Gene Carney

## Biography

Notably bedraggled and smelly, the Clew's first encounter with Gene was in Deepriver Forest where he was discovered collecting Nardyll pill bottles, claiming they were scattered all along the forest floor. He later tried to sell the Nardyll to unsuspecting college students, claiming that it was cocaine.

He seemingly spends the majority of his time at the Deepriver Dump or in the Deepriver Forest.

He is the one responsible for Sean Guthrie's beloved “Hochne footage” -- it was actually just him in a shitty deer costume. He made it with his estranged childhood friend, James Fonseca.

## Personality

Gene is rather laid-back, and seems to rely on cons and lies to get by in life. He is generally quite friendly, though he appears as though he doesn't care about how is perceived. However, he did express genuine emotion at being gifted a loaf of sourdough bread, indicating that there is a good heart underneath the cons.

## Relationships

### Sam Duncan

He admitted to the Clew that he would tell Sam lies about the Hochne in order to get free food.

He is also possibly the “gc” mentioned on Sam's blog:

> *gc is… i honestly have no clue where they stand. sometimes i wonder if they’re just feeding me bullshit so i’ll keep paying for their meals (they insist on being taken out to eat every time we talk) but everything they’ve said checks out so far.*
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### James Fonseca

Gene revealed that he and James are estranged childhood friends, who are responsible for Sean Guthrie's home video of The Hochne. It seems as though James still cares for Gene, at least a little bit. (They could possibly be ex-lovers. Who's to say).

### Deepriver Forest

* Michael "Skip" Mun
* Daniel Molina

Following Sam Duncan's disappearance, Skip and Daniel decided to search for him in the Deepriver Forest. At the edge of the woods, Skip found the imprint of a Timberland boot, and recognized it as Sam's. The duo followed the trail of Sam’s Timberlands until it vanished, and it’s around the final print that they find two pill bottles of a drug called Nardyll. Upon bending down to pick one a bottle that had rolled into the bushes, they encounter a bedraggled, smelly man named Gene Carney. It appeared as though he was collecting the pill bottles, though he claimed they were scattered all along the forest floor. Unfortunately, shortly after introducing himself, Skip, Daniel, and Gene were spotted by Deputy Dalton Blevins, and while Gene managed to escape, Skip and Daniel were caught. Blevins, not wanting to admit he lost Gene Carney in the inevitable report, decided to let Skip & Daniel go with a warning.

### Deepriver Dump

* Adrianna Deveaux
* Jacob Hunter
* Michael "Skip" Mun

These three decided to visit the dump, each for a different reason: Adrianna to ask Teresa Fleming about the dump's finances, Jacob to flirt with Kael Fleming, and Skip to (hopefully) find **Gene Carney** and give him a homemade loaf of sourdough bread. Jake returned to the dump to see Kael Fleming, and ran into Skip and Adrianna. After a brief chat with Kael, they found Gene sleeping in an old car. During a conversation regarding Sam Duncan, Gene fully admitted to making up stories about The Hochne so that Sam would keep taking him out to lunch. He seemed to recognize that it was wrong, and has been carrying the guilt about it since Sam's death. Gene also noted the presence of helicopters in the forest, which started after the Deepriver Forest fire of '06. He was also very aware of the hallucinogenic gas. Also, the video of The Hochne currently in the possession of Sean Guthrie is actually a home movie created by Gene and his estranged childhood friend, Jamie Fonseca.

Returning back to Kael: he stated that Davey Addams had been missing for a long time, basically since the Vigil. Also, he said that Davey has a dad named Dave and a little sister named Marcy. He also vaguely recognized the flower symbols from the tunnels under the school.

Then, they visited Teresa Fleming, the owner of the dump and Kael's older sister. They asked her about the business; it's been in the family since 1953, essentially the only asset of their sketchy grandfather, Marvin Fleming, that they still have. Adrianna found out that the dump doesn't make a whole lot of money; just enough to keep the siblings alive and in their trailer. The subsidies from the town have also been dwindling significantly. Grandpa Fleming conned his way into selling various pieces of property, including the Red Rue patch, with City Hall essentially being pay for play at that time, and also now. All Teresa seemed to know is her grandpa made an old-timey killing off that flower patch.

## Trivia

* He is the sworn enemy of Adrianna Deveaux, after he likened her to Donatella Versace.
* He has been found sleeping in both a bush and an old car at the dump.