Chapter 22 – Page 4
Many apologies for the bad pagee, guildies. Between partying hard at Zenkaikon and doing it up seder style, I botched in my rush. Thanks for bearing with us.
Many apologies for the bad pagee, guildies. Between partying hard at Zenkaikon and doing it up seder style, I botched in my rush. Thanks for bearing with us.
Uh-oh! Looks like a bit of dialogue in the first panel just escaped its speech balloon. Naughty naughty!
Naw, the human’s just a ventriloquist. He threw his voice.
Slightly to the left, the greatest of ruses.
Need to reset your type in the second chat bubble in the first panel. It’s trying to get away from you.
Also, that looks like they’re either building a stargate, or a gateway into the Emerald Dream. Or maybe it’s the Mauve Dream in this world.
Or the Sepia Dream, presided over by the wise dragon H.R. Puffinstuff.
I’m thinking it’s going to be some kind of portal renowned for some manner of association with the dark.
WHEEL … OF … FORTUNE!
Oh I’m terribly sorry but you just landed on fiery death.
At least he didn’t land on bankrupt!
My first thought was Stargate too!
The construction of a Stargate.
I want this to get meta – it’s not a star gate, its a dimension gate – when they open that gate, they end up in the “real world.”
Stargates: even found in fantasy worlds. :D
Why do I get the feeling this may result in Best coming back?
Why do people think that everything that happens in this comic is the second coming of Best?
That already happened in an earlier adventure with Frigg.
Third coming?
He was renowned in bed, after all…
Ha!
We just miss him, okay?
Every time someone speculates that this is the moment of Best’s return, Best’s return gets pushed back another chapter.
I think we’re currently up to chapter 113 or something like that.
That is going to be the Best chapter.
Ah, the common bond between all peoples, genocide.
Or rather: nihilism. Odd indeed, but it has its merit.
Funny how often “we” show up in speculative fiction…
I’m pretty much the only one I’ve ever met, personally.
Oh yeah, I forgot about these guys. Makes sense.
“Make hate, not war”
Hate? What hate?
Seems to me they love to destroy. Luuuurve it.
Tsapki said during the last update:
Might not like them too soon. Can everyone recall the only groups we’ve seen that have both humans and Savage Races among their numbers?
He deserves a cigar- or a cookie.
I’m surprised that you (and even the captain) are surprised that Tsapki was correct. I thought that the only thing that doesn’t obviously point to them being cultists is their bantery attitude.
That’s because I- and a lot of other people- expected the best of these two, that these two actually didn’t want to fight and didn’t have an ulterior motive for it. It was naive, but I don’t think it was wrong to hope.
Do they make cookie cigars yet? I think there would be a market for it.
Well, there are cookies shaped like cigars (roll up wafers). And they are popular…
The craziest notion I can come up with is that they want to build a gate out of the game into the real world. :)
“Man the shit we have to put up with just to log out.”
That would be some crazy shit indeed, but I fear it is likely exactly what they are doing.
Too bad they can’t build the portal at an Inn. No way they’re going to get the ‘Well Rested’ buff when they log back on.
CUE THE MUSIC!
Hells yea! “.hack”!
That FIRST Anime to popularize the notion of virtual-reality/fantasy-setting and people getting trapped in the game ^^
In the darkness they have crept. In the darkness they have wept. A great power forgotten in time, a power to control your body and mind. An evil force in the desert lies. Soon, all will fall by the Cult of the Bloodshot Eye.
The cat crept into the crypt and craaaaa….. perhaps not :-)
“The cat crept into the crypt and craaaaa”
And crapped into the crypt ?
What’s with the troll not talking off his pauldrons / forcing his robe down on his spikes? He should take care of his cult’s official uniform.
He’s in a rush? Pauldrons take ages too take off…
In my experience with them Pauldrons only do 2 things:
1) Massively restrict your arm movement.
2) Make you look bulkier than you are.
Maybe he doesn’t want to look so weedy in his robe?
Historically, many suits of armor were designed with only one pauldron on the left shoulder, and it served to protect the neck from vertical swings. I dare say it serves a noble role.
Or horizontal swings. Those are pretty nasty too, and tend to bypass the helmet. Derp.
They tended to go on the weapon side (ostensibly the other side is protected by either a shield or your buddy, preferably your non-dead buddy, unless you are part of the Army of Darkness)
Of course the Nobility wore 2 Paldrons, fastened to the surrounding plates of steel.
Fighters were a cost savings.
I’m aware of what a pauldron is for it’s just despite wearing them a lot, I’ve never been hit in one.
*snort* you made this enter my brain courtesy of Mike Judge.
Ulak: My pauldrons! My pauldrons!
Ashok: No dude, lower.
Ulak, grabbing crotch: My pauldrons! My pauldrons!
Both sides are played.
A demon gate.
At last our wait…
will end with … Payet?
Definitely not worth the effort. But thanks for playing!
So…was anyone expecting these two to be cultists?
I sure wasn’t.
This would have to be the first cult that sells tickets to their own meetings. Besides of course the band The Cult.
A lot of cults and organized scams take money from their members. Not necessarily in ticket form but that too happens I believe. A lot of those “easy money” scams hold seminars, meetings and all sorts of “shows”, it’s possible they charge for attendance.
Not unlike a Star Trek convention, eh Picard?
Hey, ST is not a cult. You non-believers will realize that once you’re all fuckin’ dead and a new tecno/socialist utopia is ushered in. Of course, by then it’ll be too late…for you.
Well hey, it’s not like any of their members will be NEEDING the money when the entire world is a desolate wasteland strewn with the bleached bones of it’s once proud inhabitants. So you know, might as well spend it now.
Hey look their at a GWAR concert. :P
Girls With Abnormal Racks?
No the metal band GWAR.
it is so much more funny when the villains can pull off being inter-racially peaceful than the damn heroes.
Not to mention, so much more believable.
This makes me so very, very happy.
Heh, cultists, makes sense. How did I forget about those guys though?
Avatar / comment synergy, +5
Where is your OTP now?! Bwahahaha.
I found this series a few hours ago and I’ve binged up to this point. Loving it!
but speaking of loving nothing kills your hopes for a new OTP like finding out they are probably nameless henchmen working for the unarguably evil that will likely be never seen again. OTPoner gone.
All the dirty is not filtered by my brain now.
…*Cry*
I can ship them and want them both to die at the same time, right?