Saturday, January 10, 2015

Page 943

As he writhed there, Zeff could not understand why the bastard was taking so long to kill them. Parson had always been an absurd motormouth, but Zeff had never known the man to gloat. This was pure cruelty and stupidity. Ridiculous. All it did was make the old well boil another time.

“I know it’s a bit late for a lecture,” Parson was still saying, “but I hope some of this is sinking in. Oh, but I should commend you for one thing, at least. In spite of all the other mistakes you’ve made, you were correct to not allow Sanko to investigate you. That would not have gone your way. I assure you. For many reasons. One of which is named Blackburn. But I suppose that’s neither here nor there. Let’s see, what else did I want to talk about? Umm... hmm...”

Evangelina’s whole body began to sizzle and burn at once. She might have been immobilized and weakened, but the explosive potential of sulfur transfiguration was not to be ignored, even by Parson. If she empowered the blast with her soul, he would die along with the rest of them. And of course, if Parson was going to kill them anyway, then the Rainlords didn’t have much to lose.

And by the sudden look in the Cpt. General’s eyes, Parson understood these facts instantly. A surge of wind propelled the woman away at the very last moment, and the explosion detonated in a searing flash, ripping through one of the bridge’s center columns. Dozens of cables snapped free at once and whipped around like giant snakes as Parson and all of his captives went soaring across the crumbling structure, pursued by a trail of smoke.

But captives, they still were. Parson retained his grip on Zeff, Axiolis, and even Evangelina’s reaper.

“Whew!” said Parson. “So impatient! Always was her problem! And what a temper!” He’d regained control and started flying with Zeff stuck in front of him. “Not like you, Zeff. In fact, you had too much patience, didn’t you? Never did learn how to strike while the iron was hot. Always needed that extra push.”

Still, Zeff tried to attack with ice. And still, it was fruitless.

“Well, it’s okay,” said Parson. “Because Gema isn’t like you. She’s better than you ever were.”

And Zeff stopped attacking and just stared with hard, wide eyes at the man’s deceptively young face.

“That’s right, Zeff. Gema works for me. I know exactly where she is. I’ve known all along.”

27 comments:

  1. Will Gema stills works for him if she learns that her mother is dead because of her?
    Or is this Parson's way of recruiting Zeff?
    Or will Zeff will make a stupid decision because of his daughter?

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  2. Not killing her reaper was stupid. Now it can regrow her closer to the battle. She will then be able to inform everyone what is happening and return with help. First mistake Mr air head.

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  3. Parson still has her reaper,

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  4. Reapers can only respawn their servants where they themselves are. Without the brain to anchor things, the only "seed" the reaper can use is their own soul.

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  5. So she can make a little speck of brain, then let it drop on the ground. As parson is still flying away, by the time it is big enough to notice he will be far away.

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  6. W...wait...what?
    So, you're telling me that this whole affair really might have been a misundertanding? Parson might have actually sent the order to capture the Elroys to *protect* them? However, since Dergoz (fucking idiot) and Lawrence were kept in the dark bout all this, they went about this whole thing in the wrong way, thus causing Mariana's death?
    Holy shit...way to shift the paradigm, Frost...

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  7. No, it would just get carried along. by the soul-empowered air currents.

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  8. The whole thing was BS, and Durgoz was in on it. I have no clue as to why, but he must have wanted to wipe out the Rainlords. He was likely planning to use house Blackburn to keep them occupied and them mop up the remainder once the battle was over.
    Assuming he does have a way to thwart the investigation without his treason being revealed, he has yet to make any mistakes.

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  9. But then wtf is up with Gema, if Parson is to be believed?

    And why not kill Zeff and Evangelina outright now that he has the chance?

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  10. Find out next time on the next exciting episode of DRAGON BALL Z(ombie)!!!

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  11. Oh god, last two lines killed me. I just closed the computer and layed on my side for about an hour, groaning.

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  12. We need a TZKSC. The Zombie Knight Sad Corner. I got the marshmallows, cheese, crackers, chocolate, various other snacks, Hector with full armor plushies, and a plush Garovel how he sees them that has velcro hands to attach to Hector's back. Anyone who needs the love and comfort of fellow readers, cuddle up here with me.

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  13. Let's introduce a mantra here. Don't believe anything Parson says. He's smart, way smarter than anyone gives him credit for, and right now, he's playing everyone. It's really unlikely that he's telling the whole truth here.


    There's also the fact that he manufactured the slaughter of House Elroy all those years ago. I doubt that he has the most benevolent intentions regarding the remaining Elroys.

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  14. Hence the reason I used the term "might" so much...

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  15. And here I thought that the Abolishers is the main villains here. I guess even people from Vanguards can play with the lives of the people they want to be played.

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  16. Agreed. 18 is pretty young in the grand scheme of things. Parson could probably manipulate Gema in a hundred different ways. Still, I like to think that he was telling the truth here -- that Gema is actually helping him in his cause out of her own free will. It's just... more devious, you know?



    About the italics: Apparently, you can use some HTML tags now. The tags for italics are
    < i >Text here< /i >


    Leave out the whitespaces around the < and > signs. Bold text is with < b >Text< /b >. test

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  17. dun dun DUUUUUUUUUUN!

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  18. I dunno, this just seems like TOO much evil, unbelivably so. Perhaps it's like that Lawrence situation again, where Parson's Reaper is threatening him with death and so he's trying to stall/tell Zeff something? Or maybe I'm just being optimistic.

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  19. Ah many many thanks, I've been trying to figure out how to do it. I'm used to using "[]" brackets so I never eveb tried those

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  20. Yea, the pointed brackets (whatever they're called) are just the usual brackets in /HTML/ and XML and related languages. There really should be a tooltip or something explaining how to style the comments.

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  21. It's like he's reaching for both the Bond and Panto Villain playlist and pumping them to helium balloon levels. <_< So, I'm with you this: it's is too damn deliberate.

    Is he trying to force_-group Zeff for some reason? (If so, he's had one success, and may be heading for a second.)

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  22. Really am praying for melchor to save the day or something. By at least proving parson is guilty to Sanko. That or (preferably) killing parson

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  23. Hector... Where are you. If you were there,surely you could distract them for at least a second

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  24. What reaction is Evangelina using? The only explosive compounds I know of for sulfur are S2N2 and S4N4, and those would involve turning into orange or clear crystals.

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