ZOMBIE FORUMS

You know, I just read that, and it occurs to me that pretty much everyone's plans in that room have just gone to hell. Meaning, noone is in control of the situation and anything could happen.

Jon thought it might be a trap, but it was the sort of trap you have to go into anyway. He only planned for the case that it wasn't a trap, figuring he was screwed if it was (proven by the fact that he only says 'Shit' instead of actually trying to do something)(unless his plan provides for enough time to say 'Shit').

Warrel just got rid of his only backup, thinking he can take care of Jon easily. But he isn't counting on a magic-wielding, not-quite-3000-year-old elf ranger that has some interest in Jon's well being.

And Sarine wasn't actualy expecting to get into a fight just now, specialy against an order she might or might not have known about. I also get the feeling it might bring up some nasty memories for her (her human sex-toy getting killed by a monk with a lance), meaning her emotions might make her take rash decisions.

What I'm hoping?

Jon and Sarine kill or incapacitate (and then kill, they're not stupid) Warrel, then Sara enters and they try to get her under control. Don't know enough about her character to know how she'd feel about the situation, but chances are once/if they get her to not try to kill Warrel, she can't go back to the monks. Jon's situation might be similar. He can't go back to the Gehewr with Sara, he's not likely to just leave her, and the Gehewr might expect him to kill the target, even if it was a trap, which he might not feel inclined to do. Or he may forget, what with all the commotion.

So, Sara and Jon are stuck, so they head out with Sarine =D

Of course, that's just a best case scenario. Poe could just get Jon killed, which would make me sad =(

It's probably somewhat more shocking actually seeing it happen than having it described to you.

Yeah, I was just thinking "Or.. Sara kills Warrel and/or the cardinal and tries to convince Jon she's on his side"

Highly unlikely.

More likely; Sarine kills Warrel in an awesome fight while Sara tries to figure out what went wrong, giving Jon time to recognise her. Whether or not Jon succeeds in stopping Sarine from killing Sara would be debatable. At this point Sara, who has been having angsty moments ever since being given the assignment, decides that family goes before Ensigrum and goes with Sarine and Jon.

If Sara does split from the Ensirgium, where will we get our fix of 'Chris' then?

The little bad(dumb)ass in training has really only been in the story somehow connected to Sara and their exchanges and training misadventures. Well that is the only two times isn't it?

But I think we can all agree: Warrell is a dead man, Sara will be angsty and at conflict, Jon will be angry/confused and at conflict, and Sarine will be a maladjusted maelstrom of magic pointy death.

Huzzah!

edit: And as for anyone going off on their wandery way with Sarine, remember that she is extremely sure she uncovered something that her 'people' would kill her for. She nearly killed her friend by impluse after stepping through the teleporter thingy because of it.

So, it's not QUITE safe with Sarine. Especially as she's going STRAIGHT to a perhaps not quite balanced halfelf kid who swallowed a god. Sarine might have huge reservations, objections, or outright refusals about taking a Sara along with her, after she finds out who/what Sara is (if she doesn't know already).

But then there's Jon with his big brothery crap. Sheesh. I'm just going to see what Poe does.

IIRC Poe has stated that Chris isn't really a central character (although he originally was, if what I remember is correct) and Poe just wanted to give him an extended cameo of sorts.

~MTWC

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Seems to me the smartest thing for Sarine+Jon to do right now would be...

Dispel magic + fire away?

If it goes as proposed, he might be sent to chase after the traitor with a group of other monks.

Yeah, but Jon will need to roll a few 20s to get around the monks' +10 evasion checks.

I can't belive no one here is including the Gewehr in their wild speculation. They obviously were expecting a trap, so where's the trap for trapping the trappers?

That makes a disturbing amount of sense, but the last strip with the Gewehr big-wigs in it gave me the impression that they didn't care if it was a trap, Jon was just a token presence in case the contract actually turned out to be legitimate.

Ah yes, the "dot dot dot" dialogue. In various comics and in everyday life, my high school friends and I contemplated this very scenario. In fact many of us would come to a pause in a conversation in which the only plausible thing to say would be ?"dot dot dot." And giggling would ensue.

Edited.

Time monks and Jedi have the same weakness- area effect weapons.
Grenade the hell out of the place and see if they can dodge shrapnel.

Well, shit.

Edit: At least he didn't know Jon was Sara's brother until after he'd said that!
*Clings to his delusions*

Well, actually he did. But there's no need for me to post another quote, I hope. ;)


You don't become the top assasins guild by wasting your tools.

Well, dammit. I interpreted it as Warrel laying out the mission, then asking why this particular method would prove Sara's loyalty. Rereading makes it seem more like a rhetorical or whatever you call questions to which you already know the answer.

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At least he thinks it's a raw deal!

Not even the broken ones?

Plus it doesn't seem as though they'd stand to gain a great deal by trapping the monks, assuming they could... and if they did, it'd probably cost them a lot more men than just Jon.