Seeker of Thrones 9-115
“Here is a quandary, Ogam,” said YISUN once, “Which has the greater weight, a mighty stone, or a man?”
Ogam was intelligent, but was frequently found in his cups during the nightly debates at YISUN’s speaking house. He was very fierce and had little patience for little aside from combat, of which he was the undisputed master. In his Red Aspect, he had once bloodied fifty five thousand gods of war and ended the feud between the Lunar Solace and the House of Year Turning. He knew only sword law and gambling, and thought often with his spear. It was because of this that his answer was short, but very well-shaped.
“Cleave a stone to pieces, and you only make smaller stones. Cut down a man and cut down a great many people. To start, you slay all his former selves. You kill a enemy and a comrade, a son and a father, a mentor and a student. Then the great net of his life drags its hooks out and sinks all he was attached to, tearing a terrible hole in the web of being,” replied Ogam. “Men have a great many attachments, and a great many former selves. Manflesh is very dense, in the grand scheme of things. It makes war difficult.”
“Ogam is observant,” said YISUN.
– The Song of Maybe
The POV is being so discreet that it’s almost easy to forget how Cio is completely nude.
Even better, actually: Allison is only threads away from the exact same. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Which raises an interesting question: Why do, or should, demons have external genitalia and mammalian trappings? Perhaps just because they were first created by humans, but now I’m wondering if any demons were created by non-humanoid Perceivers.
Also: Ogun’s comment is right on the mark, and deeply profound. (Is he feeling all right? 😉 )
Alas, perceivers and human are one and the same. You might see strange skin colors or surprising body perception, but they are all humanoid. Interesting theory though, maybe you could coerce a servant from a world devoid of humanoid to mask a devil. Definitely an experiment to conduct.
and mostly an exoskeleton!
Is she? Am I mistaking her flesh for her new(ish) clothes? I am quite colorblind.
Color doesn’t help much. She was wearing purple leather over her purple carapace.
Personally, I noticed her nakedness only because of her arms so precisely blocking view of her breasts. Had her arms not blocked the view, I might not have thought much about her nudeness at all.
I suppose it really depends on what the breasts in question would have looked like.
naw, she still got her mask on…
s’ok.
And her glasses.
–which somehow seem to have made her more naked….
“Cio, your nipples are hard”
“I’m covered in rigid bug carapace, of course they’re hard, they’re always hard!”
You might remember her last heart-to-heart with Al-YUS-UN, during which she struck a match on her tongue….
Hm… I didn’t know that It is a problem…
You must not be as hard up as I am. (Married, but it’s complicated.)
I have never wanted to see these two make out more than I have right now.
I uh, I mean. What? Hahaha.
Haha.
Ha.
You and me both friend.
Me neither.
CCon?
I have good new for you
GAY
So Very Gay
Tis is an interesting way to spell glorious.
(notices the unnecessary is)
Dammit. My editing skills are supposed to be better than that…
Between those who truly share the blood of concordance, dear Cio, grim and wild violence is often a small thing. Easily washed away with mutual effort and a handful of tears.
One is still broken no matter how well put together one seems.
The glue that holds us together is what binds us to one another.
well then
that was easy.
I am hesitant to see what your idea of “difficult” is. But then again, throwing me into a wall would probably break me more permanently than it would these two.
there is a well known abuser of geriatrics in the house of the old banker, all is not well
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Ahtmili daemonscript. Cursed be all who behold it. Thankfully, of no relevance to us here and now.
It may take a lot of repair, but this mighty vessel is definitely going to float again.
While I have you here bleeding profusely on the giant piles of gold, I’m going to take the time to curse you out for your stupidity.
Carpe diem, as they say.
Ah, the beloved black speech returns, I had missed it indeed
black speech = best speech
And the prize for ‘Fasted turnaround from Action to Regret’ goes to…
…a passionate kiss between these two just as Zaid walks up.
Nah, Zaid’s had far more time than at least one idiot who tried to kill a superior enemy
Best page.
That wet rippin’ sound you heard was just my metaphorical heart gettin’ ripped right on out of my metaphorical chest.
AL-YIS-UN has a fair amount of explainin’ to do.
Speak for yourself, my literal heart got ripped out of my literal chest.
Though it was voluntary, of course. I’m getting it replaced by an orichalcic turbine to more efficiently pump molten gold through my body. You should try it, gold works much better than hemoglobin. Sure, you almost die a couple dozen times, but after the early stages you get used to it!
Tears steep the saplings of bonds renewed.
Devil slay and Devil fight
Devil flay and Devil bite
Devil loves what it is not
Devil thinks that Kings are hot
Love yon Devil, if you dare
Hurt yon Devil, all beware
We gave them names, and we gave them masks.
What more have we ever needed?
Madder Trollop, Trogoldytic Spawn, Insufferary Harlot, Rambelay Wench, Sloppery Brains: all excellent garage band names.
I’m concerned for the health of the young King. One wonders whether Mammon has any nurses or physicians in his court.
Kiss and makeup you silly kids
theyre gay together now, thats the canon
DESIRE TO HUG CIO
Aye, can the Will to embrace Cut the Tower walls? Only time will tell.
Honestly, it’d prolly be like hugging a king crab. All spiny like
This scene is just too sweet. These friggin’ dorks.
ALL HAIL THE RISING KING! BEHOLD HER MAJESTY, IN ALL HER DORKLY SPLENDOR!
And so the heart was balanced against the feather.
Can hug Cio ? :3
As with all things, that will be $100 please. I take cash, gold, credit, and gold.
AL-YISUN has gained the power of friendship!
Now kiss.
From my previous experience of Lurking, I can tell when a Kiss is comming, and this one has catched its train !
Oh Abbadon, why must you tease us so.
5 Beelzebucks says go in for a kiss(?) but get interrupted because Abby is a sadist
Now kiss.
and then Oscar the Bad Man shows up, wanting his due.
Kiss you dang dinguses. I want that dumb gay shit because I am reaaaaalllly bored about life right now.
Ha! Rambe… 😀
Keep in mind
that just behind
a dragon winds
Ship: W̶r̶e̶c̶k̶e̶d̶ ̶S̶a̶l̶v̶a̶g̶e̶d̶ BURSTING INTO GAY FLAMES
I’m crying tears of gay joy what the fuck.
“This is easily the second worst hole I’ve ever had in my chest. It’s gonna take like… a million mommy kisses to make it better. Get to it Cio.”
-unsourced account from great heist of heaven.
*swats a manly tear
I love it when Cio starts cursing. I’m seriously tempted to use some of them on people I know.
C O M P R O M I S I N G
P O S I T I O N S
What is this? The return of the Song of Maybe and YISUN in the text snippets and Cio’s blackspeech?
Is this 2015 again?
Where are all extra horns, thought? Reabsorbed?
So through violence
We have reached heaven
geez, not in front of grandpa
REBIRTH, my friends.
The MONOMYTH unfolds.
Perhaps the Black Flame can be tamed, if not by hand, then by heart.
I just want to say that panel 3 is one of the best, most emotionally complex faces I think I’ve seen in comics. Superb work.
Does the infinite vault have popcorn? Because right now Mammon, #1, and the people of the count must seriously be feeling the urge.
On a serious note, just how does a demon learn/change to feel such things? This is not how they are supposed to act.
You truly think the chaotic black flame has any kind of “supposed to?” The black flame is purely chaotic, except it is not that either, any attempt to mask and name it fails without the will of a govern. Seek to understand this flame without being consumed for this is where everything new resides.
Now kiiiiiiiiiiiiss!
The next page will absolutely be these two making up over making out and not anything distracting like the GIANT DRAGON watching all this.
At least, I hope.
Aww!
This is distressingly cute!
…now kiss
I guess all their other friends are dead too. Shame..
now kiss
Ah well, that could ahve gone better, but the end result seems … goodish?
Still, cant imagine how much fun Mammon and his Scribes have watching, especially IF there is more making out planned than making up ^^
AND THEN THEY KISS?
Ants never sleep.
I really like how Allison is getting all those scars to go with her white hair, adds an interesting comparison to Incubus’s true form
oh that was. surprisingly easy
<3
“Through a lake of blood she shall yet wade, and yet she shall not be stained.”
Well, it seems clear that this was in fact meant to refer to the Reverend Mother / Mammon’s Nursemaid, for both Ali & Cio, while possibly redeemable, are pretty definitively stained.
And then Mammon absentmindedly ate them.
Let us remember the poor kin of good INGSVLD well, for it was the suffering of great indignity and damage upon its Eye that allowed the life of AL-YISUN to continue. Your sacrifice has been observed and noted.
Abbadon is gonna play us all n have them like. gently press foreheads together or some shit lmao
This offering on my day of birth I hold close to my heart.
This offering on my day of birth I hold close.
I’ve missed Cio’s demon-speech so, so much.
The Masks We Wear
Become who we Be
Yes – even Devils can have Dreams and Aspirations.
Cio struggles to master the Fiery Black Flame of her Nature.
“I can CHOOSE a NEW Path – Says I !”
( Says She. )
Writer, fan-girl, Geek, Assertive Ally,
“NOT Destined to be Cruel and Terrible – Nay !”
Samewise the Masks that Wear US,
can lead us down and astray,
through unwanted fields of swords
into Psycho Pathic Power Plays
and Decisions as pointed as a Misericorde.
Panel 3.
This kills the fan.
Camera pans to Mammon and the Mother Superior being all “D’awwww…They’re SO CUTE when they’re young!”
In name of dark fire… Kiss the girl!
Now time to have tea with the dragon.
A clean slate to begin anew. What wouldnt many give for that?
I’m pretty sure you can string this out for a couple more pages before their almost-kiss gets interrupted by Mammon asking where he left his favourite pillar or something.
Hrmm… Top notch!
So, there’s probably about a hundred spectators watching in total disbelief – including the High Priestess and Mammon. Given Mammon’s generally positive reception, I’m wondering if he might take on the rising king as a pupil. Sure would be good for her to get some proper Jedi training from someone with experience, and without obvious ulterior motives (although his current “Number 1 Priestess” might pose a problem). But still, “Warrior needs food, badly!”, and we know our gal Al has the power to do it herself, but apparently lacks the skill or outright will to make it happen.
Eagerly awaiting the next few pages! *slides popcorn bag into microwave*
What better place to hide and train than an impregnable infinite vault?
Thank goodness
I love how our grand author’s expressions bring out the tone of what they are saying so well.
Now kiss
Gleaming tears, somber tears
both crimson and blue
Hot tears, tender tears
falling in a dance of guilt and sorrow
Grim tears, holy tears
more brilliant than a world of gold
For a blossoming love there is no more nurturing rain
than these tears of regret and affection
– by the unwise poet Mirrored Flowers