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Charlie could mess with the strings of the newly popped Prince in ways nobody can tell with his Arkendish, so maybe he wants to set up another, more literal puppet side.
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198 Posting the number like that reminds me that the first book finished up 35 pages earlier than this, and I can't even see an end in sight for this one if the fight in the MK wasn't it. Anyway, "don't be structuralist" is a good line. Mainly because you could replace Signamancy with "Derrida Magic".
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Also the change in his personality where as before he would do whatever and this time he said he wasn't going to go against anything his two Chief's suggested
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Sep 27, 2016 04:01
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He's getting used to the idea of sitting back, relaxing and letting someone else do all the hard thinking.
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And considering that his weakness as a leader has always been refusing to listen to people smarter than him? Charlie's afraid of Parson, as he drat well should be, but the fact of the matter is that he's now dealing with Parson, backed by two fully realized Arkentool users, and one of them is ruler of possibly the most powerful side in Erfworld apart from his own.
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Stanley seems kind of lonely at the moment. Certainly bored, but I think he misses having his top subordinates to boss around.
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199 So I'm assuming it didn't just say "100%" at the end, since if Parson's theory is right it'll end up back on his arm with or without Benjamin croaking, but it must've been a lot higher than Ben would've liked or he would've just waved it in Parson's face instead of being like "y'know what, I just remembered I left the king on in the other room"
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Otherkinsey Scale posted:199 It also mentioned flickering, like when Parson asked his chances to cast a spell. I think Rob just realizes that it's better drama for we, as the readers, to not know immediately.
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Oct 1, 2016 03:23
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I think it was just a description of the light flickering on, not continuously flickering. That'd probably get a stranger reaction if Benjamin hadn't seen it happen yet.
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I'm guessing Parson not having the bracer in the next battle could result in a lot of deaths on TV's side, so the chance of any TV unit is a bit high when the bracers are not returned.
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kwokkie posted:I'm guessing Parson not having the bracer in the next battle could result in a lot of deaths on TV's side, so the chance of any TV unit is a bit high when the bracers are not returned. Eh, I doubt that's the reason. If Parson and Benjamin fight the battle together on the same side, Ben will relay to the bracer any question Parson wants to ask.
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NihilCredo posted:Eh, I doubt that's the reason. If Parson and Benjamin fight the battle together on the same side, Ben will relay to the bracer any question Parson wants to ask. If it works with subconcious info that the wearer has, Ben isn't going to be as good at asking the questions as Parson is.
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The bracer is probably saying 100% or similar because Fate wants it to get back to Parson, and it has been shown to falsify results to get the desired outcome. Ben could probably keep the thing forever but at the same time fate WOULD be trying to get it away from him in potentially lethal ways the whole time.
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Onmi posted:I think Rob just realizes that it's better drama for we, as the readers, to not know immediately. I figure it's more that giving the exact number is kind of irrelevant if it's not 0 or 100. Dramatically speaking, we know it's something that makes him end the conversation immediately, which is the important part. NihilCredo posted:Eh, I doubt that's the reason. If Parson and Benjamin fight the battle together on the same side, Ben will relay to the bracer any question Parson wants to ask. Aside from that being less efficient, I think Parson's reasoning is basically correct here: the items were part and parcel of his summoning. The lucky charms box described the sword, the 3D glasses and the bracers as an effect of the spell compensating for Parson not being perfectly suited to Erfworld. Units pop with their weapons, warlords can con other units, and as the scene with Caesar comparing his gut to the bracer showed, good ones tend to have a decent intuition about situations concerning the side. Parson's items effectively granted him the "perfected" version of those three traits. (It's also likely that the scroll would cause those items to disappear, much like the Arkenshoes disappeared with Judy.)
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Otherkinsey Scale posted:(It's also likely that the scroll would cause those items to disappear, much like the Arkenshoes disappeared with Judy.) 
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By which we mean...New Page!
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Don is really intent on cutting his own throat.
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Don's issue is that he can't be decisive. He keeps flip-flopping, so he keeps getting swayed by anyone who knows which buttons to push, except the people under him that he should be listening to, because of a personal grudge. His Signamancy is not one of someone who's used to taking a direct, active, firm role in leadership. Even as a mafia don, he's... gone native, I guess?
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One thing: He didn't say when Parson would need to cast it. But if this is part of Don's deal with Charlescomm (if one was made) I'd expect Charlie to have thought of it.
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Well, if anyone's an expert of conning their way out of their fate, it's Charlie.
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I think this is just a bluff. Don wants to measure just how high Parson values himself. Almost any other unit would self-sacrifice if it saved the side millions plus gained a permanent ally.
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Poison Mushroom posted:I have no idea if this post was made before or after the most recent text update but if it was before, drat. Heh, thanks. (It was before; the update went up pretty late.) This update reminds me of this page. Offering him the scroll is like offering Jillian the ring--trying to gauge what kind of person they really are. We've seen Parson admit that he could never leave his side safer with him than without, and even admit to himself he actually cares about everyone at GK, but Don needs to see that for himself. Either that, or Parson and Caesar's fears were right and Charlie was able to get Vanna to turn Don even while imprisoned, in which case the back-burner plot about the Transylvitans' various true loyalties is about to come to a very quick boil.
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Hob_Gadling posted:I think this is just a bluff. Don wants to measure just how high Parson values himself. Almost any other unit would self-sacrifice if it saved the side millions plus gained a permanent ally. Problem with that, is that Don King quite clearly said this was an agreement with Parson, not with Stanley. Once Parson disappears, how binding does the agreement remain? That's the kind of loophole people like Charlie and Parson look for. Consider this scenario: 1. Transylvito allies with GK and stuff 2. In the same turn, Parson uses the scroll and goes bye-bye 3. Transylvito breaks alliance with GK and receives lots of schmuckers from Charlescomm.
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Now would be a good time to once again ask the bracer what the odds of successfully casting that spell are. Parson's gotta be wondering how long this railroad is.
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isndl posted:Now would be a good time to once again ask the bracer what the odds of successfully casting that spell are. Parson's gotta be wondering how long this railroad is. I've been wondering for a while whether the bracer displaying zero instead of the "real" number was part of railroading or if it was simply detecting the railroading (basically, your chance of casting this spell is effectively zero because if you try you're gonna get hit by the falling debris.
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Aumanor posted:I've been wondering for a while whether the bracer displaying zero instead of the "real" number was part of railroading or if it was simply detecting the railroading (basically, your chance of casting this spell is effectively zero because if you try you're gonna get hit by the falling debris. My inclination is that the bracer only detects railroading because it reported a 'true' value before the Fate override displayed. Furthermore, regardless of what value it showed, it doesn't actually change anything because the railroad is presumably in full effect even if you don't ask it for probabilities, and you're free to ignore it (as Parson did when he attempted to cast the spell anyways).
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isndl posted:My inclination is that the bracer only detects railroading because it reported a 'true' value before the Fate override displayed. Furthermore, regardless of what value it showed, it doesn't actually change anything because the railroad is presumably in full effect even if you don't ask it for probabilities, and you're free to ignore it (as Parson did when he attempted to cast the spell anyways). Also while the answer to the question was technically True "Yes, Parson can cast the spell" it was also False "Fate wont let Parson cast the spell."
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New one! Well, this is interesting. I can't wait to see where Caesar falls.
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202 I have no idea where the comic's going with these guys. Which is a good thing--throwing some wild cards into the mix is just what the MK side of the plot needed after all the dealmaking basically ensured the outcome of the trial.
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Otherkinsey Scale posted:202 I don't even understand what's going on. They made an army man to break into a bank (does Erfworld even have banks?) and steal a wrench out of a safety deposit box - I thought maybe this was the Arkenwrench, but I'm pretty sure its just what Claude and Ivan use to undo their bindings. Who are the people in the bed, and where is that bed, because it doesn't seem to be the one in Claude's room. And who is the filthy little flunkie? I guess the gist of it is "Claude and Ivan escape the magic kingdom," though.
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Phenotype posted:I don't even understand what's going on. They made an army man to break into a bank (does Erfworld even have banks?) and steal a wrench out of a safety deposit box - I thought maybe this was the Arkenwrench, but I'm pretty sure its just what Claude and Ivan use to undo their bindings. Who are the people in the bed, and where is that bed, because it doesn't seem to be the one in Claude's room. And who is the filthy little flunkie? It's Ivan's wrench, he can't do Dirtamancy without it. Ergo, they have one of the Army Men they made after observing Ace's to steal back his Wrench, since if he remains behind he'll be caught out by the Minds and the court, and then Claude will be found out. So they're high tailing it. The people in bed were a dirtamancer who was looking after Ivan and some woman he was banging, because Dirtamancers are all "Rock Stars"
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Onmi posted:because Dirtamancers are all "Rock Stars" That's just awful.
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It's the Wonky Wrench, an implement formed in a link between Claude, Ivan, and Charlie. It's a dirtamancy implement than can break some of the rules of dirtamancy.
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Rygar201 posted:It's the Wonky Wrench, an implement formed in a link between Claude, Ivan, and Charlie. It's a dirtamancy implement than can break some of the rules of dirtamancy. Also the army man was initially made by Ace, Maggie and Isaac at the start of this book and made to go through Charlie's portal to spy. Claud has been able to replicate the pattern.
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I wonder if this will be Roger rounding up the Carnies. I'm trying to imagine where they would go for security.
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The mines below the normally undiggable bedrock.
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Grognan posted:The mines below the normally undiggable bedrock.
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