It’d make sense, he’s pretty anti-death. What better then to deny what will possibly help him and save everyone around him from suffering what he’s suffering?
That reminds me, did we ever learn how she survived or came back to life after that? Obviously the player would have just respawned, but how in-universe?
Good thought! She’s the only regenerated player that doesn’t have a clear story of it – i.e., no mystical resurrection like the “tubers”. Which begs another question. Could Rachel come back the same way Bandit did? (biggmac said, false-hopingly)
I think we can guarantee Rachel’s not coming back, since the pixel monster apparently managed to completely delete her character from the game files. The best we can hope for is some sort of ghost echo or Cyberia copy. Bandit would have been killed in semi-normal PvP combat against Byron, and presumably all the normal players who’ve gotten killed in PvP (or PvE for that matter) haven’t had any trouble respawning. I have no idea how/whether the “real” Arkerra accounts for that – the hints we’ve been given about the “realism” centering around the five tube residents suggests it doesn’t bother.
The most we got was some vague story on how Byron slashing her with Harky’s blood on his axes gave her some sort of minor regeneration, enough that she held onto life but was assumed dead and simply snuck out when no one was looking.
Dude…. I am rarely that impressed by comic monsters/villains, but Brother Tom is kind of freaky, ‘specially popping out from behind the ring last page. KILL IT WITH FIRE!
Also: Stab him again, Bandit, I don’t think he got the point. ;D
Possibly? Homon seemed pretty sure that he had taken SyrN’j’s concoction into account and that it wouldn’t work anymore, at least not on Byron. Perhaps it will still have an effect on lesser ‘Zerkers like Tom here who were spawned from Byron, but I’d not be surprised if it proved useless.
More than a cultist
More than a cultist to meeee-heeeee
Yay, a BeeGees thread! Okay, here goes …
Knife fever, knife fe-ve-e-er
We know how to do it
I started to type “How deep is your cut?”
But except for that one change , the rest of the lyrics fit in a really creepy way.
Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah!
Ending all life!
Ending all life!
you can tell by his head hangs off he’s a cultist man with no time to talk.
Banny, be tender with my lungs
You know how easy it is to take them.
I totally read that as from Boston, not Bee Gees
I was trying to fit Billy Joel into it, like “all that he’ll do is throw daggers at you but he’s always a cultist to me”
Have you seen my knife, Brother Tom?
Do you know what it’s like to be undead?
Don’t go ‘zerking too much, you’ll lose your own head
Brother Tom
Brotherman Tom! Brotherman Tom! Hes the brother sit-ting at the top of the hill! Dadadaddadada
C’mon Tom, don’t rage quit now.
Cold turkey for you, brother.
Hmm, so will Syr’Nj’s medicine work? This could be how they defeat the madness, thanks to her careful work with Byron.
They are going to need a lot more injectors.
-cue to Syr’nj flashing a trenchcoat filled with needles-
Heh. I had a “matrix” reaction to that:
“We’re going to need more injectors.”
*rows upon rows of injectors race past*
Shots Shots Shots ShotsShots, GET YOUR ANTI-BERZERKER SHOTS NOW!
Bro. Tom looks so distraught with getting that shot … is he an anti-vaxxer?
It’d make sense, he’s pretty anti-death. What better then to deny what will possibly help him and save everyone around him from suffering what he’s suffering?
*Anti-Life.
I find the crazies in the ranks of those who refuse to vaccinate, reason enough to get the shot. Brother Tom makes me want to get a second dose.
A wise decision.
Bandit just got flashbacks to Byrozerker in Arena d’ Harkey.
That reminds me, did we ever learn how she survived or came back to life after that? Obviously the player would have just respawned, but how in-universe?
Good thought! She’s the only regenerated player that doesn’t have a clear story of it – i.e., no mystical resurrection like the “tubers”. Which begs another question. Could Rachel come back the same way Bandit did? (biggmac said, false-hopingly)
I think we can guarantee Rachel’s not coming back, since the pixel monster apparently managed to completely delete her character from the game files. The best we can hope for is some sort of ghost echo or Cyberia copy. Bandit would have been killed in semi-normal PvP combat against Byron, and presumably all the normal players who’ve gotten killed in PvP (or PvE for that matter) haven’t had any trouble respawning. I have no idea how/whether the “real” Arkerra accounts for that – the hints we’ve been given about the “realism” centering around the five tube residents suggests it doesn’t bother.
The most we got was some vague story on how Byron slashing her with Harky’s blood on his axes gave her some sort of minor regeneration, enough that she held onto life but was assumed dead and simply snuck out when no one was looking.
Dude…. I am rarely that impressed by comic monsters/villains, but Brother Tom is kind of freaky, ‘specially popping out from behind the ring last page. KILL IT WITH FIRE!
Also: Stab him again, Bandit, I don’t think he got the point. ;D
Taste Anti-Berzerk-Serum, fiend !
Uh, wait.
Oops, my bad, that was my EpiPen.
Enjoy the adrenaline.
Like he needed help being a lunatic… Good job bro.
Twins!
Berserk Ragers
More then meets the eyes
Behold, the power of medicine truimphs again!
Possibly? Homon seemed pretty sure that he had taken SyrN’j’s concoction into account and that it wouldn’t work anymore, at least not on Byron. Perhaps it will still have an effect on lesser ‘Zerkers like Tom here who were spawned from Byron, but I’d not be surprised if it proved useless.
That’s because Homon had a counter serum. I doubt Brother Tom has taken it.
Nightmare mode. Do not want.
So the horrible electric hate’zoids will be shoved out of Brother Tom and have to flee into …. Rabbit?
I really hope not.
Also, way to remember the last time you got super dead.
PTDS. Post Traumatic Death Syndrome.
Hopefully the ‘zoid will just die. No ‘zoid leaped out of Byron when he received the injections from Syr’Nj.
Of course, Brother Tom will also probably die from having a seriously fatal kink in his neck. But hey, that’s sorta what he’s hoping for anyway.
My kudos to John for that last panel. I think he did a great job of showing shock with only subtle changes. And upside down too.
Nightmare fuel, high octane.