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

'And by some I mean you. You are less than good at this job. You are the least good person at this job.'

Chapter 7 – Page 6

on September 20, 2010
Chapter: Chapter 07
└ Tags: Ardaic, Bandit, Byron, Frigg, Gravedust, Syr'Nj
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    • Twitted by ArtCultTech
      September 20, 2010, 12:22 am | #
  1. Meirnon
    Meirnon
    September 20, 2010, 12:08 am | # | Reply

    Better than making things worse in the best possible way, yeah, angry Gastonian military guy? :P

    I think they have a word for that… I think it’s… Politics.

    • Joe
      Joe
      July 25, 2013, 8:32 pm | # | Reply

      better in the worst way possible is still improvement!

  2. 1d4caltrop
    1d4caltrop
    September 20, 2010, 12:28 am | # | Reply

    IIRC, Dusty’s killed the most people/beings, at least “on camera.” If the alt text is directed at him and the “off camera” killings by another member of the group (Frigg, I’m lookin’ at you) don’t exceed his tally then yeah, I suppose it’s accurate to call him “least good” at this job.

    • Zizek
      Zizek
      September 20, 2010, 10:45 am | # | Reply

      How specific is “on camera”. We get to see dead pirates and dead kobolds, and we know Frigg left a bunch of burning nun corpses behind. If you mean as part of the group I think you are right.

  3. Hypothetical
    Hypothetical
    September 20, 2010, 12:28 am | # | Reply

    Panel 2, bubble 3, Verlook? Is that a new word, or is he so pissed that he can’t speak straight?

    Peace Makers vs. Carnage Sowers? Four Syllables win every time!

    I love the expressions in panel 2. Frigg is all ” Frigg that!”, Syr is all “Crap, I’m getting yelled at”, Bandit and Gravedust are both like ” Ya ya, we got the job done”, but Byron looks like he really cares about what Ranting Man has to say, and is paying attention. Oh well, every party needs a Face.

    • Fren
      Fren
      September 20, 2010, 8:20 am | # | Reply

      Mostly I think Byron’s contemplating growing out a moustache like that. Helps with the authority-figure bit.

    • Locke
      Locke
      September 20, 2010, 12:04 pm | # | Reply

      Ya know, too bad there aren’t revolvers in this setting. That’d make for a good “I’ve got your peacemaker right here” pun.

  4. SteelRaven
    SteelRaven
    September 20, 2010, 12:36 am | # | Reply

    Oh, so many movie clichés’
    How about:
    “Your a loose canon, Dusthammer!”

    • Zizek
      Zizek
      September 20, 2010, 10:47 am | # | Reply

      Loose bow, surely.

    • Nate
      Nate
      September 20, 2010, 10:59 am | # | Reply

      But I get results!

    • G@T0R
      G@T0R
      September 21, 2010, 9:39 am | # | Reply

      It even looks like he’s leaning over a desk in the first panel. To make it complete, he really needed a little spittle flying from his mouth. Guilded Weapon 5

  5. Fren
    Fren
    September 20, 2010, 8:27 am | # | Reply

    Carnage sowers? Not seeing it, I guess. Dispatching the cultists and the Nunnery probably lessened the overall amount of carnage, since a handfull of dead loonies is less than thousands of sickened or dead townsfolk with sword-yardstick welts on their hands. And flooding the jail? That was an architectural IMPROVEMENT. Now we’ve got an aquarium slash indoor pool! Invite the Savasi over for a swim meet and barbeque and we’ll all be set! Stuff all this kinder, gentler Gastonia business.

    • SteelRaven
      SteelRaven
      September 20, 2010, 9:56 pm | # | Reply

      He’s just giving ’em flack to give ’em flack thus keep them in line. Allot of boss’ do it, (including my own) but he does have a point; they do leave allot of dead bodies behind them for a team of ‘diplomats.’ The only time they didn’t kill anybody was when they gave a the Sky Elves a death threat and found a preexisting pile of bodies.

  6. barsukthom
    barsukthom
    September 20, 2010, 8:51 am | # | Reply

    Of course, they way things are going, they send Team Carnage to negotiate with the Savasi, there won’t be anyone left to send reparations TO. Except maybe Dusty.

    • Zizek
      Zizek
      September 20, 2010, 10:48 am | # | Reply

      So you’re saying this whole thing is an elaborate setup so Gravedust can collect on the insurance?

      • barsukthom
        barsukthom
        September 21, 2010, 9:20 am | # | Reply

        “Quiet, soft-spoken, keeps to himself a lot. Nice guy, but kind of a loner, you know?”
        Yeahhhhh.

  7. Jean-Luc
    Jean-Luc
    September 20, 2010, 8:58 am | # | Reply

    I send you to do a simple job and you wreck half the city! The mayor’s all over my ass on this one! You can’t be runnin’ around like some freelance mercenary, you either do things by the book or turn in your badge and wand. Now git outta ‘ere!

    • Talisaerin
      Talisaerin
      September 20, 2010, 9:30 am | # | Reply

      “One problem, sir. We ARE freelance Mercenaries! If’n ya don’t like our methods, y’kin go shuv eet where da sun dun shine… and maybe we’ll just take our business model over t’da pirates. I’m sure dey’d need some extra help after we whacked off halfa dere numbers!”

      • Jean-Luc
        Jean-Luc
        September 20, 2010, 10:02 am | # | Reply

        Yeah, I totally forgot they actually kinda are mercenaries. :P

        • Locke
          Locke
          September 20, 2010, 12:02 pm | # | Reply

          Problem is, it’d likely be the only job they could get in Gastonia; if they quit, it’d be bad, bad rep. Then they’d have to travel off to God knows where. Besides, the whole ‘save the world’ mentality of their Diplomacy mission is the main thing keeping the group together.

      • The Indomitable Eric
        The Indomitable Eric
        September 21, 2010, 2:30 am | # | Reply

        “Now imagine the damage if’n we WEREN’T on your side.”

  8. Dojang
    Dojang
    September 20, 2010, 10:14 am | # | Reply

    gun and badge!

    —
    guys. mainly phil and t, is this the point that all those flashbacks were leading to? is this the last we’re going to hear about cultists and water-prisons? because that water-prison arc was something i had really been looking forward to. not so much the bumbling cultists, but the prison was such an awesome peice of characterisation- everyone’s true colours were on display, and it looked like you put a lot of effort into that. it seriously bites if it’s going to end up just as a loose-end.

  9. TraderInTown
    TraderInTown
    September 20, 2010, 10:19 am | # | Reply

    If you don’t want everything killed, don’t hire PC’s. Hire Guards.

  10. Hawk
    Hawk
    September 20, 2010, 10:40 am | # | Reply

    Angry Gastonian Guy: NPC Level 12. Powers: Sarcasm and Humiliation, 4xday; Authoritarian Snit Fit 1xday. HP: Unknown, but I’d like to find out.

  11. Joe
    Joe
    September 20, 2010, 10:49 am | # | Reply

    We’re never gonna get the explanation of the Flooding Prison Incident, are we?

    • Zizek
      Zizek
      September 20, 2010, 10:52 am | # | Reply

      The FPI was where Frigg and Syr’Nj totally got it on, obviously. Women-in-prison film style.

      • barsukthom
        barsukthom
        September 21, 2010, 9:22 am | # | Reply

        Flooding prison? The guards obviously had t turn the hoses on ’em.

    • matt w
      matt w
      September 20, 2010, 10:53 am | # | Reply

      Noodle preparation gone horribly wrong.

      • Joe
        Joe
        September 20, 2010, 6:41 pm | # | Reply

        Duly noted.

  12. Locke
    Locke
    September 20, 2010, 11:32 am | # | Reply

    Captain Mustache isn’t being very nice at all. They’re new at this! Ten bucks says that, after they leave, he moves on to chew out the Gastonian version of Dirty Harry.

    “You’re a loose cannon, Callohan!

    • barsukthom
      barsukthom
      September 21, 2010, 9:22 am | # | Reply

      Well, maybe a loose petard. Or ballista.

  13. Guy
    Guy
    September 20, 2010, 12:07 pm | # | Reply

    Those five are a menace I tell ya, a MENACE, what with all their adventuring and web-slinging gamma-irradiating and whatnot!

  14. The Indomitable Eric
    The Indomitable Eric
    September 20, 2010, 1:45 pm | # | Reply

    “You’re acting like a bunch of ADVENTURERS or something!”

  15. Sineplex
    Sineplex
    September 20, 2010, 4:37 pm | # | Reply

    Is no one going to say that the crew looks TOTALLY STYLIN’ in those threads? Although Frigg looks like a boy. ._.

    Syr’Nj is very pretty here. Strange eyes, though. Is it just the natural Wood Elf expression to seem wide-eyed to a Human when listening?

    • phyre
      phyre
      September 20, 2010, 6:55 pm | # | Reply

      Frigg always looks like a boy unless her boobs are visible, which is rare.

    • The Prolific Mr. Anonymous
      The Prolific Mr. Anonymous
      September 21, 2010, 3:16 am | # | Reply

      I’m pretty sure she’s just uncomfortable with being chastised by a military leader, being from the military herself and all.

  16. Jean-Luc
    Jean-Luc
    September 21, 2010, 12:17 pm | # | Reply

    Love their homely fashion in the 2nd panel. They could almost pass off as “browncoats”.

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