Chapter 41 Cover & Page 1
Hey there, Guildies! It’s a new chapter so yoooooooooou know what that means!
NEW AVATARS!
NEW DLC!
GO GET ‘EM!
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Typo on cover page alt-text.
Says “The one where souls as released”.
I’m guessing you meant “The one where SyrN’j’s ass released some gas”?
What else would they have meant?
That they were stuck in customs?
The geometric patterns are purdy.
This. So much.
(Then again, I have a Twili tattoo for the geometric patterns, so I might be biased)
Representations of various afterlife destinations, perhaps? I find it especially interesting that the one on the left almost looks like a spirit is entering its passages like it was a maze
Also, new avatars yay!
And the one on the right has a larger spirit, possibly one that’s higher up and closer to the point of view.
I think afterlife destinations seems pretty likely, as we have a dark pit, a fancy-looking pyramid, and a flat, plain square. That about covers the alternatives.
Ayy, Gravy!
Yeah, it’s been a while! I was getting really curious about what he was up to.
You aren’t alone in that. I can’t recall…..is Byron actually with Gravedust, in spirit, or did his ‘soul’ get taken when the berserker parasites got loose?
We don’t know I think. We haven’t seen his spirit since he was killed and then infected.
I think Gravy told Syr’Nj that Byron’s soul is “locked in” by the parasite. So far, the only entity that has destroyed souls was the Giant Big-Eyed Pixel Blob (or “Corruptor Beast”, as the locals call it).
And the big bad wolf, which showed exactly how the berserker spirits latch onto the souls of the victim. But Byron doesn’t have a wolfguy to separate the two, so I’m thinking Gravy is probably going to try to commune with Byron’s raging spirit and see about dislodging the berserker part. Regardless though, Byron should be physically dead, but I’m really excited to see how Gravy’s attempt to lay his friend’s spirit to rest unfolds and what that means for real world Byron. I’m hoping he gets another rez though. Such a great story, haha.
Yeah it’s been 8 months (our time) since he skipped town!
Wow. This fucked me up.
Also Avatar check.
Ok, this obviously fucked me up way more than I thought. BERSERKERFRIGGINCOMING!
Dear Diary,
Wrrtng wiht mu eyes cloied, rlly suxx…
hey, cool new avatar jean-luc ;)
Yeah! I hope he is as funny as the last Jean-Luc!
“You would not believe how long it took me to learn to write with my eyes closed.”
So, Byron’s corpse(?) is incorruptible, I guess? Or he’s still alive?JD
Gravy and Byron cancel each other out.
One’s composing, the other’s decomposing.
Byron certainly looks composed.
Gravy writing with eye closed? Cool.
Byron mummified neck-down? Well well.
New avatar? Gimme,
Writing is easy with eyes closed
Much like ‘zerk-killing all you see
It’s getting hard to be someone who’s still alive
But ‘nough of that, it’s time for tea
Let’s extract your soul, ’cause it’s going to
Cyberian fields
Is anything real?
The server must be down tonight
Cyberian fields
for (i = 1; i > 0; i++)“Cyberian fields forever”!
Psolo, I love it!
*bows*
Only theoreticlly; any computer would eventually run into I being too big a variable and reset it or throw a great big fuss
Change the condition to i >= 0, then, and make sure to declare i as some manner of unsigned integer. Then it doesn’t matter when i overflows.
Or go with for (i = 1; i > 0;)
You do NOT want to know what I thought that blanket design was at first glance.
I was thinking Alien Invaders! Pew Pew Pew
“Embalming the corpse kept the smell tolerable at first, but I believe the damp is getting to it. I’ll need to gather more dried grasses and redo the stuffing. My supply of jerked organ rations is running low.”
This comment is quite frightening when accompanied by your avatar
I rather like the look of quiet contemplation on yours.
And I’m saving this page for another look when the next round of avatars hits. 😀
Your avatar makes your comment sound more intellectual than it is.
YES. CHAMPION OF THE FUZZY PEOPLES.
Byron should be getting kinda ripe by now…
Do corpses even rot in this world? Maybe they just derez after a period of time.
I would point out to all you “ripe” people, that this could easily be only a short time after he left. There is no need for time to flow linearly between chapters.
Mostly posting to see what avatar I get this time. :)
Rigor has come and gone, enough time to worry about decomp.
Of course, Gravedust should be familiar with this considering his chosen profession as a Necromancer and hopefully knows of ways to preserve a body for the short term.
Gravedust isn’t a necromancer – in fact, the first time he resurrected himself/them was dictated by the other Mystics, not himself. He’s more of a priest than anything, performing last rites and putting souls to rest.
I was thinking of the original Cast page. His original title was Necromancer, guessing because 1.) Gravy talked to the dead and 2.) The comic started as a Trope buster. Byron the Berserker and Frigg the Crusader seemed more ironic in those early chapters. I keep forgetting Gravy’s title has changed with the tone of the comic.
Ah, my bad – I wasn’t introduced to the comic until some time after the new cast was added, so things had been updated.
Gravedust has had to deal with so much shit…
Pretty soon he’ll be deactivating lazors with his dick.
But when it will be the time to blow that fucker down?
“My traveling companion still refuses to talk to me. Will tolerate silent treatment only so much longer.
Seriously Byron, you know how my schtick works. Let me shove you into an arrow and shoot you at something.”
That’s what you do with Souls. All he’s got is a body.
Clearly, Gravy needs to find a ballista and one of those pointy helmets.
Gravatar check!
Tis best to check thine self, afore one doth wreckage to one’s self
blerp
Bloop.
Testing 1 2 3
Me too
I love this avatar system!
I am the penkiest Penk you ever penked your penks on. I am so penk, I can penk penks.
It’s always fun.
Yep, got to say this Changing of the Avatars is nifty.
Check
Fleeb!
hyes
Jager?
Wait! How could I forget the Champion of the Fuzzy People!
Claire is appropriately surprised and disappointed.
Hyes?
Testing, testing…
Appropriate Gravatar! I look as close to death as I feel. XD
Wouldn’t it be amusing if he wrote his diary in rhyme?
Wait, it’s only been about 9 months in-story since the beginning?
Its actually more like day 769, but Gravvy’s had writer’s block for some time.
Oh, I thought he meant that it’s been 9 months since he left Gastonia with Byron’s body.
Dear Diary,
I am sad. Burin you to be a fun guy, full of life, but int His road trip, he’s changed. Now he’s just kind of a real drag. I think this vacation is going to be wrapped up sooner than I planned.
I do not approve of my typos. I am also somewhat skeptical about the booze in my jug. It does not seem to be having the desired effect.
Call me Ishmael. No, wait, stick with Gravedust.
…Are you calling Byron fat?
In a hole in the ground, there lived a Savasi.
What hacks are these? Gravy preventing the corpse from despawning? Or is he not actually “dead”?
It’s common RPG knowledge that even when three of your four party members are dead, you can just walk around with their corpses in your inventory without any hindrance. Gravedust just needs to finish making his way to the inn so Byron will be revived.
They’re roleplaying. Byron’s using the ‘play dead’ emote.
Happy Leap Day, Guildies!
You would not believe how much I’m loving this comic lately.
What will happen next? I doubt even the spirits know!
Somehow the title page looks to me as if the ghosts of men (and other assorted aliens) from Arkerra move over to Cyberia. They have that pixelated look…
Oooh… evil HR is evil… nice Gravatar.
Woo, Gravedust is posting another episode of his “Let’s Play” series!
“Byron finally converted, and is now a man of the cloth.”
“Getting hungry. Wondering if Byron would miss a few bits if/when he comes back. I mean, waste not want not…”
Email was entered wrong. Now blatantly posting to check my avatar.
Tttttest.
HA!
Blahblahbla…
…to summarize my life and my many journeys: I met a lot of strange people and shot a lot of people. I haven’ decided wich part was more fun yet.
Gigned, Gravy.
SSSSsssigned. Gah. Stupid Syntaxbird-feather.
Annnd dis schtuff isch rreaalllyyy good. Hic. Yay for schpirits!
And thisch avatar isch unbelievable.
And I probably shouldn’t drink my ink.