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Sorry about the late appearance of the strip. In a flurry of travel, the airport and train station weefee were not being cooperative. Finally found a stable-ish connection.
1: Strange Companions (21.3)
The spell Aop shouts in Ondoko adds this traditional curse: Now, until end of the future! … well … literally, it’s “until close of [a] future Great Cycle [of thousands of years]”. Since only the Gods and the greatest powers[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
1: Strange Companions (21.1)
‘Chope’ and ‘The Tender’ are references to Kaian’s pseudo-twin Gœd, a female key-maker deity whose power is said to unlock all the labyrinths of her sister Rastora’s making. Kyorshoneow (Ondoko) (kee-YOHR-shoh-nee-YOW) KÒrso neA O A sort[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
1: Strange Companions (20.3)
In Lore, Sonia jubilantly cries, “JOVIZ!“(jo-VEEZ) which is used on Pærth like we use “Alright!” Having “threenage” years linguistically splits the difference between fairy ages and those terrible early years we’re familiar with, but it also happens to be a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
1: Strange Companions (20.2)
thwowjf (NAL) TOAOJF (TH-WOW-jff) Essentially a word for “slut” — increasingly used in Sonia’s time to refer to any overly lusty kid, not just military “comfort loves” as the term originated from. As for the right hand panel, I kuh-nnet[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Sonia’s young kabe-doning associate claims to know about GAVAOSAN (ga-VOW-shen) or the Lore word for the Jeenare’s concept of an awareness of one’s own hate. This is different from hate itself, which is more raw and wary, and said to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
1: Strange Companions (19.3)
1: Strange Companions (19.2)
Honestly, officer, I don’t know how this fish got here.