unsounded

16_12

Writing the script, I thought of the scenes up through this one as the prelude, setting up the characters. Next we'll get into the unravelling of things. Hang tight.

16_11

I get the feeling that it wasn't exactly a revelation when Duane outed Siya on stage. Sara's not a moron; she understands that her sister has doubts. Anyway, Jivi will have to referee once he's got...

16_10

If someone threw my sketchbook it would be war.

16_09

Everyone's lousy with guilt in this room. Siya is second guessing what she said to Ruffles earlier, Sara is thinking about Duane saying Siya wanted to leave, and this year's sacrificial twin can't ...

16_08

Quigley's spooked, and not sticking around to see how all this plays out. But he's not taking off without some insurance.

16_07

That fourth panel? Elka is considering backstabbing the zombie. Decides against it... but was reeeeal close.

I mostly didn't mind the mask on Duane at the end of last chapter, but this chapte...

16_06

You gotta appreciate Hetr and Keon putting the General's aims aside in order to defend the country itself. They're still monsters of course, but they're principled monsters.

That's Toma in th...

16_05

I didn't notice on the web-rez but I forgot to slit Keon's disgusting hands in a few of those shots. I'll have to make some stealth edits. The Alds are being pretty conservative with Hetr's forces....

16_04

Not the bug ;_;

If Nanna thinks that Inak once were gods, and Inak consider senet beasts to be the gods, is she saying that Inak once were senet beasts? That would line up with her assertion ...

16_03

Nanna is content to die in that bed spinning her stories but they're no comfort to Ruffles.

This is pretty juicy lore for anyone who's been following the mythology of this world closely. It's...

16_02

The shrine's under attack!

You may recall that the headmistress banished all the shrine's two-toes underground after three young males broke into her office. Those males had been made paranoi...

16_01

And we're back!

The break was very productive - thanks for your patience, everyone! I was able to do some much-needed site maintenance and convert everything over to SSL, which is good for ac...

Ch15 script & character scribbles

Hey there! Hope February is treating you okay. Here's the promised copy of Chapter 15's script. Going back through it, I found giant chunks of story missing because they were changes I made while d...

15_154 and ch16 preview

I've been waiting *so many years* for this page.

Actually, that's more true of a lot of the pages I'm drawing now, for next chapter. There are a lot of revelations I've been sitting on that f...

15_153

Finally a well-lit shot of Litriya Shrine! This was great fun to draw, man, I'm about sick of the f*cking weather :3 The little outbuilding there are guest quarters for travelling pilgrims. Fortuna...

15_152

If I had to write much more dialogue underwater I would probably die. Duane and I are too loquacious for pithy subaqueous conversations delivered via magical sonar.

This is the last we'll see...

15_150&151

Two new pages today!

Originally this chapter ended with her "We're all going to die," but I decided it needed just a bit more. Three pages left!

I think Quigley finally managed to say s...

15_149

Minnow is loathe to lose the life she's living now. She understands her sisters don't treat their memories with the same preciousness she does, but she still would never "kill" them without explici...

15_148

Ya know, Quigley, you could just ASK Duane to hold off on what he's doing rather than hoping he's finally distracted enough for you to manage a successful takedown.

15_147

I don't *think* the zapped lady is dead, but she's going to wake up with those awesome lightning scars that some people get after they're struck.

Do we all know the realisation that Quigley h...

15_146

I saw some suspicions that the reveal would be an exercise in body horror, and they weren't too far off. Though I think the waterwomen can get away with a lot since they don't have traditionally co...

15_145

A waterwoman can control any liquid she touches, so she can stop the flow of a man's blood if she comes in contact with even the smallest open wound. Never good to let yourself get within grabbing ...

15_144

There is a lot happening on this page if you read between the lines - and even if you don't. Got something you'd like to share with the rest of the class, Mathis Quigley?

Everyone was expecti...

15_143

I've always preferred to keep the current war between Alderode and Cresce at the periphery of this story - it's part of the setting more than part of the plot - but long ago, Quigley read a newspap...

15_142

Quigley, don't be so rude. She only tried to kill you and your new ragtag friends a little bit.

15_141

Elka's a dog person but she could be convinced to go to bat for cats if they're this cute. In Kasslyne the feline equivalent are either domesticated owls or kedises, which both have a different vib...

15_140

Quigley and Elka bonding over how ridiculous Duane is warms my heart.

15_139

Except for Captain Toma, Elka likes dogs more than people as a rule.

15_138

Wait what

I like the disorienting BAM! of white - it'll work best on a full consecutive read of the chapter. Where the heck are they? What the heck is ARFing at them?

15_137

I debated keeping Pantoffel with the group but I don't think Toma would be comfortable with her around all the deadly sand in the corners. One wrong move and she'll get raisin'd. Besides: Even More...