Blessing this day to you and your family.
Sylum Advent 2019: Check-In
How’s it going?
This is that moment when you’re like it’s only October, then remember … shit it’s October.
Sylum Inspiration: Luther Stickell
Sanctuary: War Counsel
As far as records indicated, Luther appeared in the world when he was in his twenties. He was recruited out of MIT by IMF for his skills in computers and quick thinking. He is ‘disavowed’ ten years later when he confronted his Agent in Charge over information he had uncovered about an assassination attempt.
He may have gone quietly from the building but not from IMF. He continued researching and hacking into variety of programs, sometimes siphoning off money others and exposing bad business to the world.
He is recruited by Ethan Hunt to help him find the Mole within the department, playing up on his ego to hack into the one place you’re not supposed to be able to hack.
The mission was a success and Luther was reinstated into IMF, working on the same team with Ethan. He had a suspicion that something was different with Ethan, besides the manic he gets into while working.
It wasn’t until an OP went wrong that he discovered what Ethan was hiding. He watched on the monitors as everything went to shit; the Mark pulled a gun and shot Ethan before Luther could call in back up.
Then he watched as Ethan struggled to get up and attack the Mark. Clear as day on the screens were fangs and bright eyes. When Ethan returned to the room, Luther pulled his gun and demanded the truth. Faster than anything he had ever seen, the gun was gone and he was pinned to the bed, with Ethan straddling him.
Sylum Charity: Gentle Barn
The Gentle Barn rescues animals from severe abuse and neglect who are too old, sick, lame, or scared to be adopted into homes. We are sanctuary to horses, donkeys, cows, pigs, sheep, goats, turkeys, chickens, llamas, peacocks, emus, cats and dogs. Once rehabilitated, the animals help us give hope and inspiration to children with the same stories.
For More Information: The Gentle Barn
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You can donate directly or adopt the animals. We’ve adopted Mango the Sheep (Because Sylum loves all things Mango), and also Zazu the Cockatoo (In honor of Nico and his birds).
This is Mango the Sheep
Do Something Nice Day
Go out and do something good today.
Whether it’s a smile, hold open the door, or just say a kind word.
Update: Website & Blog
There has been some updates to the blog and the actual website.
First – The Blog:
- I’ve moved some things around in the menus, to make things easier to find especially if you’re on mobile and can’t see the sliders. So the wiki has been added to the secondary header, as well as ‘Donate/Support’ Sylum and a few links on how you can do that.
- Link to the Archive has been added to Sylum Information along with a secondary link to the old archive.
Second – The Website:
- We’ve removed the Art & Music pages as everything that was Sylum Canon was moved to the new Archive. So the only links from the main website is the: Blog, Wiki, Archive and Store.
- The Old Sylum Archive – is still active and a link can be found in the headers and on the sideline of the blog. Make note now – this will not be surviving much longer, as we are getting down to the last stories being moved over. If there is anything you want from that archive start getting it now. I will tell you this – anything labeled AU/Non-Canon on that archive will not be moved. Also any of the old Stargate and H50 storyline will not be moved as they’ve all become Non-Canon. So get it now …
Throwback Thursday: Desolation Row by Timothy Quinn
This next set of Throwback Thursdays is stories that have been recently edited and moved to the Sylum Archive.
Name Your Car Day
Mine is called Sideswipe.
Unfortunately it’s not actually a corvette or a Transformer, but he thinks he is 🙂
Sylum Inspiration: Ethan Hunt
Sanctuary: Lead Hunter
Last month I posted Inspiration for Oceania as I was working on a story for Advent. This month I’m finishing up the MI storyline which I teased a bit back. So this month thought be fun to showcase the characters.
Authors Note: As I am working on this story, I can’t guarantee these bios will be the same once the story is finished! So keep an eye on out and see if can spot the difference.
Ethan grew up during the American Civil War, and had heard the stories of his Uncle who fought gallantly during the war, and then disappeared into the Far East. Never to be seen again.
He followed in his Uncle’s footsteps and joined the Army. He was quickly recruited out of the Army Military Units and into the Military Intelligence Division.
Where he met James Phelps.
Ethan was good at espionage. He was fast on his feet and thought three steps ahead of everyone else. James used him for many operations through Europe, including to help steal top secrets from Intelligence sources in Britain.
It was at during one of these missions, that Ethan began to realize Phelps was playing a double sided game. When he confronted the man, he found himself in a far worse situation.
Coffee House Friday
When reading your favorite book, story … what’s your favorite drink to go with it?
Throwback Thursday: Interviews – McFassii
McFassii
As it’s talk like a Pirates Day – Figured this particular one was fitting!!
Thought to do something different and showcase the Interviews for older Sylum Events
Sylum Trivia: Answer
Question: Who conducts the Sylum Interviews?
Answer: Cal McAffrey (yes we’ll introduce him in time)
Winner: Sarina – we’ll contact you about your prize.
Note to those who have answered and won something from us … RL has been bitchy and with getting stuff done for Advent we’re a bit behind … we will get your stuff to you – we promise!
Sylum Inspiration: Mason Weaver
Oceania: Member
Mason Anne Weaver was named after her grandfather. And since her first roll call most people think she’s going to be a boy. Now she mostly uses that to her advantage. She grew-up in the suburbs of Chicago during the late 1940s and early 1950s. Her fascination with photography began in her teens when she borrowed her father’s old Leica III camera. She began taking photos of the her neighborhood, kids riding bicycles, local pets and the animals at the zoo, the “L” train, and the city. She entered several of her photos in local contest and even managed to win a few.
In 1963, her future prospects, according to her mother, were to find a husband or go to college to find a husband. She opted for college but omitted the plans to find a husband. She decided that her hobby was a good start for a degree in either photography or journalism and pursued it along with a degree English. She began working for the college paper and in her senior year earned a spot to travel to New York City to hear Martin Luther King speak at Riverside Church.
After listening to the “Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence” speech Mason began taking photos at Civil Rights gatherings; as well as the protests in D.C. A few of her photos appeared in newspapers and magazines.
By 1970 she found herself in Vietnam as an investigative photojournalist or, as some would call her depending on what was on the other side of her lens, an “anti-war” photographer. She believes (and still does) that pictures speak for themselves and she always tries to stay out of the politics of it all.
She was embedded with the MAC V-SOG (Military Assistance Command, Vietnam – Studies and Observations Group). And, by the end of the war in 1973 Mason had one of her photos on the cover of Time magazine.
Her last excursion before leaving Vietnam was to take one more trip into the jungle following a former SAS Captain who was reportedly looking for a down helicopter and it’s pilot. The little adventure was more harrowing than being embedded with the MAC V-SOG. After all, she had been right, there was something very suspicious about the story of the downed craft and the pilot. There were chases, gunfire, vampires, dying, and James.
By the end only four people walked out of the jungle. No one talks about it.