Endtown by Aaron Neathery for June 07, 2012

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    Level_Head  almost 13 years ago

    Minutes left? They have less than eleven Flask is deep in her personal Hell Can she think that sheā€™s going to Heaven Killing her former comrades so well? Petey ā€œdarlingā€ is now simply ā€œrobotā€ Sheā€™s expunged her affections right out Are there options to try? They donā€™t know what And their goal might be: Get Flask to doubt =|====/ Level Head Vote for Endtown 2.0 And for Doc Rat, too The Endtown Forum Charter member of the Consortium to get Aaron a Tablet

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    JanBic Premium Member almost 13 years ago

    AaronMā€™s playing solitaire while Rome burns.

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    SapphireDragonStudios  almost 13 years ago

    Geez, no pressure! I think Flask is antagonizing him so heā€™ll grab the others and get them off the ship before it explodes, so the only ones to die will be her and the Topsiders (and possibly Linda, but I doubt Flask is even remembering her existence right now).The poor girlā€™s been crying from the moment she set the ship sailing to its demise. Iā€™m assuming that itā€™s despair (I canā€™t say itā€™s relief since the ship senses her conflict, or fear because I donā€™t think sheā€™s afraid to die at this point).

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    SapphireDragonStudios  almost 13 years ago

    Also, lol Marx doesnā€™t seem to worry much about impending doom. Nothing really ever seems to worry that man. He could probably be on fire, himself, and still play Solitaire with his ditto pets.

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    JanBic Premium Member almost 13 years ago

    Petey may be able to fly off the three with him but what about Linda and Peteyā€™s friend the transporter?

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    dirtyoldlady1  almost 13 years ago

    Get the dittos to sabatage the talky face? I donā€™t know. I know what I would do. But then I am logical. Does AM read the books? Anything in them he could drag up?Blessed Be.

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    frogsandravens  almost 13 years ago

    Given that this was a ship designed by mercenaries, maybe it can be reprogrammed by waving enough money at itā€¦

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    frogsandravens  almost 13 years ago

    ā€¦no, Iā€™ve got it. Time for another card game!

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    Jenner Premium Member almost 13 years ago

    What I love about Endtown is the bizarre and comic amongst the tragic. Aaron Marx, baffled in the face of impending death, plays cards. Not out of panic and withdrawal, but because by his loopy logic it may help. Itā€™s the juxtaposition of the horrible and inconsequential ā€“ desperate but not serious.Endtown has a unique flavour: absurd. Thereā€™s no graphic story like it, anywhere.

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    Jenner Premium Member almost 13 years ago

    Black queen trumps bridge.

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    Ida No  almost 13 years ago

    Flask has Petey pegged. Force him to react with little recourse to measuring his options, and heā€™ll immediately pick the most obvious one. Again, everything revolves around asking the right question, and only one man on the ship knows what that question is. Flaskā€™s goal is to get the others to leave the ship right away, so they CANā€™T try to interfere. As long as the door is locked, Wally canā€™t get in, and none of them know how to sabotage the engines. Marxā€™s dittos would probably be hijacked by the ship and Talky Face, so thatā€™s not an option either. There is one very easy solution to all this, but again, it requires asking the right question. Marx isnā€™t ā€œplaying solitaire while Rome burnsā€ because, as they say ā€œthere is no Romeā€.Three parties know the question: Flask, Marx and the reader.

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    crookedwolf Premium Member almost 13 years ago

    So AM knew the ship was waiting for a Captain, and he didnā€™t make it a priority to find the Bridge ā€“ instead enjoying a nice meal and some playtime with the gang.

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    crookedwolf Premium Member almost 13 years ago

    As for the cards, Marx surely has more tricks up his sleeve. Maybe they are some kind of control cards for the shipā€™s system. Remember that Star Trek NG episode where Data had seconds to replace all those little plastic chips?

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    The Eclexian Premium Member almost 13 years ago

    So she has to ā€˜depersonalizeā€™ Petey by calling him just ā€œrobotā€. What a state she has woprked herself into.

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    Guilty Bystander  almost 13 years ago

    I think Petey might be the key to getting Flask to cool her jets, so to speak. He obviously knows her best and once meant something to herā€¦if anyone on board would know which of Flaskā€™s buttons to push itā€™s Petey.

    And I donā€™t think Marx is playing solitaire with those cardsā€¦Heā€™s a screwball, but heā€™s not stupid. My guess is that heā€™s not looking at the King of Hearts or the Ace of Spades down there.

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    pam Miner  almost 13 years ago

    Talk about Pressure! A non-emotional robot would not feel it, but our Petey has plenty of feelings!He may come up with just the right thing to say to her.Is Linda Still drunk??

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    cindyorch  almost 13 years ago

    yepā€”I double checkedā€”those are definitely Tarot cardsā€¦ā€¦.

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    starlilies  almost 13 years ago

    Maybe those cards are dittos giving him different suggestions on what can be done to stop this mess. He would just need to choose one and run with itā€¦

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    GESWho  almost 13 years ago

    Yeah, where is Linda, the Koala lady at this point?

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    Storm F-1/4  almost 13 years ago

    Okay. Iā€™m speechless. This is so Exciting!

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    Coyoty Premium Member almost 13 years ago

    Flask seems to be sending Petey a secret message. She may be the captain, but not in control, like the shipā€™s captain in Wall-E, at the mercy of the AI. Or Klaatu at the mercy of Gort.ā€œHeā€ is not Petey, itā€™s the AI. ā€œFor all HE knowsā€, not Petey.It appears sheā€™s telling Petey and Marx to set up a ditto illusion to trick the AI, with those elements as the scenario.Meanwhile, Marx appears to be playing another game of Go Fish. For all HE knows.

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    Jenner Premium Member almost 13 years ago

    Can Marx die?

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    boreas2  almost 13 years ago

    i hope AM uses the dittos to show petey and the rest Flasks past maybe that could make petey get his memory back (i really want to know her past !!)if he does he may be able to say something thatll stop flask

    or maybe a small part of Flask wants petey and the others to stop her

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