And that would be so out of character for me.

> > 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. > > Hope that helps clarify things. > Is it better or worse than ritual decapitation?

We'll see next time.

> > > 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... > > I decided that Symmetry had the most to bring to the table without it interfering in anybody else's backstories.

> 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.

Mumph died in the last battle with the PM in a good few draughts until I decided it was too predictable.

> > > 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... > > Some of them like the Widget might have a chance of going straight. > 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?

Indeed. But just because they're villains doesn't neccessarily mean they didn't do heroic things in the war. And some people like PsychoAcidPervGirl! might actually use their amnesties to get a second start.

> > Really, once one has shut up a doomwraith in a box what does one do with him next? > Throw away the key? Or better yet, the box? > Okay, so maybe there are more logistics to it than that.

He was a loose end that needed tying up.

> > We'll be pitching Yuki and Epitome into the Safe to help out too. > Well, that will help stem the tide, certainly. At the Safe. Provided they can handle a Doomherald.

We'll have to see.

> > > And I enjoyed the groundwork being laid for the quest in time and the mystery to unravel... > > Ah, that would be the Da Visionary Code plotline, if we ever get to it. > 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.

Well, nobody ever said you were buried there intact.