The Last Dance

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The Last Dance is the fourth episode of Rat's Nest, as well as the fourteenth episode of Guard Duty overall.

Description

Losing myself in the act.

Characters

Rat's Nest Guards

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Trivia

  • This episode's title refers to the fallout between Trooper and Prim, being their last encounter.
  • jaxbeetle designed this episode's thumbnail, who also created an illustration for it's release depicting Trooper and Prim.
  • SephticMI animated the fight sequence between Trooper and Prim, who also animated the fight between Trooper and Alana Reynolds in Overture.
  • Both Trooper and Prim are revealed to be assassins who worked for someone known as the "Operator", with Trooper not being an ODST nor Spartan at all.
  • Prim's death is depicted in this episode, having happened at the hands of Trooper after being hired to assassinate him despite the two having shared history beforehand. It also reveals Prim's "ghost" to be a manifestation of Trooper's mind, representing his guilty conscience.
  • The sound of ravens are heard after Prim's death, in reference to the Edgar Allen Poe story "The Raven" where the titular animal represents "Mournful and Never-ending Remembrance".

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