What is her angle? Does she see Jenny as a threat to them all and wants Zimmy to do what she can to help?

Oh, Zimmy's changing too. Of course she would, yeah, he said, realizing it as he said it.

And so drops the other shoe...

Can’t wait to see what sort of 4D chess move Zara has planned with this outburst.

This sure puts that time she dressed like Zimmy for Jack's enjoyment into a new light!

well there go that plan. i hope it all goes down the drain.

:( Zimmy Zims... no... OTOH time to start wrecking things! Your counterpart and your friend would make pretty strong allies: The Machine God and a 2x powered flame elemental. Both quite pissed off at this point.

Miss "Keep Her Wits About Her" is doing a bang-up job of guiding Zimmy Zims by saying some accurate things while acting like she's Zimmy Zims's most honestest and trustworthiest source.

What a surprise. What a twist. Gasp. Or something.

I’m starting to think Zara has her own agenda…

Finally, Jenny's true motives.

Panel 6 is INTENSE. Also if there was ANY lingering doubt that Jenny intentionally caused that misunderstanding, it should be well and gone now that her true intentions are openly stated.

I would love to know exactly how much of what Zara's saying she actually knows is true, vs has assumed is true, vs is an intentional falsehood. I suppose it may be revealed with time.

When you want to tell a character, "Calm down, and let's talk to Coyote about this." And, then, you realize you just talked about Coyote as if he were the voice of moral reason in this story. And, THEN, you realize he kind of is. That's how bad things are.

On one hand, wow Zara, just wow. Throwing your friends under the bus like that. But on the other hand, I'm sure Jenny would do the same for you, so y'know, what's fair is fair.

The Plot Thickens!

"It's a problem I can't believe anything any of them says at this point" I want to say, but it's clearly by design. Well done, Tom

Has Zara gotten a conscience? She's a sly one; can we trust that she's telling the truth? She's still an accessory to an attempted murder, and maybe to a murder too. The plot thickens! (Geat work, Tom!)

Coyote knew this would happen: he warned Zimmy on Page 3252 that it was the beginning of the end. Even though he considered the end really a shame on Page 3312.

Yeah okay, the level of lies and manipulation is so high in the coven that it's hard to say what to believe. Zimmy would be wise to actually reach inside this girl's head now. It's obvious that Zara is attempting to save herself right now, and probably Rosa.

…Are you a chronic liar/twister, Zara?

...wot? Where is any of this coming from? I mean, this is a huge escalation. And, probably, six different kinds of distraction. Forget this drama, forget about Jack, don't care who Jenny is or what she wants, and go deal with Noa. That golem is the destabilizing force.

This is unravelling at an accelerated pace.

Yo, personal space violation much?

JENNY, definetly Jenny, it was all Jenny (not me)

I’m second-guessing everything Zara says at this point. It’s unnerving to know that she can track people and seems so earnest/untouched when she wants to get something. She’s wicked. I like her.

Zara seriously what is your plan here with throwing them all under the bus and badmouthing them from the MOMENT you met Zimmy ???? It doesn't seem like she actually cares about Zimmy's wellbeing so I highly doubt she's telling her about Jenny to actually try to protect her or help her out.

I mean..... i don't wanna say i called it...... but?

But will Zimmy believe her? (I hope not)

So, she’s half lying, half guessing to try to save her own skin? Because none of what’s happened since Noa was dragged in feels planned.

Bad stuff is happening, I know, but I love that Zimmy is getting more Zimmyfied on this page. I missed Zimmy's facial expressions. (Red's expressions remain my favourite though xD )

Set. And. Up.

Use em or loose em. Comon zimmy i believe in u- btw have you heard what they did to omega?

Wits continue to be kept about Zara.

Zara is very good at this. ... like, I'm not exactly sure what THIS is (there is bluffing, and double bluffing and triple bluffing involved), but she is VERY good and being panicky and overwhelming in a manipulative manner.

So Jenny turned her coven into one trick ponnies for the express purpose of becoming Zeta? Sylvie is the CC :D

Still assuming Zara is manipulating Zimmy.

Zimmy, your teeth are looking a bit... • Zara's info is weird because there's no buildup like there usually is. For example Annie's unusual from the start and eventually her traumatic past and supernatural nature get revealed. On the other hand it's very plausible, for instance there's no proof Rosa has a crush on Jack but there wasn't any indication Annie had a crush on Smitty aside from him being listed amongst boys she knows in a side comic and we don't know who Annie's current crush is. • Jenny is trying to exploit Zimmy like the Court did the æther but the Court gave up after ~250 years and two major supernatural attacks. Good luck Jenny, you're gonna need it against an angry guilt-free mind goddess.

Ok, so is she playing her or telling the truth? Movements indicate the first.

It seems in the last panel Zimmy has realized Zara is trying to deflect any blame from herself. Sure Jenny seems to indeed doing that (what a revelation though! That she's trying to get rid of Jack to access Zimmy's powers directly!) but it's not as if Zara hasn't been helping her. They're all doing this for their own selfish desires. Ps I like the subtle detail of Zimmy's teeth in the second panel

We are losing this normal version da Zimmy. Pity. She was so beautiful.

Jenny really is evil. (Also you're not alone SapphicLight, I want to see that happen too)

just get rid of her, Zimmers. She's either a traitor or plotting something stupid or both - get rid of all of them pronto.

Still can't tell if going rogue or part of plan

Ah, the apparent heel-face-turn. Not stupid. Calculating.

Is she realy realising that just NOW or is she pretending to realise it just NOW?

Maybe don't kill them if they planed for it. Just run Zimmy! RUN!

Damn. She's a smooth manipulator. And I think even more ruthless than Jenny.

Yeesh. Admittedly, I never would've seen this coming back when we first introduced to Jenny in The Torn Sea. She seemed so friendly. If Zimmy, who has spent a good portion of her life trapped in nightmare dystopian Zimmingham, is perturbed, it's for a very good reason. Granted, Zimmy has never exactly liked having this power of hers, but Jenny having full access has all kinds of nightmarish implications.

A’ight Zara 100% did something so Zimmy would find her, or Coyote did. Imagine if she had grabbed Sylvie…

Where is gamma in all of this?

i'm sure coyote knew this would happen

So, the only questions are, "How much of what Zara said is true?", "How much has Zara left unsaid", and "What is Zara trying to provoke Zimmy into doing, and why?"

Zimmys face in last panel is exact face im making rn

>Jenny's trying to take my powers away from me? >Thank goodness, I can finally be free from this horrible curse!

Knowing that was the plan the whole time makes her evil, expecting Jenny to share her power once she has no use for anyone else makes her a sucker. They're all puppets to Jenny.

Zimmy might take some umbrage with Jenny trying to use her. Time for a literal witch hunt.

Is Zara saying this now because she's scared of Zimmy or because it will help Jenny? Or is it just too late to stop Jenny? How is Kat a bigger danger?

I really don't like how Zara got all close to Zimmy's face and put her arms around her like that. First off it's creepy and second off WHAT is Zara up to? Is this some sort of witch thing?

Too. Close.

I have no idea who's on whose side

idk that throwing jenny under the bus is going to help

idk that throwing jenny under the bus is going to help

Starting to think that Zara was not merely info dumping to Zimzims for the sake of subtly affecting their interactions but purely out of a sense of actually needing to vent about it and having someone to vent to, even if said person might wipe her mind at any second.

You knew your friend wanted to capture and utilize the power of a living person and is willing to kill her own boyfriend and others to do it and you never thought to try and warn anybody???

Uhhhhh... I appreciate her honoring the villainous tradition of explaining the plot, But won't this just make Zimmy mad at her too? Though this might mean she thinks there's nothing Zimmy can DO to stop her at this point.

Coyo- uh, I mean— Zara knew this would happen.

I thought that Jenny was 'bout to get eaten by Sylvie, and Where is Gamma? She was Zimmy's closest friend right? Girl Jenny what the witch are you up to?

Jenny just wants to kill her other version and be the only Zimmy version. She already got Omega. She told Annie and co. that she wants to stop them from reaching her bc Zimmy is keeping the Aether bridge open, but I bet she wants to end everything and be the only version of her standing, whether bc of the court or that she wants all the power and she’ll use Jack’s insanity to get it.

So, Jenny has told Zara everything? Or is Zara trying to make things up to mislead Zimmy?

is zara coming up with this to save herself? Or is this common knowledge among the witches? I thing rosa won't be happy to know jenny is planning to sacrifice her crush

Lol rolled so fast

Switching sides for real now...

What.?

Youse

Ah, the other shoe just dropped. I always knew Zara was a real one, thank you for the information queen!

I am getting the impression Jenny is not a very nice person... not sure why... if only there had been signs or something like her abusing her "friends" and disfiguring them into monsters...

And that link goes *ting plink plink plink*

Hm, still a misdirect? Or is Zara scared Jenny has her on the slaughterhouse ramp too?

It’s weird how much Zara knows all about Jenny’s processes and goals (unless she is meant to be Backstory Personified for this phase of the larger story), especially since others in the group don’t always know what’s going on or why. It appears that she uses a strong sense of empathy in order to manipulate others, but I wonder, if she isn’t just the person Jenny trusts to process her emotional labor (which I doubt), that Zara is also to some extent psychic. If it’s the latter, then Zara at some point might know things that Zimmie doesn’t want known.

Sooo... Panic-induced regret-fueled betrayal? Or trying to make zimmy paranoid to weaken and distract her?? I'm honestly not sure.

And you *helped her* you psycho.

And you *helped her* you psycho.

they are so messy T-T i hate them as people, love them as characters hahahah

Aaaand... its either another lie to add to the recursive pile of lies or a truth intended to manipulate because you just need her set up for that last little checkmate. Too much of a turn on a dime otherwise. You have some real characters here. If I was a lovecraftian event horizon shaped like a little girl I would be well advised to just wipe the gameboard clean and start over.

Yeah, Zimmy, focus your unstable emotions and power you can't really control but that other people apparently regularly control all the time on this one person. They probably won't take control of it in the exact manner being described at this moment. That would be too silly. Alternative comment: Maybe Zimmy c/would just give it all up? Is it even useful? I think she used it to punch a guy from slightly further away than normal once? Maybe she could work with an unburdened Gamma on something better. Or just enjoy living with an unburdened Gamma.

I’ve become cynical enough to suspect Zara is still "sticking to the plan."

So this girl is still super suspicious, right?

Also: interesting to see Zimmy's teeth and eyes starting to revert to the norm as she loses control of the situation. Where _is_ Gamma, anyway?

Dang, we're just going full Akira at this point.

And I compared Sylvie to a rat. Yeeeesh....

I am starting to think the witches might not be particularly good friends.

Folding under reasonable pressure also wow I figured she was just using Jack but I thought she'd want to keep him around not sacrifice him

How is it that Zara seems to know all of Jenny's plans, while Jack and everyone else in the coven were in the dark? I feel like Zara is trying to bait Zimmy into a particular reaction, which will complete Jenny's plan (or perhaps Zara's counter-plan).

She doesn't seem like she could be trusted with a secret

A real confession or a ruse from Zara? I trust those lot about as far as as i can toss Noa...

Not sure how I feel about this character being an exposition dump truck

What is happening Is this a double crossing or just weird This must be what the experience of reading “Dobranoc Gamma” and other early, contextless chapters must have been like Mystery solved, as they say

As I said no one in this story knows who the bad guy is, not even the bad guy

I guess there's no honor among thieves after all.

This girl definitely has no ulterior motives.

"IT ALL FELL APART! WHAT IT MEANT TO ME WILL EVENTUALLY BE A MEMORY OF A TIME I TRIED. SO. HARD"