Diary of The Nameless One

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[font size=1" color="#FF0000]LAST EDITED ON Sep-24-01 AT 00:20AM (GMT)[p]I'm testing out a new style of writing and a new plot. This may end up being a full fledged fic or it may not. Consider this a beta with more to come if you all want to see it. It's short but sweet. Enjoy and let me know what you think!

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The Dairy of The Nameless One
Beta 1
by True Raven

June 15th

I'm in the Vault City prison today, just like I have been for the past three weeks. That bitch Lynette got me locked up for nothing. Here I am minding my own business providing supplies for her bedamned town and the guards come walking over to me before sundown to drag me off to jail, "By order of the First Citizen". Then Lynette comes storming in obviously in the middle of that time of month. Told me the guards said I wasn't out before the day was up and so as punishment for my "innapproiate behavior" I was to spend three days in the VC prisons and have my Day Pass revoked. Three weeks later I'm still in this shithole. Remind me to never help her or her fucking Vault Citizens again.

June 20th

Apparently I am being let out tomorrow. The Vault City Council got word that I'm in jail and just about exiled Lynette. An older member of the council came by today and told me that I was being let out soon perhaps as early as tomorrow. Good, I need to get out of here. Even living off the Wasteland as a trader got me two meals a day and a good number of caps to spend at the various towns I came across. Here I'm lucky if I get a meal once and water twice a day. Their "Servants get more than that! Now this bitch wants to take everything away from me but for what? And for why? Maybe when I get released I'll get some answers but somehow I doubt it. I think there are more assholes here than in the rest of the Wastes combined.

June 24th

Well scratch that release from prison. Yet again Lynette reminds me that when I think I know how much of a bitch she is, she always finds a way to prove that I've underestimated her. I sat in this damned cell for well over a month now and she convinced the Council to hold me so she can bring evidence forth about how I broke some laws and deserve execution. Well it was a nice life I guess.

June 26th

I go to stand trial tomorrow. I'm being accused of treason to Vault City. What a crock of shit. I hope my execution is quick but somehow with Lynette involved I doubt it.

July 2nd

I am to die in two days. Somehow that bitch convinced the majority of the Council to vote for my death. I guess my only consolation is that when she stood in front of my smirking I was able to punch her right in the nose. Too bad the Vault Police got me before I could get a second shot in. Heh, suddenly she doesn’t look all high and mighty with a nose twice it's usual size.

July 4th

Happy Independence Day for me. I awoke this morning to find a small pistol, some clips, a knife and a few stim packs in my cell with a note saying, "You were unjustly convicted. Only one guard will come to escort you to death. I expect you know what to do. Good bye and good luck." I don't really know who sent me that note but I suspect it was that older councilor. Anyway, I was able to overpower the guard and get out of town before they could raise an alarm. I'm hiding in the hills now and hope I can make my way to a small establishment sometime soon. I only got cut once and the stims should keep me alive until I get to a town of some kind. I'm sure the VC patrols will try and catch me but they'll learn not to mess with an old Wasteland Vet soon enough...

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Thoughts?

True Raven
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The Annunaki FanFic and Theory Guild
 
Pretty good, but the format is a little awkward. I think journal entries work best when used with narration. I'd like to see more.

Mad Ass
 
>>Pretty good, but the format is a little awkward. <<

I concur. Would you believe I wrote that in a half hour? Just testing out a new idea and found it slightly entertaining, so I decided to run with it and see what the world thought.

Keep those responses Coming!

True Raven
http://www.annunakiguild.net
The Annunaki FanFic and Theory Guild
 
What Mad Donkey said

It leaves a lot of detail to be desired.

A first-person approach to the writing is best used to convey the character's mental processes. States of mind induced by certain events are of more significance than the events themselves.

The style has potential to make for interesting reading, that much is certain, I've read great books written in diary form. Nevertheless, the style takes at least as much effort to get right as any other.

If you choose to run with this beta, my suggestion is for you to not scrimp on the writing. If your character is holed up in jail with nothing else to do by lie around and listen to himself think, surely he'd have more thoughts on his predicament to write down than that.
 
RE: What Mad Donkey said

Yes I thought of that myself...Why would he just sit around and do nothing if he was able to keep a journal, doesn't make sense does it?

The beta of this fic really sin't supposed to, I created it to give a bit of the possible story and test the format on the unsuspecting population. So far this fic has got more attention than many of my "better works" so I may decide to continue this instead of the other works for a time, or do something else altogether. I am in a current stage of great idea generating so when I'm not writing for publication I'm penning down hundreds of new ideas at a time... eventually these will find their way here ;-)

True Raven
http://www.annunakiguild.net
The Annunaki FanFic and Theory Guild
 
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