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

Other difficult concepts for Gravedust: E-mail, Kids Today, and the Speed Limit.

Chapter 5 – Page 16

on June 4, 2010
Chapter: Chapter 05
└ Tags: Byron, Gravedust, Syr'Nj
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      June 4, 2010, 1:02 pm | #
  1. smaller
    smaller
    June 4, 2010, 12:01 am | # | Reply

    God, I love Syr’nj.

    • Cid
      Cid
      June 4, 2010, 6:27 am | # | Reply

      omigod a biophilliac

      • November Fox
        November Fox
        June 4, 2010, 6:53 am | # | Reply

        What’s wrong with loving Syr’nj ?
        Anyone else has noticed she looks like some kind of sniper/fusilier with that belt of ammo-pouches across her right shoulder ?

      • 1d4caltrop
        1d4caltrop
        June 4, 2010, 6:37 pm | # | Reply

        Technically, the correct term would be dendrophiliac.

        • SotiCoto
          SotiCoto
          June 21, 2013, 12:02 pm | # | Reply

          Syr’nj isn’t actually a tree… hard as that may be to believe.

      • zack of hiskatana
        zack of hiskatana
        August 3, 2011, 2:00 pm | # | Reply

        aaaannnnnnnddddd? what? love is suddenly bound by race huh? friggin racist!

        • Potato Patato Von Spudsworth III
          Potato Patato Von Spudsworth III
          April 17, 2016, 7:25 am | # | Reply

          (In the case it’s species)

  2. Lloyd
    Lloyd
    June 4, 2010, 12:03 am | # | Reply

    I’ve had mornings where I woke up smelling of blood and sleep serums. I’m not sure if the dreams were good or bad, I can never remember anything.

    • taltamir
      taltamir
      June 4, 2010, 5:19 am | # | Reply

      did you wake up in an ice bath, with a scar on your side?

      • Lloyd
        Lloyd
        June 4, 2010, 9:26 am | # | Reply

        Well, no scar…but it was in a clinic in Tijuana.

  3. SteelRaven
    SteelRaven
    June 4, 2010, 12:07 am | # | Reply

    It’s just not a party without Frigg

  4. Moe Lane
    Moe Lane
    June 4, 2010, 12:08 am | # | Reply

    “And, dammit, she’s wearing that Special Shirt. You know, the one that the three of us and the gnome seedling were all wearing.”

  5. Gravedigger
    Gravedigger
    June 4, 2010, 12:11 am | # | Reply

    Damn. I didn’t know Syr’nj multiclassed as a ranger.

    • munkyfst
      munkyfst
      June 5, 2010, 12:52 am | # | Reply

      well she did have that special medic training… I’m sure she can hold her own and compare to a ranger.

    • Rognik
      Rognik
      December 17, 2010, 10:53 am | # | Reply

      Racial benefits as a wood elf, dude.

  6. SaltyKracka
    SaltyKracka
    June 4, 2010, 12:51 am | # | Reply

    Ah, blackmail. Not the form I expected, I must admit, but Syr’s revealing new facets all the time.

    • Jaang
      Jaang
      June 4, 2010, 1:21 am | # | Reply

      It’s not blackmail at all. It’s just doing someone a favor, so that they owe you one in return.

      • Gravedigger
        Gravedigger
        June 4, 2010, 1:23 am | # | Reply

        So it’s guilt mail?

        • Intruder
          Intruder
          June 4, 2010, 2:26 am | # | Reply

          From what we’ve seen of Syr’nj, I’d expect it’s less blackmail and more of saying whatever needs to be said to get the louts to do someone a good turn.

        • Malex
          Malex
          June 4, 2010, 1:21 pm | # | Reply

          It’s Guiltmail +2.

          • Gravedigger
            Gravedigger
            June 4, 2010, 1:26 pm | # | Reply

            It’s got a +9 against Friggs.

  7. Em M.
    Em M.
    June 4, 2010, 1:09 am | # | Reply

    Alt text on this one is hilarious, and I don’t even know why. Possibly for the mental image of Gravedust shouting at kids to get off his lawn.

    • Zypher
      Zypher
      June 4, 2010, 2:15 am | # | Reply

      Well, it wasn’t as hilarious until I read your comment. XD Though it was amusing alone.

    • Daran
      Daran
      June 4, 2010, 4:09 am | # | Reply

      You mean Gravedust shouting at kid’s *ghosts* to get off his lawn ;)

    • ahdok
      ahdok
      June 4, 2010, 4:23 am | # | Reply

      I don’t get why gravedust has issues with the speed limit… I admit.

      • Thamerlin
        Thamerlin
        June 4, 2010, 4:57 am | # | Reply

        Ever driven behind an elderly driver?

        • Hawk
          Hawk
          June 4, 2010, 9:45 am | # | Reply

          The only time I notice I’m behind an elderly driver is if they are the type who think that 35 is the “sweet spot” on their engine.

          The other kind generally pass ME gunning their engines and flashing their dentures at me.

          The joys of living in a town with ten retirement communities.

  8. ahdok
    ahdok
    June 4, 2010, 4:22 am | # | Reply

    It’s a good thing the others aren’t drunk, or they’d just have collapsed in fits of giggles over “her foliage was thick upon it”

  9. Atnas
    Atnas
    June 4, 2010, 5:20 am | # | Reply

    I must admit I think both Byron and Gravedust feel a bit out of character on this page, being all “Lets not go save her”. Hmm.

    • Niall
      Niall
      June 4, 2010, 8:59 am | # | Reply

      Perhaps it’s not the characters that are out of place but your perceptions of the characters?

    • Cote
      Cote
      June 6, 2010, 11:00 am | # | Reply

      I think it just might be the fact that the characters as you know them have grown since this scene took place. The flashback / flash-forward thing does make it a bit confusing though. . .

      Yay for character development!

      Cheers,

      Cote

  10. Caradin
    Caradin
    June 4, 2010, 6:32 am | # | Reply

    Byron, I love you. Don’t be a jerk.

    • Jean-Luc
      Jean-Luc
      June 4, 2010, 7:54 am | # | Reply

      Byron was always more of a business man rather that just plain “nice guy”. It’s just that he has a strong work ethic.

    • Gravedigger
      Gravedigger
      June 4, 2010, 1:34 pm | # | Reply

      I believe that this is a “times are tough” scenario.

  11. gangler
    gangler
    June 4, 2010, 6:53 am | # | Reply

    I think byron was being about in character, gravedust is an enigma still in many ways so it’s hard to say. As far as syrnj goes She seems to be the fastest growing character. Also, it’s interesting that it would be hard to pinpoint a preset class to her. She’s like a ranger/cleric dual class without the weapon, armor or magic proficiencies that would come from either class. lol. We lover her anyway.

    • Intruder
      Intruder
      June 6, 2010, 3:03 am | # | Reply

      I think Gravedust is likely an idealist by Savasi standards (after all, he seems to be stuck on the idea of reparations, and historically reparations just isn’t something that happens unless you go out and take it) and a pragmatist or cynic by the standards of anyone else. He’s said his own people are “ruthless beyond reasoning,” before, which leads me to believe they’d have no issue passively accepting the death or enslavement of someone who had ceased to be their ally. He’s got other fish to fry.

  12. November Fox
    November Fox
    June 4, 2010, 6:54 am | # | Reply

    Her foliage was thick upon it ?
    Whaddya mean, Syr’nj ?

    • Jean-Luc
      Jean-Luc
      June 4, 2010, 7:55 am | # | Reply

      For anyone who’s confused, foliage = hair.

      • dr pepper
        dr pepper
        June 6, 2010, 2:57 am | # | Reply

        Silly, stay with the CSI parallels.

        Foliage = Epithelials.

  13. gangler
    gangler
    June 4, 2010, 6:55 am | # | Reply

    though I guess syrnj did use a dagger and shield earlier with surprising efficiency, so maybe she just chooses to make herself useful in other ways in battle…

  14. gangler
    gangler
    June 4, 2010, 6:56 am | # | Reply

    *love her

  15. Fren
    Fren
    June 4, 2010, 7:29 am | # | Reply

    And please for the love of god someone sell Byron a helm before they dash off on this rescue …

  16. Jean-Luc
    Jean-Luc
    June 4, 2010, 7:54 am | # | Reply

    Syr: Jean Luc, blow up the damn ship!

    • AdamZero
      AdamZero
      June 4, 2010, 9:13 am | # | Reply

      Bryon: No!…. NOOOOOO *throws ax at model ‘sky boat’*

      • Jean-Luc
        Jean-Luc
        June 4, 2010, 10:59 pm | # | Reply

        You broke your little airships.

  17. Jesse Brauning
    Jesse Brauning
    June 4, 2010, 9:13 am | # | Reply

    I think this comic just hit its stride. Keep it up!

  18. Hawk
    Hawk
    June 4, 2010, 9:46 am | # | Reply

    Syr is awesome. That is all.

  19. Yarrr
    Yarrr
    June 4, 2010, 11:08 am | # | Reply

    Nice comic!

  20. TraderInTown
    TraderInTown
    June 4, 2010, 1:43 pm | # | Reply

    They’re getting paid in firepower.

  21. Rainshine
    Rainshine
    June 4, 2010, 3:46 pm | # | Reply

    Byron is pretty educated too..

  22. Sineplex
    Sineplex
    June 4, 2010, 11:00 pm | # | Reply

    On Syr’Nj’s thinking vis a vis Frigg: I say Syr’Nj is speculative enough to have thought of that “if we save her” causal disposition as she was speaking that sentence.
    Her principal motivation here is to save Frigg in itself; so what remains is what to make of her thinking about Frigg’s power level / value. I choose to believe this issue tells me Syr’Nj had thought about it before. Perhaps, if she wasn’t drunk at the time, she’d have made a more eloquent objection to Frigg’s departure.
    `I loved Syr’Nj’s Gravedust impression to death. :)

  23. Joe
    Joe
    June 5, 2010, 5:34 pm | # | Reply

    To be fair to Dusty, I’m only 20 and I don’t understand Kids Today, either.

    I love Syr’nj’s plan to rope Frigg in. It’s not exactly guilt tripping her, it’s just taking advantage of her need to prove herself better than the rest.

  24. Rich
    Rich
    June 6, 2010, 10:44 am | # | Reply

    Love the page, but . . . am I the only one who noticed Syr’s bandolier switch from under her right shoulder to over it between panels 1 and 2?

    • ahdok
      ahdok
      June 6, 2010, 7:31 pm | # | Reply

      I didn’t notice.

  25. Johndoe
    Johndoe
    June 6, 2010, 2:20 pm | # | Reply

    maybe Syr is a Ranger with max points in Heal(Medicine) with skill focus and as well as max craft alchemy

    • Johndoe
      Johndoe
      June 6, 2010, 2:21 pm | # | Reply

      Never actually cast any heal spells or anything that would even suggest she has magical healing ability far as i ‘ve seen.

      Like when you are LFG:heals and a Rogue chimes in “I got First Aid!”

    • ahdok
      ahdok
      June 6, 2010, 7:32 pm | # | Reply

      I don’t really get the continuous “let’s guess the character’s character class” game in these comments… the cast page lists the character class for you :)

      Syr’nj is a field medic.

  26. bgrunge
    bgrunge
    June 6, 2010, 10:43 pm | # | Reply

    ah, byron being a mercenary dick yet again

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