Question I find myself amused.

No, he will point and laugh at you in public!

He has already been doing so in private.

My guess is the future of Donna. Any other mysteries on the table?

Tons of mysteries on the table. As to which bloody one we've missed? I'm not sure yet. Sara is still missing, right? Ribbon is joining the Bad Seeds (probably against her will). Possibly Sphere as well?

Since JG is posting it, I feel like that makes it probable that this has something to do with one of JG's characters. What was Donna's last name again?

Right. I shall laugh. And Laugh. And LAUGH.

MageOhki wrote: Right. I shall laugh. And Laugh. And LAUGH.

Not sure it's up to the "And LAUGH" stage for me, but I shall Laugh, at least. I think most of us are already laughing.

OtherEric wrote:

MageOhki wrote: Right. I shall laugh. And Laugh. And LAUGH.

Not sure it's up to the "And LAUGH" stage for me, but I shall Laugh, at least. I think most of us are already laughing.

And yet there are also still those of us among the WRITERS who are still confused about this connection Joe is talking about. I can't be the only one...

...Can I?

Dude, it's so obvious! Now that Razorback has a music box with a tiny dancing elf, he will pursue his passion for ballet and perform for the rest of campus his version of The Nutcracker.

Jericho and Caitlin will play the part of the Sugarplum Fairies.

Or Razor will go off the reservation and grab Fey and try to stuff her in the box!

I'm guessing it's a Gen 2 joke somehow we haven't picked up on. One that's going to terrify us once we realize the horror we didn't seem coming. Because that's just who Joe is.

bergy wrote: Dude, it's so obvious! Now that Razorback has a music box with a tiny dancing elf, he will pursue his passion for ballet and perform for the rest of campus his version of The Nutcracker.

Jericho and Caitlin will play the part of the Sugarplum Fairies.

And assorted bullies will play the part the nuts that Razor will crack. Or maybe Razor will just crack their nuts... which might be worse.

Oh, JG, does it have anything to do with AJ being a major factor in ye old "Diamond's are a Vamp's Best Friend" storyline? Cause I just caught that reference to Dr. Diabolik's townhouse and a giant purple gemstone while reading through "The Curse of the Dragon Queen." Though I doubt it, that one is REALLY obvious. But hey, I'm only just now catching up on Gen 2.

Drat. I hoped that was it but I really didn't believe it was. I'll keep looking and failing and getting laughed at. I've got a few days, right? Is it usually Gen 1 or Gen 2 that gets posted on mondays?

Both gen's get posted on Mondays. All depending on whats ready for consumption.

Okay, now that I've been informed what this amusing detail is, I can join in on the laughter.

Iwasforger03 wrote: Drat. I hoped that was it but I really didn't believe it was. I'll keep looking and failing and getting laughed at. I've got a few days, right? Is it usually Gen 1 or Gen 2 that gets posted on mondays?

We try to alternate between the different categories when we can...

There's also the factor of tending to post those shorter pieces on the Monday alongside a longer piece to balance the word count a little, right?

Yes, if a shorter story, or a "converted fanfic" story is due for release, its most likely going to be released on the two story release day.

Most Likely.

Not for sure.

There are other complicated factors in involved.

That's our story and we're sticking to it.

Not that their is a Canon Cable, no such group exists.

Pft, Canon Cabal, honestly...

Hmmmm damn, I'm still missing something.

Ayla Goodkind is dead.

Trevor Goodkind is not.

Tennyo is responsible for Fullerton.

Tennyo is the only reason Fullerton wasn't just called "The Former United States of America, parts of Canada, and most of Mexico."

Really simple... I'm going to hate myself on monday unless it's a gen 2 thing I haven't read yet.

There was a guess that Fullerton was GOO, not mutants from Forger03: whateleyacademy.net/index.php/forum/revi...ority?start=10#35786

Is Fullerton in the right time for that temporal lining up from Blast from the Past?

The Final Trump isn't gonna end in Fullerton, is it???

The AG of that AG hovertech car thingie mentioned in "Calamari" is Ayla Goodkind? Who has gone to "quiet" war with his own family against the MCO and all anti-mutant bigots?

We can infer it is character related because of which subforum He posted this in...

Phoenix Spiritus wrote: Not that their is a Canon Cable, no such group exists.

There used to be but someone thought that Canon Cabal was Cannon Cabal and promptly launched them through the stratosphere. We are still waiting for some of them to land. Hints why some of the storylines are stalled.

Anyone want to take voats on who was doing the launching?

Iwasforger03 wrote: The AG of that AG hovertech car thingie mentioned in "Calamari" is Ayla Goodkind? Who has gone to "quiet" war with his own family against the MCO and all anti-mutant bigots?

We can infer it is character related because of which subforum He posted this in...

Yes of coarse that is it. It's not like AG could stand for Anti Gravity or anything.

Yeah, but it would be funnier if it stood for Ayla Goodkind to me.

Iwasforger03 wrote: Yeah, but it would be funnier if it stood for Ayla Goodkind to me.

I suddenly thought. AG bras.
Very popular with the... over loaded super set.

NJM1564 wrote:

Iwasforger03 wrote: Yeah, but it would be funnier if it stood for Ayla Goodkind to me.

I suddenly thought. AG bras.
Very popular with the... over loaded super set.

But which is better for Return on Investment? AG bras, which wear out or get simply grody over time despite appropriate wash and care...or Princess Jobe's cartilage lattice? Permanent isolated genes therapy, effective for decades.

AG Bras don't come with an almond obsession.

Phoenix Spiritus wrote: AG Bras don't come with an almond obsession.

I'll bet there are a lot of people who don't really MIND the almond obsession...

I wonder though... is Sizzle still obsessed with almonds?

NJM1564 wrote:

Iwasforger03 wrote: Yeah, but it would be funnier if it stood for Ayla Goodkind to me.

I suddenly thought. AG bras.
Very popular with the... over loaded super set.

Phoenix Spiritus wrote: AG Bras don't come with an almond obsession.

What, do you mean that I have to pay extra to have it?

..... Not that I need any support for my chest, I'm male.

I actually would hand the credit to Dreamer for this association, though he skimmed past it in his stream-of consciousness notes on Kayda 10.6. Kigatelik recognized a familiar presence, possibly the bastard, then the scene shifted a couple days later to HM's activities.

What if HM is the bastard? I know it was indicted that the bastard was located somewhere in the Sierra Madre Mountains during the battle in Ill Winds, but that doesn't mean much. It has also been revealed that the Academy's standing wave teleporter network has an endpoint in the Utah salt flats. If he happened to be a gearhead, his use of the teleporter would hardly be out of place. It's also not unheard of to connect other endpoints to the network (Bear, Bitch and everything 3 or 4). Finally, it's also been noted that both HM and the bastard have connections to The Necromancer. Circumstantial, but also potentially supporting evidence.

JG wrote: nothing so grandiose. merely painfully simple.

There really is no trick here. It really is painfully (or hilariously, for those of us who know what it is) simple.

I feel like it's one of those "we already know what it is" things. We know, but it's SO simple none of us are even considering that it IS what he's talking about. It looks so obvious it CAN'T be what he's talking about... but curses, I can't figure it out. Razor is working at Whateley. Jericho is working at Whateley. Jadis is working at Whateley. It's not gen 2 related.

Jade is a real girl now. There's a new bad seed we didn't spot. Sapphire has the hots for roulette. It was in a kayda story. It was in a Nalley story.

Carson got married.

Has any of us even gotten close to the answer??

Nope.

Well, not if it's the same one he was crowing about in an author private forum post anyway, it's not always easy to pick exactly what JG is finding funny at any particular moment.

Regarding what Kigatilik sensed that was familiar, I just assumed it was Voodoo Wolves, as he then immediately declared his intention to hunt. Alternatively, it felt evil to him, and as such it could be a certain something in The Grove.

I think JG is just making up some shit.

No, he's obsessing over a tiny detail a working himself into hysterics.

I think.

I'm not really sure anymore, but I've decided going with the flow is the path of least resistance and mental anguish.

Phoenix Spiritus wrote: No, he's obsessing over a tiny detail a working himself into hysterics.

I think.

I'm not really sure anymore, but I've decided going with the flow is the path of least resistance and mental anguish.

You will be asillyated. Resistance is meaningless as the Vulcan sitting in a Robin Williams comedy show contemplating each joke.

So, the low-level shaman Kigatilik sensed is Bluejay? Or Danny or something?

I assumed that it was Diamondback.

I got it, I got it!

From Reinforce (emphasis mine):

“Yeah, but I grew up with them, so it’s been hard for me to not just see my Aunt Diamondback, and not a ten-meter snakewoman without legs, right?  Aunt Noms had six arms, Aunt Dimes has been mistaken for a Rakshasa by some Hindu types, not the animal-headed ones.  My brother looks like the love child of a velociraptor, who’s one-quarter porcupine, and an MMA fighter.”

In Gen 2, Noms has eight arms!

No?

...Anybody?

Are you being serious, cause if so that's making me chuckle.

Crazy, wild, out there theory: It has to do with Teri somehow. Domo has been missing from the forums for a while now, maybe he has been secretly working with you guys to write her official origin story and bring her into fully into canon instead of just a guest bit. Nah, that couldn't possibly be it. That is just me missing Domo.

It might be related to Jessica Ryan who has appeared in Dorms of our lives. I feel Ryan should evoke someone. Maybe ?

Ryan Wilson ? (No, Ryan is his first name not last name). I don't know. Mrs Ryan the costume shop teacher ? Or maybe I am just grasping at straw.

Is today's story gonna be relevant to this mystery, and was the Monday of this week when all the pieces arrived?

When did the 1st piece arrive??

I was too, but it occurred to me that the Shaman Hunter should have sense more than two shamans, since at the very least there is also Bluejay (though he's still in training) and Lupine (though whether she'd count as one is hard to say, since technically, she's actually an incarnate spirit). I think at least one other trainee shaman has been mentioned as being on campus as well. Though it depends on just how far away Kigtalik can sense them, I suppose.

Are Jay and Stella away from school for some reason?

Also, would Totem have some way of calling his former teammates on short notice, and could Stony get them all there in time?

I'm pretty sure this is isn't the right path regarding what JG is crowing about.

Malady wrote: Is today's story gonna be relevant to this mystery, and was the Monday of this week when all the pieces arrived?

When did the 1st piece arrive??

In order: Off the top of my head, I don't think so. Not particularly. And not telling.

Schol-R-LEA wrote: I was too, but it occurred to me that the Shaman Hunter should have sense more than two shamans, since at the very least there is also Bluejay (though he's still in training) and Lupine (though whether she'd count as one is hard to say, since technically, she's actually an incarnate spirit). I think at least one other trainee shaman has been mentioned as being on campus as well. Though it depends on just how far away Kigtalik can sense them, I suppose.

Are Jay and Stella away from school for some reason?

Also, would Totem have some way of calling his former teammates on short notice, and could Stony get them all there in time?

I'm pretty sure this is isn't the right path regarding what JG is crowing about.

WOG response here on what Kigatilik senses or doesn't sense.
Are there more than 3 shamans? Yes. The question is how powerful the shamans are, and whether they're powerful enough to be attractive targets to Kiga.
We know that Kayda and Lodgeman are. The third? Well, I can tell you it's not Bluejay or Sanda - they're not powerful enough (yet). I leave the guesses to you.

Schol-R-LEA wrote: I was too, but it occurred to me that the Shaman Hunter should have sense more than two shamans, since at the very least there is also Bluejay (though he's still in training) and Lupine (though whether she'd count as one is hard to say, since technically, she's actually an incarnate spirit). I think at least one other trainee shaman has been mentioned as being on campus as well. Though it depends on just how far away Kigtalik can sense them, I suppose.

Are Jay and Stella away from school for some reason?

Also, would Totem have some way of calling his former teammates on short notice, and could Stony get them all there in time?

I'm pretty sure this is isn't the right path regarding what JG is crowing about.

The rest were within the protections of the schools barriers.

Well, JG said to post in the character's thread when we got the answer, so it's gotta relate to a character with a thread at the time of OP posting...

Malady wrote: Well, JG said to post in the character's thread when we got the answer, so it's gotta relate to a character with a thread at the time of OP posting...

(Double-checks)

Well, if it's the character I think it is, your statement is correct.

Come Monday, there shall be a special feature, I'd think:

A cover of Brass Monkey as played by numerous people head-desking.

Sun is the lead singer/guitarist of brass Monkey.

Gotta sleep. Jade thing could also be part of Myoujin Spread Out Plan. We never knew her mom's last name, after all. Gotta renember what sen each of them are. Jade and her mom, that is...

Jade's condition might be from West + East mixing... Some thing relating to the Myoujin Murders, or a East West mixing thing, like Petswani prophecy. ... We dunno who Hekate's Master is, even from the latest stories? We do seem to be semi sure he's Nimbus, from Sun and Fun and the talk about what's likely Circle Break...

Cryptic wrote: Sun is the lead singer/guitarist of brass Monkey.

If it's sun he could be the lead guitarist's guitar.
Though I think Brass Monkey is a band of Class Xs.

Jade... as a Myoujin....



*snrk* What drugs are you on, and why aren't you sharing?

MageOhki wrote: Jade... as a Myoujin....



*snrk* What drugs are you on, and why aren't you sharing?

Erratic Jet Lagy sleep pattern (felt pretty awake though), deadline, and filling in info any way I can.

She could be from another Branch Family or something else Japanese.

For example:

Clover as Lady Jettura's daughter or something. We have no family info about her... We can't trust anything anyway. See Final Trump + Nacht.

Cryptic wrote: Sun is the lead singer/guitarist of brass Monkey.

Brass Monkey?

Checks. No ears not bleeding. Different band.

JG wrote:

Iwasforger03 wrote: I feel like it's one of those "we already know what it is" things. We know, but it's SO simple none of us are even considering that it IS what he's talking about. It looks so obvious it CAN'T be what he's talking about...

this is pretty much it.

since we're coming on crunch time:

It is directly related to a character you have seen.

It is a simple connection no one has made.

The connection has nothing to do with the Kimbas.

these are the only hints you will receive before facepalm time on monday upon reading the story release.

enjoy being OCD and trying to figure out WTF Im laughing at, and wondering if Im just making shit up to make you paranoid.

Okay, a list of all non-Kimba character threads at time of OP posting:

The Bad Seeds
Outcast Corner (Have any of them had kids in G2? Any hookups?)
Jadis
Lapin / Lucretia
The Three Little Witches
Razorback (He's turned back to a human form by G2? And does he have a GF? Deimos as GF??)
The Fury Twins
Aquerna
Silver Ghost
Roulette
Miranda Mahren (Have we seen her in G2 already?)
Ribbon
Pegasus/Peggy
Noah Whateley and the other Ghosts
Anything else from page 2 on...

I pray that it is so but your sick twisted brilliant mind would be willing to kill one off.

WE know only two Maidens apparently graduated... which is not a good healthy sign.

We know Adam shows up at Whateley (haven't gotten to those stories yet)

Somehow? I would place highest odds on Jericho or Diamondback being married, and NOT to each other.

Third place would be Anomaly.

We KNOW that as of 2007 Razorback has someone the other outcasts referred to as "his girlfriend." This was in one of their introductory point of view stories supposedly set in the tunnels during the 2007 start of term for the GSD cottages (IF that frame devise is still canon).

without having read Adam's story yet, I cannot confirm anything else.

Iwasforger03 wrote: WE know only two Maidens apparently graduated... which is not a good healthy sign.

We also know that Caitlyn is still on campus. It's not so much that she didn't graduate as it is that she didn't leave.

Malady wrote: Outcast Corner (Have any of them had kids in G2? Any hookups?)

If none of them have children by G2, and the CEO of Sidewinder Holdings (unlike her sisters, I'd guess) does ... OK. I can see how that happens without dying the fishiez.
... Brain bleach on the other hand, YMMV.

Malady wrote: Razorback (He's turned back to a human form by G2? And does he have a GF? Deimos as GF??)

Adam's all but flat-out stated his brother is still big and scaly, and the best damned brother a kid could have. A couple of statements about Sandra are curiously past tense, but that could be an oversight.

Malady wrote: Miranda Mahren (Have we seen her in G2 already?)

The Lt. has made a cameo, but quite effective, appearance.

I actually didn't know Caitlyn was still on campus, I'm still behind.

What was sidewinder Holdings again?

I really hope they all made it, but I admit I'm more attached to Sandra than Noms or Dimes. If I'm gonna be a selfish little piece of crud, I'd rather the original 3+1 live... but I have no power here.

Iwasforger03 wrote: I actually didn't know Caitlyn was still on campus, I'm still behind.

What was sidewinder Holdings again?

Both of these come up in Adam's intro, "Don't Call Me a Pretty!" Sidewinder Holdings is a major company that does a lot of business with Mutants. Adam is very close to the CEO. It hasn't been explicitly stated who that is, but the person is female, has a young child, and the name "Sidewinder Holdings" is rather suggestive. It could be named in memoriam, of course.

“Fuck, not good.” Zephyr muttered. He shifted to a completely defensive posture, ducking out of the way of the mottled, dinosaurian boy’s snapping jaws. He knew of that Raptor, and his five buddies, one of whom was still on-campus. He’d pissed her off something fierce last year.

Adam and Zephyr's first meet and greet. And the tail end mentions Cait still being on campus.

just been catching up on a busy weekend of forum discussions, and I think in another thread, in a throwaway line while discussing something else, someone mentioned exactly what JG is giggling about.

Yes it is that minor, you're all going to stare in disbelief when JG finally admits what's had him giggling like Jade staring at Ayla's door all night.

Arcanist Lupus wrote:

Iwasforger03 wrote: I actually didn't know Caitlyn was still on campus, I'm still behind.

What was sidewinder Holdings again?

Both of these come up in Adam's intro, "Don't Call Me a Pretty!" Sidewinder Holdings is a major company that does a lot of business with Mutants. Adam is very close to the CEO. It hasn't been explicitly stated who that is, but the person is female, has a young child, and the name "Sidewinder Holdings" is rather suggestive. It could be named in memoriam, of course.

Female wouldn't mean Jericho, it would mean Diamond... who is smart enough to pull it off, or Anomaly, but somehow she doesn't seem to lend herself as well to the idea of being a CEO of a major company. Diamond is that smart though. Additionally, Jericho has mostly been patenting and then licensing his stuff through Ayla, and it would probably be easier to stay with Ayla unless Diamond founded her own company, given that Ayla NEVER tries to gimp his inventors (he IS trying to prevent super villains, afterall) and it would leave Jericho a LOT more time to work on his inventions.

I don't think Caitlyn CAN have children, so that seems rather unlikely, and Dimes seems even less likely to be CEO of such a company (though as I'm not Joe, I can't really know for sure).

JG wrote: Even if any of the Outcasts graduated and immediately started making babies (realistic odds of that? Slim to none) the kid(s) would be at most, six years old. Seven if Razorback miraculously found a girlfriend (also unlikely) upon graduation at his scheduled time in 2009.

So outcasts will not have children in Gen 2. I apologize (not really) for this gross inconvenience.

Spoiler Alert: At least one Outcast will be married by Gen 2. I'll leave it to you all to figure out if all of them are still standing by Gen 2.

I was expecting Koala and Razorback to get together.

He didn't quite shoot that one down, but it was brought up in another thread and He clarified at, as of Christmas, they were NOT an item.

JG wrote: Remember kids.

If no one gets this right BEFORE the stories release?

I win.

And I laugh.

It really is quite simple!

If no one makes the connection after they've read the story releases i get to laugh harder.

Actually, everybody wins, because there's another of your stories out there for people to enjoy. But point taken.

“Why, with over a billion dollars explicitly earmarked for restoring and reactivating our past engineering college, and 200 million in scholarships for gadgeteers and devisors, plus another 100 million explicitly for bio types in those two fields, and additional funding - significant additional funding, shall we say for medical gadgeteering and similar? Sidewinder Holdings was quite generous. Further, the lovely Mrs. Turner was able to convince several of her friends and contacts, to help staff the new departments. Maybe not on full-time basis, I’ll admit, but even a series of guest lectures… Well now. I’m pleased to say that I do believe that when I hand this university over to my successor, not only will I have restored it to its pre-Katrina state… but perhaps restored it to its highest state, or even better. A fine legacy, for a fine institution, one steeped in history and the fight against bigotry.”

Is it "Mrs. Turner" as in "Lilly Paige Turner" (and in that case she has not married Hank or she has decided to keep her name), "Mrs. Turner" as in Jericho's Wife, or just another Turner ?

Wild theory :

JG wrote: Remember kids.

If no one gets this right BEFORE the stories release?

I win.

And I laugh.

It really is quite simple!

If no one makes the connection after they've read the story releases i get to laugh harder.

From my understanding, Katssun won

Yay!

I have upheld the honor of the readers!

Katssun wrote: Yay!

I have upheld the honor of the readers!

Congratulations

Damnit JG, I want to hurt you now. IT WAS something obvious. Thank You Katsun!

Esar wrote:

“Why, with over a billion dollars explicitly earmarked for restoring and reactivating our past engineering college, and 200 million in scholarships for gadgeteers and devisors, plus another 100 million explicitly for bio types in those two fields, and additional funding - significant additional funding, shall we say for medical gadgeteering and similar? Sidewinder Holdings was quite generous. Further, the lovely Mrs. Turner was able to convince several of her friends and contacts, to help staff the new departments. Maybe not on full-time basis, I’ll admit, but even a series of guest lectures… Well now. I’m pleased to say that I do believe that when I hand this university over to my successor, not only will I have restored it to its pre-Katrina state… but perhaps restored it to its highest state, or even better. A fine legacy, for a fine institution, one steeped in history and the fight against bigotry.”

Is it "Mrs. Turner" as in "Lilly Paige Turner" (and in that case she has not married Hank or she has decided to keep her name), "Mrs. Turner" as in Jericho's Wife, or just another Turner ?

Wild theory :

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Jadis and Jericho are married in Gen2.

So Glad I'm not the only one shipping Jadis and Jericho.
But I don't think so, Jadis is going by Frost according to AJ's origin story. Which story is that quote from?

Iwasforger03 wrote: Jadis is going by Frost according to AJ's origin story.

It could be her codename rather than her last name.

And the second part of Hikaru's origin story (rises the sun).

Spoiler because if I remember correctly what I am talking about regarding Jadis has happened after the last event in Gen1 you have read :