Kin surving, or Psimax dying.

[DuIstalri]

Just me being curious here - if you had to choose between Kin managing to survive this, OR Psimax getting killed permanently, which would you choose?

[Reads_Forums]

Psimax dying, easy choice. Leaving his part in the MoM unresolved would be unsatisfactory.

[ForgetsOldName]

I hope she drinks the healing potion, summons acid, and throws what's left of the sophisticated adventuring tool in the tool's face.

[Reads_Forums]

I hope she drinks the healing potion, summons acid, and throws what's left of the sophisticated adventuring tool in the tool's face.

And then which of the options? Or didn't you read the OP?

[thinkslogically]

I'd go with kin surviving, since that would imply that they win the maze. Since Psymax is not from their reality and the majority of other realities are evil, leaving him to destroy the leftover teams would statistically be a win for the forces of good. Also, they'll never have to meet him again, so that would be a win.

[RJJ7]

Naturally, the choice would depend on how well Thunt pulls off the chosen scenario. However, I am strongly leaning towards both dying (as opposed to both living). Kin's death still has the potential to affect the story in a positive way; spurring character development, for example. I don't really see anything that can be done with Psimax surviving. It would simply be letting a horrible villain go free, which is rarely satisfactory. Though obviously, I'll take an unsatisfactory Psimax life over an unsatisfactory Kin death.

[friedkitty]

Kin surviving, because I am a sentimental sap.

Plus if Psimax survives and manages to screw up his figures and instead of oblivion, sends himself to the wrong reality (because he was so obsessed with 156 that he accidentally plugged it into his formula), he could potentially come back as a villain later and get killed then.

If Kin dies, she dies. So I'll take a definite positive and a potential positive over a definite positive and a definite negative.

[Godbot]

Are you kidding? I'd definitely rather keep one of the central characters alive than get closure on some mostly inconsequential villain who just wants to kill himself.

[Bad At Jokes]

Kin dying. She is a plot device that i'm glad is about to be exhausted.

[Krulle]

Make a poll out of this. You as OP can. Edit first post, below the post is a tab for polls.

[DrinksTooMuchCoffee]

Might want to make a poll a little more clear as "both live" and "both die".

[Killaim]

I believe kin will live - psymax will die horribly - and kin will leave the others behind.


She will heal with potion - then use the arrow/jug (acid) to get her collar off - all her natural powers will return and she uses them to kill psymax.

suspecting she will gain back her "normal" attitude/alignment and leave the others behind.

[Reads_Forums]

Might want to make a poll a little more clear as "both live" and "both die".

You could make an option "too stupid to read the poll" that would cover all alternatives, reminds me of people who answer phone in polls to answer "don't know"

[Aspartame]

+1 for Kin surviving. We only have two female protagonists, it would be a great shame to lose one.
Psymax has no real relevance to the overall storyline, other than if he kills Kin, so his death has no importance. In fact, from his own perspective, his own ongoing existance would he his greatest punishment.

[BuildsLegos]

In fact, Psimax's motive for nonexistence -that he wants to reduce the suffering of the world- has ripened him to take on a more heroic path, all he needs is a kick out of the maze.

[DuIstalri]

Ok, I've edited the first post to have a poll included, I'm new to the forms, so don't judge me for not noticing that.

[Mereneth]

Edit it again. Surviving, not surving...

[RJJ7]

In fact, Psimax's motive for nonexistence -that he wants to reduce the suffering of the world- has ripened him to take on a more heroic path, all he needs is a kick out of the maze.

I think he needs a few more kicks than that. If he got out of the maze, I would see him as wanting to get back into it so he could obliviate himself and all the other participants. Of course, if the maze is somehow destroyed, that would be another matter. Even so, he might look at it as a hopeless task. After all, what good does it really do to alleviate a tiny, insignificant speck of suffering when the entire multiverse is constantly inflicting an endless cycle of pain on every being in existence?


I still can't envision both living as being a good thing for the story, but all I can safely say is that it will be interesting to see what Thunt does.

EDIT: Perhaps we don't need death for Psimax, but I do think that Thunt will need to somehow give closure to the whole oblivion thing. I don't think it will be enough for our group to escape, leaving everyone else in the maze to be obliviated by a still-functional Psimax. But hey, maybe Thunt will prove me wrong.

[DuIstalri]

In regards to Psimax, I'm personally hoping he gets his throat slit, and is THEN pushed onto the winners circle. That way he bleeds to death outside the maze, and never gets to oblivionate himself.

[Iamnotreallyhere]

My theory for how PsiMax will die:
Maybe he get's his head Obliviated, then when team FMK win and the maze restarts Psimax, having never had a head to begin with, starts out dead with his partners wondering how they have been killed soo many times by a headless Psion.

Though I think it would be interesting if he somehow doesn't die, I think ultimately he will die.

[Kore]

It all depends on nature of Psi-max's death. If it prevents him from killing all the other seeds of evil in the maze, then better if both live so he can try again. (The needs of the many seeds of evil outweigh the needs of the two)

But if he dies wiping out all the other seeds of evil then best if both die.

[DuIstalri]

The needs of the many seeds of evil outweigh the needs of the two

This absolutely made my day.

[Krulle]

Ok, I've edited the first post to have a poll included, I'm new to the forms, so don't judge me for not noticing that. :P

No problem. I didnot know of polls on this forum, until I saw one....

A small warning: if you're going to change the poll options (e.g. by adding "PsiMax dies, Kin lives"), the poll gets resetted... :(

[Maddoc]

I say both die, but then again, I might have read too much of George R. R. Martin lately....

[Dragomok]

I'm pretty sure Kin is already good as dead.
She lost more than a half of her body, which means - if snake's anatomy is relevant to the anatomy of yuan-ti - she certainly doesn't have most of her infestines and probably spleen, kidneys and/or bladder (not to mention genitals).