It is time for the third and final challenge of this round. This will test your creativity and logic and perception. There will be ten marks available in all criteria, so a lot rests on this. Now, let me tell you a little bit about James Daniels.
James was born on the 3rd of August 1970, making him currently 38. He was born in the small American town of Little Teaside to Anne and John Daniels. They lived in a three bedroom house. They gave birth to another child, Miles, on the 14th December 1976. The two brothers got on well.
At school, James was an average student, but was well known for his sense of humor. Most of the teachers liked him and he finished school with Cs and Bs. He had many friends, but his best friend was a boy who happened to be named Daniel James. They got on very well and regularly went around each others houses and played practical jokes. Their favorite film genre was Comedy, although Daniel was also into Horror.
James decided not to go to college, but Daniel did. James got a safe little job at a local tourist ride, a
large bungee thrill ride. He made enough money that he bought a regular sized apartment in town. It was the 24th August 1991 that he met Judy. She had a go on the bungee seat and he was so attracted to her that they went out to dinner.
It turned out she was already seeing somebody, but she broke it off to be with James. Within a year she had moved in and they were in a very comfortable relationship. They decided not to have children until they were a bit older.
Now, back to Daniel. While he was at college, he made new friends, as did James. Eventually, the two stopped really contacting each other, apart from the odd funny email or Christmas cards. Daniel got a job as a computer technician in a city about two hours away from James. While he was there, he was miserable. He had a bad house, very few friends he got on with really well and he was just all around lonely. So, in February 1994 he came back to Little Teaside and approached James.
James and Judy had recently started renting a two bedroom house in a nice location. When Daniel came back, James couldn't say no. Daniel started living at the house where he remained until 1996. All three of them got on well and it was a fun time, but Daniel eventually got back on his feet and bought an apartment across town with his new girlfriend Caron. James and he remained friends.
James and Judy went on to have a daughter who they named Lucy on the 5th September 1999. They stayed in the town and lived in the same house. James' parents were still both alive and got on well with James and his new family. James was in a good job, now manager of the Red Lobster. Judy was working as a waitress at the same Red Lobster. Lucy went to the same school that James did and was getting good grades. James wasn't in any debt.
None of his family had any illness.
That is why the 2:46pm on the 4th of November 2005 was a strange day. James walked into the gas station where he had once worked and shot two customers and a cashier. He they casually walked out and drove away. He went to his daughters school at 3:00pm to pick her up as usual but the police arrived and arrested him.
This happened three times in three different worlds. Now, it is your job to explain why. What happened in his life to make him do this terrible crime? You can use as much of the information as you want, and you can create completely new events that happened in between the described ones. However, those written are fixed.
Be aware, if you use practically none of the above events you stand to lose out on creativity marks. As interesting as all the new events are, if you ignore the described events then you are not showing any ability to work with what you are given. Perceive events carefully and make sure that their effects and the actions of people are logical. A lot rests on this, for the person with the least total marks will be trapped forever in the solitude of limbo whilst the other two venture back to the world of the realms...
You have until Friday at 12:00pm EST to submit your answers both as a post in this thread and as a PM to me. Don't be late...