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HOME<\/a> | DRIFTLANDS BLOG POST<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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TITLE: TAKE OUT
GENRE: SCI-FI
MEDIUM: WEBSCRIPT
STATUS: DONE (2025)<\/td>		MATURE<\/td>DEATH | CRIME | UNREALITY | BODY HORROR | IDEATION | BLOOD<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Working for the mob isn’t exactly what JD had in mind when they were shipped off their home planet to get away from a life of crime… and yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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TAKE OUT is a story written out as a script and posted online to read for free on HIVVER.CA<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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EPISODE 1: DINE ‘N DASH<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

JD finds out day 1 that cleaning up after a crime you didn’t commit sometimes gets you a job working for the mob.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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EPISODE 2: GREENHORN<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

JD finds out that, actually they’re not too shabby at this mob job. Cleaning up is pretty easy peasy, lemon squeezy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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EPISODE 3: CLEANUP<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

JD finds out that working hard doesn’t fill the entire void in their life. They meet a gnoll… she’s pretty cute. But that’s a distraction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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EPISODE 4: LIQUID COURAGE<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

JD finds out that it’s totally normal having someone that’s gets you<\/span> when you talk about crimes, especially after they buried a body with you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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EPISODE 5: HEARTTHROB<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

JD finds out they’ve fallen ass over teakettle for that funny little gnoll they keep bumping into.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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EPISODE 6: IN TOO DEEP<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

JD finds out that, uh oh they’re absolutely smitten with this gnoll. Maybe they can<\/span> just live out a normal life even with all the crime around it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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EPISODE 7: COLD FEET<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

JD finds out that life on this station can’t really be normal and starts to plan an escape, what if they just ran off with their partner in crime? Took a ship out into the stars…. uh oh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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EPISODE 8: BITE OR BARK<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

JD finds out that–wait this gnoll is connected… like really high up… wait who<\/span> are her parents?? Fuck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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EPISODE 9: ALL TIED UP<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

JD finds out that this gnoll they’ve been dating isn’t the best at setting up gigs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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EPISODE 10: EYE FOR AN EYE<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

JD finds out that making small talk with the rival mob has its consequences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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EPISODE 11: ROCK BOTTOM<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

JD finds out that they’re real SOL and has to get the fuck out of dodge before their old mob finds them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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EPISODE 12: AT SQUARE ONE<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

JD finds out that getting a job in food service might be their best cover story yet. Yeah, its JUST for a little while…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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EPISODE 13: STRANGER<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

JD finds out that their past really is hard to leave behind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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That’s all folks!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Thanks for reading!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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THE OTHER LANDING PAGE<\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

TAKE OUT is currently being posted on my other website: HIVVER.CA, you can find out more about the project on that page by clicking the link above. This page goes over more in depth trigger and content warnings, how to read a script and some more info on the tabletop system it’s based out of (STARFINDER by PAIZO). <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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PLAYLISTS<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

JD<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • Nowhere Kid – Des Rocs<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Goodbye Stranger – Supertramp<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Aha! – Pentatonix<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Happy Idiot – TV On The Radio<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Love Me, Normally – Will Wood<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Take Me Out – Franz Ferdinand<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Back Against The Wall – Cage the Elephant<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Spanish Armada – Ratatat<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Two Against One – Danger Mouse, Daniele Luppi, Ft Jack White<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Leave Me Alone – I DONT KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Lost It To Trying – Son Lux<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Lampshades on Fire – Modest Mouse<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Makeshifter – Kite Machine<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Dangerous – Big Data, Joywave<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • The Rifle’s Spiral – The Shins, James Mercer<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Tick – Des Rocs<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • The Kintsugi Kid (Ten Years) – Fall Out Boy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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    FRANKIE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    • Hit and Run – LOLO<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Pop Pop Bang Bang – Chantal Claret<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • U Make Me Sick – HOLYCHILD<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • I Don’t Wanna Wake Up – Ivy Levan<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Bad Karma – Ida Maria<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Criminal – Tidal<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Gold Guns Girls – Metric<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Oh No! – MARINA<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Lowlife – That Poppy<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Pretty Girls Don’t Cry – Anna Akana<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • loud mouth – tiLLie<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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      HONOURABLE MENTIONS (Woops they broke up)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      • Red Wine & Wilde – Bastille<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • The Way It Has To Be – Des Rocs<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Ruby With The Sharpest Lies – Des Rocs<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Hold Me Like A Grudge – Fall Out Boy<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Hate Me – P!nk<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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        INSPO & VIBES<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

        Just a couple things that helped develop these characters as I was writing the story (I’m gonna update this now and then because I’m really bad at thinking of this stuff on the spot).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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        • Love Lies Bleeding (2024)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

          This project is completed (2025).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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