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

Man, what kind of crap deals has Byron gotten before? 'Slay 12 wolves and 9 troglodytes and you'll get a stick of gum and a half-eaten chicken wing?'

Chapter 3 – Page 7

on January 18, 2010
Chapter: Chapter 03
└ Tags: Best, Byron, Frigg, Gravedust, Syr'Nj
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  1. mining zen
    mining zen
    January 18, 2010, 12:16 am | # | Reply

    the alt comment, exactly what I was thinking…

    still awesome and funny, keep on drawing :P

  2. Carl-E
    Carl-E
    January 18, 2010, 1:01 am | # | Reply

    Oh, no – please tell me Syr’Nj isn’t falling for the charm of that song! I know she’s fairly naive, but she should know better.

    I know, I know, knowing better rarely changes anything…

    • Joe
      Joe
      July 25, 2013, 4:59 pm | # | Reply

      She’s probably offended he’ implying she isn’t a real elf, since he says he will have to prove an elf is worth something…

  3. Sebastian
    Sebastian
    January 18, 2010, 2:12 am | # | Reply

    Nah, isn’t she looking back checking for Bandit?

    • Dejal
      Dejal
      January 18, 2010, 8:46 am | # | Reply

      I’m pretty sure Bandit is busy breaking out of jail.

  4. King of Zeroes
    King of Zeroes
    January 18, 2010, 3:00 am | # | Reply

    Heavy metal axe is still the only good thing about Payet.

    • Colin W.
      Colin W.
      January 18, 2010, 4:15 am | # | Reply

      It least until Led Zepplin or Dethklok come to take it back.

      • Jay R.
        Jay R.
        January 18, 2010, 5:29 pm | # | Reply

        Actually, Gene Simmons of KISS made it famous.

      • Jay R.
        Jay R.
        January 18, 2010, 5:30 pm | # | Reply

        Actually, Gene Simmons of KISS made it popular.

        • Erica
          Erica
          January 18, 2010, 5:47 pm | # | Reply

          YOU GET A STAR.

        • King of Zeroes
          King of Zeroes
          January 19, 2010, 1:57 am | # | Reply

          I think we were all to busy staring at Gene’s absurd tongue to realize he was even playing an instrument. Regardless of how awesome that instrument was.

  5. DaveP.
    DaveP.
    January 18, 2010, 9:03 am | # | Reply

    Sy’rinj: “…Is he talking about himself, or me? Because I KNOW he can’t be talking about himself…”

    • TheTokenShadow
      TheTokenShadow
      January 18, 2010, 9:23 am | # | Reply

      Actually it’d be pretty ironic if she mistakenly THOUGHT he was “singing” about her and started growing fond of him because of it. I think we all know Payet has only one true love…

      • DaveP.
        DaveP.
        January 18, 2010, 2:23 pm | # | Reply

        I was thinking of the Chaper 1 page 13 dissertation on ‘types of elves’… and wondering if, by her standards, Payet even qualifies as an elf.

        • kingleon
          kingleon
          January 18, 2010, 4:47 pm | # | Reply

          I imagine that Sy’rinj wound be exactly the sort of person to fall for a modernized elf.

          Also, the fact of the matter is, a high CHA lets a person get away with some very awful things and still be liked. I would not put it past Payet to decide to make Sy’rinj his next target.

          • SotiCoto
            SotiCoto
            June 20, 2013, 12:22 pm | # | Reply

            You’d be surprised how far a character’s Charisma will NOT carry.

            There is a reason at least one DM has a house rule forbidding anyone with Aspergers from playing a Sorcerer. >_> … Apparently not even Cha21 justifies using the mayor’s daughter for spell-reagents… then telling him about it.

            • phyre
              phyre
              August 15, 2014, 10:16 pm | # | Reply

              Does the same DM forbid paraplegics from playing fighters, smart people from playing barbarians, and you from playing anything Good?

              • SotiCoto
                SotiCoto
                January 9, 2015, 6:59 am | # | Reply

                Nope.
                The weak can play the strong, physically speaking.
                The smart can play the stupid. The stupid would have a damned difficult time playing the smart, but are allowed to do so.
                BUT social stuff has to be roleplayed out. And so the ones with different ideas to the DM about what is appropriate or not have to just suffer for it.

                Oh… and I get the impression you were asking a rhetorical question in your quest to be a complete slag… but I answered it honestly anyway. I’m just that accommodating. ^_^

  6. Carapace
    Carapace
    January 18, 2010, 3:03 pm | # | Reply

    Wait. Payet is wearing…a belly shirt?!?
    Sweet Molly Malone. He has no decency. He has, at long last, no decency whatsoever, and no fate will ever be grim enough.
    Also, Byron is frikkin’ adorable. Yay, he can buy stew!

    • Nate
      Nate
      January 18, 2010, 9:12 pm | # | Reply

      I know. That outfit is like he stole random bits from Bowie’s wardrobe, but only from the pile of things he wouldn’t miss. As long as we can keep him out of the Labyrinth pants though….

      • Colin W.
        Colin W.
        January 19, 2010, 12:16 am | # | Reply

        And the Major Tom space suit…..

        • Nate
          Nate
          January 19, 2010, 6:41 pm | # | Reply

          I dunno. If we can get a helmet on him and weld it shut it might quiet him down a bit.

  7. Caradin
    Caradin
    January 19, 2010, 5:44 am | # | Reply

    I LOVE Byron. His expression in the last panel is so… annoyed. It’s perfect.. plus he’s probably the only one that knows what “Short-n-stout” is talking about.

  8. Cleave Wright
    Cleave Wright
    January 19, 2010, 9:03 am | # | Reply

    Neat.
    1) And then Bryon regales on a story of not-so-long past., “Okay, so I rip the dragon’s heart and I bring it back to the guy, right? So he gives me the 5 coins and I’m happy… until I find out the going rates for dragon slaying…”
    2) I swear Payet better not get any more Bowieish or, well, any more skimpy… I mean, just look at that! I’m waiting for someone to beat the snot out of him… just because.
    3) I praise Gravedust for opening up the pathway for obtaining the fabled item ‘the Good Stew.’ Or fabled at least to these guys.

  9. TraderInTown
    TraderInTown
    January 19, 2010, 1:25 pm | # | Reply

    I just noticed the heavy metal axe he’s carrying. Payet goes up one notch in my book. Which brings him up to notch 1, and even then, a very shaky standing. I’m pretty sure if he even talks he’ll fall right back to 0.

    Well, Bryon may not have been into the bartering trade too much but he looks like he’s doing fine. All he’s going to buy is beer.
    (And axes, armor, clothing, a bed in an inn, food, and all that non-important stuff.)

    Syring(or however you spell it) seems rather confused in the last panel. Rightfully so seeing as Payet (seems to be) praising himself for a job well done when he didn’t do anything.

    Veeeeery shaky notch 1.

  10. TraderInTown
    TraderInTown
    January 19, 2010, 1:29 pm | # | Reply

    I also agree with Caradin. Byron’s expression=priceless.

    • SotiCoto
      SotiCoto
      June 20, 2013, 12:23 pm | # | Reply

      WRONG.
      It is … £2.99

  11. King of Zeroes
    King of Zeroes
    January 19, 2010, 4:49 pm | # | Reply

    I guess it’s official. Payet’s axe is more universally loved than Payet and his belly shirts will ever be.

    • Nate
      Nate
      January 19, 2010, 6:43 pm | # | Reply

      We can only hope that when he passes (messily), that said axe will be inherited by someone far more worthy. Can’t decide who though. Maybe Sry’Nj can make some kind of weaponized amp for it, that’d be pretty awesome.

  12. Custodes
    Custodes
    January 19, 2010, 8:43 pm | # | Reply

    Not sure if anyone else noticed, but Payet makes 6 people, the town only wanted to hire five, I’m thinking someone’s getting stiffed, and the way they liked Payet it’s probably not him.

  13. Carapace
    Carapace
    January 19, 2010, 10:38 pm | # | Reply

    Custodes, I could be wrong, it happens, but I don’t think Bandit’s part of the group right now. When Last We Saw Bandit, she was being left in custody o’ the guards. Which means Bandit was not in the negotiations.
    Which of course in no way means Bandit won’t get some of the payday.

  14. Custodes
    Custodes
    January 20, 2010, 1:39 am | # | Reply

    You’re right carapace, I got confused since she was in the jail escape thing after being arrested. It didn’t really make sense why they were all in jail, so I guess it was a short escape from Cannon.

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