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The current story arc started with this strip: Two Pieces of Cake.
That’s a wooden sword. I’m saying that because it’s not really possible to convey this in black and white.
We’ve added a “To be continued.” text box since the next strip will be a direct sequel of this one. I’d like to have them published together, but since there’s a lot of action going on in the panels of the next strip as well that would have been too much to draw for Powree for just one update.
- Cloud: How the hell did you do that?!
- Larisa: With patience and persistence.
- Cloud: Very funny. We’ll stay together from now on, okay!?
- Larisa: ’kay, want to keep an eye on you anyway.
- Cloud: And I on you…
- Larisa: Aww.
- Cloud: … Or you might get bitten by a rabid bat!
- Cloud: 17 Dollars?
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Woot! Loot!
btw I’m a comment from the past!
I propose they defeat some more of the smaller beasts, collect the loot they dump, and then buy better equipment at the adventurers’ shop before they continue the quest.
Nice mood whiplash between Larisa’s mock seductive pose in panel 2 and her real shock in panel 3… after all, she still is a halfway normal preteen, although she wouldn’t admit it.
On the other hand, Cloud IS prepared. Hitting a bat mid-flight still surprised me, although I knew his parents sent him to extensive training and that he could defeat bullies.
(“bitten” btw)
CLOUD defeated: RABID BAT
27exp gained
17 dollars gained
Loved how you elaborated on the unrealistic crashing if the dresser
@ambi
I think its a play on words, where you have Bidden in a game of poker or some other game with money?
And Novil, you should make cloud hitting the bat some kind of product.
Ambi says: (”bitten” btw)
Fixed.
LOL at the RPG reference, too bad real life isn’t like that.
Nice action shot in panel 3.
A bokuto? I though he would use a shinai. Still rocks either way of getting a bat in mid-air. I wonder if the money came from the bat or was randomly lying on the dresser, I hope it was from the bat :). Thank you for having Cloud ask the question we’ve all be asking as well :D.
You have defeated…
…a brown bat!
You find…
17 USD!
17 dollars…i’d expect a bit more, but i guess this is still level one, i suppose…
Wow. This is great. Larisa may not be the type of person that I’d like to hang out with in real life (though Cloud would be) she sure does make for a great character. This is seriously one of my favorite strips out there.
Heh… I never cared for Final Fantasy, but I have played my share of RPG’s and I did find this funny. Very good ^^
man…i SO wish this was real..id go out and play “whack a bat!” XD *then if i need to use the money i make to bribe the animal controll/rights people lol*
wait… wait…. wait wait wait!!!
Did the bat actually DROP that?!? o_Ô
“Loot for everyone!!!”
( I once tried to make a RPG-Maker-game.
My hero had a similar situation,
wondering why the hell a spider in his basement is dropping money XD’ )
Also, the faces are awesome as always ^^
(and again, sorry for my awful english… I’m sure there are some mistakes…)
Well, at least the bat didn’t drop something lousy like “Soft.” Who EVER uses a Soft?
I’ve always wondered why wolves, rats, bats, etc. had money, and where they carried it. Do they have little wallets with pictures of their offspring, too?
$17. I guess that’s all the money Larisa had in her pocket today. 🙂
Really nice job on the art, especially Larisa in the first two panels.
Really, you COULD make the sword obviously wooden…
if you wanted to spend hours drawing wood grain.
;D
Ha! Ha! Makes me wonder who the boss is.
Each of them lives in his/her own world XD
I’m just wondering what Sandra’s is like.
Wow, if a little bat can drop $17, I wonder what the guard dog drops. 😀
That was a smooth move!
*que the victory fanfare music*
^ [insert victory pose here]
Maybe the next bat will drop a weapon larger than itself.
Did Cloud level up from that, I wonder?
Siraj says: Did Cloud level up from that, I wonder?
Just one fight is not enough for that. But he’ll certainly gain enough XPs until the end of the storyline.
Cid Lavigne says:
“Each of them lives in his/her own world XD
I’m just wondering what Sandra’s is like.”
Sandra is the Queen of Northia. How this will relate to their adventure together will be interesting to see. 🙂
Though funny, and intriging, reference to Cloud’s upbringing. Its rather obvious that the “loot” came from the loot the kids went there to find. So, find the bat’s nest, find the stash of cash from criminals past. Knowing Cloud, he’d be buying into the whole RPG thing, what with his parent’s constantly expecting him to become some famous adventurer. Knowing Larisa, she’ll make up some convoluted reasoning that involves burning things, and/or mayhem in general. But once they “relate” their “experience(s)” to Sandra, she’ll probably make the same deduction I pointed out. And though it would only be logical that if indeed the bat somehow was carrying the $17, that the stash would be in its nest/lair. Somehow I doubt it would/should(?) be that easy.
Reader says: Somehow I doubt it would/should(?) be that easy.
Sometimes it’s good to have some doubts. Because you guessed it completely wrong what will happen next.
Reader says: Knowing Larisa, she’ll make up some convoluted reasoning that involves burning things, and/or mayhem in general.
No, because that would be quite lame. We don’t need to repeat ourselves that early in the history of Sandra and Woo.
*singing FF7 victory fanfare* da da da dum dum dat da daraaaaa
Cloud must have an accessory equipped that allows for pre-emptive strikes and/or increased luck.
That’ll come in handy if they meet any Bandits in the warehouse.
Dadada, da, da, da, da-da! *victory music plays*
RABID RAT has been defeated!
Received 17 Dollars!
Received 12 EXP!
Cloud gained a level!
Max HP increased!
Max MP increased!
Strength increased!
Agility increased!
Defense increased!
Luck increased!
Intellect increased!
Cloud’s Sword level has increased!
…As you can tell, I play too much Final Fantasy.
But I have the new 20th Anniversary Final Fantasy I & II games for my PSP, so nyah. 😀
Small Bat defeated
Cloud gained 6 XP
Recieved 17$
Small Bat dropped Pheonix Down
Cloud-WTH!
@ chance
BAT has bitten LARISA
LARISA is down!
Cloud uses PHEONIX DOWN
LARISA is revived!
A negative vote on my comment? I think (hope!) someone just misinterpreted my meaning. I certainly did not mean anything negative by it, just something a bit different from everyone else’s comments. 🙁
Iron Ed says: A negative vote on my comment? I think (hope!) someone just misinterpreted my meaning. I certainly did not mean anything negative by it, just something a bit different from everyone else’s comments. 🙁
Iron Ed says: A negative vote on my comment?
Iron Ed says: A negative vote
Low self-esteem much? 😀
I really like your webcomic. It´s so funny (story) and cute (drawings).^^
My two favorite moments about this strip: Second panel with the “flirt moment” and the last panel with the “K.O.”-face of the bat and Clouds “Wt-?”-face when he saw the 17$. The “K.O.”-face was the best thing. XD
I love Cloud’s hair in the third panel. He looks so heroic just because his hair changes. He must really gonna use hair-gel.
I don’t get the $17 thing, but I just started reading your comic today and its great!
Just wanted to say, I thought Powree indicated it was a wooden sword quite nicely via the apparent thickness and “flatness” of the blade (ie rectangular cross-section), rather than an edged, curved blade (pointy oval cross-section). The image implied to me that it was either wooden or plastic, which sounds like exactly what was intended.
I’ll be honest, the payout on bats in this comic is better than most RPGs. I’ll bet there’s going to be a giant rat of some description sooner or later.
A few panels ago, it was suggested they were going to “split up” Scooby Doo style.. I guess we were wrong. I supppose that means there won’t be a “Woo Snacks” reference either..
LOL at the loot drop.
Just asking why is Cloud protecting the girl who in his dreams is Sephiroth
SEPHIROTH dun dun dun dundun dun duunn SEPHIROTH
Lol I’ve played FF7 to many times ohh I gots an Idea how bout they have a dog named RedXIII and a cat named CaitSith XD
Just to add more Talking animals to the Comic = 3
per Novil…
Iron Ed says: A negative vote on my comment?
Iron Ed says: A negative vote
Low self-esteem much? 😀
Heh! More like my dad -likes- arguments. I don’t! So I try to keep my meanings clear. That way if someone wants to contest something I said, at least we’ll argue about what I really meant instead of what someone thought I meant. 🙂 🙂 🙂
Every time I see your stuff…you always amaze me with both qaulity writing and quality art. You guys are top-notch. I liked how this story arc started out really well 🙂
ok ok I loled at the bat having money. I was talking to my gaming buddies about why monster/creatures have money on them and this just drives the point home
@Bartimaeus
It’s.. “Bat”Man * rimshot *