12-23-2006 They're attached!

[Faerie Alex]

Why? Why did Devin have to stand up?

I guess it isn't a warp-aci then.

[edit note] If you people dont add dates/titles to them, I'm gonna start just deleting them in favor of those which do...

[TWINK]

NOOOOO DEVIN D:
How many people have to die in one day...? Poor Abel.
(But maybe he'll survive...ihopeihopeihope?)

First reply get.

[Sid]

Holy *bleep*! O_______o

(Thread needs a date, though...)

Edit for better worth-per-post ratio: Merry Christmas, Abel.
And sheesh, that was unexpected... poor Devin and Xander, though

[Kasarn]

The first rule of not being seen is not to stand up.

[superluser]

The first rule of not being seen is not to stand up.

Mr. Rewanz has learnt the value of not being seen.  However he has chosen a very obvious piece of cover.

Anyways, this means that Devin will not be able to save Abel from Glory.

[Zedd]

The first rule of not being seen is not to stand up.

Unfortunately, Abel has chosen a very poor hiding place

Anyways, this means that Devin will not be able to save Abel from Glory.

All I can say at this moment is F$&%! F$&%! F$&%! F$&%!

[Seth C Triggs]

That right there has to be a critical hit. Incredible composition though in the artwork...it really conveyed the seriousness of the situation yet it's not even graphic too.

Extremely powerful imagery here.

-Seth

[Sid]

Anyways, this means that Devin will not be able to save Abel from Glory.

At this rate, Glory might just believe that Abel is one of the good guys, assuming that he'll be kneeling and sobbing next to Devin's fallen form at the end of the battle... and assuming that anybody except for Abel and the attackers survives this...

[Manawolf]

Such is the fate of an adventurer unprepared.  One must expect anything and everything.  Glory will most likely return, offering a cold bit of consoling after vanquishing the damn sniper.

[Grenn]

Well, it is entirely possible that either Devin or Xander will survive still. Unless one of them is dead already, then I donno.

I would think that the magic Glory uses since she has to be quite powerful would be able to heal people that are not dead. So maybe one of them will still make it

Though Abel's headwings may be a bad thing to an experianced person like Glory. But then again we know little about her. She may not hate Cubi.

[Faerie Alex]

Such is the fate of an adventurer unprepared.  One must expect anything and everything.  Glory will most likely return, offering a cold bit of consoling after vanquishing the damn sniper.

If Glory doesn't try to attack Abel herself. Although it might be a good sign that Devin didn't recognize that Abel is a 'cubi.

Hmm...If Devin's dead, we may not find out about his childhood. Unless someone else tells us.

[superluser]

At this rate, Glory might just believe that Abel is one of the good guys, assuming that he'll be kneeling and sobbing next to Devin's fallen form at the end of the battle... and assuming that anybody except for Abel and the attackers survives this...

Well, if Glory didn't see Xander or Devin die, she might just think that Abel killed them.

Also, this should mean that we don't find out why Devin's mom denounced him, but I suspect that the reason will still come out.  Maybe Devin's mom was visited by the same incubus as May?

[Manawolf]

Most usually take pity upon the forms of those who are little more than a broken individual, paralyzed in fear and anxiety.  I'm sure there have been more than enough soldiers reduced to such states upon the field of battle.

[TWINK]

I really didn't expect Devin would just jump up and go "OMG" , I was kind of more expecting him to look at the headwings with a shocked look and then maybe do something dramatic, but then again I wasn't really expecting the whole, "Oh Abel! Come on, you can do it!" thing either.

But damnit! I liked him!
Why Amber why?!?!  

[familyghost]

I don't think Devin is dead quite yet.  Personally I think that was how Abel saw the attack.  You know something that might fully push him over the edge into unleashing massive cubi dangers.  

Still if he is alive he's probably on the ground bleeding to death which would explain Abel's hemophobia in even greater detail.

[Aisha deCabre]

Ohno!     Devin!  Holy...

Well, unless Glory comes back and thinks that it was Abel who attacked Devin, I'm thinking the poor now-incubus is on his own...

On a slightly lighter note, that's gotta be one of the more memorable lines from that comic.  "They're attached!"  Heh... 

[TWINK]

I don't think Devin is dead quite yet.  Personally I think that was how Abel saw the attack.  You know something that might fully push him over the edge into unleashing massive cubi dangers.  

Still if he is alive he's probably on the ground bleeding to death which would explain Abel's hemophobia in even greater detail.

But apparently he's had that problem since he was a kid and never got over it, and I'm still waiting for an explanation for that...
If either of them was going to survive I would want it to be Xander, even though it's not 'logical', it would create more drama (we all love that) and let us see a bit more of him. (And I would love that. <3) One of them has to survive, though, I hope....D:

Also, though this is off-topic, what the hell did Devin's tail come from? It looks kinda anteaterish....Though he looks much like some sort of feline to me....O_o;;

[superluser]

Still if he is alive he's probably on the ground bleeding to death which would explain Abel's hemophobia in even greater detail.

No, it doesn't.  He's already shown his hemophobia.  I'm looking it up to see when the symptoms usually appear, but I think it's almost a congenital thing.

(Hm, not in the 1911 Britannica, not the DSM-V...)

[Madd the Sane]

If Devin didn't die from that hit, I'll be surprised.  It looks like it hit him in the more vital parts: i.e. heart and lungs.  And add one more thing to break Abel into a sobbing little ball of fur.

Poor poor Abel   

[llearch n'n'daCorna]

"Excuse me, Doctor, but I think I'll just lie down for a bit of a rest..."

Ouch.

[bill]

Congratulations to those who picked Devin in the DMFA DeathPool! At 5-1 odds, not a bad deal!

[Akisohida]

Man, watching dead people, then Xander die, and now Devin? Poor Abel

[Izkata]

NOOOO!!!

Well, to me, it looks like the.. thing... hit Devin on the right shoulder and knocked that arm backwards....

Please be alive!

[superluser]

Man, watching dead people, then Xander die, and now Devin? Poor Abel

Yeah.  I'm still not a fan of creating characters just so that their deaths can mess up the main character.  I always feel like they should have their own character arc, at least.  Ah, well.  The art *was* nice on this one.

Well, to me, it looks like the.. thing... hit Devin on the right shoulder and knocked that arm backwards....

You know, he was facing Abel, so he shouldn't have been turned around like that.

[Drake Manaweilder]

Man... talk about yer' bad days... Abel's been to a funeral, been shot at, threatened with sodomy, seen at least 10 dead people, found himself under a hail of fireballs and energy bolts, suffer massive headaches, and had at least one person he knew die right in front of him.. Now he's likely going to be blamed for Devin's death/wound simply because of Devin's stupidity and the fact that he has "the potential" to do such a thing...

Glory is going to come back, see Abel, see Devin, figure Devin wouldn't' be so stupid as to stand up while under fire, figure Abel attacked him(I'm not sure if he was hit through the shoulder or the heart), then try to kill Abel...
Ugg... a real ray of sunshine is on Abel today eh? 

[Aleolus]

Damn random surprises!  They make people forget about potentials, therefore making you do things that aren't safe.

[Aridas]

Damn, Devin is way too stupid to be a real adventurer, if that's what he is. Doesn't even know what 'cubi are. Standing up while under attack. Concentrating on trivial things while under attack. Not the kind of way anyone expected or wanted him to go or be.

[familyghost]

Still if he is alive he's probably on the ground bleeding to death which would explain Abel's hemophobia in even greater detail.

No, it doesn't.  He's already shown his hemophobia.  I'm looking it up to see when the symptoms usually appear, but I think it's almost a congenital thing.

(Hm, not in the 1911 Britannica, not the DSM-V...)

Oh I know that, what I meant was that seeing Devin possibly killed and Xander lying dead could bring it to his near catatonic level we saw with Dan at the mall with the paint.  Unless he did that any ways with the dead bodies and we just didn't see it.  Anyway I think I've talked myself into a circular arguement so I'll concede I was wrong here and now. 

Damn, Devin is way too stupid to be a real adventurer, if that's what he is. Doesn't even know what 'cubi are. Standing up while under attack. Concentrating on trivial things while under attack. Not the kind of way anyone expected or wanted him to go or be.

Actually I think he realised his mistake, but still you have a point...  He needs a D&D character sheet so it can be remembered properly.   

*waits patiently behind his flame shield*  <- (In my experience D&D references have only brought me pain outside D&D players)

[Kaerou]

Oh... oh no... o_o

Noooooo! ;_;

Please let him be alright...

[Lomgren]

...I think I'm just as surprised as everyone else here.  Things... aren't looking good right now.  Especially with him getting his headwings just before this happens.

I'm with the people who think that he'll be attacked by Glory and crew if they survive.