Nn. The backstory for that snippet was inspired by Trigun when I first started watching it...so it takes place in a desert, more or less. It's a western, sort of. Still debating whether or not Ev's a guy or a crossdressing girl. He was originally a guy- but then I decided he'd be a hell of a lot more amusing as a girl- but then again, he's still fairly batty as a guy.

The Bayonne reference just means he was born in an area notorious for the levels of nuclear radiation in the soil, air, and water- it's a prison colony, actually, but he won't say why his mother ended up there, or why he stayed so long. Regardless, he's really not a bad person...maybe a tad psychotic, but you can always chalk that up to a bad case of ADD (which I would swear he has, little crackhead that he is...) and certainly a bit rambunctious...the murder charges were either accidents or in self-defense. Ev's idea of self defense, however, involves 'shoot first, question later', so the courts don't much like him.

He's a nuisance, really. Harmless if you feed him, but he'll hang around forever like some kind of demented puppy if you do (and put bullet holes in all the pans if you don't).

The kid's an elf, raised to be an assassin- only he misplaced his target and is rather clueless and naive. His name's Blue Roses, and while it's a rather silly name, cookies go to whoever catches the reference, and it's a typical elf name. Elves are mutated creatures like the people from Bayonne- pointy ears, huge hands, dense skeletal structure, and antennae. Very tough, very intelligent, very pliable at a young age. The names are based on an obscure code from back when flowers actually grew in the desert.

The other main character is an ex cop named Samuel Dune, Ev's best friend and arch nemesis, all rolled into one. Dune's rather ruthlessly practical, and never had much patience for Ev's antics...they're complete opposites, really. Highly amusing when they're in the same room and armed with enough fire power to decimate a small city. (The two things they have in common are a loathing of shiitake mushrooms and a love of guns.)

It doesn't have a real name...but the working titled would be Black Heart. 'Cuz Ev's cool like that. He's got a goatee (unless he's a girl). And cornrows. And he looks damn silly, but that's okay, 'cuz he's Ev. (Dune calls him a braided idiot, almost a la Heero of GW, only not. "Your hair's screwin' with your head, Ev. Loosen your braids for a sec and think for once, y'moron.")