Annotated 2-3
“I already got the amulet.”
I’m not sure I understand the “ticking clock” Byron is trying to impose here. Surely if Bandit already has the amulet, she can just hold onto it for a minute or two? And while I’m taking easy shots, most magicians in this world seem to be pretty ambidextrous when it comes to casting magic, E-Merl and his special rings aside. Better get both those hands to be safe, Frigg.
And yes, we realize that that’s not how you use that “long S” letter on the bag of “CHIPS” there, but it struck us funny all the same (we’d use that running gag a LOT more in this chapter, and then quickly taper it off as we started to get feedback from commenters who didn’t get it mixed with feedback from commenters who got it but wanted us to be strict grammarians about it).
My favorite bit here, though, is how Erica makes the startled cultists’ eyeballs subtly so big that they are no longer contained within their hoods.
I never noticed the eyes!
You know what drives me nuts about that huge bag of chips? I am sure even on this alternate universe the salsa bottle isn’t big enough for it. The bag is so big and in the end you won’t want like a third of it because you’re out of dip, dammit!
Surely thou mean’st “salſa”?
The Jar of Endless Salsa is a magical item in the 2nd Edition PHB, I believe.
And here I thought that was a keg of the dew off yonder mountain.
I thought that was the salsa jar on the other cultist’s shoulder. Looks big enough to me.
Pretty sure that’s the salsa on the other cultist’s shoulder. Seems big enough.
I figure the ticking clock is because Byron sees no reason to stick around. Why fight and risk injury if the mission has already been accomplished? Syr’Nj’s chemicals were already in the vat. Once Bandit had the amulet, then the mission is done.
At least that’s my head canon for why Bryon imposed a timer.
Yanno I always interpreted that “Long S” as a a fancy “F” so I was always wondering what “ChipF” was XD
I’d have been very much one of the people complaining about the misuse of the long-s, if I’d been reading at the time. >_> I dunno why, it’s just a random pet peeve of mine.
For as big as the “KER-SNAP” sound effect is, that hand is notably not at all mangled looking. And I wonder why Byron hasn’t even drawn a weapon. Speaking of… are the axes just sort of magnetized to his back, or what?
The physics of Arkhera have been modified by game-logic, including how weapons are stored.
I’ve never seen a long s with a cross bar like that.
There’s an IRL example given with the commentary.