{"id":49123,"date":"2020-07-17T13:57:56","date_gmt":"2020-07-17T17:57:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/lovejoyfeminism\/?p=49123"},"modified":"2020-07-17T13:57:56","modified_gmt":"2020-07-17T17:57:56","slug":"island-of-aquarius-lots-and-lots-of-explosives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lovejoyfeminism\/2020\/07\/island-of-aquarius-lots-and-lots-of-explosives.html","title":{"rendered":"Island of Aquarius: Lots and Lots of Explosives"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><strong>Island of Aquarius, pp. 139-153<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m going to start by taking us back a moment, because I skimmed over so much last week. Here\u2019s a bit from the argument between Kelno and his followers, before some of his followers (\u201cthe faithful twenty-seven\u201d) leave him to follow The Real MacKenzie and the Coopers:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cSilence!\u201d shouted Kelno. \u201cSilence! I am lord here! You will do as I say!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen stop the earthquakes,\u201d an elderly man shouted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho said that?\u201d Kelno demand angrily, looking over the crowd.<\/p>\n<p>But now more shouts arose.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah, you said the quaking would stop. Well, it hasn\u2019t,\u201d said a housewife.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHey, I\u2019m a geologist, and I think MacKenzie\u2019s right,\u201d said a well-dressed man.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t want to die!\u201d a young girl said.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Peretti\u2019s fascination with Kelno\u2019s followers\u2019 former careers\u2014well, only the men\u2019s\u2014is fascinating. He\u2019s all, accountant, business executive, college professor. And here we have a geologist. I\u2019d really love to hear this geologist\u2019s opinion on the absolutely impossible geology going on here, but I know we won\u2019t get it.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, those who chose to leave Kelno followed MacKenzie and the Coopers into the snake-inhabited volcanic vent in the sacrificial pit and through the volcanic tubes in the island, to the cavern where MacKenzie\u2019s makeshift boat rests\u2014only to find that the way out\u2014the tunnel that opens at low tide\u2014is now permanently under water. This is a problem.<\/p>\n<p>The Dude and Lila, rowing in his canoe toward that same tunnel from the outside, have just realized the same thing.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Candle threw back his head and screamed\u2014a mournful, anguished sound. He held his head in his hands, he trembled, he shook his head, he screamed again.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Meanwhile, inside the cavern, everyone has crowded onto the handmade boat\u2014but they have nowhere to go.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Adam shined his flashlight straight up, and the rough, black-rock ceiling was pressing steadily downward like a descending cloud.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ll be crushed!\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMommy,\u201d said a little girl, \u201cmy ears hurt.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Cooper agreed. \u201cThe air pressure is increasing. The lava vent must be sealed up now. The water\u2019s coming in, but the air can\u2019t get out.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Wait. The lava vent is sealed up with what, exactly? They just came through it, and as they did, they had to leap over cracks in the rock, as the volcanic mountain split clear up to the surface. It would seem, then, that the lava vent has so far become more porous due to the geological activity, rather than less. The lava vent is sealed up now\u00a0<em>by what\u00a0<\/em>exactly?<\/p>\n<p>Regardless, this is a bad bad situation.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Candle and Lila pulled on the paddles for all they were worth, and the canoe fought its way through the waves and out away from the island\u2019s crumbling, muddy mass. They had to get clear before they were sucked down, gobbled up by the churning sea. Candle was frantic and babbling, not knowing what to do next.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Suddenly there was a crash, and Lila and Candle jumped with a start. From nowhere, a large chip of volcanic rock fell into the canoe, smashed a case of canned goods, and broke into two jagged halves that came to rest at the bottom of the canoe.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>From <em>nowhere?<\/em>\u00a0It\u2019s not like this thing is <em>erupting!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I had to update my picture. I had to.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/166\/2020\/07\/The-Island-of-Awuarius-Crumbling-2.png\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-49129\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/166\/2020\/07\/The-Island-of-Awuarius-Crumbling-2-1024x542.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"542\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Okay. So, what happens next?<\/p>\n<p>Lila looks at the rock and realizes it\u2019s volcanic rock\u2014\u201clight and brittle\u201d\u2014and suddenly has an idea.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cC\u2019mon, let\u2019s row!\u201d she shouted. \u201cWe\u2019ve got to get back to your supply hut before it sinks!\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Okay I have a question. If the abandoned village was already partially submerged the day the Coopers were supposed to leave the island\u2014before all this additional quaking and sinking (those in \u201cThe Ark\u201d can see the ceiling descending above them, for crying out loud), shouldn\u2019t it be sunk by now?<\/p>\n<p>Apparently not!<\/p>\n<p>They get back to The Dude\u2019s supply hut in the half-submerged village, and Lila grabs all of the plastic explosives\u2014the ones The Dude thought were muffins and tried to eat\u2014along with the detonators, and an \u201cemergency\u201d oxygen tank and mouth piece.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, in cavern, the men Kelno sent after MacKenzie, Jay, Dr. Cooper, and \u201cthe faithful twenty-seven\u201d have realized that they\u2019re trapped: \u201cthe lava vent they had followed to get here was now completely blocked.\u201d Maybe it caved in? I would totally buy that, it\u2019s just that thus far, the emphasis has all been on cracks, and the lava vents didn\u2019t collapse on them <em>before<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Since they have nowhere to go, these formerly brave fighters freak out and join everyone else on the boat. MacKenzie sets about making sure everyone is properly saved and ready to meet their maker. (Because that\u2019s what they\u2019re assuming is next.) Like really though\u2014there are whole big \u201clet\u2019s make everyone\u2019s right with the Lord\u201d moments going on here. And everyone is terrified and freaking out, so they\u00a0<em>all\u00a0<\/em>buy in.<\/p>\n<p>Lila has The Dude draw her a diagram.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>As Lila continued counting detonators and wads of explosive, Candle stopped and scratched out a diagram in the dirt. She then studied it carefully.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat wall there\u2014\u201d she said, pointing. \u201cThe wall, the one between the whirlpool and the cavern \u2026 How thick is it? How much rock?\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The Dude says the wall is very thick, and I\u2019m realizing a possible problem with my own diagram. Is the whirlpool supposed to be right <em>next<\/em> to the cavern?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/166\/2020\/07\/Revised-Island-Outline.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-49132\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/166\/2020\/07\/Revised-Island-Outline-1024x798.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"798\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>See? The whirlpool is\u00a0<em>next to\u00a0<\/em>the cavern. Okay! Works for me!<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, Lila sends The Dude to make sure the canoe doesn\u2019t float away, and takes that opportunity to give him the slip. She grabs the explosives, the emergency oxygen bottle with mouthpiece, and takes off for the whirlpool.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/166\/2020\/07\/Revised-Island-Outline-copy.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-49135\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/166\/2020\/07\/Revised-Island-Outline-copy-1024x798.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"798\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>No, really! Lila takes a running start, and\u00a0<em>jumps\u00a0<\/em>off the cliff, falling through the air and hitting the surface of the whirlpool like solid marble.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s her plan? It\u2019s simple, really!<\/p>\n<p>Oh, and remember\u2014by this time the water is actually higher.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/166\/2020\/07\/Revised-Island-Outline-explosives.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-49136\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/166\/2020\/07\/Revised-Island-Outline-explosives-1024x798.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"798\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yeah, so,\u00a0<em>that\u2019s\u00a0<\/em>the plan. She jumps in the whirlpool, gets sucked under, finds herself under rock, and figures that\u2019s the time to start planting the explosives.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>She jammed the wad into a crack in the rock, attached a detonator, and set the timer for five minutes, then turned a small timer on her wrist to five minutes. She let the current carry her a few more feet until she grabbed onto the rocks again and planted another wad and detonator.<\/p>\n<p>Okay, she thought. We\u2019ll see how many of these I can plant before I run out of time, or run out of charges or run out of\u00a0<em>air!\u00a0<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Oh yes, this is perfectly safe for a 13-year-old.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile \u2026 we get a glimpse into Kelno\u2019s mind.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Stuart Kelno remained near his cottage, no longer able to control his people. He figured there was nothing to do now but wait for this horrible shaking to stop\u2014oh, and it\u00a0<i>would\u00a0<\/i>stop, he was sure\u2014so the rebuilding could start.<\/p>\n<p>But then he heard a loud snap and the swish of palm branches through the air, and looked just in time to see a huge palm tree flop down on his cottage, cutting it neatly in half. Wood, glass, idols, and books flew everywhere. How could this be? A tree falling on the house of a\u00a0<em>god?\u00a0<\/em>Suddenly Kelno began to feel small and helpless; if he\u00a0<em>was\u00a0<\/em>a god or if he did have divine control over the forces of this island \u2026 it was getting harder and harder to believe it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>Whaaaat.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>So apparently Kelno actually believes it all?! I\u2019d taken him for a con man and was trying to figure out his long game, with the earthquakes getting worse. Yikes. He actually thought he was a god, with divine control over natural forces? Well. I suppose that <em>is<\/em> one type of cult leader. The delusional.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>He looked this way and that. His followers were scattering in all directions. No one was watching him. A thought occurred to him. Perhaps the missionary was right all along. Perhaps there was still some room on that boat of his.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Kelno heads for the pit, figuring he can climb through those vents alone, into the cavern, which, what. Has literally<em> no one<\/em> read about Theseus?<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Lila ran into a problem. While planting explosives, a slab of rock broke off, fell slowly down through the water, and pinned Lila to the bottom.<\/p>\n<p>Oh by the way, The Dude is running around the jungle yelling for Lila, so maybe she should have actually told him where she was going.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway. Lila\u2019s leg is pinned, and the detonators she set on all those explosives are about to start expiring\u2014in a bad way:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Lila\u2019s lungs were empty. She sucked on the mouthpiece, but there was nothing left. The oxygen had run out!<\/p>\n<p>Twenty seconds. Lila tore a small corner off one of the plastic charges, jammed a detonator into it, found a niche in the slab that looked promising, and set the detonator for five seconds.<\/p>\n<p>She then stretched her body as far away from that charge as she could, wrapped her arms around her head and over her ears, and waited.<\/p>\n<p>It was like she\u2019d been hit by an underwater freight train. The sound was deafening, the concussion stunning; the blast rattled her teeth.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Uh. Wow.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>She was shooting through the murky water like a torpedo, surrounded by foaming, roaring bubbles and pulverized rock. She was tumbling, her body limp, half-conscious, end over end.<\/p>\n<p>She couldn\u2019t feel her leg. Had she blow it off?<\/p>\n<p>Only ten seconds left. She could feel the pressure of the water easing. She was approaching the surface, but where?<\/p>\n<p>Five seconds.<\/p>\n<p>Her head broke through into beautiful, delicious, God-given air! She gasped it down and started swimming. Now she could feel her left leg. Praise God\u2014it was still there, but it wasn\u2019t working. Dull, agonizing pain shot through it. She\u2019d broken something, maybe a lot of things.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Yow. Wow.<\/p>\n<p>Lila finds a rocky ledge\u2014whatever was left to climb onto in the fast-filling cavern she\u2019s come un in, the same cavern with the boat.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s what happens next.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/166\/2020\/07\/Revised-Island-Outline-explosives-BOOM.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-49138\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/166\/2020\/07\/Revised-Island-Outline-explosives-BOOM-1024x798.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"798\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But we\u2019ll cover that next week. &gt;.&gt;<\/p>\n<p><b>I have a <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/lovejoyfeminism\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><b>Patreon<\/b><\/a><b>! 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