Alessio Prelude: Pet Shop Boy

Most people have them. Those crappy little jobs no one likes. Even those who were or aspire to be actors and models get into some funky jobs to pay the rent. Alessio ('Al' by his boss) Marconi worked at the Redding Pet's and More before striking it small. A few shots here and there for kids fashion mags and catalogs, and a bit part in a small budget film. But he was still stuck in the town of redding.

He noticed the ad for Amherst. Amherst being one of those small towns that suddenly just boom out of nowhere, a new blazing hot spot in the world. It had a couple of production companies there, forming a small Hollywood in South Carolina.

So it was written, so it was done. He hopped a bus and headed out for Amherst, packing very little and travelling light. Hopefully, he wouldn't end up working at another pet store...

While on the bus. He catches the bright glint of metal from somewhere up in front of him. A man wearing a mask. A polished mask, with tinges of dark cobalt running through it. Yes, it was probably cobalt. He learned that vaguely in High School. The sun was bright and the glinting off the metal enough to make Alessio shut his eyes for a moment. Then he awakened...