Ch4 39
Thus concludes Chapter 4! What does this mean for our heroes? If the big bad has already been witness to Lark’s death, how can this man be who he claims to be?! The next chapter is rather exposition heavy, so I’m sure at least some answers will be given (Nope. More questions).
With that said, we’d like to apologize for the randomness of the pages being posted. Alli’s been through a bit of a hell at her work and has started a new job due to some of the stress. With that being said, we’re going to be taking a break from updates until Alli gets into the swing of things at the new job. As it’s in the same field she’s accustomed to, it shouldn’t be too long of a break. We’re aiming to get our shit together for August 13th.
So until August 13th, please use the comments section to theorize what’s going on in the world of Alteria! We’re always happy to listen, chat and throw red herrings out to those that are getting too close to the truth!
Typical “I watched him die” but not checking the corpse afterward. Beginners mistake in the assassination industry.
What if there was no corpse to check? I mean, that kind of incident doesn’t make it easy to recover bodies from.
so like what the dude burned Lark alive and wait until he was ashes before he walked off or something?
You try to kill some roach a hundred or so times and then decide to be completely asinine about it and Lark still survives? Man, that’s some curse. What did Lark do to get that curse? Sleep with wrong God’s wife or something?
One of the Chronicles of Lark claims that he banged the Paragon-gone-Avatar of Lo’Ani into submission and in return, Lo’Ani put a terrible curse upon Lark… Perhaps there was some merit to that legend (Said legend will be spoken of in the future, don’t you worry 😛 )
One does what one must. There comes a point when the paycheck isn’t enough to deal with the stress.
We’re just super happy that Alli aced her interview and got the new job. It’s a little bit more travel time for her, but she said that the atmosphere is far more personal than the one she was being ramped up towards (Her previous business got bought out and they were being pushed into a corporate mentality, which focused more on numbers and not retention/service).
With this additional relief of stress, we’re hoping that work won’t drain her so badly. Previously, she would get home, help with the kids and supper and pretty much pass out by 8 PM, right as the kids would. Hard to work on pages when you’re that exhausted. We didn’t really mention this in some of the news posts because we were trying to figure out ways to make it better – so hopefully this one strikes up her energy levels once again.
Thank you for your kind words and understanding, everyone 🙂
I’m just happy Alli has a chance to feel better. I rashly took an early retirement because I couldn’t stand the stress any more so I understand. It’s been a mixed blessing. You and Alli are among my favorite people and I do care a lot about you!
Many thanks, Bill! We’re always happy to hear from you and consider you to be among our favourite people, too!
It’s largely due to stress that I can’t seem to hold a job for more than a few months at a time aside from twice, but I can’t really go back to either of those jobs. So I’m looking to blacksmithing, and see where I can get with that. Like I said, one does what one must.
It was one of those “No neutral could possibly have survived that!” things.
To be fair, the incident did involve a Godspell and did cause the Abyssals to be removed from their position within The Order. I’m sure this is the last time we hear about it. It’s not like it’s a central point in the plot or anything. Nope. Not at all.
There are only 3 entries on his character sheet:
1. Oafishness
2. Sexual Prowess
3. The ability to substitute either for any other needed characteristic, including Hit Points and Combat.
#13 All slain enemies will be cremated, or at least have several rounds of ammunition emptied into them, not left for dead at the bottom of the cliff. The announcement of their deaths, as well as any accompanying celebration, will be deferred until after the aforementioned disposal. – Evil Overlord’s List
Hard to cremate vapor is all I’m saying…
That would be pretty close to cremation.
This is true, but there would be no ashes to prove of said demise. Plus, as we’ve seen in other stories, sometimes being vaporized is just a teleporter thing happening.
My rule when watching any movie or TV show where the villain has met an ambiguous fate is “Unless you’ve got their body on an autopsy table, their brain in a stainless steel bowl and their guts in plastic bags; they probably aren’t dead and you need to keep an eye out for ’em.”
cremation, how quaint…plasma furnace set to overload then I explode the sun the plasma furnace is circling (after filling out the appropriate environmental impact statements.)
And even then, it could all be an elaborate ruse
Yes, Jim. It could be, but I personally put the last magazine of ammo in the body…then personally vivisect and then render the body, all while taking cell samples to be DNA tested. Before putting said rendering in the furnace. You almost never have a “hero” going to the extent of a perfect clone decoy…and I’ve detected those.
What about Quantum Duplicates?
Theory time then.. Lark’s shirts are made by the same guy who makes shirts for Bruce Banner
I have this weird image in my head that the Lark was supposed to die really early in his life, but some kind of glitch in the system registered him as already taken/reaped/dead, and so he got a pass. He really should have died a lot of times already, but because of the glitch, death just kind of skips over him, thus him “surviving” things that really should have killed him for realsies.
Well, there is someone else who is quite prominently believed to be dead…
Hmm well that explains why Lark got a Guardian who’s better at killing things then healing them I suppose, though with Hasera one would think mother was a ice queen or something given her magic but whats the odds of that.
“Die! Die! Why won’t you die?” *whispers* “Why won’t you die?” 😨
Hrrrmn. That does seem to indicate that the Order also has some idea of what happened, although they don’t appear to be aware of ALL the details.
Ack. This was supposed to be in response to this:
“To be fair, the incident did involve a Godspell and did cause the Abyssals to be removed from their position within The Order. I’m sure this is the last time we hear about it. It’s not like it’s a central point in the plot or anything. Nope. Not at all.”
Sasskra made a noob mistake; you need to shoot the heads off of fallen corpses to make sure they don’t become zombies.
Fantastic page! I am all caught up now and I have to say I am really digging your villains. Alli I wish you well and hope the new job is great! See you guys when you get back.
Go big or go home, right? 😀 I’m glad you’re liking our villains because we really like your villains over at TERRA.
What, is ‘Red Herring’ the name of your Hit Man? Want to know before getting too close with possible ideas about what is really happening…
Maybe. It depends on how close those ideas hit to home…
Yeah….
About that…
You are cursed to never die, but watch everyone die around you….hmmm sounds like someone messed up the temporal time field horribly and now Lark is a walk anomaly, maybe even demi god level of it too. You laugh in the face of death…but your guardians don’t and I wonder as to Hass lineage since so many people were surprised by her stamina levels.
Always gotta be careful with wording curses, wishes and eulogies. One word or comma out of place and boy-howdy, does it get awkward.
I hope all is well with your new job Alli! We all eagerly await your return. 😀 Try to get some rest in there, somehow. 😉
It’s August 13! How are you doing? Is the comic almost ready? Answer the second question first. 😜
Ya sorry about that, it’s been crazy with the new job and the holidays we just had. The cover for Chapter 5 will be posted tomorrow and we’ll be doing one update a week for a bit until things get settled with the new job =)
Yay! Comic is noms!
Have I missed something? No updates that I can see. Problems with work, or have you moved to a different URL and I didn;t see it?
Hi there have been some updates for Chapter 5. Unfortunately, we have been having terrible luck this month with being able to get updates done. The whole family has been sick and our region just got hit by a tornado that knocked out the power for a bit. We are hoping to have a new page up Next Monday October.
Ah, OK. As long as I haven’t missed anything, I can be patient. Heck, Battle Bunnies only updates like every 6 months or so.
Sorry to hear about your misfortunes; hopefully things improve soon.