Lopin is not good for them.
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I wonder if Brakka knows what zhat zhing did or if he just stole because it seemed valuable.
He doesn’t know what it did, but he does know it was one of the artifacts that Narklet was looking for.
He doesn’t know what it did to Kass, but he might still know what it’s intended to do. Just not aware it’s been triggered already.
Hoo hoo indeed. And hooray for upload!
oh boy, wait till they find out that item isnt around anymore
Brakka Doesn’t suspect anything odd about Kassen, and seems to expect to get the thing back. This is why ignorant couriers/thieves are a bad idea. If he had known, his bosses would have known by now, or he would have run away by now if they were “bad boss” types.
As someone who has played Fallout: New Vegas, I can indeed corroborate ignorant couriers can be a bad idea sometimes.
That red one is adorable, s’like the Yaaynglet!
Imma call him Crazy Eye Duncan.
Well at least they can agree on that. Not that Kassie isn’t going make Brakka’s life miserable for for taking away her mighty cock with his dumb rock, not to mention that stunt he just pulled on Elim. I wonder what Brakka did to get banished he seems to be one of the most competent Yinglets we’ve seen so far, and seems to have leadership abilities. In some tribes he could probably even had been patriarch material. I can’t help but wonder what happened to him.
He would forgive with time for the rock. Big mistake, of course, but not intentional and not fatal.
Stabbing Elim, though? He’s gonna have to prove himself pretty valuable if he doesn’t want Kass to not chase him to the end of the earth.
The guy is a troublemaker who makes eye-consumption threats and isn’t afraid to stab one of the guys who run the city.
Also, “taking away her mighty cock with his dumb rock”. I needed the laugh, thanks!
Zhey look veerrry similar.
Now drag him back by the ear and make him apologize. He needs to learn the value of asking first.
Ooooooooh that smell.
Cant’cha smell that smell?
Ooooooooh that smell.
It’s all around meeeeeeeee!
Da smell of oysters surrounds youuuuuuuu!
I foresee that either Loppin is gonna get eye-ate or that Kass is gonna let Brakka know that ‘ZHAT ZHING’ doesn’t exist anymore because IT RUINED HIS ENTIRE LIFE
Now kiss.
Who is supposed to be doing the interogation thing?
I do not think that was the kind of reaction he was expecting to get out of his captive.
Man, everytime Val releases a comic I feel a little guilt in me. I want to make a story/comic of my own but keep putting it off because either life, or now college get in the way… I’ve been sitting on my ideas for months now with little progress. My personal issues aside: I am curious to see if Brakka even knows what it is that he stole… It will be interesting if Kass tells him the truth, and it will probably flip the entire dynamic between them on its head!
Pretty shure he won’t believe it and when he does wil likely blow his frekken mind!
Your publishing rythm has been amazing lately! Congrats!
Oh boy! Significant plot activity! Not that i have a problem with the other stuff mind you. Daily life and happenings of inverness is fun too.
hoo hoo
our modern lives have made us all impatient, prone to wants over needs and, crazy for everything to the point of being highly irrational in everything we say and or do… That being said, and the amazing comic skills the author has being apparent and loved
THE WAIT IS AGONIZING
((for those that don’t get it, it is a joke))
Poor Lopin… He was just selling stuff, and you both have to go and ruin his reputa- wait. Lopin’s a scav. His reputation is already shit. Continue.
Lopin is a yinglet, not a scav. ALso, totaly not Lopin’s falt, hes not exactly loaded down with things like willpower or the like.
Or stunning intellect.
Isn’t scav essentially a deroggatory term for Yinglets though?
yes
Scav is short for scavenger. Of the three “R”s of a forward-thinking community, “reuse” is the most efficient. Scavengers are, perhaps, the most valuable members aside from primary sources, as without them we would be drowning in corpses. Scavenger should never be thought of as an insult. Rummaging through other pwople’s garbage for useful materials is a fine and noble profession, unless you are after their personal information, but then we just send them to rummage through paparazzi for useful materials and it works out in the long run…
Then again, saying that ALL scavs are scavengers is insulting. Some of them are diplomats and poets! Terrible diplomats and poets mind you, but they get points for effort!
Since ‘scav’ is, for all intents and purposes, the n-word for yinglets, you’re not improving his reputation any.
I have to fault Kass here for reflecting on themselves rather than whats happened to her friend they just tried to kill. Being tossed in a room with this guy just means a second chance to remove his eyeballs in my book.
Who says Kass’s left hand (paw?), isnt slipping in under Brakka’s guard for a knife? Or maybe he is just dealing with each situation as it presents itself, and is stitching together the beginnings of a scheme.
Brakka does seem rather caught off guard with Kass’s knowledge of things.
Given the average yinglet — even females — meeting one who’s sharp and engaged is probably a bit of a shock. It seems like the ones who do have strong wills, like Vizlet or Beizel, largely get their way by just bulldozing everyone around them. I think Brakka is like that too, and running headlong into Kass is going to be a lot like when Vizlet did the same thing, suddenly discovering that you can’t just push Kass around by acting forceful.
Kass was a soldier, then a refugee in the slums. This isn’t his first life-and-death situation. Struggling to get back to Elim right now won’t do anyone any good, but waiting for an opening might.
Does that scav in the background of the last panel have a name?
I’ve been calling him 3 eyes (and I vote Big White Green Eyes to be called Rex!)
And it if Kass and Brakka are a family, is 3 Eyes the baby? (And can Kass be the father?)
Kass would absolutely wear the pants in that relationship.
someone yesterday called him Crazy Eyes Duncan which I razher like
Oh dear, Brakka seems to have Royally Fucked Up.
I wonder if these artifacts have something to do with the origins of the Greater Yinglets. We haven’t heard anything about lesser yinglets since like, chapter 12. But maybe a lesser yinglet fount something like ‘zhat zing’ and became a greater yinglet?
“Heartbreaking: The Worst Scav You Know Just Made A Good Point”
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I think if he knew what it did the yinglet in ivanmoth colors overly concerned with the fate of a human would be clicking in his brain by now.
He has a bug bite on the bottom of his eyelid. ouch
That’s not a big bite, that’s from a couple pages back where Kass tried to gouge his eye out with his claws.
still. yeouwch
I wonder what the story is behind the white one with green eyes. Mr Red Eye has a visible mutation, but I haven’t seen anything odd about him…unless you count how big he is.
The white one did seem to be bigger, but he hasn’t said a word. Maybe he’s a mute?
Silly question, does vodka exist in this universe? Does alcohol?! I NEED TO KNOW.
Yes, alcohol exists in that world. I dont know about vodka, though. Russia isnt anywhere near that place.
Am I the only one who thinks it’s odd that Brakka and Kass look so similar? brown-tan fur, orange-yellow eyes, and brown hair? Suspicious
I was noticing that as well! Similar general color scheme, similar markings (cheek fluff and underbelly, Kass has a full blaze while Brakka’s ends between his eyes), almost the same eye color, even their muzzle and ear shapes are similar. I’m banking on the “Brakka also used to be human” theory.
If that’s true wouldn’t he already know what zat zhing is and know what Kass is?
He might have a guess, but given how restricted knowledge of zhose zhings are, he may not want to show his hand until he’s sure.
I suspect the next uptade will be smashingly good. I’m so so excited!
Is it just me, or is Kass missing a leg in the second panel?
He’s got both legs, the foot of his left leg is out of the panel.
Oh! Silly me. I thought that was a curb, but it isn’t on the other side. I feel much better, now.
Both of them could try petting the Lopin until they feel better about him.
Or Lopin could do something really cute and everyone will instantly forgive him.
I’ve overestimated Brakka. I called that he might not know what Zhat Zhing does, but totally missed that he might just be after Kass as leverage or an ‘in’ to get at Lopin. This abduction is an incredibly STUPID way to go about doing that. Brakka might act calmer than the average scav but he’s still not the brightest bulb on the christmas tree. Not enough thinking ahead.
Also, I always saw the ‘additional smaller secondary pupils’ in yinglet eyes as an artistic convention to indicate small rapid violent shifts in focus. Nystagmus seems to be a sign of severe agitation in yinglets.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nystagmus
If I’m right, then that goofwad asking about faaamilies has one eye that’s constantly jittering like an electrocuted frog.
I really like the writing and the dialog you had for this page. I expected it to be more cliche but somehow it comes off as very believable from each of their perspectives.