2014/08/06 - Deserted in the Desert

Goforit · Post by **Goforit** » Wed Aug 06, 2014 12:06 am

[ Deserted in the Desert ]

Title Text: that's a very australian hat you got there

Now all King has to do is say "I wish somebody would just tell me how to fix this fiasco", right?

IceKitsune · Post by **IceKitsune** » Wed Aug 06, 2014 12:08 am

And here we go this is going to be a fun final run with the Nerds then, at least two of them, can leave forever.

Post by **D-Rock** » Wed Aug 06, 2014 12:09 am

Good for you, King, you're learning!

Post by **SeanWolf** » Wed Aug 06, 2014 12:11 am

I just noticed. King looks alot like Jake from Rescuers Down Under with his hat...well to me he does. And the way he's looking at Tarrot right now, I feel he's thinking about laying the smackdown on her.

ConvoyWolf · Post by **ConvoyWolf** » Wed Aug 06, 2014 12:11 am

Tarot?! But how did....what are...what is....how can......how did she get to them?!

Hell how do we know she aint a flipping mirage.?

Perpetualflight · Post by **Perpetualflight** » Wed Aug 06, 2014 12:12 am

I am really tempted to replace my avatar pic with one of king in the hat.

Acritic2 · Post by **Acritic2** » Wed Aug 06, 2014 12:13 am

Xane wrote:At this point I want Tarot to lose just because of the smugness. The hat is pretty Australian but it's lacking the kitschy korks... er, corks.

Personally I think it would be an interesting thing to happen where Dragon and Pete lose. Causing The Game to be delayed and both of them to be stuck in mortal bodies.

Gbr23 · Post by **Gbr23** » Wed Aug 06, 2014 12:14 am

You see, in my head they´re all talking with an australian accent, because the australian accent rocks ... mate

Welsh Halfwit · Post by **Welsh Halfwit** » Wed Aug 06, 2014 12:17 am

Xane wrote:"You celestial servants and celestials are getting far too predictable. By the way, if you tell me to 'wake up', I will bite you."

At this point I want Tarot to lose just because of the smugness. The hat is pretty Australian but it's lacking the kitschy korks... er, corks.

The corks are a fabrication and cliché.

You haven't noticed that, by doing this, Tarot is essentially betraying Spirit Dragon? She just has to be seen to follow the rules. She couldn't go to him until King said she might.

Searching the island continent
isn't the natural way of Kings.
With their loyal Fox overseers
they tend to bluff their way through things.
The other side seems to be on his,
exemplified by his new little guide
taking time off from the ongoing scrap
and taking him there so he can be allied
with his beloved Bailey. She's cheated
the fates and the gods has our Tarot;
she doesn't want to kill innocent Bailey.
She's stacked the dice to give King one last throw...

FoxRocks · Post by **FoxRocks** » Wed Aug 06, 2014 12:18 am

THE MOMENT OF TRUTH IS COMING!!!

Post by **Hlaoroo** » Wed Aug 06, 2014 3:09 am

Welsh Halfwit wrote: The corks are a fabrication and cliché.

^ What he said. They're more of a tourist thing. There's actually no evidence to suggest they were ever common. And you have to admit they do look pretty ridiculous.

The hat King is wearing is known as a "slouch hat" and it's the kind of hat our "Diggers" (Soldiers) wear, although they usually have the left side pinned up and not the right.

Were it an akubra (which are also Australian) he'd have had both sides turned up slightly but not pinned.

And yes, THAT stereotype of the Aussie farmer actually IS accurate!

Ryusuta · Post by **Ryusuta** » Wed Aug 06, 2014 5:17 am

Well, let's see what that conniving little ***** Tarot has to say.

...Oh. I mean... HEY! There's Tarot! Hooray!

(No I don't...)

Argent · Post by **Argent** » Wed Aug 06, 2014 5:19 am

ConvoyWolf wrote:Tarot?! But how did....what are...what is....how can......how did she get to them?!

Standard celestial rules, like ending every arc with "wake up". and then leaving a clue that it wasn't really a dream.

Welsh Halfwit wrote:The corks are a fabrication and cliché.

The corks are totally practical, and if it wasn't for the invention of Aerogard they'd still be in universal use. You can tell this is really a dream and not the outback because they're not either (a) covered in flies or (b) stopping to touch up the insect repellant every five minutes.

Edit: Hlaoroo - you're too young to remember the days before Aerogard. We used them on Outward Bound in the '60s.

gamepopper · Post by **gamepopper** » Wed Aug 06, 2014 7:04 am

Oh god, King wearing a slouch hat! So cute and cool! ^^

Also I think Daryl has lost weight, poor thing can't cope with the Australian weather. O.O

Post by **Hlaoroo** » Wed Aug 06, 2014 8:23 am

Argent wrote: Edit: Hlaoroo - you're too young to remember the days before Aerogard. We used them on Outward Bound in the '60s.

Heh. You're probably right. I've never seen anyone wearing a cork hat though. But then, I am also from Tasmania so we probably get less bugs down there since it's cooler and therefore don't need the hat.

By the way, King, you're in Australia now so you have to say "kilometres", not "miles".

Therolyn · Post by **Therolyn** » Wed Aug 06, 2014 8:56 am

To be honest, I've very very rarely seen those cork hats worn. Granted I'm a Victorian and I'm also not an older person. (I grew up mainly in the 1990's)

Haha, good old Aeroguard. I needed so much of it, because if I went camping I'd attract all of the mosquitoes XD

Western Australia is pretty well known for their massive amount of annoying insects, usually flies.

ConvoyWolf · Post by **ConvoyWolf** » Wed Aug 06, 2014 9:50 am

Welsh Halfwit wrote:

You haven't noticed that, by doing this, Tarot is essentially betraying Spirit Dragon? She just has to be seen to follow the rules. She couldn't go to him until King said she might.

Well from what yur saying she could have done this all along had King just said wat he just said. Its clear by now though that shes on his side putting her own status as a player at risk; at least i think so. Im guess there would be a penalty if an avatar left the field of battle.

Though considering how easily then can be whisked away i expect Tarot to be saying "Bailey is exactly at this p-" *POOF* and shes called back before the exact location is given.

Saturn381 · Post by **Saturn381** » Wed Aug 06, 2014 9:52 am

For some reason I really like King in panel two.

Welsh Halfwit · Post by **Welsh Halfwit** » Wed Aug 06, 2014 10:00 am

Argent wrote: You can tell this is really a dream and not the outback because they're not either (a) covered in flies or (b) stopping to touch up the insect repellant every five minutes..

You're quite right on the flies but I doubt this is a Dreamtime thing. Working theory:- Daryl ate them. Second working theory:- they're annoying to draw.

ConvoyWolf · Post by **ConvoyWolf** » Wed Aug 06, 2014 11:00 am

Just noticed something. Tarot is too tall. Note the height of her head in proportion to the window frame of the car door. Either that truck is low riding or she got taller. Either way i want to rub her ears! So floofy.

deepskycyan · Post by **deepskycyan** » Wed Aug 06, 2014 11:33 am

Husky in the desert? Feeling bad for Fox already. And the other Daryl...I suppose.

Were King's legs always this thick?

Acritic2 · Post by **Acritic2** » Wed Aug 06, 2014 11:44 am

deepskycyan wrote:Husky in the desert? Feeling bad for Fox already.

Me too, Huskies are more meant for winter/ low temperature areas. not places like this.

deepskycyan wrote:Were King's legs always this thick?

I think his leg is just pressed up against the glass.

ConvoyWolf · Post by **ConvoyWolf** » Wed Aug 06, 2014 11:47 am

deepskycyan wrote:Husky in the desert? Feeling bad for Fox already. And the other Daryl...I suppose.

Were King's legs always this thick?

Thank god for air conditioning.

FoxRocks · Post by **FoxRocks** » Wed Aug 06, 2014 1:28 pm

deepskycyan wrote: Were King's legs always this thick?

They might have gotten fluffier due to a slightly changed drawing style.

ConvoyWolf · Post by **ConvoyWolf** » Wed Aug 06, 2014 2:03 pm

deepskycyan wrote:
Were King's legs always this thick?

Perhaps a bit frizzy from the desert heat?

Argent · Post by **Argent** » Wed Aug 06, 2014 2:43 pm

ConvoyWolf wrote:
Welsh Halfwit wrote:You haven't noticed that, by doing this, Tarot is essentially betraying Spirit Dragon? She just has to be seen to follow the rules. She couldn't go to him until King said she might.
Well from what yur saying she could have done this all along had King just said wat he just said. Its clear by now though that shes on his side

I don't think Tarot is on his side, I think there's a celestial plot twist involved.

Xane wrote:Also... um... Ages Ago...

Yeh, yeh, it was even worse when my dad was a little boy, he told me the whole world was in black and white back then because they hadn't invented color yet.

Leomon2004 · Post by **Leomon2004** » Wed Aug 06, 2014 2:52 pm

ConvoyWolf wrote:
deepskycyan wrote:
Were King's legs always this thick?
Perhaps a bit frizzy from the desert heat?

Its kind of funny that only King's left leg looks fluffier.

Cesco · Post by **Cesco** » Wed Aug 06, 2014 3:41 pm

Wow, the other Daryl is really irrecoverable, a softie... Shout him, Rock!

Good to have reminded that Tarot is a psychic and expected to come to you, King (but, how did she? Through Spirit Dragon?). You should, you know her very well now.

Now Tarot will be your best GPS navigator to reach Bailey.

Look there, Indiana King in adventures! Well, stay grabbed on an opened car door is a venture for him.

You look cool with that hat.

Ryusuta · Post by **Ryusuta** » Wed Aug 06, 2014 6:43 pm

Leomon2004 wrote:
ConvoyWolf wrote:
deepskycyan wrote:
Were King's legs always this thick?
Perhaps a bit frizzy from the desert heat?
Its kind of funny that only King's left leg looks fluffier.

Pretty sure it's just pressed into the windshield.

Either that, or he fashioned his fur into makeshift tassels to complete the cowboy look.

...I think I'll go with the latter, because it's funnier. :3

herobrineharry · Post by **herobrineharry** » Wed Aug 06, 2014 6:53 pm

Exploitation of established tropes...
Very sneaky.

TheOne · Post by **TheOne** » Wed Aug 06, 2014 11:31 pm

Leomon2004 wrote:
ConvoyWolf wrote:
deepskycyan wrote:
Were King's legs always this thick?
Perhaps a bit frizzy from the desert heat?
Its kind of funny that only King's left leg looks fluffier.

Ryusuta wrote: Pretty sure it's just pressed into the windshield.

Either that, or he fashioned his fur into makeshift tassels to complete the cowboy look.

...I think I'll go with the latter, because it's funnier. :3

Judging by the first two panels, the Jeep's door is open and King is standing on the door handle. His left foot is turned outward away from the body of the jeep, causing his leg to turn towards the ‛camera' in such a way that the greatest thickness is viewed. Rick is showing off his artistry abilities.

Prof · Post by **Prof** » Thu Aug 07, 2014 12:49 am

Argent wrote:Yeh, yeh, it was even worse when my dad was a little boy, he told me the whole world was in black and white back then because they hadn't invented color yet.

Ah yes, when the gumboots were made of wood

Foxstar · Post by **Foxstar** » Thu Aug 07, 2014 10:23 am

Argent wrote:
ConvoyWolf wrote:
Welsh Halfwit wrote:You haven't noticed that, by doing this, Tarot is essentially betraying Spirit Dragon? She just has to be seen to follow the rules. She couldn't go to him until King said she might.
Well from what yur saying she could have done this all along had King just said wat he just said. Its clear by now though that shes on his side
I don't think Tarot is on his side, I think there's a celestial plot twist involved.

I agree.

Shadowstar23 · Post by **Shadowstar23** » Thu Aug 07, 2014 10:53 am

You know your power of foresight is off when someone else uses it to trick you into incidentally doing what they wanted you to do.
Good work, King!

Also, I see King having a "Why you little-" moment with Tarot after she explains what has happened so far.

ConvoyWolf · Post by **ConvoyWolf** » Thu Aug 07, 2014 4:07 pm

Shadowstar23 wrote:You know your power of foresight is off when someone else uses it to trick you into incidentally doing what they wanted you to do.
Good work, King!

Also, I see King having a "Why you little-" moment with Tarot after she explains what has happened so far.

Yeah i can see that too.

gamepopper · Post by **gamepopper** » Thu Aug 07, 2014 5:17 pm

Shadowstar23 wrote:You know your power of foresight is off when someone else uses it to trick you into incidentally doing what they wanted you to do.
Good work, King!

Also, I see King having a "Why you little-" moment with Tarot after she explains what has happened so far.

I'm more expecting King to be extremely bitter and ignorant while Tarot desperately tries to explain her side of the story, I think King has enough reasons not to get violent about it.

Silly Zealot · Post by **Silly Zealot** » Thu Aug 07, 2014 9:20 pm

Xane wrote:At this point I want Tarot to lose just because of the smugness.

Finally, someone I can agree with!

Acritic2 wrote:Personally I think it would be an interesting thing to happen where Dragon and Pete lose. Causing The Game to be delayed and both of them to be stuck in mortal bodies.

Yes, I suspect what is going to happen is this: Turns out there is some kind of technicality in which if the duel ends on a draw, both cosmic critters loose. Tarot and Sabrina (The teenage witch.) think that both griphon and dragon are full of themselves and neither deserves to win. They convince Joel/King to tell Bailey to withdraw simultaneously with Tarot. Pete and the dragon get thrown into mortal bodies, and spend a lifetime alternating between having a lesson in humility, and tormenting each othr.
Due to some other technicality, Joel gets awarded for his participation in the duel with the chance of being a dog forever, and he and Bailey go home and live
Happy face. Ever. After.
Whoop-dee-doo!

.......
Yuk!

Ryusuta wrote:Well, let's see what that conniving little ***** Tarot has to say.

...Oh. I mean... HEY! There's Tarot! Hooray!

(No I don't...)

Most beautiful words I've come to read in these forums.

What? I like honesty!

Argent wrote:Edit: Hlaoroo - you're too young to remember the days before Aerogard. We used them on Outward Bound in the '60s.

I KNEW you were over 50!

Jacey · Post by **Jacey** » Thu Aug 07, 2014 9:36 pm

ConvoyWolf wrote:
Welsh Halfwit wrote:

You haven't noticed that, by doing this, Tarot is essentially betraying Spirit Dragon? She just has to be seen to follow the rules. She couldn't go to him until King said she might.

Well from what yur saying she could have done this all along had King just said wat he just said. Its clear by now though that shes on his side putting her own status as a player at risk; at least i think so. Im guess there would be a penalty if an avatar left the field of battle.

Though considering how easily then can be whisked away i expect Tarot to be saying "Bailey is exactly at this p-" *POOF* and shes called back before the exact location is given.

Well isn't Tarot on break though?

FoxRocks · Post by **FoxRocks** » Thu Aug 07, 2014 9:40 pm

Yeah, Sabrina is fighting Bailey now, and if Tarot is called back, then Sabrina can tell them.

Acritic2 · Post by **Acritic2** » Thu Aug 07, 2014 10:44 pm

Silly Zealot wrote:
Acritic2 wrote:Personally I think it would be an interesting thing to happen where Dragon and Pete lose. Causing The Game to be delayed and both of them to be stuck in mortal bodies.
Yes, I suspect what is going to happen is this: Turns out there is some kind of technicality in which if the duel ends on a draw, both cosmic critters loose. Tarot and Sabrina (The teenage witch.) think that both griphon and dragon are full of themselves and neither deserves to win. They convince Joel/King to tell Bailey to withdraw simultaneously with Tarot. Pete and the dragon get thrown into mortal bodies, and spend a lifetime alternating between having a lesson in humility, and tormenting each othr.
Due to some other technicality, Joel gets awarded for his participation in the duel with the chance of being a dog forever, and he and Bailey go home and live
Happy face. Ever. After.
Whoop-dee-doo!

the question remaining is what would their mortal forms be?