Less Than a Duck

[Urahara]

Just a little question... I haven't seen the series yet... but wasn't "Negima!" set in a Catholic school? I do remember that Negi Springfield was a kid wizard assigned as a teacher.

Nope, Mahora Academy isn't Catholic. Just a very large academy with a bunch of mages hiding in it. But there ARE Catholic schools in there. See: Track-star nun Misora and the dirty confession booth. Mahora's practically a city, so it has all kinds of stuff.

Sarcasm: Yeah, yeah. That's why it happens a million times in the manga, right?

..But Negi's a Welsh gentleman. He doesn't take advantage of having a class full of teenage girls like we would. That might have something to do with him being weak compared to some of the girls. And Chisame would definitely sue him. Sue him and trash his reputation online. Yep. Negi's got no chance.

Well, Heinkel has a significant advantage in that she uses lethal bullets in contrast to Miss Gunner's air-soft stuff (although that may have been a North-Americanization to get around the issue of her dual-wielding Desert Eagles and shooting people in the head). She's probably holy enough to have magic resistance too. Setsuna has her paper doll magic, but Yumi is...well...insane...and more prone to decapitating people. Ghosts can be exorcised (and I seem to recal that the ghost is so out of practice that her hadoukens resemble gadoukens (look up "Dan" from Street Fighter if you don't get it)). Ninjas automatically take a -50 skill penalty in Japan due to their proximity to other ninja (the stormtrooper effect). Miss Bookworm would probably vomit as soon as she read their minds (although she might merely be embarassed if she read their memories of the recent fangirl saga). And demons? I think they're ready for that.

But yeah, Chachamaru's plain munchkin.

Realistically, Yumie would probably seduce Negi resulting in wacky hijinks.

I SOMEWHAT AGREE ON THE HEINKEL vs MANA THING. But that's only because Kaede would show up, de-gozaru around, and then Mana would start another destructive battle against her. I feel bad for the cleanup crew.

Setsuna also has her pactio card and wings, kekeke. Her shikigami would probably be useless against Yumie, but the wings would definitely give her the advantage over the berserker. Not sure of the outcome, but it'd certainly be an interesting fight.

For one, Sayo would be OMFGTERRIFIED and hiding behind Kazumi despite not having a body. Then again, maybe not around Kazumi, since she'd be trying to take as many pictures as possible of the 3-A VS Iscariot battle. Other than that, not really any more demons, but the Evangeline/Chachamaru combo would be extremely hard to beat. Seriously, just full-strength Evangeline VS Anderson would probably destroy a good portion of Mahora. As for the others, Kuu and Chao (if this is pre-Mahorafest) would be kicking MAJOR Iscariot ass, Paru would have an army of awesome battle-creatures and bishounen drawn, Kotaro would be attempting to fight, but getting distracted by arguments with Yue, Nodoka would have already run away, Chisame wandered off wondering what the hell is wrong with everyone and why they dragged her away from her computer for THIS, the regular girls would be screaming their heads off, Asuna and Negi would be doing something-or-other, Zazie would look awesome, the cheerleaders would be cheering, Chizuru would be leekraping people, and Hakase would be awesome with her robots.

..The ones I didn't name are most likely with the regular girls.

[Tommygunner70]

LOL! Tim on a mission, i can see it now.

He does not really seem to be the kind of guy to go at it with a pistol or a knife. he strikes me more like a decent young gentle man, then a vampire killer.

but if he does go after vampires with a pistol or something like that, then i can already see what might happen.

The Posibilties for a slip up with a pistol are endless! but these are the most funny ones.

• he would hold a pistol like it was his mother. (In other words: not keeping a tight grip on it.) and when he pulls the trigger he goes flat on his rear from a small bit of recoil, but by pure dumb luck he still nails the target.
• he would keep his eyes closed while firing, being scared of the mussle flash and the loud bang that follows with the recoil of the discharge.
• in a panic attack he fires at everying, minus the actual target; the Vampire.
• When having fully discharged his weapon with no more rounds left, he would throw the pistol at the Vampire. instead of reloading it out of pure terror/fear or maybe due to a bad case of panic attack.

i could think of other slip ups. but those aren't really funny...
speaking as a marksman my self who has endured his own share of slip ups of course. (like the first one in that list, it happened to me when i first fired a pistol )

[Chaos Priest]

You forgot an option. Get a wild, semi-psychotic grin and start gunning down people while shouting "AMEN!" He is a member of Iscariot after all.

Regarding today's strip, it's nice to see the ol' "Tell a slightly embarrassing and humanizing story of the hero figure from his youth" trick. Always a nice approach to calming down the new guy. Assuming Maxwell doesn’t find out about it. Given is pride issues I doubt he’d appreciate the humanizing.

[Tommygunner70]

You forgot an option. Get a wild, semi-psychotic grin and start gunning down people while shouting "AMEN!" He is a member of Iscariot after all.

Hmm... no wonder you're name is Chaos Priest
ok that would be an option, but it does not seem to fit with Timithy's clam and kind aditude if you ask me

then again, i'll let our doujinshi-ka be the judge of that
i am just naming a few ideas here just for fun

Regarding today's strip, it's nice to see the ol' "Tell a slightly embarrassing and humanizing story of the hero figure from his youth" trick. Always a nice approach to calming down the new guy. Assuming Maxwell doesn’t find out about it. Given is pride issues I doubt he’d appreciate the humanizing.

Amen too that brother

it's a common trick thats used all the times. somethings things are said about there childhood hero that may not be true, but heck anything to calm down the rookie right?

a spooked/scared rookie is bad voodoo for any mission.

[Atticus_blackwolf]

aww poor Timmy the others make fun of him. I also have a question...what's up with socks? Is it a conicidence that socks have been mentioned twice in Shine? First Integra packs lots of socks for her trip in "Every Leaf In Springtime" and now we're talking about Enrico forgetting all his? I'm probably the only one seeing this.

[Urahara]

aww poor Timmy the others make fun of him. I also have a question...what's up with socks? Is it a conicidence that socks have been mentioned twice in Shine? First Integra packs lots of socks for her trip in "Every Leaf In Springtime" and now we're talking about Enrico forgetting all his? I'm probably the only one seeing this.

..SOCKS ARE IMPORTANT. They keep your feet warm.

[Abadon XXX]

It'd be funnier if Anderson said a towel >.>. A pint of ben and jerrys to the one who knows why

[Chaos Priest]

It'd be funnier if Anderson said a towel >.>. A pint of ben and jerrys to the one who knows why

Because he's a froody guy of course, and a man like that always knows where his towel is.

Oh, and if you don't mind I really like mint ice cream

[Xuanwu]

It'd be funnier if Anderson said a towel >.>. A pint of ben and jerrys to the one who knows why

Because he's a froody guy of course, and a man like that always knows where his towel is.

Actually, I think "hoopy frood" was the actual term.

I wonder what Anderson's towel would look like. My guess is something all white, with a blue cross on it. And it's be blessed so he could kill vampires with it, maybe even specially soaked in Holy Water so it always carries a residue. He probably even uses it to polish his pie servers!

[Chaos Priest]

It'd be funnier if Anderson said a towel >.>. A pint of ben and jerrys to the one who knows why

Because he's a froody guy of course, and a man like that always knows where his towel is.

Actually, I think "hoopy frood" was the actual term.

Uh... I knew that. I was just, um, testing you...

[Abadon XXX]

Mint it up *tosses Chaos a pint of mint ice cream*

[SailorPtah]

I think the importance of having lots of socks when traveling has always been impressed upon me. I know that, when your feet get cold or wet, there are few things more helpful than getting warm socks on.

Also, I don't have enough socks at college right now, so I keep having to do loads of laundry just for the sake of having clean socks again. I'm sure that's making an impression ^_~

[Xuanwu]

I always have more than enough socks at hand. But I can imagine what it's like being stuck with the same pair for four days. Ick.

For keeping feet warm and dry, I generally trust my shoes. My current pair of shoes are a cross between boots and sneakers: all the comfort of sneakers but as tough as boots. Water proofing spray is also a must.

[Abadon XXX]

I just want shoes that fit me >.> *looks at his 16.5 EEE size shoe*

[Section_8]

LOL! Tim on a mission, i can see it now.

He does not really seem to be the kind of guy to go at it with a pistol or a knife. he strikes me more like a decent young gentle man, then a vampire killer.

Then again, appearances mean absolutely zip in Hellsing/animeland. See: Seras, Madeline, anyone from Hinamizawa (see: Higurashi no Naku Koro ni. Actually, don't, if you value your brains). He probably has years of repressed rage waiting to erupt as soon as someone triggers his berzerker personality.

Who am I kiddin', he's a big softie.

The Posibilties for a slip up with a pistol are endless! but these are the most funny ones.

• he would hold a pistol like it was his mother. (In other words: not keeping a tight grip on it.) and when he pulls the trigger he goes flat on his rear from a small bit of recoil, but by pure dumb luck he still nails the target.
• he would keep his eyes closed while firing, being scared of the mussle flash and the loud bang that follows with the recoil of the discharge.
• in a panic attack he fires at everying, minus the actual target; the Vampire.
• When having fully discharged his weapon with no more rounds left, he would throw the pistol at the Vampire. instead of reloading it out of pure terror/fear or maybe due to a bad case of panic attack.

Again, since this is anime, I should add the following riders to each scenario:
2. Random bulletholes create an image of the Virgin Mary in the walls, striking the vampire dumb.
3. Not a problem, since they were fighting in a holy water factory
4. The gun is a holy weapon and strikes his opponent dead. (What, did you think the _bullets_ were blessed? Now that would be silly.)

[Tommygunner70]

LOL! Tim on a mission, i can see it now.

He does not really seem to be the kind of guy to go at it with a pistol or a knife. he strikes me more like a decent young gentle man, then a vampire killer.

Then again, appearances mean absolutely zip in Hellsing/animeland. See: Seras, Madeline, anyone from Hinamizawa (see: Higurashi no Naku Koro ni. Actually, don't, if you value your brains). He probably has years of repressed rage waiting to erupt as soon as someone triggers his berzerker personality.

Who am I kiddin', he's a big softie.

Actually no, i dont value my brain. Higurashi no Naku Koro ni looks nice, i think i'll try to get it.

The Posibilties for a slip up with a pistol are endless! but these are the most funny ones.

• he would hold a pistol like it was his mother. (In other words: not keeping a tight grip on it.) and when he pulls the trigger he goes flat on his rear from a small bit of recoil, but by pure dumb luck he still nails the target.
• he would keep his eyes closed while firing, being scared of the mussle flash and the loud bang that follows with the recoil of the discharge.
• in a panic attack he fires at everying, minus the actual target; the Vampire.
• When having fully discharged his weapon with no more rounds left, he would throw the pistol at the Vampire. instead of reloading it out of pure terror/fear or maybe due to a bad case of panic attack.

Again, since this is anime, I should add the following riders to each scenario:
2. Random bulletholes create an image of the Virgin Mary in the walls, striking the vampire dumb.
3. Not a problem, since they were fighting in a holy water factory
4. The gun is a holy weapon and strikes his opponent dead. (What, did you think the _bullets_ were blessed? Now that would be silly.)

LoL! i never thought of that. nice

but i think the Virgin Mary is a bit to much though...
oh why do i even bother... i'll just be the dutch dude and shut up again

[Shadowfax272]

It'd be funnier if Anderson said a towel >.>. A pint of ben and jerrys to the one who knows why

I don't think Tim would be encountering the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal anytime soon, though...

[Athos]

A blanket might be better, since one made of the proper material can serve all the functions of a towel and can be used offensively against bogeymen. A pint of scrumpy to anyone who gets that one (one of these days I'm going to go to England and try as many kinds of beer and cider as I can...hello, West Country).

[Iscariot]

I think the importance of having lots of socks when traveling has always been impressed upon me. I know that, when your feet get cold or wet, there are few things more helpful than getting warm socks on.

Also, I don't have enough socks at college right now, so I keep having to do loads of laundry just for the sake of having clean socks again. I'm sure that's making an impression ^_~

I was in scouts for several years and they told me the same thing. They are right too. There is little better to get you warm than changing your damp socks for nice, thick warm ones. Four days with the same socks, urk, if he was running around after a target then the description of how the socks smelt is not far off.

[Atticus_blackwolf]

Though If you think about it you can't have smelly socks...vampires have increased senses right? So they can smell better. If a normal human can smell you a mile away, how far away can a vamp smell you?

On a positive note your feet could be soo smelly that it makes thier eyes water. They wouldn't be able to see where your coming from because they'd be full of tears. Wouldn't it also be akward fighting barefoot? To fully unleash the "stench of a thousand evil feet" power you'd need to take off your shoes. You can also have a powerfull kick and if you also use Holy Water based nail polish on your toes that's an added bonus! I'm having too much fun. What colour would Timmy wear? I don't think he's a red kinda guy.