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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kookalouris" data-source="post: 4246796" data-attributes="member: 23872">Thoughts on Adam and Sam's backgroundHm, here are some ideas for Sam and Adam's relationship.  Let me know what you think.Before the 'event' and before Adam's disgrace, deserved or not...Sam would be well-disposed to any technically-inclined professional that kept her plane (her joy in life) in the air.  I can see them meeting at a flight club dinner and getting along.Past that...Sam wouldn't typically have had a reason to hang around a young earnest inventor (her quite conventional plane was well-kept by quite conventional mechanics) but what if...Sam used Adam's inventions on her plane?It could be that Adam's inventions (at the time) had a good, solid and safe reputation.orAdam's inventions (at the time) had a reputation for pushing planes beyond their limits (Sam's daredevil outlook at the time would have chosen speed over safety).orSam (a rich and famous avatrix) was sponsored by whatever backers Adam had to put his inventions on her plane.orSam (down on her luck and behind in expenses) was forced to take this quack inventor's contraptions on her plane for moola and publicity.Or it could be that Sam and Adam simply became good friends and hung out whenever Sam wasn't touring.It could be that they had quick fling that ended (mutually or otherwise).  Sam may have been in awe of this new Edison, feeling quite the country bumpkin.  Or Adam may have been enchanted by this wild-child pilot (the media certainly would build up an air goddess image).If Sam did the dumping, it was probably in her wanderlust nature not to settle into one place, race or person too long.  I can't see her being deliberately deceptive but she may have not realized her casual intentions were not clear to a true innocent.Now, after the mysterious event that shattered Sam's life...If any of Adam's inventions were on the plane, it is unlikely that Sam would blame Adam when others might.  As no known malfunction of his inventions could account for any of the few and weird facts known about the crash.A variant might be that Sam blames Adam, rightly or wrongly, but I can't see them being good friends afterwards.  This COULD add tension as Adam is still a paying customer.  In that case, Adam might be trying to melt Sam's cold heart, one night and drink at a time.Having known each other before, Sam wouldn't generally feel reluctant opening up to Adam.  And don't forget, most of the facts of Sam's life would be public knowledge.  Simply keeping up with the relevant newspapers would do a lot.Her mental state after the crash would be apparent simply by watching her sadness as she bleakly tends the bar, especially to one who might have known her in happier days...How's that for a start, DL?  Let me know what you think...</blockquote>

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