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Eric Storm · 2017-03-14 06:36:01

...Where did you think Mt. Woodward was located?

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Barbarian3165 · 2017-03-14 11:20:41

lol... OK, you can keep that secret.

But will you answer this question: At the end of year 6 when mademoiselle Abernathy was struck down with that hex in the Peg pen Cupcake came and got David and then helped get her to the infirmary. Two days later, if I remember chapter 1 of year 7 correctly, David whom hasn't left the infirmary long enough to travel back to his house in Bolmont is on a mirror call to Olissa and after telling her she can come back to Woodward and stay with him also tells her to tell cupcake to fly to the school while Olissa takes the glidecar. Why did Cupcake leave Mount Woodward and David to go to Bolmont and Olissa?

Crusader · 2017-03-14 12:35:46

Eric Storm wrote:
...Where did you think Mt. Woodward was located?

Eric Storm

I mostly don't know, I figured it was close(ish) to the border.
I have never been able to keep fictional maps in my head more then 2 or 3 days. normally plenty of time for me to read a full book, and then forget the map forever.

Add onto that that I'm likely as bad at geography as the normal american, so even with references in the early books as to where things where, I doubt I have ever put together an accurate map.

Eric Storm · 2017-03-14 16:59:42

Barbarian:

What we can infer from this is that Cupcake has been exercising the freedom to fly whenever she likes, and not just when David is riding her. Whether she had actually left the school grounds at this point or not could be debated.

Olissa's question could actually be interpreted as being shorthand for, "Should I use your glidecar, or are you going to send Cupcake down to get me?" David would know what she meant, since he knows he would have to ask Cupcake to give Olissa a ride. If Cupcake is prone to flying from the school to David's house on her own (if for no other reason than exercise), then David, having spent all his time in the infirmary, wouldn't know exactly where she was... and since he was telling Olissa to use the glidecar, it wasn't important for him to figure it out.

Why might Cupcake have been flying around without her rider? Well, she might not know exactly where HE is, either, and so went to see if he was "at home". Or she could simply want to go flying, and the manor made a convenient destination, where she knew there was food, water, and shelter from the sun.

Crusader:

I figured I'd made enough references to Boston to make this fairly fixed in people's minds... But if you want a more precise location, go to Google maps and look up Newburyport, MA. Gorumshead/Mt. Woodward is approximately at that spot, in Dugerra. The Callamandian/Vrudenan border runs similar to the US/Canadian border in this area. That is, through the lakes, and then up the river, approximately. (The "approximately" applies to the Dugerran side, not the Earth side, don't go giving me grief about where the US/Canadian border is.)

Eric Storm

Crusader · 2017-03-14 23:13:27

I am the last person, to give any grief about any border, real or imagined.

looking at the map. were talking 200+ miles. (Montreal, Canada --> Newburyport, MA ~230, but it's on the river so...)

Boston, has been brought up plenty, and now that you have (again) said US/Canadian border. I think I remember reading that, but Cognitive Bias may be playing a role...

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this brings us back to the reasons to spy, I've got one left... it's dumb. but whatever.
just like the Rimohr make newbies read news papers, because it is something to do, and every once and a great while something comes of it, but mostly it is for the agents to think, about the pages and get some critical thinking in.

Vrudenan could be sending its spies to other countries schools as a easy first... no too dumb. i'm done beating this dead horse, pretty sure it is mostly mush by now instead of horse shape.

Eric Storm · 2017-03-14 23:40:42

Just to clarify, reading the newspapers has nothing to do with developing critical thinking. It's done to find rogues, pure and simple. And it's a fairly fruitless task, which is why it's given to the lowest grunt on the totem pole. No one really expects them to learn anything from it. It's done because it has to be done.

Eric Storm

runkmaster24 · 2017-03-18 08:46:38

Ok don't know if this has come up I read through a lot of the recent comments and didn't see it probly a mute point but.. what about David finding a way to release Jacob I do know it's been brought up before I couldn't find the comments and relies for it but could that be a factor in anything. I'm just throwing it out there I know one demighost is powerful but to have two fighting one the same side.

Ps I know my punctuation is horrible grammar was nvr my strong suit hence one of the big reasons I don't try to be an author.. hahaha

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runkmaster24 · 2017-03-18 08:57:22

Also probly not where I should be asking but why is the the time stamp 10 hours ahead this whole site is posted from the U.S. RIGHT

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runkmaster24 · 2017-03-18 09:00:23

Sorry 9 hours eastern standard time I.e. east coast u.s. 5:00

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runkmaster24 · 2017-03-18 09:03:08

Ok ten hours either way out of the US time zones

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Jefferson · 2017-03-18 09:47:46

Runkmaster, I'd say it's probably your settings for the Discussion Board and not something everyone else is seeing. Scroll up to the top of the page, click where it says "Profile" and you'll see where it says "Set your localisation options." I imagine yours is set to some time zone other than your own. Set it to your time zone and this should solve your problem.

Eric, are you sure "localisation" is REALLY a word? Just curious. 3dsmile

Desgi · 2017-03-18 17:42:19

Jefferson wrote:
Eric, are you sure "localisation" is REALLY a word? Just curious.

Cambridge Business English Dictionary lists it as an alternate UK spelling. Don't think I've personally had seen it before without the Z, but hey I learned something new today.

EDIT. Sorry I know that was addressed to Eric, but I found an answer so I thought I'd throw my 2 cents in. /EDIT

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Eric Storm · 2017-03-18 18:37:35

Saved me having to look it up...

Please remember, I did not write the forum software. That guy down in the lower-right-hand corner of the page did, and he is, I believe, either Swedish or Swiss or something, thus his English is probably British English rather than, you know, REAL English.

3dbig_smile

(Waits for any British Pub members to come kill him... LOL )

As to Jacob being freed: I have talked about this at length, about why David does not have the ability to free Jacob. He would have to know the spell that was used before he could even begin a countercurse, and how would he find that spell?

But as to "two demighosts fighting on the same side"... We already know there's at least one other demighost in Callamandia. But there's nothing to state that Edward, Jacob, or any other demighost, would be as strong a wizard as David, or as fiercely loyal to the crown as David. (They, after all, have seen more of Callamandia's crap than David has.) Other demighosts may be just "phoning it in" during their fighting. And in any case, there's really nothing about a demighost that makes them an "uber-soldier" for the military. Sure, they have great skills that keep them safe personally, but those really don't translate well to a wider scale. Despite "Captain America" comics, having one or two super soldiers isn't really going to help you much in a war. Having a couple thousand... that's a different issue.

Eric Storm

PS: If you want your timestamps to fall within the US Time Zone structure, perhaps you should have your time zone set to something other than GMT.

Barbarian3165 · 2017-03-18 21:47:16

Except for the anti-ghost devices, I think a demighost walking through an army invisibly and then materializing right next to the king and slipping a sword into his back would be pretty damn effective. Would probably work a time or two until those anti-ghost devices were erected around the king and every major officer... But killing the were-king and a few top were-generals would probably throw Vrudena into some serious chaos.

I'm not sure David would be able to do this though since I think it would conflict both with his moral code and his Rhimor duties. Although, I guess his king could ask David to do it.

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Eric Storm · 2017-03-18 22:02:48

One can assume that those anti-ghost devices are in place at the very start of the conflict. Even without demighosts, there are NORMAL ghosts who can interact with Dugerran objects. It would be a foolish alpha/general who didn't protect themselves from the obvious right off the bat. Alpha Hurovlad won't even let people divine his future: I'm pretty sure he's kept the ghosts out, too. Even without them acting as assassins, they would be the ultimate spies.

And let's be aware that this means that David can't even walk into the Alpha's presence, in any form. He would be prevented from doing so.

Eric Storm

tuckist · 2017-03-19 02:31:08

Apology if I do this wrong, first post

Who says Giselle is the only being to have discovered the portals.
The manor was built to encompass an area where to portals could be formed.
Mt. woodward may have been built unknowingly over the Omni portal

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Eric Storm · 2017-03-19 03:21:36

Sure, it's possible, and it's also possible unicorns may in fact be the key to winning the war, but I'm not about to give any substantive answers to any of this.

This sort of thing is eventually just going to start annoying me, so why don't you all try just waiting to see what happens? I mean, really, if you manage to come up with the right answer, you've gained nothing, and you've lost any wonder or suspense the book might have held for you.

Eric Storm

Barbarian3165 · 2017-03-19 11:33:47

Sorry Eric, but some of us do occasionally think about such what if situations. Personally, I don't expect a real answer that would give anything away. Heck, I don't even expect you to necessarily answer anything about the future story plot. But I do like to postulate things that may make people go hmmm. I also enjoy hearing other people's theories, even if I may disagree.

If I'm stepping on your toes, I can shut up.

Eric Storm · 2017-03-19 18:00:17

The problem I have is if and when one of you comes up with something that is correct. Do I remain quiet? Do I try to misdirect you? Do I confirm it? (Not gonna do this, as it ruins the story for EVERYONE, instead of just the people expecting it...)

Trying to figure out how to react to such speculation just adds another layer of stress.

Eric Storm

Barbarian3165 · 2017-03-20 01:34:25

Personally, I wouldn't stress over it. I can see at least two possible means of dealing with it though. First and probably best would be mostly silence on these subject, just let us speculate and bragging rights can eventually go to those that get it right. Second, is subterfuge, spread some doubt and other wild speculation just to throw us off track. Of course mixing those two methods would be pure evil genius...

Of course there is also the possibility that some of these conversations could spark a story idea.

Eric Storm · 2017-03-20 06:03:57

It's happened before...

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Sniper · 2017-03-20 12:18:25

Of course there will always be readers that try to guess what will happen next. Some of them will also post their assumptions in this forum. I would propose not to be too predictable in how you answer to those posts. Not answering to several that turn out to be true, or somewhere near the truth, might cause others to assume their posts to be also correct, if you do not answer those. Trying to avoid such patterns could prolong the suspense for everyone. At least from my point of view, it is more rewarding to find out I was right by reading the story, than just having any kind of confirmation in the forum. I know that it is hard for you personally to not answer your readers. But so far you have shown a very good ability to handle all those questions and posts just fine.

Edit: typo
Edit2: typo+grammar, i guess I am just too stupid to write anything coherent today and will just leave it as it is after this edit

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Fenixreign · 2017-03-20 23:42:14

I am a fan of the whole teasing thing as well as the ever popular "I can neither confirm nor deny."

Eric Storm · 2017-03-21 00:32:20

Fine. I can neither confirm nor deny that anything I have ever posted on this forum was intended to tease anyone or anything.

There, should have just made your day. 3dtongue

3dsmile

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Crusader · 2017-03-21 13:12:30

Ha!

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