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Lady Tomb (aka Tombsy; aka Cynthia): /*(*)cough(*)*/ -- (The Strakoi envoy guards unsheath swords) <ssss> <ssss> -- Lady Tomb: */(*)cough(*)/ Protect the envoy!* oh, you already are. | How is this possible?!? -- Lady Tomb (upset; as Urja claws at her magic shell): *How did Torg lead an assault team of vampires here?!?* -- </Flashback> Caption: TORG FLASHBACK (Torg texting while he flies towards a castle on an inflatable hoverbike) -- Torg (wearing a necklace of garlic and hold up a second garlic garland toward Urja): I snagged Sam's library card off the counter at the coffee shop. This is the only gothic castle near the library. I wouldn't have bugged you all, but /*man*/ you're gonna be interested in knowing what the Strakoistrat are up to! Urja: I *damn well* must know why Sam has a library card. | Flag | ||||
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Capilerum (a demon that has the form of a star-nosed mole): Looks like I got back to the party just in time! Right Troy? Troy (a little horned demon carrying a pitchfork): /*Yeah!*/ -- Troy: /*Slash that mortal Capilerum! ...?*/ Torg (nonchalantly swinging Chaz to his right to decapitate Capilerum; ignoring Troy): /*Sam!*/ <***CHOP!***> Troy (whose pitchfork has gone limp): erm... -- Torg (running towards Sam): *Sam, I need to be somewhere /fast!/* Can you give me a /*lift?*/ Troy (running away from Torg): HALP! (Sam appears a bit dazed as he sits up from where he was slammed into the ground; a distressed and battered Kiki/Ozzid flies away from him) -- Lady Tomb (aka Tombsy; aka Cynthia; as she gets yanked up by one of Kira's chains): /*I'll kill you!!!*/ urk! -- Kira: I'm getting zapped on both sides! Kira: How unfair! Kira: I /see/ you hiding in that tree. -- Riff (cradling his inflatable sniper rifle as he picks up the Book of Ughlëë): There's gotta be a protection spell in here some... -- Riff (as one of Kira's chains wraps around him, deflating his inflatable sniper rifle): Urk! <***POP!***> === NOTE: Ref: Capilerum (_first_ <https://archives.sluggy.com/book.php?chapter=73#2022-10-18>) (_last_ <https://archives.sluggy.com/book.php?chapter=73#2022-11-21>) | Riff's interaction with the Book of Uhglee (_first_ <https://archives.sluggy.com/book.php?chapter=73#2021-07-16>) (_last (Panel 4)_ <https://archives.sluggy.com/book.php?chapter=73#2023-01-31>). | Flag | ||||
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-- Will (shouting up to the helicopter): *Thanks Tombsy! I owe you another one!* <**CHUF CHUF CHUF**> -- Torg: Mr. Riff's-Dad! /*Mr. Riff's Dad!*/ I thought it would have been inappropriate to ask at Riff's funeral but can I...? <**CHUF-CHUF-CHUF***> -- Will (placing his Indiana-Jones-like hat on Torg's head): You /did/ ask at his funeral, and I /told/ you it was inappropriate. And *yes,* you can wear my hat. -- Torg: *I'm archeologist-cool!* Will: He's still not all there, is he? Riff (with a wry smile): Torg might surprise you these days, pops! Zoë: So, should we all refer to you as 'Mr. Riff's Dad'? -- Will: Wilcott Wilden. You can call me Will. Zoë: Zoë Bean. Will: A pleasure. I am captivated by your chest. -- Zoë: ...OK. Will: This is the mark of the cursed necklace you emailed me about, Riff? Riff: Sort of. That one's just a tattoo now. The cursed necklace is actually on our friend over there. | Flag | ||||
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-- Lady Tomb (aka Tombsy; aka Cynthia; being held by one of Kira's chains): Y-you fool... Kira: Why'd you shoot that nobody, Wilcott? You think I care bout that g... (Torg slashes Kira with a charged Chaz as he (being carried by Sam) flies behind her) <**SLASH!**> -- Kira: Wha... How...? (*)Gasp(*) Torg: Sorry demon. Torg: /*Sam, we need the book!*/ -- (Up in the air, Bun-Bun is still directing the butterfly demon, Francis; Olebelle is flying a little bit ahead of them; Kira collapses on the ground) Bun-Bun (referring to the bleachers of burning demons): Well *that* looks out of control! Bun-Bun: I can feel the heat from here. Time to get out of Dodge, Francis! -- Agent N'aaaw: Didn't we need that 'envoy' guy to stand there? And is that the demon-killing sword flying right at us? Chilus/Meander: I'm not an expert on this ritual, but Jzaxil I think it'd be best if you teleported me to the other side of the world, like, right now? Jzaxil: I am /*not*/ your servant, Chilus. === NOTE: Ref: _Jzaxil_ <https://archives.sluggy.com/book.php?chapter=73#2022-07-21>. | Flag | ||||
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-- Will (aka Wilcott Wilden; aka Mr. Riff's Dad; resignedly): Not everyone. Not you. Jzaxil, please teleport my goddaughter and son to safety. Jzaxil: I am not your servant either, Wilcott! -- Lady Tomb (using magic to put a choke around Will's neck): The envoy completed the spell! There just needs to be a sacrifice where the envoy stood. Will (instinctively grabbing at the magic lasso around his neck and dropping his gun): /*Urk!*/ -- Lady Tomb (using the magic lasso to move him into the sacrifice circle): I'm so sorry. <**SHOVE!**> -- Riff (having freed himself from (now dead) Kira's grip): Dad? -- (Wilcott is engulfed in demon flame...) | Flag | ||||
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Gwynn: Can I see that photo? Riff: Not without your glasses, no. -- Gwynn (off panel): Point. It is very blurry. Is this "Team Wisconsin Wilden?" Riff: Yeah. Qaboos was the money-man but he'd be fighting right by dad's side. Riff: And old Tombsy here was not only a professor of history, but that guy could pilot everything. And he was an exceptional shot. -- Gwynn: Shoothing and fighting? I thought your dad was an archeologist! -- Riff: Sort of. A little more /hands on./ "Treasure hunter /for science./" Gwynn: "For science?" That has a nice ring to it. But what does it mean? Riff: Not sure. It sounds good. -- Gwynn: You know what sounds good? I'm getting that last slice of cheesecake. Riff: I ate it. -- Gwynn: Riff, that was *mine!* You /*know*/ I claimed it! Riff: Gwynn, I ate your cheesecake slice for science. -- Gwynn: Wow. That does actually make a bad deal sound more positive. -- Gwynn: Keep that in mind when I knee you in the groin for science. Riff (anxiously covering his gonads): We just got you back. Can you keep your stuff out of my groin for two minutes?!? === NOTE: Ref: We've _seen this photo_ <http://www.sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/20131125> before. | Flag | ||||
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Gwynn: Tombsy died too? -- Riff: He was like 100 years old when I was a kid. Of course he died. His daughter Cynthia tried to take over. She was a great shot but a terrible pilot. I think my dad fired her. Riff: Then again he kind of fired me and mom too. -- Riff (angrily tossing the photo away): **DAMMIT! /WHY WOULD HE DO THIS?/** -- Riff: *Why would he put all of us in danger and try to free a demon who would wipe out billions of innocent people?* -- Riff (off panel; the photo lies face up on the floor): Even the evilest villain wouldn't do such a thing and my father was a lot of things but... -- Riff: ...but I always thought he was one of the good guys. -- Riff: I don't want to hate him but I'm having so much trouble /*not*/ hating him. | I dunno. Gwynn: I do. Come Riff, have a seat. | Flag | ||||
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-- Dunuloa: Did you choose the full moon for this ritual so I'd be forced to watch? | Despicable demons and evil humans. You have won. And all is lost. And I am helpless to intercede. -- Lady Tomb (aka Tombsy; aka Cynthia; off panel): By the *Magus Interitus Infundibulum* I have utilized /*countless*/ times to /strip/ demons of their *secret knowledge,* I /*know*/ my sacred reward is true and forthcoming. | For it is by my machinations, *I, Lady Tomb,* that *the End Demon shall walk the Earth /again!/* -- King Farahn (oblivious to all that is happening outside the Book): Ready for our *hot date,* my Qeen [sic: should be "Queen"]? Whoah, I feel funny... -- K'Z'K, The Bug: ~PROPS~ to you, Prozoato! This Seventh Spark has been annoyingly resilient. *Third times a* ~CHARM!~ -- Gwynn (watching via the scrying pool): This can't be happening! -- Lady Tomb: The Book of E-ville has been /*unbound!*/ Lady Tomb: All within, /*freed!*/ Lady Tomb: And the will of the gods have [sic: should be "has" been /*torn asunder!*/ -- (A view of the lit up Magus Interitus Infundibulum superposed on the symbol of Yffi, which is barely visible in the brilliance of the magic glow) Comic Title: THE IMMORTAL KING | ASUNDER === NOTE: Ref: _Magus Interitus Infundibulum_ <https://archives.sluggy.com/book.php?chapter=73#2022-12-21> | _Prozoato and the 7th Spark_ <https://archives.sluggy.com/book.php?chapter=73#2021-04-09>. | Flag | ||||
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(A picture of Qaboos Al Fin, Wilcott Wilden, and Tombsy) -- (Wilcott looks sad as he stuffs the picture into his pocket) -- Chilus (kneeling in a room that is clearly a type of prison cell, with at least two active cameras, and a confining cylindrical field surrounding her) -- Meander/Chilus: Wilcott Wilden. It's been an odd while. To what do I owe the privilege? -- Meander/Chilus: You've imprisoned me, tortured me, and sealed me off down here forgotten. All for one little screw-up that was your fault to begin with. But I still won't apologize to your almighty leader, if that's what you want. -- Meander/Chilus: No, I see it in your face. There's something else. | Gwynn's back in play? The book? Your son, Riff? -- Meander/Chilus (smiling as Wilcott starts to close the cell doors behind him): Is it /time at last?/ -- <**SLAM.**> (The symbol of K'Z'K is on the wall, above the cell doors) --- Comic Footer: THE IMMORTAL KING - LOST AND FOUND - END === NOTE: Ref: Wilcott Wilden (_first seen_ <https://archives.sluggy.com/book.php?chapter=65#2013-05-14>) (_last seen_ <https://archives.sluggy.com/book.php?chapter=65#2014-06-19>) | Meander/Chilus (_first seen_ <https://archives.sluggy.com/book.php?chapter=46#2005-08-14>) (_last seen_ <https://archives.sluggy.com/book.php?chapter=65#2014-06-17>). Whelp, this wraps 'Lost and Found' and we found a LOT. So many odd characters from storties [sic: should be stories] from years ago. This is a big story that ties much together. I will do my best to include all information needed for this story /*in*/ the story, but will keep putting ref-links in case you all want a trip down memory lane. Onward and sideways! | Flag | ||||
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-- King Farahn: **MOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAN!** (K'Z'K is annoyed while he plays paddle-ball to pass the time...) <**PADL**> <**PADL**> <**PADL**> -- Panel caption: Sinkhole Excavation in the shadow of Mt. Vesuvius. 1983. <***GRINDDD...***> -- Wilcott Wilden (off panel): My God! Artifacts in this room looks [sic: should be "look"] intact! Qaboos! Come *look /at this!/* -- Qaboos: Are those... *Books?* -- Qaboos: Wilcott Wilden, you've /done it again!/ Wilcott: Radio Tombsy to break out the champagne! === NOTE: Ref: Wilcott [_first seen_ <https://archives.sluggy.com/book.php?chapter=65#2013-05-14>][_last seen_ <https://archives.sluggy.com/book.php?chapter=73#2021-08-20>] | Qaboos [_first seen_ <https://archives.sluggy.com/book.php?chapter=20#2000-09-10>][_last seen_ <https://archives.sluggy.com/book.php?chapter=65#2014-02-17>] | Location [_1_ <https://archives.sluggy.com/book.php?chapter=73#2021-11-11>] [_2_ <https://archives.sluggy.com/book.php?chapter=73#2021-02-17>]. | Flag | ||||
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-- Kira (crocodile tears): /*(*)SOB!(*)*/ Earnest [sic: should be "Ernest"] just *shot* himself, as forensics will prove! He kept saying he was *depressed!* /What/ in this house could make him so depressed? Or /who?/ Wilcott Wilden: I'm glad my son Riff didn't see poor Ernest's body. Lorna is beside herself. -- Kira: It was horrible! /Who,/ Wilcott? /*Who*/ could have driven poor Earnest [sic: should be "Ernest"] to kill himself? Wilcott (hugging Kira): Kira, I'm so sorry, what you've been through. First Tombsy, and then my butler Earnest [sic: should be "Ernest"]? -- (Kira kisses Wilcott on the lips, surprising him) -- (Wilcott pushes Kira away from him...) -- Kira: I'm sorry! Wilcott: I need you to leave *right now,* Kira. -- (Wilcott turns his back on Kira; Kira walks away angry at the rebuff...) | Flag | ||||
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Centipede-Dog-like Demon: Mistress Tomb, the Envoy-Conduit has arrived. Cynthia/Lady Tomb/Tombsy: So I see. Thank you, Jzaxil. The last piece of the puzzle. Wilcott? Handle the introductions. -- Wilcott (aka Riff's dad; shaking the Envoy-Conduit's hand): Wilcott Wilden Filberto (the Envoy-Conduit): Filberto Marino. -- Filberto: And you must be... /huh/? (As Filberto turns to shake hands with Lady Tomb, she disappears, reappearing above them) <**poof.**> -- (Lady Tomb attacks from above, while Filberto repulses her attack with an invisible shield) -- (The two throw spells in each other's directions...) Filberto (as his guards begin to unsheath swords or daggers): Guards, *stay back!* -- (With a final forceful spell, Filberto slams Lady Tomb...) -- (...and ties her with an energy field) Cynthia/Lady Tomb: I'm Lady Tomb. Just assessing your capabilities, envoy. | Flag | ||||
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Filberto Marino: Undeath is powerful armor against extinction-events. -- Lady Tomb: Um...? A magic wards [sic: should be "ward"] was triggered. Wilcott, one of them, either Gwynn or Zoë has somehow left the cabin. Find out which one before a hungry demon does. Wilcott Wilden (aka Riff's Dad): Of course. -- Filberto: So what is in it for you, if I might ask, Lady Tomb? Helping "the ending of all things?" Lady Tomb (as they are walking towards the cabin): I may know a thing or two. We'll discuss... /opportunities.../ after the ritual. Filberto: I look forward to it. Lady Tomb: Your bodyguards will need to wait outside. -- Lady Tomb (entering the cabin): *Both* are gone? I only detected one of them leaving. The other one must be hiding in this cabin. /Where? *How?*/ -- Filberto (now surrounded by three Strakoi eyes): Is there a problem? Do I need to inform the Strakoi? Lady Tomb (opening the foot locker): No, of course not! The Book is right here. It is just... -- Filberto: Troubling? Lady Tomb (holding The Book): *Angering.* === NOTE: Ref: _Strakoi Eyes_ <https://archives.sluggy.com/book.php?chapter=68#2016-04-21>. | Flag | ||||
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Gwynn (thinking): Of course Farahn would promise one thing and do another. I /knew going in/ this would be a tug of war between me and the Bug controlling him. -- Gwynn (thinking): But if he could just have /kept the Bug buried/ for *one night?!?* -- Gwynn (thinking): I need an edge. Keep snooping in the areas Farahn keeps for himself. -- (Gwynn finds Farahn's bookshelf and spies Kira's book, the one with three hearts on the spine) -- (Meanwhile, someone is pouring three glasses of wine in a cabin...) -- Wilcott Wilden (aka Riff's Dad): A quick perimeter search revealed nothing. Lady Tomb (aka Cynthia; aka Tombsy): I will speak to Chilus. If Gwynn is on the run I would have her back! I would have them /*both*/ back. -- Wilcott: We have the Book and the envoy, we have all we need to finish this. This world ends tonight. Filberto Marino: So dramatic. One humanity's mass-destruction is other peoples' opportunity of a lifetime. Lady Tomb: I'll drink to that. | Flag | ||||
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(Olebelle and Kiki-Ozzid are flying towards bleachers that are full of demons; Chilus and Lady Tomb (aka Cynthia; aka Tombsy) are walking towards the bleachers as well) Chilus: Capilerum? Capilerum: Chuilus [sic: should be "Chilus"]? -- Horned demon (as Olebelle and Kiki try to join in the bleachers): Hey squirts. Yer kind dont [sic: should be "don't"] belong here! Squirtz (a squid-like demon): /Hey! *I'm*/ the demon called Squirtz. Horned demon: Sorry, I meant you guys are too scrawny. Tu'scrawnay (a one-eyed female demon): I'm Tu'Scrawnay! -- (Horned demon points to a sign) Sign: You must be <--- this tall to sit in the creature bleachers -- (Kiki-Ozzid and Olebelle are sitting in what looks like a wading pool, with other small demons) Lil' Horned Demon: This Damboree sucks. Sign: Lil' Demon Bael Pit === NOTE: Ref: _Chilus_ <https://archives.sluggy.com/book.php?chapter=73#2022-07-27> | _Kiki-Ozzid and Olebelle_ <https://archives.sluggy.com/book.php?chapter=73#2022-04-12> | Flag | ||||
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-- (Torg gestures as if introducing someone or something...) -- (The demons look both annoyed and puzzled...) -- Lady Tomb (aka Tombsy; aka Cynthia): **?** Wilcott Wilden (aka Riff's Dad): **?** Chilus/Meander (appearing a bit bemused): **?** -- Torg: /psst,/ Sam, that's your cue. -- Torg: Sam? Where's Sam!?! Well this is embarrassing. (Vampires begin to appear around Torg...) -- Lady Tomb: *I'm sorry, Torg! You're a little too far away for us to hear you! Urja (forming from a mist): He was trying to communicate it was a mistake to side with the Strakoi in the vampire war when they hold no sway here. -- Lady Tomb (appearing a bit discombobulated): "Vampire War?" -- Shadefather Cantemire: ...No... -- Lady Tomb (grabbing for her dagger): Who *are* you?!? Urja (reaching for Lady Tomb's cloak): I am General Urja of the Samsirkail, and when you involved the Strakoi in your machinations... -- Urja: *You all sealed your fate!* (Urja grabs Lady Tomb by the throat with one hand and snatches her cloak off and uses it to entangle Lady Tomb's dagger as she thrusts it at Urja; other vampires leap in for the attack as a startled Wilcott pulls out a gun) === NOTE: Ref links will be available the next comic or two. | Flag | ||||
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Demons: **YEAH!** -- Chilus/Meander (still on stage, but away from the melee): *No wait, my beloved demons!* Let's see how these human "allies" of ours fend for *themselves!* -- Chilus/Meander: *Set back in your seats and enjoy the show!* Demon (with curly horns and an Aylee-like mouth): *Haw-haw! Betrayal against the humans, that was Chilus' play the whole time!* Squid-faced demon: Of course it was! Female cyclops (wearing cross earrings): Then why are the demons closest to Chilus out there fighting and we're being told to sit down and shut up in the bleachers? -- Wilcott Wilden (aka Riff's dad; firing a gun at the vampires): I know a little of vampires! /Hopefully enough!/ <**BLAM!**> <**BLAM!**> Wilcott: *Break the beams into sharp wood, Skip!* <*KRIK*> -- (Urja is now fighting Jzaxil, who has wrapped itself strategically around her; Wilcott is still firing his gun off panel; Skip manages to break a beam; Lady Tomb (aka Tombsy; aka Cynthia) is doing a spell and about to throw her dagger) <**BLAM!**> <*KRAK*> -- (Lady Tomb throws her dagger at something off panel, while Wilcott continues to fire his gun off panel; Lacey's human host is surrounded by two vampires, one that has her by her right arm, and the other that has her by the throat) Lacey's human: No.. This can't... I must...? /*Lacey?!?*/ <BLAM!> <THROW!> | Flag | ||||
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-- (Urja's wound is manifested throughout her underlings) Female vampire: *ARGH!* Male vampire (being squeezed by Skippy): *YERHHG* -- Wilcott Wilden (aka Riff's dad): She's the *Master!* Kill *her* and all the vampires /*die!*/ Focus on /*her!*/ -- (Skippy stakes the vampire he was squeezing and turns to focus on Urja, as Jzaxil, Wilcott, and Lady Tomb already have) Lady Tomb (aka Tombsy; aka Cynthia; starting a magic spell): Yes we shall. -- Female vampire (back with Sam, Torg, & Zoë): *Owie!* So, my King, rumor is you have a /library card?/ Sam: The library card proves that I'm /literal./ Female vampire: "Literate." -- Sam: Litter/eight?/ I'm litter-*nine* baby! Female vampire (holding her head): It hurts so bad! Torg: Where's Gwynn? Zoë: The Book... It /got her./ -- Zoë: But we're going to get her /back./ === NOTE: Ref: When a Vrykolakas (in _the ref example, Menelaus_ <https://archives.sluggy.com/book.php?chapter=68#2016-03-17>) is harmed or destroyed, their _underlings_ <https://archives.sluggy.com/book.php?chapter=68#2016-03-18> suffer the same fate. | Flag | ||||
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Wilcott Wilden (watching Urja mist away): Thanks, Skip! Lady Tomb (aka Tombsy; aka Cynthia): /Aw!/ The coward 'mists' away and flees. -- Lady Tomb (off panel): Look! She can't maintain the mist form! She barely got thirty feet! All her vampire allies seem to be fleeing as well! Looks like it is /*her*/ "fate that is sealed!" *Stay on her!* -- Lacy Tomb (as Urja mists again): We have to stake her before she makes the treeline Wilcott! -- Torg: First step to getting Gwynn back is to get The Book, and us, away from this ritual as soon as possible. Look! -- (A lady vamp snags The Book of E-ville from the podium and runs away holding up the Book like a trophy) <***SNAG!***> <**RUN AWAY!**> <***VAMP SPEED!**> -- Chthulu-like demon: *Hey!* One of them vamps is taking off with the *Book!* Ball-cap-wearing demon: Like that misty one's a distraction of something! Curly-horned demon (getting up to move and encountering a magic shield): *Enough of this. I'm sick of sitting around! /Get them! Hey?!?/* Female cyclops demon: /*What?*/ I can't get past this... invisible /wall? *What the heaven?*/ (A magic ward surrounds the demons) | Flag | ||||
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-- (Olebelle shreds one of the ferret wings with her claows as another winged 'baby' demon flies in to help; Bun-Bun has leapt off of Frog, his switchblade at the ready...) -- Gwynn (inside the Book): If what the Bug said was true, Farahn doesn't grant power, he gate-keeps it /unless he's distracted.../ | I know this Book! Can I...? -- Gwynn (trying to release Kira): /Yes,/ it's /working!/ Gwynn: Come on, Kira! -- Kiki/Ozzid (hugging Torg and Zoë with their wings): *Torg! /Zoë!/* Zoë: Kiki! *Thank God* you're OK! -- Aylee (running up with the Book): Kiki! Kiki/Ozzid: Aylee? You look different and cool! Aylee: You too! -- (Chad lands blade first into the ground; Frog crashes to the ground as well, breaking the remaining parts of the ferret wings) <**THUD**> Torg (taking the Book from Aylee): Chaz! Zoë: Frog! Frog: /Spine!/ -- Torg: Alrighty! We got the Book! We are out of here... Kiki/Ozzid (snatching the Book from Torg): This Book doesn't go /here!/ <**SNAG!**> === NOTE: Ref: _Panel 4_ <https://archives.sluggy.com/book.php?chapter=73#2022-10-28>. | Flag |
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