Indigo

Living in Washington State, my plan is island life. There are masses of small islands in the San Juans, some occupied some not. Once cleared of any walkers we'd have wonderful conditions for growing crops. Sail boats could go on runs to the mainland to collect livestock and other supplies. Never too hot, rarely too cold. Keep lookouts on the beaches to watch for intruders. Maybe luck out and have a lighthouse already onsite. The only thing that bothers me is the members of your group that could turn without warning (heart attack, stroke, a bad fall, etc). That is always such an x-factor, not just for the possibility of attack, but what if they're on watch and you get infiltrated because they weren't able to warn everyone. Living alone seems just as hazardous, and I'd surely die of loneliness.

Terminius: A Sanctuary (definitions from dictionary.com) ter•mi•nus noun, plural ter•mi•ni ter•mi•nus•es (aside: I prefer Termites when referring to the folks in our story) 1. the end or extremity of anything 2. either end of a railroad line 3. British: the station or the town at the end of a railway or bus route 4. the point toward which anything tends; goal or end 5. a boundary or limit sanc•tu•ar•y noun, plural sanc•tu•ar•ies. 1. a holy place 2. a consecrated building or shrine 3. Old Testament a. the Israelite temple at Jerusalem, esp the holy of holies b. the tabernacle in which the Ark was enshrined during the wanderings of the Israelites 4. the chancel, or that part of a sacred building surrounding the main altar 5. a. a sacred building where fugitives were formerly entitled to immunity from arrest or execution b. the immunity so afforded 6. a place of refuge; asylum 7. a place, protected by law, where animals, esp birds, can live and breed without interference I was curious what the textbook definitions of these two words were to see if more could be determined and thought others might like to read them, too. If you take terminus definition 1 and sanctuary definition 5 you get: An extremely sacred building where fugitives were once entitled to immunity from execution. Then, what if you play in the 7th definition of sanctuary: a place where animals can live and breed without interference. We have an interesting prospect here: A sacred place where refugees are entitled to immunity from execution and can live and breed without interference. It seems obvious there is a religious/cult-like aspect to Terminus with the clues we’ve been given, so what if they believe you can’t be executed (hence the herding) but you can be sacrificed. A ceremoniously sacrificed meal for the greater good of all? P.S. Thanks for reading my very long, very first “real” post (my 1st was my introduction) and I look forward to getting to October with all of you. P.P.S. I am not spoiled in any way (not even with the comics) and I hope to stay that way!