Comments: Chapter Eighteen
WTF?
ok don"t tell me that"s the mom ...
Posted by Mike at October 3, 2005 02:29 PM
This is way too wierd right now. Who is the female voice/spirit?? Don't recall any little items that Aayan was supposed to give out. This is truly a mystery. I am going to have to go back and read again to see what I may have missed.
Posted by Don at October 3, 2005 02:30 PM
Wow great chapter.. So Mael is really intenting to kill everything O.o
So the life force will be over sooner or later.. nice explanation!
Cant wait until wednesday!
Posted by Carlos at October 3, 2005 02:32 PM
Don, it is Nilla, dont remember? She gave the metal thing to Ayaan
Posted by Carlos at October 3, 2005 02:33 PM
Carlos...is she being covert about this too. Will she fry Mael as well. He can just hop into another body if he so chooses....right?
Posted by Don at October 3, 2005 02:34 PM
Two chapters left! You can make it, Osman!
Posted by Scarecrow at October 3, 2005 02:37 PM
Ya, well, i have no idea how she can stop him, but i bet she will try ^^
Posted by Carlos at October 3, 2005 02:37 PM
Found it....the nose ring. ha ha ha.
What is going on here ???
Posted by Don at October 3, 2005 02:45 PM
The metal thing is Nilla's melted nose ring that she gave Ayaan back in Part two: chapter 19. I remember that as it shocked me that Nilla seemed to be aware of Sarah and Ayaan and also of the Tsar's plan. Yet she tried to remain as inconspicious as possible during the whole trip. I remembered thinking that she was the most 'human' of all of the liches, and now we know why.
I am impressed, Dave! You left us enough clues and hints that had us all micro-analyzing Mael's intentions and manipulations and kept us from scrutinizing Nilla's place in all this.
The sense of despair that was built up throughout the entire chapter was suddenly lifted by Nilla's calming voice. She is the last thing left in Pandora's box after a host of evil escapes to plague mankind... hope!
Posted by Javier at October 3, 2005 02:47 PM
I'm holding out some hope that Nilla is not as much of a monster that Mael thinks she is. Not everyone's hand has been played yet. Two chapters left. I feel some big surprises coming on.
Posted by Donny D at October 3, 2005 02:55 PM
Remember, Nilla was once willing to destroy the Force to save humanity, even if that meant ending her own existence. She tried but it didn't work. I cannot see her now going along with Mael. She became increasingly independent of him in MN. She's her own lich.
Posted by FL at October 3, 2005 03:58 PM
Very cool chapter. I was feeling bad for Sarah, talk about taking a hard hit. It's her fault Mael's going on with his plan. I guess Sarah wont sanitize Ayaan because Mael is about to sanitize the world.
Posted by mendoza at October 3, 2005 06:55 PM
It's interesting. Do you suppose that in the same way Mael has been setting up this elaborate plan to use the various "players" in the world to help him destroy hummanity, Nilla has been setting up an elaborate plan to use Mael to destroy the source?
Posted by Jason at October 3, 2005 07:19 PM
Well, I'm not sure what will happen. It seems that Nilla may have a choice to make. She still seems to hold some of her humanity. But Gary is still out there. So is Osman. So is Bannerman.
Whatever happened to the old doctor that used to live at this place? Did he die of starvation or kill himself after Nilla uplugged his wife?
Posted by Timmy at October 3, 2005 10:13 PM
AKK!! Noooo! What the hell is Nilla doing now?? AUGH!!
Mr Wellington, you are a truly evil person, i can't remember the last time a story messed with my head so much. Can't wait for the last two chapters. No, literally, can't wait. Gah.
Posted by Rakie at October 3, 2005 10:56 PM
YYYYAAAYYYY!!!!
Whoo hoo Mael!!!!
If I wasn't so lazy I would bow down before the delightful wickedness of Mael.
Double-yay to Nilla though. If I wasn't busy worshipping Mael I would bow down to Nilla.
Dave I cannot wait to see what you have in store for these two brilliant characters.
Oh and Vikram's the secret weapon, isn't he? And he's on Nilla's side.
Posted by hearwritenow at October 4, 2005 05:06 AM
I just have to give it all up for the James Bond style explain-my whole-dastardly-plot-so-that-you-can-figure-out-just-how-to-stop-me ending
Posted by Orion at October 5, 2005 05:12 AM