Corey Mogen (Cataclysmic Gerosha)

Corey Mogen is a minor character mentioned in Purge-Flare: Stickin' It to Pencil during a dialog section. He is most notable for being Miriam Flippo's ex-boyfriend, and a catalyst for the heartbreak that drove her to become obsessed with becoming Sniperbadger.

Middle school
Clyde had long desired to see the children of Gerosha groomed into sexual obsession and perversity - to make them easier to enslave into his brothels. He used his influences long before Gleeful-N'-Young was even properly established as a racket to hijack the education system in southern Indiana - making certain to put the worst degenerates he could find in charge. They were so over-the-top in their quest to corrupt minors, that police and parents didn't - act out of disbelief that it could be real.

Corey was on-and-off friends with a certain Tyrone Menster, in that they both somewhat cared about the Flippo triplets, but were also curious to see what it would take to seduce them. Tyrone was interested in hearing some of Candi's spiels about what the world was coming to, and what they needed to be in it. However, his absent father and negligent mother led to Tyrone retreating into porn addiction at an early age. His desires - even for Candi - were corrupted by his addiction.

Corey followed in Tyrone's coattails, but was more accepting of the school's relentless Crooked Rainbow indoctrination than Tyrone was. While authorities did their best to cover up rather than investigate what Don Mendoza had done to Candi in 6th grade at the Gerosha Middle School, they were unable to masquerade their failure to take seriously the rape of Marina Flippo that same year by classmate Fred Morrinson in the Old Boonville Cemetery.

This act led to Candi becoming the "Spookfaced Centipede," and exacting some vigilante justice on Fred when the police refused to give Marina justice. Fred soon discovered that the same police that refused to investigate him for violent rape, were also unwilling to investigate the vigilante that left him battered and with broken arms and a broken nose in his room. The girls knew that due to Erin's extreme coitophobia, they were unable to trust her with the truth of what had happened to them.

The girls' secrecy - to protect themselves from Erin's irrational outbursts - wound up working against them. In spite being quite a few years below 18, they faced pressure from peers and teachers alike to get involved in the rise of "e-thot" culture. Girls who lied about their ages online, to indulge in the lucrative profits of this dark underworld, pressured the Flippo triplets to do it too. Their refusal led to the "thotties" forming cliques, and bullying the Flippos for still having a shred of decency. Candi began pointing out to them that they were only acting that way, because they were trying to suppress their own guilt - that all they ever did was harm others, contrary to their protests that their actions were "harming no one." This led to Miriam helping Candi dig up incriminating evidence against the girls - both related to their sexual activities and to other laws they were breaking and individuals they were harming. Candi confronted the bullies with this incriminating evidence, leading to them jumping her in a murderous rage. Candi was able to escape without inflicting any serious harm on any of them; but their lashing out led to the girls striking several teachers that tried to intervene. Several of them were suspended, and three were arrested. Candi herself was put in after-school detention for three days, given she was ruled the "instigator."

Amidst this drama, Corey played on Miriam's insecurities. He told her that she may as well date him. After all: given that so much of the school already believed Candi and Marina to be "sluts," he argued that no one would believe Miriam if she weren't one also. He showed some interest in Miriam's online hacktivist activities as well, enough to convince her that he actually like her. However, Corey didn't retain a relationship with Miriam for very long after their first time together. He broke up with her a few weeks later, admitting to her that he was only using her for sex, and had already found someone better.

High school
Miriam was so ashamed and disgusted with herself over believing Corey so soon, that she decided not to report him to anyone. After all: doing so would lead to rumors making it back that could fall on Erin's ears, leading to Miriam getting kicked out of the house. As high school approached, Miriam's self-respect took a small dive due to how Corey had made her feel. She also became slightly bitter - and manipulative - in order to feel like she was regaining some sense of value and respectability. However, she also began taking credit for some of Marina's indiscretions, in order to minimize the harassment that Candi and Marina faced.

Corey had moved out of town; but the shadow of his influence haunted Miriam. She even started becoming reckless as Sniperbadger, and even took dares at school that she knew she shouldn't. In her overconfidence, she took a dare and lost to a classmate named Sam Hoverton - leading her down the path to prostitution in order to fulfill her obligations after losing the bet. When her tryst with Sam led to her once again missing a notification about a declaration of State of Emergency, and that this resulted in Candi getting arrested when Miriam failed to contact her, - Miriam vowed never again to gamble with sex the same way.

Not long after this, Candi tried dating Tyrone. However, Tyrone's porn addiction created problems, resulting in the two splitting up - while trying to remain friends. Miriam has trouble forgiving Tyrone for botching his chances with Candi, especially given how it reminded her too much of how Corey treated her.

Purge-Flare: Stickin' It to Pencil
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A few short weeks before Candi's arrest, however, Miriam contacted Don "the Module" Glotine - via hacking the Padua Satellite Network. She warned him that Emeraldon's interference with Bert Mongale's jet had cost Chris the escape plan, following the assassination of Mike "the Pencil" Javelin. Don and Chris would need to figure out a new plan, quickly. Don became very nosy, and socially engineered Miriam into admitting to everything except her name. As she got sloppy, growing to trust Don as a sort of surrogate father figure in a short amount of time, she let slip over the phone various details about her past relationship with Corey.

Miriam relays to Don that Corey is not only her reason for assuming the worst about Tyrone; but is also why she doesn't entirely trust Danny Loffin with Candi. She won't outright scold her sister for sleeping with Danny, for fear of sounding like a hypocrite. However, she prays that she's wrong about Danny. She suggests trying to play matchmaker between Candi and Donte, unaware the two would meet and marry several years later, in case Danny ever "turns chicken and runs" once the going of being with Candi "gets too tough." She makes this prediction, unaware of the fact that Danny's mother would later force Danny to break up with Candi. Her scheming offends Module, who labels Miriam a "Machiavellian bitch."

Otherwise, Miriam tries her hardest to forget about Corey. Yet, the damage he did to her results in her continuing to make bad choices later in life.

Sodality
By 2019, Corey has made his way to the fields of Nebraska, on his way to Texas. He dreams of finding more women to seduce, as this quest has consumed almost his entire thought process. Yet, he and some others fleeing Ameristan are captured by Netheeli forces, and eviscerated in a wheat field. Leaks in Hebbleskin info result in Miriam eventually learning of Corey's fate, and being horrified. While she didn't appreciate the way that Corey broke her heart; she didn't feel that he deserved such a gruesome demise either.

Personality
Little is known about Corey's overall personality, except from what few clues are given from Miriam's personal testimony about him. He enjoys manipulating and using women for sex, he's obsessed with it, and he's cowardly and prone to lying. Like Tyrone, he also has a problem with porn addiction. However, much like Sam and very much unlike Tyrone, Corey is never shown later on to make any effort to redeem himself.

Trivia

 * Corey is the first of Miriam's lifetime total of seven men that she's had sex with. He is also her first major regret, first to break her heart, and played a role in her becoming Sniperbadger.
 * Becoming a valuable asset to Candi's life mission as Ciem, as well as being important in fighting for just causes in her own right, gives Miriam something to live for outside of her desire to be with a man. She feels this is important, since she learns that she doesn't always make wise choices with men.  Corey helped her understand that, and to rise above the small-minded obsessions of her sex-crazed peers.
 * Sam Hoverton is the immediate follow-up, though Miriam entertained no delusions of him being long-term couple potential. While Miriam doesn't delight in the prostitution angle, she accepts her session with Sam as the consequences of losing a gamble - and then vows not to gamble so care-freely next time.
 * Miriam has similar taste in men to Candi, good and bad, but respects others' boundaries. She wouldn't dream of trying to steal Danny from Candi, and tries to keep them together - even when she doubts Danny's courage.  She loves her sister, even if she's jealous of her sister's abilities.
 * After Corey and Sam, Miriam decides she wants to go straight in a Biblical sense. However, she finds herself swayed into giving herself to Chris in order to better gain his trust.  This affair with someone much older begins to cloud her judgment later, as she is then caught helping Chris escape Gerosha to avoid capture.  This forces Miriam to turn herself in, so that her actions aren't blamed on Candi.  This also leads to her and Tim Downsen being left unsupervised for too long one day.  In spite being kindred spirits, they know that they have a slim chance of working out.  When Tim later gets himself killed, Miriam finds solace in Phil Couric - who later also gets himself killed.  Miriam sees it as her evolution - from falling for scumbags, to falling for martyrs.  She later seduces a cruise ship captain's son in order to stow away on a vessel headed for Hawaii - which lets her meet with Kamohoalii in order to gain the resources needed to rebuild her life in Hong Kong.  This leads her to get another boyfriend, who dies during the Hong Kong riots and due to Hebbleskin interference.  She finally finds herself with Task Force Black Rat; where she meets Steve.  After Task Force Black Rat is reassigned to Alaska, Miriam and Steve get married.


 * Corey is to Miriam what Tyrone was to Candi, except that he doesn't get a redemption arc. The fact that he didn't forcibly rape Miriam, keeps him from becoming to her what Don Mendoza was to Candi, and what Fred Morrinson was to Marina.