diff --git a/.trash/Max Casey.md b/.trash/Max Casey.md deleted file mode 100644 index b3517eb..0000000 --- a/.trash/Max Casey.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,40 +0,0 @@ -# Max Casey - -- **Name:** Max Casey -- **Alter-ego:** Aqua Fox -- **Profession:** Guitarist, songwriter, rail fan, and leader of Bark Pack -- **Physical Traits:** Blue fennec, spiky brown hair with pink highlights, and heterochromia eyes -- **Attire:** Red letterman jacket and green pleated skirt with aviator goggles perched on forehead -- **Age:** Young Adult -- **Hometown:** Bridgeport - -## Personality - -Max Casey is known for his curiosity and creative independence. He is a musician who strives for a balance between his love of travel, music, and creative expression with a strategic, often with a sly approach to the industry. Max is willing to try nearly anything once, except flying. He often takes the lead and encourages collaboration, seeing teamwork as crucial to developing idea while protecting creative independence. Max publishes his own personal songs freely on open audio platforms, preferring accessibility and artistic freedom over corporate deals. While he typically avoids contracts, Max understands their strategic benefit, using them to support Bark Pack's tours while his solo projects remain firmly under his personal control. Meanwhile, his passion for trains and rail travel influence his tour travel preferences. - -### Quirks - -- Frequently wears aviator goggles, and only removes them for sleep. -- Prefers train travel over all other forms of transit. -- Abdominal pouch doubles as a bag. -- Unintentionally overhears conversations due to his large, sensitive, ears. - -### Flaws - -- Terrified of air travel, which sometimes complicates logistics for global tours. -- Sharp memory for significant moment but often forgets routine tasks. -- Finds contract negotiations and industry bureaucracy frustrating, preferring to bypass formalities. - -## Relationships - -- **Foxxo:** Cousin who Max shares a mutual respect with occasional banter. As an businessman and bakery owner, Foxxo often aids Max with his solo projects or when there's friction with his booking manager, Jake. -- **Jake Gold:** Once best friends, they often class over travel logistics and artifact decisions for Bark Pack. Though Max still sees the value Jake brings, his tolerance is wearing thin. -- **Zack Casey:** Max and Zack are practically inseparable, sharing both a love of music and an understanding of each other's quirks. - -## Career - -As a lead guitarist and songwriter for Bark Pack, Max channels his love for the gritty yet heartfelt music into every performance. - -## Aspirations - -Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Pellentesque eu purus sit amet turpis facilisis ultricies non eu ante. Nam laoreet justo in tincidunt dignissim. Praesent lobortis odio non turpis blandit, vel vestibulum lorem feugiat. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/.trash/Stainless Steel Mouse.md b/.trash/Stainless Steel Mouse.md deleted file mode 100644 index 1d7305c..0000000 --- a/.trash/Stainless Steel Mouse.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,41 +0,0 @@ -# Stainless Steel Mouse - -## Plot Synopsis - -In the city of Bridgeport, surveillance controls every facet of life. Automated profiling, used to predict and prevent crime, ensures a society of safety and control - at the cost of personal freedom. Among these individuals is Aidan Cheddar, a genetically and cybernetically enhanced mouse who thrives in the rodent district of Brie Town. Bored out of his mind by the stifling order, Aidan was able to outsmart the predictive algorithms and become a master thief. With a quick mind and a love of high-stakes heists, he targeted only conglomerates. - -The Special Corps, a government agency tasked with capturing criminals like Aidan, is led by Agent Vera Halcyon, who views him as her ultimate challenge. Vera uses the same surveillance system Aidan has outsmarted, making their pursuit a tense game of cat-and-mouse. As Aidan pulls off increasingly audacious heists across the city, from towering headquarters to hidden vaults, their battle raises questions about control, autonomy, and rebellion in a city where privacy is an illusion. - -The Stainless Steel Mouse is a modern retelling of the first two chapters from The Stainless Steel Rat as they appeared in Astounding magazine. - -# Characters - -- **Aidan Cheddar**: Aidan is a master thief with a strict code of ethics, targeting corporations rather than individuals. With his mechanical legs and golden cybernetic eye, Aidan is always two step ahead. -- **Character 2**: Vestibulum ante ipsum primis in faucibus orci luctus et ultrices posuere cubilia curae; Fusce sit amet sollicitudin nisi, sit amet fringilla sem. -- **Character 3**: Cras vitae tortor a sapien facilisis aliquam. Etiam sit amet arcu sed arcu malesuada molestie. -- **Character 4**: Nulla facilisi. Praesent nec nisl a lorem porttitor convallis nec a libero. - -# Themes - -- **Theme 1**: Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. -- **Theme 2**: Proin facilisis massa ut ligula volutpat, ac aliquam orci ultrices. -- **Theme 3**: Integer in leo vitae lacus scelerisque eleifend at a sapien. -- **Theme 4**: Pellentesque tincidunt tortor sit amet metus posuere, quis ornare nisl vehicula. - -# Possible Endings - -### Ending 1: Aidan Wins - -Aidan successfully evades capture, outsmarting both Agent Halcyon and the corporations at every turn. His final heist targets the central hub of the surveillance system itself, allowing him to dismantle it and expose the conglomerates' corruption. As Bridgeport’s citizens awaken to the truth, corporate control collapses, and Aidan becomes a symbol of rebellion, sparking widespread reform. The city's future is uncertain, but for the first time, it is free. - -### Ending 2: Special Corps Wins - -After a long and exhausting chase, Vera Halcyon finally captures Aidan and shuts down his operations. She upholds the corporate surveillance system, convinced that it is necessary for maintaining order in Bridgeport. Despite lingering doubts about the ethical compromises, Vera chooses security over freedom, allowing the corporations to tighten their grip on society. Aidan is imprisoned, and the rebellion is crushed, leaving the city under tighter control than ever. - -### Ending 3: Double-Cross - -Agent Halcyon initially outsmarted Aidan, capturing him after a high-stakes chase and forcing him to join the Special Corps as part of a deal to avoid prison. Aidan reluctantly agrees, helping them track down others like himself. However, during a seemingly routine mission, Aidan stumbles upon a hidden conspiracy: companies that fund surveillance have been concealing massive breaches and abuses, manipulating both the populace and the government for profit. Using this new information, Aidan forms a daring plan from within, exposing the corruption at the heart of the system. In the end, he turns the tables, dismantling the state from the inside, and the system collapses. Aidan became a symbol of rebellion, sparking widespread reform. The city's future is uncertain, but for the first time, they are free. - -## Notes - -The Stainless Steel Mouse is much like the book that it gets its name from, The Stainless Steel Rat. However, it differs in its themes in that it follows surveillance from a modern perspective. The Double Cross is a reimagined version of the Rat's canonical timeline. Instead of surveillance being mandated by the government, it is now consented upon with IoT devices, such as smart cameras, that occasionally phone home. Only a few have their own DIY setups that are not connected to their respective walled gardens. When Aidan joins the force, he discovers the backdoors that are hidden in plain sight. \ No newline at end of file