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It's amazingly convenient how you always get a five minute timer to help you exit the building before it collapses on you.  Of course, you may have to also allow extra time for that annoying boss that shows up as you're trying to leave . . .

Anyway, Sarah may not approve, but can you blame Kiaron for wanting to get his hands on whatever goodies Thuban left behind?  Might have some really good stuff in there.  Who knows?

And yay, thief guy finally gets his name mentioned in comic.  I don't think I had yet -- Sarah always lights him on fire too quickly.  I guess I could check my archives, but I don't have the time right now.  He did at least get named on the profiles page.  Man, I need to update that.  Eventually.  Whatever.

Later, guys!

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As promised, it didn't take them long to find Gerkie.  I wonder what she's been doing.

Just for fun, here's the last time we saw our friendly thief.

See you next time!  :)

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Elliot is snarky.  And doesn't like having to rely on Kiaron.  But he also raises a good point.

Oh yeah, I didn't feel like explicitly stating it, but Kiaron thinks Thuban knows where the last staff piece is, too.  Both of them were saving that piece for last because they know it'll be the most inconvenient to get.

And yes, Gerkie should be back very soon.  ;)

See ya!

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And Kiaron explains the current situation.  What will they do next?!  Oh the suspense!!

Sorry.  ;)

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Oops, I missed all of May!  Well, I had a week of scripting, 2 weeks of everyone being sick, and . . . then trying to get used to scheduling in computer time again.

Anyway, a necessary transition page.  No, they haven't found Gerkie yet.  Don't worry, she'll be back soon.  She's off on . . . important . . . business.  Or something.

Later folks!

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And . . . everyone's favorite purple person is back!  You can all stop worrying about him.  For now.  ;)

And Kiaron helps Elliot get some perspective about their current situation.  Sarah and Darron don't have to be shown reacting because they had already pretty much figured this out on their own.  Elliot is a little slow.  Or in denial.

Please appreciate the poses Kiaron insisted I draw for him, because they took SO LONG to draw!

I'm feeling a touch of drawing fatigue, so I'll not going to push myself to have the next page out in a week.  I also need to do some serious scripting because we're done with this arc and moving on to a whole new one!

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Here we are, the magic of tentkerchiefs revealed!  Besides phoenix feathers, tents are another "quest" healing item that can wipe away serious injuries with magic.  Tent effectiveness varies by game.  In this comic, tents fully restore health and magic levels of conscious party members, but the "dead" party members don't get full service.  You have to buy a more expensive tent item for that.

This marks the second time ever I've drawn the characters dressed down.  The last time being page 65.  I just want to clear up any possible confusion that this does not mean all the events of the comic have only taken place in 2 days.

See you next page!