Chapter 23 Pt 3 - The Devil's Workshop

**Kn1ckerb0cker33** · Jul 11th, 2011, 11:00 AM

Originally Posted by HardKor

Pegs isn't at the Tower. As far as we know she's still at LAX with Datu and Victor

Oooppss. Thanks for clearing that up HardKor. Its been awhile since that episode released XD.

**HardKor** · Jul 11th, 2011, 11:15 AM

I have to say, I'm starting to see Ra1th's point about Saul. The thing is, up until now, whenever Saul did something stupid and rash, he really only put himself at risk. He never really risked the safety of others when he acted without thinking. If he really is about to do what we think he's about to do, he is crossing that line and is now about to put Pegs at risk. He's either going to kidnap Pegs and trade her for Lizzie, which would be a Moral Event Horizonfor his character. Or he's going to kidnap Pegs and try to use her as bait to get Lizzie back (without actually handing Pegs over), which is just a bad plan that puts Pegs, Lizzie, and himself at serious risk. Maybe he's planing something else, he was pretty vague about what he was going to do, but I can't think of another plausible outcome right now.

**Dino_Does_Zombies** · Jul 11th, 2011, 11:27 AM

A life for a life.

I don't think Saul would have to do any convincing. It is quite possible that Pegs would willingly go with Saul to help get Lizzie back, as means to make amends for taking Latch's life, a la "Crime and Punishment".

**Zombiehead** · Jul 11th, 2011, 11:54 AM

Damn, so they didn't use Riley's alcohol to get away. Or maybe the Smart One let Kalani and Riley go because he could smell it on her? Who knows.

Originally Posted by Osiris

Yeah... get back his girlfriend and say 'Sorry, Michael... I just couldn't let them keep her... sorry about Pegs though... but LOOK! Lizzy's back! She's back Michael... everything is ok now...'

You read my mind, I believe it's an act and Saul has a plan. I'm not sure what it entails but by setting up a "bargain" he can at least know where Lizzy is instead of just searching the area blindly in a random direction. Let the Mallers come to him and go from there. It's what I would do.

**AdrianHD** · Jul 11th, 2011, 12:01 PM

I love this episode! I knew no one was going to die just by the journal reading though. As for Saul, I don't know, kinda threw me off balance with his tone. Won't put him as the rat or willing to throw away Pegs just because of the LAX situation where Victor told Saul that she's the reason he's alive right now.

And... Nik's going to have a rough time predicting the finale since there are a lot of things that have to happen.

**Grognaurd** · Jul 11th, 2011, 12:03 PM

Saul is in Radio contact with Scratch and the Tower. Interesting. I wonder if the Mallers have already taken over the colony or someplace else, like the other tower.

Kelly did not warn Saul that the kid-gobblers were having a pow-wow around the tower. I wonder how they are going to clean it up.

The team is still really spread out.
Saul is around town
Several of the main characters in the Tower
A bunch of Redshirts in the other building.
Four in the copter
three back at the other copter.
Lizzy most likely with Scratch

**nikvoodoo** · Jul 11th, 2011, 12:26 PM

So let's talk this over.... Kelly, who is trapped in the second tower at the moment (in theory depending on the timing) is the one who answered Saul's call? Hmm...best of my knowledge, Kelly hasn't been on guard duty since she left Pippin.

**Grognaurd** · Jul 11th, 2011, 12:39 PM

I do not think it has been very long. She came back from the colony AM day 1. People go out and look for Lizzy. Pippin shows up that evening or late afternoon. She guards Pippin on the graveyard shift. Angel takes over. Pippin gets dead. Early afternoon or so she works with Michael and Steven to save Tanya. There has been so much going on in the last few chapters an all in a very small amount of time.

**Creem_Filling** · Jul 11th, 2011, 12:42 PM

Originally Posted by nikvoodoo

So let's talk this over.... Kelly, who is trapped in the second tower at the moment (in theory depending on the timing) is the one who answered Saul's call? Hmm...best of my knowledge, Kelly hasn't been on guard duty since she left Pippin.

Yes, but we haven't actually been inside the tower for a while. We have been seeing the story from the point of view of everyone who is on the outside. A lot could have happened in the time we were away. I mean, I know there was the whole Randy (Randi?) thing. Maybe we'll get filled on in on the story later. Because, like you've said, we can't really trust the flow of time. We have jumped on around on time line in this story in the past, maybe we'll do it again soon here.

**nikvoodoo** · Jul 11th, 2011, 12:45 PM

Yes, but we know Kalani and Datu showed up after Pippin was killed. Meaning there's only one radio left because the other one got a hot lead injection. So....since that time we know she's been locked into that other tower during the attempted kidnapping of Tanya. Unless something has happened between the last time we left Steven and Michael in the guard room and now. Before Steven was on, Riley was.

So either Michael has taken care of the zombie problem and Kelly us on guard duty, or there's something else amiss like an additional radio we didn't know about.

Originally Posted by AdrianHD

And... Nik's going to have a rough time predicting the finale since there are a lot of things that have to happen.

Perhaps, perhaps not. We shall see.