Comic Discussion > ALICE GROVE
Alice Grove MCDLT - May 2016
retrosteve:
--- Quote from: Kugai on 17 May 2016, 17:02 ---Well, at least she's awake and somewhat back to normal now :-D
I'm wondering just how much of a timeskip we actually have here.
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I think this is the next day. Just enough time for Sedna and Alice to pack up and saddle the birds. If Gavia had been out longer than one day, they would all be way more worried (Sedna's 'welcome back' is pretty casual) and there would be some kind of dripfeed in her arm.
Also, she wouldn't have the strength to suddenly sit up and strangle Ardent.
Carl-E:
You'd be surprised. Filial hatred can easily overcome any physical issues, at least momentarily.
(I threw a refrigerator at my brother once with a broken arm.
I regretted it immediately, but it happened)
Case:
"Hoboy ..."
The tall, scruffy man leans heavily against the door labelled "WCDT", while an eerie, sobbing cackle penetrates the gloom far more efficiently than the tiny flame fizzling in a leftover puddle of tallow, and fleeting shadows stalk the handful of human forms huddled around an old-fashioned ham radio. A sickly greenish shine throws hollow faces into sharp relief. Occasional thumping, as if heavy objects were hurled against it from the other side, make the heavy blast-proof door shudder and jump against his heaving shoulders ...
"Hello? I'm from ... from the WCDT! We had to leave the place when the Mods closed down the emergency shelters - Me, and Kim, and Beckett ... and Chen ... OhmyGod Chen! They ... we ran, and they ... "
Soot-stained hands tighten around makeshift weapons, sharp-featured faces dancing in the oppressive darkness, skin taut over the bone, the flesh beneath all but melted away by hunger and despair ...
"Can I apply for asylum here? PLEASE???!!? You ... you don't know what's going on out there ... It's ..."
His head whips to the left, as an unusually heavy blast shackes the barrier, feverish gaze trying to pierce the darkness. His voice trails off into silence, and sunken, gleaming eyes stare at the spectres of remembered terror ...
"Please?" His voice cracks ...
"Please ...?" He starts to slide down the face of the door ...
Then pulls himself up, squares his shoulders, and, reaching into his tattered backpack, declaims The Cant, the ancient ritual plea for shelter
"A tired wander seeks sanctuary and sustenance - As tribute to the nekkid Elder Forum Gods, I offer this enchanting vid of a cute otter."
//www.youtube.com/watch?v=1b0ZbcdbMBI
FunkyTuba:
--- Quote from: cucumber error on 16 May 2016, 19:17 ---
--- Quote from: brasca on 11 May 2016, 22:50 ---She blamed Ardent for getting them marooned on Earth so if anyone is going to feel the brunt of her anger it will be him.
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Yep, looks like you called it!
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Brasca++
I like the idea of the Loon representing nanomachines intruding into both Ardent's and Gavia's subconsciouses, but the red eyes on the loon that came to get Ardent out of his dream make me think that particular loon represented Gavia herself (?)
brasca:
--- Quote from: FunkyTuba on 18 May 2016, 17:50 ---
--- Quote from: cucumber error on 16 May 2016, 19:17 ---
--- Quote from: brasca on 11 May 2016, 22:50 ---She blamed Ardent for getting them marooned on Earth so if anyone is going to feel the brunt of her anger it will be him.
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Yep, looks like you called it!
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Brasca++
I like the idea of the Loon representing nanomachines intruding into both Ardent's and Gavia's subconsciouses, but the red eyes on the loon that came to get Ardent out of his dream make me think that particular loon represented Gavia herself (?)
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I agree that was definitely Gavia and while she was subconsciously reaching out to Ardent to save her consciously she is going to blame Ardent for her predicament and I can't say as I blame her.
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