From today’s Incorrect Worm Quotes blog:
Clockblocker: “My name is ‘Dennis,’ with a B, and I’ve been afraid of insects ever since-”
Director Piggot: “Stop, stop, stop – where?”
Clockblocker: “Where what?”
Director Piggot: “Where’s the B?”
Clockblocker: “There’s a bee?!!!”
Ahahaha, that’s beeautiful!
My favorite beat in Aisha’s whole interlude is how, when Burnscar asks if it was Jack who attacked Bonesaw, Bonesaw’s response isn’t, “No, Jack wouldn’t do that,” it’s, “No, Jack would have succeeded if he tried.” This from the person who sees the S9 as her family. The S9 are seriously screwed up, man.
Yeah, that’s pretty messed up. I do think that says something about Bonesaw too, even moreso than Jack: She’s not so naïve as to think it’s not a possibility, in spite of her view of the S9. I could actually see Jack doing that if he found a reason to that outweighed Bonesaw’s status as the heart of the team and the risk of retaliation from Siberian, and apparently Bonesaw can too.
Uh, I think you’re tagging your current session as “part one”, when it’s actually part two. Unless I’m misunderstanding your tags?
…wow. I actually managed to mistag an entire session. Good jorb, Krixwell. Good jorb.
Should be quick to fix with the mass post editor, but still… wow.
Thanks for alerting me to it!
Fanart commentary time! Today’s theme: It’s hard to truly appreciate just how freaky Crawler looks before you’re sent a bunch of fan interpretations.
fatsmagoo: Like I was just saying and will likely repeat a lot in this post, Crawler looks freaky as hell and it’s hard to appreciate just how freaky he looks until you see art like this. I love it.
The rest of the Nine also look quite good here – especially Shatterbird with her majestic glass “wings” and Cherish with the most natural pose – but it’s undeniable (for me) that the super-detailed Crawler is the MVP of this one.
(I trust the five-year-olds that surely read this blog about a story that is in no way for kids will take care not to look at Siberian’s naughty bits.)
And then DerTodesbote is here to reinforce it with not one, not two, but three amazing pieces focused on this freak. The shading and details are fantastic, and I love how scary DerTodesbote made him look. 🙂
scarfgirl: I could see this one being used in heraldry. Man, screw lions and dragons, whoever puts this beast in their heraldic achievement is clearly the awesomest noble around.
Also scarfgirl: And there’s the more adorable, relaxed Crawler!
Overall, the style in this one is quite distinctive, with the cartoonish bobbleheads. I like it! Also, I appreciate the inclusion of Hack Job, though he himself seems less excited about it.
Gar-a-ash’s Crawler design reminds me a lot of a t-rex with too many limbs. I suppose that’s not an inappropriate comparison for him – he’s probably just as dangerous, if not more.
Turns out Crawler’s origin story is Jurassic Park.
I like the scribbly style of his surroundings, highlighting that the focus is on Crawler himself.
silentstranger: I feel like this style really highlights the monstrosity of the Nine, with the facial expressions. Even Bonesaw manages to not be adorable here, and that’s just blasphemy.
Still, though, that’s not really a bad thing. This is definitely an important side of the Nine, and it’s good to see that represented as well.
Pabel and Nine: Damn, Burnscar looks badass in this one. That’s a bit different
of a
design than I’ve usually seen, and it’s a really cool one.
All of them look really good – besides Burnscar, I particularly like the expression and hair on Siberian (conspicuously the only one here without a full-body shot for reasons I think I’ve got a good guess at), which is probably the most distinctively Pabel and Nine-ish part of this image.
Abyranss: You know, I think I’ll pass. What’s that, Shatterbird? You say I don’t have a choice? Dammit.
…oh my cod this piece is so adorable once you look a little closer.
We’ve got Crawler with an axolotl face, Burnscar being beautifully crazed (in a way that reminds me of someone), Cherish looking so done, Siberian chomping on a leg in possibly the cutest depiction of non-sexual cannibalism ever, Jack staring into the eyes of Oni Lee’s decapitated head like he’s gonna kiss it in front of an erupting volcano, Bonesaw, and Mannequin having a cute little drawn-on smile (probably done by Bonesaw). This is beautiful and I love it.
So yeah, that’s all the fanart I’ve got for now. This was a good batch!
It looks like I asked Sharks to send me the asks too late (timezones), so I’ll have to take those tomorrow instead, but I do still have a fanart batch to go through. 🙂
Next up: Asks and fanart tomorrow, chapter Wednesday. See you soon!
Hell yes.
What’s not to like about this chapter? We got a direct look at Grue and Imp’s mother and the people she surrounds herself with (poor Jennifer, get out while you still can), insight into how Imp’s power works (most notably that it has to be actively turned *off*, not on), stealthy secret agent double-0h-Imp, the reveal of Bonesaw having protected the squishies (which I somehow managed to partially call out of nowhere just a couple paragraphs before the reveal? I swear I didn’t edit anything after moving on to the next blockquote.) and perhaps most importantly, Cherish wanting to make a deal behind Jack’s back.
I can’t find it, but I’m pretty sure I kind of called that at some point before this chapter, musing on Cherish’s best options – betraying the Nine and seeking protection with the protagonists is her best shot at non-horrific survival, even if it’s going to take some convincing for the protagonists to let her stay. In any case, Cherish wanting to make a deal, whatever the specifics may be, is a quite satisfying development and I’m looking forward to seeing where it goes.
In the meantime, next chapter:
See you then!
*scrolls down, sees “Last Chapter”*
Dammit!
Cherish whirled around, her eyes flitting right and left, searching for Aisha. “I’ll scream. He’ll come in here, and a couple swings of his knife, he can cut you down, invisible or no.”
That’s true, he could.
But it seems she’s not quite as calm and collected as she sounded at first.
“It’s not invisibility,” Imp said, uselessly.
“Put your weapon away,” Cherish said, her voice quiet and carefully measured, “We only have a few seconds before Jack gets suspicious. Listen. I want to strike a deal.”
Now this is the good stuff. :3
I’m listening.
Aisha gulped, realizing the trap she’d just stepped into. “You can hear me?”
Trap, you say…
Also, I suppose she hears Aisha in more than one way, although Aisha probably doesn’t know about how Cherish’s power manifests for her.
A second passed, and there was no response.
“Put it away, or I’m going to leave you quivering in a corner, shitting your pants.”
Sounds unpleasant.
“You can’t hear me.” Aisha gripped her weapon and stepped closer.
Well, not quite, apparently. Not in the mundane way, at least.
Maybe she’s bluffing? Perhaps she heard the emotions of the people upstairs, figured there was an invisible enemy around that would be using a bladed weapon, and is now just saying this in case Aisha’s there?
…but that sounds much less likely than her being able to partially sense Aisha.
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