Summary of the story so far: Tirinisho sacrificed herself to stop the time-fuckery of Cadence who is from the future. But who is Cadence? and how is she related to Tirinisho? Tirinisho told Tirin, Sariel, Reny and the goblins that Torgi would know the answers. Torgi explains how Tirinisho confided in him, seeking his help to investigate further. Torgi tells them about how Tirinisho was bit by a Zenithian Nosferatu. Although the vampire was killed, Tirinisho began to act strangely. Alarmed, Tirinisho accessed Sariel's time probe - a device that can travel into the future. Torgi helped unlock the device and helped Tirinisho use it to view what happens to herself in the future. Tirinisho finds out that her future self seeks pleasure and wellness outside of Tirinite HQ and develops a hunger for human blood --- she is not a vampire because Frilengo, the vampire that bit her, has been killed, but as an unfortunate side effect, Tirnisho has a thirst for blood. She hides this well and doesn't confide in any of her Tirinite colleagues. She continues to function as a Tirinite, but she secretly clones herself to help her obtain the blood she needs. After multiple generations she establishes her own syndicate of clones that farm blood and do other illegal activities to fund their efforts.
I added a new item on the top menu called "Timelines" in attempt to summarize all the timelines so far --- as I was creating it I realized just how fucked up it all is! But hey, if we truly could time travel, I'm guessing it'd be waaay more fucked up! 😂
21 thoughts on “Chapter 23, page 17 – bloodlust”
Weiser
It’s a little difficult, even when reading, to keep all the timelines apart or together.
merceneiress
I don’t blame you – sorry, I wish I could get all of this story out at once, which will make things clear, but my dang schedule doesn’t allow that — still maintaining weekly format fow now and I am very hopeful with subsequent pages, it will be clearer (as opposed to more confusing 😅) — but I’ve created a little summary of what’s happening so far in the author’s notes — and I will also be creating a page of all the different timelines (because I have to keep looking up what happened myself! 😅) I hope you stick with Merceneiress!
E Hines
No worries. It’s a tangled web we weave when we weave timelines and throw in the odd eye of newt and temporal anomaly.
If it were simple, it’d be boring. Keep up the good work.
Eric Hines
Merceneiress
Thank you 😁
Lyman Alpha
Yup. She would have been time-probing a future in which she had already time-probed, and would know the arcs her life was headed for, and cyberdog’s warnings, and the lame pick up lines.
That’s the thing about time anomalies. You can hunt down the cause, but that cause has its own cause, and so on. Where do you intervene? Maybe poor Bunt (ch. 8 p. 1) didn’t have to die (ch.10 p. 29) for dropping all those drinks. Maybe they could have just got him fired, or an alternate career as a glass dropper in a materials testing lab, or just get a stupid butterfly to flap up a hurricane and blow away the watering hole.
Any true cause is near impossible to pin down, which produces a Tremble Without a Cause.
Guesticules
Which is why she started from the beginning: the moment after she was first bit
Merceneiress
hee hee, indeed poor Bunt 😁
Guesticules
TYPO ALERT! THIS IS NOT A DRILL! TYPO ALERT IN PANEL FIVE!
“… ready to due her bidding.” should be ‘do her bidding’
Merceneiress
Thank you! corrected! 😁
Lloyd
Also panel 7, yellow narrative box, should “illcit” be “illicit”?
Thank you for creating and sharing!
merceneiress
Thank you, corrected! 😁
Guesticules
So, only one clone resembles her, the rest do not, smart girl: one easy way to tell who a Tirinite was, was the fact they all looked the same facially with minor body-modifications
Guesticules
Also, is Time Bitch the one who wanted more? Or simply a minion of The One Who Wanted More? codenamed ‘Olive’ 😛
Merceneiress
you’re right on the money 😄
Guesticules
Right with which one? Time Bitch is Twisted Olive? Or just a minion of T.O.
Merceneiress
we’ll find out soon
Guesticules
Wondering how many (if any) got the reference with her name
Joe Fonebone
Gettin’ more lost with every page.
merceneiress
Hi Joe, I sent a reply to Weiser too – I don’t blame you all for being confused – I am very hopeful that with subsequent pages, it will be clearer (as opposed to more confusing 😅) — but I’ve created a little summary of what’s happening in the author’s notes section and will paste it here too. Thank you and I hope you stick around!
Summary of the story so far: Tirinisho sacrificed herself to stop the time-fuckery of Cadence who is from the future. But who is Cadence? and how is she related to Tirinisho? Tirinisho told Tirin, Sariel, Reny and the goblins that Torgi would know the answers. Torgi explains how Tirinisho confided in him, seeking his help to investigate further. Torgi tells them about how Tirinisho was bit by a Zenithian Nosferatu. Although the vampire was killed, Tirinisho began to act strangely. Alarmed, Tirinisho accessed Sariel’s time probe – a device that can travel into the future. Torgi helped unlock the device and helped Tirinisho use it to view what happens to herself in the future. Tirinisho finds out that her future self seeks pleasure and wellness outside of Tirinite HQ and develops a hunger for human blood — she is not a vampire because Frilengo, the vampire that bit her, has been killed, but as an unfortunate side effect, Tirnisho has a thirst for blood. She hides this well and doesn’t confide in any of her Tirinite colleagues. She continues to function as a Tirinite, but she secretly clones herself to help her obtain the blood she needs. After multiple generations she establishes her own syndicate of clones that farm blood and do other illegal activities to fund their efforts.
abe
Are you going to treat us to Reny showing the back view of Rinch’s fine clothing? Please?
merceneiress
sure, next vote incentive 👍😁