Endtown by Aaron Neathery for November 18, 2016

Then explain how his dittoes detected the orb as being “live”.

More questions. How did the ship mask the real Holly’s life signs from the dittos? Possible answer: She was in a section of the ship which Wally never scanned.

Where is Holly? Has she become the ship’s captain, perchance? Is that why the ship’s computer is insane and thinks it’s Lyn?

So what does Wally do now? One does not get the feeling that he’s the type to give up that easily.

I sorta figured this sleigh ride wasn’t over yet.

But why?

Eye guess it’s back. To the future.

Yes, it is the “Edmund Fitzgerald”

Now THIS is a proper Endtown Friday. ;-)

He knew because she wasn’t bitchy

Maybe there are no longer any Holly life signs to be sensed? She has been through more than any mouse can be expected to endure.

If this whatever-it-is can produce a Lyn who thinks he’s Lyn, why not a Holly who thinks she’s Holly?

Called it! I blanking called it!

Well, crap!

And we gotta have our brave heroes brave the creepy boat 1 more time. Is it too late to hope Topsiders show up?

Either Holly will be rescued or Wally will discover that she has died and will learn how as per Jim’s prediction back from the ‘Unity’ thread of Endtown. Also that ‘The Menagerie’ vibe has returned, the OST version, only Holly will have embraced her illusion and is ‘reunited’ with Lyn.

Very nice twist, touche’ Aaron.

Still hope for Kirby? We shall see.

If you want further confirmation, the strip starts with a clear view that they are off the ship. The illusions started upon their entry into the vessel, Wally lost his Dittos, but only when they where practically touching that hunk of metal.

Basically, the thing is starving. That’s why it replicated Lin and sought new personalities to replicate. What we see outside the ship is real, and the real Holly knows she’s committed irreparable damage. I’ll also link the panel that further reinforces this theory. (When they first see her before she mutated.) i.e. “God.. Have I ever REALLY known her?”

http://www.gocomics.com/endtown/2016/01/18\

Further more, I notice that Holly is holding onto Wally’s shoulder in panel 2. He gently removes her grasp, as if to say “enough, let go and stop hiding.”

That was one way of getting you guys out, I guess.What is the ultimate plan here?He’s smoochin’ a decoy?? That’s even worse for the lizard.

Perhaps Holly wasn’t detected because she is no more!

She’s dead, Jim.(no not that Jim.)

1) Did not see that coming… 2) They should visit Duluth while they’re there. Awesome town!

Maybe the real Holly died years ago, and the Holly that Wally was with has always been a copy.

Poor Walley……Po’boy

AAARRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH! ! ! !

ah. well I knew that was going to happen…

well back down the rabbit hole assuming it is still open ( " have fun storming the castle!" )

Still don’t have a good feeling about Holly’s fate.

Thought so, was a bit too easy how she came running at him.

Will Holly still be alive by the time they find her?

Unexpected. often confusing. It must have been his “ditto sense” kicking in. How long has she been Holly, the real one? When did she stop being the real Holly?

She may be a Holly, but not his. As a Lucranean ship, Edmund probably has the ability to cross realities, and bring things across realities.

So they’re going back in, right?

Holly once told Linda that she spent a lot of time in the clock tower after she came to Endtown and people watched. I think she decided to become the loving giving Holly we knew (or at least some of us knew) after she came down to join the rest of mutanity. I think she still got into the role, believed that was who she was. I suspect the reason she snapped during the milk trial was being incarcerated with little to occupy her mind. She had two much time to think and that worked on her. I also think her treatment during the trial made her wonder if the people of Endtown deserved a loving giving Holly. I’ve wondered about that over much less.

You know, I was just thinking of a potential endless spring of remorse, sadness, terror, and abandonment issues… A certain AI, even if it’s AI, still demonstrated some emotional capacities (such as its disdain for its previous captain).

It could be the AI itself pretending to be Holly so it could escape its own hell of starving to death on negativity. It would know from Holly’s mind how happy she was with Wally, and want that for itself. It could also be impersonating her because she had an accident it doesn’t want Wally to know about.