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Old 09-15-2011, 11:23 AM   Top  -  End  -  #91
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Adjourn is spelled differently from in the strip.

Good strip though.
Flumphs can't spell, apparently. :)
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Old 09-15-2011, 11:26 AM   Top  -  End  -  #92
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If Elan knows Feather Fall, why he didnīt jump before from the rooftop?
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Old 09-15-2011, 11:28 AM   Top  -  End  -  #93
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Notice that Haley has had a potion in her hand ever since here.

Wonder what it is. It seems likely that it will play a role in the battle.
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Old 09-15-2011, 11:29 AM   Top  -  End  -  #94
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The true brilliance of the comic was adding another phrase to the gaming community:

Celestial Tree Sloth Attack!
I am somewhat amazed. I was certain someone would have posted stats for it by now.
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Old 09-15-2011, 11:31 AM   Top  -  End  -  #95
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Its the only possible escape I can think of, well that or using a wand if he has enough in UMD. Haley can`t reach Sabine from that distance so its up to him.
Haley has a bow to annoy Sabine, and we have already seen that Elan has some nice soft lawyers to fall on.
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Old 09-15-2011, 11:31 AM   Top  -  End  -  #96
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'Celestial Tree Sloth Attack' is my new favorite quote from the comic.

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Old 09-15-2011, 11:32 AM   Top  -  End  -  #97
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Elan has made himself useful after all. V told him to bring Haley to Durkon to un-petrify her, and he did. And once Durkon gets Haley back to normal, they outnumber the Linear Guild (At least for now, until Durkon's opposite reveal her/himself).

@Torgun: I wonder what is was too, she took it out of the bag when they were preparing themselves for battle, so probably a buff of some kind. Something to increase her accuracy perhaps? (or whichever stat increases accuracy, dexterity?)
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Old 09-15-2011, 11:33 AM   Top  -  End  -  #98
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hoorah we finally get to see Durkon. the fact that we first see him with the Lawyers suggests the anti-Durkon hasn't appeared yet? Durkon and Haley and Elan should beat Nale and Sabine, even before Malick goes all Death Domain granted power on people.

Celestial animal named after deadly sin - FTW!

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Old 09-15-2011, 11:47 AM   Top  -  End  -  #99
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Haha! Now the plot is tieing back. And we can close those theory threads about the flumphs...
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We apologise for the fault in the flumph-lawyer panel placement. Those responsible have been sacked promoted.
Fixed that for you.
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Old 09-15-2011, 12:28 PM   Top  -  End  -  #101
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The flumphs will make better lawyers than Jones and Rodriguez.
Are you sure those Flumphs can get better than 5-147?

Also, it's obvious that Hell hath no fury like a succubus scorned.
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Old 09-15-2011, 12:31 PM   Top  -  End  -  #102
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This comic is golden for character development.

Sabine is not angry at Elan. Yes, she would enjoy killing him, but that just something to relish, not something to get mad about.

But what she is really saying is:

"I am tired of you making things complicated for me, Nale"

After her upseting conversation with the imp, Sabine is taking her frustrations and fears out on Nale's lookalike.

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Old 09-15-2011, 12:35 PM   Top  -  End  -  #103
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...Not sure if this should be a spoiler, but...

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Just a thought.
The IFCC want Vaarsuvius to survive. They don't give a devil-rat's ass about whether Elan or the rest of the OotS survive.
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Old 09-15-2011, 12:42 PM   Top  -  End  -  #104
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I suppose the lawyers could try filing a claim against Haley for personal injury...

But their claim would no doubt be found to fall outside the Statue of Limitations.
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Old 09-15-2011, 12:45 PM   Top  -  End  -  #105
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Someone else gets landed on, awesome.
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Old 09-15-2011, 12:46 PM   Top  -  End  -  #106
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YES! HELLO, DURKON! LONG TIME, NO SEE! And now we can get some Haley action!!!! And LMFAO with the lawyers/flumphs. Now we just need to know how V's getting away from the Ranch Dressing Plane (he doesn't know Plane Shift, does he?) and what's going on with Roy and Thog (and Mr. Scruffy!)

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LMFAO THAT WOULD BE HILARIOUS.

And also, SIGH. It's been nearly one hundred strips since we've seen Team Evil! I miss them! Redcloak and Xykon and Monster-chan! That honoriffic works much better, dontcha think?

I'm totally adding "Celestial Tree Sloth Attack!" to my sig. It's almost as funny as "Super-advanced stealth flying dinosaur!"
Conjuration is V`s banned school.

Oh and I for one would like to continue with the oots rather that teem evil

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Old 09-15-2011, 12:48 PM   Top  -  End  -  #107
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There's so many responses that could be made for this strip.

1) Somewhere out there someone is looking down on this and yelling "YES!"
2) Doctor Who version would be a simple "Excellent!"
3) I suppose the Star Trek version would be "Make it so!" but thats a little bit out there just like the show...
4) You know flumphs out there are probably saying "Its about time!" and thats just for the appearance... and probably ignoring the fate of the lawyers.
Me I'm wondering how the leads from the Defenders show would react to this maybe even the one with Shatner as well!
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Old 09-15-2011, 01:11 PM   Top  -  End  -  #108
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Haley has a bow to annoy Sabine, and we have already seen that Elan has some nice soft lawyers to fall on.
What could Haley do with a bow that would provoke Sabine without hitting her? A few more moments and Elan would be dead and Break enchantment takes one minute (The giant said something about Zz`dtri`s original version`s author not reading the spells cast time) She can deal with her later anyway.
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Old 09-15-2011, 01:32 PM   Top  -  End  -  #109
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Awesome comic is awesome!
My favorite panel was the Haley statue returning to normal size with the expression of surprise frozen on her face!
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Old 09-15-2011, 01:34 PM   Top  -  End  -  #110
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Another win! Haley had better get rid of Sabine before Sabine becomes the competition in too many senses!

Typo alert: 'adjourn' in last panel.
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Old 09-15-2011, 01:35 PM   Top  -  End  -  #111
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It was an awesome strip, although I thought Haley had to be thrown onto a firm surface, not just thrown?
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Old 09-15-2011, 01:38 PM   Top  -  End  -  #112
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My reaction when i saw the new page was up

btw. Celestial Tree Sloth FTW
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Old 09-15-2011, 01:39 PM   Top  -  End  -  #113
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Sabine is not angry at Elan. Yes, she would enjoy killing him, but that just something to relish, not something to get mad about.

But what she is really saying is:

"I am tired of you making things complicated for me, Nale"

After her upseting conversation with the imp, Sabine is taking her frustrations and fears out on Nale's lookalike.
Actually, as someone aid before, Elan has made a fool of her twice in only five strips (in the very face of Nale, nothing less), so she has at least good motives to be very upset with the bard.
And the chat with Qarr hasnīt done any good to cheer her up, either.
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Old 09-15-2011, 01:43 PM   Top  -  End  -  #114
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...Alas, as one can see from the falling statute panel, the lawyers don't have the Xs in their eyes, so they quite clearly survived the falling statute.
They have at least one more fall to break
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Old 09-15-2011, 01:52 PM   Top  -  End  -  #115
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It was an awesome strip, although I thought Haley had to be thrown onto a firm surface, not just thrown?
She hits the wall with a little "bink!" in Panel 9. Apparently that counts.
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I'm surprised the lawyers don't have X's in their eyes!
Last thing we need is Zombie lawyers.
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Old 09-15-2011, 02:02 PM   Top  -  End  -  #117
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Well, I had to think immidiately: Why the lawyers? Why not someone else?

BECAUSE! The lawyers will next disappear - only to be not available when the guards arrest Durkon for illegal staying in the EoB...

And then Durkon and the flumphs will both move to adjourn, and subsequently to the arena...
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Old 09-15-2011, 02:10 PM   Top  -  End  -  #118
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Last thing we need is Zombie lawyers.
"You cut him in half and BOTH sides sue!"
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Hurrah! Durkon is back! And the flumphs!

Wait...but does this mean Jones and Rodriguez are dead?

EDIT: Heh...I like the "aoowhiff" sound effect in the 3rd panel.

And you can see mini-Haley starting to fall out of Elan's belt in the 6th panel!
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Old 09-15-2011, 03:02 PM   Top  -  End  -  #120
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But I wanted to hear the rest of Nale's quip.

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