Father - Fox Gleason

Calvin "lives" in this abandoned subway. He uses the underground network to travel, but its not ideal. He has a lair of sorts in one of the many rooms down in the depths. He still has to go above ground for food and supplies.

The [[whole world->World Building]] has been taken over by a dictator known only as Father. A joint decision was made by all past governments to give over their power to Father. All nations believing that it was in humanity's best interest to give over control to Father. From that moment on, all of humanity's actions are monitored. [[Continue->Plot 1]]

Calvin finds out that not everyone is out to get him like he initially thought. After a close call with a patroling police force working for Father, Calvin is injured. Fortunately, a group of rebels saves him, revealing they share a common goal, they wish to be free from Father's control. The rebels go by the name [["The Prowlers"->The Prowlers]]. They transport him to their hideout. [[Continue->Plot 2]]

As Calvin is recovering from his injuries, he becomes allies with The Prowlers. He becomes close with two members of the group, their names being [[Sasha->Sasha]] and [[John->John]]. After Calvin explains his predicament to them, They are both interesting and perplexed as to why Father is so fixated on Calvin. Sasha informs Calvin that their group has branch for intelligence, perhaps they could begin to uncover what is going on. [[Continue->Plot 3]]

Calvin is brought to the intelligence branch. John explains that they've collected many communications devices from Police forces. This allowed those in the intelligence branch to reverse engineer and tap into the communications network used by Father's underlings. After a long discussion with the branch, its revealed to Calvin that Father has an secret plan, and that he requires Calvin be brought in alive. [[Continue->Plot 4]]

Turns out, all of the worlds nations did not willing give over control to Placeholder. Placeholder is a being from another dimension, who is somehow able to manipulate or "brainwash" others. *a possible additional twist is that they can only manipulate those who are from dimensions different from their own, and that the protagonist is actually from the same dimension as them, leading to the protagonist being unaffected by Placeholder.*

[[Calvin->Calvin]] is on the run from a dystopian corrupt government run by this engimatic figure known as [[Father->Antagonist]], who seeks to capture him for an unknown reason. Calvin has lost his memory and is attempting to regain it.

Calvin is a tall, fair skinned Male. He has a skinny build, not much muscle on his body. He's not the brightest tool in the shed, and he will blindly follow directions given to him. He doesn't remember much about his past, just that he's being persued by a [[dystopian corrupt government->Antagonist]]. He "lives" in an [[abandoned subway->Abandoned Subway]] station. Character is trying to figure out who he is while trying to find a way to bring the corrupt government down.

The Prowlers are a group of rebels going against Father. The founder of the rebel group remember what it was like before Father's tyranical rule. They hope to take down Father and set the world back to what it used to be.

After Calvin is finished talking with the Intelligence Branch, he's told to get some rest. Realizing he hasn't stopped for rest in some time, Calvin agrees and is led to the barracks. The barracks were nothing special, much can't be expected from a rebel group. A row of 5 cots along the left and right walls of the room, only two occupied by resting comrades. He grumbles, admiting to himself that this was better than his previous place in the subway. Calvin lays down for rest and falls to sleep immediately. [[Continue->Plot 5]]

As Calvin falls asleep, he dreams of an oddly realistic scenario. He appears to be in some form of meeting with a man in a noticibly fancy pinstriped suit. Two security guards are in his peripheral vision. The first thing that standsout to Calvin is that he can't discern any details from their faces. Their heads were covered in a blackened shadow of sorts. A voice shouts from the man in the suit, "YOU KNOW TOO MUCH!" before he trails off as the scenario seems to lose focus for a few moments. As it refocuses, the two security guards apprehend Calvin and knock him unconcious. Right before Calvin's conciousness fades, he notices a distinct tattoo of an [[eye->eye]] on one of the guard's wrist. Calvin abruptly wakes up from his sleep. [[Continue->Plot 6]]

[[Protagonist->Calvin]] has a weakness of a missing memory. He doesn't remember anything about his past. He feels like a shell of his former self, and he is attempting to regain what he has lost. He also has a need to be free from persuit by [[Father->Antagonist]]. He has an assumption that his missing memories and Antagonist are linked in some way.

Calvin thinks throughout the day about his dream. When Sasha and John meetup with him, they can tell something is off. Sasha speaks up, "What's wrong Calvin? You look out of it." Calvin looks up and meets her gaze, "I had this odd dream..." As Calvin struggles to retell the events of his dream, John's normal demeanor seems to shift slightly. Calvin and Sasha don't notice however. "Well, you know how dreams can be, It's probably nothing more than an odd dream" John theorizes. The trio decide its best to not think on it and move on with the day. [[Continue->Plot 7]]

As Sasha and Calvin finish their tour of the base, a voice over the base's intercom booms, "SASHA, CALVIN, JOHN. REPORT TO THE INFIRMARY" Sasha and Calvin rush to the Infirmary. They meet up with John on the way there. "What the hell is going on this time?!" John's puzzled look is written all over his face. As they arrive to the Infirmary, they are greeted with a grizzly sight. Multiple rebels lay injured on cots. All hands on deck so to speak, any and all help was needed. The trio get to work, taking care of their comrades. As they finished doing as much as they could, Calvin decided to ask what was on his mind. Walking over to one of the injured rebels, Calvin prods for answers. "What happened? Who did this you?". The rebel winced in pain, then spoke in a soft voice,"We were out getting food and supplies, when we were attacked by police. We noticed soon after you got here, than way more of them were patrolling around, searching... Almost like Father is looking for something or someone." Upon hearing this, Calvin shrinks. He has a sinking feeling that he's what Father is looking for. Sasha and John notice Calvin struggling, "Hey, look, It's not your fault..." Sasha attempts to comfort him. [[continue->Plot 9]]

Sasha is a tall, brown skinned woman. She has bueatiful green eyes, long black hair, and speaks with a southern american accent. She's very smart, and has a heart of gold. She always helps those in need. She's somewhat naive, and has a hard time recognizing manipulation. Sasha has been with [[The Prowlers->The Prowlers]] for 2 years now.

John is a medium sized, fair skinned male. He has blond short hair. He noticably lacks defining physical traits. He appears to have a nervous demeanor. Something about the way he acts is off, but most people fail to see this. John is a newer member of [[The Prowlers->The Prowlers]].

This story takes place in a future landscape of Earth. The year is 2048. The story takes place in area of current day New York. The world still operates very similar to current day, however Climate Change has become a very prevalent issue. Additionally, human population has passed 8 billion. Father showed up in 2028, and their message to the world was that they had a solution to the problems that plagued humanity.

config.style.page.font: "Play 18" config.style.page.color: "gray-1 on gray-9" config.style.page.link.font: "underline" config.style.page.link.color: "red-9" config.style.page.link.lineColor: "red-8" config.style.page.link.active.color: "red-8 on red-0" config.style.page.header.font: "16" config.style.page.header.link.font: "small caps" config.style.page.footer.font: "16" config.style.page.footer.link.font: "small caps" -- {embed Unsplash image: 'https://unsplash.com/photos/a-train-traveling-down-a-foggy-street-at-night-MqYwjUTWouA', alt: 'the moon'} [after 1 second] `Father` [after 3 second] [[Begin->Antagonist]] By Fox Gleason

Calvin and John sullenly skulk the halls, when John pipes up,"You know what! If Father is after you Calvin, lets try to lay a trap for him!". "What? How so?" Calvin responds with a confusion look. "We can lure Father out by broadcasting city-wide that we will give you up willingly, only if he shows up personally" John theorizes with a oddly positive look on his face. Calvin nods, thinking that this could be a good way to end this game of cat and mouse. "Don't worry about laying the trap, I'll cover that. I'll need two days". [[Continue->Plot 10]]

Calvin's brain seems to distinctly remember the tattoo the guards wrist. Any clue to this mystery helps. [[Continue->Alt Plot 6]]

Two days pass, Calvin wonders if he should tell the other rebels about this plan. Waking up, Calvin notices a note on his cot, it reads, "Meet me at the subway entrance on 33rd Street. -John" As Calvin prepares for whats ahead, a twinge of uncertainty brews in his mind. What has John done to deserve this much trust? Expecting him to leave the safety of the base. Asking him to put his life on the line for such a risky plan? Calvin ponders his next move, but ultimately decides to follow through with what they planned. Calvin sets out for the subway, realizing that its the same subway he used to live in. [[Continue->Ending 1]]

As Calvin arrives to the subway, narrowly escaping detection along the way by police roaming about. He notices that John is no where to be found. Venturing further into the darkness of the subway, Calvin calls out,"John?! John?! Are you there?" Silence permeates in the air, only the occasional rumbling of transport vehicle is heard. As he heads down a flight of stairs, Calvin hears a familiar voice behind him. "Calvin, you really thought you stood a chance against us?" Spinning on his heels, Calvin looks up and lays eyes on John. John, dressed in tight military uniform, stared down on Calvin with a menacing glint in his eyes. "I can't believe you actually came alone... I brought backup just in case." With a wave of his hand, Calvin noticed that familiar eye tattoo on John's wrist and instantly made the connection to his dream. In that instant, a dozen of police officers swarmed Calvin, bringing him to his knees. Calvin yells,"JOHN! YOU'VE BEEN WORKING FOR HIM THIS WHOLE TIME?" John smirks before looking away, as he walks away from the scene, he taunts, "Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer." Calvin's conciousness fades as he experiences blunt force to the side of his head. The End

Calvin thinks throughout the day about his dream. When Sasha and John meetup with him, they can tell something is off. Sasha speaks up, "What's wrong Calvin? You look out of it." Calvin looks up and meets her gaze, "I had this odd dream..." As Calvin begins to retell the events of his dream, John's normal demeanor seems to shift slightly. He becomes somewhat nervous when Calvin finishes the story with the mention of the eye tattoo he saw on the man's wrist. Calvin notices this, decides to keep it to himself. "Well, you know how dreams can be, It's probably nothing more than an odd dream" John theorizes. The trio decide its best to not think on it and move on with the day. [[Continue->Alt Plot 7]]

Sasha decides to give Calvin a tour of the Prowler's base of operations. She brings him by the cafeteria, training rooms, and office rooms. "Our Leader, Wolf, has been away at another base for the last month. His orders are relayed to the Intelligence Branch, then to us." Sasha explains. Calvin speaks up, "Its nice that I dont have to risk my life for food and supplies." Sasha looks over,"It's a miracle you survived as long as you did". A moment of silence lingers, "You know I noticed that John got really uncomfortable when I mentioned the eye tattoo I saw in my dream. I wonder what thats about..." Calvin's voice trails off. Sasha gives Calvin a surprised look,"What do you mean?". Calvin responds,"I don't know, I can't be too sure, but I think John might be hiding something." [[Continue->Alt Plot 8]]

As Sasha and Calvin finish their tour of the base, a voice over the base's intercom booms, "SASHA, CALVIN, JOHN. REPORT TO THE INFIRMARY" Sasha and Calvin rush to the Infirmary. They meet up with John on the way there. "What the hell is going on this time?!" John's puzzled look is written all over his face. As they are running, John's sleeve slightly lifts, revealing his wrist for a short moment. As they arrive to the Infirmary, they are greeted with a grizzly sight. Multiple rebels lay injured on cots. All hands on deck so to speak, any and all help was needed. The trio get to work, taking care of their comrades. As they finished doing as much as they could, Calvin decided to ask what was on his mind. Walking over to one of the injured rebels, Calvin prods for answers. "What happened? Who did this you?" The rebel winced in pain, then spoke in a raspy voice,"We were out getting food and supplies, when we were attacked by police. We noticed soon after you got here, there are way more of them were patrolling around, searching... Almost like Father is looking for something or someone." Upon hearing this, Calvin shrinks. He has a sinking feeling that he's what Father is looking for. Sasha and John notice Calvin struggling, "Hey, look, It's not your fault..." Sasha attempts to comfort him. [[continue->Alt Plot 9]]

Calvin and John sullenly skulk the halls of the base, when John pipes up,"You know what! If Father is after you Calvin, lets try to lay a trap for him!". "What? How so?" Calvin responds with a confused look. "We can lure Father out by broadcasting city-wide that we will give you up willingly, only if he shows up personally" John theorizes with a oddly positive look on his face. Calvin nods, although wary of John's suggestion. "Don't worry about laying the trap, I'll cover that. I'll need two days" [[Continue->Alt Plot 10]]

Two days pass, Calvin tells the other rebels about this plan John had set in motion. He shares his suspicions about him and asks the rebels to be ready to help. Waking up, Calvin notices a note on his cot, it reads, "Meet me at the subway entrance on 33rd Street. -John" As Calvin prepares for whats ahead, He shares the location with the rebels. Together, they head out to 33rd Street. They decide to travel via the subway tunnel, as its much safer and provides the element of surprise. As they make way to the subway, Calvin realizes this is where he used to live. [[Continue->Ending Chapter1]]

As Calvin and the rebels made way to 33rd Street, Calvin notices that there are far more police patroling outside. Since they traveled by the subway tunnels, they had avoided conflict up to this point. Venturing ahead of the group, Calvin knew these tunnels quite well. Light shone down a flight of stairs ahead of them, Calvin notices a silhouette walking down the stairs. Calvin signals the rebels to hide, to keep the element of surprise. This could be their moment. Calvin rounds the corner and comes face to face with John. He's wearing a military outfit of some kind, he's also alone and caught off guard. "Calvin! Ohh I wasn't expecting you to come from the subway tunnels..." Composing himself, he dons a menacing look as he reveals that Calvin was right,"It was foolish of you to come alone, you really thought you could deal with Father that easily?" As he raises his arm to call for police, Calvin was quicker to signal the rebels to spring to action. John was shocked, as he was instantly subdued by the rebels. He cried out,"Calvin, how did you know?!" Calvin reached out and grabbed John's wrist, revealing the eye tattoo he assumed would be there. John had been working for Father the whole time... [[Continue->Part 2-1]]

Several weeks pass Still reeling from John's betrayal, Calvin distracts himself by helping the rebels in their tasks. Calvin and Sasha have become closer as a result of what had transpired. Sasha eventually rips the bandaid off and talks with Calvin about whats bothering him. They confide in each other and share a moment of weakness as they attempt to move on. Motivated to keep going forward, Calvin inquires the Intelligence branch for any new related to Father. They return to him with nothing aside from more apparent increased patrols searching. They then reveal that they are not just looking for Calvin anymore, but also the rebels as a whole. [[Continue->Part 2-2]]

Calvin began to wonder what was going on in that building, and why it had such an odd appearance. Was it some prison? Perhaps it was a testing facility, though he hated to think of what they might be doing to his comrades in there. Whatever the case was, it was bad news and he needed to get to the bottom of it. He figured he should talk to Sasha about it before he made any decisions. [[Continue->Part 2-4]]

"Are you crazy?!?" Sasha scolded Calvin, "Do you have idea how dangerous that could be? especially if its just us? This is a bad idea, and you know it!" "I know I know, But we've got to find out whats going on over there. We owe it to our comrades. If we go, just the two of us, we'll lower the risk of others getting caught!" Calvin fails to get Sasha on board with the expedition, so he decides he'll go in the morning, alone. [[Continue->Part 2-5]]

{embed image: 'https://umainenewmedia.net/nmd443/wp-content/uploads/pixlr-image-generator-1b0d9aa0-0e2e-41a5-9248-c1be9f3843b5.png'} Calvin experiences another odd dream that night. In his dreamscape, he finds himself surrounded on all 4 sides by cold, featureless concrete walls. He's strapped to a chair, one that might be seemly would not be uncommon in a dentists office. As the dream loses focus for a short moment, a previously unnoticeable slab of concrete slides into the floor revealing 3 hooded figures. As they walk into the room, Calvin listens as one mutters to the other a short phrase in a language he cannot understand. As they approach Calvin, they split up, until they surround him. Low chanting begins to eminate from the cloaked figures, and Calvin's vision begins to transform into a blinding white light. Calvin wakes up from his dream with a headache. Slightly disoriented, he wonders to himself, "Why do my dreams feel so real? What if they are trying to tell me something..." Pushing the thoughts to the side, Calvin starts preparing for his expedition. [[Continue->Part 2-6]]

{embed image: 'https://umainenewmedia.net/nmd443/wp-content/uploads/Default_Massive_featureless_Brutalist_Concrete_structure_in_a_0.jpg'} Sneaking through one of the thousands of back alley's in the city, Calvin finally gets an unobstructed view of the concrete complex. Its intimidating appearance stares back at him. A bead of sweat rolls down his forehead, he hadn't really thought through what he was gonna do. He'd assumed a disguise as a police man he had taken down on the way there, So he assumed getting in would be easy, but he couldn't shake the feeling that it wouldn't be. As he walked up to the entrance, his heart rate increased, "No turning back..." He said to himself. Falling in line with another group entering the building, he noticed that every other police man around him had a badge sewn into their clothing. Looking down at his own badge, it read,"E-2431". "Must be their names. Stripped of their humanity it seems/" Calvin thought to himself. [[Continue->Part 2-7]]

{embed image: 'https://umainenewmedia.net/nmd443/wp-content/uploads/Default_cold_narrow_concrete_hallways_sterile_2.jpg'} Calvin finds himself wandering the mass of hallways in the complex. The concrete walls, tiled floor, and sterile air was all he saw for what felt like hours. However, just as he was starting to think he was walking in circles, an unpleasant smell filled Calvin's nostrils. He comes across a multiple rooms, each room seemly containing at least two dozen jail cells. Some packed with prisoners and others completely empty. Most disturbing of all though, Calvin could've sworn he saw motionless bodies in some of the cells as well. Either them being asleep, unconcious, or dead he wasn't sure. Part of Calvin's mind told him to go ask the prisoners about his comrades, though he quickly shut that idea down, fearing that could just as easily get himself caught. [[Continue->Part 2-8]]

{embed image: 'https://umainenewmedia.net/nmd443/wp-content/uploads/Default_Cold_concrete_room_with_a_patients_chair_in_the_middle_0.jpg'} Now past the jail cells, Calvin found himself in a corridor of windows, each one seemly peering into a square featureless room, aside from a patients chair in the middle of the room. Calvin's eyes widen when he realizes that its the same setup from the dream he had. Venturing further, he picked up faint chanting further down the corridor. As he drew closer, the chanting stops. Calvin peeks into the room, its complete replication of every other room he's seen in the corridor. Thats where the similiarities end however, He lays his eyes on 3 cloaked figures surrounding the chair in the center of the room. An orange clothed prisoner lies on the chair, their eyes completely glazed over like marbles. Calvin's legs start moving on their own, running through the halls. He's unable to comprehend what he just saw, His dream seemingly coming to life was more than just weird, worse than that though, he could only assume that they were brainwashing prisoners, for what purpose though? [[Continue->Part 2-9]]

Composing himself again, Calvin finds himself no longer in the corrider of windows. Surveying his surroundings, he sees many doors, all shut and locked, no surprise there. Wandering further down the twists and turns of the hallways, He comes across a open door, seemingly left open for him. Calvin draws closer to the door and walks into in the room. The air is stale and feels like it hasn't be disturbed in a long time. Like most other rooms in the complex, the ever present concrete walls were no surprise to him. Though this room seemed like a office space of sorts. A desk, with a computer, printer, and monitor sat in front of him, with chairs for 3 people. Calvin notices the light spilling from the monitor. Letting his intrigue get the better of him, Calvin walks around the desk to get a better view at the monitor. His eyes lock on to a webpage looking like a database. [[Continue->Part 2-10]]

Calvin does his best to navigate the database. He eventually comes across plans for the complex he was in. As he reads, his worst fears are confirmed in that they are brainwashing captured rebels and criminals into working for their cause. While processing this information, Calvin also realizes he might be on limited time, Father couldn't be obviously to his actions at this point, snooping around their files must have raised some alarms. Calvin frantically searches for the oldest entry on the database. As he finds it, and begins reading, his whole perception of what he's been going through falls down. As sirens begin blaring out across the complex, Calvin struggles with the reality that Father was never real.

as Calvin roams the halls of the compound, he listens in on a conversation from two rebels walking past him. One mentions to the other that they lost another comrade today, he was snatched by one of the patrols, and driven away towards a recently constructed complex in the area. Calvin recognized the building they were talking about, it stood out like a sore thumb. Unlike the rest of the normal city landscape, this new one was simplistic but harsh in its design, lacking outside features such as windows. Just a brutalist concrete complex with many police men exiting the building. Calvin was intrigued, as he believed he might have an idea of where to investigate. [[Continue->Part 2-3]]