A Kink in the Armor

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I’m such a giver.

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Narrowed the list of possibilities down to:

Sanguine
Cut-Up
Cutlass
Spatter

If “blood-” names were on the table, I’d also toss in Blood Sugar, Bloodline, and Bloodstream. Guess I’ll keep those in my back pocket for later.

Anyway, yeah, preference?

Two things occurred to me while reading over the first Breakfast Serial post:

I: I need to thank H.H. Neville, Alex Cook, Thomas Moses, Sam Street, and Douglas Bookey for helping me out with the power-sets. I asked for random, quirky abilities — the stranger, the better — and they delivered. I’ll get into who’s behind whom another day (after the whole cast has been introduced).

II: “Bleeder” is a really unfortunate name for a teenage girl, even if she does have to open up a vein to use her powers. But, I’m at a loss as to what to call a person whose blood coagulates into a nigh-invulnerable armor when exposed to air. “Scab” has its own pejorative connotations. “Blood Clot” doesn’t fit. “Coagulation” is unruly. And, I can’t find a technical term that works.

Thus far, the best replacement I’ve got is “BloodBath,” and I’m not sure that’s any better. Also: it’s got kind of a ’90s Image vibe, which might not be so hip.

So, if anyone’s got any ideas, I’m all ears.

And away we go…

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Has it really been three months?

Shit. Sorry, two readers who actually exist.

This weekend, a new feature on this poor, neglected blog will begin. It’s called “Breakfast Serial.” The name speaks for itself.

Watch for it.