Happy Monday, folks! :) Gosh, it's been a while since I've said that, it feels like. @_@
I'm not sure if I can make a point of this in-comic but I'll make it here, for now: the holding cells in Jem Citadel have anti-mana/kinetic energy/magic wards, to prevent prisoners using those things. The bars are also set up with its own anti-tampering feature, as Jinn!Michael and Nemi have noted (good thing the guards always brief their prisoners thoroughly ^_^).
I hope this makes Nadine's plan of action more clear... >.>
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Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!! No frying Nemi nor Mikey!!!!!! (Well, jinnie on the other hand... but he behaved lately... so, no...) =(
Nemi, think quick - steal his contraption!!!
Hmmm, they could pull nadine into the bars - though do they only react to the inside or the outside, too?
My thought as well, @mjkj. And, really, it's probably their best strategy, regardless, assuming Jinn is strong enough to pull it off. Consider ...
If they can pull Nadine to the bars and there is no safety feature for guards and visitors, problem solved.
If they can pull Nadine to the bars and there is a safety feature, then presumably the bars won't fry them while the safety feature is engaged, so at least they can manage more of a stalemate while calling for help and trying to break (or, in Nemi's case, wiggle) free.
Hmmmm...... wiggling Nemi. ^_^
If the ties do retract to minimum length, and they all end up against the bars, then Jinn gets to be the unhappiest man-filling in a girl sandwich EVAR! ^_^
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Easy solution...pull him into the bars as hard as possible. if the ward doesn't fry him then the impact could daze him long enough for them to get free.
It's only easy if Jinn is massively stronger than Nadine expects Jinn to be. Recall that Nadine is the one who chose the nature of the contest and is (presumably) best prepared for it. We can hope that Jinn and Nemi will overcome, but to expect it to be easy would seem ... optimistic, at best.
@dawndemonica: Yep, that sounds like a good plan! >3< Unfortunately, that's why Nadine is using something special to drag the duo to the bars. When Jinn!Mike tries to pull, he doesn't seem to get anywhere... :'D
Hmm... We know about Mike's strength (and it is still his body, even if Jinn is currently in command). So I'm guessing there's more at work here than just Nadine's strength. Otherwise, that gadget wouldn't be all that practical anyway. Still useful, but not quite as.
Yep, you're right, Lukkai. The gadget is pretty special! Now that you mention it, actually, Jinn does have a bit of an issue trying to work Mike's strength to its fullest potential; he's not used to it XD;;
Ohhh, so they DO get zapped, but not the way I thought they would. Clever, veeeery clever... and I'm assuming those gauntlet things have the tugging power necessary that Nadine is unable to pull off on his own.
So, I see this going several ways from this point:
1. Nadine tugs them and they turn into grilled Danjini
2. THEY tug Nadine and he either gets painful vertical stripes on the face after this or he gets turned into grilled Nadine.
3. They stalemate each other until someone comes along, goes wtf, surprising Nadine long enough for them to tug him into the bars.
So as long as Nemi and Jinn work together, they have pretty okay odds of surviving "The Grillening, with your cooking host, Nadine".
Naw, she's just stringing them along. She has some pull in this town ... some reel influence, and she isn't going to let up until she's taut them a lesson.
So, two cable-bodied adventurers walk into a bar ... zap, zap. ^_^
I KNEW this wasn't gonna be good! O man.............they're gonna get outta this-- I know it! THey have to!
Unless your plan is to kill Mikey/Jinn so that we aren't so upset when Nemi leaves and never comes back T__T
You wouldn't do that to us, RIGHT RUFI??? :'D
I assume either the cables don't conduct or wards just don't work that way (it may not be electrical). If it WAS electric and they DO conduct that would be a pretty big hole in his plan seeing as he could be zapped himself when he pulls them in to the bars.
You know, I just wondered... Why does getting along with people you're not too fond of always seem to take life-threatening situations and zombie apocalypses? XD;;;
It only working one way does make sense, once you think about it. It would allow any guards to throw down at renitent prisoners or a healer to help a sickly one without entering (thus avoiding the old "my friend's dying, help him!"-trick).
From what we can see:
* It doesn't activate when something is passing between the bars from outside the cell to inside
* A ward sparks up when someone touches the bars from the inside
As for whether the opposite scenarios would trigger the ward... we'll see if we ever get to that XD
Nemi, think quick - steal his contraption!!!
Hmmm, they could pull nadine into the bars - though do they only react to the inside or the outside, too?
If they can pull Nadine to the bars and there is no safety feature for guards and visitors, problem solved.
If they can pull Nadine to the bars and there is a safety feature, then presumably the bars won't fry them while the safety feature is engaged, so at least they can manage more of a stalemate while calling for help and trying to break (or, in Nemi's case, wiggle) free.
Hmmmm...... wiggling Nemi. ^_^
If the ties do retract to minimum length, and they all end up against the bars, then Jinn gets to be the unhappiest man-filling in a girl sandwich EVAR! ^_^
Indeed, would they react if Nadine got pulled into the bars? Will we ever find out...? XD
Will Nemi and Jinn/Mike be fried on the cell bars?
Will they somehow escape?
Will someone come to their aid maybe just in the nick of time?
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So if they pull him in does he get fried?
Those bars are dangerous <o.o>
The bars ARE dangerous ;v;
(Jarvi-nii I hope you're feeling better! ;3;*)
I need to catch you guys on chatzy again xD
So, I see this going several ways from this point:
1. Nadine tugs them and they turn into grilled Danjini
2. THEY tug Nadine and he either gets painful vertical stripes on the face after this or he gets turned into grilled Nadine.
3. They stalemate each other until someone comes along, goes wtf, surprising Nadine long enough for them to tug him into the bars.
So as long as Nemi and Jinn work together, they have pretty okay odds of surviving "The Grillening, with your cooking host, Nadine".
STRICKLAND PROPANE! Taste the meat, not the heat!"
I would say you got about... 50% right, across the board ;D
Nemi and Jinn, working together, yep things will be just fine if their survival is conditional on that, right? XDD
So, two cable-bodied adventurers walk into a bar ... zap, zap. ^_^
*looks at jar*
*drops jar*
*gets bucket*
Unless your plan is to kill Mikey/Jinn so that we aren't so upset when Nemi leaves and never comes back T__T
You wouldn't do that to us, RIGHT RUFI??? :'D
DON'T PUT THAT EVIL ON ME!! X'DDD
(Hope all's good wid you Azu-rin ;3;*)
So what happens if those 'cables' touch the bars?
Everyone knows you've been stalking that guy for the last 48hrs
So, is the ward only on the actual cell bars, and not between the bars? Or does it only work one way (from the inside)?
* It doesn't activate when something is passing between the bars from outside the cell to inside
* A ward sparks up when someone touches the bars from the inside
As for whether the opposite scenarios would trigger the ward... we'll see if we ever get to that XD