Oh yeah, that’ll totally happen. Big Z is known for his politeness, his humility- especially towards mortals- and his general lack of aggression towards enemies.
Quarrying stone, Zuurith labours himself,
More than the struggle’s director.
Behind him as he throws his axehead ona chain,
With her chimeras comes the Collector.
Hm… seems like she doesn’t want to take Zuzu. Good news for him and his people, not so good for Kendal that he’ll probably just tell her which way the floof squad went.
Hear me out. Zuurith and the Collector with Megabyte and Hexadecimal’s VAs. That chimera can be Scuzzy.
I actually predicted the Arena would be destroyed for its stone. Zuurith is practical, coldly so at times, and right now he has the problem of a lot of stone needed for rebuilding and quarrying new stone will take too long with limited manpower. He also has a partially destroyed arena, made of good stone I’d reckon, that isn’t being used right now, and maybe never will again, so it’s only logical to use its stone to rebuild. In any case, the Arenamaster is definitely out of that line of work.
Oh, wow. I wasn’t actually expecting the Collector herself to be in Zuurith; she must be pretty sure about her safety and ability to get out of there. Big Z’s evacuated the area so it’s just them here, but we don’t know how many chimeras she’s brought with her or where they are. If she’s brought a lot, and are ready to attack a weak city, that could be the threat she needs to persuade Zuurith to give her information about Kendal, and maybe the one who grew the tree too.
If she figures out their general direction, then we have a big problem. The singing caves have entrances all across the world; were it not for the cave corruption, crawlers, and other hazards, it would be a perfect fast travel system. But the Collector is seemingly immune or very resistant to all that, so she could travel through the caves and close the gap between herself and the heroes very quickly indeed. The gang, Shrike and/or the Paladins may even be forced into an Enemy Mine situation if she shows up at the right time.
Being immortal, I’m sure the Collector feels relatively safe anywhere she goes. But I doubt she’s here to collect Zuurith’s soul; if she can’t figure out Vash yet then there’s no real point in stealing another god until she’s ready.
Prediction: the Collector, June, Shrike, and many others all arrive at the Floof Gang’s destination at once, but the Floof Gang is nowhere to be found. Turns out they got blown wayyyyy off course during a storm, and crash landed all the way on the othe rend of the continent, much to the frustration of literally everyone involved.
I don’t think she’s going to harm Zuurith… yet. But if she learns that Vash still has a vessel and a sword that tether him to the outside world… Oh, no, Kendal…
Well, crap. I…don’t know that Zuurith will give that information freely. But if she threatened his already-weakened people…in his ‘new leaf’ kind of mindset, he might.
Either way, this does not bode well for Zuurith OR our heroes.
I KNOW I LIKE ZUURITH NOW she’d better not go steal his soul! That would make me VERY sad!
But also, why does she need to tell Zuurith anything? I mean she can be very polite when she wants to be, so maybe she’s just passing through the city. Maybe she figures Zuurith is the least likely god to care about Vash’s imprisonment so this is the safest city for her. Also because it kinda got destroyed.
But actually I’d like to see Zuurith and Vash stuck in an underground cavern sniping at each other 🤭 that would be funny 🤭
I think when Vash briefly possessed Kendal, it left a trail to Zuurith that the Collector could follow from her underground lair. She came here looking for Vash’s old body, but it doesn’t seem to be around anymore. Being the charming, polite, gentlewoman scholar that she is, it makes sense that she would then go up to whomever seems to be in charge and ask if they can point her in the right direction!
What I’m REALLY worried about is that she’ll be chatting with Zuurith, notice all those citizens filing into the broken mountain, and then suddenly a lightbulb will go off in her head and she’ll be like “Oh hey! What a great opportunity to expand my god collection!”
Seconding a commenter above — I don’t think she’s taking Zuurith, she’s just following Vash’s trail. That’s bad for everyone… but at least Zuurith won’t have to deal with a second calamity.
Wouldn’t it be a pisser if she was actually there to help and all the good guys would be going “How dare you introduce nuance into our parable about good and evil?”
The Collector gives me chills. I’m glad Zuurith isn’t her goal and she’s not going to be able to sever his connection to his people by healing the stone of the mountain. Too many of his citizens aren’t in the mountain.
I suspect she’s figured out that Vash has a living tie in Kendal, and her experiments are going to continue to fail and Vash will continue to be “resilient” so long as Kendal is alive. Which is not good news at all for the Floofs.
What is Zuurith going to do here? Are we looking at a “he’s had character development — all done!” moment?
Okay, so it seems like she’s just here to figure out where Kendall’s group is going, as she must have learned they exist from Vash. But….this means that the Collector is hunting for the floof squad now.
We’ve got Shrike’s crew and the Collector now both hunting the floof squad, things aren’t looking good.
Zuurith will probably be fine, like others have said, assuming she hasn’t finished dissecting Vash then adding a second City God soul doesn’t really help. But she might mess him up if he’s rude, she seems a little on edge, given Vash’s recent escape.
Not necessarily. If she knows about Kendall, she might be looking to take Zuurith to figure out if he’s an anomaly or not. She left before Kendall awakened. I don’t think she’d make that mistake twice…
So the Collector seems to just need to know the floof squads location, not trying to kill Zuurith. But this also means she is hunting the floof squad, which is very, very bad. We now have both Shrike and the collector on their tails, it doesn’t look good.
I will second the thought that she doesn’t need a second City God soul, if she hasn’t finished dissecting Vash.
Depends… Zuurith already knows that the other gods are concerned about her, and he knows that those other gods consider Kendal to be their best chance against her. Does his annoyance with Kendal and Vash outweight the risk of betraying those who wish to see Kendal succeed?
Another factor. Zuurith is in a precarious situation right now, with a good amount of his city destroyed and his people exposed. Would he risk his own freedom to protect the interests of others?
Yet another question. Can the Collector even steal him away right now? She has the dagger, but only the one, and I doubt she’d take a detour back home to drop Zuurith off with Vash. Not to mention that she might only have the space for one god at a time. Wouldn’t it be awkward to imprison Zuurith and free Vash, after all that work she put in to trapping him 😛
OH FUCK! She’s here!
Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear…
Zuurith, do not make sudden moves, I don’t think your body is built to last. Be polite and humble and you might just walk away from this unscathed.
Oh yeah, that’ll totally happen. Big Z is known for his politeness, his humility- especially towards mortals- and his general lack of aggression towards enemies.
Ah yes, totally
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NOOOOOOOO! ZUURITH! GET YOUR PEOPLE OUTTA THERE!!
Oh. Oh no. Ooh nooooo. Oh nnnnnoooooooooo!
(…said I out loud, with people around. That’s the strength of my feelings on this. One big, BIG
*OH NNNOOOOO*…!
OH SHIT OH NO
ZUURITH SHE DOESN’T NEED YOUR SOUL RIGHT NOW SO GET OUTTA THERE AND WARN THE PEOPLE BEFORE SHE GETS ANY IDEAS!!!
“Because I’m going to make you a new addition to my collection!”
Quarrying stone, Zuurith labours himself,
More than the struggle’s director.
Behind him as he throws his axehead ona chain,
With her chimeras comes the Collector.
Hm… seems like she doesn’t want to take Zuzu. Good news for him and his people, not so good for Kendal that he’ll probably just tell her which way the floof squad went.
How does she know where the group has been? Has she gone out into the world to search, or did she break Vash?
I think she put together the massive storm that destroyed Zuurith and Vash’s sudden/brief disappearance and decided to do some sleuthing
well this will surely end well for everyone!!
Collector my belated yandere.
She’s back!
Hear me out. Zuurith and the Collector with Megabyte and Hexadecimal’s VAs. That chimera can be Scuzzy.
I actually predicted the Arena would be destroyed for its stone. Zuurith is practical, coldly so at times, and right now he has the problem of a lot of stone needed for rebuilding and quarrying new stone will take too long with limited manpower. He also has a partially destroyed arena, made of good stone I’d reckon, that isn’t being used right now, and maybe never will again, so it’s only logical to use its stone to rebuild. In any case, the Arenamaster is definitely out of that line of work.
Oh, wow. I wasn’t actually expecting the Collector herself to be in Zuurith; she must be pretty sure about her safety and ability to get out of there. Big Z’s evacuated the area so it’s just them here, but we don’t know how many chimeras she’s brought with her or where they are. If she’s brought a lot, and are ready to attack a weak city, that could be the threat she needs to persuade Zuurith to give her information about Kendal, and maybe the one who grew the tree too.
If she figures out their general direction, then we have a big problem. The singing caves have entrances all across the world; were it not for the cave corruption, crawlers, and other hazards, it would be a perfect fast travel system. But the Collector is seemingly immune or very resistant to all that, so she could travel through the caves and close the gap between herself and the heroes very quickly indeed. The gang, Shrike and/or the Paladins may even be forced into an Enemy Mine situation if she shows up at the right time.
Being immortal, I’m sure the Collector feels relatively safe anywhere she goes. But I doubt she’s here to collect Zuurith’s soul; if she can’t figure out Vash yet then there’s no real point in stealing another god until she’s ready.
Prediction: the Collector, June, Shrike, and many others all arrive at the Floof Gang’s destination at once, but the Floof Gang is nowhere to be found. Turns out they got blown wayyyyy off course during a storm, and crash landed all the way on the othe rend of the continent, much to the frustration of literally everyone involved.
OH NO OH NO OH NO
I don’t think she’s going to harm Zuurith… yet. But if she learns that Vash still has a vessel and a sword that tether him to the outside world… Oh, no, Kendal…
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What the dog doin?
just vibin
Zuurith, for the second time this week: “…Why do I hear boss music?”
I don’t think she’s here for Zurith. She’s going to ask him where Kendal went
Things have been really, really bad for Zuurith recently and only getting worst,,,
So, does the collector make anyone else think of Orochimaru? Something about that really smooth pale skin…
Well fuck
its puss in boots last wish all over again
“Need you to tell me where I’m going” carries the implication that she isn’t here for Zuurith, but likely Kendal. Though I could be mistaken.
Well, crap. I…don’t know that Zuurith will give that information freely. But if she threatened his already-weakened people…in his ‘new leaf’ kind of mindset, he might.
Either way, this does not bode well for Zuurith OR our heroes.
AAA NOO not Zuurith I actually like Zuurith now 🙁
One more page of Aurora until I graduate!
Also Oh DeaR
It’s cool that he’s turning the arena into building material. I think it shows he’s seriously committed to change.
I KNOW I LIKE ZUURITH NOW she’d better not go steal his soul! That would make me VERY sad!
But also, why does she need to tell Zuurith anything? I mean she can be very polite when she wants to be, so maybe she’s just passing through the city. Maybe she figures Zuurith is the least likely god to care about Vash’s imprisonment so this is the safest city for her. Also because it kinda got destroyed.
But actually I’d like to see Zuurith and Vash stuck in an underground cavern sniping at each other 🤭 that would be funny 🤭
I think when Vash briefly possessed Kendal, it left a trail to Zuurith that the Collector could follow from her underground lair. She came here looking for Vash’s old body, but it doesn’t seem to be around anymore. Being the charming, polite, gentlewoman scholar that she is, it makes sense that she would then go up to whomever seems to be in charge and ask if they can point her in the right direction!
What I’m REALLY worried about is that she’ll be chatting with Zuurith, notice all those citizens filing into the broken mountain, and then suddenly a lightbulb will go off in her head and she’ll be like “Oh hey! What a great opportunity to expand my god collection!”
Also, who agrees with me that him weapon thing is the coolest ever?
Oh.
Oh shit
Seconding a commenter above — I don’t think she’s taking Zuurith, she’s just following Vash’s trail. That’s bad for everyone… but at least Zuurith won’t have to deal with a second calamity.
Wouldn’t it be a pisser if she was actually there to help and all the good guys would be going “How dare you introduce nuance into our parable about good and evil?”
heyyy girlie, you’re looking ominous and foreboding…
Oh crap! Not her!
Run Zuurith, run!
ZUURITH GET OUT QUICKLY
Oh shit…
The Collector gives me chills. I’m glad Zuurith isn’t her goal and she’s not going to be able to sever his connection to his people by healing the stone of the mountain. Too many of his citizens aren’t in the mountain.
I suspect she’s figured out that Vash has a living tie in Kendal, and her experiments are going to continue to fail and Vash will continue to be “resilient” so long as Kendal is alive. Which is not good news at all for the Floofs.
What is Zuurith going to do here? Are we looking at a “he’s had character development — all done!” moment?
Okay, so it seems like she’s just here to figure out where Kendall’s group is going, as she must have learned they exist from Vash. But….this means that the Collector is hunting for the floof squad now.
We’ve got Shrike’s crew and the Collector now both hunting the floof squad, things aren’t looking good.
Zuurith will probably be fine, like others have said, assuming she hasn’t finished dissecting Vash then adding a second City God soul doesn’t really help. But she might mess him up if he’s rude, she seems a little on edge, given Vash’s recent escape.
Not necessarily. If she knows about Kendall, she might be looking to take Zuurith to figure out if he’s an anomaly or not. She left before Kendall awakened. I don’t think she’d make that mistake twice…
So the Collector seems to just need to know the floof squads location, not trying to kill Zuurith. But this also means she is hunting the floof squad, which is very, very bad. We now have both Shrike and the collector on their tails, it doesn’t look good.
I will second the thought that she doesn’t need a second City God soul, if she hasn’t finished dissecting Vash.
GREEN DOG CONFIRMED!
That dog is NOT a good boy!
….Actually, I’m worried that she sensed that Life was building a Microscope without her and is going and looking for who has it.
ZUURITH RUN. I NEVER THOUGHT I’D CARE ABOUT YOU BUT RUN DAMNIT.
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YOOOOO COLLECTOR TIME
I mean I know that’s bad for the situation but I love all of her appearances. I’m a sucker for Affably Evil villains haha
Ha ha. This is fine
if not floof, than why floof shaped? (maybe evil floof?)
Depends… Zuurith already knows that the other gods are concerned about her, and he knows that those other gods consider Kendal to be their best chance against her. Does his annoyance with Kendal and Vash outweight the risk of betraying those who wish to see Kendal succeed?
Another factor. Zuurith is in a precarious situation right now, with a good amount of his city destroyed and his people exposed. Would he risk his own freedom to protect the interests of others?
Yet another question. Can the Collector even steal him away right now? She has the dagger, but only the one, and I doubt she’d take a detour back home to drop Zuurith off with Vash. Not to mention that she might only have the space for one god at a time. Wouldn’t it be awkward to imprison Zuurith and free Vash, after all that work she put in to trapping him 😛