It's the End of Civilization as we know it. A mutagenic plague followed by a global war fought with disintegration weaponry has left much of the Earth a desert of fine powder and what remains of humanity fragmented into humans, animal-like mutants and bloodthirsty monstrosities with lots of teeth. The surface, still teeming with the mutagenic virus, has become the domain of the dreaded Topsiders; well-organized, technologically advanced, and heavily armed un-mutated humans sworn to exterminate mutations of any kind in order to clear the way for the eventual resurgence of a new, genetically clean humanity. Faced with annihilation, mutants and "impure" humans have retreated into the depths of the planet to form communities and hope to win, or at least survive, what may prove to be mankind's final war. Endtown is the continuing story of one of those communities.
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RanaRavens said, 6 months ago
wince
Level_Head said, 6 months ago
She’s passing by, seemingly mean
But the doll has brought images keen
There’s a trick in her brain
Unrelenting, this pain
And it’s not just a toy that she’s seen
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dirtyoldlady1 said, 6 months ago
So much for anticipation of the worst. Sigh. This is very touching but I feel that she is going to get ideas , feelings over the loss of her son.Could be very touching and could bring the whole Endtown into war with the topsiders.
Blessed Be
Three Steps Over Japan said, 6 months ago
Memories
Like the corners of my mind
Misty water-colored memories
Of the way we were.
Scattered pictures,
Of the smiles we left behind
Smiles we gave to one another
For the way we were.
Can it be that it was all so simple then?
Or has time re-written every line?
If we had the chance to do it all again
Tell me, would we? could we?
Nabuquduriuzhur said, 6 months ago
For some reason the neptunians song of the santa workshop comes to mind:
“we are free and fairly sober
with so many toys to build
the machinery’s kinda tricky
prob’ly someone will get killed
but we’re willing to work for nothing
Frye: which is good, because we don’t intent to pay.
The elves are back for Xmas day!
hurray!
JanBic
said, 6 months ago
@Three Steps Over Japan
Appropriate…but now I have Streisand stuck in my head.
Three Steps Over Japan said, 6 months ago
Was it fixed up?
JusSayin said, 6 months ago
The little girl appears to be under six years old. Could mutants successfully reproduce?
If so, Linda might try to soothe her pain as a day care worker or as a teacher. Just wishful thinking, but it would be interesting to know how reproduction worked. Would Holly and Wally necessarily produce a mouse or a cat, or could it be a different species entirely, like a flying squirrel? Or could only similar looking furries, or featheries, reproduce viable offspring.
For the people the past couple of days speculating about topsider food, I would think anything the biosuit repurposed would have to be supplemented by that food hospitals sometimes feed through a nasal tube. Are Topsider communities mostly former Apex employees, with a large scientific community? I would think their biological weapons teams could have developed hydroponics quicker than Endtown, because although Mallard is brilliant, he only has so much time, and the infrastructure may be hard to build with whatever they could scrounge.
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Arcaton said, 6 months ago
@TSOJ… can’t be, it went back to it’s owner under the dust before Flask fried said owner.
JusSayin said, 6 months ago
After all, why even have a children’s toyshop if the children are all going to age out of needing dolls, jacks-in-boxes and stuffed plush toys?
JusSayin said, 6 months ago
Does the stuffed rabbit have a cane and an artificial hip now?
crookedwolf
said, 6 months ago
Dolls are creepy. This confirms it.
’Nuff said.
Three Steps Over Japan said, 6 months ago
@Arcaton
“can’t be, it went back to it’s owner under the dust before Flask fried said owner.”
So you’re saying that Holly couldn’t go back and dig it up? Even with Mallard providing dustcrawler assistance?
Three Steps Over Japan said, 6 months ago
@JusSayin
The little girl appears to be under six years old. Could mutants successfully reproduce?
It’s been close to 4 months, maybe, since Holly and Wally had their first big night together. So, we may be close to finding out. But, it’d be a rough future for Endtown if the answer is a flat “no”.
Three Steps Over Japan said, 6 months ago
@JusSayin
“After all, why even have a children’s toyshop if the children are all going to age out of needing dolls, jacks-in-boxes and stuffed plush toys?”
The comfort of perceived normality. The Endtown high council (and Mallard) may encourage toy shops and daycare simply to give the impression that nothing’s really changed following The End.