Chapter 21 - "Mark of the Beast" - Part 1

**Leedo2502** · Apr 27th, 2011, 01:15 PM

Originally Posted by HaveCrowBarWillTravel

Robert,

I thought Jet Fuel was more flammable than regular fuel? Maybe it just burns hotter then...

I don't know if it burns hotter or not, I know that typical Jet Fuel autoignites at around 400 degrees and Gasoline autoignites at around 200 degrees. I'm now chemist or aerospace engeneer but I'm pretty sure that the benifits of jet fuel's higher flashpoint is for better efficiency. I have a buddy who was a crew cheif on helicopters in the Army and he told me (and I am in no way endorsing thie) that you can throw a lit match into a puddle of jet fuel and the only thing that would happen is the match would go out.

Again not trying to nitpick LOL!

And my thoughts on the fire at the arena is that The Tower folks took the fuel trucks to the Arena and lit a huge bonfire.

**Arkum** · Apr 27th, 2011, 01:42 PM

You can put out a match in a cup of gas too. I've done it a bunch of times in various chemistry classes (though i don't recommend you just go and try it) Just an FYI

I believe jet fuel with its higher burn temperature is harder to put out the flames then typical gasoline.

**Wicked Sid** · Apr 27th, 2011, 01:54 PM

Jet fuel burns faster because it is more refined. Its among the lightest of the petro-products. Comes from high within the bubble tower.

Gasoline, on the other hand, burns slower, yet is more explosive due to the higher oil content within it. Just a few levels above diesel in the bubble tower.

The reason you can put matches out in both of these are because its the fumes that are combustible when evaporated (Gas evaporates faster) into oxygen rich environment, for lack of a better term.

**vattenflaska** · Apr 27th, 2011, 06:26 PM

Who the hell is Ink?

Feels like I missed something important here.
Maybe I should go back and re-listen to some episodes. :confused:

**nikvoodoo** · Apr 27th, 2011, 06:32 PM

Originally Posted by vattenflaska

Who the hell is Ink?

Feels like I missed something important here.
Maybe I should go back and re-listen to some episodes. :confused:

Ink is the nickname of the schizophrenic murderer You hear about on the dvr in chapter 2-3 right at the end of the chapter. Real name is Bill Roberts, and he is the presumed identity of The One With the Markings but right now its unconfirmed.

**Zombiehead** · Apr 27th, 2011, 08:20 PM

I'll save my opinions for my next friday blog post. Since it hasn't been mentioned yet I'll paste an observational excerpt from the new entry here to chew on:

"Last chapter Scratch mentioned that they havenâ€™t heard from the Tower Rat in a while. If the Tower Rat is too busy to snitch then itâ€™s quite possible it was someone who was out of the Tower during the last couple chapters. Scratch also said â€œwe still have herâ€ before Tardust clarified who he meant. Perhaps this â€œherâ€ is the lover/spouse/relative of the Tower Rat? If the Mallers have slaves, I would imagine they were using this as leverage to get that person to work for them. Fascinating."

Also, regarding the Angel/Scratch/Army theory, if they both share a criminal background, it's possible they were tossed in a boot camp as adolescents. A spoiled rich kid gets caught boosting cars, parents don't want to deal with him so they let someone else do the disciplining.

Originally Posted by Bulldog711

Pippen......COME ON KC!!!!! As a fellow englishman this is quite an addition......Pippen cannot be his REAL name, how many chuckles did you have coming up with this character???? Is this a homage to South Park? Maybe in the next chapter he will ask Michael, "Please sir, can I have some more ammo?"

The Mallers use nicknames.

**bequita** · Apr 27th, 2011, 10:32 PM

Originally Posted by NJHellfire

First I must say, thank you for having the same belief about Kalani as me. Second, Scratch wasn't in prison when the outbreak occurred, she infact rescued all the prisoners from Eastern Bay.

Right, that is why I figure her time was served when Angel was in the officer school, before the outbreak. Latch had only been in prison for 6 weeks or so.

**bequita** · Apr 27th, 2011, 10:41 PM

Originally Posted by PlutoniumX

I've been lurking on the forum for about 3 months now...sort of waiting for my theory on this to pop up. Finally, after reading THIS post, I decided to join so I could respond to it.

In one of the episodes during the first season, it's revealed that Angel can hot-wire cars, but he doesn't really want to talk about where/how he developed this talent. He was then quick to distance himself from Scratch around the others, but he does seem to have some sort of secret connection to her (dropping off Latch's body inexplicably). Does anyone think that maybe Angel has some sort of criminal background, and probably knows some of the Mallers due to this? We don't really have a lot of details one way or the other, but....it just seemed like this sort of "slipped through the cracks" so to speak...

He dropped off Latch because Pegs begged him to. She was having nightmares.