December 9th, 2011
9 Dec 2011 · page 24 of 1306
He's had the key all along, it just seemed impolite to use it any earlier.
Cast: Florence De Montfort, Harriet Barber, Sidney Malik
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Wait a second. Where does Florrie get all of this money from? Is it her unknown criminal enterprises, or perhaps it is all those assorted nobles she educated who owe her ever so many favors (and money)? Or perhaps her previous few husbands happen to all be deceased?
She is married to a rich fellow! Francis deMontfort inherited a lot from his parent's textiles factories. He usually declines to visit Harry, claiming he's allergic to her dog, but really he just disapproves of her, with her trouser-wearing gun-shooting ways. Florrie doesn't mind too much, but she doesn't mind about anything, really, she'd find a way to be happy about something even if she was on a sinking ship.
No previous husbands, she's only about 22, and married at a proper age to a proper man and did things very properly as befits a young lady.
She is still not Jill, sorry! The similarities begin and end at both being well-off through marriage, female, and having light hair :)
Well, that can still change. I mean, she's only 22, I think cunning comes with age. There are, of course, exceptions, like Jill, but not everyone can be an early start.
And of course does a proper English gentleman disapprove of a woman who dears wearing man's clothes and doing things reserved for men in general like shooting, smoking a pipe, and, god forbid, working, instead of doing womanly things like marrying, bearing children, raising them and serving her husband. I mean, she doesn't even show a bit of skin like her sister does, no wonder she doesn't get a man. Harry must be some kind of black sheep in that society, isn't she? I admire her guts, tenacity and determination.
Hm, Malik is a very pragmatic man, it seems. Acted like he was all intimidated and had no chance and then nabbed the keys the moment he had the chance. He's going to be an asset on that journey. Why break into somewhere and raise suspicion if you can just walk in like the place belongs to you?
He may have automagically stolen them, but there are benefits to that too. Wizards, sheesh.
I prefer using a bobby pin as a shim for wrist shackles myself, but the key works too I suppose...
So, now we know why the mark went to him
It wants to use his magical aliment of stealing things for it's own gain, weee~
So women DO have a magical purse! They can pull from it whatever they wish.
Oh, right— he autoglomped the key.
Malik is such an unintentional badass. You made a great character here (really, I'm already tempted to rip him off for a role playing character). I really like the two others as well, but they haven't stood out that much yet (well at least Harry). If I had to pick between the three I'd say Harry is the weakest character so far (in my not-so-humble opinion, and as we know all opinions are wrong). That does NOT mean she's bad, though. I guess the grumpy character just takes a while to really show their stuff. They're all promising, for sure :3
Not sure if it's just me, but I feel like Harry's sister is just pretending to be an airhead... The closest Darken character I can think of is Jill (although they're obviously plenty different, or so I think at least). I like her way better than Jill, though (don't take this the wrong way :p).
By the way, perfect sideways shot in the middle bottom panel (although not close up). Think smiling is where stuff goes weird :p
Welp, back to exam revising!
Kleptomaniac magic strikes again!
Poor Sidney looks heartbroken in the first panel. And Florrie's pretty sure her ship just sank.
From the way she strong-armed Harry, I think she's capable of keeping that ship afloat out of sheer willpower.
'Your nice young fellow' the spirit of shipping burns strongly within her!
Wait, why didn't he try that handcuff trick thingy sooner?
My guess is that he accidentally stole the key a few minutes before. Also, depending on how the handcuffs were put on, it may not have been easy for him to fit and turn the key in the keyhole.
To quote the author's comment, 'he's had the key all along, it just seemed impolite to use it any earlier'. :D
It took him an entire chapter to do that.
I do wish i could read that newspaper page it looks incredibly fascinating