Timbervale

[Dark_Jedi06]

Pure art; the edited screenshots, the video, the writing. Such an attention to detail, I am supremely impressed.

Let's see where this goes.

[art128]

very nice update my friend

[Yoman]

I vote on this kid to die, preferably in a gruesome and cool fashion

[porter66083]

-cough cough- Voting is not open yet..... I do have some other people to introduce -cough- 

[Fledder200]

ohhh Jacob 
i always love to read your stories!!
and your pic's are awsome as always!!!

i wish i could write a storyline like that...once many many many many many many moons ago....when i was a jong kid ( about the same time the Romans invaded Greece) i had to write a essay about a spoon...yes a spoon...800 words about what you can do with it and stuff like that...i couldn't think of anything so i wrote: you can spoon your eyes out with it.

i flunked 

anyhoo....love the story!!! 

[threestooges]

A dark opening. The pictures are great, and they seem to match the feel of the story so far. The only thing I noticed in regard to the text is that there seems to be a word missing:

Isn't that what said?

It'll be interesting to see where this goes. Great work.

[porter66083]

Well, I had originally planned on updating this week. 

My stepfather passed away at 12:30 Tuesday afternoon from complications with heart and kidney failure and, as such, I will not be posting for a while. I hope every understands that I need to be there for my family, and that I need some time to grieve. I'll try to post my update as soon as I can, but just honestly I don't feel like doing much right now.

Jacob

[threestooges]

Jacob, please, take all the time you need. Such a loss must be difficult. Do not worry about the update, it is not important now. We will be here whenever you are ready, but until then, spend time with your family, that is what is important now.
-Matt

[Pat]

Hey Jacob I hope you are doing well and I am soo very sorry to hear of the passing of your step dad...  I so understand the loss as well as most of all of us here!!! Take all the time you need bud and if you need anything lemme know!!!

Patrick

[porter66083]

OK.....

It's been a long time that I've been updating, but well, you guys all know about what happened. The service was really nice, and was outside in perfect weather. Just been trying to get caught up with everything since I had to essentially drop everything and help my mom deal with everything.

He died of heart and kidney failure while waiting on the transplant list. Thankfully, he went peacefully, and my mother was by his side, so he was never alone. Its just taken a lot of time to get affairs in order and help my mother through the greiving process, which is very hard with someone suffering from bipolar disorder.

Well..... now to the replies!

Pat: Thanks for your condolences! I've been holding up very well, and it was something that we kind of expected.
Threestooges: Matt, I personally want to thank you for your condolences. Back to your comments, thanks for catching the mistake there. Hope you like where I take this!
Fledder200: Yay!!!! I always love to see your comments. And I'm thinking nobody should leave you in a room alone with a spoon.
Yoman: Other than not being able to vote for death..... yet..... I do plan on laying out the gruesome and horrific in a timely matter.
art128: Thanks!
Dark_Jedi06: Thanks! I try my bestest!
Robin: Thanks!
EJC: Wait until I get my hands on the 3D coloring tool with Photoshop CS4..... heh.... I heart beta testing....

And now, what you all have waited nearly a month for.... chapter 1 (cont -side-note: this thing is gigantic-):

Dedicated to V.W. Harra (1951-2008)
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Setting his mug back down, Brian shot a hard look at him. "What? What more do you want from me? No, wait." Brian held up his palm and closed his eyes. "I think I already asked that this morning and you said you wanted me to sleep with you." Brian's eyes snapped open to glare at Lukas.

Lukas hiccupped, and couldn't yank his eyes away from the harsh painful glare that Brian directed his way. Brian had never looked like that at him...ever! Had he really been that ignorant towards Brian?

"Well, I did. I gave you what you wanted. I've given you everything I have to give. I've given you more than anyone before you and I tried to convey that to you this morning, but you simply turned it around giving me hollowly flattering words, then accusing me when I didn't do everything the way you wanted it done."

What? What's Brian talking about?, he wondered through his tears.  

"How do you expect me to have a relationship with someone as self-centered and inconsiderate as you?" asked Brian.

Silence descended through the room; the only sound Lukas continuing distress. He hated the fact that he was sobbing this hard, and in front of Brian. He wasn't weak! He swallowed a shaky breath as that thought made him breakdown even more. He wasn't weak, but he sure was right now.

"You're obviously ready to end this, so I'm giving you what you want," said Brian. "I always give you what you want in the end, don't I?" Brian paused again. "But now, I have nothing more to give you." Brian dropped his eyes to the table in front of him. "Go. Just go. I can't even look at you," whispered Brian, his voice laced with unnamed pain.

"That's not...I didn't," sobbed Lukas. When had he said that he wanted this to end? He searched franticly though his memory for anything that Brian could have mistaken for what he seemed to believe as his desire to end the relationship, but came up with nothing.

"I don't want this to be over, Brian!" he cried, taking two faltering steps towards the man seated stiffly in the kitchen. "I want you, I do! Please, Brian...I didn't mean it." Unable to bear it any longer, he covered his face with his hand and sobbed hard into his palm. Bowing his head, he hid within his hair while is left hand worked over his stomach. The pain was back, sharp and violent, while the rest of him felt numb and tingly.

Lukas dimly heard the cell phone upstairs ringing insistently. On the third ring, Brian's chair scraped along the kitchen floor, and heard him run up the steps to answer. He couldn't stop crying, and he couldn't seem to care. He'd never been attacked like this, where someone he cared about sought to rip his very heart out.

His throat ached with his agony and the tears, more then he'd ever remembered shedding before, fell down on to his face. Maybe...he didn't want him cause he was flawed. He never did try to fix this. He opened his eyes and looked at the palm covering his face. Brian always was looking at his scars.

No. He was grasping at straws. This was too far out there. It didn't make any sense. Drawing in a shaky, meant to be calming, breath, he made himself to calm down. Tears weren't helping. He'd never said anything like what Brian seemed to think he did, he was sure. Brian was being a bastard, and as much as he hated to admit it, Brian never did something without reason.

Brian came back downstairs then, and Lukas let his right hand fall back to his side. Dressed in his uniform with his coat on, he had a roll of toilet paper in one hand. "That was the mayor on the phone. He apparently doesn't care that I'm sick," said Brian, crossing the room to slap the roll against Lukas' chest. "I need to go down and meet with the city council downtown and you're coming with me, so stop your sniveling and clean your face."

Lukas meekly took hold of the roll and sniffled hard. Brian briskly walked back into the kitchen, and scooped up his mug, downing another mouth full before dumping the rest in the sink. He placed the mug on the counter. He could no longer look at Brian as he moved angrily around the kitchen, so he looked down at his feet.

"We'll need to walk over to the company garage and get a car," Brian said. Lukas could hear him opening and closing drawers. "And drink the damn milk," he commanded briskly as he left the kitchen and approached the front door.

Wanting to appease Brian in some way, he sniffled around a ragged breath and went into the kitchen. He stood in front of the small glass, trying to work up the courage to down the vile stuff. With his stomach rolling, he thought he ought to do it now, and if he got sick, he was totally going to blame it on Brian. Picking up the glass, he threw the milk back, trying to not let it touch his tongue. He put the glass back and hurried out into the front room, where Brian was buttoning up his winter coat.

"Brian," Lukas began hesitantly, his eyes firmly glued to the floor as he stopped behind Brian. He really wanted to reach out and grip the back of Brian's coat and bury his face in Brian's shoulder, but he refrained. He still felt the sting from Brian's harsh words, and couldn't bring himself to look him in the eye until he got his answer. "You're not really going to break up with me, right?" he pleaded.

Brian turned around, and snatched the toilet paper from his loose grip and ripped a few squares off. His chin was tipped upwards, and Brian rubbed the tissue across his still wet cheeks with a little more force than one would think necessary, making him grunt in displeasure. Dropping his hand, Brian turned to the door and threw it open.

"Hurry up. I'm supposed to be at Central Plaza in ten minutes, and we still need to pick up the car."

"Brian!" badgered Lukas. Brian was not going to get out of answering him, and he had slipped into work mode, calling him by his alias. That was never a good sign. "Talk to me!" he whined. Sniffling, he closed the door behind him. "You can't shut me out!" he called towards the brisk moving man.

He was starting to get angry again. He'd been floored by the way Brian had talked to him. He hadn't been expecting it. Would never have expected something like that to come from Brian! And he was embarrassed that Brian had made him cry so hard and so easily. Brian was already half way down the street, making him have to jog to make up the difference. Now Brian was trying to run away. He wasn't even waiting for him!

"Apparently, Gooding and Phelps are unavailable to drive us," Brian said as he came trotting up beside him.

"Brian!" Lukas pulled on his arm to make Brian turn and talk to him. Quicker then he would have thought possible for an 'old' guy, Brian reversed his hold and snatched his left wrist into a firm grip, dragging him off his feet.

"Brian, slow down, and answer me!" he complained, his feet catching on the sidewalk. Not wanting to end up with road burn, he had to pay attention to the ground momentarily while Brian maintained his hold on his arm.



Brian didn't stop until they were in front of the garage, all the while dragging Lukas behind him. He opened the door with his free hand, and finally released his hold on his arm. As Brian crossed the interior, he said over his shoulder, "What exactly is it that you want me to answer?"

Lukas stepped across the threshold, and looked around. There were a few cars parked in the heated garage, all company-issue black. Straightening his jacket, he ran his fingers through the messy tangle that was his hair. His arm throbbed from where Brian had held on to him, and he rubbed at it absently.

"I want to know about us, and hear that we're not breaking up," Lukas said, taking another step into the garage, and closing the door. "What else is there?"

Brian walked back around the back of the cars, and pulled open the door to the driver's side of his assigned vehicle. "Get in," he ordered, and sat in the car, closing the door.

Brian was avoiding answering him. That couldn't be a good sign. He frowned at the man through the windshield for a moment before he decided that, at least if he went, he could have it out with him and he wouldn't be able to run away anymore. Lukas stomped over to the passenger side and got in, slamming the door. Folding his left leg under him, he turned on the bench seat and glared at Brian's profile. "And?" he bit out.

"And put on your seatbelt," Brian said, putting the car in gear.

Lukas frowned. Brian was being such a jerk! And an *****, a bastard, bloody pea-sized—his internal name calling festival was cut short when Brian jerked the car in reverse and cursed mightily under his breath before he could get the car in the correct gear and pulled out of the garage. So intent was he that he didn't even think about teasing Brian about his mistake.

Bracing the dashboard, he glared at Brian's profile, no way was he going to walk all over him! "Stop stalling and tell me the truth! Tell me you don't have feelings for me, huh! I know, you've never said that you love me!" I can't believe that I even considered telling you that I might be in love with you! thought Lukas, but there was no way he was going to say that now after all that Brian had said to him.

It was painfully obvious that Brian had so little regard for him that he thought that he could treat him however he liked. Well he wasn't going to make him cry anymore! In fact, maybe that was why he wasn't allowed to sleep over more than one night. Maybe Brian had been seeing other people as well...

"You're just looking for some toy, that you can treat however you like, without having to think about my feelings or emotions," ranted Lukas. He griped the back of the bench seat with his left hand as Brian took a turn a little too fast, making him brace harder against the inertia. "I'm sure you've been all over the whole time, haven't you!" His voice rose as he let all his hurt and confusion come out in his attack.

"I can't believe I ever THOUGHT that I had strong emotions for you, you bastard! And you tried to use Seb against me! How the hell could you do that to me? To ME! You know how hard I've worked to right that mistake, and you causally throw it in my face!" He flicked his hand in front of his face, and threw a disgusted glare at the man behind the wheel.

Without turning, Brian said as he drove, "That's right. I've never had feelings for you. I just wanted a good time. That's why I've kept you around all this time. Because, we both know how difficult it is for me to find someone."

He grit his teeth as Brian once again threw his past in his face, and his eyes narrowed even further in response. Maybe he should go out and **** anything that moved and see how Brian liked it. That would show him! It wasn't at all nice to know that someone you cared about was testing the waters elsewhere. It made him seethe. If Brian wasn't driving...

"Very brilliant deduction on your part. It just makes perfect sense that I would keep you of all people as a pet while I went out with the rest of the town," said Brian. No longer was he the picture of calm and control, now he burned hot with vicious sarcasm. "Good job. You're so brilliant. Now I see how you passed school." Brian shook his head and pulled the car sharply to the left.

Lukas glanced quickly out the front of the car as Brian recklessly maneuvered the car around a large pothole in the street. Wasn't Brian a bad driver...? He was starting to get slightly worried and began to tune out what Brian was saying as he watched the road with apprehension.



"But at least you've finally voiced the truth about you wanting to end this. And as for your brother," said Brian, pausing to slam his foot on the car break. The suddenness of it caused Lukas' lower half to slide off the seat and under the dash. He pulled himself up and out, and looked up to see a street light shining red. He cast a worried glance across the car at Brian and wondered if maybe he should just jump out now before Brian did something.

-more later this week!-

And now, to some extras.....


Timbervale International Airport: Terminal B


I-76 Bridge w/ Gay Pride Decorations


The Starlight Restaurant and Lounge


Central Plaza Memorial Park


Well, that's it for today! Hope you all enjoyed the update!

[art128]

very fine update here 
the airport look good 

[rooker1]

Wow.....
Again with the artistic pictures, the last few are great.
The last one reminds me of a winter day and the kids have gone home after a long day of skating on the ice.  Great job.

Robin 

[Simpson]

Nice update as well 
Your city is looking fantastic
I love the first pic...so réalistic and beautiful

[bat]

That's a nice new part there! And the pictures are looking excellent!
Beautiful work on it!!!!!!!!!!!

[Dark_Jedi06]

If I had half the patience you do...

The edited pics are amazing and add an extra touch of realism beyond the city building.

[Sciurus]

Very impressive work and photoshopping!

[papab2000]

Nice update! 

[Pat]

Jacob any time my friend and Im sorry I didnt catch that announcement sooner!!! I do have to say this update is intense wow!!! I cant believe Brian is being such a back stabbing pud wacker omg total shock... Loved the pics here in this update and I cant wait till then next update ~~~ Patrick

[threestooges]

Jacob,
Glad to see you around again. I hope everything is beginning to get back into some sort of order for you and your family. Interesting continuation of the story. Not quite sure where it's going yet (but I'm guessing that's part of it). I'll keep an eye out for the next installment. Hope all is well.
-Matt

[porter66083]

Ok.... I plan on having some pictures and the update tonight...

But first, I think I need to clarify what the plot setup of this story is...

Essentially, every chapter will introduce a new character. I will be trying to kill them off at the end of the chapter. When I am done with introducing every single character, I'll let everyone vote on who they want to kill off.... using the handy-dandy Polltronic 5000.

Essentially, I have somewhat of an idea of how each person will die, and what the story's general ending will be, but you guys ultimately get to choose how the story arc will end.

I will, however, continue using the characters, and maybe kill some more off in later stories (think Final Destination).

Keep in mind that this is only the first arc, and that I have other stories
Thinking maybe I'll go with a hotel collapse next?
lined up, so choose which character to kill off wisely. They may have come in handy in the next story

Jacob

PS: I realize that I have made the chapters a little rambling.... so I will be making them much shorter.... this one is still another 3 pages long... but don't be surprised if I have to make a few pretty long. But I do promise lots of gore and such if that's the case. And lots of pretty pictures.