And then there’s figuring out the postwar arrangement. There is no love lost among the humans and everyone else. Hopefully, they’ll get it right because if they don’t the humans of Gastonia will start to get nostalgic for the Taro era.
*sigh* Repeat after me: Shields are for openers, swords are for finishers.
Seriously. Sword and shield tactics in most disciplines are as follows:
1) put shield between self and opponent.
2) charge into striking distance and smack them with your shield to create an opening for
3) stab them with your sword
The fact that Syr’Nj is good enough at #2 that she often doesn’t need to bother with #3 simply says good things about her overall level of skill.
A subtle, pragmatic threat Penk. Not overt, not implying intentional cruelty, just enough pressure to give pause, and honestly not untrue by any honest analysis of the most favourable outcome of a battle. Plays very well off Syr’Nj’s appeal to reason, conscience, the concerns of the greater group well-being and self-interest of those who figure the “greater good” is themselves, like the f’n “Altruists” who mired Gastonia in that mess to begin with. And as always Syr’Nj is just kind of awesome.
And THEN the server crashed?
Seriously though, this just reeks of “and then something really really really horrible happened involving a heretofore unimagined body count”.
I think maybe I’ll just consider this the last page of “Guilded Age”, yep. Definitely the last page, war over, justice carried the day, victors being civil, conquered folks realizing the error of their ways, baddies caught, goodies alive…yessireeBobbo.
This is totally the last page.
Yep, yep, chapter end here. Next chapter is purely celebration and character growth. Last chapter is setting new borders and seeing the world keep going on, and into the epilogue.
pfff. Noob. does know nothing about savages and beast races
first you round them up. Clean them and then cook them up for the victory celebrations.
not that i would imply that they should do such a Thing. <..> 0:)
The V-G Day kiss!
Now try to get the much-harder-to-obtain V-E (Victory over Eyeball) day.
And then there’s figuring out the postwar arrangement. There is no love lost among the humans and everyone else. Hopefully, they’ll get it right because if they don’t the humans of Gastonia will start to get nostalgic for the Taro era.
In years to come people would remember the gravity of the siege by adopting stray cats on the anniversary.
Thus did the V-G cats pass into lore and legend, a legend that would rarely, if ever, be updated.
Very nice /slow clap…
It was a shame that new cats only showed up intermittently, only about once a month or so.
Way, way more romantic than the actual V-day kiss, which was some randomer grabbing a passing dental assistant! GA’s version is fucking heartwarming
I literally had to look up the pose and was so disappointeddddddddddd. Doesn’t make the VG day kiss any less cute though. Awwwww.
Everything is better with consent.
Put that shit on everything!
“Your grand marshall is now in our possession.”
Wow, you can fit prisoners in your inventory? Talk about a bag of holding!
Why not? Frigg has one.
All your grand marshall are belong to us.
Disclaimer: Do not attempt this with an actual bag of holding.
I made sure to put an air bladder in it this time! he’s got half an hour before there are any problems! probably!
My varryn will go on
So THAT is how capturing pieces works in Chess!
Cheesy attempt at historical photo is cheesy.
kill joy. I think its sweet.
Hmmm …. cheese ….. See what you have done. Now you’ve made me hungry!
I’m becoming increasingly convinced Syr’Nj’s sword is just for show, because she sure loves to just shield bash people every fight.
Oh, it’s for show, but it’s vital. Every opponent she faces locks onto the sword, ignoring her real weapon…
Very true. Misdirection is as proven a weapon as anything you might introduce to an enemy’s squishy bits.
Yep. She has a tendency to go for the face; pretty squishy & only rarely is it armored.
“You watchin’ this sword? You watchin’ this sword? Good! ’cause you should’ve been watching this FOOT!”
*sigh* Repeat after me: Shields are for openers, swords are for finishers.
Seriously. Sword and shield tactics in most disciplines are as follows:
1) put shield between self and opponent.
2) charge into striking distance and smack them with your shield to create an opening for
3) stab them with your sword
The fact that Syr’Nj is good enough at #2 that she often doesn’t need to bother with #3 simply says good things about her overall level of skill.
WAIT – before we celebrate – isn’t there a lava pit inside a mountain that we need to drop a ring into?
Cast it into the fire, destroy it! Iwataaaaaniiii!!1
Don’t you mean isn’t there a lava pit we can cast Taro into?
That question carries a ring of common sense…
Good to get it on now cause shit’s scheduled to get pretty Chaos in the near future.
A subtle, pragmatic threat Penk. Not overt, not implying intentional cruelty, just enough pressure to give pause, and honestly not untrue by any honest analysis of the most favourable outcome of a battle. Plays very well off Syr’Nj’s appeal to reason, conscience, the concerns of the greater group well-being and self-interest of those who figure the “greater good” is themselves, like the f’n “Altruists” who mired Gastonia in that mess to begin with. And as always Syr’Nj is just kind of awesome.
Isn’t Scipio on auto pilot?
Scipio is a real person. Who’s no longer tethered to a person in another reality, and thus free to develop on his own.
The celebrations were, unfortunately, quite brief.
And in the real world, every Gastonia player is frothing at the mouth in rage or bawling right now.
Wait, what happened to his cigar!?
She swallowed it, and he’s looking for it.
I was going to say, “In his other hand,” but I like this SO much better!
Speak softly and carry a big flaming mace.
What a celebration! Can’t wait for it to be marked by glowy green fireworks.
Fr’Nj is missing from the character tags.
We didn’t see Taro captured or dead.
Inb4 Taro brings HRthulhu to the city thinking he can control the monster, but dooms himself in the process.
And THEN the server crashed?
Seriously though, this just reeks of “and then something really really really horrible happened involving a heretofore unimagined body count”.
I think maybe I’ll just consider this the last page of “Guilded Age”, yep. Definitely the last page, war over, justice carried the day, victors being civil, conquered folks realizing the error of their ways, baddies caught, goodies alive…yessireeBobbo.
This is totally the last page.
Yep, yep, chapter end here. Next chapter is purely celebration and character growth. Last chapter is setting new borders and seeing the world keep going on, and into the epilogue.
HR Corruptinstuf and his army of Corruptor-Beastified Cultists are on the march. So, yeah, the whole other plotline is still to be resolved…
“HR Corruptinstuf” is an awesome nickname for him! Though I’d have put in one more “f”. “HR CorruptinStuff”
No, only one f. It actually shouldn’t have the i, either.
*sings*
HR Corruptnstuf! Who’s the fiend that makes things rough?
HR Corruptnstuf! He can’t eat a little, ‘cuz he can’t eat enough!
NOPE. EVERYTHING IS FINE. LAST PAGE. HRCorruptinstuf IS JUST BMAKE A CELEBRATORY CAKE TO BRING TO THE PARTY.
THIS IS FINE.
Well, that was quick.
I love how the Gastonian soldiers are like “Wwwwhhhaat, they’re not gonna eat us?” ^_^
pfff. Noob. does know nothing about savages and beast races
first you round them up. Clean them and then cook them up for the victory celebrations.
not that i would imply that they should do such a Thing. <..> 0:)
No Fr’Nj tag?