Tag: Alexand Merek

Unbound Boxes Limping Gods: Disconnected Stories: Issue # 414: An Unlikely Philanthropist

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Alexand and Jarad returned home, back to Jarad’s house, which is in the middle of the woods. There are no other houses for miles, which was ideal for Alexand, as she sees it as a retreat from her stressful military life. She can be part of two worlds, whist remaining blissfully outside of both. She and Jarad have spent the night making love, as they have done every night, since they returned from Hong Kong. (Please be warned this issue contains some scenes, some readers may find offensive. If so then you may prefer to read issue # 344: Jay and Ali where Katherine gets her cloned cat back.)

Alexand’s back story, set in India (3992)

Unbound Boxes Limping Gods: Disconnected Stories: Issue # 411: The Legacy Part 4

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Alexand, to make a point, has arranged to donate one of her mechanical eyes to a fifteen-year-old girl, who has lost her sight, and has no access to proper after care. As Katherine’s Bullet is still one of the top stories in the news, Alex has arranged for the press to schedule live reports of the operation, keeping the fifteen-year-old girl’s identity secret, out of respect. One very rich man, Georges De Somme, looks on from his study, as a familiar name is mentioned.

Georges’ back story, set in India (3992)

Unbound Boxes Limping Gods: Disconnected Stories: Issue # 410: January Part 2

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Alexand hasn’t the resources left to deal with Jarad’s emotional demands. She is beginning to suspect he is more damaged than she can cope with. He has been needy and possessive and has tried to encroach in her private thoughts. She has to deal with a very demanding role as colonel, and in order to do her duty, she has shut Jarad off, and wishes he wasn’t so insufferably needy.

Alexand’s back story, set in Hong Kong (3992)

Unbound Boxes Limping Gods: Disconnected Stories: Issue # 409: January

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Jarad spent the morning looking for Alexand, as they had argued the night before and he knew that she had hidden from him. He found her in the military camp, administering the vaccine. It has only been a day since their honeymoon, but desperate to keep her, and frightened of rejection he sits next to her, to help administer the antidote to the infected.

Jarad’s back story, set in Hong Kong (3992)

Unbound Boxes Limping Gods: Disconnected Stories: Issue # 405: Colonel Merek Part 3

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Alexand returns to the army vehicle she arrived in, sits in the driver’s seat, watching people walk past, from behind the safety of the glass, after her very short honeymoon ended. She and Jarad had argued over why she wouldn’t talk to him about crying on the banks of the river. Jarad stormed off, leaving Alexand to become Colonel Merek again.

Alexand’s back story, set in Hong Kong, (3991)

Unbound Boxes Limping Gods: Disconnected Stories: Issue # 404: The Enemy Mind Part 5

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Gianti has waited all day and into the evening for any trace of Colonel Merek. The military has packed up their relief mission for the night, and the queues of people have been turned away until the morning. Finally, Colonel Merek appeared from the same doorway her sister emerged from that morning. Gianti followed her towards some army tents attempting to keep a low profile.

Gianti’s back story, set in Hong Kong (3992)

Unbound Boxes Limping Gods: Disconnected Stories: Issue # 401: The Legacy Part 3

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Heyem has spent two hours working with the military relief team, injecting victims of the Amanojuko’s secret project, with the antidote. She has been assigned to a tent which deals with the more obviously infected patients. It was arranged that patients be split into groups depending on the severity of their symptoms. This group of patients are symptomatic, some almost as sick as Alexand had been, before she was cured. Heyem is having a tough time dealing with all the suffering.

Heyem’s back story, set in Hong Kong (3992)

Unbound Boxes Limping Gods: Disconnected Stories: Issue # 395: Blood Part 2

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Heyem wakes up, hearing Alexand calling for her from the bathroom. (Thank you to everyone who has supported these stories over the years. As a gift to you, Unbound Boxes Limping Gods has been upgraded and is now an advert free home, with limitless space for my fictional family to grow! Happy reading everyone. The writer gives life to a story, the reader keeps it alive…)

Alexand’s back story, set in Hong Kong (3992)

Unbound Boxes Limping Gods: Disconnected Stories: Issue # 392: The Dragon and The Butterfly Part 2

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It’s New Year’s Eve, and after being deployed in Hong Kong for a week, Alexand and Jarad are celebrating the coming of the New Year, along with Heyem. They are taking a break from their relief mission for an evening, and are out in Hong Kong, enjoying the city. They have been to many bars and clubs, and all three are quite drunk. Alex has been overly affectionate towards Jarad, as the three of them parade around the outside night market.

Jarad’s back story, set in Hong Kong (3991)

Unbound Boxes Limping Gods: Disconnected Stories: Issue # 390: Heyem Merek Part 13

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Heyem has been back on her university campus for the past three weeks. She has arrived between terms, and arranged to begin teaching in the New Year. The army have set up camp inside the grounds, and have recruited members of the faculty to help administer Katherine’s Bullet. The trails of potential infected stretch out onto the streets outside the university, and she decided to take a five-minute break for herself, to recover.

Heyem’s back story, set in Hong Kong (3991)

Unbound Boxes Limping Gods: Disconnected Stories: Issue # 389: There’s No Place Like Home Part 3

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It’s nearly New Year’s Eve, and Jarad has attempted to make Alex feel at home. She has re materialised her piano, which is now positioned in the centre of his living room. Her clothes are in his wardrobe, alongside his and he helps her place her books next to his in his very large bookcase.

Alexand’s back story, set in India, (3991)

Unbound Boxes Limping Gods: Disconnected Stories: Issue # 383: Twenty-Five

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The news of a cure came a day before Alexand and Heyem’s twenty-fifth birthday. As Heyem is soon to leave the island to go back to her career, and Alex is almost recovered enough to return to the army, Heyem is looking for her twin, outside on the beach, as she wishes to celebrate a day she thought they’d never share.

Heyem’s back story, set on Christmas Island, Australia (3991)

Unbound Boxes Limping Gods: Disconnected Stories: Issue # 376: Time Part 3

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Alexand was given more surgery to reverse the temporary procedures tying her to her bed, and has spent a week recovering. She is now supposed to walk with the aid of a nurse, but is still connected to the gene therapy drip, repairing her damaged internal organs. She is taking a walk, without her nurse, down one of the many long corridors in the army base, but Abouna Panak intercepts her to give her some unexpected news.

Abouna’s back story, set on Christmas Island, Australia (3991)

Unbound Boxes Limping Gods: Disconnected Stories: Issue # 373: The Laboratory at the Edge of the World Part 2

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Katherine has had five blissful uninterrupted weeks on her own, working in her laboratory. She has even made a makeshift bed on the chair, so as not to be disturbed by anyone, anywhere on the Kyuunansen, as she struggles tirelessly with her research into the Amanojuko’s virus.

Katherine’s back story, set onboard the Kyuunansen (3991)

Unbound Boxes Limping Gods: Disconnected Stories: Issue # 363: The Woman Between Two Worlds Part 6

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A month has passed and Alexand was sedated to aid in her recovery from heart surgery. The sedatives are wearing off, and she begins to hear voices. (This issue is dedicated to my son, Sam, who is 18 today. Happy Birthday, Sammy, one of the few people who are as real to me as my characters.)

Alexand’s back story, set inside her mind and on Christmas Island, Australia (3991)

Unbound Boxes Limping Gods: Disconnected Stories: Issue # 357: The Cure Part 5

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Katherine has grown impatient and as the fifth day of her recovery approaches, post-surgery, she is curious to peek out of her bandages, to find out if she can see properly, and more importantly, gain access to her laboratory. (This story is dedicated to my mum, as it is her birthday very soon. My mum, Barbara, is one of the kindest, wisest, warmest, happiness-inducing and funniest people I have ever known, and as some readers know, Alexand Merek is very loosely based on her, although Mum would probably disagree. Happy Birthday Mum, I love you so much xxx)

Katherine’s back story, set on board the Kyuunansen (3991)

Unbound Boxes Limping Gods: Disconnected Stories: Issue # 354: Love and Death

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Katherine is recovering from her operation, in her apartment. She has been ordered not to remove the bandages on her eyes for seven days, to allow the nerves to heal. The technology, which is being used to repair her sight, is beyond anything allowed outside the ship, and Katherine is impatient and curious to learn more, when she recovers. However her thoughts drift towards Alexand, and the cure promised by Katherine’s future self. She lies in her bed, imagining Alexand next to her. This story celebrates the Eight year Anniversary of Unbound Boxes on wordpress. Eight years ago I very nervously let go of Issue # 1: Alexand Merek, not knowing how she would be received. Thank you to everyone who has supported her and my other characters over these eight short years.

Katherine’s back story, set onboard the Kyuunansen (3991)

Unbound Boxes Limping Gods: Disconnected Stories: Issue # 350: Time

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Katherine has spent the past few weeks under Ajeeta Kothari’s strict rehabilitation programme, and her recovery has accelerated. She has been waiting to undergo an operation to restore her eyesight. There is a day to go, and she is getting impatient. (This issue is dedicated to Margot Kidder, one of my childhood heroes. You always were and will ever be the best, the funniest, gutsiest, most unpredictably brilliant and warmest, Lois Lane.)

Katherine’s back story, set onboard the Kyuunansen (3991)

Unbound Boxes Limping Gods: Disconnected Stories: Issue # 337: Filius Anderson Part 3

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After his release from Alexand Merek’s writer, Lord Anderson returned to the Amanojuko capital city, The Highest Ranks of Separation, to re-evaluate his agenda. He walks the art gallery, studying great works of art, which have been procured from the wealthy elites desperate to buy immortality. (Featured paintings are by John Martin: The Great Day of His Wrath 1851-53 and The Last Judgement 1853)

Filius Anderson’s back story, set in Russia (3991)

Unbound Boxes Limping Gods: Disconnected Stories: Issue # 334: The Resistance Part 2

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The ethereal Samira Ganesh escorts Katherine down a grand marble corridor. The ship seems quite empty, but there are a few straggling people, occasionally signalling their welcome to a new face on board. (This issue is dedicated to all those rebels who fight injustice in society, particularly the women who won the vote 100 years ago. Without them, and those who followed, I would not be in a position to see a future world inhabited by such strong and uninhibited women.)

Katherine’s back story, set onboard the Kyuunansen (3991)

Unbound Boxes Limping Gods: Disconnected Stories: Issue # 327: Unrequited

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Jarad returned to Nan Ha and spent the next few days sitting beside Alex, as she lay unconscious, trying to think of ways to tell her about Lord Anderson’s escape. (Thank you to everyone who has read these stories this year. I now measure time through releasing them, so this year has disappeared very quickly. Happy Christmas and best wishes for 2018)

Jarad’s back story, set in China (3991)

Unbound Boxes Limping Gods: Disconnected Stories: Issue # 322: Home

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Alexand attempted to follow Jarad, despite being blind, but ended up collapsing by the doorway. She lay there, staring at the darkness, unable to move, calling out for someone to help her. Her cousin Toreth came, and carried Alex back into her bed, then called for Doctor Azizi. He sedated her and she has spent the night sleeping. She has woken again and insisted the doctor help her get out of bed. Doctor Azizi has spent the past few minutes scolding her for ignoring his advice.

Alexand’s back story, set in China (3991)

Unbound Boxes Limping Gods: Disconnected Stories: Issue # 321: The Search For Filius Anderson Part 6

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Helga Ritter materialises in the East of Yunnan, where most of the habitable villages are. She has a great task ahead of her, but her writer will aid in locating the elusive Lieutenant Colonel Merek, and more importantly save Lord Anderson from whatever diabolical fate has currently been forced upon him.

Helga Ritter’s back story, set in China (3991)

Unbound Boxes Limping Gods: Disconnected Stories: Issue # 320: The Secret War Part 9

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Jarad couldn’t stand waiting and watching Alexand get sicker. He has spent the past few hours on the train from Yunnan to the Guangxi Mountains. He is now walking towards, Longsheng, where the writer full of potential cures for Alex’s illness has been hidden. All he has to do is release the containers without releasing Lord Anderson. He has brought his toy writer along too, so that he can transfer them to it.

Jarad’s back story, set in China (3991)

Unbound Boxes Limping Gods: Disconnected Stories: Issue # 318: The Secret War Part 8

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Alex wasn’t well enough to get out of bed, but she had been visited by most of her family once the news of her being awake spread. It’s night time now, and the last of the visitors left half an hour ago. Alex is exhausted, but quietly happy, knowing her family accept her. Jarad has been by her side for the past half an hour, reading to her.

Alexand’s back story, set in China (3991)

Unbound Boxes Limping Gods: Disconnected Stories: Issue # 316: Week 3

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Despite having remembered all the events previously erased by Future Anesidor Sumian, (the death of Farokh, and the fact Inajda came to Katherine to retrieve an inhibitor to slow Alexand’s illness) Inajda has been convinced that staying with Katherine is the best option. They are waiting for future Katherine to show up, with a future version of Alexand, and the promised cure for their Alexand’s illness.

Inajda’s back story, set in Russia (3991)

Unbound Boxes Limping Gods: Disconnected Stories: Issue # 314: The Search for Filius Anderson Part 2

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Heyem has been very depressed since she got back home to Hong Kong. She has received no news about Alex, and is deeply worried about her sister. She has not heard from Inajda, and Alex hasn’t returned to her military base. Heyem has continued with her life, but has grown more despondent. She has taken to drinking, to attempt to suppress her emotions. After her lecture is over, she heads out into the city, to a bar, to get drunk and perhaps pick up a woman.

Heyem’s back story, set in Hong Kong (3991)

Unbound Boxes Limping Gods: Disconnected Stories: Issue # 309: The Secret War Part 5

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Jarad had helped Alexand to walk away from Lord Anderson’s tomb, and heavily disguised, the two of them caught the train home, towards the village they grew up in. After leaving the train, Alex is finding it harder to walk, but she is too stubborn to let Jarad carry her. The village is a mile away, and Jarad is getting nervous.

Jarad’s back story, set in China (3991)

Unbound Boxes Limping Gods: Disconnected Stories: Issue # 301: The Limping Gods (Seven year anniversary special part 2)

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Helga Ritter, second in charge after Lord Anderson, watches from a distance, as the Amanojuko factory crumbles. A trail of survivors emerges, but they are mostly socialites. A few Amanojuko have not been buried, including the ringmaster and the pianist. She walks towards them, has to override Lord Anderson’s plans, as she senses he is gone. (Thank you to everyone who has contributed to this journey over the past seven years. The writer gives life to a story, but the reader keeps it alive.)

Helga’s back story, set in Russia (3991)

Unbound Boxes Limping Gods: Disconnected Stories: Issue # 300: The Unbound Box Part 5 (Seven year anniversary special part 1)

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Alexand and Jarad head towards the last room in the hotel, where Alex promises a solution to the problem of hiding Lord Anderson. (Thank you to everyone who has joined Alex on her journey these past seven years. To celebrate issue 300 and seven years on wordpress, Part 1 is released today and part 2 of the anniversary special will be released on Sunday 25th June, exactly seven years to the day of the first release back in 2010.)

Alexand’s back story, set in China (3991)