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Sweet Summer Children 16/16
Katya [signing]: We should keep this quiet. It would be presumptuous to think our superiors have made a mistake, let alone say so. Leif [signing]: Oh, I see! Makes sense. Katya (thinking): Yes, it does...
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Saturday Sketchbook: Spring Festival Ribbons
Ragnild, Sigrún, Iona, and Sven, dressed all fancy. The seasons in pole-spanning Sønheim aren’t like the ones in temperate climates. “Summer” is the part of the year when it’s never fully dark outside,...
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Watching Over Me 8/29
Thorn: Next point: one of the Embassy ministers is arranging an outing in about a month. It’s downtown, so he wants two of us locals on guard detail. It’s the Culture Minister — the one with the kids....
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Sketchbook: Embassy Gem Family Fusions
Canon-based redesigns and fusions from the Gem AU. Sven is an Imperial Topaz. His kids Ragnild and Iona are a Ruby and a Sapphire, so this is their Garnet fusion. Servants Leif and Katya are Pearls,...
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Only 900’s Kids Will Get This 16/17
Fastný: You think he’ll last? Gyeücsa: He’s off to a strong start. Ask me again in a couple centuries. In A Couple Centuries Stanczia: Yes . . . toys were definitely better back in the day. Imri:...
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A Shiny New Direction
…okay, yes, this is the April 1 strip. But I will be using the rest of this week to collect the various Gem AU comics that have built up over the past year. It’s time for a change around here, so . . ....
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The Show Must Grow On: Act I 24/44
Back in the unwitting theater. Ragnild (whispering): Isn’t there supposed to be a pretty boy in this? Where is he? Iona (whispering): There are lots of other pretty people in it . . . Ragnild: Well,...
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The Show Must Grow On: Act I 40/44
[whoosh] [house lights on] Thorn (thinking): It’s a good thing nobody’s tried to sneak up on us for the last half hour, because I would not have noticed. The post The Show Must Grow On: Act I 40/44...
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The Show Must Grow On: Act I 41/44
Ragnild & Iona: AAAAAHHHHH Plumber: Attention! Viewers, if I could have your attention, please. Quiet down now. I want you all to look toward the exit at the left of the stage. Then the one at the...
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The Show Must Grow On: Act I 44/44
Sven: What’s going on? Why can’t we leave? Thorn: I’m about to find out. Stay back. . . . Violet: What’s out there, sir? Hostage-taker? Is something on fire? Thorn: No . . . . . . the whole hall is...
View ArticleThe Show Must Grow On (Act II) 5/55
Thorn: One cannot simply walk down the corridor. Iona: Can we get out over the balcony? Thorn: Let me look. Too high to jump . . . nothing to climb. We have to wait for the people to come with . . ....
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The balcony level. Sven: Are you sure we can’t get out? Isn’t this the kind of problem you folks have magic swords for? Thorn: Considering how fast those plants have grown, I’m not sure we could cut...
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Iona: Dad, it’ll work. My old chair wasn’t even rated as strong, and it floated me down from a higher height with a soft landing. Sven: Wait, when did you fall in your old chair? You never told me...
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Thorn: I’ll go hack at the vines, see if it helps. You keep an eye on them. Violet: Got it. Iona: The brochures are just paper, they’re not adding any big weight . . . Ragnild: I’m taking them out of...
View ArticleThe Show Must Grow On (Act II) 16/55
No exaggeration, I have been waiting two solid years to draw this encounter. (…and I’m still not sure it looks good enough.) Iona: Ack! WiB: Whoa! [THUMP] Iona: Aaaahhh — [GRAB] [THUD.] [hff-ahh...
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Question for readers: If you were trying to find Leif & Thorn (say, on a new computer) but completely blanking on the title, what phrases would you google to look for it? (Optional bonus level:...
View ArticleThe Show Must Grow On (Act II) 18/55
WiB: . . . wow. You should not see that. It’s freaking me out that you can see that. But I don’t have time to freak out. I have a job to do. Iona: First you rescue my sister. WiB: What? Iona: You hit...
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WiB: Okay, I will try to get Ragnild. But it’s not my fault if they say no. Ragnild: Whoa. WiB: Air XXXXXXXX, here to pick up the one of you that I can carry. Sven: Don’t touch my daughter! Who are...
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WiB: Just be careful not to kick me in the particulars. Ragnild: You have particulars? WiB: I have very particular particulars. Iona: Ragnild! WiB: Special delivery, my lady, just for you. Now I...
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Ragnild: She was pretty? I didn’t notice. Iona: Are you for serious? She was gorgeous. Like she could be a model or something. She had silky dark red hair, and sparkly eyes, and she was so graceful!...
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