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Playing For Keeps Episode Five

CoverIn which our heroes get to see inside the Academy! Not that that’s a good thing…

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Episode recap by Mister Adventure.

Promo: One Among the Sleepless

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7 Comments

  1. nobodez wrote on November 29th, 2007 at 2:52 pm:

    Is it just me, or does the situation in Chapter 11 seem a bit contrived? I mean, come on, a synonym for killing someone is “taking their life”! You can’t take anything from Keepsie that she owns, which means that you can’t take her life! As soon as I realized she was alive, I knew why. You’d think Timson would have figured that out, if not the Librarian.

  2. Scarybug wrote on November 29th, 2007 at 3:15 pm:

    Wow! Hooray!

  3. tc wrote on November 29th, 2007 at 4:07 pm:

    where’s the pdf?

  4. Jay wrote on November 29th, 2007 at 5:43 pm:

    If I had to hazard a guess as to why Timson didn’t figure it out, I would have to say ego. I mean how would it look if the, “Awesome Academy” (note sarcasm), missed something that useful. Think of the hero that couldn’t die. Course the way i’m hearing it they’re just a bunch of poopy heads anyway. Keep up the good work Mur. Loving the story so far.
    Till the Academy lets in Third Wavers, Make mine Mur!

  5. Isaac wrote on December 3rd, 2007 at 9:37 am:

    Suggestion: All of Keepsie’s friends should sign themselves over as slaves to Keepsie. She will then own their bodies. Anyone who tries to harm any of them will get frozen. Keepsie will have an invincible army, and won’t have to worry about friends getting taken hostage.

  6. cre8tivewmn wrote on December 3rd, 2007 at 11:59 pm:

    I enjoyed the various twists in this episode a lot! I would say clever, not contrived. Seems the librarian isn’t exactly a big academy fan either (or maybe she just doesn’t like Timson).

  7. Rekidk wrote on December 9th, 2007 at 9:56 pm:

    D’oh! I didn’t understand the whole “taking her life” thing until I read the comments. Then I realized how clever the whole thing was!

    I really am loving the universe you’ve created, Mur. That, combined with your storytelling abilities, have me tuning in week after week. :-)

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