The Lost Ones

I swear I'll start talking about NaNo 09 soon, but until then, have a couple of busts.


These two... they both exude an air of mysteriousness, no? You wonder who they are?

Well, sometimes, I write short pieces unrelated to anything else I've written to get inspiration flowing. Other times, I have a character with family members-as-backstory, and I decide to flesh these relatives out a little more to hopefully flesh the main characters out. These characters then usually die away. Somehow, I got particularly attached to these two, only though one was in a one and a half page murder mystery treatment and the other is a character's brother who is never mention, nor appears on-screen. One day, I'd like to write about them. Today is not that day, but I will talk about them.

The one on the left is Shane Kantz. He's an architect who's designed quite a few famous buildings in his universe, but he's pretty reclusive. No one really knows anything about his personal life, his inspiration, anything like that. Most people are quite surprised when he introduces himself. He seems pretty calm most of the time, but if the slightest thing goes wrong he'll melt down. One night, he takes a wrong turn and witnesses a murder--soon afterwards, it's pretty clear that someone is trying to murder him.

Jake Waters (right, of course) is the younger brother of Jeff Waters, cult film director. Despite being blond and having a confident smirk, he is a pretty cool guy who earned his way to a good life from day one. He owns a restaurant and bar that is most famous for being purportedly zombie-proof. Most nights, he can be found tending the bar, something he does with great flair. (Literally.) His cocktails have one a few awards, here and there, and right now Jake's pretty happy with his life. He's good at listening to people's problems, and he has lots of empathy to give, but he's pretty bad with words--probably the reason such a cool guy does not have girls falling over him.