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2017-05-08, 01:25 PM (ISO 8601)
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2017-05-08, 06:12 PM (ISO 8601)
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2017-05-15, 05:14 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Unsounded II: Two Wrights Can Mend A Wrong
Turns out there was, at some point, a human Black Tongue named Delicieu. I wonder what happened for Prakhuta to take up his name. The most obvious answer would be that the original Delicieu died, and Prakhuta impersonated him. But the most obvious answer might not be true.
Regardless of what happened, the original Delicieu wanted to endow Prakhuta with... a soul? It seems to have worked to some degree, because we see him work pymary, which two-toes aren't supposed to be able to do. The nature of the experiments would also explain why he's so thoroughly screwed up in the head, and has an obsession with souls and memories. That said, two-toes have their own spellwork, and according to Quigley, Prakhuta/Cutter/Delicieu II used it to feed suffering to the First Silver. Then again, Quigley could be wrong.
That would also explain what he meant when he said that the same men ensured neither he nor Duane have a "kind" anymore. Black Tongues turned Duane into a sentient plod, and turned Prakhuta into... we don't know what, yet.Last edited by Morty; 2017-05-15 at 05:19 AM.
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2017-05-15, 06:37 AM (ISO 8601)
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2017-05-15, 07:44 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Unsounded II: Two Wrights Can Mend A Wrong
As I understand it, Duane's soul was attached to his body by Bastion and others (including Delicieu?). That kept Duane's soul from being dismantled by the Kert. Perhaps Delicieu's soul was attached to Prakhuta somehow? IIRC, Cutter/Delicieu was jealous of Duane's nightly experiences in the Kert, so he apparently doesn't do that, though.
Given the way Bastion was going on about Lady Ilganyag a couple of pages ago, I wonder how much of the information about how to attach souls might have come from her.
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2017-05-16, 05:09 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Unsounded II: Two Wrights Can Mend A Wrong
That's a good point. There may be similarities here. Prakhuta/Delicieu was at least aware of Duane's condition, if not actually involved. That said, his dialogue in the Nevergeen implies he still "identifies" as a two-toe, rather than a human soul stuck in a two-toe body. He calls humans "spiderpaws", and all that.
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2017-05-26, 12:57 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Unsounded II: Two Wrights Can Mend A Wrong
New comic (comments page). Impressive animation, although possibly due to bandwidth issues, I had trouble getting it all to work.
Spoiler: What you should see.The first two panels separate revealing a inserted panel showing Winalils's hand playing the piano. The fourth panel fades into one featuring a spotlight on Winalils and some birds (glamours?), then additional speech bubbles appear. Further down, an animated GIF eventually shows secrets flowing in both directions (from the founder's brain to Lady Ilganyag's mouth and reversed). However, it seems to show the secrets flowing only toward Lady Ilganyag for a long time before starting to reverse. I wonder if that's intentional?
I wonder what comes next. I don't think Winalils is finished singing. I certainly hope there is more. I'm also expecting Master Ballanstern to show up fairly quickly and be displeased. I assume that's who Timofey saw arriving a few pages ago.
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2017-05-28, 09:07 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Unsounded II: Two Wrights Can Mend A Wrong
SpoilerI don't think the direction of the "secrets" actually changes.
It appears to depend how you look at the page.
If I change the angle and/or close a eye while looking at the words they seem to change directions.
So either my (randomly) doing so coincidences with actual changes or it is an optical illusion."If it lives it can be killed.
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2017-05-28, 10:18 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Unsounded II: Two Wrights Can Mend A Wrong
No, I know what you are talking about, but at least at times it really does change directions. One thing you can try is to download the GIF (http://www.casualvillain.com/Unsound...54_secrets.gif) to your computer. Make sure you get the whole thing. It looks like it should be 116,743 bytes. Then load that into your browser.
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2017-05-28, 11:50 AM (ISO 8601)
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2017-05-31, 03:14 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Unsounded II: Two Wrights Can Mend A Wrong
Looks like Bastion didn't meet who he thought he would meet. And I wonder why Lady Ilganyag stopped talking to the Black Tongues. Is she disappointed in them, or is there another reason?
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2017-05-31, 05:36 AM (ISO 8601)
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2017-05-31, 10:59 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Unsounded II: Two Wrights Can Mend A Wrong
In case people missed it (I almost did) the second of the two new pages has an animation.
Given the way Ramm was talking and the fact that he expected Bastion to already know how the Black Tongues had gone off course, it sounded as if Lady Ilganyag had been silent for longer than a couple of days by that point, so I doubt it had anything to do with Sette freeing Murkoph. Lady Ilganyag still spoke with Bastion, so if she only needed one person, it was probably him.Last edited by eschmenk; 2017-05-31 at 11:32 AM.
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2017-05-31, 01:42 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Unsounded II: Two Wrights Can Mend A Wrong
Right. But in Khert time doesn't seem to pass normally - there are memories of thing that are yet to happen. As far as Ilganyag is concerned, the creation of Duane was enough to catalyze Murkoph's liberation, she might have dumped them then and there. It's hard to tell, how much is predetermined and how much is in flux.
Alternatively, assuming regular timeline, but future memories available Lady Black Tongue saw Murkoph in real space and saw him talking to Duane, then retraced him backwards in time, saw Sette's talk to Duane about freeing Murkoph, went back in time and realized this was Winalils work and shown him pymary needed to bind Duane. And basically decided she no longer needed Black Tongues, when Duane was created, so couple of years.
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2017-05-31, 04:33 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Unsounded II: Two Wrights Can Mend A Wrong
IDK, it's possible, but obviously more is going on since she continues to remain involved with Duane and Bastion. I wondered if Ramm may have been confusing cause and effect. Based on the extra story Orphans, it seems that Master Ballanstern is a pretty evil and arrogant guy who was willing to violate the Black Tongue moral traditions. (We may get some indication of this in the story soon.) I doubt that Lady Ilganyag would have cared for that if he went too far. Granted, Duane had already been created by that point and his behavior could easily be a symptom of the lack of guidance from Lady Ilganyag, but I'm not so sure that his behavior was just a matter of a lack of guidance. It could be something else, too. All we can do is speculate at this point.
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2017-05-31, 04:50 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Unsounded II: Two Wrights Can Mend A Wrong
Yes, it's very clearly a question of cause and effect. Did the Black Tongues get off-track because their Lady had abandoned them, or did she abandon them because they abandoned the quest for knowledge? It could be both, really. She may have grown angry at them for wasting time on frivolities and pleasing wealthy patrons, and when she left, it just made the problem worse.
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2017-05-31, 05:24 PM (ISO 8601)
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2017-05-31, 07:13 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Unsounded II: Two Wrights Can Mend A Wrong
Another example of the cause/effect being unclear: Lady Ilganyag: "We are philanthropists. Or were, once. I have had to withdraw from them."
IDK, but I kind of get the impression that whoever it is has high status there. I wouldn't rule out it being Master Ballanstern or some other senior BT. I could easily imagine Winalils having paid little attention to older BTs who weren't working on things that he was interested in. Also, he's been gone over ten years, so the person might not have had as much status when he left or Bastion might simply have forgotten them. The person may have even changed his appearance or had a bad accident. Anyway, I don't think the fact that Winalils doesn't recognize the person means all that much. OTOH, it also could be that the person is a government official or someone else who wouldn't normally have been allowed there in years past.
Originally Posted by AshleyLast edited by eschmenk; 2017-05-31 at 07:27 PM.
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2017-06-05, 08:18 AM (ISO 8601)
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New comic: Um, he looked fine just a little bit ago. Something is going on.
A commenter pointed out that Thomas Chorley was in the background of the earlier page, apparently following Ruck and Master Ballanstern.
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2017-06-06, 01:26 AM (ISO 8601)
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I just love Bastion's expression there.
This complete confusion.
„Are you on drugs? Wait, am I on drugs? Oh, look at that. Demon-snake“
And Ruck and Thomas are definitely involved in this „suicide“.
I would guess the two are partners/ work together."If it lives it can be killed.
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2017-06-07, 10:16 AM (ISO 8601)
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I have absolutely no idea what is going on in the last panel. But that's probably intentional.
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2017-06-07, 10:29 AM (ISO 8601)
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It literally translates to "Here is my little victim, wrapped in bedcloth, half-done, half-done" (also something about lies). And that's Roger as in Crescian Queen's husband Roger, with two Efheby bite marks. BTW Efheby have special poison that destroys the mind, making its prey a puppet. They are also known as SkullPilots.
Rape here has double meaning, a rape as in rape and rape as in - act of seizing and carrying off by force. However given that Ruck, really loves his victim's he probably helped himself
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2017-06-07, 12:12 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Unsounded II: Two Wrights Can Mend A Wrong
And Ruck has been carrying Roger around inside that long blue bag, in case that didn't occur to Morty. The stuff that -D- said about efheby is from the wiki page about Senet beasts.
I wonder if the idea is to use what's left of Roger to get at the queen. Is there enough left of Roger to be useful that way? Or maybe he was just given to Ruck as some sort of revenge?
Bastion may be much more morally opposed to what Ruck has done than Ruck expects. I think Ruck may want Bastion's help with finishing Roger (whatever that means) and may not intend to give him any choice in the matter. Somehow Duane can think without the physical brain cells, so maybe Ruck wants the same for Roger?Last edited by eschmenk; 2017-06-07 at 12:25 PM.
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2017-06-08, 07:07 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Unsounded II: Two Wrights Can Mend A Wrong
It's not a bag. He wrapped Roger in a bedsheet/bedcloth/counterpane. Actually I got my info from: http://unsoundedcomic.tumblr.com/
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2017-06-08, 07:18 AM (ISO 8601)
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Oh, that makes sense. I didn't know about the Efheby bite. I imagine it'll be cleared up on the next page. I did wonder what was up with the blue thing around his neck.
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2017-06-11, 11:29 PM (ISO 8601)
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New comic.
Well that's pretty ****ed up. A dark episode, for sure.
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2017-06-12, 04:22 AM (ISO 8601)
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Ii get the distinct feeling that this will end horribly for someone.
At the very least it won't make Bastion want to kill them less.
I would cheer him on at this point.
But I have to say, I am kind of impressed. Making Bastion Winalis look outright moral in comparison is a accomplishment.
This is easily on a level with Delicious's Silver, if not worse.
At least that stuff only kills you horribly."If it lives it can be killed.
If it is dead it can be eaten."
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2017-06-12, 04:31 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Unsounded II: Two Wrights Can Mend A Wrong
Deliceu did nothing wrong.
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2017-06-12, 05:08 AM (ISO 8601)
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At least now we know why the Queen married Roger despite everyone around her hating his guts.
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2017-06-12, 05:38 AM (ISO 8601)
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"If it lives it can be killed.
If it is dead it can be eaten."
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