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Post by imaginaryfriend on Feb 15, 2019 8:08:35 GMT
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Post by philman on Feb 15, 2019 8:11:33 GMT
One Annie drowns and is swept away, when Parley returns all is well. Problem solved.No-one will be suspicious at all.
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Post by keef on Feb 15, 2019 8:15:53 GMT
And off to a new adventure the twins go! Aren't they lucky?
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Post by imaginaryfriend on Feb 15, 2019 8:19:42 GMT
I admit I've been curious about the roots now under the Court. [edit] And if any Antimony has learned how to levitate. [/edit]
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Post by fjodorii on Feb 15, 2019 8:24:51 GMT
He expects both of them to return. The plot isn't getting any simpler, is it?
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Post by madjack on Feb 15, 2019 8:25:10 GMT
The presence of what looks like pumping equipment and the fact that it's a floor they fell through suggests the water below them is meant to be there and they're falling into what could be the Court's water supply or stormwater drain system. Who knows where that's going to take them. One Annie drowns and is swept away, when Parley returns all is well. Problem solved.No-one will be suspicious at all. One thought drowned but actually survived by being rescued by the 'pomps perhaps? |
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Post by blackmantha on Feb 15, 2019 8:31:16 GMT
One Annie drowns and is swept away, when Parley returns all is well. Problem solved.No-one will be suspicious at all. One thought drowned but actually survived by being rescued by the 'pomps perhaps? You expect them to psychopump it dry? |
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Post by imaginaryfriend on Feb 15, 2019 8:34:40 GMT
The presence of what looks like pumping equipment and the fact that it's a floor they fell through suggests the water below them is meant to be there and they're falling into what could be the Court's water supply or stormwater drain system. Who knows where that's going to take them. They're starting out in a bunker... I suppose how deep that should be varies on terrain and the threat the bunker was supposed to defend against as well as the purpose of the bunker... but they should already be even with or maybe below regular sewer levels. A big junction might be lower, though. But I think they're gonna see the roots sooner or later. MicroLoup and whatever's doing this should have used them to get here so the roots are probably the way out. And then Courtnie can learn what it's like to reenter the Court under suspicious circumstances. [edit]Day 1: An Antimony comes out of the Woods (and Jones falls out of the sky). Day 2: Two Antimonies come out of the red zone, or possibly the lake if they exit through the storm drains. Day 3: "Loup" gets bored and three Antimonies appear somehow?[/edit] |
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Post by Eily on Feb 15, 2019 9:03:20 GMT
Does Coyote expect them both to come back? Hey we know the answer to that one! It is no. Because I got confused between Coyote and Loup... I'm glad that Kat would never put the Annies in harms way, I'm not sure they would survive if Kat was trying to harm them. I hope for their sakes that whatever was making the water drip upwards is going to have some effect on them as well, to lower the gravity of the situation. |
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Post by fjodorii on Feb 15, 2019 10:14:17 GMT
A bit of speculation could be that the Annan Waters have to find a new way and create a sinkhole under this bunker. But Loup specifically states 'creatures'. So it's more likely to be water elemental vs fire elemental. (In Pokemon Go they are supereffective against each other, just saying...)
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Post by imaginaryfriend on Feb 15, 2019 11:37:28 GMT
A bit of speculation could be that the Annan Waters have to find a new way and create a sinkhole under this bunker. That could be possible. Without knowing how far the bunker is from the Court/Wood border it can't be ruled out, anyway. I'm inclined to think that the Annan was an underwater underground river before Coyote created the divide; it probably didn't conveniently flow where it would be useful as a barricade so when the Annan gap formed it probably diverted from wherever it was to the gap (either at Coyote's will or as a natural result). Since the gap is no longer a channel to wherever it emptied, the water should follow the path of least resistance which may be its old channel, or one of its old channels, but it might also cut new channels if the old ones were blocked by the gap forming and disappearing, thus maybe a sinkhole? But Loup specifically states 'creatures'. So it's more likely to be water elemental vs fire elemental. (In Pokemon Go they are supereffective against each other, just saying...) Speaking of which, why is/are Antimony/s being targeted, anyway? I can think of two or three possible reasons. First, maybe Courtnie has made a name for herself by blasting people from the Wood on a regular basis and they've made a strategic decision to take her out. In the same vein, maybe they think of her as the new Jeanne and the attacker(s) are looking to test their skill, or they're refugees from the timestop and see Antimony(s) as an obstacle to evicting all humans and settling in the Court by embodying the possibility of a negotiated peace. Second, maybe they are unhappy with "Loup" and his timestop and think they can get some sort of leverage over him through taking her/them prisoner. Or maybe they know Antimony from her time as a medium and want her for some other reason. |
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Post by theonethatgotaway on Feb 15, 2019 12:29:18 GMT
Well, could be worse, I mean, we still haven't seen any sign of Boxbot (he's terrible).
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Post by csj on Feb 15, 2019 12:59:15 GMT
the water
it goes UP
(decent odds on them having a visit to lindsey, surprised there's no mentioned yet)
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Post by todd on Feb 15, 2019 13:00:22 GMT
Speaking of which, why is/are Antimony/s being targeted, anyway? Is she being targeted? Loup only said that his message might have led forest-creatures to their location, without saying whether they specifically knew that it was Annie they were approaching. They might only know that the people down there are Court humans, who to them mean prey. |
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Post by madjack on Feb 15, 2019 13:11:48 GMT
(decent odds on them having a visit to lindsey, surprised there's no mentioned yet) Oooh that's a thought. Depends if the space they're falling into is big enough to for her to get into. Perhaps more likely they'd encounter Bud first? |
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Post by pyradonis on Feb 15, 2019 13:29:12 GMT
Well, so much for Parley being their only way out.
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Post by imaginaryfriend on Feb 15, 2019 13:57:03 GMT
Speaking of which, why is/are Antimony/s being targeted, anyway? Is she being targeted? Loup only said that his message might have led forest-creatures to their location, without saying whether they specifically knew that it was Annie they were approaching. They might only know that the people down there are Court humans, who to them mean prey. A fair question, but assuming they don't know who the recipient is they probably know who sent the message. Why interfere and risk the wrath of "Loup" unless they want to screw up any negotiations? Even if they don't know the sender or recipient, or even that they're following a message-thinger, they should know (even if they're pretty stupid) that someone/something powerful sent it or is doing something. Unless they think they're more powerful then the sender they still shouldn't want to screw with the intended recipients for no reason... at least not right away. Maybe, just maybe, the creature(s) attacking don't know anything at all about what just happened and by coincidence were nearby and sensed a disturbance... but it is awfully convenient they didn't attack until right after the message was over. |
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Post by imaginaryfriend on Feb 15, 2019 13:59:47 GMT
Well, so much for Parley being their only way out. The Antimonies really should have examined the door. I think they may have been able to open it. |
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Post by Eily on Feb 15, 2019 14:00:00 GMT
Well, so much for Parley being their only way out. Parley was actually a creature from the Forest all along, and just discovered her power to mess around with Gravity! Or maybe that's Paz actually... I'm not sure this is a way out though, rather than just another floor of the bunker. Having a path that leads right under a bunker with a floor that's pretty thin (for bunker standards AFAIK) wouldn't be very secure. And that wouldn't be much of an hindrance for an Annie able to check the thickness from the Ether before blasting it away, let alone two Annies, one of which clearly has warzone experience. |
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Post by ctso74 on Feb 15, 2019 14:24:54 GMT
If they're going deeper underneath the Court, to its under-boundary, I wonder if we'll get some info on how the Seed Bismuth went about making it. I've always got the feeling, that SB made an ever-expanding pocket of buildings and space, that was filled with pavement by later robots. You can clearly see the edges, but from the inside, it seems to go on forever. How far does it go down, and is the underground area more modern or more untouched?
Then again, that gravity-defying water is disconcerting. If it's a water creature, they may have a better team-building exercise than Kat intended.
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Post by ohthatone on Feb 15, 2019 14:32:30 GMT
I wonder if Kat didn't set up cameras in the bunker just to make sure things didn't get too out of control.
It'd be interesting to see if one of the Annies, specifically Pft!Annie, can levitate.
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Post by saardvark on Feb 15, 2019 15:01:39 GMT
Maybe this was all set up by Loup before hand. The message was prerecorded... he knew what creature was coming. It will be a test for the Annies, to force them to cooperate to defeat the threat... and in the process "gently convince" them to stop bickering and work together to find and return his gifts. Or he would test them some more. Maybe poke them with soft cushions....
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Post by liminal on Feb 15, 2019 15:27:23 GMT
Getting serious Zelda Water Temple vibes.
“Watch out, Annies! Don't get swallowed by the vortexes!”
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Post by Runningflame on Feb 15, 2019 17:24:00 GMT
The presence of what looks like pumping equipment and the fact that it's a floor they fell through suggests the water below them is meant to be there and they're falling into what could be the Court's water supply or stormwater drain system. Who knows where that's going to take them. Aha! It's the sewer level! |
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Post by Gemini Jim on Feb 15, 2019 17:44:17 GMT
Hmmm. So the MiniLoup degrades into plant material.
This makes me wonder, what was that thing they were fighting on the train earlier? "Oops, I suppose the heavy-handed approach doesn't work so well."
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Post by brilliantgrey on Feb 15, 2019 19:18:34 GMT
The rest of the chapter is a Flushed Away reboot
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Post by imaginaryfriend on Feb 15, 2019 21:45:20 GMT
I wonder if Kat didn't set up cameras in the bunker just to make sure things didn't get too out of control. Yeah if you're going to lock some people up in a bunker to experiment on them/try to force them to talk things out so they'll get along in the future you'd think you'd want to monitor them just in case.  |
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Post by DonDueed on Feb 15, 2019 21:52:13 GMT
There doesn't seem to be a whole lot of rebar in that concrete floor. I guess the seed bismuth don't need no steenkin' steel.
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Post by novia on Feb 16, 2019 8:19:15 GMT
There doesn't seem to be a whole lot of rebar in that concrete floor. I guess the seed bismuth don't need no steenkin' steel. First thought: oh, well at least the concrete is reinforced Second thought: AAAA WHAT IF THEY GET IMPALED ON REBAR??? |
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Post by pyradonis on Feb 16, 2019 13:06:54 GMT
Well, so much for Parley being their only way out. The Antimonies really should have examined the door. I think they may have been able to open it. Back there, Annie's Ether-body could go through the open window above the door. As far as we know, she can not pass through solid material. Hmmm. So the MiniLoup degrades into plant material. This makes me wonder, what was that thing they were fighting on the train earlier? "Oops, I suppose the heavy-handed approach doesn't work so well." It was a Bound Dog. |
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