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Kaiden Inshabel & Cole
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Alright! Ideas, ideas.

So, like I mentioned in the chatbox, the fact that both of these guys are ex-Army provides us with a well of possibilities for plots for these guys, both pre-outbreak and post-outbreak. Let's see if I can't brainstorm a few ideas, shall we?

Alright, so first off... If I'm lining up my dates right, Cole would have joined the military in 1999. Their service dates almost line up, roughly around 2002. Kaiden was shipped to the Middle East shortly after completing his college degree and earning his rank. While he didn't serve on the front line until after his mandatory service was over, its possible Kaiden and Cole could have met some time through the hospital Kai worked in. Of course, this is just if we assume they know each other at all. Anyways, perhaps they recognize each other from overseas when they meet in the community. Friendship commences. Or something. xD Anyways, there's one idea.

Another one I've got is they have absolutely had no contact with each other ever, until they meet in Henley Falls. In this case, when they realize they both served overseas, they could end up becoming friends, through conversations of their various experiences. Just another idea on how they could potentially become friends, and therefore plot ideas for the future.

Oh, and of course, there could be a rivalry instead or in addition to a friendship. After all, I'm assuming Cole was just standard Army, whereas Kaiden got fast-tracked through several programs. Some sort of "I worked for a living" sort of thing between them. Just an idea. xD

Aside from sort of historic, establishing plot ideas... Lets see here. Potential, future threads. The fact that they are in two different positions makes threads outside of the community a bit difficult, since Kaidenwould mostly be inside the gates doing his policing duties, while Cole's out there protecting the scavengers. 'Course, I've fooled around with the idea of having Kai volunteer for perimeter patrolling, so he could still get out there and do some threads in the thick of things... but right now, I'm not quite sure what we'd do. If you have any ideas though, for threads, or anything else, I'd love to hear 'em.

Anyways, that's all for Kaiden... now for:

Madaline Lewis & Cole
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Maddie and Cole! Now, this is a bit more difficult than coming up with something to do between Kai and Cole up there. Not only do they not share the careers that the two guys do, but there's 11 years between them in age. Maddie's only twenty, you see. xD That said, there's still a lot to go off of, especially since Cole is a hunter.

Establishing pre-thread relationships, acquaintance to friendship would obviously be ideal. How they met however.... that depends on when Cole arrived in the community, I suppose. Maddie was a member of the scav/hunter teams between June and early July. Its quite possible that, if Cole arrived some time in early July, then Maddie's group could have been the team that found them and brought them in. A friendship between the two could easily have had its framework laid then.

Otherwise, if arrived any later than July, its possible he could have met Maddie's voice before he actually met her. Around Mid-July, Maddie left the scav/hunter teams to run Henley Fall's radio equipment. She broadcasts music and keeps the community up to date with what's been going on in the area over the radio. She also monitors frequencies for other survivors. Perhaps while accompanying the scav/hunter teams to go find radio stuff, Cole's on the team? They then start a friendship from there.

Just ideas.

As for actual thread ideas... I've got two right now. First off is the same basic idea I actually brought to Mercy on her plot page. Maddie goes with a scav team to go look for a replacement for some of her equipment, and maybe they run into trouble out in the city in the form of zombies/psycho survivors/unavoidable accidents. Or things go smoothly. Either or. Nothing really detailed in mind for that so far, but there it is.

The second idea is, if I don't have Maddie's cousin get adopted, I'm going to go ahead and play him myself. If I do so, I was eventually going to have Maddie get in contact with him through the radio, and then go out with a team to retrieve him. All sorts of cool problems could arise during her outing, and so perhaps Cole could be one of the hunters in the party.

Course, that wouldn't happen for a bit, but its still a possibility for later.

Anyways, those are the ideas I was able to come up from scratch while sitting here. XD Let me know what you think, and shoot me back some ideas of your own, yeah?

(*COUGH HACK COUGH COUGH HACK* PossibleLoveInterestIfColeDoesn'tMindAgeDifferenceIfYouCan'tFindAnyoneElse *COUGH HACK COUGH HACK COUGH*)

Kaiden Inshabel & Cole
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Well, I'm down with that idea. Kaiden wracking his brain, trying to figure out why the heck Cole looks so darn familiar amuses me. One thing about Kaiden is that although he's open to friendships with those around the community, and enjoys meeting new people as they arrive, he's focused on protecting those people who made the journey to Henley Falls with him, as they've been through a lot together. However, because Cole is a former soldier, there would definitely be a lot of respect from Kai, and as the weeks passed on, he'd definitely begin to fall under Kaiden's definition of 'brother-in-arms.'

As far a bit of rivalry between them as well, I think it would make things interesting. With Cole having been a front line soldier, while Kai was a spook, chances are Kai at least would still want to out do him. Old habits die hard, after all.

For future thread ideas, I'm actually liking both of those. The one with the teenagers especially appeals to me for some reason. I think it would be interesting, especially if their opinions on what to do with the kids were completely different or clashing. As for Cole going to Kai for back up on a little raid of his own that the other hunters couldn't help with, he'd be on board with that, especially since I've decided he's going to be relatively bored without much going on inside the fences. xD

Other than that... yeah, I'm liking what we've come up with so far. We'll have to do one of those thread ideas eventually for sure.

Madaline Lewis & Cole
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Well awesome. ^^ It having taken awhile for him to call it a 'friendship' sounds good. Maddie is definitely one to sit there and keep trying, even if the person she's claimed as a friend doesn't seem very receptive. She's a firm believer in the whole 'friends are the only things we have left' school of thought since the outbreak, so unless the person she wants to be friends with is a total douche, she'd keep trying. xD

Also, glad to hear it about you liking the thread ideas. ;D I haven't completely figured out what I'm gonna do with either of the ideas, to flesh them out, but I've been toying around with the idea of setting a thread smack dab in the center of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, which would make for some interesting bits. Scavenging in the middle of a big city? What could possibly go wrong?

As for romance between them, like I said in my not-so-subtle end text up there ^, its just an idea if you don't find anyone else up for a plot like that and you find yourself really wanting to go that route.

If you do, then Maddie would most likely be able to keep up. For the most part. She's a lot more mature than her age might suggest. She never was one to get in trouble during her school years, having always focused on her hobbies, and would much rather actually work towards something than waste away time doing something without meaning. If she ended up falling for him (which she would certainly do first, no need to worry about that), she'd be annoyed if he treated her more like a sister than anything else, she would try to break out of that role. Oh how she'd try.

Actually, that could potentially prove to be an enjoyable idea in its own right. She ends up falling for him, but she can't break out of that role no matter how hard she tries. Could end up with her getting more and more stressed out over the fact that she's getting nowhere with him. Especially if she realizes he can't get over that age difference. If we were to go that route, a little bit of resentment might set in, and start to chip away at their friendship.

Which means fun times all around, for everyone.

As for them spending the night together in a moment of weakness on his part, I could see that happening for sure. Alcohol or not.

But yeah.

That's all I've got to add. xD

Hey now, he's not 'plotting' against Mr. Stone. Its more of a 'I am totally going to plant a bullet in your head if the lives of the people under me are threatened' sort of thing. So.... its not really 'plotting,' or it isn't yet. Not unless he feels like James isn't fully considering the needs of Kai's group. xD

In any case, about starting up some Maddie/Cole threads... I...hm. I'm actually not sure. I mean, given a bit of time, I could probably work out a starting post for a thread as I went. Its easier for me to do that then come up with a definite beginning to anything.

I'm sure by now its noticable that my plotting skills lay in creating the basic idea. The specifics... well. I kind of suck at that. XD

If you've got any ideas, let me know. Otherwise, when you want to thread, I'll get to work on something.

Haha alright alright! xD

Hmm I could just claim her open thread to see how they interact? :)

And we should most definitely do a three way thread...question is, what about? :P

COLE & ELIZZA
Elizza very much sounds like the female version of Cole in personality, so I definitely agree that they would be an interesting pair to play out! But because they're so alike, I can see them butting heads from time to time, but as fellow hunters, I see them having each others backs. Cole would definitely be attracted to her physically, but these days getting with women isn't his main priority, so they would need to connect on an emotional level (whether that's means learning about each other on a deeper level or having angry sex after an argument lol) for their relationship to go further. If nothing romantic were to happen between them, I still see them as great allies and friends in the future. What do you think? :)