Dodge This! (Reptilian Conspiracy Thriller)

[Molly Mirthless]

Name:
Simone Sable (human identity)
UNPRONOUNCEABLE (birth name)

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Species: Reptilian shapeshifter
Apparent Age: Mid-twenties
Actual Age: ~200-250 years old (born circa 1775-1825)
Lifespan: ~700 years (still young by Reptilian standards)

Physical Description (True Form):

• Yellow eyes with slit pupils
• Long prehensile tongue
• Enhanced strength, speed, healing
• Reptilian features (scales, claws when manifested)

Physical Description (Human Form):

• Dark jaw-length hair, slicked back
• Blue-green eyes (color varies with lighting)
• Pale skin
• Lean, athletic build

Personality:

• Professional, competent, reserved
• Deeply committed to freedom and autonomy (Romantic philosophy)
• Performs "effortlessly cool human woman" but the persona has cracks
• Reptilian dragon-like tendency toward drama, ceremony, and status displays (cannot help herself)
• Blunt, direct in communication

Skills:

• Speaks 15 languages fluently (French, English, Mandarin, Arabic, Russian, German, Italian, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Hindi, Swahili, Hebrew, Cantonese, Reptilian)
• Expert combatant and assassin
• Skilled ar infiltration and disguise

Abilities (Reptilian):

• Shapeshifting (appears human)
• Greater-than-peak-human strength
• Enhanced speed and reflexes
• Accelerated healing (minor gunshot wounds heal in days)
• Hearing extends into ultrasonic range
• Night vision with slit pupils
• Extreme poison/toxin resistance (caffeine and alcohol have almost no effect)
• High metabolism (needs significantly more food than appears)

Background:

• Lived through: French Revolution, Napoleonic Wars, both World Wars, Cold War, digital revolution
• Present during La Belle Époque (1871-1914): drank absinthe at Le Cabaret du Néant, moved in Symbolist/Decadent circles
• Met Romantic poets including Lord Byron in England
• Inspired by Romantic Luciferianism (Byron, Shelley, Blake)—the rebel angel, freedom from tyranny
• Witnessed the Taxil hoax unfold in real-time
• Joined the Awakened (rebel faction) sometime in her past, driven by Romantic ideals of liberation

Cultural Influences/Humansona:

• Film: The Matrix (seen 47 times; Trinity is her template), La Femme Nikita (1990), Le Samouraï, Underworld series (guilty pleasure), Léon: The Professional, French Neo-Noir, early Bond films, Atomic Blonde, Ghost in the Shell (1995), philosophical cyberpunk in general
• Literature: Gnostic texts (Nag Hammadi library), Sartre, Camus, Marguerite Duras, Foucault, Deleuze. Cyberpunk

Quirks:

• 'Loses' her earpiece frequently when she "doesn't need help" (drives Kassandra crazy)
• Drinks coffee black (French press or espresso only; American drip is "an atrocity")
• Coffee and wine are purely for taste/ritual—no physiological effect
• Needs to "den up" in darkness after large meals (reptilian digestion)
• Eats meat very rare (almost raw), in quantities that would concern humans

Relationships:

• Kassandra: Collegial working relationship with her Mission Control; respects her skill but frustrates her constantly
• Morgan: Developing feelings she doesn't know how to process; sees Morgan as someone who truly sees her real self

Gear:

Kevlar-lined ankle-length leather coat. Slim, closely-tailored. Advanced bulletproof tech.
Twin custom FK BRNO Field Pistols with hypertech suppressors in shoulder rigs.

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Twin boot tantos.
Third tanto at the small of the back.
Custom motorcycle.

 

[Molly Mirthless]

MORGAN CROSS

Species: Human

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(with trace Reptilian DNA)

Age: 34
Occupation: Horror author

Physical Description:

• Not conventionally feminine—no makeup most days, no heels
• Chronic bad posture from hunching over laptop
• Dark circles under eyes
• Brown usually in messy bun/ponytail
• Wears: hoodies, jeans, boots, band t-shirts
• Small jewelry: trollcross necklace (always), possibly silver rings
• Signature hoodie: black with Jack Skellington, text reads "I'm A Nightmare Before My Coffee"

Personality:

• Blunt, direct communication style
• Introverted but has close friends
• Humor as defense mechanism

Background:

• Horror author with small but dedicated fanbase
  • Final/Girl- moderately successful, she HATES it
  • Blackwater Parish- exorcism/religious horror, ambiguous theology
  • Blackening the Roots- Appalachian folk horror
• Writes smart horror: philosophical, character-driven, genuinely disturbing, but also gory and shocking
• Uses real name despite it sounding like a pen name (autistic bluntness/refusal to perform)
• Parents were "goths in the 80s" (hence the name)

Skills:

• Research and pattern recognition (writer skills translate to investigation)
• Knows forensics/cleanup from horror writing research
• Creative lateral thinking under pressure
• Good with information synthesis

Pets:

Lovecraft: orange tabby cat, screams at nothing,

• "He hates dogs and fish—it seemed appropriate"

Criminal Record:

• One traffic citation (ran red light)
• One night in county lockup
• Extensive music piracy (ISP sent multiple cease-and-desist letters before she got VPN)

Quirks:

• Wears trollcross necklace to ward off internet trolls (knows it's fake Norse paganism from 1996, doesn't care)
• Forgets regular meals, lives on coffee/instant ramen/protein bars
• Can cook but rarely bothers for herself
• Apartment is organized chaos: books everywhere, coffee mugs on every surface
• Pirated SO. MUCH. MUSIC.

 

[Molly Mirthless]

THE GRAND DIRECTORATE FOR THE ORDERING OF THE WORLDS

Type: Reptilian shadow government/conspiracy
Philosophy: Order, control, stewardship, stability

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Core Beliefs:

• Humanity is dangerous—brilliant but self-destructive
• Without guidance, humans would destroy themselves (nuclear war, environmental collapse, etc.)
• "We are the gardeners. Humanity is the garden. Left untended, it becomes overgrown and chokes itself."
• Reptilian superiority (we're older, wiser, more advanced)
• Stability and survival outweigh freedom
• "This world is ours- we have ruled since the wheel and fire."

Full Formal Name:

• "The Grand Directorate for the Ordering of the Worlds"
• In Reptilian: [Unpronounceable ultrasonic frequencies] translates to something even MORE pompous
• Also called: The Directorate, The Stewardship, The Concordat (various formal sub-names)

History:

• Been on Earth for millennia
• Guided human civilizations from the shadows
• May have started with genuinely good intentions (preventing human self-destruction)
• Power has corrupted over time
• Low birth rates, genetic bottleneck

Organization:

• Massive bureaucratic structure
• Multiple departments, specializations, committees
• Centuries of precedent and protocol
• Clear hierarchy with formal titles and ranks
• Shadow control of: finance, government, intelligence agencies, religious organizations, corporations, think tanks

Aesthetic:

• Roman Empire meets corporate branding
• Marble, gold, clean architectural lines
• POWER displayed through ceremony and grandeur
• Classical imperial style
• Everything is a status display

Puppet Organizations And Stooges:

• The Work: Secret Opus Dei faction (they think they serve God, don't know masters are reptilian)
• Cells embedded in: intelligence agencies, corporate boards, think tanks, religious institutions
• David Icke and other famous conspiracy theorists: counter-reliables, fed exaggerated information in order to discredit the truth

Exonym (what Illuminated call them):

• "Demiurgic Collective"—insult implying they think they're creator-gods shaping reality but are actually misguided tyrants playing God, and too stupid to realize it.

Relationship with Humanity:

Collecting genetic data on entire populations, maintaining control over government and religious institutions from behind the scenes

 

[Molly Mirthless]

Type: Rebel faction of Reptilians and human allies
Philosophy: Freedom, self-determination, enlightenment

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Core Beliefs:

• Humanity deserves self-determination, even if they make mistakes
• The Directorate has become corrupt/tyrannical (may have started with good intentions, but power corrupts)
• True evolution requires risk and freedom
• Both humans AND Reptilians deserve autonomy
• "We are not jailers. We are not parents. We are not gods. We are gonna kill us some lizard-fascists."

Founding/History:

• The Schism: broke away from the Directorate at some point in history
• Inspired by various human liberation movements
• Many members influenced by Romantic era philosophy (Byron's "Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven")
• Multi-generational rebellion (some second/third generation rebels)

Symbolism:

• Primary symbol: Eye-and-pyramid with REPTILIAN eye
• Very Illuminati-coded (intentionally provocative)
• "We ARE the thing you fear, and we're fighting for your freedom"
• Gnostic resonance: the eye of enlightenment breaking free from the pyramid of control
• Graffiti tagged in cities where they operate
• On gear, weapons, safe houses

Organization:

• Underground headquarters (literally) in another nation
• Cell-based structure (compartmentalized for security)
• Mix of Reptilian operatives and human allies
• Humans in support roles (hacking, intelligence, logistics)
• Despite claims of equality, probably has rank structures they pretend not to care about but definitely do

Aesthetic:

• Rebellious drama vs. Directorate's imperial classicism
• Punk rock/anarchist visual language meets reclaimed Illuminati-style visuals
• Black leather, tactical gear, street art
• Still Reptilian though—cannot help the peacocking and ceremony
• Argue for HOURS about exact shade of green for the eye symbol

Known Members:

Seattle Cell-

• Simone Sable (field operative, assassin)
• Kassandra (Mission Control, hacker)
• Lizard Dave (armorer)
• Others unnamed

Relationship with Directorate:

• Active war/conflict
• Directorate sees them as dangerous terrorists/traitors
• Illuminated see Directorate as fascist tyrants
• Both sides engage in espionage, sabotage, occasional direct combat
• Using human proxy organizations against each other

Naming:

• "The Illuminated" = those who see the truth, broken free from the Demiurge's prison
• Directorate calls them: terrorists, traitors, the Schism, apostates
• They call Directorate: "Demiurgic Collective" (insult—"you think you're creator-gods but you're just tyrants")

Weaknesses:

• Internal ideological debates (how much violence is acceptable?)
• Resource limitations vs. Directorate's vast power
• Generational trauma (fighting a war for centuries)
• Dragon tendency toward status competition even within "egalitarian" structure
• Risk of becoming what they fight against
• Risk being mistaken for those they fight against by outsiders