November 23rd, 2021
23 Nov 2021 · page 1090 of 1306
Is this better or worse than what Ben and Eliza got last chapter?
Cast: Lei Feng, Verity Cunningham
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They’re much worse off than Ben and Eliza. They don’t have Gren to rescue them.
Would a stage magician who could disguise himself as Gren work?
Tim is a furry, confirmed.
Only if the disguise is also an expression of identity.
Well, Doris was running around the stage in a fox costume earlier....
love when a character gets dishevelled and it's like aha you're going to talk about your feelings now!
Verity Cunningham, the World's Greatest Hunter, is never dishevelled. It is just that her hair is fashionably mussed.
yes... ha ha ha... YES
gay people
two bros, chillin in a boiler room
Maybe NOT tying the heroes together is gonna do the trick. xD
Ah, yes! That is what doomed it the other times we tried!
A real expert would also gag them, though, so that they can't have any overly dramatic conversations in which they reveal their secret vulnerabilities to each other, and thus gain nigh-invincible plot armor! Underlying causes, my friend, underlying causes...
So, a tech-savvy huntress and a tech-savvy magician's assistant are locked up in the engine room. I demand shenanigans!
... Oh, right, escape bondage first.
Lei's face in the last panel is one to save.
And the second one, too. I've had days like that.
One is a magician and the other is extremely resourceful.
There is a pouch on one belt, who knows what Verity has on her person, they presumably can rotate around the pipes...
They should be free in no time.
Are we talking about Lei and Verity or about Sid and Harry?
Lei and Verity
I wonder how well Verity can see without her glasses. They're still attached to her by their chain, fortunately, but she doesn't have a hand free to put them back on.
Btw, I like how they both have little tendrils of hair coming loose in the steam - very effective touch!
In my mind, the real question is whether they're better or worse off than Harry and Sid were way back in Chapter One.
Patience did not seize Verity's wrench out of her hair. She'll be getting out of those bindings any moment now! ... as soon as she can reach the wrench, that is.
Well that's a pretty apt place for someone steaming mad as Lei :D
Worse.
Pretty sure that a stage magician such as Lei would know a bit about escapology and getting out of being tied up
Oh Verity, never change.
She opted to give them a way to escape, so there'd be more fun, rather than, say, throw them overboard.
engineer villains have weird ways to flirt~~
Hrm... V looks different somehow.
She doesn't have her pince-nez on, so that might be part of it.
"If we don't talk about it now, we never will. Ya know, 'cause we're about to die."
Depends. Will Gren pick open this lock, just to get them to shut up/stop flirting?
"Ah, so this is the point where you start caring about what I think."
So you guys think the Doris in the first act will go off in the third... somehow?
Everyone going from angry to steaming. What's next?
I love that it's been bugging Verity. She doesn't know why Lei would be angry and has been thinking of it since she woke up. XD
What the ##&%* is that jabot made of to stay so crispy-white in all that steam...
It has the feat "Only comes out-of-place when narratively appropriate" and defines that as a romantic narrative beat.
I never realized how pretty Verity was until her hair came all undone like that.
no update today folks, had a rotten cold all week and a bunch of life stuff has rolled up all at once so i am not gonna push myself too hard. apologies, will be back next week!
Take care of yourself and feel better soon!
Take all the time you need!
No problem. We'll be here.
hands you a nice hot cup of tea rest well!
No apology needed. : )
Go be a responsible adult and get your rest.
Dude! This is a FREE comic! Don't hurt yourself over it!
If it's any consolation, I've also been praying for death due to a head cold. I literally feel your pain. <3
Just checking to make sure you were OK. I understand the problem. Stay safe!
bless verity's entire heart, I love that that's where her mind is!