GsB 0b: To Live and Die in Italia. (A Gunslinger Bink Prequel)
This story started out following GsB 0:The Gadget Infinity. It follows Tammy in search of her family in Italy and the ordeals she has went through.
Main Characters:
Fernando G.– a time traveling blind squirrel, member of the CDRR Ambulance Corps, age 43 but stopped aging since age 36, thus he says he's 36. He wears a pair of dark glasses out of necessity, and tends to know more than he leads on. Rumors has it that he was a CIA Agent and married during the 1980s, but has long since retired although this would put him at almost 50 years old and not 43 or even 36. With him, things are not what they seem at times. He is only mentioned in the story.
Tammy Squirrel – Young Teenage Squirrel, once had a crush on Chip, graduated from The Acorn Academy High School. She is in her second year of College studying the medical sciences, age going on 20 when she beings this trip. She is trying to end her wishy-washy fraidy-cat personality; but something seems to bring her back down. Her sister is Bink, age 10
Rebecca Squirrel – Mother of Tammy and Bink, starting dating Christiano Polancco who is a multi-billionaire in Italy though she is unaware of his wealth until after she marries him, age 40. She takes Bink to Italy while Tammy stays in their home to finish her studies.
Bink Squirrel – younger sister of Tammy Squirrel and youngest daughter of Rebecca Squirrel. When Rebecca Squirrel gets married to Christiano Polancco and they move to Italy, Bink goes with them. She is age 10.
Johan, Alfonse, Romeo, Julius, and Dante Polancco – ages 28 to 21, sons of the murdered Joseph Polancco and heirs to the Polancco Estate. Multi-Billionaires in their own rite with business holding in their father's companies and CEOs of their own Internet content media creation companies. Like their father, they have a dark side in being involved with Italian's underground and political terrorists. Due to the marriage to their father to Tammy's mother, they are stepbrothers to her as she is their stepsister. For the most part they do not to do anything with her and want to make sure she does not get any part of the Polancco Estate inheritance. They will look like they are helping her when they are not.
Maria, Estrella, Sophia, Anna and Julietta Polancco – ages 26 to 20, daughters of the murdered Joseph Polannco and heirs to the Polancco estate. Most are multi-millionaires and multi-billionaires in their own rite. Like the boys, they are CEOs of their own companies.
Glenda Red-Squirrel – age 19 – 20. Lived in Boston most of her life, went to FIT (Fashion Institute of Technology, one of the world's leading universities for the fashion industry) to study art, culture and fashion. She then transferred to the University of Milan to study abroad and follow in the steps of many fashion designers. Unlike Tammy, she is an experienced bi-sexual female where in her past she has had sex with her boyfriends and girlfriends. Her excuse, "I like both. One got too if they are going into the fashion industry." But the only good thing in this is she is not a chicken hawk and is usually in the receiving end of such relationships. But in that, she is always starving for attention, finding Tammy to be willing in satisfying that hunger.
Mr. And Mrs. Marino – age 81 – 84. Building owner since WWII, raised a large family and now rents the rooms their children used to live in to college students. Tammy managed to get a room from them in mid October. Tammy and nine college students all rents private room and board from them. Their three story brown stone house is located between the University of Milan and the tourist center of the city.