Chapter 27- The Thirty First part 2

[Litmaster]

Great episode! Again we have more questions answered than asked. Kc, are you feeling ok?


Duncan (aka Skittles) crack-up
He must have lost it because he was responsible for letting Ink in to bust up the joint. I don't think it was intentional, or that Duncan/Skittles is a bad guy. Rather, it seems he just f'ed up and mistook old Pinstripes for one of the tower guys. He went crazy out of self-blame and guilt for destroying the tower. Speaking of self-blame and guilt...

Michael, Randy, and the Water Works
Anyone else think it strange that Michael has met some people from the other tower and has just failed to mention that to his comrades? Because he didn't know where they were from? Why wouldn't he know?
A. They met briefly but were nebulous about their origin.
B. They met briefly and had no time to talk history.
C. They had already died / turned by the time Mike found them (this would be Nik's monogrammed 'Randy' on the overalls thing)

Of these, option B seems most likely to me. There was, after all, a Behemoth stomping around at the time, right? Not much time to exchange pleasantries with a new acquaintance when you're running for your life. So then why wouldn't Michael mention meeting Randy to the others? Here is what I think happened:

Litmaster's Water Works Theory of Events
1. Randy and a few guys went to the water works to investigate the low pressure.
2. They manage to get the water back on, but are hit by Zombiezilla soon after that, who rips the door off and kills with abandon...
3. All are killed or 'turned' with the exception of Randy, who manages to hide out in some hidden nook of the water works. He finds himself trapped there, trying to figure out a way to escape past Zombiezilla.
4. A few days days later, Michael, Angel, Datu and Riley show up and find the bodies and the 'turned' zombie, whom they kill.
5. Then comes The Return of Zombiezilla, and all our people escape out the side door except Michael, who is stuck inside.
6. Mike is stuck in the steamroom with Zombiezilla, whose senses are dulled by the steam. Mike flounders his way to Randy's hidden nook.
7. They briefly hide together, speak just long enough to exchange names, then Mike says they should try and wait Zombiezilla out...
8. ...but he doesn't realize that Behemoth's have the patience of a mountain. Randy tells him he's been there for days and the monster shows no signs of leaving. They make a hasty, desperate plan of escape.
9. Maybe the plan involves distracting Zombiezilla with making a noise in one direction, then running in the other direction.
10. Their bold plan barely works, for Michael is able to escape through the narrow exit, with Randy pulling the door open for him.
11. But only Mike makes it through, for Randy is snatched right after Mike makes it through the door. Mike tries to reach for him, but has his arm slammed in the door, thus breaking it.

So why not tell the other guys about meeting Randy at the water works? Well, perhaps Michael thought it a moot point, given that Randy died soon after meeting him and didn't reveal any new/useful information. However, Michael's feverish dreams at the Colony, duplicity about his leadership ability, and overall high-strung irritability suggest something much more shameful: What if Michael screwed Randy over at the water works, in effect sacrificing Randy to the zombies in order to save his own ass?

This would explain a lot about Michael's attitude, and it would be a very understandable human reaction in a crisis situation, if not a heroic one. Maybe he is chewing himself up inside every time someone calls him a hero or a great leader or something, inwardly hating himself for being a hypocrite the whole time? In this case, he certainly would not want to discuss the issue about meeting some guy a the water pumping station, now would he?


Another unanswered question is
- How did Sean end up at the colony if he had a thing going with CJ? The only explanation is that they got split up and thought each other were dead.


Coming Attractions:
-In the upcoming episodes, there is still a lot of back-story we need to get from Victor about how Sean moved in down at the Colony.
-Also, there has got to be some scenes at the Maller camp where they got overrun, the imperative to find a more secure place to live, and a lot of back-story about Ink.
-I'm sure that many of the prisoners knew Bill Roberts, so it will be interesting to see how many connections are made there.
- And we'll find out that the next time Kalani contracts the Mallers from our tower (on guard duty during R & R) that Scratch will tell him Hannah is dead. That will send him in his revenge rampage, thus grabbing his rifle and heading to the upper balconies...




So there you have it, folks. That's gotta be worth a little bit of rep, don't you think? Come on, you tightwads!

[**WARNING: SUCH SHAMELESS REP-SOLICITATION IS BOUND TO GET YOU BITCH-SLAPPED. SEE BELOW]

[cupcakezombie]

I'm not eating crow yet. There's the chance that Kalani accidentally sold the Tower out still. If it's on accident, I don't call that a rat. I call that a distraught father trying to get his daughter back. Very very few people (if anyone at all) has claimed it was done on accident. We all assumed it was a willful act of betrayal.

I called Kalani the rat, but I never thought about the reasoning behind it until "That's my Hannah". From there I was happy that it was an accident, because he went down in a blaze of glory for the Tower.
My main thought was as to who it was.

[Adventureless_Hero]

I still say that even if he is blackmailed he is intentionally being a rat. He could have made the decision to come clean and work as a double agent for the tower. Hell, Michael and the rest would have surely come up with a plan to get Hannah back.

[nikvoodoo]

I still say that even if he is blackmailed he is intentionally being a rat. He could have made the decision to come clean and work as a double agent for the tower. Hell, Michael and the rest would have surely come up with a plan to get Hannah back.

Hell....at this point I don't care. I just along for the ride!

So there you have it, folks. That's gotta be worth a little bit of rep, don't you think? Come on, you tightwads!

you aren't the first, and you won't be the last but I'm pickin' on you: requesting rep is uncouth. It's nearly a guaranteed way to get a negative rep from me at least. Let your posts do the talking!

[Kc]

Great episode! Again we have more questions answered than asked. Kc, are you feeling ok?

Just getting over a bad cold/sinus infection. But I'm feeling better now. Thanks for asking!

[abayarts]

Man, when I listened to this episode all I can think of is how can LOST not do this? KC basically connected a lot of events in a single episode. I know LOST is a tv series, but they had dozens of writers and KC easily connected characters stories with no problem. Enough LOST talk. Great episode and love how Saul interrupted the story while CJ was talking. haha.

[Kc]

and love how Saul interrupted the story while CJ was talking. haha.

I thought they would interrupt her several times, I mean, who wouldn't. So I had to add in the "Don't interrupt me again"

[Litmaster]

you aren't the first, and you won't be the last but I'm pickin' on you: requesting rep is uncouth. It's nearly a guaranteed way to get a negative rep from me at least. Let your posts do the talking!

Nik, you're right. I have been a shameless rep-monger... It was a classless move and I'm rightfully bitch-slapped for stooping to such depths.

But damn, man! Have some pity on a brutha! I'm just a little one-bar peon trying to get a little rep in my ol' tin cup! And I wouldn't have to BEG if more people were actually using the reputation system like they should!

"What reputation system," you say? Never heard of such a thing? Well, check it out at:
http://www.zombiepodcast.com/forum/s...utation-System


THE REPUTATION SYSTEM: "USE IT, DON'T ABUSE IT... OR GET BITCH-SLAPPED BY NIK."

[THIS PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT BROUGHT TO YOU BY NIKVOODOO AND THE REPUTATION SYSTEM.]

[nikvoodoo]

Nik, you're right. I have been a shameless rep-monger... It was a classless move and I'm rightfully bitch-slapped for stooping to such depths.

But damn, man! Have some pity on a brutha! I'm just a little one-bar peon trying to get a little rep in my ol' tin cup! And I wouldn't have to BEG if more people were actually using the reputation system like they should!

"What reputation system," you say? Never heard of such a thing? Well, check it out at:
http://www.zombiepodcast.com/forum/s...utation-System


THE REPUTATION SYSTEM: "USE IT, DON'T ABUSE IT... OR GET BITCH-SLAPPED BY NIK."

[THIS PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT BROUGHT TO YOU BY NIKVOODOO AND THE REPUTATION SYSTEM.]

Damn panhandlers.....always changing their message....

And I thank you for the reminder. I sometimes feel like I'm screaming to the empty night air when I bump that thread.

[Bray]

Absolutely loved the episode! Many questions answered. And love the Duncan - Skittles link. Deffo sound the same!

Can't wait for next week, just like always, counting down those pesky days and hours.