Whoo boy. That thing looks way nastier than the thing that's coming for Mechanicsburg
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Comparing the two, what do people think? Is the Mechanicsburg beast the same entity or "species" as this one? Both seem to have a central eye and tentacles, but this one's tentacles look more fluid, and it either has fewer eyes, or less natural-looking ones. Coloration and texture is also all different, but that might just be differing circumstances.
Yog-Sothoth has, like, really let himself go...
So that's Agatha, Zeetha & co., surrounded on the right side, right? So much for "she's taking over"
OK, so now my bet is that the sheet in the middle is covering Vi tied up / locked in some machinery, aimed to be offered as a sacrifice to The Thing. Sorry Agatha, but your friend Vi is going to get eaten by that thing you just summoned, it will drive your other friend Tarvek crazy; fortunately Vi's going to end up being rescued / brought back from whatever other dimension that thing brought her.
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Also compare it to the first time.
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The best pic of the Mechanicsburg threat is a couple pages before that.
That one looks more angled and less organic than the current one.
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And it certainly is a big monster!
If it moves, eat it. If it doesn't move, kick it—then eat it!
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The current Mechanicsburg threat is the second incident, and here in England is the third. I was providing the link to Castle Heterodyne describing the first time DK saw things from other time dimensions.
Think of the mooks!
I'm going to go with "related in the same way that one would presume life from the same planet would be related."
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bivalve
The incident the Kastle is describing in your link is when the Dreen were accidentally brought to Europa. Just in case that's not clear to anyone.
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It also has an glimpse of the current Mechanicsburg monster, which is where I got confused.
Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving. -Terry Pratchett
Is it possible that the monsters get bigger and scarier every time they come through? The Dreen don’t look that threatening, the thing coming to Mechanicsburg now is a scary monster, and this new one looks even scarier. Doesn’t explain the guy Tarvek and Higgs are talking to though, unless he’s really a first gen.
Think of the mooks!
Huh. If I were to guess what happened to the statues, it's the warning shot for Reality Warping Is Not a Toy.
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So the ... sacrifice ... has not ... occurred ... yet.
Hmm, so that guy is putting on his "I'm going to do something dangerous" suit, which means he will die horribly soon. My bet is now that the sacrifice was supposed to be Violetta, but because of Agatha, tarvek *et al.*'s intervention, this guy with the weird glasses will get eaten instead.
The statues look pretty much as before by the way, within the usual artistic variation Phil has from page to page. I don't think it means anything, it just "happens" that the scenes is framed so that the two easiest to draw things are visible.
bivalve
I'd be inclined to agree, although one of the overhead lamps is getting distorted..
Think of the mooks!
Honestly, this is just sound experimental procedure out of Agatha. She's about to try something that could be very pertinent for the saving of Mechanicsburg, but it is best to try this somewhere else first. And thus, nobody was put at risk for a valuable experiment.
Oh, except of all of London, of course, but eh, Heterodynes, what can you do?
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Sorcerer in training
I wouldn't be surprised to find that the Jaeger were having similar thoughts, and getting on with letting the Heterodyne do her thing undisturbed.
Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving. -Terry Pratchett
Think of the mooks!
Well, I'll give it an even chance that the Jagers are either thinking "maybe this will get Agatha what she needs to free Mechanicsburg," "don't mess with a Spark - especially a Heterodyne - when they're in The Madness Place," or both.
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Well, they have successfully attracted the attention of an extra-dimensional being. I guess this is the part where some fool (Snackleford) attempts to "Bind it to his will".
Ain't no cure for stupid.
Edited by MagusLucius on Mar 15th 2019 at 9:01:06 AM
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I used to be Ol Bear
. . . in time.
If it moves, eat it. If it doesn't move, kick it—then eat it!
Sorcerer in training
What was that Robert Heinlein quote...?
Doesn't look like Lucrezia ..