February 2nd, 2018
2 Feb 2018 · page 769 of 1306
Don't worry Lei, he's safe in there! *badum-tishhh*
Cast: Lei Feng, Sidney Malik, Thomas Macavity
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inb4 the magpie steals Greed and puts him in Sid's pocket.
I rather expect that The Magpie would steal Mac and put him in Greed's pocket, if it could. Unfortunately, it's pretty clear that Macavity is already deep in Greed's pocket...
The entire battle is Sid and Greed standing in perfect silence, stealing things back and forth.
Truly only one can be the true king of thieves. Everyone else will have to deal with wearing sacks as items Dance between six and greed.
That's the question - whose side is the Magpie on? Did it only open the safe for Sid because that's what Greed wanted?
Greed seemed to genuinely find Sid interesting last time they met...but I'm guessing that won't be enough to save him.
Never mix personal matters with finance...
Greed already benefited from his association with Sid, and had to give up nothing in return to get what he wanted. A great deal in his mind.
Mac can't say the same.
O-ho!... O.o
Siddy, hang on now!
Mac's smirk is just like Greed' smirk in the folloing panel...
Of course it is. Those two have great synergy.
If by "synergy" you mean one habitually indulging in the other, then yeah
And Sid is suddenly stuck in a locked vault with his only real enemies. We finally get to see him escape a situation where his charm won't help. This will be good.
Well, Sid, how good is your stage magic?
"Yes, ladies and gentlemen, nothing built by the hand of man or will of Sin can hold him! Trapped in a locked an sealed vault, Deadlies and dangers on every side...
But will the air will run out before he escapes? Let's start the clock and see!"
Okay, okay, ya got me. Well played!
As and when he needs to get out; if there is still a difficulty, Sid has help on the outside.
Macavity's two henchmen shouldn't be a huge problem for the others once they are distracted and left leaderless by the missing Macavity. Ben should get free easily so freeing the others. Lei knows how to open the vault and Sid has left the appropriate summoning circle - possibly a little smudged, for Ben to repair and re-use.
Avarita grabbed to itself the embodiment of greed itself - and the embodiment of ermm... un-greediness itself...
It's up to them two now... Кто кого?
But Mac is without his gun thankfully.
Is he?
Depends: now that the Magpie has fully manifested, it might well ensure that Sid has the gun.
Of course (a) that depends on whether the Magpie continues to like Sid, and (b) Macavity not realizing that Sid hasn't got a clue what to do with one...
I think that is the gun, tucked into the back of his pants belt.
Ah! You are right. I did't notice.
It's bad :(
Sid is just about perfectly placed in panel 5 to take Macavity's gun away from him. If he acts on the opportunity quickly enough I am not sure that Macavity can stop him, but I give Sid about a 0% chance to notice that before the opportunity is gone.
Кто кого? -- "Who __?" Sorry, I wish I knew more Russian! (As in, more than a few words : P )
Google translate says "Who will win?"
Who [will defeat] whom :)
Thanks! ^_^
called it! there's Greed in the vault and I am still pretty sure he don't want to share.. He is GREED after all.
Well, Lei... you get to prove exactly how sorry you feel.
Time to pull on your big girl trousers and save the day!
Before Greed decides if they can't have the Thief Kings then Nobody will.
Aviritia: "Oh, goodie! I have the only two thiefkings in existence for my collection -- not mint in box, but they'll be the very ... last ... ones. Mwahahaha!"
And Macavity is individually numbered, too! >:=)>
(I must really like this joke. I read it, thought, "Haha, I should upvote this!" and realized that I have.)
And that number is 42, the answer to like, the universe and everything (cue "hitchhikers theme song")
Oh, so THAT'S where Greed is!
Greed, and Macavity's vaulting ambition.
Still a nicer vault to be in than anything Vault-Tec built.
Wouldn't be so sure, there's not even an oxygen renewal system in that one. And no light, tho I assume Greed will provide for that.
Don't worry Lei, whatever happens in there, it wasn't your vault.
(I see your badum-tishhh and raise you a wah-wah-wwwaaaah)
You locked in that joke pretty quick.
He figured out the key to it!
Greed has a grand slam.
Door pun!
It does seem quite secure in its victory, doesn't it?
I don't know - it looks pretty safe to me!
I wonder if she feels shut out of the excitement, though.
That's a fair malaproprism, but Kate herself deployed a true pun, which is always superiour. ;)
Malapropisms for the win. (I really like the old comic "Pogo." It was full of them)
This will be interesting. Greed has a complete misread on Sid's personality due to the hostage situation the first time they met.
I wonder if he'll try a double person "psychological trick" on them. Something like both get something if they accept something requiring to trust the other ? (sorry, I don't remember those well). Of course McDentist will choose poorly.
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wi...](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisoner%27s_dilemma "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisoner%27s_dilemma")
Thank you
Everyone who said Greed was in the vault called it. But sorry, Lei, Sid has moved on from you. Macavity & Sid ... what a combination for Greed to deal with. Lei's reaction in the last panel actually makes some (little) sense, hoping she could keep Greed trapped. Hope she sticks around to open it again, though, since the vault door can trap Sid but it can't contain Greed unless he is within a circle. And we all know he isn't!
The SLAM is green. I think Greed knocked her back and slammed the vault door telekinetically while she was falling.
I'd read it as Greed slamming the door and Lei diving back to escape just in time.
Good point on the slam being green. I agree with Amy, Lei jumped to get out of the way of the door (she was already stepping back from surprise).
So: Greed has presumably never met Macavity and while Macavity has heard greed he can at best have only a hazy idea of 'That thing in there'. Sid has met Greed on three occasions and completed a task/deal to their mutual satisfaction plus Sid has experience dealing with five other deadly sins...
Sid was expecting to meet Greed real soon and must have mentally prepared and Macavity presumably has not and is getting a real surprise.
Even ignoring the basic dramatic irony I fancy I can predict who gets the worst deal here.
It would be real interesting to just suddenly and unexpectedly run into the physical manifestation of your besetting sin. Voss had that experience and it wasn't good for him. I wonder how it'll go for Macavity and what difference Sid being there as well will make.
Well, I've always wondered how Macavity's "troubled childhood led to his life of crime" ([https://www.widdershinscomi...](https://www.widdershinscomic.com/wdshn-character/mac/ "https://www.widdershinscomic.com/wdshn-character/mac/") ). Maybe we get to find out...
Welp.
Time for OMMINOMNOM
Oh dear... well Lei, I guess you get to redeem yourself by saving the day here. O.O
Yes!
(preferably not by taking a bullet for someone)
(Lei is adorable in this strip. I want her to be ok)
Why is the comic duplicated?
had to fix something, should be fine now!
Prediction: Greed will attempt to make them fight amongst themselves for the loot out of greed, thus feeding him. Sid will either let MacCavity have it or insist that half go to Lei, either of which will weaken Greed.
Hi Greed. Long time no see.
This isn't about Sid, this is all Macavity's greed here. He wanted the Money, then he wanted Sid and the money, he's getting everything he wanted- and probably giving Greed a Buffet.
I know that this is not going to happen, but it would be funny if, when they finally get the vault door open again, Sid comes walking out nonchalantly, dragging a trussed-up Macivity behind him. And when they ask him HOW he grins, and stammers out something about how a good magician never reveals his secrets.
I like that Macavity is so given over to Greed he blindly charges in, while Lei isn't quite so deeply held and thus is paying enough attention to notice the ominous shape in the darkness.
Greed wouldn't do anything to harm them. If he did, they'd lose value, and there's no way an embodiment of Greed could be fine with THAT.
Outside the vault... Lei still wouldn't be enough of a wizard to open the door on her own, even if it weren't (I think) locked shut much more tightly now. She may change sides, caring more about rescuing Sid than anything else. I hope she does! Lots of potential for laughs with those two minions.
But the real action will have to be inside. The question is, how can Macavity survive? He has never shown any redeeming qualities, not one. Dramatically speaking, if any character deserves a gruesome end, he does... but that's not how Kate writes. Even Fairbairn went through a terrible ordeal but was eventually released. Macavity will, however, get his comeuppance. Somehow. Of that I am sure!
If Greed pits the two against each other, Macavity would have no hesitation about sacrificing Sid, whereas Sid is so fundamentally decent he would be unwilling to offer even Macavity for destruction. But this plays to Sid's greatest strength: creative ingenuity under pressure. He'll find some other way out. I eagerly anticipate watching how this unfolds.
=== Even Fairbairn went through a terrible ordeal but was eventually released. ===
She'll end up behind bars. Just as Macavity, I think.