Comments on: Sharing Responsibility, Sharing Blame

By: RyGuy

RyGuy — Fri, 20 Sep 2013 20:36:34 +0000

Suddenly, a version of the “Schindler’List” theam comes to my mind, one in the style of Australian aboriginal tribal dance. Still, no weirder then Giant, Jewish wallabies.

By: The_Rippy_One

The_Rippy_One — Sat, 13 Jul 2013 13:52:03 +0000

@Sul: If I had to guess, One of Mordencia’s group is Slick’s great-great-nth grandpapa,and set up the fore-runner of the Red Hand to train fighters and smuggle goods…and then, post win, just kept on doing it, and supplemented their influx of capital with more illegal stuff as time went on.

To honor the original Red Hand organization’s efforts for liberation, their symbol got applied to the flag. Nothing overly complex.

The line about the Cracked table is probably part of the story of the liberation effort – like Slick’s ancestor taking a bullet for Cracked Masters during a meeting around his dining table. Or it was a blood oath sworn on the same. or something. There are a fair number of options, but nothing particularly strange.

By: e_voyager

e_voyager — Sat, 13 Jul 2013 03:44:03 +0000

@sul Cracked table is probably a reference to breaking soul shells using the djinn cracked masters as a base line.

By: Sulucamas

Sulucamas — Fri, 12 Jul 2013 20:46:14 +0000

@nikolai60: Yeah, definitely violence with that line about the crimson hands, but what about the “Cracked Table” he mentioned before it? What is that? Another name for the Kitabi Plateau? Something related to Cracked Masters? Hope we eventually get to find out! 😮

By: nikolai60

nikolai60 — Fri, 12 Jul 2013 20:14:49 +0000

@Sul Probably either mafia violence or at the very least his family had a part in some other kind of violence.

By: Sulucamas

Sulucamas — Thu, 11 Jul 2013 20:23:53 +0000

@Vulpis: Even if Rei’s been locked away since the Endless showed up, she probably knows about Daisy (and Daisy’s ancestors) through the mind-reading grape vine.

And what was Slick implying back there, that Arael has a long and illustrious history of mafia violence? 😛

By: Vulpis

Vulpis — Thu, 11 Jul 2013 19:17:34 +0000

@Sulumacas And after reading that link to the Talmi history (and after being distracted for a bit by Jig’s half-straps outfit on the same page. 😉 ), it makes me wonder a couple of things…
Particularly, if Daisy’s a decendant of that line (which wouldn’t be that many generations back, especially if the setting has a lot of longer basic lifespan than 21th century humans do), does Rei know she’s related?

And it makes me wonder about Slick’s ‘bloody hand’ line again–his family being part of violent revolutionaries, rather than what he seems to be implying at the time?

By: Vulpis

Vulpis — Thu, 11 Jul 2013 19:07:28 +0000

@Sulucamas Hmms. Of course, that protection works in both directions–I’m reminded of B5, where part of the standard uniform for Psi-Corps (and possibly the other races’ telepaths, I don’t remember) includes gloves, both to protect others from being casually read by the telepath, but to protect the telepath from *doing* the casual reading (a mind is often a nasty place…)

By: Sulucamas

Sulucamas — Thu, 11 Jul 2013 01:27:23 +0000

With all the soul/spine-ripping going on, heaven knows where those hands have been! Gloves would definitely be a good idea. xD It's nice and telling, though, that protection against contact-telepathy is a common enough practice to be integrated into a uniform. @e_voyager: Perhaps they call it... GASCAR? :P @Vulpis: Maybe she's wearing none, like last time, or blue ones to match her boots? I bet you're spot-on about the red gloves, especially considering that Daisy is probably related to the one who made Arael the de facto Talmi homeworld. :o

By: Vulpis

Vulpis — Wed, 10 Jul 2013 14:42:24 +0000

Out of curiousity, I wonder what color gloves (if any) Binary is wearing here, and if Daisy’s *red* ones are of any significance in general. I’m just reminded of Slick’s claim waaaay back that his family is the reason that the Arael flag features a ‘bloody hand’.