September 28th, 2012
28 Sept 2012 · page 139 of 1306
Way to go, guys. At least no-one else will be dumb enough to let the others loose, right?
Cast: Benjamin Thackerey, Jack O'Malley
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Did that unsummon it, or did it manage to escape out into the world? Because if the later, this could be a huge problem. "One of the deadlies", as Thackerey put it.
I daresay that this is going to be a huge problem...that didn't unsummon it. It just unbound it from that location...
...does this count as a Buggerup or a Total Cluster****?
I'd opine the latter...
Oh, don't be TOO hard on the boys here... It's not like they didn't have a batch of help (That got precisely what she had coming to her...) making this debacle come to pass.
Is it gone? or loose in the world?
Loose...much like Greed's loose. >:-D
Pardon my French, but... Oh, crap. o_o One of the Seven Deadly Sins, let loose on a Widdershins already in a state of chaos!
There's more than one of the Seven Deadlies loose in Widdershins right at the moment...
Oh. Oh dear.
First time reading Sleight of Hand I didn't notice it, but looking again it appears that Greed didn't just get some pretty shinies out of the bargain:
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I thought he meant Malik's freedom first time around, but it's clearly it's own. It would seem that whoever took/created the treasure stole Greed's freedom... and now it has it back. So that makes two deadlies loose, both set free in Widdershins.
Which one is next? Lust? Gluttony? Wrath? Envy? Pride?
Oh good, I was hoping someone would notice :)
Oh, yes...there's several that noticed...
Now that you've mentioned it, I wonder if Greed didn't have something to do with Fairbairn's whole plan?
I've thought about that myself. Sid and Harry returned to Widdershins on the same train that O'Malley and Wolfe hitched a ride on, and released Greed pretty quickly. I'd say Fairbairn's plot was in motion before then... but Greed could well explain why Fairbairn took a turn for the really crazy.
It's interesting though that after setting Greed free, we see Harry give away half her finder's fee and Sidney humbly and thankfully accepting. Looks like the deadlies might only be able to build on what's already there.
Perhaps there is a magical newtons laws and if there are, then for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. I.e. Greed escaping also released some Generosity. Maybe there is some kind of magical homeostasis that maintains a balance.
FUNK. I didn't realize that... So that's 2/7. Well, this is sorting out to be a grand adventure and given what the author has said I have NO DOUBT the other five will be out quickly.
Hmm.
Hmmm.
Looking back, the whole thing with the Thieves' Mark and the Treasure was clearly some sort of creative ancillary binding to keep Greed from escaping. The Treasure, it seems, was part of Greed's prison; to unlock it, you needed to summon Greed via a conduit of no small power, namely the Mark. The Mark, however, not only could guide the wearer to Greed, but also seemed to only attach itself to greedy people, a sieve of sorts to guarantee the kind of person that wore it. So only really greedy people could wear the Mark and force Greed to appear, but these very same people would rarely be able to pass up the Treasure and thus free Greed. Even if someone broke the circle, Greed couldn't escape until someone passed up free gold.
Which is pretty cool and well thought-out in and of itself, but it also highlights why Ben has a duff degree, here. Ben's got the know-how and moxy to summon a Deadly, and that's no small feat. But he doesn't have the creativity or flexibility to properly bind such a spirit with a contingency in case, say, something broke the circle by accident. A conjuror at the top of the class probably would've.
Pretty cool stuff, Komi.
Yep. And also cool that the bind on Greed was broken in such a natural way that it was barely noticed. It all just happened as a straight forward result of Sid's little problem, no fuss or look-how-clever this is. It's great, because even if I do figure out what deadly is next from the chapter title, I'll be intrigued to know just what happens :)
Did we ever find out how Greed was bound there in the first place? Times like these I really wish we had a wiki.
got no notion of how wikis work but if someone wants to make one, y'all got my blessing!
So, let's see, Greed was lazy. Not doing anything except threaten to grind someone's bones to dust. Sloth was vicious, consuming the ability of people to sleep, an act even he points out is harmful, especially in extreme. So my guess is Wrath is the next Deadly Sin we're going to see. :-p
Based on Kate's confirmation of what I (and you) suspected...YES.
Right. . . . . . .