I have a fic prompt. Explain who Duane Dibbley is in “Back to Reality.”
- Sebastian is our pretty little murder-muffin of a Voter-Colonel, and presumably the one who decided that an extended stint in an AR game would be a refreshing change from changing people.
- Billy, his alcoholic, yak-urine-smelling half-brother, is most likely along to keep him from ending up dead in the streets somewhere while Sebby is busy in the game.
- Jake probably knows Sebby from his up-and-coming days as a young, ambitious secret policeman. He could also be along as a condition of Billy’s participation, like a parole officer/personal handler. His presence can be explained somehow.
So, who the hell is Duane Dibbley?
The party is booked in as the Dibbley party. Is he a wealthy, eccentric Party backer who financed this as a favor to the Voter-Colonel? Is he Sebby’s personal bodyguard, a deadly assassin in dork’s clothing, able to dispatch an assailant using only a Thermos and a triple-thick condom, whose name is used in bookings to disguise Doyle’s involvement? Or, is he the mysterious and little-known Glorious Leader of the party, the guy who pulls all the strings and holds all the cards? Dude needs a back story!