#wrinkle

There’s a short story I wrote set before his and Rebecca’s kidnapping that explores this concept a little, with Sam confronting the Director on the set of the Hameln-funded season 2 of the live-action Amanda the Adventurer show (which, notably, never aired).

In FOLD, Sam’s at his breaking point. He storms into Mayor David’s office and tries to explain the cosmic mechanics of the Valley, and what will happen if the citizens of Reborn Kensdale refuse to act in the next four days. He tries to break through to them all, but only one comes to his aid—a mysterious shepherdess, who tells him of a sorcerer who can help them cross the FOLD.

The sorcerer in question is Mars, someone for whom Sam feels immediate vitriol, and the two are constantly at each other’s throats while confined to the ferry. Mars’s lackadaisical demeanor does little to quell Sam’s anxieties regarding their fate should they fail their mission. Mars’s incompetence leads Sam to lash out at him more than once… in the way he wished he’d knocked some sense into another man when he was still alive.

When they reach the Lokator’s Isle, and realize the true nature of Mars’s assistance, all these emotions come to a head. Sam draws the Quill—his trusty blade—and Mars wields the Static Scythe. And suddenly, decades of betrayals come rushing back. Sam exacts revenge upon the masked instrument of his daughter’s suffering, and in doing so, shatters his own mask. The one that ensured his survival, at the cost of his sanity.

Anyway, here's the playlist I have to figure out the tone of each chapter. Have fun :)