Soma Keeps the Score

Soma keeps up with what’s happened to me. Well, not exactly. What’s happened in me. That includes my interpretations and responses to what’s happened to and around me, yeah, but it’s all an inside job.

So we see villains like Constantine À gogo. We’ve seen this plot before. In fact, we have more or less seen this guy before. He’s just a reskin of Leader, really.

Then there is Desolate Farrago. This … is a more delicate kind of matter. Desi is trying to turn over a new leaf, see, so that sets them up to be more like an antihero than a proper villain. Will Des succeed? I don’t know because that story hasn’t been unfurled yet. It started back in book 4, The Thieves of All That You Are, but then mellowed for awhile. Desolate is back again, trying to stay blood-sober. We’ll see how that works out for them.

It’s not all bad, though. Most of my friends are here, too. You know, somewhere. And most of my lovers are around, even if only as ghosts. We’re on friendly terms, which is nice. The weird thing about loving someone is that you invest your whole self into the relationship, into them. Maybe they do, too, maybe not; but you do. And that includes your vision of the future. So when you break up, that future ceases to exist. An entire world, a whole galaxy, the universe of possibility for you two is ended. It’s over. It feels like that, too, doesn’t it?

Anyway, they’re all around here somewhere.

Who’s missing?

I can’t really bear to say it right now, but you’ve already seen who. You’ve already read it. Oh wait, fuck, you might not be reading in order. Okay, so it’s here.

That’s as close as I can get right now. It’s too painful. But don’t worry. When we get to the Library, you’ll hear all about it. At least, I think you will. I don’t know how the hell I’ll get out otherwise.

Here’s a list of folks in the Lost City of Soma. It takes time to update, so check back every now and then. I’ve categorized them for your convenience, though I didn’t think about it that hard, so they might not all be correct. Doesn’t matter. Categories are largely bullshit, anyway.

Acquaintances

Amanda Purchase

Jessiree

Allied Tradespeople

Bishop Shelly

Buckhorn

Juicy

Kingsleigh

Riley Koenig

Scythia

Bands

Grim Ossuary

Children

Fox (younger)

Mason (older)

Deities & Demigods

Az, Lo o' Crim

Nikki Hawke

Events

Blast Forward or the Blast (pivotal)

Great Bake (trivial)

Extrasomatic Places

Far Shores

Frememies

Danielle

Sunshine

Friends

Avan

Cheney “Chains”

Cullis (Reg’s partner, I think)

Dagger “Dag”

Gaylord “Gay”

Horace

Johnette

Reg

The Reptile/Valiant “Val”

Vicky “Vix”

Ghosts & Tulpas

Em (as in ‘M’ for Mickey)

Meganega

Petruchio

Seth, a talking horse

Tybalt

Wendy

Haunts & Hangouts

Creef Park

The Darkhorse

Downhill Street

Hex House (near the Darkhorse)

Time Out (in the center of Soma)

Toughen Nut (a deli)

Lovers

Gunvor “Gunny” (moved away)

Loona

Mickie Janely (moved away)

Nassau Burgeander (very, very briefly)

Terry (deceased)

Wendy Glass (deceased)

Wild Ecstasy “Ecks”

Regions & Directions & Locales

Bathysphere of the Second Era

Eastway

Oberlin Park

Overkind (across from the penitentiary)

Sturgis (outside the city limits)

Verina (outside the city limits)

Westside

Vehicle Programs

Clara

Vengeance

Villains on the Street

Argos (deceased)

Constantine À gogo

Desolate Farrago