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Annotations Every Day - Written by T Campbell & Flo Kahn - Illustrated by John & Jason Waltrip

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Breaking Bread – Page 14

on May 13, 2015
Chapter: Extra Bits
└ Tags: Frigg, WAV
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  1. Ahighfunctioningsociopath
    Ahighfunctioningsociopath
    May 13, 2015, 12:02 am | # | Reply

    …So we were right for once, the Best character was WAV.

    • Ganurath
      Ganurath
      May 13, 2015, 12:12 am | # | Reply

      I have no idea how to imbed a YouTube video, but there’s no way this doesn’t call for “Back in Black” by ACDC.

      • Seggs
        Seggs
        May 13, 2015, 10:55 am | # | Reply

        just list the url including http://

    • Pink Freud
      Pink Freud
      May 13, 2015, 12:21 am | # | Reply

      Frigg always knows Best.

      • neeks
        neeks
        May 13, 2015, 3:51 am | # | Reply

        biblically.

    • LockeZ
      LockeZ
      May 13, 2015, 1:23 am | # | Reply

      It’s the un-twist!

    • Observer
      Observer
      May 13, 2015, 5:17 am | # | Reply

      Though he’s unique enough as WAV to keep his tag.

    • RahDream
      RahDream
      May 13, 2015, 9:06 am | # | Reply

      While she really had to TWIST that helmet off, in regards to this revelation, long-time readers already SAW THEM COMING.

  2. Mordecai
    Mordecai
    May 13, 2015, 12:09 am | # | Reply

    HAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA WEEEEEEEEEEE WEEEEEEEEEERE RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGHT!!!

    • Loyal
      Loyal
      May 13, 2015, 12:29 am | # | Reply

      On the one hand, there’s something to be said about a broken clock being right twice a day. On the other hand, the thing is this one took y’all… the best part of five years!

      • biggmac
        biggmac
        May 13, 2015, 12:49 am | # | Reply

        To be exact, 4 years and 29 days … since Frigg got any. Chap 10, pg 8, 4/13/2011

        • Observer
          Observer
          May 13, 2015, 5:13 am | # | Reply

          In the end it was all for the Best.

        • cliffmonster
          cliffmonster
          May 13, 2015, 12:03 pm | # | Reply

          Oh my god, has it been that long?

      • Mordecai
        Mordecai
        May 13, 2015, 12:51 am | # | Reply

        Speak for yourself! I never assumed anyone we’d seen was Best until WAV pulled out the keytar.

        • Observer
          Observer
          May 13, 2015, 1:22 am | # | Reply

          I was happy enough that he was a helpful character from another world (which is where crazy vortexes send you) of the right basic build. The keytar clinched it though.

        • Kamino Neko
          Kamino Neko
          May 13, 2015, 3:20 am | # | Reply

          Same.

        • zero
          zero
          May 13, 2015, 5:28 am | # | Reply

          Phil kinda told me at Gencon years ago, ;) I didn’t realize it was almost five years though!

        • mrk
          mrk
          May 13, 2015, 6:15 am | # | Reply

          i, on the other hand, felt that every single newly introduced character was best/related to best/the way that best would revive back into the storyline.

          but this guy looks nothing like him;D

        • Psolo Ghoti
          Psolo Ghoti
          May 13, 2015, 4:14 pm | # | Reply

          Ditto. I thought every “Character X is Best” theory prior to WAV was stupid, because DUH, he was sucked into a parallell universe, and DUH, of course that parallell universe is Hurricane’s other franchise, Cyberia, so he’s not just going to pop up as another Arkerran character, even if that other character is also a bard.

          WAV wasn’t another one in a long list of possible candidates for AltBest, he was the first and only possible candidate, on account of being from Cyberia. That alone did not make him a likely candidate, but it made him someone worth paying attention to. And the clues started to pile up, to the point that the only way WAV could not be AltBest would be if T and Phil were going for a massive trolling of the entire readership.

        • l33tninja
          l33tninja
          May 14, 2015, 5:45 pm | # | Reply

          likewise

      • Psolo Ghoti
        Psolo Ghoti
        May 13, 2015, 4:16 pm | # | Reply

        It took me one try and less than a year.

    • chase
      chase
      May 13, 2015, 7:13 am | # | Reply

      Well, since everyone always guessed every new character was Best reincarnated, we were bound to be right eventully.

    • Bry
      Bry
      May 13, 2015, 7:43 am | # | Reply

      So that’s where he’s been.

  3. Forum Ninja
    Forum Ninja
    May 13, 2015, 12:09 am | # | Reply

    Looks like Friggs got the Best of him.

  4. Jean-Luc
    Jean-Luc
    May 13, 2015, 12:10 am | # | Reply

    • Phil
      Flo
      May 13, 2015, 12:30 am | # | Reply

      Official Phil Kahn Gold Star

      I had to make this a separate comment because it ruined the embed.

      • Benedikt
        Benedikt
        May 13, 2015, 1:26 pm | # | Reply

        Technically you gave yourself a goldstar that way.

        • mrk
          mrk
          May 14, 2015, 6:31 am | # | Reply

          he deserves it :D

    • Armagrodden
      Armagrodden
      May 13, 2015, 2:29 am | # | Reply

      Does that make him Best of the Beatles?

      • Dana Son-of-Bear
        Dana Son-of-Bear
        May 13, 2015, 8:29 am | # | Reply

        It makes him Paul Best, ex-Beatle

        • Dana Son-of-Bear
          Dana Son-of-Bear
          May 13, 2015, 8:31 am | # | Reply

          My bad, it was Pete Best. Derp.

          • Ganurath
            Ganurath
            May 14, 2015, 7:30 pm | # | Reply

            …I can’t believe I didn’t realize where Payet Best’s name came from before now.

      • MidnightDStroyer
        MidnightDStroyer
        February 19, 2017, 8:33 pm | # | Reply

        I suppose it would, but I thought that Dr. Who was really the (legendary/mythological?) Fifth Beatle.
        http://www.themarysue.com/doctor-who-the-beatles/
        Apparently, it was really Phil…

  5. Far
    Far
    May 13, 2015, 12:11 am | # | Reply

    Think of it this way, you’ve got some really smart readers.

    • Observer
      Observer
      May 13, 2015, 5:09 am | # | Reply

      True, calling out every character with half a feature that reminded us of Best as being a Best avatar for the next couple of years was a strategy that had a high probability of calling out the right character as being the next Best. (eventually)

      • Aslandus
        Aslandus
        May 14, 2015, 11:16 am | # | Reply

        Yeah, assuming they actually brought him back and he didn’t just stay dead…

        • Observer
          Observer
          May 14, 2015, 11:36 am | # | Reply

          That wouldn’t fit the story or its foreshadowing very well but I guess the creators can do anything they want.

          Up to and including editing my comment to say “I’m a big baby who wears stinky diapers.”

          • Phil
            Flo
            May 14, 2015, 2:59 pm | # | Reply

            You would be right.

            • Observer
              Observer
              May 14, 2015, 5:34 pm | # | Reply

              OMG How do you know? You really CAN do anything! *runs away from computer screaming!*

  6. Dotcom
    Dotcom
    May 13, 2015, 12:16 am | # | Reply

    Holy moly!!! She’s been Bested.

    • Observer
      Observer
      May 13, 2015, 5:05 am | # | Reply

      She only Friggs the Best there is!

  7. Not a name
    Not a name
    May 13, 2015, 12:18 am | # | Reply

    I enjoy the “Anywaaaaaaaaait a goddamn second!” line more than I should.

  8. Dave
    Dave
    May 13, 2015, 12:18 am | # | Reply

    “GOT-DAMMIT I ALREADY FUCKED THIS ONE AAARRGGHH”

    • Observer
      Observer
      May 13, 2015, 5:03 am | # | Reply

      Recycle

      Reuse

      Reincarnate

      • LaughingSnarl
        LaughingSnarl
        May 14, 2015, 8:34 am | # | Reply

        MMM reincarnated fucking, crap, too bad my lover is a cockroach…

        • Observer
          Observer
          May 14, 2015, 11:33 am | # | Reply

          Yeah, it can be hard to make that relationship work.

          • MidnightDStroyer
            MidnightDStroyer
            February 19, 2017, 8:37 pm | # | Reply

            It took until the end of the movie, but that particular cockroach got fucked *real* good.

  9. alicemacher
    alicemacher
    May 13, 2015, 12:25 am | # | Reply

    Now the question remains…does he remember being Payet?

    I ask because, musical talent notwithstanding, WAV’s personality is pretty much the opposite of both Payet’s and that of the Sepia World guy behind Payet. (See Chapter 9, page 16.)

    • Jean-Luc
      Jean-Luc
      May 13, 2015, 12:27 am | # | Reply

      Most likely he doesn’t but I hope he remembers. Maybe Frigg should give him a ride down memory lane. *giggity*

      • Ganurath
        Ganurath
        May 13, 2015, 1:12 am | # | Reply

        If he doesn’t, Frigg would still have her memories of him. So, maybe she could reflect on how much fun they had the first time and Payet forward?

        • mrk
          mrk
          May 13, 2015, 6:16 am | # | Reply

          i think that would be for the best.

          • Le Ocelot
            Le Ocelot
            May 13, 2015, 8:32 am | # | Reply

            Thus far each ‘Tuber’s avatar seems to be shaped by their own subconscious ideas; Gravedust’s player having been all about the community, Byron’s being into, well, Byronic archetypes, Frigg looking to kick some ass. Best’s player mentioned having different stage personas, so I’d rather guess that each reBest is similarly shaped by one of said stage personas into a functionally separate person.

            On the surface, at least.

            Need more respawns for best evidence.

            • insanenoodlyguy
              insanenoodlyguy
              May 13, 2015, 3:41 pm | # | Reply

              Yeah, his internal thought boxes are completely different, both in word and symbolically in appearance. Wav isn’t Best in any real sense, not anymore.

        • MidnightDStroyer
          MidnightDStroyer
          February 19, 2017, 8:40 pm | # | Reply

          For that, Frigg would have to access his hard drive & see how fast his RAM goes, but she might be able to call up the memory file.

    • Hellhound
      Hellhound
      May 13, 2015, 3:16 am | # | Reply

      if we have any luck at all he will never remember being best.so we have never ever to suffer under this unbearable character again.

      • Tsapki
        Tsapki
        May 13, 2015, 6:22 am | # | Reply

        Well, even if he does get his memory back, that does not mean that he will be the same person.

        This is because he would also have whatever memories he has as being WAV, which seems to have made him a fairly balanced and reasonable fellow. He would then be able to chose between the lifestyles based on what he has seen the in the results of each.

        -sigh- Much like Conner in Angel. I need to stop making Joss Whedon references with every other comment.

        • Robtimus
          Robtimus
          May 13, 2015, 11:39 am | # | Reply

          …and start making them with every single comment?

    • Kamino Neko
      Kamino Neko
      May 13, 2015, 3:51 am | # | Reply

      I still say this is the Cyberian equivalent of being a bombastic egoist.

  10. Rukduk
    Rukduk
    May 13, 2015, 12:32 am | # | Reply

    So when Payet got transferred to Cybernua by the portal, his character memory got erased or something, so he doesn’t remember being Best? The different personality makes some sense in this case, as it could probably be described as Payet’s “base” personality from before he got all egocentric from being mistaken for a hero in that first village. Very interesting. Very interesting indeed.

    • alicemacher
      alicemacher
      May 13, 2015, 12:37 am | # | Reply

      Good point. It’s easy to forget Best didn’t start off as a huge douche, but only became one after all the adulation went to his head.

      • Andreas Geisler
        Andreas Geisler
        May 13, 2015, 5:31 pm | # | Reply

        Of course, that process only took around one page (and judging by the stage of impregnation, around four to six months in-game).

  11. Dave
    Dave
    May 13, 2015, 12:52 am | # | Reply

    I can’t properly quantify why I felt this kind of thing’d happen… Wish I could recall what it was about it that tipped me off.

    • LockeZ
      LockeZ
      May 13, 2015, 1:22 am | # | Reply

      Probably the fact that he’s a combat bard, the fact that Best disappeared into a strange energy vortex, the fact that WAV appeared out of a strange energy vortex, the fact that WAV was summoned here by Homon who is the alter ego of H.R., the fact that Best’s player was one of the five people who H.R. is obsessed with undoing, the fact that H.R. lost track of Best and has been looking for a way to get control of him again for a long time, and the fact that Best is, ostensibly, one of the five main characters of the comic, who hasn’t been seen in a very long time, and whose absence from the story had been growing more and more conspicuous the more we delved into Sepia World.

      But yeah. Not much foreshadowing at all, really.

      • Observer
        Observer
        May 13, 2015, 1:50 am | # | Reply

        WAV was summoned here by Homon? Thought the original cult leader (Brother Tom?) tried to open the portal to Cyberia and H.R. allowed/helped him to do it letting that thing through. I was guessing that once the H.R. had officially created a link between the worlds WAV was able to break through it on his lev bike by following the beast’s trail. Did I miss a scene where WAV comes through the portal Homon opened? Could you link it?

        • LockeZ
          LockeZ
          May 13, 2015, 9:13 am | # | Reply

          You didn’t miss a scene that explicitly showed WAV coming through the portal, but H.R. was definitely the one who created the portal and had control over it. Anything that came through was because H.R. let it through, and if WAV found the portal in Cyberia it’s because H.R. opened it near him.
          See Chapter 22 – Page 24.

          • Observer
            Observer
            May 13, 2015, 2:33 pm | # | Reply

            Actually they set up the portal and H.R. provided some magical keyboarding spell to help make the bridge but there is no indication he has anymore precise “control” over this door he opened then any of his other spells/commands. That’s sort of been his trouble all along. What he plans and what happens ain’t exactly been all that perfectly similar. I think there are other forces in this living world that fight his precise control.

            Beyond that he described this like he was opening a door that was going to stay open (those with the means, spells or lev bike computer/power source could now get through). Basically he linked the two worlds and now anybody can take advantage of it. “Damned shall I be to give them my other universe.” was his only comment on it. If he was certain that only what he said should come though would and mostly only planned to let demon “beasts” through to Arkerra then he wouldn’t really think of it as “give”ing them his other world would he?

            Beyond that if Best did indeed make an impromptu portal and force his way through to Cyberia back when H.R. couldn’t find him (assuming this isn’t just an Alt with a shared soul or something odd like that) then WAV/Best might have an odd link to both worlds that allowed him to follow with enough power (the bike devices and energy source). So folks might have been able to cross over before H.R. helped finish this other portal without H.R. having a clue. Once the link has been widened maybe its even harder for him to keep track on this world he doesn’t really have control over.

            We should know soon as we get back to sepia world at H.R.’s headquarters cause I don’t see him being able to go without commenting on the return of the rogue he totally lost back then. If we don’t see or hear something then to say he knows then I say he’s made another mistake and made things even more fluid. (control continues to slip from his weak grasp)

  12. Lexible
    Lexible
    May 13, 2015, 1:10 am | # | Reply

    Well I’ll be! Payet Best as an emo Vulcan in TRON drag!

  13. Observer
    Observer
    May 13, 2015, 1:12 am | # | Reply

    System Message:

    Upgrade available! Best version 2.0 has been released.
    This release introduces improved social skills, party support, increased stability and bug fixes.
    After upgrade is complete you may need to reboot your brain.

    [Upgrade Now] [Remind Me Later]

    • Cassandra / Loki
      Cassandra / Loki
      May 13, 2015, 3:27 am | # | Reply

      [Upgrade Now]

      • Nathanyel
        Nathanyel
        May 13, 2015, 3:45 am | # | Reply

        Do you want to reboot [Now] or [Later]?

        [Later]

        • Observer
          Observer
          May 13, 2015, 5:28 am | # | Reply

          Important files can not be updated while the system is using them.

          If you choose to reboot later some aspects may not function correctly, interact properly with others or suffer memory loss.

          Remind me in:

          V

          10 minutes
          30 minutes
          1 hour
          1 day
          1 week
          1 Frigg <-
          Never remind me

          • Peter Sadlon
            Peter Sadlon
            May 13, 2015, 12:47 pm | # | Reply

            The question now is will she kill him or frigg him. Wait a second remembered whio i was talking abou. She’ll likely kill him as she friggs him.

            • mrk
              mrk
              May 14, 2015, 6:33 am | # | Reply

              that avatar just seems so…appropriate XD

  14. Samuel
    Samuel
    May 13, 2015, 1:45 am | # | Reply

    I stand corrected.

  15. Logan76667
    Logan76667
    May 13, 2015, 2:23 am | # | Reply

    It’s not Payet Best :o
    Payet and WAV switched universes when the thing happened, WAV is the Cyberia-version of Payet, IE the most awesome maddafakka in the world, Payet is saving Cyberia currently!

    • Cassandra / Loki
      Cassandra / Loki
      May 13, 2015, 3:27 am | # | Reply

      But WAV didn’t appear until well after Payet disappeared.

  16. CM
    CM
    May 13, 2015, 3:11 am | # | Reply

    Am I the only one who’s shocked that he’s flesh and blood? I’d been under the impression that the helmet was part of his body, or an outer shell over a data-based form.

    • Squirrelmaster
      Squirrelmaster
      May 13, 2015, 3:19 am | # | Reply

      Technically they’re all data based forms.

      • Zeneos
        Zeneos
        May 13, 2015, 7:49 am | # | Reply

        TECHNICALLY, we’re all data-based life forms.

        • MidnightDStroyer
          MidnightDStroyer
          February 19, 2017, 8:45 pm | # | Reply

          The schematics are encoded in our DNA…
          ;)

    • Kamino Neko
      Kamino Neko
      May 13, 2015, 3:25 am | # | Reply

      We’ve seen the chin under his helmet before. During the fight with the Corruptor Beast.

    • Tryntu
      Tryntu
      May 13, 2015, 10:12 am | # | Reply

      tooottally didnt realise that was a helmet at all.

      welp

    • ⁣LKJLKJHLKJH
      ⁣LKJLKJHLKJH
      May 13, 2015, 5:23 pm | # | Reply

      disappointed he has meat face, but not surprised :(

  17. Cassandra / Loki
    Cassandra / Loki
    May 13, 2015, 3:29 am | # | Reply

    So is WAV’s head going to de-pressurize and kaboom? Gosh, wouldn’t that be anti-climactic!

    • Nathanyel
      Nathanyel
      May 13, 2015, 3:46 am | # | Reply

      premature e…xplosion?

  18. Joe
    Joe
    May 13, 2015, 3:59 am | # | Reply

    Twist: Still not Best, Wav just has some sort of empathic shapeshiftery going on.

    • Nathanyel
      Nathanyel
      May 13, 2015, 4:21 am | # | Reply

      Subconscious shapeshifting into something the other person hates, to counter amorous advances? Well, this might backfire on WAV when Frigg decides she’s drunk enough to not hate Best…

    • Mujaki
      Mujaki
      May 13, 2015, 8:27 am | # | Reply

      He’s not Best.
      He’s only Second Best.

      • MidnightDStroyer
        MidnightDStroyer
        February 19, 2017, 8:47 pm | # | Reply

        Oh God, I hope you’re not implying that somewhen down the line that there’s going to be a third Best & fourth Best…
        O.o

  19. Bliggz
    Bliggz
    May 13, 2015, 4:50 am | # | Reply

    Oh Shit! It’s an Elf!

    • Observer
      Observer
      May 13, 2015, 5:01 am | # | Reply

      Ah elf! It’s a shit!(-elf)

  20. chase
    chase
    May 13, 2015, 5:16 am | # | Reply

    Darn, I was actually hoping it wasn’t Best, because I liked WAV so much more.

    • Observer
      Observer
      May 13, 2015, 5:30 am | # | Reply

      He’s keeping his unique tag so I think he will be keeping his unique WAV personality for the time being and maybe even if he gets his memory back someday he will “learn” from the experience and become a merged being.

      • chase
        chase
        May 13, 2015, 7:14 am | # | Reply

        I think I’m okay with that; I’d like it if he didn’t let anything go to his head this time so he doesn’t become a total douchebag again.

        • Beroli
          Beroli
          May 13, 2015, 7:20 am | # | Reply

          Well, considering Best apparently was, in-world, a character someone in Sepia World invented…if that Sepia World person is a good roleplayer, who deliberately made one character an egomaniac, there’s no reason to expect other characters played by the same player to be terribly similar.

          • insanenoodlyguy
            insanenoodlyguy
            May 13, 2015, 3:47 pm | # | Reply

            Yeah “asshole bard” is a reasonable expression of the Troupe. Maybe the base guy behind isn’t a huge douche so much as “This character I made? Payet? The way I’m gonna play him he’s just a HUGE DOUCHE!” I figure all his characters tie in a to a music theme, but otherwise he’s a good enough RPer to do more then “Huge Douche” every time. Best could be less the reflection of his soul and more just sticking with what’s on the character sheet.

        • Observer
          Observer
          May 13, 2015, 2:03 pm | # | Reply

          Whatever he saw in that last vision of the future was so at odds with his perception of who he was it broke him. Some time out of his head was exactly what the doctor ordered and when/if they recombine its WAV’s personality, memories, and (I’m guessing at the future here) stronger relationships he will be clinging to desperately to repair the damage done by that vision. Basically the old Best needed perspective and a sense of something to fight for that is not entirely wrapped up in himself. He’s pretty darned lucky this happened this way really.

          • insanenoodlyguy
            insanenoodlyguy
            May 13, 2015, 3:49 pm | # | Reply

            You know, thanks to the loveliness of prophecy’s and their trickery, Best might literally be able to move past that vision now if reintegration occurs. After all, everybody knows he’s dead. They probably already buried him. All he needs to do is see his grave and everything after that is a future he can craft for himself, beyond that of the Basin’s foresight. Though I suspect “Best” is dead no matter what. And the man who’s definitely not him might just think that’s for the best.

            • Observer
              Observer
              May 13, 2015, 11:21 pm | # | Reply

              Of course if this is his alt and the original manages to get back to Arkerra to find that everybody thinks his alt is him and they like him better than the Best they had… Might hurt more than the lonely grave thing by itself really.

  21. Frigg_Fanboi
    Frigg_Fanboi
    May 13, 2015, 7:26 am | # | Reply

    [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_L4Rixya64&w=420&h=315%5D

    • Frigg_Fanboi
      Frigg_Fanboi
      May 13, 2015, 7:27 am | # | Reply

      well that didn’t work >.< Foo Fighters, The Best of you

  22. Moe Lane
    Moe Lane
    May 13, 2015, 7:28 am | # | Reply

    Well now.

  23. The flash
    The flash
    May 13, 2015, 7:42 am | # | Reply
    • wwlaos
      wwlaos
      May 13, 2015, 10:21 am | # | Reply

      I’m sorry, what?

    • Panthaaron
      Panthaaron
      May 13, 2015, 10:24 am | # | Reply

      Huh. Looks like this comment board doesn’t support flash…

      • Bounces
        Bounces
        May 13, 2015, 11:15 am | # | Reply

        Lol. Like for realzies.

        • Moe Lane
          Moe Lane
          May 13, 2015, 12:50 pm | # | Reply

          I dunno. “The flash”‘s response really works for me.

      • Observer
        Observer
        May 13, 2015, 11:22 pm | # | Reply

        He’s just so fast that we can’t read it in our time?

  24. chase
    chase
    May 13, 2015, 7:52 am | # | Reply

    So, wait. This means he CAN actually eat, right?
    Unless his body is still somehow electrical or whatever..?

    • Observer
      Observer
      May 13, 2015, 11:25 pm | # | Reply

      Reminds me of when that kidroid from A.I. tried to eat cause he was jealous of the real boy that was replacing him in the family but he had no stomach so it just got all in his circuit boards and messed him up good.

      So any Ole android can eat the real question is can they crap?

  25. Jim
    Jim
    May 13, 2015, 7:57 am | # | Reply

    All the signs were there. I am glad Phil & Co. didn’t pull an “Ooops, Monarch is not actually Captain Atom even though every damn clue in the story said he was” thing. That reference is for your older readers, natch!

    • Aazen
      Aazen
      May 13, 2015, 9:09 am | # | Reply

      *Insert Captain America ‘I get that reference’ meme here*

  26. Chris
    Chris
    May 13, 2015, 9:55 am | # | Reply

    He’s Dead Jim

  27. Seggs
    Seggs
    May 13, 2015, 11:03 am | # | Reply

    i dunno you guys… the nose is pretty similar, but i think WAV looks more like oscar wilde or perhaps trent reznor circa 1994

  28. tlhonmey
    tlhonmey
    May 13, 2015, 11:41 am | # | Reply

    Given that there is a face under the helmet, I wonder if he can now eat, or if his method of recharging himself is going to continue to go down the road that it appeared to be following previously…

  29. LordHideous
    LordHideous
    May 13, 2015, 12:06 pm | # | Reply

    Hang on a minute, that’s can’t be Best. Best wasn’t green.

  30. l33tninja
    l33tninja
    May 13, 2015, 12:49 pm | # | Reply

    I was wrong about the reveal not occurring in this chapter. Just in case anyone was keeping track of my predictions (you know you were).

    I am totally surprised that there is a head with hair in there. I was expecting more cyborg or android (I honestly don’t know the difference, but please, don’t tell me what it is).

    • Observer
      Observer
      May 13, 2015, 2:06 pm | # | Reply

      The Tron folk he’s taken off of have faces though hair and other anatomical features probably happened when he “translated” into the world on insertion.

      • l33tninja
        l33tninja
        May 13, 2015, 7:27 pm | # | Reply

        That or Cyberia’s heroes are people dressed in techno suits that glow green

        • Observer
          Observer
          May 13, 2015, 11:27 pm | # | Reply

          He may have always had a complete human anatomy inside and out though his past feeding off the Circuit or whatever would make that an odd trait in that world.

          • l33tninja
            l33tninja
            May 14, 2015, 1:50 pm | # | Reply

            true. maybe his synapses were slow

  31. Aslandus
    Aslandus
    May 13, 2015, 2:45 pm | # | Reply

    Well, I guess if they die again they will just reincarnate as new characters…

  32. Nicolas Rei
    Nicolas Rei
    May 13, 2015, 4:17 pm | # | Reply

    If he is in fact the Real Best, question becomes… Does he have any memory of being Best? And apparently, he’s a nicer person than Best ever was.. would that still hold if he were to regain any lost memories?

  33. Psolo Ghoti
    Psolo Ghoti
    May 13, 2015, 4:30 pm | # | Reply

    I haven’t read every comment ever made on this site, but I’m still pretty sure that in retrospect, this comment is the best comment ever made on this site. ^_^

    (Read the whole thread for context.)

    • Observer
      Observer
      May 13, 2015, 11:32 pm | # | Reply

      Yes, that is a good thread. I’m in it twice. Very good.

      Also, Phil was kind of funny.

  34. Jack Vermicelli
    Jack Vermicelli
    May 13, 2015, 5:17 pm | # | Reply

    I don’t really get why everyone’s thinking it’s Best, here in the comments. Aside from the skin and hair being nothing whatsoever like Best’s, the face isn’t particularly close either. The elf ears and his sex are about the only similarity.

    • l33tninja
      l33tninja
      May 13, 2015, 5:21 pm | # | Reply

      you forgot to add #imbeingsarcastic to the end of your comment…

      • Jack Vermicelli
        Jack Vermicelli
        May 15, 2015, 1:01 am | # | Reply

        What do you mean? No sarcasm was intended.

  35. CorrTerek
    CorrTerek
    May 13, 2015, 8:01 pm | # | Reply

    According to Ctrl+F nobody has mentioned Skrillex yet. I’m kind of impressed.

    • Psolo Ghoti
      Psolo Ghoti
      May 14, 2015, 3:08 am | # | Reply

      Way ahead of you. ^_^

  36. chase
    chase
    May 13, 2015, 9:38 pm | # | Reply

    Actually, I think what surprises me the most is that this chapter is in the Extra Bits category and was a one that only happened thanks to kickstarter. Does that mean if the kickstarter hadn’t made it, we never would have gotten this big reveal? Was it never meant to happen in the chapters that aren’t considered “Extra bits”?

    • Observer
      Observer
      May 13, 2015, 11:36 pm | # | Reply

      Yeah but it wouldn’t have been wrapped up in a mini arc where Frigg friggs his brains out? Maybe there is some animation coming up? ( *crosses fingers* )

    • Phil
      Flo
      May 14, 2015, 11:29 am | # | Reply

      More like we’re giving this extra time that we otherwise would not have.

  37. Minando
    Minando
    May 14, 2015, 11:04 am | # | Reply

    It is true: after Best’s permadeath his player chose a prestige class character (expansion pack ‘ Revenge of the Daft Pixel Punks ™’.

  38. john
    john
    August 3, 2015, 10:00 am | # | Reply

    Hmm… prophesied hero who didn’t quite meet expectations, died but didn’t leave a body, came back, recognized by his moves, something about seven eyes… Jesus?

  39. Rimswythor'nj
    Rimswythor'nj
    December 29, 2015, 10:47 am | # | Reply

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