[0836] The Divine Comedy, Page 33 (Manga Studio Adventures)
└ posted on Monday, 7 November 2016, by Novil
- Sandra: Liz, my leg’s stuck!
- Larisa: Don’t move! I’m coming!
- Inventory: Samsung phone, Slice of pizza, Carbon rod (inanimate), Gorbachev keyring, Paint brush (with paint)
- Abilites: Pyromania, Artistry, Precociousness
- Caption: If Larisa destroys the killer digger with a rocket, she’ll save Sandra’s life. However, the explosion will also cause the collapse of the already unstable floor. The digger will fall down and crush the five boy scouts who have been lured there by the nefarious angels. Now it’s up to you to help Larisa to make the best of this trolley problem! Make a suggestion what she should do in the comment section! (With a sketch if you like.) We will use the best suggestion for the next strip!
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Rocketjump to the Digger and use the paintbrush to paint over the window, blinding the angel inside of it. Next open the door, throw in the Samsung phone, and have it blow up the angel.
@ Isaac:
Oh and after the Boy Scouts regain their nourishment from their he pizza they escape while you throw the samsung into the distracted killer digger which explodes defeating the monster and Sandra treats Larisa to some ice cream.
Ok
Step one: use pizza to lure Boy Scouts, and to make sure they are not angles in discuise
Step two: inanimate carbon rod can hold the floor up (like it held the door shut)
Step C: paint key chain with symbol to summon an underling and this it at the scouts if. They won’t move
F: fire backwards while jumping the gap and defying phisics to rescue Sandra and save the day:)
Z: for good measure blow up the digger any way.
Alt: use the plot device alluded to in an earlier strip.
Tame, but have her it the top end of the arm of the digger at the appropriate angle to knock it away from the scouts and so is falls off it’s treads. The explosion is high enough to not effect the ground (and the direction the the rocket is moving get when it goes off is slanted away from the ground, if that makes any difference).
Obviously she should set the digger on fire, perhaps with it’s own fuel, and have a marshmallow roast. The boy scouts would love that. That leftover Samsung can be used to light the paintbrush once she shorts it out with the carbon rod. Removing the primer from one of the RPGs and throwing it at the digger’s control panel is also an option but of course she prefers pyromania.
Um, not sure, but I think there’s a problem in the drawing:
The side of the hole to the left (below the front end of the rocket launcher) is drawn as if the hole ends at a wall – with a sharp upper edge.
The bigger black hole through which the digger came suggests there is no wall.
This way, it looks like if a horizontal hole ends at a vertical hole, and that part is somehow two-dimensional.
And of course she could simply bribe the angel with pizza.
Larissa struggling for a moment. then going “right now it´s me to choose and I choose my firearms!” and shooting looking determined.
Mr. Devil then coming up saving the boy scouts from the floor/ceiling above them (don´t know… magic? pure strengh? choose-one.com) while screaming “f*** the rules, f*** these boys and f*** YOU” showing a shocked (meme-style) Angel slightly in the off a middlefinger!
I know it doesn´t use any of the items Larissa has but it has something funny to it in my mind.
Larissa still loving fire more then anything.
And the Devil going “Risking my life to save people I hate for reasons I don’t quite understand.” (Homer – Simpsons movie)
Gg ez. Use the phone to call Yuna, tell her to hack the digger and stop it. Promise pizza as a reward.
Throw the Samsung phone at the digger and watch it explode! It won’t cause a big explosion like the rocket launcher, but the Samsung phone will explode, disabling the digger.
My suggestion would be to draw the boy scouts away with one of the items (don’t know which, some items like the keyring might be a reference to something) before blowing up the machine. But I prefer these ones, they’re long-term solutions and most were only mentioned once:
DeluxeFlame wrote:
Shumpy wrote:
asd wrote:
I’d also support this one coming from a (self-claimed) expert, at least for the awesome factor.
Hunter62610 wrote:
-Only ‘hopefully’ part here is that Larissa notices the scouts before firing through them yelling, some motion or such and throws the phone (ideally charged, and has reception) down to them first, which they catch and tells them to huddle against the far wall.
-She shoots the digger at the top left on the arm to topple the digger over the unstable floor in the opposite direction it is leaning now, burying, (but not killing) those below and minimizing shrapnel. (See also triangle of life, though controversial in actual practice, Here it would be a perfect fit)
-As now unable to get over to her, toss Sandra the carbon rod and pizza to grease the rod and her stuck leg then she can free herself via leverage.
-Use the paintbrush to mark the location of the buried scouts.
-Optional- Put the keychain on the paintbrush and ram both into a nearby crack as a further aid as motion attracts attention.
Results: Two rockets to use remaining, digger inoperable, and all live.
Using a disarmed warhead, fire an RPG across the top of the digger, ripping open the maintenance hatch without causing a scout-killing explosion. Then toss the Samsung phone into the engine compartment. It will overheat, destroying the hydraulic lines and disabling the digger.
Well, the first thing that comes to my mind: Let her throw her keychain into the wheels of the digger so they get blocked and it can’t move forwards properly anymore. A little unspectacular, I know… 😛
Several good ideas have been raised, I don’t intend to repeat them all.
The mysterious and ‘forgotten’ plot device has also been mentioned several times, so here is my version:
Larissa, having several fractions of a second to save everyone, tries all of the above.
Then – “Screw this, SANDRA for the win” at the last moment
The floor collapses, as expected, onto the expandable hazard shelter Luna deployed at the last second (it does not need to be very good, just good enough that the boys are not crushed – holey is fine). The Scout boys worship her for miraculously saving them at the last minute.
Unfortunately, Luna has not managed to get in herself, and is crushed. Being a good girl, she goes strait to heaven, Kicks Thomas’s teeth out and usurps his place in an uncontested coup, before ordering the Angels to stand down and banishing the (now mortal) Thomas to the alleys of her old home town.
This kind of spoils my theory for having the devil take gods place (lets face it, he seems to be doing the job better); but I rather like it anyway.
shooting the rocket at the tip of the arm hoping to trip the machine on the opposite side seems a risky solution.
now there is a BIG question: what length is the carbon rod?
is it long enough for her to use it as a pole to jump on the other side and use the samsung phone to pirate the A.I.? or throw the phone and pizza in the engine’s cogs?
or could she use the carbon rod as a way to block the steering wheels by throwing it through the window. but that wouldn’t get sandra free from the blocks after wise so would leave her open for another trickery toward her life.
at the max she could throw the goabatchev keyring in front of the digger and see if it’s get scared by it?
Aim the RPG at the scouts and whistle to get their attention. When the boys panic and run away from their potential ground zero, level the RPG at the rear end of the digger and fire.
The blast should incapacitate the digger, make it collapse the floor under it and drop through, possibly causing the Target sign to drop down and form a bridge.
Rush over, use the carbon rod to apply leverage to Sandra’s rubble, then feed her the pizza to regain her lost HP. Use the paint brush to paint a massive red, blood-stainy smear where Sandra was and run away to safety/the next enemy. Give Sandra the rod with the key-chain clipped on one end as a melee weapon. Use the Samsung phone as a light source.
If my years as a boy scout and as a boy scout leader taught me anything, all you have to do is yell that the first scout out of the hole gets a free slice of pizza, and every single one of them will be up next to you faster than you can blink.
1. use the phone to call cloud/his mom.
2. eat pizza for energy.
3. becouse of the high accuracy she hit the glass with the keythingy.
4. the machine stops becouse the handle is hit and cloud/cloud’s mom saves the children.
5. Larissa is sad cuz she didn’t use her rocketlauncher.
6. Larrisa saves Sandra and then blows up the machine with her launcher.
Similar to others who suggested it, but phased differently:
Larisa should leap the hole, then destroy the floor she was standing on to create a dust cloud extinguishing the fire (sacrilegious as that may be) allowing the boy scouts to flee up the newly created ramp. Following this she will be in a prime position for Larisa to convert the samsung phone into a makeshift themite grenade to melt through the digger’s engine block. This seems an optimal solution as Larisa will still have two shots remaining to fend off any future attacks as well as pizza to celebrate.
Okay, maybe the Samsung phone is an S5, the greatest phone ever made. It won’t explode or swell up or anything usable because it is teh best. You cannot use it as a weapon…
You guys are awesome, this is one of the best strips ever, and I can’t hardly wait till Thursday for the stunning conclusion to this conundrum! I had a large comment typed but gave up, cause all the crazy ideas were already taken. You bastards beat me to the good ideas! 😛
Oliver and Powree FTW!!! 😆
That is easy…
1. Use the keyring to disarm / remove the explosive from the ammunition.
2. Mount the Pizza on the warhead.
3. (bonus points for future Succubus training) Load a Larisa selfie onto the mobile phone, throw it down to the boyscouts and promise them more if they don’t move
4. Shoot the Pizza warhead below the track of the killer digger. The digger will slip and crash into the hole it just dug, getting stuck and enabling the boyscouts to climb out.
5. Climb over the stuck digger to use the carbon rod to free Sandra.
6. Make sure the digger doesn’t free itself by destroying it with a lethal warhead.
7. Use the pin and the paintbrush to leave a message on the wreakage for the angels (don’t mess with a russian girl, or something like that).
Go with the rocket. Larisa being manipulated just isn’t the Larisa we know and love. Manipulate the angels into having to come up with a fix.
Plan A: Toss the carbon rod into the air and shoot it to propel it into the treads of the digger to stop it in its tracks.
Plan B: Shoot the boyscouts directly to get rid of pawns in the angel’s plans as well as collapse the floor underneath the digger with more certainty while keeping Sandra further away from the blast range.
Plan C: Use a controlled detonation of the Samsung to remove Sandra’s inconvenient debris without disturbing the floor.
Plan D: Phonebomb-jump across the gap, jam the rod into the digger, climb into the digger and deal with the AI while leaving Sandra within the range of a perceived planned threat instead of worrying about something in every corner.
I doubt the mall has only one basement. Use one RPG to send the boy scouts down a level; 10 foot fall won’t be too bad, they can escape as she shoots the digger and sends it down both floors.
There’s a clear solution here.
1. Jump over the ledge
2. While jumping, fire the RPG backward to complete the jump
3. ????
4. Profit. Also, use the carbon rod to free Sandra without collapsing the floor.
Doesn’t matter what Larisa does. These are Boy Scouts. Their training will kick in and they’ll survive. They might even provide First Aid to Sandra at the end.
Haha, inanimate carbon rod. I love me a good reference.
Pray to Seeoahtlahmakaskay or use the plot device.
The machine must be remotely controlled some way, so just remove the explosive from the rocket and shoot the antenna. If the killer digger is smart enough to move on its own, just paint a big Sandra face on the wall to confuse it and lead it away from the real one. Once it’s far enough, boomtime 🙂
Here’s my proposed solution:
First, Larisa needs to immiediately use her brush to put on some flame-styled warpaint. This is of utmost importance, I will explain why later.
The next step is combining the Gorbachev keychain and the carbon rod into a flail and flinging it across into the mechanics of the killer diggers arm aka almost literally throwing a spanner in its works.
This buys some time to use the phone to find and start playing the sound of a granny asking for someone to help her aross the street. At max volume of course so the boy scouts can hear it.
Now she has to yell to them “Guys, I can’t help her right now! You can have the last piece of my pizza, just please, someone help her!”.
The promise of pizza and a good deed to be done will fill the boy scouts with enough determination to make it out of the hole before the killer digger is fully operational again, allowing Larisa to finish it off with a rocket.
Now why did I say the flame-styled warpaint was of utmost importance? Because what use does it have to save the day if you don’t look awesome while doing it, right? … right? … Ok, you can leave that part out. I just wanted to make use of all the items at Larisas disposal. 🙁
Combine [Gorbachev Keyring] with [Carbon Rod (inanimate)].
Use [Paintbrush (With Paint)] to paint backs of [Samsung Phone] and [Slice of Pizza].
Combine [Painted Samsung Phone] with [Painted Slice of Pizza].
Throw [Samsung Sticky Bomb] onto window of [Killer Digger].
Swing [Gorbachev Carbon Rod], aiming for [Samsung Sticky Bomb].
Throw [Gorbachev Carbon Rod] at [Killer Digger], triggering explosion.
She shoots the digger arm and makes it tilt to the side, the throws the Samsung phone as a grenade at the cockpit.
And using the slice of pizza as a lure to get the scouts to safety.
Throw the Gorbachev Keyring at the boy scouts. Being in the presence of a communist icon is intolerable to upstanding All-American scouts and so they will immediately be repulsed, forget the fear pinning them down and jump out of the trench at impossible speeds. Larisa can then destroy the digger at her leisure.
Shoot the angels and while their distracted use the rod to jump the gap. Grab Sandra and toss the all your stuff into the hole. They’re Boy Scouts. They’ll figure something out. At least one of them should have ten feet of rope and a long pole. Wait, or is that DnD characters?
You can always make more Boy Scouts. I’m just sayin’. ;D
coyoteBR wrote:
That’s a nice one
You first need to animate the carbon rod using pizza, gorbatschev, samsung and paint.
Then the rod turns in Supersayajin-form an saves everyone destroying digger and Frieza on his way
Clearly she should use the pizza to lure the boyscouts to safety then shoot the truck.
Blow up the Wall/ ceiling above the the digger causing the whats above and the wall to crush digger. It wont blow up the floor
ROCKET JUMP!
Simple Solution, The trapped Sandra isn’t the real Sandra, While Sandra was in the restroom the Devil and Steve Jobs replaced Sandra with a robot replica, while they escort Sandra to safety. Because The Devil and Steve are trying to help Larisa, Larisa already knows that that Sandra is a fake her only choice is to save the boy scouts by what ever means necessary. Got this idea from Gaia Jail break.
shoot on target
Isn’t the solution “rocket jump to the digger and turn it off”? She’s a pyromaniac of Ruskie (not Russian, but constantly surrounds herself with communist party era and not socialist movement current iconagraphy), she can withstand it, right?
Well, since she does have a Samsung phone that means she has a smaler explosive to take out the digger 🙂
Of course she could also just load up Candy Crush and drop it down, so the boyscouts will be lured away from under that roof.
Okay, so she has high pyro and art skills, but all things considered this isn’t a fight that can be ‘won’ but there is a way to save Sandra and the Boy Scouts. Shoot the ‘Target’ sign with the rocket launcher sending it spinning like a blade of death so it severs the hydraulic lines in the diggers arm, that will make it come down and bury itself in the floor. Not only will this make the arm unusable, it will act like a break so the digger cant even move, thus preventing it from running Sandra over, also it would look totally badass ^^
This will of course also break the floor between the digger and Sandra, creating a ramp when that section of floor lowers so that the Boy Scouts can free Sandra and they all escape together making our fire loving rocket launcher wielding girl a hero!
Rube-goldberg-machine type reaction upon hitting the target on the target sign with gorbachev. sign falls from precarious position, pulls at a string it was once attached by, through an absurd chain of events ends up tipping the digger through the floor, but to the side of the boyscouts. broken floorpiece lands vertically before leaning towards and crushing digger. everyone safe. angels give up. larisa ultimately gets an evil promotion.
The chasm doesn’t seem that wide, she could probably jump (dropping the rocket launcher if necessary). From there she has a number of options: She could try to free Sandra, she could try to disable the sensors on the construction vehicle with paint (or pizza), but my personal favorite would be to jump on the vehicle get access to the cockpit and put it into manual control. That way she can then use it to free Sandra, as well as fight off any other construction vehicles that come after them.
Whether there would be enough time for any of that would highly depend on whether the digger moves at maximum possible speed or at a slow maneuvering speed.
Throw the rod, the paint brush, or the key ring at the excavator’s right track, jamming it and forcing the excavator to go into the pit, or at least rendering it capable of only going in circles (if it goes into the pit, the boy scouts can use its wreckage to climb out). If the excavator tries to uses its shovel against Sandra, then prime the phone and throw it (Larisa’s phone-tossing abilities are well-established) at the excavator’s cab, destroying the AI.
Just shoot the thing, it’s just Boy Scouts, they don’t matter anyway