Thursday, December 2, 2010

Supporting cast

After dealing with the complexities of figuring out who would be what, I discovered a small detail I unfortunately overlooked.

Juliet's Nurse and Romeo's man Balthazar.

Now forgive me if I'm wrong, but it would seem out of place for normal people to be working voluntarily for werewolves and vampires.  However since I have certain elements of science-fiction, namely steampunk and cyberpunk, the matter solves itself.

Make them both automatons.   Robots.  Androids.  Whatever you'd like to refer to them.  Rather than flesh and blood entities, they'll be made of metal and serve a purpose.

I can get away with naming an automaton Balthazar, but not so much with "Nurse".  Solution there presented itself after a few agonizing moments of thought.  Nanny Utility Robotic Service Entity or N.U.R.S.E.  

hows that for creativity?

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