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Might want to start wearing an eye-patch Voss, the all green eye is a bit noticable.
Unless that's covered under "only you can see me".
So. Apparently, that's what happens if you imbue a person?
Only you - and perhaps one other person?
Or a monocle with a sufficiently dark tint.
I really want to see Voss try to keep a monacle in place . . .
Cue hiLARious scene where Voss steals a stereotypical retired Colonel's super monocle-holding skills.
Does this mean the bartender's gonna forget how to talk? D:
Not quite. He is odds on to lose the ability to speak the only language he knows, which will be much the same, but technically he will still be able to talk, even if nobody can understand him.
Now how long he will lose it for is uncertain. Voss gaining permanent power this way seems to make him too powerful too fast. So there are likely some limits here. Maybe he can steal only one ability at a time and loses previous abilities. Or he may keep powers for a limited time.
Oh, yeah, this is going to end well. Normally, I'd give it 7 to 5 odds that Voss won't make it as far as Anatolia before he gets burned at the stake.
Well, Voss is now a green-eyed monster, all right.
Of course, the moment that he deserves all the tea in China (or, in this case, Nepal), he's going to be in really deep leaves.
snerk
Somewhere there is a fantasy story that ended that way, forget who wrote it.
I reiterate my opinion that guards are needed around anchors to prevent this kind of thing from happening.
Sure, you could summon a 'deadly' away from an anchor, but only if you are a trained wizard and have decent talent. And the training would emphasize the dangers and the university staff would probably be on the watch for rogue wizards.
At an anchor, anyone with the least amount of talent can summon. This is the equivalent of letting 6year olds into a gun store with no supervision.
Unless the guards accidentally summon a deadly. Or the wizards take advantage of the power sitting right in front of them.
Nothing's perfect.
I don't feel sorry for them. The lady at the entrance said it herself, Voss is too emotionally unstable to be near an anchor, yet she let him pass anyway. Granted, she's not a -guard- per se, but she still could have warned someone about him.
Or, hell, maybe she IS a guard, but she let him pass anyway with naught but a cryptic warning.
Reaping the weeds you let grow in the fields, mate.
Hmm.
I really hope it's sharing, not stealing.
Else the poor sod will be left speechless, so to speak.
No such luck, according to June 2nd's strip.
"So many people out there, with so many talents...I can take their talents and give them to you!"
Envy's never been interested in just-as-good-as. Envy want to be better than everyone.
...uh oh.
best case scenario, he steals the ability to understand that language from that guy...
worst case...he becomes the only person in the world to understand that language.
"All in favor of learning a new language?
The eyes have it!"
Nice side effect/contract you have envy. Lost track of me and you lose your power. What happens to the power when he leaves?
Oh man. I caught up in a day. I absolutely love this comic.
The eyes are the window to the soul. Take that quite literally Voss/Envy
funny thing is, I've actually fantasized about having this exact power long before I read this comic.
Because you're evil.
I AM TOO! Let's be evil together!
Wow. This guy really puts the 'MONSTER' in 'green-eyed monster.'
Wolfe's musical ability is gonna go, no doubt.
If I had to guess, Voss will target wolfe's "most treasured ability." When it turns out to be music, he'll be confused. not sure what happens next.
become a street performer/busker and take to the road with a grin on his face and tips in his hat?
I'm having some "Code Geas" flashbacks.
I predict that Envy will be defeated by being tricked into stealing from someone with absolutely no useful skills or admirable qualities whatsoe—oh, wait, no, that's Voss. Nevermind.
snerk
Hmm, well I can see where THIS is going when he meets Mal, gains the ability to see auras and goes mad...
As far as we've seen, he's halfway there already :D
i can't help but like envy. listen envy, we can hang out if you want, but no JUMPING IN MY EYE if you feel me.
Eye don't like where this going.
Me neyether