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Gage Kelso.
A character who exists in many different universes at the same time, although each of his physical forms is unaware of the other's existence.
This is just to give me freedom to use him in whatever roll I see fit. Usually the part of one who has suffered greatly or is wholly confused, as in the made-up-as-I-go-along beginning to my short story "Despair", where Gage plays an older child who has lost his parents to an organization that invaded his city.
In the short story I plan to begin working on sometime soon, working title: "The Consequence of Mercy", Gage plays an innocent German teenager who was trapped within the basement of a building amidst the battle of Berlin.
The day after the fighting subsides and the Nazi's surrender, Gage is forced to evade ignorant Russian soldiers intent on killing any German's who did not evacuate Berlin (considering them to be holding ground and not surrendering) while on the lookout for any fellow German survivors as well as his father.
Along the way he meets a merciful Russian soldier who aids Gage in evading the rest of the Russian company left in Berlin, knowing that his fellow soldiers will shoot Gage if they find him and that he will end up in jail for suposedly "aiding the enemy". And as the merciful soldier well knows, nobody lasts long in the jails of the mortherland. If he is not killed by a fellow convict, he will surely die from the cold.
But the story takes a shocking twist when Gage makes a startling realization, and at the very end, he ends up murdering the merciful Russian who had risked his life to ensure Gage's safety.
It demonstrates how every benifit is a fault and every victory is a loss, just some are more prominant (sp?) than others.
I also thought it would be interesting if Gage met up with a pack of Jewish boys.
Also, I'd like to see how it would play out if two squads, one consisting of American Army soldiers and the other of Russians, entered an altercation over what should happen to the German survivors of Berlin, which could later escalate into an aggressive conflict.
I've been told that the Russians wouldn't brutally hunt down and kill the Germans like I suggest, so I'm making a slight addition to the plot: Gage's father was in possesion of some sensitive Russian military secrets, and has since gone missing, so the KGB is after Gage, assuming his son will know the father's wherabouts.
Any suggestions to make the Russian's hunting down and killing the Germans who stayed in Berlin logical/accurate would be greatly appreciated.
OPINIONS PLEASE
Also, I am aware this might not be historically accurate. If it is, please enlighten me as to how, and if possible, suggest a way I could replace it with something that makes sense.
(Example: I'm not entirely sure the Americans were ever in Berlin, never mind occupying it at the same time as the Russians. What is something I could add to cirumnavigate this if it does not add up?)
A character who exists in many different universes at the same time, although each of his physical forms is unaware of the other's existence.
This is just to give me freedom to use him in whatever roll I see fit. Usually the part of one who has suffered greatly or is wholly confused, as in the made-up-as-I-go-along beginning to my short story "Despair", where Gage plays an older child who has lost his parents to an organization that invaded his city.
In the short story I plan to begin working on sometime soon, working title: "The Consequence of Mercy", Gage plays an innocent German teenager who was trapped within the basement of a building amidst the battle of Berlin.
The day after the fighting subsides and the Nazi's surrender, Gage is forced to evade ignorant Russian soldiers intent on killing any German's who did not evacuate Berlin (considering them to be holding ground and not surrendering) while on the lookout for any fellow German survivors as well as his father.
Along the way he meets a merciful Russian soldier who aids Gage in evading the rest of the Russian company left in Berlin, knowing that his fellow soldiers will shoot Gage if they find him and that he will end up in jail for suposedly "aiding the enemy". And as the merciful soldier well knows, nobody lasts long in the jails of the mortherland. If he is not killed by a fellow convict, he will surely die from the cold.
But the story takes a shocking twist when Gage makes a startling realization, and at the very end, he ends up murdering the merciful Russian who had risked his life to ensure Gage's safety.
It demonstrates how every benifit is a fault and every victory is a loss, just some are more prominant (sp?) than others.
I also thought it would be interesting if Gage met up with a pack of Jewish boys.
Also, I'd like to see how it would play out if two squads, one consisting of American Army soldiers and the other of Russians, entered an altercation over what should happen to the German survivors of Berlin, which could later escalate into an aggressive conflict.
I've been told that the Russians wouldn't brutally hunt down and kill the Germans like I suggest, so I'm making a slight addition to the plot: Gage's father was in possesion of some sensitive Russian military secrets, and has since gone missing, so the KGB is after Gage, assuming his son will know the father's wherabouts.
Any suggestions to make the Russian's hunting down and killing the Germans who stayed in Berlin logical/accurate would be greatly appreciated.
OPINIONS PLEASE
Also, I am aware this might not be historically accurate. If it is, please enlighten me as to how, and if possible, suggest a way I could replace it with something that makes sense.
(Example: I'm not entirely sure the Americans were ever in Berlin, never mind occupying it at the same time as the Russians. What is something I could add to cirumnavigate this if it does not add up?)
Last edited by Ultimate Prower on September 24th 2009, 10:00 pm; edited 3 times in total
