I’ll be at Further Confusion this weekend! It’ll be the debut of ILLUMINATION, the fourth Skin Deep book! Come take a look! Pick up a book!
I’ll be at Further Confusion this weekend! It’ll be the debut of ILLUMINATION, the fourth Skin Deep book! Come take a look! Pick up a book!
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Wow rude.
Dammit Bloodcarver, use your words! Yoinking is not words!
That second panel is pretty fantastic though. Even though it’s not a huge image, he still makes for an imposing dragon with a lot of pointy ends. Maybe it’s just all those muscles, scars, and claws on display.
That is outright bad manners, Bloodcarver.
Dude, just write a letter
Well seeing how they are yelling, our dragon probably has around ten minutes to make their case for people who clearly aren’t inclined to listen to anything they’re about say, so… Since Bloodcarver only wanted to talk to Michelle… Far easier to just remove her from the current setting and take her somewhere nicer.
It’s not like Bloodcarver is making the situation any worse either. Greg would have nonetheless tried to summon all the defensive capabilities of the surrounding area on old Bloody, so… No difference there either.
just remembering from a previous page,
michelle has the powers of a god, and greg has the powers of a goat
Loud panicked bleating is one of said goaty powers.
You mean this page. https://www.skindeepcomic.com/archive/illumination-3-page-24/
“All through history dragons have taken refusals and other such obstacles badly, and this sort of thing has resulted. Eventually, the growing human population brought itself to bear against them and their caprices, in the form of sheer numbers, and also in the top end of the bell-shaped curve producing ever better and more numerous hero-types and thinkers, whose successful methods of dragon-slaying were refined and reused across the land.”
Anyway… Stanley to the rescue?
again? dude you need a better way to start conversations. also sorry Michelle looks like the luck charms don’t work
Those luck charms only work on demons not over grown flying fire breathing old lizards.
I think they worked. Greg was there instead of her being alone, so people immediately know she’s been taken, rather than if she was alone, it might have taken some time.
There’s also the question of whether this is actually unlucky. If Bloodcarver really just wants a private talk, this might not be so bad.
Ok guys let me rephrase what I said. The lucky charms only work on EVIL creatures. Bloodcarver is the father’s second angel there for he is not EVIL thouse the charms will not work on him.
Hey, a dragon has her and she’s not dead yet. That’s not too bad for luck so far.
“Yoink”. One wonders, who fixes the damage to the railing? Is there insurance for monster attacks? Probably not specifically for dragons if they are supposed to be extinct, but presumably you’ve got Nemean lions doing much the same.
I would think that there is a maintenance crew for the Avalon. Usually it’s plumbing and such, but they can also do masonry repair. Heck they probably have a Nemean lion.
As Greenwood goat mentioned, I wonder where Stanley is while this is going down. I’m surprised ( I forget, she? ) even let Bloodcarver pass without setting off an alarm. Or maybe she is just too timid to get involved?
Ehh. Stanley I don’t even think she’s quite as big as Bloodcarver, and lacks the armor the dragon has, and her teeth and flippers are not much compared Bloodcarver’s own teeth and claws. If she got involved, she’d likely become a casualty. Staying away from scary dragon is definitely the best idea o.o
Something a lot of people forget is that, for how vicious and dangerous looking fish-eater teeth are (long, pointy, needle-like), they’re not actually that great for combat or biting not-fish things.
*Sigh* I’ll have to kidnap her again only to be able to have a decent conversation, won’t I? Yes, it seems so…
Yoink. What a nice way to start the chapter.
I’m thinking I was right, BC is going to be paddling away, not flying. That’s too many scars for me to believe his wings are in decent shape.
I noticed he’s got a lot more scars that he didn’t have before. Scars that appear to be claw marks of another dragon.
I’m guessing here that the scars are a direct result of his reporting his failure to The Father, following Orientations.
Next page: Trying again to start a polite-ish conversation … with a dripping-wet cat.
(NO, Bloodcarver, you’re a dragon, NOT a blow-dryer!!!)
Well, I guess mister RUDE here couldn’t keep things quiet; I’ll take the sphinx and leave him out of my secret board game night after all!
I honestly believe he doesn’t mean ill this time, he’s not trying to kidnap her. He wants to talk civilly about something (Probably medallion-related), but knows his presence would throw the Avalon into a flurry, preventing anything useful from getting accomplished. He even approached from below, putting them above himself where he’s (symbolically at least) at their mercy. To him, he did his part to diffuse an uncomfortable situation.
And Greg panicked and started imitating the screaming goat, alerting the entire Avalon to his presence. Which means he no longer has the time for civility and needs to put as much distance as possible between ‘chelle and the Avalon, to even attempt to make his case to her. Messy, but no other option to his mind.
I did not realize how big he was from the previous comic. Yikes. I can see why Greg freaked now.
Bloodcarver’s size is variable.
Look at his appearance when he appears at the end of chapter 4 of Orientations to snatch Michelle out of the air, and compare that to his size inside Fiddler’s Cave in chapter 5 of Orientations.
STEALTH – 100/100
I seriously appreciate Michelle’s leg hair right now. She’s trying to figure out how to be a freaking ex-extinct sphinx, shaving her legs is probably the last thing on her mind so I appreciate that small touch of realism.
Look at her teeth though. It’s possible she’s actually invented the Quarter Form.
You know, I really shouldn’t laugh given how serious the situation is. But I just can’t help it. It’s the faces! Especially Bloodcarver. He is just so totally DONE with everything right now, and it’s fantastic.
Ya know. its so hard to have a nice conversation when everyone around you thinks your a bloodthirsty creature that only wants for destruction. I am not surprised bloodcarver did this. its a bit frustrating to try and talk to them when they are screaming their head off.
bloodcarver this is NOT the way you start negotiations. i understand you panicked but blease youre an adult send a note in advance next time
Are we not going to talk about how he can use his wings as hands???
Those claws on the wings aren’t just for decoration! Dragon wings are generally depicted as quite batlike and can behave in those regards, you just don’t see it written/drawn very often for whatever reason. XD
Woo there Bloodcarver, it looked like you were trying to be civil at first. Dragon kidnapping instincts kicking in pretty hard, egh? XD
I can’t tell if Bloodcarver just wants to talk, or if he’s decided that now that Michelle has unlocked her Sphinx powers and learned about the history of her species through the visions she had that she’s no longer an innocent bystander in the war between the dragons and Sphinxes.
Instead of speculation on his motives, I was captivated by the functionality of his wing claw/digits. Most winged dragons are lucky to have a vestigial spur, yet Bloodcarver has a useful almost hand like usage. …..Cool
Well, things just got more problematic, again!