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Entry 4:18pm

Last night I finished Chapter 2 of the first Captain Power story. 'Her Journey' is about the life story of Corp. Jennifer 'Pilot' Chase. It begins with the night she realized the truth about the Dread Youth and becomes a deserter. Chapter 2 shows her beginning to break down her conditioning and the first encounter with John Power's team.

Chapter 3 is already in the works. It entails Chase returning to the scene of the crime. Seeing the results of what she and the Dread Youth had done to Sandtown will set her emotions out of control. Finding the body of the old woman who had begged to her will only make things worse. Eventually she will pull through, gain training from the UTO, and ultimately join the Power Team. Right now though, it's only the beginning of her rage.

There are 2 other CP stories in the works. One of them jumps forward to where the TV series had left off. The difference is in the ending- that is- where the show had ended.

I'm one of those fans who neither like nor accept the death of Pilot. However, as a fan of Jessica Steen (the actress who portrayed the character) I admire her for sticking to her guns about the situation. I'm open-minded about the condition of her character being killed off. I don't like it or accept it but it WAS her choice and I can deal with that. It may seem contradictory- look at it this way- it's the difference between fact and fiction.

Fact: Jessica has stated that she felt bamboozled into the role. So she made her condition clear. I am certain that if not for the toy line tie in- and the behind the scenes politics- things would have been different.

Fiction: This is in reference to the story itself. As a fiction writer I am hooked on the question of 'what if?' So I ask myself- 'what if Pilot had survived the explosion.' I would like to see Jennifer and John together and things snowball from there.

So, to Jessica and Co. please excuse me wile I settle my 'what if' thoughts on Pilot surviving the explosion. I'm not the first and certainly not the last who'll write an alternate arc. It's a piece of fan-fiction. And just as it's possible for parallel universes- somewhere, in some alternate universe- she did survive.

The 3^rd story in the works is a cross-venue with Psionics. It will be an interesting take on the 'what if Hawk found his daughter alive?' This is going to be a permanent jump for two characters. Medic and Tech will move from 'Psionics' and in to 'Metal Wars'.

People will have to read the story to find out what happens and how. Trust me- it won't be cheesy and will help to justify a lot of the story arcs throughout the organization.

All I will say is that it entails a 'rift' in the space time continuum. Despite this dimensional fissure it will not be easy to cross through. Now 'that' would be cheesy. It does stand to reason that certain characters- meaning the Eternals- would be able to cross over but not for the average Joe. It will be a lot harder. Now, for people with teleportation abilities like Vortex- it could happen by total random accident. And that's all I'm saying.

Like I said earlier, people will have to read the stories to find out what happens.

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The deadline is fast approaching for the RP story 'Mecha Rising'. Each story is given 1 full year to be completed. Now, that's not to say that when the year is up the story stops wherever it is. The way I see this deadline is more flexible.

When the year comes up the story, if the story is not completed it should be shifted to a closing or wrap-up scenario. Basically tie up loose ends, unravel mysteries, etc. so that the story is given a reasonable conclusion. Granted this might take a story beyond the deadline. That's okay though. The point is that having a deadline helps to keep us on track and, as Kita said, pushes us to actually complete a story.

The RPG Organization is standing at a record of completed stories. With all the venues it has 14 stories finished with a total of 494,836 words including 'Mecha Rising'. This gives us a total of 1,047 pages.

Why am I including 'Mecha Rising' within the completed stories?

As I began this entry, the deadline for this story is fast approaching. Nov. 20^th is in 3 days. We will be shifting gears to 'wrap-up' the scenarios involved.

I had told Kita tonight that we should go for it; to break the current record of in word count. The longest one to date is 'Fever' the first story in year 2 of Psionics: Millennium East Coast House. This story has 60,805 words.

'Homecomings' from year 1 of The Beginnings is in 2^nd place with 60,787 words. Only 18 words separate these top two stories.

'Prophecy Untangled' the second story in year 2 of Psionics: Millennium East Coast House comes in 3^rd with 44,915 words.

'Mecha Rising' is in 4^th place right now with 43,678 words. It is quickly gaining ground to move up. Kita and I are in the middle of a joint post that is up to 322 words. And there are more scenes to write in closing. It won't be long until it's # 3.