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Annotations Every Day - Written by T Campbell & Flo Kahn - Illustrated by John & Jason Waltrip

Demigod-ery? A modest challenge.

Chapter 49 – Page 5

on November 17, 2017
Chapter: Chapter 49
└ Tags: Best, Byron, Carol, Frigg, Gravedust, HR, Shanna, Syr'Nj, Xan
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  1. brasca1
    brasca1
    November 17, 2017, 12:13 am | # | Reply

    They might think they have the goods, but if Carol tells them that if they’re unplugged their minds will be gone that will probably buy some time.

  2. Ganurath
    Ganurath
    November 17, 2017, 12:14 am | # | Reply

    He’s right; humanity has decimal points and fractional values, and usually, what? Twenty digits to keep track of per person?

    • The_Rippy_One
      The_Rippy_One
      November 17, 2017, 12:58 am | # | Reply

      I do appreciate that he can instantly see how Being God, in at least an in-game sense, is totally feasible, even if he doesn’t say it very well.

      As long as Carol doesn’t start spouting off about magic in reality, this all looks very reasonable. “I’m here keeping the bodies alive, the boss was supposed to use god-mode to get them out of their tubes, and then retire as the preeminent deity of his own made up universe. But I think being God has gone to his head, and nothing is going as planned.” Ass covered, perfect deniability – HR hired the gunman, Carol just inherited him when HR went on walkabout, and was trying to play out the messed up hand she got as best she could while her boss got it together, saved the 5 originals, so she could quietly shut it all down and leave him to his retirement.

      • Some guy
        Some guy
        November 17, 2017, 7:25 am | # | Reply

        That almost works but they already traced the gunman back to Carol.

        • The_Rippy_One
          The_Rippy_One
          November 17, 2017, 12:56 pm | # | Reply

          True, but it’s at least spinnable in a court of law.

  3. MechaBill
    MechaBill
    November 17, 2017, 12:19 am | # | Reply

    There’s an empty tube, presumably for Carol, that could be used to go in-game to confront HR “in person”.

    • The_Rippy_One
      The_Rippy_One
      November 17, 2017, 12:49 am | # | Reply

      yup. but, even if they hack together an anti-HR character to insert, somehow, who are you sticking in there? Shanna is kind of the obvious choice, but knowing Shanna as well as any Faan does, this is the last thing “sane” Shanna would want to do. especially armed with anti-god-like powers.

      • Matthew Davis
        Matthew Davis
        November 18, 2017, 11:03 am | # | Reply

        Want to do? Maybe. But this version of Shanna ramps crusading reporter up to 11 and breaks off the knob. And all versions kind of have a need to snark it up. I could see her going in just to tell HR off, and getting conflated with Graiya.

  4. Ishmael
    Ishmael
    November 17, 2017, 12:35 am | # | Reply

    Good way to get your Twitch account taken down, Xan.

  5. The_Rippy_One
    The_Rippy_One
    November 17, 2017, 12:50 am | # | Reply

    Oh, Hey, I’m the coolest version of the Hulk Ever!

    h’yes SMASH!

  6. SteelRaven
    SteelRaven
    November 17, 2017, 1:31 am | # | Reply

    Forget God Mode, this is Mod Mode!

    • MidnightDStroyer
      MidnightDStroyer
      November 17, 2017, 2:28 am | # | Reply

      Even mods have their limits…Which are set by the Administrator. Forget Mod Mode, Admin Mode is the way to go.

      • SomeGuy411
        SomeGuy411
        November 17, 2017, 10:37 am | # | Reply

        Did someone call for Developer Mode?

        • Imrar
          Imrar
          November 20, 2017, 3:41 am | # | Reply

          Which would be what HR is using as a God Mode.
          I’d even go as far as saying that he is using the Source Mode.
          The Source is Strong on this one.

  7. TdR
    TdR
    November 17, 2017, 2:23 am | # | Reply

    Holy, Carol is so going in there and bringing her character back in God-Mode :D

  8. minando
    minando
    November 17, 2017, 3:55 am | # | Reply

    There’s still one tube left…YOURtube.
    Oh, I’m SO smart.

  9. █████
    █████
    November 17, 2017, 6:33 am | # | Reply

    With the purple colour, I find myself repeatedly wondering whether H.R. isn’t both Bandit Keynes and Brother Homon, (aka Eye-Am) at the same time.

    Maybe some sort of ‘fix what I screwed up’ thing.

    • Zachary Goldman
      Zachary Goldman
      November 17, 2017, 6:36 pm | # | Reply

      She was around long before him entering the game, so. Can’t be, right?

      • Baldur
        Baldur
        November 19, 2017, 11:02 am | # | Reply

        As was shown with the other side characters players can actually play Kingdoms of Arkerra without being plugged into VR, so the jury’s still out on that.

  10. Chris
    Chris
    November 17, 2017, 7:52 am | # | Reply

    Taste the rainbow!

  11. Commiekeebler
    Commiekeebler
    November 17, 2017, 8:52 am | # | Reply

    See the seventh tube that’s unoccupied? Calling it now, Xan is going to enter Kingdoms as a new god.

    And subsequently, will turn to the dark side.

    • MidnightDStroyer
      MidnightDStroyer
      November 18, 2017, 11:26 pm | # | Reply

      I think “Brother Homon” fits rather well on the Dark Side…He’d already crossed that line before he entered the game.

  12. Jdorr
    Jdorr
    November 17, 2017, 12:12 pm | # | Reply

    Guess I will throw my hat on the ring and say Rachel’s player will claim the 7th tube and we will see the triumphant return of Rachel in all her glory

    • chasey
      chasey
      November 18, 2017, 10:53 am | # | Reply

      As much as I would LOVE this, I’m not sure I see it happening. It’ll probs be one of the 3 currently in the room. I see it as Carol entering to try to talk HR down and failing, so then Xan steps in to try instead because he’s actually played the game as opposed to Shanna, and has to kicks HR’s butt instead of talk it down.

  13. Ryan
    Ryan
    November 17, 2017, 5:20 pm | # | Reply

    Just noticed there’s another empty tube.

  14. Zachary Goldman
    Zachary Goldman
    November 17, 2017, 6:37 pm | # | Reply

    Okay so I hope he’s livestreaming all this and not recording to upload later. Livestream can’t be contained, the proof gets out and doesn’t require them safely leaving for the cops to see it and come running.

    • Zalocin
      Zalocin
      November 18, 2017, 10:45 am | # | Reply

      Good thinking. But is there wi-fi way down in that sub-basement?

  15. Orpheon
    Orpheon
    November 17, 2017, 7:57 pm | # | Reply

    Xan is…remarkably coolheaded about this scenario.

    Interesting.

    • Mordecai
      Mordecai
      November 17, 2017, 10:43 pm | # | Reply

      Given he was coolheaded with a knife through his hand escaping his would-be killer, this is relatively small potatoes by comparison.

      • Lirazel
        Lirazel
        November 17, 2017, 11:19 pm | # | Reply

        Xan can give Gravedust points for coolness.

  16. DanLovatClark
    DanLovatClark
    November 18, 2017, 10:43 am | # | Reply

    Didn’t HR cut his hand off? Am I remembering poorly?

    • Speedy
      Speedy
      March 20, 2019, 10:17 am | # | Reply

      HR just bled himself a bit. It was the arm of the employee he murdered (Ferris?) that he cut off.

  17. Ved
    Ved
    November 18, 2017, 3:01 pm | # | Reply

    Why Buddhists specifically? I just find it odd that Shanna chose that particular example.
    Daedalus’s “religion,” such as it is, is hardly a new one though. If you subscribe to the notion of a Platonic reality, then it makes a kind of sense that being able to go there equates to enlightenment.

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