An impatient Mama Bear bodes ill for all concerned. Since her upgrade she seems to have gained human like emotions. Lack of patience and temper are chief among these.
I think her lack of patience is related to the time Lynn has spent in hostile hands, Dragonrider. She didn't want her to go alone to start with, and the week or so is wearing on her last nerve!
The big question is whether the riot, Miraiko's list, or Ramesy coming to pick up Dolly comes first. If I had to guess, everybody would prefer the riot comes first on that list just because it would make what else they're trying to do easier, but SNAFU: We are in hostile territory.
pfft ... everyone thinks it's all the groups gathered that will set it off, but in the meantime, a small virus programmed by Rose sneaks into the lock that hold Mr Popolopolis contained ... annnd ... *click*
The murder turd lost both of its starboard-side legs, so it can't really move around. If it had lost one on each side, it would have been able to lurch; if it had lost both front legs or both back legs, it could have dragged or pushed itself along. As it is, it can mostly just lie there and flail its remaining limbs (and stumps) and gnash its terrible maw.
What has me laughing is that when it is time for Dolly to move, Lynn will be safely at the Aeneas and pretty much untouchable. That could get sticky though as neither of them knows the other. No freeby pass codes here!
The other funny thing is that the only person who knows Dolly and Ceci are here is Rose. While I do not have direct evidence for this, there is implied evidence.
Granted, Dolly has stepped through the messes in her way very well so far. But.... :D
We know that Cent knows that Dolly has escaped the trap Cent laid for her and is likely either at the palace or at least in Roma. We have yet to see any evidence of Cents spies here(that we know of), but we have seen Roses. I just can't see Cent not having sources here, even if they are non-combatants. Whether they are in a position to actually DO anything is a different matter entirely. Sometimes the luck just does not run your way and agents simply cannot get into where you need them.
Of course, Cent knew enough to get a load of weapons into the city with the expectations that someone would use them, so... hmmm.
I got to meet him and Kaja once. They were interesting, even in the brief time I was near them. Got them both to sign some magic cards. :-)
Edit - Embarrassingly enough, I got introduced to his work way back in Dragon Magazine (What's New with Phil & Dixie) more years ago than I care to think about. I've been reading things by him and enjoying his work every since. :-)
I hope there are at least as many pages of the action once this starts to go down as there have been pages of suspense and growing impatience leading up to it. Even the characters are like "All right, already! Let's DO this!" I particularly want to see how Rose handles it when the first casualty of the first engagement is The Plan. Once this starts, major players we don't have indication Rose even Knows about yet are going to jump out of her birthday cake and start shooting things. Kyle's little disruption is going to look like just that, A Little disruption. Dolly was about to go Full Kyle herself. That would have literally been a hot mess. I wonder if Rose will sit back and just watch it unfold, or use that superior thinking speed and that vast web of electronic connections to try to keep up with the chaos and shape it to her desired outcome?
there will be lots of action .. trust me :D we are pretty much done with character building and chatting .. its time for the bodies to hit the floor :D
Just a couple pages, Xrzer. One showing Dolly and CeCi going in motion, followed by a panel showing an explosion, as they cleanse Nova Roma. Next page, showing them flying away with Lynn, smoking ruins in the background.
*Spoken earlier this week to my technomancer friend*
"I want a CeCi"
"A what?"
"A little android girl with the equivalent of a CPC in her hand"
"A little girl with a world ender?"
"Yep"
"Goddess help if you ever have a kid Ti"
"Yup...sooooo?"
"No"
I still think Aeneas getting fixed is their best bet and Deci's worst nightmare. After all he doesn't really have to worry about combat losses, as he has the facilities to just build more and the remains of half a city to build them out of.
they will notice
when the time is
auspicious...
I hear they have an interesting interpretation of the song "boom boom"
All hell breaks loose!
And poop. It can certainly poop.
(Lepaedus is thrilled. Sincerely.)
Granted, Dolly has stepped through the messes in her way very well so far. But.... :D
We know that Cent knows that Dolly has escaped the trap Cent laid for her and is likely either at the palace or at least in Roma. We have yet to see any evidence of Cents spies here(that we know of), but we have seen Roses. I just can't see Cent not having sources here, even if they are non-combatants. Whether they are in a position to actually DO anything is a different matter entirely. Sometimes the luck just does not run your way and agents simply cannot get into where you need them.
Of course, Cent knew enough to get a load of weapons into the city with the expectations that someone would use them, so... hmmm.
It's called CeCi, and it has a transponder build into it, that Marcus can track.
Centcomm does know that Dolly has arrived.
...@alt text: you mean Tokyo Rose, I guess that is one of her aliases, is it?
Wow, new month voting - we are rank 8 right now... :D
I think I shall call it ... Winslow. :)
Edit - Embarrassingly enough, I got introduced to his work way back in Dragon Magazine (What's New with Phil & Dixie) more years ago than I care to think about. I've been reading things by him and enjoying his work every since. :-)
On ne peut pas!
Pourquoi?
On attend Godot!
C'est vrais.
Or my favourite quote:
Faisons l'arbre!
PS anyone else getting mega lag connecting?
And yes, she probably will be.
Rash, yes on the lag, it took almost 2 minutes for this page to load for me and it took over a minute for the comment box to open.
I'm on slow DSL but it's not THAT slow.
or two, then it straightened out.
that immortal Rose
is living for!
"I hate waiting" - Inigo Montoya
"I want a CeCi"
"A what?"
"A little android girl with the equivalent of a CPC in her hand"
"A little girl with a world ender?"
"Yep"
"Goddess help if you ever have a kid Ti"
"Yup...sooooo?"
"No"