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RIP eightfold you were the coolest spirit.
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Huh. I feel the 'extra few seconds' thing made the moment that much more of a gut punch. 
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May 12, 2014 22:40
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I feel the same way! ( /\ ( ( \/ (
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May 12, 2014 22:44
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Well put, Isabel.
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May 12, 2014 23:06
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Took me a second to realize it, but the reason that the vision cuts at the end there is because Isabel moved when she was trying to get Eightfold's attention. She just couldn't help herself, due to the love she had for her friend! Aaaaaaand now her friend is gonna die. That's a bit of a bummer.
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May 12, 2014 23:54
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What is up with you nerds assuming Eightfold is gonna die  This page is a heckuva lot of avatarbait.
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May 13, 2014 00:10
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I've never seen such a sad origami spider before.
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May 13, 2014 02:02
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Tollymain posted:What is up with you nerds assuming Eightfold is gonna die Yeah, this is obviously a setup for everything going right. Eight pages and two months is just a good buildup for a "gotcha!" anticlimax! Nah but seriously she dead. I think the best line was "You get to decide what this means for your story, ok? Question others' bogus Isabel narratives." It was weirdly touching, and maybe a good thing for her to hear at that moment.
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May 13, 2014 03:52
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Explain to me how Eightfold is about to die, as opposed to being trapped inside a book underground for a few years.
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May 13, 2014 04:43
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Tollymain posted:Explain to me how Eightfold is about to die, as opposed to being trapped inside a book underground for a few years. I don't know if you've ever buried paper unshielded. It doesn't do so well.
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May 13, 2014 04:51
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Doesn't that just free her? When Isabel's grandfather destroyed one of the possessed targets not only was the spirit inside ok, they had to be chased down so that they wouldn't escape.
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May 13, 2014 04:54
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Tollymain posted:Explain to me how Eightfold is about to die, as opposed to being trapped inside a book underground for a few years. Kind of splitting hairs. The important part is she's separated from Isabel and won't be rejoining the story for at very least a little while, otherwise all this buildup's a waste of time. So yeah maybe she won't actually be dead for as much as that concept has meaning for spirits, but she might as well be and Isabel's probably going to take it badly while also dwelling on her last words. That's what's important.
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May 13, 2014 05:10
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I have a feeling that Paranatural will read better in book format, where the frustration of waiting a week for more dialogue is lessened. As a reminder, dude is 21 and this is his first comic, in case you were feeling good about anything you had accomplished. Zack retweeted this from his twitter account:  From http://ellwiche.tumblr.com/,
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May 13, 2014 05:18
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Heavy Zed posted:Doesn't that just free her? When Isabel's grandfather destroyed one of the possessed targets not only was the spirit inside ok, they had to be chased down so that they wouldn't escape. It's possible she's too drat weak. She just killed herself this morning.
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May 13, 2014 06:03
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Even if she does escape after the tool is no longer recognizable as a proper full object (rules somewhere in the comments in the past) Eightfold is a very weak spirit on her own. It isn't unlikely that something would just eat her.
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May 13, 2014 08:24
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Heavy Zed posted:Doesn't that just free her? When Isabel's grandfather destroyed one of the possessed targets not only was the spirit inside ok, they had to be chased down so that they wouldn't escape. The spirit wasn't okay though, it was in a weakened state. We know from the whalefrog that it would have dissipated in short order without anything else to possess, they were only chasing it to make sure it went back into a practice target. I doubt Eightfold is going to have many options dozens of feet underground.
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May 13, 2014 18:08
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YES bread posted:The spirit wasn't okay though, it was in a weakened state. We know from the whalefrog that it would have dissipated in short order without anything else to possess, they were only chasing it to make sure it went back into a practice target. I doubt Eightfold is going to have many options dozens of feet underground. unless she POSSESSES THE EARTH
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May 13, 2014 18:38
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Sadly the size of the spirit and how strong it is correlates to how big a thing it can possess. Though he has commented that he doesn't know how that works with huge gently caress off snake inhabiting a baseball bat, and said something along the lines of "I guess big spirits can go into little things if they want. Little spirits can't go into big things though'. Eightfold is going to inhabit a pebble, clearly.
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May 13, 2014 19:02
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Or! Eightfold will possess an earthworm. And then it'll slowly turn into a bookworn!  
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May 13, 2014 19:42
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Can animals be possessed? You'd think they'd be ideal targets, considering they probably have much weaker wills and would be easier to manipulate.
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Dolash posted:Can animals be possessed? You'd think they'd be ideal targets, considering they probably have much weaker wills and would be easier to manipulate. It's possible that animals can't generate spectral energy, and so aren't suitable for possession.
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May 13, 2014 22:32
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Slime posted:It's possible that animals can't generate spectral energy, and so aren't suitable for possession. They could still be like tools, except able to move around, so they would have an easier time finding a spectral with which to bond. Though maybe that'd be too much like a magical girl anime.
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May 13, 2014 23:07
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Cat Mattress posted:They could still be like tools, except able to move around, so they would have an easier time finding a spectral with which to bond. Though maybe that'd be too much like a magical girl anime. "Isaac! Use the plunger to transform into Pretty Magical Warrior Prince Shining Cutey, poyon!" Hell yeah I can dig it.
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May 13, 2014 23:15
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Cat Mattress posted:They could still be like tools, except able to move around, so they would have an easier time finding a spectral with which to bond. Though maybe that'd be too much like a magical girl anime. See now that needs to happen
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May 13, 2014 23:15
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What we need is someone whose tool is a cat.
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May 14, 2014 03:24
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The Lord of Hats posted:What we need is someone whose tool is a cat. I've met many cats who were tools.
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May 14, 2014 05:45
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If a cat got possessed by the sphinx would it be more or less obnoxious than Spender?
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May 14, 2014 06:26
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That reminds me, I wanna see the Sphinx of games again, someday.
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May 14, 2014 06:31
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Blackheart posted:That reminds me, I wanna see the Sphinx of games again, someday. He's been confirmed somewhere for coming back. His powers are plot relevant, it appears.
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Cat Mattress posted:They could still be like tools, except able to move around, so they would have an easier time finding a spectral with which to bond. Though maybe that'd be too much like a magical girl anime. They'd be trapped in it, though.
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May 14, 2014 07:55
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neogeo0823 posted:Or! Eightfold will possess an earthworm. And then it'll slowly turn into a bookworn!
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ThatBasqueGuy posted:He's been confirmed somewhere for coming back. His powers are plot relevant, it appears. More like Johnny-relevant 
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May 14, 2014 21:55
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Tools stop being tools when they are no longer usable for their original purpose. If wanted to nullify, say, Ed's tool, you would only need to pluck out all the brushes. This means that Eightfold will be free of the book as soon as it rots/gets soaked to the point of unreadability, which should only take one or two weeks at most.
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ThatBasqueGuy posted:He's been confirmed somewhere for coming back. His powers are plot relevant, it appears. What happens when the immovable riddle wall meets the unstoppable ghost train?
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May 15, 2014 01:37
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Maduo posted:What happens when the immovable riddle wall meets the unstoppable ghost train? The train moves one foot to the left.
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May 15, 2014 15:56
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The train is pretty good at going through barriers thus far.
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May 15, 2014 20:11
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http://www.paranatural.net/index.php?id=259 I warned you about the kick bro hovertext: what the heck isabel why didn't you watch his starboard
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Ha ha. The minicomic is great. And hurray for Max doing something right before getting punted. Matlock Birthmark fucked around with this message at 07:58 on May 16, 2014 |
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May 16, 2014 07:52
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I wish these crazy skull creatures would decide what they are already. Now they've added horses to the mix! Also I nearly died reading that minicomic. I hope you're happy, Zack.
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Aaaand we're back.  What a great way to lighten up the mood.
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