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Nov 2015

Chapter 8: Page 17 - Last Barrier

Posted by / in Comic / 27 comments

Happy Thanksgiving, to those who celebrate it, and well, happy Thursday update to those who don’t ;)

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  • Matt [in Middletown]

    The injuries he has aren’t the same as what he had when Tenzin saw him last.

    • You can tell that from behind? ;P

      • Matt [in Middletown]

        Edumacaterated guess.
        Based on something having moved them between Ten saying “Jane, save the girl” and passing out and the evac arriving.

  • NielsR

    He doesn’t seem to have a moto-chair, so I’m guessing he can’t use either hand atm. I don’t know how long they’ve been recovering, so could be casts, but anything below the shoulder would allow him to use a joystick. And they’re not above the shoulder, so I’m guessing both hands are gone, not much left below the elbow.

    Harder to tell, but it looks there’s at least one leg. May have lost one, or schrapnel cut all the way to his spine and he’s part paralyzed.

    Some chance of brain injury, I guess - he was coherent after the hit, but if he was hemorrhaging inside is skull the pressure might do bad things.

    ‘It isn’t pretty’ suggests his face didn’t come out looking too good either, what with the shattered visor. :(

    • Well, if you look at Tenzin right before the dreams, he didnt have an ear that he does have now. They can fix many things (we can make grow ears even today)

      • NielsR

        I don’t doubt it. I’m just going ion visual clues to try to work out what they haven’t managed to fix yet, that would justify hiding the fact that Victor is alive.

        • Matt [in Middletown]

          “Man without a face”

  • If I recall his injury correctly, I’m thinking there is some severe brain damage. Physically he doesn’t look too bad from behind…
    “It isn’t pretty,” doesn’t necessarily mean his PHYSICAL person isn’t pretty. There’s nothing more uncomfortable than trying to reach a human who doesn’t seem to reside in his or her body. I had an uncle who suffered traumatic brain injury. At 45 (at the time) he had the capacity of a 1.5 year old and many physical limitations that resulted from it.

    • Adriano

      I am sorry for your uncle, but also kinda happy you’re sharing with us this very personal experience. Thank you !

      • I have many varied experiences in life… I realize as I get older that I have experienced more than I realized. O_O

  • Adriano

    Viktor is now Vegetable-Man (Leguman in french) !

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCXf4MvMW9c

  • theRoUS

    Viktor is a legume?

    Serious, it’s Tenzin. With what he remembers when he looks in the mirror — or even his memories — Viktor’s condition is going to be ‘not pretty’?

  • Everyone hush and sit down this is a moment omg

  • DeNitro

    Powerful point in the story, can only ramp it up more by flashing back to the amazing 12 pages of “Ghostly Echoes” before we see Viktors face.. https://demonarchives.com/chapter-4-page-60-ghostly-echoes/

  • Matt [in Middletown]

    Locked in syndrome.

  • Professor Fate

    The lights are on but nobody’s home. They may have been able to rebuild Viktor’s body, yet the cognitive portion of his brain is gone. He probably received an instantaneous prefrontal lobotomy when those shells hit him.

    • Chris Kotthoff

      Viktor was speaking to Ten before losing consensus so I doubt he lost a chunk of grey matter but we know he lost a eye (head trauma) and was losing allot of blood, both could lead to something more physically serious (swelling of the brain, blood clots, ect) but I’m guessing psychological trauma as well. Only reason they would be so eager to put Jane in Vik’s head as well.

  • Viktor’s…alive? Like, even if he’s not the same person anymore, he survived in some way? Am I really understanding this right? I’m honestly afraid to believe you guys, because this looks like a perfect opportunity to dump a metric ton of sadness on us and I’m having none of that. I spit upon the notion of him surviving! So there!
    …please be him…

    • NickDA

      Wow… would we do that to you?… I’m hurt….

      • Not as hurt as you’re going to be if this does turn out to be a trick. *knuckle crack*

        • Matt [in Middletown]

          LOL.
          “If this is a trick, your lunch money is forfeit!”

      • Dusty Coyote

        Yes.

  • Kensei Seraph - Terran Ghost

    He’s either severely brain damaged, has extreme memory loss or is completely fine.

  • Jim Perry

    I have a feeling I know where this is going. I won’t ruin it. Good cliffhanger, though. *Takes notes*

  • Dusty Coyote

    T stands for Tenzin, Time, and Trouble.

    V stands for Viktor. And Vegetable. And View, because there’s a nice one.

  • STL Orca

    Oh, boy. This is not going to end well.