Questions for Scott/Sidewinder: 1. What would you do if you got one of your flings from a while back pregnant, and you just learned she was about to have the baby and expected you to help out as a dad? (assume there's proof the kid is biologically yours) You know, in a way I kinda wish something like that would happen. I've always wanted to have children, and I think there must be some kind of primal fulfillment in knowing that you have reproduced. I don't think there's anything I could do in good conscience besides give that kid the best life possible. Even if the Mom was a pain in the ass and didn't want anything to do with me, I'd probably still feel a duty to take care of my child. Of course I wouldn't want to leave my girlfriend -- so there's no way I'm getting back together with this old fling of mine. But I'd be happy to help out as a Dad, for sure. If I'm gonna be honest though, it does seem like a huge responsibility, and I haven't got a lot to bring to the table financially. I mean, maybe I can buy diapers and food, but I'm not paying for the kid to go to ballet school or anything. I think I could have a lot more to offer in terms of life lessons and emotional support. 2. What would you do if your girlfriend broke up with you? Drink. Lots. And then drink some more. And then ignore her and try to forget I ever met her. Then go to a party, meet some sluts and have sex with one to remind myself that life isn't over. Then get drunk again. And again. And probably a few more times for good measure. Drink so much that I forget what her name was. Then after a few months of that, pick myself up and tell myself I'm never going to fall in love again. Then immediately fall in love with someone else. 3. There's a free, proven-to-work medication that will permanently free you fro m all of your substance addictions and will also serve as a cure to your anxiety/depression/etc. The only setback: it will ruin your sex drive forever. Do you take the cure? First off, I should point out that while I am occasionally depressed, I am rarely anxious. This is probably from smoking lots of weed. Second off, this medication sounds so far from anything I would ever want to try that it seriously offends me. Even without the side-effects, I'm against the very idea of anti-depressants. I distrust anything that tries to take my emotions from me. In the words of James T. Kirk -- "You can't take my pain! I need my pain!" Then you add in that it kills my sex drive? The one thing that keeps me going? Sounds like a lose lose to me.
Questions for Scott/Sidewinder (since my baby won't sleep): 1. What is it that drives the obsession with sex? Is there a void that needs to be filled? 2. How can someone with addictive tendencies that's obsessed with sex actually have a real relationship with someone? 3. Would you ever actually cheat on your girlfriend?
1. What is it that drives the obsession with sex? Is there a void that needs to be filled? I'm not really sure how to answer that. I've just always loved sex. Nothing is better than really good sex. When times are rough, good sex makes you happy. If I'm getting laid, I don't even need to get drunk or high. So yeah, I guess it does fill a void. I feel like it's the one thing I can count on to make me feel good. But if the void wasn't there, I think I'd probably just want sex even more. If I didn't have to work at a dead end job to pay the bills, and I could do whatever I wanted, I'd get on a plane with my girlfriend and go to Paris. Then I'd have sex with her in as many places across Paris as I possibly could. Honestly I think people who aren't obsessed with sex are a little bit weird. Or maybe they've just never had really good sex. 2. How can someone with addictive tendencies that's obsessed with sex actually have a real relationship with someone? Define "real relationship?" Well here's how it went -- I was in a relationship with a girl for a very long time. Everyone thought we were going to get married. But over the years, I became unhappy with her, and started to yearn for something better. I'm not saying it was her fault that I started drinking a lot and doing a lot of drugs. But it was my unhappiness in that relationship that led me start indulging in my addictive tendencies. Eventually I broke up with her, and she didn't make that break up easy on me. I was financially ruined by the time I got away from her, and I had no idea where I was going. I lost all sense of security and lived in some pretty bad conditions, just going day to day, trying to get drunk and laid to make myself feel some joy. This was the darkest time in my life, and there was absolutely no way I was going to get into anything resembling a "real relationship" at this time. However, this was not my final departure from relationship land. After about a year and a half of living in squalor, I started to pull myself into something resembling a respectable human being, and then for some reason a lot of girls started seeing me as boyfriend material. The truth is hard -- most relationships suck. People aren't willing to put the work in, and just expect things to fall into place. Addictive tendencies aren't going to help you have a real relationship, but they're certainly not as destructive as disinterest or a lack of security, and those things are commonplace. And obsession with sex? How could that possibly hurt a relationship? What am I missing here? 3. Would you ever actually cheat on your girlfriend? Define "cheat?" -- What are you proposing here? Haha, j/k. Absolutely not. I think that's part of what "Be Gentle" is about. When you tell a girl that you're in a committed relationship with her, she's giving you a huge amount of trust. Violating that kind of trust would just be too much guilt for me to handle, no matter how tempting the prospect. I've been with multiple partners before, but they always known it was non-exclusive. I have a very strict code of ethics about this.
I meant that an obsession with sex can sometimes make you desire people besides your partner and that you're more likely to have a lower moral code when it comes to sex if you're obsessed with it. So by "real relationship" I mean someone that you can be committed to the rest of your life never giving in to temptation.
Ok I see what you're saying. The answer is that I can't be in a relationship with anyone who doesn't have an enormous sex drive, otherwise I start to get tempted and want my freedom. I still wouldn't cheat, but I have been in situations with girls who had lower sex drives than myself and it just didn't work out. If I were going to commit to someone for the rest of my life, they would have to be able to rival my sex drive, or I'd have to take those pills Mallory suggested, haha. (Anyway at the point that most of these stories take place, a life partner is not one of Scott's goals. A girlfriend means something different, and it's not until the story progresses a bit that he starts to realize that he might even want a life partner.)
Gonna push this one a bit because I think it's important. Is there a primal connection to the concept of freedom? In an oppressive regime, are there moments of freedom that make us yearn for something greater? Are there corners of our lives that go left unchecked, places to hide and breathe? Perhaps there was something in your childhood, a moment when you remember feeling free? Was there anything like that -- something positive, not just worth fighting against, but fighting for?
Not really before I joined up with the group, because no one was familiar with type of carefree life so no one really knew it existed. People weren'tupset with the status quo because they never really thought there was an alternative. With being involved in the group, that's when I learned slowly that there IS something out there to fight for. That's why in the beginning, I was just sort of an unwilling bystander thrown in to things, but really came to believe in it more and more as I learned more, and what I learned was what kept me going. ----------------------- Sidewinder, thanks for the question-probbing and insightfulness/thoughtfulness, I appreciate it!
Sorry about how long this took I wanted to do a good job - finally ready to answer them they were really good questions. Since my original post I have spoken to my Uncle (he was a senior police officer) and have needed to promote them both to make the story work. Detective Sergeant Timothy Black 1. You've been given a major detective assignment to take charge of all on your own. 1A. What type of assignment would be the biggest type of challenge to you,and why? I am working on it as part of the story. You know what Charlotte is like as an author she throws everything at her characters in one book. It involves the death of someone I knew, normally it would be investigated by detectives from other areas but there is a different seemingly unconnected case she has got us entangled in and we are snowed in so the other officers cannot get to the town we are set in. 1B. What is your favorite aspect of the assignment? My favourite two aspects of every assignment are the adventure, going down into tunnels, car chases, anything that involves playing traditional cops and robbers. Also I enjoy working with people – even when it is painful and difficult there is a satisfaction knowing my job helps people in extreme circumstances. 1C. Least favorite aspect? Again there are two aspects I cannot choose between, having to ask personal questions of people I know and finding out they were not what they seemed. And with any assignment paperwork the Inspector is seriously on my back about things that should have been in months ago – I know it needs to be done or cases won't be brought to caught but given the choice between fieldwork and paperwork there is no competition. 1D. Your other team members have flaked, leaving you with the bulk of the work. How do you react? No bother I kind of like working alone – get my own back later and make the Detective Constables do the paperwork. 2. How well do you get along with your parents? What was the atmosphere like in your house/family growing up? I am the youngest of five boys. My brothers joke the moment she saw me our Mother ran away. But really she moved in with the window cleaner and lived a few streets away we saw her regularly and used to 'run' away to her house when Dad annoyed us too much. My Dad is very much a military man, kind of fun, bit strict. Up early, beds made stuff like that, but is also capable of making me laugh like no one else. Just when I wanted a lie-in I needed to go stay at my Mums. Her boyfriend is alright bit wimpy, nerdy and not as good looking as Dad they didn't get on that well, but he gave me my first paying job cleaning windows and would take us to rugby matches, think Mum only moved in with him because she got pregnant real quick after me and I have a half brother only a year younger than me, guess my parents don't know how to have a girl. Dad taught me to stand on my own two feet and be prepared. Having Dad in my head has got me out of a lot of tight spots. My older brother buys me bright yellow boxers with crude slogans on every christmas (unpostable). He annoyed they don't embarrass me and I wear them – but he still buys them. I also have a brother with severe autism. Dad made sure no one picked on him and he somehow has managed to do quite well for himself. We still take it in turns to go home and look after him to give Dad a break. My other brothers and I got on alright – I shared a bedroom with two of them, one of them had half naked women plastered on his bit of the wall, which competed with my pictures of Kylie and Jason, (made it acceptable for me to have Jason up), my other brother preferred playing with model aeroplanes. He still does even as an adult – keeps sending me the kits at Christmas. We were squashed up so my autistic brother could have a room to himself – did better than my eldest brother he needed to share with Dad. When I told my Dad I was gay very nervously at twenty-two he told me off for not telling him earlier, said he didn't discuss his lovelife with me (that was true until that point didn't know he had one, apparently he and the single Mum down the road had an arrangement) so he didn't need to know the details of mine. 3. Do you have any pets? If so, why not, and if yes, what type of pet owner are you? I currently have two cats Dempsey and Makepeace – one is a Russian Blue the other a Cream Persian, I rescued them when I was a copper on the beat, some kids had the kittens in a bag and were kicking it round like a football. I took three weeks leave to nurse them back to health, they were too little to have left their mother and both had a broken leg. It was touch and go but something told me not to let them go. They are very much my babies and get spoiled rotten they eat whatever meat I get for myself and sit on the sofa with me in the evening. I probably shouldn't but Dempsey likes to share a beer when we are watching a movie together. Dempsey sleeps on my chest and Makepeace sleeps wraped round the top of my head. Now Charlotte has informed me that I will be adopting a three legged cat called Tripod at some point during the book. We just don't know when she was surprised I didn't already own him. 4. You're on a date with a woman -- or man, if that's your preference -- who turns out to be someone much more formidable than you'd originally thought. Not in a bad way, just very sophisticated/knowledgeable/expertise/etc and much more so than you. How does this affect the date and how do you react? Och just make them laugh. I don't find that intimidating or I wouldn't be spending time with Joe Cream he is everything you describe, sexy rather than handsome, intelligent, good body, sophisticated. I mean he went to public school for a time and is the younger son of a Duke can't get much more up the social and intelligence scale, Our expertise kind of balances out – he is an exceptional copper but I can fix the car. 5. You're at a large get-together of some kind in a non-work setting: a Christmas/Thanksgiving dinner where lots of your relatives are there, or a meet-the-girlfriends'-parents for the first time dinner, something like that. What types of events would make the event turn catastrophic? What would you worry about most? Has to be anything involving Joe's family. He said he avoided telling them he was gay not because he was worried about rejection (We think they might be a couple rather than sisters), just he didn't want the inquisition about his love life and all the details. Crumbs dinner with them is interesting I think the only thing they have left to do is get out the measuring tape … Don't get me wrong his Aunts are lovely but well umm very few people can make me blush like that … 6. What is the trait about you that most annoys your colleagues? Umm Ahh …. Tim looks down at his feet. Blushes as brightly as he would with dinner at the Creams. I have a nasty sense of humour and sometimes it backfires and I upset the person. My Inspector Bob Mustard was gutted when his secret santa sent him a bar of soap and some deodorant. The saintly Jane Grey didn't appreciate the umm contraceptives blown up like a balloon and tied to her chair. Joe was very much The Boss that day. Tim looks bashful and rubs the back of his head then gives his very best it always gets me out of trouble smile. 7. What is the trait about you that your colleagues like best and that makes you most useful at detecting? My ability to get information out of people. I am good with people especially people with a disability or mental problem. I can handle drunks and drug addicts. In my current story I managed to show my colleagues that the mad woman in the attic was really just a human being and if you treat her right you can use her as a reliable witness. No one had really treated like a human since she witnessed something terrible at ten – they kind of tiptoed round her. They also like my ability to be prepared I carry all manner of useful things like folding shovels, compass, torches etc. Detective Chief Inspector Joseph Cream (Lord Tiger-Lily Cream but he doesn't admit to that lol) 1) What are the other reasons (other than that he doesn't need to do laundry and cooking) he is staying with his aunts. Is there a special reason which he himself might not be conscious of? Laziness mostly. They are fun and caring people and there is no need to move out. Despite being quite strict in someways they are fairly liberal wouldn't object to a boyfriend staying. They do tend to insist I call when I won't be home and like to speak to me first thing in the morning and last thing at night whereever I am which can be a nuisance. It doesn't cost me anything and means the frugal Scotsman in me can save for a rainy day and still afford designer suits, nice car and to eat well (not that, that costs me anything either) – my Aunts spoil me rotten and sometimes forget I am no longer ten-years-old. 2) How did he end up living with the aunts? Did he have a choice? When I was ten-years-old I was expelled from my exclusive boarding school (I am refusing to tell anyone including Charlotte why), then I went home and gave my parents such a hard time my Aunts took me in. My father is an ambassador and his job took him travelling, somehow I never went back to live with them. My brother Sage and sister Cerise were brought up mostly in boarding schools. I was home educated kind of think I got the better deal. Charlotte feels we don't full know the story here yet but it is connected to a plot line in the current book so is sure we will uncover it. 3) Was he ever married? If no, why? If yes, tell me about his wife/ex-wife and children (if there is any)? Never felt any need to. Had a couple of flings nothing serious, my life is good as a single person even though Tim seems to be complicating things at the moment. Our arrangement in the cleaning cupboard once a week was working well. Neither of us want to complicate things too much as we don't want to transfer squads. 4) Make a list of things that make him happy? Where do living with his aunts, having sex-only relationship, and his job fall in that list? My beautiful things list – I like nice clothes, fine wine, Indian Takeaway, whisky in my coffee, my once a week arrangement in the cleaning cupboard, my easy uncomplicated personal life, comfortable footwear, and taking life at a fairly easy pace where the only complication in my life is dealing with the complete knob of a Chief Superintendant. 5) Does he ever stand in front of the mirror and check out his disappearing biceps, possibly his bulging tummy, or receding hairline? Honey my hair is certainly not receding, my body is in great shape and my tummy does not now nor will it ever bulge. Tend to be a tad on the lanky side. Honestly what a question look at me man do I look like I should be worried about my appearance ? 6) Is there a difference in his personality on and off duty? On duty I am quite serious, create the persona of a man who would never break the rules so I don't get caught when I do break the rules. I am hard to get along with most people don't like working with me but I also have a lot of respect and will be the first person they turn to if they need a favour, that proves useful in getting things done. Off duty I allow myself a sense of humour and tend to be a bit like a small child round my Aunts. 7) Does he think his uniform as something special or is it just another cloth to wear? As a detective I don't wear a uniform – I take pride in my position and rank – I have earned it through hardworks and dedication to the job.
Questions for Sebastian (still some information is unclear) 1. When you walked away from your family and join the pirates did you wish to cut off ties with the royal part of your life? If so, why? 2. Assuming you became a pirate to piliage and plunder, why are you looking for your (Former councilor?) master's son to give him the inheritance and not keep it for yourself? 3. What made you start travelling with the orphaned girl and her handicapped sister? 4. Do you want more to happen between you and the girl? If so, will you also take care of her handicapped sister? 5. Your lineage is not a direct line to the throne but you are still uneasy about it. Does the king not have an heir yet? and if he was to later obtain an heir, would you really be relieved?
When you walked away from your family and join the pirates did you wish to cut off ties with the royal part of your life? If so, why? Yes. The court was filled with stuffed up, penny-pinching nobles who tried to hide their greed unsuccessfully. I hated ever second of living there, and when I came back, all I wanted to do was get away. Assuming you became a pirate to piliage and plunder, why are you looking for your (Former councilor?) master's son to give him the inheritance and not keep it for yourself? I've read many pirate books as a child in the royal court, and it always seemed to me that they were the most free people; no rules, able to go wherever the wind took them, free to take what they wanted. And, admittedly, I was a bit greedy myself. But I knew that I owed my master for the many years he treated me like a son, which is why I brought the inheritance to him. What made you start travelling with the orphaned girl and her handicapped sister? A connection with her sister was part of it, both of us being handicapped. Plus, the girls reminded me of myself when I first became a pirate: selfish, unruly, and trying to hold my life together without bursting into tears. Do you want more to happen between you and the girl? If so, will you also take care of her handicapped sister? No, she already has someone in her life, and I wouldn't want to get in between that. Not to mention how stubborn she is. Your lineage is not a direct line to the throne but you are still uneasy about it. Does the king not have an heir yet? and if he was to later obtain an heir, would you really be relieved? He has one son, who is constantly ill. If his son dies, then his nephew, my elder cousin by two years, will be the heir. He is very strong willed and ready to do anything he can to seize that position, but often engages in brawls and fights, and already has a collection of bruises and disfigurements. So my coming to the throne is quite likely, and I fear I would not make a good king. Have you ever experiences problems or insecurities as a result of your tumor? If so, what happened, and how did it affect you? Having to constantly watch your temper can be a problem, and there are many instances when I have lost it, the worst being when a groom took my horse to the butcher. I nearly landed on Death's doorstep, and I haven't exactly been the same since. But I've worked through a lot of it, and most of the time I forget about my tumor (or nearly do.) If you could change one thing about your relationship with your father, what would it be? And don't say you'd want to get along better; give a specific habit/conflict, or a significant incident/memory. Most definitely the day before I left for the Captain's crew. We got into a huge argument about how he didn't want me to follow in his footsteps, and i turned into a sword fight that left a scar in my forehead. I sill haven't forgiven him, and I wish I could have asked forgiveness from him before he died.
Aqua My new character is new to the world. Aqua Joltson is a hatchling blue Dragon(3 months old), she loves to run(trips and stumbles alot) She believes she should be able to do anything her sister(3 yrs old) can do *Aqua wants to see everything and is frustrated by her mother(Azuleton Joltson) and sister(Azuless Joltson) holding her back. *She is not able to speak yet, *she has small electrical accidents, she discharges when excited or scared, causing anyone touching her to get shocked, she is small so the current is small, so its just painful. *she doesn't realize that when someone nuzzles her that not everyone likes to share energy like blue dragons do to show love. (ie;kiss her nose and she gives you shock.) *she explores without care, but with anything new she will cower and sprint back to mom. *she has dragon pride, believing dragons are near invincible and she is too until something scares her. *Sister is learning to glide and she thinks she be able to also. Friends: Delphi, Danda, Talgo, and Blu's rider.(can't remember his name.) Mother is part of a dragon rider team. Looking for questions to further her personality. Maybe I have all I need since she is only 3 months old and can't talk yet. So questions?
Aqua... How do you feel about humans or rider's? What scares you more than anything? Why do you like your friends?
Humans(humanoids) are cute and need our help. They are so small, its hard to believe they can get anything done. facing a woodland creature without mother there, or even worse totally alone. Even if Azuless is there she will protect me. They have always been around, Delphi the one that everyone thinks is so mean is nice to me. She looks me in the eyes, and holds me, and scratches me in hard to reach places, and when I had my first softening she helped me scratch the itch.(Softening is when the young dragon is growing the skin softens to grow, then hardens again. Causes terrible itching.) They talk to me, even though I can not talk back, they still like me when I have my accidents, although they say some words mother does not like right after they are shocked. They protect me from the scary stuff, and give me good things to eat.
My MC Name: Julietta Sophia Anastasia Maria Corrinthial Age: 16 Occupation: Lady Personality and story: Independant and strong, has recently run away from her father who would have forced her to marry an arrogant prince. Mother has died long ago, and she struggles to avoid recognition as she tries to live in the real world. (Would love some questions) Fears: Terrified of being discovered because then she'd have to marry the prince and face her selfish father. Goals: To live a normal life.
Julietta: 1. How are you perceived/treated by the people you're trying to disguise yourself among? The "commoners" so to speak; are they sympathetic of your goal and helpful, or do they resent you for being royalty? Do you face any difficulties trying to fit in among them? If so, what kind of difficulties? What's the hardest part? 2. What types of lifestyle changes do you find fun, and what kinds are the ones you'd rather not have? Why? 3. Imagine the price died, married someone else or otherwise was not an issue. What would you and your dad's relationship be like then?
wow, this seems like fun! Here's one of my protoganists Kiani is a short red-headed, freckled teenage girl. She was told from the start that she would always be depended on others and has, since being told that, left to live on her own and become as independent as possible. Kiani has the appearance of a soft bunny rabbit and is often a little spoken person. It takes a while for her to foster any real relationships with others, as she can be a bit standoffish at times. This is a flaw she absolutely hates, as she wants to create new memories for the ones she for some reason has lost, but cannot get past her inability to communicate to her liking. Kiani is actually a canine (though she does not know the specific bread- no memories), though she takes the form of a human 98% of the time. She is hardworking and has a latent stubborness.
Questions for Kiani What was the reason you were told you would always be dependent on others? How have you over come this? How has this disability made living alone more enjoyable for you? Do you find isolation comforting or does it irritate you?
To Kiani: In your world, is it normal for people to actually be animals? If no, are you in hiding because of this? Do you go to school? If so, do you like it there? Is there anyone that you really hate?
OH? i have questions to answer! okay..um 1.The reason. Gee, i guess it's kinda hard to admit but...i WAS kinda helpless back then. okay, almost completely helpless. ouch. well...most little kids are.. 2. I think i've overcome most of it. I've gotten several short jobs and stuff to get myself money...but i still feel like i keep falling back into helplessness from time to time. I'm trying to improve my independence for sure though! 3. My...disability? My social stupidity? Yeah...i have a few conversations here and there, but most of the time i just live alone so i can focus on the goal at hand- becoming independent. sorry, i feel like im avoiding the question.. 4. Isolation..when you word it like that it sounds like im an absolute social reject or something. haha. I wouldn't say that sorta thing is comforting...more like it helps me think better about things..is that the same as comforting? Sometimes i do hate it though. I just want to be..well, not exactly and incrowd person but i just want my own group of friends that will stick with me for a while. It takes a while to open up, but i try! 1.H-how did you know?? oh..it's in the description..ohhhhhh. haha, wow i feel slow. As far as i know, it's pretty weird for people to show their animal characteristics among humans, but its also pretty normal among a certain group of people..i forgot who though.. 2. Im not hiding myself, but i do try to hide my ears as much as possible from humans. 3. I USED to go to school...but that was back in my old town and in really don't want to go back and talk about that... 4. I...don't really hate anybody at the moment, no.. but i DO hate when people pester me about my ears. Or, i dislike when people pester me about my ears- cause "hate" is a strong word Is that all for now? Im glad i could answer your questions. It was actually kinda fun..i don't talk about myself often
Kiani, I don't believe being young is a handy cap. No one is born with all their life experiences at hand. I was under the impression that something had happened in your life to force people to see you as handy caped. Not simply that your just young. My final question would be... What do you want from your life other than being with your own group of friends and having your freedom?
The character im about to describe will be the protagonist of my story Name: Rykka (I haven't thought of a last name for her yet, but it will be an abbreviation of her make since she was born using genetic engineering also known as Eugenics) I'm still doing research on this since my knowledge of Eugenics is quite limited. Age: 24 Occupation: Escort...as in a bodyguard and companion. Although i've described this as her occupation it will also serve as her confinement since she is bound to that occupation not through choice. The first part of the novel will deal with her attempting to free herself of this and upon achieving this will also have her dealing with her new found freedom. The story im writing is set in a post apocalyptic world (our world...which is why i'm doing alot of research on this!) Her fears include her past, the occupation she escapes from and being captured. There will be more as I want her to be a confident and strong character but have something to fight for based on her fears. Anyway as you can see theres still alot of work to be done her but its a work in progress so any help is appreciated Thanks!
Ooooh. This is so close to home for me. I was born in Bennington, Vermont. But I lived in Burlington, where the campus of UVM is located. Do you want to know why this is relevant to what you're doing? Because the Eugenics Survey began in 1925 in the University in Vermont and was headed by a professor by the name of Harry Perkins. It was proposed that people who committed crimes were always inclined to do so and if they were sterlized, future generations might be prevented from carrying those traits. So if you want to do research on Eugenics, the Vermont Eugenics Survey is a good item to Google.[./quote] Age: 24 Occupation: Escort...as in a bodyguard and companion. Although i've described this as her occupation it will also serve as her confinement since she is bound to that occupation not through choice. The first part of the novel will deal with her attempting to free herself of this and upon achieving this will also have her dealing with her new found freedom.[/quote] Is this because of some kind of caste based designation directly connected to her upbringing? Is it all she can do, or that anyone thinks she is capable of? Does she have debts and this is the only way she can work them off? Since we haven't had an apocalypse yet there's not going to be much empirical evidence on one. So go wild. It could be an ecological disaster. It could be a breakdown of basic infrastructure. Maybe an ICBM strike or an electromagnetic pulse. Could be a mass disease that only a select group of the population had the immunity for or could be innoculated against. And if you're struggling for inspiration, just blame it on zombies cause they're the new vampire. Everyone has a past. But this is the kind of thing that can make it very tempting to do a flat out info dump. Avoid bringing up her past for as long as possible. A story like this needs to open on action. Have her kicking the crap out of zombies, or shooting thugs, or doing something that shows us her proficiency as a bodyguard. Show us what she isn't afraid of before you get into what she is afraid of as that will make the reader even more interested. It's like, "Okay, I saw you take down a guy twice your size, walk barefoot through a minefield to save an old man with alzheimers and I watched you fight off a group of thugs just so you could save a little girl's doll. Why is this causing you to pause?" That's an extreme example, but you get the idea.
If you were forced to be a bodyguard, would you sacrifice your life for the person you were tasked to protect, or just give it a "good" attempt? Did you like the people you were made to serve as companion/bodyguard? What was your strongest memory of childhood?(good or bad) post escape: what is the hardest thing to deal with in your world? (water, food, fuel, friends, ie how appocolyptic?) No last name? Do you remember your last name or was it lost in your up bringing since you were a eugenic? Is there some way for the people in power to know you should be a servant or slave? (an implant, tattoo, defining mark or characteristics?) As a bodyguard/companion; did you have training in martial arts? (including guns, blades, and hand to hand?) Is there some reason you could not use this training to help you in escaping? Are you alone or have you found friends to live with? Do you trust these people or is there doubt or trust issues? Do you have an interest in knowing your base parents? (the ones that proviced the basic material that was then altered?) or is the basic material annonymous or so far altered it is pointless? Do you feel as if you are a lesser person, or that others are your better, since you are/were a slave? --Feel free not to answer the personal questions, just asked to build the base of the character: With genetic altering, is there sexual side affects? (asexual like a mule) no sexual interest, no set sexual preference? Does genetic altering make a super model/super attractive body?(using the best characteristics of all women/men)
