Chapter 42-1 Chasing Ghosts

[scbubba]

I think tactical hit the nail on the head with his assessment. To me, that's what's its like to be or have "brothers". I know everything he said is exactly how we are(myself and the three brothers). One of us fuck up we will call each other out on it. But someone else messes with one of us. There's hell to pay.

and we DO mean everything we say to each other.

Maybe it's more of a guy thing. Teams I've played on and teams of guys I've coached have had this sort of thing going on. Girls teams I've coached have hardly done it at all.

It's definitely part of a bond between members of the group. From my experiences and observations, the tighter the bonds and the more extreme the shared experiences, the rougher the ragging on each other is.

[djramnow]

Calling it now, it wasn't zombies who they ran into.

Completely agreed!

[djramnow]

Maybe it is zombies, and this is there new base of operation. What better then a fort of metal and stone?

CJ backing, how great!!



I think it would a bit difficult for the Mallers to attack an gun truck with .50 cal with trained and combat-harden soldiers. Something bigger must have gotten them.

I would have to agree. Some kind of zombies got them. If it's the mallets then that would be way to ironic

[qreepii]

It is all in good fun. You don't really mean it, but then you kinda do, but you would beat the living hell out of some asshole on the street for saying the same thing about your buddy that you both laughed about ten minutes ago.

The reason is, he/she is your friend and understands that as your friend, you can joke about anything, talk about anything, and laugh about anything. It is a BOND that some don't really ever experience, but when you do, it is almost impossible to describe in words to those who have never felt it.

But, when the time comes, each and every one of those guys joking around would do everything they could to save the other guy. EVERYTHING. Because of that bond, that love of one another that is unspoken, but passed through some crude, off-color jokes that is shared among friends.

That love is stronger than anything else.

For something that's near impossible to put into words I think you've got it down.

[Eviebae]

Thank you Scubba, Litmaster and 7oddisdead for translating; Sometimes I think I speak human as a second language (#humblebrag?).

I wonder if they walked into a booby trap of some sort. As in someone knew they might go there and set a trap. It would be kind of more Ink's style; but not his technology level. Granted we don't really know Scratch's style as she was always doing Durai's errands; but she always seemed more chaotic than cunning.

[Red Shirt]

But would Puck gotten with that idea? Even Angel wouldn't have turn on his friend in his condition.

If this whole thing really IS a trap, and Puck was saying all that stuff under duress, with Scratch pointing a gun at his head, then it is going to make for some really interesting listening.

In the best laid trap, the bait doesn't know they are bait.
Grievous wounding and death inflicted in what for all intents and purposes seems to be a "drive by," figuratively or literally.

I think it is the Mallers because Puck has been injured but not bitten.

Puck says "Call the Doc" and asks for a pickup. Puck has made a huge deal about Datu being dead already. he even Snubbed Datu once in this episode. If Puck was bitten he would call in a warning but he wouldn't ask for a doctor, its too out of character for him.

Maybe, maybe not. That call is easy to make when it's someone else... when its you and survival instincts kick in, that's entirely different.

Oh, BTW....I think Burt ans Riley are hiding shit about their 4 months they were gone.

I agree. I can't help but get the feeling that he was about to/wanted to say something, but they wouldn't shut up long enough.

Well, I was in the military for four years, and that kind of thing was pretty much par for the course. You can't really bond with a guy unless you talk about his mother first...

Or sister. Or mom and sister. Or mom and both sisters.
Let some other fool say that though, that Blue Falcon is gonna be choking on teeth.

[Sin Angel]

@Red- I could and can agree with everything you said. It really does make sense. I have friends, we pick on each other, and sometimes even dog ourselves to each other. XD

[REZombie]

We need hour long episodes! lol, these 20minute cliffhangers are killing me!


I dont know what to think honestly...theories are running rampant right now and i'm just at a loss...I really hate that we lost the soldiers, i loved the banter back and forth...hope Puck makes it...he has grown into one of my favorite characters.

Did anyone else have the slightest hope that when that radio started ringing at the end that ol' Scarface was gonna be on the other end?

Anyway, on to that jumbled theories..

First thought was Ink attack. but If it had something to do with Ink, i think we would have know it in this episode...seems too obvious for them to go in search of Ink info, and get attacked bam dead. Plus the fact that he called for pick up leads me away from this...If it had been Ink, with everyone dead but Puck(wounded at that) he would have no reason to call off the minions, and seems like Puck thought he had a shot at being picked up. That suggest the attack is over..so thats why i pushed the Ink theory away..

Next thought was the Mallers. Would tie in nicely with the return of Burt and Riley. However, with the safe being mentioned by Burt i truly think that is more then just non-essential fodder to get them back in the picture. I think we have a ways to go before Scratch is brought back in, with alot more searching....but, it could still work. Mallers get the upper hand and take out the soldiers... would be a good way to bring her back and have everyone working to find her and not just Burt and Riley...

3rd thought...maybe it it is Ink....It could be the new "Arena" and Punk just managed to get out and make it to the safest point he could to stop and call for help.

4th thought....Randy's group. we know Randy wants Tanya for whatever reasons, and we know that he is getting more bold, maybe he left Puck wounded and backed off setting up a trap to get to her.

5th and waayyy out there thought...If they are all dead but Puck, and he is badly wounded, nothing Tonya could really do to help in the field that would be THAT much better then anything Michael and crew could. It would need to be back where all her equipment is. So to me it seems odd that he would request her out in the field with the danger of whatever killed everyone else........sooooooooo Randy infected Puck with a new type of infection similar to R2Datu but still incorporates the control part over the host that Ink and Randy seem to both have over the infected ones..


Either way it goes, one thing is for certain.....Puck is only alive right now because of King Datu's uber awesome gun!!!

[7oddisdead]

alright now that im at a legit pc (with my first beer of the new year. what? ive been sick since December?!), lets cobble together some thoughts.


stupid pump,*kick*!

with the speculating about datus anger, I have to wonder if everyone forgot that the stupid pump is part of the reason datu is in the situation hes in. were that me, I WOULD have scrapped the whole stupid thing.

datu's mental stability

I have to agree with vic onthis one. the pipe inside a pipe (o) solution really should have been obvious to him sooner. I know, I know...weeks to live..blah blah blah. stress does do interesting things to ones ability to reason out problems quickly. this I can say from faaaar too much experience. multitasking is a joke, and stress affects the mental faculties probly more so than the effects of a bite on the neck. datu is cracking, they need to use him in a 'consultant' role more going forward. but, the likleyhood of that? 0.0

damn dirty hippies

good to hear burt and riley back, but I both agree and disagree with the recent comments. were Michael et al a lil harsh on them during the conference call? absolutely. but the way I see it, burt has been out there wasting time. when it became clear that the trail had went cold, likely after a month or so. they should have came in. thaats one thing burt has never seemed to grasp, regardless of IF he wants help...he needs it more often than not. hopefully he is holding on to a few nuggets of info, otherwise im kinda disappointed in the ol' fart.

what?

its been said already, but the bit with everyone talking at once was really awesome. ive noticed this season that the production levels have really stepped up. it seems like the last few chapters have had some type of really cool audio bit included. id be interested to test out red shirts spectrum analyser idea on this part especially.

'they're all dead'

I said this earlier today, but now ill clarify. ive been waiting for the ft. Irwin guys to get killed off for a while now. the thing is we NEED some type of loss's to start happening for the story to be believable.(in my opinion)...IF they really are dead(more on that in a sec) then we should thank our lucky stars that it was them and not someone like victor that went first. the 'kings of komedy' while loved, were perhaps the most expendable characters at this time. making them the first of our main people to go is the natural progression this story needs to take.

wha??

so what happened? many are now speculating that it was mallers, not biters that got em. not sure how I feel about that. while I agree we need closure to the maller storyline, I don't know that it should come now. perhaps directly after this, when our group out in the field is at a low point(morale wise). but to me plugging the mallers back into the story now feels...predictable.

what I would rather "see"...is that puck didn't actually "see" them killed, but taken. much the same way datu was taken, and Tanya was grabbed. robbins,carl, and Muldoon could have simply been grabbed in a big ole ambush dogpile. pucks natural reaction to this would be to call them "dead" as hes yet to experience that sort of thing firsthand. IF that's the case and they COULD still be alive. datu would be the one to send in there(wherever THERE is..) to get them. as he is currently "ignored" by the typical biter.

I have no clue what the hell gonna happen next, and im loving the hell out of that. good work Kc and crew!

7id

[clem131]

I said this earlier today, but now ill clarify. ive been waiting for the ft. Irwin guys to get killed off for a while now. the thing is we NEED some type of loss's to start happening for the story to be believable.(in my opinion)...

Well, we kinda just had Glenn dead and Datu sentenced to death (and some redshirts killed as well), so I don't know if I agree on this one. It felt already pretty gloomy, at this point I'm feeling worse than during the end of last season.

so what happened? many are now speculating that it was mallers, not biters that got em. not sure how I feel about that. while I agree we need closure to the maller storyline, I don't know that it should come now. perhaps directly after this, when our group out in the field is at a low point(morale wise). but to me plugging the mallers back into the story now feels...predictable.

Exactly. "Hi, we're back and we didn't find the mallers" "Help Michael, I just found the Mallers".

what I would rather "see"...is that puck didn't actually "see" them killed, but taken. much the same way datu was taken, and Tanya was grabbed. robbins,carl, and Muldoon could have simply been grabbed in a big ole ambush dogpile. pucks natural reaction to this would be to call them "dead" as hes yet to experience that sort of thing firsthand. IF that's the case and they COULD still be alive. datu would be the one to send in there(wherever THERE is..) to get them. as he is currently "ignored" by the typical biter.

I was thinking something like this too. I don't recall how long it took to hear Datu's side of the story, back at the Arena, but until we heard it we probably all assumed he was dead. *sigh* it was still in the blissful period when I didn't catch up yet and I had plenty to listen to, so I did not have to endure the wait. Those were the days!