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So I know CJ wouldn't comment on the following, so hopefully you all have some thoughts and ideas. First off, I'm wondering who the person will be to have the accident in the US. Really until the present chapter, I don't think Jerry/The Scar has anything against the bands. After all they have been a major source of income for his activities. But he wanted to tie up some loose ends in America and offering four times the rate. There is three possibilities in my mind. First. since Lump is his son, I wonder if he knows anything about dear old dad's activities or was he put in the band by dad so he could skim the money from them. If he does know anything, he would definitely be a liability. Even if he doesn't, I can't help to feel that Dad is ashamed of his son for the drugs and booze and that he wants him out of the picture. Finally he is famous, as the former lead singer of Instinct. Second is Gabe. He is probably somewhat famous now with the pictures in the tabloids and mention of his arrest in Rolling Stone. Since it appears that he was doing it for Jerry/The Scar, wouldn't he have the info to expose Jerry/The Scar, as much as Jerry did to help Helen get the information to get him arrested? I imagine it would be a liability that he probably wants to get rid of. Third is Helen. She is famous in the sense that she is the manager of the hottest rock band around. She also was able to figure out Gabe, and knows that it was Jerry who had the information. Helen may come across as abrupt, but she is also very sharp at what she does, and I imagine if she really sat down and thought about the Gabe/Jerry connection, she would figure it out herself. Lastly, I'm surprised that nobody brought up the cliffhanger in this chapter. I would guess that Dimitri is racing across the country, armed, to the resort to help The Scar take care of some nuisances right now. My guess is the four boys and Helen lives are in grave danger at the moment. Which also make me wonder if Gunter is about to earn his money as he takes on an International Arms Dealer with nuclear ambitions and a former KGB operative who seems to have no qualms in ending human life. So what do you all think? Steve

I really like the bio idea. Since the only pictures we have of you are in your sunglasses, I would imagine that you would not want to be too involved in certain aspects. Things like if I had a GPS, where I would be able to find you after you post your next cliffhanger . Probably something about what may have influenced you to write, the topic of your stories, your interests in life. That kind of stuff. I would also like to know more about Ed, but I'm not sure if you'd be willing to tell us about him. Honestly, anything that gives us some more insight behind the sunglasses would be great. Thanks for asking for our suggestions too. Steve

Three??????? I count four Oh wait, maybe there is one you don't want to modify !!!

And I'm sure you are referring to activities like whistling , licking an ice cream cone, sticking your tongue out at people , and blowing a raspberry . Right????

Wow, what a great chapter CJ !!! I loved the way that you have developed the two stories, and now we finally have a link between the two by way of Jerry being The Scar. I also want to go off my usual stance of teasing and bugging you for a moment or two. CJ, you have always stated that there is clues in your stories that will give us insight if we recognize them, and being a goat of his word, you have definitely done that. What is surprising is that you actually started giving us clues I believe in Chapter 2. I went back and re read the first 11 chapters, after reading chapter 21, and sure enough, you had it spelled right out for anyone looking to see. Here is what clues I found, and what I interpreted them as being: Joe is the son of Jerry, who coincidently was a business partner of the Carlisle brother's father. He had other businesses as well that did not include their father (Ch.2) The Scar's favourite motto is "Fortune favors the bold" (Ch. 3) Jerry helped Helen nab Gabe. He has the information that eventually allows Gabe to be charged with fraud. (Ch 8) My interpretation is that Jerry is actually the one skimming off the money from the band, which he had access to through Joe. Gabe was just the fall guy for The Scar. Jerry tells the boys he is a homosexual (Ch.8) But really, have we ever heard of Jerry hooking up with another guy, or other than the one reference, we have nothing to go on about him being gay. My guess is that it was his way to keep connected to the band and throw everyone off. So he could continue to use them. Jerry coincidental tells Brandon and Chase "Fortune favors the bold" as they are leaving the fund raiser (Ch. 11) This was the first concrete evidence that the two were the same. Jerry mentions that he raises over $100,000 for a children's charity at the fund raiser (Ch. 11) I believe this and the skimming is how he has been funding his activities as The Scar. What stood out here is that CJ will usually name something like that, like he used Rolling Stone magazine, but we never did hear the name of the charity. There were other clues further on in the story, but I don't want to list them all. To tell the truth, the first thing that triggered my spidey senses was when I heard that Jerry was from Idaho. I know it is stereotyping (sorry Kevin ), but I live close to Idaho and they do seem to have a disproportional amount of people involve in right wing organizations, white supremacists, and guns, guns, guns. Hopefully I have not offended anyone from Idaho. So for all these clues and more, I must bow to you CJ . You gave us the important clues for us to determine that Jerry was indeed The Scar. I have some other ideas, but I think I will put them in another post. Thanks for the great chapter CJ Steve

I know on a few occasions, CJ's er...um..aroma has come into question in the past. So, really would it matter? Steve

Happy Birthday Eric ! Here's hoping that the day, and the upcoming year are better than the previous one. As far as the birthday hunk, I'm having trouble getting him wrapped, he keeps moving certain parts and ripping the paper. Any ideas on where I should put the stamps Steve

Well as far as the famous person goes, are we over looking someone completely? Really, what does any of the members of Instinct, The Shadows, their entourages, or Jerry really have anything to do with the other story so far. CJ did tell us the two stories would intersect, but has anything happened yet that would indicate the two stories are connected? Maybe it is something in the future, possibly happening in Australia that would make the two stories intertwine. I'm beginning to wonder if CJ put the "famous" and "four times the normal amount" to throw us off the true path. We are all absorbed with the Instinct story, it may have nothing at all to do with the two stories at all. The only other possible famous person was Charity's Dad who I believe was a Senator. That would make him famous, and make his assassination worth four times the normal amount. Maybe he is on some committee that has something to do with the unrest in Paraguay. Maybe he is the obstacle keeping The Scar from having his own country. Two days to go till hopefully some of these questions are answered. Steve

Sacha, Are you still pounding make enormous amounts of rum and eggnog?

OOPS!!! That was one theory that I never thought of !! Since usually CJ uses the "multiple choice" option to his advantage, I automatically did not enable it. Since it appears only two people have voted, I have now enabled multiple voting. Sorry about the oops to the other person who voted. Steve

Sorry BK if I offended !!! Unfortunately I'll have to agree with Emoe about getting this far into the forums. If we did not want any spoilers in the forums, we would have to black out just about every single comment in the Chapter comments for every story. By reading the chapter comments in lets say Chapter 6 (The Kiss) of LTMP we can easily assume that chapter contains a summarization within the first 5 posts!! I remember when I first start participating here, it was reading LiS by Shadowgod, and through the forum, so called spoilers were being talked about in FTL, which ended up piquing my interest and so I went over and started reading FTL. (Actually I think it was reading some guy named Blackheart that got me addicted to Shadowgod) Lastly, don't you think by blacking out the text in the forum, won't people pay more attention to the post than if it isn't blacked out? But I will try to be more attentive to your request in the future . I too have a fear of somehow when I least expect it, to become a walking pincushion due to Graeme . Steve

So, I'm curious who everyone thinks is going to be taken care of by Mario for four times the usual price? Steve

Now imagine if Eric had been still drinking tequila when he was with Charity. Maybe they would have never had to get to the point of trying to get Brandon to cheat . I'm sure Charity would have been more plotting some revenge on Eric. Time for another shot to Eric....Cheers

I was reading through the posts and realized I haven't commented on this chapter . First off, Eric, what a guy . He just keeps giving and giving. Who else but Eric would be willing to get Steve drunk so Wilde can have a chat with him. On top of that, he reluctantly agreed to take on not one, not two, but three girls so Wilde could have his chat . I'm still hoping that CJ will disclose their conversation behind closed doors. Second, I honestly can say, that the descriptions of Rome made me actually want to visit it. Since CJ has been there a few times, I wonder how much change in the Trevi fountain is his own? This passage kinda has me wondering a lot:

I hate to correct the author here, but..... Actually good comes out of Eric drinking tequila as well. Remember him and Chase were drinking Tequila when Chase came out to him and then Eric just blurted it out to Jon. Imagine where they would be today if the brotherly bond wasn't formed with tequila. Eric also was able to help Jon to get Chase and Brandon together for the first time to kiss, due to tequila. Also, Eric was able to get rid of an annoying paparazzi with the assistance of tequila. So, like Eric in FTL, I think he is kinda my hero. And I think I'll toast Eric with a shot of tequila . Steve (coming out of the closet and declaring himself a member of SPICE)

Did I miss something here , what exactly does the "R" stand for?

Congratulations Benji Just imagine what your post count would be if you did post on weekends I too have enjoyed your posts, your contribution, your wit and your humour . Some questions: Who is Corporal Tunnel? What army is he in? What can he do to you that you would have to take insurance out for? Steve

CJ, 1. You changed Joe's profile to "A redneck from Texas" 2. You have announced that your going to Dallas on June 6 - 8th Do you think this was a wise move to insult all the fine, hard working people of Texas? Isn't this kinda like poking an angry bear with a stick? Steve

ROFLMAO Too Funny...Too True I guess it is official now that it is in your own homepage CJ !!! Congratulations!!!! Steve

Talk about giving CJ mixed emotions

I don't know if anybody actually got to watch the gold medal game or not, but one thing was quite apparent after Canada won the gold medal. There was multiple 17, 18, 19 year old guys going around kissing each others . Not full lip on lip kissing, but there was a hell of a lot of smooching on the cheeks, heads, etc. This got me to wondering, is this a reflection of the teen age group in Canada. Since we now have legalized gay marriage and it is supported most by the 15-30 age group, do these guys look at kissing another guy on international TV as nothing big? That their attitude is more liberal and that it doesn't mean that they are gay or anything? I just don't think it would be ever seen in North America ten years ago. One sportscaster called them the metro sexual junior hockey team, and they actually ran a segment of all the kissing going on during the tournament. The only one who seemed to be a bit taken aback was a sportscaster during a locker room interview after a game, and a player gave him a big smooch right after getting a towel full of shaving cream rubbed on his face. So what do you think? Steve

Honestly CJ, I gave up reading the above quoted paragraph on the third sentence, as you totally lost me and there was no hope of me even guessing what you were talking about (I must have missed that class in nuclear physics :wacko: ) . In the story, since you have gone less technical on the scenes involving the building of the bombs, I have followed it with more interest. Although I may not totally understand what they are doing, I get a general feeling about what they are doing. So I would say continue on in your current style of explanation in the story. And just in case their is anyone out there that is taking notes on how to build a nuclear bomb, I'm sure they can pm you to get all the finer details . Steve

Okay CJ, your off the hook for now...somewhat. I'm a little miffed that not a single one of my predictions was even remotely close. For this I blame you I thought the chapter was a great one for clearing up many of the questions that have been outstanding. In the one chapter we found out the story behind the Shadows, we got the time line for the tour, we know that things are going ahead of schedule in Australia, and we found out nobody died (except for possibly some poor harmless snakes and spiders in the mine shaft ). I am now even more interested in if any relationship will develop between Wilde and Steve. Since Steve doesn't seem to know about himself yet, it would be kinda fun to be a bug on the wall when Wilde brings it up with him. Who knows, maybe the two will get together and everyone will have a party and Chase can re gift a certain interior decorating book back to Wilde and Steve . As far as The Scar goes, I imagine he is a little hot under the collar after spending the past while with Vladimir, I really wouldn't want to be the person that he is going to meet with who is having troubles getting the Kryton switches. With the idea of Jim and his "contacts" helping out with the guys security, I would guess that it will only help them out in the future. It is actually surprising how many big name acts use organized bikers to provide certain types of security for the group. Just it is not really shown in the media about the close relationships. Great chapter CJ and I take it that this chapter was the start of your New Year's Resolution to not write any more Cliffhangers Steve

Wow CJ I must say that I had to keep reminding myself that you actually wrote this. It was an interesting departure from what you have written before. I guess the biggest shock was just reading the word f*&k in one of your stories. It kinda made the most character development with one word. It wasn't a bad thing, and it definitely made me understand the character much more clearly. Since the anthology was the road not taken, you definitely fit that in by having Corey not hooking up with Jake. I wonder if Jake would have changed his tune if he had hooked up with Corey, or would have he had broken Corey's heart in the end. But by making the decision to let Corey go, he showed more balls than probably most of us posses. By doing so, it was the most selfless act he probably ever did. He knew he couldn't change his ways, so rather than giving Corey a life of misery, he hoped he gave him something better. But, on the other hand, how will Corey react to losing his first true love? And.... I will say that I didn't consider it a cliffhanger. For the context of the story, the ending was appropriate IMHO. Great Job CJ , but I don't know if I ever want to go out for a drink with you . Just kidding. Steve

Don't fall for this trick guys!!! He will just discuss what the first sentence may or may not be for the next couple of days and never really do anything till he actually posts the chapter. CJ is a bit of a hypnotist with his eyes and words, he seems to lure everyone in sooner or later !!! Welcome Back Bondwriter!!!! We have missed you Just when we are in need of someone who is an expert in tying people (goats) up and roasting them on a spit, your arrive Steve