cranebump Posted June 3 Share Posted June 3 (edited) Mr. Rivers [SFMA] A dead man owes an old debt to a shadowy creditor. Your task? Collect it. Without losing your soul L30-35 Mostly stock villains (with a couple of interesting cameos from RI Villains). Design Notes for the interested/curious: Spoiler Mish Titles and intro excerpt: Lyrics from Pete Townsend's The Sea Refuses No River Inspiration: Listening to Nick Drake’s The River Man, which is hard to pin down, but has a feel of death to it, and how everyone eventually pays the piper (to to speak). Fused this with elements of the movie Angel Heart, in which the devil made a deal with a crooner named Johnny Favorite, who reneged, changed his identity, and reemerged as the very detective hired by "Louie Cyphere" to track down Favorite only to discover he was seeking himself. Mythology tie in: Drew inspiration from the story of Orisis, who is killed by his brother, Set. Set is later brought to justice by Horus. Siriso, Seth Ball and Harpocrates are analogues for these characters (Harpocrates being the Greek adaptation of Horus). Freaks: I just absolutely hate them. But considering the cybernetics tie in, and use of Lore on the hijacking of the Crey shipment, it was logical they'd play a role. Promethean Security is mentioned among the Historical Villains roster, so I wove that in as part of the Freak origin story. RK-A: Is a play on the Russian for river, reka. Did a shallow dive on chemistry. Discovered the recombinant info, in which "K" is a constant. Figured Siriso's designs had something to do with increasing tolerances for cybernetic augmentation, which explains why the Freaks are able to fuse so much hardware into their systems. Freak bosses: pretty vanilla, though I threw in old funk/R&B references in their dialogue, namely quotations from songs: More Bounce to the Ounce, Don't Disturb This Groove and You Dropped a Bomb on Me. THAT was fun. Thanks for playing, Crane Edited June 5 by cranebump 2 I have done a TON of AE work, both long form and single arc. Just search the AE mish list for my sig @cranebump. For more information on my stories, head to the AE forum sub-heading and look for “Crane’s World.” Support your AE authors! We ARE the new content. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darmian Posted June 3 Share Posted June 3 Lots of fun in this one. Take the time to read everything I say! 1 AE SFMA Arcs: The Meteors (Arc id 42079) | Dark Deeds in Galaxy City: Part One. (Arc id 26756) X | Dark Deeds in Galaxy City: Part Two. (Arc id 26952) | Dark Deeds in Galaxy City: Part Three. (Arc id 27233) Darker Deeds: Part One (Arc id 28374) | Darker Deeds: Part Two. (Arc id 28536) | Darker Deeds: Part Three. (Arc id 29252) | Darkest Before Dawn: Part One (Arc id 29891) | Darkest Before Dawn: Part Two (Arc id 30210) | Darkest Before Dawn: Part Three (Arc id 30560) | Bridge of Forever ( Arc id 36642) | The Cassini Division (Arc id 37104) X | The House of Gaunt Saints (Arc id 37489) X | The Spark of the Blind (Arc id 40403) | Damnatio Memoriae (Arc id 41140) X | The Eve of War (Arc id 41583) X | Spirals: Part One. (Arc id 55109) | Spirals: Part Two. (Arc id 55358) | Spirals: Part Three. (Arc id 57197) I Sing of Arms and the Man (Arc id 42617) | Three Sisters (Arc id 43013) (Pre War Praetorian Loyalist. Pre War Praetorian Resistance. Pre ITF Cimerora. Post ITF Cimerora. X = Dev Choice/Hall of Fame ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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