- Tibor: Phew.
- Tibor: All right, change of plans. First of all, I’ll try to make amends with the family I robbed. Then we’ll see.
- Jehona Shardyk: ?
- Tibor: Is this art or worthless junk? … Oh well, if they don‘t like it, they can throw it away.
- Tibor: … Pfff
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18 thoughts on “The Machine of Eternal Summer 020”
Eli Santos
Seems like every day in his life is a monday.
BlackDragonSlayer
Is that a dusty bed, or just super fluffy?
Vicious Sand
Everybody, probably: The bed is super dusty. Tibor is super fluffy.
Punx
He is both dusty and super fluffy.
Vicious Sand
We don’t know if he’s dropping off a second letter, but I think we’re supposed to think that he’s picking up the letter from before.
At this point, I hope the art/junk is a clue to the Summer Machine, just to get to the main plot in some way. There’s been too many series out there that have a title that has nothing to do with the events in the story.
Oh, sure, a gun. Gotta have one of those. Don’t want to get killed by bandits on your way to buy noose rope. A high INT score, Tibor does not have.
Andrew
This is the same gun Tibor used in the hold-up where he got the money to settle his debt. The fact he did not use it just now suggests to me it is not in operable condition – he was bluffing during the hold-up.
Or Tibor is just an idiot. That’s always possible.
Crystalgate
He fired the gun into the air, so it was operable.
BlackDragonSlayer
My guess is that if he used the gun on himself, there… wouldn’t be much left.
Derptastic
The gun and the ‘is this art or worthless junk’ are not the same item. He’s collecting whatever modest posessions he has and will give them to Scarlet’s family to pawn off is my guess. It’s not very clear, but you can see it in panel 6, next to the lower part of the book, that’s the ‘junk’ sticking out. *Additionally* he’s taking his gun. I also needed a few takes to understand what was going on, after he picked up the letter.
boB
He’s picking up the letter he originally intended to send after his suicide. No sense sending the letter now. That’s clearly why she’s puzzled, that he’s taking the letter back with no explanation.
Crystalgate
We’re getting somewhere. This change of plans is definitely better than the original plan.
That said, Marik said he’ll give the guards the money if they come knocking. A confession of everything that happened should get them knocking. It’s likely Tibor won’t do that since he has decided he does want to live after all.
HKMaly
Well, it’s probably better plan but it’s still surprising turn.
Vicious Sand
Yes, if you’re determined to do something, then falling out of a tree unharmed shouldn’t stop you. That’s not something to take so frivolously that you should go “Oops, changed my mind.” about.
FuryoftheStars
Falling out of the tree and being snagged by the rope (even if _mostly_ unharmed) likely caused his life to flash before his eyes and made him realize exactly what it was he was getting ready to do. He was likely super, super depressed earlier and was just running on autopilot after that let down by the girl of his dreams. I mean, it is said that people who attempt suicide (and survive) often regret the decision.
Crystalgate
The decision to commit suicide is often done in a temporary state of feeling that would get better if the person held on for a bit. Tibor changing his mind like that is not surprising. The decision was also made without any real thought, his reasoning is full of holes.
Graybeard
This seems like a natural place to end a chapter, but it is not necessarily where it’s going to happen. Question for Novil: will the last page of a chapter have any kind of marker, e,g. the way Tom S does it on Gunnerkrigg Court?
Novil
No, I don’t put markers on the last page of a chapter.
Midgard
From https://www.sandraandwoo.com/scarlet/2024/02/29/publication-schedule/ we already know that there will be 18 more pages in this chapter.
Characters
Amos Allrick Ariana Carolus Athamas Baako Bolin Clara Graybold Cyril Darius Leyh Elwin Flammt Emelia Evelina Ferrus Gale Nenawa Gavin Carolus Iona Irvin Janos Zaisthra Jehona Shardyk Julius Mirkning Kala Silverspring Kenan Orege King Protos Lauro Levon Goldwood Leyton Wayt Ludis Graybold Luitpold Marik Marton Princess Elodie Raymond Reto Mirkning Reva Rodar Rosetta Greenleaf Scarlet Carolus Severin Silvana Mirkning Tibor Frey Vidal Viola Vreni Xaver Yerim Zach Ilkin