unsounded

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And we're back! Matty really doesn't mind not being in the pageant - being up on stage in front of people would just give him jitters D: Too bad Quigley's gotta have a whole Karen moment about it, but I guess at least it shows he cares!

Sette always cleans up nice.

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There are a few special effects with this page if you want to go check them out on the site - just keep clicking the forward arrow.

Ruffles did a pretty fine job on that Ssael costume, no? It's nice seeing Duane in actual clothing again,...

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We'll go inside on the next page to see Duane trussed up for the pageant, then do our mini break. My buffer's only at twenty pages at the moment which is way smaller than I care for. I like to give pages breathing space, so that before I have to post them I can go back and look at them again to see errors, and things I could overall do better. I...

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Minnow's takin' charge! She's tired of asking these humans nicely. And Duane better watch out 'cause she's got some words for him if she ever sees him again.

Knock huffing away in the vague direction of wherever she guesses Ana could possibly be heading is pretty much peak Knock.

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Who wouldn't want to marry a stormbringer. They're endowed with such enormous... fun. And charm. And faithfulness. And they'd be so aerodynamic if not for their mega cocks.

Page 100! For those keeping track, this is going to be one of our longer chapters. Three more pages, then I'ma take a short pause to make up for the output I lost when ...

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Keon will redeem himself next chapter, but I find it the height of joy to set up a character as a badass and then have something ridiculous happen to them. Usually I scratch this itch with Duane but he's been such an emo-butt lately. Thanks for that, Keon! Hetr's day suddenly got a little better.

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I had like half a dozen Asshole Taunts here for Keon, and it was hard to decide between them all. I figured he'd mostly want to get Elka good and pissed though - it's smart to make it difficult for a wright to concentrate, which rage handily does - so he'd go for the Elan callback.

I really wanted this fight to be longer, but it's mostly a...

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You can say a lot about Hetr, but at least he's brave. Although how brave do you have to be to chop up a squishy hydro-crone and her hurricocks.

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Drawing all those waterladies took a long time, but it was fun to give them each little personalities, and to have them responding tenderly to their little sister rather than their usual scowlin' and sexin' and hatin'.

Speaking of, do you think Hetr will rush into the fray? Or beat a hasty retreat?

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We haven't met Mr. Pink Hands before, but he better not let Minnow catch him or his ass is grass.

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Elka just desperately wants a beer.

Toma (and Elka) are at this point pretty sure that Bell's planning a hit on the Queen, but what's more they know first-hand that Bell's stooges are trying to interfere with whatever skullduggery she's using this shrine for. Getting to her at the point is the wisest course of action, if they can. Neither ...

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We a very serious story, heavy with layers and meaning. What do beans symbolize?

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You get named Knock-Me-Down and people are just gonna keep doing it.

Someone on 4chan suggested there was something up with that Litriya sign, and seems they were right. Who's that coming out?

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Your company's executives have left you to piss about with big goals and no resources, then they suddenly send in a new manager with a giant robot to boss you around and totally ignore all the hard work and sacrifices you've made. How do you not then feel kinda put out? Hetr gave up half his face for General Bell's coup and here's this insane wi...

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Hetr is such a pure and wholesome soul who is also absolutely evil. This page is a good summary of what's going on way over there in the distance, in Evil Plot Land. We'll catch up with that next chapter.

I really like this next scene. It kind of made me fall in love with bleach-blond Keon there. He's a subtle pymary user, which is fun. Hi...

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Quigley never wanted to be a father, and resents Vienne for - he feels - forcing it on him. Uaid was nothing but another son writ even larger. A bigger burden, a bigger loss of control, a bigger theft of his time and his future. He hated Uaid and he hated Matty. His current feelings towards both are ambivalent.

I went back and forth on thi...

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I like the muddy boots and mice in the first panel. Squishy.

The next page is really sad. I was editing it just now after tweaking this one, and it made me really, really sad.

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Quigley has progressed from goofy drunk to brooding, grunting drunk who's going to sit here and remember one of the worst nights of his life. It's only for two pages though, don't get too squirmy.

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Ruffles is terribly good-natured. If Sette put that foot in my face she'd be drawing back a stump. I always like to show how casual, accepted, and assumed the lizards' place in the world is by everyone though. On the next page Matty isn't as rude as Sette, but he's lounging on the floor not helping out either. It's pretty easy to go with the flo...

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Rroan the schemer is keeping those self-destruct instructions clutched pretty close. Probably shouldn't have gone in swinging, Uncle Masek; they may have been more inclined to open up to you.

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To be fair, Queen Sonorie probably would have a really terrific expression on her face to learn a couple lizard brats nicked the self-destruct protocol for her super special secret Plot Facility out of the safe of one of her servants while a zombified Aldishman was tossing her around her office.

But now think about Lori locked in ...

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What if you could take "wasted" years from one person and give them to someone else who stands to be much more productive? That might be a question they asked themselves in Alderode long, long ago.

Duane is remembering another "not normal girl," but he'd really rather not associate this doomed and miserable foreigner with his baby. Get him...

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Man, do I know them feels.

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Hey hey! Finally things are going Jivi's way! And Sette is thoroughly disgusted. Siya doesn't look too thrilled either. I'm going to slug the first person to suggest she's jealous, because that ain't it at all. At least, not in that way.

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Two pages today!

Remember when Jivi and Matty had their little heart to heart a few scenes ago and Matty explained how he only sees shapes? Jivi got the idea to fool Sette into learning to read her name as a peace offering. Look how pleased he is when Sara figures it out and joins in! This is gonna totally score him points.

Friday's ...

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It's a shame Duane is such a poop. I could easily write pages and pages of conversation between this pair. Siya so badly wants to get to know him better, but Duane's not going to have it. Look how scary he is in the fifth panel; just makes Siya think he's even cooler~

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I think it's obvious who's on Quigley's mind since he won't shut up about her. You're driving your son to the bottle, old man!

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Sette's expressions were fun on this page. She's trying to get into the careless banter but she can't quite yet, not while she has to keep an eye on Duane. Eyes a little too wide, thumb a little too chewed.

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Quigley's got moves if you grease the wheels first. Uaid too!

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Quigley, run D: