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VictorGrunn
Feb 15, 2004
Ye Guilty
Maybe the guard with a weak heart has a change of mind and comes storming in with a haunted mecha? But that'd be too convenient. Toma's distracted. Sette's possible but I doubt Sette saw this as possibly happening.

I guess we'll see.

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Twenty Four
Dec 21, 2008


Elan (the sickly peaceguard) is way too cowardly and nervous. Toma might be finished with his business by now, or at least soon enough to save Elka from execution, even if he doesn't get there "now". If anything that is more convenient (as far as writing goes) since he is the only person with big motivation to save Elka, like I said on the last page.

A.o.D.
Jan 15, 2006

The Suffering of the Succotash.

Twenty Four posted:

It was stated that there will only be several more pages in the chapter, and Quigley won't be in this one (unless that changed), so even if he does come looking for Matty we likely won't see it for a month or more until after the break. Duane is all locked up for the night, so he is out. Sette is still close by, she might help her new recruits out of the bind she just put them in, but I don't see her helping out a cop out of the goodness of her heart, especially one that wanted to put her in jail before.

Captain Toma is the only character we know that would have any obvious reason to come by the police station and have any real motivation to save Elka. Every other character we have met is either missing the ability, motivation, location, or knowledge of what is happening to do much.

It looks like Elka's last move was to try to help save the kids using some sort of water spell but the effect still seems ambiguous. It appears that Jivi and Matty are falling or slipping, so did she try to make the guard slip but miss, get the kids to slip out of the way of the sword, turn the ground into water so the kids could fall through it to somewhere safer below, or something else? I guess we have to wait until Monday to find out, which still isn't as bad as the much longer wait comming up soon.

Its the fall through the floor spell Elka used earlier to trap the police station with.

VictorGrunn
Feb 15, 2004
Ye Guilty

A.o.D. posted:

Its the fall through the floor spell Elka used earlier to trap the police station with.

Assuming it is, so that would what... put them in the caves with Toma? I forget the exact location of that underground area.

Man, I hope Elka survives this. Partly what sucks here is I felt a little sympathy for the guards' pleas, despite their being lovely people by all measures.

DarklyDreaming
Apr 4, 2009

Fun scary
Yeah there's no way Elka is dead now The length of time between cliffhanger and resolution is directly proportional to odds of survival for named characters. It's a law as immutable as gravity.

Captain Oblivious
Oct 12, 2007

I'm not like other posters

DarklyDreaming posted:

Yeah there's no way Elka is dead now The length of time between cliffhanger and resolution is directly proportional to odds of survival for named characters. It's a law as immutable as gravity.

I am less optimistic.

I fully expect to have Toma come across a staked corpse or some other French Terror-esque horror awaiting him.

Roger Explosion
Jan 26, 2006

THAT'S SPECTACULAR.

Captain Oblivious posted:

I am less optimistic.

I fully expect to have Toma come across a staked corpse or some other French Terror-esque horror awaiting him.
I'm even less so. I imagine it'll just be a head on a pike.

Paramemetic
Sep 29, 2003

Area 51. You heard of it, right?





Fallen Rib
She dead.

PleasingFungus
Oct 10, 2012
idiot asshole bitch who should fuck off
Now that Sette has explained her plan, there's no way it can fail.

DarklyDreaming
Apr 4, 2009

Fun scary
Sette continues to demonstrate her mile-wide blindspot around her father.

Rime
Nov 2, 2011

by Games Forum
How much foreshadowing can / should we ascribe to the stone crown that Matti is holding in that panel?

Flavahbeast
Jul 21, 2001



the end boss of this arc is gonna be elka ghost merged with the silver imo

Twenty Four
Dec 21, 2008


Sette, throwing away the pie Duane left for you just because you feel guilty for the things you have done to him isn't going to make him feel better. Assuming the bed roll and pie really were Duane's doing. This comic makes me suspicious of almost everything now, especially since up until this update everything was going bad for almost anyone we had seen in a while.

Takezio
Nov 7, 2011
gently caress

anathenema
Apr 8, 2009
Jesus. I knew it was coming and it still hit my like a kick to the balls.

Skippy McPants
Mar 19, 2009

Dang, two more months to wait.

I really want to see Duane get medieval on some folks. Dude could really use a bit of serious and brutal catharsis.

Twenty Four
Dec 21, 2008


Everything left on a cliffhanger? I'm not suprised but yes it will be a long couple of months. There is the consolation prize of the new "Ask Duane and Sette" tumblr at least. There used to be one on formspring before that site went to hell, so interesting to see that there will be a new one during the break. http://unsoundedask.tumblr.com/ Basically just a place to ask questions where the author cherry picks them and answers in the voice of the characters. Hopefully an amusing tide over.

shirts and skins
Jun 25, 2007

Good morning!
Calling it: Sette, with few to no options left, frees Murkoph to help her reclaim Duane. Needless to say it doesn't go as planned.

VictorGrunn
Feb 15, 2004
Ye Guilty

Twenty Four posted:

Basically just a place to ask questions where the author cherry picks them and answers in the voice of the characters. Hopefully an amusing tide over.

Sette and Duane, what are your favorite colors?

Duane: MMMPMH! RRRRMMMMPGH!

Sette: *zzzzzzzmmmedaaintsobadideservedthatknockonnamouthzzzzzz*

Repeat for the rest of the questions.

SlothfulCobra
Mar 27, 2011

This town deserves to get eaten by smoke eels.

Twenty Four
Dec 21, 2008


VictorGrunn posted:

Sette and Duane, what are your favorite colors?

Duane: MMMPMH! RRRRMMMMPGH!

Sette: *zzzzzzzmmmedaaintsobadideservedthatknockonnamouthzzzzzz*

Repeat for the rest of the questions.

You sound like a blast at parties. Seriously though hopefully it won't just be that.

idonotlikepeas
May 29, 2010

This reasoning is possible for forums user idonotlikepeas!
On the plus side, the chapter ending here still means there's a chance that Quigley will bust in the door and accidentally save Elka.

Pistol_Pete
Sep 15, 2007

Oven Wrangler
Missing this comic big-time... Less than 2 weeks before it kicks off again, though.




... I might be being pessimistic, but I kinda feel things are going to turn out badly for Sette and Duane. No idea how I could have picked that up from the comic so far

DarklyDreaming
Apr 4, 2009

Fun scary
Oh good this thread didn't fall into the archives.

That is not a pleasant cover page

Fabricated
Apr 9, 2007

Living the Dream
Sette could use the knocking around. Sucks for Duane though.

idonotlikepeas
May 29, 2010

This reasoning is possible for forums user idonotlikepeas!
Sette has been knocked around plenty in her life. Anyway, I'm sure that this plan will work out perfectly for the gang and the next chapter will be all about them counting their money for delivering Duane.

Dr. Killjoy
Oct 9, 2012

:thunk::mason::brainworms::tinfoil::thunkher:
Eggghh, this didn't quite happen to Sette last chapter so I wouldn't worry too much this time around.

Roger Explosion
Jan 26, 2006

THAT'S SPECTACULAR.

Dr. Killjoy posted:

Eggghh, this didn't quite happen to Sette last chapter so I wouldn't worry too much this time around.
It could still very well be a possibility though. :gonk:

WAMPA_STOMPA
Oct 21, 2010

Dr. Killjoy posted:

Eggghh, this didn't quite happen to Sette last chapter so I wouldn't worry too much this time around.

Just noticed the borderline child porn drawn on the wall in the background of this page.

Jackard
Oct 28, 2007

We Have A Bow And We Wish To Use It

Dr. Killjoy posted:

Eggghh, this didn't quite happen to Sette last chapter so I wouldn't worry too much this time around.
It did happen though. That's a flashback to her hometown, so you understand the Nevergreen's reaction to her.

Cat Mattress
Jul 14, 2012

by Cyrano4747

WAMPA_STOMPA posted:

Just noticed the borderline child porn drawn on the wall in the background of this page.

The graffiti are meant to insult her, not to arouse passersby.

Oxxidation
Jul 22, 2007

Cat Mattress posted:

The graffiti are meant to insult her, not to arouse passersby.

Given the general atmosphere of Sharteshane, if someone did get aroused by that graffiti then someone with a lot of knives and an inquisitive stare would probably step out from behind a tree and demand an Arousal Tax.

Dr. Killjoy
Oct 9, 2012

:thunk::mason::brainworms::tinfoil::thunkher:

WAMPA_STOMPA posted:

Just noticed the borderline child porn drawn on the wall in the background of this page.
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So is the next update tonight or what?

Pistol_Pete
Sep 15, 2007

Oven Wrangler

Dr. Killjoy posted:

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So is the next update tonight or what?

Yeah but it's only one page :(
It was gone for over a month, couldn't the chapter've kicked off with 3 pages, at least. Looks like it IS going to be a pretty bloody one, anyway :D

Hiveminded
Aug 26, 2014
drat. Honour with a painful death or shame with a painful life.

VictorGrunn
Feb 15, 2004
Ye Guilty

Hiveminded posted:

drat. Honour with a painful death or shame with a painful life.

Stockyard just had to twist the knife a bit. Picking on the guy just because he's so weak, maybe? Hopefully Duane guts him.

Though I'm curious no one ever figured out the guy makes a habit of killing some sizable animals for some reason.

Jackard
Oct 28, 2007

We Have A Bow And We Wish To Use It
Yea.... not expecting Elan to actually do anything here.

Hiveminded
Aug 26, 2014

Jackard posted:

Yea.... not expecting Elan to actually do anything here.

The momentary distraction he provides as some schmuck nonchalantly stabs him through the heart will give her the chance to cast something awful, throwing everyone around her away/killing them and giving her the chance to escape/continue murdering.

Darth Walrus
Feb 13, 2012

Hiveminded posted:

The momentary distraction he provides as some schmuck nonchalantly stabs him through the heart will give her the chance to cast something awful, throwing everyone around her away/killing them and giving her the chance to escape/continue murdering.

So she'll what, drop a couple dozen servers on their heads? Force them to act out swap.avi?

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PoptartsNinja
May 9, 2008

He is still almost definitely not a spy


Soiled Meat

VictorGrunn posted:

Though I'm curious no one ever figured out the guy makes a habit of killing some sizable animals for some reason.

"Hey guys, I made Rabbit Stew for dinner. Anyone want some?"

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