June 6th, 2016
Ahhh! Chapter Four begins!! If you vote on TWC you'll get what is basically me going through my comic to remember exactly how much time has passed.
(on a completely unrelated note, if you don't follow me on social media then you missed, um, some nonsense, which I am now sharing with you all for, some reason,)
Vote Incentive for This Comic.
Aw, Sev, give Xira a break...he's trying to make up for the fact that he may or may not have sinister intentions.
Hot DOG, look at that idyllic forest...with nasty spiderwebs.
Also, holy CRAP, six days in five years! These are some awesome six days!
And Jonan is rocking that Once-ler outfit. #class
posted at 12:05am on June 6th, 2016
omg THE FIRST SENTENCE CRACKED ME UP i was not expecting that at all
posted at 11:39pm on June 6th, 2016
The thing I'm most curious about is whether Xira would consider his intentions sinister, or whether he thinks he's just being subtle about something he can't/shouldn't mention yet.
posted at 11:37am on June 7th, 2016
Well, hardly anyone ever thinks of themselves as evil. Not that I'm saying Xira is evil, but in their own mind everyone is generally "doing the right thing" or "doing what's best in the long run", you know?
posted at 3:19pm on June 7th, 2016
Some people do things they know are bad... perhaps more relevantly, some people do things they know are not in the best interests of the people around them even if they think they're overall justified. I don't know *what* Xira's up to, but apparently 1. this wasn't supposed to be it and 2. he thinks it might be relevant anyway.
posted at 7:56pm on June 7th, 2016
I'm pretty sure Jonan actively works on exuding evil. Keeps people away. And yes, I'm sure he sees sealing people's mouths shut as being 'what's best in the long run', but for him, not them.
posted at 9:34am on June 9th, 2016
I once heard this said and it seems to fit "Every man/women is the hero of there own story".
posted at 6:02am on August 14th, 2016
Well, this page may be a mass of discomfort and awkwardness, but it sure is pretty!
posted at 12:09am on June 6th, 2016
Look at the grace and beauty of that escape! They're working like a well-trained team already!
Seriously, though - for a bunch of mostly-strangers, ONLY ONE of whom even reaches average levels of quietness/inconspicuousness, the fact that they were able to make any kind of stealthy escape at all is pretty impressive! (Let's hope that they actually did and that the hunters aren't five minutes behind following their trail.)
It's hard to blame Sev for being irritable after the day he's had, but it's still nice to see him possibly realizing he's being a little hard on Xira.
Also, six days in five years isn't bad in webcomic time!
posted at 1:03am on June 6th, 2016
Is this still their immediate escape from the city and the cultists? I was thinking there might be some elided scene that we'd get in recap or flash-back.
I seriously hope they don't have any sort of trackers following them, because it doesn't look like they're bothering to cover their tracks at all.
posted at 2:26am on June 6th, 2016
I sat here for an embarrassingly long time trying to figure out which team member is the only inconspicuous one
(i-is it tareth or xira)
Sev also like... hasn't slept for over a day, severian is definitely the guy in college who goes through exams like "HAHA I HAVEN'T SLEPT IN 72 HOURS" and yet still insists on driving to class
posted at 11:40pm on June 6th, 2016
I instantly assumed Xira as inconspicuous, as Tareth definitely isn't quiet.
posted at 11:34am on June 7th, 2016
FAIR POINT
posted at 10:08pm on June 9th, 2016
I wasn't even referring to the noise they're making. (Picture a face-palming hobbit witness.) I was thinking of the physical evidence they're leaving in their wake. I mean, pursuers won't even need a hunter to find their tracks. This crew is leaving a trail even a townie could follow.
Also, where are they? It's not exactly uninhabited wilderness, judging by the roof & chimney in the background of frame 3. Is this just a bit of green-space on the edge of the city?
posted at 12:47am on June 9th, 2016
It's a tower from far away, not a chimney, so they might be a bit further out based on that -- but yeah, they're outside the city-state!
posted at 10:10pm on June 9th, 2016
Look at how shook up poor Æmber looks... awww.
posted at 1:24am on June 6th, 2016
I'd go beyond 'shook up' all the way to traumatised.
posted at 4:52am on June 6th, 2016
Haha, look, Sev is jealous!
... Did Tarri not have any friends back home except for him? Wait, did -he- not have any friends his age except for her?
Also, is Sev... reflecting on his actions -in the last panel? That can't be!
And I suddenly had this image of Xira, when he was a kid, forgetting that -thinking- at people didn't work if they can't hear him - the same way he now forgets talking at Tareth is not enough if she can't see him.
posted at 2:37am on June 6th, 2016
Re: friends -- both statements are accurate! Tareth has been pretty cloistered all her life and Sev is kind of a weird outsider in a small village.
also oh my goodness, it is Very Good that most runewriters don't get powers until after they learn to talk or I suspect this would be a Problem for like, every witch child
posted at 11:41pm on June 6th, 2016
Over-protective Sev is my favourite ^_^
posted at 3:45am on June 6th, 2016
Yay! So excited for Chapter 4. And yes, Xira, you need to face Tareth when speaking to her. Practice, practice, practice!
(Also, I totally hear you on taking years to finish something. I enjoy cross-stitch projects, so when I went off to college I bought a really large project to do, assuming that I could work on it over my four years and have it finished by the time I graduated. Hahhahahahahaha *weeps* It's been over 12 years and I'm still not finished. Getting there, though.)
posted at 7:41am on June 6th, 2016
HES TRYIN!!!
(oh my gosh. Runewriters, also, will not be finished until I'm.... like 40????? xD GOOD LUCK!!!)
posted at 11:43pm on June 6th, 2016
This page is beautiful and I have been staring at the first two panels for like five minutes now (that is such a pretty forest I want to go there)
posted at 10:23am on June 6th, 2016
Ahhhhhh gosh thank you so much to everyone commenting on the environment!! I'm really proud of how these pages came out. >u<
posted at 11:47pm on June 6th, 2016
*Dons Xireth Ship hat*
*Adds Big brother Sev & Tarri BroTP flag*
posted at 12:52pm on June 6th, 2016
OH MY GOSH
posted at 11:41pm on June 6th, 2016
Sev stop being a jerk. You're not fun when you're a jerk.
... Though this page did make me realize something. It would be really easy for Sev to be absolutely horrible to Xira (or anyone for that matter) with out Tari ever realizing he's doing it, so long as he does it quite literally behind her back.
posted at 5:37pm on June 6th, 2016
this would work great except for the part where sev is 100x easier to read than lips
"sev stop it."
"WHAT WHY DO YOU THINK I'M DOING SOMETHING!!!"
"idk but every time i turn around you're making an innocent face. whatever you're doing, stop it."
posted at 11:42pm on June 6th, 2016
I have to agree with everyone about the beauty of the surroundings in this one, but also, omg, the facial expressions! Every single one of the facial expressions (from Jonan's obvious "discomfort" -putting it mildly - to Aember's "whoa, being carried around by a large, crazy, running person after sitting in church for so long totally makes me feel sick - was not expecting that" face to Sev and Xira's "kinda feel bad for what I just did" faces in the last panel) is pure gold! I'm especially fond of Tari's "bleh" face as I'm pretty sure I make that exact face every time I run into a spider web out in the yard or down in the cellar!
posted at 7:07am on June 7th, 2016
omg thank you, I'm so glad for every single one of these expression descriptions
(tbh Tareth is handling walking into a spiderweb much better than I EVER do, mine involves a lot more flailing)
posted at 10:07pm on June 9th, 2016
Jonan's FACE
I zoomed my browser in 500& just to bask in its glory
posted at 10:46pm on June 9th, 2016
I think all of them are thinking some variation of "I regret every decision that has brought me to this point."
posted at 11:29pm on June 11th, 2016
Everyone's having relevant comments about Xira and Tareth, but all I could think was Jonan is holding on for DEAR LIFE (too bad it's not a deer) and I think Æmber is questioning the mode of transportation by Sweaty Tentacle Man™.
posted at 12:21pm on June 11th, 2016
She probably calls him that.
posted at 11:28pm on June 11th, 2016
Comment by Thane
omg the title of this chapter is sO PROMISING
Also re: spiderwebs........ same ;O;
posted at 12:04am on June 6th, 2016