And so we have. Evacuating whomever we can to Lemuria is a good start. We're still very much responding though... it's beginning to look like the last act of "Titanic". We're going to have to figure this out enough to get ahead of it and go on the offensive, sometime... preferably before the ship actually sinks.

Good chapter nonetheless... Hallie's little microsecond affirmation was a nice touch, the emotional stuff was played right (Hallie pulls off excellent kissing scenes), and it's definitely good to see everyone sharing notes. The Lair has become an island in more ways than one. Or maybe it's best thought of as a bridge now?

Nice to hear that you can count on goats running on time in a crisis though.




Aside from the theories that others have put out, I can think of a villain for whom all of this would be like the dream realization of his entire life's work: Desmond Djinn and his organization. Sure he originally was targeting the supernatural/mystical side of things, but he had already expanded that to include the LL, and that was before he was apparently taken out in a fight involving fairies, ghouls, Vizh, the psychic samurai, Hallie, the Shoggoth, Yo, the Yurt (more or less), Lui Xi, Cosmic Offices, folding dimensions and so on. If he had somehow survived, I doubt he would care to make exceptions based on the origin of weirdness any longer.

That said, suspecting him or his people is like suspecting the Punisher if a planet full of villains was wiped out. Fits his motive, sure, but is significantly beyond his usual means.


And since the ability to quote the prior message has fled me once again, my sympathies on the all-nighter and your participation in it. I hope that it works out for Alex.