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

Hard as Redwood, I'd bet.

Chapter 20 – Page 3

on January 9, 2013
Chapter: Chapter 20
└ Tags: His Grace Miyamoto, His Grace Pardo, Mister Bedard, Syr'Nj
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  1. alicemacher
    alicemacher
    January 9, 2013, 12:06 am | # | Reply

    Gentlemen, you just tapped the wrong root.

    • JamesRustle
      JamesRustle
      January 9, 2013, 2:07 pm | # | Reply

      They’ll soon realize that Syr’s bite is worse than her bark.

      • Seggs
        Seggs
        January 9, 2013, 4:39 pm | # | Reply

        and wood elven bark is pretty gnarly

      • Logos
        Logos
        January 9, 2013, 5:12 pm | # | Reply

        I’d imagine she’s working out how best to be a thorn in their sides.

      • Fren
        Fren
        January 10, 2013, 7:24 am | # | Reply

        It’s usually more difficult to weed out one’s foes, but these lot aren’t even hiding in the tall grass.

      • Thomas
        Thomas
        August 17, 2013, 5:14 pm | # | Reply

        Are these re-asses prepared to meet the science elf?

        • I don't know what to put here.
          I don't know what to put here.
          January 26, 2014, 3:24 am | # | Reply

          These guys better be prepared to live a half-life.

  2. Jean-Luc
    Jean-Luc
    January 9, 2013, 12:16 am | # | Reply

    -And that my boy is how everyone came to their senses and the elven/dwarven/savage alliance ganked the human once and for all.

    -Daddy, was it a GG no re kind of gank?

    -Yes my boy, yes it was.

    • Phil
      Flo
      January 9, 2013, 12:35 am | # | Reply

      Gold Star.

    • Dog
      Dog
      January 9, 2013, 3:43 am | # | Reply

      Um … captain, what about the Gnomes ?

      • Joe
        Joe
        July 27, 2013, 5:41 pm | # | Reply

        They were delicious!

    • Taxil Necrobane
      Taxil Necrobane
      January 9, 2013, 9:37 am | # | Reply

      if i remember right, they went kekekek right after wards.

      • Jean-Luc
        Jean-Luc
        January 9, 2013, 10:09 am | # | Reply

        Gnomes? Oh yeah…..Gnomes! Yeah, they were there too.

        • Psychotic_Serpent
          Psychotic_Serpent
          January 9, 2013, 1:02 pm | # | Reply

          They definitely were, and definitely not just forced to be slaves of war. *wink*

  3. Thomas
    Thomas
    January 9, 2013, 12:22 am | # | Reply

    ooooooooooo!!!!!!

    Fecal matter is about to hit the hub mounted rotary paddles!…. gnomish design of course ;)

    • Dog
      Dog
      January 9, 2013, 3:43 am | # | Reply

      I prefer human design. Race preference and al. :-3

      • Taxil Necrobane
        Taxil Necrobane
        January 9, 2013, 9:35 am | # | Reply

        good to hear that, goblin models tend to blow up to distribute the fecal matter.

        • Korbl
          Korbl
          January 10, 2013, 2:39 am | # | Reply

          Hmm… fecal matter canons. We’ll make a note of that idea.

  4. Fairportfan
    Fairportfan
    January 9, 2013, 12:29 am | # | Reply

    Medium-size elves have big ears.

    The better to hear you with, asshole…

  5. SteelRaven
    SteelRaven
    January 9, 2013, 12:52 am | # | Reply

    Rule #1 in Politics: They only pat you on the back to know where to put the dagger.

  6. Messenger
    Messenger
    January 9, 2013, 1:11 am | # | Reply

    Very hard, thanks to their big, pointy ears that can hear you from a distance.

    • Korbl
      Korbl
      January 10, 2013, 2:40 am | # | Reply

      And that’s how the humans learned *why* elves have such long ears.

  7. tejón
    tejón
    January 9, 2013, 1:35 am | # | Reply

    “Hard as redwood.” So, uh… not especially hard?

    • Zypher
      Zypher
      January 9, 2013, 8:11 am | # | Reply

      That was what I thought. Redwood is a harder wood, but I would think Ironwood would have been the better choice.

      • Carl-E
        Carl-E
        January 9, 2013, 9:25 am | # | Reply

        Or even oak… or teak, or ebony, or rosewood… but I guess ironwood’s the obvious choice. [/woodworkingnerd]

        • umm
          umm
          January 9, 2013, 10:05 am | # | Reply

          Red ironwood.

        • KeiranHalcyon
          KeiranHalcyon
          January 10, 2013, 12:17 pm | # | Reply

          No, no… he meant Brazilian Redwood…

    • eschmenk
      eschmenk
      January 9, 2013, 10:15 am | # | Reply

      No, “Hard as Redwood.” It’s capitalized as if it’s a proper name. It doesn’t ring any bells, though.

      • Marble Gargle
        Marble Gargle
        January 9, 2013, 4:26 pm | # | Reply

        Wasn’t Red Wood the director of Plan 9 from Outer Space?

  8. █████
    █████
    January 9, 2013, 1:57 am | # | Reply

    “Hey, listen!”

  9. gangler
    gangler
    January 9, 2013, 3:07 am | # | Reply

    Took me a second to realize there wasn’t a painting of her ear hanging on the wall.

    • Mujaki
      Mujaki
      January 9, 2013, 11:30 pm | # | Reply

      No, it’s actually a poster from the Gastonian department of propaganda.
      “How To Recognize Our Elven Allies.”

  10. Davriel
    Davriel
    January 9, 2013, 3:32 am | # | Reply

    Someone failed a spot check…

    • Eirikr
      Eirikr
      January 9, 2013, 4:23 pm | # | Reply

      Failed a spot check of a successful listen check. Poor humans and their baseline lack of a racial modifier.

  11. Ivresse
    Ivresse
    January 9, 2013, 4:37 am | # | Reply

    ‘You turn if you want to! The wood elf’s not for turning!’

    • Just Visiting
      Just Visiting
      January 9, 2013, 12:27 pm | # | Reply

      I just want you to know that I understood that reference. I don’t know how many other people did, but I want to make sure you feel appreciated.

  12. oamuthemonk
    oamuthemonk
    January 9, 2013, 7:21 am | # | Reply

    I usually don’t give a shit about political maneuvering in my fantasy worlds, but this has actually been set up very effectively. I’m looking forward to seeing how this unfolds. Top drawer, gentlemen. Top drawer.

  13. Aazen
    Aazen
    January 9, 2013, 7:41 am | # | Reply

    Oh. It is on.

    • wwlaos
      wwlaos
      January 9, 2013, 11:38 am | # | Reply

      Apt avatar, that.

      • Eirikr
        Eirikr
        January 9, 2013, 4:24 pm | # | Reply

        Your avatar, the same.

  14. Sir Exal
    Sir Exal
    January 9, 2013, 9:56 am | # | Reply

    “Wait, is this one of those fantasy worlds with complete and inexplicable sexual equality?”

    “No.”

    “Oh. Well, thank god for that.”

    • Jean-Luc
      Jean-Luc
      January 9, 2013, 11:25 am | # | Reply

      Just realized that the sentence “…men will always be a majority in the house of houses…” has a twofold meaning. :P

    • JamesRustle
      JamesRustle
      January 9, 2013, 2:06 pm | # | Reply

      “Absolutely NO GIRLS ALLOWED in our clubhouse!

      Now, on to important business about who has the most cooties…”

  15. Harrowed
    Harrowed
    January 9, 2013, 10:33 am | # | Reply

    Oh ho! This is going to be fun!

  16. aqua
    aqua
    January 9, 2013, 12:44 pm | # | Reply

    obviously a bachelor who never had a sister

  17. ahdok
    ahdok
    January 9, 2013, 1:07 pm | # | Reply

    You can’t trust these plantfolk. The corn has ears.

    • Derp
      Derp
      January 10, 2013, 7:06 pm | # | Reply

      And the potatoes, eyes.

  18. Locke
    Locke
    January 9, 2013, 1:58 pm | # | Reply

    NO ONE PLOTS WITHIN EARSHOT LIKE GASTON!

    … IANS.

    • MC
      MC
      January 9, 2013, 2:26 pm | # | Reply

      Thanks. Now the song is in my head!

    • kenneth
      kenneth
      January 10, 2013, 5:10 am | # | Reply

      Bravo!

  19. zomg
    zomg
    January 9, 2013, 8:25 pm | # | Reply

    I AM ZOMG’S COMPLETE LACK OF SURPRISE

    (also: Locke wins)

  20. Wrenalu
    Wrenalu
    January 10, 2013, 12:11 am | # | Reply

    Hmmm, I think they need to re-aquaint themselves with women in general. Women let men think they are manipulating us because, as we all know, a man only thinks an idea is good if he thinks it’s his. Oh, whoops! I may have let out a huge secret… **encryption in process, only the most brilliant may see this**

  21. Cerbereth
    Cerbereth
    January 10, 2013, 12:52 am | # | Reply

    Humanity first as it should be.

  22. The_Rippy_One
    The_Rippy_One
    January 10, 2013, 1:42 am | # | Reply

    HA HA HA H-*DOOM!*

  23. Fren
    Fren
    January 10, 2013, 7:25 am | # | Reply

    What a bunch of knotholes.

    • Jean-Luc
      Jean-Luc
      January 10, 2013, 12:19 pm | # | Reply

      Yeah, total gearwads.

  24. plaintextman
    plaintextman
    January 10, 2013, 4:42 pm | # | Reply

    I wonder how the other houses are responding to all of this. Iwatani is obviously not very pro-peace-and-symbiosis, but aren’t there at least some human houses who aren’t all dickish about it?

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