So, it turns out that today is Victoria's Day in Canada, and that threw off my sense of what day it was. But it's up now! I rushed it just before having to leave with work, so apologies if it looks wonky or there are errors.
As you read these epilogue comics, just try to imagine it spread out over 75 pages. That was the original intention, so if you are feeling like it's a little abrupt and a little less than subtle, well, that's part of taking 75 pages worth of content and trying to force it into 10ish.
Things are not going well. His new lab partner is being helpful, while Beth is busy dealing with the Enlightened getting gradually unEnlightened.
Hopefully we will have the next one ready next Sunday, but it's not drawn yet, so I can't guarantee anything.
Ugggh. This is what happens when I plan things out thinking about it, and then screw with the plan while not paying as much attention.
Ignore the Day 29 part, it was added unnecessarily, and in error.
And then I went and changed it and now it's not as bad. Except that now I expect to be called out on Isotope tracer as the wrong wording for what I meant.
I saw him tied up, but what happened to Chekov? He killed Robert, which caused a bigger mess, but I can't blame him for doing what the others lacked the stomach for.
So basically the green stuff "eats" the togm to stay active? And with too little brains/togm it begins to go dormant? And the more dormant it is the less "human" the zombie because the green stuff is what makes them work?
The very core functions, movement and enough to say Brains persists for a loooong time, because that's in the best interests of the hive mind. (Maybe not saying Brains, but that was my nod to zombie lore.)
Higher functions that allow them to seem human go much, much earlier.
I am actually surprised I got that on my first try. So, to be clear, and make sure I and anyone else gets it, they feel hunger when parts of the green stuff starts to go dormant, we really need a name for the green stuff, as the green stuff tells them they feel hunger, because it doesn't want to go dormant. But then why would the ones in the wastes attack zombies? The hive mind should act as a friend or foe tag...?
Friend vs Foe tag is a really low level function, but it fails eventually as well. Long time starving zombies will attack anything in a last ditch attempt to kickstart themselves.
Including cars.
When it gets that low, the connection to the Overmind is very weak. Pretty much the only instinct that they have left is the hunger.
Did... did John and his new assistant just INFECT ONE OF THE CLONES THEN RIP THEM APART?
Things must be desperate.
Poor RZ. I hope he's not too aware of his own degeneration. It's okay, RZ... you're being sent to a lovely farm... with lots of dogs... :'(
And poor, poor Beth, having to watch RZ start to degenerate (after he *just* remembered her from Before when he levelled up).
PS Forgot to say: I'm really, really glad that Skrael seems to be feeling better.
(You are feeling better, aren't you? Or have I made a terrible mistake?)
PPS In case the comment thread on that other webcomic isn't working properly (it looked a bit odd earlier): thank you very much for defending me :-) it was really kind of you.
(well, perhaps it is)
I am led to wonder, how long before they begin to break down individually, and as a group?
The very core functions, movement and enough to say Brains persists for a loooong time, because that's in the best interests of the hive mind. (Maybe not saying Brains, but that was my nod to zombie lore.)
Higher functions that allow them to seem human go much, much earlier.
Including cars.
When it gets that low, the connection to the Overmind is very weak. Pretty much the only instinct that they have left is the hunger.
Things must be desperate.
Poor RZ. I hope he's not too aware of his own degeneration. It's okay, RZ... you're being sent to a lovely farm... with lots of dogs... :'(
And poor, poor Beth, having to watch RZ start to degenerate (after he *just* remembered her from Before when he levelled up).
He's definitely getting desperate... I think that it was his last ditch attempt to avoid having to put RZ in the VR machine.
(You are feeling better, aren't you? Or have I made a terrible mistake?)