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Jason M. August 12, 2009 04:18 3 Thumb-ups
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Shot at Redemption

Griffin Sharp has only a few days to reclaim the life he once had and set the record straight. After losing his millions and being forced into jail when an old colleague set him up for a crime he had no part of, Sharp finds himself working minimum wage jobs to try and get by. While he despises the situation and his managers, he forms a friendship with a young cashier at the fast food place. As it turns out, the cashier is very aware of Sharp's past life and was a huge fan of his games back in the day. While his day job has become tolerable, his Handlers (the parole officers assigned to watch him and bring him in on police cases) are still cramping his lifestyle. One is a technological moron who insists on making Sharp's life a living hell and the other is a fair man, but is a bit too smart for his own good. Something that makes Sharp quite suspicious of him.

Things are not as bad as they could be though, Sharp's new fast food friend lets him access his computer every now and then, though it is in his mother's basement and he has formed a casual relationship with a rather attractive waitress he picks up every night in his Taxi profession. It may not be the old life he had, but it's a chance for a new start. That is, until his old colleague makes a reappearance on the net, ready to finish where he left off.

No one knows for certain whether or not this is the real Nacros X, but he appears to have the same M.O. as before. He targets random individuals and begins to pick apart their lives piece by piece. Their financial records disappear, police records are changed to make them wanted individuals or maybe even their college records are modified. Nothing is too big or small for Nacros X, if he can find a way to make your life hell, he will. However, Nacros has something even bigger planned for his grand return and he wants Sharp's help. If Sharp refuses, Nacros promises to use his old bag of tricks to destroy the lives of those around him. But how could someone possibly know about his Handlers, his new friend or even the waitress? Just how close has this mysterious figure on the net gotten to Sharp? Griffin only has a few days to protect his friends, discover Nacros' true identity and, in the process, clear his name of the past crime he was set up for.

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Peter Vesterbacka August 12, 2009 05:14 Flag

Sarah Seng sounds like a good name. Griffin Sharpe, Benjamin Dallas and Sarah Seng, not a bad cast of characters at all;-)

Jason M. August 12, 2009 04:52 Flag

Oh yeah, there definitely could be. :D I left it all very vague for now just to kind of tease the idea. I wanted to make it seem like any person in Griffin's life could be Nacros. There's the overly smart handler, the new friend who is very familiar with Griffin's past life or even the overly sympathetic and attractive waitress. Anyone of them could be Nacros or it could just be someone he doesn't know lol.

However, for the waitress, here's a bit of a bio:

Sarah Seng thought her life had been laid out before her. She had carved out a little niche with her husband, a construction foreman and their son. They didn't make much money, but they made enough to get by and be happy. However, when a gunman takes the life or Sarah's husband, she's forced to move back in with her mother. For the first time in a long time, Sarah is having to deal with providing for others and seeing her son less often. To manage this, she takes a night job as a waitress so that she can see her son during the day. One rainy night, Sarah is leaving her work when she spots a cab about to pull away. The driver has just dropped off his last fare for the night and considers leaving the poor woman, but he corrects himself and offers her a free ride. Sarah mentions that she could use a consistent cabbie and asks if he wouldn't mind picking her up at the dinner every night, she'd be paying from now on of course. The cabbie agrees and through their constant meetings, the two become very close friends. Sarah shares her story about losing the life she once had and the cabbie, feeling sympathetic, relates that he too lost everything. One night, the cabbie decides to explain what he had gone through and how he had lost it all. The two sit quietly in the cab and at first he fears he may have scared her away. As she gets out to pay her fare, she places a hand on his shoulder and thanks him for being brave enough to share his story and that she'll see him tomorrow night. Thus a bond is formed between a down-on-her luck waitress and a cabbie named Griffin.

It should be noted that the events that Sarah relates are her own words and may or may not be the truth.

Peter Vesterbacka August 12, 2009 04:31 Flag

Cool. The waitress could be the lead actress. Need to come up with a name for her and a bit more background. Maybe there's moare than meets the eye and she not just a a waitress...

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