Shadow Play, Chapter 14

Chapter 1 - Chapter 2 - Chapter 3 - Chapter 4 - Chapter 5 - Chapter 6 - Chapter 7
Chapter 8 - Chapter 9 - Chapter 10 - Chapter 11 - Chapter 12 - Chapter 13 - Chapter 14

They all burst into the room, weapons at the ready—and no one responded. Instead, Terra found herself looking at a suite that seemed like it hadn’t been cleaned in ages. Dirty laundry littered the floor and the furniture, crumpled pieces of trash were strewn everywhere, and the paintings on the walls hung askew. But someone obviously lived here, because the trash included stacks of empty pizza boxes and Neocola cans.

There was also a blue Kougra tied to a chair, his muzzle gagged. The Masked Intruder’s golden eyes widened when he saw the group, and his long tail lashed frantically.

“Is this a trap?” Isengrim asked him. When the Kougra shook his head, Isengrim moved to the chair and cut him loose.

“Oh—thank goodness someone came!” the Masked Intruder said, stretching out and rolling his shoulders. “They were going to use me as ransom against the other Defenders!”

 

 Okay, this is another one of my favorite comics. A classic case of a conversation starting off benign... and then somehow turning apocalyptic. As some conversations do.

This has been my latest big amigurumi design project: a cuttlefish! He turned out rather large (about 33cm with tentacles extended), but that just makes him all the more huggable. I'm pretty proud of how he turned out! I used variegated yarn to emulate how cuttlefish can change their colors and patterns. I also had some really pretty and unique hand-dyed variegated cotton yarn that I was itching to make into something fun.

 

 This is one of my favorite of these comics because it just kinda encapsulates what this entire series is about: Pokémon NPCs being totally out of touch with reality.

Between this and knee frostbite, I guess this comic is also about warning the public of the dangers of wearing shorts.

 It stinks when you have to awkwardly crash someone's date because you want a Gym Battle.

... Also yes, I very intentionally made Misty's date look like Ash. :) Brings me back to the good old days of schoolyard shipping wars!

 

This one is making fun of how news stories try to make a paleontological find sound more exciting by proclaiming it as the "first ever found in such-and-such location".

The joke here is that Teton County is a hotspot for dinosaur finds, so if you want to make yet another dinosaur fossil found here seem attention-grabbing, and it's not a super remarkable fossil to begin with, you're going to have to reach quite a bit.

Shadow Play, Chapter 13

Chapter 1 - Chapter 2 - Chapter 3 - Chapter 4 - Chapter 5 - Chapter 6 - Chapter 7
Chapter 8 - Chapter 9 - Chapter 10 - Chapter 11 - Chapter 12 - Chapter 13 - Chapter 14

The next morning, much to Terra’s surprise, Zoltan elected to join them for breakfast in the cafeteria. Although once again they did not all fit into one lift, today he seemed in much better spirits about sharing a lift car with Terra and Hyren.

“Have you been practicing your summoning?” Zoltan asked the owner as the lift descended. “I vant to make sure you are vell-prepared vhen next you are asked to fight.”

Terra nodded. “Yeah, a little,” she said. “Sometimes I summon it just to make sure I still can.” She leaned away from Hyren and Zoltan, reached to her opposite side, and twitched her wrist slightly, as though she was loosening a blade from its sheath. In a flurry of magic, the sword appeared, and she grinned.