izikial Posted October 22, 2014 Report Share Posted October 22, 2014 so i understand the "science" behind levi doing his return to life stuff, tethered souls swamping places and what not. but what is the visual that actually happens. im a very visual player and i play it for the cinematic element. i have a few ideas, but id be interested if anyone actually knows and where they found it. my current thoughts are the waifs skin sloughs of like a snake and levi is what's left the waif just dies and levi appears next to her (not very fancy) levis body gets yanked at huge speeds to the waif and then the waif gets destroyed when it reaches he working on game mechanics it sounds like he pops out of the ground like a when (4 year old spoilers) dean gets resurrected on supernatural, but that is just because they use the buried mechanic name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durza Posted October 22, 2014 Report Share Posted October 22, 2014 This has come up before, I think the best answer someone came up with was the waif crumbles to dust and Levi is left standing where she was, but I don't think there's been a canon answer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbobovalsocks Posted October 22, 2014 Report Share Posted October 22, 2014 I've always thought of it as being that the waif crumbles to dust and Levi's soul is returned to his old body, so his corpse would just re-animate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengt Posted October 22, 2014 Report Share Posted October 22, 2014 No no, I'm pretty sure Leveticus takes the waifs place and stands there in her frilly dress. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
izikial Posted October 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2014 the soul cant go to his old body cus in game he moves to wear the waif is, and in the story in crossroads he rematerializes inside the command room of that other guy, and his old body would be way to full of holes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebarbalag Posted October 22, 2014 Report Share Posted October 22, 2014 Yeah, it seems like it would make more sense that he "materializes" a new body, unfortunately bound in the same state it was in when he died (old, decrepit, damaged, complete with clothes and mechanical replacement parts), due to some sort of magical resonance, materializes from the ashes and dust left behind as the Waif disintegrates. At least that's how I've always thought of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moxypoo Posted October 22, 2014 Report Share Posted October 22, 2014 I've always pictured it like the guy furthest to the right (except it's Levy popping out of a Waif). Reminds me of something from the movie "The Thing". In levy's story in Crossroads, the author specifically mentions how everyone stops to stare at the transformation of the guy into an Abomination, so you can imagine how disturbing it is. I like to think Levy's "rebirth" is similar. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
izikial Posted October 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2014 yh i kind of like that, the waif kinda cripples over and her leg breaks and mettle comes out to support it and so on, like a horrific wear-wolf esc transformation 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hateful Darkblack Posted October 22, 2014 Report Share Posted October 22, 2014 The Hollow Waif goes to a nice farm when she can run and play with other Hollow Waifs. She's having a nice relaxing vacation now. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(Sarcasm) Posted October 23, 2014 Report Share Posted October 23, 2014 After reading Crossroads I also imagined something similar to the creation of an abomination from a man. But it could be much subtler, like the waif crumples to the ground and Leveticus is revealed to be standing directly behind her as she falls, then steps over the body and it is gone. *OOH dramatic* On a different but related point of discussion. In the Crossroads' description of waifs it mentions that they are undead but in the books previous to M2E I'm sure it specifically says they aren't but are rather soulless bodies (i.e. still alive but without personality beyond what Levy gives them). can anybody confirm? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durza Posted October 23, 2014 Report Share Posted October 23, 2014 No no, I'm pretty sure Leveticus takes the waifs place and stands there in her frilly dress. Still waiting for the Levi in waif dresses boxset. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Math Mathonwy Posted October 23, 2014 Report Share Posted October 23, 2014 The Waif sheds a single tear, camera zooms and zooms on that tear and there is another Malifaux there where Levi never died and is standing where the Waif was in the original dimension. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Requirement Posted October 23, 2014 Report Share Posted October 23, 2014 The Waif sheds a single tear, camera zooms and zooms on that tear and there is another Malifaux there where Levi never died and is standing where the Waif was in the original dimension. This is how all summoning works in Malifaux. Just zoom in until you hit a reality where the character was always there. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
izikial Posted October 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2014 right, loves this, love it all, but im worried about your mental state 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancor709 Posted October 29, 2014 Report Share Posted October 29, 2014 Levi and his quis-science mastry of the life death cycle and the nature of his tethers and the ability to come back. For me in mundo eye is that levi has a view of the world fundamentally different to standard human perception like he sees the energy behind and binding to the world. His waifs represent an energy pool that his specific energy is anchored 2. When he rebirth his energy I imagine erupts forth changing the waif in a nice light show and ending with levi standing there. He is merely tran forming energy from one form to another Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpectreEliteGaming Posted October 29, 2014 Report Share Posted October 29, 2014 He comes back zombie baby in Dead Alive style - riping out of the body in a gruesome manner, I'm sure (materializes inside the waif like a vessel, beforehand). I'm hoping the new waifs look more steampunk necromancer-ish, like pieced together with metal here and there, not really like a real human - just sort of a hollow shell to take a snooze inside of. Or like Uncle Frank in Hellraiser but from the waif, not out of the floor (much like that one Illuminated, I suppose). That's what I figure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loveless Posted October 30, 2014 Report Share Posted October 30, 2014 I always liked the thought of the waif darkening and turning into ash, then bursting into nothing with Levi standing in its place, brushing ashes off his coat. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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