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PostPosted: Wed Dec 06, 2006 1:01 pm 
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Wark wrote:
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hi2u Adam's Apple in panel two.


Oh hey, what do you know.

As for the subject relating to flying... I'm pretty sure the notion of flying for any amount of distance, period, is absolutely insane, as reference by this comic. Saying they flew from Tsuiraku, as opposed to some other far-off place, doesn't make it any more ridiculous.


Not necessarily. In that comic, Meji merely points out that he beat the record for continuous levitation 20 times over. But we don't know how long he's been flying.

Granted, it might not be much, a 10 minute record would have her counting about 200 minutes, or 3 hours 20 minutes. But again, that's only continuous levitation. There might be other ways to fly (if, for instance, resting 5 minutes let you fly another 6, two people flying in tandem could reasonably cover the globe flying).

I just find it odd that Meji might let something like that slip by, if flying was such a weird mode of travel. Not to mention, Riley didn't seem surprised about that bit.

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So, Riley's not so much a girl with a penis, but a guy with tits.

...

I'd still hit it.

Amen, brother. Riley could not possibly be more perfect without being a true, honest to god herm.

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I just find it odd that Meji might let something like that slip by, if flying was such a weird mode of travel. Not to mention, Riley didn't seem surprised about that bit.


Airships have been previously mentioned.

If I say "I just flew in from New York" you don't assume I literally flapped my arms the whole way over; you assume I took an airplane. Same thing may be at work here - Meji is equivocating and it's working, or she just doesn't care and Riley and Leah misunderstood her.

Jon certainly seems to think that Ian flying was a big deal, and while he hates magic he does seem familiar enough with mages. So if they made a habit of flying, he probably wouldn't think so much of Ian doing so.

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Skjie wrote:
hi2u Adam's Apple in panel two.


That looks like a collarbone to me.


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Whoa, didn't notice that before.

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So, Riley's not so much a girl with a penis, but a guy with tits.

More like Aiesu amirite?


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Szar Lakol wrote:
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hi2u Adam's Apple in panel two.


That looks like a collarbone to me.


Ditto, judging from the position of said collarbone in comparison to Riley's necklace in the previous panel.


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 Post subject: Re: Now why the hell would you link me that map? Do you see the little name in the corner?
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Query: do you read post titles? (Y/N)


You mean that tiny fine blurry print at the top that's nominally called a subject line? Not usually.

Yes, I caught the name ... later. Thought it was funny when I did. :lol:

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 Post subject: Re: Flying at all, for one. Probably not existence, but the claim that she comes from there. Etc.
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The incredulousness that Riley shows is disbelief that they actually flew that far and not disbelief in Tsuiraku's existence.

That's a stretch, Slam.


Not much of one.

Meji wrote:
... we flew all the way here without much of a stop ...

Riley wrote:
So, where you coming from?

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...Tsuiraku...

Riley wrote:
yeah ... right


It sounds like Meji just claimed to have arrived from Tsuiraku, which if you look at this map, seems far fetched. Yes, they are somewhere in the Northern Confederacy.

Now, we know that she actually started from somewhere in Veracia. Classic misunderstanding.


I don't agree with you:

Riley wrote:
So where you coming from, Meji?


The use of "Meji", and not "You two", made the question clearly about "where do you live, Meji" or "where is your house?", etc...

Meji wrote:
...Tsuiraku...

Riley wrote:
yeah ... right


The disbelief here is more about the fact that there is no half-elf at Tsuiraku.
That is a fact known by everyone concerned (meaning: the elfs and the other half-elfs), and it would be still true if it wasn't for the 2 "random" fact that the elf ambassador sent to Tsuiraku was a Rinkai Erefu and that Meji's mother was so drunk that she botched her contraceptive spell.

Therefore, since everyone know that there is no half-elf at Tsuiraku, if Meji said that she come from overthere, for the rest of the world she must be lying.

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You're making this into a dichotomy needlessly...

It's not like she believed the first claim very much, so it might be a generic "you're so full of shit I won't believe anything you say, especially when I know they aren't possible".


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Wow...you guys are so anal-retentive you should be gay.

Let's just say Riley doesn't believe her, for whatever reason, for whatever she's saying.

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Hey I may be anal retentive, butt (sic) I am not gay. at least I assume I am not gay, last time anything worked I was with a female. But that was a long time ago so I would have to go with a- rather than hetro-/homo-


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 Post subject: How about we go with the flow for once...?
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bellofthedamned wrote:
Let's just say Riley doesn't believe her, for whatever reason, for whatever she's saying.

This is my stance... but it seems unacceptable to some; too generic. They must speculate the most precise reason, for some reason beyond speculation.


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 Post subject: I've just been wanting to say this for a while...
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Look!

Up in the sky!

Is it drunk?

Is it retarded?

No, it's...

STUPOR IAN!

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Another possibility occured to me; Icarus Syndrome.

Ian is showing classic signs of oxygen deprivation.

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...and Meji?


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She's from a flying city. Maybe she has a greater lung capacity, like Sherpas.


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