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Kyte
Nov 19, 2013

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Feel bad for Anadyne tho.

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Kyte
Nov 19, 2013

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Dude's a bad listener tho.

Kyte
Nov 19, 2013

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:10bux: it's some variant of "Sette was here".

Kyte
Nov 19, 2013

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idonotlikepeas posted:

Duane thinks it's inappropriate, so it might be a bit stronger than that.
"Sette was here, this is what happens to those that don't pay up". But more coarse. :v:

Kyte
Nov 19, 2013

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Kyte posted:

"Sette was here, this is what happens to those that don't pay up". But more coarse. :v:

Close enough. :v:

Goddamn that's some fab hair.

Kyte
Nov 19, 2013

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That was sweet, but I feel like somebody's hiding something here. And the one hiding might not even be either.

Kyte
Nov 19, 2013

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Uh, what guy? I'm quadruple-checking and I still can't find who are you talking about.

Kyte
Nov 19, 2013

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I know Duane and dude whose legs are invisible and his name escapes me will probably never have a proper heart to heart so I'm kinda hoping the latter finds Duane's book now.

Kyte
Nov 19, 2013

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http://www.casualvillain.com/Unsounded/comic/ch13/ch13_117.html

Oh look it's that guy.

Kyte
Nov 19, 2013

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This comic is too dense for me to remember. Why is that people are predicting Will will have an arm blown off?

Kyte
Nov 19, 2013

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Wait then what about those places with no khert at all.

Kyte
Nov 19, 2013

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Right, that makes sense, because they've become dependent on it, but it begs the question about how does physical reality itself hold in place where there's no khert since apparently it's the khert that keeps the material aspects in place and such.

Kyte
Nov 19, 2013

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Gotta love artists that go the extra mile with the diegetic elements. Especially given just how flexible a webpage can be.

E: You know, the wiki page has something rather interesting. It has all the usual parts about how Roger is a hateful, awful man, with ideas to make you not feel guilty about hating him and whatnot and so on. Perfectly kosher for a hate spell. But it also adds elements to reinforce him not as an existencial threat not just to yourself personal but to the state, it indirectly says "love Alderode" and even "love the dammakhert".

And that makes me wonder two things:
a) Do those messages appear in other spells mediated by the dammakhert? Are all Alds constantly under a low-level indoctrination field?
b) Assuming the text in the wiki page represents the concepts and messages that compose the curse, what would happen if one took the curse and reversed those ideas? Could the curse be used to make people hate the state? Is this the fundamental flaw in its workings?

Kyte fucked around with this message at 22:57 on Sep 24, 2019

Kyte
Nov 19, 2013

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Pierson posted:

Depending on how huge the exploits are when you reverse engineer it I'm pretty sure making citizens hate the state is the least of what Sonorie And Pals could do if they got control of the dammakhert. I'm down to see a caste-based nation and their magical bullshit torn to shreds. Long live the Queen.

There's always the "hate your fellow man" option which would create a countrywide massacre that would be quite on brand for Unsounded.
But I was thinking just along the lines of the spell itself, not the wider dhammakhert. If you've got access to that then you've pwned the whole country anyways.

Kyte fucked around with this message at 21:45 on Sep 25, 2019

Kyte
Nov 19, 2013

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You don't have a gmail account or an Android phone or Youtube or some other google account service?
(Fun fact you can create a google account using a non-gmail account, too)

Kyte
Nov 19, 2013

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Bad Seafood posted:

So a day or so ago Ashley responded to someone on her Q&A blog - informing her how upset they were at the previous page (Mikaila calling Lem "Papa") - saying she thought the upcoming page was worse.

Walking home from work today, knowing Unsounded had probably updated, I tried speculating what development she had in mind. Killing off Uaid and/or Matty felt like a real possibility, but didn't quite click for me, like something was missing. Eventually I decided Mikaila accidentally killing Uaid/Matty would probably be the most heartbreaking thing Ashley could devise.

That she would do it willfully, with a smile on her face, never even crossed my darkest assumptions. And yet, what else could Lem have turned her into?

Even if Matty is somehow spared, Mikaila still recognized him ("Death to traitors!") and took aim. That fact ain't going away anytime soon.


fwiw I don't think most people know about Quigley beyond "Quigley betrayed the state and stole a weapon in the process" and probably aren't even aware Matty exists.

Kyte
Nov 19, 2013

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And unlike many aphorisms it's actually true!

Kyte
Nov 19, 2013

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Sette taking one for the team there.

Kyte
Nov 19, 2013

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If this was Knock's way of distracting Sette then I commend her on its sheer effectiveness.

The others need a lesson in gratefulness.

Kyte
Nov 19, 2013

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Good thing we have a zombie soud who's still a devout ssaelit.

Kyte
Nov 19, 2013

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Captain Oblivious posted:

Mary Cagle is ace, and thus kinda the exception that proves the rule, but the rule still stands.

BEWARE CAESAR! BEWARE THE PORN OF ARTISTS YOU LIKE! BEWAAAAAAARE!

being ace doesn't mean they can't be horny
she's just an exception to the horny artist rule, And That's Fine.

Kyte
Nov 19, 2013

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GunnerJ posted:

Strategically, any wide scale attack (like, on the whole nation, or even just a whole city) using the curse has got to work well enough the first time that you don't need it a second because something like that almost taking the whole Aldish nation and/or military out might be the one thing that would make the Vits Council undo the curse.

IIRC the curse is piggybacking some fundamental underpinnings of the dammakhert, so it might not be possible to shut it down without shutting down the whole thing.

Kyte
Nov 19, 2013

Never quacked for this
http://www.casualvillain.com/Unsounded/comic/ch17/ch17_78.html

Many developments! Darkest is actually a pretty fun character.

Kyte
Nov 19, 2013

Never quacked for this
http://www.casualvillain.com/Unsounded/comic/ch17/ch17_22.html


She's got exorcism hands.

Kyte
Nov 19, 2013

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Yeah but that time it was inside the khert where everything is at least partially metaphorical so it was hard to draw conclusions from it.

Kyte
Nov 19, 2013

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I saw a comment in the reddit speculating they're gonna kill Anadyne so the khert opens up, then Duane and/or Sette keep the doorway open and then tittybird escapes using the silver as anchor.

Kyte
Nov 19, 2013

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I'm kinda curious why'd losing your aural aspects means you pass out when you make noise.

Kyte
Nov 19, 2013

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Google Jeb Bush posted:

the weird visual form glitch is what killed the plat child soldiers

drat I don't remember that one at all. Where was that?

Kyte
Nov 19, 2013

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Oh, that. ngl when visuals get a bit too abstract or complex I kinda tune out. I completely forgot about that little bit of horror.
Too bad they don't have photography or video because honestly most battlewrights we've seen are way too blasé about khert fires and I'm p sure that's mostly 'cause they haven't ever had a chance to actually see how bad it can get.

Kyte
Nov 19, 2013

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You know, if it's the soul that keeps a person together during a khert fire, then what about the inak and assorted animals?

Kyte
Nov 19, 2013

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https://www.casualvillain.com/Unsounded/comic/ch17/ch17_141.html

I think this might be the first time he ever speaks his honest thoughts.

Kyte
Nov 19, 2013

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my developer brain is immediately thinking of ways to prevent the arrow from showing early
probably just add a display:none and a little onLoad handler to unhide the arrow once the pic's loaded.

Kyte
Nov 19, 2013

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Oxxidation posted:

I just now realized the inherent pun to “lion sette”

There's a pun there?

Kyte
Nov 19, 2013

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Oxxidation posted:

I just think it’s a cheeky little gag that a character whose worldview revolves around deception and self-delusion would be lion

I think I'm gonna need that explained because I don't see how those connect, whether directly or inversely.

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Kyte
Nov 19, 2013

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Ah, I never get rhymes. To me the two sound completely different.

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