Monster in closet

Yuoofox · Post by **Yuoofox** » Thu Dec 30, 2004 8:27 pm

**Yuoo the Fennec fox promptly faints.**

SolidusRaccoon · Post by **SolidusRaccoon** » Thu Dec 30, 2004 8:59 pm

I KNOW!!!!!!!!!!!! But I ain't telling.

DracoDei · Post by **DracoDei** » Thu Dec 30, 2004 9:42 pm

Yuoofox wrote:**Yuoo the Fennec fox promptly faints.**

**Mr. Bounder, the wereskunk was to far away to catch him but does checks to make sure that Yuoo is uninjured and then arranges him so he is comfy (ears not crimped funny etc. etc.)**

BTW IRL I tend to faint with deep cuts, when getting stitches, or when getting blood drawn. If the red cross ever get despirate and STAYS despirate I might even see a psychologist to cure me so I can donate blood again. Other than that it is a minor matter and even has a silver lining in this cloud, in as much as if I am ever severely injured in a car crash or whatever I suspect I will have an increased chance of surviving long enough for the paramedics to get there. Shock IS afterall a mechanism of the body to limit blood loss.

The JAM · Post by **The JAM** » Thu Dec 30, 2004 10:01 pm

[...unWARP!!!]

Good evening.

"Hork"?

So was it Quentyn who went "HISSSSSSSSS"? Raccoons do that, I think.

So is it a type of.....

BOG DRAGON???

OGGIE, IS THAT YOU??

Kiriath · Post by **Kiriath** » Thu Dec 30, 2004 11:21 pm

labrusca wrote:After reading the TOTQ bestiary on the UBER CD, my money is on it being connected with the Fey Folk.

... I think I need the Uber CD.

Squeaky Bunny · Post by **Squeaky Bunny** » Thu Dec 30, 2004 11:29 pm

Is it a chupacabra?

StrangeWulf13 · Post by **StrangeWulf13** » Thu Dec 30, 2004 11:37 pm

Chupacabras don't shapeshift. And they bother goats, not coons. =P Get your monsters right...

The answer lies in the beastiary... but the fey are not involved...

If they were, the darn thing wouldn't be trying to scare Quentyn out of his wits, I'll tell ya that.

Sharuuk · Post by **Sharuuk** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 12:28 am

GO QUENTYN!!!!

Beautiful reaction.......LOUD battle-cry, instant response......jus' byootifulll.

Now that's MY idea of a good sword thrust......clear up to the elbow!

Hats off to the Questor....no lack of guts or decisive action...protecting the kit no matter what...

Speaking of sword thrusts.....wonder what Quentyn's lux sword is doing at this moment?

Shaaruuk

Sharuuk · Post by **Sharuuk** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 12:33 am

StrangeWulf13 wrote: If they were, the darn thing wouldn't be trying to scare Quentyn out of his wits, I'll tell ya that.

Well....I think this particular "scare tactic" failed.....at least on Quentyn!

Observation: When you go "BOO" to someone and get a gut full of sword for your effort......ya may well have startled your target, but ya sure didn't scare 'im!!!

Shaaruuk

DracoDei · Post by **DracoDei** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 6:45 am

So this monster is inflatable? The fact that I don't see any noticable (meaning none visible at all) blood on the hollow inside of the sword despite the degree of penetration and the way the back deformed when stabbed would support this theory. Or it could still have been an illusion created by the little creature.

Squeaky Bunny · Post by **Squeaky Bunny** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 6:51 am

StrangeWulf13 wrote:Chupacabras don't shapeshift. And they bother goats, not coons. =P Get your monsters right...

There's lotsa old goats around here to bother.

Squeaky Bunny · Post by **Squeaky Bunny** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 7:05 am

DracoDei wrote:So this monster is inflatable? The fact that I don't see any noticable (meaning none visible at all) blood on the hollow inside of the sword despite the degree of penetration and the way the back deformed when stabbed would support this theory. Or it could still have been an illusion created by the little creature.

Oooh, inflatables can be fun, but I think you would have heard the hissing after Quentin skewered it and not before.

Sharuuk · Post by **Sharuuk** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 7:21 am

Squeaky Bunny wrote: There's lotsa old goats around here to bother.

Speak fur yerself "Billy".....

Shaaruuk

Sharuuk · Post by **Sharuuk** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 7:39 am

Given as sharp as this sword is supposed to be (reference when Quentyn originally picked it out) I'm more than a little surprised that the point didn't come out the back of the "inflato-monster" instead of just deforming it. That thrust was adrenalin charged at that moment and there was TREMENDOUS force behind it. Virtually any resistance should have resulted in the blade point going completely thru and exiting.

I think it's a mock-tentacle and not a bog dragon.

Shaaruuk

DracoDei · Post by **DracoDei** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 9:57 am

Sharuuk wrote:Given as sharp as this sword is supposed to be (reference when Quentyn originally picked it out) I'm more than a little surprised that the point didn't come out the back of the "inflato-monster" instead of just deforming it. That thrust was adrenalin charged at that moment and there was TREMENDOUS force behind it. Virtually any resistance should have resulted in the blade point going completely thru and exiting.

Quentin isn't sure what he is up against. If it IS an illusion generated by something smaller, then burrying his weapon halfway into the wall wouldn't leave him in a very good tactical postion. His reactions might be smart enough (especially since it was HE who opened the door) that he might have held back. It would have to be something VERY tough and flexiable if it is a baloon, but it is possible.

But I am still GUESSING illusion.

Sharuuk · Post by **Sharuuk** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 11:14 am

DracoDei wrote:Quentin isn't sure what he is up against. If it IS an illusion generated by something smaller, then burying his weapon halfway into the wall wouldn't leave him in a very good tactical postion.

Had he taken a full-out, headlong charge at this thing, <inadvisable> rather than a lunging thrust, <much smarter> Quentyn could have very well buried his blade in the back wall of the closet. But he was however lunging into essentially an open space. That is a walk-in closet.

DracoDei wrote:His reactions might be smart enough (especially since it was HE who opened the door) that he might have held back.
But I am still GUESSING illusion.

VERY BAD TACTICS HERE!!!! You NEVER open a door and then silhouette yourself in the frame like that. ESPECIALLY if you don't know what's in there. You do that IRL and you're the first one to die! The door was already partly open, he just swung it wide and stood there trying to see into a darkened space from a lit, albeit not too brightly, room. Luckily for all there was no lethal threat there.

Whether or not it was a balloon of some form, he definetely let (knocked?)the air out of it. <HORK!!!>

Shaaruuk

Squirrelly61104 · Post by **Squirrelly61104** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 12:15 pm

I think you would have heard the hissing after Quentin skewered it

To which I can only reply...

PBBBPBLBBB PBLTTPT PFBLT

No, I'm not being rude. I think that was the monster deflating. Either that or Quentyn has a really wierd battle cry.

As for Quentyns mistake of letting himself be hi-lited by standing in the door frame, give the kid a break. Remember, this is only his second paying gig. I doubt that there are any handy S.W.A.T. manuals for him to download off of the internet. Also, this is a dramatic story, so the artist needs to take a little license for effect now and then.

Squeaky Bunny · Post by **Squeaky Bunny** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 1:06 pm

I suspect that S.W.A.T. tactics there would only work on insects.

StrangeWulf13 · Post by **StrangeWulf13** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 2:02 pm

Sharuuk wrote:I think it's a mock-tentacle and not a bog dragon.

Oh for the love of...

Do you know what mock-tentacles and bog dragons look like? Do you? =P I seriously think a lot of people here need to buy the Uber CD and look through all the Questor stuff, from the comics right on down to the beastiary... maybe you'll all learn something.

(I'm fine now; just a bit frustrated at people groping in the dark. The light's coming on in the next strip, trust me.)

Sharuuk · Post by **Sharuuk** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 4:26 pm

StrangeWulf13 wrote:
Sharuuk wrote:I think it's a mock-tentacle and not a bog dragon.
Oh for the love of...

Do you know what mock-tentacles and bog dragons look like? Do you? =P I seriously think a lot of people here need to buy the Uber CD and look through all the Questor stuff, from the comics right on down to the beastiary... maybe you'll all learn something.

(I'm fine now; just a bit frustrated at people groping in the dark. The light's coming on in the next strip, trust me.)

Breath slowly....in thru the nose, out thru the mouth...there ya go....you'll be fine now.

.

I only know what these things look like from this strip. As for a mock tentacle, my only reference is when Nessie finds out they "loiks bread 'n' hunny" in strip 20040402. I'm judging by the skittering of large claws on the hard floor + a cursory matching of the looks of the thing to the aforementioned panel. Otherwise....yeah...I'm 'groping in the dark' so to speak......but so what.....that's half the fun.