Talk:Old Man

From ILB

I am becoming more and more convinced that, if this is someone we know, it is not Jason Morelli but Herzog. We know, from standish.wav (http://www.ilovebees.com/outbound/standish.wav), that Herzog wanted to find out about what was happening on the Apocalypso, as he managed to question Captain Greene before she met her "accidental" death. We also know that he likes to get other people -- like, say, Rani -- to find out information for him. And we also know, from his conversation with Professor Avi, that, in addition to masquerading as a Cranky Old Man, he actually is an "old guy," as McKaskill describes. I don't think it's unreasonable to speculate that Herzog was aboard the ship, spoke to McKaskill, and asked him to keep his eyes open and let him know if the ship stumbled upon anything interesting. (Like, say, "a new piece of ... technology capable of crippling an entire solar system's C&C channels," which Herzog mentions in harmony.wav (http://www.ilovebees.com/outbound/harmony.wav).)

Here's where it gets interesting: I also think that it's entirely possible that Herzog, when he was on the Apocalypso, introduced The Pious Flea into Melissa's system! The Flea's job was to seek, behold, and reveal the truth -- probably to Herzog, originally -- and stay out of Melissa's sight. He was never supposed to interfere with her functions directly: in one of the Phase 3 Memories, Melissa described the feeling as "That feeling that everything is still in the room, nothing's been stolen, but things arent exactly where you left them." When the Flea became trapped in the past and couldn't reach Herzog, he reprogrammed Melissa to get her to reveal the truth herself...but to us!

Bonus thought: this is also why Melissa is suppressing these "secret" memories from Durga's awareness -- the Flea doesn't want his boss to get caught! Wow. The more I think about this, the more I like it. -- Shadow 16:58, 30 Sep 2004 (EDT)

Well, that's wrong, based on today's update showing that the Flea has no problem sending the Herzog clips to Durga. -- Shadow 00:48, 2 Oct 2004 (EDT)