Chapter 21 - "Mark of the Beast" - Part 2

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Originally Posted by cycogod

I think Ink is creating these "little ones" as his tools.(hence the numbers) Was his ritual in the rink a ceremony or a mating session? The description of there flesh being very white suggests new born. They may not stay little very long. Very cool character development

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Possibly! Remember the description, "fresh ink."

Regarding the tattoo

I still can't decide between continuously evolving zomboids, aliens or lab primates.

The number 5 seems like an identification marking of some sort--prolly lab--made by humans who write with roman numerals. This would mean that the little ones were either the first infected, the source of the infection or a final stage of mutation.

Tardust made it seem like Durai knew something about the infection that made it imperative they attack the arena.

Isn't it interesting that each of the villains have a mark of some kind?
Ink - tattoos
Scratch - scar
Pippin - wounds
seems like there's another I can't remember...

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Originally Posted by cycogod

I think Ink is creating these "little ones" as his tools.(hence the numbers) Was his ritual in the rink a ceremony or a mating session? The description of there flesh being very white suggests new born. They may not stay little very long. Very cool character development

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Oh god, mating. Barf ** but excellent concept for the story line.

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Originally Posted by cycogod

I think Ink is creating these "little ones" as his tools.(hence the numbers) Was his ritual in the rink a ceremony or a mating session? The description of there flesh being very white suggests new born. They may not stay little very long. Very cool character development

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What if the mating wasnt with one of the infected... What if it was with a human?

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Originally Posted by Ra1th

What if the mating wasnt with one of the infected... What if it was with a human?

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Samantha + Ink =

This Durai fellow has become more interesting to me after this episode. Has no one suspected he knows something our Tower folks don't know? He claims to be a marksman and, like Michael has done in the past, refuses to give any details about his prior service or rank. If he truly is military as we suspect, he may know details about the initial assualt on LA. (Was it ever confirmed he truly was locked up at Eastern Bay?) If Durai ordered the Mallers to gather tankers early in the game, that means he knew about the Arena a long time ago. Scratch implied that Durai had an understanding about the creatures and organized the attack operation to cripple their stronghold and escape south. So what tidbit of information does Durai have that our Tower has yet to discover?

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Originally Posted by Ra1th

Without a doubt Durai is a brilliant type of guy, maybe a bit of a sociopath, but that's it. He's not crazy, he's not dumb, and he doesnt take shit from anyone. And honestly, with a guy like that, he's probably a better leader than Michael. While the tower has been barely surviving, the mallers have been conquering the post apocalyptic world. I mean that very literally. While the tower has been hanging on for dear life and fighting for survival, looking for a doctor, etc, the mallers have been out on the streets. They have a lot more people than the tower, so they have a much bigger reach, they have larger convoys, and motorpools because they have more moutsh to feed, and they have information on the zombies that WE as an audience are not privy to. In an earlier conversation with Kc, the topic came up that there is a reason the mallers can move around in large groups without worrying about zombie attacks (ex: the war, when they showed up with an army at the towers front door, at NIGHT). Do not underestimate the mallers.

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Look what steps they took to survive. Slavery, tranny, hostile takeovers, random killngs, slaying of survivors.

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Originally Posted by Zombiehead

Look what steps they took to survive. Slavery, tranny, hostile takeovers, random killngs, slaying of survivors.

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hey I'm not saying i'd wanna live there. These are not good people, and their methods are terrifying but it works...


As for is Durai a better leader than Michael, try ruling the mallers with a democracy and peace and kindness and love. They'll eat you alive. They have to be controlled, and Durai's pimp hand is strong. Would Michael have the ability to keep a group like the mallers under control? I don't know, but I guarantee you that Durai could rule over the tower with fear.

Michael didn't rule with any of those things either. None of the faction leaders have. All groups have their flaws and are deteriorating due to the human factor. Mallers and their methods are no exception.

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Originally Posted by Zombiehead

Michael didn't rule with any of those things either. None of the faction leaders have. All groups have their flaws and are deteriorating due to the human factor. Mallers and their methods are no exception.

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I think my main point was just to tell off the people who were saying that the mallers are idiots and that they could not have gathered intel on the mallers by themselves without getting it from the tower.

I just wanted to point out that with Durai as their leader, the mallers are exponentially more dangerous because they have both brawn and brains now, while the tower kinda has to get by on brains alone

Something fishy going on with Angel imo. He seemed very aggressive towards Pippin and seemed to want to talk over him and shut him up until Michael stepped in. I think it wont be long before there will be a revelation about Angel and he will get found out. Not saying he is the mole as i am convinced that is Saul, but I do think Angel is hiding something.