Leaving aside the clan politics for now, I just have to say that the warp-aci box mania is as awesome as it is surreal.
Yes, indeed it is. Quite amusing, and adorable. But why don't they have bubble wrap as well? :U
Bringing in those clan politics...
Darn you, Amber, darn you! D: Murdering one of Piflak's lovely children(allegedly)! Makes for good story, but- ;~;
But you are the author, you know best. However, to whom soever murdered(allegedly) this perfect specimen of the Cubi race, you are on the List of Persons I Shalt Wage War Against.
All members of the LPISWWA get full dental, and this Thursday is a free doughnut party. Enjoy.
What's worse Piflak puts me in mind of a hospital matron, do you know how loud and frighting they are? Doomed indeed Mink Doomed indeed
One word. Box Room. Two words.
Those in the know will know.
Also, if Mink is the murderer, i'm unsurprised. Noone can be that nice and cheery without hiding something. It's unnatural.
Mink is failing its bluff check, here. At least, it sure looks like that. Attempting to act nonchalant, and failing. So how was it involved in this murder? The lack of good acting suggests at least some connection.
Box party is the very best sort of party.
Quote from: Wanderer on January 09, 2012, 11:07:57 AM
Mink is failing its bluff check, here. At least, it sure looks like that. Attempting to act nonchalant, and failing. So how was it involved in this murder? The lack of good acting suggests at least some connection.
I think Mink's just terrified of having to deal with Piflak at the convocation (and was trying not to show it).
Warp-Aci remind me of Cats.
But if memory serves, Piflak sounds very much like a matron run family...I suppose all cubi clans with a tri-wing in their ranks is a true statement. Though Piflak practically has it rolling of her bio page.
Anger does sound like a possibility, but I wonder if that's the only concern? With her one child for every thousand of years she lived I wonder if her and her clan might be just a little more pushy for that next child being born?
Oh noes! An upset Mink! This is awful! :dface
Haha, box junkie!
I just realized, if Mink was the murderer, then it would have had to leave SAIA somehow and come back without being detected, emotion or otherwise, and considering how rarely 'Cubi leave and that Fa'lina runs (and practically is) the place, that's nigh impossible. It may be naivete on the squiggly's part, but Fa'lina at least would know Mink left and she's smart enough to connect the dots.
Mink's reaction in the last panel seems natural enough considering mama bear is showing up soon. But I can't shake the feeling that it knows more than it's letting on...
Hmm...
I wonder how liberally the term "children" applies to clan leaders in these situations. Piflak has been unable to procreate for a good 29k years. So both of her direct offspring would have been pushing 30k. If a Cubi of that level was murdered, we're likely talking Serious Business on the order of Dragon plotz. :dface
In a similar vein, if Quill is literally Taun's biological daughter, as suggested in her clan profile, that would make her, what... 50k years old, give or take? Scary... >:]
Quote from: Tezkat on January 09, 2012, 01:47:01 PM
I wonder how liberally the term "children" applies to clan leaders in these situations. Piflak has been unable to procreate for a good 29k years. So both of her direct offspring would have been pushing 30k. If a Cubi of that level was murdered, we're likely talking Serious Business on the order of Dragon plotz. :dface
I'm not sure, but I think it's in the sense that they're members of her clan, rather than her direct offspring.
QuoteIn a similar vein, if Quill is literally Taun's biological daughter, as suggested in her clan profile, that would make her, what... 50k years old, give or take? Scary... >:]
I did ask about that one. Unless things have been rearranged since, Quill is just one of her descendants.
Quote from: llearch n'n'daCorna on January 09, 2012, 11:18:02 AM
Box party is the very best sort of party.
I'm not sure, when I first saw that (and considering the "tossing" motion by Mink), It seemed more like a "Box Disposal" area where tons of Warp-aci EAT the boxes and send them to who knows where...
But hey! If I'm wrong, then Box Party! Get the Bubble wrap and Packing Peanuts!
:villagepeople <-- Closest Approximation to a party as listed in [more]
The Institute for the Advanced Study of Squigglies report on findings #1, Excerpt A: "When encountering danger, a defensive pose involves the wings extending and all other limbs drawing inward. Extrapolating this to an extreme, this researcher posits one might occasionally see the wings entirely covering the body in a sort of protective shell."
(Every world has its share of crackpot researchers. I'm just imagining one for Furrae.)
Box! :boogie
:U SQUUUUUUUUUUEEEEEEEEE!!! WARP-ACI!!! :tighthug
*cough**cough* Now that's out of my system, I must say the fact that one of Piflak's members has been murdered does intrigue me. Granted, I'm sure that a couple cubi die once in awhile or so depending on their skills/level/prowess/etc of course, but that fact that this has caused a grand rumor of sorts, definitely raises some red flags on the curiosity scale of what exactly did this murder entail for it to be of concern. So I must say, I am looking forward to how this will progress. :eager
Also, I wish that I could join those warp-aci in there box fun. Seeing all of them there has made my heaven complete! :love3
Thank you, Amber! :3
EDIT:
Edited for some minor spelling/grammar errors I had missed.
Then again Cubi are the masters of "I thought it was a good idea at the time"
so it might not be so much of a murder but a badly thought out idea going horribly wrong in hilariously (to certain minds) ways
Either way, justacritic, I'm looking forward to any potentially angry clan leaders at the meeting. I heard they can put on quite a show when furious (so long as you're not in the crossfire).
I doubt that Mink is the murderer myself. From the looks of Piflak's entery in the clan leader section, I think that she's a rabid perfectionist. Anyone daring to harm one of HER clan and upset the clan numbers?
Yup, I thinks she'll be miffed slightly. I'm guessing that humble clan leaders just don't exist.
Quote from: Ryy Lazurus on January 09, 2012, 11:08:56 PM
I doubt that Mink is the murderer myself. From the looks of Piflak's entery in the clan leader section, I think that she's a rabid perfectionist. Anyone daring to harm one of HER clan and upset the clan numbers?
To personally carry out the murder, Mink would either need to carry it out within SAIA which Fa'Lina would prevent (or else be an accomplice), or else leave the Academy which Jin has forbidden.
QuoteYup, I thinks she'll be miffed slightly. I'm guessing that humble clan leaders just don't exist.
Without knowing her, Jin seems to come fairly close to humble. Piflak seems to be practically the vanity clan, however.
No, I don't believe Mink has anything to do with it at all. Now, if this murder had something to do with, say, Destania... then things could get
really ugly at the meeting. However, 'Cubi being rare I'd assume it was done by a member of some other race.
Quote from: Tapewolf on January 10, 2012, 03:21:26 AM
No, I don't believe Mink has anything to do with it at all. Now, if this murder had something to do with, say, Destania... then things could get really ugly at the meeting. However, 'Cubi being rare I'd assume it was done by a member of some other race.
The situation I was considering was Dan professing that nobody in Cyra has done such a thing... and Destania being the guilty party.
Now, wouldn't _that_ set the cat amongst the pigeons? ;-]
Those warp-aci just remind me of a room full of space cores....."Space..space, space, want to go to space" "Hey. Hey buddy. Space." "Spaaaaaaaaaaace!"
Quote from: Ryy Lazurus on January 09, 2012, 11:08:56 PMYup, I thinks she'll be miffed slightly. I'm guessing that humble clan leaders just don't exist.
I'd say it probably (almost certainly) requires a certain level of arrogance to become a clan leader in the first place.
The clue to the murderer's identity was clearly indicated!
The culprit is a box.
Quote from: Alondro on January 10, 2012, 10:49:05 AM
The clue to the murderer's identity was clearly indicated!
The culprit is a box.
Are you accusing Llearch of murder? :U
Quote from: Meany on January 10, 2012, 12:33:54 PM
Quote from: Alondro on January 10, 2012, 10:49:05 AM
The clue to the murderer's identity was clearly indicated!
The culprit is a box.
Are you accusing Llearch of murder? :U
No
To borrow from XKCD he's merely waggling eyebrows suggestively and mouthing "over there" while pointing at him.
So, the ultimate distraction of pure joy is
... OMG LOOK! A BOX!!!
Yayy! Warp-aci box party!
Now on to events being discussed in the foreground...
I'm pretty sure that Mink didn't kill the Piflak clan member, but that (s)he knows something about the murder and doesn't want to talk about it. Now let's guess like crazy about what Mink knows and how (s)he knows it!
Or, maybe the mere thought of Piflak being that ticked off really is enough to make Mink that uncomfortable. Thoughts?
Quote from: McKathlin on January 10, 2012, 04:12:24 PM
Or, maybe the mere thought of Piflak being that ticked off really is enough to make Mink that uncomfortable. Thoughts?
Abel's Story 2.60-62 is interesting, because Mink is asked politely but firmly to tone it down. He makes a feeble excuse and scurries away with his tail between his legs, to the apparent bemusement of Oolong. It makes me think that he's easily cowed by others.
Piflak's "children" are spiders, like the one Dan tormented Abel with. She raises them like a crazy cat lady raises cats.
Those spiders are her "babies." And Mink squished one.
I just noticed that all the 'Aci are missing their clan marks. Still, art-wise, I can imagine why.
Seems like Mink is probably a regular contributor to the box fun, especially seeing that all the boxes appear to be the same type.
I wonder if the 'Aci often make forts, kind of like what was referenced in Abel's Story 2-59?
I like seeing Mink's tentacles all rolled up. X3
On the subject of the murder itself, I'm on the 'Mink's not the murderer' side. A fair bit of the fear is probably from the fact that Mink's going to be in the same room as Piflak (well, one of her avatars anyway).
I'm guessing that 'children' is pretty literal here. Granted, the term has been used for just 'clan members,' but she has lost clan members in the war before (even if just a few). So it seems to me that if she's this upset, there's probably a reason for it. Granted, we don't have info on how Piflak reacted back then. It just seems like it might be fueled by either 'one of the children I had before I even ascended' or 'I didn't expect this... there's not even a war going on... is there...?' Maybe both.
On a side-note, I wouldn't be surprised if the meeting ends up being power-feul for the Kish'Ta representative. Or Yakob for that matter, even if he doesn't actually attend.
Quote from: Tangent on January 10, 2012, 10:38:28 PM
Piflak's "children" are spiders, like the one Dan tormented Abel with. She raises them like a crazy cat lady raises cats.
Those spiders are her "babies." And Mink squished one.
No wonder she only wants to have one of those babies every thousand years. *shudders*
Could you imagine what it would take? The process to make that little spider baby, and then to birth it? I'd be furious too if someone skooshed my baby after all that!
Usually a fair bit of the Academy has some pretty good dampeners in the halls and whatnot running throughout it. Otherwise it would get really chaotic and confusing in there emotionally and some lessons would be near impossible. It can be expected that whatever area that the clan leaders and their emissaries hold their meeting in will be emotionally sealed for privacy reasons.
As for Mink, it's a fairly safe bet to say that Mink is not in fact the murderer. I doubt the little squiggle could defeat a bag of yarn much less be responsible for the death of one of Piflak's descendents. However, it will get mentioned fairly soon (hence my mentioning it now) that of the 12 clans with leaders left, Piflak is prolly one of the bigger powerhouses. And not many want to get on her bad side or even within seeing distance of whoever is on her bad side.
Oh dear. BOOOOOOOOX!
It's great, because it holds extra significance for me as an EOD tech.
Quote from: VAE on January 09, 2012, 09:55:26 AM
One word. Box Room. Two words.
Those in the know will know.
Oh dear gods. That's how all the random things get into the boxes in the Box Room. Warp-aci ate/warped them there. xD
Mink and that many warp-aci in the same comic page? I think the adorableness has reached critical mass. c: Any chance of seeing the warp-aci cuteness that the speech bubbles covered up?
Quote from: Liatai on January 11, 2012, 05:04:04 PM
Mink and that many warp-aci in the same comic page? I think the adorableness has reached critical mass. c: Any chance of seeing the warp-aci cuteness that the speech bubbles covered up?
I'd also like to see at least the middle panel of the current comic page without any text. I want to see the colorful warp-aci hiding behind those bland speech bubbles.
I know why Boxes are so facinating to Warp Aci!
they arnt from this dimention, and thus dont take things like euclidian geometry for granted.
And as most things they go into are noticably smaller on the inside than the outside, if you dont go through them to another place also smaller.
But a box is an object that is (effectively) the same size on the inside as the outside. Think of a solar eclipse, with the moon EXACTLY covering the sun... or using your thumb to block out the moon at arms length. A box would be just as profound of a coincidence.
AND boxes are fun to play with. :p
Quote from: ChaosMageX on January 11, 2012, 11:11:35 PM
I'd also like to see at least the middle panel of the current comic page without any text. I want to see the colorful warp-aci hiding behind those bland speech bubbles.
http://www.missmab.com/graphics/Vol1276_Wordless.jpg (http://www.missmab.com/graphics/Vol1276_Wordless.jpg)
Enjoy!
Quote from: Amber Williams on January 12, 2012, 12:25:13 AM
Quote from: ChaosMageX on January 11, 2012, 11:11:35 PM
I'd also like to see at least the middle panel of the current comic page without any text. I want to see the colorful warp-aci hiding behind those bland speech bubbles.
http://www.missmab.com/graphics/Vol1276_Wordless.jpg (http://www.missmab.com/graphics/Vol1276_Wordless.jpg)
Enjoy!
That's quite an impressive look on neon color.
Though I am curious about something that is a rather small matter. Is this a room reserved for all the Warp-Aci's and is this the only room?
It's rather the oddest thing really. They are summoned from a dimension of no senses and they play with boxes in a dark room. Though I would gather a dark place would be like the next best thing to resting at home again.
*Charles feh* Piflak's just a big fat bear! How powerful could she be? Hey dumb bear, I killed yer kid! Ha ha ha! *bear paw reaches in and grabs Charles around the neck, yanking him offscreen! Sounds of indescribable carnage, roars, snarls, and tearing are heard! A bloody mass is thrown back on screen with a dull 'splut'.*
*Charline ewws* Well, at least she went easy on him.
Quote from: joshofspam on January 12, 2012, 12:45:47 AM
It's rather the oddest thing really. They are summoned from a dimension of no senses and they play with boxes in a dark room. Though I would gather a dark place would be like the next best thing to resting at home again.
Best way to avoid over stimulation for the new warp-aci. Imagine living in the dark all of your life and them being dumped into a busy college in the middle of the day, you'd have a nervous breakdown.
Plus warp-aci, as previously mentioned, are like young children, what is boring for us would be fascinating and new to them, haven't you ever played with a box and pretended its something else?
I would think that the Warp-Aci are more like kittens than children. Pure chaos and inquisitiveness. and if you have ever seen a kitten and a box together you know it is usually good for a laugh. The box room sort of made that thought glow. :mowcookie