April 28th, 2015
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Taking stock.
Cast: Edmund Barber, Florence De Montfort, Harriet Barber, Nicola Barber, Nora Fenton
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Nora looks like she could seriously use a hug.
No hugs for you though! She's mine! (Well, not mine, somebody else, but you know what I mean.)
Quick, go get a puppy from the barn.
Just apply a puppy to the problem.
... and now we have a sure recipe for World Peace! :D
That's adorable. ^^
We actually call that a puppy compress. Important medical tool.
Medic: We're losing him! Get a PC!
Medic2: Clear! Arf!
Medic: Ok, we're in the clear. He's stabilized.
Bystander: Is... Is that a puppy? How does that even work?
Medic: We don't really know. All we know is that it does...
OK, that's just too damn cute
And once again... Kate is the best ever.
This is a gift! Thanks, Kate!
Someday, after all the dust is settled, I hope there is a grand reunion at the Puppy Farm. And if Purple Hippo is still around, we'd love to see him dive into a mess of puppies.
Hey, Florrie's back on the couch! The invisibility spell must have worn off. :D
Oh yeah, Florrie's missing from the last panel of the last page, hadn't noticed that.
I think that's her teal dress between Nicola and Harry... ;-)
Once is an accident. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action.
What's five times?
Probably an airstrike or something.
Personal intervention by the Dark Lord.
Time to get the hell out of Dodge and find a nice bunker to pass the time in until this all blows over.
...SomeThing not taking the hint?
Five times is hip-deep in a war you didn't know was declared.
Persistent enemy action.
Winston Churchill once said... "If you feel like you are marching through Hell, Keep marching because that is the only way out."
"Karl Cullinane is fighting his way out of Hell..."
i thought that was her.. so i wonder when the cellphone will make an appearance..
so we've seen Greed, Pride, Envy, Sloth, and Gluttony.. which only leaves Wrath and Lust..
And we've seen Wrath, too, though he was desummoned by Ben and Mal. I suppose desummoning sent him back wherever he came from and he'll have to be summoned again before he joins the others. (Gluttony was also desummoned, if it comes to that.)
Gluttony wasn't desummoned, it went free when Gladys broke the circle.
it was a bugger up, right?
Ah, I see. It just wasn't in the shape it wanted to be in when it joined the rest of them.
The thing about the Deadly Sins is that they are never satisfied. There is no such thing as "enough."
- Gluttony keeps feeding beyond the point of satisfaction. (Remember those vomiting Romans.)
- Anger leads to blood-feuds that last for generations, seeking vengeance for vengeance.
- Lust is always seeking another conquest.
- Greed can never stop acquiring more than it needs.
- Pride never admits that there is a limit to its place. It seeks more control, more prestige, more honor, more....
- Envy is always desiring of what others have earned.
- Sloth is no end of laziness, slacking, and avoiding one's duty. It never gets off the couch.
Given the chapter name (Find the Lady), I suspect Lust; three of the last five chapters have had clues in the chapter name.
Sleight of Hand -- Greed
No Rest for the Wicked -- Sloth (obvious link)
Vanishing Act -- Pride
Piece of Cake -- Gluttony (obvious link)
Green Eyed Monster -- Envy (even more obvious).
Some of the names are because any chapter with Sid in it gets named after a magic trick!
So this chapter is named for that trick where the observer has to guess which of three cards is the queen, then?
Oh man, Florrie's face in that last panel! If she didn't like karaoke, she shouldn't have picked up the mike in the first place.
Wow, she never told them.
Love Florrie's bitty little nod
Oh, she's the maid that faced down Gluttony with her courage.
Time to add your 10 cents and a club Nora
6, counting Florrie's encounter with Wrath, mean they only have Lust to meet and they'll have met them all
You're right, they sort of did "meet" Wrath. I wonder if it'll make a difference that both Wrath and Gluttony were desummoned.
Seems gluttony wasn't desummoned.
When did that happen? I don't seem to recall seeing Wrath. the only one I remember Florrie meeting was Envy.
Envy was trying to summon Wrath in the last story (the big snake thing). It didn't work though, so although they met Wrath, he hasn't officially been freed (summoned).
Ah. I guess that's why they weren't technically counting him as 'met'.
A tiny voice, but a big bombshell. :)
heh. she didn't have the courage to tell her family about the incident. I guess it's easier to face down a sin than it is to face your family.
Her thought was probably just to put the whole situation behind her like a bad dream. Besides, if she didn't know that everyone else was going through troubles, then why should she bring up her own?
I don't know. I have a brother that went to the hospital 3 times due alcohol poisoning and only years later did he finally get the courage to tell me and the rest of the family. Yeah... sometimes it's hard to tell your family certain things.
Add to that, who would believe her? All the time travelers are gone, so they can't back her up, the Gula presumably got put back exactly where it was taken from meaning there may not have been any notice of it departing, and the only other people who might have any idea of what happened were likely a mix of confused and scared out of their minds
Ooh! Ooh! Story time!
I wonder if they thought that the sins would end up revolving mostly around the adventurous ones. I can't see a lot of reasons why they would shocked that Nora in particular met a sin, considering that they don't seem to have talked about the rest with each other.
No one is the least bit surprised that Harry and Nicola have faced deadly sins, but Nora admits she faced one by herself and everyone is flabbergasted.
We still need Henry to show up and tell us how lust got free (leaving just wrath for the next chapter).
And I agree with an earlier poster that Wolfe (being the one who actually talked to Voss) should probably be here because his information is closer to the source than Nicola's.
I love that last panel. So dynamic.
NORA! You didn't TELL your siblings yet?! 0_0
Well, there was timey whimey stuff involved... It's complicated.
All these spirits.... and no mention of the Purple Hippo of Happiness.
Hmphf! I'm going to play with the puppies.
Why would the PHoH be here when the O'Malley is not?
Our given evidence is that the spirits do not the mortal world, and like O'Malley because he is a quick way back home. [The malforms are willing to stick around awhile because they want to take out their discontent to one degree or another, but they too would have the same general attitude.] But since they like the quick way home, they are not interested in being permanent friends. The PHoH might stick around for a little bit, but it will be wanting that ticket home ASAP, and it won't be so friendly if O'Malley denies it.
Of course, stories are ruled more by what the readers want than by logic, [Editor: "Joe would be a real popular hero in your next story." Writer: "But he's dead. I killed him in the last book." Editor: "So?" Joe started the next book recovering from serious wounds.] So we might see the PHOH again, but the logic of the story says we won't.
So what if wrath and lust co-op? Bloodlust? That would make an interesting (and violent) plot twist.
Hm, speaking of lust ... remind me again, which family member is it that is constantly ordering her descendants to "find a gentleman"? I think they moved the meeting to the worst possible place...
That was their mother, who is not of the Barber bloodline. They get that from Dad.
ohhh :(, poor dear I just want to hug her!
To be fair Greed wasn't that bad of a guy. It was the thief that caused all the problems... as for pride? Well screwed up summon + explosives tend not to mix well. Sloth was bad though could be counted as half of the problem. Gluttony... all his fault. Envy... Best one of the group and caused a really big mess. Wrath... countered summoned so not must screen time. That leaves good old lust left to see.
Love Florrie's expression in the last panel. "GASP NOOOOOO!!!"
We have Wrath and Lust left. Let me guess..... Wrath is going to come around Nicola and Harry together (think about the carriage ride) and Lust is, obviously, going to come after Florrie.
I don't think any of the spirits went after a particular Barber. They just needed one. It looks like when Voss and Envy got into town, they were originally looking for Harry (the famous one) but were just as happy with Nicola or Florrie.
Although if they were to pick one, I think your matchups would be right on!
Dun, dun, DUUUUUN.
No Sins for Eddie or his Beard yet . . .
Oh no! Our non-adventurous sister had an adventure without any of us there to protect her! sibling overprotect mode ON
Hey I'm a bit late to the party... I stumbled across this comic in January and i've silently been watching this story, loving every post :D
Thought I'd just pop up now and say keep it up! Awesome work! :)
Oh gosh, rereading these and catching all the little details like how Nora here holds her stomach, protective of her future child.
Thanks for making such an awesome comic that rewards a good archive binge!