Seeker of Thrones 6-72
Chapter: 6
“A true king of swords knows not only how to cut, but the value of each cut. Without weighing his blade carefully, he will soon find it carving away his own flesh.”
-Intra, sword god
Kill Six Billion Demons
BREAKER OF INFINITIES
“No friends.”
You’re putting on a bold front, Cio. Desire is but a verb; it has no preferred or implicit object.
Perhaps you desire friendship? Love? To be devoted to AL-YS-UN?
I’m smelling a hot sapphic romance at any rate. Temptation, Denial, Embrace; such is the three first steps of forbidden romance.
Methinks,Cio is just afraid of showing her feelings Allison, and thus she has such attitude to her.
The smell of a “hot sapphic romance” is in the air, since Cio said: “Also she is sorta hot” and if we can take this as a Temptation, also we had Denial, so there is only Embrace left… (He-he-he)
I think Felicia is concerned.
She’s just concerned enough to not draw any attention to herself.
Perhaps I misjudged her.
Perhaps she will be dessert, rather than an appetizer.
Still, the thing about mortals is, well, right there in the name.
She should be reasonably safe for now – from the devils, at least. They’re still saving her for The Door.
“Do as thou wilt,” the Devils say. Wu says that it seems an odd practice for trees, to pursue desire only as death nears. But surely the limbs of their company will wilt no further, so a somewhat preemptive pruning is not the worst thing for our dear King.
Yet she will not be careful, for her passenger knows as much about prevenge as re, and his truths are more sickly seductive than anything Wu offers.
That means a lot, Oscar, coming from you.
Cruelty has a human heart,
And Jealousy a human face;
Terror the human form divine,
And Secrecy the human dress.
Wm. Blake, of course, describing the Divine Image. Isn’t it just?
Eh, y’know, I’m calling bullshit. If demons are solitary creatures, what about Xand/Nxor? Or Yabalchoath and her husband. Or Badstar, I guess. Surely they have SOME MANNER of loyalty to each other.
I think even Cio knows she’s putting on this big terrible mask (heh) when things are not so black and… black.
Huh, it’s almost like Allison’s previous behavior is coming back to haunt her. Who wants to bet that she completely fails to grasp the lesson about what her (Incubus’) ambition will cost her.
If it wasn’t for incubus’ ambition she’d be dead right now. Really in a sense the choice was no choice.
If it wasn’t for Incubus’ ambition, she probably wouldn’t be in the situation. She probably would have chosen a different course of action that would have her actual allies behind her.
Fine, but can you at least wait to “Do as you wilt” when we’re *not* inside the insanely dangerous fortress of a mad god?
What foolishness! Why fight over shares when it limits their carrying capacity on the way back out?
If your average devil was any more short-sighted, they’d need glasses.
I’m fine with your backstabbing, it’s just a little worrying how early you decided to start with it.
“Guess I don’t need to pay you than”
You don’t need to get paid to get cash.
You just need someone who’s easy to rob.
Shit this could easily go pretty dark.
…I like Oscar.
Measure twice, cut once.
Cio just want Ali to hug her.
and apparently everyone in the room will die if she don’t get what she wants
Don’t feel too bad, Ms. Sorority. If that devil had been bigger it would have eaten you.
Surely it’s “Do as tha Will it”? I demand an immediate rectification of the clear mistake on this page.
A fool cuts once, thinking her opponent will be dead afterward.
A master cuts once, knowing it.
Fear not the betrayal.
Cherish it, lust for it, burn for it.
Fear is far too weak a response to blessed timing and repose.
Second in pitiable nature only to pain.
Damn …. I’m going to have to make my own BAD MAN coat. The pants are going to be the real challenge.
While devil customs can get truly cutthroat, at least the lower levels are consistent in their savagery. You never know if a angel is willing to bend the Law from base appearance, after all.
that’s remarcable. goodwill mongers got the Rule wrong. “Do What You Will”. it was almost sweet when angels felt in pain, looking confused when I killed them.
Someone’s acting jilted.
Not only Allison but the king said it as well. “Cio is not your friend.”
Aaah I wanna see where this goes.
If you speaking about Himself aka King Of Devils, i suppose he just retold Allison her words.
But who knows…
Panels 4 and 5 make me hope that ship might not have sunk entirely just yet.
The Mountain King tells Peer Gynt bout the difference between trolls and humans: The humans say “Be yourself” while the trolls say “Be yourself enough”. And that’s all of it.