Lawrence Lowtide
The Chapter Begins
Law’s Notes
9-24-XX
Like the Old Man – my progenitor, I suppose you can say – I have decided upon recording my adventures in this electronic format. The benefit to Laz was fairly substantial, and, despite my personal lack of understanding toward posthumous efficacy, I suppose I should do the wise thing and take the lesson before I even understand it.
I should start with this: Who am I?
My name is Lawrence Lowtide. I’m a courier, carrying less than legal parcels to parties who prefer discretion and obfuscation. Danger, distance, and time are typically not obstacles.
That said, you may be curious as who I really am… I guess I’ll dig in. This gets confusing, so let me paint you a timeline:
20XX: Lazarus Lawrence Lowenstark was born.
20XX+14 years: Lazarus was entered into a special training program for covert operations, eligible due to his unnatural IQ. The school was top notch, but had less than ethical motivations.
20XX+15 years: Lazarus’ cover ID was chosen, and he was programmed with/trained in advanced… domestic skills.
20XX+16 years: The training program was scrubbed, though Laz (nor his parents) were ever told why. Due to the sensitive nature of the information gleaned by the students in this program, memory suppression techniques were put into play. Laz’s own memory was covered, and for the rest of his born life, he would never recall what actually happened during those two years.
20XX+35 years: Lazarus is in Midian, and starts to pick up “Skills” – domestic skills – from “nowhere.” – he can’t place exactly why or from where. www.flickr.com/photos/30756377@N04/3102793810/
20XX+36 years (Regression Week): “Regression Week” as it’s called, hits Midian. Population majorities memories are reverted to the age of “16.” Lazarus’ identity is reverted to the age he was finalizing covert ops training. Due to this discrepancy, and young-Laz’s awareness of himself and his own mortality, young-Laz took on his own identity – philosophically separating himself from his older self, and calling himself “Lawrence.” Understanding that Laz would soon gain control of his body once more, Lawrence plants himself in Lazarus’ cryo-chamber, continually recording and re-cording his own consciousness into a “Brain Tape” – technology pioneered by the cloning industry. When Lazarus’ full memories returns, he takes the most recent incarnation of Lawrence’s memories, and saves them in the League of Engineer’s database.
www.flickr.com/photos/30756377@N04/3516751046/
“Regression Week” + 3 weeks: Volpe Nico, or as her reverted self was called, Two, broke into League Labs, and stole Lawrence’s “Memory Tape.” In an attempt to avenge past wrongs, Two brings the memories to a cloning farm for Alpha Labs, and gives young Lawrence a body generated from Lazarus Lowenstark’s DNA. This body is advanced, both physically and chronologically. To date Lawrence is not fully aware the full ramifications of this engineering. Two and a confused, newly constructed Lawrence, destroy Alpha Labs and kill everyone inside (See picture above).
“Regression Week” + 3 months: Lawrence and Two have separated ways, and now Lawrence lives in Leviathan, plying his physical and mental attributes, advanced combat and covert op training, and overall luck to the trade of illegal courier.
“Regression Week” +4 months: Current date. Lawrence is now in Midian, seeking to help out with the old League of Engineers, on a limited, non leadership basis, and to try and connect with his humanity…. Not the least of which is the woman he fell in love with the one week he had in Lazarus’ body: Niobe, now head of the League of Engineers.
* * * * *
There, that clears it up some, right? I’ll let that sink in a while before I bother adding much more. For now, I have business to attend to.
- Law.
The Chapter Begins
Law’s Notes
9-24-XX
Like the Old Man – my progenitor, I suppose you can say – I have decided upon recording my adventures in this electronic format. The benefit to Laz was fairly substantial, and, despite my personal lack of understanding toward posthumous efficacy, I suppose I should do the wise thing and take the lesson before I even understand it.
I should start with this: Who am I?
My name is Lawrence Lowtide. I’m a courier, carrying less than legal parcels to parties who prefer discretion and obfuscation. Danger, distance, and time are typically not obstacles.
That said, you may be curious as who I really am… I guess I’ll dig in. This gets confusing, so let me paint you a timeline:
20XX: Lazarus Lawrence Lowenstark was born.
20XX+14 years: Lazarus was entered into a special training program for covert operations, eligible due to his unnatural IQ. The school was top notch, but had less than ethical motivations.
20XX+15 years: Lazarus’ cover ID was chosen, and he was programmed with/trained in advanced… domestic skills.
20XX+16 years: The training program was scrubbed, though Laz (nor his parents) were ever told why. Due to the sensitive nature of the information gleaned by the students in this program, memory suppression techniques were put into play. Laz’s own memory was covered, and for the rest of his born life, he would never recall what actually happened during those two years.
20XX+35 years: Lazarus is in Midian, and starts to pick up “Skills” – domestic skills – from “nowhere.” – he can’t place exactly why or from where. www.flickr.com/photos/30756377@N04/3102793810/
20XX+36 years (Regression Week): “Regression Week” as it’s called, hits Midian. Population majorities memories are reverted to the age of “16.” Lazarus’ identity is reverted to the age he was finalizing covert ops training. Due to this discrepancy, and young-Laz’s awareness of himself and his own mortality, young-Laz took on his own identity – philosophically separating himself from his older self, and calling himself “Lawrence.” Understanding that Laz would soon gain control of his body once more, Lawrence plants himself in Lazarus’ cryo-chamber, continually recording and re-cording his own consciousness into a “Brain Tape” – technology pioneered by the cloning industry. When Lazarus’ full memories returns, he takes the most recent incarnation of Lawrence’s memories, and saves them in the League of Engineer’s database.
www.flickr.com/photos/30756377@N04/3516751046/
“Regression Week” + 3 weeks: Volpe Nico, or as her reverted self was called, Two, broke into League Labs, and stole Lawrence’s “Memory Tape.” In an attempt to avenge past wrongs, Two brings the memories to a cloning farm for Alpha Labs, and gives young Lawrence a body generated from Lazarus Lowenstark’s DNA. This body is advanced, both physically and chronologically. To date Lawrence is not fully aware the full ramifications of this engineering. Two and a confused, newly constructed Lawrence, destroy Alpha Labs and kill everyone inside (See picture above).
“Regression Week” + 3 months: Lawrence and Two have separated ways, and now Lawrence lives in Leviathan, plying his physical and mental attributes, advanced combat and covert op training, and overall luck to the trade of illegal courier.
“Regression Week” +4 months: Current date. Lawrence is now in Midian, seeking to help out with the old League of Engineers, on a limited, non leadership basis, and to try and connect with his humanity…. Not the least of which is the woman he fell in love with the one week he had in Lazarus’ body: Niobe, now head of the League of Engineers.
* * * * *
There, that clears it up some, right? I’ll let that sink in a while before I bother adding much more. For now, I have business to attend to.
- Law.