Chapter 42-1 Chasing Ghosts

[Zombie Yeti]

Ink was not at a prison, Ink was at a jail... So no, not the same place.

Ok thanks I didn't think so wanted be sure. I don't believe it was the mallers my guess they found where the z's went.

[Gnex]

keep in mind, NONE of the Army guys that went to the Jail had ever seen Scratch, Tardust, or any other Mallers. (right?...)
i'm sure they know OF the Mallers and Scratch in particular, but to just start shooting a "Normal" without a conversation happening seems unlikely.

i can see the Mallers taking advantage of a "first encounter" with Puck and the Boys.
and i'm starting to believe that Puck is just assuming that all the others are dead, be the scenario of 'shots fired and no response' or be the Mallers/Ink/Randy getting the drop on them and hauling Robbins/Carl/Muldoon away.

Shoot first, ask questions later!!!!

[TacticalJHP]

That reminds me a lot of the ground-to-air emergency signals.

Attachment 2925

Of course, an arrow is an arrow. So unless there is a stairwell or ladder nearby, it is pointing at the floor...



Or the Grave! Dun Dun DUN!!!

Dammit all to hell.....

I really hate to admit this, but i just realized that the Artwork for this chapter is not looking at a wall, it is looking at the floor. Those are floor tiles, not bricks.

I missed that one by a mile. Please, tell me there are others that thought this too.

[OldtypeM87]

I'm wondering how they all fell at the prison, especially since they took the gun truck and mata gun. Either it means that is where the final base for the z heads is at and they simply overwhelmed the army guys or there is a new type stronger and more resilient than the behemoth and numbered ones.

[Gooer]

I'm thinking that due to the width of the area, the .50 cal couldn't give them proper cover - this lets the quick and nimble Little ones to get to them quicker. Besides, the Mata gun only has 7 shots, and is un-rechargeable, so once it's gone that's it - maybe there are many more Little ones than originally thought. Or maybe, there is a new type now. Although, i doubt it, due to the fact it is a bit late in the series to introduce another archetype.

[LiamKerrington]

Hi.

Why would the Mallers attack soldiers? In the past the Mallers took their chances on tarfgets they could assess, and they always attacked when they thought or expected to be in a superior position - the LAX rescue, the Tower, the Arena, the second attack on the Tower, finally the Colony. Unless they booby-trapped the Jail in order to prevent others from entering tfheir new home, I don't see Mallers attacking soldiers.

It is true: the soldiers never ever saw the Mallers; but I think it is very, very, very likely that they learned enough about this peril from Michael and folks. Meeting strangers in LA nearly one year down the zombocalypse would make any nof those (even the late Jay) very cautious at least.

Exploding Mata Gun: maybe.

Ink boobytrapping the jail would add another level of threat to the hole story ...

[Litmaster]

Prediction Time!
And this one is based on the cover art itself for this chapter:


A duct-tape arrow laid on a floor with dripping blood? Hmmmm.....

Timestamp: 8:19 p.m., EST on Thursday evening, 1/23/14
Ok, I am for sure CALLING this one ahead of time and want to make sure I can do a big, fat, I TOLD YA SO next week when we discover this is exactly what will transpire:

Michael's rescue team will come tearing up to the jail looking for Puck, but won't see him anywhere. Upon further investigation, they will see spent shells on the ground, and drops of blood leading into the jail. Upon careful entry, they will find everything eerily quiet, and then soon will discover a line of duct tape arrows on the floor, leading deeper into the prison, like a demented Hansel and Gretel plot from hell, which they will have to follow. At the end of the duct-crumb trail they will discover that Puck had been abducted / killed by Randy and other zombies, where a fight will break out and 1 more characters will die (prob Max), and another injury to a main character. This is DEFINITELY going to happen or I eat crow pie. Mark it down.

Litmadamus

[7oddisdead]

Prediction Time!
And this one is based on the cover art itself for this chapter:


A duct-tape arrow laid on a floor with dripping blood? Hmmmm.....

Timestamp: 8:19 p.m., EST on Thursday evening, 1/23/14
Ok, I am for sure CALLING this one ahead of time and want to make sure I can do a big, fat, I TOLD YA SO next week when we discover this is exactly what will transpire:

Michael's rescue team will come tearing up to the jail looking for Puck, but won't see him anywhere. Upon further investigation, they will see spent shells on the ground, and drops of blood leading into the jail. Upon careful entry, they will find everything eerily quiet, and then soon will discover a line of duct tape arrows on the floor, leading deeper into the prison, like a demented Hansel and Gretel plot from hell, which they will have to follow. At the end of the duct-crumb trail they will discover that Puck had been abducted / killed by Randy and other zombies, where a fight will break out and 1 more characters will die (prob Max), and another injury to a main character. This is DEFINITELY going to happen or I eat cow pie. Mark it down.

Litmadamus

fixed

[Grognaurd]

The duct tape is reminiscent of the traps the colony put in place to protect themselves from normal biters before they learned of the smart ones. To go all not going to be as emphatic as LitM, my speculation is more based on fun. It will make sense, but I have no clue if KC is going to use it...

What does a jail have? A captive Audiance or should we call them test subjects? We have seen an accelerated evolution of the biters. That could be Ink's intelligent design. He would need to experiment to get the formula right. Each cell could literally be a little shop of horrors. We could get description of the carnage left from the biters tearing themselves apart. We could get descriptions of horribly distorted experimental failures. And worse of all? They would have been human before Ink started injecting them...

[Footbutt]

The duct tape is reminiscent of the traps the colony put in place to protect themselves from normal biters before they learned of the smart ones. To go all not going to be as emphatic as LitM, my speculation is more based on fun. It will make sense, but I have no clue if KC is going to use it...

What does a jail have? A captive Audiance or should we call them test subjects? We have seen an accelerated evolution of the biters. That could be Ink's intelligent design. He would need to experiment to get the formula right. Each cell could literally be a little shop of horrors. We could get description of the carnage left from the biters tearing themselves apart. We could get descriptions of horribly distorted experimental failures. And worse of all? They would have been human before Ink started injecting them...

VERY Possible!

remember when Kelly was reading off the details of Bill Roberts' Jail-time stay?
she mentioned a "Cohen" that help Ink get his name.
i doubt that was a throw-away and i'm betting we'll hear from/see him soon.