Chapter 28- Last Dying Breath Part 3

[cupcakezombie]

Also we haven't discussed the dying trees.
Whatever it is would take a while to kill trees as they process things a lot slower than animals. But that does mean that whatever the mist is, has been very consistant for the length of the outbreak. I wonder if it is just from the air or soil or both.

[HardKor]

The biggest problem I have with this whole line of thought that Tanya may be secretly inoculating people is: If she had found a way of preventing the zombie (virus/bacteria/etc) why on Earth would she keep that a secret? I know people in We're Alive are stubbornly tight lipped about everything, but if Tanya knew something that could prevent people from turning I would think she'd be telling everyone who would listen.

[Litmaster]

Ok, so now that I've digested things a bit more, here's my formal post for the latest:


On Ground Zero
If you remember, waaaaaay back in Chapter 1 (at 2:23, in fact) there was the sound a loud explosion when Michael was in class with that awful professor... It certainly seems now that the explosion happened at ground zero and was caused by some kind of seismic activity.

I checked, and there actually is a fault line that runs right underneath Inglewood, I believe called the Newport Inglewood fault line. The wikipedia article does say there was a 4.7 quake on May 17th 2009... very close to the May 8th starting date of our story. I also found this MAP which shows exactly where the fault line runs in relation to the streets. Seems like we found the origins of our zombie outbreak right there, folks.


Bodies, Blood, & Dead Trees
The interesting thing here is the absence of all living--or dead--or undead-- things here, due to some kind of gas, it seems (haze), that has emitted from the ground from these cracks. There is probably a larger explosion site from which the cracks spiderwebbed out from, seemingly. And all the dead bodies laying around, which were not collected by Ink and the Gang... why not? You'd think the Zombie Gas would be like fertilizer to them, but they stay away... why? Too much of a good thing??


What is Saul?! What is Tanya??
So the Tanya / Saul immunity thing is no secret now, and I agree with Adventureless Hero and others that it is genetic immunity--not antibiotics--that enables Saul to somehow breathe in Ground Zero. But how can one be immune to a natural gas outbreak??

And yes, I agree to the notion that Tanya has secretly found out she is somehow immune (probably because she got bit before but didn't turn). However, she doesn't want to let others know about this, lest she get the chains and armed guard treatment, or worse! Perhaps she is afraid someone will just kill her, thinking that she is just a really slow turner or something. In that case, I can understand her aversion to inspection by the Army dudes.

Prediction: I see a situation coming where both Tanya and Saul will become the guinea pigs for a zombie cure in their respective areas (Ft Irwin and LA, respectively).


CJ Sabotage?
And lastly, it seems that CJ may well have left Victor's tank half-empty on purpose, given that she "checked it twice" and yet he still ran out of air well short of the time allotted. Why would his be half full and not Saul's? It's possible that she wanted to use Vic as a guinea pig to see if he would in fact turn once he entered Ground Zero, although I'm not sure what she could learn from this (she already had intel that this happened before, right?). Anyway, she is looking pretty frigging manipulative lately...

[cupcakezombie]

The biggest problem I have with this whole line of thought that Tanya may be secretly inoculating people is: If she had found a way of preventing the zombie (virus/bacteria/etc) why on Earth would she keep that a secret? I know people in We're Alive are stubbornly tight lipped about everything, but if Tanya knew something that could prevent people from turning I would think she'd be telling everyone who would listen.

But if you only have a small supply that Tanya said was really hard to get? Maybe her choice is not to share but ask for more if they end up in a situation where they can get more.

Another point worth discussing: More proof that the zombies don't go back to Englewood... all the bodies that are rotting, just left there

[awkwardalex]

EXTRA! EXTRA! READ ALL ABOUT IT!

The final part of chapter 28 drops in just about 3 hours! Discuss here!

ALSO! BABY BORN WITH THREE HEADS! SEE THE PICTURES HERE FIRST! Just two bits a pape, sir!

I got a feeling that a three eyed baby woukd be in ground zero.

Okay finally got to listen and report:

This episode is why I LOVE this show! When Vicky was having trouble breathing I was to! Amazing Job!

Atomic Hampster I thoight of you when Vicky and Saul were swapping theories.

Now I am totally for the Saul immune theory. I admit I thought that it was a wee far fetched at first but...

[cupcakezombie]

Ok, so now that I've digested things a bit more, here's my formal post for the latest:


On Ground Zero
If you remember, waaaaaay back in Chapter 1 (at 2:23, in fact) there was the sound a loud explosion when Michael was in class with that awful professor... It certainly seems now that the explosion happened at ground zero and was caused by some kind of seismic activity.

I checked, and there actually is a fault line that runs right underneath Inglewood, I believe called the Newport Inglewood fault line. The wikipedia article does say there was a 4.7 quake on May 17th 2009... very close to the May 8th starting date of our story. I also found this MAP which shows exactly where the fault line runs in relation to the streets. Seems like we found the origins of our zombie outbreak right there, folks.

The only problem I have with this is the timing and perhaps the location of the University/College in relation to Englewood. If there was an underground explosion of that sort of level that he could hear, then it is likely that the might have felt the ground move, and an explosion wasn't something that any of the reports they collected in the Tower mentioned.
Also, he left class and depending on how long it took to find a TV there were already reports from the news stations which would seem to fast to me.

[Osiris]

CJ Sabotage?
And lastly, it seems that CJ may well have left Victor's tank half-empty on purpose, given that she "checked it twice" and yet he still ran out of air well short of the time allotted. Why would his be half full and not Saul's? It's possible that she wanted to use Vic as a guinea pig to see if he would in fact turn once he entered Ground Zero, although I'm not sure what she could learn from this (she already had intel that this happened before, right?). Anyway, she is looking pretty frigging manipulative lately...

It's a move that would consider overtly hostile and evil were it made by... Scratch. CJ should be dealt with ASAP. Kill her and burn the remains.

[cupcakezombie]

CJ Sabotage?
And lastly, it seems that CJ may well have left Victor's tank half-empty on purpose, given that she "checked it twice" and yet he still ran out of air well short of the time allotted. Why would his be half full and not Saul's? It's possible that she wanted to use Vic as a guinea pig to see if he would in fact turn once he entered Ground Zero, although I'm not sure what she could learn from this (she already had intel that this happened before, right?). Anyway, she is looking pretty frigging manipulative lately...

My thinking is that she would have tried Saul if she actually did this on purpose, as she already seemed to have a theory ready for him

[Hellbringer]

Someone also mentioned Cthulhu. I liked that very much.

I don't think it's Cthullhu. Personally, I was thinking of something like the Thorian from Mass Effect. That's what came to my mind.

Apparently, I still have Mass Effect on the brain.

But now, it's the sad part; we have to wait two weeks to see what happened at Fort Irwin. Oh, the theories that will pop into our minds in the mean time.

[TASM]

Saul's "crack in Inglewood" joke was great, but didn't make me laugh as much as his Ghosbusters comment a couple of episodes back. Love Saul.
The cracks... Hmm. Intriguing. What can cause such huge cracks?
-underground explosion
-massive earthquake
-gigantic. living thing emerging from the earth
-gigantic living hulk-like thing smashing the ground
-Satan and the Archangel Gabriel in the movies The Prophecy

Beyond that, I'm stumped. Well, there were those alien robots from War of the Worlds, but I doubt that.
The gas obviously takes a while to turn you into a zombie... Or it needs to hit the bloodstream in high doses to do so, otherwise Vic would have gone brain-eater on us already. Thus, the idea of a virus can be dismissed. Definitely seems more like a Biological/chemical agent.

Tanya and Saul immune. Could it have to do with their race? Just thinking that there aren't many African-American characters and the two that there are have been exposed in some way and not turned. Just a thought.

All in all, I'll stick to the giant flying squid theory... Seems legit.