I was about to say— with her eyes glowing like that and the dark cape over her shoulders— it all just gives just a touch of extra vivid contrast and she’s SO PRETTY and ADORABLE!
Question Unrelated to Aurora #7: Do ya’ll want the short version or long version of the Skeleton War?
Aurora Question #66: Who makes the funniest faces?
#7 The long one, please. I want to know which of last pages’ suggestions were used and if you need emergency supplies.
#66 In this page, Erin. Overall, Erin.
I would very much like emergency cheese if you have any
So the Skeleton War was going fairly poorly, so I checked back on the replies to see if a good idea had popped up. @Lunar (thanks btw for the suggestion) gave me the idea of hiring a Necromancer. It helped, until said Necromancer turned on me and joined my enemies. Now having to compete against even more undead hordes, I knew I had to go further than necromancy, but I didn’t trust another one after the betrayal. Did you know Lichdom is relatively easy, so long as you don’t have a moral compass? I lost mine finding my socks, so it was the easy choice. Won the Skeleton War shortly thereafter.
Unfortunately, a starfish has just stolen my money so… Here we go again ig.
Honestly, at this point, that starfish probably needs the money more than you. Did you know that someone killed a starfish just because it stole from them? It gets worse. They then brought it back to life, sick sadist they are, just to chop it up and burn the pieces! Ended up starting a war with an army of “flaming, skeleton starfish lead by a treacherous necromancer”. They were committed to a psychiatric ward after terrorising the general populace with socks. Terrible thing, really.
In short, let ’em keep it. Starfish get a bad rap.
Also, Erin. His face is by far the most animated, especially wen someone tells him “no”.
R.I.P. sketch page, thought I do understand why it needed to go. My main hope is that that sketch of Dainix and Falst, the later with a fire lizard on his face, makes it into the comic somehow.
Erin is drinking something, Alinua about to say something shocking, could a Spit Take be on the horizon?!
Wait. That “rrrumble…” SFX in panel 1, could that be the sound of the entrance way Falst just collapsed? I was predicting Alinua would pick up on their absence, but I was expecting it via godly vision seeing them underground, not directly sensing the ground vibrate. Though I must say, that does make sense given her power; you can even see the life seeping downwards in straight lines in panel 3.
Speaking of panel 3, that is a lovely scene of life magic swirls trickling down to the earth as plantlike roots. I wonder if only Alinua can see this or whether everyone can and Tess has just been watching the light show from above.
Well to be fair, godly vision only picks up on godly figures, like Gleicann explained on page comicaurora.com/aurora/1-8-7/, what with him & other gods barely even being able to SEE the Collector on account of her humanity.
When Alinua sees Gleicann & Kendal gallivanting through the woods in the wee hours of the night on page comicaurora.com/aurora/1-9-16/, the thing she sees about them is their divine auras, not their physical presence necessarily.
I agree it DOES make sense about that seeping–into–the–earth tremor–sense — primordial Life makes up part of the planet after all, it makes sense she’d be able to sense it move.
OH YOU THINK!? alinua you have no idea all about the stuff that has gone DOWN while you were NAPPING i SWEAR TO GOD–
Yeah no, jokes aside, I love the art of this page, especially the third panel *small squee* and I really do wonder how Alina’s gonna react to all of this knowledge about Erin and V.D. and Falst and Dainix falling into the PiT oF dEsPaIr *clears throat* when she finds out.
OOOOOOO I didn’t know Alinua had tremorsense
also FANTASY COFFEEEEE and that Erin face XD
I’m still very concerned about Falst but I’m glad that the others know now! My guess is Erin will probably want to be more cautious about this where Alinua and Tess would rather go charging in to help.
FINALLY! Power of Friendship is gonna save a third of the Floof Squad. I’m really glad Alinua is going to be able to heal Falst. He’s been fucked up and steadily getting worse for a while.
I know she’s in crisis but Alinua looks so pretty this page
Isn’t she always?
In crisis, I mean.
You’re right, she is more or less always in crisis.
…And pretty.
I was about to say— with her eyes glowing like that and the dark cape over her shoulders— it all just gives just a touch of extra vivid contrast and she’s SO PRETTY and ADORABLE!
I disagree about Alinua’s always being in crisis in Aurora webcomic but agree that she always pretty to me in this comicstory(?)
For mobile readers.
Alt-text: my plot senses are tingling
Image source: wrong
Another thing about the image source: this page was numbered 24 on accident.
Erin sitting there, drinking his victory tea, like he didn’t just almost get Walter’d again
This and last page:
The tunnel’s collapsing, and so is the cat
Dainix runs, bridal carrying at that!
In sleep, Ali still nows what’s wrong
Or at least has a feeling strong
Question Unrelated to Aurora #7: Do ya’ll want the short version or long version of the Skeleton War?
Aurora Question #66: Who makes the funniest faces?
#7: long
#66: Erin because the man is the joke
#7: …how long is “long”, exactly?
#66: Erin would be the obvious answer, but i think Alinua’s are really underrated.
10 sentences, not long but it’s longer than the short version
#7 The long one, please. I want to know which of last pages’ suggestions were used and if you need emergency supplies.
#66 In this page, Erin. Overall, Erin.
I would very much like emergency cheese if you have any
So the Skeleton War was going fairly poorly, so I checked back on the replies to see if a good idea had popped up. @Lunar (thanks btw for the suggestion) gave me the idea of hiring a Necromancer. It helped, until said Necromancer turned on me and joined my enemies. Now having to compete against even more undead hordes, I knew I had to go further than necromancy, but I didn’t trust another one after the betrayal. Did you know Lichdom is relatively easy, so long as you don’t have a moral compass? I lost mine finding my socks, so it was the easy choice. Won the Skeleton War shortly thereafter.
Unfortunately, a starfish has just stolen my money so… Here we go again ig.
Honestly, at this point, that starfish probably needs the money more than you. Did you know that someone killed a starfish just because it stole from them? It gets worse. They then brought it back to life, sick sadist they are, just to chop it up and burn the pieces! Ended up starting a war with an army of “flaming, skeleton starfish lead by a treacherous necromancer”. They were committed to a psychiatric ward after terrorising the general populace with socks. Terrible thing, really.
In short, let ’em keep it. Starfish get a bad rap.
Also, Erin. His face is by far the most animated, especially wen someone tells him “no”.
That Starfish has literal mountains of gold.
Also, that’s horrible! I feel really bad for that guy who went insane. Could you tell me their name so I can learn more about them?
I propose you use your lichdom to concur the seas to make sure no more starfish steal from you
response #66- I like Kendal’s look of surprise when he runs into unexpected surprises.
Apologies, redundant sentence. I am getting senile as well as old. But everyone has their own problems to struggle with.
Yayy, Alinua noticed them! Finally…
Also, I love how Tess can immediately tell that something’s wrong
What’s new?
Alinua: something weird’s happening in the caves around here
Erin: *SPITS OUT FANTASY COFFEE*
I would like to say that, yes, the Sketches tab has been closed due to obsolescence. You are not crazy.
https://comicaurora.tumblr.com/post/717546483602309120/am-i-going-nuts-or-has-the-sketches-page
R.I.P. sketch page, thought I do understand why it needed to go. My main hope is that that sketch of Dainix and Falst, the later with a fire lizard on his face, makes it into the comic somehow.
Is the bat person finally going to appear?
Erin is drinking something, Alinua about to say something shocking, could a Spit Take be on the horizon?!
Wait. That “rrrumble…” SFX in panel 1, could that be the sound of the entrance way Falst just collapsed? I was predicting Alinua would pick up on their absence, but I was expecting it via godly vision seeing them underground, not directly sensing the ground vibrate. Though I must say, that does make sense given her power; you can even see the life seeping downwards in straight lines in panel 3.
Speaking of panel 3, that is a lovely scene of life magic swirls trickling down to the earth as plantlike roots. I wonder if only Alinua can see this or whether everyone can and Tess has just been watching the light show from above.
Well to be fair, godly vision only picks up on godly figures, like Gleicann explained on page comicaurora.com/aurora/1-8-7/, what with him & other gods barely even being able to SEE the Collector on account of her humanity.
When Alinua sees Gleicann & Kendal gallivanting through the woods in the wee hours of the night on page comicaurora.com/aurora/1-9-16/, the thing she sees about them is their divine auras, not their physical presence necessarily.
I agree it DOES make sense about that seeping–into–the–earth tremor–sense — primordial Life makes up part of the planet after all, it makes sense she’d be able to sense it move.
…honestly this whole thing is so cool–!
5 seconds later:
Dainix sprinting into the ruins, holding Falst who has all of his bones broken: WE GOTTA GO
sooo, does this mean Ali can grow plants in her sleep?
Let’s not forget https://comicaurora.com/aurora/1-9-16/
I didn’t realize how much I missed the others until now…
OH YOU THINK!? alinua you have no idea all about the stuff that has gone DOWN while you were NAPPING i SWEAR TO GOD–
Yeah no, jokes aside, I love the art of this page, especially the third panel *small squee* and I really do wonder how Alina’s gonna react to all of this knowledge about Erin and V.D. and Falst and Dainix falling into the PiT oF dEsPaIr *clears throat* when she finds out.
TL;DR: Been a while since we saw these fellas.
Bonus: Guys, my danger sense is tingling….
There once was a tremor of the ground
That caused their worry to abound.
Something is wrong!
We rested too long!
Hope the lost will soon be found.
nice limerick
OOOOOOO I didn’t know Alinua had tremorsense
also FANTASY COFFEEEEE and that Erin face XD
I’m still very concerned about Falst but I’m glad that the others know now! My guess is Erin will probably want to be more cautious about this where Alinua and Tess would rather go charging in to help.
Yes! Finally, a search and rescue operation can begin!
Bit of a downgrade from being an entire hill, but I like this version of Alinua’s dream perception too.
She feels a disturbance in the lifeforce?
Alinua: I sense a disturbance… zombie dungeon… giant spider… Redheads in distress…
Was not expecting any sort of help from the squad, I really thought Falst and Dainix would just stubbornly stumble back above ground hours later
FINALLY! Power of Friendship is gonna save a third of the Floof Squad. I’m really glad Alinua is going to be able to heal Falst. He’s been fucked up and steadily getting worse for a while.
“Where’s Falst, my self-destructive behavior warnings are tripping”
Oh, finally! That would’ve been hilarious but sucked for the boys if they’d escaped peril, only to learn “What? You were gone?”
OH MY GODDDDDDDD LOOK AT ERIN. sorry
“something just happened”
love Erin’s expression here. the face of a man who has Learned To Take That Shit Seriously
Hey, don’t interrupt his coffee break!
i think erin exists in a perpetual state of meme template potential
panals 1,2 and 3 makes me think that it could possibly be the fungal networks that alinua is connected too