So I traded having the update on time for a night of sex, drugs, and rock'n'roll (dude, I'm only human, okay?). Which is, in a way, fitting since this week's story involves a girl (Ottavia!) who knows all about sex, drugs, and ... uhm ... physically assaulting people. Unlike her I actually indulge in my hedonistic instincts, something she did once (once = multiple times in a twenty-four hour period) and now lives to regret.
Members of the Creepy Family (sex, demons, and hardcore incest!) start at a young age, allowing them to graduate into less popular fields of sexuality by the time they become legal. Ottavia lost her virginity at fifteen, Madeline even earlier, and sexually frustrated Abigail (age eight) can't seem to lose it at all (it's not her fault, Henry's square!).
When I first began working on these characters their respective ages were SHOCKING and ENVELOPE PUSHING (unintentionally, anyway). Yes, it was THAT LONG AGO. Years later, thanks to rampant liberalism that would've horrified Rome, the average age that kids become sexually active is seven. All right, so maybe I'm exaggerating a little (Alan Colmes isn't responsible for the downfall of society's standards even if he DOES look a bit like Skeletor and the actual age for engaging in one-night anal sex stands is eleven, ten if you're one of the popular kids at school.)
I might've lost the AGE edge, but I've still got necrophilia, incest, and bestiality cards to hold onto (I give the world another three years before it makes me seem prudish and old-fashioned) so I'm not cashing my chips in just yet. Each family seems to have a favourite vice to pass the time, something that's unavoidable since leading scientists have used various studies to prove that EVERYTHING is controlled by GENETICS. EVERYTHING.
So, clearly, when you take ONE set of chromosomes that has 'NECROPHILE' in it and mix it with another set that has it as well, you produce a new member of the family to have sex with who's also into necrophilia. This is all very scientific (I've done my own studies - no, really!) so I'm not going to bore you with that whole thing about Mendel and his sweet peas/my plans on creating a superior sexy race to further my quest for self-gratification.
Ottavia hails from the dwindling Italian branch of the Creepy Family. The French have almost completely died out (and will, if Morrigan insists on exclusively using cadavers as sex partners), and Ottavia's family a rides a close second. The only branch not under the threat of extinction is the Spanish, and they can thank their incestual nymphomaniac tendencies for that. The Italians and French have always played the studious and more serious counterparts of the free-for-all Spanish line, but still manage to meet the necessary criteria to be considered Creepy Family material.
I can't remember what I did on the night of my fifteenth birthday, but I'm pretty sure that I DIDN'T leave my own party to lose my virginity with two handsome strangers intent on showing me the best night of my life (but if I had a Delorean and a Flux Capacitor...). Thanks to one night of underage excess, Ottavia became a noun, verb, and adjective ('Dude, I totally pulled an Ottavia last night!'). Unable to cope with such infamy she swore celibacy (much to the chagrin of the demons that scored with her who're still looking for a repeat performance), took up drinking and self-mutilation, then embarked on a crusade of violence and perpetual scowling.
Exchange Student is another instalment in the Ottavia saga. There's a little violence, a little bad mood, and a little rehashing of the night she got OTTAVIA-ED (okay, I need to work on that as a neologism) for readers who aren't familiar with the character. She first appeared, years ago, in the story Ottavia (clever title, I know). Last year she resurfaced in Medium Rare, and this year she makes her annual visit in Exchange Student (which is the best of the bunch, but I'm sort've biased).
I'm super insane pleased with how it worked out. I felt the narration was constant and paced well, and managed to work in enough of what I wanted. I'm EXCEPTIONALLY happy with the end and the somewhat ambiguous introduction of a character that'll eventually play an important role. Exchange Student is one of my absolute favourites out of the recent work I've done, so I'm really excited to see/read people's reaction towards it.
To read Ottavia's new story, Exchange Student, click here. Or you could go the longer (yet sexually fulfilling) route by locating the Creepy Family section within Fiction. Exchange Student has been neatly filed under the 2005 header, not exactly the Dewey decimal system, but ordered nonetheless. If you're interested in my Creepy Family (mis)adventures make sure to peruse the other stories listed; if you're dead set on getting more familiar with Ottavia simply look up her information on the Character Index.
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