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

Fr'Nj turned warmly to her comrades and smiled. 'This is a bird,' she proclaimed, and then nodded sagely.

Chapter 37 – Page 18

on June 26, 2015
Chapter: Chapter 37
└ Tags: Fr'Nj, Scipio, Syr'Nj
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  1. Garithos
    Garithos
    June 26, 2015, 12:21 am | # | Reply

    *fails spot check*

    What bird?

  2. Ishmael
    Ishmael
    June 26, 2015, 12:24 am | # | Reply

    That pigeon on her arm needs to be a gravatar.

    It looks happy.

    • Ace Woodlink
      Ace Woodlink
      June 26, 2015, 7:58 am | # | Reply

      Seconded.

    • Kobold
      Kobold
      June 26, 2015, 11:30 am | # | Reply

      Probably the happiest creature in that world at the moment.

      • Seggs
        Seggs
        June 26, 2015, 4:54 pm | # | Reply

        “im a pigeon, im a pigeon. im a pigeon, im a pigeon. im a pigeon, im a pigeon. OH OH OH! im a pigeon!”

        • Kamino Neko
          Kamino Neko
          June 28, 2015, 2:48 pm | # | Reply

          Was that supposed to be read to the tune of Rock Me Amadeus?

          • Seggs
            Seggs
            June 29, 2015, 11:02 pm | # | Reply

            yes.

  3. CARTOS
    CARTOS
    June 26, 2015, 12:30 am | # | Reply

    “We’re facing the deadliest threat since the World’s Rebellion (which will still have to be addressed at some point, if we survive, but I digress) and I’m the hardiest warrior you have left. So I’m running off to meditate and fornicate in the elves’ homewood. You know, the place were we almost all got killed, so it seems really safe there now. Send me a postcard or whatever, if you don’t get disintegrated or chewed to death.”

    • chase
      chase
      June 26, 2015, 12:44 am | # | Reply

      I agree. In the thick of things does seem like an odd time to decide you want to go grow old together.

      • MidnightDStroyer
        MidnightDStroyer
        June 26, 2015, 12:49 am | # | Reply

        Well, if you want to grow old with someone, you have to start at *some* time or another…

      • LockeZ
        LockeZ
        June 26, 2015, 1:24 am | # | Reply

        Look at the world of Arkherra. It’ll always be in the thick of things. That’ll never stop. Not in their lifetime.

        • Hermitage
          Hermitage
          June 26, 2015, 2:40 am | # | Reply

          Yea, but this is pretty high up on the shit hit fannage scale. I r not impressed with Scipio right now.

          • LockeZ
            LockeZ
            June 26, 2015, 6:32 am | # | Reply

            I disagree. They just stopped the cultists’ big plan and killed their leader, and they also just had a banquet with the world’s rebellion. This is as peaceful as the world has been since the start of the comic, and as peaceful as it’ll ever be again until it ends.

            • CorrTerek
              CorrTerek
              June 26, 2015, 7:47 am | # | Reply

              Not to mention Scipio just lived through what is probably the most horrifying thing he’s ever seen. Can’t blame the man for wanting to step away from things.

              • the_zet
                the_zet
                June 26, 2015, 9:10 am | # | Reply

                I WOULD point out that this isn’t a retirement plan, it’s a “revive the druids” plan. In MMO terms: we’re going to start a new faction for the capital W-war, not this WR vs Gastonia scuffle. If they do end up leaving the guild, I doubt they’re going to spend all their time gardening, it’s spinning up a nature-centric-guild.

                • Draxynnic
                  Draxynnic
                  June 26, 2015, 9:22 am | # | Reply

                  Pretty much. Syr’Nj might prefer Scipio to stay with her, but him staying with Fr’Nj means she’ll have a strong sword arm around if she needs one. It’s less retirement and more moving into a new role, and who can say which will prove to be more important in the end?

                  • chase
                    chase
                    June 26, 2015, 3:55 pm | # | Reply

                    All very valid points. I wasn’t saying he should never. I suppose I was just as surprised as Syr was, is all.

                • LockeZ
                  LockeZ
                  June 27, 2015, 12:31 am | # | Reply

                  No, shut up. Thrall was the best warchief and he should never have left.

                  • Nicolas Rei
                    Nicolas Rei
                    June 27, 2015, 12:35 pm | # | Reply

                    The man just saw many friends die, without any way to save them, despite his best efforts. It’s time to rest, reflect, and protect the one who means the most to him.

      • Kennerly
        Kennerly
        June 26, 2015, 1:42 am | # | Reply

        Wanting to grow old is a common excuse for avoiding war.

        • Emanon
          Emanon
          June 26, 2015, 2:28 am | # | Reply

          Wanting to avoid your wife is a more common excuse for going to war.

          • Seggs
            Seggs
            June 26, 2015, 4:59 pm | # | Reply

            Wanting to avoid your wife’s excuses is an old war.

            • Psolo Ghoti
              Psolo Ghoti
              June 26, 2015, 5:46 pm | # | Reply

              War: it’s fantastic!

              • biggmac
                biggmac
                June 29, 2015, 12:30 am | # | Reply

                HUH. Good God, y’all! What is it good for?

    • TxGator
      TxGator
      June 26, 2015, 9:06 am | # | Reply

      It’s a matter of priorities. He holds Fr’Nj as a higher priority than either Gastonia or the Adventurer’s Guild. I can’t fault the man for that.

    • Kamino Neko
      Kamino Neko
      June 26, 2015, 3:12 pm | # | Reply

      ‘So, stay here, let Fr’Nj die, and prevent the addition of Druids to our ranks. That would be far more useful.’

      • chase
        chase
        October 19, 2017, 11:31 am | # | Reply

        At least the whole “revive the druids” plan isn’t the same as “retiring” outright, but I’m not sure he actually said that was the plan to Syr.

        In any case, I’m archive-diving again, and I still thought, at first, that when the world is potentially ending thanks to corruptor beasts devouring it is a strange time to decide to leave the fight, but having gone back now, I do believe that in the end, it DOES help the fight in the long run. Just not right here, on the front lines or in this very moment. Druids would be a powerful asset to have in the coming wartime, and if Scipio can help make that happen, then he is doing what he wants/needs to be happy, while not abandoning anyone.

  4. Jean-Luc
    Jean-Luc
    June 26, 2015, 1:09 am | # | Reply

    Get over here…..honey, breakfast is ready. -The Scorpion

    • Chris
      Chris
      June 26, 2015, 9:32 am | # | Reply

      *slow clap*

      I was just thinking to myself whom summoned whom?

  5. CinnamonArcher
    CinnamonArcher
    June 26, 2015, 1:52 am | # | Reply

    This would be a fantastic time for the house of cards to fall down… A well and good time, just right enough for a hero to appear and stop the last card from crumpling upon itself, if only for a brief moment–but then this wouldn’t be the comic I started reading so long ago.

    Still, if there had to be a time to torment them, to drag it out further, to really get that tanning rack some use, it would be now.

    • Elihias
      Elihias
      June 26, 2015, 3:09 am | # | Reply

      …’You got to know when to hold ’em,
      Know when to fold ’em.
      Know when to walk away,
      Know when to run….’

      Eli…

  6. Lexible
    Lexible
    June 26, 2015, 2:34 am | # | Reply

    That’s not a bird, it’s a therapod!

    • tejón
      tejón
      June 26, 2015, 2:58 pm | # | Reply

      Are you implying Fr’Nj is not a clever girl?

  7. Mister Zipangu
    Mister Zipangu
    June 26, 2015, 3:37 am | # | Reply

    Really, Scorpio? Multiclassing into Druid? How is that going to help you? You do not even have the right scores, even if your Wisdom is good for a fighter.

    Timing is good, though. The will be no great battles until the release of the Next big expansion pack or DLC. Fine time for personal sidequests to grind fraction and NPC relation score.

    • Observer
      Observer
      June 26, 2015, 7:33 am | # | Reply

      Ranger?

      • laughingsnarl
        laughingsnarl
        June 26, 2015, 10:33 am | # | Reply

        And then, Weapon Master (because if you go from fighter to ranger that seems like the next logical step…)

  8. Kammon
    Kammon
    June 26, 2015, 5:24 am | # | Reply

    Eh. Scipio’s a player’s character, not a Tuber, and this was a perfect time to retire this character for personal reasons. Guessing that the player’s new Alt character shows up next week?

    • Anvildude
      Anvildude
      June 26, 2015, 12:40 pm | # | Reply

      I wonder. What if Rachel’s character deletion is acting as a catalyst for all of that group jumping ship from Arkerra to, say, Hurricane’s digital game? (forget the name right now). So all their characters are running ‘loose’ so to speak- except E-merl stubbornly holds on to WoA, becoming more and more bitter and disconnected, trying to hold on to the ‘good times’, even through the big crossover event where he (the character, maybe the player too) runs into the Digi-versions of all his old friends, including Rachel, triggering a breakdown of some sort.

  9. Minando
    Minando
    June 26, 2015, 6:00 am | # | Reply

    Not bad for an generic wood elf npc.

  10. wolfpax
    wolfpax
    June 26, 2015, 6:25 am | # | Reply

    Syr’Ng needs to let him go for a bit. We’ve all either seen it or had it happen personally. The responsibility of being a main tank for the guild just gets to be too much. He’ll step down, play at being a healer for a bit, but the itch will be there.

    He (I know really she) won’t be able to just stand at the side and let wipes happen. He’ll try to desperation tank, maybe even pull it off once or twice. After he get roughed up a few times and the doubt starts to sink in about how good the new tanks really are, he’ll be back.

    You don’t just put the shield down that easily. It becomes a part of your arm, a part of your instincts.

  11. foducool
    foducool
    June 26, 2015, 6:29 am | # | Reply

    dude’s called scorpion because he only speaks when it’ll sting

  12. The Indomitable Eric
    The Indomitable Eric
    June 26, 2015, 6:53 am | # | Reply

    In fairness, it is kind of hard to grow old together in peace when the cultists plan to end the world, like, next week.

  13. Observer
    Observer
    June 26, 2015, 7:36 am | # | Reply

    He/she and the others have discussed putting their current mains on the back burner, one way or another, so they can concentrate on building new characters and leveling up again from scratch with there playing buddy who lost her character to a server glitch. A nice show of solidarity and friendship.

  14. DeftTitan
    DeftTitan
    June 26, 2015, 9:40 am | # | Reply

    Never saw the bird. Can’t stop looking at the man hand.

  15. Devlerbat
    Devlerbat
    June 26, 2015, 12:48 pm | # | Reply

    The alt text makes Fr’nj smarter than the average Metropolis citizen.

  16. bokonondeemax
    bokonondeemax
    June 26, 2015, 3:56 pm | # | Reply

    This is how a druid flips her sister the bird.

  17. Psolo Ghoti
    Psolo Ghoti
    June 26, 2015, 5:48 pm | # | Reply

    Oh, hover text, how I love thee.

  18. zathael
    zathael
    June 26, 2015, 6:26 pm | # | Reply

    alt text made me lol

  19. Andreas Geisler
    Andreas Geisler
    June 27, 2015, 4:32 pm | # | Reply

    Is that City Face?

  20. Observer
    Observer
    June 27, 2015, 6:55 pm | # | Reply

    Syr’Nj: I… need…

    Look at least leave me the Cigar of Nonchalance +6. With that I can just friggin’ bluff everyone into thinking I have everything calm and under control instead of grasping at unraveling threads in a tapestry devoted to the Monkey Goddess of Chaos!

    Scipio: …

    • Moxie
      Moxie
      June 28, 2015, 9:27 pm | # | Reply

      The Cigar left Scipio because it still wants to fight.

  21. DeathDave
    DeathDave
    July 16, 2015, 9:37 pm | # | Reply

    It looks like the player-members of the Peacemakers upon Rachel’s death have abandoned their characters. Bandit was imprisoned for an undisclosed amount of time during which the player wouldn’t be able to do anything. Scipio following an NPC character is also indicative of being left behind by Kay.

    Plot twist, but something I would find pretty realistic, the “non-tube” players playing an episodic role at the end.

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