Daryil throws the weirdest parties, still wouldn't be too bad,unless you were on the toilet I guess.
I'm also curious about the cut off word
I have chosen the best time ever to return to reading the comic. :3
Quote from: MT Hazard on December 05, 2009, 01:50:09 PM
I'm also curious about the cut off word
Gay.
We have a slight problem in that 'Strange Bedfellows' hasn't finished, so you only have a partial inkling as to what's going on. Unless you read the cast pages. Basically, Daryil implemented a birth control mechanism which involved turning clan members homosexual when they had conceived a preset number of children.
Quote from: Amber Williams on December 05, 2009, 01:50:59 PM
I have chosen the best time ever to return to reading the comic. :3
In truth, you haven't missed all that much because the thing stalled for about three weeks owing to Ren, Keaton and Kipiru all going sick or missing at the same time. Seriously, these collaborative things can really be a pain sometimes...
And now, for those who are interested in what's happening, here's a half-res version of the forest scene:
http://www.project-future.org/stuff/things/Forest.png (750KB)
EDIT:
Also thanks to MT for spotting the typo :3
I guess we'll have to read the rest of Strange Bedfellows to understand why Daryil chose to do something like that to his clan members, instead of choosing other methods of birth control.
And I would imagine we'll find out how many children you could have before being turned gay.
Nice job guys
Quote from: Tapewolf on December 05, 2009, 02:02:21 PM
In truth, you haven't missed all that much because the thing stalled for about three weeks owing to Ren, Keaton and Kipiru all going sick or missing at the same time. Seriously, these collaborative things can really be a pain sometimes...
That reminds me...I think I was supposed to something for you. *brain goes bloopity bloop*
Made a couple of slight fixes in case anyone is interested. In panel 5 you couldn't quite see Jakob's pupils in the final version. This is fixed.
I have also made that word slightly more obvious, and amended Nigel's scream of terror.
Hehehe.
I've liked that party idea since TW first mentioned it. ;-]
I take it Nigel is much like Abel was - never heard of 'Cubi, much less known that he was one.
Quote from: LionHeart on December 05, 2009, 09:07:35 PM
I take it Nigel is much like Abel was - never heard of 'Cubi, much less known that he was one.
Oh, he heard quite a bit about the Cubi. That's why he is so terrified. And indeed, he does not know he is one himself. :B
That should be interesting.
"AAH! Demons!!"
"No, we're not demons. We're your relatives..."
...
"AAH! Relatives!!"
i remember my first tree party....
it was meaty. >:3
Aww, they've hung my sunflower on the wall! That's so nice! ^_^
Is that Ren down there?
Interesting hinting, by the way. And nice work portraying the reactions of the surprised clan members.
Quote from: Gabi on December 06, 2009, 08:21:31 AM
Aww, they've hung my sunflower on the wall! That's so nice! ^_^
Well, they are in the middle of the Arctic. They wanted something cheerful and sunny to look at. :3
Quote from: Gabi on December 06, 2009, 08:21:31 AM
Is that Ren down there?
Yes. Yes, it is. :B
Quote from: Gabi on December 06, 2009, 08:21:31 AM
Aww, they've hung my sunflower on the wall! That's so nice! ^_^
There was little point in having that shrine-like picture of Azrael on the wall when he's alive again :P
Quote from: LionHeart on December 05, 2009, 09:17:34 PM
"AAH! Relatives!!"
Nigel D'Aril's father was one of the 'bump-em-and-dump-em' school of incubi. Having seduced and impregnated a naive young lady, he was soon caught in bed with the mayor's wife and slain on the spot by the mayor, a half-demon. He is therefore unable to attend the party himself.
So, if that's Ren we spot... who's that, that he's ...errrmmm... with?
Quote from: Basilisk on December 06, 2009, 08:53:32 AM
So, if that's Ren we spot... who's that, that he's ...errrmmm... with?
That's Mika, Ren's girlfriend. :3
..I would have posted some pictures of her, but most of them are not safe for work. :B
Mika's got blue hair?
Quote from: Pagan on December 06, 2009, 10:57:19 AM
Mika's got blue hair?
Last time I saw a colour version of her, she did. :B
Ah, so Ren really is an incubus. That's good to know.
Also, do all the cubi in that picture have identities, or are some of them just random?
Quote from: ChaosMageX on December 06, 2009, 12:48:48 PM
Ah, so Ren really is an incubus. That's good to know.
Also, do all the cubi in that picture have identities, or are some of them just random?
I know Ren isn't in the cast page, so a few of them are random (Especially the one with the green hair at the bottom)
Quote from: ChaosMageX on December 06, 2009, 12:48:48 PM
Ah, so Ren really is an incubus. That's good to know.
Also, do all the cubi in that picture have identities, or are some of them just random?
Most of them are random. Nigel will likely be turning up again around chapter 25.
The only regular cast members shown here are Niall and Jakob. Ashley, Izak, Petter and Daryil himself are elsewhere in the forest.
Quote from: ChaosMageX on December 06, 2009, 12:48:48 PM
Ah, so Ren really is an incubus. That's good to know.
Well, as long as it comes for the PF continuity, he is. Normally he is something different, though.
Quote from: kusanagi-sama on December 06, 2009, 01:40:43 PM
Quote from: ChaosMageX on December 06, 2009, 12:48:48 PM
Ah, so Ren really is an incubus. That's good to know.
Also, do all the cubi in that picture have identities, or are some of them just random?
I know Ren isn't in the cast page, so a few of them are random (Especially the one with the green hair at the bottom)
Aside from Ren, Mika (the girl he is with), Niall and Jakob, every character in that scene was, in fact, made up on the spot,.
self plug for the win ren, the comic needs more white tiger
I can only imagine the horrible outcomes that teleporting your entire clan at once, especially without warning them.
I mean, what would it look like if you were ...more exposed than Ren was at the moment.
And the birth control method is ...chilling in my opinion. I can imagine some clan members adopting children and being strict advocates of birth control after hearing The method of keeping the clan's numbers under control.
Side note.
More shirtless males in the comic. What is it with being an incubus and being shirtless?
Quote from: Madmann135 on December 07, 2009, 03:44:26 AM
And the birth control method is ...chilling in my opinion. I can imagine some clan members adopting children and being strict advocates of birth control after hearing The method of keeping the clan's numbers under control.
That's basically Jakob's position. However the effect has diluted - so the further away from Daryil you are in the family tree, the less likely it is to work.
QuoteSide note.
More shirtless males in the comic. What is it with being an incubus and being shirtless?
Making the females shirtless would break rating. We got away with it for Mika, though. We probably should have had more females, though.
Ren's ISP crashed out while I was colouring. Actually, he might have been asleep or something. Either way, I wasn't able to ask him about candy-floss fox in the background there. That one was my fault - maybe making him shirtless was overkill.
Quote from: Madmann135 on December 07, 2009, 03:44:26 AM
Side note.
More shirtless males in the comic. What is it with being an incubus and being shirtless?
Because an incubus is.. *puts on a pair of shades* ..too sexy for his shirt.
Quote from: Tapewolf on December 07, 2009, 05:14:49 AM
We probably should have had more females, though.
Yeah, I thought of that myself - when it was too late. :/ Well, we'll just have to add some female extras here and there in the future. :>
Quote from: Tapewolf on December 07, 2009, 05:14:49 AM
Ren's ISP crashed out while I was colouring. Actually, he might have been asleep or something. Either way, I wasn't able to ask him about candy-floss fox in the background there. That one was my fault - maybe making him shirtless was overkill.
He was actually supposed to have a shirt, but I liked Tape's idea more. :B
I wonder, does Daryil's method work on bisexuals?
Quote from: Pagan on December 07, 2009, 08:37:39 AM
I wonder, does Daryil's method work on bisexuals?
Yes.
EDIT:
Or, if the sequence has diluted somewhat, it may make them that way.
Heh... Lucky Ren. He's got the only girl. Need more females. Seriously.
And is Mika that amazon girl? I can't find her last name since FA's down. But if that is her, was she always a cubi?
Quote from: James StarRunner on December 07, 2009, 11:25:34 PM
And is Mika that amazon girl? I can't find her last name since FA's down. But if that is her, was she always a cubi?
Yes, that's her. Her last name is Whitespear. And no, she is a Cubi only here. :B
Quote from: Ren Gaulen on December 07, 2009, 11:58:02 PM
Yes, that's her. Her last name is Whitespear. And no, she is a Cubi only here. :B
Ah, so it is her after all.
Hmm... I'm guessing you had to tone her down a lot. Had to make sure she didn't outgrow the rating? >:3
Also, chicken drumstick guy for the win!
Quote from: James StarRunner on December 08, 2009, 12:12:35 AM
Hmm... I'm guessing you had to tone her down a lot. Had to make sure she didn't outgrow the rating? >:3
Nah, I just hid her under the blanket. :P
Quote from: James StarRunner on December 08, 2009, 12:12:35 AM
Also, chicken drumstick guy for the win!
That's Niall, actually. :P
Heh, I don't know... If she had it her way, I'm sure certain bits would have obscured her face.
Ya, Niall. He wins. :P
I found this comic utterly hilarious. Jakob's expression on the second to last panel gives it the perfect buildup. It's just a whole feeling of "Whaaa?"
I just wonder how Daryil stopped the people he teleported from getting seriously injured. I'm not just talking about dangerous things like driving or flying, but mundane things like jumping on a trampoline or traversing a flight of stairs.
Quote from: ChaosMageX on December 08, 2009, 05:32:36 PM
I just wonder how Daryil stopped the people he teleported from getting seriously injured. I'm not just talking about dangerous things like driving or flying, but mundane things like jumping on a trampoline or traversing a flight of stairs.
There's a certain amount of intelligence in the spell. Note how it brought Niall, chicken and chair. Or Ren's bed and his girlfriend (who may not necessarily be a clan Daryil member). Or for that matter, that it teleported their clothes as well. If anyone had been physically touching someone else, both of them would have been taken, Daryil clan or no.
FWIW, teleporting
back is the tricky part. If one of them had been on board a ship, or if someone else was standing where the guy is supposed to end up, the spell would do a 'best guess' attempt at returning them to the right location (i.e. it would not just dump them 30ft above the sea) or if it could not, simply bail out and leave them to make their own way back.
I don't have much to say on the comic itself (I read the future history, so all this is really just "refresher" for me), though I must say, I think it's quite nice to see Mika getting a cameo... O:)
Quote from: James StarRunner on December 08, 2009, 12:20:54 AM
Heh, I don't know... If she had it her way, I'm sure certain bits would have obscured her face.
Ya, Niall. He wins. :P
I need to find this girl's profile page when FA comes back up.
~has an idea as to whats being talked about~
Quote from: kusanagi-sama on December 08, 2009, 07:53:36 PM
I need to find this girl's profile page when FA comes back up.
~has an idea as to whats being talked about~
Easy way; just check Ren Gaulen/Sigfried Nox's art gallery (of course, this is assuming you are already watching him) for a series of five drawings of the first page. They should be easy to find, they...stand out :P
Quote from: techmaster-glitch on December 08, 2009, 08:05:23 PM
Quote from: kusanagi-sama on December 08, 2009, 07:53:36 PM
I need to find this girl's profile page when FA comes back up.
~has an idea as to whats being talked about~
Easy way; just check Ren Gaulen/Sigfried Nox's art gallery (of course, this is assuming you are already watching him) for a series of five drawings of the first page. They should be easy to find, they...stand out :P
I'm not watching him now, but I more than likely will be once FA comes back up.
Word to the wise, do not look up said pictures while at work or school.
Quote from: Pagan on December 08, 2009, 10:23:15 PM
Word to the wise, do not look up said pictures while at work or school.
Kind of hard to do so when at work. I drive dump trucks and crew trucks (work in the city street dept)
Quote from: kusanagi-sama on December 08, 2009, 10:30:38 PM
Quote from: Pagan on December 08, 2009, 10:23:15 PM
Word to the wise, do not look up said pictures while at work or school.
Kind of hard to do so when at work. I drive dump trucks and crew trucks (work in the city street dept)
Heh. "Why is that truck driving off the road?" ;-]
Quote from: Ren Gaulen on December 08, 2009, 12:16:51 AM
Quote from: James StarRunner on December 08, 2009, 12:12:35 AM
Hmm... I'm guessing you had to tone her down a lot. Had to make sure she didn't outgrow the rating? >:3
Nah, I just hid her under the blanket. :P
I think Ren hiding most of Mika under the covers makes sense than toning her down.
Quote from: llearch n'n'daCorna on December 09, 2009, 06:10:08 AM
Quote from: kusanagi-sama on December 08, 2009, 10:30:38 PM
Quote from: Pagan on December 08, 2009, 10:23:15 PM
Word to the wise, do not look up said pictures while at work or school.
Kind of hard to do so when at work. I drive dump trucks and crew trucks (work in the city street dept)
Heh. "Why is that truck driving off the road?" ;-]
LOL. Big reason why I don't text and drive, I never take my phone to work.
No promises we'll be updating tonight. If not, it'll be tomorrow...
EDIT:
Unless Ren is offline all weekend, in which case we'll have to see :B
No, Ren is around, just busy. However, we'll probably be updating tomorrow.
EDIT EDIT:
Ren was busy with RL so we've had to push it back another day. Sorry folks.
Okay, comic is up. I hope you enjoy it, it has taken about 14 hours to do just on my end.
EDIT:
Alt. titles included:
Held for random
Making plans for Nigel
Fishes can't fly, fishes can't fly, fishes can't and neither can I, neither can I