DEADLINE open thread. Have a party.

Just finished reading it. Damn that's good. I have to admit - I was expecting someone I cared about more to die at the end. If you'd killed Becks, I wouldn't have been totally surprised. Or even Sean, for that matter.

As I've pointed out in comments above, the cloning - more specificially the cloning to current age - is the only bit that I'm currently having trouble with. Up until that point (and excepting it), everything falls into the category of extrapilatorily plausible.

I had a bit of a problem at the end with the whole lack of communication they had on the road back from Memphis, and back in Weed. I was never certain if it was just their equipment that wasn't working, or what. Because by the time they do get connected, it's obvious that *some* people were able to stay connected to the net. So I'm confused.

I'm also wondering if the "new rising" was opportunistic with the storm system, or meant to cover up the death of Dr. Wynn, and bury anything they chose to release under a different news cycle.

I also think that soon we'll be finding out about weaponized K-A versus an immune military force. I mean, what a way to take out an opposing army - drop K-A, turn them to zombies (who don't use weapons) and then send in your troops who can handle a few scratches without worry. Or imagine releasing it into an enemy government building at the moment of a coup - the deaths can be blamed away, and you can move your people in under all the confusion.

I'm not sure if I'm being too paranoid for a Newsflesh world, or not paranoid enough...

But, anyway - great job.