Last meme. I swear.

[chibi_trillian]

At least this one's sort of writing-related.

1. Pick one of my characters, any one.
2. I will tell you the origin of his/her/its name.
3. I will tell you some random facts surrounding his/her/its creation.
4. I will give you a brief summary of his/her/its backstory, if you desire. Indicate yes or no.
5. You may ask me up to ten questions about the character.

Here's the list:
~Trillian Presca
~Sarah Berel
~Ethan Asheim
~Nicodemus Road
~Neisseria, 'Nema, Lassa, and Marburg (they're kind of a unit, but I can babble about them individually too)
~Aere
~The Mirrorshade Pirates (the random background pirate crew from Acquired Taste)

Comments

[blodhemn.livejournal.com]

Wait... "~Neisseria, 'Nema, Lassa, and Marburg"... Neisseria? you have a character named after a genus of gram-negative bacteria?

[chibi-trillian.livejournal.com]

They're all named after disease-causing organisms--'Nema's full name is Treponema Pallidum, and Lassa and Marburg are both hemorrhagic fever viruses. They're physical embodiments of the diseases they cause. They're servants of Pestilence, and most of them are looking forward to the Apocalypse because it means they can finally retire.

They started out as humans--'Nema was a prostitute in late 15th-century Italy, Marburg was a patient at a German hospital in 1967, Lassa was a Dutch diamond-trader in Nigeria in 1969, and Neisseria's been around so long she can't remember what she used to be.

[blodhemn.livejournal.com]

Thats pimp Chibi, truely truely pimp. I shouldve expected nothing less from you. Seriously.

[dethorats]

Nicodemus Road is an awesome name and so I am curious! No questions as of yet, well, except for one. Can he/she stand on his/her head and is this in any way a useful skill for him/her to have?

[chibi-trillian.livejournal.com]

Nicodemus Road is actually a road near where I live. I drive past it regularly, and one day I thought, "You know, Nicodemus Road would be a great name for a character, like a cop or a detective or--" and Nick sat up in my head and asked for an aspirin. He's an ex-cop, now working as a PI with his partner Alexander McGraw (no, not that kind of partner. This isn't that kind of buddy cop show).

Nick went from cop to ex-cop because he saw something he really shouldn't have while on patrol one night, had a revelation about human beings NOT being at the top of the food chain, and turned in his badge the next morning. He had a tiny nervous breakdown, his marriage fell apart, and he gained forty pounds (he's a stress-eater). He finally pulled himself back together and decided that while humans may not be at the top of the food chain naturally, he's willing to bet guns bump them up a few slots. He started smoking to lose weight, but only dropped about twenty pounds before he mastered the art of doughnut in one hand, cigarette in the other. He now investigates paranormal shit in his spare time and kills said paranormal shit whenever he can.

Nick used to be able to do headstands back when he was on the force and had to be in shape, but he can't anymore. He's never had it prove to be useful.