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Post by bedinsis on Jan 20, 2017 8:05:01 GMT
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Post by Gulby on Jan 20, 2017 8:06:21 GMT
Oh no. Oh yes. I don't know.
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Post by tiberius on Jan 20, 2017 8:07:12 GMT
Maybe, their number an entry for a deal? Since They all helped to do, what they weren't brave of anymore?
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Post by ctso74 on Jan 20, 2017 8:07:45 GMT
The questions is, whether they're there to see who collects him, or whether they'll let him slide due to "services rendered".
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Post by imaginaryfriend on Jan 20, 2017 8:08:45 GMT
Trying to stabilize before transport when you can instantly teleport to a large (super)modern care facility is a serious error. But I still think he will live.
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Post by Dvandaemon on Jan 20, 2017 8:09:20 GMT
Just what I was thinking. "Thanks for taking care of that mess, here's a boon."
Either that or a very quick mortality affirmation.
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Post by snowflake on Jan 20, 2017 8:09:39 GMT
Well, I wished for Annie and Muut to meet again, so yay. On the other hand, Smitty needs the help of someone or something who can intervene with the world of the living, so they're not who I was hoping to see right now.
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Post by turniptree on Jan 20, 2017 8:10:13 GMT
I'm wondering if they're there for Andrew or if they sensed that Jeanne's gone and want to talk to Annie about it or something? Really hoping it's not for Smitty, but I'm worried.
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Post by west on Jan 20, 2017 8:10:41 GMT
That feeling when you've been killed so hard that all the psychopomps come for you...
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Post by Rea on Jan 20, 2017 8:12:44 GMT
Possible ways I imagine this can go:
1) They're there to fight or argue over Smitty.
2) The forest medium is important, so they all do the job together as a sign of respect.
3) Smitty helped a lot with Jeanne, so they all do the job together as a sign of respect.
4) Smitty helped a lot with Jeanne, so they'll use their power to heal him.
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Post by snowflake on Jan 20, 2017 8:13:53 GMT
The questions is, whether they're there to see who collects him, or whether they'll let him slide due to "services rendered". Both seem unlikely, but the former more so. Unless Smitty is Native American, which was never implied in any way, why would Muut have a claim to him? |
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Post by grahamf on Jan 20, 2017 8:14:47 GMT
Are they miffed that Annie forgot to record the last thoughts again?
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Post by bedinsis on Jan 20, 2017 8:14:50 GMT
This page shows us the condition worsening for our court medium, and a whole slew of afterlife guides appearing.
The situation looks grim, but it's entirely possible from my perspective that the guides are there to thank Annie for guiding Jeanne and nothing more.
I mean, if they were there for Smitty only one would need to appear, right?
...darn it, this chapter is like slowly pulling off a band-aid.
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Post by Vuk(Wolf) on Jan 20, 2017 8:16:58 GMT
Psychopomps show up only when someone has died. Smitty on the other hand is still getting there.
They are probably here to congratulate Annie on succes with Jeanne.
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Post by tiberius on Jan 20, 2017 8:21:09 GMT
Psychopomps show up only when someone has died. Smitty on the other hand is still getting there. They are probably here to congratulate Annie on succes with Jeanne. They didn't appear completely. But another alternative: If - and I hope this isn't the case - smitty needs to die, I could think of a deal with the rotd coming up. |
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Post by Vuk(Wolf) on Jan 20, 2017 8:26:33 GMT
Psychopomps show up only when someone has died. Smitty on the other hand is still getting there. They are probably here to congratulate Annie on succes with Jeanne. They didn't appear completely. But another alternative: If - and I hope this isn't the case - smitty needs to die, I could think of a deal with the rotd coming up. He could take Morts place.  |
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Post by cu on Jan 20, 2017 8:28:13 GMT
Ankou raises his score card: "9".
Muut raises his: "8".
Mallt-y-Nos: "4".
Ankou slowly glides back, just in case.
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Post by Trillium on Jan 20, 2017 8:30:08 GMT
It is going to take them all next week to sort this out, maybe the next two weeks...ugh!
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Post by shadow3 on Jan 20, 2017 8:34:03 GMT
I'm hoping that somebody realizes that Annie can cauterize the wound with her fire magic.
Annie is the child of a surgeon and she's had survival training in the Forest. She would probably know at least that much.
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Post by bedinsis on Jan 20, 2017 8:34:43 GMT
I just realized something. Last time a man was killed by the Annan river with a supernatural weapon while his sword fighter girlfriend watched that happen the Afterlife guides was stuck in an administrative limbo for quite some time. In other words, it is in their interest that such a scenario doesn't happen again. We also know that they aren't shy with technically following the rules while ignoring their (likely) spirit. I mean, Smitty wasn't attacked by Diego's arrow, but maybe our protagonists can bluff? |
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Post by kiapet on Jan 20, 2017 8:54:36 GMT
As much as I hate to say it, I am rapidly losing hope. Even if the psychopomps are in a grateful mood, the most they've been shown as able to do is turn people into ghosts. And this is starting to really look like a death scene...
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Post by imaginaryfriend on Jan 20, 2017 8:55:51 GMT
Cold-war era joke: Ankou raises his score card: "9". Muut raises his: "8". Mallt-y-Nos: "4". Ankou slowly glides back, just in case. And a "1" from Rod-Perun, the Russian psychopomp. |
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Post by Lightice on Jan 20, 2017 9:06:36 GMT
I'm hoping that somebody realizes that Annie can cauterize the wound with her fire magic. Do you want necrosis and bleeding inside on top of the stab wound? Because that's a good way to get both. Cauterising is almost never a good idea for large wounds, even less when they're situated in the torso area. You don't want a huge patch of dead tissue right on top of a person's heart and cauterising the outer area does nothing to the bleeding inside the body. The only right thing to do in this kind of situation is to apply as much pressure to the wound as possible and try to get medical assistance ASAP. I wonder if Anthony's available on a short notice... |
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Post by rafk on Jan 20, 2017 9:06:48 GMT
As much as I hate to say it, I am rapidly losing hope. Even if the psychopomps are in a grateful mood, the most they've been shown as able to do is turn people into ghosts. And this is starting to really look like a death scene... If Andrew dies, while his teleporting girlfriend sits here NOT teleporting him straight to an ER, she's going to feel a lot of guilt. Also, it's still really weird that Jeanne fixed the scratch and Annie spent time on the whole boat thing while Smitty is right there bleeding out. I really can't believe this is a death scene for Smitty, just because of how culpable this would make all the protagonists (both for doing this risky thing in the first place, and their utter lack of urgency in saving him after he got run through). It could be a death scene for robot though. |
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Post by noone3 on Jan 20, 2017 9:14:43 GMT
Possible ways I imagine this can go: 1) They're there to fight or argue over Smitty. They don't seem the argumentative type. 2) The forest medium is important, so they all do the job together as a sign of respect. They're psychopomps, it's like a government service (much like tax-gatherers, but those are worse since they come once a year). I'm not sure they're affiliated with the forest. 3) Smitty helped a lot with Jeanne, so they all do the job together as a sign of respect. Might be, might be. I don't like the thought, but only Tom knows. 4) Smitty helped a lot with Jeanne, so they'll use their power to heal him. Yup. If you need a doctor pretty badly, you ask a group of undertakers to help. I'm afraid this is not in their jurisdiction. A psychopomp has nothing to do with a person/entity dying. His job starts after that. |
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Post by KMar on Jan 20, 2017 9:21:05 GMT
I'm hoping that somebody realizes that Annie can cauterize the wound with her fire magic. Do you want necrosis and bleeding inside on top of the stab wound? Because that's a good way to get both. Cauterising is almost never a good idea for large wounds, even less when they're situated in the torso area. You don't want a huge patch of dead tissue right on top of a person's heart and cauterising the outer area does nothing to the bleeding inside the body. The only right thing to do in this kind of situation is to apply as much pressure to the wound as possible and try to get medical assistance ASAP. I wonder if Anthony's available on a short notice... He not going to be much of use with just one hand. ... but mmaybe Kat has a surprise present for him: "What kind of etheric monstrosity is that?" "Don't care! And it's beautiful, unlike you! Just stick your arm stub in it and save our friend!" edit. Did you forget how we were introduced to them? The black doggey and mad witch having an argument to whom a certain boy did really belong to. |
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Post by csj on Jan 20, 2017 9:38:30 GMT
"So, I can't actually help you with Andrew, but if I were to have an item/technique/gift that would allow him to live..."
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Post by ST13R on Jan 20, 2017 10:09:57 GMT
So is Parley's hand big enough to cover the whole blood stain, and is frame 4 from this page just too small to show the dagger; Or is there something off when those fairies are in-frame? Also, I was under the impression that guides only appeared after a death, and Smitty doesn't look quite dead yet. So I'm here hoping they just want to talk to Annie *grasping at straws* |
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Post by turniptree on Jan 20, 2017 10:37:54 GMT
So is Parley's hand big enough to cover the whole blood stain, and is frame 4 from this page just too small to show the dagger; Or is there something off when those fairies are in-frame? Astute observation! I wonder if there's something to this. Edit: "Save" keeps appearing in my posts and I don't know why. /newb Save |
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Post by Rasselas on Jan 20, 2017 10:43:05 GMT
With so many of them appearing, and Annie being the one who sees them so far, it's likely they're here to talk about Jeanne.
This pacing feels awkward, though. I suppose it's like one of those big scenes where everything seems to be happening at once; too much is happening at the same time, with a similar urgency. It reminds me of back when Annie fell off the bridge, in the beginning, the moment when Kat appears to save her. It didn't feel like that was enough to just stop Jeanne in her tracks. Maybe because Kat is so not-ether that her presence outshone Jeanne's? It just felt very abrupt and I kept thinking, what's to stop Jeanne's advance despite Kat's hovering contraption? Still, it adds some sort of eerie feel to the story. Keeps you wondering what layer of existence Jeanne belongs to in the first place.
That's a little bit how it feels here, Smitty's demise dangled so frustratingly. Then again maybe that's the genius that's keeping intensity and pace in an otherwise "resolved" situation. I think Smitty will live. Him and Parley are too good together. But it could go either way, we've seen our share of grim happenings in the story. Should someone make a poll?
I wonder if Parley is unable to bip with accuracy due to Smitty being injured.
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