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KimLuster on April 2, 2017
Well… Kimber Lee did say she was willing to die if that's what it took to take out Eli (Page 343). She's indicated a few times there's a good chance she wouldn't make it out of this alive (Page 347 and Page 353)…
Still, is she really bluffing? Maybe she's gotten really good at it!! I mean, why tell Eli about it? Probably be more effective just to trigger it without telling him… Maybe she's hoping he'll come to his senses and give up… Or maybe she's bluffing (really, really well…)
Thanks for reading everyone!
KimLuster at 6:20PM, April 2, 2017
Yes... Eli's changed ALOT! How'd he learn so much so fast?! ;)
Banes at 9:44AM, April 2, 2017
Dammit, the tension is tight beyond tight, here! I didn't even connect that Eli is the brother of one of Kim's parents ('Uncle Eli'...of course he is. I just wasn't thinking of it). Gotta agree with bravo, there - whether Kim's bluffing or not (I think she's not), the military would have some kind of 'nuclear option' or whatever to take care of this...
KimLuster at 6:19PM, April 2, 2017
Yeah so much tension my hand hurts afer making the page!! ;) I agree with both of your assessments!!
jerrie at 7:43AM, April 2, 2017
terrific drama filled and exciting page!
KimLuster at 9:30AM, April 2, 2017
Thank you!
jerrie at 7:43AM, April 2, 2017
Kim...is 100% Bad Ass. I LOVE it!
KimLuster at 9:30AM, April 2, 2017
All she needed was to listen to you Jerrie!! :D
PaulEberhardt at 7:05AM, April 2, 2017
The way I see it, both are bluffing in their own way, as none of them is as sure about it as they want the other to believe. It's become a dare contest, like in a cock fight with the opponents suspiciously eyeing one another or the kind of street race where two competitors head towards each other at full throttle, the first one to break or to swerve being declared the loser (and the loser will be dressed in a pink tutu, locked in a soundproof glass case so everyone can stare at him all the time, and every single song by Miley Cyrus is played in there at top volume, and he has to drink two pints of cod liver oil as well, and... could it be that I just got carried away?) Anyway, all the bets are in the pot and who's going to fold first? ... Showdown! That's the word I was looking for all the time! It's a showdown that deserves its firm place in the top showdowns in webcomic history straightaway. Awesome work both on storytelling and artwise!
KimLuster at 9:29AM, April 2, 2017
Well, I was enthralled reading your comment, and I can't imagine a worst fate for a loser than listening to Miley Cyrus!! This is some high praise I'm not sure I'm worthy of, but thank you so much!!
bravo1102 at 6:02AM, April 2, 2017
What magnificent tension you've created on this page. Eli is the type who won't believe it until the missile hits him. But then he has had a lot of experience with that.
KimLuster at 9:27AM, April 2, 2017
Thank You! I was really hoping it'd be there!!
bravo1102 at 6:00AM, April 2, 2017
I have it good authority that there's a top notch Forward air controller on site. Even if Kimber Lee is bluffing, do you really think the military would let a chance like this go by? They did a risk assessment and if everyone who knows about this dies all the better. Collateral damage is acceptable in a threat situation as great as this.
KimLuster at 9:27AM, April 2, 2017
I say you're pretty much spot on!! One of my 'internal rules' for this story is that the reader never really see anything that Kimber Lee herself doesn't experience (as a way to drive home this-is-all-a-dream theme). We've largely move past that but I still adhere to the rule, but I do like to think about the 'behind-the-scenes' stuff and I imagine much of what you describe!! Oh, and it's a few pages away but be on the lookout for a very brief cameo from... someone!! ;)
bravo1102 at 6:10AM, April 2, 2017
Super secret things such as this in the post-MKUltra world have other even more secret organizations looking in on them. Things that the colonel and Kimber Lee would have no idea. We've already seen that with the intelligence assets already committed and those that were left ambiguous. I could do a background story about them. Biggs, Belle and Brenda...