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Kill Six Billion Demons

Discussion in 'General' started by Nervaqus987, Jan 23, 2015.

  1. Parabola

    Parabola Slave to Desire

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    That's the plot of KSBD in a nutshell.
     
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    Biigoh Primordial Tanuki Moderator

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    Aunt Maya drew her sword.....
     
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    Against Juggs, she's gonna need it.
     
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    Not sure if cutting the containment unit for the sapient nuclear explosion in half is a good thing, or not.
     
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    It can't be that simple.
     
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    From a story perspective, it's a perfect move, really. The past 20 or so pages have been an exercise in escalation, ever since we found out about murdertree. Then Allison blew it up. Then Maya, the pursuers and the angels all showed up and raised hell. Then the palace started falling because Mottom is suffering from a BSOD. And now Maya has demonstrated a masterful use of cutting, which will probably result in a bitchin' explosion.

    Really, it's a fine way to continue to up the stakes.
     
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    Aunt Maya is royalty.... or what passes for such in that setting... because fuck... that cutting motion. @_@
     
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    Nah, I fear it is likely something far worse.

    What unspeakable horror am I thinking of?

    Splinters. :eek: :eek: :eek:

    :p
     
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    See, Mottom knows how to make an entrance.
     
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    She IS one of the head honchos after all, not some nameless petty lordling.
     
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    After that "Everybody dies" bullshit, those are straits she has richly earned.
     
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    No.
     
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    Destroying a monster tree that eats people is one thing.
    Throwing out a one-liner after forcing an immortal to confront the terror of mortality is quite another.

    She destroyed someone's life and walked away with a pithy quip. Unfortunately for Alison, that person was GLORY.
    This is the result that she earned.
     
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    Consequences of her actions? Yes.
    Richly earned? No.

    There's a difference. Caused != Earned
     
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    Xicree Destroy and Rejoice!

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    She destroyed the life of someone who had been destroying lives routinely.

    But the fact is on the other hand she just as likely had SAVED her too from the death spiral of a life which Monmon had been clinging too.

    Monmon got what she asked for from Alison (to be 'saved' from that life) but then didn't want what came with said salvation.


    Alison was completely in the right, including what she said. There's no reason for her to be apologetic for slaying a monster.
     
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    Then she should have finished the job. Spear of Royalty + Stunned Mottom = Easy way to end the life of a God.

    What she actually did was kick the foundation of a tower hard enough to send ruin down upon the lands. You think GLORY will accept death easily? That she will pass quietly?

    Worlds will burn as she withers away dies, or someone will kill her first.

    Alison ran away without facing that, however.
     
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    Xicree Destroy and Rejoice!

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    Alison isn't exactly rambo... killing the Monster tree which is obviously a monster in front of her which draws sustinence from the blood of sacrificed maidens... one every few minutes... Is kinda definately easier for her conceptualize than turning around and killing the 'Girl' whom she was just running around with.

    Not turning around and finishing the job by killing Monmon might have been a mistake... but it's a mistake born of Alison at her core not being either a warrior nor trained to deal with combat stresses. And thus perfectly understandable.

    Instead she spoke her mind and left as quickly as she could.
     
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    And as a result, she's been impaled repeatedly.
    It'll be a wasted opportunity if Mottom doesn't throw her words back in her face.

    She broke the tool and left the user. Her situation is an outcome she should have expected.
     
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    Xicree Destroy and Rejoice!

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    ~shrugs~ Alison is a massive noob so I don't mind her learning that kind of lesson here.


    On the other hand... we have 2 possible things going on here.


    Mottom might have stopped aging. Which if she actually notices might make her straight up stop an end up thanking Alison.

    Or she might still be aging... and now without her fruit. Which means we might see a fight that drags out until she keels over despite this bad start.


    Of course things could always otherwise escalate but those are the two dramatic story options id bank on.
     
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    Or she might be aging at a normal rate, and Alison will be forced to slay the beast she woke or burn.

    Such should be the fate of those who wake dragons wilfully and without care.
     
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    Xicree Destroy and Rejoice!

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    If she's aging 'normally' then she's basically been 'freed'.

    Either way...

    Alison woke no dragon 'willfully' her only failing was not to finish the job because she had compassion for someone undeserving of it.
     
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    Exactly who forced her to go to Mottom's palace?