For future ref, Poopypants has a piece of her soul, which will undoubtedly be exploited, if their new mummy friend tries to help out on the front lines.

No doubt, though I'm not even entirely sure what taking a piece of the soul does for Poopypants.

Not sure if Gwynn will come to the same conclusion, but I think they have the dominance spell that Allie used on Farahn (at least they had that spell before the book was destroyed). Unsavory as it might be, they could use that to make Riff more compliant for casting the claritos spell on him. Perhaps Siphy will steer Gwynn in that direction.

Spec: Quint's spell bonding Ozzid to protect his bloodline is more powerful than the spells in the Book of Uglee, preventing Gwynn from returning him to the book.

(Basing this on the fact that encountering Siphy again is the only time we've seen Ozzid end a possession on his own.)

Internet cookie points to everyone who predicted Siphy II.

And we're out of the 9/10th storyline so you get a full, unnibbled upon cookie, too. Yay for you!

DO THEY? I am thinking that the Wizard used the Dominance spell to create that necklace. It's possible the spell no longer exists. Not sure if that is possible, but...could be. Either way, Siphy WILL know about it and hopefully will mention it. So either Gwynn can go about finding it, OR the necklace can be used. It's good to have Siphy on their team. I hope they don't put her back in the book. She doesn't need to be there. Neither does Ozzid.

I wonder how well Claritos would work on various people.

Bunbun would remember he was Lord Sluggy -- assuming he's not just playing dumb. I still think he's playing dumb.

The sun twin seems to be quite forgetful and uncaring. Is that just time, or a similar bit of isolation that drove her crazy, too?

Moon twin has gone quite mad with revenge. And perhaps isolation, too? Would it do anything? Hard to say. I think she's still quite sharp.

Sam -- is there anything left to recover? Was it ever really there?

Oasis -- She's off my radar now. I dunno. Written off the show, basically.

If I was Gwynn, I'd run around casting it on everyone I see, waiting for reactions.

What are the chances this is someone other than either Sharon's "dead" neighbor or the detective Noogy was talking to?

Corky-head surprise visit!

I’m pretty sure we’re due for a headcocker visit. I just hope it’s not one of our beloved characters.

Good point. It might actually be Sharon (or Noogy), but she's one of them now.

It did not look good for her, but we don't know that for sure... Noogy is pretty resourceful and resilient.

Yeah, I am also hoping she didn't get... "head-cocked". But I am thinking that there is a chance this is her or one of those head-cockers.
I am wondering if it could be anyone affiliated with the Bug at all. The Bug DOES have a piece of Siphy's soul but I am not sure what he plans on doing with it. I am thinking that Boofy and Skip are off on their own mission. Sasha and Oasis are off on their own storyline, and not sure if we will see them again. I don't think any of the vampires care about Torg and the Gang. And I am not sure what Symachus' play is.

BunBun could also be up to something. He DID act suspicious when Torg came to talk to him. He was talking to someone on the radio, about someone not coming to pick something up. And Torg asked about smelling blood. BunBun was talking about selling his diamonds elsewhere. Thinking on it later, I wonder if he had grabbed the missing head of Sharon's neighbor, for some reason. Not sure why he would, but maybe someone asked him to? And they were paying him a LOT? A lot more than diamonds? I dunno.
And he made a cryptic remark at the end. "Here's to you Nerd-Boy. As bad as it is, everything is about to get worse." Now, what could THAT mean?? What does he KNOW?

Oh man, I had forgotten about that remark from Bun Bun. Hopefully this is just part of that (two birds with one precious stone and all that).

Feel better Pete! "Terrible pain issues" does NOT sound good. I hope it is something that passes quickly.

Since we are still waiting for Pete to feel better, I thought I would post a random question...to get people thinking.

So, we know that Quint created the four books (E-ville, Gud, Ughlee, and Bhad). We can see them all here in the first panel.
https://archives.sluggy.com/book.php?ch ... 2021-02-17

What I am wondering is, what was Quint's intention for the Book of Bhad? What do you think he was putting in there during his work on it? And then Allie took over his work, and I am wondering what she might have put in there, if anything. Whatever it's contents were, Dunuloa was unhappy with the book. See the first panel HERE:

https://archives.sluggy.com/book.php?ch ... 2021-03-12

Obviously, much later, Yffi/Symachus obtains the books and adds a LOT to them, with the help of Edda. And his intentions were not good. Edda mentioned it was filled with blood and death magic. So...what did Quint put in there initially, and what were HIS intentions?

Open forum.....GO!