Comic Discussion > ALICE GROVE
Alice Grove MCDLT - November 2016
LKR1009:
Sounds like we have a serious need for the Separation of Church and Pate.
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Method of Madness:
You'll do well here, LKR. Welcome aboard.
brasca:
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--- Quote from: brasca on 27 Nov 2016, 05:34 ---If it were anyone else it would be hopeless, but this is Alice so there is a better than average chance. I can understand keeping her wits as well as those around her, but Gavia is deeply shaken by all this and not hysterical. Telling her to shut up seems needlessly mean.
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To me it seems absolutely necessary. Alice's one remaining advantage is that Pate doesn't know all of her plans. When Gavia begins "...we can't let him" that's likely to be the beginning of Gavia blurting out information on their plans, and Alice really doesn't want to lose another advantage just then.
The fact that Pate seems well aware of their plans doesn't emerge for another few moments.
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Pate seems to know just about everything at this point including Ardent's abilities. The only thing he doesn't (unless Alice's cottage was bugged) is that Ardent might subconsciously influence what he upgrades which might come as a rude awakening if the computer on their upgraded spaceship flushes him and Church out the airlock. However, I doubt it would end so easily. Where Pate is literally in the dark about is space. He doesn't know what the habitats are like which is what he's likely to ask Ardent and/or Gavia next. It's easy enough to tell her to be quiet, but keep in mind Pate is calling the shots now and if he thinks they are lying he could kill another innocent person to show his displeasure. Who among us would want that on their conscience?
That being said Gavia may prove crucial if Pate thinks she's on his side. She wants to go home and may have similar philosophies regarding technology so he might consider her the least likely to resist. Moreover, she likes to learn new things and Pate seems like the type of villain who loves to bend people to his way of thinking and would be pleased to have an apprentice. As such she could lull him into a false sense of security and lead him into a trap once they arrive at the habitat or if Church is controlled by some code as some have theorized she might be able to get close enough to break Pate's control over him.
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"Always two there are, no more, no less. A master and an apprentice.” ?
I do think that the way forward, story telling wise, is for him to be underestimating one or more of the heroes. Gavia is obvious but so is Ardent. Remember he was standing there ready to die before Alice pulled her blow.
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True, but I don't think Ardent can stomach befriending Pate once he learns what happened to Ellie and I don't think Pate would believe he could just easily forget her. Aside from what his informants have told him he doesn't know much about Gavia which gives her an advantage. It might even be cathartic for her because I think deep down she feels betrayed by the Praeses, but won't admit it, however, if she told Pate that she lost her faith in them she could reconcile this as something she said to fool her captor and she never believed it even if subconsciously she does.
jwhouk:
--- Quote from: LKR1009 on 27 Nov 2016, 16:39 ---Sounds like we have a serious need for the Separation of Church and Pate.
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Ladies and gentlebeings, we have a rookie-of-the-year posting nominee right here.
Is it cold in here?:
Welcome, new person who is going to fit right in!
Of course Alice told Gavia to shut up. Alice is rude. This is known.
If what's in the bunker is what they expect, it will be the first time in the strip that something has gone as expected.
Sedna lost a fight with Alice but is the same class of being.
Do we know that Gavia can photosynthesize? I thought it was Sedna who said she could do that.
Alice is showing impressive self-control. In her place I'd be tempted to gamble that Mr. Church would shout "free at last!" rather than avenge his employer if Alice splashed Pate.
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