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Oh poo poo, Katia  Oh poo poo, Katia  Oh poo poo, Katia  Oh poo poo, Katia 
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Well, looks like this might end up being not a complete failure after all 
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Jun 3, 2012 22:23
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Roger Explosion posted:Did she somehow make gold from the booze or something?
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Jun 3, 2012 22:24
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Well then 
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Jun 3, 2012 22:25
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Everything Sigrid has been building up, everything she has invested in, everything she cares about or loves, will burn.
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Jun 3, 2012 22:31
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Oh man, so glad I spent my day off reading up on this whole thing. It's so refreshing to have a forum adventure play out that isn't the lolrandum kind of nonsense most of them devolve into. I've never been so happy to be unhappy But poo poo, yeah, I guess the next entry we're going to 'hear' from the Puppy again? It seemed to be vaguely self-aware last time we heard from it, so maybe some old-fashioned canine loyalty kicked and it's happy to turn itself off or something to help her?
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Jun 3, 2012 23:01
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Aaronicon posted:Oh man, so glad I spent my day off reading up on this whole thing. It's so refreshing to have a forum adventure play out that isn't the lolrandum kind of nonsense most of them devolve into. I've never been so happy to be unhappy Ahaha, oh man just what do you think you've been reading? She's murdered the soul of a puppy.
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Jun 3, 2012 23:05
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Cthulhuchan posted:Ahaha, oh man just what do you think you've been reading? She's murdered the soul of a puppy. Let me have my moment of Sigrid bliss before I come crashing back down to reality 
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Jun 3, 2012 23:09
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On another note, have we ever seen Katia conjure fire without a cat pun prompt or is this pretty much the first time?
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Jun 3, 2012 23:12
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Pretty sure it's the first time. She overcame the booze! Now she just has to
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Jun 3, 2012 23:32
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Well, strictly speaking, the Kvatch Cathedral in Oblivion is about the only building that isn't burned down, so maybe this has a happy ending. Unless she panics and runs out of the Cathedral, spontaneously setting fire to everything as she runs, and that's why the Cathedral is fine. And then the Mythic Dawn dude outside the town sees her, and offers to "helpfully drain her magicka" so that she "doesn't hurt herself". And then flips it around into an Oblivion portal. Oh, Katia
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Jun 3, 2012 23:37
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The most worrying thing about a prospective Kvatch fire is that assuming it's the fire (although wouldn't it be funny if she burned down just half the town and then the rest of it burned when the Oblivion gate was opened later that week? I mean there's no reason Kvatch couldn't have had a smaller fire earlier in the week), that would mean Katia's out of the running for Oblivion Player Character, since no one knew Kvatch had burned down at the start of the game and there's no chance Katia could run away here and get arrested ahead of that news.
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Jun 4, 2012 00:34
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Yesssssssssssss..... Catharsis at last!
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Dolash posted:The most worrying thing about a prospective Kvatch fire is that assuming it's the fire (although wouldn't it be funny if she burned down just half the town and then the rest of it burned when the Oblivion gate was opened later that week? I mean there's no reason Kvatch couldn't have had a smaller fire earlier in the week), that would mean Katia's out of the running for Oblivion Player Character, since no one knew Kvatch had burned down at the start of the game and there's no chance Katia could run away here and get arrested ahead of that news. I think it's far more likely that, if we're actually going to get into the whole actual Oblivion thing eventually, Katia will-- - Accidentally burn down, or be otherwise partially responsible for the burning down of Kvatch - Accidentally get the main PC thrown in jail, most likely as an accidental in-the-background thing (she tosses her necklace because it's worthless, PC picks it up, someone walks by and recognizes it as "My necklace!", PC gets thrown in jail) - Accidentally get involved with the Brotherhood - Accidentally get involved with the Necromancy side of the Wizard's Guild - Accidentally burn down the Anvil Mage's Guild
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World Famous Whore posted:Kaz, you write a very convincing alcoholic/addict with depression. Is there anything we should know about? Thanks! But no, those parts are actually very difficult for me to write, as I'm not an alcholic/addict with depression. I have pages and pages of unused rough drafts that just weren't irrational enough, didn't portray the emotions strongly enough, didn't feel in-character enough, didn't convey all the necessary information, etc. Sometimes it just comes down to trial and error; I rewrite a scene until I get an iteration that (hopefully) doesn't sound fake. A lot of people assume it's the art that takes a long time, but in that big update nearly every panel was recycled. Roger Explosion posted:Did she somehow make gold from the booze or something?
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Jun 4, 2012 08:37
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I wouldn't worry too much about the fire: if I remember my Oblivion correctly, the chapel has almost nothing flammable where Katia is, there's a large courtyard in front of it with nothing flammable within tossing distance and it's raining pretty heavily. Worst case scenario is that she tries to stamp out the fire and further injures herself. Best case scenario, she manages to toss the blanket in the rain-soaked street so that the flames are doused. I'm guessing that she could also toss it inside one of the barrels and close the lid: those things should be pretty air-tight, so the what little oxygen there is inside would be consumed immediately, dousing the flame ages before the temperature reaches the level necessary to set fire to the barrell itself. Plenty of possibilities. Of course we are talking about a forum game where the character's personality is taken into account in addition to the users' submissions, so anything could happen. Edit: Kazerad posted:Thanks! But no, those parts are actually very difficult for me to write, as I'm not an alcholic/addict with depression. I have pages and pages of unused rough drafts that just weren't irrational enough, didn't portray the emotions strongly enough, didn't feel in-character enough, didn't convey all the necessary information, etc. Sometimes it just comes down to trial and error; I rewrite a scene until I get an iteration that (hopefully) doesn't sound fake. Kazerad posted:A lot of people are misinterpreting those embers as gold. I'm hoping having them burn out in the next update will be enough to clear things up for the archival readers. radintorov fucked around with this message at 08:53 on Jun 4, 2012 |
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Jun 4, 2012 08:44
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Kazerad posted:A lot of people assume it's the art that takes a long time, but in that big update nearly every panel was recycled.
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Jun 4, 2012 10:29
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When the barrel of fireworks by the orphanage goes up, those kids are absolutely screwed.
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Dr.Smasher posted:When the barrel of fireworks by the orphanage goes up, those kids are absolutely screwed. They were the last of the children in Oblivion.
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Jun 6, 2012 02:49
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Had a few updates to cath up on. Really had me going there Kaz. I think the amulet's working fine, even imprisoned puppy souls get tired once in a while. Good job Katia, now you're ready to face the Fire Lord.
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Jun 7, 2012 02:39
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Gnome de plume posted:Good job Katia, now you're ready to face the Fire Lord. You can't face me, you're not wearing any pants!
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Jun 7, 2012 02:43
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I hope this is just a dead cat bounce (heh) onto something much worse.
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Jun 7, 2012 05:24
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I just want to say that I think the writing is very good. I know everyone has said it already ad nauseam, but the sort of "frequently unreasonable high expectations combined with irrational self-hatred and blame" mindset depicted in the comic is very reminiscent of the same sort of self-defeating crap that goes in a depressed and neurotic person's head. Besides saying what everyone else has said already, I'll also say that the most recent update is distilled .
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Jun 9, 2012 02:30
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I have just discovered this comic and have spent the last week getting up to speed on Katia's tragic yet wacky adventures. I have reached the end of the archives, and this saddens me. upppppdatttttte dammmmmnnnn youuuuu
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Jun 14, 2012 06:18
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Just imagine: You've only had to wait a few days to find out what happened after the Mage's Guild. Most of us had to wait over a month.
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Update. It can best be summarised as
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Meh, things could be going a lot worse, what with her being inside a cathedral still made primarily of stone and little else. Unless the summoning of a massive demonic gate to hell can cause such a surge of magicka in the area around it to overload an amulet and those born under the sign of the Atronach. Anyway, funny update. 
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The Adventures of Carrie Morgania
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Jun 14, 2012 13:24
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Turns out the cathedral was build atop a giant ayleid well.
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Jun 14, 2012 15:22
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Wait, she's in the Kvatch temple, right? Martin will solve everything.
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I don't know Oblivion enough, I guess. I was kind of hoping Katia was accidentally about to burn down Steve's church (he's a priest, right?), with him taking that as retribution for whatever role he played in Sig screwing her over.
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If Katia's the one to burn down Kvatch and not, you know, a bunch of demons from another dimension, that would be kind of dumb.
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She's not taking this as well as one would hope, which I guess is to be expected. But then we know the church is going to be fine. Last time I was there it was practically crammed with unburned bedding and sacks.
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Gnome de plume posted:She's not taking this as well as one would hope, which I guess is to be expected. Unless she burns it down, prompting them to rebuild it with much more stringent fire-blocking magic.
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Silentman0 posted:If Katia's the one to burn down Kvatch and not, you know, a bunch of demons from another dimension, that would be kind of dumb. I don't know, Kvatch is pretty trashed in Oblivion as I recall. Daedra were just the ones the CIA keeps talking about, most of it was probably Katia on the grassy knoll. but no seriously, I don't think she'll be the one to raze Kvatch, but there's a lot of wiggle room for destroying part of it. Who would know?
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VictorGrunn posted:I don't know Oblivion enough, I guess. I was kind of hoping Katia was accidentally about to burn down Steve's church (he's a priest, right?), with him taking that as retribution for whatever role he played in Sig screwing her over. OriginalPseudonym posted:I don't know, Kvatch is pretty trashed in Oblivion as I recall. Yeah but in Oblivion the Cathedral is pretty much the only building not burned to the ground and razed. When you show up, most of the survivors who couldn't make it out of the city are holed up in there, including Martin. So the cathedral has just as much plot armor as Hirtel and Sigrid.
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Jun 17, 2012 05:32
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Yeah, if there's gonna be a fire in Kvatch, it can't start here and now.
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So, I've only just discovered this comic through some goon avatars, and I ended up reading through the whole archives basically in one sitting. Prequel is surprisingly good for both a fan-participation Adventure comic and for an Oblivion fan work. It's managed to capture my attention in a way that Hussie's adventure comics have never really been able to, for whatever reason. So, great work, Kazerad!
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I actually started out really liking Problem Sleuth. It's really funny, but after a certain number of surprise surreal twists it stopped having any basis in reality and nothing seemed to mean anything anymore.
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