King of Swords 9-101
Chapter: 9
‘A man must cultivate three tongues: one of iron, one of silk, and one of lead. All will be useful, in love and war.”
– Au Vam
Kill Six Billion Demons
BREAKER OF INFINITIES
‘A man must cultivate three tongues: one of iron, one of silk, and one of lead. All will be useful, in love and war.”
– Au Vam
…Please tell me that was a “I prepared explosive runes this morning” reference…
It might not be an ‘I prepared this morning’, but explosive runes were definetly my first thought.
…said an elf of uncertain gender…
To a very angry halfling.
…and but for the grace of a fighter, also to a paladin.
Ah YES, ONE a CALL TO ACTION, ONE a SPELL OF INSPIRATION, AND ONE a HOLLOWED GROUND for MEDITATION.
Order of the Stick reference? NICE.
For an age, an eon, and an age again, I have watched the Wheel turn.
And I have no idea what the fuck is happening right now.
Well, I’m sure you’re not alone. Just remember: people love watching sex, violence and drama, and this has elements of all three. Those portions of the crowd that can actually see this happening must be going bananas.
It’s called relationship counselling, Preem Beers. Normally you have to pay a lot of money for this kind of breakthrough.
I’m about to win a king’s ransom worth of prize money, that’s what’s happening! Go Allison! One of my four fake identities is betting on you!
The cycle of recrimination is endless, unless one steps off the wheel.
As a lesbian friend once told me: “Ain’t no drama like lesbian drama.”
Splendid work. I look forward to seeing its conclusion.
Since this is a last man/beings standing, will Alison and Cio have to fight it out?
Given the amount of paperwork required to get in, unless Cio turned it in late and was still accepted I don’t think she’s a legal contestant.
Ah, but luckily it is not. This is a “last undisclosed number of people standing after a given period of time” sort of thing.
Also, I don’t think even Salami Dave has dong enough to make these two fight – because it would require interrupting their drama, and ain’t nobody want to try that.
One should not underestimate Salami Dave’s salami dong.
nice interpersonal developmentation of stupidity.
Wielder Of Names, 41; “I AM a history writer! Better history! Blastier! Messier! Sexier!”
… uh, Cio dear, I’d call this cheating, but I suppose you’re just cutting the middleman and just MAKING history blastier, messier and sexier, so… excellent work?
Have a plum. Maybe both of you will magically be less thick after that.
(Meanwhile, Solomon will not show it, but he is strangely, inexplicably, aroused.)
His beard becomes slightly stiffer, its angle shifting subtly.
Cio’s kicking yields impressive results, despite her lacking form. What devilry allows this?
Izzet League devilry, since she is Blue and her Art is Red
Niv Mizzet would be proud of that explosion.
It’s funny, though. One would figure Cio would be Simic, given that she’s basically Tamiyo. You know, with the writing magic and all that.
… aaaand now I wanna see a Throne deck collaboration between WOTC and Abaddon. I haven’t even played Magic in years. I haven’t even touched * my cards * in years!
I notice bird guy in the background (who’s still alive after that hit apparently), not sure if he (she? can’t tell gender of that species) got knocked back from the blast or decided ‘nope, not dealing with those two.’
Also, this fights gotta come to a close soon, I wonder how Solomon is going to stop the fighting in an instant? Field wide stasis field? Not to mention keeping those injured from dying of their wounds.
Edit: Actually, looks like it might be a different bird-person of the same species. I only now noticed the body crashing down in panel 1.
If someone’s plan (whose?) is to rapidly develop Allison’s powers via this competition, then it’s working like a charm. Note that the few fighters left must be the baddest of the badasses to have stayed alive this long, and now Allison is slapping them around like redheaded stepchildren while barely paying attention to them. And who can blame her? Cio is a VERY potent distraction indeed.
Maybe that’s the secret? She’s not thinking now, just doing. Her mind is occupied with… other things?
Cool girls don’t look at explosions!
Meanwhile our pal Gog-Agog and our pal Gog-Agog are looking at this entire thing, Gog-Agog biting her nails at all of the battles while Gog-Agog is standing in front of the microphone, doing commentary.
If I’m reading panel 2 correctly, by the end of the page Allison and Cio are the the only ones left alive on their “island” of the arena. End of battle? Or are the Solomonites expecting them to fight physically as well as verbally?
I am gussing the Islands will converge and begin the culling again.
There is that person hanging onto the edge in the background, hard to tell whether it’s the same individual as the body that slammed into the ground in the first panel and it’s unclear whether they’re trying to escape or something.
In any case, the 10 minute timer is probably almost up.
Don’t be ridiculous. 😛
They should do the most antithetical thing to that, and should make out publicly instead. Nothing gives the finger to the “Battle royale!” decree of Solomon like hot lesbian nookie live on stage.
It would be bad to try to interrupt a boy x girl couple discussion about dating when one girl is present in it but having a girl x girl dating interruption is twice as bad cause we have 2 girls discussing things together.
Well at least now they can move only forward when both said to each other what they wanted and it seems they still want to be together, right?
Also where is Gog-Agog to spice things up when needed?
Sparks fly
This is axiomatic
I was kind of hoping for a Cio-less chapter, or at least low in Cio.
Cool demons don’t look at explosions.
Allison getting a nice handful there, and in front of her girlfriend. Never make demons jealous.
It was all going so well! I hope they work things out.
That was a nigh perfect suplex. Al-YISUN’s training with Princess has done her well. Also, Furious Dumbass style is apparently extra strong when dealing with distractions caused by relationship issues. Something to keep in mind, obviously.
Apparently Allison is a much more effective fighter when arguing with her would-be girlfriend. Fueled by romantic angst!
Ciocie Cioelle has just joined the legion of characters with abilities similar to Killer Queen
Insatiable in appetite?
Poor Cio: nobody’s asked her what she really needs (apart from love, support, reassurance, shelter, safety and a hug). She needs … “soul food”. She hasn’t pacted in years and she must be starving. How they work that one out is going to be *really* interesting.
Cio’s kick in panel 6 is my favorite fighting move ever rendered in this entire story.
Yis and Un made war upon each other for seven years, at the end of which they fell in love.
I prefer the story where Mammon defeats all of His rivals and becomes rich, because I’m about to become rich once Allison wins this!
Oh, nice Dark Crystal reference in the last panel.
The tongue of iron and the tongue of lead.
Much has been written about the differences between the two.
One thing I know – the similar is that one wouldn’t want to bite niether.
So says master Ivv.
Lead is sweet enough that it was used as a food sweetener, by the Victorians.
They knew.
They didn’t care.