For The Love

[Jack Frost]

Is this an appropriate time to say that I'm a computer professional, too?

As long as you're not delusional enough to call yourself a lurker like a certain black goat with sunglasses would.

[C James]

As long as you're not delusional enough to call yourself a lurker like a certain black goat with sunglasses would.

 

But I am a lurker!!!

 

Incidentally, or not so incidentally, the next chapter of FTL is entitled "Visitations".

 

And I'm shocked, shocked I say, that there has been no outpouring of sympathy for poor Eric, who is now on the run, all alone in the night, with his innovative business venture in ruins...

[shadowgod]

But I am a lurker!!!

 

Incidentally, or not so incidentally, the next chapter of FTL is entitled "Visitations".

 

And I'm shocked, shocked I say, that there has been no outpouring of sympathy for poor Eric, who is now on the run, all alone in the night, with his innovative business venture in ruins...

 

I only feel sympathy for the hapless cayotes that dirty lil' Sh*** encounters as he wanders through the desert.

 

RUN EARTH PUPPIES! RUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Graeme]

Believeability... I'm having trouble reconciling the porn site with the rest of the stuff being revealed. Someone in the criminal organisation that Eric appears to be involved with would NOT want any risk of their tap into the police system being discovered. Running a porn site from the same computer as the keylogger transfer, or even running it by the same person who is doing the go-between for the keylogger stuff... well, it's a risk that someone should have had enough smarts to stop.

I think I've just worked it out -- Eric is involved with at least TWO groups.

 

There's the one that he's doing the keylogger transfer for, and there's the group that he set up the porn site with. That's why he was able to do both things without someone telling him to stop.

 

I'm not sure which group the good Reverend Thaddeus belongs to, but I'm guessing he's either part of the former, or he's in a THIRD group. The keylogger group is the most likely, as having Eric being involved with three different groups is unlikely, especially at his age.

 

If this is right, then the second group may not be criminal. If Eric lied and told them that Chris and Steve are over 18, then it becomes a legitimate business venture, even if it is one that is morally questionable. The people he is working with may not know that Eric was doing it without permission.

 

As for background, I'm guessing that he made contact with the keylogger group during one of his interactions with juvenile hall.

[old bob]

Hey CJ

656 posts as comment to your story !

Reading the comments is as interesting as the story itself

Go on and astonish us

amazing when I remember you first try of writing....

[Bondwriter]

I only feel sympathy for the hapless cayotes that dirty lil' Sh*** encounters as he wanders through the desert.

 

RUN EARTH PUPPIES! RUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My sympathy also goes to the poor rattlesnakes who'll die instantly if they ever bite into the mean little b...'s leg. I'll get in touch with the Humane Society.

[TalonRider]

Let's not forget those lovable scorpions.

 

Jan

[C James]

I only feel sympathy for the hapless cayotes that dirty lil' Sh*** encounters as he wanders through the desert.

 

RUN EARTH PUPPIES! RUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Awww, poor Eric, all alone in the night...

 

Earth Puppies? That's a new one to me. Cool, I like it!!!

We get loads of Coyotes around here, plus Javalina (Wild Boar) Mountain Lion and Black Bear. During droughts the mountain lions and bear often invade the towns and smaller cities (snacking on pets and on rare occasion, Children).

 

I think I've just worked it out -- Eric is involved with at least TWO groups.

 

There's the one that he's doing the keylogger transfer for, and there's the group that he set up the porn site with. That's why he was able to do both things without someone telling him to stop.

 

I'm not sure which group the good Reverend Thaddeus belongs to, but I'm guessing he's either part of the former, or he's in a THIRD group. The keylogger group is the most likely, as having Eric being involved with three different groups is unlikely, especially at his age.

 

If this is right, then the second group may not be criminal. If Eric lied and told them that Chris and Steve are over 18, then it becomes a legitimate business venture, even if it is one that is morally questionable. The people he is working with may not know that Eric was doing it without permission.

 

As for background, I'm guessing that he made contact with the keylogger group during one of his interactions with juvenile hall.

 

Interesting predictions!! Very well thought out, too.

 

They may or may not be right

, and out of fear of your spines I'll refrain from posting my own speculations.

 

Hey CJ

656 posts as comment to your story !

Reading the comments is as interesting as the story itself

Go on and astonish us

amazing when I remember you first try of writing....

 

Thanks Bob!

I love this thread; its become a big motivation for me to keep a posting schedule and make sure I have chapters written on time.

Thanks everyone!!!

 

This is my first posted serial story, and also the first one I began. I wrote parts of the first five chapters a few years ago, but they were written in present tense, not past tense, so I re-wrote them (and missed a few lines, hence a couple of bungled tenses early on) and added to them considerably. I basically stopped writing when Ed Wooten, my editor at the time, passed away.

 

I began writing again last year (thanks in large part to encouragement from Emoe) and posted my first online story, "No Shirt, No Problem!" in the GA summer anthology. I then dusted off FTL (which had no name at that point) and began working on it. I think (not sure) that my fall anthology entry "The Muse" was posted before the first chapter of FTL, so FTL was my first fiction writing project, but not my first posted story.

 

Hrmmmm, I note that we will soon be coming up on post 666.

 

My sympathy also goes to the poor rattlesnakes who'll die instantly if they ever bite into the mean little b...'s leg. I'll get in touch with the Humane Society.

 

Awww, Poor Eric, so maligned, so misunderstood.

 

Let's not forget those lovable scorpions.

Jan

 

Those can indeed be painful. I've been stung a couple of times, once when I was miles into the backcountry on a hike. They usually aren't life-threatening (the smaller ones, a separate species, are the most dangerous) but it's no fun. I've been bitten by a rattler, which is worse. I do not recommend either experience.

[Bondwriter]

How would you like to see the story end for Eric?

1/ Thaddeus sells him as a slave in a Canadian brothel.

2/ He gets shot by the Piedmont Sheriff as he's about to spill the beans on the evil law person's involvement in a large illegal porn ring.

3/ He dies of thirst in the desert. (Positive side: he provides much needed proteins to vultures)

4/ He dies in a car crash in a stolen vehicle.

5/ He amends, and after a short stay in prison, gets a business degree, and becomes the successful CEO of a large multinational company. After downsizing and outsourcing production in Africa, setting a new trend for the 2010s (last continent with cheap labor) he's elected CEO of the Year in 2014.

6/ Other (please develop)

[Graeme]

How would you like to see the story end for Eric?

1/ Thaddeus sells him as a slave in a Canadian brothel.

2/ He gets shot by the Piedmont Sheriff as he's about to spill the beans on the evil law person's involvement in a large illegal porn ring.

3/ He dies of thirst in the desert. (Positive side: he provides much needed proteins to vultures)

4/ He dies in a car crash in a stolen vehicle.

5/ He amends, and after a short stay in prison, gets a business degree, and becomes the successful CEO of a large multinational company. After downsizing and outsourcing production in Africa, setting a new trend for the 2010s (last continent with cheap labor) he's elected CEO of the Year in 2014.

6/ Other (please develop)

I have a problem with number 5. Given what the rest of the option, how does the start to the option ("he amends") apply?

 

Personally, I think it'll be number 2, though I'm not expecting it to be a fatal shooting.

[C James]

How would you like to see the story end for Eric?

1/ Thaddeus sells him as a slave in a Canadian brothel.

2/ He gets shot by the Piedmont Sheriff as he's about to spill the beans on the evil law person's involvement in a large illegal porn ring.

3/ He dies of thirst in the desert. (Positive side: he provides much needed proteins to vultures)

4/ He dies in a car crash in a stolen vehicle.

5/ He amends, and after a short stay in prison, gets a business degree, and becomes the successful CEO of a large multinational company. After downsizing and outsourcing production in Africa, setting a new trend for the 2010s (last continent with cheap labor) he's elected CEO of the Year in 2014.

6/ Other (please develop)

 

How about this for option 6: He turns out to be, contrary to some expressed expectations, to be just a common gay story fixture; The amiable, precocious, lovable but occasionally slightly bothersome kid brother?

 

I have a problem with number 5. Given what the rest of the option, how does the start to the option ("he amends") apply?

 

Personally, I think it'll be number 2, though I'm not expecting it to be a fatal shooting.

 

I'll give a little clue; there is something illegal going on somewhere, at some point in the story.

 

BTW, I note that this post is going to be number 666 in the thread! And the thread number is 6666, so I hope no one is superstitious.

Edited April 1, 2007 by C James

[Bondwriter]

BTW, I note that this post is going to be number 666 in the thread! And the thread number is 6666, so I hope no one is superstitious.

Darn! I wanted to get #666! And I missed it, not knowing what to reply to Graeme, and yet aware of a certain goat lurking over this thread and in league with the Devil (a goat's fixture) and ready to strike and jump on the occasion! The mere fact that CJames defends so eagerly this Spawn of Beelzebuth that Eric is should be evidence enough of the twerp's villainy.

[shadowgod]

How about this for option 6: He turns out to be, contrary to some expressed expectations, to be just a common gay story fixture; The amiable, precocious, lovable but occasionally slightly bothersome kid brother?

I'll give a little clue; there is something illegal going on somewhere, at some point in the story.

 

BTW, I note that this post is going to be number 666 in the thread! And the thread number is 6666, so I hope no one is superstitious.

 

**sniff** I smell sulfur... **sniff** no wait, nevermind it was just roasting goat....

 

 

I like Bondwriters option number 3, specifically for the whole circle of life thing. If it happens that way though I have fears of natures wittle birdies dying of indigestion...

[Jack Frost]

**sniff** I smell sulfur... **sniff** no wait, nevermind it was just roasting goat....

I like Bondwriters option number 3, specifically for the whole circle of life thing. If it happens that way though I have fears of natures wittle birdies dying of indigestion...

I thought the sulfur was coming out of the goat's ass.

[C James]

Darn! I wanted to get #666! And I missed it, not knowing what to reply to Graeme, and yet aware of a certain goat lurking over this thread and in league with the Devil (a goat's fixture) and ready to strike and jump on the occasion! The mere fact that CJames defends so eagerly this Spawn of Beelzebuth that Eric is should be evidence enough of the twerp's villainy.

 

Of course I lurk! That's what lurkers do! :-)

 

Hmmm, so you WANTED post 666, did you? Now why might that be? The only thing that I can think of is that it is YOU in league with the Devil!!

 

And "Spawn of Beelzebub"? Hmmm.. But, Beelzebub is the cat! Are you saying that Eric is the sun of the cat?

 

Hmmmm, interesting theory. There are, however, some people here who might say that this would be more likely if Beelzebub was a female dog.

 

**sniff** I smell sulfur... **sniff** no wait, nevermind it was just roasting goat....

I like Bondwriters option number 3, specifically for the whole circle of life thing. If it happens that way though I have fears of natures wittle birdies dying of indigestion...

 

Roasting Goat?!?!?!? Why do I feel so endangered around here???

 

And Eric, becoming Vulture Bait!

Poor Eric! He's so maligned, it just isn't fair...

 

I thought the sulfur was coming out of the goat's ass.

 

Okay, I think we have procrastinated long enough... Time to get Frosty sold, as Leviticus allows.

[Jack Frost]

Bitch, please..

 

I'll be in Pennsylvaniain five days...so you'll have to catch me before I'm in the same country as you...and hence no longer your "neighbor".

[EMoe57]

Please don't start up that whole mess with the Slave Auctions again. I'm just now recovering from spending 17 hours in the DFW airport.

[Jack Frost]

That'll be up to the goat to decide to continue or not.

[TalonRider]

Bitch, please..

 

I'll be in Pennsylvaniain five days...so you'll have to catch me before I'm in the same country as you...and hence no longer your "neighbor".

But you'll be on the east coast and he'll still be out west. One thing to remember is, the goat is afraid of my Talons.

 

 

Jan

[Bondwriter]

Hmmm, so you WANTED post 666, did you? Now why might that be? The only thing that I can think of is that it is YOU in league with the Devil!!

 

And "Spawn of Beelzebub"? Hmmm.. But, Beelzebub is the cat! Are you saying that Eric is the sun of the cat?

I wanted the 666 post so that no representative of the Devil would have it.

And Eric, becoming Vulture Bait!

Poor Eric! He's so maligned, it just isn't fair...

Not bait, meat. But Shdwgod's concern about poisoning the poor birds is quite valid. And don't cry for him, the little pile of feces still got an award for his wicked devious ways.

Okay, I think we have procrastinated long enough... Time to get Frosty sold, as Leviticus allows.

May The Good Lord Bless you! At last you're making sense!

Please don't start up that whole mess with the Slave Auctions again. I'm just now recovering from spending 17 hours in the DFW airport.

They didn't abolish slavery in Texas?

[Jack Frost]

But you'll be on the east coast and he'll still be out west. One thing to remember is, the goat is afraid of my Talons.

Jan

Happy to know I got fellow GAs in PA to keep me safe. But hiding the mountains and forests will protect me well too.

 

Philly area is nice. ^^

[C James]

I'll be in Pennsylvaniain five days...so you'll have to catch me before I'm in the same country as you...and hence no longer your "neighbor".

Nope... Leviticus said that slaves merely needed to be FROM neighboring countries, not caputred there. So, I think you residence in Canada qualifies you, even if you are in PA.

Happy to know I got fellow GAs in PA to keep me safe. But hiding the mountains and forests will protect me well too.

Humph... you are being so difficult about this.

Please don't start up that whole mess with the Slave Auctions again. I'm just now recovering from spending 17 hours in the DFW airport.

Ouch!!! 17 HOURS in an airport? UGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sorry to hear that Emoe!!!

It's fundamentally ridiculous when you have to spend more time in the airport than actually flying!

But you'll be on the east coast and he'll still be out west. One thing to remember is, the goat is afraid of my Talons.

Jan

ACK!

Talons... Not good!

I'm feeling so threatened around here lately.

 

I wanted the 666 post so that no representative of the Devil would have it.

Other than you, I didn't think we had any of those around here?

Not bait, meat. But Shdwgod's concern about poisoning the poor birds is quite valid. And don't cry for him, the little pile of feces still got an award for his wicked devious ways.

Yes, but I'll probably have to give that "best antagonist" award back, due to Eric being one of the good guys.

BTW, I can't recall if I've mentioned it or not, but he next chapter is entitled "Visitations". and will be posted on Tuesday, Arizona time.

Edited April 2, 2007 by C James

[shadowgod]

Nope... Leviticus said that slaves merely needed to be FROM neighboring countries, not caputred there. So, I think you residence in Canada qualifies you, even if you are in PA.

 

Ouch!!! 17 HOURS in an airport? UGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sorry to hear that Emoe!!!

It's fundamentally ridiculous when you have to spend more time in the airport than actually flying!

 

ACK!

Talons... Not good!

I'm feeling so threatened around here lately.

Other than you, I didn't think we had any of those around here?

 

Yes, but I'll probably have to give that "best antagonist" award back, due to Eric being one of the good guys.

BTW, I can't recall if I've mentioned it or not, but he next chapter is entitled "Visitations". and will be posted on Tuesday, Arizona time.

 

Visitations?!? I thought you said this story takes place in Arizona and not Nevada or New Mexico... Now your gonna throw the E.T. element in? Honestly....

[C James]

Visitations?!? I thought you said this story takes place in Arizona and not Nevada or New Mexico... Now your gonna throw the E.T. element in? Honestly....

 

Hey now! No extraterrestrials in my story! That's your bailiwick!

[shadowgod]

Hey now! No extraterrestrials in my story! That's your bailiwick!

 

you know what the say.... good for the goat... Yeah so I may have skewed it a little.