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

Well... that's what you get for skipping Arm Day.

Chapter 38 – Page 10

on August 7, 2015
Chapter: Chapter 38
└ Tags: Ardaic, Caneghem, Grand Marshall Jarvis, His Grace Iwatani, His Grace Miyamoto, His Grace Pardo, Mister Bedard
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  1. Jean-Luc
    Jean-Luc
    August 7, 2015, 12:05 am | # | Reply

    The Devil Wears Pardo.

  2. Ganurath
    Ganurath
    August 7, 2015, 12:23 am | # | Reply

    I didn’t expect they’d kick Pardo out for milling about.

    • biggmac
      biggmac
      August 7, 2015, 12:55 am | # | Reply

      The Hall of Houses don’t provide much lumber support.

      • Tavis
        Tavis
        August 7, 2015, 1:26 am | # | Reply

        We all knew they wood start with the one who tried to branch out to non-humans.

        • Draxynnic
          Draxynnic
          August 7, 2015, 5:04 am | # | Reply

          It’s just unfortunate he didn’t twig on to it sooner and try to do something about the root cause of the problem. Then they might have been forced to leaf him where he was.

          • Rodrigo
            Rodrigo
            August 7, 2015, 7:53 am | # | Reply

            The heads of the houses seem to not be in the wood to let him stick arround anymore.

            • DeftTitan
              DeftTitan
              August 7, 2015, 5:02 pm | # | Reply

              They’re gonna get board when he leaves.

    • l33tninja
      l33tninja
      August 7, 2015, 11:31 am | # | Reply

      He was just sapping their strength

  3. Iarei
    Iarei
    August 7, 2015, 12:24 am | # | Reply

    It looks like those fine, well armed gentlemen are willing to pull Pardo’s weight for him.

  4. Raznaak
    Raznaak
    August 7, 2015, 12:51 am | # | Reply

    Well, at least they’re not framing him or anything…

    • CorrTerek
      CorrTerek
      August 7, 2015, 1:29 am | # | Reply

      Still worrisome that they had guards drag him out.

      • MattStriker
        MattStriker
        August 7, 2015, 5:40 am | # | Reply

        Nah, that’s standard procedure when surprise-firing somebody.

        • CorrTerek
          CorrTerek
          August 7, 2015, 8:37 am | # | Reply

          Is it? I’ve been surprise-fired a few times and nobody ever called security on me.

          Granted, they waited until I was at home to fire me, so…

          • Tsapki
            Tsapki
            August 7, 2015, 11:54 am | # | Reply

            That tends to be it, fire you when you are far enough from company property to do any damage, or otherwise have people who can prevent you from doing said damage escort you from the premises.

    • Nathanyel
      Nathanyel
      August 7, 2015, 2:45 am | # | Reply

      Somehow, this hurts even worse.

    • Joe
      Joe
      August 7, 2015, 9:52 am | # | Reply

      Yeah, it sucks and it has horrible timing, but at the very least they’re not trying to say he’s partly responsible for supporting the adventurers in the first place, which is where I thought they were going.

      Not yet, at least.

  5. biggmac
    biggmac
    August 7, 2015, 12:51 am | # | Reply

    Jarvis! You’ve fallen to the dark side!

    • Silensio
      Silensio
      August 7, 2015, 4:40 am | # | Reply

      Eh, he’s always been there. Sort of.

    • Jean-Luc
      Jean-Luc
      August 7, 2015, 9:54 am | # | Reply

      From what I understand this is pretty normal regardless of circumstances. Gastonia is a mercantile republic similar to old Italian city-states. It’s a pragmatic meritocracy and the amount of power you have is proportional to the amount of resources (not necessarily of the material kind) you can contribute.

      It’s the rule of merchants, craftsmen and information dealers as opposed to inherited aristocrats or democratically elected officials. For all his legal bearing and political scheming Iwatani is basically a farmer, farming is what his wealth and power are based on.

      In any case that’s why “good guys” like Ardaic and Jarvis are cool with this, it’s just standard procedure.

      • Jat
        Jat
        August 9, 2015, 6:22 pm | # | Reply

        But isn’t the whole lumber arrangement with the wood elves mainly because of the war? Once the war’s over, their arrangement might end. That would mean kicking this guy out is kind of premature.

  6. dragon
    dragon
    August 7, 2015, 1:54 am | # | Reply

    Ah Jarvis and the arch-mage want to supplant him with Syr’nj.

    • Drunken Nordmann
      Drunken Nordmann
      August 7, 2015, 11:14 am | # | Reply

      Doesn’t she already have a seat?

      • Benedikt
        Benedikt
        August 8, 2015, 4:16 pm | # | Reply

        She does.

      • Devlerbat
        Devlerbat
        August 8, 2015, 11:57 pm | # | Reply

        Yea, but her duties made Pardo’s redundant.

    • Devlerbat
      Devlerbat
      August 8, 2015, 11:52 pm | # | Reply

      Yea…I thought Iwatani was going to take over lumber but they point out here that Syr’nj was basically already in control of the majority of Gastonia’s lumber supply for a while without even trying.

  7. SteelRaven
    SteelRaven
    August 7, 2015, 2:48 am | # | Reply

    “Our small council grows smaller…”

    • Loquat
      Loquat
      August 7, 2015, 8:12 pm | # | Reply

      “Not small enough.”

    • Imrar
      Imrar
      August 10, 2015, 3:03 pm | # | Reply

      And then there was four…

  8. rezby
    rezby
    August 7, 2015, 2:50 am | # | Reply

    I find it p interesting how they are all standing with the same posture.

    • Rune
      Rune
      August 7, 2015, 3:40 am | # | Reply

      All those sticks up their backsides tends to have that effect.

      • Devlerbat
        Devlerbat
        August 7, 2015, 4:29 am | # | Reply

        The lumber shortage should fix that.

    • Quebrith
      Quebrith
      August 7, 2015, 7:03 am | # | Reply

      I’ve heard that, in politics, you don’t want to show your hand too soon.

      • DatComment
        DatComment
        August 8, 2015, 12:01 am | # | Reply

        But the elf is showing his hands.

  9. Charlie Spencer
    Charlie Spencer
    August 7, 2015, 7:15 am | # | Reply

    Does Don Pardo get some lovely parting gifts? A case of Turtle Wax and a lifetime supply of Rice-A-Roni, “The [DING*DING] San Francisco treat”? Am I the only one old enough to appreciate this?

    • kitastrophe
      kitastrophe
      August 7, 2015, 8:59 am | # | Reply

      I am with you because I am old and creaky as well.

      • Chris
        Chris
        August 7, 2015, 9:03 am | # | Reply

        Screw that. Give me the Round Up tune on my way out ” MEAT ITS WHATS FOR DINNER “

    • LordHideous
      LordHideous
      August 7, 2015, 9:10 am | # | Reply

      Don’t forget the exciting home version of “Guilded Age: The Board Game!”*

      *board not included due to lumber shortage.

    • Carl-E
      Carl-E
      August 7, 2015, 5:05 pm | # | Reply

      At last! Someone finally said,

      “Thank you, Don Pardo!”

      I’ve been waiting for that since he was introduced…

    • The Gorram Batguy
      The Gorram Batguy
      August 9, 2015, 7:01 am | # | Reply

      I have thought of this every single time Pardo shows up. I feel a great relief that somebody explicitly brought it up.

  10. brasca1
    brasca1
    August 7, 2015, 1:17 pm | # | Reply

    Interesting power play. While the wood elves have surpassed Pardo’s house in lumber protection it is due war necessity. Once the war is over they would not be so generous given their reverence for trees, but of course if that were to happen then they would have the justification to expel Syr’ng and bring back Pardo. This now looks like a scheme to entangle her and wood elves into Gastonian politics.

  11. JediaKyrol
    JediaKyrol
    August 7, 2015, 2:42 pm | # | Reply

    … … …I just realized… … …Don Pardo…voiceover guy for almost everything on tv from the 70s to 90s.

    • Carl-E
      Carl-E
      August 7, 2015, 5:06 pm | # | Reply

      “Thank you, Don Pardo!”

      Yup.

  12. Lingo
    Lingo
    August 7, 2015, 8:51 pm | # | Reply

    Never noticed how BLUE that room is before….

  13. Loki Duck
    Loki Duck
    August 8, 2015, 5:40 pm | # | Reply

    Okay I’m finding it a bit weird that every single head of house (well except the head for the Sky elves) has their hands behind their back in the same pose… it’s a bit weird looking and actually kind of creepy.

    • Ace Woodlink
      Ace Woodlink
      August 9, 2015, 3:04 am | # | Reply

      Almost like they were all in on it…

      • Loki Duck
        Loki Duck
        August 9, 2015, 3:23 am | # | Reply

        Well that does seem to be the case considering how they all spoke a part of that speech… (again except for the Sky Elf head)

  14. Observer
    Observer
    August 9, 2015, 3:02 am | # | Reply

    In this Hall we only have room for those who have wood for war!

  15. Silensio
    Silensio
    August 9, 2015, 12:10 pm | # | Reply

    And GOD, the respective perspective of characters in this whole scene is sooooo weird if you pay close attention to it.
    Like they are all running around and changing plases all the time. Ol teleporting chaotically.

  16. Njord
    Njord
    August 13, 2015, 8:57 am | # | Reply

    So, he announced his own jeopardy?

  17. MidnightDStroyer
    MidnightDStroyer
    February 20, 2017, 11:27 am | # | Reply

    I’m not sure if there’s any significance here, but I recall the name Don Pardo as being a popular voice-over announcer on quite a few TV game shows 3 or 4 of decades ago. With this page, I just can’t keep this image out of my mind:
    Bob Barker: “Okay Don, tell our contestant what they’ve won.”
    Don Pardo, the voice-over: “Very well Bob. Our contestant has won an all-expense paid…What?…What are you doing?…Let go of me…Stop that. (voice begins to fade, as if moving away from the microphone) I’ll sue you!…Let go!” (sound of a door closing)

  18. Speedy
    Speedy
    February 24, 2019, 12:37 pm | # | Reply

    Wait… Do they even know that the Hall of Houses is actually the set for Big Brother: Gastonia?

    The closeups of each of the Heads, giving their justifications for voting to evict Pardo, were a pretty big clue. But, I guess NPCs don’t get to watch cutscenes like player characters do.

    I almost feel sorry for them. Their lives are like love children of Big Brother and The Truman Show.

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