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Post by Yin on Oct 5, 2009 6:51:40 GMT
Well then. Quite a number taken. More of a portal than simply grabbing and spiriting away.
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Post by Alex on Oct 5, 2009 6:54:13 GMT
That's at least 11 taken. Either more were taken between last count and the plan, or people have been there for a while...
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Post by Yin on Oct 5, 2009 6:55:27 GMT
Got a TV though. Nice.
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Post by Casey on Oct 5, 2009 6:57:12 GMT
Man, where -ARE- they???
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Post by gaia on Oct 5, 2009 7:00:32 GMT
Yay! Janet's alive!
How did Kat end up sitting under the one tree that kidnaps people? Maybe it's a tree-hopping ghost.
Maybe the others were taken from a different camp? Like, more than one class in the camp at once, but Winsbury didn't know that.
Hadn't noticed that. Crap, they're in Saw.
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Post by garlicgreens on Oct 5, 2009 7:01:44 GMT
Annie needs to turn off caps lock.
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Post by Azeltir on Oct 5, 2009 7:02:30 GMT
They look kinda upset, too. But I doubt a forest-tree would take them to a... cafeteria? Annie needs to turn off caps lock. It's cruise control for cool. Ben |
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Post by judgedeadd on Oct 5, 2009 7:09:35 GMT
Man, I sure hope Annie won't use those blinker messages very often. They're harder to translate in Photoshop than ordinary speech bubbles y'know  ( |
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Post by eightyfour on Oct 5, 2009 7:35:32 GMT
Heh, that kidnapping tree seems to be getting sloppy: Kat managed to scream before she was taken off.  The room has at least two doors, but no visible windows - underground perhaps? At least this seems to confirm that there are humans involved, and not just rogue forest creatures, as whatever structure they are in is certainly man-made. The kids don't look too happy there, but they don't seem to be mistreated either: They have entertainment (providing that TV is actually working, which we can't tell yet, of course) and seem to be given food (provided it's not only been empty plates, in order to mock them). Question: Did Annie actually see who took Kat there, or how she got there? Annie initially doesn't display much surprise, only after she sees the other kids in the room - or is it after she sees the tree behind Kat (is that tree actually behind her inside the room?). |
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Post by thor on Oct 5, 2009 7:42:31 GMT
The two doors would probably be bathrooms.
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Post by Mezzaphor on Oct 5, 2009 7:53:23 GMT
The tree is still there, behind Kat. Inside that room. Weird.
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Post by Yin on Oct 5, 2009 7:53:58 GMT
As I said, it seems to be a portal.
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Post by Aris Katsaris on Oct 5, 2009 7:56:24 GMT
Seven abductions we already knew of (Janet, which seemed the first one, + 6 others overnight, including Paz).
So I guess 4 more were taken between Janet & that night, or during the morning of Kat's own abduction. Or both.
But yeah, it seems conclusive that this is now a teacher conspiracy, and not a particularly evil one at that: I doubt they'd bother giving the kids a TV if they were planning to sacrifice them in dark rituals or some such (as I think todd speculated :-).
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Post by bisected8 on Oct 5, 2009 8:07:16 GMT
Question: Did Annie actually see who took Kat there, or how she got there? Annie initially doesn't display much surprise, only after she sees the other kids in the room - or is it after she sees the tree behind Kat (is that tree actually behind her inside the room?). Not showing any surprise at an animated tree but being surprised by a group of other people seems quite in character... |
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Post by eightyfour on Oct 5, 2009 8:15:17 GMT
Question: Did Annie actually see who took Kat there, or how she got there? Annie initially doesn't display much surprise, only after she sees the other kids in the room - or is it after she sees the tree behind Kat (is that tree actually behind her inside the room?). Not showing any surprise at an animated tree but being surprised by a group of other people seems quite in character... Well, Annie should've expected other people to be there, as she knew there have been more abductions. But then, it may be even more of them than she expected. On second thought, is that actually surprise on Annies face? Could it be *ding* I-have-an-idea? ;D |
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Post by jon77 on Oct 5, 2009 8:41:13 GMT
The two doors would probably be bathrooms. I was wondering where those doors might lead, and your explanation makes a lot of sense. I'll take it one step further - there might be a whole dormitory on each side. After all, they've been there for more than one day, and they need a place to sleep. |
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Post by jon77 on Oct 5, 2009 8:43:35 GMT
I wonder what Annie's cunning plan is. Maybe she saw more of the abduction than what we were shown, because I sure don't have a clue how to get them out of there.
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Post by judgedeadd on Oct 5, 2009 8:47:55 GMT
She probably wants Kat to fake an illness, so that the mysterious captors will be forced to take her out of the Abduction Club and to the infirmary or something.
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Post by Rasselas on Oct 5, 2009 9:07:25 GMT
Oh, Paz is fine. Everything is good with the world. But yeah, it seems conclusive that this is now a teacher conspiracy, and not a particularly evil one at that: I doubt they'd bother giving the kids a TV if they were planning to sacrifice them in dark rituals or some such (as I think todd speculated :-). I wouldn't be so sure. Remember the story about Hansel and Gretel, and all the nice foods the witch prepared for them? The TV is only there to pacify them and numb their minds, just like in real life! I speculated earlier that they'd all be taken to an underground cave with evil roots hovering around, this really wasn't what I imagined. It does seem man-made, and well-maintained, which is curious. I can't imagine Gilitie or any etheric source bothering with it, so it must be someone controlling the trees. Could be the teachers, but that's a lame option so I don't like it. |
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Post by Mishmash on Oct 5, 2009 9:19:34 GMT
I thought Annie was surprised by seeing a tree behind Kat, inside the room.
Also, are the other kids gonna be somewhat startled by floaty letters hovering over Kat's hand? I would be.
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Post by jon77 on Oct 5, 2009 9:30:29 GMT
Where are the enigmatrons when you need them?
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Post by eightyfour on Oct 5, 2009 9:32:27 GMT
I speculated earlier that they'd all be taken to an underground cave with evil roots hovering around, this really wasn't what I imagined. It does seem man-made, and well-maintained, which is curious. I can't imagine Gilitie or any etheric source bothering with it, so it must be someone controlling the trees. Could be the teachers, but that's a lame option so I don't like it. I don't like it either, simply because it's too obvious and convenient. ;D There's something that irritates me: I find it a little hard to believe that the teachers would use these animated trees to capture the kids. Just think about how traumatic that would be, even if it was made clear to them right after that it was all just a joke, and judging from Paz' and Janet's faces I'd say they don't have much of a clue what's going on either. No, that's certainly not a teacher's way of doing things. However, they Court's way tends to be... unusual. On the other hand, forest creatures could be cunning enough to use an abandoned man-made building, or to create a fake one themselves, to place the kids in. However I highly doubt they would be getting such subtle nuances like a flat-screen TV quite right (considering they already have problems with something as simple as clothing). ;p |
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Post by rhoffman12 on Oct 5, 2009 9:39:48 GMT
Annie looks... alarmed? maybe just surprised? - to see that tree in the room.
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Post by imaginaryfriend on Oct 5, 2009 9:44:13 GMT
It would be neat if Kat's been taken to Zim-space and the extra kids are Nobodies.
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Post by persiflage on Oct 5, 2009 9:47:52 GMT
Could that kid in the hoodie be Jack?
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Post by todd on Oct 5, 2009 10:46:07 GMT
While the "the teachers are behind it" theory has its problems (I agree with the point that it would seem to the abducted children - and their friends who haven't been abducted yet - like a cruel practical joke), I can see why it keeps on surfacing - it's hard to believe that the Gunnerkrigg faculty, after what we've seen of them, would be so inept as to leave the children in such danger.
Though everyone's fallible, and while the teachers at the Court are capable and intelligent, they've occasionally misinterpreted the evidence before. Such as, in Chapter Nine, Eglamore believing that Annie ran out onto the bridge because Reynardine lured her there - though it's an understandable assumption, since he doesn't know about her link to Robot and Shadow2, and *does* know that Reynardine's untrustworthy and already deceived her once before. Maybe the abductors have handled their scheme so cunningly as to keep the teachers deceived for a while. (I do wonder how much Marcia's involved - does she, maybe, have double loyalties? Or might she even be a fifth columnist for Gillitie - fitting in with the ex-dryad theories - and kept it hidden from even Bob?)
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Post by Jiminiminy on Oct 5, 2009 11:05:07 GMT
I thought Annie was surprised by seeing a tree behind Kat, inside the room. Also, are the other kids gonna be somewhat startled by floaty letters hovering over Kat's hand? I would be. I would be too, under normal circumstaces. After being taken there by a sentient tree? Probably less startled that usual. Also damn, that is a nice TV that they have there in that mysterious room. |
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Post by jimbobbowilly on Oct 5, 2009 13:25:23 GMT
"Cool, they have a TV, what's on at the mo-?"
"Welcome to Boxbot's Big Bash, starring yours truly!"
"WHY DON'T ANY OF THE BUTTONS WORK?"
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Post by Casey on Oct 5, 2009 13:31:24 GMT
Where are the enigmatrons when you need them? They're down at the DMV urgently petitioning to have the T taken out of their name.  (I do wonder how much Marcia's involved - does she, maybe, have double loyalties? Or might she even be a fifth columnist for Gillitie - fitting in with the ex-dryad theories - and kept it hidden from even Bob?) While that is an interesting theory, I personally have never been comfortable with the entire idea of painting Gillitie Wood as being this malevolent combatant. I've seen that expressed many times over many months, and I just think it's too convenient and not well-enough supported. |
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Post by Vratislav on Oct 5, 2009 14:26:40 GMT
eightyfour: Well, I can believe easily that this everything is just a "camping game." Camping is not school, there are different rules and this is totally within their limits. I have personal experience from (in Eastern Europe) so-called "Pioneer camps". Be sent to some camps where you enjoy two weeks of funny-but-for-someone-totally-scary experience is a normal way how to spend a part of summer.
Some years ago, we were touring and I have seen a children tourist camp (children between 9-13) to have following game of the day: "The Day of the Triffids". The most children was blindfolded whole day and only one of every ten was kept seeing. The children had to manage collectively daily tasks as to take care about camp, cook a dinner, etc. It was something between fun and horror.
I see also a purpose of such scaremongering: Such traumatic experience may keep children far away even from thinking about visiting Gillitie. (maybe too straightforward?). Or just to push them to some teamwork?
Yeah, and my theory: These rooms are located just under the Marcia's house.
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