July 29th, 2022
29 Jul 2022 · page 1119 of 1306
Great start, Lei
Cast: Lei Feng, Patience Rattaker, Verity Cunningham
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I love Patience in this!
... I'm sorry, Ms. Ashwin, but I really don't like Miss Rattaker. At all. 0_0 Piling on the pressure like that on someone she left in a Bond villain-style deathtrap...
I mean, Lei is the only one that they know can reach and use the machine, and the machine literally runs of certainty and confidence, and probably needs every drop it can get from every available source.
no that's legendary behaviour from her, everything she does is Cool and Good
I don't like her either. But I'm not a fan of this entire chapter to be honest. Maybe it's because it's the first one I read in real time, but I find it very confusing.
It's because it's the first one you read in real time, me thinks. It's pretty straightforward concerning the main storyline and characters - the unknown parts are on the side, really.The previous storylines had much more going on, but you were able to remember the details that were revealed gradually.
But here's the current storyline: Villain wants witch-power by any means possible, and since he failed with Mal, he tries to find the fourth anchor. Reaching it is challenging though, so he combines his daughter's magic with Rattaker's engineering to create the fancy ship (with lines extending from the land so there's always a bit of earth next to it - remember magic doesn't work over water, so this is necessary). He fools people this is a cruise between europe and america, but he has secretely built a second line on the other side of the continent, leading to the anchor. He then uses the certainty engine to teleport the ship from the line on one side of the continent to the other, so he can reach the anchor.
Once over the anchor, he tries to rip it open and move it so he can steal it, but this is harder than expected; and then his daughter decides to change the plans after talking to a mysterious someone (which I expect will be the subject of the next story). This is the main unknown part in the story, and will probably be the next story. (A secondary unknown part is who sent Verity there to spy on the whole operation, but it doesn't matter for what's going on here).
Thanks for the useful recap! You're probably right, the pacing is not helping me. Also, these are not my favourite characters tbh ;-) I miss the trio (Wolfe, Mal and Ben)!
If everyone's lives weren't riding on it, Lei would probably be thrilled to have the chance to operate such a groundbreaking piece of engineering herself.
she makes a good point. But the angry daddy is still out there and he got a gun.
At the very least, be very certain that pulling the lever won't work and maybe be pleasantly surprised or gain a few moments of satisfaction about being right, before death.
If I could only wait another twelve hours, it would be night when I say 'KNEE!'
i dont really have a coherent response just yay yay yay this rules im so excited the drama im loving it and also i hope they kiss in there maybe :3
I suppose asking where they are going to jump to isn't a valid question either. This is a Rincewind situation. It's the jumping 'away' part that's important.
Though to be fair only jumping like 10 feet (much less, say upwards) wouldn't do them much good. Not like they have any other choices though. And there is a nice certainty in that at least!
I believe they would be jumping to the other side of America, to the other land-line (line-of-land) that they were originally on.
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I did not know there was a Widdershins Discord server!
I'll see about making something.
PFF why in the world is it called buggerup_tober_?
bc it used to be in October until last year we had a big vote to change it to August! October a lot of people do Inktober or similar and also have university/school so summer frees more people up.
And I already changed the name once I don't wanna again lol it's funnier this way to me
Between them, Verity and Rattaker have enough raw certainty to teleport the ship to the moon.
I was just thinking that the engine’s chances of working were a lot better with those two back on board!
Well, Verity does imply certainty, after all.
But... would they dare try that act of wreckless lunacy?
Certainly!
/slow_clap
Alternately: pull the lever from Certainty to Lust on the engine, and turn the Diving Bell into the Sloppy Makeouts Bell?
but I don't twitter or tumbler, even though I do discord. dangit.
hi! okay basically one time someone told me not to put server links publically bc bots get them or something? but I talked to my friend who knows computers and she says it's probably fine actually so here: [https://discord.gg/VmGQbqpM](https://discord.gg/VmGQbqpM "https://discord.gg/VmGQbqpM")
that should work, it expires in a week. If it doesn't or you miss it, drop your Discord handle and I'll DM it you :)
thank you!!
Lei: "I'm very certain I pulled the lever."
Tim: "You can do it, Lei!"
Ship: Fast and Furious: Pacific Drift
makes sense
Whichever parent named Patience, it was perhaps what my friend called an "aspirational" name (and not what SHE aspires to), but at this moment it is perhaps better that her Arrogance is strong, for running the engine.
But all the passengers are certain they're going to die...
Certainty engines: They work perfectly, until they don't.
See, this is where a backup uncertainty engine comes in handy
...and a really hot cup of tea, as a Brownian motion generator...
NGL, I'm starting to appreciate the Bistromathics-driven ship from the Hitchhiker's series.
That's a specific reference to the Infocom Hitchhiker's game ... which is available to play free online at BBC4
I'll post a reply to this post with the link in, just in case it gets blocked ... at least this one will stay, and you'll be able to google it if you're interested.
{It's worth it}
The link to the text HHG game - written by Adams himself and the programmed by Steve Meretsky:
[https://www.bbc.co.uk/progr...](https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/1g84m0sXpnNCv84GpN2PLZG/the-game-30th-anniversary-edition "https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/1g84m0sXpnNCv84GpN2PLZG/the-game-30th-anniversary-edition")
And once again the needle flips to like ^^ ; You did a real good job on Rattaker, and I hope we get to see her develop as she interacts more with the cast (and Thea, the poor (?) thing)
Just when I decided that I don't like her . . . this happens.
Alright. I have definitely decided that I am undecided whether or not I like Patience.
… but are you certain?
This page makes me both like and dislike Patience even more than I already did.
You love to hate her
Something tells me the lifeboats won't be much use in this situation.
Orrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr just throw Patience herself into the gas tank? She's got certainty for weeks.
"Oi, git! Yoos gonna crank taf enjuun real proppa an we'll be gon real quick-like!"
"Bu, bossmek! Yoo's sure is gon work proppa?"
"Wut di oi jus say?! Go crank taf enjuun now, yo grotdump or oi's gonna crank yoos 'till yoos teef fall off an' crank taf enjuun meself! Now git to it! An' yoo's betta belief it works or oi's gonna say big boss is yoos fault we's all ded!"
As a character I love Patience so much.
Hmmm - just noticed - hatches on that sort of deep-sea diving apparatus in what we laughingly refer to as The Real World actually open outward, not inward...
{And they would normally open the same way from one panel to the next...}
She is trying to crowbar it off its hinges.
(Which nonetheless wouldn't work IRL because a circular hatch wouldn't fit through its own opening to get on the inside, which is why the covers of the sewage system man-holes - deep shafts underneath! - are shaped like that, <ramble>...</ramble>)
I'm quite certain that I believe in you, Lei. <3
Well, they are all villains in some manner up on this deck, now is te time for them to embrace it (Just hear me out on this one)
Most people on the boat are uncertain of their safety on the ship and how this cruise will turn out, there is no way to correct that with the choppy water rocking the ship.
BUT this also means locking the people below decks and creating mass panic until they are absolutely CERTAIN that they are going to die would be easy.
Or, Thea's self sacrifice could pacify this threat and she could indeed be the new witch for this anchor thereby forcing Pemberton Pryce to accept the limitations of relying on a witch's limited power to work with the anchor which would be the ironic way to end this story arc