Tumblr text: Chapter 9 is in progress but I’m also juggling the halloween special, so things might take a little longer than usual. Everyone relax and rehydrate!
Bluesky text: And that’s a wrap! I’m still boarding chapter 9 and working on the halloween special, so it might be a bit of a wait. Everyone hydrate and stretch!
Allies cornered by the paladin squad
Feint of friends turned capture of demigod
Trapped by Stefan for interrogation
Erin stuck with VDâs conversation
Ready, Dainix in fiery melee
Is faced by Calian. Falst stows away
Molten eruption from mountain to sea
Alinuaâs rescue stopped by BWEEM to tree
Grabbed by Tess to safety, four friends reunite.
Effects of bright battle lasting in sight.
Thought I would try writing a chapter acrostic upon this chapterâs conclusion. Regular daily acrostic for this page will be in the replies.
And now the heroes are all far worse off than when they started this voyage, all according to plan.
The council of hooded figures will be most pleased that the plot is progressing nicely and – wait, where’s Falst?
Falst has Kendal (sword) in a dragon boat headed to the Snowfast with Kendal (person). My big question is if any of the Floof Squad knows that, not sure if Tess saw him do it.
The person most likely to know would be either Tess or the Northern Wyrm, if she’s able to distinguish a single Ferin she’s never met from among several hundred other air-breathers.
No one’s dead yet!!!!
Formcarver is a DOPE title, like WOW
No-one’s looking good, but Dainx looks like he might need a hospital.
And Erin holding the breathing mask? And the volcano and the clouds and the dragons riding off? GORGEOUS!!!!!!
Alinua looks so done in that last panel. She didnât even react when they came out of the water. Even with her ability to turn water-breathing before dying, I still donât think itâs healthy to be so apathetic about drowning.
Completely unrelated, but seeing them all together I can only imagine the questions Erin will be asking, and the fact we likely wonât see them be answered since we already know what happened. Iâm too lazy to write it, but that gave me an idea for a mini fanfic where Erin asks why the heck the Wyrm of the Northern waters is doing them favors and Selach tells him what happened and we get to see Erinâs reactions. Or also Dainixâs, if he is conscious enough for that. If anybody also thinks thatâd be neat and isnât lazy, feel free to take the idea.
That last panel really is such a good send off to the chapter. The utter defeat of it all. They tried their best, and yet they’re here. The victors out of their reach, puny compared to all that surrounds them. I don’t know, I just think that that last panel sums up so much.
At this point the greatest obstacle in the Collector chasing down Kendal is just going to be other people kidnapping him, and not the walking vessel of the primordial god she’s trying to kill the world ressurect
Tess: Here I am sandwiched between a cute elf girl and a literal goddess. Oh, if only the context was different.
Ok, let’s look at the positives. Between the Paladins wanting to interrogate, not kill, Kendal, Falst being hidden, and the members here having both the local sea god and her mer-people on her side, means that no one is in immediate danger right now. Plus the breathing masks mean that no further flesh-shaping is needed. The gang has a bit of time to get themselves together.
Caturus is back after we last saw him restraining Calian, who’s nowhere to be seen; I reckon they will be how the gang will learn of the Paladin fortress, the Snowfast. Calian’s already been shown to be insubordinate, combine that with the threat of divine and semi-divine threats and they could spill the beans about where their boss is going.
Prediction for next chapter: Scene change to the Paladins landing at the Snowfast, and Falst sneaking out of the boats when no-one is watching. After that will be back to these guys as they plot their rescue attempt.
I’ve been predicting Alinua having friction with Erin over his plan going pear-shaped on top of her having little faith in him to begin with. But I wonder whether she’ll just be too tired/depressed for that, or if Dainix/Tess can help mitigate some of it.
Good to know that everyoneâs ok. Mostly everyone that is. Dainix looks so tired (is he unconscious or just sleepy?), Iâm suprised he didnât burn out, though if he did we have a lot of lava around. Also, the person holding him up looks so silly holding him out at armâs length (is she scared heâll catch fire again?). We still have no idea where Falst is, but heâs probably trying to rescue Kendal. I hope next chapter stars with seeing where Falst is, maybe approaching the snowfast or wherever the paladins are going. I had no idea what Erin is holding, but after looking a bit closer, I think itâs one of those air mask thingys we saw Sealch with earlier. I also lowkey forgot that the Northern Wyrm has water magic, I am so relieved she does because Tess wonât sink. Alinua looks so fluffy rn annd I wanna hug her so badly, I hope that hug with Tess is at least somewhat comforting, but then again how do you comfort someone who has just lost the most important person in their life? Also the Sekrai in that water bubble looks so funny but like nice detail. Anyways, these guys need a break, though I donât know how much of a break theyâre going to take before rushing of to save Kendal and find Falst. I hope they donât argue to much over what to do next.
We saw Falst stow away on one of the Paladin boats being carried by dragons. He is hidden and in pursuit of Kendal. And yes, the mermaid holding Dainix looks very concerned. She didnât know fire could turn into a person.
Starting to feel like Journey to the West with how theyâre never gonna make it to that monastery. Those monks better have a solution or else theyâre gonna be an island of dead monks
Question: What do we think our four heroes who aren’t flying away are gonna do? It seems unlikely that they’ll keep going towards Helm, but at the same time they don’t really have a way to chase after the paladins right now.
Question Master will need to really flex their question-making muscles now (to be clear: Iâm joking; and I do not know what Question Masterâs pronouns are, nor do I feel itâs necessary to pester people about that).
HmmmmmmâŠwell first off, they all need therapy. And new clothes, which I am inordinately excited for. I LOVE clothes! Unfortunately for the sake of seeing more of the Ocean People and their interactions with the main cast, they canât stay long. IâmâŠpretty sure everything is leading up to Helm (the continent that both the Soulshaper Monks and, I think, the Snowfast, are on), which has been foreshadowed so ominously ever since Alinua and Kendal met Erin. But this part of the main cast and anyone else who may theoretically join their party still needs to stay in this area long *enough* to get educated about Helm, make material preparations, and most importantly get therapy so that they donât blow the entire plan to smithereensâespecially Alinua! But Erin will get the sternest talking-to, of course. I *suspect* that when they get to Helm, theyâll need to make allies (possibly with a certain long-thought-over swordswoman character joining the party) before setting their sights on the Snowfast, and maybe Alinua will leave Erin in the dust with the Monks both because sheâs justifiably done with his nonsense, and because he needs to get his s*** with Walter figured out. Although obviously this is all wild extrapolation, and who knows where Red will put the focus of time experienced by the audienceâŠwell, probably something that gets us where weâre going a bit quicker, butâŠwhatever! Weâll see! I trust Red!
They do have away. So long as theyâre in the water, the Northern Wyrm, merfolk, and Sekrai can help them. The Northern Wyrm can control the currents in her waters, so she can even get them to whatever continent Kendalâs being taken to quickly. My guess is they will take a few hours to rest and recover equipment, then Alinua will rig up something with water plants for everyone to ride on and then theyâll shoot off in the direction the dragons are flying.
Do we have a Damseling count on the characters? Because I think Kendal is definitely in the lead.
Granted, this might be because he’s got that class feature, “Jump On Grenade”.
What Iâve got so far:
Vash: damseled first chapter, but is still damseled to this day. 1
Kendal: arrested in Zurrith, then kidnapped by paladins. 2
Falst: trapped underground during zombie-dungeon-Funtime adventure. 1
Dainix: arrested by Zurrith, trapped underground during zombie-dungeon Funtime adventure, turned into a rock. 3
Erin: abducted by ancient primordial dragon god in the Singing Caves. 1
If weâre counting when Falst was knocked unconscious by Shrike and when Shrike had captured Tess for a few seconds, then thatâs another point for each of them.
So Dainix may actually be in the lead. But feel free to add any I missed.
I have perfect music for the episode credits: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_nHMJkPs4Ik
It has the Argist, Rakhn, Paladin and Lifeâs themes all rolled into one!
(The episode would be a two-part, with each episode normally being about 4 chapters.)
Their stuff is still at the bottom of the ocean… Erin’s bag of holding with his sealing jewelry… Does the sealing jewelry matter as much with Alinua back and able to heal his arms?
it might’ve been too long now for Alinua to do anything more than superficial healing on Erin’s arms, what with his soul barrier having had ample time to reassert itself </3
OOOH this is gonna be such an interesting party split – our two “i should get hurt so the others don’t have to” guys In Immediate Peril, while Alinua and Dainix are stranded without Kendal and Falst, respectively. the emotional turmoil is gonna go crazy next chapter :3
Alright, I guess I will officially end up on the “Kendal has been captured” side of things, despite not seeing actual confirmation of such. Because there’s no reason for the Northern Wyrm to make that comment if he had broken loose into the water, given that she(they?) can sense Kendal and definitely would be able to find him in the water. So, despite not yet seeing him in a jail cell, I will admit this seems like enough evidence that our next storyline is “Get the demigod out of a prison that is able to hold him”, which should be fun.
To look on the bright side, at least it didnât end on a cliffhanger!
There are no other bright sides
Anyways, I donât know what Iâm going to do these next few weeks, Iâve never had to deal with the chapter wait before. If anyone has advice on how to manage please let me know!
Looking at the page, almost everyone is conscious! Except for my boy Dainix. I donât know why but I didnât expect Erin to be conscious. Everyone is looking very hot and bedraggled today as well.
Advice: make and enjoy fanart and fanfic, or engage in other hobbies to keep yourself occupied. But yeah, ooof on this chapter ending.
But hey, I think next chapter we might get to see more of the paladins and the Snowfast, and maybe some more development of Falst’s nascent light powers, which would be interesting.
Thanks for the advice! I do a lot of art, so maybe I will make fanart! Iâm scared that I wonât do them justice though. Hopefully school will keep me occupied!
Aw yeah- Falst is my favorite character and anything with him in it is great! The chapters with Falst and Dainix underground are my favorite chapters!
I literally just remembered that Aurora was updated today and I feel like an idiot!
Anyway so glad Dainix is ok, now I just have to worry about Kendal and Falst.
I guess I’ll just be here waiting for chapter 9.
Anyone see Lydia The Bard’s new song.
-Signed The Vessel Of A Glowing God
(aka The Princess)
I havenât checked but I love Lydia The Bard! My favorite song is Feed Us Your Girls (I know, typical) but I also liked her cover of Suffering. Iâll check out her new song though!
Awwww dainix looks so spent đ
Now that I look for it, alinuaâs eye is glowing a bit. Possibly lingering life magic from her Big Outburst but more likely just a cosmetic detail
You really tend to roll the dice between whether or not Redâs characterâs eyes are glowing or not.
one day, the floof squad will be reunited
*repetedly bangs head on table*
that is my life every monday wensday and friday
Yayy, Dainix is alive!
And so it begins. Let the Hiatus Madness commence!
* Flat, poorly tuned trumpets *
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Tumblr text: Chapter 9 is in progress but I’m also juggling the halloween special, so things might take a little longer than usual. Everyone relax and rehydrate!
Bluesky text: And that’s a wrap! I’m still boarding chapter 9 and working on the halloween special, so it might be a bit of a wait. Everyone hydrate and stretch!
Allies cornered by the paladin squad
Feint of friends turned capture of demigod
Trapped by Stefan for interrogation
Erin stuck with VDâs conversation
Ready, Dainix in fiery melee
Is faced by Calian. Falst stows away
Molten eruption from mountain to sea
Alinuaâs rescue stopped by BWEEM to tree
Grabbed by Tess to safety, four friends reunite.
Effects of bright battle lasting in sight.
Thought I would try writing a chapter acrostic upon this chapterâs conclusion. Regular daily acrostic for this page will be in the replies.
Tubular current carries Alinua and Tess
Resurfacing, Wyrm gives sympathies in address
Yet how will our heroes regroup and reassess
And now the heroes are all far worse off than when they started this voyage, all according to plan.
The council of hooded figures will be most pleased that the plot is progressing nicely and – wait, where’s Falst?
Currently in a paladin boat IIRC with Kendal’s sword
this comment + username combo is killing me
Comforting hugs and cuddling for everyone.
And now they get to take a big nap on a mermaid otter café cruise all the way to helm. They will have a very chill time petting otters, sleeping, and having snacks until we see them again. Is what I choose to believe until the comic shows me otherwise.
Anyway. Big props to this party for probably being the first group ever to get on friendly terms with both Rahkn and the Northern wyrm.
Whelp, Iâve gotta say, this entire fiasco has got to be the worst beach episode ever. (10/10 would recommend)
WAIT FALST ISN’T HERE
Falst is still on the paladin airship TAT
yeah i was gonna say wheres falst!?
Falst has Kendal (sword) in a dragon boat headed to the Snowfast with Kendal (person). My big question is if any of the Floof Squad knows that, not sure if Tess saw him do it.
The person most likely to know would be either Tess or the Northern Wyrm, if she’s able to distinguish a single Ferin she’s never met from among several hundred other air-breathers.
He also still has the fireseed shard.
No one’s dead yet!!!!
Formcarver is a DOPE title, like WOW
No-one’s looking good, but Dainx looks like he might need a hospital.
And Erin holding the breathing mask? And the volcano and the clouds and the dragons riding off? GORGEOUS!!!!!!
Alinua looks so done in that last panel. She didnât even react when they came out of the water. Even with her ability to turn water-breathing before dying, I still donât think itâs healthy to be so apathetic about drowning.
Completely unrelated, but seeing them all together I can only imagine the questions Erin will be asking, and the fact we likely wonât see them be answered since we already know what happened. Iâm too lazy to write it, but that gave me an idea for a mini fanfic where Erin asks why the heck the Wyrm of the Northern waters is doing them favors and Selach tells him what happened and we get to see Erinâs reactions. Or also Dainixâs, if he is conscious enough for that. If anybody also thinks thatâd be neat and isnât lazy, feel free to take the idea.
That last panel really is such a good send off to the chapter. The utter defeat of it all. They tried their best, and yet they’re here. The victors out of their reach, puny compared to all that surrounds them. I don’t know, I just think that that last panel sums up so much.
Where is Falst in all of this???
Stowing away with the dragons while in possession of Kendal’s sword.
Did you miss the bit where he crawled into one of the Dragon-Boats?
At this point the greatest obstacle in the Collector chasing down Kendal is just going to be other people kidnapping him, and not the walking vessel of the primordial god she’s trying to kill the world ressurect
Tess: Here I am sandwiched between a cute elf girl and a literal goddess. Oh, if only the context was different.
Ok, let’s look at the positives. Between the Paladins wanting to interrogate, not kill, Kendal, Falst being hidden, and the members here having both the local sea god and her mer-people on her side, means that no one is in immediate danger right now. Plus the breathing masks mean that no further flesh-shaping is needed. The gang has a bit of time to get themselves together.
Caturus is back after we last saw him restraining Calian, who’s nowhere to be seen; I reckon they will be how the gang will learn of the Paladin fortress, the Snowfast. Calian’s already been shown to be insubordinate, combine that with the threat of divine and semi-divine threats and they could spill the beans about where their boss is going.
Prediction for next chapter: Scene change to the Paladins landing at the Snowfast, and Falst sneaking out of the boats when no-one is watching. After that will be back to these guys as they plot their rescue attempt.
I’ve been predicting Alinua having friction with Erin over his plan going pear-shaped on top of her having little faith in him to begin with. But I wonder whether she’ll just be too tired/depressed for that, or if Dainix/Tess can help mitigate some of it.
Good to know that everyoneâs ok. Mostly everyone that is. Dainix looks so tired (is he unconscious or just sleepy?), Iâm suprised he didnât burn out, though if he did we have a lot of lava around. Also, the person holding him up looks so silly holding him out at armâs length (is she scared heâll catch fire again?). We still have no idea where Falst is, but heâs probably trying to rescue Kendal. I hope next chapter stars with seeing where Falst is, maybe approaching the snowfast or wherever the paladins are going. I had no idea what Erin is holding, but after looking a bit closer, I think itâs one of those air mask thingys we saw Sealch with earlier. I also lowkey forgot that the Northern Wyrm has water magic, I am so relieved she does because Tess wonât sink. Alinua looks so fluffy rn annd I wanna hug her so badly, I hope that hug with Tess is at least somewhat comforting, but then again how do you comfort someone who has just lost the most important person in their life? Also the Sekrai in that water bubble looks so funny but like nice detail. Anyways, these guys need a break, though I donât know how much of a break theyâre going to take before rushing of to save Kendal and find Falst. I hope they donât argue to much over what to do next.
We saw Falst stow away on one of the Paladin boats being carried by dragons. He is hidden and in pursuit of Kendal. And yes, the mermaid holding Dainix looks very concerned. She didnât know fire could turn into a person.
So, Kendal can’t warn the reset of the gang about the en-route Collector anymore, but would likely have been her target.
Starting to feel like Journey to the West with how theyâre never gonna make it to that monastery. Those monks better have a solution or else theyâre gonna be an island of dead monks
Dainix is okay!!!!!!!!! (or, well. alive at least. but they found him!!)
oooooh, that first panel is actually very nice, could really get that thalassophobia going
Ouch
Question: What do we think our four heroes who aren’t flying away are gonna do? It seems unlikely that they’ll keep going towards Helm, but at the same time they don’t really have a way to chase after the paladins right now.
Question Master will need to really flex their question-making muscles now (to be clear: Iâm joking; and I do not know what Question Masterâs pronouns are, nor do I feel itâs necessary to pester people about that).
HmmmmmmâŠwell first off, they all need therapy. And new clothes, which I am inordinately excited for. I LOVE clothes! Unfortunately for the sake of seeing more of the Ocean People and their interactions with the main cast, they canât stay long. IâmâŠpretty sure everything is leading up to Helm (the continent that both the Soulshaper Monks and, I think, the Snowfast, are on), which has been foreshadowed so ominously ever since Alinua and Kendal met Erin. But this part of the main cast and anyone else who may theoretically join their party still needs to stay in this area long *enough* to get educated about Helm, make material preparations, and most importantly get therapy so that they donât blow the entire plan to smithereensâespecially Alinua! But Erin will get the sternest talking-to, of course. I *suspect* that when they get to Helm, theyâll need to make allies (possibly with a certain long-thought-over swordswoman character joining the party) before setting their sights on the Snowfast, and maybe Alinua will leave Erin in the dust with the Monks both because sheâs justifiably done with his nonsense, and because he needs to get his s*** with Walter figured out. Although obviously this is all wild extrapolation, and who knows where Red will put the focus of time experienced by the audienceâŠwell, probably something that gets us where weâre going a bit quicker, butâŠwhatever! Weâll see! I trust Red!
They do have away. So long as theyâre in the water, the Northern Wyrm, merfolk, and Sekrai can help them. The Northern Wyrm can control the currents in her waters, so she can even get them to whatever continent Kendalâs being taken to quickly. My guess is they will take a few hours to rest and recover equipment, then Alinua will rig up something with water plants for everyone to ride on and then theyâll shoot off in the direction the dragons are flying.
I wonder if the Snow fast has any gods nearby? If it does, Kendal could ask for their help.
I don’t know if this is possible but somehow Erin looks more bedraggled out of the water than he did in it
Do we have a Damseling count on the characters? Because I think Kendal is definitely in the lead.
Granted, this might be because he’s got that class feature, “Jump On Grenade”.
What Iâve got so far:
Vash: damseled first chapter, but is still damseled to this day. 1
Kendal: arrested in Zurrith, then kidnapped by paladins. 2
Falst: trapped underground during zombie-dungeon-Funtime adventure. 1
Dainix: arrested by Zurrith, trapped underground during zombie-dungeon Funtime adventure, turned into a rock. 3
Erin: abducted by ancient primordial dragon god in the Singing Caves. 1
If weâre counting when Falst was knocked unconscious by Shrike and when Shrike had captured Tess for a few seconds, then thatâs another point for each of them.
So Dainix may actually be in the lead. But feel free to add any I missed.
I have perfect music for the episode credits:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_nHMJkPs4Ik
It has the Argist, Rakhn, Paladin and Lifeâs themes all rolled into one!
(The episode would be a two-part, with each episode normally being about 4 chapters.)
Yeah this fits perfectly.
Their stuff is still at the bottom of the ocean… Erin’s bag of holding with his sealing jewelry… Does the sealing jewelry matter as much with Alinua back and able to heal his arms?
it might’ve been too long now for Alinua to do anything more than superficial healing on Erin’s arms, what with his soul barrier having had ample time to reassert itself </3
With the Northern Wyrm on their side, I think they can just ask her to get the lost cargo for them. Shouldn’t be too hard for her
Poor Dainix must be in horrible shape, having been in Fire form in the ocean for so long – WHILE FIGHTING A DRAGON.
OOOH this is gonna be such an interesting party split – our two “i should get hurt so the others don’t have to” guys In Immediate Peril, while Alinua and Dainix are stranded without Kendal and Falst, respectively. the emotional turmoil is gonna go crazy next chapter :3
I couldn’t agree more. There is bound to be sooo much emotional turmoil!
I wonder what she calls Dainix. “Ashmaker”, “Pyrolizer”, “Oxidizer”, “Burninator”, “Fireman”…
If tess and alinua never end up together I will have to survive off that last panel forever. I think i could.
Alright, I guess I will officially end up on the “Kendal has been captured” side of things, despite not seeing actual confirmation of such. Because there’s no reason for the Northern Wyrm to make that comment if he had broken loose into the water, given that she(they?) can sense Kendal and definitely would be able to find him in the water. So, despite not yet seeing him in a jail cell, I will admit this seems like enough evidence that our next storyline is “Get the demigod out of a prison that is able to hold him”, which should be fun.
Alinua blaming herself speedrun
To look on the bright side, at least it didnât end on a cliffhanger!
There are no other bright sides
Anyways, I donât know what Iâm going to do these next few weeks, Iâve never had to deal with the chapter wait before. If anyone has advice on how to manage please let me know!
Looking at the page, almost everyone is conscious! Except for my boy Dainix. I donât know why but I didnât expect Erin to be conscious. Everyone is looking very hot and bedraggled today as well.
Advice: make and enjoy fanart and fanfic, or engage in other hobbies to keep yourself occupied. But yeah, ooof on this chapter ending.
But hey, I think next chapter we might get to see more of the paladins and the Snowfast, and maybe some more development of Falst’s nascent light powers, which would be interesting.
Thanks for the advice! I do a lot of art, so maybe I will make fanart! Iâm scared that I wonât do them justice though. Hopefully school will keep me occupied!
Aw yeah- Falst is my favorite character and anything with him in it is great! The chapters with Falst and Dainix underground are my favorite chapters!
I literally just remembered that Aurora was updated today and I feel like an idiot!
Anyway so glad Dainix is ok, now I just have to worry about Kendal and Falst.
I guess I’ll just be here waiting for chapter 9.
Anyone see Lydia The Bard’s new song.
-Signed The Vessel Of A Glowing God
(aka The Princess)
I havenât checked but I love Lydia The Bard! My favorite song is Feed Us Your Girls (I know, typical) but I also liked her cover of Suffering. Iâll check out her new song though!
just find another web comic. I love the dead gods story by Matt Roads.
Oh, was that a reply for me?