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Stick a fork in that bird, it’s done ;A;
Best’s problems are really starting to mount up.
Since flight is no longer and option, let’s hope Best doesn’t chicken out.
I hope he doesn’t waste his time feeling down, or else the sharks won’t be feeling peckish for much longer.
That’s a poultry excuse for a pun.
That’s a feather in your cap.
I’ll payet that.
Jumping Jinglebells!
That’s a pretty handy trick. A field of spears. Useful, without the sheer numbers an ambush would require.
But also giving the ambush victim lots of handy weapons with which to fight back. Not that Best’s likely to use anything but his guitar.
That’s no guitar, that’s an axe. An musically enchanted axe, but still an axe. Rock out!
I think at that point, it comes down to the fact that the Land Sharks are chasing their prey into the spear field, and as such, he’d have to turn around to throw spears back properly.
Hungarians were famous for shooting bows backwards while riding horses with top speed. Throwing spears is just as hard I guess.
seems a bit odd at any rate… no surprise as of yet
No surprise?
Don’t you think this setup is a little too cunning for these landsharks?
Huh, not what I was expecting. The pause in the “Nooooo” was cute, though. Best is such a ham.
If he keeps screaming like that, his voice will get all horse.
Nah, he’s screaming from the diaphragm. He took lessons.
NO THE CHOCOBO¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡
Good-bye, Big Bird. Maybe we’ll call in Snuffleupagous next.
Ohh, dude, now I’m thinking of a Snuffleupagus as an Epic Mount… X-D Anyone else here play Munchkin? I can so see a card for that!
Already been done: http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0451.html. (Well, ok, so it’s a demonic Snuffleupagous. Close enough in my book.)
He’s off to see Mr. Hooper.
Now that’s what I call “Flipping the Bird”
Payet Best you are hearby fined 250 xp for saying Jumping Jinglebells
Best may be pulchritudinous, but is he callipygous? (And yes, I needed to look up the first word.)
I had to look up the second. Quite a word I must say.
I had to look up both words actually. Meh, I did fine on the GRE. I guess I should just be grateful ETS isn’t shallow.
Thank you for teaching me a new word and an awesome one at that! Almost as awesome as defenestration. :D
And sesquipedalian!
If Best ever runs low on pulchritude, all he has to do is eat some candy corn.
But is he spathic?
THRILLING! HAM! ACTION!
Featuring the protagonist who may or may not just be a character in a game.
If we could move right along in double time to the part where we find out why we still care about the main characters it would be awesome.
Hey, I’d scream for an hour if my awesome chocobo mount died like that, too.
We already know that he isn’t just a character in a game, because he has thoughts. That makes him a person.
Those sharks are amazing. I’ve decided.
That said, it looks like Best is about to unleash the power of rock and roll.
I’m still waiting for my frickin laser beams.
The store was out of them in Shark-size… it was either Sharks with no laza beeem or laza beeems on carps. I guess they went with Sharks…
I’ve got to say, I loved it way more when the landsharks were barely literate.
“HEY GUY I’M STAB YOU” is my favourite line from a webcomic (at least, that I can recall). These ones… they’re too proper, you see? Too proper.
>Implying literacy has anything to do with spoken language
you want the word “articulate”
I dunno, the whole, “Hey throw stuff at that guy!” exchange was just golden to me. The grammar doesn’t have to be broken to sound incredibly awkward, like it’s not their native language.
Okay, Best? I never really liked ya. Normally, I’d be fine if you became a Best-kabob.
But they killed the bird.
They must die, Best.
SLOWLY.
They best surrender o,o
Really, That was your Best joke?
best not discuss bout it o,o
No. They cannot be spared. For this crime, they must face the music.
Ah for Pete’s sake, you already used the “face the music” like and I didn’t notice.
Sometimes our best just isn’t best enough.
Lets face the music and dance….. fight?
Either way, if he writes a ballad about this, he’s sure to make a killing.
Time to pay it back the best way, break dance fight!
Not just slowly… He must kill them gently.
Killing them softly with his song
Gold Star.
While his guitar gently weeps.
WELL
NOW
Don’t you tell me to SMILE!
You stick around, I’ll make it worth your WHILE!
Got numbers beyond what you can DIAL
Maybe it’s because I’m so ver-sa-TILE
WIN
HEY
NOW
You’re an ALL STAR
Get your game on, GO PLAY
HEY
NOW
You’re a ROCK STAR
Get your show on, get LAID
All that living is gone
Only shooting stars break the mold
Now ya dun goofed sharky boyz, time to face the music.
And now we shall begin the Aria “Morte e dolore per chitarra” with Payet Best singing the Tenor lead, whilst accompanying himself on his six stringed axe. This performance is going to be killer.
I’m glad I didn’t make the pick-up-sticks joke on Friday. I was sorely tempted to. :)
The bird was totally a rental, Best is just being a drama queen.
also; was I the only one expecting the field of sticks to turn out to be a bunch of “land” sharks hiding under the sand with breathing straws? maybe I’m just sleep deprived and grasping at “straws”, but I really expected that.
anyway, great page (better then what “I” thought it’d turn out as)
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
*GASP* OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
*gasp*
ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo……
(doppler fade)
So, one spear to the rump and the bird goes down.
You know, it figures that Best would have a mount whose brains were in its butt.
That chocobo still doesn’t look happy.
I suspect Sharky got it in the hamstrings, then it knocked itself out when it’s jaw hit the ground at speed.
CHOCOBO!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
Wow does this mean Best actually cared for somebody other than himself?!? O.o
Nah, it’s just that chocobo’s are, like, total babe magnets.
Of course! The chocobo was his property after all.
yeah, I hate best, but…. tey killed a chocobo…
use the ultimate guitar power, best: really out of tune pop ballads! they deserve it
Payet Best will now destroy the land sharks with an extended medley of the B-sides of 1970′s one-hit wonders. You have been warned.
He could just sing BeeGee’s tunes and their ears would bleed.
A ham cheesing it up. This might be why he thinks he’s delicious.
Ugh…geez, Best, would you like some ham with that cheese? It’s like he’s transformed from a badass metrosexual with with snark, wit and slimy charm to a skilled buffoon who stole Billy Idol’s hairdresser and a Judas Priest stage costume circa 1984.
I agree with Arky.
He also looks a bit like Sting in Dune: http://img5.allocine.fr/acmedia/medias/nmedia/18/35/54/37/18404976.jpg
Quite a bit actually.
Only Sting was hot in Dune…
Uh, I mean…nothin’.
Dude. the bird got hit in the hind quarter, I doubt its dead… relax. Although i guess since he’d have to abandon it/kill it like a lame horse… i guess the eventual outcome is the same. I know everyone thinks its a little cheesy that he screams “nooooooooo’ but we all know best can’t actually care for anything but himself. That bird is basically like his Ferrari, it helps him pick up chicks and symbolizes his vanity so him screaming makes perfect sense.
I dunno dude, he calls it by name. Unless Keirnas is a brand.
It’s because it works with “Hi-Ho-Kiernas! Away!”
You have to give it a name that fits into that sentence.
True, but i keep wanting to think of him as a douche. And also, I meant to italicize chicks… I guess even I didn’t see what I did there.
It’s a chick magnet.
quit egging him on.
He has a very high pulchritude. Maybe he should get some ink of squid pro quo and a textrix of the arbitor. Maybe then he could perform a sepulchritudinous attack.
The Land of Sharks and Spears is the worst land.
I dunno, I’d hate to be stuck in the Land of Land Mines and Mines.
/totally irrelevant
Also, Best should totally use SEPULCHRITUDE! Mostly because it’s the last thing he would do, barring true love’s kiss. And let’s face it, Best has no true love. More like true lust.
OH! Or better yet, the Land of Land Sharks and Sharks.
/slightly more relevant
more like land og the Sharsk, sharks, and spears.
LOSAS isn’t all that bad once you get used to it. It’s goddamn angels you have to look out for.
Besides, Best only has moderate Vim and at best a tolerable amount of Imagination.
USE STAR POWER
WRYYYYYY
what best is about to play…
Harming a chocobo, that most awesome of birds deserves death. I look forward to watching Best shatter their cartilage with the power of rock and then casually execute them. The only good aligned shark is a dead shark after all.
They killed the chocobo…
….
THEY WILL PAY FOR THIIIIIIISSS!
So far this comic has managed to both jump the shark and stick it to the guy. I wonder what’s next.
My first reaction was, “As a bard, he better!” Because of course, I thought, that word must have “Calliope” as a root. Still, after looking up what the word actually means, I insist it’s a must-have for modern bards, considering the typical rockstar get-up.
Well, the calli- part is the same root, at least.
Damn those LandSharks and their infinite ammo mods/hacks!!!
So for some reason I’d wandered away in December (well, the reason being BUSY), needed something to do tonight, came back, archive binged to catch up. Went BWUH? And am looking forward to more and finding out what’s up with the characters I like more than Payet, but will be amused to see where he goes too.
Looking forward to KEEPING UP this time.
I guess there was a point to all this running around after all.
The way those Land Sharks talk has me in stitches! Hah! “Hey guy! Hey!” Lol.
Hey, guy, post morestuff!
Hey, guy, we’re gonna reply you!
HEY HEY LISTEN HEY LISTEN HEY
Navi-shark. Annoying AND terrifying!
dunno if this has been mentioned yet, but has anyone noticed that the landshark is wearing aquaman um… shorts.
;)
what is it about Best that makes me think of his voice and mannerisms as delivered by William Shatner?
It’s the ham.
I know the words:
Bells frogs bing cherries
Jingle bells magic cheese
Bells frogs bing cherries
Jingle bells magic cheese
SEPHIROTH
SEPHIROTH
Swords in my knees
Ed peed on these
Swords in my knees
Ed peed on these
Bells frogs bing cherries
Jingle bells magic cheese
Bells frogs bing cherries
Jingle bells magic cheese
SEPHIROTH
SEPHIROTH
very very very loss
every very fat cheese moss
SEPHIROTH
SEPHIROTH
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Are you sure you’re doing it right? I’ve not had any problems making links work
Chocobos: I thought they smelled bad….on the outside!
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That was to karishi… I hate it how you can’t tell if you’re replying to the last comment or to the threat.
You should always respond to threats :P (Sorry!)
This page makes it really obvious that the new artist isn’t in the same league as the old one.
I agree. I doubt even a Shamwow would be successful in soaking up these many comments…
Ya, I know it doesn’t make much sense, but there hasn’t been a Shamwow joke in a while. So…Shamwow.
Stabbing in leg = killing? Man, that bird was a pushover anyway.
for those who wanted it http://www.nooooooooooooooo.com/ you’re welcome