bending_sickle | All the lonely people*

Meme: 30-Day Original Story Development Challenge

Here is a 30 day original story development challenge. It can be filled by prose or illustration or comic or even just script, whatever works for you and how you’ll be displaying the setting. Feel free to reveal as much or as little as you want.

Day 11 - What kind of people show up in the background in your world?

"Hey, Chuck, what brings you into my little corner this late at night?" Harper swiveled her chair from side to side behind her desk, its rusty creak filling the tiny office.

Chuck shrugged, hugging his clipboard to his chest. "Couldn't sleep," he said, walking towards a chair topped with folders and notebooks. He pushed it around with his knee so it faced Harper and sat down on top of the paperwork. "Wanted to make some coffee-" Harper snorted. "Alright, Irish coffee," Chuck admitted. "Or, well, coffee-plus, but there were no clean mugs, so I washed some, and we're low on detergent, so I made a note of that, and then I checked the pantry and..."

"And bye-bye sleepy-time," finished Harper with a soft smile. Chuck shrugged again and lay his clipboard carefully on his lap. "And the coffee?"

Chuck looked confused for a moment, then threw his head back. "Crap," he sighed, obviously having forgotten in in the midst of his pantry checking.

"Here," said Harper, "have some of mine. It's gone cold, but it's still got a bit of a kick to it." She set a badly chipped mug on the notebook in front of Chuck.

"Thanks," he said, taking a sip, then, with an appreciative sound, taking a larger gulp. He pointed at the notebook. "We get any newcomers?"

Harper leaned back in her chair and fiddled with her hair, threading it between her fingers. "Yeah, three guys and a kid."

"Family?" asked Chuck, flipping through the notebook.

"Nah, just after the fact. I put them in Elk with the redheads."

"Two guns, not bad," said Chuck, reading down a list. "No shells, but then you can't have everything. A working car - obviously - and blunt weapons. Nice."

"Nice folks," said Harper, reaching back across the desk for her mug. "Came in from Kansas City."

Chuck, who was jotting down a few notes on his clipboard, nodded absently. "Poor fucks."

"Ain't we all," murmured Harper, taking another swig of her spiked coffee.

Abruptly, Chuck edged forward on his chair and held the notebook open with both hands. He stared at the page, one index finger tapping lightly at an entry in the left-hand column. "That's an odd name," he whispered. "Icarus."

Day 12 - How does a character comfort themself?
Day 13 - What kind of foods are popular in the setting?
Day 14 - What is a character's biggest regret?
Day 15 - What are a character's bad habits?
Day 16 - What was a character's first romantic and/or sexual encounter like?
Day 17 - What are popular sports and hobbies in your setting?
Day 18 - What would your protagonist do if they saw your antagonist on the street?
Day 19 - What would your antagonist do if they saw your protagonist on the street?
Day 20 - Demonstrate a character and their best friend and/or love interest interacting as they most commonly do.
Day 21 - What is a character's deepest desire?
Day 22 - What animals appear in your setting?
Day 23 - A unique place in your setting.
Day 24 - Where did you draw inspiration for the setting/story from?
Day 25 - A character's proudest moment.
Day 26 - What special talents or abilities does a character have?
Day 27 - An average day to a character.
Day 28 - A character's most embrassing moment.
Day 29 - An important thematic element.
Day 30 - A major event in the setting's history.

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