared at his door one day, kick-starting the story.
Personality: At times, he can seem stand off-ish and blunt, not being very trusting in people when first meeting them. It really takes a while for him to warm up to people, and when he does, he turns out to be a very emotionally driven person, with a want to help people whenever he can.
Flaws: Despite everything, he does have an issue with alcohol, leading to him often crying on someone's shoulder in the middle of the night as he thinks about how he could have changed things. He is an extremely guilt ridden person, and he can't leave the past behind.
What they think of the rest of the characters:
Mark, his younger brother, is his entire world. If anything happened to Mark, Calvin would kill.
He sees Lukas as another little brother and is highly protective of him.
He isn't as close to the twins (Eliza and Elliot) as he is everyone else, but he still sees them as close, trust worthy friends.
He's extremely hesitant to stay around Corven for too long, as he gives Calvin a headache.
Lizzie and him will fight the moment they see eachother. Especially if Calvin learned the truth about her.
Name: Mark Rogue
Age: 20
DOB: 09/02/2003
Favorite color: Indigo
Magic color (if any): No magic
Any other skills: Can craft robots very quickly, very talented as an engineer and weapon forging.
Backstory: Like Calvin, their house burnt down. After this, while in the foster system, he discovered his love of creation. From here, he became a skilled engineer and artisan within the community. If you need something done, he's the guy to go to.
Personality: He's extremely hard working and very proud of anything he creates. He has a natural compassion and a kind personality which makes people attract to him like a magnet.
Flaws: He's a major workaholic and will spend days at a time not sleeping because of a single project. Along with that, his compassion can lead to him being too trusting.
What they think of the rest of the characters:
He looks up to Calvin quite a bit and one day wants to repay him for saving Mark during the fire.
Like Calvin, he sees Lukas as another brother and won't hesitate to tell people off for being rude to him.
He's great friends with the twins, always making time to help Eliza with his shows and bonding with Elliot over his stories.
Corven sort of freaks him out, but he doesn't mind being around him.
Lizzie will die by his robots, no hesitation.
Name: Lukas Hardwell
Age: 19
DOB: 04/04/2004
Favorite color: Red
Magic color (if any): Light blue
Any other skills: Is shockingly good with a gun.
Backstory: Born in Australia, he was soon adopted and sent to America. His adoptive parents were extremely religious and only adopted him so that they could keep up appearances, but his whole life, Lukas was abused. The excuse his parents gave was that he was never following the Bible. Soon enough, he ran away, meeting Mark in the middle of the city park. Mark allowed him to live with the rest of the roommates, covering his part of the rent until he got a job.
Personality: He is a timid and easily frightened person, always isolating himself from the world due to his fears. Despite this, he does have moments were he comes out of his shell to protect the ones he cares about.
Flaws: He's extremely cowardly and doesn't have much strength, so he is stuck using more ranged attacks.
What they think of the rest of the characters:
He sees both Calvin and Mark as his saviors, and he looks up to them quite a lot. He's even began practicing to fix cars because he wants to impress Mark, despite Mark saying that he doesn't have to do that.
He's a little weary of the twins, but tries his best to spend time with them and be nice. He's especially began warming up to Eliza.
Corven scares the living shit out of him.
He was trusting of Lizzie at first, but eventually realized she was a terrible person.
Name: Eliza Hillsborough
Age: 26
DOB: 08/20/1997
Favorite color: Neon pink
Magic color (if any): Neon pink
Any other skills: Can create costumes on the fly, very charismatic, computer nerd.
Backstory: Eliza and Elliot (the twins) were raised poor their entire life. Because of this, Eliza set out to find jobs and discovered his love of music and theatre. Though this, he soon became a well known actor in the area, having lead roles in many musicals in the area. Though soon, due to no fault of his, he gained debilitating joint pain and could no longer perform like he wanted to. Despite this, you can still see him in the middle of the city park singing every now and then and doing smaller venues and shows. He also, during this time, turned to game design.
Personality: He is extremely charismatic and outgoing, not thinking much of what people think of him. Some may call his outrageous acting and broadway style of song embarrassing, but it's what he loves.
Flaws: While some days he'll be perfectly fine, only needed a quick pain relief pill, other days are unbearable and he can't get out of bed. His brother is always there for him though, making sure that no matter how many spoons Eliza has, that he's happy and doing what he loves. He can also be very loud and doesn't do well with stealth missions, as action and moving are his favorite things.
What they think of the rest of the characters:
He finds Calvin to be a great acting partner, prompting them to do shows sometimes.
He is forever grateful for all the times Mark has helped him set up his equipment and thinks of him as a very kind man.
Eliza and Elliot are ride or die with eachother, and you can't separate them to matter what.
He thinks of Corven as his muse, creating costumes and art pieces based up him.
He gets a weird vibe from Lizzie and doesn't like to be around her.
Name: Elliot Hillsborough
Age: 26
DOB: 08/20/1997
Favorite color: Orange
Magic color (if any): No magic
Any other skills: Skilled chemist and writer, extremely witty
Backstory: While Eliza discovered his love of the arts, Elliot discovered his love of science. He became a chemist, and between experiments he likes to write horror novels. He tends to take inspiration from current goings on.
Personality: He is a bit reserved, not being much of a talker unlike his twin. Despite this, he's a very warm person emotionally and is an amazing listener.
Flaws: He can get extremely stressed under time limits or during things he can't control. One sudden thing he didn't plan and he's freaking out.
What they think of the rest of the characters:
He dislikes Calvin's reliance on alcohol, but doesn't mind being a shoulder to cry on.
Mark and him tend to work on stories together sometimes. Elliot is impressed with Mark's resilience.
He doesn't spend much time around Lukas, but so far he thinks that Lukas seems nice.
Corven is also major inspiration for him, leading both him and Eliza to stand and sit next to him for hours on end both writing and designing.
Elliot hates Lizzie. Simple as that.
Name: Corven
Age: ???
DOB: ???
Favorite color: White
Magic color (if any): Pearly white
Any other skills: Flight, polyglot
Backstory: His past is unknown, but it seems pretty obvious if you take one look at him. People assume he's a guardian angel sent down to protect Calvin and the others from the forces of evil that may try to hurt them, though his powers are very limited on earth and even more so in the 7 layers of hell.
Personality: He's very... stiff, almost. He's trying very hard to act human but he says it's hard. He doesn't show much emotion and tends to hide his emotions behind a literal mask. Though, then the mask is removed, he is revealed to be a very kind hearted individual.
Flaws: Doesn't understand humans are... well, human. He doesn't understand that they get cut, that they bleed, that they die. This leads him to be very disconnected from the other.
What they think of the rest of the characters:
He thinks Calvin is reckless.
He thinks Mark is too nice.
He thinks Elliot and Eliza are too close and that they shouldn't get their hopes up for anything.
He thinks Lukas is too naive.
He fucking hates Lizzie.
Name: Elizabeth
Age: ???
DOB: ???
Favorite color: Blood red
Magic color (if any): Blood red with black highlights.
Any other skills: Being the queen of hell.
Backstory: Well... She's the queen of hell. Back when Calvin was a child, she got a prophecy from one of her advisors that said 'He with the sword of green shall slay thee, releasing all souls thou hath collected'. When asked further, the advisor showed Lizzie Calvin and said that it was him. Of course, Lizzie burned down his house hoping it would slow him down. It didn't, and one lost demon eventually made his way to earth to warn and protect Calvin and the others. Soon she found out, convincing Lukas to let her possess him.
Personality: Sadistic, she gains pleasure off of stealing the life force from humans, turning them into demons so they can work under her. She's extremely charismatic and a natural born deal maker.
Flaws: "No flaws" quote unquote, at least according to her.
What they think of the rest of the characters:
She hates all of them and wants the entire world to die.
پیٹرول کی مسلسل قلت کے باعث پیٹرول کی قیمتوں کا طریقہ کار ڈی ریگولیٹ کرنے کا فیصلہ اسلام آباد: ملک بھر میں پیٹرول کی مسلسل قلت کے باعث حکومت نے پیٹرول کی قیمت اور مارکیٹنگ کو 'مکمل طور پر ڈی ریگولیٹ' کرنے اور قیمتوں کے یکساں تعین کا طریقہ کار ختم کرنے کا اصولی فیصلہ کیا ہے۔
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