Cucumber Quest: Basically if Paper Mario the Thousand Year Door was a comic

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Hmmm...

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I think that stone might be a fake-out. Compare it now with how it looked here:http://cucumber.gigidigi.com/cq/page-30/

I mean, maybe it's just an art upgrade, and he's actually giving up after his weapon failed, but given the whole trick with Mutemaster that he pulled, I think might be trying to get them to let their guard down again.

I'm waiting for one of the Disaster to try to actually kill a princess before she can sign the sword. Noisemaster seems like he'd be the type to do so.

On the other hand, this does seem like the proper end point for the arc, given the length. I just have to wonder what's going to happen to stop them from trying to destroy Mutemaster here and now.

EDIT: It looks different from what Noisemaster turned into when it showed up here just a few strips ago, so I think it's pretty safe to say it's not an art upgrade. http://cucumber.gigidigi.com/cq/page-458/

EDIT 2: Orrrr not. It's showed up in a bunch of other strips, and has had different amounts of musical notes from one strip to the other and was red to begin with. So this might actually be the end for Noisemaster.