Ye-es. Though I have a niggling worry that Byron will attempt to “save” her from the possession. Remember, he didn’t react well to the DieDieDie Cultist.
Not punished lightly = punished heavily. She’s not saying that they will not be punished, just that the punishment won’t not be light meaning it’s gonna be painful and badass.
I think I remember my Mum changing channels on a horror movie like this sometime back in the ’80’s. My little sisters didn’t understand why, and I was just old enough to be glad not to see what happened next. XP
Tbh Byron is kinda jumping to conclusions imo. It’s the standard vengeful god routine that’s kinda expected under the circumstances. Doesn’t automatically mean she’s “out of control”.
In any case it’s nice to see Syr’Nj in full bloom.
Botany is Science, too. Just a different branch of the Family Tree, so to speak.
(I am not actually trying to make puns.. It just happens to be a useful analogy. I do that a lot, so I tend to notice and enjoy puns more often than some of my friends would like. That’s why I think you guys are so awesome!)
Meanwhile, how is the playerbase reacting to this sudden server-wide “message from Graiya herself”? I thought the Hurricane Software GMs were the only ones allowed to do that.
Something tells me the GMS and admins have an unfortunate lack of training in dealing with the fundaments of a universe created out of advanced alchenometry.
As long as we don’t hafta see any of them dance in fake/wannabe Bollywood style.
…Now, a *real* Bollywood production of GA would be… Um. Interesting. Actually, maybe not a good idea after all. I love ice cream and I love pickles. I don’t think I’d love them together.
Sure, she’s allowing an ancient spirit to talk through her, and yeah, it probably wanted her to blast that troll, but so far has it really done anything that Syr’Ng wouldn’t do anyway if she could, or at least allow for? It’s possible she could end up trying to kill of the rest of the group for not being wood elves and/or going on an absurdly destructive warpath that might include turning against the wood elves’s current allies, but Byron being worried in the last panel is the only thing that made me suspect such. Though I guess it does make some sense, what with how crazy some of the older elves are and the fact that Grayia ripped her arm off to make it into a bough.
And then Azula shoots lightning at her, ending the Avatar Cycle.
Wait, what?
It’s OK she’s only grassbending here, clearly not the actual avatar. (That’s bandit)
Oh the irony Bryon. Oh the irony.
Yep. Syr’s hair was all curly, now it’s irony.
Irony = opposite of wrinkly, right?
You could even call it… Byronic? >_> <_<
I'll be over here.
Any chance you’ll STAY over there? :-D
Okay, that was inspired. Gold star.
Oh the Byrony!
The byron fist of byrony.
Treezerker!
I believe you’re looking for ‘Fir-zerker’.
whatever we call it, I now want to make that D&D class…
My love for you is like a trunk, Firserker!
Would you like some grinding stump? Firserker!
That right there, flevine? That was win. You won it.
Nothing worse than a woman’s scorn. Especially when that woman has an all powerful staff that manipulates plant life.
Hell hath no fury like a woman’s thorns.
It’s just another night at the wood elve’s club
Aw crap, she’s gone Super Saiyan.
I think you mean, Super Graiyan.
yeeeeeaaAAAAAAH!!!
Avatar state. This is why Aang shaved his head.
It’s the end of the world as we know it, and I feel vine.
I feel like Syr’Nj is really making a powerful FWASHOOM statement here with that slinky vine outfit and crazy hair
She’s losing a little of the colour from her face though… You could say she’s looking a little Graiya.
Whatever’s causing it, I think the shamans have just realised that it’s catching.
Harky better hope _somebody_ is catching….
I’d have to agree with that grassessment.
Oooooookay.
Of all the possible outcomes for this situation, this… this is not one I ever considered, I’ll be honest.
Oh god no! She’s gone lumberjack!!!
Er… wait.
Oh no… Not tall grass! ANYTHING BUT TALL… *A wild Thing That Wants to Kill You appeared.*
The therapy! It’s all being unraveled!
Back to hiding from caves and grass…
Oh come on, I’m sure her bark is worse than her bite.
She’s not going to kill anyone, just do a little light weeding.
Am-bush is weeding, and weeding is fun, da mental state of Syr notwithstanding.
I like what you did there.
Especially as I did not see it the first time I read it.
Don’t worry guys, her bark is worse than her bite.
Aaaand then I look at the comment immediately above me and cry.
Great minds think alike. :D
We all cried a little, seeing as that joke has been overused a bit.
Whoops! That’s not the god Mr. Purpleumpagus wanted summoned.
(Can’t wait for the epic reaction to his loss of control sure to follow.)
Do you get the feeling that this battle has just been taken to a new level?
Ye-es. Though I have a niggling worry that Byron will attempt to “save” her from the possession. Remember, he didn’t react well to the DieDieDie Cultist.
As the old adage goes, “It’s not nice to fool around with Mother Nature.” Or perhaps in this case, Mother-in-Law Nature.
for a change she’s not doing science on them.
Now you know why they call Nature a “Mother”
Wait, wait. She says they shall NOT be punished lightly, and then punishes one of them with a massive fwashoom of light? Make up your mind!!
Not punished lightly = punished heavily. She’s not saying that they will not be punished, just that the punishment won’t not be light meaning it’s gonna be painful and badass.
Arr, I think it be a pun that Mujaki be makin.
Pity that ignorance is no excuse for avoiding pun-ishment.
Oh I see now. My bad.
It’s allergy season; it messes up even the finest of minds. We forgive you.
Graiya gonna give you up
Graiya gonna let you down
Graiya gonna run around and hurt you.
Yikes – we’ve been stickrolled!
GAHH! LOL! I dunno whether to scream or laugh!
“L-AUGH!”
I say we scraugh. HAHAARG!!!
That sounds like you’re having a hernia…
Syr’Nj summons Creeper Vines of Inappropriate Touching!
Is that like Evard’s Spiked Tentacles of Forced Intrusion?
Remind me not to mess with her before she’s had her morning coffee.
Cent : +5 Geek points for the OOTS reference that went through my mind.
Well at least go with the de-exploding runes brand.
/boughs
I suspect this also puts the kibosh on filtering her coffee through socks.
I think I remember my Mum changing channels on a horror movie like this sometime back in the ’80’s. My little sisters didn’t understand why, and I was just old enough to be glad not to see what happened next. XP
That would probably be Evil Dead. I was surprised they went for that scene when I first saw it.
Tbh Byron is kinda jumping to conclusions imo. It’s the standard vengeful god routine that’s kinda expected under the circumstances. Doesn’t automatically mean she’s “out of control”.
In any case it’s nice to see Syr’Nj in full bloom.
She’s clearly branching out from science, here.
Botany is Science, too. Just a different branch of the Family Tree, so to speak.
(I am not actually trying to make puns.. It just happens to be a useful analogy. I do that a lot, so I tend to notice and enjoy puns more often than some of my friends would like. That’s why I think you guys are so awesome!)
Yes, we are indeed awesome.
Or some times we try to be.
I love puns
Avast! I not be speakin’ proper above captain. I’ll swaab me mouth out from now on!
Yeah! Talk Like a Pirate Day!!
Yarr.
I be listening to “Blow Me Down” by the Moneyshot Cosmonauts, to be followed with “The Pirates Who Don’t Do Anything” by Relient K. Yarr!
“THEY SHALL NOT BE PUNISHED LIGHTLY”
*zaps Harky with a flash of light*
“ALWAYS DRINK YOUR OVALTINE” would have been a good secondary line. I doubt Harky had his Little Orphan Annie decoder ring handy, though.
Tune in “She’s lost control” by Joy division.
When I saw this all I could think of was, “The Beast in Me.” By Mark Lenegan.
So, will this become one of Byron’s kinks? “OH, YEAH, baby. Get possessed, just like that!”
“Why don’tcha come over here and exorcise me, big boy?”
“Dem kids and deir kinky hijinks! And dat stoopid van! Always rockin’! …and dat big dam dog sittin’ outside howlin’ made fit ta raise da dead!!”
“Roo, me? Scooby don’t like dead!”
“Jinkies! That dog can talk!? I must have took too much acid, man.”
Pretty sure that’s just about the last thing Byron would ever find desirable.
Byron might be okay with her toes seeking fertilizer. It’s when they seek hydration that he he draws the line.
Oh, right Byron. Like you‘ve got the right to judge.
He’s highly experienced in the field.
Not on this end, he ain’t!
Talk about going green. Yeesh.
It’s not easy…
“…So that’s what that feels like.”
Syr’Nj’s words could apply just as well to H.R. and Carol…
Excellent point.
(Excellent avatar too – “I will do science to it!”)
Well, Byron, you’ve got a couple of axes *right there*… you know, in case anything needs choping.
I wonder what it is about Graiya’s bough that Syr’s father had kept secret from her. I’m afraid we might find out soon…
Syr’NJ Green IS PEOPLE!
Actually, it’s soy and lentils. It’s only people if it walks and talks… oh, wait.
Can’t we all just live in peas & hominy?
Is it me or is she having a Jaina Proudmoore moment. (you’ll probably need to have read the tides of war novel to know why)
i supposed this is one way to destabilize the leadership.
They do seem pretty rooted, don’t they?
Oh man, Byron. This is the time you need to just hang back and let it happen, and there’s absolutely no chance you’re going to do that, is there?
*sigh* No… He isn’t. We all know he isn’t.
So, does this mean she’s a raid boss?
I’d say more of a RoundUp boss, myself.
Oh no! Is Byron going to have to kill his love interest, X-Men 3 style?!
Fie’Nx? ill allow it.
HR: What happened? I activated the Wood elf destruction sequence!
Carol: The sequence crashed, now we’ve got the Green Screen of Life!
Meanwhile, how is the playerbase reacting to this sudden server-wide “message from Graiya herself”? I thought the Hurricane Software GMs were the only ones allowed to do that.
Something tells me the GMS and admins have an unfortunate lack of training in dealing with the fundaments of a universe created out of advanced alchenometry.
n00bs.
In brightest day, in blackest night,
No evil shall escape my sight
Let those who worship evil’s might,
Beware my power, Green Lantern’s light!!!
Huh. Maybe Byron shoulda put a ring on it.
As long as we don’t hafta see any of them dance in fake/wannabe Bollywood style.
…Now, a *real* Bollywood production of GA would be… Um. Interesting. Actually, maybe not a good idea after all. I love ice cream and I love pickles. I don’t think I’d love them together.
-.- not sure whether to laugh or cry
I hear that far too often.
BOOM!
Sure, she’s allowing an ancient spirit to talk through her, and yeah, it probably wanted her to blast that troll, but so far has it really done anything that Syr’Ng wouldn’t do anyway if she could, or at least allow for? It’s possible she could end up trying to kill of the rest of the group for not being wood elves and/or going on an absurdly destructive warpath that might include turning against the wood elves’s current allies, but Byron being worried in the last panel is the only thing that made me suspect such. Though I guess it does make some sense, what with how crazy some of the older elves are and the fact that Grayia ripped her arm off to make it into a bough.
I have a distinct premonition that something just as bad as Tectonus has been unleashed.
Something also tells me that Harky now knows in no uncertain terms just what game their god is playing.
The Gods are playing Harkyball, a variant on the mortals’ volleyball.
Don’t worry Byron, if she makes like a tree and leaves, you’ll only have to pine for her for a season’s turn. Spring’s all about rebirth right? >.>
Hey, Harky! Byron! Can I join in to make it a treesome?
Is it a win/win that half the reason I read Guildedage is the reading the comment section?
+1
“I BRING YOU HEAR ME, A MESSAGE FROM MY PEOPLE. GRAIYA HERSELF”
She’s not outta control, Byron; she’s UNDER control.
Sigh. Kinda limp comment/observation following the awesome sauce of years gone by. BUT it’s my immediate reaction upon binge re-reading.