Vros probably wants to hear the message just as much as Kendal. Laughing, too, silly humans getting stuck on an active volcano.
Either that or he can’t hear it.
Or maybe waiting to give Kendal time to recover, because fighting someone who’s half drowned might be boring.
It occurs to me that Vros is massive, and not fully hydrodynamically optimized. It probably takes a fair bit of time and distance for them to build up a significant amount of speed and momentum. And they may be trying to come at Kendal from an unpredictable direction…
Queen’s “Princes of the Universe” comes to mind, but I have seen Highlander probably way too many times. “Fighting to survive in a war against the darkest powers” does hit the right note though.
Bleach’s “Number One” is hype, but I’m not sure it’s the right vibe for Kendal.
Side note: “Thunder” by Imagine Dragons could be for Tess. 😀 Though maybe “Thunderstruck” by AC/DC would be better.
Oh, how about “better, faster, stronger” by Daft Punk? Vibes with the way his body was built to be exactly that.
Of course, FFXIV has a lot of blood pumping songs. Maybe “Endwalker – Footfalls”; the Warrior of Light is shown as a Paladin, and the song/expansion theme is hope and defiance facing off against a darkness that would destroy the world. Lyrics like “To forge ahead” with back up vocals of “you’re not alone” kind of fits Kendal.
Well, there’s my set of offerings, but there are lots of possibilities out there.
Beefy blonde who will save the world?
Flash by Queen.
Flash! A-ah!
Savior of the Universe
Flash! A-ah!
He’ll save every one of us
Flash! A-ah!
He’s a miracle.
Flash! A-ah!
King of the impossible
He’s for every one of us
Stand for every one of us
He saves with a mighty hand
Every man, every woman
Every child, it’s the mighty flash
Flash! A-ah!
He’ll save every one of us
Just a man with a man’s courage
You know he’s nothing but a man
And he can never fail
No one but the pure at heart
May find the Golden Grail
Oh-oh, oh-oh
“Thunderstruck” suits Tess best in my opinion. For Kendal, many options would work, but right now I’m getting the first notes from “600 Strike” from Epic: the Musical (the electric guitar) because he’s in the water and locking in.
Falst gave him the warning after all! Good! And there’s Kendal’s starfire. At last. Now that he knows he has a time limit and needs to finish this quickly–and he probably wants try to keep Falst and Tess safe from the dragon, if he can. Never mind that Tess Stormbreaker has experience punching dragons… It’s interesting. He said Falst reminds him of Vash because the most painful thing for Falst is not being able to protect his friends, but that’s also a very Kendal thing. A more Kendal thing than anything, I think.
Vros: Finally! Boss music is playing! Good, I was getting tired of play-fighting, time for the real- Wait … this isn’t my boss music. And what’s that light up there?
Oh, how silly of me to think Vros was the one pulling their punches. Kendal was fighting so he could try and contact the Northern Wyrm sure, but with a non-serious opponent and wasn’t pressed for time, so he kept it basic.
Now that he knows Rakhn is going to blow, and his friends are walking into a dragon fight, the gloves are off. Kendal won’t need help.
Methinks Rakhn just pricked up his ears and has a little smile on his face. Not as cool as fighting Vash, but starfire, I’ll bet, he hasn’t seen before.
Kendal, I know you hate putting others at risk, but maybe just this once, we let the lady who basically has a doctorate in punching dragons get involved, okay?
There once was a starfire boi,
Who was supposedly a cat-dragon’s toy.
But when he knows his friends
Are in danger, that ends–
He’ll do far more than just annoy.
I’ll guess that kendal will get swallowed and He’s gonna starfire his way out of the dragon, I know it’s kinda unlikely but I’d be cool.(I’m just now considering that it’s a bit too violent and gore, the northern wyrm chimera was a monster but this one’s intelligent enough to approach personhood, soo idk if he’ll be fine with killing it)
My personal bet is that once Vros is (literally) roasted into submission, Kendal will relay Falst’s warning to them so the Paladins can evacuate as well.
Kendal’s got a “no kill” policy and this dragon is enough of a person to fit on the list. That being said, this dragon is in for a world of hurt. (He probably wants the dragon conscious too so he can tell it to warn the Paladins and evacuate the island).
I know I’m risking my life by saying this in a room full of Tess fans, but I suspect that, after blasting open that cave entrance, Tess might be in some sort of depleted, or just physically exhausted, state, and not capable of zapping in to punch this dragon.
Which is good, because “Tess with the steel chair” is a really powerful and versatile move… a little TOO powerful and versatile for the story. Setting limits on it, or using problems it can’t solve, is crucial to maintaining the kind of narrative quality Red is giving us.
Nah, that’s an understandable read. I personally think she could still help, since she was able to clear out those minions for Falst, but she is rather banged up from blowing the mountainside open. She needs some R&R, just like the rest of the squad.
God. This is so well done. That panel of silence before he just says “right” while activating his Ult communicates so much.
Especially with the prior pages with this dragon using Kendal as a damn beachball. He COULD have ended the fight, but he was waying the factors.
But now I’m also wondering… what happens when you pour a couple metric tons of magma down one of those No No holes? Are they going to have FLAMING ghouls to deal with? Or will it close this cave forever?
Cave Dwellers are afraid of light and specifically weak to fire, so I’m assuming that the magma will burn through any problems on its way before hardening to re-cover the hole.
It’s beautiful to see each member of the squad lock in, in their own personal way. Alinua letting the wyrm swallow her to rip her apart from the inside out, Dainix literally spitting out his anger and then telling Caliban off, Falst tearing the light ropes off of himself to rattle the recten’s coconut, and now Kendal getting his world of cardboard moment.
Let’s just hope Erin is still alive down in his ice bubble.
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So nice of Vros to leave Kendal just enough time to hear the rest of the message.
Vros probably wants to hear the message just as much as Kendal. Laughing, too, silly humans getting stuck on an active volcano.
Either that or he can’t hear it.
Or maybe waiting to give Kendal time to recover, because fighting someone who’s half drowned might be boring.
despite the playful demeanor, a soldier still has a duty. wouldn’t want to get chewed out for failing to listen in.
He was getting tired, Vros is having fun! He’s not gonna let this end so quickly.
It occurs to me that Vros is massive, and not fully hydrodynamically optimized. It probably takes a fair bit of time and distance for them to build up a significant amount of speed and momentum. And they may be trying to come at Kendal from an unpredictable direction…
Four poster-worthy panels. We eat good today1
nothing says badass like fighting using a big fire in the middle of the ocean with chances of it actually working
Someone needs to make this boi a background musical track.
Now I’m trying to think of some good options.
Queen’s “Princes of the Universe” comes to mind, but I have seen Highlander probably way too many times. “Fighting to survive in a war against the darkest powers” does hit the right note though.
Bleach’s “Number One” is hype, but I’m not sure it’s the right vibe for Kendal.
Side note: “Thunder” by Imagine Dragons could be for Tess. 😀 Though maybe “Thunderstruck” by AC/DC would be better.
Oh, how about “better, faster, stronger” by Daft Punk? Vibes with the way his body was built to be exactly that.
Of course, FFXIV has a lot of blood pumping songs. Maybe “Endwalker – Footfalls”; the Warrior of Light is shown as a Paladin, and the song/expansion theme is hope and defiance facing off against a darkness that would destroy the world. Lyrics like “To forge ahead” with back up vocals of “you’re not alone” kind of fits Kendal.
Well, there’s my set of offerings, but there are lots of possibilities out there.
As someone who makes playlists for all these characters- these are really good and I can’t believe I didn’t think of them
Beefy blonde guy with a magical sword? My mind automatically go to “What’s Up” by 4 Non-Blonde.
And I say,
Hey, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
Hey, yeah, yeah
I say, hey, what’s going on?
Beefy blonde who will save the world?
Flash by Queen.
Flash! A-ah!
Savior of the Universe
Flash! A-ah!
He’ll save every one of us
Flash! A-ah!
He’s a miracle.
Flash! A-ah!
King of the impossible
He’s for every one of us
Stand for every one of us
He saves with a mighty hand
Every man, every woman
Every child, it’s the mighty flash
Flash! A-ah!
He’ll save every one of us
Just a man with a man’s courage
You know he’s nothing but a man
And he can never fail
No one but the pure at heart
May find the Golden Grail
Oh-oh, oh-oh
“Thunderstruck” suits Tess best in my opinion. For Kendal, many options would work, but right now I’m getting the first notes from “600 Strike” from Epic: the Musical (the electric guitar) because he’s in the water and locking in.
EPIC THE MUSICAL YEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Wet long hair bishonen, my weakness! And one with a sword going fwoom and blue fire? Ooooh yeeeeessss.
FIRE SWORDDDDD
GET EM KENDAL!!! if he deals with the dragon quickly then falst and tess will be safe, PROTECT YOUR PEOPLE, RIGHT HAND OF VASH!
Falst gave him the warning after all! Good! And there’s Kendal’s starfire. At last. Now that he knows he has a time limit and needs to finish this quickly–and he probably wants try to keep Falst and Tess safe from the dragon, if he can. Never mind that Tess Stormbreaker has experience punching dragons… It’s interesting. He said Falst reminds him of Vash because the most painful thing for Falst is not being able to protect his friends, but that’s also a very Kendal thing. A more Kendal thing than anything, I think.
Vros: Finally! Boss music is playing! Good, I was getting tired of play-fighting, time for the real- Wait … this isn’t my boss music. And what’s that light up there?
Oh, how silly of me to think Vros was the one pulling their punches. Kendal was fighting so he could try and contact the Northern Wyrm sure, but with a non-serious opponent and wasn’t pressed for time, so he kept it basic.
Now that he knows Rakhn is going to blow, and his friends are walking into a dragon fight, the gloves are off. Kendal won’t need help.
Here’s to hoping forward to some cathartic ass-kicking in the near future.
This is the sort of boss track that would start out as kendal’s theme then midway switch to Rakan’s theme as he erupts.
Well, we already know Red likes Superman’s “world of cardboard” speech…
“Volcanic eruption!? Welp, better light my sword on fire.”
I think sisters of battle would work just fine for this. Also I bought volume 2 yesterday as well as the first 3 books in the stormlight archive.
Isn’t sisters of batle a hollow night OST and not a silksong OST? But that doesn’t really mater.
Yay! SA has been me and my siblings favorite series for years, and the other cosmere books as well.
augh hes so cute 😭😭😭 he js wants 2 protect his friends
love a wet cat kendal!
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⚪️⚪️🪨🪨⬛️🏷️🏷️🏷️🏷️🏷️⬛️🟫⬛️0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣⬛️0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣⬛️🟫🟫🟫🟫🟫🟫🟫🟫🟫🟫⬛️🏷️🏷️🏷️🏷️🏷️🏷️🏷️🏷️⬛️🟧🟧⬛️⚪️⚪️⚪️🪨⚪️
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⚪️🪨🪨🪨⬛️🏷️🏷️🏷️🏷️🏷️⬛️🟫🟫🟫⬛️0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣⬛️0️⃣0️⃣⬛️🟫🟫🟫🟫🟫🟫🟫🟫🟫⬛️⬛️🏷️🏷️🏷️🏷️🏷️🏷️🏷️🏷️⬛️🟧🟧🟧⬛️⚪️🪨🪨
⚪️🪨🪨🪨⬛️🏷️🏷️🏷️🏷️🏷️⬛️🟫🟫🟫🟫⬛️0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣⬛️0️⃣0️⃣⬛️🟫🟫🟫🟫🟫🟫🟫🟫🟫⬛️🏷️🏷️🏷️🏷️🏷️🏷️🏷️🏷️⬛️🟧🟧🟧⬛️⚪️⚪️🪨
⚪️⚪️🪨🪨⬛️🏷️🏷️🏷️🏷️🏷️⬛️🟫🟫🟫🟫🟫⬛️0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣⬛️0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣⬛️🟫🟫🟫🟫🟫🟫🟫🟫⬛️⬛️🏷️🏷️🏷️🏷️🏷️🏷️🏷️⬛️🟧🟧🟧⬛️⚪️🪨🪨
⚪️⚪️⚪️⬛️🏷️🏷️🏷️🏷️🏷️🏷️⬛️🟫🟫🟫🟫🟫🟫⬛️0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣⬛️0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣⬛️🟫🟫🟫🟫🟫🟫🟫🟫⬛️⬛️🏷️🏷️🏷️🏷️🏷️🏷️🏷️⬛️🟧🟧⬛️⚪️🪨🪨
⚪️⚪️⚪️⬛️🏷️🏷️🏷️🏷️🏷️🏷️🏷️⬛️🟫🟫🟫🟫🟫🟫⬛️0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣⬛️0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣⬛️🟫🟫🟫🟫🟫🟫🟫🟫⬛️⬛️🏷️🏷️🏷️🏷️🏷️🏷️⬛️🟧🟧⬛️⚪️🪨🪨
⚪️⚪️⚪️⬛️🏷️🏷️🏷️🏷️🏷️🏷️⬛️🟥⬛️🟫🟫🟫🟫🟫🟫⬛️0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣⬛️0️⃣0️⃣⬛️🟫🟫🟫🟫⬛️🟫🟫🟫⬛️⬛️⬛️🏷️⬛️🏷️🏷️🏷️🏷️⬛️🟧⬛️⚪️⚪️🪨
⚪️⚪️⬛️🏷️🏷️🏷️🏷️⬛️🏷️⬛️🟥🟥⬛️⬛️🟫🟫🟫🟫🟫🟫⬛️0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣⬛️0️⃣0️⃣⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟫🟫🟫⬛️🟥🟥⬛️⬛️🏷️🏷️🏷️🏷️🏷️🏷️⬛️⚪️⚪️🪨🪨
⚪️⚪️⬛️🏷️🏷️🏷️🏷️🏷️⬛️⬛️🟥🟥⬛️🟫⬛️⬛️⬛️🟫🟫🟫🟫⬛️0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣⬛️0️⃣0️⃣⬛️⬛️⬛️🟫🟫⬛️⬛️🟥🟥⬛️🏷️🏷️🏷️🏷️🏷️🏷️🏷️⬛️⚪️⚪️⚪️🪨
🪨⚪️⬛️🏷️🏷️🏷️🏷️🏷️🏷️🏷️⬛️🟥⬛️🟫🟫🟫🟫🟫🟫🟫🟫🟫⬛️0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣⬛️🟨🟨🟨⬛️⬛️🪙🪙⬛️⬛️🏷️🏷️🏷️🏷️🏷️🏷️🏷️🏷️⬛️⚪️⚪️⚪️⚪️
⚪️⚪️⬛️⬛️🏷️🏷️🏷️🏷️🏷️🏷️⬛️🟥⬛️🟫🟫🟫🟫🟫🟫🟫🟫🟫🟫⬛️⬛️0️⃣0️⃣⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟨⬛️⬛️🟥🏷️🏷️🏷️🏷️🏷️🏷️🏷️🏷️⬛️⚪️⚪️⚪️⚪️🪨
⚪️⚪️⚪️⚪️⬛️🏷️🏷️🏷️🏷️🏷️🏷️⬛️🟫🟫🟫🟫🟫🟫🟫🟫🟫🟫🟫🟫🟫⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️🟧🟧⬛️🟨⬛️🟫⬛️⬛️🏷️🏷️🏷️🏷️🏷️🏷️🏷️⬛️⚪️⚪️⚪️⚪️🪨🪨
⚪️⚪️⚪️⚪️⚪️⬛️🏷️🏷️🏷️🏷️🏷️⬛️🟫🟫🟫🟫🟫🟫🟫🟫🟫🟫🟫🟫🟫🟫⬛️🟨⬛️🟧🟧⬛️🟨⬛️🟫🟫⬛️🏷️🏷️🏷️🏷️🏷️⬛️⬛️⬛️⚪️🪨🪨⚪️🪨⚪️
⚪️🪨⚪️⚪️⚪️⚪️⬛️🏷️🏷️🏷️🏷️🏷️⬛️🟫🟫🟫🟫🟫🟫🟫🟫🟫🟫🟫🟫🟫⬛️🟨⬛️🟧⬛️🟨⬛️🏷️⬛️⬛️🏷️🏷️🏷️🏷️🏷️⬛️🟥🟥⬛️⚪️⚪️⚪️🪨🪨⚪️
⚪️⚪️🪨🪨🪨🪨⚪️⬛️🏷️🏷️🏷️🏷️🏷️⬛️🟫🟫🟫🟫🟫⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟨⬛️🟨⬛️🪙⬛️⬛️🏷️🏷️🏷️🏷️🏷️⬛️🟥🟥🟥⬛️⚪️⚪️⚪️🪨⚪️⚪️
⚪️⚪️🪨🪨🪨⚪️⚪️⚪️⬛️🏷️🏷️🏷️🏷️⬛️🧳⬛️⬛️🟫⬛️0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣⬛️🟨🟨🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🏷️🏷️🏷️🏷️🏷️⬛️🟥🟥🟥🟥⬛️⚪️⚪️🪨⚪️⚪️⚪️
⚪️⚪️⚪️🪨🪨⚪️⚪️⚪️⬛️🏷️🏷️⬛️🏷️🏷️⬛️🧳🧳⬛️0️⃣0️⃣⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️0️⃣⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️🏷️⬛️🏷️🏷️🏷️🏷️🏷️⬛️🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥⬛️⚪️⚪️⚪️⚪️⚪️
⚪️⚪️⚪️⚪️🪨⚪️🪨⚪️⬛️🏷️⬛️🧳⬛️🏷️⬛️🧳🧳⬛️0️⃣⬛️🧳🧳🧳🧳🧳⬛️🪙⬛️⬛️🧳⬛️🏷️🏷️⬛️🏷️🏷️🏷️🏷️⬛️🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥⬛️⚪️⚪️⚪️⚪️🪨
⚪️⚪️⚪️⚪️🪨🪨⚪️⚪️⬛️🏷️⬛️🧳🧳⬛️🧳🧳⬛️0️⃣0️⃣⬛️🧳🧳🧳🧳🧳⬛️🪙⬛️0️⃣⬛️🧳⬛️🏷️🏷️⬛️🏷️🏷️🏷️⬛️🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥⬛️⚪️⚪️🪨⚪️🪨
🪨⚪️⚪️⚪️⚪️⚪️🪨⚪️⚪️⬛️🏷️⬛️⬛️🧳🧳🧳⬛️0️⃣0️⃣⬛️🧳🧳🧳🧳🧳🧳⬛️⬛️0️⃣⬛️🧳🧳⬛️🏷️🏷️🏷️🏷️⬛️⬛️🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥⬛️⚪️🪨⚪️🪨🪨
⚪️🪨⚪️⚪️⚪️⚪️⚪️⚪️⚪️⬛️⬛️🔵🔵🔵⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️0️⃣⬛️🧳🧳🧳🧳🧳🧳⬛️0️⃣⬛️🧳🧳🧳🧳⬛️🏷️🏷️⬛️⬛️🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥⬛️⚪️⚪️🪨⚫️
⚫️⚪️🪨⚪️⚪️⚪️🪨⚪️⚪️⚪️⬛️🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵⬛️0️⃣0️⃣⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️0️⃣⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🔵⬛️⬛️🔵⬛️🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥⬛️⚪️⚪️⚫️⚫️
⚫️⚫️⚪️⚪️⚪️⚪️⚪️⚪️⚪️⬛️🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵⬛️⬛️0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣⬛️🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵⬛️🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥⬛️⚪️⚫️⚫️⚫️
⚫️⚫️⚫️⚫️⚪️⚪️⚪️⚪️⚪️⬛️🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵⬛️🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥⬛️⚫️⚫️⚫️⚫️
⚫️⚫️⚫️⚫️⚫️⚪️⚪️⚪️⚪️⬛️🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵⬛️🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥⬛️⚫️⚫️⚫️⚫️
⚫️⚫️⚫️⚫️⚫️⚫️⚫️⚪️⚪️⬛️🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵⬛️🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥⬛️⚫️⚫️⚫️
⚫️⚫️⚫️⚫️⚫️⚫️⚫️⚫️⚫️⬛️🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵⬛️🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥⬛️⚫️⚫️⚫️
That’s amazing! Well done!
Wow, that is really good. Kudos to you.
Incredible 😍
Was not expecting this. Good job!
Just want to take a moment to appreciate how god damn beautiful this webcomic is
Methinks Rakhn just pricked up his ears and has a little smile on his face. Not as cool as fighting Vash, but starfire, I’ll bet, he hasn’t seen before.
Kendal, I know you hate putting others at risk, but maybe just this once, we let the lady who basically has a doctorate in punching dragons get involved, okay?
There once was a starfire boi,
Who was supposedly a cat-dragon’s toy.
But when he knows his friends
Are in danger, that ends–
He’ll do far more than just annoy.
👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻
I’ll guess that kendal will get swallowed and He’s gonna starfire his way out of the dragon, I know it’s kinda unlikely but I’d be cool.(I’m just now considering that it’s a bit too violent and gore, the northern wyrm chimera was a monster but this one’s intelligent enough to approach personhood, soo idk if he’ll be fine with killing it)
My personal bet is that once Vros is (literally) roasted into submission, Kendal will relay Falst’s warning to them so the Paladins can evacuate as well.
I think we gotta kill this guy Kendal
Kendal’s got a “no kill” policy and this dragon is enough of a person to fit on the list. That being said, this dragon is in for a world of hurt. (He probably wants the dragon conscious too so he can tell it to warn the Paladins and evacuate the island).
Anyone ever play Chapter 9 of Celeste? This is kinda reminding me of it
Do you mean chapter 8? I don’t think the “depression = ocean” metaphor applies here.
It is better to light a star metal sword with soulfire than curse the darkness.
“Right” here can roughly be translated to “let’s get dangerous.”
I saw the artist comment and now my brain is just
🎵 THIS PLACE ABOUT TA BLO-O-O-O-O-O-O-OW! 🎶 (Ke$ha)
Me thinks someone is done messing around!
That is the face of L o c k I n g I n!
“Jarvis, you ever hear the story of Jonah?”
“I’m not sure I would consider him a role model, sir.”
Good page! Interesting comments! Looking forward to Wednesday!
Oh so he can just Do That Now. No stabbing necessary anymore? Sick!
I know I’m risking my life by saying this in a room full of Tess fans, but I suspect that, after blasting open that cave entrance, Tess might be in some sort of depleted, or just physically exhausted, state, and not capable of zapping in to punch this dragon.
Which is good, because “Tess with the steel chair” is a really powerful and versatile move… a little TOO powerful and versatile for the story. Setting limits on it, or using problems it can’t solve, is crucial to maintaining the kind of narrative quality Red is giving us.
Nah, that’s an understandable read. I personally think she could still help, since she was able to clear out those minions for Falst, but she is rather banged up from blowing the mountainside open. She needs some R&R, just like the rest of the squad.
Fun fact: Sodium and magnesium will burn underwater. (In case you were going to argue that a flaming sword wouldn’t work underwater.)
So all he needs to do is evaporate the seawater and burn the salt! Genius. (i have no idea what i’m talking about)
The salt is basically sodium tied to chlorine, so the salt doesn’t normally react to water.
Vros be like: Don’t listen to him! I totally am messing around!
God. This is so well done. That panel of silence before he just says “right” while activating his Ult communicates so much.
Especially with the prior pages with this dragon using Kendal as a damn beachball. He COULD have ended the fight, but he was waying the factors.
But now I’m also wondering… what happens when you pour a couple metric tons of magma down one of those No No holes? Are they going to have FLAMING ghouls to deal with? Or will it close this cave forever?
Cave Dwellers are afraid of light and specifically weak to fire, so I’m assuming that the magma will burn through any problems on its way before hardening to re-cover the hole.
Poor Kendal. Dude doesn’t want to hurt anyone but he knows he’s got to start at least making himself a threat.
Also, I notice he wields his sword in his left hand a lot, and I can’t recall if I’ve seen him use it right-handed. Is Kendal a lefty or ambidextrous?
It’s beautiful to see each member of the squad lock in, in their own personal way. Alinua letting the wyrm swallow her to rip her apart from the inside out, Dainix literally spitting out his anger and then telling Caliban off, Falst tearing the light ropes off of himself to rattle the recten’s coconut, and now Kendal getting his world of cardboard moment.
Let’s just hope Erin is still alive down in his ice bubble.