Chapter 23 Pt 1 - The Devil's Workshop

**Adventureless_Hero** · Jun 21st, 2011, 08:01 AM

This is a random idea that I'm not very confident about but I thought I'd post it in case it spawns some better notions: do you think the horde that arrived at the Hospital could be the group that attacked the Mallers in the park ambush? I'm thinking the bodies they have in tow are the slaves the mallers left behind.

The only thing that makes me think this is wrong is that there are Behemoths with this horde and I have't heard Bert mention any little ones. So I'm thinking this isn't that group. But bear with me while I toss out a random little story line: Ink/Pin Stripes has been using the hospital as a base of operations, along with a handful of other Smart Ones. Slowly Ink has been amassing an army, a group that is seperate from the horde at the Arena. With the destruction of the arena, Ink was able to recruit a great number of refugees from there. The result being the great horde that now returns to the hospital. To thin?

**Magrat** · Jun 21st, 2011, 08:37 AM

Originally Posted by Kn1ckerb0cker33

...or maybe Paul has enough speech to interrogate them? Unlikely but an idea.

"It's Paul... .... .. You food?"
Can't wait for that interrogation scene! Please let it be Kalani who gets interrogated!

**GD_Elite** · Jun 21st, 2011, 09:01 AM

I think it should be obvious that the zombies are organised when the pin stripe/ink/"paul"/the one with markings is about, and it would appear that he is commanding them - both convoy ambushes/attack on the towers. I don't think it's too far of a stretch to say that he has the ability to order the other kinds about too. I believe that they will follow orders from him, whether this order is to take someone alive, attack where it tells them to, or in the case of the big ones, don't eat the other zombies. I'm thinking this could be either a military type order, or as previosuly referenced in the story, an insect-like system.

What seems odd is the difference between the experiences of the tower, skittles and the colony. Members of the tower/mallers know about the zombies being capable of being organised. Whereas it would appear skittles hasn't. From what we've heard, his experiences are of the different kinds in the wild, in small packs or alone. He thought the jumpers were gone, but we've only seen them during an organised attack on the tower. On the other hand, the colony hasn't even seen any different kinds or an organised attack. It's strange because I'd imagine that after the initial wave of biters, the different kinds would come out too.

After some thinking, I'm putting forward my theory. So the zombies are at a hospital, and one particular zombie that is injured that we know of has an arrow in its eye. It is possible that one of the big ones is the same one. As well as the fact that there are some char-grilled zombies walking round, maybe they need some fixing. Crazy idea, but when a couple of points lead to something, I'm sticking a flag in it.

Considering we have gone 5 episodes without hearing from Lizzy, I reckon it's highly likely that she hasn't been conscious for most of the time between the explosion and now. I know that the story telling doesnt always keep to chronology, but I think that this makes it very likely that she will have been captured by the zombies. If we do go back to seeing the story from Lizzys point of view, then I think it would probably be as her waking up being held as a prisoner or being dragged along by the zombies.

Just had another thought. What if the zombies are wanting to use human body parts as repairs. Brings a new meaning to the phrase, "an eye for an eye".

Anyone think its sad that Saul and Lizzy weren't there to witness Burt talking about his buddha belly.

@nikvoodoo sorry about the wall of text, I think i got a bit excited lol. But at least I don't get classed as a 'kid'

**Grognaurd** · Jun 21st, 2011, 09:38 AM

Im addition to the slaves that the mallers left, there were mallers themselves that were ripped out of the cab. And lets not forget that when Tar and Bricks grabbed Lizzy, they were looking for escaped slaves. So, there are a lot of people around to be fresh meat.

Even before *star* members got to the Hospital, I was very afraid of the building being over-run and the Helicopter's battery is dead.

**clarkie** · Jun 21st, 2011, 10:19 AM

Anyone else notice how angry Angel's been recently. RATTY, you might say. Ha. Ha. Ha. Ha...Geddit?...Ratty?...

No, but seriously, he's been really short-tempered recently. Just worth a note.

I know I get snappy when I don't get enough sleep. Maybe he isn't sleeping well. Then again, would you be if you were stuck in the middle of a zombie apocalypse?

(And no, I don't think that Angel is the rat. Just a joke.

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**kdalton** · Jun 21st, 2011, 11:34 AM

WHo was Randy?

**Adventureless_Hero** · Jun 21st, 2011, 11:49 AM

Originally Posted by kdalton

WHo was Randy?

This question has been asked quite a bit. I realize there is quite a bit to cover in the entire thread, but you'd find your answer a few pages into this topic.

So far, all we know is that Michael muttered his name while under a medication at the colony, right after his arm surgery. Hope asks, "Who's Randy?", explaining that Michael said his name while asleep. Michael brushes the question off of course. So other than that is what we got in this current chapter; that Randy is a male with long brown hair and a beard. It is unknown whether he has always been a zombie or if he only recently turned. Other than that, there's a ton of speculation that you can find in this thread:
http://zombiepodcast.com/forum/showt...65-Randy-Randi
And also some ideas mentioned in this thread you are now in.

**Don Man** · Jun 21st, 2011, 12:39 PM

Sorry if someone has already said this but first off the way Burt was narrating it i think he is explaining himself to the mallers. Second I think Randy is a smart one and is Michael is his brother/army buddy and recognized him so he helped. third the bodies the zombies were carrying were the bodies of the mallers and Lizzie. Finialy at the end of this chapter i think saul will come in to save the day with a kick ass one liner

**GD_Elite** · Jun 21st, 2011, 01:19 PM

@ Don Man: Just curious as to what makes you think he is explaining it to the mallers? Also, Michael said he is an only child, and I don't think he really had any army buddys.