Chapter 2 - Part 3, Page 7

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TheVoidchildProject
8th Feb 2017, 3:15 PM

"Then again"?

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khkddn
8th Feb 2017, 3:46 PM

Haha can't wait until the next page where we learn it was just a store mannequin, nobody died :(

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mr.Trouble
8th Feb 2017, 4:01 PM

yep, poor random store mannequin :')

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TheVoidchildProject
8th Feb 2017, 5:17 PM

Let's hope it's something funny and not something dreadful. :P

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NeilKapit
9th Feb 2017, 12:30 AM

that single snowflake tear flying from Mary's eye in the second panel :'(

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TheVoidchildProject
9th Feb 2017, 9:33 AM

Wish I could say it was the last, but it probably isn't. Not the way things are going.

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Delta-v
10th Feb 2017, 7:52 PM

Let's see: They came to and destroyed the city because of her. They could have killed her easily but didn't. They did, however, pursue her and are laying hands on her. She stated that adrenaline saved her...

I'm guessing that they were sent to collect her and destroy all witnesses to her existence. I'm further guessing that she collected herself sufficiently to thwart them.

I'm HOPING that she does so with extreme prejudice. ^^

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TheVoidchildProject
10th Feb 2017, 8:08 PM

This is insightful speculation! One could argue that having easily been able to do away with her might have made them a wee bit overconfident. And maybe they, or head bad-guy, felt the need to confirm the kill before going through with it. Or a combination of the two.

Mary is among the living in the present and free as a bird (barring any psychologically damning effects) so it's not too much of a spoiler to say she got out of this somehow. The question is more about what happened there on that day to lead her to where she is today. And whether or not she came out of it the same person she did going in?

Finally, you're hoping for extreme prejudice from Mary's side? I'll only say that whatever she does to try and thwart today's events. It's gonna happen very soon. ;)

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Delta-v
11th Feb 2017, 1:36 AM

Yeah, knowing the future does take a bit of the suspense out of things. ^^

There's no possible way that she could come through this experience unchanged, but the direction and depth of said change is still a mystery. In spite of what we've seen in the previous chapter, how much of what we saw is baseline Mary, and how much is traumatized Mary, isn't fully clear as yet (that's good writing, by the way). :)

And I certainly wouldn't take it amiss to see a few elongated body parts flying about on separate trajectories. ^^

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TheVoidchildProject
11th Feb 2017, 4:49 PM

Oh, the task of portraying a character who's been through something like this in different stages of her life is a definite challenge. And I definitely want to make it so that her experiences can be gleaned through her character while at the same time avoiding being too "on the nose" about it. How well I manage this is up to the readers. ^_^

My desire to flesh out Mary as an involved and multifaceted protagonist is why we're spending so much time in her past. The turning point of which is fast approaching. =o

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AugustaCaesar
9th Apr 2017, 7:12 AM

Oh, no. Come on. That is too sad...

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TheVoidchildProject
9th Apr 2017, 2:14 PM

True enough! But perhaps it's about to become sadder still? =o

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