Read the Zapfic serial #GHAWG on LeoThreads to follow the transformation of a courier into a Harley-riding tool of God.
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TL;DR
● What is GHAWG?
● Zapfic Entries 666-672
6️⃣6️⃣6️⃣ 2024-December-08 15:42:39
6️⃣6️⃣7️⃣ 2024-December-09 14:59:00
6️⃣6️⃣8️⃣ 2024-December-10 13:38:09
6️⃣6️⃣9️⃣ 2024-December-11 14:14:03
6️⃣7️⃣0️⃣ 2024-December-12 13:31:33
6️⃣7️⃣1️⃣ 2024-December-13 15:43:48
6️⃣7️⃣2️⃣ 2024-December-14 14:37:33
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What Is GHAWG?
#GHAWG is short for "God's Hog: A Watchful Guardian." This fictional story tells how David Guardia, a courier and business owner from Bayonne, New Jersey, US moved into the next phase of his life after spending the final ten years of his ailing father's life helping him.
More details can be found in the first post of this weekly recap.
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Zapfic Entries 666-672
6️⃣6️⃣6️⃣ 2024-December-08 15:42:39
"It was The Lord who saved you," I said. "He only used me to make that happen." Emilio Ibáñez and Luther "Big Lu" Jackson looked at each other before looking at me. Witnessing all this was Aníbal Rivera with camera crew in tow.
https://inleo.io/threads/view/magnacarta/re-magnacarta-2xcgn3sqz
🏍️ Even if David Guardia did not deliver any sort of prophecy or message to the people of Chicago, Illinois, US, its government leaders, or even to interlopers to Chicago, this may have been all David needed to do while he was in town after he and the rest of Felix Legion completed the eastward ride along what they believed to be the path laid out for the iconic and legendary road of yesteryear, Route 66. As we will see, he had more to do in Chicago on this day.
6️⃣6️⃣7️⃣ 2024-December-09 14:59:00
While I was saving a gang leader from getting a cement milkshake upside the head, the rest of Felix Legion was riding circles around an isolated group of black bloc brigaders who meant to threaten members of Chicago's Finest.
https://inleo.io/threads/view/magnacarta/re-magnacarta-5shd2trb
🏍️ The rest of Felix Legion wasn't merely a group of non-playing characters in some game on this day. Felix Legion took advantage of their unexpected presence as motorcycle riders to do things which in earlier times would have gotten them in trouble with The Law. On this day, The Law saw Felix Legion as a much-needed ally in a city where for far too long The Law took a backseat to Raw Power.
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When things settled down, remaining elements of the black bloc brigade retreated for their own safety to a visible yet harmless position. Some of the Chicago residents who marched through the streets became more raucous & demanding.
https://inleo.io/threads/view/magnacarta/re-magnacarta-pp7htsya
🏍️ For years (or even decades) in major cities and other towns whose governments are dominated by far-left elements, disorder brought about by far-left activists such as these elements of the black bloc brigade had been a periodic feature of life in those areas. However, what they had expected to happen in Chicago on this day was not going to take place. By itself, this could be considered a miracle, or at least a sign that things were different. Chicagoans massed at the Obama Presidential Library sensed this, and for the first time in decades they saw genuine hope on the horizon.
6️⃣6️⃣9️⃣ 2024-December-11 14:14:03
Lieutenant Terry Leo saw that the people massed by the Obama Presidential Library reacted well toward the combined forces of Chicago's gangs and the riot police of the CPD. He took this opportunity to reach the podium to speak.
https://inleo.io/threads/view/magnacarta/re-magnacarta-2bdh2q3nq
🏍️ This zapfic entry begins the transition to the high point of this set piece I had in mind for a long time but had trouble visualizing until the time arrived to write it. The key was including Lieutenant Terry Leo and his own role in the events of this day and beyond. By itself, David Guardia giving prophecy was important, but for this moment it didn't seem enough. Enter Terry Leo, the African-American Republican who had already been campaigning for mayor of a city ruled by Democrats for several generations.
6️⃣7️⃣0️⃣ 2024-December-12 13:31:33
As Lieutenant Leo walked to the podium, Aníbal Rivera and his crew were quick to cover him. They knew they were witnessing history in the making. For the moment, I stayed with the gang leaders I saved from a cement milkshake.
https://inleo.io/threads/view/magnacarta/re-magnacarta-2hfigpbpy
🏍️ This zapfic entry is transitional in nature. It simply sets the scene for the brief speech Terry Leo will deliver to his fellow Chicagoans (including the gangs he had been trained to send to jail).
6️⃣7️⃣1️⃣ 2024-December-13 15:43:48
"It's always sad when innocent babes die from the violence which has been second nature to Chicago for too long," began Lieutenant Leo. "It's as much a tragedy when it happens to gang members as it is to upstanding citizens."
https://inleo.io/threads/view/magnacarta/re-magnacarta-3apaifm6z
🏍️ For some reason, this is what triggered a wave of civil unrest during the time Felix Legion was riding east along Old Route 66. Unlike earlier waves of civil unrest in Chicago, this one felt different. Instead of being instigated by interlopers who are ideological fellow travelers of the groups dominating Chicago government, it was the people who saw that it was foolish to continue to rely on a government which had repeatedly failed them literally generation after generation. These everyday Chicagoans had it up to their scalps with their government and couldn't wait for an election day which was well over one year away.
6️⃣7️⃣2️⃣ 2024-December-14 14:37:33
"What happened to Emilia Ibáñez was a tragedy," continued Leo. "Although one of too many such deaths, this one sparked a change in how we handle it as Chicagoans. The current environment demands that change. Today we saw it."
https://inleo.io/threads/view/magnacarta/re-magnacarta-28pfrjwld
🏍️ Like everywhere else in the world, gangs caused grief for the people where they lived. In most places, it was kept to a manageable level. In some places, gangs came to have an outsized influence on daily life; Chicago was one of those places. However, in recent years, not even the gangs of Chicago were safe from the problems brought from the outside world by their own federal government and endorsed by the local government. By the time David Guardia arrives in Chicago in October 2028, Chicagoans had reached a breaking point.
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Story Arc So Far
Now that David Guardia and Felix Legion are outside the Obama Presidential Library in Jackson Park in Chicago, events pick up speed. David finds himself saving the life of gang leader {Emilio Ibáñez} though an action which can only be described as providential. Not to be left out of the scene, the rest of Felix Legion is riding and drifting around a group of interlopers who had planned on inciting violence against the riot police of the Chicago Police Department. Once things setled down, Lieutenant Terry Leo of the CPD Auxiliary took the oppertunity to address his fellow Chicagoans as part of his campaign for mayor.
With the Route 66 storyline concluded, Act 7 comes to a close and Interlude 4 begins immediately. Interlude 4 takes place in just 1 day, but it's a day featuring history in the making. Introduced in Interlude 4 are gang leaders Emilio Ibáñez and Luther "Big Lu" Jackson, Lieutenant Terry Leo of the Chicago Police Department Auxiliary, and Mrs. Hernandez.
NOW AVAILABLE! -- GHAWG, Uninterrupted for those who want to binge-read the daily zapfic serial one Act (or Interlude) at a time. Act 7 is in progress, so GHAWG-U proceeds through Interlude 3.
ALSO AVAILABLE! -- The GHAWG Diaries for those who want to witness the formation of The GHAWG Universe and how it's taking place. Published on Mondays when there is no GHAWG, Uninterrupted post (or, for that matter, any other post).
PLUS! -- GHAWG Behind the Scenes to see how elements of The GHAWG Universe take shape, from graphics to spreadsheets and other research. Included is a subseries called "Fun with Maps" showing the interesting things I find as I map out the David Guardia's ride. "Fun with Maps" is at South Bend, Indiana, US.
Catch the latest zapfic entries for GHAWG at LeoThreads. Get caught up with GHAWG with these weekly summaries at InLeo.
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GHAWG Navigation
To find other weekly summary posts such as this one-- or to read the serial without annotated commentary-- use the post GHAWGnav: Navigating The GHAWG Universe.
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