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If by "bonus points," you mean "turn Remington into a boiling pot of rage bent on scalding Lightwards to oblivion," then yes. Echoing what Edge said. Does he sit there whimpering, or scream as he tries to murder Reader with a paperweight?

Cool. I'll post them to Portland, then. I don't mind at all. And there will be plenty of despicable actions for Lightwards to echo.

Sweet. Do you want me to post his flashbacks in The Dalles thread, too, or just leave them up in Portland and you can pick and choose which bits you want to use? I find this thought genuinely terrifying. I mean, seriously. This is going to be creep city.

How about she takes a look at his arm and says, "Come on, we'd better get that fixed up. His office isn't far, but it's further than it would've been if he still worked at the church, so we'd better get moving." You and Kobold both get equal credit. You inspired me with Nighthound, but Koschei was born when I asked myself, "What would happen if Remington had fought and killed an Epic who was like Lightwards, but ten times worse?"

I always used to wonder how other writers did it. And then Koschei popped into my head, and I started writing for him, and I realized how they did it. It's kind of fun. Idea: In the next flashback, Koschei's vendetta against Remington is born. As Backtrack grows more fearful of Koschei and grows to dread seeing the world through his eyes more, he could begin looking into Remington's mind, just to keep himself sane, and start to sympathize more with the hunter he had looked down on. It could be an interesting variation on Scare 'Em Straight.

We should be ashamed of ourselves. (read: I will work on a way to phrase it that sounds like it could be either a human doctor or the Deathless One. ) There are two very bright bright sides. 1) He's already dead, and 2) He never met Nighthound. On another note, I'm not sure if I should be as happy as I am that the thought of more Koschei flashbacks inspires such fearful excitement.

Autumn and Baxter can be nice to him. Me, not so much. I still have a few more Koschei flashbacks in the works.

Oh! We can torment Backtrack one last time when Autumn says she's been asked to escort him to "the best healer in The Dalles"!

Agreed. It was a great post. *Note: not recommended for children.

"And then Nighthound died." That is my new favorite song. It'll give Autumn an even better excuse to come in. "Hey, Glass. We caught three new Epics here this morning, two are the standard spunky-girl type, but one of them threw up, bragged, grinned all the way into town, looked like he was going to puke, and finally got shot in the arm by Reader. He's probably got some pretty serious issues, so if you could talk to him, maybe keep him from snapping? The last thing we want is some scrawny Epic laughing maniacally while he pukes all over the gun he just nabbed."

Your "mission" was accomplished the minute Nighthound came to Oregon, tormenting vanillas and bleeding pure creepiness. (That is what the black mist is and nothing will convince me otherwise. ) Oh, you're just saying that because you don't really understand me, nobody does, waahh waahh wahh me me me…. Seriously though, thanks. So are you. Your nicer characters are just as memorable as your nightmare-fuel characters, which isn't that easy to do. (I picture her stumbling across it and deciding it's just like her life, not realizing it's satire. ) (Koschei's dead, so that's something.)

….. Pass the brain bleach, please. Well! If that's really how you feel about my writing, then I suppose I'll just have to channel my inner Lucentia and whine about how nobody understands my genius! (Also, I think I found her theme song.) (If it's character torture you want, wait until you find out how Laurie died. And why Funtimes is so silly.)

It's more sad than full of nonstop nightmare fuel. Although Remington's does have some pretty heartbreaking moments, so…no, probably not.

And I'm sitting here wondering if I made Doctor Funtimes' Emotionally Scarring Backstory™ too traumatic.

"And make sure you put a design in the foam. Lord CorpseMaker despises coffee without whimsy." That's even more badchull than just shooting a random soldier, IMO. That's more mob boss, while the former is more Lex Luthor.

Would they be able to put a sign out--"The only coffee shop endorsed by Lord CorpseMaker. Seriously, he said we had good coffee. And he didn't kill anyone, which was super nice of him."

Creep each other out?

Maybe shooting him in the arm would be toeing the line a bit more? Like, it's certainly not allowed, but not instant-visit-to-the-firing-squad worthy?

“You speak of making the entire city cry, are you actually capable of this, or can you only target one person at a time?” Quota's eyes narrowed, but he covered it with a smile. Of course I can't make the whole city cry. Not all at once. Stupid sparking limit. "Give me a few days, and I'll have this whole city drowning in their tears." CorpseMaker shared a brief conversation with another Epic, the end result being a teleporter granted permission to enter. Quota sipped his coffee, covering for his unhappiness at the latest development. A teleporter just marched on in and demanded the spotlight—his spotlight. Then again, the thought of a teleporter seemed to drive CorpseMaker to anger, so perhaps there was fun to be had. Quota smiled, imagining the teleporter quaking in his boots, wondering why he felt so much more nervous around CorpseMaker than he ought to. Maybe, just maybe, Quota could make him cry. “Now then. What do you wish for in exchange for your loyalty?” Quota's smile became genuine. Finally, CorpseMaker realized where his focus belonged. "Unlike some Epics," he said, cutting his eyes toward whoever stood nearest, "I like what I do. Give me a chance to show off what I've got, and I'll make you the most terrifying Epic in Oregon." Then, almost as an afterthought, he lifted his coffee cup. "And make sure that shop on Taylor stays open. They've got good coffee."

I second this. I also propose a new meme: "And then Reader met Doctor Funtimes, who chased him around for eternity demanding a hug."

We do need a bit more rain, all told. I think we need some nice foreboding clouds when the war starts, followed by a dramatic downpour when it finally ends.

It did rain. Pancakes. And it rained the day Nathan and Funtimes met CorpseMaker—real rain, not pancake rain.

Mid-fall, I think. Early enough that it's not threatening snow, but late enough that there would be enough dead leaves on the trees for Funtimes to make it rain pancakes. So I'd say….October to early November.

Two years. When in-game time reaches early January, it will have been exactly two years.

Agreed. The more upvotes enjoyment we can get out of each thread, the better. If/when Funtimes finds out about this, she may write a new song. Deck Lightwards out with gasoline Falalalalalalala Strike a match and watch it gleam Falalalalalala Watch the jerk burn down to ashes Falalalalalala Now aren't you glad you played with matches? Falalalalala Yeah. He should be glad Funtimes never met the woman and doesn't know who her daughter is. I too hope she gets a happy ending. Jeez. She's been through enough crap already, and now her mom is going to be visited by the second worst person in Portland (second only to Nighthound). Then again, with the stuff I've written into Remington's backstory….I can't really judge. No, that makes sense. And thanks.