The Mr. Nightcrawler Trilogy: Book I

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“SWITCHBLADE has lost a lot of guys, Hopper,” Hawk said, turning his attention to the horizon as well. “Decker, Aryeh, Doc, an’ me are the only ones left of the original team. Aside from Ramirez, there were five other guys that bought it before we split up last time.”

“When was that?”

“Hell’s bells, kid…ninety-four, I think? You were in elementary school anyway.”
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In reality, they only lost four. But what Hawk don't know... and Lorenzo wants to keep it that way. :)
 
A song for the soundtrack.

Youtube video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JC153jjWQSM


Breaking Benjamin -Blow me away

They fall in line
One at a time
Ready to play
(I can't see them anyway)
No time to lose
We've got to move
Steady your hand
(I am losing sight again)

Fire your guns
It's time to run
Blow me away
(I will stay, in the mess I made)
After the fall
We'll shake it off
Show me the way

Only the strongest will survive
Lead me to heaven, when we die
I am the shadow on the wall
I'll be the one to save us all

There's nothing left
So save your breath
Lying in wait
(Caught inside this tidal wave)
Your cover's blown
No where to go
Holding your fate
(Loaded I will walk alone)

Fire your guns
It's time to run
Blow me away
(I will stay, in the mess I made)
After the fall
We'll shake it off
Show me the way

Only the strongest will survive
Lead me to heaven, when we die
I am the shadow on the wall
I'll be the one to save us all
 
I am absolutely furious!

Furious, I tell ya!

Furious with myself!

Furious with myself for spending too much time in L&P and not even seeing this thread get started. I just had to spend the last four hours "catching up." It was absolutely necessary.

NC and Correia, I appreciate what you are doing here and the way it is written now I can see the dots being connected. I find it intriguing the way you have woven such a tight web between Lorenzo and Crawler.

When you guys were writing and posting "Welcome..." I learned how to protect my keyboard! Thank Gawd! You just sneak up on people with the funny stuff when they least expect it.

Love it!

Oh, and Technosavant, I found your comments in Post #70 to be very chilling but appropriate. They reminded me of the movie, Pale Rider with Clint Eastwood when the girl at the window is reading about the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. ("And I looked and beheld a pale horse; and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him.")
 
That's what I like about Valentine, and what I think endears him to most readers. He's very atypical when compared to your run-of-the-mill action hero. He can't talk to girls, he doesn't always have a witty line, he doesn't have more skills/degrees/titles than you can shake the proverbial blaster at. Basically, he's the polar opposite of Clive Cussler's "Dirk Pitt" character. Hell, he's even a nice guy.

But he's a natural born killer, and no matter how hard he tries to run away from that, it's the only thing he excels at. In this story you can see the two halves of his personality; the awkward, geeky college student, and the calm mercenary. Kind of bipolar, I guess, but as the story goes on he begins to accept both halves of who he is.

In case I haven't been especially clear, the calm is a psychological state that Valentine falls into with the onset of adrenaline. I believe there is actually a clinical name for this condition, but neither he nor I are aware of it, so he just calls it what it feels like.

He can't control it, but depends on it. It's the crux of why he's good at what he does. It's a sense of intense focus and calm detachment, "like playing a video game". It's not that he's not afraid, but the fear becomes academic, and it doesn't affect his motor functions. His reaction times decrease, his decision-making capacity increases, and his overall efficiency goes up considerably.

The downshot is that he can't maintain this state for long periods of time, and is as subject to fatigue as anyone else.

It's similar to, but not quite a disassociative personality disorder. The side effects? Pronounced PTSD, mainly.

You know, in case you were interested in the psychoanalysis of a fictional character. :D
 
Oh, and Technosavant, I found your comments in Post #70 to be very chilling but appropriate. They reminded me of the movie, Pale Rider with Clint Eastwood when the girl at the window is reading about the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. ("And I looked and beheld a pale horse; and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him.")
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Eh, it's just a complete ripoff of Terry Pratchett's Discworld series. I'd suggest Reaper Man, Mort, Hogfather, etc. I'm surprised nobody caught it (or at least nobody called me out on it). :D
 
Darn it, Nightcrawler and Correia ...

I managed to avoid getting sucked in to your initial story but got nailed with "Welcome Back" and read it religiously.

I had seen this thread growing and figured I would skip it. Too much going on right now to really get going on something new. "Oh, I'll just have a peek," says I.

Harumph.

Come on, one or both of you needs to update this ... and soon.
 
cordex said:
I had seen this thread growing and figured I would skip it. Too much going on right now to really get going on something new. "Oh, I'll just have a peek," says I.

Harumph.

Come on, one or both of you needs to update this ... and soon.
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You can't fight it.

*chuckle*

Welcome back into the fold cordex along with us other addicts. Pull up a chair and be patient. Someone is popping the corn and will pass it around when it is done. In the meantime just relax...if possible...with the rest of your friends and members of THR here as we drum our fingers.

...waiting

...waiting

...finger drum
 
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Pizza for everyone?

Sorry! Ya'll gonna have to get your own. As many as are reading this thread I'd have to rob some SE Asian bank to finance that much pizza.

Oh, wait. That's Lorenzo's gig.
 
hjames000 said:
bump
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Okay, I will say it. There are probably 800 - 2,000 viewers waiting for the next installation of this excellent story and have, like good little boys and girls, subscribed to this thread to be notified by e-mail when a new post is made. Along comes someone with a simple "Bump" and 8,000 totally hooked, anxiously waiting fans stumble over each other in their rush back here to see the new continuation to the story and find A BUMP!

I don't know about y'all but I find that positively infuriating. Now I have to lick my wounds where I scraped myself when I fell, try to settle down, and try to concentrate, once again, on what I was supposed to be doing before.

If you are going to do something like that at least have the common courtesy to post something funny! Now everyone is going to have to log in and then log back out in order to reset their automatic e-mail notification for this thread!

AARRUGGHH!
 
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qlajlu: Amen!!!

I usually skip any post that isn't another chapter, but I skimmed over Nightcrawler's post above:
In case I haven't been especially clear, the calm is a psychological state that Valentine falls into with the onset of adrenaline. I believe there is actually a clinical name for this condition, but neither he nor I are aware of it, so he just calls it what it feels like.

He can't control it, but depends on it. It's the crux of why he's good at what he does. It's a sense of intense focus and calm detachment, "like playing a video game". It's not that he's not afraid, but the fear becomes academic, and it doesn't affect his motor functions. His reaction times decrease, his decision-making capacity increases, and his overall efficiency goes up considerably.
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It reminded me of a book I read at the university about a state of being called Flow. Everyone experiences a feeling like this to varying degrees.

Anyway... good stuff. :)
 
Okay, I will say it. There are probably 800 - 2,000 viewers waiting for the next installation of this excellent story and have, like good little boys and girls, subscribed to this thread to be notified by e-mail when a new post is made. Along comes someone with a simple "Bump" and 8,000 totally hooked, anxiously waiting fans stumble over each other in their rush back here to see the new continuation to the story and find A BUMP!

I don't know about y'all but I find that positively infuriating. Now I have to lick my wounds where I scraped myself when I fell, try to settle down, and try to concentrate, once again, on what I was supposed to be doing before.

If you are going to do something like that at least have the common courtesy to post something funny! Now everyone is going to have to log in and then log back out in order to reset their automatic e-mail notification for this thread!

AARRUGGHH!
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I just tortured two thousand people. :neener:
 
patience may be a virtue...

but I've been jonesing for the next chapter like a crackhead for his next fix




Oh NiiightCrawlerrrr......... Come out and pla-E-ay!!!!!! :neener:
(mimicking the part near the end of the old cheesy 70's NY gang movie "The Warriors"....)

btw~ I hope you're feeling better, and keep up the GREAT work!
 
I spoke with Nightcrawler today. He hasn't had a chance to finish this because of some important Security Guarding.

Basically, if you and your family are alive and free tonight, you owe it to Nightcrawler. Sleep well, America.





:p



Seriously, he's working on it. :)
 
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