Corey Washington

Disclaimer: While place descriptions and news events may coincide with the real world, all characters and the plot are fictional.
== Biography ==
=== Early Years ===
Corey is the youngest of the three Washington brothers, two years younger than Cage, so 20 to 21-years-old in May 2020. By December 2020, he is 21-years-old.
Corey worked as a pizza delivery driver in his freshman year at PSU.
=== Education ===
Corey is in his second (sophomore) year at PSU.
=== Eyewitness News ===
Corey Washington is the EWN Computer Systems Manager (aka Chief Geek). As part of his role, he monitors social media for EWN.
==== Book 1: Stories We Tell ====
On Friday May 29, 2020, Corey assures Cage that the EWN servers have plenty of capacity for archiving video. Cage suspects Corey has a back-door into the university servers. Corey explains the role of independent journalists to EWN leadership, and the risks the independents take in publishing, .
In the early hours of Saturday morning Corey is still at EWN, waiting for Cage to return from the protest. When he does, Ryan, Ben, Miguel, Corey, and Cage discuss what will happen if the protests continue beyond the end of the Spring term. Corey offers to clean up the tear gas residue before morning, then stay and sleep on the couch, as Turk is staying in the Crow's Nest until morning.
About 10:30pm on Wednesday June 3, Corey and Ryan are in the newsroom watching Cage's live stream when Cage goes down, hit by a non-lethal bullet. After Turk calls and assures them that Cage is OK and returning to EWN, Ryan talks Corey through how to handle a similar emergency, stepping through the process. They wait in the EWN foyer for Turk and Cage to arrive, then Corey walks back to the Goose Hollow apartment, picks up a car, returns and takes Cage home.
==== Book 2: Choose ====
In the early hours of Tuesday October 13, 2020, Corey hears Cage in the newsroom and comes out and takes the cleaning supplies from him, saying he'll do that while Cage takes care of the people - Gregory had complained the last time that the janitorial staff weren't doing their job. Corey stays in the newsroom for the night.
At midnight on Thursday October 15, 2020 when a group of men claiming to be police arrive wanting to search the building, Corey starts recording sound and video as soon as they press the intercom button.
Corey opens the door when J.J. returns with Turk and Carroll at 10:10pm on Friday. Later that night, Ben gets J.J. to upload his entire livestream for later broadcast, and Corey edits it.
Corey is the last to arrive for the editors' meeting at 4pm on Saturday, October 17. Ryan runs through minor agenda items smoothly, then introduces discussion on the protests, the attempted raid, and what happens next then introduces the issue of the blackmail photos sent to Carroll. Corey turns around a big screen monitor to display the photos, After a break, Corey shows each of the six photos, each worse than the last. The decision to publish Carroll's story is unanimous.
Emily calls Corey about 9pm on Wednesday, October 21, asking him to pick up Sarah at EWN and take her back to the Goose Hollow apartment.
==== Book 4: Hold Me ====
* Tuesday December 1, 2020
** 10:30am: Corey gets a call from Sarah King, to say that Gregory notified her that one of the EWN ad staff had tested positive for COVID. Cage needs Corey set up a Zoom meeting for all department heads and Cooper. They also need to notify Provost McShane, and the head of Campus Health Services if he's can join them. Sarah tells Corey that Emily is going over to EWN to to shut everything down, and send everything remote, and she needs Corey there.
** 1pm?: Corey is at EWN in the Geek Room when Emily arrives at noon. After the Health Services nurse has tested the advertising staff, and they need a safe place to self-quarantine, Emily asks Corey if his Loft-mates can scrounge stuff for them, so they can change the Crow's Nest into a quarantine hotel. They'll need beds, or at least mattresses, cheap bedding, sanitary supplies, cheap sweats. Corey says he'll talk to Kevin, when do they need it by? Emily says she's afraid they're already too late.
** 3:30pm: Corey manages the technical side of the Zoom meeting for all EWN department heads, Prof Cooper and Provost McShane. After McShane and Cooper log out, and Ben tells them Joanna Montgomery is in OHSU and all the sports staff are symptomatic, Corey shuts down the Zoom meeting to all everyone privacy to cry - including himself.
* Wednesday December 2, 2020
** 3:30pm When Corey arrives at EWN, Cage pulls him into the Geek Room to talk about their father's COVID infection. He then asks Corey to link additional computers for the Zoom meeting for their alumni visitors.
** 4pm: After Emily opens the editors' Zoom meeting, and Doug presents the offer from Hewlett Packard's civic engagement office to underwrite expanded programming at EWN in order to reach the 20 to 30-year-old market segment, Corey asks about how much expansion is being considered, and Ben replies that it will be 24/7 on television, radio, and internet. After McShane leaves the Zoom meeting, Corey asks to start on the expansion to 24/7 coverage, as he is the only IT person at EWN and doesn't even have a trained backup yet. Ange offers to help as backup. Corey initially looks doubtful, but when Cage assures him that Ange set up the Geek Room and runs his own software company, Corey welcomes him back to the Geek staff.
== Physical Appearance ==
Corey is a lanky young Black man, and has not yet filled out like Cage or Gregory. He wears his hair in short braids, each with ends dyed crimson. 
Corey likes wearing leather jackets and silver jewelry for bling.
== Personality ==
Corey likes computers - he says they speak to him, and always have.
=== Book 3: Don't Go ===
Cage is surprised that:
# Corey is up at 11am on a Sunday morning;
# Corey has made coffee; and
# The coffee is drinkable - but then, Sarah made it.
== Relationships ==
=== Family ===
Corey installed security cameras at the Portsmouth parsonage several years before 2020, after some vandalism at the church.
==== Book 3: Don't Go ====
Rev Washington calls Corey on Sunday morning, October 25, 2020 to say that Cage, Sarah and he are expected for lunch at 1pm that day, after services. Sarah looks in the fridge to see what she can take for lunch, and says she can make a salad. Corey says they usually just show up, but Cage says his mom would probably appreciate a salad. Sarah asks if their parents have met Carroll. Cage says his dad has and was cool, but asked if Cage had talked to J.J. about 'things'. Corey says better him than their father, as a teenager he didn't think he'd ever recover from the embarrassment of Rev Washington's 'sex talk'. Corey says Sarah needs to see their dad at the pulpit to see the full strength of his glare. Cage and Sarah go with Corey to get Cage's car from near the ICE facility before going on to Portsmouth.
==== Book 4: Hold Me ====
* Wednesday December 2, 2020
** 3:30pm When Corey arrives at EWN, Cage pulls him into the Geek Room to talk about their father's COVID infection. Corey says that Gregory had called him, and that he had spoken to their mother earlier as well. Both Martha and Bianica Washington's tests were negative, they have to monitor for fever and be re-tested in five days. Cage tells Corey that their father is strong, but Corey says that he knows about the blood pressure and pre-diabetes, and that their father may not make it.
** 4pm: After Emily opens the editors' Zoom meeting, and Doug presents the offer from Hewlett Packard's civic engagement office to underwrite expanded programming at EWN in order to reach the 20 to 30-year-old market segment, Corey asks about how much expansion is being considered, and Ben replies that it will be 24/7 on television, radio, and internet. After McShane leaves the Zoom meeting, Corey asks to start the discussion on the expansion to 24/7 coverage, as he is the only IT person at EWN, and doesn't even have a trained backup yet. Ange offers to help as backup. Corey initially looks doubtful, but when Cage assures him that Ange set up the Geek Room and runs his own software company, Corey welcomes him back to the Geek staff.
== Residence ==
=== Goose Hollow apartment ===
==== Book 1: Stories We Tell ====
Corey lives with Cage in the apartment in Goose Hollow. 
==== Book 4: Hold Me ====
* Tuesday December 1, 2020 - 10am: Corey agrees to move from the Goose Hollow apartment to Ryan's former room at the Loft, however there are logistical issues. First Corey has to be moved out to the Loft - which is not easy given his late night hours at EWN. Then Corey's room needs to be cleaned to Sarah's satisfaction before Emily can move in. Corey wants to take all the computer equipment other than Cage's laptop, even though Cage had helped to buy both hardware and software. Corey argues that Cage can be at EWN in 5 minutes, but Corey will now have to drive - so Cage lost that battle. 
=== The Loft ===
* On December 5, 2020 he moves back into the Portsmouth parsonage with his computer equipment. 
* He returns to live at the Loft, when the Washington family vacates the Portsmouth parsonage in mid-December 2020.
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