So, what’s your best guess as to who picked which page number in 14.1? Also, any speculations on what this big secret that’s worthy of the 325 is? Remember that’s pretty close to “someone here would kill you and the rest would be okay with it” level. What do you think someone in the Undertravelers might be hiding that’s bad?
Well, I was pretty sure the 26 was Aisha, but it seems she’s snuck out at some point.
I suppose it could’ve been someone else who didn’t cooperate (such as Bitch), but I feel like Lisa would’ve probably prompted the person in a way Taylor would’ve heard.
Another possibility is that Lisa herself didn’t participate, I suppose. Which would raise the question of why. She seemed more than fine going through with talking to Cherish, so I doubt it’s that she has her own 300+ she didn’t want to let people know about.
Anyway, to the question. Let’s assume Aisha fucked off for some reason (or just remained unnoticeable during literature club) and look at the rest of them.
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26: Bitch, who seems to have the least interest in secrecy besides Imp. She doesn’t even keep her identity secret, and I feel like that’s saying something about her general approach to such things.
- 122, 140, 141, 155: By process of elimination, Grue, Sundancer, Ballistic and Genesis, in no particular order. (Though it might be something like that one.)
- 160: Confirmed Skitter.
- 175: Tattletale, perhaps. She may not have a 300+, but I’ve been getting the sense that she has Secrets™ recently.
- 222: Confirmed Regent.
- The big 325: All signs point to Trickster. Especially considering he pretty much answered Tattletale’s question about the Travelers being fine with the Undersiders finding out stuff but not the other Travelers – heavily implied to be specifically about the 325 – all alone.
I’m thinking the 325 probably has something big to do with the Travelers’ backstory. It’s very possible that Trickster (or whoever else has this one) is personally responsible for getting them all in trouble – possibly with Cauldron – but hasn’t told them, maybe even deliberately letting the common threat keep them together so he’d have allies that could protect him.
Alternatively, it might have to do with Noelle. I believe there have been implications that Trickster feels guilty / Noelle might blame him to some extent. Maybe the 325 is that yes, it is his fault? He doesn’t seem to act like he’s hiding that he actually knows the cause, though, and he’d probably be able to trust Coil with that information.
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