The current story arc started with this strip: Two Pieces of Cake.
I know that the correct spelling is “But that doesn’t matter.” in the second panel. But I’m trying to make the dialog sound more natural, so I’ll include errors like this once in a while in the future. (Update: Okay, some readers don’t seem to like it that much, so this will probably the first and last time I did it.)
- Cloud: There we go! Soon the nuclear warheads will be in safe hands again.
- Cloud: Do you think the thieves hid their booty down there somewhere?
- Sandra: No. But that don’t matter.
- Sandra: Because I’ve already found the most precious thing.
- Sandra: Look, my missing favorite earrings! They were in a side pocket of my backpack.
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That was quite the “Awww” moment in Panel 3.
Any chance of a print of that coming for sale soon? =D
Oh it was so sweet… until Sandra unintentionally ruined it. Oh well, It’s great that Cloud helped Larisa make the world safe (although it is Larisa…).
Surely Sandra’s far too nice to tease Cloud like that?
Or was that a little payback for his enjoyment of [0123]?
Poor Cloud. 🙂 Good job with his face in panel three. I like him in the first panel too.
Good thing Woo got his shots a while back! 8-o Ow!
Yappy Dog says: Surely Sandra’s far too nice to tease Cloud like that? Or was that a little payback for his enjoyment of [0123]?
The next strip will answer these questions.
Can’t ask for better than that!
Damn! Rabies shot for Woo
I didn’t even realize Sandra’s ears were pierced. If they’re her favorite earrings, you’d think she’d actually wear them sometimes. If you just needed something to make the joke work, you could have used “bracelet,” or “necklace”…
I always love it when the background is funnier than whats happening in the foreground. (no sarcasm)
Sandra holding Clouds hand? Did I miss something?
Oh no, Woo! Bites from rats living in abandoned factories = bad!
Nevermind what Larisa might find down there…
Is it awful the RPG fan in me is rooting for a “boss battle”?
*exiting .wav music* now the rats shall combine Rat-tu-ska! the battle is on!
When Woo yelps in pain, and no-one’s looking… what does he sound like? >_>
I think Sandra is trying to get back at Cloud for involvement with Larisa back 1-2 strips ago 😀
Reply message left…somewhere. O_o
They just let Larisa, a known psychopath, venture into a storm-drain of an abandoned building, alone, to retrieve an unknown medication that she has secretly been taking behind their backs….
This has bad news written all over it.
As for Sandra getting back at Cloud, I really wouldn’t put it past her since…
A: The E-mail Spam from the “Dark Knight” Incident
B: Buying Woo a tranquilizer rifle to deal with the over-dramatic Poacher Mom
C: Dressing as a Political Official and threatening to lecture adults for candy on Halloween
Don’t get me wrong, the girl’s a sweet heart, but she’s no fool, she’s fully capable of taking care of herself. Right now, I’m more worried about Cloud.
Recall that Woo has had already his rabies shot. And while he was very unhappy about it at the time, I imagine he now has slightly less to complain about. Considering that non-humans may not necessarily be offered the shot once they’ve been bitten, only before.
I wonder, if Cloud or Woo kills the rat, how much money *it’s* carrying…
Larisa’s entry into the sewer has caused the “underground” music from “Legend of Zelda” to start running through my head…
I have to say, panel 3 made me awwwwwwww ^w^ then Panel 4 just made me laugh x3 Love this strip!
Ouch, classical! XD
This reminds me of so many other things at the same time.
For example: Jokes like that are part of every good Anime.
I don’t think I need to explain this 😉
By the way, Oliver. Why are you NOW using “booty” instead of “treasure”?
This somehow confused me. Or is Cloud referring to something? (I don’t think so…)
Also, kudos to Powree. The faces are awesome as always ^^
I really had to laugh about how Cloud is looking in the last pannel.
(Including body language)
@DanialArin
Funny. I’m hearing the SuperMario “Underground”-musik in my head right now… *searches at YT*
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDPLZzJKFuo (not mine)
Hmm… I wonder if Woo’s gonna have some choice expletives after being bitten? Pain has a marvelous way of making people forget to be quiet 🙂
Each time I read this strip I am more convinced Germany is bringing me 2 great reasons for joy in 2010.
… the second reason, of course, has a big chin and used to look great in red. Must get used to see him on silver, now.
I’m starting to get the idea Cloud has the most “innocent” mind in this whole group! 🙂
Nice double joke in the background there. Two punchlines for the price of one.
Someone says: By the way, Oliver. Why are you NOW using “booty” instead of “treasure”?
Because there is no potential double meaning.
Ha! Ha! Poor Cloud…
If you’re going for realism in colloquial speech, she would likely also say “Nah” instead of “No”.
Now that you mention it, shouldn’t Sandra be saying “but that DOESN’T matter”?
Wow… that actually reminds me a lot of a conversation I had with an ex…
And women wonder why guys are so uncertain around them… However I’m a bit more worried about Larisa and Woo right now…
Cloud’s expression in the last panel reminds me of the argentinian comic writer Quino (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quino).
I do think the grammar error in panel 2 does make the dialog sound more natural for Sandra to say.
Very cute. Poor Cloud, he looks so crestfallen. 😉
As an aside though while I’m a fan of colloquial dialogue I should mention that using “don’t” instead of “doesn’t” sounds very uneducated to my ear. I wouldn’t expect it from an intelligent, educated girl like Sandra.
And yeah, good thing Woo’s had his shots. A rat will not normally attack a raccoon. 🙂
Dont worry random shes pyromaniac not radiation…..maniac
Re: Sandra and Cloud: …Yeah, she’s messing with him. But probably not in a vengeful way like she did with the spam. I think she realizes Cloud wasn’t exactly thrilled to be the object of Larisa’s… affections? Would that be the proper term?… in those strips, but she still felt a need to tweak him for it anyway. If she thought he was playing along with Larisa for even a minute, she would’ve done a *lot* worse than this to him, I’m sure. Probably her (Larisa), too.
(I’m gonna guess Sandra doesn’t know that Larisa went all Limit Break on Cloud for trying to “like” two girls at once, which freaked him out rather magnificently, which probably accounts for his reactions to her advances here.)
Also, with all the Final Fantasy references in this strip to date, I can’t help but wonder if the background deal with rats, tails, and going underground isn’t a very subtle tip of the cap to Bahamut’s “test of courage” from the first NES game. Probably not, but it’s an amusing thought just the same…
Just found your web-mix. fun so far, although I was a bit taken back having 11 year olds discussing Satanic sex orgies or making sweet, sweet love.
Art work and cast are great.
Something tells me that rat is going to get eaten next comic 😛
One “weed-rat, rotisserie style” coming up! 🙂 🙂 🙂
junqstuff – Just found your web-mix. fun so far, although I was a bit taken back having 11 year olds discussing Satanic sex orgies or making sweet, sweet love.
First off, I don’t think they’re 11 year olds, and secondly, it’s Larissa who mentioned both… 😀
Out of curiosity, is anybody still curious as to just what it was Larissa dropped down the drain?
Nice Sandra, nice indeed… Poor Cloud.
As for Larissa, I’m more interested in what she might find down there, not so much what type of medicine she was taking (as we will find out eventually anyway, though I am interested in it too).
How did we know that a cute moment would be ruined and turned humorous?
Hobbes – Going by her entry on the cast page, Sandra is definitely 11. While neither Cloud nor Larisa have their ages spelled out, it’s probably safe to assume they’re at or around Sandra’s age; Cloud cannot be more than 12 based on the FF7 connection, and I’d suggest Larisa might be the oldest of the trio by a very slight margin, or at least she gives that impression of being a bit more worldly-wise than her friends. Of course, that *could* be a function of her having been born in another country and/or her medical condition(s), too.
It’s pretty obvious Larisa dropped those pills of hers down the grate – the ones she clearly doesn’t want Sandra or Cloud to know about. As to what those pills are, I suspect we’ll just have to wait and see… if I had to guess, though, I’d say it’s probably some sort of heart medication she’s on, or something of similar import. Which would probably explain why she’s trying to keep them a secret; bad enough she can’t hide her need for insulin, but diabetes combined with whatever this is would absolutely give her a sickly image she doesn’t want to have. Or such is the impression I’m getting from this arc. I’m sure we’ll find out soon enough, though…
lols you got me this time XD
I like how Cloud plays along with Larisa and lets her keep her secret. He has to know it’s something she doesn’t want them to find out, and yet he doesn’t pry.
Also, love the unrelated event in the background, although it does double as a sort of expression of Sandra’s slip-up in the last panel (even if said slip-up was intentional..)
RA says: Wow… that actually reminds me a lot of a conversation I had with an ex…
Lolwut?
junqstuff says: Just found your web-mix. fun so far, although I was a bit taken back having 11 year olds discussing Satanic sex orgies or making sweet, sweet love.
Only Larisa. And I doubt she’s really serious about it.
Chris says: Something tells me that rat is going to get eaten next comic 😛
$10 against that. Deal? 😉
Hobbes says: Out of curiosity, is anybody still curious as to just what it was Larissa dropped down the drain?
Her pill box. I thought that was clear. There ARE pills in it as we have already seen. I’m not sure about those nuclear missile codes, though.
Rat wants Woo’s tail for nesting material, but Woo is rather attached to it at the moment. Spirited discussion breaks out. Stay tuned!
Awww…..
No Woo!! Not Rabies!!
Heh, hope Woo doesn’t get rabies from this. Or some other disease that can be passed from getting bit in the tail by a gross sewer rat….
Awwww… wait… damn…
“No, damn it, I DO NOT WANT TO INSTAL Xfire!”
It’s like that adventure time episode were Finn and Jake where looking for a book and that snail got infused with the lich.