Interlude 25

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Interlude 25
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25 (Interlude; Bonesaw) is the seventh and final chapter of Scarab and the first interlude. Bonesaw puts Jack in stasis, works on making the Slaughterhouse Clones, and meets a boy. After a brief meeting with Contessa, Riley makes a change, then they all wake up. S9 is back.

Plot

July 8th, 2011

Everyone goes to sleep

September 28th, 2011

November 15th, 2011

November 12th, 2012

January 24th, 2013

May 25th, 2013

Everyone wakes up

Major Events

• The woman in the suit had the effect that she did due to a combination of Bonesaw's problem solver mentality, her first friendship outside of and long term separation from: the nine. All causing the little tinker to re-evaluate things.<ref name="R83">It's not what was said, but the context of it. Bonesaw is lonely enough she befriends the corner store cashier, disconnected from the Nine for the first time in ages. That she was staying awake through the timeskip was a first step in rebelling (Keep in mind she's on the verge of becoming a teenager).
  With nobody to talk to and no Jack to steer her back on course, simple words reverberate within an echo chamber, hard to ignore because of the puzzle that is this strange woman, a problem that a problem solver like Bonesaw is inclined to try to solve. - Comment by Wildbow on Reddit</ref>

Trivia

• Given that Bonesaw's capture occurs offscreen, this could essentially be considered her defeat.
• Wildbow put "All the goddamn psychopaths" on top of the usual characters tags for this chapter.
• Throughout this chapter the current members of the S9 are essentially living cryonauts. Waiting for the End of the World.

Characters

Slaughterhouse Nine Bonesaw Jack Slash Night Hag Hookwolf Skinslip Slaughterhouse ≥two hundred and seventy Nicholas (just one) Burnscar x9 Chuckles x9 Cherish x9 Damsel of Distress x9 + child test-version Alan Gramme x9 + child test-version Ned x9 Nyx x9 Crimson x9 Madeline x9 The Siberian x9 Psychosoma x9 King x9 Shatterbird x9 Night Hag x9 Skinslip x9 Unidentified Others Bonesaw's Masterpieces Murder Rat x9 Snowmann Tyrant Spawner Nighty Night Laughjob Others Eli Woman in the Suit Mrs. Hemston Melanie Hemston (important part without lines)

References

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