Comic for Monday, October 21st, 2019
After 3 weeks, I am finally in the general realm of “not sick”.
This is one of those pages where the art department and writing department had some disagreement.
Writing Department: Okay, so we it’s just a conversation page.
Art Department: Sounds good, those are easy-
Writing Department: Yeah, only three “people”.
Art Department: Umm… why are there quotation marks?
Writing Department: Well, one of the conversationalists is a dragon you see-
Art Department: Fucking hell.
Anyway; still on the half page schedule for now. Sort of regret that here as I feel this page worked a bit better as a full page, but I feel like breaking the restraint now won’t end well. Maybe we’ll turn up the pace soon; we will see how I can handle now that I’m not sick – I didn’t end up getting a lot done today, just been busy with random stuff.
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Note Kally has changed out of her school uniform to her Avon security contractors uniform. That could mean that she had to leave Fluffy alone on the roof for a short time while she went inside to change. Or she has a spell loaded in her auto-caster that can alter her uniform, or a spare uniform(s) stashed in edios and used a cloud for a changing booth.
Past plays it real cool, but Kally and Lady Gaga are tight. Kally has learned a lot of wardrobe tricks from Gaga. And really, better from Gaga than from Janet Jackson.
Uh-huh. Yeah, okay. You can go ahead and, uhh, find a leash for Fluffy, there.
I’d love to see the look on the faces of anybody and everybody who gets any context for it. ^.^
(No, I don’t think he’d have problems getting one. Could still probably write it off as a business expense, too! =D)
In the second panel, i think the line would work better as “I’m sorry, you’ve been here for quite awhile”
I wondered this. Is she saying he’s been manifested for longer than usual so he’s getting hungry, or is she apologising for it having been a while since she last summoned him?
I believe Fluffy is becoming more real the longer he’s there. Kally is, I think, concerned that he has been there long enough to start requiring food. Or at least long enough to feel hunger, even if he doesn’t actually need food.
I’m thinking Dragon’s becoming more real the more times Kally summons Dragon, and especially the more urgently she summons Dragon.
The length of this particular summon was extended, because previously she was able to unsummon simply by ceasing to anchor. Now, she needs to explicitly unsummon.
Wait, Fluffy doesn’t recognize Peter? Does that mean that all humans look alike to dragons or does it mean that Peter and Fluffy haven’t been introduced before?
Minor spoiler for other half of page (pateron) the dragon dose recognize him – sorta. Except for Kally to him all humans look vaguely the same, four limbs and a head upright 5-6 tall. I think it has to do with him being summoned for the most part only for battles rarely resulting in the need to differentiate humans.
Whew! My secret theory that the name Fluffy came from Peter convincing the dragon to accept the name Fluffy is still safe! …for now.
Peter’s personality, however, is a bit more distinctive.
That just begs the question… Does he also gave a distinctive taste? Inquiring dragons want to know.
… after some research, I believe the answer is yes. As it happens, my study group was not able to find any other substance which tasted even half as bitter.
We’re still confused at this, as one of the other samples was a synthetic mockup with the same chemicals as the Peter sample.
Disclaimer: we actually just compared the Peter sample, some Bitterex, and some Keystone Light. Much to my surprise, the beer was the least bitter of the three. I guess the commercials may have some truth to them? Anyway, we didn’t actually intentionally synthesize some Peter, we just did chemical analysis and found he was apparently mostly made up of C28H34N2O3. Which seemed odd, as I think people normally have a bit more oxygen and nitrogen than that.
Denatonium benzoate? Alright, that’s a good one.
Is Peter… how does the saying go… “poking the dragon”?
Panel 3: -(It is just this thing you humans talk about.)- I have a question for Panel 7, where the hell do you find a leash for a Dragon-Sized Pet?!
Probably much safer to get him a guest badge. After all who is going to tell him he can’t have one v tell him he has to wear a leash.
You’re right, but in this case it’s intentional, the Dragon’s speech is a little stylized (though as it’s an error I would be likely to make, it’s total fair game to point out 😛 )
I think there is an intrinsic flaw to a dragon sized leash, in that it’d be more like a human leash for the dragon to pull around 🙂
Such is already the case when you put a dog on a leash. . . .
Never mind dogs, you try walking an adult sheep on one!
(I was helping out with Conservation group’s display at a garden festival; their exhibits included a demonstration of how sheep grazing maintain a short turf that’s potentially diverse in [short] wildflowers; that enclosure was too small for the sheep to get enough exercise, so the sheep had to be taken for a daily promenade around the festival site…)
It’s all about training. A six year old can lead an elephant on a leash. IF the elephant is trained and willing. A line backer with a chihuahua that isn’t trained is just on the verge of canine abuse.