Title Avalanche
For those who don't maybe know, I start a lot of projects; stupidly, because there are many beyond what I can actually focus on at one time. Part of this is because my mind wanders (with tracking chip installed) often and comes up with ideas that are interesting. But because of over work, I have a pretty good collection of story titles, some in
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The basic idea was a series of characters had control over various sounds, or affinty to certain kinds of music. These powers could be used in destructive ways as well. The lead was the most varied, in that he could create full orchestra pieces out of thin air. One could amplify his violin playing, another was deaf and used sub-sonics. It followed a bit of formula, but was fun to mess with and trying to stay interesting. Also, I was really into trying to learn music to write my own techno rock opera, which became my title; it also became the lead's goal, spending much of the show stitching together his opus.
Pearl Moon is one of the short stories from Legendarium, and had this as a starting point: "Desert/Native American legend/Night". It deals with a desert Indian tribe, based a bit on Hopi and few others I forget, who reversed their sleep patterns because it was so hot with the sun out and the desert is so much more alive at night. They became a kind of ghost story, because of how isolated they are from all others and where they're located. I lost the pages that had more of a story outline, so I'm forced to go back to the starting point to come up with something again.
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