Cutting It Close 2013-04-03

[DilyV]

Holy crap Atsali!!!!!! Leave yourself a little time to get away will ya!!!!!

[DilyV]

Oh, and by the way, Lily? YES!!!!

The big black helicopter crashes into the wall carving, resulting in a large fireball and explosion, totally obliterating the carving and leaving you stranded in the middle of the desert.

To the east, there is desert.

To the south, there is desert.

To the west there is desert.

To the north, you guessed it, more desert.

Your party has minimal gear.

What will you do? What. Will. You. Do?

[zachariah]

The timing is reasonable but Dang she is not allowing much room between herself and the chopper blades! Once she lets go the collective there is little or no idea which way that chopper is going to move before it crashes.

She's timing it to get to the portal Kathy opened before the chopper impacts. Now we know what the light at the end of the tunnel was.

[Fairportfan]

Great transformation sound effect...

[Stigmartyr762]

Atsali has impressive acceleration considering how fast an Apache moves.

I love that PA-TING sound effect. LOL!!!

Now to find out where our intrepid duo have gotten to, now that the wall carving/portal has been (?) destroyed.

[DilyV]

The timing is reasonable but Dang she is not allowing much room between herself and the chopper blades! Once she lets go the collective there is little or no idea which way that chopper is going to move before it crashes.

She's timing it to get to the portal Kathy opened before the chopper impacts. Now we know what the light at the end of the tunnel was.

Well, from what I understand, the collective/throttle can be locked, the pedals are usually adjusted to neutral and the cyclic is self centering... still the torque of the rotors is going to affect the directional stability with no input on the anti-torque pedals. Still, all in all I think andy degradation of the flight path will be pretty much negligible... Atsali hung in there till the last possible moment... I just hope she made the doorway...

[TheDOCTOR]

I hope theres a Force field or something, some type of "Poit" mechanism so our two can get away safe. Or did Kath just open a door to a tunnel?
On another note, maybe I missed it, but why are there no more postings to the Strip from Facebook? Did something happen or someone say something Inappropriate? Just Asking.

[Opus the Poet]

YES! I love the Pa-Ting as she transformed and accellerated away from the chopper. And I totally called it. I don't have the good fortune of doing that very often so I gloat when I can. I will try to not be a bad winner, but I have very little chance to practice being a good winner...

[davids4250]

Not only has Kath arranged for the chopper to crash into the carving, the resulting fireball will also rain down on what remains of the dig. If she is wrong about reaching a place of safety (she probably is not wrong) she has also killed herself and Atsali. Very unprofessional, Ms. Gilchrist.

[jwhouk]

On another note, maybe I missed it, but why are there no more postings to the Strip from Facebook? Did something happen or someone say something Inappropriate? Just Asking.

Yeah, Pablo had some people who trolled an earlier strip in this arc. I think it was the second shoot-em-up at the Dead Sea dig.

[shadowinthelight]

If she is wrong about reaching a place of safety (she probably is not wrong) she has also killed herself and Atsali. Very unprofessional, Ms. Gilchrist.

Well, if they are dead at least they can still communicate with the Jaguar Girl.

[Fairportfan]

Not only has Kath arranged for the chopper to crash into the carving, the resulting fireball will also rain down on what remains of the dig. If she is wrong about reaching a place of safety (she probably is not wrong) she has also killed herself and Atsali. Very unprofessional, Ms. Gilchrist.

It becomes more and more obvious that Katherine's PhD is from the Henry Jones jr School of Make It Up As You Go Along.

[KnightDelight]

So now ... what? The others think someone else flew the chopper into the pit and Kath and Atsali are dead? Not to mention the hieroglyphics maybe being gone. That's not going to go down well back at HQ. They might not want to report to the Library in person for a while, however, as heads could literally roll/bounce/explode/become faceless. Unless, of course, it's all part of Brandi's master plan. Still, I can't see even Brandi planning all that to occur.

[Mark N]

Unless, of course, it's all part of Brandi's master plan. Still, I can't see even Brandi planning all that to occur.

No one can see Brandi's planning in things, that is why she is so feared.

[My2Cents]

Oh, and by the way, Lily? YES!!!!

The big black helicopter crashes into the wall carving, resulting in a large fireball and explosion, totally obliterating the carving and leaving you stranded in the middle of the desert.

To the east, there is desert.

To the south, there is desert.

To the west there is desert.

To the north, you guessed it, more desert.

Your party has minimal gear.

What will you do? What. Will. You. Do?

No problem, McBride will be arriving shortly.

[Grantwhy]

Atsali has impressive acceleration considering how fast an Apache moves.

I love that PA-TING sound effect. LOL!!!

Now to find out where our intrepid duo have gotten to, now that the wall carving/portal has been (?) destroyed.

Perhaps when as well a where?

[adekii]

Through all the theatrics the only thing I'm interested in finding out right now is why Katherine thinks she's so much more special than an entire cast of (from what we've been shown) much more powerful characters who've already saved the entire damn world that she wants to keep these dolls a secret. Seriously, despite her fanboys she's nobody right now. If these dolls are now "more dangerous than the calendar machine ever was" then does this mean that the comic has slid into an ever-escalating DBZ pattern? But maybe I'm getting ahead of my fool self.

[Grantwhy]

Oh, and by the way, Lily? YES!!!!

The big black helicopter crashes into the wall carving, resulting in a large fireball and explosion, totally obliterating the carving and leaving you stranded in the middle of the desert.

To the east, there is desert.

To the south, there is desert.

To the west there is desert.

To the north, you guessed it, more desert.

Your party has minimal gear.

What will you do? What. Will. You. Do?

>> I get out my mobile phone and ca..... aw Fiddlesticks

>> Count the number of NPCs who are wearing red shirts (It's a long walk back to base and I might get thirsty )

>> comb the desert for clues

[zachariah]

Through all the theatrics the only thing I'm interested in finding out right now is why Katherine thinks she's so much more special than an entire cast of (from what we've been shown) much more powerful characters who've already saved the entire damn world that she wants to keep these dolls a secret. Seriously, despite her fanboys she's nobody right now. If these dolls are now "more dangerous than the calendar machine ever was" then does this mean that the comic has slid into an ever-escalating DBZ pattern? But maybe I'm getting ahead of my fool self.

I get more of the feeling this is because of the adventure plot line of this arc. In many stories a mild mannered person gets caught up in something beyond their imaginings and then has to grow in order to cope with the situation. As the story progresses that person becomes more and more assertive until they are the leader and start acting rather than reacting. Until now Kath has only been reacting to events. This time she acted first. Follows the formula for that genre. Sali is the kid sidekick BTW. lol. Or would she be more the jar-jar binks?

I'll also bet big money we still don't have all the information we need to figure it out yet. Paul is still hiding things from us. If we knew what the images she captured were, or what historical information she has we could probably make the same realization she has. We are still just guess in the dark here.

[eee]

Oh, and by the way, Lily? YES!!!!

The big black helicopter crashes into the wall carving, resulting in a large fireball and explosion, totally obliterating the carving and leaving you stranded in the middle of the desert.

To the east, there is desert.

To the south, there is desert.

To the west there is desert.

To the north, you guessed it, more desert.

Your party has minimal gear.

What will you do? What. Will. You. Do?

Thank God you're not at risk of being eaten by Grues?