October 7th, 2015
7 Oct 2015 · page 529 of 1306
These guys!
Cast: Ms Acedia, Ms Ira, The Butler
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Ah, someone just proved "no one ever looks up" wrong :D
I wonder what particular signifiance has the ribbon around her arm. Seeing her disdain after use, it was maybe a temporary catalyst for the spell, or something to bing/hide that bracelet from (what ?) during the transfert.
And... Here's trouble, right on cue.
So the initial chase after Harry and Isabella was handled by Avarita, Invidia, and Superbia, and now we've got Acedia, Ira, and Gula going after them. Looks like the spirit Luxuria is sending his (expendable) human minions out to do the dirty work...
Henry tosses the bottle overboard in 3... 2... 1...
hoping for this
BONG!
...and Ms Acedia has a good laugh.
No. If he was going to toss anything overboard, that would have been the way the party below discovered the heroes were going by air.
Don't ruin this for us.
Yeah, appears to be a standard "track via personal item" thing. Plus nap.
Looks like Ira has a weapon strapped to her back. Wanna bet it's something long range?
When Mr Barber turns up at Mr Cunningham's with a wheelbarrow full of kindling, he'll be able to say 'It wasn't my fault this time, honest. I got shot down by a shoulder-launched surface-to-air missile!'
Yeaaaah... wanna bet Victor's heared that one before?
"Pull the other one! It's got bells on."
It would have been hilarious if that transport/seeking spell had been done just bit earlier when the flying boat was over open water.....
to bad that Sloth took that nap, I would have loved the reaction from Ira (Wrath) from getting dumped in the water. ;)
You mean later - by the remaining light in the sky they're just crossing the coast and heading out to sea from somewhere in the upper reaches of the Bristol channel - it's a very high tide too. It's lucky they are flying as Lundy rises almost vertically from the water and there's nowhere safe to leave or tie up a small boat. Usually visitors are dropped at the bottom of the steps and the boat sheers off and returns a few hours later but those two can just drop in at the top and save half an hour's climb.
You know what, it never occurred to me that they might just be leaving the coast of England instead of arriving at the island (thanks for the analysis) we'll see next update how this goes (and a bit of Chekhov's gun with that magic sail there if that is a gun on Ira's back....)
So, if wizards can teleport, why are the heroes mucking about with flying boats? And, out of interest, which spirit would you summon to teleport? Sorry, as a geek I'm fascinated by the mechanics of this unique magic system that Ms Ashwin has created.
Edit: OK, well spotted Geoff / Darth Fez. It's tracking rather than teleport. Still wonder which spirit is doing the transport though. Any thoughts?
Circumstances, and the wizard themselves, have to be 100% correct for it to work. Acedia is quite good at it because she's far too lazy to actually travel anywhere, and that kinda fuels the spirit she called on. Also, you don't know what she gave in exchange..
I just hope it was something like a week of sleep, a right hand, or a chunk of life. The traditional stuff, from jolly good times when "mana transfer" did not require wrestling with a metaphoric dragon to pull off.
I...I see what you did there.
The reason heroes are mucking about with flying boats? Because it's just cool. And because Henry needed something to impress and convince the lady to, uh... come aboard;)
That makes sense, especially the second reason. Here's a disturbing thought. If Victor Cunningham had a practical flying boat in 1792, why aren't the skies full of them by 1834? Or put it another way, are Lord Barber and Ms Holt about to discover the basic flaw that means flying boats aren't a practical means of transport?
Interchangeable parts.
No, really. You can't get flying boats en masse unless you figure out some way to make the manufacturing process not dependent on individual craftsmen working in their workshops. Even in 1834 they'd still be working out the details of mass production.
That would seem the more desirable way [except in the view of Barber & Holt]. Besides explaining this point, we can have the pair make their getaway, and, suddenly they are not making their getaway.
But since we are sorta copying history here, we don't want the plane to be anything beyond an impractical oddity.
I think Vic's never gonna want to make one of these after Henry's done with this one:)
I'm thinking Vic's never gonna speak to 'im again after Henry's done with this one... >:-D
That too:)
Acedia: "Whatever, dude." xD
I like how everything Ms. Ira says has an exclamation point.
Ooh good point.
Good eye!
He grunted (variations of Hrrn and Grrn) during the fight with Ethan and Samuel in the pantry and in several of the pages he's been in for this chapter, but he has not actual uttered any actual words yet.
Wrath often blinds itself to its surroundings.
Beware when it becomes aware of them...
Proving that the Big Guy isn't as dumb as some assume.
Ok, so, if they're just humans, have their character traits been magically enhanced or are they just naturally like that? I find it difficult to credit that anyone could be as one note as these people without magical influence, but I suppose it is possible.
My guess is they are just very carefully selected, but it could go either way.
I would assume that they were strong embodiments of the Deadlies to start with, and association with Luxuria has 'accentuated' them to the point of parody. I can only assume Lux does this deliberately because it's bored and misses home.
My Quebec ancestors have had flying boats for years.
Of course there's the matter of a deal with the devil......
XD
It's a ref to the Fate/stay night anime where.... they have cough interesting ways of resplenishing mana.
I really don't like that adaptation. The UBW adaptation by Ufotable is so much better.
Oh, they have hidden/changed a sex scene in both, anyway :)
True, but at least they didn't use an awful CGI dragon in the UBW one.That was just pathetic.
That was hilarously badly hidden, seriously. I haven't read the visual novels at all and yet immediatly thought "there HAD to be a sex scene there".
Seriously, I don't know who Studio Deen thought they were fooling with that.
They probably weren't trying to fool people XD I mean, even the Fate/UBW one is fairly obvious.
At least the UBW one didn't go off into WTF territory like the Deen one did.
"Oh, they're making a temporary magic contract" vs. "I'm going to feed part of your soul/magic circuits to Saber's inner dragon"
I assume the mast and sails are some sort of sympathetic magic. If that vessel put down on water it wouldn't sail - not without installing some rigging and unpinning the jib leech - as it is it would just drift downwind out of control and probably sideways. The circles must generate all the thrust.
Even if it could sail it's far too small for those waters, wind over tide kicks up some nasty seas.
You'll have to forgive me for simplifying the rigging- I have to draw this thing an awful lot, and I'd like to get it done sometime this century :)
Understood - but you've got the jib on backwards...
Oops, oh well. Sail plans are extremely confusing to someone who doesn't know anything nautical even a little, and while I did a fair bit of research, a few hours of googling is nothing compared to actually being familiar with boats!
"If I had a flying schooner..."