Chapter 23 Pt 3 - The Devil's Workshop

[diosa]

I concur with the skittles/mental patient theory.

That second tower had a lot of people who also seem to end up all over the place. Hope going so far south, and blind has always sounded off to me. Skittles. Perhaps Kalani. Hope's mother. I am really curious to hear about all the innovations Hope's mom was alluding to.

It feels like we are getting really close to finding out about patient zero. This show is sooo exciting! I can't believe everyone isn't listening to it.

[Osiris]

Of course... You wouldn't recall something like that....

But if Skittles was Ink, don't you think there would be some mention of him being covered in tattoos from head to toe? even in a zombie apocalypse that seems like it would be a noteworthy thing.

However, I will say that there's the general assumption that Skittles was from the Other Tower. That theory is one I don't buy into. I believe it's more likely that he was interned in a mental hospital (hmm...) and might have been around when he saw his friends get killed....and that could have been by Ink's hands.

Did I miss the part where it was mentioned that Ink was covered head to toe in tattoos? Or am I on crack? Chapter/Timecode please, sir.

[Osiris]

A lot of times you don't see the evidence of criminal behaviour until it is far, far too late. It is also possible that Skittles recognized Kalani from the Arena.

[nikvoodoo]

Did I miss the part where it was mentioned that Ink was covered head to toe in tattoos? Or am I on crack? Chapter/Timecode please, sir.

Yup. Yup you did.

2-3 after 20:30. That's how Bill Roberts got the "Ink' nickname is he's covered in tattoos.

[Osiris]

Yup. Yup you did.

2-3 after 20:30. That's how Bill Roberts got the "Ink' nickname is he's covered in tattoos.

Well shit the bed. I completely missed that! I'm an idiot.

He peeled off his skin! Sneaky bastard!

[nikvoodoo]

well shit the bed. I completely missed that! I'm an idiot.

He peeled off his skin! Sneaky bastard!

quick! Get some salt!!!! That'll stop the bastard!

[Osiris]

quick! Get some salt!!!! That'll stop the bastard!

Well... I mean... aw crap. My last blog needs some edits. I feel like a tard.

[Adventureless_Hero]

Nah, c'mon. You can't really believe that Skittles come from the mental hospital, do you? He says he witnessed his friends die, which granted his 'friends' could have been fellow patients, but I believe this was a reference to the other tower. The fact that he recognized Kalani supports this. I don't think that would have been written in the story just for the hell of it. Kalani discusses how locked down CJ had made thier tower yet one managed to get in and pop open the flood gates (Pinstripes M.O.). This is likely where the situation in which Skittles could have seen Pinstripes (well at the time I don't think Ink had aquired Paul's suit, so who knows what he looked like then). It's also very possible that Skittles could have been one of the few captured rather than killed. He, along with Samantha, Kalani, and numerous others could have been taken to the Arena. Maybe Skittles escaped the arena and that's why Angel, Riley, and Datu see him on their way there. Though I think it's most likely that Skittles escaped the initial zombie raid on Tower #2 and has been living in the streets since then. It may have been that he just accidentally wandered too close to the arena and realized who/what lived there.

I just think the idea that Skittles came from the mental hospital seems born too much from imagination, kind of like the notion that Saul would disable the cars when he fled LAX :P

[7oddisdead]

I was talking to friend at work last night who also listens to the show, and we got on the subject of the arrow ink caught out of the air...the thing of interest about this as he was saying isn't the fact that he caught it, but that he managed to stop it. That type of thing would take tremendous hand strength and muscle dexterity..i mean think about it. Its a smooth shaft sliding though your hand...and he (as far as we know) Stopped it before it hit his body...no muscle decomposition there ...

Also...i haven't heard anybody address this fact. But what's up with the other room they looked In? " bloody bed, countless needles, and broken glass..more tattoos? Injections ? Making multiple inks?...hmm

[Osiris]

Nah, c'mon. You can't really believe that Skittles come from the mental hospital, do you? He says he witnessed his friends die, which granted his 'friends' could have been fellow patients, but I believe this was a reference to the other tower. The fact that he recognized Kalani supports this. I don't think that would have been written in the story just for the hell of it. Kalani discusses how locked down CJ had made thier tower yet one managed to get in and pop open the flood gates (Pinstripes M.O.). This is likely where the situation in which Skittles could have seen Pinstripes (well at the time I don't think Ink had aquired Paul's suit, so who knows what he looked like then). It's also very possible that Skittles could have been one of the few captured rather than killed. He, along with Samantha, Kalani, and numerous others could have been taken to the Arena. Maybe Skittles escaped the arena and that's why Angel, Riley, and Datu see him on their way there. Though I think it's most likely that Skittles escaped the initial zombie raid on Tower #2 and has been living in the streets since then. It may have been that he just accidentally wandered too close to the arena and realized who/what lived there.

I just think the idea that Skittles came from the mental hospital seems born too much from imagination, kind of like the notion that Saul would disable the cars when he fled LAX :P

As opposed to all of the hard facts that you've based your theory on? There is far too little known about Skittles to say definitively what his origin is.