Interlude 25

25 (Interlude; Bonesaw) is the seventh and final chapter of Scarab and the first interlude. Bonesaw puts Jack in stasis, works on making the Slaughterhouse Clones, and meets a boy. After a brief meeting with Contessa, Riley makes a change, then they all wake up. S9 is back.

Plot

 * July 8th, 2011

Everyone goes to sleep
 * September 28th, 2011
 * November 15th, 2011
 * November 12th, 2012
 * January 24th, 2013
 * May 25th, 2013

Everyone wakes up.

Major Events

 * Bonesaw and Riley are set to decide who will win
 * Given that Bonesaw's capture occurs offscreen, this could essentially be considered her defeat.
 * The Slaughterhouse Nine-Thousand are ready.

Trivia

 * The woman in the suit had the effect that she did due to a combination of Bonesaw's problem solver mentality, her first friendship outside of and long term separation from: the nine. All causing the little tinker to re-evaluate things.
 * Wildbow put "All the goddamn psychopaths" on top of the usual characters tags for this chapter.
 * Throughout this chapter the current members of the S9 are essentially living cryonauts. Waiting for the End of the World.