Dated September 30th, 2010: After his arrest for the explosion at the scrapyard, Patrick talks to Maureen through the bars of the holding cell.
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There was a man who had a cause. He believed in his cause and would fight to the death for it. He had bombed, burned, wrecked, sabotaged, and destroyed. He had evaded the law for twenty years as he brought about rebellion from all quarters ( Read more... )

There was a man who had found himself in paradise.It was everything he'd hoped for, dreamed of, and worked toward. He had a girlfriend wrapped around his finger and a general life of ease. He should be happy...but he wasn't ( Read more... )

Dated August 5, 2010:
Patrick's true colors are starting to show. When Maureen makes a confession he does not react well.

Warning: Triggery for domestic violence.

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Patrick opened the meeting with a warm greeting and a smile. He had notes but he didn't need them. He'd given this speech a thousand times before. He gave an overview of the natural cycle, of how the earth is a living organism and the ecosystems need to be in balance. He talked about progress and how man was the only creature that changed the ( Read more... )

It was foolish, perhaps, and certainly more impulsive than was Alcuin's norm - but this morning as he ran on the beach something had struck him about the artificial freedom of the ocean. All was not as it seemed, and yet, it simply seemed... On a whim, he had stripped off all of his clothes and dove in, feeling the salt against his skin and the ( Read more... )

One thing I'd learned in my time on the island was that you could always count on people to lend a hand when you needed it. It had taken most of the day, but working together we'd managed to transform the rec center gym into something straight out of a Fifties flashback ( Read more... )

There was a man who had a long string of terrible acts in his past. This man had been on a mission for the past twenty years. He'd been searching for a woman who he'd fallen in love with. A woman who had had his baby. A woman who had vanished. This man worked toward the lofty goal of saving the Earth, but he always, always, searched for the woman ( Read more... )