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Character design for Mori by yours truly, from around 1987… Except her name was Ellen. And the story was called Rage for Order. (Ha! Rage for Order…that sounds apt for Exit Vector.) But it’s strange, man! Ancient shadows and impulses and shapes that never saw the light of day but never went away, either. Trust me, the names might have been different in 1987, but the notes and sketches I made that day ultimately emerged in Exit Vector. From my notes (oh Jesus): “Reflections in a pool of oil… industrial ruin… Highlander meets Eraserhead…”
I wrote a page and a half, exactly: the “Mori-chick” gets off a train (everything’s ruined, like super-dystopia) and everybody’s giving the Mori-chick a dirty look because she’s wearing a black armband with a freaky insignia, an inverted cross with the symbol for eternity—wow, subtle man, there’s no doubt that Mori-chick’s society saw her as damned for all time… Anyway, it never happened, it never went further than that page and a half that day in 1987, because I was consumed at the time by writing EXCEEDINGLY BAD POETRY, you know, serious writing. But those shadows, those original intentions, never go away. Even if they’re embarrassing, later. When we’re grown up.
Damn. Now that I’ve opened this door, I want give this post the full volume and mileage it deserves. But I can’t, now. Multi-tasking. But I think I’ve finally coughed-up an oft-threatened EV Feature: the Secret Origins.
All right. Carry on.
“Cyber-Witch-Hunt?!” Oh my god.
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I like it! I think she looks cool. Love the one-shouldered dress, very fashion-forward!
Hey, thanks! It was meant to be backless, as well, with just a thin strap across Ellen/Mori’s back. The story was meant to be set in the future, but it’s so 80s! Woof.