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Dr. Q ordered the remainder of Minor’s squad to leave until they were called in, which meant there were more people standing guard outside.  

Well, at least we know no one’s going to be bursting in through that door anytime soon.

I wondered if it was reaching the point where the guards would attract more problems just by virtue of drawing attention to themselves than we’d face otherwise.

Hm, fair. Though I guess John Cleese knows what he’s doing. The guards too, for that matter.

Charlotte looked spooked.  Maybe rightly so.  She had to be aware that she was privy to information and details to a degree that we couldn’t just let her go.

Yeah, which would be spooky enough if that information didn’t involve someone being a villain.

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I could see Dr. Q grow more irritated with every person that filed into the office.

Oh my cod ahaha

Hiya, dr. Cleese. Got a bunch of people for you to patch up over here.

Ten people in total.  There were the eight that we’d all packed into the car and fake ambulance Coil had sent.  Lisa, me, Bryce, Charlotte, Minor, Senegal, Jaw and Brooks.  Two more, our drivers, had stepped in to verify everything was okay before leaving to stand guard outside the front of the building.

Ah, yeah, that’s a lot of people.

Considering the size I’ve been imagining Dr. Cleese’s office as all this time, my mental image has it quite crowded right now. No one can swing their arms without hitting someone else.

Of course, I don’t think the size has actually been specified, so that’s just how it looks in my head.

The good doctor took one look at our group, ordered us to put Bryce on the first bed, then sighed and said he’d patch the rest of us up when he was done with the boy.

Of course. The doctor can’t just let them walk out in the state they came in.

First bed? Sounds like the room is large enough for at least two beds, then.

Lisa suggested me for the next in line, which means I was made to sit down on the bed in the far corner.  It wound up working out on several levels, because it gave Lisa a chance to talk privately with Minor, and it gave me a chance to have words with Charlotte.

Ooh, nice.

INFESTATION 11.8

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ATTENTION MORTALS!

MY HUMAN AVATAR HAS RETURNED TO EARTH SO I MAY CONTINUE TO READ YOUR LATEST OFFERING TO THE GODS, THE WORK OF FICTION KNOWN AS “WORM”. I SHALL DEIGN TO KEEP YOU UPDATED ON MY THOUGHTS AS I DO SO.

LAST TIME, THE MORTALS WHOM THOSE WITHOUT ENDLESS WISDOM AND KNOWLEDGE OF TRUE NAMES CALL “TAYLOR HEBERT” AND “LISA WILBOURN”, AND THEIR COMPANIONS, SUCCESSFULLY MADE THEIR WAY OUT OF THE FORMER ENCLOSED HUMAN TRANSACTION ZONE IN WHICH THE “MERCHANTS” DWELLED, AND LEARNED MORE ABOUT THE ENTERPRISE THAT CALLS ITSELF “CAULDRON”.

NEXT UP, TAYLOR WILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE DREADFUL MORTAL PROCESS OF SOCIAL INTERACTION. 

…WE DON’T DO THAT UP HERE, IT’S NOT WORTH IT. THAT DID LEAD TO A COUPLE WARS BETWEEN MORTALS, BUT WHATEVER.

ANYWAY, “TAYLOR” MUST INFORM “SIERRA” ABOUT THE BEHAVIOR OF “BRYCE”, AND DEAL WITH THE FACT THAT “CHARLOTTE” IS AWARE THAT THE FACES OF “TAYLOR” AND “SKITTER” BELONG TO THE SAME SOUL.

I BELIEVE THAT WILL BE THE MAIN FOCUS OF THE CHAPTER. HOWEVER, THROUGH MY ENDLESS DIVINE WISDOM (AND TOTALLY NOT BEING TOLD BY THE PRIEST), I AM NOW AWARE THAT THIS IS THE FINAL CHAPTER OF THE ARC PROPER BEFORE DELVING INTO INTERLUDES. AS SUCH, I BELIEVE THE CHAPTER MAY ALSO END WITH THE GROUP KNOWN AS THE “SLAUGHTERHOUSE NINE” OFFICIALLY REVEALING THEIR PRESENCE IN BROCKTON BAY TO THE PUBLIC.

WITHOUT DELAYING FURTHER, I SHALL NOW BEGIN READING AND SHARING MY THOUGHTS. LISTEN CLOSELY OR YOU SHALL BE SMITED. SMITEN? …SMOTE? SMATED. YOU SHALL BE SMATED.

JUST GET WORSHIPPING ALREADY.

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Sharks: Someone asked me if you want to give your Arc Thoughts before the interludes, because the interludes are, well. Interludes. Not connected. Just for after 11.8

I think this is a good idea, especially if the Interludes are disconnected. Honestly, when there’s this many of them, I don’t know why they’re not a separate Arc like Sentinel. Maybe that will become more clear once I’ve actually read them, though.

So then here’s the plan: I’ll do Arc Thoughts for Arc 11 after 11.8, read the Interludes and then do another round of Arc Thoughts, treating the Interludes as a sort of “Arc 11½”. I’ll still keep in mind the Interludes were supposed to be part of this Arc, though, and also discuss the impact the Interludes have on Arc 11 as a whole in the

Arc 11½ thoughts, if applicable.

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The eight interludes are coming up soon. If it’s about the Slaughterhouse 9, what order do you think they’ll show up in? If it isn’t about them, which characters do you think they’ll be about? Or maybe all eight interludes are from one perspective?

All I’m really sure about is that if it is from the perspective of the Fellowship of the Meat, we’re probably saving Jack Slash for last, due to the mystery surrounding his role in the apocalypse. Either that or he’s first – either way, we’re probably not going to be following him in the middle.

If it isn’t from their perspective, I have no damn clue. I’ve always been shit at predicting which characters are coming up in Interludes, and now we’re getting eight? This ain’t gonna be a good series of chapters for predictions, methinks.

All eight of them being from one perspective is an idea I hadn’t considered. If that’s the case, there’s someone Wildbow wants us to really get to know, who’s got something plot-important to do that takes practically an entire Arc. I’m not sure who that would be – a new character, perhaps?

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I love the symbol for Cauldron because it works in different orientations. Depending on which way it’s facing, it could be a C, an omega, or, well, a cauldron.

Hah, yeah! Or, as I ended up interpreting it – a Latin

Ʊpsilon 😉

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There’s a TV Tropes reference that I make whenever I see a kismesissitude blooming in my media view: “Aw, look, they really do loathe each other.” (I had that thought at the climax of “The LEGO Batman Movie”, which I think stands as a shining example of all four quadrants.)

I am convinced there must’ve been Homestucks involved in the making of that movie. The way it portrays the relationship between Joker and Batman makes it a fantastic hate story from start to finish. 🙂

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Also, here comes a thought: What if the Endbringers are the result of Cauldron attempting to test on animals and it going horribly wrong?

It’s a bit out there as far as theories go, and I’m not sure how likely I think it is, but it’s crazy enough that it just might work.

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Do you think anyone we know could’ve bought their powers from Cauldron?

Hm… it’s possible. It sounds like most Cauldron powers cause severe physical bodily changes, unless they managed to overcome that and that’s indeed what they mean by Deviations. Anyway, it’s the strongest clue I have to work with.

We only know a few people with that sort of thing going on, and the main ones that come to mind are confirmed to be either dropped off with amnesia in relation to Nemesis, or escapees like… hang on. Shamrock was a test subject, and she didn’t seem to be a “monster”. I guess, unless her bodily changes were things that wouldn’t be particularly visible, that’s evidence suggesting Cauldron is capable of non-monstrous powers. That may still have been what determined which 4/5 Subjects ended up released, too.

The contract made it sound like Deviations happen for psychological reasons, allowing them to test whether it’s likely to happen. So I guess due to their openness about this with their clients, Deviations would be less common in people who have bought the product than with test subjects.

Anyway, to get back to the speculation on who might’ve bought their powers: Maybe Siberian?

Ooh… or perhaps the Travelers. Maybe that’s what’s happening to Noelle, for that matter. Maybe a Deviation doesn’t necessarily happen immediately?

Then again, I already commented on Cauldron apparently being sort of upfront about Deviations, so if that were the case, wouldn’t Noelle and the Travelers know what the cause might be? Hm.