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It's a draw. They knocked each other out.<P>This leaves Mike, Kath and Shanna against Pinkerton, unless any of the others can recover consciousness and/or appendage functionality before the assault goes into full swing.<P>Dear God in Heaven, Pinky is going to be brained.

Hooray! They pummeled each other!
hooray for witty banter!<P>I like that we finally get to see Mike as more than just the super strong tentacle today. We see his cunning. That's good.
Pinkerton with a flamethrower however is not good because he'll be shooting everyone.<P>*sigh*
Ah well, we couldn't expect him to just sit out in the car could we?<P>------------------
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You have to admit that it is a good plan though.<P>He accidentally stumbles upon a group of mutants, he then manages to become coherant enough to set them against the group he was suppoosed to help break. Then, he waits until they've managed to wear each other down to a point where he thinks he can control the ones left standing with one of Margaret's weapons. Then he can take the Fans to Jones along with an extra group of mutants to be locked away in the unconcious collective.<P>Granted, this is assuming a lot of Pinkerton's part, but it is an interesting way to look at events.

I don't think that's a flamethrower, it looks more like a "Ghostbusters" collection-tank-doofer. I think he's going to vacuum them all up and take them away to play with. At which point the Roomies will at last realise that they've been duped.<P>Muttley
Back off buddy, I'm a scientist.

Only one flaw in Pinkerton's little plan:
<I>Where the heck did that TABLE come from?!!
They're in a college lecture room that has *built-in* desk-tables!!!
THE PODIUM WAS THE *ONLY* PIECE OF LOOSE FURNITURE!!!!</I>
OK, I'm done. ^_^;<P>------------------
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As someone else suggested, it's probably a flamethrower. I'm sure he could have easily plucked one from Margaret's arsenal.

It's the table from right at the front of the hall, used by whoever's organising the meeting.

Dammit, I wish Shanna had taken out Mike!<P>The ISB deserves a thrashing.

As to the question as to whether or not Mike can judge bullets: depends on how much he's smiling.<P>No, REALLY....<P>Mike's smile warps the space-time continuum. My theory is that if he goes to out-and-out SEGrin, he could, in fact, dodge bullets.<P>*Hmmm... too bad I can't draw. There's an interesting image - Mike as Neo on the rooftop, with Marsha as Trinity...*

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Mephron:
<B>Mike's smile warps the space-time continuum. My theory is that if he goes to out-and-out SEGrin, he could, in fact, dodge bullets.</B><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Yeah, I agree, but I get the impression it's not truly under his control. More like, he actually has to have a reason to grin, then the forces of nature start reacting.<P>--Tuscahoma

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Tuscahoma:
<B> Yeah, I agree, but I get the impression it's not truly under his control. More like, he actually has to have a reason to grin, then the forces of nature start reacting.
</B><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Interesting. You have a remarkable talent for understatement. I never thought of <B>recoiling in utter complete absolute horror</B> as 'reacting' before.

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Mephron:
<B> Interesting. You have a remarkable talent for understatement. I never thought of recoiling in utter complete absolute horror</B> as 'reacting' before.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>No, no, no. While <B>I</B> would recoil in utter complete absolute horror, much as one would in seeing some cthonian monstrosity dredged from the abyss, the Forces of Nature are merely that, forces, devoid of emotion or sentience, and as such, can only react. That quantum fluctuation you pick up on the scanners when Mike grins is due to the fractal distortion near spatial singularities. So, the Universe is not screaming; the sound from the scanners just happens to resemble screaming.<P>--Tuscahoma

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Muttley:
<B>I don't think that's a flamethrower, it looks more like a "Ghostbusters" collection-tank-doofer. I think he's going to vacuum them all up and take them away to play with. At which point the Roomies will at last realise that they've been duped.</B><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Allow me to Nodrogize a bit.<P>Considering the opening strip with the Fans and Roomies under Pinkertons's shadow, maybe it's a Shrinking Ray.<P>But where would he have gotten such a device, obviously the product of Mad Science? Perhaps he built it himself, seeing as he has been driven mad by various hallucinogenic drugs. Or perhaps it was the Nega-Guthrie, living secretly in the CRFH universe, waiting to strike at both groups.<P>Or not.<P>--Tuscahoma

Hmm...I remember that shrinking gas that appeared in the old Disney production of "Babes in Toyland". Of course, if Pinky has that size a tankful of the stuff, it would be enough to shrink the whole of Billberg!