《Once a Hero》Intermission: Story thus far and recap
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Hello all!
FIRST: Thank you once again for reading! Your support means a lot to me in every way.
Now to the Story so far and recap"
In the beginning I told everyone there was a reason why Cindy, Julie and Scott got together, that has now been revealed, it was a love spell.
I showed in the Prologue three beings, I did not say man or woman.....just beings of energy and misty. I will say this now, no, they are NOT gods.
As per the Prologue they seem to be playing a game of sorts. Sibling one is bad, Sibling two is helping Scott and is people in a weird weird way and Sibling three is the referee, they will call each other brother and sister as they feel the need at the time never deciding truly on a gender. However there is a hint to future gender maybe?
Is it similar to another story? maybe not sure, this is my own. In the end at the end of the series it will finally all make sense as to why they are doing this. As the referee said their goal is to not kill Scott and his wives, but Sibling one broke that rule with a curse placed on the the wives. Thus sibling two gave Scott the Reality Manipulation and is helping indirectly in some ways within the rules.
Scott and his OP,ness, may seem he became OP overnight, but keep in mind he upgraded and kept his skills. He and worked his way up to level 56 at one point, and got reset back to 1. With the help of Sibling 2 he rocketed back to 101.
The Monster have not changed in the past 30 or so days, they are still the same as before. So he is able to take them out quite easily. .................................................. (silence)
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Other professions and their abilities so far, give it time folks, all will grow and be of good use, even the Robo Cops hehe. Deputy Patterson will get to shine too.
The usefulness of his wives. Julie in comparison to the three has to what Scott considers the most useful and needed skill sets on missions thus he is always taking her along. Cindy has offensive power, while Ki'Diera is a melee type and he fears endangering her....all three will come into their own soon. Once Scott can fully accept their capabilities. He is over protective of them in many ways as you have seen or as I have hinted to.
This story centers on Scott's POV and is about the survival and re-emergence of the human race as whole. There will be community building, strife and war. BUT nothing will be revealed if Scott does not learn it first and we the readers then get to see it.
ONCE in a while like, I did with the Biker gang and now the three beings I will add a new POV, just to give you a taste of what is to come without revealing too much or taking away from the story (I hope), as I want you all to be in the same boat as Scott is. And while many say he should make gold coins and bullets and new ammo types and create new types of weapons and think of a new second profession and ...................................................................... all of it takes time. I stress this in every chapter, time is an issue and he is one person. He is trying really hard to cope with it all. Even I as a writer I shake my head at all he has to accomplish and wonder if there is enough time to do it all.
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There are news stories every day of military guys who get angry and do stupid things, like rob banks, kill their girlfriends, rape another comrade and more. I am not saying military folks are bad, but I am pointing out they are human like you and me, in fact I am former military myself, Air Force to be exact and everyone makes stupid choices or bad decisions at times. NO one is a saint, we all get jealous or mad or frustrated and more.
I saw my First Sergeant do some dumb things in my time. Even witnessed my Commander(s) make many mistakes. We are all human no matter how many years we put into the military. Years of service really does not eliminate the making of mistakes or forgetting something in the heat of the moment or getting emotional or angry when something happens to a loved one. We feel the same as you do when something happens. Scott going bezerk, hell yeah he will at times when he gets angry like any other person. You watch your mother, sister, wife or girlfriend about to get raped in front of you and tell me what you will do? You would go nuts I bet.
Scott is not perfect, no one is. So for some this may not be the story for them as he will NEVER be perfect! He will have his dumb moments, his stupid moments his shining OP moments and his totally mushy love moments and more like any other person out there. EVERY MAN here has called their other half a pet name at one point in their life and in public in front of friends, some do it more while others do it less. Especially Scott, Cindy and Julie who are under a love spell.
Making contact with other survivors, before the radio I gave them a 5% chance. With one radio I give them 10% chance, unfortunately only one radio survived. BUT Now Albuquerque has one! yay!
So be patient, all will be revealed and enjoy the ride, something may not make sense at first and will be revealed over this very long long story. And thank you all for the suggestions, many help me in decision making as to when to reveal stuff or how fast to reveal it, I let the story take me where it goes, only with the end in mind and keep within those guidelines. As this is not a tragedy, Cindy, Julie and Ki'Diera will never die.........but that does not rule out other things..............no NTR as I described it in previous remarks.
Thank you again for your support and know that the donations sent to me go to great use to help me further the story!
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