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Can't Refuse 1
Pairing: Curtis Everett / Reader, Curtis Everett / OFCs
Summary: Curtis takes Wilford up on his offer. Everything and everyone on the train will soon belong to him.
Warnings: Dark Fic, violence, character death, smut, noncon/dubcon, angst, death, drug use, forced prostitution, forced public sex, threats, weapons, forced pregnancy, forced abortion, alcohol, humiliation, ice play, guilt, somnophilia, dacraphilia, cock warming
A/N: This is a revised copy of my oc fic. It is still written in 3rd person. 18+ only due to smut and noncon/dubcon situations. No stealing, no reposts, no translations, no feeding to AIs. Comments, reblogs and likes are always welcome and appreciated.
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Chapter 1
The peaceful thrum of the engine, intoxicating perfection. He never wanted to leave it. He could feel his heartbeat syncing to the engine's rhythm. He was broken, shaken to his core, without foundation. Nothing was real, just a fallacy. Those lies he clung to were all gone, everyone was gone. The battle was over. His revolution never really existed, nothing but a ploy. A mess of lies, but this, this was real. It was peaceful, beautiful. Curtis held his head and cried. He barely notices Wilford handing him something. Can’t understand a word spoken. He unraveled the red note, tears blurring his vision. It simply read TRAIN.
Wilford spoke softly, “I am old. I want you to take my station. It’s what you always wanted.” Wilford helped Curtis off his knees. “It’s what Gilliam wanted too. You must tend the engine, keep her humming.” He turns Curtis around. “Look Curtis, beyond the gate. Section after section, precisely where they’ve always been and where they’ll always be. All adding up to what? The train. And now the perfectly correct number of human beings, all in their proper places, all adding up to what? Humanity. The train is the world. We, the humanity. And now you have the sacred responsibility to lead all of humanity. Without you Curtis, humanity will cease to exist. You’ve seen what people do without leadership. They devour one another.”
There was a commotion on the other side of the gate. Several zapping sounds and the gate started to open. Claude quickly went to investigate. Yona knocked her out with a wine bottle as soon as she saw the blond head poke out.
The door continued opening. The two men stood watching the chaotic scene before them. Minsu fighting off a mob of angry addicts. The screaming, the hate, the blood. From the tranquility of the engine room, it seemed like it was worlds away.
“Look at them. That’s how people are. You know, you’ve seen this, you’ve been this. Ridiculous, pathetic, aren’t they?” Wilford asserted. They continued to watch the mayhem. “You can save them from themselves. This is what Gilliam saved you for. Curtis…” Wilford moved in closer, “this is your destiny.”
Destiny? Yes, yes his destiny. He had to accept that he was meant to lead. The train was his now. The world was his. His to protect. His to control. His to punish. A dark flame ignited within Curtis as he resolved himself to his new position.
Suddenly Yona was running toward him, “Curtis, the match!”
As she neared, Curtis shoved her away, glowering at her. Yona looked up at him, horrified. She backs herself into the nearest corner, shaking her head. Knowing what would happen next.
Outside the gate, Claude awakes. She picks up her rifle and begins spraying into the crowd, unconcerned with who she hits. The partygoers scatter, dragging their bleeding and dead with them. Claude walks over to Minsu’s body on the catwalk. Delivers a hard kick to his lifeless head. Then walks back into the engine room.
Hearing the whimpering, Claude immediately turns her gun on Yona, ready to exterminate the little pest. Wilford whistles for her to turn around. He signals Claude to give the gun to Curtis. She disagrees but does as asked.
Curtis takes the rifle and walks over to Yona cowering on the floor. She looks up at him, silently pleading. He stares at her for a moment, emotionless, cold. He aims and pulls the trigger. Putting a bullet in her chest. Yona’s hands went to the wound, trying to stop the blood flow.
Curtis watches the light leave her eyes. He hands the rifle back without incident. Stepping away from the body, he turns to Wilford, “I accept.”
Chapter 2 (coming some day)
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Jar of Rebuke Episode 11 Unofficial Transcript
Season 1 Episode 11: Observations B
INTRO
The following audio recording is classified documentation for case [audio distortion]
GIA
I'm sorry, I'm not sure what that was. This equipment is in dire need of upgrades. This is Dr. Gia Castillo. The following audio recording is classified documentation for case H57. The subject has proven to be a bit... stubborn? Annoying? Well perhaps “difficult” is the best word. Ideally things would just go smoothly so that I could get back to what I was actually hired to do. I have a PhD in zoology, I have spent thousands of dollars for my education and title, but this? This? This is asinine, this is absolutely ludicrous, this is flat out stupid. There's no reason for this much time, effort, and money to be spent on Todd's little pet project. I was hired to examine how pollution and radiation could lead to the creation of these creatures, from afar. The local deer population for example? All of that research was led by me from my lab. Processing the radioactivity readings, exposure rates, things that could have led to the possible creation of the not-dear? In my professional opinion, is quite solid. And now? Now I'm playing babysitter to some… thing that Todd told me to watch over via nanny cam because he's too scared to. I have to play lab partner with something that never even earned its degree, yet still gets the title? I'll have to edit all of that out.
Today the subject took that hellhound on a walk after breakfast, which was then followed by some time watching television, a shower and then a frantic phone call. I won't know who it called until after a system synced tonight to pick up all the data from its phone and audio journal but it exhibited clear behavior and body language of being in quite a panic. It sat down and had started to record a session in its audio journal. While the audio journaling has remained as consistent as before, there have been some changes in its other behaviors. My recent findings have shown that the subject has been quite resistant to Dr. Daman’s sessions as of late. By the sound of its complaints and also of Dr. Daman's reports, the resistance is only worsening. Which led to another observer being brought in not too long ago- Mr. Zimmer. Now that I have the utter displeasure of working with him, my luck only continues to sour. Anyways, through the audio files and also the footage from the cameras, we are seeing signs of something else for us to look into. It taking in that hellhound as a pet of all things was both simultaneously surprising but also not too out of character for what we have seen previously. Creatures like those tend to be drawn to one another. But now there appears to be a third creature of sorts wandering around that particular home. We need to look further into what's captured on our recordings. The subject has mentioned to Dr. Daman seeing shadows around its home so that may be a good start for us. With that hellhound, Grove I believe it's taken to calling it, the team has agreed that it's best if that creature isn't around to further influence the subject. Of course the influence isn't intentional on the hellhound’s part per se, but the subject's empathy towards other supernatural creatures has only amplified since taking it in. That puts quite a hindrance on the goal that we were given by Todd, so it needs to go.
Dr. Daman suggested perhaps staging a sort of “running away from home” that pets tend to do. That may be our best course of action but putting this into action will take more time and planning. And we have also tried to get rid of those black-eyed children that keep tapping on its door. A bit of pest control as Todd calls it but well, in Mr. Zimmer's words- like roaches they don't die easily and they will come back. They seem to become only more adamant about being let into the subject's house. After the subject's investigation of those melon head children in the woods, Todd has decided that it'd be best to attempt to round them up and bring them in as well. Too dangerous to leave them out, he claims. Eating people seems to be the line, but Todd has shown no concern with the creature our subject encountered out in the river. I believe he has a certain disdain for creatures with child-like forms, at least that's a theme I've observed.
[door opens] Ah, what brings me the pleasure of your company?
LIAM
Ah, Gia, hello! I just came to check in and see how we were doing today, do a check in with the patient. How is it doing today?
GIA
That is Dr. Castillo, Mr. Zimmer. It just sat down to record a session of the audio journal. It was rather wise for Dr. Daman to encourage that, giving us a clear look into its thoughts. Of course what exactly it's saying I won't know until later tonight once the cloud collects the data, though it just got off of the phone with someone and has been pacing around the room quite nervously while talking.
LIAM
Fascinating. It's always so adamant about the supposed feelings it has. If I didn't know any better, I would say that it's practically human in every way! Look at it- the stress, the agitation. You know, the way that it so often curls into itself in our sessions truly is human. If only it knew the truth.
GIA
We're here to see how long we can keep the truth from it. I know you're using this to satiate personal curiosities, Mr. Zimmer, but we do have a goal to attain, and we must treat this as if we only have one shot at it.
LIAM
Oh of course, of course. But you can't tell me it's not incredibly curious. It acts so human and doesn't even think for a second that it might not be? Even though it's experienced death, well, far more times than it can count. I've seen it's so-called medical files. Dr. Rahal must really stretch his brain to figure out how to explain it all in a way that doesn't tip it off. And the fact that its body scars like a human body does is also fascinating.
GIA
Considering that Dr. Rahal is being kept on a need to know basis with this case, of course he must get a bit creative with his explanations.
LIAM
And based on those little audio journals, we may need to make sure that the good doctor isn't getting too soft with the patient. We don't have the luxury to empathize with the creature.
GIA
Would you empathize with it even if we did have the luxury?
LIAM
Hmm that's quite an excellent question, though I'm inclined to say no...
GIA
Which does not surprise me, given your reputation. Now if you would excuse me, Mr. Zimmer, I would like to resume my examinations. I'll forward you my notes and findings once I'm done.
LIAM
Of course, of course, doctor. I'll send over my notes from my most recent session with it to you and Dr. Daman at my next convenience. Talk to you later, Gia.
GIA
He is going to break our subject before we can find another one. Bringing him into this project was a ridiculous idea. I get that we're here to see just how human this creature has become, but you can see humanity without shattering one's mental stability. Anyways, this would imply that the creature has become human at all. It's still what it was before just with a human shell. Nothing will change what the creature is no matter how it looks or acts. I'll have to edit all of that out as well.
The subject has now taken to rocking slightly in its seat as it records. Something new that it picked up. There's various reasons that people rock back and forth but if it's picked this up from witnessing someone do this that would make sense. Dr. Daman encouraged it to engage more within the community of Wichton, mostly so we could see how it would socialize, but we didn't expect it to have so much success in doing so. The primary documented friends that it's made have been a few residents in town, primarily a Darius Chapman and a Holly Darling. Also it is reconnecting with its old lab partner, Dr. Milo Lomax, who had never been told the full truth hence why they were separated as lab partners. It has also been spending time with a research scientist from another department, uh, Dr. Jamie Everett. I'm not sure how much she has been briefed on the situation. With the amount of employees here who have been left in the dark on the true nature of this case it's safer to assume that she doesn't know, but I cannot say that for certain. I will need to reach out to Todd to see how deeply, if at all, Dr. Everett is involved.
That hellhound has been sniffing around its house quite a bit lately. Whether it's just part of more canine behavior or if it's more of the cryptid nature, I am not sure. Whatever it may be it's getting in the way of my view. Has it spotted the camera? It couldn't have, it's still just a dog! [clicking sounds] Oh, no, okay. All right, uh well, this is, this is bad. The subject has found the camera! How did this happen, this is... I have to inform Todd immediately, this is not damage control that we can afford to handle poorly! Damn it.
OUTRO
Jar of Rebuke is created and produced by Casper Oliver. Dr. Gia Castillo is voiced by Vanessa Rosengrant. Mr. Liam Zimmer is voiced by Andy “Pixel” Smith. Credits are read by Ashley Craft who has created the podcast official graphics. Episode was edited by Chelsea Finley. Episode was written by Casper Oliver and Jenny O'Sullivan. Music was created by Luke Menniss, spelled m-e-n-n-i-s-s who you can find and support on bandcamp, spotify, and twitch. Follow us on social media for updates. If you've been enjoying us please consider leaving a rating, review or comment wherever you tune in. You can also support us on patreon or pod hero by following the links in our episode description. And special thanks to our patreon supporters Tristan, Perry, Devin, Becky, Nico, Danny and Joyce.
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Can’t Refuse (Pt. 1)
Pairing: Curtis Everett / OFCs
Summary: Curtis takes Wilford up on his offer. Everything and everyone on the train will soon belong to him.
Warnings: Dark fic, Violence, character death, smut, noncon/dubcon, angst, death, drug use, forced prostitution, forced public sex, threats, weapons, forced pregnancy, forced abortion, alcohol, humiliation, ice play, guilt, somnophilia, dacraphilia, cock warming
A/N: Reader insert version found here. 18+ only due to smut and noncon/dubcon situations. No stealing, no reposts, no translations, no feeding to AIs. Comments, reblogs and likes are always welcome and appreciated. The story starts off in the engine room and takes a different turn. It’s going to be a dark ride.
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The peaceful thrum of the engine, intoxicating perfection. He never wanted to leave it. He could feel his heartbeat syncing to the engine's rhythm. He was broken, shaken to his core, without foundation. Nothing was real, just a fallacy. Those lies he clung to were all gone, everyone was gone. The battle was over. His revolution never really existed, nothing but a ploy. A mess of lies, but this, this was real. It was peaceful, beautiful. Curtis held his head and cried. He barely notices Wilford handing him something. Can’t understand a word spoken. He unraveled the red note, tears blurring his vision. It simply read TRAIN.
Wilford spoke softly, “I am old. I want you to take my station. It’s what you always wanted.” Wilford helped Curtis off his knees. “It’s what Gilliam wanted too. You must tend the engine, keep her humming.” He turns Curtis around. “Look Curtis, beyond the gate. Section after section, precisely where they’ve always been and where they’ll always be. All adding up to what? The train. And now the perfectly correct number of human beings, all in their proper places, all adding up to what? Humanity. The train is the world. We, the humanity. And now you have the sacred responsibility to lead all of humanity. Without you Curtis, humanity will cease to exist. You’ve seen what people do without leadership. They devour one another.”
There was a commotion on the other side of the gate. Several zapping sounds and the gate started to open. Claude quickly went to investigate. Yona knocked her out with a wine bottle as soon as she saw the blond head poke out.
The door continued opening. The two men stood watching the chaotic scene before them. Minsu fighting off a mob of angry addicts. The screaming, the hate, the blood. From the tranquility of the engine room, it seemed like it was worlds away.
“Look at them. That’s how people are. You know, you’ve seen this, you’ve been this. Ridiculous, pathetic, aren’t they?” Wilford asserted. They continued to watch the mayhem. “You can save them from themselves. This is what Gilliam saved you for. Curtis…” Wilford moved in closer, “this is your destiny.”
Destiny? Yes, yes his destiny. He had to accept that he was meant to lead. The train was his now. The world was his. His to protect. His to control. His to punish. A dark flame ignited within Curtis as he resolved himself to his new position.
Suddenly Yona was running toward him, “Curtis, the match!”
As she neared, Curtis shoved her away, glowering at her. Yona looked up at him, horrified. She backs herself into the nearest corner, shaking her head. Knowing what would happen next.
Outside the gate, Claude awakes. She picks up her rifle and begins spraying into the crowd, unconcerned with who she hits. The partygoers scatter, dragging their bleeding and dead with them. Claude walks over to Minsu’s body on the catwalk. Delivers a hard kick to his lifeless head. Then walks back into the engine room.
Hearing the whimpering, Claude immediately turns her gun on Yona, ready to exterminate the little pest. Wilford whistles for her to turn around. He signals Claude to give the gun to Curtis. She disagrees but does as asked.
Curtis takes the rifle and walks over to Yona cowering on the floor. She looks up at him, silently pleading. He stares at her for a moment, emotionless, cold. He aims and pulls the trigger. Putting a bullet in her chest. Yona’s hands went to the wound, trying to stop the blood flow.
Curtis watches the light leave her eyes. He hands the rifle back without incident. Stepping away from the body, he turns to Wilford, “I accept.”
Chapter 2
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Debra L. (Beach) Meade, 55, of Roaring Spring, passed away Saturday at her residence after a brief battle with cancer. She was born in Altoona, daughter of Naomi (Sheterom) and the late Pastor James L. Beach. She married Timothy C. Meade in 1989.
Surviving are her husband of 31 years; a daughter, Sarah Meade in FL; two sons: David and wife Melissa of Claysburg, and Joseph and wife Macie of Martinsburg; three grandchildren: Hailey, Emily, and Dawson; her mother of Roaring Spring; four sisters: Brenda Worley of Martinsburg, Susan Mohr and husband Scott of Bakers Summit, Mary Grace Vinson in MD, and Melody Messersmith of Everett; in-laws: Luther Meade Jr., Pam and Ken Roub, Jeff and Julia Meade, and Melissa and Rob Acker; and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by a sister, Ruth A. in 1992, and a brother-in-law, Gene Worley in 2019.
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Debbie was an active member of Morrison Cove Baptist Church, where she was a Sunday School Teacher and event organizer.
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Friends will be received from 1 to 4 p.m. Tuesday, March 9, 2021 at Morrison Cove Baptist Church, where a funeral service will immediately follow at 4pm. Pastor Aaron Musselman officiating. Interment at Fairview Cemetery, Martinsburg.
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So,
A novel structured like a cross-section of a tree stump.
That was the premise Mike Christie described to me a few years ago, during his book tour through the Kootenays for If I Fall, If I Die. I was writing a story about him for the Nelson Star and we drove through Blewett on a snowy Sunday morning as he described to me how his new book would have multiple layers, like the rings on a tree.
I couldn’t picture how that worked.
“Honestly, though, I don’t want you to tell anyone about this until the book comes out. It’s one of those ideas that just feels so good, I think I’m a little paranoid somebody’s going to steal it,” he said.
Well, the wait is over. On Tuesday night Mike launched his latest novel Greenwood at Munro’s, and I’ve already started greedily consuming the text. His collection of short stories The Beggar’s Garden is one of my favourite books of all time (particularly the story “Goodbye Porkpie Hat”) and I can tell just from the first few pages it’s going to have that same rich language, the same slightly subversive worldview.
And right there, a couple of pages in, is a diagram of how the story works. Starting at the newest part of the tree, the bark, the narrative follows the characters’ family tree backwards in time to its days as a seedling at the centre of the stump. Then it runs back into the future, checking in with each generation of the Greenwood family as it goes.
Now I understand his paranoia.
During the launch Christie told everyone that he was partially inspired by David Mitchell’s Cloud Atlas, which also takes readers into the far past and the post-apocalyptic future simultaneously. In Greenwood, Christie works his way from an inciting train crash with two mysterious survivors to a Dust Bowl era story reminiscent of Steinbeck and all the way to a future in which most of Earth’s trees are dying in an event called The Withering.
“The book points towards the fact that the Dust Bowl was the first environmental disaster, and it’s actually quite similar to the Great Withering. It was a time when humanity lost control of the climate, and that created climate refugees,” Christie told the crowd at Munro’s.
“I found an interesting resonance there between the poor and disenfranchised of the past and then the people existing in the climate crisis we’re just beginning now … A lot of people are looking back and seeing hope in the past, because that was a time when people came together to act collectively and solve problems.”
After a short reading, fellow author and UVic professor Lee Henderson hosted a light-hearted conversation about the text. He was effusive about Christie’s central character Everett, calling him “beautifully and richly depicted, such a likable but rascally protagonist”.
That was something Christie had fun with.
“The Great Depression is something I’ve always been interested in. I love the films and books from that time, I love Steinbeck. But there was a point where I handed in a draft to my agent, who is a great editor and an author himself, and he said ‘you have to turn down the old-timeyness by about 30 per cent,” he said.
“I was getting into the slang of the era and the cars, all the period details, which is fun as a writer but you have to strike a balance. Being a writer really is about finding that perfect balance between too much and too little.”
But really, the main topic of the book is trees. Living on Galiano Island (he admitted Greenwood is a slightly fictionalized version of it) he was constantly surrounded by inspiration. He began researching everything he could find on the topic, from how they communicate to how long they live. And now that the book is out there, he’s become something of a real life tree advocate. Earlier this year he wrote an op-ed calling for a tree-planting program in Canada. A few hours after it was published, Justin Trudeau announced an ambitious tree-planting plan as part of his election platform.
“I was like “can I take credit for that?’ But there was no way, really.”
One of his main goals in writing Greenwood was to inspire wonder, encouraging readers to rethink their relationship with the trees they’re surrounded by everyday.
“Part of the purpose of this book is to sensitize the reader to the great wonder and complexity of trees. They’re something we’ve taken for granted for a long time, and now we’re realizing that they’re not just a life support system for the whole Earth. They also make us feel good and they’re kind of thinking. It’s incredible,” he said.
He described how trees can communicate via subterranean fungal networks, warning about pests or dangers. He believes we’re just scratching the surface of understanding what type of consciousness trees have, and all the different ways they communicate. This is just one of the reasons he believes they need to be valued and protected, before it’s too late. In learning about trees he’d also learned a lot about the climate crisis that’s menacing them. He believes it’s worse than most people are willing to realize.
“So are we doomed?” Henderson asked.
Christie smiled, took a moment to think of what to say. “That’s a tough one to answer, but I do believe we’ve come together in big ways before. And though our quality of life may change and the amount we can consume might go down, I have faith in the resourcefulness of people,” he said.
“I believe in our ability to come together and find solutions when faced with really dire problems.”
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