OMG Martin Gray! OMG OMG OMG! LOL! I didn't catch that until I got down to the part about Sarah's father being a watchmaker! ::flails enthusiastically:: And 'Sam'. LOL.
"the slight Mancunian accent" - I have far too much respect for you to think that's a mispelling of 'Manchurian', and ... come to think of it, I have too much respect to waste your time on something that Google can answer. ::moments later:: aha! Yes. It's an English district accent, but I still haven't updated whatever it is I need to update on my laptop to listen to YouTube videos to get a direct experience of it. Wow, I love the internet.
And also, I am *so* in love with this story! This is perfect, beautiful background for my own monster fic (except for the part about Claire jumping off the Ferris wheel and a bit of the timing with Peter/Sylar), but all of the past is wonderful!
You know, right, that ... well, you might not. I'm not sure where you left off in reading Shattered Salvation. But Adam ... You see, the big villain for Salvation of Acceptance was a special who was called Lilith. She started off with the ability to possess other people. When she did that, her own body would lie around catatonic for a while and eventually die if she didn't go back into it. It happened once that she didn't re-enter her body before it died (was killed, actually) and she was left as a possessing force that could hijack people's bodies for a few minutes or their entire lives. If the person she was possessing had an ability, then she could use that while she had them, and if it was a mental ability similar to her own, she could often absorb the ability and make it her own. In that way, over the years, she picked up the ability to detect specials, to locate people at great distances, to talk with them mentally, to read minds, to give mental commands, and to see the future.
Adam ran into her at one point and they talked. She'd already been knocking around for a hundred years or so at the time and Adam was overjoyed to have found what he thought was a female immortal. It was a good start, but it didn't lead to a romantic relationship, although they kept track of each other off and on through the years. Not hard when Lilith could talk with Adam from across the world with nothing but intention, concentration, and thought. They were kind of like pen pals.
She, and her mental proddings and unknown suggestions were what drew together the specials who formed the Company. Adam was there as well, but much more aware of the urging, as he'd discussed it with her at some length. She had this goal of breeding specials and a sort of mothering complex, like she was playing house with humanity. She had projects all over the globe, so it wasn't like she was constantly directing the Company. When Adam decided that the better thing to do was to wipe out most of humanity and start over, she agreed with the Company founders that this was unacceptable and stood aside while they locked him up (though she had a few mental arguments with Adam during the process - she was not keen on the idea of him killing off all her toys/children).
You know, I really ought to have a character in Shattered Salvation explain all this backstory and stuff. I don't think it was ever brought to light.
What I love is how much your backstory for Adam and such fits in so perfectly! Can I blend what works?
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Date: Saturday, 28 July 2012 03:49 pm (UTC)From:"the slight Mancunian accent" - I have far too much respect for you to think that's a mispelling of 'Manchurian', and ... come to think of it, I have too much respect to waste your time on something that Google can answer. ::moments later:: aha! Yes. It's an English district accent, but I still haven't updated whatever it is I need to update on my laptop to listen to YouTube videos to get a direct experience of it. Wow, I love the internet.
And also, I am *so* in love with this story! This is perfect, beautiful background for my own monster fic (except for the part about Claire jumping off the Ferris wheel and a bit of the timing with Peter/Sylar), but all of the past is wonderful!
You know, right, that ... well, you might not. I'm not sure where you left off in reading Shattered Salvation. But Adam ... You see, the big villain for Salvation of Acceptance was a special who was called Lilith. She started off with the ability to possess other people. When she did that, her own body would lie around catatonic for a while and eventually die if she didn't go back into it. It happened once that she didn't re-enter her body before it died (was killed, actually) and she was left as a possessing force that could hijack people's bodies for a few minutes or their entire lives. If the person she was possessing had an ability, then she could use that while she had them, and if it was a mental ability similar to her own, she could often absorb the ability and make it her own. In that way, over the years, she picked up the ability to detect specials, to locate people at great distances, to talk with them mentally, to read minds, to give mental commands, and to see the future.
Adam ran into her at one point and they talked. She'd already been knocking around for a hundred years or so at the time and Adam was overjoyed to have found what he thought was a female immortal. It was a good start, but it didn't lead to a romantic relationship, although they kept track of each other off and on through the years. Not hard when Lilith could talk with Adam from across the world with nothing but intention, concentration, and thought. They were kind of like pen pals.
She, and her mental proddings and unknown suggestions were what drew together the specials who formed the Company. Adam was there as well, but much more aware of the urging, as he'd discussed it with her at some length. She had this goal of breeding specials and a sort of mothering complex, like she was playing house with humanity. She had projects all over the globe, so it wasn't like she was constantly directing the Company. When Adam decided that the better thing to do was to wipe out most of humanity and start over, she agreed with the Company founders that this was unacceptable and stood aside while they locked him up (though she had a few mental arguments with Adam during the process - she was not keen on the idea of him killing off all her toys/children).
You know, I really ought to have a character in Shattered Salvation explain all this backstory and stuff. I don't think it was ever brought to light.
What I love is how much your backstory for Adam and such fits in so perfectly! Can I blend what works?