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

Thanks for ruining the curve, nerds.

Chapter 7 – Page 7

on September 22, 2010
Chapter: Chapter 07
└ Tags: Ardaic, Bandit, Byron, Frigg, Gravedust, Syr'Nj
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  1. Dojang
    Dojang
    September 22, 2010, 12:07 am | # | Reply

    predictions!

    splande gets shot with an arrow possesed by the righteously vengeful spirit of his dead father and is found hours later sans wallet.

    frig makes one too many short jokes and om-gnome-gnome puns, is forced to kill the entire gnomish academy when they finally snap and attack her.

    byron and syrnge have a very akward first date, ends with byron oblivious to syrnge’s feelings for him. (yes, i have given up placing that apostrophe)

    taking all bets.

    • Locke
      Locke
      September 22, 2010, 2:07 am | # | Reply

      I’ll see that bet and raise you the following:

      Splande is, after much suspense and a couple crazy plans, dealt with peacefully, but only after much bickering between Gravedust and Bandit, after which the Bandit earns Dust’s trust. (Whoops, rhyme.)

      Syr’nj (Damn that hard to spell punny name) and Byron end up helping Frig dress up nicely and prepare for the meeting. She ends successfully learning to act all fancy, only for, in the end, for it to be revealed that the gnomes like her brutish, uncouth behaviour more. Oh, and, of course, while she’s at the meeting, Syr’nj and Byron go on that awkward first date. But Byron’s not oblivious, it’s just that neither of them know how to express themselves romantically.

    • Doop doop
      Doop doop
      September 22, 2010, 2:52 am | # | Reply

      I counter that with the Splande quest ending up with a chase scene during a bit of theatre that ends with massive explosions and overall destruction *but* it will be enjoyed by the nobles there and they’ll get praises from the nobility as in accordance with the theory of narrative causality.

      Frigg talks to the smartypants shorties and helps them bring out the real purpose of science. Making things blow up. Frigg then gets a mechanoexplodoclub that causes explosions whenever she hits things.

      Learning the interests of the common Gastonian gets our two leader types totally crunk because one of the interests of the common Gastonian is drinking. Then Byron starts beating the shit out of Gastonians because, y’know, the common Gastonian is kind of a dick to wood elves.

      Ideally all three storylines will converge in the finale of the Splande quest.

      • bob the 6th
        bob the 6th
        September 22, 2010, 10:11 am | # | Reply

        the splande quest will probably end in an assassination in the theater, and they have the hunting knife and ranged weapon analogs

        • ahdok
          ahdok
          September 22, 2010, 1:45 pm | # | Reply

          I totally figured out the joke, and I think Splande is going to get the best of the team, at least initially.

          • Locke
            Locke
            September 22, 2010, 7:54 pm | # | Reply

            What kind of name is “Splande”, anyways? :P

            You know, it’s going to take place at a theatre house, right? There’s always the chance that Gravedust and Bandit will end up on stage and will have to improvise to go along with the show.

            • ahdok
              ahdok
              September 23, 2010, 4:38 pm | # | Reply

              aw man, I didn’t think of that, that’s hillarious.

              I hope as much of this upcoming scene as possible takes inspiration from final fantasy six.

        • Bob the Historically Aware Builder
          Bob the Historically Aware Builder
          September 24, 2010, 12:47 pm | # | Reply

          I like your Lincoln ref. ;)

  2. Mossy
    Mossy
    September 22, 2010, 12:21 am | # | Reply

    Hmmm. Something tells me that our dear elf and the ‘zerker are going to have the hardest time of it, what with that innocuous set-up…

  3. schtroumpf
    schtroumpf
    September 22, 2010, 12:39 am | # | Reply

    Whereas I predict Lord Moustache’s singling out of Byron and Syr’nj for praise will cause dissent within their band.

  4. Alechsa
    Alechsa
    September 22, 2010, 12:49 am | # | Reply

    ….He sends the bitchqueen with a mouth to do diplomacy with gnomes…. after she’s had a few nights of short jokes at Bandit’s expense…

    Yeah… he hates gnomes…

    And he basically just said ‘screw off and go sit on your arses’ to the two with any chance in hell of getting either job done correctly… he obviously wants them ALL to fail miserably so he can write them off/get them killed.

    I eagerly await the total and complete refusal to obey orders exactly as given on the parts of all ^-^

  5. chaotik
    chaotik
    September 22, 2010, 12:51 am | # | Reply

    looks like someone’s delibrately splitting the party and setting them up to get killed.

    • Hypothetical
      Hypothetical
      September 22, 2010, 6:11 am | # | Reply

      Nah, it’s just your standard Sidequest hour in the gaming session. Not every minute can be a dungeon crawl, got to have some R in your PG.

  6. Lloyd
    Lloyd
    September 22, 2010, 12:59 am | # | Reply

    Methinks Byron smells a rat.

    • Archwright
      Archwright
      September 22, 2010, 1:56 pm | # | Reply

      Yeah. Something is amiss. I smell setups.

      Also, a barbarian with restraint? Byron, you’re the worst barbarian ever. (That was his character concept wasn’t it.)

      • Locke
        Locke
        September 22, 2010, 7:56 pm | # | Reply

        I think the big twist will be that he isn’t really a full-fledged berserker. He probably became one to avenge the destruction of his hometown, or something. I think he’s more of a ‘fighter’ type than ‘berserker’.

        • Zizek
          Zizek
          September 23, 2010, 7:50 am | # | Reply

          If Byron doesn’t flip out into a barbarian rage at some point, I will.

        • 3.5 noob
          3.5 noob
          September 24, 2010, 12:49 pm | # | Reply

          this is what happens when a fighter multi-classes with a barbarian

        • Iapetus
          Iapetus
          September 24, 2010, 2:35 pm | # | Reply

          Personally, I reckon “Brian the Berserker” is just a name he’s given himself to make it easier to sell his services.

          “Brian the Cool, Calm and Collected Axeman” would be a more accurate name, but who would hire an adventurer called that?

  7. Paige
    Paige
    September 22, 2010, 1:38 am | # | Reply

    Oh shit, Frig does not look happy.

    • Zizek
      Zizek
      September 22, 2010, 3:14 am | # | Reply

      “You lookin’ at my woman?”

  8. SteelRaven
    SteelRaven
    September 22, 2010, 1:42 am | # | Reply

    I predict Frigg is going to chuck a Gnom

  9. Calen
    Calen
    September 22, 2010, 1:58 am | # | Reply

    Oof, that’s quite a look Byron’s getting from Frigg. To his credit, he looks about as skeptical as she does. Syr’nj looks a little too happy with the praise, guess she’s not realizing this could be a a problem.

    • justchris
      justchris
      September 22, 2010, 8:22 pm | # | Reply

      It’s not the praise she’s happy about, it’s getting a chance to get to know the interests of the common Gastonian, since it’s directly related to her personal goals.

      • Zizek
        Zizek
        September 23, 2010, 7:46 am | # | Reply

        Interests of the Common Gastonian (Homo Vulgaris)
        -Throwing rocks at elves
        -Cutting down trees
        -Distrusting doctors
        -Racial insults
        -Ear clipping
        -General bigotry

  10. Locke
    Locke
    September 22, 2010, 2:10 am | # | Reply

    Well, the first choice was sound, Sir Facial Hair, but the second one? I hope the gnomes end up being a rowdy bunch, or else you just don’t care about this at all.

    Also, of note, is Byron shooting Frig a sympathetic look, or is he checking Syr’nj out? ‘Cause his eyes are aimed straight at the elf’s chest.

    • Zizek
      Zizek
      September 22, 2010, 3:15 am | # | Reply

      Might be a good call. I can imagine the gnomes being mad scientists, with huge emphasis on the mad. Maybe they and Frigg will get along famously.

      Or maybe she’ll break their tiny necks. Can’t wait to find out!

    • TexasNinjaBuzzard
      TexasNinjaBuzzard
      September 22, 2010, 5:09 am | # | Reply

      Not everyone is as obsessed with elf-boobies as GA’s commenters seem to be.

      …He’s clearly keepin’ an eye on Frigg to make sure she doesn’t kick the door off its hinges on her way out to go to her Sensitivity Training.

    • barsukthom
      barsukthom
      September 22, 2010, 9:03 am | # | Reply

      Frankly, I think he’s watching to see if Frigg will actually open the envelope to read her orders, or if she’s going to ask Dusty once Sir Pen’cyldyck is out of the room.

      • Phil
        Flo
        September 22, 2010, 9:05 am | # | Reply

        Haters gon’ hate.

        • barsukthom
          barsukthom
          September 22, 2010, 3:17 pm | # | Reply

          Hey, it’s a very old and honorable Welsh/Dutch name.
          Much better than Sir Milord Pornstache, which happens to be a deadly insult in Shit Elvish.

          • Locke
            Locke
            September 22, 2010, 8:00 pm | # | Reply

            I thought the big insult in Shit Elvish was “we’re a lot alike.”

            Anyways, sorry, but Sir Nagsalot hasn’t seemed to endear himself to the reader base yet. I mean, some of us seem to like the ‘stache, but that’s about it. If he ends up doing something badass and redeeming himself for being such a whiny jerk, though, I’ll certainly have no complaints.

    • ahdok
      ahdok
      September 22, 2010, 1:22 pm | # | Reply

      I think the idea is to give them difficult tasks rather than easy ones. – If they were going for easy, they’d have given the gnome quest to the gnome and the dwarf, who both show quite a lot of empathy for gnome people, rather than the mad crusader who calls them midgets.

  11. Sortelli
    Sortelli
    September 22, 2010, 2:37 am | # | Reply

    The baron has some splandein’ to do

    • ahdok
      ahdok
      September 22, 2010, 3:26 am | # | Reply

      Baron Splande is the most awesome name that has appeared in this comic yet.

      • Locke
        Locke
        September 22, 2010, 8:02 pm | # | Reply

        I thought of that pun, too, but had no idea on how well it could be implemented. And whether or not I personally like the name will depend on the Baron’s character. I personally hope he ends up being like the “Most Interesting Man in the World”, off of those alcohol commercials.

  12. SaltyKracka
    SaltyKracka
    September 22, 2010, 2:41 am | # | Reply

    I’m detecting Friggish resentment.

  13. ahdok
    ahdok
    September 22, 2010, 3:27 am | # | Reply

    We totally made the “dressing sharply” pun already.

    Buut… to be fair, we made every pun possible about axe shoulders.

    • Zizek
      Zizek
      September 22, 2010, 3:58 am | # | Reply

      I’d head back to check, but I haft to say I don’t think I could handle that kind of cutting wit.

      • Locke
        Locke
        September 22, 2010, 8:03 pm | # | Reply

        Eh, I guess taste of humor has this readership split in two. Maybe puns are a bit too edgy for you?

        • Niall
          Niall
          September 23, 2010, 9:49 am | # | Reply

          Cut it out guys. I’m pretty sure somebody has already sliced these puns before you.

          • Dojang
            Dojang
            September 23, 2010, 8:04 pm | # | Reply

            this is my grandfather’s pun. my father replaced the lead-up, and i replaced punchline, this is my grandfather’s pun.

            too obscure?

            • SaltyKracka
              SaltyKracka
              September 24, 2010, 2:37 am | # | Reply

              There’s no such thing as a Discworld quote that is too obscure.

              • dr pepper
                dr pepper
                September 24, 2010, 4:23 pm | # | Reply

                Not Discworld. The axe joke is from “Hercules my Shipmate” by Robert Graves.

  14. Gravedigger
    Gravedigger
    September 22, 2010, 4:43 am | # | Reply

    I expect Gravedust and Bandit to succeed. They have the proper espionage skills for the task.

    I see Frigg’s assignment being a problem, though. Unless, of course, gnomes LIKE getting beaten over the head.

  15. Hawk
    Hawk
    September 22, 2010, 6:51 am | # | Reply

    I…await.

    Though I can sympathize with Byron a bit, he has that look I used to get when *I* ruined the curve for the rest of the class *wink*

  16. Cid
    Cid
    September 22, 2010, 8:12 am | # | Reply

    The berserker showed restraint?

    • Starphoenix
      Starphoenix
      September 22, 2010, 8:30 am | # | Reply

      Honestly, in this comic, that’s not only plausible, but more than likely… compared to some of our other adventurers…

  17. DCB
    DCB
    September 22, 2010, 8:22 am | # | Reply

    Putting Frigg in a room full of potentially breakable/exploding objects? This man is off his coconut.

    • barsukthom
      barsukthom
      September 22, 2010, 9:06 am | # | Reply

      “Thank you, Milord Stache, for solving the Gnome Question so handily. Now, as for the Theatre Problem…”

    • ahdok
      ahdok
      September 22, 2010, 1:24 pm | # | Reply

      Frigg’s a Crusader – a holy zealot.

      Mixing Hard-Headed-Religion and Mad-Science?

      sounds fun.

  18. Joe
    Joe
    September 22, 2010, 11:52 am | # | Reply

    Byron and Syr’nj conveniently decide that the ideal way to gauge the average Gastonian will somehow take them directly into the paths of both of the other quests. The storyline climaxes at the opera house with all of them geared with some “samples” the gnomes brought to their meeting with Frigg.

    Shoulder Axes – though probably just a shout out to how We The Commenters refer to Byron’s Pauldrons of Power – may actually come into play.

  19. Harrowed
    Harrowed
    September 22, 2010, 1:03 pm | # | Reply

    Awww shizzz, I seriously lol’d at the alt-text!

  20. TraderInTown
    TraderInTown
    September 22, 2010, 1:05 pm | # | Reply

    Here’s the truth, Syr’nj’s expression in the last panel makes me want to punch her in the face.

    • Zizek
      Zizek
      September 22, 2010, 2:07 pm | # | Reply

      You are the average Gastonian!

      • Locke
        Locke
        September 22, 2010, 8:04 pm | # | Reply

        Hey, no one punches like Gastonians.

        • Alechsa
          Alechsa
          September 23, 2010, 1:26 am | # | Reply

          No one spits or bites like Gastonians either XD

          • Dojang
            Dojang
            September 23, 2010, 4:07 am | # | Reply

            it was only a matter of time.

          • G@T0R
            G@T0R
            September 23, 2010, 8:59 am | # | Reply

            I instantly thought of this strip and proceeded to sing.

  21. Zakrael
    Zakrael
    September 22, 2010, 2:40 pm | # | Reply

    Prediction: Byron and Syr’nj’s mission ends in enough racism that we actually see Byron go berserk.

    Also, the sum total of the after-mission report is “Gastonians are dicks.”

    • barsukthom
      barsukthom
      September 23, 2010, 8:57 am | # | Reply

      “Gastonians are an Honest People, who believe in expressing their Opinions and Feelings freely. This is based upon their Native Understanding of their Innate Superiority, and their Manifest Destiny to spread their Law, Culture and Rule across the Land.”
      “Like I said. Gastonians are dicks.”

  22. Nate
    Nate
    September 22, 2010, 3:39 pm | # | Reply

    Does this mean we’ll see Bandit get all fancy and Gravedust look, um, less like he lives in a boxcar?

    • Legault
      Legault
      September 22, 2010, 5:32 pm | # | Reply

      A boxcar would be FAR too much luxury for Dusty.

      • Joe
        Joe
        September 22, 2010, 10:56 pm | # | Reply

        A splintered wooden bench in the park, then.

  23. khavren
    khavren
    September 23, 2010, 1:42 am | # | Reply

    So the baron is a gnome who works in the theater distrct making special effects. He’s been stealing parts and kidnapping members of the academy to work on his special project, a giant mechanical suit powered by souls of the dead. Queue fight scene!

    • khavren
      khavren
      September 23, 2010, 1:47 am | # | Reply

      Oh, and Byron reveals touching personal history about his dead family and Syn reveals that she has trouble telling humans apart

  24. Jean-Luc
    Jean-Luc
    September 23, 2010, 11:11 pm | # | Reply

    Awww, Syr’s all giddy with contentment. :3

  25. matt w
    matt w
    September 24, 2010, 8:05 am | # | Reply

    Irrelevant sitely nitpick — I just noticed that the title of the webpage (the thing that appears at the top of the window” says “Chapter 6 – Page 7.”

  26. dr pepper
    dr pepper
    September 24, 2010, 4:26 pm | # | Reply

    I wonder if there’s a phantom in that theater.

  27. Hogan
    Hogan
    March 23, 2013, 2:39 pm | # | Reply

    Oh, someone REALLY wants to have trouble sprout up multiple places at the same time!

  28. Neferius
    Neferius
    September 3, 2015, 9:57 am | # | Reply

    I guess the admiral ships those two :))

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