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

I'm not sure if this idea is better or worse than a cardboard box, but hey. Whatever infiltrates your enemy territory, pal.

Chapter 4 – Page 5

on March 12, 2010
Chapter: Chapter 04
└ Tags: Best, Byron, Frigg, Gravedust, Syr'Nj
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  1. Lloyd
    Lloyd
    March 12, 2010, 12:14 am | # | Reply

    Behold, the power of the Kwok.

  2. DaveP.
    DaveP.
    March 12, 2010, 12:32 am | # | Reply

    Gravedust has… just a torso?

    • T.m.
      T.m.
      March 12, 2010, 3:13 am | # | Reply

      No, it’s just a short guy. First panel shows you the heights of the guys.

  3. Carl-E
    Carl-E
    March 12, 2010, 2:04 am | # | Reply

    Oooh, look…

    Pirate puppets!

    • Joe
      Joe
      July 25, 2013, 6:19 pm | # | Reply

      They won’t notice a thing

  4. SaltyKracka
    SaltyKracka
    March 12, 2010, 2:31 am | # | Reply

    What, no mullet and stubble? Shame. SHAME!

  5. The Indomitable Eric
    The Indomitable Eric
    March 12, 2010, 4:05 am | # | Reply

    Byron? BYRON? BYYYYYYYYRON?!!!!

    • xXHildyXx
      xXHildyXx
      March 13, 2010, 5:45 pm | # | Reply

      Fission mailed…

      • SotiCoto
        SotiCoto
        June 21, 2013, 8:01 am | # | Reply

        You take that star out of the post-box this instant.

  6. Michael Ezra
    Michael Ezra
    March 12, 2010, 8:03 am | # | Reply

    I’ve been reading this comic from the beginning, and have always been able to follow what’s going on, even with all the scene and time switching, which I’ve had no problem with. But I have no idea what’s meant to be happening in today’s strip, after “Trust me. I’ve got an idea.” Could some kind soul please walk me through it?

    • Carl-E
      Carl-E
      March 12, 2010, 8:39 am | # | Reply

      Byron’s sneaking up behind pairs of pirates and knocking heads together (see the axe? He may be helping the process by using the butt end).

      Then they tie ankles and wrists to themselves, and voila – pirate puppets!

      But it looks like they’re using them backwards, which would be really awkward! And Pete Payet looks less than thrilled with his.

      • Michael Ezra
        Michael Ezra
        March 12, 2010, 2:15 pm | # | Reply

        Thank you!

  7. Hypothetical
    Hypothetical
    March 12, 2010, 8:13 am | # | Reply

    I don’ t think it’s going to work. Either one of the pirate-puppets will wake up, or one of the pirates on the ship will make his DC5 spot check and figure it out…cue chaotic symphony and make sure the foley guys have lots of metal to bang together.

  8. Hawk
    Hawk
    March 12, 2010, 8:43 am | # | Reply

    Pirate puppetry…
    And here I was expecting Byron to want them to steal the pirates’ clothes.

    Frigg doesn’t look too impressed either. Although she may just still be angry with Byron over the interrupting thing.

    • Hypothetical
      Hypothetical
      March 12, 2010, 11:38 am | # | Reply

      I get the feeling she’s more upset at not having been allowed to do the Kwok-ing.

      • Tolrick
        Tolrick
        June 12, 2010, 10:23 pm | # | Reply

        First panel “And we know how you love to interrupt pitting out”
        They’re not going to get past that one for a little bit yet.

  9. Wyrd
    Wyrd
    March 12, 2010, 10:52 am | # | Reply

    I know which of my players would come up with a plan like this. He would be just as convinced that it was a good idea as Byron seems to be.

    • Alex-chan
      Alex-chan
      March 14, 2010, 2:30 am | # | Reply

      “It’s a GREAT IDEA!” – last character to say that in any game run by my group of friends ended up in the stomach of a giant fish…

      …He lived to be mocked about it afterward.

  10. DCB
    DCB
    March 12, 2010, 1:29 pm | # | Reply

    My what are the odds that there were 5 party sized pirates waiting for them? …I guess nothing is impossible, just highly improbable.

    • Joe
      Joe
      March 14, 2010, 5:56 pm | # | Reply

      Anything is possible when you have the power of Plot fueling your adventures.

  11. theNerdPatrol
    theNerdPatrol
    March 12, 2010, 2:33 pm | # | Reply

    Wow, I also had no idea what was going on there. Even with it explained I’m pretty confused. What is putting out?

  12. Caliban
    Caliban
    March 12, 2010, 5:41 pm | # | Reply

    The pirate ship they are trying to sneak on board is putting out (i.e. getting ready to leave). You can see the front end of the ship with figurehead in the first panel, and the gangplank in the last panel.

  13. Nate
    Nate
    March 12, 2010, 5:50 pm | # | Reply

    “Okay, either this works because its so bizarre that the crew simply won’t believe it’s happening, or we resort to plan B: Surrealist Puppet Show”.

  14. Colin W.
    Colin W.
    March 12, 2010, 5:55 pm | # | Reply

    you guys timeslip more then Territino, or Momento….\

    which incidentally makes it hard to follow for those of us, who don’t follow timeslipping very well….

    • Nate
      Nate
      March 12, 2010, 6:10 pm | # | Reply

      Maybe they could get some kind of Steampunk instant camera and take photos to help us remember things.

      • zqft
        zqft
        March 12, 2010, 8:12 pm | # | Reply

        I’d prefer a sorcery camera. Instant speed makes things too messy, especially right before the end step.

        You could also probably lower the cost by {U} or so.

        • MrTeatime
          MrTeatime
          April 25, 2010, 8:12 pm | # | Reply

          xD

  15. Bavette
    Bavette
    March 13, 2010, 5:41 pm | # | Reply

    Hahahahaha! Worst! Disguise! Ever! Of all times! ahahha

  16. SteelRaven
    SteelRaven
    March 14, 2010, 12:45 am | # | Reply

    …I would have gone with cardboard box.

    • figgyleaf
      figgyleaf
      April 23, 2010, 4:48 pm | # | Reply

      that is never going to work. period

  17. Yeahhhhh
    Yeahhhhh
    March 14, 2010, 3:38 am | # | Reply

    One, two, three o’clock, four o’clock, kwok,
    Five, six, seven o’clock, eight o’clock, kwok,
    Nine, ten, eleven o’clock, twelve o’clock, kwok,
    We’re gonna kwok around the clock tonight~

  18. Fren
    Fren
    March 14, 2010, 8:01 am | # | Reply

    It looks like yet another successful Berserker Negotiation Skill check.

  19. o.O
    o.O
    March 14, 2010, 2:38 pm | # | Reply

    im sure glad you people understand whats going on, im sure as hell have no clue anymore. sometime i can almost feel like theres a connection betwin one page and the next, but this alosive feeling never stay too long

    • Fren
      Fren
      March 15, 2010, 8:28 am | # | Reply

      Don’t worry … your IP has been logged and you should be getting your official Guilded Age flowchart and spreadsheet soon. You’ll be able to take notes and make connections like a pro!

  20. John Kabel
    John Kabel
    March 15, 2010, 8:33 am | # | Reply

    Where is Bandit? She’s absent since getting out of jail, appears in the sky elf scene, and I don’t see her here. I’m confused. I like Bandit.

    @NerdPatrol Putting out is a play on words. It means both “a ship leaving harbor) and, according to GoAskAlice,

    “Traditionally, “putting out” has been used as a derogatory term directed at women who offer or readily agree to have sexual intercourse. In other words, it implies that someone is easy or available.”

    Byron interrupted Frigg and Payet having sex after the battle with the guards, thus the double entendre.

    All that said, Frigg probably doesn’t give a shit about the “easy and available” derogatory meaning. She has the easy confidence of someone who can and will lay you out like a cheap carpet, for grins.

    • theNerdPatrol
      theNerdPatrol
      March 15, 2010, 2:37 pm | # | Reply

      It was the “Ship leaving harbor” part of putting out I wasn’t familiar with :)

  21. zack of hiskatana
    zack of hiskatana
    August 3, 2011, 1:05 pm | # | Reply

    i am rather fond of “kwok-ing” why if i had my way id “kwok” constantly.
    i kwok really hard though, so it may be detrimental to my health…

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