07/20/2014
If you made it through all of that funky exposition, reward yourself with a strong drink and go lie down!
Honestly, I try to keep the excessive dialogue to a minimum these days, but I decided to go all out here for two reasons. One is to lay down some groundwork and “facts” (in quotations because we have yet to learn what is true and what isn’t) for the story ahead, and second, because I’m just a great big sucker for spooky documentaries that tell the morbid history of disturbing persons or groups. Believe me, the history of the Kabale is only the beginning of the creepiness…
Hey, I enjoy a good exposition. It adds to the mystery.
The mystery being, “How many people really read Hypnausea’s spiel?”.
Knowing Scap, he probably tuned out halfway through panel three.
Well…
…at least the story about their money is true enough then. Gotta wonder just how they manage to do so much dirty work if they’re really just a group of high-society pseudo-cultists in tweed jackets and drag…just goes to show the innocent are usually not that innocent, eh?
This organization sounds fairly widespread, Scap. And difficult to target since all the inner circle probably never gather all at once in person. Seems to me that you’ll have to draw them out somehow…
As always, great work, Aidan. Nevermind the long monologue thing – I actually enjoyed it a lot.
Scap’s got a lot of work ahead of him if he decides to take on these strangers…but hey, if he can endure a bulldozer of exposition then maybe he can survive anything!
Here’s hoping you readers will enjoy where this story goes, because it goes without saying this is just the beginning (I didn’t say it, I typed it)!
Cults, conspiracy theories, and secret societies…… this is going to get confusing, isn’t it? Or has it already? When did it stop?! I’M SO CONFUSED!
Looks like a good time coming up, hehehehehehehe.
I got wondering a bit ago (after my Pocket Philosopher brought it up), why is every conspiracy a giant evil ominous thing with huge resources and connections? Why are there never any conspiracies that have reasonable intentions and only keep their actions out of the limelight to keep out of the way of red tape? Would a conspiracy to get food and medical supplies to needy villages in third world nations without the government and local warlords stealing their share just not be interesting enough?
Before this thing is over I’m going to need a flowchart; it’s the only way to keep you folks out there from dying of blown synapses!
As for why there are no beneficent secret societies here, it’s probably because it doesn’t make for an interesting story. It could make for a funny one, though, if you had a top-secret shadowy cult who meticulously planned out acts of kindness, like bake sales and adopting stray animals.
Well I’m lying in a hospital bed with my skull in two pieces. Feel free to get as convoluted as you like, I have plenty of time to figure it out!
Hm…… most evil cults use gutteral, intense languages for their names, so what would a good one use? French? Italian? Something soft and friendly…..
Oh, I know! Canadian English!
Can’t wait to see what the caper is! Does it connect to Bone China? Will the SMDL throw Scap out of a higher chopper if he pulls another job centered around an ex-girlfriend? Will Jemini snap back to her old self and unload two automatics into Scap’s crotch?
So many questions, Aidan! I can’t wait to see this unfold!
That’s a lot of questions, and I’m not going to answer any of them! Well, not right now, but hopefully they’ll all be answered over the course of this story.
Exposition is great when it’s just the occasional set piece (like this), finely researched and thought out (like this), and is placed with a congruous atmosphere and reactions from its listeners (like this). Well done, on all points. The amount of thought put into this is exemplary.
Another score, Dada!
Glad you enjoyed, and reward yourself for all the reading you’ve done today (tell your friends you read some historical fiction and look smug about it)!
I want a Scapula RPG or a tabletop game now. Just to write up Hyp for the sourcebook and give him Epic-level feats in “Charm” and “Seduce”.
A Scapula Pokemon game could be really funny, really wrong, or both.
Hypnausea’s evolving into…oh God, WHAT IS THAT?!!
Not sure, but I’ve watched enough Hentai to know steel reinforced underpants might be a good idea …
Sir, I salute you for that. 😀
Oh, this all sounds lovely. Hyp knows how to do research. My beret tips to you, sir or madame.
I had to take a small, quiet break and just reflect on the line “…I’ll eat my own dick”. That’s the most self-assured line ever. I’d invest in someone’s long-shot business proposal if they expressed themselves like that. 😀
Ok…I’m back (still giggling, though). I really love the lil’ elements you’ve incorporated into this current storyline, A. Ya got conspiratorial intrigue, humor, transsexualism, romance, bitterness, action, and crime.
Dang! Gimme some more, Casserly!