King of Swords 2-14
“LEISURE KICKS
An external style, chiefly concerned with the sole use of the feet and legs to inflict powerful and rapid blows upon the opponent. The hands are reserved for killing blows only. The style is rare but its practitioners are extremely devoted.
The style is said to originate with the rogue Long Boxing master Kin Kiran. While abbess of her order she was accused of extravagance and over-indulgence by her subordinate monks. She took bribes for blessings and temple offerings and became well known for her love of gifts, wine, and luxury, plying her favors with the local magistrates to great effect. A rebellion within the temple took thirty lives and saw her exiled, beaten, bloody, and with her head shaved and fine silk abbess’s robes torn into shreds.
Kin Kiran swore from that day that she no longer deemed any martial artist worthy of her fists, and instead she would crush all who came before her under the bottom of her feet. Her arrogance was so extreme she established her own school after working as an itinerant mercenary for some time and soon drew a devoted following, resuming many of the corrupt and debased practices as former abbess. The mountain town about her school soon became a heaving den of sin and treachery, defended by rogues and bloodthirsty mercenaries, and ruled by the bloody and debauched abbess, flush with political power and coin, who was so skilled in martial arts that she could decapitate a man by kicking his head off faster than the eye could see.
The rogue school and Kin Kiran were ultimately destroyed by the mendicant knight Weishu Haoyang in 530 S.C. with use of his Invincible Heavy Crashing Wave technique. The abbess and all hundred and thirty of her acolytes were hurled off a mountain and dashed against the rocks, but her style survives to this day, despite efforts to stamp it out.”
– Manual of Hands and Feet
Is she a Jedi now?
Haha what. Did Allison grow those plants during her cloak woosh purely for dramatic effect? No respect for street infrastructure! For shame!
Also, good job.
If you look closely at the last page it actually looks like the street is covered in grass.
Distinctly talking while clenching teeth over her snack. Now that’s a Power.
That was a very nice dramatic cloak toss. It’s nice to see that Cio isn’t neglecting her education in the REAL skills of being a hero while White Chain does all the silly martial arts stuff.
Also, that outfit demands a lightsaber to go with it.
I’m sensing some strong Obi-Wan Kenobi vibes from Allison’s new outfit
THICC Alice-UN is about to kick some ass
I can’t wait.
Jedi robes? Really, Allison?
I’m just
so happy
INTRIGUING. THE MOUSE HAS BEEN TAUGHT TO FIGHT BY THE CAT. PERHAPS SUCH A MOUSE COULD DEFEAT EVEN A DOG.
I AM NO MERE DOG. PRAMAN NAND WILL RECLAIM WHAT WAS GIFTED TO HIM.
There is a saying among the wise:
Power is not bellowed. Power is making everyone else lean in to hear you whisper.
shut up praman nand noone likes you
Wow, the Gilded Cage. That’s a name we haven’t heard in *forever*.
I find it absurd and awesome that you manage to get two pages out in a single week. Like major props there. I cant wait to see how much Alison has improved.
Hrmm… Why wouldn’t she wear “Jedi Robes” and such? She IS a child of Earth’s America. Her only other options were the American Uniform of jeans and T-shirt, or to go as a Sailor Scout.
Although, I suppose she could have gone full-Klingon, but she never struck me as much of a Trekkie.
I like her new Star Wars Character (With Poncho!) look.
Recall your duties
On the tube, please
Feed the puppies
Alison’s been having trouble with main quests because she’s so underlevelelled. The solution? Grinding sidequests.
That bicep in Panel 4. Whoof.
Looks like Al-yisun is going cap some mutatruckers.
An unofficial and self-proclaimed rival of Leisure Kicks is the notable art of PUNCHFACE!!, whose practitioners boast at least 127 distinct ways to punch an opponent in the face.
I have in my long years of wandering found few dens of wickedness and sin survive the timely application of supernal martial arts.
I binge read the whole comic the past 2 days. I’m sad ive reached the end but excited to follow updates.
Now, now, I wonder what does exactly Allison want from the Gilded Cage. Will it have something to do with Cio, and maybe a blossomed relationship?
funny, how in a bunch of the female-centred comics out there when they try to show a strong female lead they wind up making her look like a man. I guess it comes from a fundamental misunderstanding of what female strength is. it’s not lifting a heavy weight, it’s being the sole survivor of deprivation that killed all the men. it’s long-suffering, endurance that shows a woman’s strength, not strong arm tactics. still, I guess that’s hard to show in a comic.
Strength is strength. waste no time in worrying whether one’s strength fits one’s gender. If a man can make the ladies swoon but not lift a boulder, that is still power to behold. and Al-Yisun is not lesser for being able to do both.
In my experience rare is a den of vice and inequity that is prepare for the destruction that can be wrought by an individual armed with supernal martial arts. Interestingly, possession of your own sinful martial artists often serves to increase the damage… but also the profits from the ensuing sale of sundries to the witnesses of the spectacle.
Fourth Student of Bagoret – FBC, 15
“If I cut my vows as a rock to fit your designs, then I build with the shards a great mosaic; but then my words are forfeight to you, and I am left with none of my own. If I make no vows and speak not with you, I am not heard, but I will be truer for it.”
Last Student of Bagoret – FBC, 100
Pree Alison!!