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

'Yes, officers. As you can see here, we are legally permitted to park an imminent aerial threat basically anywhere it crashes and burns. Or would you have preferred the azaleas?'

Chapter 4 – Page 20

on April 16, 2010
Chapter: Chapter 04
└ Tags: Best, Byron, Frigg, Gravedust, Syr'Nj, Taro Iwatani
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  1. Madcat88
    Madcat88
    April 16, 2010, 12:06 am | # | Reply

    I love the girl flipping off Best

  2. 1d4caltrop
    1d4caltrop
    April 16, 2010, 12:07 am | # | Reply

    Now THAT is shooting daggers with your eyes! The back of Byron’s head should take 1d4+Str damage.

    Love the kid flipping Best the bird in panel 1.

    • SotiCoto
      SotiCoto
      June 21, 2013, 9:45 am | # | Reply

      1d4 Snape-damage more like.

  3. Magnor
    Magnor
    April 16, 2010, 12:14 am | # | Reply

    I like the little girl flipping off Payet in panel 1. Also, Failboat. Also, “We have a permit.” This page is made of win.

  4. GeneralSpecific
    GeneralSpecific
    April 16, 2010, 12:19 am | # | Reply

    ahh, finally – Best gets put in his place.

    • Joe
      Joe
      July 25, 2013, 6:39 pm | # | Reply

      Charisma doesn’t protect against burn damage

  5. Meirnon
    Meirnon
    April 16, 2010, 12:43 am | # | Reply

    Hehe, the girl flipping Best off is great.

  6. Carl-E
    Carl-E
    April 16, 2010, 12:48 am | # | Reply

    Way to interrupt an interrogation, Payet. He’s not a witness – he’s a perpe”traitor”!

  7. Paige
    Paige
    April 16, 2010, 12:56 am | # | Reply

    “We have a permit.” Heh, the things legal documentation will get you out of.

  8. Will
    Will
    April 16, 2010, 12:58 am | # | Reply

    Oh man, I play a character like Best in a VtM game. He gets a lot of hatin’ from his teammates. A lot of hatin’.

  9. Randonimity
    Randonimity
    April 16, 2010, 1:16 am | # | Reply

    I can’t decide who I like more now. Everyone is made of so much WIN. Especially Phil and Erica for the writing and the art.

    • T
      T
      April 16, 2010, 1:19 am | # | Reply

      Hey!

      HEY!

      • Niall
        Niall
        April 16, 2010, 10:02 am | # | Reply

        Ooooooh, burn by ignorance. Like leaving the clothes too close to the heater and leaving the house while you sleep in the next room.

        S’gotta sting.

  10. Ash
    Ash
    April 16, 2010, 1:41 am | # | Reply

    And that’s why we haven’t seen Payet in the flashforwards.

    If looks could kill…(Though in some instances, they probably could.)

    • Wyrd
      Wyrd
      April 16, 2010, 7:03 pm | # | Reply

      You ever wonder if Gorgon’s having a saying about “If looks couldn’t kill”?

      • SotiCoto
        SotiCoto
        June 21, 2013, 9:46 am | # | Reply

        And the Basilisk sitting one seat over is all “I know, right?!”

  11. Hypothetical
    Hypothetical
    April 16, 2010, 1:59 am | # | Reply

    Yep, the stage is definitely set for an Evil-Worst returns moment.

    I don’t think the girl is flipping anyone off. It looks more like she’s pointing to the sky, crying, trying to describe the feeling of being thrown face-first over the side of an arrghship.

    Best line ebar in this comic so far…”We have a permit…” A permit to…what? Do whatever it takes, no matter how bizzare, to save the kids???

    • toten0maske
      toten0maske
      April 16, 2010, 11:21 am | # | Reply

      I hate to disagree, but clearly that is a one finger salute given to the bard. Add the angry little frown and the image is clear – kids don’t like Payet. And frankly other than my personal enjoyment of watching Payet toss the children over the side – I really don’t like him either – he comes across really too much of a douche.

      But I agree, the stage is set for Payet’s evil/dark return – maybe there is something about Destiny when it comes to Payet’s story line. Destroyer of villages maybe… I really like the pace of the story, and the presentation.

  12. SaltyKracka
    SaltyKracka
    April 16, 2010, 2:28 am | # | Reply

    The permit’s for the ownership of the boat, which Frigg has, as always, described perfectly accurately.

    And this is definitely lending some credence to my theory that Payet will come back as the evil former teammate.

  13. Daran
    Daran
    April 16, 2010, 2:38 am | # | Reply

    I think Payet is going to go dual-class to berserker in the next page from the look on his face … kick his ass Byron!

  14. Iocane
    Iocane
    April 16, 2010, 2:46 am | # | Reply

    Alright! Set-up for a villain.

  15. Atnas
    Atnas
    April 16, 2010, 3:46 am | # | Reply

    Am I the only one who has liked Best from the beginning? I think I am.

    • Ash
      Ash
      April 16, 2010, 5:39 am | # | Reply

      No. No you are not.

  16. Nico
    Nico
    April 16, 2010, 6:30 am | # | Reply

    Really, kick Best out? But you have to have him in to offset the rest of the team. Keeps things lively yet balanced.

  17. Jean-Luc
    Jean-Luc
    April 16, 2010, 7:29 am | # | Reply

    Oooh, that poisonous stare. So uncharacteristic and creepy.

  18. Starphoenix
    Starphoenix
    April 16, 2010, 8:10 am | # | Reply

    Eh, I’m guessing that’s why Bandit joins later.

    And I too, like “We have a permit.”

    Ship Fail. :-P

  19. TraderInTown
    TraderInTown
    April 16, 2010, 8:22 am | # | Reply

    Do it, Byron! Kill him!

  20. Lemon
    Lemon
    April 16, 2010, 10:18 am | # | Reply

    Who is that to the right of Frigg on the first panel? It looks like Best.
    But Byron is talking to Best who is behind the boy captain.
    Or did Best move supernaturally fast to behind the boy captain?

    • Sortelli
      Sortelli
      April 16, 2010, 4:48 pm | # | Reply

      Byron was asking captain kid what he was planning to do, and Best zipped over to interrupt.

  21. Thunderbat
    Thunderbat
    April 16, 2010, 11:44 am | # | Reply

    Well.. It’s not Best’s brutal death at the hands of clockwork baboons, but I’ll take it!

  22. bob the 6th
    bob the 6th
    April 16, 2010, 12:32 pm | # | Reply

    well at least bryon won’t have to break his oath to kill best, shit elf that he is

    • Iocane
      Iocane
      April 16, 2010, 12:56 pm | # | Reply

      Best isn’t a human. Bryon’s oath applies to his own kind.

      • Jordan
        Jordan
        April 16, 2010, 4:15 pm | # | Reply

        Yes, and if you were to reread it you’d see that is EXACTLY what he was saying. But I can see where you might’ve been confused, allow me to rewrite Bob’s sentence for better understanding.

        “Well, at least Bryon wouldn’t have to break his oath to kill Payet Best, being that Payet is a Shit Elf, and not of Bryon’s race.”

  23. kingleon
    kingleon
    April 16, 2010, 12:59 pm | # | Reply

    You guys manage to make a single page which encapsulates enough small-scale enjoyment and a large-scale dramatic conflict that the audience is enraptured. Bravo.

  24. TexasRed
    TexasRed
    April 16, 2010, 2:15 pm | # | Reply

    Good bye fail-bard. One moment of bad assness does not make up for a story-line FULL of asshatness

  25. Caradin
    Caradin
    April 16, 2010, 3:04 pm | # | Reply

    I love Byron far too much. You tell’m! I suspect that Best is a villain here on out. Or dead.

    I mean.. there has to be a reason he’s in the beginning of the story right? More than just making us annoyed at his bag full of narcissism.

    Plus, I love the fact that this box has spell check. It’s a dyslexic girl’s best friend (sorta).

  26. SteelRaven
    SteelRaven
    April 16, 2010, 5:48 pm | # | Reply

    AXE FIGHT!

  27. Wyrd
    Wyrd
    April 16, 2010, 6:59 pm | # | Reply

    I love it. Competence can only excuse so much attitude, and his attitude is practically guaranteed to generate more problems than his competence solves.

    I especially love the Bandit look-a-like giving Best the finger.

  28. TheTokenShadow
    TheTokenShadow
    April 16, 2010, 10:01 pm | # | Reply

    And THAT RIGHT THAR is something that pisses off an egomonster more than anything else. You do something to make yourself look awesome and the other guy comes in and pwns you with the morality hammer. There’s only one thing a guy like that can resort to when his ego gets bruised instead of fed (like he was probably expecting):

    Something stupid (and probably funny).

    • DaveP.
      DaveP.
      April 17, 2010, 9:03 pm | # | Reply

      With respect: that looked a lot more like the “Professionalism Hammer” than the “Morality Hammer”. Byron’s dressing him down for not serving the client and for endangering the whole group’s payoff, not for being a nasty person.

      • Michael Ezra
        Michael Ezra
        April 18, 2010, 10:41 am | # | Reply

        You’re both right. There’s the “serving the client” bit about professionalism, yes, but the “weight on their fragile bodies” suggests a condemnation of Best’s lack of ethics.

      • Red
        Red
        April 18, 2010, 8:50 pm | # | Reply

        And really, that’s more like the “Professionalism Axe”.

  29. Schlock
    Schlock
    April 16, 2010, 10:02 pm | # | Reply

    Well, now we see the exact point where Best becomes a Sith.

  30. Slayn82
    Slayn82
    April 16, 2010, 10:31 pm | # | Reply

    Just laughed a lot reading this and remembering the third panel on this page:
    http://guildedage.net/webcomic/chapter-1/chapter-1-page-11/

    “To be honest, all you need to use is, at BEST, a big heavy object. I stick to the axes because it’s my style, but i was halfway tempted to just find a big piece of tree.”

    Great comic, adds a lot with the foreshadow of the chapter cover. You guys had me going on the another direction.

    But i still like Best more.

  31. munkyfst
    munkyfst
    April 16, 2010, 11:56 pm | # | Reply

    “We have a permit.” OH MAN THAT IS AWSOME!!! I can’t stop laughing!! I have to remember that next time something goes crazy wrong haha.

    P.S. FAILBOAT …. just awsome really!

    • unFou
      unFou
      April 17, 2010, 8:37 am | # | Reply

      And being Gravy, he can pull it off with the perfect deadpan.

  32. hols
    hols
    April 17, 2010, 3:36 am | # | Reply

    I like how the little girl is flipping Best off.

  33. Twigs
    Twigs
    April 17, 2010, 3:48 pm | # | Reply

    Oh man — Best is going to become a guitar-playing supervillain. He might actually become cool after all. And then he and Byron will have an epic axe-fight. Woot!

    Also, I hope that Best’s costumes become even more elaborate to suit his evil rockstar image. Did they have spandex back then?

    • Jean-Luc
      Jean-Luc
      April 17, 2010, 8:20 pm | # | Reply

      Maybe he’ll go goth. :P

  34. Mark
    Mark
    April 17, 2010, 5:35 pm | # | Reply

    Back when?

    You’re not seriously considering constructing a timezone based on earth’s in a place that has /flying pirates/?

    • munkyfst
      munkyfst
      April 18, 2010, 3:22 pm | # | Reply

      Flying Pirates?!
      New web comic idea!! MINE!!!…. ok share a little….

      • shallot
        shallot
        April 20, 2010, 10:26 am | # | Reply

        Wow, sky pirates. That’s never been done before. Cough.

  35. ahdok
    ahdok
    April 18, 2010, 2:48 pm | # | Reply

    While we’re commenting on things we like, I like that Frigg is actually pointing *at* the boat, as if people might have been confused otherwise…

    • Joe
      Joe
      April 18, 2010, 9:04 pm | # | Reply

      I got the sense that she was scolding it like a dog.
      “Bad boat! Very bad boat! This was a new carpet!”

  36. junk
    junk
    April 18, 2010, 5:46 pm | # | Reply

    Hey guys~
    I met one of you at C2E2 and had a quick, fun conversation. I told you I would be back to talk to you again and I felt really bad that I didn’t. We were exhausted by the end of the day and just left without a hoorah. I felt bad on the drive back that I didn’t get to come back and say good luck. Hope the weekend was a success!

    • Phil
      Flo
      April 19, 2010, 2:38 am | # | Reply

      Ah yes, I remember you. Thanks for stopping by!

  37. Cote
    Cote
    April 19, 2010, 9:22 am | # | Reply

    FAILBOAT.

    Love it. Someday I’ll have a failboat of my own . . .

    Cheers,

    Cote

  38. Simon
    Simon
    April 25, 2010, 6:48 pm | # | Reply

    I got the sense that she was scolding it like a dog.
    “Bad boat! Very bad boat! This was a new carpet!”

  39. SotiCoto
    SotiCoto
    June 21, 2013, 9:50 am | # | Reply

    Although I was amused at first by mr Bard supposedly sending the kiddies to their doom… in hindsight, what he did was probably put them in the safest position when the ship went down.
    Not sure whether that was his intention or not, mind you.

  40. rossalupus
    rossalupus
    October 21, 2013, 3:13 pm | # | Reply

    frigg seems to use memes a lot…

  41. fangirl
    fangirl
    April 29, 2014, 6:53 pm | # | Reply

    too good must stop reading…

  42. Tommy da Squirrel
    Tommy da Squirrel
    March 9, 2018, 4:09 pm | # | Reply

    I saw “failboat” and immediately thought of ‘Improbable Island’.

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