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Post by GK Sierra on Oct 26, 2012 7:00:31 GMT
What is this, I don't even-Jones in Africa? Mongolia, rather. Thought for sure it would be Olduvai Gorge. I guess Tom isn't that cliche. Looks like her skin still grows calluses even though its indestructible 
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Post by secondofnone on Oct 26, 2012 7:02:41 GMT
China, actually. Walking the world.
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Post by jon77 on Oct 26, 2012 7:03:35 GMT
Why isn't her weight causing her feet to sink into the sand several millenia ago? In the present, she can't stand on a rickety wooden pier for fear of it collapsing under her weight.
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Post by seaofalchemy on Oct 26, 2012 7:03:50 GMT
I don't even know what to talk about. I don't have a prediction of the location, but I'll stick to your Africa one unless it is proven/predicted otherwise.  Edit 1: I had thought that the scorching horizon that created the bluish white lining was water and she could've been on a beach with islands far beyond. But it doesn't look like beach sand. Edit 2: Okay, I just saw Tom's comment. Hehehe. |
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Post by secondofnone on Oct 26, 2012 7:06:18 GMT
Why isn't her weight causing her feet to sink into the sand several millenia ago? In the present, she can't stand on a rickety wooden pier for fear of it collapsing under her weight. Not all deserts are sandy. Some are gravel, some hard clay, etc. Plenty firm enough to bear her weight. |
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Post by chendzeea on Oct 26, 2012 7:06:42 GMT
Why isn't her weight causing her feet to sink into the sand several millenia ago? In the present, she can't stand on a rickety wooden pier for fear of it collapsing under her weight. It could be hard packed dirt and rock, not all deserts are sandy. |
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Post by SpitefulFox on Oct 26, 2012 7:07:02 GMT
So, are we in the Stone Age yet? I don't even know what to talk about. I don't have a prediction of the location, but I'll stick to your Africa one unless it is proven/predicted otherwise. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 26, 2012 7:09:37 GMT
Mystery solved.
Gunnerkrigg Court is the hallucination of a dehydrated woman cast out into the desert several thousand years ago.
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Post by GK Sierra on Oct 26, 2012 7:10:48 GMT
So, are we in the Stone Age yet? Well, "several" to me is between 3 and 7, possible 10 at most. Don't know if there's an actual definition, so we could be anywhere from the ancient kingdoms to pre-recorded history. Mystery solved. Gunnerkrigg Court is the hallucination of a dehydrated woman cast out into the desert several thousand years ago. THE END ;D So, are we in the Stone Age yet? I don't even know what to talk about. I don't have a prediction of the location, but I'll stick to your Africa one unless it is proven/predicted otherwise. I keep forgetting Tom is posting all the info/answers at the bottom now. Darn it Tom, what are we supposed to obsess about all weekend? |
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Post by willy on Oct 26, 2012 7:12:31 GMT
So we are now in current area of Mongolia/China. Perhaps Jones is Tocharian. They looked very much as Europeans. I think that we transfer back to nowadays during two next week. |
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Post by seaofalchemy on Oct 26, 2012 7:22:43 GMT
She will survive not only because she is immortal, but because robots do not get thirsty... joke.
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Post by Rex on Oct 26, 2012 7:23:29 GMT
Holy hell, Jones. Now we're at several millenia ago. The next jump should put us well before the Stone Age (assuming the next leap jumps back 10,000 years).
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Post by krael on Oct 26, 2012 7:26:01 GMT
well, that far back, Europe and the mediteranian ARE starting to get a little boring, so Jones' choice to be in china at that time makes sense  |
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Post by ctso74 on Oct 26, 2012 7:30:02 GMT
The Silk Road is older than silk. This far back, they were trading lapis lazuli along it. We may see some Sumerian goodness next. Unless we go much further back, then it is cavemen and stone spears.
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Post by lunitaire on Oct 26, 2012 7:31:09 GMT
New Theory: Jones was originally a mirage, but men wanted to believe in her so much, she became real.
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Post by Gulby on Oct 26, 2012 7:37:08 GMT
The Tocharian thoery seduces me. On the french Wikipedia pages about it, it is say that the chinese mythology comes mainly from the tocharian mythology... Maybe a good start to learn about who Jones is ?... At that point, what we are sure is that she is NOT a regular human. So... Maybe a part of mythology. What seems the most possible case here, in this story. Nah ? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_mythology |
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Post by SpitefulFox on Oct 26, 2012 7:44:28 GMT
No wonder Jones is so emotionless. After all she's been through, you could say she's... Burnt out.  |
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Post by skythorn on Oct 26, 2012 7:45:28 GMT
best page ever - love the distance - I felt like I was in 'Lawrence of Arabia' - however it seems as though it could be re-titled 'Jones of Africa' ..
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Post by alexh on Oct 26, 2012 7:49:19 GMT
Okay, craaaazy theory time!
I think that's sand.
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Post by ctso74 on Oct 26, 2012 7:52:41 GMT
Okay, craaaazy theory time! I think that's sand. Or someone has trapped her in a giant brown sugar tin. Jones is Coyote's baker!  |
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Post by seaofalchemy on Oct 26, 2012 7:53:24 GMT
I wish it were Monday already.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 26, 2012 7:55:36 GMT
Okay, craaaazy theory time! I think that's sand. As was stated earlier in the thread, she would be sinking very deep into the ground if it was sand. Even going under the assumption that she was much lighter several thousand years ago, a normal human's feet would be sinking into the sand somewhat. So it's probably safer to speculate that Jones is walking on hard, dry dirt. As for further thoughts, I think this page further confirms that she doesn't or feels significantly less pain and heat, as she's walking across a scorching hot desert with no shoes. |
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Post by noone3 on Oct 26, 2012 7:56:05 GMT
Why isn't her weight causing her feet to sink into the sand several millenia ago? In the present, she can't stand on a rickety wooden pier for fear of it collapsing under her weight. Well, contrary to some beliefs sand might be a very firm and supportive soil. Much depends on it's granular properties and water content. Loose sand usually determine forming of dunes (wind has much to say here too). Here we can see land very flat up to horizon, and after all we cannot be sure it is sand per se. I don't see a flaw there. I'm just wondering with each millennium more: How bored must be Jones in Gunnerkriggscourt times. |
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Post by Le Vagabond on Oct 26, 2012 8:03:19 GMT
registered to comment...
I know I'm sucker for sad neutral immortals, but this is nicely done :x
(jones has been my favourite and most interesting char for quite some time)
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Post by smjjames on Oct 26, 2012 8:11:14 GMT
I bet she could probably swim through the sand if she had to.
Anyways, this one is an absolute question mark as far as when, the upper limit would be the second millennium bc. We may still see egypt, just in its earliest days. Or maybe she was born in ancient china. We're also getting close to pre-recorded history, so the next jump or two is likely to place us there.
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Post by artezzatrigger on Oct 26, 2012 8:12:17 GMT
The more pages we see, the more the phrase "a rolling stone gathers no moss" pops up in my head.
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Post by mithrandir on Oct 26, 2012 8:47:38 GMT
Even the most firmly packed sand or dirt would give way at least a little bit to someone heavy enough to smash a wooden pier.
Either that's an exposed rock bed (which I can't necessarily rule out), or she isn't much heavier than a human at this point.
Which doesn't mean her weight is a function of time, as such. It could be a function of human population, either total or in her vicinity. Or it could be a function of etheric potential around her. (Of course, if Coyote's theory is true, those two are one and the same.)
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Post by Deleted on Oct 26, 2012 8:54:28 GMT
Fair point.
Hrm...perhaps Jones is on a time-reversed diet!
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Post by ctso74 on Oct 26, 2012 9:01:44 GMT
Even the most firmly packed sand or dirt would give way at least a little bit to someone heavy enough to smash a wooden pier. She didn't really smash a pier though. It's been stated, that she's a lot heavier than she looks, but it's never been defined as to how heavy she is. So... |
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Post by AluK on Oct 26, 2012 9:16:04 GMT
That second panel. I want it as a wallpaper. Now. And by the way, this page shows how much of an impact Journey had on Tom  |
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