those who only stayed a short time

These are characters that have become inactive, but their stories, however brief all contributed to the Dead Planet

Noah - "Ansel Adams was a liar"
The roads in the United States, were not paved with gold, not even metaphorically. Noah had had to come to terms with that long ago. It was coming to terms with what the streets were lined with, covered with now that was even harder than the first revelation.....

Mercedes - "We Could Be Happy Underground"
Suddenly a change came over the boy. His eyes, once wide with fear and confusion, now seemed determined. His posture shifted upright as he rose to his full height and leapt down from the train car to the tunnel floor below. "There is not to question why, but to do and die!".......

Alexander - "Coastal resort"
Not that there was anyone to hear him - the last person alive he had seen had been the crazy homeless man who had been living in the cave near the lighthouse for at least the last decade. The crazy homeless man's now suppurating carcass adorned the rocks leading to his beloved cave, grey and swollen: another victim of the dreaded plague.......