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2017-07-03, 11:26 AM (ISO 8601)
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2017-07-03, 11:58 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Girl Genius XXI: Cancel the Jugglers
Vrin even had a little trouble when Anevka and Tarvek tested a copy of Agatha's voice on Vrin. That was before a copy of Lucrezia was summoned into Agatha.
Since we're on page 50 and still in Paris, I'll vote for this one.
That said, I'm not sure we will be in Paris much longer. Still, it's not wise to underestimate how long the Foglios' stories can go.
Also, speaking of pages, the current page is 116. Lately the books have only had 120-130 pages, so we might be getting close to the end of Act 2 Book 4. FWIW, in Act 1, the books had as many as 180 pages and were probably more typically around 150 pages. I didn't check them all, so I might have missed something.Last edited by eschmenk; 2017-07-03 at 12:29 PM.
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2017-07-03, 12:43 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Girl Genius XXI: Cancel the Jugglers
Speaking of the voice copy, maybe they should try that again and make town wide announcements each hour in big towns "Disregard all commands you got from the Other, report to the nearest town official that you are a revenant. I repeat:…" Or even just the disregard part. Probably too weak in command power but might still mess with a few revenants.
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2017-07-03, 12:47 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Girl Genius XXI: Cancel the Jugglers
I'd be worried about some sort of psychic feedback loop if they were told 'Disregard all commands from The Other', considering Agatha's Voice only works in the first place because the revenants cannot tell the difference between her Voice and that of the Other.
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2017-07-03, 12:57 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Girl Genius XXI: Cancel the Jugglers
True.
Maybe just add prior it is not like it would win over future commands anyway.
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2017-07-03, 01:32 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Girl Genius XXI: Cancel the Jugglers
Yeah, I've been thinking that Colette could probably allow Agatha to make city-wide broadcasts and that idea seemed especially attractive before we saw Geisters not being affected, but it seemed to easy to actually work so well, so I didn't say anything. Of course Colette doesn't know that Agatha can control revenants. I'm not sure that Agatha wants anyone to know.
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2017-07-03, 04:05 PM (ISO 8601)
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2017-07-03, 04:34 PM (ISO 8601)
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2017-07-03, 04:51 PM (ISO 8601)
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2017-07-03, 11:43 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Girl Genius XXI: Cancel the Jugglers
Actually, considering this is Der Kessel, maybe I should've asked for The Machine Is Worse Than The Devil.
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2017-07-05, 12:25 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Girl Genius XXI: Cancel the Jugglers
So, people are dead, but we have ample evidence they can still be questioned. Although, we don't know if that would work on the Geisters.
Since the Geisters worship Lucy, would a return from death brought about by Agatha impact their religious views? Or, maybe, a really good, near-death ("near" to the point of "right there")?
For some reason, I now have a mental picture of the Jagers pretending to be the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future, with ropes, pulleys, and fake wings for special effects. . . .Last edited by Ellen; 2017-07-05 at 12:25 AM.
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2017-07-05, 12:43 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Girl Genius XXI: Cancel the Jugglers
Well, resurrection is a thing in the Girl Genius universe.
And as long as the brain is mostly intact getting information from the resurrected shouldn't be impossible.Last edited by Kantaki; 2017-07-05 at 12:45 AM.
"If it lives it can be killed.
If it is dead it can be eaten."
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2017-07-05, 09:12 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Girl Genius XXI: Cancel the Jugglers
Given that Zola took care to shoot a Geister to keep it from being captured; and given that Dimo seems to think that catching one alive is important; and given that Agatha tries to Voice them into surrender; and that the Geister kills the minion that submits -
I think it's evidently quite a bit easier to get information from a live Geister. It seems to matter. Maybe they can't be resurrected, or there's significant information loss.
Interesting that the Geisters were taking order from the human girl in the hat while considering themselves to be "priestesses" and her a "lesser minion".
Of the three Geisters shown, we only see one die, although I think Zeetha is about to finish hers with her right-hand sword in the top panel. But what of the one Dimo is punching? Admittedly Dimo probably has a punch like unto being hit by a semi, but she's not dead on the last viewing.
Soon we will learn that "noodles" is a code word for "honey", which is used to feed the slaver wasp engines.
Agatha seems completely unperturbed by the addition of a quart of Geister blood to her ensemble.This ... is my signature finishing move!
"It's never good when you make a fiend cringe" - MadGrady
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2017-07-05, 09:41 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Girl Genius XXI: Cancel the Jugglers
FWIW, they apparently took out a Geister on the way in on the previous page. A Geister's hand was visible at the edge of one frame. The Geister was apparently on the ground.
Since the Geister aren't affected by Agatha's voice, maybe capturing a Geister wouldn't do as much good as they originally assumed. Perhaps Colette will do better at getting information from them, anyway. I don't know.
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2017-07-05, 11:09 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Girl Genius XXI: Cancel the Jugglers
Oh, there are ways of getting people to talk. Expose them to Othar's soulful blue eyes. A little birdie tells me that works on Geisters.
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2017-07-05, 12:29 PM (ISO 8601)
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2017-07-05, 02:21 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Girl Genius XXI: Cancel the Jugglers
And that sort of answers the question of why the Geisters aren't doing what Agatha said. Pity about Sofie, though.
I *was* going to twit Agatha for a lack of planning: She's come up with a variety of devices to take out opponents, including the gizmo that electrifies the floor and zaps everyone standing on it, why didn't she do the same to capture the Geisters? Then it dawned on me. She doesn't know the limits of the Geisterdamen. Would an electrical shock that would drop a human being even bother them? Or would they die from just a static spark? Chemically, biologically, all she knows is they can take a serious beating and keep going. Vi was there, I can't imagine she wasn't hitting the Geisters with drugs and toxins to drop them, but apparently to no effect. It's possible Agatha wants so badly to capture one not only to talk, but to see what makes them tick.
(And if Smoke Knight drugs aren't as effective with Geisters as they are on humans, that increases my hope that Shurdlu is not deceased...)
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2017-07-05, 03:21 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Girl Genius XXI: Cancel the Jugglers
In the just-previous strip we saw Vi with some sort of ring in her hand and a big smile on her face, yet it appears no Geisterdamen were captured. Either she didn't try (unlikely) or her techniques were ineffective. However, a shot to the temple with any pointy thing is not good for the brain - and I suspect Shurdlu was also tossed overboard while Team Agatha continued their flight toward the party. Granted that the Geisters are tough, how tough are they when unconscious and falling onto cobblestone streets?
This ... is my signature finishing move!
"It's never good when you make a fiend cringe" - MadGrady
According to some online quiz, I'm a 6th level TN Wizard. They didn't give me full XP for all the monsters I've defeated while daydreaming.
http://easydamus.com/character.html
I am a Ranger Archetype: Gleaming Warden (thx to Ninja Prawn)
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2017-07-05, 08:24 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Girl Genius XXI: Cancel the Jugglers
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2017-07-05, 09:11 PM (ISO 8601)
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2017-07-06, 12:48 AM (ISO 8601)
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2017-07-07, 03:43 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Girl Genius XXI: Cancel the Jugglers
Alright since no one else wants to do it:
NEW THREAD ALERT!!!!!
Girl Genius XXII: Paris Needs Pants is now alive! Alive I SAY!!!!!
So ahead on over there and let this thread have its well earned eternal rest.Last edited by Porthos; 2017-07-07 at 03:46 AM.
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