Comic Discussion > ALICE GROVE
Alice Grove MCDLT - November 2016
BenRG:
--- Quote from: brasca on 19 Nov 2016, 13:17 ---If he's not more powerful Church takes orders from Pate because of some hold over him that we have yet to see.
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Maybe Pate has access to the command codes - a hypnotically or cybernetically-implanted trigger that forces super-soldiers of Church's type to obey him without question (originally intended as a safety override but later abused when the various factions realised that, given time, their perfect killing machines sometimes developed consciences).
brasca:
Good theory and while I'm not sure how intelligent Alice and Sedna are it's possible that Ardent or Gavia might be able to crack the code and turn Church against Pate. It would be fitting it Ardent was the one since he killed Ellie, but I have a feeling it could be Gavia. Pate may not feel it's necessary to keep a close eye on her if he thinks she's been rendered a completely baseline human incapable of the mental faculties to crack codes.
jheartney:
A more general comment, regarding the way Jeph uses names in this comic. He's not afraid to be pretty on-the-nose with them (the space kids are the "Vissicitudes;" the horny blue boy is "Ardent;"). Pate is a town administrator, i.e. the local government. His henchman is "Church." Church and State, geddit?
Also, if I may note, about two weeks ago I said this:
--- Quote from: jheartney on 06 Nov 2016, 08:23 ---If Alice went after Bad News, she'd end up like Sedna, or worse. For now though, we're into "villain monologues" mode, probably to be followed by "heroes imprisoned by villain" mode.
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Pogopotamus:
--- Quote from: brasca on 19 Nov 2016, 12:07 ---It's likely that Pate knows about Ardent's upgrade ability since he likely has an informant in Alice's village so it wouldn't be wise to deceive him by omission, but what he cannot know unless he actually has her cottage bugged is that the upgrades are affected by Ardent's mood.
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I did not realize this. Where is the "mood" effect on his upgrade power discussed?
brasca:
--- Quote from: Pogopotamus on 19 Nov 2016, 20:34 ---
--- Quote from: brasca on 19 Nov 2016, 12:07 ---It's likely that Pate knows about Ardent's upgrade ability since he likely has an informant in Alice's village so it wouldn't be wise to deceive him by omission, but what he cannot know unless he actually has her cottage bugged is that the upgrades are affected by Ardent's mood.
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I did not realize this. Where is the "mood" effect on his upgrade power discussed?
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When he upgraded the wind up bird and it flew away Alice theorized that Ardent might influence the upgrade based on some subconscious desire. This might not be proof that he can will something to upgrade based on what he wants, but it's not like he's been allowed to practice.
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