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Said it, and stand by it. I was hoping for a chance to get to know Gabby.

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Wow. That's got to be horrible for him, I'm sorry to hear that. Good news is he's having a kid though, that part is fantastic! It will change his life. The fantastic part, today's technology is such that he can either witness it electronically (Skype or such), or you guys can at least record it so that he can experience it at a later time, if he's so inclined. Honestly, to me, the actual birth part wasn't something I'd wished to repeat. The first time, oh hell ya, I wanted in that room, but subsequently, it's a total feeling of uselessness and helplessness while the person you love is in so much pain. I'd rather be on a bar stool down the block passing out cigars and celebrating! So congrats on becoming an aunt.

And as always, no problem for the vanishing! You're still totally worth the wait.

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She is doing much better. Well.. It comes and goes. Today she is doing better. I was off yesterday so she could sleep, but yeah.. it all is what it is. Just trying to keep up, don't want you thinking my interest has waned.

I need a good book. What's a good book?

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It was a pretty chaotic week for me as well. Ended up staying home for two days so that the wife could rest. We've yet to find that balance that allows her enough rest to make it through the week, and maintain the house, and the other kids, and work, and yeah. Last week it just all came crashing down around my head. But that happens from time to time, like a big game of Jenga, just restack and see how it goes this round. Got her rested up this weekend, so that's a good start. I'm dragging a bit today, but I will catch up in a day or so myself.

I'd very much welcome a starting post from you. I've been excited to get into this play for a while now, the dynamics are all so very interesting. Totally stoked about this new direction.

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So it's an election year. That's a good bit of background to add to our play. Posters and ads all over the place. Just adds flare.

Danny, I can so see him living in Alexia's old flat. Guy kinda seems stalkerish in that respect. Not to prescribe a obsessive motivation behind why he would take her old flat, but just kinda pricked at the back of my mind that way. Probably more a means of resources driving the decision than obsession, but on some level... So Cadian and Alexia are together, strained but together. She's clean, he's -healing-... them two are put to the backburner. Evan / Gabby, school friends. I would imagine that the Badlands would have some form of public education. Both were delinquents, because I can't imagine anyone growing up in that setting as anything but. They ran in the same circles, and perhaps shared the same anecdotal stories, both involving a group and a one x one setting with one another. So they have been alone together, they have mutual friends (though they might not know any of them anymore...) The idea of a romantic or infatuation having been something that Evan dealt with in the past, thought he settled, but as they often do, those old feelings don't stay gone. So he's got memories of infatuation with Gabby to draw on, a early high school/middle school crush... perhaps even his first, to make the feelings stronger, unadulterated.

I'm seeing Cadian in a place where he's trying to devise a way out. Trying to discover what's really going on in the badlands, and why nobody seems capable of leaving. A dangerous pursuit, and I'm sure it will turn out to be something Cadian is solely not prepared for. I can also see an indirect series of conflicts between himself and Danny. A small part in this, but could be used to explore the why's and hows of what's going on.. I can see a descent into darkness here.

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I'm so sorry! I thought I responded to this already.. I could have sworn I had. I'm cool with a year, gives enough time to feel free with the start, without having to worry about stepping on the other play's proverbial toes, as it were.

That makes me think Danny had everything to do with the fall of the bridge. At least, that's the obvious culprit in it. Though, it's quite a feat to pull off. But it does bring to mind running in terror, trying to get away from the madman... probably on foot, being that driving has proven time and again a bad idea... and then imagine the hopelessness as the bridge just collapses, the deafing roar to the explosion.. knowing that you're trapped, the only exit now gone. So much fun!

➤ c o l l i d e. // ashes & dust.

Evan Borges

Sixth Day /\ Wither /\ Musician
We have to succumb to the feelings we can never face
I need you. I breathe you.
I can’t go through this all again.

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Appearance:
Asian American. Slender build, olive skinned, black hair usually kept short. He is lithe, slender muscles corded over a medium sized frame. A history of the martial arts and a good upbringing, along with some influence of genetics, have created a healthy lean appearance. He bears no tattoos, but there are scars. Sinuous lines crawl across his back, projecting out onto his sides. Old scars, fading. His hands are rough, calloused from his music, the time spent plucking the strings, freeing the soul within.

Personality / History
Evan is quiet, for a musician in the public eye. Unlike his brother, who is an energetic, happy go lucky type, Evan has a personality more akin to Cadian’s. He sees things for their darker shades. His early life has taught him to expect the stability and safety of the moment to fade, or simply fallout from under him without a moment’s notice. Orphaned at a young age, Evan spent most of his life alone. In the most formative years, denied even the companionship and comfort of his own brother. Evan and Jorge were housed with separate families, lived very different lives growing up, and were allowed to see one another only a few precious times. Jonathan McMichael, the head of the family who adopted Evan, introduced his adopted son to the Sixth Day, a group of like minded people who saw it as their position to oversee life, both visible and not, within the Badlands.

Evan growing up wanting for nothing, other than connections. The McMichael’s were wealthy, as Jonathan had made his fortune long before adopting Evan. He was the couple’s only child, adopted soon after it was discovered that Julia McMichael could not have children. His mother loved him, his father taught him, in the end his father’s lessons were more formative than a mother’s love.

Evan is lost, afraid. The time has come for him to take the oath, to become what his father has been trying these past 15 years to mold him into. He will belong to the Sixth Day.

Key Figures:

Jonathan McMichael – Evan’s adopted father. A wealthy merchant, business man, and philanthropist. A leading figure of the Sixth Day.

Julia McMichael – Evan’s adopted mother. Deceased. Rumor has it that she was shot and killed in a home invasion, but the police reports on her death were sealed by judicial decree.

Jorge Borges – Evan’s brother, and fellow member of Wither.

Cadian Shirai – The leader of Wither, the band Evan belongs to.

Gabrielle “Gabby” Kingsworth – TBD.

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How much time are we thinking has passed? I imagine someone knocked the bridge down, as it would have to be exceptionally old and in disrepair to fall down all by its lonesome. That's a good questions too, who would do such a thing? Who benefits?

I love the idea of keeping the others alive in this story, even cameoing them from time to time. The entire thing has such potential. I'm working on coding my CS now, to add it to the page!

Evanescence has a new CD out, I discovered over the weekend. I signed up for the Play Music service, it's really good, has so much more than Prime's..

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It's gonna be epic!! I will get my character sheet prettied up and posted here quickly. I loved the opening write up. The Way falling. Brilliant!

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Hiya doll!!

I'm still around, and very eager to read it. I cannot wait! Don't worry about the time it's taken, I know that it'll be well worth the wait. How are you? I hope everything is calming down some for you.