Opus the Poet wrote:Did Tsillah's left hand get bigger when she draped it across M's backside?
I don't think Tsillah has the same rules regarding size and portions as other characters. She is basically an avatar or physical display from a shadow entity. I wager she can assume all sorts of shapes and sizes, given the nature of shadows and how we've seen her "physical self" able to be disspelled/unsummoned in the past.
If nothing else, such logic gives the boss a built-in excuse whenever he makes a mistake drawing her.
Atomic wrote:At the risk of borking the next six months of plot line:
Monica - This is all very nice, Phix, but I demand to know what is going on!
Phix - Of course dear, but it will make more sense coming from Brandi.
Brandi - Remember when you said you wanted to help Jin?
M - Yes...
B - And I told you about how people became pawns to me?
M - Go on...
B - For all the cycles Jin had to sort out the Calendar Machine, I've had enough time, piecemeal, to sort out what would become of you afterwards. When Mayhuel taught you Glyph, in the form of your late grandmother, she was working to prepare you for dealing with the three of us, and so set up a chance to repair the Calendar Machine, and possibly free herself in the process. And, as you know, it worked!
M - Yay team. Keep talking.
B - But the blade in your skull also imbued you with access to the source of it's power -- the forces which allowed the Calendar Machine to be overcome. Like it or not, those forces are a part of you. But then, what about Jin? What to do?
M - Ok - what?
B - The knowledge of Glyph gained you access to survive and manipulate the forces associated with the blade. I anticipated Jin's condition as consequence of resolving the Calendar problem, and also sought a way to deal with it. You are it! But to help Jin, you need to be able to walk among the dead. And so, I maneuvered you into the emotional state and trauma needed to bring forth and focus those powers you have inherited. You have become the Jaguar Girl, sub-Titan, and functionally immortal. Moreover, the Library recognizes you, and you have scholarly access to the whole of the universe. Your potential is unlimited.
M - Sheesh. But how can I help Jin? Research? What? Where?
B - For starters, practice. Jin's recovery lies among the dead, and you can discover it. But you need to learn how to walk there - Tsillah will be your guide! And, you need someone dead to practice with. Agents Pratt and McBride here, just happen to have someone who could benefit from your services.
P & McB - Ermm ... hello!
And then.......
Good start, but what's all this about Jin? Jin's fixed, more or less. She's no longer disconnected from reality, her sanity is basically stable (Jin was always a bit crazy, even in her pre-golem flashbacks, but then again who isn't?), and she has a lifespan which she desired (Jin seemed thrilled at the option to eventually die for-reals at last, just not so much the Bud-induced near paralysis).
Brandi is fully in the know regarding Jin's current state and how Monica, Bud, Shelly, and company accomplished it. Brandi knows May gave Jin the lifespan and that Jin wanted a lifespan. Brandi herself hasn't confirmed yes or no whether she too would like a lifespan. So I don't really see what Jin would need fixed that would require Brandi's plotting or any future intervention by Monica, the vamps, Tsillah, or anyone else.
Really, the emergence of Bia and Shelly's training as a Sphynx seem more likely concerns of Brandi's and worthy of such manipulations from her. No other major-event plotlines really seem to be lingering at the moment.
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