A new idea.

Okay, so, I'm an idiot, and a possible creative genius at the same time. So it would seem. I began feeling guilty always playing the same character with a friend of mine even though we started new sls every few months, and he was constantly creating new characters. So, I came up with the bright idea for us to start a brand new sl, both of us creating new characters. I chose the future, in a sci-fi world, where Rhia would never be. So, lo and behold, I came up with a new novel idea (no pun intended..unless it's clever, in which case that pun was totally intended). Luckily, it looks like it would be a one book deal, so I'm going to work on it in between blocks with the first Rhia book. I thought I'd post what parts of the synopsis I wrote down today, for your and my benefit.

A young woman, Rita, stows away on a space pirate ship, trying to escape other pirates. She's caught, and put to work rather than thrown off, or worse. When she's caught, she's emaciated, weak, and lacking in any and all self esteem and confidence. The only things seperating her from the rest of the street rats were her clothes, which even though they were dirty and torn, were of expensive weave, as well as a strange, unique ring. It was a simple silver band, but set on its back was a brilliant blue stone, dulled with the dirt and grime of living on the streets. It was of a shade of blue unlike any other known stone, and cut with too much sophistication for it to simply be glass or plastic.
Her first day on the ship was rough. It was the biggest ship she'd ever been on that took off from the surface. It had a relatively large crew, and from whom she'd seen straight off, everyone seemed to hate her. From the two women who caught her, Nana and Geneene, to the Captain, whose name she didn't hear for quite a while. She was still tired, hungry, and weak when they put her to work, which didn't earn her very much respect, despite working through it. By the time they took off, she was weakened to the point of blacking out with the G forces.
On that same first day, Rita met a man, who went by Slip, who seemed to be able to read her like a book. She was placed with him first to learn to tie the various knots used on board. And it is with him that the first hint of this young woman's uniqueness is revealed. He commands her to tie a knot, any knot. She hesitates, and just as she seems to give up, a new light finds her eyes. Her fingers move without her command, and in short time, a rare and complicated knot is formed in her hands. When asked where she learned such a knot, she could only stammer that her father taught her, a declaration not believed for a moment. She was warned then that she could say she didn't want to talk about something, but she was never to lie, lest she have a death wish.
Later on that day, after a much-appreciated dinner, she found herself with time to herself, and took that time to investigate the bridge. While she was there, the Captain had his own first look at Rita's odd qualities. She soaked up the wealth of knowledge available on the bridge, going from station to station as she learned what she could simply by watching. A young, very bright woman, Juni, noticed her curiousity, and fueled it by teaching her whatever she could. It was Juni who was the first to show Rita kindness on the ship, and it was that kindness that restored a little of her confidence and self respect.
That night, Slip took notice of how that trip to the bridge had energized her, and took the liberty of showing her the data store room, giving her the ismple warning to finish her work before she gets lost in reading or selse she'd be restricted from that room. It was a warning well taken, and a room much frequented for the weeks to come.
Rita proved a quick learner, and was very likable, and even Geneene began to find it difficult to hate her. It wasn't until they entered the next planetary system and were required to go through physicals that things changed. It didn't take long until the doctor on board realized that Rita was not wholly human. She wasn't confronted immediately, the doctor approaching the Captain with the news that Rita's brain and heart were almost entirely mechanical, and completly lacked any reproductive organs. She was an android, albeit a very advanced - she breathed, ate, and bled, and even slept. She got thin when she didn't eat enough, and gained muscle after working a while on board. She was unlike any other previously manufactured android. Red lights would obviously go off in the Captain's head. What was such an advanced prototype doing crawling on board his ship?

Well, that's what I'll put up here. I'll leave everything else off for the sake of not revealing spoilers.
Oh, even more bad news, I had a pretty awesome idea for a manga come to me in a dream - no, I'm serious - so I've got yet another project to distract me from the book. Guess we'll see how things progress.