Think Tank VI

Things are heating up! Margo is a conscious undead; Mycrovitch is still on the loose; Andre and the French President have promised to "help" America; the two long separated lovers--Dale and Lizzie--are working together after so many year, and Dale has been bitten; and Clint has miraculously been reunited with his two sons. A lot has happened in the last few chapters, leaving us all wondering what will come next. Will Vector steal the moon first!? Oh, wrong story.

With a cure in the works, it's looking like there is hope in this world after all. Hope that maybe Dale and Lizzie will be together once more and live happily together forever. Or will Lizzie's experiments go south and end up killing the love of her life?

There are so many ways we can take this. I am excited to see what comes next.

Often in these Think Tanks, Dance would include a word count for how far along we have come. Though I do not have that, I will say that we are now eight chapters in. Can you believe it? Eight chapters and a prologue in... We are almost half way through the novel! Who knows? Maybe upon reaching chapter twenty we will want to keep the story going. It's too soon to know, but I am excited to see what the next turn is. If this were a published novel, I would be on the edge of my seat, finishing a chapter and immediately starting another.

Here is the writing schedule:

01/26: Chapter 9 – WhiteWolfe32

02/02: Chapter 10 – Finder

02/09: Chapter 11 – EstherFlowers1

02/23: Chapter 12 – CalebPinnow

03/02: Chapter 13 – Chacko_Stephen

03/09: Chapter 14 – Finder

03/23: Chapter 15 – WhiteWolfe32

03/30: Chapter 16 – CalebPinnow

04/06: Chapter 17 – Roses311Sublime

04/13: Chapter 18 – EstherFlowers1

04/20: Chapter 19 – Chacko_Stephen

04/27: Chapter 20 – CalebPinnow

If any of you are unable to continue with the project or need to be moved around in the writing schedule, please let me know.

Who are our characters, you may ask?

"Dale Caruthers is the onboard mechanic and all around Mr. Fix-it, inside or outside the ship. Strapping man, nearing forty, played college football at Ohio State as a tackle and still in good enough shape that he could knock you down in a heartbeat and never break a sweat."

"Jules Verone, a mild person with a penchant for archeology. Short, a bit on the heavy side, but rarely speaks unless spoken to, or has an interesting find."

"Brad Marconi, navigator and this is his eighth trip into space but the first, like Clint and the others, to have gone as far as they have. As Brad put it, “Virgin territory.” This is also Brad’s last sojourn as he plans to retire from NASA when he returns home. That is, if there still is a NASA."

"Margo Jessup. Teacher, archeologist, recorder. Divorced, late thirties, and at one time for a few years a professional wrestler if you can believe that one since she’s barely 5’4” and a hundred twenty on a rainy day. Jet black hair and deep set eyes though give her the appearance she could put you down easy enough—man or woman."

Captain Clint Raymond -- Captain of the Star Ride, widower who lost a daughter he never met.

Andre -- The French President's assistant, he "detest[s] himself for being so under a person's thumb."

Dr. Elizabeth "Lizzie" Harlem -- A virologist and old lover of Dale Caruthers. She is searching for the "cure to the incurable virus."

Elana Mycrovitch -- A scientist on the ISS who helped murder Clint's wife and daughter, now a conscious zombie with the ability to command the zombies to do her bidding.

If I am missing anyone important, please let me know, and feel free to improve these descriptions... Clint's is lacking, but I am not sure what else to put...

Here is the tag list:

@WhiteWolfe32 @EstherFlowers1 @Roses311Sublime @CalebPinnow @Chacko_Stephen @nightscribbler @Finder @Sanjana_S

Prologue, by Danceinsilence: https://theprose.com/post/448127/the-premiere-earthbound-2222-ad

Chapter 1, by WhiteWolfe32, While They Were Gone: https://theprose.com/post/449088#comment750232

Chapter 2, by EstherFlowers1, Seeing is Believing: https://theprose.com/post/449846#comment750826

Chapter 3, by Danceinsilence, Secrets Laid Wide Open: https://theprose.com/post/450772/chapter-three-secrets-laid-wide-open

Chapter 4, by GLD, Purpose: https://theprose.com/post/451818

Chapter 5, by Roses311Sublime, Plans: https://theprose.com/post/452673#comment753278

Chapter 6, by Sanjana_S, Survival: https://theprose.com/post/455599/chapter-6-survival

Chapter 7, by EstherFlowers1, Dismembered Hopes: https://theprose.com/post/456996/chapter-7-dismembered-hopes

Chapter 8, by Chacko_Stephen, Within Walls: https://theprose.com/post/458016/chapter-8-within-walls