Aug05
Menacing
on August 5, 2016 at 1:27 amChapter: Chapter Zero
Characters: Blank, Lord Tiberius Skärva the Fourth
Courtney
I think this page still needs a little work- maybe I’ll tweak it tomorrow. But it took long enough to get up, so I didn’t want to delay any more.
I’m really excited about what’s coming up soon though!
Skärva’s cheating. He brought magic into a sword fight. Happy to see Blank get his comeuppance, nevertheless.
Skärva’s expression in the last panel is wonderfully unhinged.
Look, if Blank didn’t upgrade his sword with a jewel containing the essence of an immensely powerful wizard, that’s his problem for not keeping up with the times. Everyone’s doing it these days.
but if everyone’s sword is super magical then no one’s is.
This is a really hard boss fight. I guess that’s what happens when Skärva’s adventures are in the retro era.
THE ADVENTURE OF BLANK
…I wonder if the Idenau series had a CD-i phase. Blank is always already at peak dorkiness, though.
Gee, it sure is boooooring around Ideneau…
……I’m really sold on Blank having the same voice as CD-i Link now, actually.
“How about a kiss, for luck?!”
Skarva’s letting loose that shark bloodlust!
Derk always has to cook their steaks and burgers to well-done or Skärva loses it
Oh wow, I that would be a frightening dinner
Oh wow, this is gorgeous! Especially those last two panels!!
Glad you’re pulling through! I’m rooting for you!
I’m glad that you think Skärva is “gorgeous” there
THANKS, FRIEND!
This can’t be happening.
I mean, I’m rooting for Skarva and all but I also know it can’t end like this.
Well, obviously. This is a prequel, remember?
Maybe it’s an alternate history and we just never told you
Maybe Blank has a fairy.
Or maybe… well, you’ll just have to wait and find out!
GO SKÄRVA GO WHOOA
But seriously, I love moments like this where “of course he’s gonna make out alive” but I can’t even begin to imagine how.
It was fun seeing Skärva be evil and mean this chapter, but that last panel is… actually kind of scarey. To the point where now I’m like “nooo, come back Dork Skärva! D: remember who you are!”
Very, VERY, exciting.
Oh my, this is very exciting. Probably because we never got to see Blank be nearly bested before.
I made my decision. If Skarva is imbuing his sword with magic I’m classifying him as a spell sword (also because he’s wearing light to medium armor by Elder Scrolls logic)
WHERE ARE YOUR GODS NOW?
I can just imagine Skarva listening to Pharrell Williams’s “Happy” while fighting Blank.
*SHWING! CLANG!* “Clap along, if you feel-a like a room with-out a roof-a! (’cause I’m HAPPYYY)”
*DEFLECT, SZAP!* “Clap along, IF you know that happiness is the truth-a! (’cause I’m HAPPYYY)”
*SHIELD, KAPOW!* “CLAP alooong, if you know what happiness is to you-a! (’cause I’m HAPPYYY)”
*KZOW! Checkmate!* “Clap along, if you feel-a like that’s what you wan-na do-a!”
I would love to see this music video.
Wow, just wow! It looks like Skarva is actually going to win for once! Some are saying he’s cheating by using magic and being competent with a sword, but perhaps if all magical swordsman didn’t turn it into a game of tennis we would see this thing more often. I know logically Skarva can’t win, but it actually looks like it for once! (Unless this is based on some of the more recent addition to my 90’s X-Men collection, meaning someone messed with time travel and this is an alternate reality).
Skärva’s going to do something contrary to the Evil Overlord List now isn’t he?
That or he got knocked on the head in the first exchanges and is hallucinating this.
How mad would you all be if it turns out this entire two-year arc past the first battle we showed is just a dream Skärva’s having while recovering in bed?
On a scale of 1 to 10? 8. (It would be 11 or 12 if I had been following the arc the whole time, because then I would be mad 2 years of story had been lost. Luckily I’ve only been reading for a few months, and a week or two of that was catching up in the archives.)
I wouldn’t be mad.
I would be pitchfork and torching you with an absolutely neutral stance and attitude.
So next page is when Skarva wakes up, right?