As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. “‘Tis some visiter,” I muttered, “tapping at my chamber door— Only this and nothing more.”
A clink of something hard on metal or glass.
A beak, perhaps?
It came again, a second later.
Sir, or Madam, truly your forgiveness I implore; But the fact is I was napping, and so gently you came rapping, And so faintly you came tapping, tapping at my chamber door, That I scarce was sure I heard you.
Oh, huh, apparently Interlude 11d doesn’t have the “(Anniversary Bonus)” in the header.
I guess for any sharp readers who remembered that, me including it in the intro post might’ve been an early sign that something wasn’t quite right. On top of the date, of course.
It’s that time again! Let’s meet our fourth Slaughterhouse member.
So, who do we have left…
Bonesaw
Mannequin
Shatterbird
Crawler
Hatchet Face
a thus far unnamed female newbie
I feel like going with the newbie this time would be a good way to create some continuity between this and the last chapter, similar to Siberian being brought up by Burnscar and possibly Jack (though now that I remember the existence of Crawler, chances are they’re the implied human-eater). That said, it also feels a little early?
Besides, it’s entirely possible we won’t get a chapter about the newbie at all (and Hatchet Face takes that spotlight slot), and we’ll have to learn about her through the Undersiders when they’re surprised by her existence on the enemy team.
If we’re not meeting the newbie or Hatchet Face this time, maybe… Shatterbird? Just a random guess, really.
Whomever we’re meeting today, though, I’m sure it’ll be good. Let’s just jump right into it!
Any speculations about the power of the new member? You know she can track people from Burnscar’s description, but what form do you think that takes?
Hm. If not for the Slaughterhouse affiliation, the idea of teleporting to someone no matter where they are would be a neat way to have this, but most likely it’s something more violent. What I just described but with automatic telefrag (i.e. teleporting into people wherever they are) sounds a bit less like “finding people”…
I don’t know. Whatever it is, it sounds like distance is hardly an issue, so I doubt it’s something like smelling blood, but I’m running out of ideas.
Maybe it’s a remote Master ability that, presumably among other things, allows her to perceive through someone’s senses?
Depending on what the other things are, that might be a bit too powerful, though.
Actually, we were told who Jack’s nominee was: Oni Lee. Whether or not there’s a second nomination from Jack– well, RAFO (Read And Find Out). Speaking of Oni Lee, yeah, it was one of the Coilders who shot out his knee in Hive (specifically, the injured memetic badass sniper, with Skitter spotting).
“neither Jack’s nor Mimi’s chapters ended up actually telling us.” Well, they told us who the nominees were *supposed* to be: Oni Lee and Labyrinth. It’s just neither of them worked out. It remains to be seen if they’re going to find new candidates on the fly or if they’re simply out of the running.
Yeah, when I wrote that, I was specifically discounting Oni Lee because Jack didn’t end up actually presenting him to the others as his nominee, meaning Jack still has the opportunity to find an official one.
And Burnscar didn’t even get around to asking before it became clear to her that Labyrinth didn’t see her the way she saw Labyrinth.
Any speculations about the power of the new member? You know she can track people from Burnscar’s description, but what form do you think that takes?
Hm. If not for the Slaughterhouse affiliation, the idea of teleporting to someone no matter where they are would be a neat way to have this, but most likely it’s something more violent. What I just described but with automatic telefrag (i.e. teleporting into people wherever they are) sounds a bit less like “finding people”…
I don’t know. Whatever it is, it sounds like distance is hardly an issue, so I doubt it’s something like smelling blood, but I’m running out of ideas.
