I’m not sure how good that bluff of yours is going to work, but hey, let Lucas cook.
(as a side note, this prison is surprisingly poor at keeping super powers at bay if someone from the outside can just manifest their powers inside like that. I mean, you can only do so much, but I’m also noticing the complete lack of guards on the ground… wouldn’t be hard for villains to help break their captured allies out.)
I agree. The Troll might focus simply on the trolling, and not on what he intended with the poison. Though his true intentions was just sowing doubt. It doesn’t matter if the serum does or doesn’t work. It should only have the appearance it could work. The Troll probably had no intention of it working or not working at all. The prison is curious, but let’s give them the benefit of a doubt. Probably there is a risk assessment that determined the Troll to be safe from busting out or being harassed by supers. In this case, making mistakes is… Read more »
The lack of guards is weird, but the Troll isn’t a super-Super. Just a successful psychotic leading a cult of normies, so considering how expensive a place with nullifiers and unobtainium walls would be to maintain, space is surely limited and he’s just in a regular supermax
Lucas’ one advantage is that he’s not actually angry. While he’s putting on a good front, he’ll be able to think objectively on whatever the Troll has to say. Does that mean he’s going to get a straight answer? Absolutely not. But he’ll be able to keep his ears open for inconsistencies in the Troll’s story if he keeps him talking long enough. When your entire life is nothing but lies, you can’t keep all those lies straight.
Shy Hot Prince
1 hour ago
The approach is correct: start with the bluff. If he just came with questions, he would never get an answer. Then again, someone specialised on trolling people might either call the bluff or simply act surprised. Will be interesting to see how he reacts. The troll might also assume that Ethan’s power has a psychological component that he has disturbed. I mean, the readers know from the first death that Ethan’s power work unconditionally. But the troll may think, they only work as long as he believes in them. Also, the move from Lucas is risky. Giant floating glowing arrows… Read more »
Del Cox
1 hour ago
If murder was never part of his charges, does that mean his comment about killing the “PC” guy during setup was just a troll? Wouldn’t be out of character, but also weird that would just slide.
Hard to believe it’s been nearly 10 years.
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Jedi
1 hour ago
Would be quite of a plot twist now if the troll plays on and claims that its not his fault as he didnt kill ethan. Same time Ethan has an accident and gets hospitalized and is on the verge of death. But i assume that would go too far and just drag out a close of this story …
Acher4
47 minutes ago
Ohhh, wasn’t expecting that.
That’s a clever move Lucas! Hope it pays!
leduk
12 minutes ago
it’s geting better and better
Gonfrask
11 minutes ago
Lucas expecting the Troll to confess what there was in the syringe with a classic “that thing was just water, can’t kill him” or alike 🤔.
The Troll already has murder chargers on him… Don’t seem the best way to make him “confess”
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I’m not sure how good that bluff of yours is going to work, but hey, let Lucas cook.
(as a side note, this prison is surprisingly poor at keeping super powers at bay if someone from the outside can just manifest their powers inside like that. I mean, you can only do so much, but I’m also noticing the complete lack of guards on the ground… wouldn’t be hard for villains to help break their captured allies out.)
I agree. The Troll might focus simply on the trolling, and not on what he intended with the poison. Though his true intentions was just sowing doubt. It doesn’t matter if the serum does or doesn’t work. It should only have the appearance it could work. The Troll probably had no intention of it working or not working at all. The prison is curious, but let’s give them the benefit of a doubt. Probably there is a risk assessment that determined the Troll to be safe from busting out or being harassed by supers. In this case, making mistakes is… Read more »
The lack of guards is weird, but the Troll isn’t a super-Super. Just a successful psychotic leading a cult of normies, so considering how expensive a place with nullifiers and unobtainium walls would be to maintain, space is surely limited and he’s just in a regular supermax
Lucas’ one advantage is that he’s not actually angry. While he’s putting on a good front, he’ll be able to think objectively on whatever the Troll has to say. Does that mean he’s going to get a straight answer? Absolutely not. But he’ll be able to keep his ears open for inconsistencies in the Troll’s story if he keeps him talking long enough. When your entire life is nothing but lies, you can’t keep all those lies straight.
The approach is correct: start with the bluff. If he just came with questions, he would never get an answer. Then again, someone specialised on trolling people might either call the bluff or simply act surprised. Will be interesting to see how he reacts. The troll might also assume that Ethan’s power has a psychological component that he has disturbed. I mean, the readers know from the first death that Ethan’s power work unconditionally. But the troll may think, they only work as long as he believes in them. Also, the move from Lucas is risky. Giant floating glowing arrows… Read more »
If murder was never part of his charges, does that mean his comment about killing the “PC” guy during setup was just a troll? Wouldn’t be out of character, but also weird that would just slide.
Hard to believe it’s been nearly 10 years.
Would be quite of a plot twist now if the troll plays on and claims that its not his fault as he didnt kill ethan. Same time Ethan has an accident and gets hospitalized and is on the verge of death. But i assume that would go too far and just drag out a close of this story …
Ohhh, wasn’t expecting that.
That’s a clever move Lucas! Hope it pays!
it’s geting better and better
Lucas expecting the Troll to confess what there was in the syringe with a classic “that thing was just water, can’t kill him” or alike 🤔.
The Troll already has murder chargers on him… Don’t seem the best way to make him “confess”