Lopin’s been making a lot of friends among the Ivenmoth service staff.
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Poor Lopin! But maybe the oysters WILL help.
Maybe oysters, the long standing staple of yinglet diet (and driving force of their evolution) do have a calming effect on them. Like ‘good old fashion cooking’ does for so many.
Well. When Matriarch Vizlet showed Kass how to crack them open then eat them, Kass’es reaction was euphoria, followed by horror because of hatred of oyters when human, existential panic, then breaking down and hugging Vizlet.
Well, oysters are famous for their aphrodisiac effects. Don’t know that it’ll calm so much as excite, but it’ll change the mood one way or another.
Since oysters have that effect, I wonder what garum or soy sauce or vegemite would do? All four have salty umami flavours to them.
Whaz was I zhinking…makin an accounz and replying on ze ztories ztill … nize art Mr Valsalia
Oysters help with everything, up to and including radiation poisoning
Help with treating OR CAUSING radiation poisoning, Val? This seems like an important distinction and one can’t be sure with Yinglets about.
I’m lost here…
You somehow found a way to make me laugh, again, after the most depressing scene in this comic insofar.
I love the awkward thing Kass’s arm is doing.
Elim is best friend 4-eva. Still found the right words IMO.
And it was awesome to finally catch your stream, even though it wasn’t yinglets. That’s the best Saturday I’ve had in the last 5 weeks or so.
Also, raw oysters are terrible LOL…
They’re not if you got ying brains!
To be fair, a soldier or a peasant proooobably wouldn’t live that much longer, given the whole “we’ll treat your severe infection with leeches!” thing…
…The Kass is gangrene-r on the other side of the fence, or something. That was just awful, I’ll let myself out.
The cool thing is we still use leeches in some very specific situations; ears and toes and such, with poor circulation.
Still gross tho…
Also, I want to ‘second’ the comments of others, draw more!
Your ying is cool. 🙂
Even then, the yinglet would probably just eat the leech.
Yes fill your sorrows in sweet, sweet Oystery goodness.
Poor Kass.
You’ll get along, little guy.
You got a proper family, and they’re right there with you.
Poor Lopin, not even loved for his oysters. He should go hunt down the seamstresses and be a mascot again.
Elim’s Comfort Song to Kass
When you wake up in the night,
And nothing seems to be all right,
And every sensation leaves you afright,
Call me and I’ll be there to give you a light…
Don’t worry if your fears have not abated,
I will help you see them all Elim-inated,
If you’re feeling broken I will help you mend.
‘Cause I will always be your special friend.
Well now, just take yourself a deep breath,
And from simple things to life or death,
Call me if the problem’s more than you can stand
And I’ll be there to give you a helping hand!
All those troubles are meant to be shared,
Now do not worry when you get scared,
We’ll Elim-inate them all together,
We’ll turn gray clouds into sunny weather.
I swear that I will be at your side,
Through smooth sailing or a rough ride.
I promise we’ll face it all together,
I swear to you…that it’ll always get better.
I’m here for you, Kass. Always.
My god… “Elim-inate”
: D
I ALMOST didn’t. 🙂
Bloody hell, that’s a stellar job right there !
Now i’m even more impatient for the next pages than usual
but why though
why this comic in particular and not another one
WHY IS THIS COMIC SO BLOODY GOOD
Have you checked out [Val]’s DA and FA pages?
Lots of little hints scattered in the comments.
…How long scavs do live actually ?
I’ll bet they live until life just isn’t fun anymore.
On a more serious tone, i’d say about 30-40 years
but i just want kass to have the same life expectancy than a human
Also, how can a scav’s life not be fun anymore ?
I mean, fart jokes literally n e v e r get old for ’em
So unless they ignore that i expect ’em to live as long as humans
I hope you’re right.
I sure as hell don’t want a “nop im ded becuz scav life is short but HUZZAH i’m back to being a healthy human again just a prank bro” ending.
I mean, Val/Sal will end the comic how he/she wants to, it’s just that it will be quite an odd ending for me
Given that the pace of a webcomic often means a single day in the comic takes multiple months in real life, the comic doesn’t necessarily have to end 🙂 I think I would be willing to sacrifice having a tidy bow placed on the plot for a few more years/decades of the crew here.
Or multiple years in real life. There’s one web comic that’s been updated twice a week for the last six years that is still in the first week of a three-month flashback… the only web comic I read that technically has made negative progress!
Oysters; yinglet’s version of alcohol…or maybe drug? eh.
I’d say it’s a yinglet’s version of REALLY VERY GOOD chocolate
(misspell on purpose)
yeah probably alcohol but without the nausea the next day
and it’s raw oysters
Kass needs a little fort, made from the table, some boxes, and a few tapestries. She can put up a sign that just says “NO.”
Inner peace.
“Locaton!Location!Location!”, Lopin. Situational awareness is not your best skill, it seems 😛
He’s got a sense of where he needs to be, though!
But yes, coupled with a lack of situational awareness that doesn’t always go well
I think he dumped it all into Charisam and related skills.
Have you SEEN his fancy outfits? Has there never been a day where he cannot seek out someone to pity and coddle him?
A master of the game, that scav.
Well everyone needs comfort food sometime.
Looks like its time for some Stress Eating. Poor Kass.
Welp, time to eat
ice creammollusks.aww Poor Lopin. He tried.
I’m pretty sure Lopin’s grave (if yings have human-like graves) will have “He tried.” written on it !
I’m not stating that lopin should die or anything
just that when his time will come there will be “he tried, good enough” written on it or somethin’
“There is an epitaph in Boot Hill cemetery in Arizona which reads, ‘Here lies Jack Williams. He did his damnedest! What more can a perrson do?’ Well, that’s all I could do. I did my damnedest, and that’s all there was to it.”
– Harry Truman
“Was a ying, sold something,
Most jokes went over his head, but that’s not why he’s now dead,
Dug for goods under the Traveling Moon, somewhere in orbit it will return soon,
Yelled at by Kass surly he did dread, blue was the hat atop his blond head,
Was so scared by Yannit, very high they did cling,
Not sure if it was found, another glowy zat zhing.”
Awwww, he should have hugged Lopin also.
I love this comic, so much. However this page has cemented what I’ve been thinking for a while, KASS NEEDS A HAIRCUT. Lopin is so adorable and could probably get away with murder and his haircut is the KEY. Kass needs a new do.
Don’t you dare touch Kass’s headwires!
What style?
At this point, the half-bangs “no-one understands me” punk ‘do seems à propos.
Whenever a yinglet *whine*s, I can’t help but imagine them sounding like a whimpering puppy.
+1
I hear the same stock puppy whine in my head that you probably do whenever I see that word.
Might as well post the link.
http://boards.4chan.org/trash/thread/10739930
[NSFW] (actually, very clean at the this exact time of posting.
I’d rather it stay that way but whatever…)
Don’t try to corrupt me anon, it’s already too late. 😛
It sucks it keeps finding its way there. No reason for! They allow ponies on that site. At least yinglets are bipedal and can operate war machinery with their hands (although at what capacity is debatable, but that is an intelligence question and not a function of form one).
Good job!
A mental break, to a panic attack, to a friend helping to ground Kass to slow the panic attack … to mood enhancing food :3
Kinda bad to go from a heavy low to an endorphin rush high! Kass might become … addicted to oysters in a very bad way.
Then… its the bruise grass!
Kidding! (Hopefully) With friends like Kass has, he’ll be properly grounded in reality and his psychological profile shows he knows not to delve into narcotising hos existence to solve his problems. He still has debts to repay for saving his countrymen and for giving him a place of security during his difficult change.
I wonder what Yannit’s comfort food would be, she seemed to be enjoying the fabric as Kass was being transformed.
Seemz like Mr Kass iz havin a zad zime…ze oyzter not halp…iz wont halp Mr Kass…
Before, I was just joking about shipping Kass and Elim, but now…
Oh Lopin he’s like one of those adorable stray cats that somehow manage to effortlessly get adopted into any home, one that can talk and dress fancy.
Hmm. I like this. Keep up the good work.
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Hey i’ve noticed Kass’ eye color slightly changed, it got from yellow to an orange-y color
My guess? It’s probably the ying version of bloodshot eyes. Gives the eimpression withoutout all the ‘creepifying’ red veins and redness that humans got. Due to the whole white ball and red veins. Yellow ball red veins orange bloodshot. :b
Please excuse my lack of commas and hyphenation. |:b
I have to wonder, are yinglets nocturnal, or at least cathemeral? Given that they sleep every few hours, it would suggest their circadian rhythm operates on a different timescale than most species. Their eyes are quite large for theirs heads, suggesting a high reliance on them, and I certainly see them having good night sight.
Lopin just jumped up a whole lot of status in my eyes. Willing to give up oyster for some other yinglet. I want to hug him.
Clams … Oysters … err …
Oh! Nvm, I get it now. And no I will not explain it. You need to do the Wikipedia and Encyclopedia Britannica searches yourselves.
Oddly enough…I stumbled apon this when I was looking at Mods for Stellaris…just saw this mod for a species called Yinglets, and there was a nod to the origin…clicked it expecting a few pictures, maybe a quick bio on the race…haha..boy was I surprised and hooked when I started reading…couldn’t stop till I reached the end and now must have more…also…very tempted to put Yinglets…..IN SPAAAACE…with Stellaris
People discover this little gem in all kinds of different ways; a forum post here, a gallery there. But no matter how you find it, you’re hooked the second you bite! The storytelling and character development is what really shines. I have no doubt that it’ll be one of the top webcomics given a few years.
It would be awesome to see yinglets in a wider range of games, this will allow for more cute character types, as well as open the game world up to a more in-depth range of lore.
If I knew how I’d see about adding them as a species to Rimworld
aww i was reading it between calls at work and finished it when i got home. pretty good work so far. only wish there was more 🙁