Seeker of Thrones 8-98
Chapter: 8
“Go back, piteous creature, you who have banished love from your heart. By the Seven Part name I deny you. The chains of Ovis will be upon you and you will be lashed to the flensing tree, whose branches span creation.
May great torment lie upon your rotten heart. Your Atum shall sink to the Land of Ash and be devoured by the crawling dead.”
– Prayer of Exorcism
And on that day, Ciocie’s little gay heart was broken.
Well, it’s good that dear Cio has finally seen what has been happening to Allison. It would have been a shame if she were to fulfill Allison’s suspicions at the last minute.
When one wheel turns, so do the others. It is such with thieves and kings.
In this case, a little bit of both.
Honestly this entire arc has been nonstop stress and trauma. I’ve been on the edge of my seat nearly the entire time, but This Page is easily the most worrying out of all of them.
I have this feeling that Allison is soon to regain control of her own body. Leastwise, if she cares at all for her chronicler….
This vaguely reminds me of that one time in Twin Peaks when that one guy’s hair turned white.
Since swords are more like slicing hammers than poking sticks, at least when nobody’s got shields, let’s see our hero swing that macho blade in that tunnel.
And “Holy”? Mayhaps a better word would be “divine” if there’s no thought given to it at all…
The myth that a sword can only cut, or indeed was primarily used for cutting, is comical indeed. Historically, they were used to do both with a slight bit more heft towards the stabbing; though I do admit you are right about greatswords, which were used much as a hammer would be in battle. Bastard swords, however, were still capable of doing both. I believe this might be what Allison’s weapon is, since we see her doing just that only a few pages prior; that said, it definitely does seem more like greatsword-length.
Actually, her sword is most similar to a claymore (not the basket hilt) or a zweihander, and there were some VERY stabby styles of fighting. Check Tahlhoffer style swordplay for examples.
Look up “half swording” zweilanders are pretty versatile weapons.
True, one lesson Dark Souls taught me is that fighting with large weaponry in small spaces is a lot more frustrating than one might initially expect.
What do you mean? Swords are totally thrusting weapons, especially in the European martial tradition.
I think I kinda assumed that the whole overarching plot of K6BD would be Alison gradually going from normal dork to badass king. I’m starting to suspect that most of it will be about going back from king to noodle vendor.
I also relatedly suspect that she’ll have white hair on the cover of the next book.
I still think she will become king.
After all, she always makes bad decisions, and only the worst kind of idiot strives to be king.
HOLY PSYCHOSIS SEXY FIERCE WHITE HAIR ! 😀
That ain’t good
Why u make demon booty look so gud m8?
How can you be looking at the butt of a mere devil when there’s the butt of Royalty right in front of you?
Demons are creatures of lust and passion. Desire and desirability is an inevitability when one is so full of the flames of YIS and Aesma.
Which is exactly why submitting to one’s desire is among the most dangerous things one can do.
T H I C C
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HOLY FUCKING SHIT.
Ah ! Woe !
Might Gladdens, Power Maddens.
When You BECOME SWORD,
Will All else be Foe ?
Pure Power Gained.
Self Control Lost.
Her pin point pupils reveal the Cost.
Now Fearless & Daring,
Terrible in Uncaring.
I am concerned.
The terrible enemy called I overcomes you, causing the blade called want to cut yourself and not your enemies.
So the divine reveals itself. Or as the mortal cattle would scream in terror: “Oh shit…”
The terrible enemy called I overcomes you, and so the blade called want disobeys your true will cutting yourself rather than your enemies.
When the value of iron defeats gold
Trading tit for tat works best
Recession must occur, currency must deflate.
Art thou only with thyself? O’, what burden! Thy heart suffers.
Now there is a Look™
Hmmmmm…interesting and more interesting… red eyes.. white hair…
Hmm. This is not good.
Who is this that stands before us?
I do not recognise this character.
Where is AL-YIS-UN?
“No, I came to see if you were unscathed.”
“Why do you care?”
“Because I love you.”
And then allison’s hair turns brown again.
NOW KISS
where did you get a copy of cio’s writings?
the fireflies are leaving their panels. such rude little things
What is it with all the pity and sorrow for Mammon? Are those guys taught to believe that he’s doing some sort of great sacrifice, or what?
That’s how blind loyalty dooooo
Were you not aware?
The possession of wealth is a great evil, and Mammon selflessly takes the burdon upon themself.
In other news, I guess this is when Cio either realizes that something is definitely wrong with Allison, or decides that the “new and improved” Allison is HAWT and she wants a piece of it. Hoping for the former, but fearing the latter.
Speaking as one fond of my eternal servile life; fear individuals who randomly sport halos, and aim to be several worlds away from such figures.
Well, i guess the party really is split up at the moment, considering no one else is anywhere to be seen for the moment.
Which is probably for the best.
You don’t want someone like Oscar making an “off color” comment about this.
“Without malice I forgive you, without pity I forgive you, without restraint I forgive you. May Ovis release you from torment and may Atum lift you to great joys.
It was never going to be okay.
Ding! Ding!
Kill and Sing
Turn and face the traitor hero.
Before the Count drops to zero.
“No, I killed the bus driver.”
“What? What bus driver?”
I uhh…
I dont like where this is going
You claim to be innocent yet you linger. Consider: your perceiving is co-creative with, a necessary part of the grand lie.
If Allison had achieved this power based color scheme without inviting in a mind parasite, I might even be excited for her.
In the last panel, it seems the look on Cio’s face is messing with her (Allison’s groove).
Tension reaching maximum limits!
No no no no no,
No no no no no no no,
No no no no no.
Alison is turning into Elric.
Now you mention it, Incubus certainly has that Arioch vibe.
KSBD- Fine Purveyor of Devil Ass Shots
And we wouldn’t have it any other way.
Allison now looks a lot more like Incubus. I wonder if Cio will finally figure out Incubus has his hooks in her.
Hah.
Become as Mammon, Rising King! Cast off all attachment! Consume all who would stand between you and your desires, and in so doing be consumed! Ouroborous beckons, grandest of dragons, and to join his exalted syzygy, all you need do is kneel.
Who among us would not proclaim it a most Reasonable Offer?
Any with a brain in their skull.
Mammon drank deep from THAT lake of blood, and look where he is now. Hiding from the world at the bottom of a fortress vault, clutching listlessly to blood soiled wealth. His servants pity him near as much as they venerate him, his former comrades barely give a damn about him outside of his ability to keep watch over important trinkets, and it seems as though his every notion of value and glory is twisted around his long dead clan.
That’s no way to live. Not truly.
I can only hope that the Successor realizes this soon, regardless of what anthropomorphic psychological process reigns supreme, before she does anything drastic…
I.
The imp is observant.
Evolving so fast now, both of them.
Is it out of line to observe that Sociopath Alison is kinda hot?
Perhaps…or perhaps not. Who am I to judge though.
Depends on what your line is. At the very least, I bet Cio agrees with you.
In the midst of the gore of the count you wonder if a stray lustful thought is out of line. How wonderfully human! You need a mask my friend. They are great for hiding ones silly improprieties from one’s self. in truth there is little need to pretend to be so pious while wearing one.
Seems like our rising king interpreted Cio’s pause as a murderthought but all I see in panel 4 is a blue devil thinking “oh no shes hot”.
I may be projecting, though.
Wait! I’ve read about this somewhere… Yes! Here it is!
“Rule #32 of Possessions: If the hair goes white, something ain’t right.
Rule #33 of Possessions: When eyes go red, you’re already dead.”
No rule about lipstick, though. curious.
A confrontation perhaps? one where dear ciocio realises that others too have undergone some changes? A passionate struggle as she attempts to bring thier friendship back to the point where it once was, to return thier innocence?
but innocence may not be regained once lost. Delusion however is a much more forgiving lover. how do the demons say it again? “i ship it?”
May this one reiterate once again how neat it is that Cio uses shikigami?
What I noticed is that she has refined the concept of death-by-1000-paper-cuts to the final degree.
Whatever this is, it bodes ill…
Cio’s looking to be about half the Devil she used to be, and it looks as if we’ll see how amiable Allison’s ambition is to talking things out.
Also, seems like what they say about Zweihanders is true. She’s become unstoppable.
She Got Gud.
Uh-oh.
The first aspect of AL-YIS-SON breaches the physical.
THE SHIP IS SINKING
ABORT ABORT ABORT
Ignoble and ingenious,
Paranoid shines
The blade of Want.
Reflexive is the blade of Want,
Straight it cleaves
Together and apart.
Deft is the ministration of Want,
Voracious is Royalty,
Conjoining by division.
Join the crowns of petty lords and divide their bodies with imperious might,
Separate the bounty from the kings and join it to the treasury,
Join the facets of the self and divide them in new form
Thus is the lot of the Healer: To wade through the muck of experience mending and binding all that has been cut. I have seen much. Even so, this journey through the vault has weighed especially heavily on my soul. The carnage and bloodshed, the wanton betrayal and cruel cynicism, all has stretched my ability to take the long view and strive for meaning. Is it all worth it? Are the heights of the heaven worth the depths of the hell?
Yet all this is I. This part of the universe is me like any other. To say that I haven’t the capacity to be so monstrous would cheapen the divine will that empowers all my choices. Because I can be this callus and cruel I choose kindness and love Because I know death. I choose life.
I have tread through the vault of the dragon, let me share your pain.
Considering Cio’s partial amnesia, I’m now wondering if she ALSO had “help” with her original raid on Mammon. After the gambit was complete, Incubus pulled his hooks out of her mind, taking all memories of his assistance with him.
THE GRAND ENEMY CALLED “I” HAS MET AT LAST HER REFLECTION. TRULY, A MATCH MADE IN HELL.
I SHIP IT.
Hrm… I have to agree with Mx. 27 Frivolities. Heh, I have to say, that’s one helluva paper cut! But I have to wonder what Ms. Cio’s gonna do when she meets up with the Scissors Wizards? Hope she has rock up her sleeve!
Oh, I think I now understand why Punished Allison has marks on her Key.
Maybe she will try to rip it off her head in order to get rid of Incubus’ possession?
You really shouldn’t bring a big honkin’ claymore to a corridor fight.
Dear diary,
both asses were fat.
Those green bugs are showing up in every comic since they were released. Methinks they will become important sometime.
hi hi
“One knows that night has well and truly fallen when the heart cannot recognize it’s love face to face.”
Divined, the soul reflects its body,
Defiled the soul changes it
Is the rewardworth the lives lost? A life is worth more than gold, but what if that life is Zaid the Creep?
Oh Allison, you are going to get SUCH a telling off.
Fight, Alyison, FIGHT!
Don’t fall into the Trap of Kings!
Remember who you are!
Remember the Pain of Death!
Remember the need for friends!
Kill the King within you!
For He shall lead you only to more Death.
And only in Death will you find freedom.
Let not this King sit the Throne!
FIGHT!
This is a LOT to process
Wish it had been a bit subtle don’t ya think?
Okay, I’m super confused. Who evolved into the super-buff devil?