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The four little cipher challenges below the website’s logo have been decrypted:
- “Andrsn nds Chh fd smosud wsntdkdfah.” – Sámuel Literáti Nemes [1833] was decoded to “Sandra and Woo is always surprising” by our reader Charles. Sámuel Literáti Nemes is suspected to have forged the Codex Rohonczi.
- “Kaagia aag Scc as gr uie srn.” – H. C. Reynolds [1948] was decoded to “Sandra and Woo is to die for.” by our reader Phil. A man named H. C. Reynolds was assumed to be the Tamam Shud murder victim for a while.
- “Ssssao fem Iha wl aiv bl olwv rised.” – Antonio Averlino [1465] was decoded to “Sandra and Woo is out of this world.” also by our reader Phil. The architect Antonio Averlino, also known as Filarete, is one of the alleged authors of the Voynich manuscript.
- “Psidms sid Vjj cp ktmr ojgd.” – Thomas Jefferson Beale [1820] was decoded to “Sandra and Woo is pure gold.” by our reader Roachester. Thomas Jefferson Beale created the Beale ciphers which allegedly state the location of a buried treasure of gold.
Standard encryption methods and “Sandra and Woo” as password have been used to encrypt the short messages. I no longer know which method was used for which message, though.
- Benjamin: There are rumors, Cloud, rumors!
- Theo: That you whispered disgustingly sweet things into Sandra’s ear.
- Cloud: Well, it’s true.
- Theo: Jeez, Cloud! That was worse than proposing to her!
- Benjamin: You said it!
- Benjamin: Cloud, better never ever break her heart, …
- Benjamin: … or I won’t feel sorry for you at all when she chops off your feet with an axe.
- Cloud: You’re a true friend, Benny.
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Lord help the boy that one day falls in love with Yuna.
I don’t think Sandra is the axe murdering type. Larrissa maybe, but not Sandra.
Dude, don’t even worry about what Sandra would do. Can you imagine what LARISA would do to somebody who broke Sandra’s heart? You’d be LUCKY if there was even a body left!
I think he would have to worry more, if Sandra got Cloud’s mom and little sister to help her get revenge. They both happen to like her.
A good friend will help you up if you fall down. A great friend will laugh at you.
So, where does offering no sympathies for really dumb moves fit into that, I wonder?
If cloud ever DID break Sandra’s heart, he might just as well change his name to Johnny storm, because Larissa will make him look like he yelled “FLAME ON!” one too many times.
@ Blitz:
> You’d be LUCKY if there were even ashes left!
ftfy
@ ekimmak:
“True friend”, according to Cloud.
Cut his feet off? With an axe!? Never mind lack of sympathy, Ye Thuza would never forgive him. >:=)>
As others have already hinted, if he breaks Sandra’s heart, he’s got more to worry about than Sandra’s reaction…
…namely, the reaction of his mum and sister!
As for what Larissa would do, should she be recruited to assist with the punishment: Cloud Flambé, of course 😀
Why is Stephen King in the tags? Is there some sort of reference that I’m not getting because I suck at getting references?
D’you know, I always thought the quotes were actually in Al Bhed…
Well…sandra is not that type…if they were talking about larissa…then maybe…they could be right….
now…they have a point…some girls in “Rage mode” are scary…..
Well if you talk about that… Cloud is more lucky than Landon… If Landon will somehow manage to break the unbreakable heart of Larisa, I cannot even start to imagine what she will cut off and what tool she will use for that…
At any rate its irrelevant.
Cloud is an honorable boy and has a good heart. I don’t think he would have told Sandra what he did if he did not know in his own heart he meant it.
He would never break her heart intentionally.
Historically, Sandra threatened to cook Woo when he…err…sabotaged her youtube page. That has some rather nasty implications for what might happen should Cloud do the unthinkable, so I’ll just leave it at that!
AHAHAHA love the Yuno gasai “Mirai nikki” refference.
This is a great little arc. Really enjoying the simple, honest advancement of Cloud and Sandra’s relationship. I’m sure there are rough patches ahead, and I know that it’s so rare that one’s first love becomes a lifelong love, but I really hope that’s the case in this circumstance.
I hope we can see Landon and Larissa’s relationship explored like that at some point. The two are such polar opposites so it would be nice to see them talking and revealing just what they see in each other. I’m sure Larissa has something of a rep for being ‘a bit odd’ and Landon strikes me as being a little bit ‘wallflowerly’ so some insight/advancement of those two would be a huge plus (for me at any rate).
Perhaps this could work back into the longstanding thread of just what Larissa was hiding from Sandra and Cloud during the factory treasure hunt arc. The way she was acting after loosing that container indicated it was a lot more important than what her normal medication might indicate.
Again I could be connecting dots that aren’t there. but I do hope to see Larissa and Landon’s relationship get the same treatment as these past few strips for Sandra and Cloud.
@ Anime fan:
TRUTH! XD
This might just be personal preference, but wouldn’t it be better if Benjamin said “chops off with an axe” instead of “cuts off”? I dunno, I just think it sounds better…
Anyways, changing to a less disturbing topic, what might the “big announcement” Novil mentioned be? A teaser for the Sandra and Woo adventure game? A deal with a publisher to put the comic on paper? Cookies?
@ abowden:
nah, she more of the “tie you up to a tree and watch you burn” type then the axe murdering type.
abowden wrote:
You must have forgotten about this strip. 🙂
@ Blitz:
On the plus side, it’d probably save on cremation fees.
Luke wrote:
In his novel “Misery”, an obsessed fan kidnaps a successful author, and takes drastic measures to ensure he doesn’t escape…
Mr_Nabby wrote:
Reread Novil’s statement below the comic. The 4 randomly posted encrypted messages of gibberish that appear above the comic have been deciphered. She then lists what they mean and who decoded them. For any of you actually attempted to decode the “Book of Woo” this might be a hint.
So their theorized response to a loss of heart is nary a leg to stand on. Interesting. Short sighted by a longshot, but interesting.
@ Mythril:
Ok… gonna take back what I said about her……………….I forgot about that >_>
I always assumed that the coded quotes were actual quotes from the Beale ciphers etc.
If they ever break up, I dont’t think his feet is what Cloud should be worrying about Sandra chopping off!
@ abowden:
There’s the real danger… Break Sandra’s heart and win the rage of her closest and pyromaniac friend. Plus whatever schemes the ‘Empress’ can devise against him if that were to happen.
@ Anime fan:
Or girl!
wonder how Sandra and Larissa even became friends….
@ Bob:
THAT have to be a story arc! I have been wondering just the same thing. Just picture a flashback story with Sandra and Larissa in kindergarden. And we could finally get a chance to see Sandra’s mom. Make it happen!
@ Deko:
Think Woo, doing a godfather imitation with Cloud’s mom and sister standing behind Woo looking very very upset with Cloud.
Now Cloud is a very capable kid, but even full grown and much more capable men have scattered in fear when a woman even looks wrong in their direction.
And Cloud won’t have just one female angry at him. LOL, he’d have a whole passel of angry women (who each have rather nasty advantages) after him.
well, maybe Ruth or Lilly will help him o… no, they’re female too.
Cloud, stay on her good side.
While Larisa would be a bad person to get mad at you don’t underestimate the mayhem Woo would throw at anyone who hurt Sandra. He also has a few friends who might lend a hand some who are deities.
@ Blitz:
True that my friend.
@ Jamie:
Or girl.
@ abowden:
Guns and lasers are sandra’s things
Cloud’s combat skill and his devotion seem to be such that if Sandra was in a foot-chopping rage…he wouldn’t stop her.
When I find a comic about a talking raccoon and all the adventures he can have. I don’t expect a generic teen comic.
If Cloud were to break Sandra’s heart, Larisa would burn him to a crisp… assuming there would be anything left after Woo finished mauling him.
@ ekimmak:
Perhaps a semi-phenomenal friend?
@ Luke:
Well obviously, don’t you know that Stephen King writes horror? How could you miss the obvious connection between that and getting your feet chopped of with an axe?
Sandra, a yandere? I expected larissa, but not her!
true friends, they put you in the right path.