Ohgads!
Keep posted... I have about thirteen MSWord pages (size 10 courier new font, normal margins) so far, but I can't really post any of it because, of the ten 'chapters', I'm writing this out of order, and nothing really makes sense out of chronological context... it starts quite early on in the plot's 'history', and of the thirteen pages I have written, everything is concentrated around chapters five and six, which are already quite down the line.
I have -almost- all the ideas I'd like to put forth in place already, but writing isn't my strong-point... I run mostly on "on the spot inspiration" when it comes to things like dialogue, which is otherwise a weak point of mine. So instead of trying to force my way through from the beginning, I'm writing what I have solid events for first. However, it'd be confusing without the things detailed in the earlier chapters.
If there's anything I can share, it's the general idea: Curly, Quote, and Balrog go to check on the island after they left, to see how things are going. They decide to visit Jenka, but she's not home. Quote goes off to look for her, while Balrog and Curly stay behind at the house incase she comes back before then. In the meantime, Curly finds a journal open on the counter, and the first page is enough to draw her into reading it, despite Balrog's protests that it might be personal. Anyway...most of the story is written in first-person from Jenka's point of view, in that journal. It's mostly about how Jenka remembered Ballos, since now that he's dead and no longer any sort of 'threat', she felt that she wanted to express the way she remembered him before he went psychotic (as a good person), and also the circumstances during which the entire calamity happened, as well as some of the developments afterwards. Essentially, to give a somewhat positive light to someone who wasn't always bad, but has only really been seen by anyone as being dangerous; even 'evil' to an extent.
Yeah, it's a pretty far-fetched idea, but so far it's fun as heck to write. I've been getting help and feedback from some friends to make sure things mesh, so hopefully everything isn't -totally- skewed off from what's presented in the game. XD
In the meantime, I guess I -can- share this craziness: concept art of mine of Ballos when he was a lot younger (I also have some of younger Jenka, but I haven't gotten her to look the way I see her in my head, so I don't have it uploaded on my webspace). I can't find the direct reference point that was used in the Doukutsu Wikipedia article, but the article itself says that the events leading to Ballos' insanity happened some thousands of years ago. Thousands of years is a long time for someone, kept alive by raw magic, to change physically for the worse. This is no exception. It's rare in games or anime for characters to be depicted in the same context as both old and young, though from some examples (such as Howl's Moving Castle), the difference can be quite severe and shocking. I used that idea to craft the idea that Ballos could have, at one time, been somewhat handsome, to a degree. But enough babble. Pic!
http://www.jacat.com/~crystal/snrk.jpg (Yes, I sampled most colors off the sprite. Lazy~! And yes, I do explain the eye in the story. ...Eventually. In a chapter earlier than what I've written so far. Because I'm retarded.)
And, in an effort to assure myself that I didn't BS the idea for a younger, nicer-looking Ballos simply out of a desire to not draw 'ugly'... I did this, too:
http://www.jacat.com/~crystal/ballos-ingame.jpg
*sits back to watch people look at her weird.
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