Chapter 21- "Mark of the Beast" - Part 3

[TCM Revolver]

The zombies have only ever cleaned up the bodies not the blood. And really how long has it been since the last rain storm? It was pretty early on in the story I think. So the attack on the helicopter could have happened as far as a couple of months back.

Blood is very hard to clean off of concrete. you have to use hydrogen peroxide and other heavy cleaners. Wouldn't just come up with the rain. I don't know this from experience or anything...or do I?

[HardKor]

Playing a little devil's advocate here. Someone google blood stains and concrete.

...And I must do as Kc requests...
http://www.ehow.com/how_4557357_remo...-concrete.html

[Kc]

...And I must do as Kc requests...
http://www.ehow.com/how_4557357_remo...-concrete.html

Thanks! I just wanted to make sure people didn't think it would wash away with rain.

[Eitri]

Yea good idea, lets clean the area around the helicopter, thats broken then return home with empty hands. Its always a good idea to do your house cleaning before killing zombies, then having to do the house cleaning again cause blood got on the carpet and driveway.
i rest my case

[Wicked Sid]

Pippin is not a mole, he's no rat, nor is he there for sabotage. It makes no sense within the Mallers' immediate plan. His story and his wounds corroborate this fact.

What do they have to gain from dropping him off if they are just moving anyway?

[Wicked Sid]

Sorry Sid, from Scratch first mention, to the circumstances of his "escape" and arrival to the tower, that "Peregrin" guy smells fishy. The cross interrogation was a good move and during it most of the reasonable concerns were shown. I still say: "Set him up and see what happens".

To take this to fair trial, it is Your responsibility to prove that he is guilty not mine to prove he's innocent.

With that in mind, I ask again, How would it fit into the Mallers' plan? He has an European passport, wounds which passed him to unrecognizable, and there's no evidence nor are there visual cues that lead me to believe that Pippin is a mole.

You make note of Scratch's mention of Pippin, just because she dropped him off and sought to make mention of her action of 'dropping Pippin off,' means that she's rather have a quick, true, reason to validate her leaving of the Mall/Caravan. It is highly likely that, as you mentioned, he was used to ease the weight of the caravans' movements. Scratch and co. have no solid ideas about the smells but they obviously know that an easy target is a lot more enticing than trying to attack a rather large group of well armed, slightly trained and dangerous enemies, which lead them to speculate that the Zeds have common sense enough to know this as well (as shown by their previous experiences).

Within the construct of the cross-interrogation, which was conducted by Victor and Michael with Kelly as an observer, there were no visible cues which lead a trained Lawyer, a trained Soldier, and a well tuned civilian to solidly believe that the subject of the interrogation was not truthful. Victor, as I speculate now, sounds to have some training within the realm of interrogation (i.e. He sounds a lot like a trained, albeit rookie Detective). Maybe he's just really good at questioning, but this small piece of evidence shows, although limited to speculation, that no one in that room would have missed anything that could have exposed him if he were anything but truthful. Your move.

[Mikethebassist]

...And I must do as Kc requests...
http://www.ehow.com/how_4557357_remo...-concrete.html

Anything with more than one or two steps I doubt Zombies can handle. This episode was very good, Not much action, Burt is freaking hilarious. Pippin is being very defensive about where he came from. I believe he is def. a spy.

[Kn1ckerb0cker33]

Saul said "Coast Guard" when he saw the aircraft. And I may be reading into this but the fact that it wasn't the S-92 has me a bit excited, and maybe looking into the conspiratorial undertones of the Outbreak. To the best of my knowledge the USCG doesn't have any SH-53's (neither does the Army, mainly it's a Navy/USMC and USAF aircraft).

Yeah, it was a guess for the SH-53's but I think the S-61Rs are used by US Coast Guard (wiki says its "Active Service" as well).

[Arkum]

To take this to fair trial, it is Your responsibility to prove that he is guilty not mine to prove he's innocent.[/U]

It is now a state of marshal law. The civili liberties of the old country are long gone. In a survival of the fittest world, your always guilty first.

[Omegaflow88]

This episode was short IMO. It might hold me over until next chapter. I want pippin to be good. I don't think he sounds bad. When I first heard datto I thought it sounded forced but I in the end loved it. I was bummed to hear nothing about the explotion of the arena. I don't care for mixed up time lines.

The chopper being all shot up and what not just made it sound like survivors were trying to leave and zombies attacked them. Due to a miss fire by a human put a hole in the gas tank and the towers hopes. Also explains why there is no bodies.