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

After years in the military, it's commendable that Ardaic can deal with free thinkers like Syr'Nj and her elk.

Chapter 14 – Page 2

on December 5, 2011
Chapter: Chapter 14
└ Tags: Ardaic, Byron, Syr'Nj
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  1. Ishmael
    Ishmael
    December 5, 2011, 12:03 am | # | Reply

    Gives a whole new level to the phrase ‘glaring daggers’.

    • Tyris
      Tyris
      December 7, 2011, 1:37 pm | # | Reply

      http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/10p40/

      That is all.

      • SF Kitfox
        SF Kitfox
        June 27, 2012, 2:52 pm | # | Reply

        Yes.

  2. Tatsu
    Tatsu
    December 5, 2011, 12:06 am | # | Reply

    Poor Poor Byron…this makes me cringe…such a awsome dude like this even for a cure is horrible

  3. Heheh
    Heheh
    December 5, 2011, 12:13 am | # | Reply

    Syr’nj has killer looks. No wonder byron digs her.

  4. MichaelHaneline
    MichaelHaneline
    December 5, 2011, 12:21 am | # | Reply

    Ardaic better back down, or elk.

    • MichaelHaneline
      MichaelHaneline
      December 5, 2011, 12:21 am | # | Reply

      I’m sorry, that was horrible.

      • Amarikah
        Amarikah
        December 5, 2011, 12:52 am | # | Reply

        No, it was awesome.

        • norm
          norm
          December 5, 2011, 12:35 pm | # | Reply

          Oh deer me.
          Concur with the awesome.

          • ahdok
            ahdok
            December 5, 2011, 1:04 pm | # | Reply

            I’d have said it was staggering.

            • JarrysKid
              JarrysKid
              December 5, 2011, 1:06 pm | # | Reply

              Nothing prong with it.

              • centuriancode
                centuriancode
                December 5, 2011, 6:18 pm | # | Reply

                We like it when puns get to the point.

                • Mic-Gold
                  Mic-Gold
                  December 5, 2011, 6:22 pm | # | Reply

                  Or when they get to the Hart of the matter.

                  • ThePuck1
                    ThePuck1
                    December 5, 2011, 11:39 pm | # | Reply

                    Deer me, must we continue with this line?

                    • Amarikah
                      Amarikah
                      December 6, 2011, 1:14 am | #

                      Don’t you mean, doe we continue with this line?

        • smilr
          smilr
          December 6, 2011, 3:24 am | # | Reply

          Must you fawn all over him? ;p

          • MichaelHaneline
            MichaelHaneline
            December 6, 2011, 9:04 pm | # | Reply

            I find it all rather endeering.

            • zack of hiskatana
              zack of hiskatana
              December 6, 2011, 9:40 pm | # | Reply

              you all stagged this didint you!?

              • Thomas
                Thomas
                August 13, 2013, 2:42 am | # | Reply

                We are not amoosed.

  5. tecani
    tecani
    December 5, 2011, 12:23 am | # | Reply

    Byron annoys the hell out of Ardaic so that he gives into Syr’Nj’s demands in an attempt to get away faster.

    That’s what I call diplomacy.

  6. Rock Mobster
    Rock Mobster
    December 5, 2011, 12:23 am | # | Reply

    What the heck happened to Byron? Did he turn into a Qunarii or something all of a sudden?

    • Tsapki
      Tsapki
      December 5, 2011, 1:07 am | # | Reply

      -chuckles- Not sure if you are being clever, but in case you are actually not aware, check the comic before this one, the introducing of Rainbow Antler Byron.

      • Rock Mobster
        Rock Mobster
        December 5, 2011, 10:38 pm | # | Reply

        No, no, I get that it’s supposed to be a side effect of some wacky hippie elf spirit-cure or something. But that’s some seriously cracked-out results. She must be trying pretty much everything.

  7. Messenger
    Messenger
    December 5, 2011, 12:34 am | # | Reply

    Now *THAT* is a guild leader.

    • Iocane
      Iocane
      December 5, 2011, 12:53 am | # | Reply

      Which one?

  8. alta lemur
    alta lemur
    December 5, 2011, 12:40 am | # | Reply

    Her wit is as sharp as her gaze. However, it looks like Byron’s mind has really splintered.

    • centuriancode
      centuriancode
      December 5, 2011, 6:18 pm | # | Reply

      It’s nice to see her cutting to the chase with Ardaic.

  9. Iocane
    Iocane
    December 5, 2011, 12:52 am | # | Reply

    Don’t futz around with the medication. It’s perfect.

    • Valdrax
      Valdrax
      December 5, 2011, 8:33 am | # | Reply

      I admit that he’s growing on me.

      Also, when he’s stoned enough, real world pop culture references slip through. …Interesting. Byron’s never been as meta as Frigg.

  10. Valdrax
    Valdrax
    December 5, 2011, 1:44 am | # | Reply

    Dear Lord, if anything is a sign of Gastonia’s pigheaded idiocy, it’s staring at the two of them and deciding that the babbling man with elk antlers needs to be put back in charge without “wasting” time on his mental health all because he has a penis.

    • HLY
      HLY
      December 5, 2011, 9:58 am | # | Reply

      Why? this would be the best general ever…

      What worries me most is he wants a soldier to lead the “Peacekeepers”. That’s… kinda counter productive

    • Nathanyel
      Nathanyel
      December 5, 2011, 12:30 pm | # | Reply

      Note how he stated the concerns of the Heads of the Houses, not his own. I’d say he’s just being the messenger here.
      By now, I think Ardaic actually is one of the more level-headed Gastonians, after all, he put up with our heroes after stuff that would’ve made others fire them.
      He doesn’t necessarily like what they do, but he understands that they come up with more results than the regular Gastonian Diplomacy and Military, and he tries to communicate that to the Heads, but doesn’t get that much of a positive feedback.

      • Karishi
        Karishi
        December 5, 2011, 1:54 pm | # | Reply

        Do keep in mind that the guildies have killed one of the “people” he reported to in a previous episode. And revealed that person to be…not a person at all.
        Once someone’s attacked a fake official successfully, it puts all other officials (real or no) in a tricky bind.

    • Whipstitch
      Whipstitch
      December 6, 2011, 3:22 pm | # | Reply

      I won’t apologize for the sexism and species bias because that part is just stupid. But with that said, we should remember that the party hasn’t been completely forthcoming with Ardaic about the last mission and the extent of the TPK and Byron’s role in it. From Ardaic and the Heads of Houses perspectives it may appear that Syr’nj’s pet project is just tinkering around with a perfectly good berserker. I guarantee you that with Gastonia’s politics being what it is that Ardaic did not sell them on this whole guild thing by saying an elf woman would be in charge.

  11. Hatman
    Hatman
    December 5, 2011, 1:48 am | # | Reply

    Off panel, Ardiac eats that whole potato in one bite.

    • Hatman
      Hatman
      December 5, 2011, 1:49 am | # | Reply

      Ooo…new gravatars. And this one fits nicely with my reaction.

    • ahdok
      ahdok
      December 5, 2011, 1:06 pm | # | Reply

      Well, two bites. It already has a bite.

  12. Mr Ak
    Mr Ak
    December 5, 2011, 3:15 am | # | Reply

    Hah. He says “doctor” in his list, she says “farmer”. Subtle elf-based linguistic humour?

  13. Soirbleu
    Soirbleu
    December 5, 2011, 3:33 am | # | Reply

    Antler-Byron chasing a tree in the first panel is adorable.

    • Darkening
      Darkening
      December 6, 2011, 10:40 am | # | Reply

      Chasing a tree? he’s chasing a fly.

  14. Lhurgoyf
    Lhurgoyf
    December 5, 2011, 4:42 am | # | Reply

    Syr’nj and the Techi-Colour Bezerker.

    • Lhurgoyf
      Lhurgoyf
      December 5, 2011, 4:43 am | # | Reply

      Bah! Spelling. On a plus note, badarse avatar.

  15. Jean-Luc
    Jean-Luc
    December 5, 2011, 4:50 am | # | Reply

    Nothing gives an argument extra weight like a potato impaled atop a fork.

  16. Widdershins
    Widdershins
    December 5, 2011, 6:06 am | # | Reply

    Hahahaha, elk. I see what you did there.

  17. Hawk
    Hawk
    December 5, 2011, 7:16 am | # | Reply

    Have to agree with Syr’s point – she IS being a soldier, in fact she’s doing exactly the job Ardaic once thought was so vital. Pig headed git that he is, though…

    Also, alt text stole mah pun :P

  18. Krogaladin
    Krogaladin
    December 5, 2011, 7:33 am | # | Reply

    Oh deer, this encounter is showing everyone’s true colors.

  19. Frigg Fanboi
    Frigg Fanboi
    December 5, 2011, 7:47 am | # | Reply

    We all live in a yellow submarine…

  20. Yarrr
    Yarrr
    December 5, 2011, 7:59 am | # | Reply

    oh deer this is a really bad situation, but Syr has been a good guild leader so far, purple prose excused.

  21. HLY
    HLY
    December 5, 2011, 8:51 am | # | Reply

    Byron’s face in that last panel is adorable

    I like the guy, but for some reason I can see throwing this version at Harki having a better effect…

  22. flevine
    flevine
    December 5, 2011, 9:02 am | # | Reply

    Well, I guess now we know why Byron was so chipper at the previous meal despite having been beaten up.

    I wonder what Ardaic thinks is going on here?

  23. The Indomitable Eric
    The Indomitable Eric
    December 5, 2011, 11:06 am | # | Reply

    So, not only is Byron still aware enough to be defensive of Syr’nj AND note that he can still get angry, but he NOW has access to a gore attack on top of his usual skills.

    • Phil
      Flo
      December 5, 2011, 11:38 pm | # | Reply

      Are we ignoring the fact that axeblades could be affixed to the antlers?

      • jokerlope
        jokerlope
        December 5, 2011, 11:58 pm | # | Reply

        first byron just held axes, then he had axes on his shoulders as well, and soon axes on his head? the possibilities are endless…

        • Tryntu
          Tryntu
          December 6, 2011, 4:15 pm | # | Reply

          soon he shall merge entirely with the spirit of ‘axe’, and turn into a recursive axe capable of cutting the barriers between sepiaspace and guildspace..

  24. Miyaa
    Miyaa
    December 5, 2011, 12:22 pm | # | Reply

    Byron is going to need a block of salt soon. Just saying.

  25. ahdok
    ahdok
    December 5, 2011, 1:12 pm | # | Reply

    I’d like to point out that the fly has flown into Ardaic’s ear, and out the other one.

  26. Locke
    Locke
    December 5, 2011, 1:12 pm | # | Reply

    She needs to fix up Byron fast, come on, Syr, chop chop!

  27. plaintextman
    plaintextman
    December 5, 2011, 4:19 pm | # | Reply

    Nj is certifyably the right person for the job as a leader ATM with her rational but strong personality.

    But I wonder: is it entirely wise to want to ‘cure’ Byron of his berserking abilities? If berserking could be to some extent made subject to self-control, they’d have a [somewhat more practical] walking weapon [heh, not that the others aren’t that]. I just keep thinking over how he nearly chopped Harki to bits. With power like that…

    • Karishi
      Karishi
      December 6, 2011, 5:40 pm | # | Reply

      …who needs enemies?

  28. halcyon1234
    halcyon1234
    December 5, 2011, 7:01 pm | # | Reply

    … and in the latest expansion, we’ve introduced several variations of the Byron model, and… well, yes, they’re all just pallet swaps of the original, but…

    • Karishi
      Karishi
      December 6, 2011, 5:41 pm | # | Reply

      If this game were Japanese, he’d have jumped up several levels between recolors. Everyone knows a Purple Byron is like 20 levels tougher than a regular ol’ Byron.

  29. SteelRaven
    SteelRaven
    December 5, 2011, 8:07 pm | # | Reply

    When is Ardaic going to warn Syr’nj that it’s deer season.

    • centuriancode
      centuriancode
      December 6, 2011, 3:40 am | # | Reply

      She should already know. Afterall, that’s clearly why Scipio wears orange.

  30. Loyal
    Loyal
    December 5, 2011, 10:18 pm | # | Reply

    I really have to wonder what real-world Byron is going through right now.

  31. Slipdance
    Slipdance
    December 6, 2011, 2:42 am | # | Reply

    Someone please explain to Syr’nj the proper and improper applications of moose in one’s hair.

    • Phil
      Flo
      December 6, 2011, 9:13 am | # | Reply

      Gold Star.

  32. Tyris
    Tyris
    December 8, 2011, 2:33 pm | # | Reply

    Bonus: before Hulk was green, he was purple.

  33. Stampers Saverem
    Stampers Saverem
    December 15, 2015, 4:22 pm | # | Reply

    Byron’s so CUTE when he’s….pink……er–purple(?)

    And has antlers….

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