They dock the Spire at the Radio Tower (basically a radio tower in the middle of the ocean, surrounded by some wrecked ships tied together, like a little island town in Waterworld if you can imagine) to get some supplies and find a diver.
There he gets hooked up with a diver named MAY PETROSKI. (The scene where Sam announces he needs a diver made me LOL.) As they are heading back to the Spire and haggling a bit over money, someone starts shooting a cannon at the Spire. Then Capital Sam is trying to figure out who would do such a thing.
August 24, 2007
August 16, 2007
Chapter 116
Allison is pretty sad (throwing up and crying) about Hugo being dead and figures her parents will blame her for it, so she's not going to go home ever, just stay on the Spire of Ice.
Chapter 115
(Ugh! Recently my friend Meg told me about how she was reading some comic books and it was really difficult to keep up with all the histories and revisions and various universes, so she "was reading with one hand on Wikipedia." Now I now know exactly what she means!!!)
This chapter included all kinds of references to stuff from waaaay back when, that I only barely remember. Most of the time I was just like Wah? Master Billy? Huh? But thank heavens for this website because I think I've got it all under control now and hopefully this will make some sense to people in the future who read this.
Here are the things you need to remember in order for this chapter to make ANY SENSE:
The Black Bee -- See Chapter 106. This is Frank Muto's boat. Allison is hoping to find the Black Bee because she thinks it will give her clues to finding her brother Hugo. Her quest for the Black Bee is what got her hooked up with Capital Sam and why she's now driving the Spire of Ice.
Master Billy -- See also Chapter 106. As near as I can tell/recall, Master Billy was Frank Muto's 2nd in command. Or his Gilligan, or whatever. Back in Ch. 106, some guys confused Hugo with Billy, but the Billy in Ch. 115 is NOT Hugo.
Frank Muto/Mutt - Frank is more of a major character who you probably remember, but just in case, he's the guy whose feet got cut off after he tried to kill Hugo by throwing him off the Black Bee, which is what caused Hugo to wash up on shore with a chain wrapped around his leg (Ch. 1), and which Frank did because Hugo had put Frank's daughter Delia into a coma. More refresher on this in Ch. 105.
SO keeping all that in mind, here's what happens in this chapter:
They find the shipwreck of the Black Bee (in the middle of the ocean???) and rescue Master Billy. He now refers to himself as Cap'n William Smith, great. There was a mutiny on the Black Bee, Billy I guess threw Frank overboard but then all the other sailors got scared and took off leaving him alone. He's scared of running into Frank Muto, so he becomes the Spire's new captain. He's not actually able to confirm that the person Frank threw off the boat was Hugo, but Allison gets enough details to confirm it. So now I guess they're off to go find where the exact spot is that they went overboard.
This chapter included all kinds of references to stuff from waaaay back when, that I only barely remember. Most of the time I was just like Wah? Master Billy? Huh? But thank heavens for this website because I think I've got it all under control now and hopefully this will make some sense to people in the future who read this.
Here are the things you need to remember in order for this chapter to make ANY SENSE:
The Black Bee -- See Chapter 106. This is Frank Muto's boat. Allison is hoping to find the Black Bee because she thinks it will give her clues to finding her brother Hugo. Her quest for the Black Bee is what got her hooked up with Capital Sam and why she's now driving the Spire of Ice.
Master Billy -- See also Chapter 106. As near as I can tell/recall, Master Billy was Frank Muto's 2nd in command. Or his Gilligan, or whatever. Back in Ch. 106, some guys confused Hugo with Billy, but the Billy in Ch. 115 is NOT Hugo.
Frank Muto/Mutt - Frank is more of a major character who you probably remember, but just in case, he's the guy whose feet got cut off after he tried to kill Hugo by throwing him off the Black Bee, which is what caused Hugo to wash up on shore with a chain wrapped around his leg (Ch. 1), and which Frank did because Hugo had put Frank's daughter Delia into a coma. More refresher on this in Ch. 105.
SO keeping all that in mind, here's what happens in this chapter:
They find the shipwreck of the Black Bee (in the middle of the ocean???) and rescue Master Billy. He now refers to himself as Cap'n William Smith, great. There was a mutiny on the Black Bee, Billy I guess threw Frank overboard but then all the other sailors got scared and took off leaving him alone. He's scared of running into Frank Muto, so he becomes the Spire's new captain. He's not actually able to confirm that the person Frank threw off the boat was Hugo, but Allison gets enough details to confirm it. So now I guess they're off to go find where the exact spot is that they went overboard.
August 01, 2007
Chapter 114
Ok. Well you guys, this chapter delves really deep into violence. It was pretty shocking I have to say. In this chapter Allison is driving the boat while Capital Sam is throwing members of the crew over board. He doesn't care if they drown or anything! I guess it's a good reminder about how mean pirates were in olden times. In our culture a lot of people like to dress up as pirates (or zombies) for fun but really they don't get how scary those guys really were in real life! (Zombies too.)
Then Capital Sam gets into a fight with the Chef, (DEAF CHEF GEOFF), who didn't hear the lullaby b/c he was deaf. It's a really bloody battle, gross and not to my taste, with Sam killing Geoff. I was surprised it all happened so fast, I didn't think the chef would really care who's driving the boat as long as he gets to make good food? That's how all chefs are, at heart. Always really dedicated to the task at hand. But oh well, he's dead and there's blood everywhere. And soon Capital Sam realizes his mistake because now who's going to feed all the guests???
I wonder if this chapter was a critique of violent movies and violence on TV? Like a commentary about our society? The fight in the kitchen is violence on TV, and then the chef is like that part of all of us that's good? Something like that. I need to think about it more. The writer seems pretty smart so I wouldn't put it past him.
Then Capital Sam gets into a fight with the Chef, (DEAF CHEF GEOFF), who didn't hear the lullaby b/c he was deaf. It's a really bloody battle, gross and not to my taste, with Sam killing Geoff. I was surprised it all happened so fast, I didn't think the chef would really care who's driving the boat as long as he gets to make good food? That's how all chefs are, at heart. Always really dedicated to the task at hand. But oh well, he's dead and there's blood everywhere. And soon Capital Sam realizes his mistake because now who's going to feed all the guests???
I wonder if this chapter was a critique of violent movies and violence on TV? Like a commentary about our society? The fight in the kitchen is violence on TV, and then the chef is like that part of all of us that's good? Something like that. I need to think about it more. The writer seems pretty smart so I wouldn't put it past him.
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