Chapter 34 It Only Takes One Part 3

[wh33t]

Good point. If it had been Scratch, why wait until next time to reveal that? We'd all be much more worried if we knew for sure that Scratch had someone (and for good reason.)

As it stands, I'm not really fearing the reveal of the voice on the other line. I'm fascinated and impatient to find out who it is. However, if I'd heard Scratch's voice, I'd be wildly speculating about how Victor and CJ were going to make it out alive because I dread what Scratch might do to them. (I'm almost 100% sure that Lizzy and Saul make it because we've heard about things that only Lizzy witnessed and things that only Saul witnessed. Unless Scratch captures them, forces them to write comprehensive logs and those logs are stolen by someone else and brought to Michael, they probably make it to safety. Of course, this eventuality leaves the fate of some of my favorite characters up in the air, which I don't love, but it may help to reestablish core group from the Tower--sans Angel.)

Haven't we all taboo'd the idea that we only hear narration from survivors or their journal entries? Don't we hear a lot of on-goings in the story despite no journal recording of such? Like Angel dying for example?

I also see a lot of comments about how humanity is now on the endangered species list. We still don't have a confirmation that life isn't flourishing elsewhere on the planet right? I know that Hawaii apparently had biters as well but does that mean we all just assume that everywhere on the planet had it? If that's true what the hell kind of infection, virus, phenomena are we dealing with here?

[UndeadSweeper]

Haven't we all taboo'd the idea that we only hear narration from survivors or their journal entries? Don't we hear a lot of on-goings in the story despite no journal recording of such? Like Angel dying for example?

Technically, it was. Remember it was on video.

[wh33t]

Technically, it was. Remember it was on video.

Hrm... does that mean I have to go through and listen to the entire series just to see if this rule is consistent? Maybe KC could or already has commented on this.

[UndeadSweeper]

Hrm... does that mean I have to go through and listen to the entire series just to see if this rule is consistent? Maybe KC could or already has commented on this.

Now that you mention it, there has been time where they use video cam or recorder. Tanya's examination and Liz ride to the Arena come to mind.

[nikvoodoo]

so... you were in boulder?

ah keed, ah keed. love you niky.

Yer funny.....bastard....

[corneilious jones]

sounds good to me, scratch needs to die a horrible death.

[Condor]

I'm wondering...was it ever stated how many soldiers are at Irwin? I know they said there were like 8200 at Boulder (correct me if I'm wrong on that). So does that mean there more at Irwin or fewer? Because if we're talking about more soldiers than Boulder's 8200 at Irwin, that's a pretty big defense force against the Inklings. Although nothing comes easy in We're Alive and the worst case scenario usually finds a way of happening. And it pretty much rules out any chance of the Mallers trying to attack Irwin unless Irwin gets so decimated that there's pretty much no one left.
But if there's only a small reserve force at Irwin and the bulk was in Boulder...well that's a different story now isn't it?

Not sure of the number at the time of attack, but when Michael first arrives at Irwin and get "drafted" by Kimmet, Kimmet says there are about 2000 on base, 200 training in "the box", & 182 out in the field. He mentions most of the soldiers are at Boulder for defending the 150,000 civilians there. Also, by what he said, I'm under the impression there was a steady rotation of troops to/from Boulder.

As for two Sat Phones: No, too much of a coincidence. Also: The crew from L.A. left only one dead body, right? Why would a single person keep two sat-phones on him? Saul and Victor only found one device; and they did not search the chopper landing site thoroughly a second time. No: there is no second sat-phone - at least not one with the Irwin-phone-number in its memory.

Who says the caller is human, not that I believe that theory but the 2nd phone could have been on the chopper that went down.

Haven't we all taboo'd the idea that we only hear narration from survivors or their journal entries? Don't we hear a lot of on-goings in the story despite no journal recording of such? Like Angel dying for example?

Not sure if it's been consistent, but Angel's death was witnessed by Bricks, who then told Lizzy the story, so she could have recorded it in a journal.

[Cabbage Patch]

sounds good to me, scratch needs to die a horrible death.

I'm picturing something dramatic and heroic for Scratch's end. Maybe riding the nuke as it falls from Peg's helicopter onto Ink's last bastion, Dr. Strangelove style. The last thing she hears is the satphone ringing as the bomb is triggered.

[nikvoodoo]

Haven't we all taboo'd the idea that we only hear narration from survivors or their journal entries? Don't we hear a lot of on-goings in the story despite no journal recording of such? Like Angel dying for example?

Not sure if it's been consistent, but Angel's death was witnessed by Bricks, who then told Lizzy the story, so she could have recorded it in a journal.

Angel's death was recorded by tardust. So was the initial reveal of Burt afterwards I believe. That's how we were able to witness it. Remember when we first pick up on that scene? It's Tardust blowing into the camera asking if it was working and you hear it as if it was on playback then transitions to "real time".

Now....as of this moment I know of 1 (possibly 2) specific loophole/inconsistency in the journal based narrative, but otherwise it's been very clearly true that the journal/recording has to happen to tell the story. Correct guess on the loophole/inconsistency example and you gets rep!

[7oddisdead]

Angel's death was recorded by tardust. So was the initial reveal of Burt afterwards I believe. That's how we were able to witness it. Remember when we first pick up on that scene? It's Tardust blowing into the camera asking if it was working and you hear it as if it was on playback then transitions to "real time".

Now....as of this moment I know of 1 (possibly 2) specific loophole/inconsistency in the journal based narrative, but otherwise it's been very clearly true that the journal/recording has to happen to tell the story. Correct guess on the loophole/inconsistency example and you gets rep!

scratch and latch in the clothing store "shopping"...first thing to come to mind...