That went well, I'll have to say.
Yeah....Reeaaallllyy smmooootthhh
Maybe they're just looking for Cubi in order to get better at playing poker... >_>
well I thought so... abel's got such a luck, a entire hero party arrives right when Mab, Alexsi, Wildy and Pyroduck are out
speaking of cubi I wonder if Fi did report to Fa'Lina, it would be quite a mess if she decided to show up >:3
Bah, the misspelling doesn't correct when I correct the root post? :<
:drool: That gal...isn't that Genesis4? She looks hawt!
Oh, thank god, it works. Now nobody ever has to know I misspelt "Hedgerow". Oh, crap.
Poor Abel. I bet they are looking for Dan and all hell breaks loose when they use some magic alarm to see who is a cubi and they scan Dan-lexi and it goes off. They would not use it on Abel because they think he is perfectly normal Merlitz. :giggle
Dam come walking in, the spell informs the party, and they charge Dan and end up trashing the Inn just in time for Alexi to come home and beat everyone into a mallet-induced coma for wrecking everything! :mwaha
Quote from: Akisohida on November 16, 2006, 09:08:21 PM
Dan come walking in, the spell informs the party, and they charge Dan and end up trashing the Inn just in time for Alexi to come home and beat everyone into a mallet-induced coma for wrecking everything! :mwaha
I would choose the thrashing
Ha, figured that would work out alright. So, this mean Merl's old party members are going to be part of the DMFA cast now? That'd be pretty cool.
Merlitz: "You may fire me Amber, but four more will show up in my place!"
Questions I have are; did Amber plan to bring this group back a long time ago? Or is it a convenient excuse to redraw them to distract from her earlier comics? Secondly, how many people won't get what movie the quote is from. Not sure if they put it in the newer, crappier one since I didn't watch it much.
Well, at least this explains why they all had mind shielding. Though this does raise more questions. Questions that will of course only be answered at dramatic appropriate timing.
Top on my question list now:
Who hired them?
Everyone and their grandmother in tow probably knew about Dan and Des, so while it's possible someone got upset about one of Aary's incidents, I think we're looking at someone outside of town. Like from, oh I don't know, twink territory?
Hey, we know Biggs is smart. Seems right up his alley, really.
Quote from: NoAI on November 16, 2006, 09:17:29 PM
Well, at least this explains why they all had mind shielding. Though this does raise more questions. Questions that will of course only be answered at dramatic appropriate timing.
Top on my question list now:
Who hired them?
Everyone and their grandmother in tow probably knew about Dan and Des, so while it's possible someone got upset about one of Aary's incidents, I think we're looking at someone outside of town. Like from, oh I don't know, twink territory?
Hey, we know Biggs is smart. Seems right up his alley, really.
Biggs thinks Dan is a girl, not a cubi. :) Biggs is..intelligent enough to control the twinks but 'intelligent' is not the same as 'smart' or even 'observant'. Trust a critter who gets his meals vial trapping. :mwaha
Heh... gotta love that comedic irony.
Does Genesis4 look... soulless in that last frame to anyone else?
*plays FF8 boss theme* Whooooooo magic fight!
Okay, possibly not, but it would be an interesting sight...
Hah, that Dune reference in the last panel was priceless..
Quote from: Anticheese on November 16, 2006, 09:42:23 PM
Hah, that Dune reference in the last panel was priceless..
Muad'Dan! Muad'Dan!
I can just see it now: Paul Muad'Dan, the Ghola Duncan Abelho... :rolleyes
Big difference there, Mua'dib actually had a brain!
I say tell the truth about how Alexsi's brother became a cubi, but isn't cool with the whole soul eating thing.
Quote from: Komissar Makarov on November 16, 2006, 09:45:27 PM
Quote from: Anticheese on November 16, 2006, 09:42:23 PM
Hah, that Dune reference in the last panel was priceless..
Muad'Dan! Muad'Dan!
I can just see it now: Paul Muad'Dan, the Ghola Duncan Abelho... :rolleyes
....And THEN they commenced with the worm riding and gratuitous special effects lightning.....
:bunny
My mind went straight to the Caffeine Mantra. Skipped the whole spice thing.
I just had an interesting thought. I would like to see this happen.
Fa'Lina and Aaryanna both show up from the SAIA. Destania returns from twink territories and Abel pulls the spell off of Dan. You would have five cubi surrounding four adventurers. I think absolutely assured destruction would stop any fight starting from the adventurers side.
Quote from: Manawolf on November 16, 2006, 09:49:57 PM
I say tell the truth about how Alexsi's brother became a cubi, but isn't cool with the whole soul eating thing.
It's not a good idea to de-shapeshift right infront of the friends of an acquaintance, and especially so when both are adventureres predisposed to go against 'Cubi.
Quote from: Manawolf on November 16, 2006, 09:49:57 PM
I say tell the truth about how Alexsi's brother became a cubi, but isn't cool with the whole soul eating thing.
He's right. Probably would have been best to tell the truth from the start, despite what the party is there for. And now, because of the lies, things will just keep getting worse and worse. :rolleyes
Oops :D
Bad timing coupled with bad things :D
I see this going downhill fast.....
despite not being a bene geserit (sp? I don't have the book with me at this time), he wears the litany against fear quite well, if humerously.
I love how is eyes bugged out like that.
Nice reference. :P
I'm kinda wondering about which Cubi the party was sent to investigate. Do they mean Abel-as-Merlitz, Dan-as-Alexsi, or Aary-who's-already-gone?
I see a "STOP PROVING ME WRONG!" moment in the near future.
Quote from: Anticheese on November 16, 2006, 09:53:47 PM
Quote from: Manawolf on November 16, 2006, 09:49:57 PM
I say tell the truth about how Alexsi's brother became a cubi, but isn't cool with the whole soul eating thing.
It's not a good idea to de-shapeshift right infront of the friends of an acquaintance, and especially so when both are adventureres predisposed to go against 'Cubi.
No, they tell the truth, but they keep the disguises. Let the info sink in a little at a time.
Though the Dune miniseries was a lot cheaper to produce it was also far more loyal to the book.
Hmm...Could a combination of shock/fear offset the transformation that Abel has on himself? Mainly, does he have to keep consciously thinking about the transformation, or is it in effect until he makes another thought to end it.
Probably from Aaryana. After all, she did go around without hiding anything. (http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_620.php) Dan wouldn't attract too much attention with just back wings. They seem to be fairly common. But her going day to day for a while with head wings out is probably a big "Here be Cubi" (http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_617.php) sign :)
See? Violence DO solve problems!
*Charline snerks* Poor, poor Abel. Going from worse to much MUCH worse. He really should have let Pyro stay. Ah well, I should let them battle, then the survivors will be too weak to face me. That's the mark of a true strategist, wait until all your enemies are feeble before strike. >:3 Some great malevolent mind is at work here, positioning the pieces.
*Charles nods nervously at Charline* Indeed... it does look like someone behind the scenes is planning these events! Like someone powerful is directing the motions of everyone involved!
*Alondro erms* Uhmm, it's Amber. She's writing it, you know.
*Charline and Charles in unison* Ohhhhhh! :3
Wouldn't it be interesting if Biggs was the one who hired the party to investigate the cubi? He might want back at Dan for their first exchange. So he just waited for a time when Alexsi was going to be needed and kidnapped her in a way that insured all of the adventurers who could vouch for Dan would be gone.
Sly little ferret. If he did it at least.
Yay! Abel uses my old sig quote!
Smoothe mua'dib... and I believe one of Genesis's boobs is smaller that the other.
word of advice never tell anyone you have nothing to do. It works the same as "it could be worse".
Quote from: Tarkya on November 16, 2006, 09:24:02 PM
Does Genesis4 look... soulless in that last frame to anyone else?
Yeah... she does look like she's not completely there. But always remember that Amber is human (or mortal, depending on your view) and can make mistakes.
Yanno Me thinks that Abel's Rash actions against Merlitz's former party member will bring on his downfall and discovery.
Remember Abel is hemophobic and therefore has a fear of blood. By the look of said guy in the second pannel he has a broken nose and Merlitz doesn't have such fear. NOW of the punch victom comes to Abel with blood oozing from his nose Abel will have a reaction and blow his cover.
Then Alexsi will be mad and then she will use Abel for target practice.
Quote from: King Of Hearts on November 16, 2006, 11:08:47 PM
See? Violence DO solve problems!
well id did work for him you see. what would merlitz do? ( punch and call him a jerk) follow action. it pass-code accepted. you are now recognized as merlitz!
Alright... my first tought when I saw Genesis was "Hellooooooo nurse!". The second tought was "pink slip" (http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_060.php).
Quote from: Falcarthum on November 17, 2006, 01:30:56 AM
Alright... my first tought when I saw Genesis was "Hellooooooo nurse!". The second tought was "pink slip" (http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_060.php).
Hey, I did post that she looks Hawt!!!
Hmm, theyre after Cubi's huh? Well that might actually explain the whole mind shield thing.
it does explain the mind shield bit but how will able respond? tell them the her and a few of the bares normals chase her away? say that they used to date but broke up and she left with out taking his soul?
Quote from: Madmann135 on November 17, 2006, 01:04:39 AM
Yanno Me thinks that Abel's Rash actions against Merlitz's former party member will bring on his downfall and discovery.
Remember Abel is hemophobic and therefore has a fear of blood. By the look of said guy in the second pannel he has a broken nose and Merlitz doesn't have such fear. NOW of the punch victom comes to Abel with blood oozing from his nose Abel will have a reaction and blow his cover.
Then Alexsi will be mad and then she will use Abel for target practice.
I'm not sure if fuzzypeople noses are built the same as human noses... That, and I think he learned to keep his distance from Abel after the FIRST hit. That'd probably be a 40-60 chance of it happening, against, maybe..
Right this question jjust begs to be asked and since nobody else is... Think there will be a repeat of the "pink slip" incident? Bet Abel could fake the correct reaction to that one too... :mowwink
Quote from: KarlOmega1 on November 17, 2006, 01:36:05 AM
Quote from: Falcarthum on November 17, 2006, 01:30:56 AM
Alright... my first tought when I saw Genesis was "Hellooooooo nurse!". The second tought was "pink slip" (http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_060.php).
Hey, I did post that she looks Hawt!!!
And I just remarked that :nod
I called it (http://clockworkmansion.com/forum/index.php?topic=1433.msg56099#msg56099)!
Dan is the Kwizatz Haderach! The `cubi have discovered a nexus that they cannot penetrate, and they are trying to see this nexus.
Abel: The TOOOOOTH!
Woah, that's not good. (Except the Dune reference). This is shaping out to be a pretty gripping storyline.
Now. Abel knows that Merlitz and Aary were an item, so if he can think quickly enough, he should tell them that he (Merbel) was going out with a succubus but they split up. That ought to throw them for a loop.
He's in a bit of a position now with regard to the fact that he's a 'cubi himself. On the other hand, if he really wants to go for Operation Mindf___ he could tell them that Merlitz is a 'cubi and demonstrate it by making his headwings and wings appear >:3
As for who's triggered the reports, it says 'some 'cubi' so it's almost certainly Dan and Aary. But what would they do if they learned that the inn is itself jointly-owned by a powerful succubus?
It's rather interesting that there's any kind of panic about it, though. After all, Aary didn't scare off any patrons, and the only time Dan did was when he turned into a human. Matilda and presumably most of the other city folk were perfectly accepting.
I just hope they've come to investigate and not to try and kill Dan, 'cause that would suck. I mean he's only just got over the whole 'am I a monster?' business...
**EDIT**
Merbel looks like a frightened rabbit in the last frame as soon as they say they're looking for 'cubi. If he tells them that his Significant Other was a succubus, that should adequately explain his reaction, though.
ahh head hurting . plot point many possible too many to bluff. system crash.... just joking be pretty good theory Tapewolf
Quote from: Tapewolf on November 17, 2006, 04:31:49 AMHe's in a bit of a position now with regard to the fact that he's a 'cubi himself. On the other hand, if he really wants to go for Operation Mindf___ he could tell them that Merlitz is a 'cubi and demonstrate it by making his headwings and wings appear >:3
Me likey.
Also...I think that they might be looking for the demonic forces (http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_205.php) caused by Kria and mistakenly ascribed to the `cubi.
If Abel has listened to Merlitz or Aary at all, he will know that the evil has been ``found.'' And Danielle will help to explain that both Dan and Merlitz were instrumental in stopping the evil.
Nightmyste: Alexsi, I'd really like to talk to Dan about that.
Danielle: Do you think I'd let Dan anywhere near this place while I'm giving a tour?
Journalist: Hey, this Dan sounds interesting. Where can I find him?
Danielle...Uh...
On a related, horribly scarring note, Pierce Brosnan is attached for Mrs. Doubtfire 2 (http://www.moviehole.net/news/20060805_pierce_brosnan_returns_for_dou.html).
So right now I want to know who hire them to search for the Cubi. I think its all Biggs doing here. He's planning for something big *wait a minute* could this whole arc is one big master plan for Falina to perpetate a war with the Dragons and getting the key players in place for this master plan to come to fruition. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm interesting I have a bad feeling about this while the party that is there at Lost lake will cause all the Damage and Dan gets the blame.
I'm just glad to see that Amber apparrently appreciates Frank Herbert, just as I do. If she knows that the second sentence is originally a line of Aldous Huxley's (favourite author), then she earns a bonus point. A final point can be earned, along with tea and a cookie, for those who know the book in which Huxley wrote this line.
And I predict drama and wordless stares in the future of this comic.
Quote from: Stygian on November 17, 2006, 10:20:02 AM
I'm just glad to see that Amber apparrently appreciates David Lynch, just as I do.
It's been a while since I read 'Dune' so I can't now remember if it was something Lynch made up or taken from the original Frank Herbert novel. Any takers?
Sooooorry. Said Lynch. Out of nowhere. Dunno how. I guess I thought about the movie. *bangs himself with a rock, shouting 'Jehovah, Jehovah!'*
And you're in the right time period, but there's not much more to it, Tapes.
are you two referring to the fear is the mind killer bit? i honestly don't remember that part of it but if so there is a much more contemporary place to find that reference. and he hangs out with an earthworm named Jim.
" Earthworm Jim! The soil he did crawl. Earthworm Jim! A hero for us all. Earthworm Jim, he was just a dirt eating grubby link of worm until the day when blah blah blah bla bla blah blah blaaaaaaaa! Earthworm,Earthworm,Earthworm Jim hoo-ray for hiiiiim!
Remember Abel, every good lie has some truth in it. With that in mind, it wouldn't be very hard to solve this situation.
But I don't think people on this forum are intrested in peacefull solutions. :P
Quote from: ITOS on November 17, 2006, 12:33:42 PM
Remember Abel, every good lie has some truth in it. With that in mind, it wouldn't be very hard to solve this situation.
But I don't think people on this forum are interested in peaceful solutions. :P
Oh I am, I just don't think it's very likely.
Besides, it's possible they have been sent to find and slay any 'cubi in the Lost Lake area. Getting around that is going to be tricky :<
Quote from: Stygian on November 17, 2006, 10:20:02 AMA final point can be earned, along with tea and a cookie, for those who know the book in which Huxley wrote this line.
Yay tea and cookie!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litany_against_fear:
"Fear is the mind killer" is a phrase from Aldous Huxley's Novel, "Island" Published in 1962.
Quote from: Tapewolf on November 17, 2006, 12:38:28 PM
Quote from: ITOS on November 17, 2006, 12:33:42 PM
Remember Abel, every good lie has some truth in it. With that in mind, it wouldn't be very hard to solve this situation.
But I don't think people on this forum are interested in peaceful solutions. :P
Oh I am, I just don't think it's very likely.
Besides, it's possible they have been sent to find and slay any 'cubi in the Lost Lake area. Getting around that is going to be tricky :<
Nah, all he needs to say is that there has been some cubi activity and ask them about more details. Like who hired them and what the cubi they are looking for looks like.
If it's Aary or Fa'Lina he could say that they left (which is true). If it's Dan he could assure them that he knows the cubi in question and that they have nothing to worry about (also true). If it is himself he would have some trouble, though...
Abel should just blame it all on Aaryana:
"She dumped me."
Optional bonus: "I think the rats in the basement can lead you to her current lair." if you want the adventurers to die.
Superluser gets teh win for that one.
Oh, and terry picks up some win too. Personally, I'd resort to the Aaryanna explanation in a heartbeat. That would also explain why people "observed 'cubi activity"...
But alas I fear that Abel may be too panicky right now to think of that.
Here's a thought. They've been hired to investigate.
Not to clear up. Not to stop. Just to investigate.
... I can see Merbel and Danielle taking it entirely the wrong way, though. Paranoia is so much fun to play with :-)
That's why they came in the first place with Arryana and all that stuff was going on. Since Dan and the rest of the group taken care of the problem which opted a girlfriend for Merlitz. I say that group was very late on responding to that job.
...what if they're actually looking for a completely different Cubi? :3
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm Abel came later after Arryana left. I don't know but what if they are after Dan his Cubi powers has already developed but new. I bet you they are after Dan for somebody and I bet you it's Falina *of course!*.
Good thing I'm not the only one who got that referance. It's not like I own the entire book series and the sci-fi mini-series or anything... >->
Quote from: Ramsey on November 17, 2006, 02:16:29 PM
Good thing I'm not the only one who got that reference. It's not like I own the entire book series and the sci-if mini-series or anything... >->
The Dune reference is so classic. I love it when Abel said it. Maybe Abel is a Dune fan hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. I bet he has the entire book collection of Dune at home behind the stairs.
*Charles neurologizes!* Actually, it has been found that fear is indeed a mind-killer! Intense fear triggers a flurry of excitatory nerve activity and a large release of glutamate in certain regions of the brain. This sudden upswing can lead to excitotoxicity and neuron death. The reason this apparently detrimental reaction occurs is that though some neurons die from the intense fear response, the fight-or-flight response can lead to the animal surviving a run in with danger, like a predator. :3
Quote from: Ramsey on November 17, 2006, 02:16:29 PM
Good thing I'm not the only one who got that referance. It's not like I own the entire book series and the sci-fi mini-series or anything... >->
I'm gonna get flamed for saying this, but...
Dude, you're posting on a forum about a furry webcomic. I don't think reading Dune is going to change your position on the Geek Hierarchy.
And, having advocated a furry version of Dune, I think I occupy that spot, anyway.
Edit: Oh, dear. I think I'm off the chart (http://www.brunching.com/geekhierarchy.html). It only goes to ``people who write erotic versions of Star Trek where all the people are furries, like Kirk is an ocelot or something, and put a furry version of themselves as the star of the story.''
Quote from: llearch n'n'daCorna on November 17, 2006, 01:57:34 PM
Here's a thought. They've been hired to investigate.
Not to clear up. Not to stop. Just to investigate.
That was
one of my more hopeful theories (http://clockworkmansion.com/forum/index.php?topic=1536.msg61190#msg61190) actually, I'm just not sure I believe it, given the way Merbel seems to be digging himself deeper and deeper into a hole..
Quote from: ShiningShadow on November 17, 2006, 02:05:44 PM
I bet you they are after Dan for somebody and I bet you it's Falina *of course!*.
Still with the conspiracy theories... @_@
And why would Fa'Lina hire adventurers to hunt down Dan? I mean, he-... it... ARGH. Words fail me. Too many conspiracy theories damaged my language center.
*opens GIMP* *grabs strip* *cleans up some of the easily removable JPEG noise* *crops* *re-frames* *reduces color depth to save size* *saves*
My reaction to some of the conspiracy theories:
(http://www.youkai.de/za-(o_O).png)
Quote from: Sid on November 17, 2006, 02:42:23 PM
Still with the conspiracy theories... @_@
Stanton Dowd: "Careful... paranoia is like a drug. You can become addicted."
Quote*opens GIMP* *grabs strip* *cleans up some of the easily removable JPEG noise* *crops* *re-frames* *reduces color depth to save size* *saves*
Do you want my GIMP recolouring scripts, by any chance?
Quote from: Tapewolf on November 17, 2006, 02:47:21 PM
Do you want my GIMP recolouring scripts, by any chance?
Since you've mentioned them enough, why not put them up on your site or something, and just link to them? I guess I could use 'em - I can certainly understand their usefulness.
Quote from: Supercheese on November 17, 2006, 03:04:12 PM
Quote from: Tapewolf on November 17, 2006, 02:47:21 PM
Do you want my GIMP recolouring scripts, by any chance?
Since you've mentioned them enough, why not put them up on your site or something, and just link to them? I guess I could use 'em - I can certainly understand their usefulness.
Done: http://www.it-he.org/down/gimp_purify.zip
These are Script-FU scripts that will redraw the currently-selected foreground colour. One has a fixed 15% threshold, the other allows you to specify it.
On UNIX you put these in ~/.gimp-2.2/scripts/
Windows users will have to figure it out for themselves :P
..and now, back to the comic.
Quote from: Tapewolf on November 17, 2006, 03:15:33 PM
These are Script-FU scripts that will redraw the currently-selected foreground colour. One has a fixed 15% threshold, the other allows you to specify it.
Sweet, thanks! I'll try them out! :)
*respectfully stands back as you put up the "Back to Topic" roadsigns*
"I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain."
~ Frank Herbert, Dune, Bene Gesserit "Litany Against Fear"
Man, that Water of Life is some shit! I just passed all of the future through my sinuses and back again! And there's a worm on the floor! Is that mine?
*falls over* ´Å`
Danlexic is going to wander into the future unicorn and slap the beleiving that his sister puts up with that... And mystic blood on the nose is like guards at Biggs' door with smother and knock out in head and requires an explanation... In sense it makes perfect!
I feel woozy...
Quote from: Tapewolf on November 17, 2006, 03:15:33 PM
Done: http://www.it-he.org/down/gimp_purify.zip
ROTFL, my computer says the file type is a "Starcraft Scenario". I guess the .scm file extension isn't unique to GIMP scripts...
Now, to install them and make good use of them! *digs around in the program folder* Here it is! *shoves them in the folder and hopes it works*
...right, back on topic. Man, now I feel really bad/stupid because I've never read Dune :<
Quote from: Madd the Sane on November 17, 2006, 12:31:21 AM
Quote from: Tarkya on November 16, 2006, 09:24:02 PM
Does Genesis4 look... soulless in that last frame to anyone else?
Yeah... she does look like she's not completely there. But always remember that Amber is human (or mortal, depending on your view) and can make mistakes.
Despide what Amber keeps saying, this is just not true. She "doesn't make mistakes, just happy accidents". (to use another quote) :mowhappy
Anyway, yes, I would like to have what the mightily endowed person on the last panel has been smoking. :B
Edit: is it just me, or does the :B smiley have exactly the same expression?
I think everyone's missed something important.
There's an amazon in the adventuring party.
I don't think Abel will be the one to blow their cover- Dan will.
Quote from: nick012000 on November 18, 2006, 01:36:24 AM
I think everyone's missed something important.
There's an amazon in the adventuring party.
I don't think Abel will be the one to blow their cover- Dan will.
Assuming that is Skirmish back there (the grey one in the dark orangish clothing keeping an eye on Nite) then I suppose it's possible, but they should be fine as long as none of the group can read minds. Coz they're probably gonna get some crazy reception from Dan. :U
Besides, Dan seems to have developed more of an interest (http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_281.php) in canine Succubi (http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_294.php)... :3
Quote from: Sid on November 18, 2006, 10:04:06 AM
Besides, Dan seems to have developed more of an interest (http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_281.php) in canine Succubi (http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_294.php)... :3
Yeah... that's probably Dan's incubus side straining at its shackles. The dam will break
very soon, I'm guessing.
Dan flirted with a bunch of women before that, remember? The "friend of beerwenches" title, and the...was it hell in a handbasket or hell freezes over when Dan said he didn't feel like hitting on girls? It was one of the two.
*is lazy*
Bit fo both, Roureem. The entire comic is heading to hell in a handbasket, but when they got there, it was time for ice hockey...
Quote from: Alan Garou on November 18, 2006, 11:44:21 AM
Quote from: Sid on November 18, 2006, 10:04:06 AM
Besides, Dan seems to have developed more of an interest (http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_281.php) in canine Succubi (http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_294.php)... :3
Yeah... that's probably Dan's incubus side straining at its shackles. The dam will break very soon, I'm guessing.
*coughs* Canine Incubis....Hmmm..
Quote from: Zedd on November 18, 2006, 02:00:22 PM
Quote from: Alan Garou on November 18, 2006, 11:44:21 AM
Yeah... that's probably Dan's incubus side straining at its shackles. The dam will break very soon, I'm guessing.
*coughs* Canine Incubis....Hmmm..
Although Dan is eager to hook with a cute canine friend, I highly doubt
that what he is after. Besides if it is, Jyrras is closer to hand :P
Quote from: superluser on November 17, 2006, 02:38:15 PM
Quote from: Ramsey on November 17, 2006, 02:16:29 PM
Good thing I'm not the only one who got that referance. It's not like I own the entire book series and the sci-fi mini-series or anything... >->
I'm gonna get flamed for saying this, but...
Dude, you're posting on a forum about a furry webcomic. I don't think reading Dune is going to change your position on the Geek Hierarchy.
And, having advocated a furry version of Dune, I think I occupy that spot, anyway.
Edit: Oh, dear. I think I'm off the chart (http://www.brunching.com/geekhierarchy.html). It only goes to ``people who write erotic versions of Star Trek where all the people are furries, like Kirk is an ocelot or something, and put a furry version of themselves as the star of the story.''
lolz But since I have a gf doesn't that give me a free read to the top? roflcopter...
Yeah... Last time I checked I wasn't trying to work my way up this "Geek Heirarchy", I was simply stating that I'm a fan of the series.
Considering how Abel usually hides his headwings even just when around the inn, I highly doubt anyone noticed him as being a cubi. Dan is likely, Aaryanna is extremely probable. I'm certain the real Merlitz wouldn't tolerate his former adventuring party going after either, but unfortunately he's not there. Abel
might be able to fake it, though.
Also, consider that these are adventurers, the kind that specifically hunt down and slay monsters. They have no business investigating if their intent is not to kill. They're not detectives, so I doubt they'd even take a job that just involved observing the enemy.
What irks me is that Lost Lake is essentially a pub, at least in the main area most seen. You don't go after someone in a pub, that's just not cool. There are bar fights, and obviously random chasing as seen in the past, but you can not consider yourself a good guy if you're walking into a pub looking for a fight! :dface
Come to think of it, the situation would be solved very quickly with the real Merlitz and Alexsi there.
Quote from: Alondro on November 17, 2006, 02:22:30 PM
*Charles neurologizes!* Actually, it has been found that fear is indeed a mind-killer! Intense fear triggers a flurry of excitatory nerve activity and a large release of glutamate in certain regions of the brain. This sudden upswing can lead to excitotoxicity and neuron death. The reason this apparently detrimental reaction occurs is that though some neurons die from the intense fear response, the fight-or-flight response can lead to the animal surviving a run in with danger, like a predator. :3
Well crap, what about how all those scientists said rollercoasters were healthy because they induced that same kind of fear? :<
Quote from: Ramsey on November 18, 2006, 03:29:58 PM
Quote from: superluser on November 17, 2006, 02:38:15 PM
Quote from: Ramsey on November 17, 2006, 02:16:29 PM
Good thing I'm not the only one who got that referance. It's not like I own the entire book series and the sci-fi mini-series or anything... >->
I'm gonna get flamed for saying this, but...
Dude, you're posting on a forum about a furry webcomic. I don't think reading Dune is going to change your position on the Geek Hierarchy.
And, having advocated a furry version of Dune, I think I occupy that spot, anyway.
Edit: Oh, dear. I think I'm off the chart (http://www.brunching.com/geekhierarchy.html). It only goes to ``people who write erotic versions of Star Trek where all the people are furries, like Kirk is an ocelot or something, and put a furry version of themselves as the star of the story.''
lolz But since I have a gf doesn't that give me a free read to the top? roflcopter...
Yeah... Last time I checked I wasn't trying to work my way up this "Geek Heirarchy", I was simply stating that I'm a fan of the series.
I took your look askance >-> to imply that you weren't proud of the fact that you are a fan of Dune.
Oh, and you don't try to work your way up (or down) the geek hierarchy. Your place finds you.
I found D&D, and that's where I'm staying. If I'm gonna be there, I'm gonna be the best damn D&D Dungeon Master out there (at least in helping with chracter creation).
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I am at a loss for words. So I'm going to refrain from any comments I might regret later.
Moving on... If that's Skirmish, then I suppose that Danlexsi will probably mess up in some not all too apparrent way. I'm just waiting for when all this derails and we get to the mandatory explanation and emo scene.
Quote from: DigitalMan on November 18, 2006, 07:15:44 PM
Quote from: Alondro on November 17, 2006, 02:22:30 PM
*Charles neurologizes!* Actually, it has been found that fear is indeed a mind-killer! Intense fear triggers a flurry of excitatory nerve activity and a large release of glutamate in certain regions of the brain. This sudden upswing can lead to excitotoxicity and neuron death. The reason this apparently detrimental reaction occurs is that though some neurons die from the intense fear response, the fight-or-flight response can lead to the animal surviving a run in with danger, like a predator. :3
Well crap, what about how all those scientists said rollercoasters were healthy because they induced that same kind of fear? :<
Not the same kind of fear, since it's not the same kind of stimulation. One is an endorphine rush, overexcitation of sense of balance, movement and response... The other is just mind-numbing fear that clouds thoughts and makes them dart in all directions.
If you want fear then rent this flick called The Game starring Michael Douglas. That is the example of fear. Also the Fear has to be paralysing like fear of spiders, snakes, enclosed spaces with spiders and snakes etc, etc, etc. You get the picture.
i have seen the linty against fear in so many places. my favorites to date is still earthworm Jim's Peter puppy followed by Jenny Curtis form 21 century fox but now DMFA has bummed of my previous number three and made it into my faves as well.