> > Man, you have an odd way of winding down after the big epics. Not that I'm complaining, mind you... There happens to be loads of fun within this sprawling chapter. Also loads of deadly threats and cosmically dangerous people...
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> This story does seem to have spiralled out of control somewhat.
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Possibly, but it's definitely an ascending spiral.
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> > So there's a conspiracy against us? By the evil grand high muckity-muck types of the universe? That doesn't sound good. Especially with all of 4 Legionnaires left for the field team. Assuming some of them survive the prison breaks, that is.
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> The big baddie hasn't even showed up yet.
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Er... you sure it can't be Argh!yle? I'm thinking anything more would be rather cruel.
> Ah, maybe I should have made clear the difference between being swallowed up inside the biomass of the Shoggoth and being eaten and digested. This time it's the latter.
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> Hope that helps clarify things.
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Is it better or worse than ritual decapitation?
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> > So... you went and made her the new Shaper, eh? A good (and scary) choice. Plus, the big revelation at the end of the scene... That Hood does get around, doesn't he? I don't know what he saw in that woman, frankly. Although the Bebe Neuwirth reference helps in that regard...
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> I decided that Symmetry had the most to bring to the table without it interfering in anybody else's backstories.
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It strikes me a fine choice, and an exceptionally evil one at that. Plus, I figure it means you have to keep Mumphrey and clan active in the PV to make the most out of it, so that's a bonus.
> > I enjoyed the Epitome debriefing scene, and the implications for what it will all mean for the future. That's a large number of villains. Of course, if any of them were being kept in the prisons until the pardons went through, well...
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> Some of them like the Widget might have a chance of going straight.
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Well, naturally. I'm not sure how crooked she was to begin with. The larger question is how many of the kinder, gentler kind actually survived?
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> > Okay, so the Avawarriors were bad news, but they've been proven beatable more than once. The Doomwraiths are a different level... That's not the kind of thing one should keep around, as the prison break proves. What's more, that had to be an impressive amount of security to override in order to let it free. Our villainous duo are certainly connected.
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> Really, once one has shut up a doomwraith in a box what does one do with him next?
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Throw away the key? Or better yet, the box?
Okay, so maybe there are more logistics to it than that.
> We'll be pitching Yuki and EPitome into the Safe to help out too.
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Well, that will help stem the tide, certainly. At the Safe. Provided they can handle a Doomherald.
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> > And I enjoyed the groundwork being laid for the quest in time and the mystery to unravel...
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> Ah, that would be the Da Visionary Code plotline, if we ever get to it.
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Yes, I figured that's what that was all about. I hope we get to it... I've been wondering how I ended up buried beneath the mansion for a while now. Especially since I just got eaten.
