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hikaru Administrator
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Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2003 1:36 am Post subject: Chapter 37 is up... |
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... and it's a long one. 10 pages of text. Almost double what I normally do. This should answer a LOT of questions people have had about the armor and a few other things.
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Styx Site Owner
Joined: 25 Dec 2002 Posts: 3176 Location: West Covina, California
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Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2003 2:21 am Post subject: |
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Boy talk about getting your nose rubbed in it I wonder if Sheila's behavior towards Arden will change now that she been given a full account of just how badly she's treated him I don't think she realized her betrayals _________________ "Political Correctness is tyranny with manners." Charlton Heston
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Smoky Joe Registered User
Joined: 13 Nov 2003 Posts: 24 Location: Texas
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Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2003 1:47 pm Post subject: |
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And now we see what goes on behind the scenes. So the armor went haywire because the spirit in it would rather kill Arden than continue to suffer dishonor. I can see how that would work.
I'm almost starting to like Lakash, even though he's demanding and callous.
What I'm still confused about one thing: who is the bad guy? Lakash doesn't really want bad things, he just wants to screw up the plans of the other "powers that be". And the "powers that be" don't really want bad things (well, Lucifer wants bad things ), they just want to maintain the celestial status quo. And Arden and Shiela are stuck in the middle, trying to figure out a destiny that doesn't get them both killed.
The way I see it, there are four different kinds of destiny: (1) The way you want things to happen, (2) the way you think things will happen, (3) the way things are supposed to happen, and (4) the way things actually happen. Ideally, Arden will eventually find some way to match these up, but that probably won't happen any time soon. _________________ "Well, I've wrestled with reality for a long time now, and I think I can safely say that I've finally won out."
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hikaru Administrator
Joined: 20 Nov 2000 Posts: 1581 Location: Kansas City, KS, USA
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Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2003 2:27 pm Post subject: |
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Smoky Joe wrote: | What I'm still confused about one thing: who is the bad guy? Lakash doesn't really want bad things, he just wants to screw up the plans of the other "powers that be". And the "powers that be" don't really want bad things (well, Lucifer wants bad things ), they just want to maintain the celestial status quo.
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Actually, there's a war between heaven and hell for control. It's Lakash who's trying to maintain a status quo by disrupting whichever side may be gaining an advantage.
Smoky Joe wrote: | The way I see it, there are four different kinds of destiny: (1) The way you want things to happen, (2) the way you think things will happen, (3) the way things are supposed to happen, and (4) the way things actually happen. Ideally, Arden will eventually find some way to match these up, but that probably won't happen any time soon. |
The problem with all that is that #1 and #4 rarely match up.
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Bearion Registered User
Joined: 01 Jun 2002 Posts: 278 Location: Bay Area, California
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Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2003 12:40 am Post subject: |
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Great chapter, Hikaru!
Lots of good info, mixed with an interesting viewpoint.
The problem with Lakash is that next to Lucifer, he's been the king of half-truths and lies. A lot of what he told Sheila didn't jibe fully with past events. Little things like WHO placed the Pheromones on Sheila's/Arden’s body that affected Humans. Both sexes at that! Yeah, she didn't tell Arden he was in Heat, but it likely wouldn't have had the consequences it did without that little detail.
Which begs the question: Why lay such a guilt trip on Sheila? Why is she suddenly critical to his plans when before he wanted her out of the way?
As usual, more questions to ponder…
Thanks!
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Styx Site Owner
Joined: 25 Dec 2002 Posts: 3176 Location: West Covina, California
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Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2003 1:12 am Post subject: |
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Bearion wrote: | Which begs the question: Why lay such a guilt trip on Sheila? Why is she suddenly critical to his plans when before he wanted her out of the way? |
Well as I read it Sheila has become Arden?s reason to succeed she was only supposed to be his reason for succeeding so he can return to her that?s I think was Nanuk's plan anyway now he must succeed to get her home safely. Sheila threw a wrinkle into the plan when she made the wish at the studio Lakash wasn't about to tell her that the BS she had been through in the first act with the shootings and kidnapping and all was his doing, of course I could be off base on this. _________________ "Political Correctness is tyranny with manners." Charlton Heston
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hikaru Administrator
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Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2003 2:12 am Post subject: |
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Bearion wrote: |
The problem with Lakash is that next to Lucifer, he's been the king of half-truths and lies. A lot of what he told Sheila didn't jibe fully with past events. Little things like WHO placed the Pheromones on Sheila's/Arden’s body that affected Humans. Both sexes at that! Yeah, she didn't tell Arden he was in Heat, but it likely wouldn't have had the consequences it did without that little detail. |
Actually, Lakash had nothing to do with the pheromones. That was a side effect of Sheila throwing herself into heat.
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Styx Site Owner
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Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2003 2:20 am Post subject: |
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Huh? But I thought he had altered them so'd they?d affect humans. _________________ "Political Correctness is tyranny with manners." Charlton Heston
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Tommy Fox Stone Post Master
Joined: 02 May 2003 Posts: 8694 Location: Angier North Carolina.
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Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2003 2:28 am Post subject: |
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DAMN,That's one Hell of a Chapter... Thanks Hikaru I enjoy it... _________________ Due Too Budget Cuts The Light At The End Of The Tunnel Has Been Turned Off.
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hikaru Administrator
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Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2003 2:44 am Post subject: |
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Styx wrote: | Huh? But I thought he had altered them so'd they?d affect humans. |
That was a 1/2 truth. Some animal pheromones are known to effect humans already. That's why we have musk based perfumes. Sheils'a natural musk would have had an effect on anyone. When the wish was made, the amulet (not Lakash himself) automatically tweaked the musk so it would be normalized to the new environemtn. Remember, the amulet was an automated item. Lakash said that he had to modify it after Sheila's wish to prevent it from running on auto-pilot and complicating things further.
Although Lakash can ultimately be blamed for the result since he created the amulet, it was actually the amulet that did the deed.
There are truths, and then there are truths. In this story, there are rarely truths that are universal. If there were, it wouldn't be half as much fun trying to keep score, would it?
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webkilla Registered User
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Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2003 5:34 am Post subject: |
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Hikaru, u da man!
Wow, what a chapter there... and Sheila finaly gets what she should have gotten a long time ago!
I wonder how Arden will react when he comes to?
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Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2003 9:49 am Post subject: |
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webkilla wrote: | Wow, what a chapter there... and Sheila finaly gets what she should have gotten a long time ago! |
Sheila's had various conversations with Arden over time about personal honor and such, but not quite as intense and raw as it was with Lakash.[/quote]
webkilla wrote: | I wonder how Arden will react when he comes to? |
Unhappy. I'll let you figure out why. *chuckles*
webkilla wrote: | Oh and Hikaru: HOW MANY MORE CHAPTERS BEFORE THEY GO FOR RYDYGORE??? |
They should get to castle Terindell in 2 or 3 chapters, max.
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Bearion Registered User
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Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2003 1:55 pm Post subject: |
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Hikaru wrote: | Styx wrote: | Huh? But I thought he had altered them so'd they?d affect humans. |
That was a 1/2 truth. Some animal pheromones are known to effect humans already. That's why we have musk based perfumes. Sheils'a natural musk would have had an effect on anyone. When the wish was made, the amulet (not Lakash himself) automatically tweaked the musk so it would be normalized to the new environemtn. Remember, the amulet was an automated item. Lakash said that he had to modify it after Sheila's wish to prevent it from running on auto-pilot and complicating things further. |
Thank you for that explanation.
Hikaru wrote: | There are truths, and then there are truths. In this story, there are rarely truths that are universal. If there were, it wouldn't be half as much fun trying to keep score, would it? |
So true! With the players involved, I would think that is to be expected.
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Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2003 5:41 am Post subject: |
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Hmmm... Well yes, I can understand why Arden wouldn't be happy with Lakash "helping" him... I mean, who knows what kinda extra hidden stuff there could have been transfered along with that lil trick of his!?!
Besides, I think Arden would like to do his thing without celestial intervention... |
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Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2003 7:08 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah, Arden is going to be cranky with a capital C next chapter. Great chapter though Hikaru, got some great insight into why certain things happened the way they did. I like how Lakash showed up too, heh. _________________ Changed my name to Kantaro. |
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