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

Shit, I was betting Penk.

Chapter 43 – Page 21

on August 5, 2016
Chapter: Chapter 43
└ Tags: Best, Byron, WAV
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  1. *NAME
    *NAME
    August 5, 2016, 12:06 am | # | Reply

    I wonder how badly these jeans must smell after being worn for so long under WAV’s suit.

    Still, thank you for saving us from seeing his junk. That’d be horrible.

    • Rezby
      Rezby
      August 5, 2016, 12:09 am | # | Reply

      Not for Frigg it wouldn’t have been!

      • brasca1
        brasca1
        August 5, 2016, 12:53 am | # | Reply

        You’re not taking into account shrinkage. Really bad time to remember who he was. That suit of his kept him insulated.

        • Nathanyel
          Nathanyel
          August 5, 2016, 6:43 am | # | Reply

          Don’t worry, remember what he said: He’s ON FIRE. He’ll be warm. And if that’s not enough, maybe some hot Rhumba rhythms?

    • nemui
      nemui
      August 5, 2016, 2:58 am | # | Reply

      The jeans must smell just the Best, obviously.

      • CinnamonArcher
        CinnamonArcher
        August 7, 2016, 1:49 am | # | Reply

        Certainly got what he Payed for, and then some.

    • Seggs
      Seggs
      August 5, 2016, 1:26 pm | # | Reply

      https://imgur.com/AcVbXQc

    • MidnightDStroyer
      MidnightDStroyer
      February 22, 2017, 2:21 am | # | Reply

      Ok, now that the cybersuit that WAS keeping him warm in this weather is shredded, how about we have a betting pool to see how long until he dies from hypothermia? The group doesn’t really seem to be carrying extra winter clothing for him.

  2. BusinessHulk
    BusinessHulk
    August 5, 2016, 12:06 am | # | Reply

    Well, that wasn’t what I was expecting, exactly.

  3. Talewinds
    Talewinds
    August 5, 2016, 12:15 am | # | Reply

    New Wave Music.

    • Pink Freud
      Pink Freud
      August 7, 2016, 4:03 pm | # | Reply

      I’ve been trying to decide of the Flash Gordon theme or Princes of the Universe is the better music for that last panel. I am leaning toward the latter.

  4. SteelRaven
    SteelRaven
    August 5, 2016, 12:20 am | # | Reply

    … WHAT THE **** JUST HAPPENED!?!?

    • PSadlon
      PSadlon
      August 5, 2016, 1:25 am | # | Reply

      Wav just became Best again.

    • jpnuar1
      jpnuar1
      August 5, 2016, 1:41 am | # | Reply

      1. Protagonists all invading a frozen hellscape, with poor results (so far).
      2. WAV hulks out, but turns LESS green because of it.

      There’s an “In Soviet Russia…” inversion joke in here somewhere, but I can’t quite find the right phrasing.

      • jpnuar1
        jpnuar1
        August 5, 2016, 1:42 am | # | Reply

        Wrong space for comment. Are unregistered gravitars deletable?

      • Fo Ren G
        Fo Ren G
        August 5, 2016, 2:31 am | # | Reply

        In Soviet Russia, Wav is Best?

        • Draxynnic
          Draxynnic
          August 5, 2016, 5:25 am | # | Reply

          In Soviet Russia, Hulk becomes Puny Elf?

          • Nathanyel
            Nathanyel
            August 5, 2016, 6:44 am | # | Reply

            this one.

      • Charlie Spencer
        Charlie Spencer
        August 5, 2016, 7:56 am | # | Reply

        “Here, I am janitor. In Soviet Russia, I am physicist.”

        No, that’s not it…

      • JasonAW3
        JasonAW3
        August 9, 2016, 7:40 am | # | Reply

        “In America, you turn into Hulk; in Soviet Russia, Hulk turns into YOU!”

    • chantelune
      chantelune
      August 5, 2016, 8:30 am | # | Reply

      Rollback to previous version. The one that was pretty shitty too. :/

    • Rosetiger12
      Rosetiger12
      August 5, 2016, 10:29 am | # | Reply

      I think Wav just became the guy in the tube….not necessarily full-on Best.

      • Rolan7
        Rolan7
        August 5, 2016, 11:50 am | # | Reply

        It’s hard to be sure because the art has improved a lot since Best was around. But I think you might be right.

        • SteelRaven
          SteelRaven
          August 5, 2016, 11:49 pm | # | Reply

          Still has pointy elf ears but I will give you Best/Wave may now be self aware.

  5. MatthewTheLucky
    MatthewTheLucky
    August 5, 2016, 12:21 am | # | Reply

    I wonder if he’ll remember the Sepia world too?

    • TxGator
      TxGator
      August 5, 2016, 9:28 am | # | Reply

      I kinda of wonder too. There were hints before Best was bested that he might have known on some level. And now he comes back wearing what appears to be jeans. Not exactly typical fantasy fashion.

      Then again, he still has elf ears. So maybe not.

    • Kobold
      Kobold
      August 6, 2016, 11:46 am | # | Reply

      That would be a very interesting development. Might be able to put the group on even footing with HR in that case.

  6. Arkantos
    Arkantos
    August 5, 2016, 12:27 am | # | Reply

    And the prodigal asshole returns.

    • PSadlon
      PSadlon
      August 5, 2016, 1:22 am | # | Reply

      Too bad there is no upvote option.

    • Little smile
      Little smile
      August 5, 2016, 8:05 am | # | Reply

      its a sad day for everyone.
      Hopefully he doesn’t stay.

      • Jean-Luc
        Jean-Luc
        August 5, 2016, 2:50 pm | # | Reply

        It’s happy for me assuming Payet is as fun as he used to be…which he probably isn’t.

    • Jordan
      Jordan
      August 5, 2016, 10:40 am | # | Reply

      Vegeta? But Best is back.

      • MidnightDStroyer
        MidnightDStroyer
        February 22, 2017, 2:24 am | # | Reply

        This had better be his final form.

  7. Lingo
    Lingo
    August 5, 2016, 12:28 am | # | Reply

    RIP WAV :(

    • PSadlon
      PSadlon
      August 5, 2016, 1:23 am | # | Reply

      I see what you did there.

      • Iarei
        Iarei
        August 5, 2016, 1:38 am | # | Reply

        Oh hey, it’s a square tooth standing WAV.

        • Charlie Spencer
          Charlie Spencer
          August 5, 2016, 7:57 am | # | Reply

          Nice.

      • Lingo
        Lingo
        August 6, 2016, 2:05 am | # | Reply

        Uh…what did i do?

    • MidnightDStroyer
      MidnightDStroyer
      February 22, 2017, 2:26 am | # | Reply

      Ya’ know…Removing the copyright encoding from downloaded music files is illegal, right?
      ;)

  8. DS
    DS
    August 5, 2016, 12:29 am | # | Reply

    Oh dear lord, it’s Iggy Pop! D:

    I’m a wee bit concerned over how easily he shredded his WAV outfit. I hope they packed a spare cloak!

  9. Chaltab
    Chaltab
    August 5, 2016, 12:31 am | # | Reply

    Holy crap, what was the WAV armor made of? Paper mache?

    • Nathanyel
      Nathanyel
      August 5, 2016, 6:45 am | # | Reply

      Bard may wield axes, but their armor is just cloth.

      • Borg
        Borg
        June 7, 2017, 3:35 pm | # | Reply

        And have you ever tried to rip a shirt in half?

  10. Mr Ak
    Mr Ak
    August 5, 2016, 12:42 am | # | Reply

    Hmmm. Is that actually Best, himself, under there? He looks a bit different (although he does have the ears).

    • Jean-Luc
      Jean-Luc
      August 5, 2016, 2:34 am | # | Reply

      I suspect it might actually be tube guy in there but I dunno.

      • Insufferable Nerd
        Insufferable Nerd
        August 5, 2016, 4:57 am | # | Reply

        Pointy ears, so that’s a no.

        • Jean-Luc
          Jean-Luc
          August 5, 2016, 5:34 am | # | Reply

          I noticed the ears but the sepia world consciousness could still be there.

          • void
            void
            August 5, 2016, 8:37 am | # | Reply

            He could’ve had surgery to get pointy ears back when he was in sepia world.

            • Timelost
              Timelost
              August 5, 2016, 6:58 pm | # | Reply

              Maybe his stage persona was MC Elrond?

              • Mr Ak
                Mr Ak
                August 6, 2016, 4:13 am | # | Reply

                I’m MC Elrond and I’m here to say
                Tra la la fol de rol de day

  11. Mujaki
    Mujaki
    August 5, 2016, 12:50 am | # | Reply

    First he’s on fire, next he’s going to get hypothermia.

    • Ganurath
      Ganurath
      August 5, 2016, 9:19 am | # | Reply

      Could be the final stage of hypothermia, where you feel so hot you rip your clothes off.

      • Mr Ak
        Mr Ak
        August 6, 2016, 4:16 am | # | Reply

        I still remember the terrible winter of ’02
        Poor, Poor Nelly

  12. Luis A.
    Luis A.
    August 5, 2016, 12:59 am | # | Reply

    https://youtu.be/E-WHW-QNswE?t=24s

  13. Agi Hammerthief
    Agi Hammerthief
    August 5, 2016, 1:40 am | # | Reply

    That dejavu brought out the best in him.

  14. jpnuar1
    jpnuar1
    August 5, 2016, 1:43 am | # | Reply

    1. Protagonists all invading a frozen hellscape, with poor results (so far).
    2. WAV hulks out, but turns LESS green because of it.
    There’s an “In Soviet Russia…” inversion joke in here somewhere, but I can’t quite find the right phrasing.

    • The Gorram Smirnoff
      The Gorram Smirnoff
      August 7, 2016, 12:40 am | # | Reply

      In Gastonia, you bring out your best for the adventuring party.
      In Soviet Russia, adventuring partying brings out the Best in you.

  15. Samuel
    Samuel
    August 5, 2016, 2:02 am | # | Reply

    We did not need this.

  16. Fenlander
    Fenlander
    August 5, 2016, 2:26 am | # | Reply

    This was the Best reveal ever!

    • Alice Macher
      Alice Macher
      August 5, 2016, 2:30 am | # | Reply

      The anticipation really Payeted off.

  17. Yaska
    Yaska
    August 5, 2016, 2:29 am | # | Reply

    The Best of them all have returned! Sweet. It is my opinion that Payet Best was the most skilled fighter of the five, shown in how easily he trashed the rage-guy.

  18. Ishmael
    Ishmael
    August 5, 2016, 2:30 am | # | Reply

    You can dress him up all you like, but a shit elf is still a shit elf on the inside.

  19. Jean-Luc
    Jean-Luc
    August 5, 2016, 2:34 am | # | Reply

    Welcome back Payet (if it’s really you).

    https://youtu.be/xJ_WXoeRXJg

  20. Psolo Ghoti
    Psolo Ghoti
    August 5, 2016, 2:49 am | # | Reply

    Oh crap.

    Let’s just hope he retains some of WAV’s personality.

    And by “some” I mean “most”.

    • Mujaki
      Mujaki
      August 5, 2016, 5:35 am | # | Reply

      Well, they say, “the clothes make the man.”

      • MidnightDStroyer
        MidnightDStroyer
        February 22, 2017, 2:30 am | # | Reply

        But the Best of the man is mostly what he’s got in his genes(jeans), as Frigg would confirm…

  21. Meadowbrook
    Meadowbrook
    August 5, 2016, 4:34 am | # | Reply

    Time for some WAV fanboy tears!

  22. Armagrodden
    Armagrodden
    August 5, 2016, 4:38 am | # | Reply

    Can you measure a life by the WAVs that it makes?

    Can you measure a life by its Best intentions?

  23. Frigg_Fanboi
    Frigg_Fanboi
    August 5, 2016, 7:38 am | # | Reply

    Poor E-merl. Byron comes back, Best comes back, but not Rachel :(

  24. Aazen
    Aazen
    August 5, 2016, 7:58 am | # | Reply

    Given the events at current, I’m not sure this ill wave is for the best.

  25. The Gorram Batguy
    The Gorram Batguy
    August 5, 2016, 8:02 am | # | Reply

    This may sound silly, but my brain is locking up in contemplating the appropriate page tags, i.e. issues of identity. Is WAV no more, and only Best remains? Was WAV truly Best this whole time, but his true personality and memories were repressed (by his suit? for his own good while the suit regenerated a mortally wounded Best within?)? Are WAV and Best both legitimate entities who just happen to be the same single entity, A = B? Are they separate entities, and if so, what is/are he/they during the seeming transition period when the memories start flooding back?

    • Charlotte
      Charlotte
      August 6, 2016, 1:51 am | # | Reply

      The same question will wind up being applied to all of the Five- Once the Sepia World arc comes around to its’ inevitable climax, and all is revealed about the tubes, we will have to take into consideration the personas and memories of the players themselves.

      The Five, and all the other Player Characters, all believe themselves to be completely genuine- and it’s been heavily suggested that they really /are/, despite being game constructs influenced by the players in Sepia. When untended, they continue completely of their own volition, which hurricane explains as ‘unique coding’ on their part- the question applies: How true is that claim? How real /is/ Arkerra in relation to Sepia World, or even Cyberia for that matter?

      Will the characters being controlled by players realize that their actions and choices were all influenced- that they were created in a user interface and existed retroactively? how does that factor in- were all the characters already in existence before being created by Sepia World players? Is Arkerra predicting and accounting for those events, Skaia-style?

      Whatever happens to the Five in particular is going to have the deepest implications; suddenly both parties are going to awaken to the fact that they aren’t what they believed they were. Another option, equally curious to me- perhaps the tube people will be rescued, and whether or not they realize how much time they’ve spent in the game, whether or not they retain those memories and experiences, the Five in Arkerra will continue on, unaware. This… doesn’t seem like the most probable course, though.

      I’m so intrigued.

      • Psolo Ghoti
        Psolo Ghoti
        August 6, 2016, 1:54 pm | # | Reply

        You said pretty much what I wanted to say yesterday, but was too tired to. So thank you for not being too tired. ^_^

  26. Toecutter
    Toecutter
    August 5, 2016, 8:20 am | # | Reply

    Byron has brought out the Best in WAV.

  27. Pit Friend
    Pit Friend
    August 5, 2016, 8:57 am | # | Reply

    And….reboot! Or is that ReBest?

    • JadedDragoon
      JadedDragoon
      August 6, 2016, 12:50 pm | # | Reply

      Nice reference. +1

  28. Chris
    Chris
    August 5, 2016, 8:59 am | # | Reply

    UhhhaAAAAhhhhaAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!! AHHHH!!

    UhhhaAAAAhhhhaAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!! AHHHH!!

    We did come from the land of the ice and snow. …

    • mrk
      mrk
      August 5, 2016, 10:34 am | # | Reply

      super appropriate best avatar;)

  29. LordHideous
    LordHideous
    August 5, 2016, 9:27 am | # | Reply

    He’s really going to regret doing that.

    • chase
      chase
      August 5, 2016, 2:59 pm | # | Reply

      Yes but now it looks like they have a dead dire moose on their hands and maybe a doggo or three? They could use the pelt if they could magic some way to cure it in a hurry before Best freezes to death. That might be a bit too convoluted though; I’m betting their destination is going to loom into view just in time to save them from freezing.

  30. Rhee
    Rhee
    August 5, 2016, 12:58 pm | # | Reply

    Uninstalling updates… please wait…

  31. Aula
    Aula
    August 5, 2016, 1:06 pm | # | Reply

    Is this really the best time for Best time?

    • hierophantasm
      hierophantasm
      August 5, 2016, 5:01 pm | # | Reply

      Have we forgotten? It’s always the right time for the Best Time ^^tm

      • Siva Smith
        Siva Smith
        August 7, 2016, 3:31 am | # | Reply

        Frigg would approve! After the doggos are down for good.

  32. Seggs
    Seggs
    August 5, 2016, 1:22 pm | # | Reply

    That alt text.
    https://imgur.com/nXPruDN

  33. Eric
    Eric
    August 5, 2016, 2:12 pm | # | Reply

    Oh geeze, someone call support, WAV’s character model is glitching and using an older template. Someone must have restored an old file by mistake.

  34. Dotcom
    Dotcom
    August 5, 2016, 2:19 pm | # | Reply

    Interesting… Those seem very clearly to be jeans. Did Best wear jeans? They seem more sepia-worldish. Is this really the shit elf or a merge of him and Wav and the player who was both?

    • chase
      chase
      August 5, 2016, 3:01 pm | # | Reply

      I’m afraid it’s going to somehow end up with Best knowing or remembering sepia-world and trying to get the message across to his group, and even though they won’t believe him, in the end, he’ll be right, and I’ll hate it, haha. Best is definitely not my favorite.
      Also, I’m wildly speculating. Probably none of that will happen.

      • Dotcom
        Dotcom
        August 6, 2016, 1:11 pm | # | Reply

        Possibly. After I posted this, I just remembered that Best tends to dress in things that look more like they belong in the 80s IRL rather than a magic Renfesty fantasy world. He’s kind of like a cheesy wannabe Billy Idol clone. Of course that’s what he’s Best at. (sorry. couldn’t resist.)

  35. DeePseudonym
    DeePseudonym
    August 5, 2016, 3:01 pm | # | Reply

    And thus did Punk come to Arkerra….. or maybe just Nu-Metal Rap Rock.

  36. Jayjay
    Jayjay
    August 5, 2016, 5:26 pm | # | Reply

    Guess whooooooooooooooo

  37. Pizzasgood
    Pizzasgood
    August 5, 2016, 5:57 pm | # | Reply

    Everybody, (Yeah)
    Rip your clothes off (Yeah)
    Everybody, (Yeah)
    Rip your clothes off right!
    Best is back, alright!

  38. BaalBereth
    BaalBereth
    August 5, 2016, 9:13 pm | # | Reply

    …
    Hot-blooded, check it and see…
    I got a fever of a hundred-and-three…

  39. random whatever
    random whatever
    August 6, 2016, 12:49 am | # | Reply

    i miss WAV allready

    • pirahna89
      pirahna89
      August 7, 2016, 12:08 pm | # | Reply

      Guess you could say he was the BEST

  40. Charlotte
    Charlotte
    August 6, 2016, 1:40 am | # | Reply

    RIP WAV.

    That comment aside, I’m suddenly stricken with the chilling *badumts* notion that Best here may have just become a Winter Elf- at least in the scope of knowledge, if not form.

  41. Never waver
    Never waver
    August 6, 2016, 2:04 am | # | Reply

    Oh dang just when you thought it couldn’t get worse for WAV.

    • Sergei Alderman
      Sergei Alderman
      August 6, 2016, 1:58 pm | # | Reply

      It was for the Best.

  42. Lingo
    Lingo
    August 6, 2016, 2:10 am | # | Reply

    That’s funny, I’ve never seen a butterfly turn back into a caterpillar before.

  43. minando
    minando
    August 6, 2016, 2:38 am | # | Reply

    Best coming out ever.
    So to speak.

  44. Deedes
    Deedes
    August 6, 2016, 7:37 am | # | Reply

    His Hair changed from black to blonde!
    He turned Super Saiyajin!… Or just super sh*t elf?

  45. John Haslach
    John Haslach
    August 6, 2016, 9:40 am | # | Reply

    Best: I’M BACK, BABY!

  46. someone
    someone
    August 6, 2016, 10:37 am | # | Reply

    Who’s that dude? Best to give us some hint.

  47. James O'Donnell
    James O'Donnell
    August 7, 2016, 11:14 am | # | Reply

    Weird- so it was Iggy Pop this whole time?

  48. Pirahna89
    Pirahna89
    August 7, 2016, 12:12 pm | # | Reply

    Not the Best place for him to change back to Best

  49. Stormageddon, Dark Lord of All
    Stormageddon, Dark Lord of All
    September 27, 2016, 11:02 am | # | Reply

    Payet Best is back bitches!!!! Now LET’S ROCK!!!

  50. DWill
    DWill
    March 15, 2017, 12:30 pm | # | Reply

    Looks like WAV figured out how to bring out the Best in himself.

  51. SotiCoto
    SotiCoto
    May 23, 2017, 11:14 am | # | Reply

    Well fuck. I was hoping he would at least stay as Wav.

  52. DarknessShallFall
    DarknessShallFall
    October 19, 2017, 2:50 pm | # | Reply

    He’s gonna go from Fire to ice pops in a minute.

  53. SotiCoto
    SotiCoto
    August 6, 2019, 3:35 am | # | Reply

    Also I just realised he no longer has his awesome thermally resistant suit. Bugger.

  54. arachnophobe'
    arachnophobe'
    October 17, 2020, 2:38 pm | # | Reply

    THE WORST. RESURRECTION. IMAGINABLE.

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