Outline of Fic

[Eibu]

I come up with a lot of stories and ideas in my spare time and while I often never write them down and even less frequently develop any more than a plot and characters…it’s just fun to play with them in my head. Today I came up with some interesting ideas and wrote them down to pass some time during my holiday break. I don’t know if I’ll ever actually write this story but I think just a peek at the characters and situations is fairly entertaining and I felt like sharing them. I may or may not ever actually write this.

ODDWORLD
Don’s Oddysee

Pretty Good Guys
Don – Mudokon slave born a scrub and has worked at Sure Thing Security Systems™ his whole life polishing the equipment before it’s shipped off. He works diligently at his job without complaint which keeps the Sligs off his back. Though he hasn’t been around the natural aspects of his culture he has taught himself to meditate and is quite in tune with his spiritual powers. Don’s always been content and never had aspirations of escaping until he started hearing stories of Abe and his exploits. The final straw was when Don overheard Clack and Quebert talking about their new line of anti-possession fashion accessories. Knowing how this would complicate things for Abe and other Muds Don, with the help of his three friends, came up with a plan to sabotage the equipment. They accomplish their task but because of some complications Don and Co. are forced to escape and begin their odyssey. Later they meet Feenicks who tells Don of his great and latent spiritual power that has yet to be fully revealed.

Joe – A friend of Don’s and another scrub, however Joe was unique in that he enjoyed his job flipping burgers at MacKolon’s Diner. As long as he had his job and his dearest friend, Diz, Joe could have been the happiest Mud on Mudos, but Joe’s happiness was destined to end. He had a habit of singing which usually pissed off the customers and one night a certain trigger happy slig couldn’t take it anymore and opened fire on Joe hitting a gas grill and blowing the whole place to smithereens. When Joe awoke within the rubble he and the slig responsible, Butta, were sent to be punished and then forced to work together at Sure Thing Security Systems™. Joe’s new monotonous job of pulling a single lever all day got to him after a while driving him to become a loony. Deep down he still dreams of finding Diz someday but for now is a good friend to Don and helps him out on his odyssey.

Kev – Kev is the only one of Don’s friends to be born free. One day he was exposed to SoulStorm Brew and has been addicted ever since, so much so he signed himself up to work for the Magog Cartel in order to satisfy his brew needs. Kev ended up at Sure Thing™ working as a “debugger”, meaning he takes a hammer and crushes the never-ending horde of various bugs that chew up the wires and workings of the factory. He’s built up quite a tolerance for Brew and other than a slight stumble in his walk he seems fairly normal unless he goes through a withdrawal and becomes sick. Though his hammer comes in handy he often proves to be more of a hassle for Don because of his addiction but in the end comes through.

Moe – A cynical scrub and friend of Don’s. His constant bad mood isn’t without reason for you would probably be the same way if you had his job of “testing” the new products. All day Moe is forced to run through painful traps and make sure they work. It isn’t all bad, they do give him a test helmet to wear while he falls a few stories down a pit or gets shocked by a few hundred volts. Feeling he doesn’t have much to lose, Moe is the first one to accept Don’s plan and is more than happy to help out with the escape. Being a fairly angry guy and not fearing much Moe is the one to confront danger with a surly attitude head on.

Feenicks – A mysterious bird who looks different from the others that usually accompany the Mudokon’s spiritual rituals. This larger than normal bird is able to communicate with Don and helps guide him through the Shiddy Jungle to a Mudokon village.

Diz – A scrub Mud who was Joe’s best friend. As of now it’s unknown of his whereabouts or if he’s even alive.

Not So Good Guys
Clack – The paranoid Clack runs Sure Thing Security Systems™ and is extremely proud of his perfect record of zero accidents and escapes. At the time of the story he’s worried about keeping things that way at least until Inspector Leek gets there and done with his report so he can receive his hefty and well deserved bonus. Clack is always paranoid and never goes anywhere without an escort of two BigBro Sligs guarding him.

Quebert – A freelance Vykker who specializes in electro-technology and works regularly for Clack developing new gadgets for Sure Thing™. His latest invention is a portable device that can be worn as a fashion accessory for Sligs and other creatures to prevent Mudokon possession and of course it’s that device which sparks Don’s rebellious acts. Because Quebert is a freelancer he doesn’t really care what happens as long as he gets paid his patents.

Butta – The trigger happy Slig responsible for blowing up MacKolon’s Diner and making Joe’s life miserable. Butta had a nice relaxing job until that incident and blames Joe for his transfer and spends much of his time beating him whenever he gets the chance. Butta is a gun buff and has recently spent his life’s savings on the new “Decimator 5000” multi-weapon assault rifle complete with grenade-launcher and auto-tracking device. Upon Don and friend’s escape Clack sends him out with Jamma to bring back those slaves dead or alive in order to keep his factory’s record clean. Gung ho, Butta is excited to get to try out his new toy in the open without fear of hurting Clack’s precious business and hunt some Muds.

Jamma – An extremely lazy Slig who’s supposed to be in charge of watching the hundreds of security cameras within Sure Thing™, but all Jamma does is sleep and was unaware of Don and friend’s escape. Being held responsible Jamma is sent out with Butta to hunt down the Muds. Jamma doesn’t use any of his funds on weapons and is only equipped with a baton. Jamma doesn’t care about hunting the Muds and once outside the factory doesn’t do much to help until Butta loses his pants and is forced to use the gun.

Spies – Just barely resembling a Mudokon, the paranoid Clack inserted these robots into his workforce to keep tabs on his slaves. Of course the loony Joe befriends one and tells him all about their plans.

Scrabs – Well unfortunately for our characters they end up in the Shiddy Jungle just in time for Scrab mating season which means there are many testosterone-pumped and competitive males and heated females running around during the day.

Paramites – Feenicks once had a nest in the Shiddy Jungle until a pack of Paramites took over that area. Sadly her unborn chicks are still somewhere in that nest and the only way Don can get the power to help Kev is if he traverses the nest and saves the bird eggs…at night!

Inspector Leek – Glukkon who works for the Magog head offices going around writing reports on the different divisions. Leek is known for having a huge log up his butt and is quite anal retentive about most things. His reports can make or break a Gluk looking to make it big.

I also came up with how I would break up the story and ideas for the chapters.
Part 1 Don’s Day – Intro to characters, Don overhears new plans.
Part 2 It’s Sabotaaage!! – Don and friends go through with plan, and are caught.
Part 3 Exodus and Escape – Don has vision and escapes with others into the wild.
Part 4 Into Shiddy Jungle – Kev starts getting sick, getting lost in Jungle, Sligs hunt.
Part 5 Mating Season – Don possess a female scrab while the others try to survive.
Part 6 Twilight of the Paramites – Don goes alone to rescue Feenicks’ eggs
Part 7 Butta’s Revenge – Mud village, Diz, Joe’s fate…
Part 8 Renaissance – Don, Kev & Moe’s new classes, attack on Sure Thing™
Part 9 All’s Well… – Return to village, life in nature, reflection.

Well I don’t know what I’m doing so blah…

[ November 23, 2001: Message edited by: Eibu ]