Chapter 22 - "Our Doubts Are Traitors" - Part 1

[Jeebogs]

I'm not so sure Hope is dead, sure she shut up when the last shot was fired, but you can't say she wasn't just shocked into silence. Either that or she was shot, though not fatally, and it rendered her unconscious. I think there has got to be something to follow on into the rest of the chapter in the way of a clue and I think Hope will be just that.

zombiederek, I like the Michael idea, but it would really upset a large portion of the listeners, and I don't think that's the aim.

[Kn1ckerb0cker33]

Alright, so after reading the first 5 pages or so, and the last 7, (added on top, i've listened to the final 2 minutes of the podcast 10+ times) the final shot could not have been directed at the radio.

The podcast does not directly end right after the shot is made, because there's a few seconds left where you can hear running and the door opening and closing.

If the radio was shot, there would be some kind of metallic "clink" "boom" sound.

From the lack of noise made by Hope after the shot was made, that would mean that the final shot was a kill shot.

Good Point, I was thinking about that after listening to the episode again, so the likelihood that no one was able to respond to Burt and Saul means that Hope was probably shot, but still possibly alive.
And not to get on your case Ra1th, but I know Datu isn't going to be happy with Angel if anything did happen to Hope. I'm not saying that leaving Hope in the room with a chained up Pippin was a bad move
on Angel's part, but Datu won't care either way if Hope is shot.

[cupcakezombie]

The alarm fading out was an Aural choice. It was so powerful it was over-riding what was going on.

Thanks, I thought it might be a fade out, but couldn't rule out it having stopped.

[Crabb90]

I was thinking Pipen was a Maller mole right up until the end. Now, I'm forming some new theories in my head about this mysterious shooter. Here's my best one:

he knew Pipen from the other tower of survivors, fled when it was attacked, and found the Mallers whom took them in. The two of them (Pipen and this shooter) were sworn into the 'Maller Army'. However, when Pipen realized that the Mallers were criminals he began searching for other means of survival and eventually found the Tower. The Mallers proclaimed him a deserter and locked him up. When he managed to escape, he made his way to the Tower but when the Mallers realized he was gone, they sent the shooter after him. Either that, or they called their mole in the Tower to deal with him but that wouldn't explain how Pipen recognized the shooter unless he knew that person as well.

^ That's my theory.

[Jeebogs]

Didn't Scratch mention to Tar and Bricks that she was "dropping Pippin off" and that they hadn't heard from "the other one" for a while?

[WestonWisdom]

Didn't Scratch mention to Tar and Bricks that she was "dropping Pippin off" and that they hadn't heard from "the other one" for a while?

Yeah, this lack of communication means that the Rat wouldn't be aware of the plan.

[Crabb90]

Saul's mom did take over the room where Saul was laying, so it's possible she messed with his bags. However, I don't see her turning on the people who have been taking care of her son all this time. Unless, she had a previous engagement with the Mallers that somehow forced her to take an action such as this, I don't she is a very probable suspect. Also, we know from her time at the Colony that has a very assertive personality but I don't think she's a killer.

[Beaumont]

I'm not so sure Hope is dead, sure she shut up when the last shot was fired, but you can't say she wasn't just shocked into silence. Either that or she was shot, though not fatally, and it rendered her unconscious. I think there has got to be something to follow on into the rest of the chapter in the way of a clue and I think Hope will be just that.

zombiederek, I like the Michael idea, but it would really upset a large portion of the listeners, and I don't think that's the aim.

I don't think Hope is dead either because her sense of smell is going to come in to play in the hunt for the shooter. Why else would we be given the cologne discussion unless this will be used as a clue or something used by the shooter to throw suspicion.

[Don Man]

I think chapter 22 part 2 will be all about lizy,tar and bricks making the wait longer

[Ra1th]

Good Point, I was thinking about that after listening to the episode again, so the likelihood that no one was able to respond to Burt and Saul means that Hope was probably shot, but still possibly alive.
And not to get on your case Ra1th, but I know Datu isn't going to be happy with Angel if anything did happen to Hope. I'm not saying that leaving Hope in the room with a chained up Pippin was a bad move
on Angel's part, but Datu won't care either way if Hope is shot.

Ohh noooooo Datu is annngryyy, what's he gonna do? Same thing he always does, go cry in the corner... trololol